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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      05/23/89 21:14  Msg:3865 Call:21297  Lines:2
 20 Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster. --Nietzsche
 21 ************************************************************************
003=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/23/89 22:36  Msg:3866 Call:21298  Lines:19
 22 &*&*&*&*'s
 23 Alright! I'm at the top! It's been a few disks since I made it to this exalted
 24 height.
 25  
 26 G
 27 O
 28 I
 29 N
 30 G
 31  
 32 D
 33 O
 34 W
 35 N
 36 !
 37  
 38 An Astral Dreamer
 39 &*&*&*&*'s
 40  
004=Usr:286 Jeff Marten       05/24/89 01:14  Msg:3867 Call:21305  Lines:21
 41  
 42  
 43  
 44 {+}{+}{+}{+}
 45  
 46       ++++{+}   A WORD NOW FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT EXXON   {+}++++
 47 The next time you're enjoying an elegant dinner out, take a moment to 
 48 consider a favorite side-dish.....Rice Pilaf. Maybe you didn't realize 
 49 that Rice Pilaf is actually a marine fungus that EXXON engineers 
 50 scrape off of our huge oil drilling platforms in the azure water of 
 51 Baja California. (Thus the name, Rice "Peel-Off") Restaurants around 
 52 the nation buy the stuff by the bargefull, dirt cheap, from EXXON. 
 53 You can't eat the Rice Pilaf unless you can drive to the restaurant. The 
 54 Food Service and Petroleum Products Industries...together making your 
 55 life what it is here, today, in the future.
 56  
 57  
 58              {+}{+}{+}{+} -|- ThingFish -|- {+}{+}{+}{+}
 59                  Some Are Confused, Others Are Bitter
 60  
 61  
005=Usr:4 Milchar           05/24/89 19:27  Msg:3868 Call:21321  Lines:40
 62 ::: BGN CYBER-LINK: ID F78B:9EA1:C88D CODED: SEMAPHORE :::
 63  
 64         Sleep had finally ambushed Sem in the early hours of the morning.
 65 Cargo sleds shot past the open window, ruddy sunlight reflecting off their
 66 windscreens to illuminate Sem's still form upon his cot.
 67         "Semaphore," said Ann, "optimum execution time is approaching.
 68 Please awaken."
 69         "...zzbzzwhat?" mumbled Sem, shaking off his sleepiness.  His
 70 eyes fluttered open, focusing on the bleak Atlanta skyline.
 71         "Your attack plan will be most effective if it is carried out
 72 before the staff of OmniCorp arrives at work.  Please prepare yourself."
 73         Ann's voice had an unusual grating quality to it at four a.m,
 74 Sem noted while wiping the sleep from his eyes.  Sem sat upright,
 75 shaking his head to clear it.  Casually he grabbed the pack of derms
 76 lying nearby and applied one to his inner wrist, letting the drug awaken
 77 him fully.  "I'm ready, baby.  What do you have for me?"
 78         "I have been quite careful while examining the matrix near
 79 OmniCorp's structure.  Twice I sensed what may have been security
 80 scans- much like what you would call a surprise inspection.  I was
 81 able to retreat to a safe distance before I was detected.  The whole
 82 survey was completed in just under four hours.
 83         "I have surveyed the 11,280 data links connecting OmniCorp and
 84 the rest of the matrix.  After analyzing the data traffic, I have
 85 identified fourteen links which will serve our purpose.  Of those
 86 fourteen, three links are preferred."
 87         "Why those three?"
 88         "They allow access to OmniCorp's Security Division.  We will
 89 go longer undetected if we work from their midst."
 90         "Perfect-O, Ann honey.  Good work.  Ready for some more data?
 91 Access local store 6BB3, key is BLITZ.  Work out probabilities of
 92 success for this algorithm, given it uses one of those preferred links."
 93  
 94 ::: SUSPENDED THREAD 02, WAITING FOR RESTART :::
 95  
 96         "What did you do next, Ann?" asked the Honorable John H. White.
 97         "Are you familiar with the old war term 'Blitzkrieg'?  It
 98 translates roughly into 'Lightning War.'  That term approximates the
 99 algorithm used against OmniCorp's Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics."
100  
101 ::: END CYBER-LINK: RUN TIME 00:17:34 CODED: SEMAPHORE :::
006=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill     05/24/89 22:02  Msg:3869 Call:21325  Lines:24
102 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
103 Ww, Mole!  You were right!  It *has* been slow!  I thought I'd have
104 two new disks to read!  Ohwell, I guess I've been contributing to the
105 silence.  But no more!  
106  
107 AD: Yeah, that compiler's been taking a big CPU slice of my brain
108     lately...
109  
110 Milch:  I vote for Sam's for the BWMS II party.
111  
112 6969696969 & Mole:  I'm not signing *ANYTHING*!!!  Besides, blancmanges
113                     don't abduct, they consume!  
114   
115 IN A RELATED STORY:
116  
117 One Jila monster to another:
118         "There it is again... a feeling that in a past life I was 
119          someone named Shirley MacLaine."
120 			- The Far Side
121                                                                      _
122                                                                     /#)
123                                                          n   n   n (#/ 
124                                                         / ~~~ ~~~ \/
125 /*/*/*/*/*/*/* -swob (a Self-Willed Orange Blancmange) /___/____\__\
007=Usr:295 TOVAH             05/24/89 22:48  Msg:3870 Call:21326  Lines:32
126 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#-Tovah-#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
127  
128                               She
129  
130               She returned once again as a cry in the
131                  recess of my mind.
132               Who is She that calls my name in the day-
133                  light and nighttime hours?
134  
135               Is She part of my distant past or the 
136                  child that was so cruelly treated in 
137                  my recent past.
