From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #104 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Sunday, April 19 1998 Volume 03 : Number 104 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Re: Thomas at Global Info Ifrastructure awards in Chicago [RThurF ] Re: Alloy: teletubbies [IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Alloy: Re: Thomas at Global Info Ifrastructure awards in Chicago I just received this in my mailbox. If I were a journalist I know which luminary I'd be interviewing! Does anyone know what the charge is for impersonating a journalist? :) Robin << ADVISORY ... for April 20 (Monday) COMDEX/Spring -- Booth No. 7331 (North Hall) Eckhard Pfeiffer, president and chief executive officer of Compaq to Keynote at Awards Ceremony; From Saving Lives to Shaping Minds; Making Money and Promoting Volunteerism -- Industry Leaders Select the Best of the Internet -0- *T WHAT: The Global Information Infrastructure Awards (GII Awards) called "a cross between the Oscars and the Baldridge Awards" by USA Today. WHO: The GII winners include businesses, government and communities that are using the Internet and network technology to create extraordinary results in 11 categories covering: Arts & Entertainment, Children, Commerce, Community, Education, Government, Health, Netpreneur; Next Generation, Promise, and Public Access. (For a complete list of winners call Jill Mangino or Stacey Bender at 973/744-0707). WHERE: McCormick Place, COMDEX/spring -- Booth No. 7331 (North Hall), 10:30 a.m. -- 3:30 p.m. Chicago Hilton & Towers, 5:30 -- 10 p.m. WHEN: April 20, 1998 10-1:30 p.m.: Satellite interviews available with GII Founder Jim Hake and Winners available. 12-4 p.m.: At COMDEX Booth No. 7331 -- North Hall; one-on-ones and highlights and demos of Winner sites as well as interviews with Winners and GII Founder and Chairman Jim Hake 3:30 p.m.: COMDEX (Broadcast Center/PC Week Side -- North Hall) Siskel & Ebert Announce GII Winners 5:30-7:00 p.m.: Chicago Hilton & Towers -- Opportunity for press to preview GII Winners and interview Winners in Grand Ballroom. 7:00-10:00 p.m.: GII Awards Ceremony & Dinner, Sponsored by Compaq Computer -- Chicago Hilton and Towers -- 720 South Michigan Avenue -- Grand Ballroom -- Satellite Feed Available -- by invitation only -- must RSVP by calling Stacey Bender or Jill Mangino at 973/744-0707. An exciting evening showcasing the GII Winners, compelling and innovative applications of the Information Super Highway. Hosted by celebrated film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert; Keynote by Eckhard Pfeiffer, president and CEO of Compaq as well as other luminaries including: Vint Cerf (MCI), Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger (GM of Internet Division, IBM), Ed Horowitz (VP of E-Commerce, Citibank), Recording Artist, Thomas Dolby and Patricia Seybold. Also, Satellite b-roll of awards ceremony available. Call for coordinates. *T To arrange interviews on site and in advance contact Stacey Bender or Jill Mangino at 973/744-0707 or e-mail at jill@bender-hammerling.com. --30--JS/np KM/np CONTACT: The Bender-Hammerling Group Stacey Bender or Jill Mangino, 973/744-0707 jill@bender-hammerling.com >> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 23:51:35 +0100 (BST) From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Re: Alloy: teletubbies At 15:59 17/04/98 -0700, Elaine wrote: > > >Sorry Slarv, < I long-ago declared my household to be a Barney-Free Zone, >but that's because the damned purple beast's songs were spending too much >time in my head throughout any given day. Don't know if we get Barney over here, I'm certainly not familiar with his work ;-) > . They have been compared to Sesame Street, which speaks in >proper English (no baby talk anyway) and concentrates on certain letters >and numbers.. so that's probably why some people feel the need to point >out that the Teletubbies' educational content is very thin by comparison. > My sister and her husband used to live in Zambia, and the year I left school I went out to stay with them for a month. Their TV was totally unreal, and did not start until about 5pm each day. The first programme EVERY day was Sesame Street, and my sister told me it was an attempt by the government to ensure all Zambians could at least count to ten and say the alphabet. This may explain why many Zambians pronounce the number 9 as 'niiiiiiiiiiiine.' Slarv ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #104 ***************************