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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:22:05 +1100
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From:         Michael Murphy <M.Murphy@ITS.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Installing a new network

At Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, we are about to install a 42-drive
 CDROM network to service the needs of three of our five campuses.

The proposed configuration is:

        Western super tower
                486 EISA, 32Mb RAM, 540MB HDD (Are these enough??)
                12x 32bit slots (8 of which are busmastering)
                NE3200 32 bit Network Interface card

        Novell 3.11 / CDNET NLM

        Six Bustek 32bit busmastering cards

        Six NEC CDR84 seven-drive towers

Remote users can gain access to the CDROMs over the IP campus network by using
 Lan Workplace for DOS.  We are also installing Netware Access Server to allow
 asynchronous access as well.

I would appreciate comments/advice regarding the following questions:

QUESTON 1

I have been assured by the CDNET specialists that up to eight Bustek
 busmastering cards can be installed in the one server, thus giving a maximum of
 56 drives (i.e. the cards are not limited by DMA channels or interrupts);  Does
 anyone currently have a CD server with more than 28 drives attached?  Can
 anyone give me reasons as to why this may not work?

QUESTION 2

Does anyone have any comments/warnings about the NEC CDR84 drive towers?

QUESTION 3

Is anyone using the Netware Access Server to give users access to their CDROMs?
If so, how does it perform and what problems have you had?


Any other comments will be welcomed!

Thanks in advance

Michael


Michael Murphy                      Phone: (61) (07) 875 5204
Network & Workstation Support       Fax:   (61) (07) 875 7845
Divisional ITS                      Email: M.Murphy@gu.edu.au
Griffith University

        Postal Address:  Griffith University
                         Kessels Rd
                         Nathan, Qld 4111
                         Australia
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                      ACCESSING DATABASES OF THE
         NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE THROUGH ELECTRONIC
                                  MAIL

                               .........


During the I Regional Congress on Health Sciences Information held on
October 1992 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Pan American Health Organization,
Regional Office of the World Health Organization officially launched BITNIS
(Batch BITNET/Internet to NLM Intercommunication Service), for Latin
American and Caribbean Countries.

BITNIS it is a new mechanism for accessing all databases of the National
Library of Medicine (NLM) in Bethesda, Maryland. This method involves use
of GRATEFUL MED, BITNET, internet, UUCP, FIDONET, and a software
called SMED.

BITNIS was developed by Dr. Andres Stutzin and  Victor Cid of the
University of Chile, in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine
and the Pan American Health Organization.

BITNIS uses GRATEFUL MED (GM) to generate the desired bibliographic
search.  GM is a user-friendly software program that run on an IBM- XT, AT
or other compatible computer and that permits a user without experience to do
a bibliographic search of the Medical Library Analysis and Retrieval System
(MEDLARS) of the NLM.

GM allows formulation and modification of a search strategy before sending
via BITNET, internet, UUNET, etc. The search strategy is formatted by
SMED and then that "file" is sending by electronic mail through any network
to NLM internet node. The BITNIS gateway captures the message and
converts it for processing by the NLM computer.  The results of the search
then are returned by the NLM computer to the gateway where the file is
converted for transmission via computer network to the recipient's PC.

BIREME (Latin American and Caribbean Center for Health Sciences
Information), will be the coordinator for distribution of BITNIS passwords
through  its network.  BITNIS will is available to the scientific and academic
community on credit accounts bases.


                         Requirements

1.    IBM PC (XT, AT) compatible.
2.    Access to BITNET, internet, UUNET, econet, peacenet.
3.    Grateful Med version 6.0 + Smed 4.01
4.    Subscribe to BITNIS through BIREME (Latin American and
      Caribbean Center for Health Sciences Information Center.).



Dr. Carlos A. Gamboa
Regional Advisor in Medical Informatics
Panamerican Health Organization, Regional
Office of the World Health Organization
525 23rd Street N.W.
Washington., D.C. 20037
U S A
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Phone: (202) 861-3300 / 3301
Fax:   (202) 223-5971
BITNET: "Carlos Gamboa" GAMBOACA@PAHOHQ.BITNET
internet: gamboa@nlm.nih.gov
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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:21:48 CST
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From:         "Gerald A. Smith" <gsmith@GUNTER-EMH.AF.MIL>
Subject:      Re: external users (fwd)
              Nov 19, 92 2:48 pm