138  
139               She cries so mournfully as if She is lost
140                  and can not find the right path to end
141                  Her fears.
142  
143               The fears that grow like neverending weeds
144                  that choke the life out of a beautiful
145                  violet.
146  
147               She needs the proper sign to point Her the
148                  right direction out of the dark labrinth
149                  of my mind.
150  
151                I will calm Her with Heartlight until the
152                   right sign, then She and I will cele-
153                   brate Our new life as One.
154  
155                                       Tova Rasmussen
156                                          4/89
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008=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/25/89 01:18  Msg:3871 Call:21332  Lines:48
158  
159      Tis easier to write the lines that obscure the truth from time.
160      As history will someday find we've done it all before.
161      The fantasy that we can see, and others can not if fine.
162      Perhaps it's right for some of us, perhaps not.
163  
164      Begin Data Hunk
165  
166 	waving in the simulated summer breez, the artfully rendered green
167 palm trees called out to him. There was a feeling in the air of somthing about
168 to happen, as if some sort of power would soon be released. 
169  
170 	Isolation... Is anybody out there?
171  
172 	Staring at the fractaly generated landscape only heightened the
173 sensation. A slow building extasy began.
174  
175 	Outreach... When you close your eyes, do you dream about me?
176  
177 	Time for the first step, the second step. DO step WHILE NOT at 
178 destination. 
179  
180 	Asperation... And when they drag you through the door they tell
181 you that you've failed the test.
182  
183 	Destination reached, he paused. Only the artificial serf broke the
184 silence as he stared out over the cliff.
185  
186 	Endings... Does anybody here remember me?
187  
188 	Pause, prepare, Set to full sensory input. remove water. Step forward
189 and PLUNG!
190  
191 	Removing the plug, he paused to scratch his chin. Time to shave and
192 get to work. Nothing like a refreshing dip in Cyper space to get you going.
193 Idly he hoped he wouldn't cut himself shaving. It was a small chance, but
194 he hated the sight of blood.
195  
196 	Data Hunk End.
197  
198  
199 &*&*&*&*'s
200  
201 Just here to lurk. 
202  
203 An Astral Dreamer
204 &*&*&*&*'s
205  
009=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman    05/25/89 19:35  Msg:3872 Call:21345  Lines:64
206 696969696969
207    Welcome Thingfish....good stuff.
208                                                              
209 CONSUMERS WANT EXCUSE FOR HIKES:-5/25/89
210     Since the March oil spill in Alaska, gas prices have been rising and 
211 consumer activists say it was an excuse for an industry-wide windfall. But oil 
212 companies insist - and many experts agree - there was no profiteering. Gas 
213 prices were rising anyway because crude prices jumped from about $15 a barrel 
214 in December to more than $20 by March.
215  
216  THE WORST IS OVER:
217     As you dole out those extra dollars for gas on your way to the beach or 
218 mountains this weekend, take heart: Gas prices appear to have peaked for now 
219 and probably won't rise much more than a few cents a gallon between now and 
220 July 4. The price of gas still is relatively cheap. In 1981, average gas 
221 prices hit $1.37 a gallon. Add in inflation and that's equivalent to $1.85 a 
222 gallon today.
223 POWER - UP ON THE ROOF:-5/25/89
224     Your roof could become your electrical power source, if Japan's Sanyo 
225 company has its way. The firm has built a small test house in Osaka roofed 
226 with shingles containing amorphous photovoltaic cells, which convert sunlight 
227 directly to energy, reports Popular Science in its June issue. Power is stored 
228 in batteries.
229     By the year 2000, the Sanyo company predicts, solar-cell shingles will be 
230 available for small Japanese homes that will provide average electricity needs 
231 - about 2 kilowatts. Most new American homes are twice that size with more 
232 than double the power needs, but the technology holds promise here, too, 
233 according to the June issue of Popular Science magazine.
234                                                                              
235  EXPERIMENTS SUPPORT COLD FUSION:-5/24/89
236     Researchers at Texas A&M University announced this week that new 
237 experiments support the cold fusion claims by two Utah scientists. Experiments 
238 sponsored by the Electrical Power and Research Institute of Palo Alto, Calif., 
239 discovered neutrons, net heat, and for the first time, the element tritium, 
240 after duplication of experiments done by B. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishmann 
241 in March.
242 FUSION - STILL LONG WAY OFF:-5/24/89
243     Nuclear fusion, the sun's power source, potentially could supply clean 
244 power forever. But despite recent cold-fusion claims, scientists say 
245 commercial use is 30 years away. Fusion plants would produce up to thousands 
246 of times less radioactive waste than atomic reactors. Scientists first must 
247 get a fusion reaction to go on its own.
248     The sun bathes the United States each day with enough sunlight to power 
249 the nation for 18 months. But capturing and storing enough of it to make it an 
250 economically feasible power source for the future is still a problem. Storage 
251 methods also must be made more efficient. About half a dozen solar thermal 
252 plants have been tested in recent years, says Edward De Meo, a solar power 
253 specialist.
254     Geothermal energy is a clean, cheap energy source for the future - but 
255 limited to certain locations, mostly in the West. Underground water, heated by 
256 volcanic action, produces steam to drive electrical generators. Six geothermal 
257 plants are operating in California with four more being planned.
