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** Talaris Lazer printer, 16pg/min **
I have a lazer printer from Talaris that suppose to printer 16 pg / min.
I have never set it up to use because I did not expect it to be any bigger than
a lazerJet IIp, but I', wrong. It was purshase used when a company
liquidated it.
I will sale it for $350 + shipping.
Reply if interested/obo.
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What is your reaction to people who claim they were abducted by space aliens?
Some of these people say, "I was abducted, experimented on, etc."
If we insist that these aliens don't exist is the burden of proof placed on
us. These people can give no hard facts but can give a lot of testimony to
back up their beliefs.
Replace <space aliens> with <elvis>, <big foot>, <blue unicorns>,
and we have a larger percentage of the population than I like to think
about.
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Shhh--coke drinkers haven't found out about Phosphoric Acid yet.
:-)
David
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Highway 12 is a great road. Be sure to stop by the Anasazi (sp) village
museum near Boulder Creek. Interesting lifestyle :-). The views of Dixie
National Forest are stunning.
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wrote in response to article <30975@galaxy.ucr.edu>, raffi@watnxt08.ucr.edu
[IC] There are some Armenians here, in the USA.
[IC] In fact, there are some areas where Armenians are majority.
[IC] Suppose, a large group of people of one of such area decides,
[IC] that the US "government is not representing their interests, and vote for
[IC] seperation" from the USA.
The Armenians you refer to have chosen to come to the United States lawfully
and peacefully. However, if Armenians invade the United States and force
Americans to either flee or become Armenians, it will not succeed. Similarly,
the Armenians of Karabakh are being forced by Azerbaijan to either become
Azeris or leave, and it also will not succeed, as has been demonstrated.
Karabakh, irrespective of its geographic position situated technically within
the Stalin-prepared borders of Azerbaijan, has been long oppressed and
eventually was invaded in 1991 by Azeri OMON and Soviet forces, resulting in
the northern third of this Armenian area being depopulated of Armenians. The
Armenians have been fighting back ever since.
Clearly, you feel it rather ridiculous for Armenians, of let's say Glendale,
California, to engage in an independence movement for a free and independent
Glendale. Similarly, the Azerbaijanis are engaging in a losing attempt at
claiming sovereignty over the land and people of Karabakh, who have lived
continuously in Karabakh a thousand years before the first Central Asian
invaders ever stepped foot in the Caucasus.
[IC] Should they get it?
[IC] And should the UN enforce their will?
[IC] And is it a simple, beautiful concept, indeed?
Your analogy has broken down because you have switched positions of the victim
and invader. A better analogy would be the direct parallel between Armenians
of Karabakh and Native Americans. Now, if you wish, we can discuss the tenets
of might versus right and the policies of settler nations!
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In what way David? Our government is totally out of control,
whether you realize it or not. I know you find it painful to
think of your old buddy Uncle Sam as evil but it's true. Other
democracies have fallen before. Ours is on its way and knee-jerk
sheep that instinctively trust government are helping it slide.
Power corrupts David, why is that so hard to understand?
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[...]
I think you are mistaken in thinking Tom Scharle to be a atheist.
You will find both atheists and Christians among your opponents on t.o.
Calling your opponents them "Branch Athiests zealots" does nothing for
your credibility.
Oh yes, do.
Dear me. This is taken _so_ out of context that it's hard to know where
to start... The quote starts with material from p 78, and ends with material
from page 81!
On page 78, there's the bit that says (the parts left out in John King's
"quote" are marked by <>):
"<...> the doubt that has infiltrated the previous, smugly confident certitude
of evolutionary biology<'s last twenty years> has inflamed passions <and
provoked some very interesting thought and research>."
Eldridge goes on immediately following the butchered quote:
"In short, evolutionary biology has entered a phase of creativity that is
the hallmark of good, active science."
The material that is on page 81 that is "quoted" by John King has been
butchered even more severely:
"<I mention this only to illustrate the> **There is**[these words not
in the original text-prl] lack of agreement even within warring camps
<: things are really in uproar these days, and each of the "basic" ways
of looking at evolutionary biology has its minor variants.> Sometimes
it seems as if there are as many variations on each evolutionary theme
as there are individual biologists."
Eldridge goes on:
"But that's the way it should be; this is how science is supposed to operate."
And just a few sentences down:
"When they [creationists] misrepresent the exuberant, creative doubt and
controversy permeating evolutionary biology these days, they are actively
promoting scientific illiteracy."
And that, John E. King, is precisely what you have done with Eldridge's
article. Are you personally responsible for the butchery of the text or
have you pulled it out of some creationist propaganda? You owe the people
reading t.o an apology for posting such misrepresentation.
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Hi,
Could someone explain to me what exactly the Xlib functions
XCreateRegion, XPolygonRegion, XPointInRegion do, or to
suggest a ftp site where I can find programs using these functions.
PS: The man pages does not explain much ......
Thank you,
Leo.
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Leonidas Nikidis : ln@doc.ic.ac.uk Imperial College, London,UK
Dept. of Computing
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[excellent and helpful list deleted]
Wes's list is of "do"s and "don't"s for writing your Congressional
representatives is a fine one but I'd like to encourage people to pay
extra attention to the point above. As cliched as the saying may be
it's nevertheless true that you can catch more flies with honey than
with vinegar.
While the writing styles prevalent on the net possess a certain charm
please remember that the person reading your letter is likely to be
uninfluenced or negatively influenced if you express your concerns in
a way that makes you sound like a flake or a paranoid crackpot. Wild
and unsupported accusations about the menace from the NSA will not
carry much weight, nor are overblown conclusions about the inevitable
consequences of the proposal likely to convince (especially not ones
that attempt strained analogies to the rise of the Nazi party. Please
save the Niemoller quote for another letter..)
If you want your opinions to be taken seriously it is *very* important
that you state those opinions in a manner that is understandable and
seems reasonable to a layman. Don't overburden your reader with technical
details or expect them to know the history of various encryption
technologies. Before you mail it, hand your letter to a non-technical
friend and ask them to sanity-check it.
Above all, realize that legislators are often motivated as much by
self-interest as by anything else. Try to point out risks in terms that
will be meaningful and motivating to them such as the loss of individual
privacy rights or the damage restrictive export regulations do to American
businesses' ability to compete in the global marketplace. Pull the
strings that you think will work with your legislator -- if your
legislator is unlikely to be swayed by civil-rights concerns then point out
how a government-granted monopoly for Mycotronx damages the competitiveness
of businesses in your district that manufacture or market phone or crypto
technology.
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Good question. It's my impression, not backed by evidence, that general
south-of-the-borderness seems to exempt one from the hiring-firing effect
I was talking about.
Back in the 20's there were some attempts to hire black Cuban ballplayers;
they were rejected by the commissioner and others.
Well, what *did* I mean to say? Aside from some short-lived exceptions
such as Japanese internment in WW II, only blacks were affected by laws
regarding: slavery, Jim Crow, miscegenation, military service, etc. If
my claim of exclusivity is not 100% airtight, that is, if you can come
up with this or that exception, fine -- have a cookie. But compared to
this list, no other racial group put up with a legal onslaught worth
discussing at length.
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Quoting dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com in article <1993Apr26.150434.227@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>:
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Viola has only played in the NL with the Mets -- not possible for him
to have defeated or lost to every team. Ditto for Tanana who was mentioned
in a previous post.
I don't remember if Seaver managed to get a win against the White Sox
in his brief sojourn with Boston so I'd say the other pitcher to defeat every
team is either Mike Torrez (he bounced around enough for a long enough period
of time) or Koosman as mentioned. I would also guess that if one of these
two did not manage to beat every team he did manage to lose to every team.
Tom
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I'll post my guesses to some of these and other trivia questions posted.
For most career K's with one team, if it's not Ryan, perhaps Steve Carlton.
With the Rangers, Hough was there for a long time.
In the 100 saves department...Maybe Lee Smith(he should have at least
a hundred with the Cubbies, maybe enough with either the RSox or Cards.)
Then maybe, Gossage?(NYY and SD), Fingers (MIL, OAK)
Don't know about the homers/steals dept.
In some other article,(Mets trivia), it could be Tim Leary in at least
the losing to all teams, maybe beating all of 'em too. Probably Seaver
and Koosman fit too.
And in Randy Johnson's no-hitter, I think it was Scott Bradley, the
other half of the old Mariner catching platoon, who was behind the plate
that night.
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(Peter > > Simple logic arguments are folly. If you read the Bible you
will see
I can't. It seems Jesus used logic to make people using logic
look like fools? No, that does not sound right, he maybe just
told they were fools, and that's it, and people believed that...
Hmm, does not sound reasonable either...
I find it always very intriguing to see people stating that
transcendental values can't be explained, and then in the
next sentence they try to explain these unexplained values.
Highly strange.
Cheers,
Kent
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You can configure devices for the same IRQ as long as you don't use them
*simultaneously*, under Dos at least. Both LPT1: and SB just sit there until
you tell them to do something. You can't configure a SoundBlaster for IRQ7
if you got an Ethernet Card which hits that IRQ a thousand times or so per
second.
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I'm interested in this from the other angle: what antihistamine can I
take at bedtime for relief of allergies, with the assurance that its
sedative effect will have completely worn off by the next morning, but
preferably with the anti-allergy effect lasting longer?
I'm thinking mainly of OTC products. Which has the least duration of
sedative action: Benadryl, Chlor-Trimeton, or what?
Note that I'm asking about duration, not intensity.
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The problem is that QuinZip is very very slow. So I think that WinZip 4.0
is still the best choice to use pkzip in Windows!
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: I'd really like to see such a thing developed so that interactive
:internet talk radio could be done. Ideally, though, it should be a general
:purpose device. It should be a general purpose enough device that nobody
:should be able to balk at its widespread use. Obviously, to make it easy
:for homebrewers, it should use pretty common hardware.
I suggest we start with the ubiquitous Sun, to get a lot of momentum
going. Custom hardware isn't going to go anywhere until there's a
user base.
: Anyone interested? I'll start a provisional mailing list. Let
:me know if you want on.
Count me in. I need someone at the US end to experiment on the
protocols with, and I like the way you code. Give me 3 weeks to
move house and settle in then we'll go for it seriously...
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That is the result of watching anti-Muslim 'SDPA' Nazis/crooks/idiots
too much. Still covering up the crimes of your fascist Armenian grandparents
and Nazi Armenian parents? Not a chance. As early as 1934, K. S. Papazian
asserted in 'Patriotism Perverted' that the Armenians
'lean toward Fascism and Hitlerism.'[1]
At that time, he could not have foreseen that the Armenians would
actively assume a pro-German stance and even collaborate in World
War II. His book was dealing with the Armenian genocide of the Muslim
population of Eastern Anatolia. However, extreme rightwing ideological
tendencies could be observed within the Dashnagtzoutune long before
the outbreak of the Second World War.
In 1936, for example, O. Zarmooni of the 'Tzeghagrons' was quoted
in the 'Hairenik Weekly:'
"The race is force: it is treasure. If we follow history we shall
see that races, due to their innate force, have created the nations
and these have been secure only insofar as they have reverted to
the race after becoming a nation. Today Germany and Italy are
strong because as nations they live and breath in terms of race.
On the other hand, Russia is comparatively weak because she is
bereft of social sanctities."[2]
[1] K. S. Papazian, 'Patriotism Perverted,' (Boston, Baikar Press
1934), Preface.
[2] 'Hairenik Weekly,' Friday, April 10, 1936, 'The Race is our
Refuge' by O. Zarmooni.
In April 1942, Hitler was preparing for the invasion of the Caucasus.
A number of Nazi Armenian leaders began submitting plans to German
officials in spring and summer 1942. One of them was Souren Begzadian
Paikhar, son of a former ambassador of the Armenian Republic in Baku.
Paikhar wrote a letter to Hitler, asking for German support to his
Armenian national socialist movement Hossank and suggesting the
creation of an Armenian SS formation in order
"to educate the youth of liberated Armenia according to the
spirit of the Nazi ideas."
He wanted to unite the Armenians of the already occupied territories
of the USSR in his movement and with them conquer historic Turkish
homeland. Paikhar was confined to serving the Nazis in Goebbels
Propaganda ministry as a speaker for Armenian- and French-language
radio broadcastings.[1] The Armenian-language broadcastings were
produced by yet another Nazi Armenian Viguen Chanth.[2]
[1] Patrick von zur Muhlen (Muehlen), p. 106.
[2] Enno Meyer, A. J. Berkian, 'Zwischen Rhein und Arax, 900
Jahre Deutsch-Armenische beziehungen,' (Heinz Holzberg
Verlag-Oldenburg 1988), pp. 124 and 129.
The establishment of Armenian units in the German army was favored
by General Dro (the Butcher). He played an important role in the
establishment of the Armenian 'legions' without assuming any
official position. His views were represented by his men in the
respective organs. An interesting meeting took place between Dro
and Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler toward the end of 1942.
Dro discussed matters of collaboration with Himmler and after
a long conversation, asked if he could visit POW camp close to
Berlin. Himmler provided Dro with his private car.[1]
A minor problem was that some of the Soviet nationals were not
'Aryans' but 'subhumans' according to the official Nazi philosophy.
