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ues as to your emotional state. One popular technique is to use keyboard symbols like :-). We call these symbols emoticons. What :-) means? Tilt your head to the left and look again. Yes, it's a smiling face. Here are some other examples to challenge your imagination: ;-) (Winking Smiley), :-( (Sad), 8-) (User wears glasses), :-o (Shocked or surprised), and :-> (Hey hey). A bracketed is shortha

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cannot evangelize, but rather that participants should persuade rather than brow-beat or attack those they disagre

ligious interest are available by anonymous FTP or LISTSERV. The Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Koran (also spelled Quran) are available at many sites and in a variety of file formats. The Bible (King James Version) is available as bible10.zip and bible10.txt via FTP to mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.201.12) in the /extext/etext92/ directory. M.H. Shakir's translation of the Koran is available as 114 individual ASCII text chapters via FTP to qua

job, but are constantly searching for something better. There are many forums and conferences devoted to help you get a new job. FidoNet has the JOBS conference, for those not in a hurry, and JOBS-NOW (Job & Employment offerings/listings) for those who have no mor

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nd Sarah Edwards. Its file library contains back issues of the electronic magazine "Making It on Your Own." GEnie has the Home Office Small Business forum (HOSB). Home based business opportunities may exist within areas such as desktop publishing, desktop video, high-tech equipment repair, import and export management, and profes

as formed a LISTSERV, SLAJOB, in connection with the Indiana Center for Database Systems. The LISTSERV, which is available on both the Internet and Bitnet, will help special libraries and information centers in the sciences, industry, the arts and within public and academic li

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