>
> Forwarded message:
> >From djg2@stirling.ac.uk Thu Nov 19 14:46 GMT 1992
> Message-Id: <9211191446.AA13053@forth.stirling.ac.uk>
> Subject: external users
> To: djg2@stirling.ac.uk (Mr David J Gardiner)
> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 14:46:52 GMT
> From: Mr David J Gardiner <djg2@stirling.ac.uk>
> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL3]
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent external users
> (ie non-members of the University) using networked CDs? Our library is open to
> the general public, but their use of some of our CDs would appear to
> contravene our academic discount licences.
>
    I would suggest that you get a menuing system for your network, such as
  Direct Access.  It allows for passwords, which you could have a basic password
  for the cd-rom software distributed to the students at the beginning of each
  semester.  In
 this way, you would not appear to be contravening your licences,  and will be
 able to ensure that a new password was issued at least once a
  semester.

        Gary Smith
        gsmith@gunter-emh.af.mil
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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:04:18 +0200
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From:         JUDYK@LIB.TECHNION.AC.IL
Subject:      RE: Installing a new network

This is from memory, but the last review I saw of the Network Access
Server (PC-Mag. sometime in the past year; possibly Dec. '91?)
was very negative: of all the methods tested it came in last on
access time as users increased (had difficulty managing 4 users
at a time, if I remember correctly.)

If anyone can refute this, please do, because if I'm wrong I wouldn't
want a negative judgement to stay uncorrected in the archives...

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| Judy Koren,                                         |
| Head, Technical Services, Elyachar Central Library, |
| The Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology,     |
| Haifa, Israel 32000.                                |
|                                                     |
| Email: judyk@lib.technion.ac.il                     |
|    or: lbjudy@vmsa.technion.ac.il                   |
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 10:42:09 -0600
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From:         HUGGINS@MERLIN.NLU.EDU
Subject:      RE: Books

Dr. Palazzi,

Other books I would encourage you to read include:

        "The Siege: The First Eight Years of an Autistic Child"
        by Clara Park

        "Mixed Blessings" by William & Barbara Christopher

        "The Sound of a Miracle, A Child's Triumph Over Autism"
        by Annabel Stehli

        "Nobody Nowhere" by Donna Williams

        "Autism, Explaining the Enigma" by Uta Frith

        "Autistic Children: A Guide for Parents and Professionals"
        by Lorna Wing

        "The Ultimate Stranger: The Autistic Child" by Carl Delacato


Lynda Huggins
Monroe, Louisiana
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Subject:      Re: Helen

Carolyn,


Sorry about the name switch.  It is still great news about Helen.

Humbly yours
Curtis

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From:         "Lauren H. Arango" <LHARANGO@OWUCOMCN.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: "Jaime"

Rosanne, thanks for posting the message about Jaime.  I firmly believe that
*all* children are blessings from God, and your message illustrates this.
It is very difficult for me to understand why someone would decide to
abort a child that wasn't "normal".  If you had never had the opportunity
to know Jaime, think what a loss that would be....

                                        Lauren
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:25:40 -0500
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From:         FARBER_R@SPCVXA.BITNET
Subject:      Re: "Jaime"

Dear Ray and Anne,
   Thanks so much for your kind words,I really appreciate them.
Anne,Jaime was a little girl.She would come in every day with her
Maryjane's and her coordinating bows and always have a smile and a hug.
She has been our program since birth,but in my class since September.
In a months time she went from a typical Down's,head down while walking,
wanting to be carried,(which was hard not to do!!) etc.to a more confident
4yr.old who always blew a kiss from the bus.
Jaime was a fraternal twin who was born with congenital heart problems.
This was her second open heart surgery in 4yrs.
I realized with her death and some comments from well meaning friends,like she h
   had other problems,she's probably better off,etc.,that it was hard for
me because I suffered the loss of "a Child",not a Down's child...
just a child! Because that's what they all are to me ,children.
Yes,they have their problems but I'm so used to seeing beyond that,
that ,a child ,is what I see.I thank Jaime for the realization of that.
And even though it sounds corny,after 15 + years of teaching,it's nice
to know my basic philosophy for going into teaching is still alive...
Rosanne         Thanks again!!!
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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 09:46:35 EST
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From:         Lisa S Lewis <LISAS@PUCC.BITNET>

On Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:15:21 EST Wendy Bousfield said:
>Daniel:  I just finished Donna Williams's NOBODY NOWHERE this morning.
>It is an extraordinary book:  honest, lyrical, wryly humorous in places.
>Like Temple Grandin's EMERGENCE, it is a tribute to what the human
>spirit can accomplish against crushing odds.  But Williams' book is
>much more internal and psychologically probing than Grandin's.  I
>HIGHLY recommend it!  Wendy Bousfield

I read this book a few weeks ago, and I too highly recommend it.  I think that
(at least I hope) most of the children discussed on this list don't have the
added strike against them that Donna Williams had---an acoholic and abusive
mother. But still she speaks to us all.