258                                                                            
259 QUAYLE BOMBS WITH CADETS:-5/25/89
260     U.S. Military Academy cadets hissed Vice President Dan Quayle before he 
261 spoke to the graduates Wednesday at West Point. But Quayle's staff insisted 
262 the cadets were only teasing with their reaction to the mention of his service 
263 in the National Guard. "They made an animal-type grunting sound when the 
264 National Guard was mentioned," said press secretary David Beckwith.
265                                                                        
266 It's almost enough to give one hope.                                       
267                                                                            
268 696969696969696969
269                                                                               
010=Usr:465 Gregg Harris      05/25/89 22:34  Msg:3873 Call:21349  Lines:4
270 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*)(*&
271 Lurk..... You Know who
272 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*)(*&)
273  
011=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      05/25/89 22:42  Msg:3874 Call:21351  Lines:71
274 Path:percival!littlei!uunet!shelby!apple!vsi1!zorch!<ames!FNALF.BITNET!ESC000>
275  
276 From:fusion@zorch.UU.NET
277 Newsgroups: alt.fusion
278 Subject: Submission for Alt.fusion
279 Message-ID: <8905240609.AA29491@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
280 Date: 23 May 89 23:52:00 GMT
281 Sender: scott@zorch.UU.NET
282 Organization: Alt.fusion/Mail Gateway
283 Lines: 57
284 To: FUSION@ZORCH.UUCP
285 X-Original-To:  FUSION@ZORCH.UUCP
286  
287 For forty years physicists have been trying to get controlled nuclear fusion.
288 They've been taking poor little nuclei of heavy hydrogen-- we call 'em
289 "deuterons"-- and crashing them together with brute force. Just a little while
290 ago the news came out of Utah that you could do fusion in a pickle jar, without
291 a lot of expensive equipment.  If this turns out to be true, it could be as
292 important to energy production as good old Enrico Fermi's first reactor in the
293 University of Chicago squash courts, way back when.
294  
295                                  Fusion Girl
296                                by Bill Higgins
297                      Copyright 1989 by William S. Higgins
298      
299 I was working in the Fusion Lab late one night
300 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
301 But I couldn't get my magnetic bottle to light
302 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
303 Yeah, it was late at night
304 Yeah, it wouldn't light
305 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
306 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
307  
308 Then I met a chemist who was kinda pretty
309 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
310 She told me that she came from Salt Lake City
311 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
312 Yeah, she was kinda pretty
313 Yeah, she came from Salt Lake City
314 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
315 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
316  
317 She said, "You're wasting your time, and you're bound to lose"
318 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
319 "Let me introduce you to a new way to fuse"
320 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
321 Yeah, you're bound to lose
322 Yeah, a new way to fuse
323 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
324 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
325  
326 What Fermi did under a stadium
327 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
328 She did with heavy water and palladium
329 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
330 Yeah, he had a stadium
331 Yeah, she had palladium
332 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
333 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
334  
335 We made it together and it was so sweet
336 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
337 Just a few neutrons and a whole lotta heat
338 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
339 Yeah, it was so sweet
340 Yeah, a lotta heat
341 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
342 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
343  
344 ---------------------------------------------------------------
012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/26/89 10:21  Msg:3875 Call:21360  Lines:7
345  
346 &*&*&*&*'s
347 It's getting close to the another big day Will there be a party at Sams?
348  
349 An Astral Dreamer
350 &*&*&*&*'s
351  
013=Usr:465 Gregg Harris      05/26/89 12:05  Msg:3876 Call:21361  Lines:9
352 )*(&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&
353  
354 Hey, I liked that spoof of the song (Oh I don't remember the name).
355  
356 Well, I was good anyway!
357  
358 The Mole
359 )(*&)*&)*(&)(*&)(*&(*&)*(&)(*)(*&)(*&)(*&*()&
360  
014=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman    05/26/89 13:06  Msg:3877 Call:21362  Lines:3
361 Mole:  it's "Da Do Ron Ron"  one of Phil Spectre's overproduced hits from the 
362 60's, done by the Ronnettes, featuring Phil's wife Ronnie.
363  
015=Usr:219 Friar Mossback    05/26/89 15:54  Msg:3878 Call:21364  Lines:6
364 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
365 Well, only Milchar responded to the Tursday night gig, so how about
366 breakfast on memorial day?  At 6:00 at the 82nd street Elmer's.
367 Everyone going there raise there right modem and say Aye!
368 Aye!
369 [][][][][][][][][][][][][]   Friar    [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
016=Usr:286 Jeff Marten       05/26/89 16:18  Msg:3879 Call:21366  Lines:18
370 {+}{+}{+}{+}
371 i 
372     This three day week-end, get Mexican by injection! 
373     Spend Memorial Day wrapped in the golden arms of ThingFish's
374     favorite toxin....
375  
376               JOSE CUERVO TEQUILA !
377  
378               You'll be glad you did!
379  
380    (monetary compensation and/or product gratuities  
381     provided in exchange for this announcement)
382  
383  
384                {+}{+}{+}{+} -|- ThingFish -|- {+}{+}{+}{+}
385                  More Than A Feeling, Less Than A Thrill
386  
387  
017=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman    05/26/89 18:54  Msg:3880 Call:21369  Lines:87
388 696969696969
389                                                                         
390 ENVIRONMENTAL WORRIES RISE:-5/26/89
391     Stirred by reports of acid rain, global warming and the Exxon Valdez oil 
392 spill, Americans are demanding more concern for the environment - regardless 
393 of the cost. Experts say businesses no longer can fend off concerns as they 
394 did during the Reagan years by saying that cleanup efforts cost too much.
395     A long-delayed extension of the landmark 1970 Clean Air Act is likely to 
396 be approved by Congress this year. Among other provisions, it will mandate 
397 further reduction in sulfur-dioxide emissions - the cause of acid rain - from 
398 coal-fired power plants.
399     The prospect of additional environmental cleanup costs is "scaring 
400 (businesses) half to death," says William Fay, president of the Clean Air 
401 Working Group, lobbying arm of a business coalition. Business already spends 
402 tens of billions of dollars to comply with environment controls and tightened 
403 laws could add up to $35 billion to those costs, he said.