As such, they were subject to German racism. However, Armenians
were the least threatened and indeed most privileged. In August
1933, Armenians had been recognized as Aryans by the Bureau of
Racial Investigation in the Ministry for Domestic Affairs.
[1] Meyer, Berkian, ibid., pp. 112-113.
Need I go on?
Serdar Argic
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A word of warning for those of you registering for SIGGRAPH '93.
I just received my registration form back in the mail with the
envelope marked "Return to sender. Moved - Left No Address.
Closed PO Box". The address I used to register for SIGGRAPH '93
is the one printed on the registration form:
ACM SIGGRAPH '93
PO Box 95316,
Chicago, IL 60694-5316
I printed the envelope in my best printing, honest but evidently
SIGGRAPH '93 has skipped town or moved?
I ended up faxing my registration to: 312-321-6876. I hope that
number is real!
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It should be noted that the US benefitted not only from German science and
technology after WW2 but also from British science and technology. From the
discovery and manufacture of penicillin to jet engines, swing wing aircraft,
the hovercraft etc etc. all were shipped lock-stick-and-barel across the
Atlantic. We still are suffering from this sort of thing because of some of the
more parochial aspects of US procurement policy. Meiko, a British
parallel computer company, for example, has now moved most of its facilities to
the US since that was the only way it could sell stuff over there.
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I still have about 70 records left on hand, all in pristine condition
(except where noted), quite a few out-of-print and more than a few
imports in the bunch.
Rather than selling the majority for $3-4 each, I'm looking to barter
packages for stuff that you might be selling over USENET. I'll also
trade for other records in very good condition that you've replaced
with CD, as well as pre-recorded videos on Beta or VHS. In the past,
I've been able to make deals based on the equivalent list/store price
(e.g., 1 CD = 1 movie in Beta format*) to get around what you or I
might have originally paid (as if we can even remember! (-;) **
[At this time, I'm looking for a set of working AA NiCad rechargable
batteries ... if you have some lying around, and they're sound, RSVP!]
So if you're curious, RSVP for my list and if you see anything that
you like, send back a proposal for a record package and a copy of
your ad for the stuff you're selling ... thanks!
gld
* i.e., the imports and out-of-prints are also valued at 1 used CD;
** I once got a 2400 baud external modem for 10 records (list $81);
Anybody got a nice, unused blender for making frozen margaritas? (-;
PS: There have been NO additions since the last posting in February;
the list has only shrunk as I've made a few deals since.
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EUROPEAN COMPUTER RESEARCH CENTRE
Research Positions in 3D Graphics
ECRC is currently expanding its research staff in three-dimensional
graphics. We are looking for highly qualified researchers with a PhD in
computer science and a proven ability to conduct highly innovative
research. Preference will be given to candidates who have strong
experience in developing and implementing algorithms for
three-dimensional graphics, visualization and user interaction. We
presently have positions available for both experienced researchers and
recent graduates. Candidates with especially strong backgrounds may be
considered for positions as visiting scientists or for Ph.D. student
research positions.
The European Computer-Industry Research Centre is located in Munich,
Germany with English as the working language. The centre is funded by a
consortium of major computer companies, with a mission to pursue
research in fundamental areas of computer science. Active areas of
research include visualization and user interfaces, distributed
computing, parallelism, deductive systems and databases. The center
employs 45 researchers of 21 different nationalities.
The small but rapidly growing graphics group is currently investigating
new methods for three-dimensional human-computer interaction and the
integration of computer vision and computer graphics technology. The
center has extensive computing facilities which includes Sun
workstations, Apple Macintoshes, a well equipped graphics laboratory and
network access to super-computer facilities.
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Sega Genesis Games For Sale: (All these games just $25 each!)
Galaxy Force II
Jordan vs. Bird (One on One, shoot-outs, etc.)
Powerball
Test Drive II: The Duel (comes in box)
Valis III by Renovation
Also for sale:
Sportstalk Football '93 starring Joe Montana $35
All games include manual and case. Shipping is $4 per order (2nd day priority).
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]Furthermore, in response to an earlier message, the 1992 U.S. est. output of
]sulfur dioxide (20 mill. tons) was equivalent to the entire output by the recent
]eruption of Mt. Pinautubo(Sp.). Currently world carbon dioxide levels set at approx.
]360 ppm, in the past 120,000 years it has never gone above 280 (this info
]was found using ice core samples from the joint French/Russian/U.S. Vostok
]project). Furthermore, the background emmisions of chlorine compounds into
]the atmoshpere is about 0.6 ppb annually, it now sits at 3.5. This OVERWHELMING
]data/info is found in the World Resources doc. published by Oxford University.
Good evidence.
]The ozone hole in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres keeps getting bigger
]and stickin' around longer whilst skeptics ponder how wrong or corrupt all this
]data from government and international scientific institutions is. It is a pity, that,
]if the skeptics are wrong and we base our complacency on their Limbaugh
]psycho babble, then we will find ourselves strapped by limited options with
]which to rectify the primal engineering of our industrial age.
What ozone hole in the northern hemisphere?
What exactly will happen if we get an ozone hole in the upper atmosphere?
According to the senior chicken-little at NASA, as much more UV radiation
as if one moved 100 miles south. Certainly not the calamity that is being
imagined by eco-lunatics.
CO2 is going up. So what. There's no evidence that the increase is
due to burning fossil fuels, no evidence that increasing CO2 will increase
temperatures, and no evidience that raising temperatures will do anything
but good--ie make millions of acres of tundra into productive life-bearing
land.
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I hate to disagree, but I will. :)
(note: I don't pirate software, nor do I trade it. I simply have met and
talked extensively with those who have. that's it. the FBI can tap someone
else's phone :)
Most pirating is done by people who don't use the programs they pirate.
A cracked program tends to get passed on, resplendant in the various graphics
and animations that advertise whoever performed the modification(s).
I admit that a large portion of the business world is involved in 'giving'
copies of programs to one's fellow workers, maybe taking it home for use
on one's own PC, but such trading tends to be interdepartmental or at most
spread throughout the business as a whole- how many times have you had
someone walking from business to business letting people copy disks?
It's mostly a matter of convenience: a person sees a program they want to
use and they feel justified in making a copy since "someone's already paid
for it", etc., etc. (A note: this is starting to change a bit. not much
though.)
what about commercially available copy programs? CopyII?
how about programs like teledisk, that can do things diskcopy can't?
and before anyone disputes this because they feel that those who would copy
wouldn't know about this:
after working with people around computers, one comes to realize that
the 'average' user doesn't know much. Any computer enthusiast is at least
200x better at pre-guessing commands and how to use them (can *you* sit down
and use something without reading the manual?) and it is these people who
are doing the '20% pirating', not Joe Windows User who can't remember a few
arguments to the dir command.
really? I find it evens out- the online stuff can be read through faster,
but you're stuck reading it in linear flow: start to finish, unless you
jump ahead with a search or such. A book, though, you can flip through
faster than you can read text on a screen and they usually have a nifty
index too!
But I partially agree: I often wish I could grep something that was written
down.
what if they need to re-install? The idea of a backup still holds- if
the original disk goes bad, they're out of luck for about 1-2 weeks, which
is the usual turn around time for a company to send a new set of disks-
if they'll do it without a charge.
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I guess I would react rather strongly to this line of thinking carried
out! When you think "your army" is stronger than "mine", you would
"righteously" take my children and baptize them, doing what you know is
really "best" for them.
You cannot possibly put this kind of action, nor the crusades into the
context of the teachings of Jesus/God. I think he advocated a different
approach that was *by design* made to be appealing, to those called by him,
not chosen by a church practice.
It seems to me you have the cause and effect switched, the change comes
and then you get baptized.
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i also noticed this was out. the readme that comes with it
doesn't tell you squat, except to warn you that bad things may
happen. anyone have any idea what these can do for me in terms
of, say, performance ?
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The peaceful attempt to serve the warrant was met with gunfire. Due process
was not served because the Branch Davidians wanted it that way.
*You* think on that.
--
"Milk is for babies; when you're a man, you drink beer" - Arnold
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+>
+> Waving at other bikers makes more sense than just "Hey, how's it going,
+>nice to meet you on the road, have a good ride"
+>
+> 2) It keeps you in the habit of watching really carefully for bikes when
+>you're IN a cage. This is a Good Thing.
+
+Has anyone, while driving a cage, ever waved at bikers? I get the urge,
+but I've never actually done it.
I've had people in cages wave at me or give me the thumbs up on
occassion. (I always return the wave or thumbs up). That never
happened to me until I started riding Harleys, so that may have
something to do with it.
Why not try waving? What bad could happen?
____________________________________________________________________________
Russian Roulette is fun 5 times out of 6
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Well, I agree. I hope others chime in with suggestions on specific
technologies which could be applied towards the maintenance of an
Earth like atmosphere on a long-duration spacecraft.
Tim et al:
I think we should try looking at atmosphere first.
This seems to be the single most fundamental issue in keeping anyone alive.
We're all taught that when supporting a patient
you look for maintaining airway. So, in keeping with my trauma training
(and keeping my emergency medicine professor happy), I suggest that
we look at the issues surrounding a regenerable atmospheric circuit.
Howz that Tim?
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Well, I think you might want to visit a doctor who is familiar with
sleep disturbances, because antihistamines only help induce sleep when
they're used intermittently; they lose their sedative effect if they're
used on a nightly basis. Their anticholinergic effects (drying of secretions,
relaxing effects on smooth muscle) can be problematic in some people, such as
those with glaucoma or prostate enlargement.
Antihistamines like diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or doxylamine (Unisom)
are potent sedatives which are useful occasionally. Chlorpheniramine
(Chlor-Trimeton) is said to be less sedative, but 8mg seems to work
well in some people. Both chlorpheniramine and doxylamine have long
half-lives compared to diphenhydramine, and so may produce a residual
hangover or "drugged" feeling the next morning.
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>
> Bull shit. There is no reason in the world why we can't say that
> taking views analogous to the KKK's or some such organization is
> wrong. There is no reason why some morality may not be legislated. As
> it is we do not allow theft, or murder, or rape. Why should we allow
> hateful sppech whose only purpose is to stir anger and violence.
>
> Harry.
Actually, You're wrong as well. The KKK is allowed to
march and any attempts to curtail their freedom is rejected
(Actually I believe the ACLU won a case for them last year).
Morality should not be legilated in a free country like
the U.S.
Yes. That seems to be the problem. Even Germany now has laws for its
military where soldiers are *required* to disobey orders if they
believe the orders are morally incorrect.
Naziism is prohibited in Canada, Germany (others?). How pray tell is
Canda any less free than the US?
I'll post something on TJ and Uva under Uva for those
Hoos bashers.
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psionic@wam.umd.edu, whose parenthesized name is either an unfortunate
coincidence or casts serious doubt on his bona fides, posts a message in
which he seems willing to take the word of a private firm about which he
knows little that their new encryption algorithm is secure and contains no
trapdoors, while seemingly distrusting that of the government about clipper.
I suppose it depends on how paranoid one wishes to be, but how does the
writer know the firm isn't, for example, an NSA front? For purposes of this
message, how do we know "psionic" isn't?
I don't suggest that, but post this to point out that there is a class of
speculation that has no more truth value, without lots of hard evidence,
than the contrary one.
By the way, if "psionic" had said, in lower case letters, that the firm
CLAIMS there was no back door, I'd have no problem with that phrasing.
David
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Hi folks,
I'm trying to compile xfig 2.1.7 on a SS1+ running SunOS 4.1.1 and OW 2.0,
and I'm having a little trouble with make/imake. Specifically, make bombs
when it needs to use any Xaw file. This isn't surprising since X11 files
on Suns with the standard OW 2.0 distribution are in various places under
/usr/openwin (Xaw files are in /usr/openwin/share/include/X11/Xaw !!)
Actually, the real problem is that I know squat about imake, and I don't
know how to tell imake where the X11 files are. I can see from the
Makefile that it's looking in the wrong places, but the first line of the
Makefile reads
# Makefile generated by imake - do not edit!
Help! Is there some way I can edit the Imakefile to tell it where to
look? (I have set DEFINES = -DOPENWIN_BUG, as it said to in the README
file.)
Email and post are both fine.
Thanks in advance,
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Interesting delema for all those out there.
My school is discussing installing a Mac lab of 10 to 15 stations for our Bio
100 to 103 classes to do a study with pig disections. (no joke) Here is the
deal. We can get this grant to do a study on if it is more feasible to do a
disection via the computer or via the real thing. My problem is I was somehow
drawn into this project (being done by students who want to go Mac but know
NADA about them, being the man mac man on campus, guess who they came to?) so I
wnt to know what would probably be the best hardware to fill the follwoing
list? Right now we are looking at the C650 8/80 and the 2vx 5/80 platforms.
Ok here it goes:
We are using cd-rom, so ought we go with the internal Apple Cd-roms
offered as options in the 650 and vx or go external. It is a matter of price
and reliability, the second being VERY important.
How much RAM? I was thinking 5-8 more leaning towards 8? What do you
think?
Ok, called apple educational discounts and they said their keyboard
(extended) is 160.30. Is it better to go with the Apple and their long time
great wear and tear record, or is there a 3rd party extended keyboard that is
just a reliable? Price?
