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To: Miche Elle who wrote (55606)	5/6/1999 7:58:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Gore unveils program to protect children online By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - Fifteen major Internet firms agreed Wednesday to offer parents tools to limit children's access to Web sites that may contribute to violence like the Colorado school shooting, Vice President Al Gore announced. Under the voluntary program, the companies, including America Online <AOL.N>, Lycos Inc <LCOS.O> and Yahoo! Inc <YHOO.O>, will offer links on their pages guiding parents to online tools to monitor the Web sites their children visit, to block access to hate sites and pornography and to limit time online. The initiative, which has been under study for months, aims in part to allay concerns about the role the Internet may play in violent outbursts like the April 20 shootings at Littleton's Columbine High School, where two boys killed a dozen students and a teacher before apparently taking their own lives. "There are some dark corners, there some free-fire zones and red-light districts in cyberspace from which children must be protected," Gore said as he unveiled the program, called the Parents' Protection Page which will be accessible in July. Gore, the front-runner for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination, said the page would help parents restrict their children's e-mail contacts "to keep potential predators at bay -- purveyors of pornography, hatred, violence and evil." According to the White House, the 15 companies taking part in the program represent sites accounting for 95 percent of all Internet traffic, ensuring that most parents will be "one click away" from the protective tools. Officials said the companies would provide links to the page from their main Web sites. While acknowledging that no one may ever know precisely what drove Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold to turn on their fellow students in Littleton with guns and bombs, Gore suggested that the Internet was a factor. Harris had a Web site, which is no longer accessible, that bragged he and Klebold had made pipe bombs and reportedly also featured instructions on bomb-making and ways to customize the dark computer war game called "Doom." Gore commended the Internet companies for the initiative and appeared to take a swipe at the gun lobby and the media industry by suggesting they contributed to youth violence. "I want to praise the Internet service providers for what you all are doing here today," Gore said. "There are others who have not come forward." "I, for example, believe that guns are way too available and I think that there should be more restrictions," he added. "I believe that there is way too much screen violence and media violence on television, in movies and video games." President Bill Clinton has invited representatives of the entertainment, Internet and gun industries to a White House summit on Monday to debate ways to curb youth violence after the Colorado school massacre.

To: Miche Elle who wrote (55606)	5/6/1999 9:22:00 AM
From: Mark Fowler	Respond to of 164684

prefer to cite a range because AMZN -- especially -- tends to bounce around within 5 point range before making a decisive move (above or below) the specific level, which, in this case is the significant 50 DMA. I noted that before it broke below that level the other day, it traded for some time between 154-157.<< Yes the 50 ma is a major support line as stated, with the major gap support at approximately 149.68 and 140 on Amzn. The top of that support is where Amzn hit resistance yesterday. Was very bullish to see this issue close above 140.