404     Businesses say extra environmental costs will mean higher prices for 
405 consumers. As an example, Canton-based Ohio Power Co., which serves 650 
406 communities, estimates that its electric rates would have to rise at least 19 
407 percent to comply with some proposed extensions of the Clean Air Act.
408     Many gasoline stations say they could not survive higher environmental 
409 costs. New Environmental Protection Agency rules to prevent underground gas 
410 tanks from leaking require costly monitoring and million-dollar insurance 
411 policies. Phil Chisholm of the Petroleum Marketing Association of America said 
412 tighter controls could shut down half the nation's independent stations.
413     Environmentalists say that businesses are overreacting to the cost and 
414 difficulty of keeping the environment clean. New laws will spur businesses to 
415 be innovative, they say. In response to Southern California's smog-abatement 
416 plan, new products are being developed, including an engine additive to allow 
417 diesel buses to run on methanol.
418                                                                             
419 DEBATE - GAS
420  USA TODAY'S OPINION:
421     Gasoline prices are climbing fast. We should use less. This means 
422 demanding more fuel-efficient cars and more energy-efficient homes heated by 
423 fuels other than oil. Along the way, we'd reduce dependence on foreign oil, 
424 which now accounts for 47.6 percent.
425  OTHER VIEWS ON GAS:
426     GEORGE P. MITCHELL, chairperson and president of Mitchell Energy & 
427 Development Corp.: We desperately need a comprehensive policy that encourages 
428 development of domestic energy resources and protects our ability to do so. 
429     KEN EIKENBERRY, Washington attorney general: Our society's heavy reliance 
430 on petroleum products allows our future to be extremely vulnerable to action 
431 taken by a relatively few suppliers, whether legal or not. I trust that no 
432 matter what the outcome of our investigation, its focus will contribute to the 
433 way we deal with these policy questions.
434     TOM BURNS, economist, Chevron Corp.: "The Exxon Valdez incident had little 
435 to do with the level of prices but everything to do with the timing of that 
436 increase."
437     BILL SMITH, Exxon: "It's ridiculous to suggest that the Valdez spill has 
438 led to higher prices."
439     ST. PETERS, MO., Dennis Sherman, 35, business owner: "I don't think 
440 they're fair. I own a towing service, so I use a lot of gas. Where I was 
441 paying $300 a month for gas, now it's $400. 
442     NORWALK, CALIF., Juanita Rich, 70, city ambassador: "My husband is a 
443 retired oil man, and we pay close attention to gas prices. We think it's 
444 unnecessary for prices to be so high."
445                                                                         
446                                                                          
447 HOUSEWIFE GAINS SUPPORT:-5/26/89
448     Terry Rakolta's recently formed group - Americans for Responsible 
449 Television (ART) - has picked up momentum. Rakolta has received thousands of 
450 requests for more information from people across the country. She said 
451 newsletters would be sent to those interested in joining the group, and $15 
452 would be the membership fee: write ART, Box 627, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 
453 48303.
454     The first goal of the group Americans for Responsible Television (ART) is 
455 to get family, all-age viewing restored for the first two hours of prime-time 
456 viewing each night, says Terry Rakolta, the Michigan housewife who organized 
457 the group. Rakolta said the second goal would be to get commercial guidelines 
458 from advertisers.
459 SITCOMS DRAW MORE VIEWERS:-5/26/89
460     Sitcoms were the clear choice in all categories of shows measured November 
461 1988, according to a Nielsen study released Wednesday. The comedies drew about 
462 23.75 million viewers during an average broadcast minute and were No. 1 among 
463 all major demographic groups, except men, who slightly preferred suspense and 
464 mystery dramas. The time period drawing the most viewers was 8:30-9 p.m.
465     The Nielsen report released Wednesday notes TV viewing habits are linked 
466 to a variety of characteristics, including household income. Households with 
467 an income under $30,000 a year watch the most TV, averaging more than 52 hours 
468 a week. Households earning between $30,000 and $40,000 average about three 
469 hours less a week.
470                                                                            
471 Thingfish:  I'll drink to that.  'Tis a wish fish that can tell the difference
472              between fact and fiction.
473                                                                         
474 696969696969696969
018=Usr:4 Milchar           05/26/89 22:39  Msg:3881 Call:21373  Lines:11
475 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
476 Friar: 6:00am????  Hold on.  Whoa.  Let me run that by myself again.  You
477 seem to be referring to that hour that lies 360 minutes past midnight, are
478 you not?  Considering I'd have to ride the rail there, we're talking about
479 this mage arising at some ungodly hour, when the roosters are still asleep.
480 And on a holiday?  I don't think there would be much of a turnout...
481 The location is fine with me, but would you consider another time?  I'm
482 about two neurons this side of brain-dead anytime earlier than eight.
483 Anyone else?  Have you suggestions?  I have head Sam's Hauf Brau mentioned,
484 any others?  What would be a good time for you?
485 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/27/89 12:14  Msg:3882 Call:21387  Lines:11
486 &*&*&*&*'s
487 6am? Hmm, I sumtimes go to bed about that time, but ditto on the two neurons
488 for me. I realy like the idea of going to Sams,maybe somtime next weekend?
489 It would be a bit early, but since it could be construed as a BP for
490 BWII as well as BW in general...
491  
492 Besides, It sounds like a could reason for a party to me... :-)
493  
494 An Astral Dreamer
495 &*&*&*&*'s
496  
020=Usr:219 Friar Mossback    05/27/89 14:05  Msg:3883 Call:21388  Lines:6
497 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
498 Sorry about the time, but I have to be at the airport at 8:00.  (The 
499 Cherokee, Alyx.)  I also have to work on other weekdays, so eight 
500 wouldn't work then either.  How about lunch on Monday?  Sam's is fine
501 if they are open.