Printers: One color printer we are presently leaning towrds the
Thermal Wax Tektronic 200e or 200i (Probably the e as we are going to limit
access so we don't needed the i's networkability) So, what do you think in
terms of color printers? Different brand? Kind (Dye Sublimation? Ink Jet?)
Price? Companies? 1800 #s? Also, we are looking to get a laser printer or
such to network into the whole lab for noraml printing. The fornt runner is
the Apple Pro650 (is that right don't have my notes here?) at 1650.
Suggestions? We have kids using these things all day if this lab goes through
and they know nothing about it for the most part. It has to be reliable, easy
to maintain, and economical (ie, not high priced paper cartidges, etc).
Finally, and this is my little dig into the Project. What about netting
these things? We have ether nearby and I would like to slap the macs on the
net, but, server? Individual ether? Forget about it it is going to be
astronomically priced and the school is going to laugh at you when you ask
them?
Little more info, I am a Poli Sci major who just happens to know alot
about macs but this is a bit out of my league, not to mention I don't have the
time to go and look for all of this stuff. So I am hoping the collective
resources and intelect of the net can help (Has before) [Shameless plug: BUY
EMPOWER!!! Great Security Program!!!]
Disclaimer: This post is not and will never be supported by my
University. They do not condone in any way my using this media to illict info.
This is a proj by bio majors so they re the real persons.
Anyinfo please send to the email above or to make it real clear
rmwbb@wittenberg.edu And damn I hope my editor is alive when I get done typing
s there is not another stupid blank post.
I reserve the right to claim all this info as mine and use it to get
everything I want form my Universities red taped administration. This info may
be used for blackmail purposes and for obtaining undo amounts of praise and god
like status. This info may also be used to get credits I probaly really don't
deserve.
That is the ned of it. Any questions? And thanks ahead of time!!
Once again taping the collective genius of the internet,
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I have the following CD's that I'd like to sell:
M.O.D. Gross Misconduct
Metal Giants (at early metal compilation including Aerosmith, Mountain, Blue Oyster Cult, Judus Priest, etc.)
Metal Church Blessings in Disguise (excellent)
Slayer Hell Awaits
Anthrax Among the Living
Whiplash Power and Pain
Dream Theater Images and Words (Pull me under)
Exodus Fabulous Disaster (Heavy)
Death Angel The Ultra Violence (hard to find)
All CD's are in excellent condition (no scratches or skips). After
checking several similar articles, it seems the going rate is $8. Hence
CD's are $8.00 postage paid. Please e-mail me if you are interested,
as I rarely read these groups. I'll ship asap after receiving cash, check
or money order. e-mail me for my snail-mail address.
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I wouldn't think so. Asking people to trust a secret algorithm seems
unsound to me.
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For some time I've been thinking about the possiblity of starting a group
where scientific articles can be published (or perhaps just summaries).
Possible advantages would be:
* Free disribution
* Fast acceptance
* Online discussion between authers and readers
This would be possible with one group with a moderator for publishing the
articles and one perhaps without for discussion.
The best thing would be if all the articles would be in a standard format which
would make it possible to print or view the documents camera ready. Perhaps
Postscript or Rich Text Format?
But how do you start a new group? Anyone interrested?
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I would also be interested in the application here. I work with a Dance and
Technology program, and want to build something to track dancers on a 30 foot
wide stage from 50 feet away.
Could make for some interesting choreography... light and sound could be
controlled directly by the position of a dancer on stage, or by the number
of dancers on stage. Neat.
You could even build a spotlight that follows the dancer around on stage!
Can you tell us more about what you're doing? Sounds like a very cool program.
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I have a Powerbook 170 4/40 that is over 1 year old with no warranty but, in
perfect condition (with original Apple fax/modem), that I would consider
selling you for around a $1000. Get back to me with what you think would be
equitable arrangements (sp?). Have all manuals and system disks, some software
in boxes and loaded, but threw out the Mac packaging.
-ts-
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* Origin: hp NEMESIS ph (23:303/1)
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Amazing. And I thought only California got April.
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Rejoice! The Streets of Amerika are much safer now that the Branch
Davidians no longer have those nasty assault weapons. Your children will
no longer lie awake at night wondering when the next Brand Davidian will
attempt to shoot them from their rural compound.
Men, women, and children have been murdered by our great BATF, but the
greater good has been secured for all.
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Can anyone around here point me to information regarding STEREOSCOPIC images?
I believe I saw some at a show room in Texas (Lone Star Illusions) and
they were amazing. I've now heard that they were created with a simple
graphic program. Does anyone have any of these images digitized??
I really want to find a out as much as I can..
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1) Lucas film
2) Pixar
3) 3D/Eye Inc.
4) Light & Magic
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Tell me are you really this stupid, or are you just pretending.
A fire insurance is not an offensive weapon.
A spare tire is not an offensive weapon.
How should one deal with a man who is convinced that
he is acting according to God's will, and who there-
Jokke fore believes that he is doing you a favour by
stabbing you in the back?
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BIOLOGICAL ALCHEMY
( ANOTHER Form of COLD FUSION )
( ALTERNATIVE Heavy Element Creation in Universe )
A very simple experiment can demonstrate (PROVE) the
FACT of "BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATIONS" (reactions like Mg + O
--> Ca, Si + C --> Ca, K + H --> Ca, N2 --> CO, etc.), as
described in the BOOK "Biological Transmutations" by Louis
Kervran, [1972 Edition is BEST.], and in Chapter 17 of the
book "THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS" by Peter Tompkins and
Christopher Bird, 1973:
(1) Obtain a good sample of plant seeds, all of the same
kind. [Some kinds might work better that others.]
(2) Divide the sample into two groups of equal weight
and number.
(3) Sprout one group in distilled water on filter paper
for three or four weeks.
(4) Separately incinerate both groups.
(5) Weigh the residue from each group. [The residue of
the sprouted group will usually weigh at least
SEVERAL PERCENT MORE than the other group.]
(6) Analyze quantitatively the residue of each group for
mineral content. [Some of the mineral atoms of the
sprouted group have been TRANSMUTED into heavier
mineral elements by FUSING with atoms of oxygen,
hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, etc..]
BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATIONS occur ROUTINELY, even in our
own bodies.
Ingesting a source of organic silicon (silicon with
carbon, such as "horsetail" extract, or radishes) can SPEED
HEALING OF BROKEN BONES via the reaction Si + C --> Ca, (much
faster than by merely ingesting the calcium directly).
Some MINERAL DEPOSITS in the ground are formed by micro-
organisms FUSING together atoms of silicon, carbon, nitrogen,
oxygen, hydrogen, etc..
The two reactions Si + C <--> Ca, by micro-organisms,
cause "STONE SICKNESS" in statues, building bricks, etc..
The reaction N2 --> CO, catalysed by very hot iron,
creates a CARBON-MONOXIDE POISON HAZARD for welder operators
and people near woodstoves (even properly sealed ones).
Some bacteria can even NEUTRALIZE RADIOACTIVITY!
ALL OF THESE THINGS AND MORE HAPPEN, IN SPITE OF the
currently accepted "laws" of physics, (including the law
which says that atomic fusion requires EXTREMELY HIGH
temperatures and pressures.)
"BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATIONS, And Their Applications In
CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, MEDICINE,
NUTRITION, AGRIGULTURE, GEOLOGY",
1st Edition,
by C. Louis Kervran, Active Member of New York Academy of
Science,
1972,
163 Pages, Illustrated,
Swan House Publishing Co.,
P.O. Box 638,
Binghamton, NY 13902
"THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS",
by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird,
1973,
402 Pages,
Harper & Row,
New York
[Chapters 19 and 20 are about "RADIONICS". Entire book is
FASCINATING! ]
For more information, answers to your questions, etc.,
please consult my CITED SOURCES (the two books).
UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this
IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED.
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Someone please help me. I am searching to find out (as many others may)
an absolute 'cure' to removing all detectable traces of marijuana from
a persons body. Is there a chemical or natural substance that can be
ingested or added to urine to make it undetectable in urine analysis.
If so where can these substances be found.
If you know this information, please Email me directly
Thank You Kindly for your support,
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I just got a copy of spice 5.2. I would like to know if there are
any published books on the market yet and where I could get one. I would
appreciate any help. Thank You
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Remember me, Tom? I hope you'll respond, and I seem to
be a Voice of Reason or some such (I've been recieving fan mail,
so naturally my ego is somehwat inflated of late), and hope to
make a few points here.
And our argument is that you cannot remove them from the people
who need restricting and not remove them from the people who don't. A
fairly simple problem, given our size and numbers. Do you agree? We
all believe criminals, particularly violent criminals, should not have
firearms. The problem is making a law that does this without trodding
upon the rights of the vast majority. Nobody here seems to be able to
do it, and I doubt anybody in Norway can either. Thus, we are left with
a philosophical difference: does the safety of a few justify restricting
the many? We say "no," while others say "yes."
Can you provide a method that cannot be abused? I doubt it.
Of course. This is not in contention. What is in contention
is how much one has to pay.
It is this "giving a little" that makes Americans wary...
We have seen this argument before. You might remember how a
Chamberlain "gave a little" to a particular fascist/short asshole,
and how such "appeasement" worked. While it might work in some
instances, it doesn't work in others, and since we cannot predict
the future we must be cautious in using actions that have a
history of failure.
Cars are not essential in Norway any more than they are in
the USA. I'm willing to bet that you have neighbors that would be
willing to drive you anywhere you wanted to go for a price. Thus,
cars are not essential for your transportation. However, the
arguments presented show that, since cars are used to kill far more
people than guns in the USA, it makes much more sense to restrict
cars than it does guns. How one defines "essential" often depends
upon what one is willing to go through for that service. When we
look at the raw data, such comparisons are not individually weighed.
This depends upon what the populace was willing to do. As
Desert Storm proved, even an armed populace won't just revolt even
when given a chance. Still, would Hitler have done all that he did
with an armed populace? We have to wonder, as some of his first
acts were to confiscate firearms. Other points in history show
that dictators were overthrown by arms in the hands of the populace.
Thus, we're left wondering if Hitler would have been overthrown
or if King George was just unlucky in keeping the USA as a colony.
One can argue both sides; one also has to live with each action.
It is about #2, but so far all proposals to curtail #2 have
wound up enforcing #1 as well. I only wish that "or" was so logical.
That was, on my part, purely in jest. I merely pointed out
how we were from similar backgrounds racially, but of wholly different
backgrounds politically. I thought this would underscore my point on
how our cultures were so different despite similar heritage.
BATF can *only* enforce gun/tobaccco/alcohol violations. Child
abuse is a matter for the individual states and local authorities.
That hierarchy is a paid-for feed at many sites. Most people do
not get it for this reason, and I suspect money, not censorship, is the
main reason. Do you get alt.sex* at your site? I can't read it here
because of censorship and legal fears, so again our differences show.
You have topless sunbathing, and in the USA we can watch a murder every
fifteen seconds and yet breasts are forbidden on television.
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Sorry if this is a FAQ but :
"Where can I get a 286 (16 bit) version of POV-Ray ? "
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I need the 286 version since Turbo Pascal won't let me run a 32 bit
program from within my program. Any info on this would also be a
great help.
Thanks,
Byron.
bkidd@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au
B.Kidd@cam.compserv.utas.edu.au
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I'm trying to compile xftp which uses the Xw widget set and I'm having
problems. We're using Motif and X11R5 and it seems that my version of the
Xw stuff was only ported to R3. Are there patches out to port this to R5
(or a newer port altogether)??
Or perhaps a newer port of xftp for use with R5??
Thanks in advance.
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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
---------------------------------------------------------------
For Immediate Release April 23, 1993
Background Information:
Advancing U.S. Relations
with Russia and the other New Independent States
April 23, 1993
At the Vancouver summit, President Clinton and President Yeltsin
agreed to pursue a number of measures designed to implement an
economic and strategic partnership between the U.S. and Russia.
Since then, President Clinton has directed that a number of steps
be taken to move this process forward. The Administration is
announcing a number of steps today in order to underscore its
deep commitment to a new and closer partnership with Russia based
on its government's commitment to reform.
Executive Review of Cold War Laws
President Clinton and President Yeltsin discussed the
desirability of reviewing and updating U.S. laws and regulations
to reflect the end of the Cold War. Congress has already acted
to revise many laws to reflect the fact that a communist Soviet
Union has been replaced by a democratic Russia and other
independent states. However, many laws and regulations remain
that contain language and restrictions that fail to reflect the
end of the Cold War and that unnecessarily undermine relations
with Russia and the other new independent states.
The President today has ordered an Executive review of laws and
regulations so that, where appropriate and consistent with U.S.
security and other national interests, such provisions can be
revised or removed. He has asked Ambassador-at-large Strobe
Talbott to coordinate this review on an expedited basis. The
President has indicated that he will welcome congressional
efforts to help this review proceed as quickly as possible.
This review will weigh all considerations that pertain to
revision of such provisions, and the initiation of the review may
help to remedy some of the circumstances that have justified such
provisions in the past. For example, because the Russians are
eager to have their status changed under the Jackson-Vanik
legislation, President Yeltsin personally assured President
Clinton in Vancouver that he would look into individual cases
involving continuing restrictions on emigration from Russia. By
addressing such issues, this review can help strengthen the bonds
of trust and partnership between the U.S. and Russia, and between
the U.S. and the other new independent states.