One point that is interesting, is that Donna was an adult before she had a
name for her "differentness."  She always knew that she was different, and
was being told that she was stupid or insane.  I remember a while back on
this list, the discussion of whether or not we should "tell" kids that they
have autism.  I believe that Jim Sinclair's take was that they KNOW anyway,
and that they would feel better knowing that there is an name and explanation
for what makes them different from peers and family members.  This book
certainly concurs.

I found it difficult to understand why she refers to herself, or at least
aspects of her personality, by different names.  In a way it seemed as if
her personality were badly fragmented.  It was suggested to me that this is
a common response to abuse, but she was intact enough that she didn't actually
suffer from a multiple personality.  Today, she is only  "Donna."  But these
"characters" helped her survive.  It was also suggested to me (by a very
perceptive reader) that some of it may have been due to her difficulty with
pronouns,and naming.  In a November 12 _USA Today_ interview, she referred to
the writer as "this reporter" and to herself by her full name.

I also think that the afterward, in which Donna explains why she engaged in
certain behaviors and what they did for her, would be very helpful to teachers
and others who are in direct contact with autstic children.

I would be interested to hear others' responses to this very interesting book.
While I also found the Barron book (_There's A Boy in Here_) very compelling
reading, it disturbed me that Sean Barron claims to be "cured" of his autism.
After hearing him on the radio and seeing him on TV, I would have to say that
he is doing an incredible job of coping with life, and functioning just
beautifully in "our world." But I think he's kidding himself to say that he
is no longer autistic.  While he is doing great, it is obvious that he must
struggle with things that come mcuh more easily to non-autistic people.  Donna
Williams makes no such claims. While she wants to be in "THE world" and not
just in "her world" (the dichotomy is her own) is is a constant battle.

Anybody else read these books? Comments?

Lisa
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From:         CW04GST <CW04GST@SJUMUSIC.BITNET>
Subject:      autism research

looking for statistical data on school age autistic population
specifically:  number of special education schools servicing
this group; size of pop. being served in a separate, special
school environment.

please reply if you are associated with a self-contained school
program for students aged 3 to 21.
please send information to attn: M. Leventhal
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From:         "V70A::DOMINGUERR" <DOMINGUERR%V70A.decnet@NPT.NUSC.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:      RE: "Jaime"

        "GREAT RIVERS CARVE THE LAND AND PULL DOWN MOUNTAINS- GREAT WARS SCAR
THE WORLD AND CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY- BUT NOTHING SO IMPACTS THE
HEARTS OF MANKIND AS THE PLIGHT OF ONE TENDER INNOCENT SOUL..."

        If we can make one life a little happier than we have done
something great.

        I shed a tear for Jaime and wish you and her family peace.
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Date:         Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:20:07 -0500
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From:         FARBER_R@SPCVXA.BITNET
Subject:      "Jaime"

  On FRiday,Nov.13 Jaime passed on.Jaime ,was a 4 yr. old Down's
Syndrome child who didn't recover from open heart surgery on Wednesday.
 It has only been since September that I 've known her but she's
touched my heart forever.It's at times like this that I hate my
job and love it as much.
Today I went to the wake of this tiny angel,with a tuft of blond hair,
and couldn't help remembering the tight hug I got the last time we were
together or the kiss she blew at me as the yellow bus pulled away.
I love my job and the "babies"that come through my door.
Tomorrow at her funeral I will try to console her mother that
Jaime touched us all....forever.And we thought we were teaching her!
Teacher's sometimes get a bad rap.Please remember that there are still
many of us who love and respect these kids as our own.
Jaime will live on in my heart always and forever impact my
approach to teaching.Rosanne
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From:         Wendy Bousfield <LIBWBB@SUVM.BITNET>

Daniel:  I just finished Donna Williams's NOBODY NOWHERE this morning.
It is an extraordinary book:  honest, lyrical, wryly humorous in places.
Like Temple Grandin's EMERGENCE, it is a tribute to what the human
spirit can accomplish against crushing odds.  But Williams' book is
much more internal and psychologically probing than Grandin's.  I
HIGHLY recommend it!  Wendy Bousfield
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From:         HUGGINS@MERLIN.NLU.EDU
Subject:      RE: autism research

Attn:  M. Leventhal

My son Jon is 18 and has been in a self-contained setting throughout
his school experience.  (I feel that his separation from his "normal"
peers has been his greatest loss.  It is my greatest regret.)  I would
URGE all parents to fight for full inclusion of their child in the
regular school setting.  I could write a book on that!

