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From: hartman@dewey.udel.edu (Nancy Hartman)
Subject: Re: Ferret collars, ferret questions...
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:24:18 GMT

In article <1992Jul17.080455.17025@doug.cae.wisc.edu> christin@cae.wisc.edu (Christine Haas) writes:

>Where do you get ID tags?  I've never found a place, and for a ferret
>I would like a small one.  Also, I am a college student who moves
>*EVERY* year so I never have a consistent telephone number.  Any
>suggestions?

Finding ID tags isn't difficult, finding *small* ID tags is.  Most pet
stores and vets carry ID tags which are rather inexpensive.  Or you 
could go to an engraving store which usually carries them at about
twice the price.  The ones I currently have cost about $4.50, and I 
ordered them from a pet store (IMHO, $4.50 is a *SMALL* price to pay
for the safety of your ferret, even if you have to pay it twice a year!!!).
They are brass with black writing, which is very legible and isn't 
wearing off.  Mine are 7/8 inch in diameter, which is a very good size
for a ferret.  They look a little large, but when you get them on
they don't look nearly so bad, and my two girls (both around 2 lbs)
don't have any problems with them.

If you have a choice of hangers for the tag, I prefer the "O" type to
S-hooks.  (they are like the key rings that you slide your key into,
except only about 1/2 inch in diameter)  Since ferrets are so short,
you have to put a hole in the collar to put the S-hook through (putting
it on the leash ring makes it too long), and where the hole is tends
to wear out and the ID tag falls off.  The "O" type you just slip
right over the collar.

If you can afford it, I would go ahead and order 2 ID tags per ferret,
since they tend to pull them off where you would never think of looking.
(In my experience, the get much better about this the longer they
wear the collars.  Percy only pulls her's off about once ever 8 months
or so, and Bree pulls hers off about once every 3 months.)  So if
you have a backup, you can put that on until you find the one that's
lost.

If you really can't afford new ID tags every year on a student budget,
here's some suggestions:

1.  Use your parent's phone and address, above the phone number have them
write "call collect" if it is long distance.

2.  Use the address of someone local who you are close to.

3.  Call your vet that you use while at school and ask if you can use
their address and phone number.

4.  Instead of your address, put the address of your department at
school.  i.e.  Nancy Hartman, Computer & Info. Sci. Dept., 
Smith Hall, U. of Delaware, dept. phone #.  If your ferret gets lost, 
inform them that they might be getting a call and to please take a 
message for you.  Make sure they have an answering machine before you 
do this, though, in case the call comes in after hours.

- Nancy



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hartman@udel.edu				U. of Delaware
        President and founder, Delaware Valley Ferret Club
                      Owner of Percy & Bree
From: sharon@phoneme.shs.uiuc.edu (Sharon Morrison)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: food/litter was Re: wood-eating rabbit?
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:01:14 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

In article <1992Jul23.224620.14486@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>  
jlevy@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (janet.s.levy) writes:

> 17% fiber.  I recently found a pellet by SunSeed which looked nice
> and dark green and came with some dried corn and carrot flakes
> mixed in.  It listed as 20% fiber.  I thought I had found rabbit
> manna, but my bunny won't touch the stuff.  I tried mixing it with
> Kaytee, etc. - no dice.  Oh well, I hope he is getting that other

I bought some rabbit pellets from a feed store and did not look at them  
closely enough (or rather, smell them).  The pellets did not smell fresh  
and 'sweet' like the ones I had before, so I decided not to use them as  
food.  Then, since I have been experimenting with litter box material, I  
tried using some of the pellets (afterall, rabbit food looks an awful lot  
like 'kitty green' cat litter).  I put a layer of bad rabbit food pellets  
on the bottom and covered them with ground corn cob.  The combination  
seems to be working well.  The pellets really absorb the urine, while the  
corn cobs keep the whole thing from getting really mushy and sticking to  
Woody's feet etc.  And Woody has had no interest in the bad pellets as  
food.