Review of COCOM
It is also time to consider expeditiously with America's allies
the future of another Cold War institution -- the Coordinating
Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM). The United
States has begun a thorough review of how to reorient export
controls to the post-Cold War world, in which Russia is no longer
viewed as a potential adversary, but as a potential ally in
combatting the proliferation of sensitive technology.
Steps to Improve the Security Relationship
The President also has taken steps to move ahead on a range of
efforts discussed in Vancouver that can strengthen U.S. security
and improve our security relationship with the Russians and the
other states.
Accelerated Deactivation of Nuclear Weapons
In Vancouver, the two Presidents discussed accelerating the
process of deactivating nuclear strategic systems scheduled for
elimination under the START I Treaty. President Clinton has
directed the Department of Defense to complete this process well
in advance of the seven year reduction period outlined in START
I. In addition, the United States, together with Russia and the
other relevant states of the former Soviet Union, will be
exploring programs under Nunn-Lugar to help them to accelerate
this process.
Multilateral Test Ban
The two Presidents agreed at Vancouver that negotiations on a
multilateral nuclear test ban should commence at an early date,
and that the two governments would consult with each other
accordingly. The United States looks forward to beginning
consultations with Russia, our allies, and other states, on the
specific issues related to this negotiation. The United States
expects to start this consultative process within the next two
months.
Detargeting
The two Presidents also began a dialogue on the issue of nuclear
targeting at Vancouver. As the United States and Russia move
into a new relationship of strategic partnership, there is a need
to reexamine many of the assumptions and means employed in the
past to safeguard U.S. security against a nuclear adversary. The
Administration is beginning a comprehensive review of measures
that could enhance strategic stability, including recent
proposals for detargeting nuclear missiles.
Other Measures to Create a New Security Relationship
In response to the incident involving a collision between US and
Russian submarines last month, Secretary Aspin will be ready to
discuss ways to avoid such incidents in the future with Russian
Defense Minister Grachev during his visit to the United States in
late May.
Secretary Aspin will also be prepared to move forward with
Defense Minister Grachev in May to develop a combined training
program between our two military forces and to prepare for joint
exercises in peacekeeping, such as that authorized by the UN
Security Council. The United States looks forward to broadening
such training and exercises to include other peacekeeping
contributors, in order to improve inter-operability, readiness,
and planning for multilateral peacekeeping operations. The US
and Russia are working together to convene a May Ministerial
Meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss proposals for
enhancing the UN's peacekeeping capability and to move
consideration of the Secretary-General's Agenda for Peace from
the discussion to the implementation phase. The U.S. is also
working with the Russians to focus specifically on improvements
in the financing and management of UN operations. The purpose of
these initiatives will be to cooperate on peacekeeping for our
participation in UN or CSCE sponsored actions.
Multilateral and Bilateral Partnership with Reform
Finally, the Administration continues to move ahead on a range of
initiatives aimed at striking a partnership with economic and
political reformers throughout Russia and the other states. The
Administration is continuing work with our G-7 partners to
assemble the package of multilateral assistance that Secretaries
Bentsen and Christopher recently negotiated in Tokyo. And the
Administration is continuing consultation with Congress over the
further efforts the U.S. will take to assist the process of
reform in Russia and the other states.
* * *
The Administration believes these steps can increase American
security while improving the relationship between the U.S. and
Russia, and between the U.S. and the other new independent
states.
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Yes I have written something that creates meshed fractal terrain
surfaces for exactly the purpose you require, importing into 3D
modelling packages. Be warned, the data content is high and brings
many packages to their knees. We use it primarily for MicroStation
but it exports DXF, as well as other formats, so you should be OK.
You can get it from my FTP mirror site in the US.
It is
wuarchive.wustl.edu
my stuff is located in the
mirrors/architec
directory. Please FTP the README file first.
--
Paul D Bourke School of Architecture, Property, Planning
pdbourke@ccu1.auckland.ac.nz The University of Auckland
Ph: +64 -9 373 7999 x7367 Private Bag 92019
Fax: +64 -9 373 7410 Auckland, New Zealand
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It is 'Serdar', 'kocaoglan'.
Just say so.
The SUNDAY TIMES 8 March 1992
Morgues fill as Azeris head for all-out war
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Thomas Goltz, the first to report the massacre by Armenian soldiers in
the worst violence since the breakup of the Soviet Union, reports from
Agdam
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Khojaly used to be a barren town, with empty shops and treeless dirt
roads. Yet it was still home to thousands of people who, in happier
times, tended fields and flocks of geese. Last week it was wiped off
the map.
.......
As sickening reports trickled in to the Azerbaijani border town of
Agdam, and the bodies piled up in the morgues, there was little doubt
that Khojaly and the stark foothills and gullies around it had been
the site of the most terrible massacre since the Soviet Union broke
apart.
.......
I was the last Westerner to visit Khojaly. That was in january and
people were predicting their fate with grim resignation. Zumrut Ezoya,
a mother of four on board the helicopter that ferried us into the
town, called her community "sitting ducks, ready to get shot". She and
her family were among the victims of the massacre on February 26.
.......
"The Armenians have taken all the outlying villages, one by one, and
the government does nothing." Balakisi Sakikov, 55, a father of five,
said. "Next they will drive us out or kill us all," said Dilbar, his
wife. The couple, their three sons and three daughters were killed in
the assault, as were many other people I had spoken to.
......
"It was close to the Armenian lines we knew we would have to cross.
There was a road, and the first units of the column ran across then
all hell broke loose. Bullets were raining down from all sides. we had
just entered their trap."
The azeri defenders picked off one by one. Survivors say that Armenian
forces then began a pitiless slaughter, firing at anything moved in
the gullies. A video taken by an azeri cameraman, wailing and crying
as he filmed body after body, showed a grizzly trail of death leading
towards higher, forested ground where the villagers had sought refuge
from the Armenians.
"The Armenians just shot and shot and shot," said Omar Veyselov, lying
in hospital in Agdam with sharapnel wounds. "I saw my wife and
daughter fall right by me."
People wandered through the hospital corridors looking for news of the
loved ones. Some vented their fury on foreigners: " Where is my
daughter, where is my son ?" wailed a mother. "Raped. Butchered. Lost."
Azerbaijan has said as many as 1,000 refugees were killed as they
tried to flee. The Armenians have denied this, saying the civilians
were caught in "crossfire".
.......
Are you idiot for real?
'After all, who remembers today the extermination of the Tartars?'
(Adolf Hitler, August 22, 1939: Ruth W. Rosenbaum (Durusoy),
"The Turkish Holocaust - Turk Soykirimi", p. 213.)
You must be the only moronian left on the net to believe those
ASALA/SDPA/ARF forgeries. What a clown...
'Kill Turks and Kurds wherever you find them and in
whatever circumstances you find them. Turkish children
also should be killed as they form a danger to the
Armenian nation.' (Hamparsum Boyadjian - 1914)[1]
[1] M. Varandian, "History of the Dashnaktsutiun," p. 85.
Serdar Argic
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FULL 1993 CALDER CUP PLAYOFF SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
home team in CAPS *=if necesary
FIRST ROUND
Springfield Indians vs Providence Bruins
Gm 1: Springfield 3 PROVIDENCE 2
Gm 2: Springfield 5 PROVIDENCE 4
Gm 3: Providence 3 SPRINGFIELD 2
Gm 4: Providence 9 SPRINGFIELD 0
Gm 5: Springfield 4 PROVIDENCE 2
Gm 6: 4/24 Providence at Springfield
Gm 7: 4/27 Springfield at Providence *
CD Islanders vs Adirondack Red Wings
Gm 1: ADIRONDACK 6 CDI 2
Gm 2: ADIRONDACK 5 CDI 3
Gm 3: Adirondack 3 CDI 0
Gm 4: Adirondack 3 CDI 1
(ADIRONDACK WINS SERIES, 4-0)
Baltimore Skipjacks at Binghamton Rangers
Gm 1: Baltimore 4 BINGHAMTON 3
Gm 2: BINGHAMTON 6 Baltimore 2
Gm 3: Binghamton 8 BALTIMORE 3
Gm 4: 4/24 Binghamton at Baltimore
Gm 5: 4/26 Baltimore at Binghamton
Gm 6: 4/28 Binghmaton at Baltimore *
Gm 7: 4/30 Baltimore at Binghamton *
Utica Devils vs Rochester Americans
Gm 1: Utica 3 ROCHESTER 2 (OT)
Gm 2: ROCHESTER 9 Utica 3
Gm 3: Rochester 6 UTICA 4
Gm 4: Rochester 4 UTICA 3 (OT)
Gm 5: 4/24 Utica at Rochester
Gm 6: 4/26 Rochester at Utica *
Gm 7: 4/28 Utica at Rochester *
Moncton Hawks vs St John's Maple Leafs
Gm 1: St JOHN'S 4 Moncton 2 (at Halifax)
Gm 2: ST JOHN'S 3 Moncton 2 (at Halifax)
Gm 3: St John's 6 MONCTON 5
Gm 4: MONCTON 5 St John's 4 (OT)
Gm 5: 4/26 Moncton vs St John's at Halifax
Gm 6: 4/28 St John's at Moncton *
Gm 7: 4/30 Moncton vs St John's at Halifax *
Cape Breton Oilers vs Fredericton Canadiens
Gm 1: FREDERICTON 4 Cape Breton 3 (2OT)
Gm 2: Cape Breton 5 FREDERICTON 2
Gm 3: CAPE BRETON 3 Fredericton 0
Gm 4: CAPE BRETON 6 Fredericton 5 (OT)
Gm 5: 4/24 Cape Breton at Fredericton
Gm 6: 4/26 Fredericton at Cape Breton *
Gm 7: 4/28 Cape Breton at Fredericton *
(note about this series: the AP reports that CB has won this
series 4-1, but in the original schedule, Game 5 wasn't supposed
to be until tonight and I only have the Oilers as being up 3-1)
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A friend of mine needs spec for a used hard drive he just got:
It is a Western Digital, IDE, 340 meg
with 1010 cylinders and 12 heads. We believe the model number is
wd2340A, but we can't be sure. It is a 12 ms, 3.5" model.
Any info would be appreciated, either from somone who knows, or maybe
western digitals phone number
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+>[My problem] turned out to be a screw unscrewed inside my Mikuni HS40
+>carb. I keep hearing that one should keep all of the screws
+>tight on a bike, but I never thought that I had to do that
+>on the screws inside of a carb. At least it was roadside
+>fixable and I was on my way in hardly any time.
+
+Gee, I always figured that it was the loose screws on/in the _rider_
+that were most likely to cause any problems. Did you check for that
+at the same time?
That is very true. However, screws have been loose on this rider
for quite some time, so they had been taken into account.
____________________________________________________________________________
Russian Roulette is fun 5 out of 6 times
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Resinfo (research and information) is currently seeking contact
_IN_ the United Kingdom with researchers of 'phenylanine', or is
this amino acid uninspiring?
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Now, almost 100 years later, we have the right words for the problem here.
Phone calls are "virtual visits". Those experienced in virtual reality
would know from that title that phone calls need to have all the properties
of a walk in the park with your friend -- security from casual overhearing
and easy verification to see if anyone is listening secretively. As designed,
they fail at that.
..trouble is, telephones were invented a long time ago and people didn't
realize the danger or the concept of virtual reality back then.
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"Liberate" is the way an invader describes an invasion, including, if
I'm not mistaken, the Iraqi liberation of Kuwait. Never invaded
Nicaragua? Only with more word games: can you say "send in the
Marines?"
Oh, good: word games. If you let the aggressor pick the words,
there's scarcely ever been a reprehensible military action.
That's a convenient technique, much seen on alt.atheism: define those
who disagree with you according to a straw-man extreme that matches
virtually nobody.
Very noble and patriotic. I'm sure the fine young Americans who
carpet-bombed Iraqi infantry positions from over the horizon,
destroyed Iraq's sewer and water infrastructure from the safety of the
sky or further, or who bulldozed other Iraqi infantry into their
trenches [or more importantly the commanders who ordered them to] were
just thrilled to be risking death (if not risking it by much) in the
defense of the liberty of ... well, wealthy Kuwaitis. Can't have
those oil-fields under a tyrant's heel if that tyrant is antagonistic
to US interests...
Having pigeon-holed "peace-niks" (in this context, "people who
disagree with me about the conduct of the Gulf War") into
"peace-at-all-cost-hitler-supporting-genocide-abetting-wimps", you can
now express righteous indignation when "they" refuse to fit this mold
and question the conduct of the war on legitimate terms. HOW DARE
THEY!
Yes, hypocrisy indeed! Those violent peace-niks! (Care to list an
example here?)
Wow: instant '80's nostalgia! [Of course, "peace-nik" itself is a
'50's Cold War derogatory term equating those who promote pacifism
with Godless Pinko Communists]. Yes indeed, I felt my freedoms
mightily threatened by Iraq...
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Point 1:
I'm beginning to see that *part* of the disagreements about the whole
"yeast issue" is on differing perceptions and on differing meanings
of words. Medical doctors have a very specific and specialized "jargon",
necessary for precise communication within their field (which I'm fully
cognizant of since I, too, speak "jargonese" when with my peers). For the
situation in sci.med, many times the words or phrases used by doctors can
have a different and more specific meaning than the same word used in the
world at large, causing significant miscommunication. One example word,
and very relevant to the yeast discussion, is the exact meaning of "systemic".