Off the soap box and to your question -

I should mention that Jon was reclassified by the school system as
autistic at age 12.  Prior to that he was classified MMR.  But all
those years teachers kept telling me he was not the typical MMR child.
All of his early years were in a non-cat self-contained classroom.
Jon is very verbal, very social, and very loving.

Jon is currently served in a Junior High setting.  He has been at this
location for three years.  Most of the past five years have been primarily
one-on-one instruction.  In addition, he receives Adaptive P.E., Speech,
and Occupational Therapy.  The past two years have included regular visits
to our home to practice home living skills.  Jon does not easily transfer
skills learned in one environment to another.  We have tried to teach him
community living skills through visits to the grocery, pharmacy, mall,
bank, library,etc.  Social skills are practiced at our neighborhood pool,
bowling alley, church, etc.  The only area of Jon's life where he has been
totally mainstreamed is in our chruch.  He has progressed with the kids
his age, attends social functions, sings in the youth choir, and has some
wonderful friends there.

He has sampled various job sites in preparation for vocational planning
and training.  Jon LOVES the library and visits weekly to select videos
for the weekend.  It is the job site of my choice.  It is quiet, safe,
and friendly.  There are many tasks within a library that I am confident
Jon can handle.

It is my hope that your research is not in support of separate or special
school settings for persons with autism.  I firmly believe that all kids,
regardless of their disability, belong with their regular peers.  It
works!  I've seen wonderful examples of programs in other areas.  We must
learn to value and celebrate our diversity.

Lynda Huggins in Louisiana
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From:         Daniel Mont <D6M@CORNELLA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Books

I would add "There's a Boy in Here" by Sean Barron, as well.  However,
the Grandin and Barron books are geared towards the high functioning
autistic children.  What are good non-technical books focussing on the
lower functioning children?
From: D6M@CORNELLA.BITNET (Daniel Mont)
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Hello everyone. I thought I'd send in the next installment of our dealings
with Alex's school.  It turns out there is money in the school for one
more aid.  Alex's teacher helped make the case that an aide could be
very useful for Alex on the playground.  It seems our teacher and especially
the school psychologist do not think an aide is needed in the classroom.
Anyway, it is clear to us that the playground is the most important place
for an aide because it is the time of day that is most "kid driven" and
unstructured and where there is the least amount of supervision.  An
additional aide will be posted on the playground during Alex's playground
time and will be instructed to specifically keep an eye out for him and help
him interact with children.

If you remember, Alex also gets three quality half-hours a week with his
speech teacher working on social issues and has a weekly reading group
where he works on some social issues.

The school is also going to apply for Project Opportunity money
to hire a mentor to challenge Alex academically.  They are going
to ask for 5 hours a week.

Once you add in music, art, and gym (which are all structured activities)
and also lunch and snack time there will actually be very little classroom
time where and aide could be used.

Therefore, we think that we will stick with the playground aide and mentoring
program (and continued speech and reading groups) for now and see what happens.

We have another meeting scheduled in January when we can re-evaluate.

We also will continue to inquire about a big brother type program
where Alex can interact with some older kids who have similar
academic interests.
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:29:38 -0500
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From:         FARBER_R@SPCVXA.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Helen's Gold Award

Dear Helen,
       Sorry this took so long.I tried sending a reply on Friday,
and all communication stopped.
      Anyway...."GOOD WORK"....We're proud of you too!!!
                                      Love and Hugs,
                                              Mrs.Farber
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From:         IP15217@PORTLAND.BITNET
Subject:      Natalie and a regular classroom

Great news from Biddeford Maine!  Natalie is starting to be merged into a
regualar classroom.  It is for a limited time each week bu its a start.
Natalie is non-verbal but facilitates.  There was a question as to how
pragmatic her reading skills were and that was holding her out of the
first grade classrooms.  We found out (through facilitated communications)
that she has very functional reading skills.  She apparently likes it,
but only tolerates it for a very short period of time.
She has a new friend who is a "normal" six year old.  Meghan does not
even notice Natalie's deficits.  They are partners in crime and do many
activities together.  It has made Natalie more responsive to other children
and adults around her and she engages them with more frequency and with
more appropriatness.


Curtis Maurand
IP15217@Portland.bitnet
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