502 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]   Friar    [][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
021=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/27/89 19:33  Msg:3884 Call:21398  Lines:9
503 &*&*&*&*'s
504  
505 Hello all. Not much action, only another month or so and I'll have been
506 here a year. Not very long as far as it goes, but a milestone none the
507 less. <<<Cliche---Is this really neccesary?
508  
509 An Astral Dreamer
510 &*&*&*&*'s
511  
022=Usr:4 Milchar           05/27/89 19:47  Msg:3885 Call:21399  Lines:4
512 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
513 Lunch sounds fine.  Say, Monday at 1:00pm?  I dunno about Sam's being
514 open or not- I suppose I could go by there and ask.
515 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
023=Usr:286 Jeff Marten       05/27/89 20:25  Msg:3886 Call:21401  Lines:5
516  
517  
518 {+}{+}{+}{+}
519  
520  
024=Usr:286 Jeff Marten       05/27/89 20:32  Msg:3887 Call:21403  Lines:17
521        So this debt-ridden, ulcer-whipped, half-bright yuppie 
522        newt was driving along in his BMW when he slid on the road 
523        and was involved in a terrible accident. As the paramedics 
524        were administering first aid, the guy was moaning  
525        "Ohhh..my BMW...Oh no, my BMW..." One of the paramedics 
526        could take it no longer, lost his cool and yelled at the 
527        guy  "Hey buddy...we're trying to save your life here. 
528        Your stupid car is the least of your worries. For your 
529        information, your left arm is severed at the elbow".  The 
530        yuppie then began moaning..."Ohhh, my Rolex....Oh no, my 
531        Rolex...." 
532  
533  
534                {+}{+}{+}{+} -|- ThingFish -|- {+}{+}{+}{+}
535                         Out Of It And Proud Of It
536  
537  
025=Usr:313 MARK VANALSTYNE   05/28/89 00:17  Msg:3888 Call:21411  Lines:18
538 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
539  
540 Hello, I am Xenon Laser... I used to call here a lot when I was
541 a little younger(before debt).  I am very suprised that this is
542 still here.. so many BBS's have disappeared over the years..
543 including my own 'Olympus' also run on a Sanyo MBC-555.
544 I am looking for some communications software for my Sanyo.
545 All I have is Copylink... I have difficulties transferring files
546 all the time with it.. My Transfer modes are Normal, Fast, and
547 Checksum... Doesn't really mean much to anyone who doesn't have
548 Copylink.  I have no manual for this one, I got itit when I was in
549 the 503 Alliance before I moved out of town (to OSU).  Well now 
550 I am back in PDX... work at PDX... go to school ate PSU, and 
551 am curious about the very large amount of BBS's out there now-a-days.
552 Anyway... can anyone help me...
553  
554                           Type ya later....
555 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/ Xenon Laser /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
026=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      05/28/89 02:09  Msg:3889 Call:21415  Lines:12
556 Xenon,
557     What version of Copylink do you have? The current version is 3.21.
558 If you have anything earlier than 2.41, then it is not surprising that you
559 have problems. Do you have a good interface card? The only two that were any
560 good were the Hawthorne Tech card, and the Comtel card. The rest were clones
562 of the original Sanyo RS232 card which didn't work very well because of a 
563 design flaw (bad grounding). You can fix it though easily enough if you have
564 one of the bad designs, just ground pin seven of the RS232 connector to the
565 case of the Sanyo. 
566 How do I know all this stuff? I wrote Copylink.   - Mike Day
567 **************************************************************************
027=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      05/28/89 02:16  Msg:3890 Call:21416  Lines:5
568 Re the party/meeting/whatever: I have a suggestion. Since the usual PCS get
570 together is this thursday, why not combine the two and kill two meetings
571 with one bird? That way I can attend, because I won't be here monday.
572 ****************************** CM *************************************
028=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/28/89 02:54  Msg:3891 Call:21417  Lines:10
573 &*&*&*&*'s
574  
575 Sounds good to me. 1 vote counted. Anybody else?
576  
577 Thought for the day. "Blind Patriotism is to Fascism as smoke is to fire." -me
578 (Thought somebody else might have thought of it before.)
579  
580 An Astral Dreamer
581 &*&*&*&*'s
582  
029=Usr:465 Gregg Harris      05/28/89 12:16  Msg:3892 Call:21421  Lines:9
583 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&
584  
585 Well, since w're coming up with snazzy quotes,
586  
587 "Smoke is to Cheeze Puffs as Water is to Orange Marmalade." :-)
588  
589 The Philosophistical Mole (I meant to spell it that way) [Phili + Sophist] :-)
590 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(()(*(*&)((*&)(*&)((*&&
591  
030=Usr:4 Milchar           05/28/89 15:27  Msg:3893 Call:21422  Lines:4
592 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
593 Mikey: (sound of hand smacking forehead) Oh, yeah!  A wonderful idea,
594 methinks.  That way I also spend less money.  :-)