It is now obvious to me that the meaning of this word is very specific, much
more so than its meaning to a non-doctor. There is also the observation of
this newsgroup that both doctors and non-doctors come together on essentially
equal terms, which, when combined with the jargon issue, can further fan
the flames. This is probably the first time that practicing doctors get
really "beat up" by non-doctors for their views on medicine, which they
otherwise don't see much of in their practice except for the occasional
"difficult" patient.
Point 2:
I understand the viewpoint among many practicing doctors that they will not
prescribe any treatments/therapies for their patients unless such treatments
have been shown to be effective and the risks understood from well-constructed
clinical trials (usually double-blind), or that such treatments/therapies are
part of an approved and funded clinical trial. To these doctors, to do any
differently would, in this belief system, be unethical practice. And it
follows that any therapy not on the "accepted" list is therefore a non-
therapy - it does not even exist, nor does the underlying hypothesis or
theory have any validity, even if it sounds very plausible by extrapolation
of what is currently known. Anecdotal evidence has no value, either, from
a treatment point-of-view.
And by and large, as a scientist myself, I am glad that medical practice/
science takes such a rigorous approach to medical treatment. However, as
also being a human being (last I checked), and having been one of those people
that has been significantly helped by a currently unaccepted treatment, where
"standard" medicine was not able to help me, has caused me to sit back and
wonder if holding such an extreme and rigid "scientific" viewpoint is in
itself unethical from humanitarian considerations. After all, the underlying
intent of the "scientific" approach to medicine is to protect the health of
the patient by providing the best possible care for the patient, so the
patient should come first when considering treatment.
What we need is a slightly modified approach to treatment that satisfies both
the "scientific" and the "humanitarian" viewpoints. In an earlier post I
outlined a crazy idea for doing just that. The gist of it was to give any
physician freedom and encouragement by the medical community to prescribe
alternate, not yet proven therapies (maybe supported by anecdotal evidence)
for patients who *all* avenues of accepted therapies have been exhausted
(and not until then). The patient would be fully informed that such
therapies/treatments are not supported by the proper clinical trials and that
there are real potential risks with real possibilities of no benefit derived
from them.
This approach satisfies the need for scientific rigor. It also satisfies
the humanitarian needs of the patient. And the reality is that many patients
who have reached a dead-end in the treatment of their symptoms using accepted
medicine *will* go outside the orthodox medical community: either to the
doctors who are brave enough to prescribe such treatments at the risk of losing
their license, or worse, to non-doctors who have not had the proper medical
training. This approach also recognizes this reality and keeps the control
more within orthodox medicine, with the benefits that the information gleaned
could help focus limited resources towards future clinical trials in the most
productive way. Everybody wins in this admittedly rose-colored approach - I'm
sure there are real problems with this approach as well - it is presented
more as a strawman to stimulate discussion.
Hopefully what I write here may give the sci.med doctors a better idea as to
why I am "open" to alternative therapies, as well as why I have real
difficulty (read "apparent hostility") with the "coldness" of the 99.9% pure
"scientific" approach to medicine. I believe the best approach to medical
treatment is one where both the "humanitarian" aspects are balanced with and
by the "scientific" aspects. Anything else is just not good medicine, imho.
Just my 'NF' leanings, I guess. :^)
Comments?
Jon Noring
--
Charter Member --->>> INFJ Club.
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Sorry Charles...According to the National Safety Council, ACCIDENT FACTS,1991
"In 1990, gun accidents were the fifth-leading cause of accidental death
for children ages 14 and under."
That thinking is so screwed up, I don't even know how to respond to it.
A rational person would concentrate on motor vehicle deaths, and not attempt
to affect childhood falls, drownings, gunshot injuries, etc.????????????????
So this so called rational person, (using your definition), if he or she
were attempting to affect the leading causes of deaths for adults aged 25
through 64 would only worry about cancer, and would not try to decrease
LESSER CAUSES such as heart disease, injuries, stroke, suicide, liver disease,
chronic lung disease, homicide, HIV infection, or diabetes. Oh, okay Charles,
that makes a lot of sense. I tell you what Charles, I'll call the Heart
Foundation and suicide hotlines and tell them that they are not acting rational
and that they can all go home because they are addressing the LESSER CAUSES
of death. And you call your local police homicide department, liver foundation
and diabetes foundation and tell them to stop addressing these lesser causes.
Please, quit wasting my time with this silly shit Charles.
I've got an idea Charles, why don't you start a talk.politics.caraccidents
group or talk.politics.fall group? This is talk.politics.guns. Don't
confuse the issue. Just because a social problem may not claim as many
victims as another, we should not try to address it? I don't agree.
I'm not posting to t.p.g to debate the supposed severity of causes of
childhood deaths. I am really getting frigging sick of having to respond
to the irrational statements of people who assume that someone who
wants to discuss youth gun violence or unintentional youth gun deaths
is trying to make a political issue out of it.
Again Charles, you tend to confuse the issue and take things out of context
for your own purposes. The statement that you responded to above is actually
in reference to a previous post by another person who, like you, expressed
concern over making youth gun violence a priority. I guess, maybe Humane
person and Rational person could be interchangeable huh? Both would be defined
as "a person who only addresses the social problem that causes the greatest
number of childhood deaths." If that is the case, I'm extremely glad that I
am inhumane and irrational.
Sorry Charles, the FBI Uniform Crime Report is WELL known for misrepresenting
the facts. But if you insist, according to the 1990 UCR, "Firearm murders
of youngsters 19 and under increased 125 percent between 1984 and 1990"
Is the National Center for Health Statistics good enough for you? They state
that "Every day, 12 American children ages 19 and under are killed in gun
accidents, suicides, and homicides. Many more are wounded".
Or how about the National Pediatric Trauma Registry? They say "Gunshot
wounds to children ages 16 and under nearly doubled in major urban areas
between 1987 and 1990."
Do you also doubt the American Academy of Pediatrics Charles??? They state
that "Gunshot wounds among children in urban areas increased 300% from
1986 to 1988."
Charles, I hope you don't need to be convinced that youth are increasingly
victims of gun injuries and that they have easy access to guns. If you don't
realize this fact, (I don't care if you go by CDC or FBI data, or if you go
into the homes, schools, and streets where these kids are and take a poll
by yourself), I'm not going to bother to try to convince you. Its obvious
that you have ruled out any idea of discussing this issue in a sane fashion
and that you are so focused on trying to make this a gun control and political
discussion. I really don't want to do that.
Charles, it's obvious that you know nothing about the CDC.
They don't just study cancer and heart disease. I've got news for you,
interpersonal gun violence IS an epidemic. In 1984, Surgeon General
C. Everett Koop declared that gun violence is as much a public health
problem as cancer, heart disease, or auto accidents.
WHO THE F**K SAID ANYTHING ABOUT TEACHING CHILDREN TO SAFELY HANDLE
FIREARM CHARLES??? In the future, if you are going to post to t.p.g and jump
into a previous discussion, please read the entire posting, not just 1
sentence that you decide to respond to. What the hell are you saying here???
You're wasting time and space trying to make a political and gun control
issue out of a discussion that isn't.
Charles buddy, I'm getting really tired of this. Do you live on the planet
Mars??? As a physicist, I realize that you probably don't come into contact
with many youth, but I REALLY think you need to make a trip to your local
urban high school and discover the joy of guns in schools. In addition
spend a few minutes talking to these kids. Ask them if they have ever heard
gunshots in their neighborhoods, whether they know anyone who has been shot,
whether they know anyone who has a gun, whether they have ever held a gun, and
whether they themselves have ever been shot.
Believe me Charles, THAT will be your *INDEPENDENT* VERIFICATION.
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AHL PLAYOFF SCORES-- FIRST ROUND (home team in CAPS)
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GAMES PLAYED ON TUES, 4/20
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Rochester 6 UTICA 4
Fredericton at Cape Breton
SERIES STATI (plural of status? :)
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Adirondack leads CDI, 3-0
Providence tied w/Springfield, 2-2
Binghamton tied w/Baltimore, 1-1
Rochester leads Utica, 2-1
St John's leads Moncton, 2-0
Cape Breton tied w/Fredericton, 1-1
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I am trying to setup two Seagate Tech. hard drives as
master and slave in the same system...
what i need to do such is the jumper schematics of the
two hard drives that i have...
my two Seagate HD: ST3144A, 124MB
ST3283A, 233MB
I need the jumpter setting schematics for these two Harddrives...
thanx for you help in advance...
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Hi,
I have been told by a local sales that Asante has come out with this
LCIII PDS Ethernet adapter with an optional 68882 socket on the board.
My question is will the FPU performance degrade will I put the 68882
on the PDS card socket instead of on the motherboard itself? Intuitively,
the math co-processor should always be placed close to the CPU, but
I am not sure how good Apple's so-called processor-direct slot is when
it comes to throughout. Does anyone know the answer to this or have
any experience with the Asante LCIII Ethernet adapter? Thanks in advance.
Andy
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We would like to keep it that way. Thats the point. By reacting
strongly and forcefully now, we will assure that we continue to remain
free. You cannot overreact to a threat like this. The worst that
happens if we overreact is that we waste time and effort. The worst that
happens if we underreact is tyranny. I prefer overreaction myself.
Doesn't that tell you how precious and hard to maintain freedom is?
Only through centuries of overreaction have we managed to maintain
ourselves in this state of even moderate freedom. I suggest that
overreacting now and in the future is a good thing.
--
Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not unreasonable, since the SMARTDRV packaged with DOS 6 is version 4.1.
Make sure that all your drivers (HIMEM, EMM386, SMARTDRV) are being
executed from the DOS directory.
Loss of the cache provided by SMARTDRV could be your problem; if not,
I don't know what might cause the startup delay. My testbed for DBLSPACE
(which has a *very* minimal amount of data on the disk so that I don't
eat up too much time as I install and uninstall DBLSPACE) boots in
about 20 seconds from the "Starting MS-DOS" herald to the end of the
AUTOEXEC.BAT execution. I don't have handy a system with a more
realistic volume of data to time.
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But it IS made false by your ridiculous leap of logic from "monogamous
homosexual male sex is so rare" (which is a load of horseshit--as
proportionately many queers are monogamous as hets, and the ones who aren't
use condoms, for the most part) to "for practical purposes, homosexuality
spreads AIDS." No. Unprotected sex with an infected partner spreads AIDS.
These "practical purposes" you speak of are obviously the purposes of
spreading homophobia, which leads me to an interesting truth: "Cramer
spreads hate." Isn't that nice?
You mean, "Typical homosexual response to Clayton E. Cramer." I think any
human being would react that way to someone as contemptibly hateful as you,
actually. I seem to hear the same sort of thing coming from your posts, you
know....
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Planning to make this a complete sentence anytime soon?
Drewcifer
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Let's start with the name "Rosicrucian". I took me a long time to come
to the conclusion that there is a difference between a *member* of a
"rosicrucian" body and BEING *a* ROSICRUCIAN. So when you say that you met
some 'rosicrucians' you mean "members of a group that calls themselves
rosicrucian". At least that is what your observation suggests :-)
Response:
This makes much sense to me. This is also true of most religions.
There is a difference between being a *member* of a group of people
who call themselves 'Hindus' or 'Christians' or 'Pagans' and actually
*BEING* any of these. The social groups tend to make very important
requirements about not belonging to other 'religions'. I find that
the ideal described by the holy texts of most religions can be
interpreted in very similar ways so that one could presume that
'mysticism' is the core of every religion and Huxley's 'Perennial
Philosophy' is the Great Secret Core of all mystical trads. :>
Tony:
I'd prefer if you would have stated up front that it was the Lectorium
Rosicrucianum, only because they may be confused, by some readers of this
newsgroup, with the Rosicrucian Order AMORC based (the USA Jurisdiction) in
San Jose, CA; this being the RC org with the most members (last time I
looked). Of course, "most members" does not *necessarily* mean "best".
Response:
Certainly true. I didn't know there WERE any groups which called themselves
'Rosicrucians' that didn't associate with AMORC. Sure, I've heard all the
hubbub about the Golden Dawn and Rosae Crucis in relation to all these
Western esoteric groups, but hadn't heard about other 'Rosicrucians'.
I'll admit my bias. I live in San Jose. :>
Tony:
"You'll have to trust me" when I tell you that if that
lecture/class/whatever had been presented by AMORC, it is unlikely that you
would have had the same impression, i.e., you'd probably have had a
positive impression more likely than a negative one, IMHO.
Response:
This may be slightly off. I've met some of these Rosicrucians and have
a couple friends in AMORC. The stories I've heard and the slight contact
I've had with them does not give me the hope that I'd be received with
any kind of warm welcome. I still like to think that most people who
are involved with stratified relationships (monogamy, religion, etc.)
are in DEEP pain and hope to heal it within such a 'cast'.
Tony:
It is curious to know that 3 other RC 'orders' (in the USA) claim to be *non-
sectarian*.
Response:
I'd like to know at least the addresses of the 'other orders' which call
themselves 'Rosicrucians' and especially those which are 'nonsectarian'.
Is this 'nonsectarian' like the Masons, who require that a member 'believe
in God by his/her definition'?