Maybe people with cats might want to try buying poor quality rabbit food  
and using it instead of kitty litter.  A 25 pound bag of rabbit food at  
Farm and Fleet only costs $4-$5 while kitty green costs $3 for a few lbs  
at the supermarket.

Sharon Morrison
From: njl@drutx.ATT.COM (LaRocheNJ)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Re: Rabbits (and hamsters, guinea pigs, etc.) and litter
Summary: Oops, it wasn't Natalie, but Janet quoting Natalie...Sorry
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:47:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO

In article <18600@drutx.ATT.COM>, njl@drutx.ATT.COM  I write:
> Hopefully everyone does as Natalie has and does what makes sense.)

But it was Janet, not Natalie, who said that she used pine shavings as
litter for her bunny because the bunny wasn't around them much.

Sorry.

Nancy LaRoche (HRS)
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From: rizzoe@FASECON.ECON.NYU.EDU (Emily Rizzo)
Newsgroups: rec.pets
Subject: Re: Self-righteous Jerks (was RE:Lifespans)
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:11:40 GMT
Organization: New York University

In article <8883184@harvee.UUCP> scm@harvee.UUCP (S. Mudgett aka little gator) writes:
writes:
>  Anyway, the problem is not irresponsible kids 
>> but rather crazy cages.  I am the only one in my household with sufficient 
>> manual dexterity to take Habitrail or SAM cages apart and re-assemble them 
>> every evening for cleaning.  (Don't be fooled - they pee in the most 
>> inaccessible place possible, and daily cleaning is required!)  Of course, I 
>> could always make my kids do the cages, which, with 3 cats and a dog, would 
>> shorten their lifespans considerably.
>or you could switch to what i found easiest to clean and work with, a 10
>gallon aquarium with a wire mesh lid designed to convert it to a rodent cage.

You can buy an aquarium top with Habitrail connectors so you can still run 
your tubes and attach them to a skyhouse or even a second cage.  Our first 
hamster loved this arrangement but used to change his mind half way through 
the tubing and do a rather complicated u-turn.
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Newsgroups: rec.pets
From: lita@next13pg2.wam.umd.edu (Lisa Helene Helfman)
Subject: 10 gallon tank & hood for sale!
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 23:08:46 GMT

10 Gallon taank and hood for sale asking price $20 for both.  Perfect for  
snakes, lizards, turtles, plants and other small animals.
	
	Dem of tank: 20"L X 10.5"W X 11"L (approx)

If interested write to: Lita@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets,alt.folklore.urban,talk.bizarre,alt.sex
From: thawley@indetech.com (Todd Hawley)
Subject: Re: Jackelope / Basselope
Summary: here we go again 
Keywords: you know them all by now
Organization: Independence Technologies, Inc. Fremont, CA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 03:41:28 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.174909.18622@indetech.com> thawley@indetech.com (Todd Hawley) writes:
 
In article <1992Jul21.205940.9162@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> bur@ultisol.gsfc.nasa.gov (MAC) states ze following:
 
>Uh no, that rumor is completely false and unfounded. Besides, I thought
>he had Cindy Crawford for that.
 
>>That is untrue.  Cindy would never harm a basselope.  I think Richard Gere
>>acted alone.
 
What I meant by that top remark, you kadota fig, was that Richard Gere had 
Cindy Crawford for ah `immoral purposes'. The basselope had nothing to do w it.

-th		"Burn BUSH in '92"
Newsgroups: ieee.general
From: chris@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Christian Gayda)
Subject: Draft ieee P 1157 (Medix)
Keywords: Medical Datastructures
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Distribution: ieee.general
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 08:36:48 GMT


Hi,

does anyone knows where I can get a version of the ieee P 1157 (Medix) draft
standard.

Thanks in advance
	chris


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Newsgroups: ieee.announce
From: wimmerb@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Bernhard Wimmer)
Subject: Student Branch Announcement
Keywords: e-mail, student branch
Originator: wimmerb@hphalle8e.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 10:09:26 GMT


Hello IEEE Student Branch Members

IEEE has got a list of all IEEE-members, who can be addressed via
e-mail. 