595 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
031=Usr:219 Friar Mossback    05/28/89 19:09  Msg:3894 Call:21425  Lines:5
596 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
597 Okey Dokey!  But is this a Pizza place again?
598 Do BBSers ever eat anything but pizza?
599 I'll be there, regardless, if I get directions.
600 [][][][][][][][][][][][]   Friar    [][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
032=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill     05/28/89 19:49  Msg:3895 Call:21426  Lines:5
601                                                                    ____
602                                                                ___  /#)
603                                                     __ ___n   n   n (#/ 
604                                                       -- / ~~~ ~~~ \/
605 lurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurk/___/____\__\
033=Usr:4 Milchar           05/28/89 23:00  Msg:3896 Call:21430  Lines:7
606 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
607 Friar:  Stark Street Pizza Company, 92nd and Stark.  I believe that the
608 PCS social begins at 7:00pm, but I never show up sooner than 7:30...
609 As for BBSer diets, I believe a Pizza Content Level (PCL) of .10 is
610 required by state law to operate a computer, and .20 if that computer is
611 attached to a modem or other telecomputing device.  :-)
612 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
034=Usr:465 Gregg Harris      05/29/89 14:43  Msg:3897 Call:21442  Lines:11
613 )(**&)((*&&)(**&&)((*&*(&)(*&)((*&((&((&)*&)(&&)((*&(&)(*
614  
615 Pizza. Oh, well! guess I'll have to miss it. can't aford the
616 time to go; something to do with the fact that I am actually trying
617 to graduate from college this term.
618  
619 Oh, no! I have to get a real job. aaaaiiiiighhhhhhh!!!!
620  
621 The Mole
622 )(*&()*&)(*&(*&)((*&)(*&)((*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&(*(&)((*&)((&)((&(*&(*&
623  
035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/29/89 15:52  Msg:3898 Call:21445  Lines:10
624 &*&*&*&*'s
625      They suckered you into Graduating? Now you've gone and done it! :-)
626  
627 I'll probably be there this Thursday, should be fun. And since it's the day
628 after pay day I'll be able to afford food. Hmm.. I wonder it that's why they
629 have it at the begining of the month? 
630  
631 An Astral Dreamer
632 &*&*&*&*'s
633  
036=Usr:277 Schizo            05/29/89 20:04  Msg:3899 Call:21449  Lines:3
634 !!! @!@! !!!! !! @@!! @@@
635 I have returned to lurk and other seeminly unrelated things
636 !!! @!@! !!!! !! @@!! @@@
037=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/29/89 23:43  Msg:3900 Call:21455  Lines:3
637  
638 Money may not buy happiness, but it sures makes don't hurt any!
639  
038=Usr:465 Gregg Harris      05/29/89 23:52  Msg:3901 Call:21456  Lines:7
640 )(*(&)((*&)((*&(*)&)(*&)(**&&((*&()(**&((*&(
641  
642 AD: Money wpn't buy happiness, but at least it doesn't buy sadness.
643  
644 The Mole
645 )(*&)(*&)((*&)(&)(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&)(*&)(**&&)(*&
646  
039=Usr:313 MARK VANALSTYNE   05/30/89 00:29  Msg:3902 Call:21458  Lines:23
647 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
648 Mike Day....
649   The version I have is 2.3 dated feb 28 1984...
650 I got it when I sold Sanyos at Clackamas Town Center....
651 I learned a lot about Sanyos at the time by trial and error.. not much
652 dcumentation out there... I tracked down the Ph # of Sanyo's R-n-D Manager,
653 Mark something.. , and talked to him a few times and transferred some files
654 with him... I wrote my own BBS then(In Basic) but it could only Handle the
655 speed of 300 bps..I could set it at 1200bps.. but basic was still slower
656 than 300bps in delivery.. didn't use any machine language routines..
657 anyway.. I discovered I could transfer files at 300 bps on my smart modem 300,
658 but when I try to use 1200 bps SmarTEAM 103/212A modem, It disconnects when I
659 do the ESC '-' command or a ESC 'R' command to receive a file when in 
660 Terminal mode...I am very suprised to find the author of Copylink this 
661 coincidentaly..... I marketed a Utility program for the sanyo.. But it 
662 didn't get very wide coverage..(worked good though)..It was called
663 FAST BACK'EM   anyway... can you advise me in what to do...
664  
665 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/ XENON LASER /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
666  
667 P.S.  I don't know at this time what RS232 card I have... (Using it righ
668 t now)...I'll check it though...TTYL
669 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
040=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par  05/30/89 04:27  Msg:3903 Call:21460  Lines:4
670 #%#%@#^^%#%#!~!##)_*)_*^_)#$@*&^$)_#*^)_&^)#$*^%#)_$&^_!)#&_~*^_)*^)_@^%$_@)#
671 All: It's 4:30am and I ask the same question a guy named Pink asked once: Is
672 There anybody out there?
673 %)_#$*%_#*^_)*@^_)#)*^_&*$_)& L'homme sans Parity %)(@#*)(*#!%*()#$*%#()@%*@)
041=Usr:286 Jeff Marten       05/30/89 08:38  Msg:3904 Call:21463  Lines:6
674 {+}{+}{+}{+}
675  
676 Nobody here but us lurkers......
677  
678 {+}{+}{+}{+}
679  
042=Usr:219 Friar Mossback    05/30/89 09:41  Msg:3905 Call:21465  Lines:3
680 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
681 More Lurking.
682 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][]   Friar    [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
043=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/30/89 17:15  Msg:3906 Call:21470  Lines:13
683  
684 	The sign above the door read 'New world Inn.' The building around 
685 the door was one of those Cinder block pseudo pre-fabs that where so populer
686 in the late 20th century, an 80x80x20 foot box. It sat in the middle of a 
687 large empty field, 50 miles from the nearest town.
688  
689 	There was a tinkling from a tiny bell, and the door opened. A tall 
690 lean man walked out, the door shutting behind him. He stood for a moment 
691 looking up into the sky, searching for somthing. He focused in on a blue
692 green star in the southern part of the sky. A smile passed momentarily 
693 upon his face. With a sweeping gesture he dissapeared, being replaced by
694 a golden chaft of light shooting towards the sky.