Tony:
I don't see nothing *fundamentally* wrong with "us containing
something divine"... And yes I don't like phrases like "eternal bliss"
either! :-)
Response:
Let alone us *BEING* something divine. ;>
Tony:
BTW, I have read the intro letters of the LRC which they will mail you free
of charge.
Response:
Addresses, phone numbers of groups? I'm into networking. Thanks.
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JG> After this fall, I believe IBM no longer has any rights to
JG> view Microsoft code. After that, the only way to maintain
JG> some sort of compatibility is to reverse-engineer. Would
JG> you want to reverse-engineer an OLE2 application?
Don't they retain Windows NT OEM status? If so, that gives them NT
source code, and since Windows is headed toward NT... (Win32S, Win32C)
* SLMR 2.1a * --T-A+G-L-I+N-E--+M-E-A+S-U-R+I-N-G+--G-A+U-G-E--
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On the news from radio station KANU (Lawrence, KS) about 6:15 this Monday
morning, I heard someone with a nasal-sounding voice (supposedly the Waco
coroner?) claim that he had found TWO persons killed with a single shot
to the forehead.
--Myron.
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Of course, then there's the other side. An article in yesterday's Atlanta
Journal stated that there are many scientists who have misgivings that the
data being used to determine whether or not global warming is occuring is
faulty. The point that the article made is that all long term temperature
dataa collected has been in urban areas, and that any heat rise can be
attributed to the growth and urbanization of the area. They called it
the "asphalt temperature trend". We have no real long term data on remote
areas, such as the middle of the Amazon rain forest, or the top of Mt. Everest
or the Gobi desert, for that matter. An accompanying article mentioned that
a group of scientists at NASA had developed a method for using a satellite
to collect temperature data globally, and that preliminary results showed
a slight downward trend attributed to the Mt Pinatubo eruption. It went
on to say that even with the current downward trend, there appeared to be
*NO* change in global temperatures using trend prediction methods for at
least the next 50 years.
I can quote the article verbatim if you like..
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I've heard that in California they ask you to swear without any
mention of a god. What states actually include "god" in the
courtroom oath?
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The simplest and cheapest soft UV bulb is an AR-1 argon bulb (or other argon
bulb). It works like a neon bulb except it glows purple. It will cause
stuff to fluoresce. It requires very little power, just a battery, an
oscillator, and a step-up transformer to about 100 volts.
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The Isles picked one hell-of-a-time to get their first win all year after being
down after 2 periods. The Caps seemed to have the game in hand playing steady
defense and getting great goaltending from Tabaracci. The Isles power play
philosophy continues to be dump-and-chase which, except for boardaholics like
Flatley, doesn't work against the Caps. I hope Al realizes this!! They have too
many talented finesse players, so why not carry the puck in and set-up??? If
last night's game is any omen, the Isles could be on their way to that ole
championship form; COMING from behind late in a game. My advice to the Caps is
to pounce on those Healy Rebounds. Flatley showed alot of heart by playing the
last period and overtime despite an almost swollen-shut left eye injury
suffered at the hands of Dale Hunter. Ray Ferraro has arrived just in time for
the playoffs showing the fiesty hustle that us Islander fans remember from an
Italian from the past; JOHN TONELLI!!! It was Tonelli who won a similar game
against the PENS in game 5 on the 82 playoffs. The Isles scored two late third
period goals to send the game into OT tied at 3. In OT, Tonelli scored the game
winner to send the Isles to the next round. The Isles have lacked this tenacity
for years, but perhaps its BACK! It was good to see the Coliseum packed just
like the ole days!!! Good luck to the Isles the rest of the way!!!!!
John Scialdone
SCIALDONE@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
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On Tuesday, when it was raining in Chicago, ESPN provided
bonus hockey coverage. Now it seems as though some fans are ticked off
that the NY-Wash OT was replaced with the Angels-?? game. People must
realize that there are more baseball fans instead of hockey fans in the U.S
The baseball game was scheduled to air and advertisers money was paid so
they can't skip the baseball game. Why don't you people CHILL OUT
and enjoy whatever coverage you can get.
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So, you approve of the BATF launching a 100-person raid, complete
with flack jackets, men hidden in horse trailers, stun grenades,
semi-auto weapons on peaceful citizens? who would also accept
a search authoried by a court?
There is still no proof that the Branch Davidians had illegal weapons.
Nothing else was in the jurisdiction of the BATF, unless they were
thought to have a still, or be smoking untaxed cigarettes.
The automatic firearms violation is a TAX matter ! You don't serve
no-knock warrants on someone with .50 CAL MGs. It isn't necessary
(they can't flush a machine gun down a toilet, you know), and it isn't
smart (if you are right, you got a good chance of getting blown away.
if you are wrong, you shouldn't have done it.)
The stupidity was indeed related to this. But the stupidity may have been to
attempt to serve the warrant by ludicrously over-armed, over-protected
and over-confident gestapo. Escalation isn't automatically brilliant.
IT WAS A TAX MATTER ! YOU CAN"T FLUSH MGs DOWN THE TOILET !
YOU DON"T NEED NO-KNOCK WARRANTS FOR EVERYTHING.
Actually, IMHO nothing justifies them, but that is another argument .
There wasn't any murder of police officers. There was probable cause
to arrest them for murder perhaps. We US citizens are innocent until proven
guilty.
There also wasn't any killing until the BATF screwed up real bad.
Lew
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Well, there were 27 outs in a row with no hits or walks in between, but
really, he only retired 26 batters in a row. The first out of the game
was the front end of a double play. Still counts as a back-end perfect
game in my book, though.
Congrats to Chris Bosio. Too bad the Brewers couldn't hold on to him.
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*****************[ SNES Games For Sale ]*****************
Home Alone 2 $35
Star Fox $42
Will trade for a good condition copy (must have box & docs) of
one of the following (SNES ONLY):
Prince of Persia
GODS
Batman Returns
Super Turrican
Cybernator
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- All prices include shipping.
- All games are in excellent condition unless otherwise stated.
- US buyers only please.
- All games will be shipped inside a box with packing priority USPS.
- All games include all original materials including box, manual, etc.
The first responder offering asking price is guarenteed to
get the game. Those just asking questions get no priority until
they offer to buy the game. Lower offers may be considered
assuming no other offers at asking price are made.
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no its not.
its due to the fact that there are two issues here: Religion and religion.
religion is personal belief system.
Religion is a memetic virus.
people loudly proclaiming their beliefs are crossing the border from
religion -> Religion. people that want to "save" others are firmly
entrenched in Religion ("memoids").
rule #1 of not practicing Religion is to shut the fuck up, unless
you discuss it politely. this means that the motive behind the conversation
is not only your self-gratifying wish to spread the word.
religion is something that ultimately comes from within a person, and
reflects their value judgements. Religion is something that is
contracted from others and does not reflect the persons value judgements
(other than perhaps "i think i'll be brainwashed today").
Religion is a drug...
i believe you can discuss religion. however, the post that started this
off was not intented as discussion, it was more a proclamation of
someones Religion.
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SOMEONE PLEASE BUY THESE BOOKS!!!!! I AM NOT ASKING MUCH!!!!!!
JUST MAKE ME AN OFFER AND I WILL PROBABLY TAKE IT!!!!!
* Writing good software in Fortran, Graham Smith.
* The Holt Handbook by Kirszner & Mandell (copyright 1986) 720+ page writing guide.
* General Chemistry Principles & Modern Applications, R. Petrucci, fourth
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Thanx Craig.... in addition to Craigs coments - and to clear up any
further confusion.... the 200SX (of USA) was reffered to as a Silvia Turbo
in the UK.... performance figures of UK 200SX are:
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My sentiments exactly... which is why I'm unsubbing from this group.
This is the 3rd 'christian' discussion list I have ever belonged to
and once again I'm being chased away by the strife, anger, discontent,
lies, et al .
As Paul (Saul) said, 'I come to preach Christ, and Him crucified'
Don't let the simple beauty of faith in God get overshadowed by heady
theological discussions or thousands of lines of post-incarnation
trappings of some church.
As for the atheists/agnostics who read this list: if you aren't
christian and if you have no intention of ever becoming one why on
earth do you waste your time and mine by participating on a christian
discussion list ?
I will continue to search for christian discussion (prayerful, spirit-filled,
kind, humble, patient, etc.) in other circles.
--
Sheila Patterson, CIT CR-Technical Support Group
315 CCC - Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-5388
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(Peter White) writes
You've missed on very important passage.
2 Thess. 1:6-10
For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who
afflict you, and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming
fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do
not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. And these will pay the penalty of
eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of
His power, when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be
marveled at among all who have believed-- for our testimony to you was
believed.
Things to note from this passage. Unbelievers are both those who openly reject
the gospel, and those who do not know God. The eternal destruction is the same
as the eternal hope in 2:16. This distructions primarily emphasize that it is
separation from the presence of God. THe context is speaking of the 2nd advent
while 2:1 is speaking of the rapture. Don't confuse the two.
Yet we have a far greater discription of hell that we do heaven.
For instance,
If this was like earthly fire that requires a gas producing substance to
ignite.
However, there seems to be a different type of fire as expressed in the burning
bush that was not consumed. Also, the Daniel acct. shows that the laws of
nature can be interupted even with earthly fire.
Maybe you don't understand. There will be those who are alive at the end of
the millenium, who will walk straight into the GWTJ. Even those who have died
in their sin will be resurrected, i.e. reunited with their physical body, to
receive condemnation.
This is contrary to the teaching of Scripture.
THis is conjecture at best if you are using it to support the "no physical
body" thesis.
The true awlfulness of hell, is that it is eternal separation from God, after
having seen the glory of His presence at the GWTJ. But whether it was open
rebellion against the revealed gospel of Christ or if it is not having known
GOd (not saught Him as He is), then as Paul says, they are without excuss and
that every mouth will be stopped. There will be no defense at the judgment
seat of God. THerefore we understand "it is appointed unto man once to die, and
then comes judgment" literally.
just because it is horrific, doesn't make it less of a reality.
it should compel those of us who have the riches of Christ to share it with
others
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Is HST really _that_ much heavier than a Spacelab ???
bd
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I know there's already a bmw mailing list, but since it's an R bike
only list (and limited to the R80* R100* bikes as well I believe)
I've decided to give this a go and see how much interest there is.
please read all of this post if you plan on subscribing to the list!
there is only one restriction for the discussion on this list, that it
be about BMW's. I don't care which BMW, any and all are welcome. I will
probably post articles that appear in the local BMW club newsletter, and
would incourage other club members to do the same, especially tech
articles.
to subscribe to the list, send a message to the list address:
bmw@rider.cactus.org
with the word SUBSCRIBE (in caps) in the *subject* of the message. having
the word SUBSCRIBE in the *subject* is the _only_ way to subscribe. if you
put the keyword in the message body, your message will go out to everyone
on the list and you will be ridiculed beyond belief.
** your From: line must have a valid return address **
** the list sw will use the address in your From: line **
if you would like to use a return address _other_ than what is contained
in your From: line, do not send mail to the list! send a note directly to
me (joe@rider.cactus.org) and I'll take care of it manually.
the list sw will hack up the outgoing message From: line so that your
original full name in ()'s is preserved, but the return address is
replaced with the mailing list address (bmw@rider.cactus.org). this
allows you to simply reply to a message to keep it on the list (depending
on your mail interface natch. I use elm so that's what I wrote it for :-).
keep this in mind when you reply to a message and question the authors
parentage.
to remove your name from the list, send a message to the list address
with the word UNSUBSCRIBE (in caps) in the *subject* of the message.
having the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the *subject* is the _only_ way to remove
your name from the list. if you put the keyword in the message body,
your message will go out to everyone on the list and you will be ridiculed
beyond belief.
the list is run from my home system, a poor little 286 box running a
very old version of something that smells somewhat like unix. the MTA
isn't the smartest around, but I've managed to hack it up enough to make
a decent list MTA. additions and removals are handled automatically by
scripts that intercept messages based on the subject (see below) and
may occassionally goof. the sw will send a response message back when you
subscribe. if you do not receive a response within a reasonable amount
of time (my link is via UUCP and sometimes runs in spurts), send me a
message (joe@rider.cactus.org) and I'll look into it.
if the list turns out to be too popular and the MTA groks over the number
of addresses, I'll have to freeze the list recipients until I can come up
with a better MTA.
good luck...
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Using a Windows 3.1 printer driver, I would like to "print to a file", with
output as a Postscript file. Later, I would like to take this Postscript file
to a machine with an attached Hewlett Packard 4M laser printer, and print the
document at 600 dots per inch resolution.
I would like to use this method to print from WordPerfect For Windows, and from
an image processing program that can output images in Postscript.
Here's the problem: the Windows Postscript printer driver (pscript.drv)
doesn't allow me to specify 600 dpi. In fact, the setup dialog for this driver
does have a pull-down menu for "resolution", but the only choice given in the
menu is 300! Not a really useful menu.
Any ideas?