You can get 

 - IEEE-info :        info@ieee.org

 - IEEE mail list :   maillist@ieee.org

To get closer contact to student branches, it would be convient if every student
branch has got an IEEE e-mail address and this address is accessible in the IEEE
mail list.

Every student branch should be registered on the mail list in order to be
reachable for all interested persons worldwide.
 
You can contact the student branch Munich via  sb.munich@ieee.org 


Hope to have you on the list soon,

Student Branch Munich
From: Gordon.Benedict@f49.n134.z1.fidonet.org (Gordon Benedict)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: Re: effects of Mt. Pinatubo
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 21:45:32 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:134/49 - The Student Exchang, Calgary Alta

     Hi Veikko,

 MV> Organization: University of Helsinki
 MV> Newsgroups: k12.ed.science

> I was wondering if others throughout the world have noticed a whitish > haze around the sun, supposedly due to the eruptions of Mt. Pinatuba.

 MV>     It is Bishop's ring, which is, I think, visible all 
 MV>     around the world now.  We have observed it since December
 MV>     here in Finland (=>60. northern latitude).  After April
 MV>     it have been very well visible.

    Thank you for the response.  It is especially gratifying to receive
    one all the way from Finland!

    Is the temperature cooler in Finland this summer?  The weather
    here has been very cool lately.  Some of the farmers between
    Calgary and the Rocky Mountains ( 90 km to the west of Calgary)
    have experienced frost around July 15.  We have had more rain
    than usual this year -- after a winter of drought.  This is
    only July 24 and already there are some trees turning yellow
    and red.  Normally, trees don't start turning colour until
    the second week of September in this region. (53 degrees North)

    The effects of the Mt. Pinatuba eruption are supposed to last
    from seven to ten years according to the weather scientists
    at the University.

    Gord


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From: kurup@skorpio.usask.ca (Maya Kurup)
Subject: We want email!
Followup-To: k12.ed.science
Keywords: email, science
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Distribution: k12
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:34:00 GMT

Hi, all.

The University of Saskatchewan in Canada is the founder of a 
program called Summer Work for Awareness and Promotion of
Science (SWAPS for short).  In this program, several high school
students are hired for a one-month term during which they 
develop projects that reflect their own interests in the sciences
and will, hopefully, encourage other students to consider a 
career in the sciences.

These students would love to get email from students elsewhere
who have an interest in science.  If you would like to know more about
the SWAPS program, or even to just say "Hello!", please feel
free to send email to any of these students at the following
addresses:

	Andrea Johnston   at johnston@cs.usask.ca
	Rob Gosling       at gosling@cs.usask.ca
	Bethany Jackson   at jackson@cs.usask.ca
	Jon Bowes         at bowes@cs.usask.ca
	Florence Kim      at kim@cs.usask.ca
	Mark Matthews     at matthews@cs.usask.ca
	Tanya McIvor      at mcivor@cs.usask.ca
	Scott Muma        at muma@cs.usask.ca
	Aaron Smith       at smith@cs.usask.ca
	Cheralyn Thorsen  at thorsen@cs.usask.ca

We'd all love to hear from anyone out there!

Thanks!

Maya.
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From: Cindy.Cole@f152.n321.z1.fidonet.org (Cindy Cole)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: October Projects
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 07:03:14 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:321/152 - SpaceMet North 2, Greenfield MA

She:Kon Kwe Kwe
     A unit around European exploration would certainly be timely.  Free information is available from the MA Civil Liberties Union Foundation , 19 Temple Place, Boston, Ma 02111.  This covers some of the misconceptions associated with the "Columbus Myths" and gives us as teachers a broader and truer perspectives to share with our students.  You might work this into a cultural diversity unit.  
                                  Skennen


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From: James.Aitchison@p4.f85.n134.z1.fidonet.org (James Aitchison)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: WINDOWS ON SCIENCE
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 22:03:18 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:134/85.4 - Western Canada DATA, Stavely Alta

Hi David.....

