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Show THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HaATheHerald.coni), Page A2 Provo, Utah. Saturday, April 15, 2000 Pleasant Grove scientist traded Web work for horse Killer bees Ladies and gentlemen, I'm pleased to introduce my friend, Lyle Gunderson. TO do stuff like this from time to time, embarrassing acquaintances so I can prove to you that people our age can conquer the Internet. Like me, Lyle's 44. Unlike me, Lyle's got a darn fine brain. A Pleasant Grove resident, he's a scientist for Pharmanex, a division of Nu Skin. Fun fact: Lyle builds Web sites in his spare time, and actually traded his work on one site for a horse. I asked Lyle in what way the Internet is most useful to him. He replied that at work, he uses the 'Net to communicate with associates in Southeast Asia and and he checks out the NOAA site daily to see if the weather's going to be good enough for him to ride his motorcycle to work. Happy trails, Lyle! praishelped his family its keep inbetter communication es, saying with each other. Two final notes from The Gunderson File: He uses the Web to link to computers at the University of Utah, where his doctoral degree, WEBWARD, HO TOP TIP: Each week well quickly walk through some aspect of this newspaper's Web site, HarkTheHerald.com. Today's lesson is getting the f s7 Mike Patrick HarkTheHerald.com your home page. ' Our definition o' the day involves one of the most common words in the wide,-wide world of the Web: browser. WEB-STER- Won't work. Try Unlike addresses, you can use any combination of uppercase or, lowercase letters to reach us just as long as they're in the right order! Next week well simplify it even further by showing you how to make 1' S: Our Webmaster and Resident Genius Jack Reid defines er thusly (in lay terms; 1 begged him): . browser is ;i program (software) that lots you "see" content' on the Interne!; Kxample:Aii A ' on move in Nevada the week, you can find it on the front page of HarkTheHerald.com every' day and browse to your curiosity's delight. SHAMELESS PROMO: that Hey, I warned you. I'm going to blatantly plug the partners who ACCESS AHOY: The fabulous new Sunday magazine "Access: America's Guide to the Internet," is drawing rave, reviews from our readers. (Hint: It can be hard to find, particularly when it's packed into your are making HarkTheHerald.com an increasingly popular (and one day profitable!) Web site. Super pal for this week is a friend of mine, former columnist and graphic artist extraordi- naire Bernell Taylor. Next time you're at HarkTheHerald.com and you see his banner 'adver- tisemcnt.juicygraphics.com, click on it and lie prepared for information. To really expand your Internet vocabulary, check out www.webopedia.com. name right. When you're ready to call us up on your screen, make sure you type in our domain name the address for our site correctly. A gentleman called me from a distant area code on Tuesday because he couldn't find us anywhere. When I asked him to spell his destination, he said: "the left coast." Lyle also sings antenna or dish on your roof is capable of receiving video signals out of the air. Your TV lets you see those signals. Likewise, an Internet service provider (ISP) gives you access to the information floating around in the Internet. A browser lets you see Daily Herald with nearly 30 pther inserts, as is the case tomorrow.) The new edition's about cover story is a must-reasubtitled, computer games, "Who's looking out for your kids?" Be prepared, however. The article includes graphic images from two of the bloodier games out there. To refer to Access throughout d CITY CARSON . some fun. Heck, for that matter, you can visit his site directly anytime you like. That's it for today. Now get outside and enjoy life, OK? Mike Patrick in general manager of HarkTheHeruhi.com. mpatrick'" heraldextra.com. (AP) -A- fricanized bees will sting more southern Nevadans and eventually kill someone in Nevada, the state's agriculture head has told a legislative panel. Agriculture Director Paul Iverson says the bees are hybridizing with honeybees and eventually will move into the colder northern Nevada climate. "This is a problem that will not go away" Iverson told the Legislature's Interim Finance : Committee on Thursday. Iverson briefed legislators on his agency's efforts to protect southern Nevadans from the bees during discussion of the case of a woman stung more than 500 times last month in Las Vegas. - .' 77, has Toha Bergerub, recovered from the stings, as old Las Vegas has a man who was stung repeatedly by the bees in February. The bees have killed at , least six people in the United States since they ' moved across the border from Mexico in 1990. Africanized bees entered southern Nevada in 1998 and have moved as far north as Amargosa Valley. They also now are found in Mesquite. While they haven't yet been spotted in Utah, state officials there have set up traps and expect them to arrive in the St. George area soon. It's expected they will head into the state via the Virgin River. "We will never destroy all the Africanized bees," Iverson said. "We are going to get someone i killed, no question about it," has Iverson's agency $10,000 . to help with the Africanized bee problems and expects local governments might put up more money to set up a safety program. He envisions a system whereby residents could call 911, and a pest control company automatically would be directed to the call area. State or local governments would pay the extermination costs. Pest control companies would be assigned to bee calls on a rotating basis. 79-ye- District sponsors suicide Take Back the Night prevention conference , 5 t By MARTA MURVOSH The Daily Herald - " r A PROVO started to cry five feet from his school's entrance. Two of his friends walked up; to comfort him and the boy drew fifth-grade- r a Magnum from his bag. "One friend ran and the other said- - Richard kid froze," Los Lieberman, Angeles Unified District School Suicide Prevention Unit coordinator. The boy tried to give the gun to his friend, who said, "No, I'm scared," and ran. "He didn't get more than 1 12 feet when the gun went off," Lieberman said. ,,, Lieberman is known as the "suicide man." He will go anywhere to talk about and hopefully prevent people from taking 357-calib- hair-trigge- their fives., He was at BYU Friday with nine others who spoke at a conference on suicide and depression, which was sponsored by Provo City School District and eight other organizations. The conference's two sessions were attended by more than 300 ' people. A daytime session was offered for educators, mental, health and other professionals and an evening session was geared toward parents and medical professionals. Although school shootings get headlines, it's suicides that kill more children, one in 1,000 high school students, Lieberman said. Lieberman's prevention suggestions for parents are: Don't be afraid to talk Know the warning signs Take all threats seriously Take action Utilize school and communi, ty resources Suicide-proo- f the environment Reinforce coping skills ' Teen suicide has reached epidemic levels in Utah and America 'in the past 40 years, said Dr. Richard Ferre, another of the conference's keynote speakers.It's the rising numbers of teen .suicides that promoted school district officials to organize the conference, said Greg Hudnall director of student services. Hudnall hopes it will become an annual event. Part of the reason for the 300 percent increase in the suicide rate of teens since 1950 is the availability of guns, Lieberman said. More than 80 percent of deaths in the home are suicides. Children today also are subject to more stress, Lieberman said. The following are some community resources for depression or suicide: Teen Line (800) 'ft 1 . 0 t &wM ? 110 m&i gun-relate- d 479-TEE- BRIAN H I .OhKAI.D Ik DaiU Herald and Christina Kemeny lead a procession through downtown Provo during Friday's "Take Back the Night" rally and march; The annual event aims to do away with violence against women. Kris Kirry, right, (8336) National suicide prevention lines (800) or Yellow Ribbon, offers suicide in prevention presentations Utah. For more information, call or log on to (303) 784-243- 3 429-353- THE DLLY HERALD UU!) (Si www.yellowribbon.org. Your local hospital, police, school or Provo "school district student services office at at reached 354-770- Oms Burma ' Wea Center Street 74 1 Orem, Uu 0 5 Subscriptions and delivers service Newsroom For Depirtmeiti Ml listed tbove be 3 0 ;..J7M4W FAX or 5 " 84057 Chssififd Advertising Retail Advertising , can : www.heraldestra.cem 374-481- Murvosh ... 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