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Welcome to issue 2! The post-Upgrade post-September new-for-October 
Beacon is now on the 
air none the worse for wear for all the dramatic changes wrought 
about it. Now the worst of the system shaking out is done with, 
sit back and enjoy! Your comments and feedback 
are welcome. Send them to the Editor, 
Andrew D. Wright  <au141@chebucto.ns.ca> 
and please state whether the letter may be used in a future letters column.
  
   
This Issue:
Opportunity for Growth!
 
| The User Reference Index: 
 | Margaret C. Douma continues to solve 
the age-old CCN problem of useful information being available in the CCN Archives, but 
not being easy to find. Try looking for it here! 
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| Feature Article: 
 | "The Secret of CAP" 
Andrew D. Wright 
has discovered a giant secret! What do hundreds of millions of dollars in 
federal money have to do with you and how can you get in on the action? Find 
out here where it's coming from and why. A 
CCN Beacon 
Exclusive! 
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| Humor: 
 | "Gone To Lunch" 
Beacon correspondents 
Norman De Forest and 
Joey Mitchell Comeau 
have seen who's home when the right web page wasn't and lived to tell the tale. 
Though come to think of it, they haven't been heard from in a while. Hmm....  See 
what they saw here. 
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| CCN IP Haven: 
 | Andrew D. Wright 
dishes the dirt on PPP access for IPs. Sssshh. There's news here so hot that you'll 
think you're reading tomorrow's paper. Plus some cool dodges for webslingers to 
use in the meantime while the dust settles. 
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| Full Sail: 
 | Guest columnists the 
CCN Userhelp Volunteers 
rip the lid off Pine to reveal how to 
set it up so it reads news too. All the secrets the pro's use to get full featured 
turbo performance are laid out for you step by step. 
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| Headlands: 
 | New columnist 
Mike Cormier 
highlights sites on Chebucto Community Net's French version, 
Réseau communautaire Chebucto. Explore a new world with him and 
see what is out there to be discovered. 
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| Userhelp FAQ: 
 | Andrew D. Wright 
answers three common post-upgrade questions from the files of 
CCN Userhelp. 
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| Last 
Issue: 
 | The July 1998 CCN Beacon. Volume
1   Number 1. 
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The CCN Beacon is in need 
of writers, columnists and graphics designers. Your reward is a credit 
which will last the ages, the knowledge that hundreds of people 
will read your words and the experience - an opportunity for growth. 
Send in a small sample of your work or URL to 
au141@chebucto.ns.ca. 
 
        
We need a couple of our regular column spots filled, and perhaps start up some new ones. 
Ideas for feature articles as well as writers wishing to 'freelance' writing them are more 
than welcome as are graphics people to help illustrate. Write in for more information.
  Next Issue:
Don't Panic! 
        
We do it all again, right here. New articles and different ASCII characters, 
December 1st ! We explore tele-employment, IP-FTP, the mysteries of 
email and save the Earth from hostile alien invaders! (You think I'm joking? 
Nope!) Watch this space for more as it comes in.
   
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