09 Jul 92, David J. Nielsen writes to All:

 DJN>      Over the past couple of years I have been reading about the
 DJN> commitment of states such as Florida and Texas in the laserdisc-based
 DJN> science program called "Windows on Science". I would be very interested
 DJN> to hear (read) comments from educators or students about their reactions
 DJN> to the packages.     Our school is developing a library of laserdiscs and
 DJN> have previewed "Windows" but have not purchased yet. -+- TBBS v2.1/NM +
 DJN> Origin: * NEWBED:FREDERICTON,CANADA-Atlantic Canada K-12 Net (1:255/2)

Please keep me posted on any information on this.  We are in the process of setting up a high-tech lab and will include laser discs and CD-Roms.  Could you tell me more about Windows on Science?

Chow for now ....

James.....


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From: Paul.Winters@f540.n226.z1.fidonet.org (Paul Winters)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: effects of Mt. Pinatuba
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 23:48:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/540 - The Tele-Forum Netw, Columbus OH

GB{    I was wondering if others throughout the world have noticed a whitish
GB{    haze around the sun, supposedly due to the eruptions of Mt. Pinatuba.
GB{    The weather around here lately is much cooler than usual which the
GB{    climatologists say is due to the eruption and a significant blocking
GB{    of the sun's rays by the haze.


    I wish we could see the sun long enough to tell.  After two years of
    drought, Ohio has had a stationary front hanging over it for the
    entire month of July, resulting in nearly a foot of precip.  Local
    rumors point to a recurrence of El Nino.  Is there perhaps a
    relationship to Pinatuba as well?

 * OLX 2.2 * Amateur geologists take limestone for granite.



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From: bn860@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Maria-Zita C. Evensen)
Subject: Re: effects of Mt. Pinatuba
Reply-To: bn860@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Maria-Zita C. Evensen)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 21:14:23 GMT


In a previous article, Paul.Winters@f540.n226.z1.fidonet.org (Paul Winters) says:

>GB{    I was wondering if others throughout the world have noticed a whitish
>GB{    haze around the sun, supposedly due to the eruptions of Mt. Pinatuba.
>GB{    The weather around here lately is much cooler than usual which the
>GB{    climatologists say is due to the eruption and a significant blocking
>GB{    of the sun's rays by the haze.
>
>
>    I wish we could see the sun long enough to tell.  After two years of
>    drought, Ohio has had a stationary front hanging over it for the
>    entire month of July, resulting in nearly a foot of precip.  Local
>    rumors point to a recurrence of El Nino.  Is there perhaps a
>    relationship to Pinatuba as well?
>
> * OLX 2.2 * Amateur geologists take limestone for granite.
>
..................................
Recent news report here in California say that El Nino is diminishing
The Mount Pinatubo phenomenon seem to have disagreements from different
quarters.

By they way, it is Mount Pinatubo  ... meaning a mountain which was
allowed to grow.

zita evensen 

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From: pvtmakela@hylkn1.Helsinki.FI (M{kel{ Veikko)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: Re: effects of Mt. Pinatubo
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:04:36 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

In article <12714.2A6D7883@puddle.fidonet.org> 
Gordon.Benedict@f49.n134.z1.fidonet.org (Gordon Benedict) writes:

> I was wondering if others throughout the world have noticed a whitish
> haze around the sun, supposedly due to the eruptions of Mt. Pinatuba.


    If you mean that disc with radius about 20 degree with
    whitish or a little bluish and brown reddish egdes.  It
    have not very sharp edges.

    It is Bishop's ring, which is, I think, visible all 
    around the world now.  We have observed it since December
    here in Finland (=>60. northern latitude).  After April
    it have been very well visible.

    Bishop's ring is a large corona, fromaed by small ash
    particles lying in 20-30 kms.  It have observed after
    some strong volcano eruptions.  The name is from reverrend
    Sereno Bishop, who first reported this phenomenon in
    1883 in Honolulu.  This was after the famous Krakatao
    eruption in the same year.