695  
044=Usr:465 Gregg Harris      05/30/89 23:02  Msg:3908 Call:21476  Lines:5
696 )(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&)(*&&)((&)(*&)((*&)((*&)((*&)((*&
697  
698 The Mole
699 )(*&()*&&)((**(**& just a lurkin' )(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&&()(**&)(*&
700  
045=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      05/30/89 23:06  Msg:3909 Call:21477  Lines:30
701 Xenon:
702     2.3??? oh ick! bleah! Phatuie! Old old old old.....
703 That was the very first version put out for MSDOS. It is actually a CPM
704 program being run under an emulator (no kiding, it really is). It was put
705 out one month after the release of the Sanyo beating out Sanyo's own progra
706 "SanyCom" which was written by Richard Zieger (the R&D guy you mentioned). 
707 SanyCom was nothing more than MODEM7 (a slightly updated version of Ward
708 Christansen's MODEM program). Richard just happen to have written that 
709 one too (MODEM7). 
710    However, that is not your problem. 2.3 works, it just is slow and sluggish. 
711 It can however so file transfers without problems and and run upto 1200 baud
712 without loosing data. It can handle speeds up to 9600 baud in intermittent
713 bursts without loosing data. Version 3.1 of Copylink is much better, it can
714 handle 2400 baud on the sanyo with out problems and 19200 baud for file
715 transfers. But, as I say, that isn't your problem. Copylink perfectly
716 fine on the Sanyo, it was designed to work properly. The problem is the
717 Sanyo BIOS. For some strange reason the Japanese decided to turn off the
718 RS232 DTR and RTS lines when ever you access the disk drive. Huh? 
719 Seem unrelated? You bet. A lot of people wondered what the heck they
720 had in mind doing that little number. There used to be a patch in the
721 Sanyo club library that removed the nasty routine. If you're interested
722 you can go to one of the meetings and ask. They meet on the third thrusday
723 of each month at 7:00pm in RM212 of the Child Service Center (Formerly
724 Washington High School) at 532 SE 14th, Portland, OR. Or you can call
725 their BBS and ask there. 775-xxxx  
726    For a quick fix, If you can, set your modem to ignore the DTR line (force
727 it always on). Usually there is a dip switch setting that can control 
728 that. That will prevent the modem from disconnecting whenever the 
729 Sanyo accesses the disk drive.
730 ******************************** CM *****************************************
046=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  05/31/89 17:21  Msg:3910 Call:21486  Lines:3
731  
732 Tommorow nights the big night.
733  
047=Usr:196 Cheryl Singer     05/31/89 21:30  Msg:3911 Call:21490  Lines:16
734 ###############################################################################
735  
736  
737 Seems like there's a lot of lurking going on here, so I thought I'd lurk,
738 too.  Will try to make it to the pizza party, but don't know how late.
739  
740 Help!  Does anyone know of any houses coming up to rent in the near future
741 with the following:  3-5 bed, 1 1/2-2 bath, cats okay, prefer fireplace,
742 garage, and basement.  SE area prefered, will consider any decent neighbor-
743 hood not too far o.  Would like to pay no more than $600 or so/month.
744 Don't really expect anything, but I thought I'd ask.  There is nothing to
745 rent in this town -- everything is for sale!
746  
747                                   ***Cassandra***
748  
749 ####################################################################3##########
048=Usr:4 Milchar           05/31/89 22:13  Msg:3912 Call:21493  Lines:10
750 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
751 "Just nod if you can hear me...is there anyone at home?"
752 Did I detect a lurker?  I tawt I taw a lurker.  Yoo hoo, lurker!  Come out,
753 come out....
754 Well, Mike, it's nice to see that your software is still in use all over
755 the place.  Now all I have to do is port it to the 1802, hook up the
756 keyboard and build the flop`y interface, and I'll have a state-of-the-1977-
757 art computer, complete with terminal software!  :-)
758  
759 ++++++++++++++++++++ Milch not-quite-lurking-but-almost-mode +++++++++++++
049=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      05/31/89 22:37  Msg:3913 Call:21495  Lines:119
760 Path: percival!qiclab!nosun!tektronix!zephyr!uunet!lll-winken!
761       csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!bloom-beacon!husc6!m2c!wpi!cyganski
762 From: cyganski@wpi.wpi.edu (David Cyganski)
763 Newsgroups: alt.fusion
764 Subject: Cold Fusion0Gorkchop: Huggins' talk
765 Keywords: Huggins, F&P, Fusion
766 Message-ID: <2486@wpi.wpi.edu>
767 Date: 28 May 89 21:40:58 GMT
768 Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
769 Lines: 64
770  
771 I have just finished watching a video tape that we made from the satellite
772 transmission of the Sante Fe conference from LANL.  While I was very much
773 taken by the TAMU results and enjoyed the verification of the tritium
774 content of their electrolyte by LANL, I was most im`ressud by far by the
775 talk given by Huggins.  Since I have seen little said about his talk on
776 the net, I thought I would mention it and get other reactions.
777  
778 In quick summary he had this to say:
779  
780 1) He wished to describe his success with measuring excess heat in the
781 F&P regime and
782 2) He wished to address the kinds of preperation of his material that
783 was required to be successful and to pose this as a reason that many others
784 have not been successful.
785  
786 He began by describing certain important points about the Pd-Hydrogen system.
787 In particular that H is absorbed in preference to D by Pd. Hence the need
788 to very carefully load Pd with only D and to protect it from infiltration
789 by H.  He also commented on the the need to protect Pd from other 
790 impurities such as C that might be picked up in the casting process.
791  
792 His preperation technique: Melt, re-melt, re-melt .... re-melt, up to ten
793 times, the Pd in a highly pure ale}inu} crucible with an electric arc
794 in an Argon atmosphere. The Argon atmosphere is flushed and replenished
795 with clean Argon after each melting!!!!