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1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - MMWR
[23 April 1993] Rates of Cesarean Delivery ........................... 1
Malaria Among U.S. Embassy Personnel ................................. 5
FDA Approval of Hib Vaccine for Children/Infants ..................... 8
2. Dental News
Workshop Explores Oral Manifestations of HIV Infection ............... 11
3. Food & Drug Administration News
FDA Approves Depo Provera, injectable contraceptive .................. 14
New Rules Speed Approval of Drugs for Life-Threatening Illnesses ..... 16
4. Articles
Research Promises Preventing/Slowing Blindness from Retinal Disease .. 18
Affluent Diet Increases Risk Of Heart Disease ........................ 20
5. General Announcments
Publications for Health Professionals from National Cancer Institute . 23
Publications for Patients Available from National Cancer Institute ... 30
6. AIDS News Summaries
AIDS Daily Summary for April 19 to April 23, 1993 .................... 38
7. AIDS Statistics
Worldwide AIDS Statistics ............................................ 48
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Rates of Cesarean Delivery -- United States, 1991
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SOURCE: MMWR 42(15) DATE: Apr 23, 1993
Cesarean deliveries have accounted for nearly 1 million of the
approximately 4 million annual deliveries in the United States since 1986
(Table 1). The cesarean rate in the United States is the third highest among
21 reporting countries, exceeded only by Brazil and Puerto Rico (1). This
report presents data on cesarean deliveries from CDC's National Hospital
Discharge Survey (NHDS) for 1991 and compares these data with previous years.
Data on discharges from short-stay, nonfederal hospitals have been
collected annually since 1965 in the NHDS, conducted by CDC's National Center
for Health Statistics. For 1991, medical and demographic information were
abstracted from a sample of 274,000 inpatients discharged from 484
participating hospitals. The 1991 cesareans and vaginal births after a prior
cesarean (VBAC) presented in this report are based on weighted national
estimates from the NHDS sample of approximately 31,000 (11%) women discharged
after delivery. The estimated numbers of live births by type of delivery were
calculated by applying cesarean rates from the NHDS to live births from
national vital registration data. Therefore, estimates of the number of
cesareans in this report will not agree with previously published data based
solely on the NHDS (2). Stated differences in this analysis are significant at
the 95% confidence level, based on the two-tailed t-test with a critical value
of 1.96.
In 1991, there were 23.5 cesareans per 100 deliveries, the same rate as
in 1990 and similar to rates during 1986-1989 (Table 1). The primary cesarean
rate (i.e., number of first cesareans per 100 deliveries to women who had no
previous cesareans) for 1986-1991 also was stable, ranging from 16.8 to 17.5.
In 1991, the cesarean rate in the South was 27.6, significantly (p<0.05)
higher than the rates for the West (19.8), Midwest (21.8), and Northeast
(22.6). Rates were higher for mothers aged greater than or equal to 30 years
than for younger women; in proprietary hospitals than in nonprofit or
government hospitals; in hospitals with fewer than 300 beds than in larger
hospitals; and for deliveries for which Blue Cross/Blue Shield * and other
private insurance is the expected source of payment than for other sources of
payment (Table 2). The same pattern characterized primary cesarean deliveries.
Since the early 1970s, the number and percentage of births to older women
increased; however, if the age distribution of mothers in 1991 had remained
the same as in 1986, the overall cesarean rate in 1991 would have been 23.3,
essentially the same as the 23.5 observed.
Based on the NHDS, of the approximately 4,111,000 live births in 1991, an
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estimated 966,000 (23.5%) were by cesarean delivery. Of these, an estimated
338,000 (35.0%) births were repeat cesareans, and 628,000 (65.0%) were primary
cesareans. Since 1986, approximately 600,000 primary cesareans have been
performed annually. In 1986, 8.5% of women who had a previous cesarean
delivered vaginally, compared with 24.2% in 1991. Of all cesareans in 1991,
35.0% were associated with a previous cesarean, 30.4% with dystocia (i.e.,
failure of labor to progress), 11.7% with breech presentation, 9.2% with fetal
distress, and 13.7% with all other specified complications.
The average hospital stay for all deliveries in 1991 was 2.8 days. In
comparison, the hospital stay for a primary cesarean delivery was 4.5 days,
and for a repeat cesarean, 4.2 days -- nearly twice the duration for VBAC
deliveries (2.2 days) or for vaginal deliveries that were not VBACs (2.3
days). In 1986, the average hospital stay for all deliveries was 3.2 days, for
primary cesareans 5.2 days, for repeat cesareans 4.7 days, and for VBAC and
non-VBAC vaginal deliveries 2.7 and 2.6 days, respectively.
Reported by: Office of Vital and Health Statistics Systems, National Center
for Health Statistics, CDC.
Editorial Note: The cesarean rate in the United States steadily increased from
1965 through 1986; however, the findings in this report indicate that rates
have been stable since 1986 (3). Because there is little evidence that
maternal and child health status has improved during this time and because
cesareans are associated with an increased risk for complications of
childbirth, a national health objective for the year 2000 (4) is to reduce the
overall cesarean rate to 15 or fewer per 100 deliveries and the primary
cesarean rate to 12 or fewer per 100 deliveries (objective 14.8).
Postpartum complications -- including urinary tract and wound infections
-- may account in part for the longer hospital stays for cesarean deliveries
than for vaginal births (5). Moreover, the prolonged hospital stays for
cesarean deliveries substantially increase health-care costs. For example, in
1991, the average costs for cesarean and vaginal deliveries were $7826 and
$4720, respectively. The additional cost for each cesarean delivery includes
$611 for physician fees and $2495 for hospital charges (6). If the cesarean
rate in 1991 had been 15 (the year 2000 objective) instead of 23.5, the number
of cesarean births would have decreased by 349,000 (617,000 versus 966,000),
resulting in a savings of more than $1 billion in physician fees and hospital
charges.
Despite the steady increase in VBAC rates since 1986, several factors may
impede progress toward the year 2000 national health objectives for cesarean
delivery. For example, VBAC rates substantially reflect the number of women
offered trial of labor, which has been increasingly encouraged since 1982 (7).
Of women who are offered a trial of labor, 50%-70% could deliver vaginally (7)
--a level already achieved by many hospitals (8). Trial of labor was routinely
offered in 46% of hospitals surveyed in 1984 (the most recent year for which
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national data are available) (9) when the VBAC rate (according to NHDS data)
was 5.7%. The year 2000 objective specifies a VBAC rate of 35%, based on all
women who had a prior cesarean, regardless of whether a trial of labor was
attempted. To reach the overall cesarean rate goal, however, increases in the
VBAC rate will need to be combined with a substantial reduction in the primary
rate.
One hospital succeeded in reducing the rate of cesarean delivery by
applying objective criteria for the four most common indications for cesarean
delivery, by requiring a second opinion, and by instituting a peer-review
process (10). Other recommendations for decreasing cesarean delivery rates
include eliminating incentives for physicians and hospitals by equalizing
reimbursement for vaginal and cesarean deliveries; public dissemination of
physician- and hospital-specific cesarean delivery rates to increase public
awareness of differences in practices; and addressing malpractice concerns,
which may be an important factor in maintaining the high rates of cesarean
delivery (4).
References
1. Notzon FC. International differences in the use of obstetric interventions.
JAMA 1990; 263:3286-91.
2. Graves EJ, NCHS. 1991 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey.
Hyattsville, Maryland: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public
Health Service, CDC, 1993. (Advance data no. 227).
3. Taffel SM, Placek PJ, Kosary CL. U.S. cesarean section rates, 1990: an
update. Birth 1992;19:21-2.
4. Public Health Service. Healthy people 2000: national health promotion and
disease prevention objectives -- full report, with commentary. Washington, DC:
US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1991; DHHS
publication no. (PHS)91-50212.
5. Danforth DN. Cesarean section. JAMA 1985;253:811-8.
6. Hospital Insurance Association of America. Table 4.15: cost of maternity
care, physicians' fees, and hospital charges, by census region, based on
Consumer Price Index (1991). In: 1992 Source book of health insurance data.
Washington, DC: Hospital Insurance Association of America, 1992.
7. Committee on Obstetrics. ACOG committee opinion no. 64: guidelines for
vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean birth. Washington, DC: American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1988.
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8. Rosen MG, Dickinson JC. Vaginal birth after cesarean: a meta-analysis of
indicators for success. Obstet Gynecol 1990;76:865-9.
9. Shiono PH, Fielden JG, McNellis D, Rhoads GG, Pearse WH. Recent trends in
cesarean birth and trial of labor rates in the United States. JAMA
1987;257:494-7.
10. Myers SA, Gleicher N. A successful program to lower cesarean-section
rates. N Engl J Med 1988;319:1511-6.
* Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and
does not imply endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
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Malaria Among U.S. Embassy Personnel -- Kampala, Uganda, 1992
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SOURCE: MMWR 42(15) DATE: Apr 23, 1993
The treatment and prevention of malaria in Africa has become a
challenging and complex problem because of increasing drug resistance.
Although the risk of acquiring malaria for U.S. citizens and their dependents
stationed overseas generally has been low, this risk varies substantially and
unpredictably. During May 1992, the Office of Medical Services, Department of
State (OMS/DOS), and CDC were notified of an increased number of malaria cases
among official U.S. personnel stationed in Kampala, Uganda. A review of the
health records from the Embassy Health Unit (EHU) in Kampala indicated that 27
cases of malaria were diagnosed in official personnel from March through June
1992 compared with two cases during the same period in 1991. EHU, OMS/DOS, and
CDC conducted an investigation to confirm all reported malaria cases and
identify potential risk factors for malaria among U.S. Embassy personnel. This
report summarizes the results of the investigation.
Malaria blood smears from 25 of the 27 reported case-patients were
available for review by OMS/DOS and CDC. A case of malaria was confirmed if
the slide was positive for Plasmodium sp. Of the 25 persons, 17 were slide-
confirmed as having malaria.
A questionnaire was distributed to all persons served by the EHU to
obtain information about residence, activities, use of malaria
chemoprophylaxis, and use of personal protection measures (i.e., using bednets
and insect repellents, having window and door screens, and wearing long
sleeves and pants in the evening). Of the 157 persons eligible for the survey,
128 (82%) responded.
Risk for malaria was not associated with sex or location of residence in
Kampala. Although the risk for malaria was higher among children aged less
than or equal to 15 years (6/32 19%) than among persons greater than 15
years (11/94 12%), this difference was not significant (relative risk
RR=1.6; 95% confidence interval CI=0.6-4.0). Eighty-two percent of the
cases occurred among persons who had been living in Kampala for 1-5 years,
compared with those living there less than 1 year. Travel outside of the
Kampala area to more rural settings was not associated with increased risk for
malaria.
Four malaria chemoprophylaxis regimens were used by persons who
participated in the survey: mefloquine, chloroquine and proguanil, chloroquine
alone, and proguanil alone. In addition, 23 (18%) persons who responded were
not using any malaria chemoprophylaxis. The risk for malaria was significantly
lower among persons using either mefloquine or chloroquine and proguanil (8/88
9%) than among persons using the other regimens or no prophylaxis (9/37
24%) (RR=0.4; 95% CI=0.2-0.9). Twelve persons not using prophylaxis reported
side effects or fear of possible side effects as a reason.
The risk for malaria was lower among persons who reported using bednets
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all or most of the time (2/27 7%) than among persons who sometimes or rarely
used bednets (15/99 15%) (RR=0.5; 95% CI=0.1-2.0). The risk for malaria was
also lower among persons who consistently used insect repellent in the evening
(0/16), compared with those who rarely used repellent (17/110 15%) (RR=0;
upper 95% confidence limit=1.2). Risk for malaria was not associated with
failure to have window or door screens or wear long sleeves or pants in the
evening.
As a result of this investigation, EHU staff reviewed with all personnel
the need to use and comply with the recommended malaria chemoprophylaxis
regimens. EHU staff also emphasized the need to use personal protection
measures and made plans to obtain insecticide-impregnated bednets and to
provide window and door screens for all personnel.
Reported by: U.S. Embassy Health Unit, Kampala, Uganda; Office of Medical
Svcs, Dept of State, Washington, D.C. Malaria Br, Div of Parasitic Diseases,
National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC.
Editorial Note: In Uganda, the increase in malaria among U.S. personnel was
attributed to poor adherence to both recommended malaria chemoprophylaxis
regimens and use of personal protection measures during a period of increased
malaria transmission and intensified chloroquine resistance in sub-Saharan
Africa. The findings in this report underscore the need to provide initial and
continued counseling regarding malaria prevention for persons living abroad in
malaria-endemic areas -- preventive measures that are also important for
short-term travelers to such areas.
Mefloquine is an effective prophylaxis regimen in Africa and in most
other areas with chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum; however, in some areas
(e.g., Thailand), resistance to mefloquine may limit its effectiveness. In
Africa, the efficacy of mefloquine, compared with chloroquine alone, in
preventing infection with P. falciparum is 92% (1 ). Mefloquine is safe and
well tolerated when given at 250 mg per week over a 2-year period. The risk
for serious adverse reactions possibly associated with mefloquine prophylaxis
(e.g., psychosis and convulsions) is low (i.e., 1.3-1.9 episodes per 100,000
users 2), while the risk for less severe adverse reactions (e.g., dizziness,
gastrointestinal complaints, and sleep disturbances) is similar to that for
other antimalarial chemoprophylactics (1).