					Veikko Makela    
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject: Gazetteer of Planetary Features (fwd)
Organization: SEND-IT Conferencing System, North Dakota
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:00:14 GMT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL0]

Forwarded message:

> From: DAVID BIGWOOD 486-2134 <bigwood@lpi.dnet.nasa.gov>
> Subject:      Gazetteer of Planetary Features
> To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@uhupvm1.bitnet>
> 
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> The Lunar & Planetary Institute is pleased to make available to the Internet
> community The Gazetteer of Planetary Features.  This database was compiled
> by USGS.  It includes all approved features as of April 1992.
> 
> For each feature the file gives size, location (long. & lat.), year name
> was adopted, attribution and a map on which it may be found.
> 
> To access the file, telnet to lpi.jsc.nasa.gov.  Login as LPI.  No password
> is required.  Select the menu option Information & Research Services.  Next
> select Reference Files.  The gazetteer is in this directory.
> 
> David Bigwood
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From: Joan.Fitton@f120.n321.z1.fidonet.org (Joan Fitton)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: October Projects
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 12:54:24 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:321/120 - SpaceMet Internet, Amherst MA

Cindy:
Thanks for the wonderful idea! I am gettin in touch with the MA CLUF
after I complete this response. This will make a great project to make
teachers aware and maybe we can all work on this together to scale down the idea to an appropriate level for primary children.I am certainly
going to pass this on to teachers who deal with the Intermediate level.
Thanks again!


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From: rshelly@rvgs.vak12ed.edu (Rick Shelly)
Subject: Performance Assessment in Seconday Science
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Roanoke)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 19:07:21 GMT

I'm looking for suggestions and examples of laboratory
performance assessments in the pre-college sciences. We are a
regional academic year Governor's School for Science and
Technology in Roanoke, Virginia. Our students (in grades 10-12)
are competitively chosen and highly motivated. Our science courses
are integrated with mathematics and computer applications and include a
great deal of real-world applications, use of technology, and
correspond well with the national imperatives and standards
promulgated by NCTM, AAAS, and others. We want to improve our
ability to do authentic assessment, performance assesment,
especially in our laboratory-oriented courses. We would
appreciate information, sources, suggestions, citations,
anecdotal information, sample assessments, contacts, etc.  I
understand that folks in Connecticut and also in Britain are
doing some exciting work. Thanks for your help! 
Rick Shelly
Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology
2104 Grandin Rd.
Roanoke, Virginia 24015

703-981-2116
From: Colin.Peat.Sutherland@f470.n161.z1.fidonet.org (Colin Peat Sutherland)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: GREETINGS
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 11:53:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:161/470 - IISME-NET, Berkeley CA

WELL I FINALLY GOT CONNECTED TO IISME-NET!!  THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT 
INTO MY ACTION PLAN.  I AM CONCERNED THOUGH ABOUT STUDENTS NOT BEING 
ABLE TO WORK ON ALL THREE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES(ORAL, WRITS (ORAL, WRITT
AND PROJECT) IF THE GROUPS ARE NOT DIVIDED EVENLY.  DO YOU THINK 
THIS IS IMPORTANT OR HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THE CHOICE??  SEE YOU ON 
THURSDAY, PEAT.

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From: Joan.Fitton@f120.n321.z1.fidonet.org (Joan Fitton)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: October Projects
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 22:05:20 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:321/120 - SpaceMet Internet, Amherst MA

We are presently in the process of developing a thematic unit for the
month of October for teachers working with children K-Grade 2. In the
past we have done the usual witches, goblins, spiders... with the
exception of the spider unit they have been very week in the area of
science. Living in New England we have also done the standard Fall Unit
(trees, leaves, etc...) Does any one out there have any ideas for
units that you have used successfully in the past? Any wonderful resources that we should know about? We present these workshops to 
teachers afterschool in a very relaxed setting where materials are
available for teachers to "Make and Take" Activities. Thanks for any
and all suggestions. We would be more than willing to exchange ideas
with teachers in other systems.
You may email to: jfitton@vax.clarku.edu
Thank you!! Joan Fitton,Primary Math Facilitator, Worcester Public Schools, Worcester, MA
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