Doxycycline has similar prophylactic efficacy to mefloquine, but the need
for daily dosing may reduce compliance with and effectiveness of this regimen
(3,4). Chloroquine alone is not effective as prophylaxis in areas of intense
chloroquine resistance (e.g., Southeast Asia and Africa). In Africa, for
persons who cannot take mefloquine or doxycycline, chloroquine and proguanil
is an alternative, although less effective, regimen. Chloroquine should be
used for malaria prevention in areas only where chloroquine-resistant P.
falciparum has not been reported.
Country-specific recommendations for preventing malaria and information
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on the dosage and precautions for malaria chemoprophylaxis regimens are
available from Health Information for International Travel, 1992 (i.e.,
"yellow book") (5) or 24 hours a day by telephone or fax, (404) 332-4555.
References
1. Lobel HO, Miani M, Eng T, et al. Long-term malaria prophylaxis with weekly
mefloquine in Peace Corps volunteers: an effective and well tolerated regimen.
Lancet 1993;341:848-51.
2. World Health Organization. Review of central nervous system adverse events
related to the antimalarial drug, mefloquine (1985-1990). Geneva: World Health
Organization, 1991; publication no. WHO/MAL/91.1063.
3. Pang L, Limsomwong N, Singharaj P. Prophylactic treatment of vivax and
falciparum malaria with low-dose doxycycline. J Infect Dis 1988;158:1124-7.
4. Pang L, Limsomwong N, Boudreau EF, Singharaj P. Doxycycline prophylaxis for
falciparum malaria. Lancet 1987;1:1161-4.
5. CDC. Health information for international travel, 1992. Atlanta: US
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1992:98; DHHS
publication no. (CDC)92-8280.
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FDA Approval of Use of a New Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine and a
Combined Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis and Haemophilus b Conjugate
Vaccine for Infants and Children
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SOURCE: MMWR 42(15) DATE: Apr 23, 1993
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines have been
recommended for use in infants since 1990, and their routine use in infant
vaccination has contributed to the substantial decline in the incidence of Hib
disease in the United States (1-3). Vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and
pertussis during infancy and childhood have been administered routinely in the
United States since the late 1940s and has been associated with a greater than
90% reduction in morbidity and mortality associated with infection by these
organisms. Because of the increasing number of vaccines now routinely
recommended for infants, a high priority is the development of combined
vaccines that allow simultaneous administration with fewer separate
injections.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently licensed two new products
for vaccinating children against these diseases: 1) the Haemophilus b
conjugate vaccine (tetanus toxoid conjugate, ActHIB Trademark), * for
vaccination against Hib disease only and 2) a combined diphtheria and tetanus
toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine (DTP) and Hib conjugate vaccine
(TETRAMUNE Trademark), a combination of vaccines formulated for use in
vaccinating children against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and Hib disease.
ActHIB Trademark
On March 30, 1993, the FDA approved a new Haemophilus b conjugate
vaccine, polyribosylribitol phosphate-tetanus toxoid conjugate (PRP-T),
manufactured by Pasteur Merieux Serum et Vaccins and distributed as ActHIB
Trademark by Connaught Laboratories, Inc. (Swiftwater, Pennsylvania). This
vaccine has been licensed for use in infants in a three-dose primary
vaccination series administered at ages 2, 4, and 6 months. Previously
unvaccinated infants 7-11 months of age should receive two doses 2 months
apart. Previously unvaccinated children 12-14 months of age should receive one
dose. A booster dose administered at 15 months of age is recommended for all
children. Previously unvaccinated children 15-59 months of age should receive
a single dose and do not require a booster. More than 90% of infants receiving
a primary vaccination series of ActHIB Trademark (consecutive doses at 2, 4,
and 6 months of age) develop a geometric mean titer of anti-Haemophilus b
polysaccharide antibody greater than 1 ug/mL (4). This response is similar to
that of infants who receive recommended series of previously licensed
Haemophilus b conjugate vaccines for which efficacy has been demonstrated in
prospective trials. Two U.S. efficacy trials of PRP-T were terminated early
because of the concomitant licensure of other Haemophilus b conjugate vaccines
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for use in infants (4). In these studies, no cases of invasive Hib disease
were detected in approximately 6000 infants vaccinated with PRP-T. These and
other studies suggest that the efficacy of PRP-T vaccine will be similar to
that of the other licensed Hib vaccines. TETRAMUNE Trademark
On March 30, 1993, the FDA approved a combined diphtheria and tetanus
toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine (DTP) and Haemophilus b conjugate
vaccine. TETRAMUNE Trademark, available from Lederle-Praxis Biologicals (Pearl
River, New York), combines two previously licensed products, DTP (TRIIMMUNOL
Registered, manufactured by Lederle Laboratories Pearl River, New York) and
Haemophilus b conjugate vaccine (HibTITER Registered, manufactured by Praxis
Biologics, Inc. Rochester, New York).
This vaccine has been licensed for use in children aged 2 months-5 years
for protection against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and Hib disease when
indications for vaccination with DTP vaccine and Haemophilus b conjugate
vaccine coincide. Based on demonstration of co mparable or higher antibody
responses to each of the components of the two vaccines, TETRAMUNE Trademark
is expected to provide protection against Hib, as well as diphtheria, tetanus,
and pertussis, equivalent to that of already licensed formulations of other
DTP and Haemophilus b vaccines.
The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that
all infants receive a primary series of one of the licensed Haemophilus b
conjugate vaccines beginning at 2 months of age and a booster dose at age 12-
15 months (5). The ACIP also recommends that all infants receive a four-dose
primary series of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine at 2,
4, 6, and 15-18 months of age, and a booster dose at 4-6 years (6-8). A
complete statement regarding recommendations for use of ActHIB Trademark and
TETRAMUNE Trademark is being developed.
Reported by: Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration. Div of Immunization,
National Center for Prevention Svcs; Meningitis and Special Pathogens Br, Div
of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases,
CDC.
References
1. Adams WG, Deaver KA, Cochi SL, et al. Decline of childhood Haemophilus
influenzae type b (Hib) disease in the Hib vaccine era. JAMA 1993;269:221-6.
2. Broadhurst LE, Erickson RL, Kelley PW. Decrease in invasive Haemophilus
influenzae disease in U.S. Army children, 1984 through 1991. JAMA
1993;269:227-31.
3. Murphy TV, White KE, Pastor P, et al. Declining incidence of Haemophilus
influenzae type b disease since introduction of vaccination. JAMA
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1993;269:246-8.
4. Fritzell B, Plotkin S. Efficacy and safety of a Haemophilus influenzae type
b capsular polysaccharide-tetanus protein conjugate vaccine. J Pediatr
1992;121:355-62.
5. ACIP. Haemophilus b conjugate vaccines for prevention of Haemophilus
influenzae type b disease among infants and children two months of age and
older: recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee
(ACIP). MMWR 1991;40(no. RR-1).
6. ACIP. Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis -- recommendations for vaccine use
and other preventive measures: recommendations of the Immunization Practices
Advisory Committee (ACIP). MMWR 1991;40(no. RR-10).
7. ACIP. Pertussis vaccination: acellular pertussis vaccine for reinforcing
and booster use -- supplementary ACIP statement: recommendations of the
Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP). MMWR 1992;41(no. RR-1).
8. ACIP. Pertussis vaccination: acellular pertussis vaccine for the fourth and
fifth doses of the DTP series -- update to supplementary ACIP statement:
recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP). MMWR
1992;41(no. RR-15).
* Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and
does not imply endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
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Dental News
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International Workshop Explores Oral Manifestations of
HIV Infection
NIDR Research Digest
written by Jody Dove
March 1993
National Institute of Dental Research
At the Second International Workshop on the Oral Manifestations of HIV
Infection, held January 31-February 3 in San Francisco, participants explored
issues related to the epidemiology, basic molecular virology, mucosal
immunology, and oral clinical presentations of HIV infection.
The workshop was organized by Dr. John Greenspan and Dr. Deborah
Greenspan of the Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of
California, San Francisco. An international steering committee and scientific
program committee provided guidance.
The conference drew more than 260 scientists from 39 countries, including
Asia, Africa, Europe, Central America, South America, as well as the United
States and Canada. Support tor the workshop was provided by the National
Institute of Dental Research, the National Cancer Institute, the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the NIH Office of AIDS Research,
and the Procter and Gamble Company.
Among the topics discussed were: the epidemiology of HIV lesions; ethics,
professional responsibility, and public policy; occupational issues; provision
of oral care to the HIV-positive population; salivary HIV transmission and
mucosal immunity; opportunistic infections; pediatric HIV infection; and
women's issues.
Recommendations
Recommendations emerged from the workshop to define the association
between the appearance of oral lesions and rate of progression of HIV, to
establish a universal terminology for HIV-associated oral lesions, to look for
more effective treatments for oral manifestations, to expand molecular biology
studies to understand the relationship between HIV infection and common oral
lesions, and to study the effects of HIV therapy on oral lesions.
Epidemiology
Since the First International Workshop on Oral Manifestations of HIV
Infection was convened five years ago, the epidemiology of HIV infection has
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radically changed. In 1988, HIV infection was detected and reported largely
in homosexual and bisexual males, intravenous drug users, and hemophiliacs.
Today, more HIV infection is seen in heterosexual males and females and in
children and adolescents.
While the predominant impact of HIV infection has been felt in Africa, a
major increase in infection rate is being seen in Southeast Asia as well.
Five hundred thousand cases have been reported to date in this region and more
are appearing all the time.
Researchers are continuing to document the epidemiology of oral lesions
such as hairy leukoplakia and candidiasis. They also are beginning to explore
the relationships between specific oral lesions and HIV disease progression
and prognosis.
Social/political Issues
Discussion on the social and political implications of HIV infection
focused on changing the public's attitude that AIDS is retribution for
indiscriminate sexual behavior and drug use. Speakers also addressed health
care delivery for HIV-infected patients, and the need to educate the public
about what AIDS is, and how it is acquired.
Saliva and Salivary Glands
Conference speakers described transmission issues and the HIV-inhibitory
activity of saliva, the strength of which varies among the different salivary
secretions. Whole saliva has a greater inhibitory effect than submandibular
secretions, which in turn have a greater inhibitory effect than parotid
secretions. Research has shown that at least two mechanisms are responsible
for salivary inhibitory activity. They attributed the HIV-inhibitory effect
of saliva to the 1) aggregation/agglutination of HIV by saliva, which may both
promote clearance of virus and prevent it reaching a target cell, and 2)
direct effects on the virus or target cells.
Other topics discussed were the manifestation of salivary gland disease
in HIV-infected persons and current research on oral mucosal immunity.
Pediatric Issues
Pediatric AIDS recently has emerged as an area of intense interest. With
early and accurate diagnosis and proper treatment, the life expectancy of HIV-
infected children has tripled. The prevention of transmission of HIV from
mother to child may be possible in many cases, particularly if the mother's
sero-status is known prior to giving birth.
Periodontal and Gingival Tissue Disease
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Oral health researchers continue to explore periodontal diseases and
gingivitis found in individuals with HIV infection. Recommendations made at
the workshop include the standardization of terminology, refinement of
diagnostic markers, standardization of study design, and proper consideration
of confounding variables resulting from periodontal therapy.
Occupational and Treatment Issues
Occupational issues surrounding the treatment of HIV-infected individuals
and treatment rendered by HIV-infected health care professionals still command
considerable attention. Factors under consideration include the cost/benefit
of HIV testing, patient-to-health care provider transmission of HIV infection
and the reverse, and the use of mainstream versus dedicated facilities for the
treatment of HIV-infected patients.
Conference participants anticipate that a third International Workshop on
the Oral Manifestations of HIV Infection will be held in five years or less.
Proceedings from the second workshop will be published by the Quintessence
Company in late 1993.
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You take two copies with a different registration id, compare them byte for
byte and you know where they are located. Usually you will be able to
find out what is what after that.
And what keeps me form registering as John Doe from the company Public
Domain, Yellow Brick Road 1, Tinseltown or something???
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Internet: rcstage1@urc.tue.nl valid until 16 may 1993
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'Listen very carefully, I will say this only ones.' Michelle of the resitance
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Yup, that was quite contemptuous of the President to make a decision that
12% disagree with...
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1989 Honda CRX DX, White w/Blue int.
Original owner, 59,500 miles, mostly highway.
Recent tune-up, new battery
Oil changed every 3000 miles
Kenwood high power cassette receiver, w/ 4 spkrs
$6800 or best reasonable offer
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I just donwloaded a *.bin file from a unix machine which is
supposed to be converted to a MAC format. Does anyone know
what I need to do to this file to get it into any Dos, Mac
or Unix readable format. Someone mentioned fetch on the unix
machine - is this correct? Could someone explain the .bin
format a little?
Thanks,
Elizabeth
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So, Mr. Salah is still claiming Stalin was a Jew?
This thread began on SCA, when he and another guy claimed both Stalin
and Lenin were Jews. When I posted evidence from books and the Britannica
showing they were Christians, someone made the (correct) remark that
Lenin's maternal grandfather was a Jew who converted to Christianity.
To counter the fact that Stalin was a Christian who, during his youth,
was trained to be a priest, Mr. Salah wrote "yes, it says he was trained
to be a priest, but not for what religion!" (BTW, Stalin developed
strong antisemitic feelings later in his life).
Mr. Salah seems intent on trying to spread hate against Jews by posting
antisemitic forgeries and trying to "prove" that certain notorious
people were Jews, even if they were not.
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