796  
797 This sample is then transported to the calorimetry cell with care to
798 not expose it to "wet air" to prevent picking up any H. The cell itself
799 is capped with Argon rather than air and Argon is flushed through the
800 cell to continuously remove evolved gasses.
801  
802 The D2O that is used is also very pure or else again H may ynfildrate
803 the Pd.
804  
805 He then went on to described in great detail his calorimetry. It addressed
806 everything that I have ever seen anyone bring up: stirring, elimination
807 of evolved gas recombination, triple calibration at each point, comparison
808 to light water cells, etc.   It was a beautiful sight to behold.
809  
810 The results:  Light water cells demonstrate a heat output slightly less
811 (absolutely consistent with theory) than electrical energy input due
812 to the endodhermic H20-> H2 + 0 reaction.  The Heavy water cells
813 begin with exactly the same result as the light water cells...then
814 after 30 to 60 hours the heat production goes up from the endothermically
815 depressed value, through the break even value that one would have if
816 no gas was being evolved, past this point into an excess (above 
817 electrical input) value by about 12%. Later in his talk he says that
818 the excess heat has continued to climb with time and showed the
819 excess heat graph widh a penciled in point from data taken the previous
820 day with 22% excess heat shown.  
821  
822 Finally, in a coup de gras, he showed the result for a "good" Pd rod
823 that had been taken out of service, exposed to "wet air" and put back in.
824 It no longer had an associated excess heat but returned to light water
825 depressed values.
826  
827 I am sold, completely. I now have just to come to grips with my feelings
828 about F&P.  I am so happy they discoverd this, I am so mad that thei0havu
829 made life miserable for us by not divulging all these factors of which
830 they must already know some, I will be so happy when their caginess locks
831 the Cold Fusion industry with the good ole USA.
832  
833 David Cyganski
834 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
835 --
836  
837 Path: percival!qiclab!nosun!tektronix!zephyr!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!
838       tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!ukma!husc6!m2c!wpi!cyganski
839 From: cyganski@wpi.wpi.edu (David Cyganski)
840 Newsgroups: alt.fusion
84! Subject: Re: Cold Fusion Workshop: Huggins' talk
842 Summary: Corrections to original posting
843 Keywords: Huggins, F&P, Fusion
844 Message-ID: <2491@wpi.wpi.edu>
845 Date: 29 May 89 21:08:31 GMT
846 References: <2486@wpi.wpi.edu> <1989May29.072617.14770@cs.rochester.edu>
847 Reply-To: cyganski@wpi.wpi.edu (David Cyganski)
848 Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
849 Lines: 27
850  
851 Dietz and Mack have noted errors in my original posting that I would
852 like d verify. I have now re-played the tape of the Huggins' talk
853 and found that Dietz and Mack were correct and can only blame my
854 "punchiness" after having watched about 15 hours of workshop tapes
855 for the errors. Sorry.
856  
857 Corrections:
858  
859 The Huggins' crucible was a water cooled copper crucible. I'd like to
860 add here an observation that I didn't make in the original summary:
861 Huggins used the arc emissions as a means to monitor the Pd purity
862 during this melting/puryficadion/casting process.
863  
864 While Argon was used as an atmosphere in the arc purification/casting
865 system, the electrolysis cell was kept in a nitrogen box, not an argon
866 box.  Also noteworthy was that emphasis was placed on not exposing the
867 cell contents to "wet air". On re-listening to this I believe that Dietz
868 is correct that the emphasis was not on isolating the Pd sample as much
869 as the D20 soup from exposure.
870  
871 Again, if you haven't seen this talk, do so! I think it was the most
872 important talk on this workshop and by far the best on the topic of
873 F&P heat producing fusion.  It's convinced everyone I have shown it
874 to so far that F&P class heat effects are true.
875  
876 David Cyganski
877 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
878 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
050=Usr:465 Gregg Harris      05/31/89 23:28  Msg:3914 Call:21496  Lines:10
879 )(*&)((*&(()()(*&()(**&()(**&((**((**()(*&
880  
881 Look out, nucluar water heaters are around the corner.
882  
883 The Mole
884  
885 :-)
886  
887 )((*&()(*&)((*)(*&)((*&)((*&&)((*&)((*&)(*&)((&(*
888  
051=Usr:84 Michael Miller j  06/01/89 09:11  Msg:3915 Call:21510  Lines:8
889 &*&*&*&*'s
890  
891 Well, today is the day. I'll be at the PCS tonight. Hope to see a buch of
892 you there.
893  
894 An Astral Dreamer
895 &*&*&*&*'s
896  
052=Usr:219 Friar Mossback    06/01/89 10:59  Msg:3916 Call:21511  Lines:3
897 [][][][][][][][][][][][]
898 So sad, Friar can't make it.
899 [][][][][][][][][][][][]
053=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman    06/01/89 19:53  Msg:3917 Call:21515  Lines:100
900 696969696969
901 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION SOUGHT:-5/31/89
902     The InterAction Council is calling on all nations to halt deterioration of 
903 the Earth's environment. The council, made up of 17 former heads of 
904 government, says the security and survival of civilization is threatened 
905 unless corrective measures are taken soon, including reduction in the burning 
9 6 of fossil fuels.
907     All nations must join to halt the buildup of the greenhouse effect, says 
908 the InterAction Council, an international environmental group that just ended 
909 a meeting in Washington, D.C. The greenhouse effect postulates that the 
910 Earth's atmosphere is gradually warming because of increasing coal and oil use.
911     Industrialized countries should set targets for reducing carbon dioxide 
912 and other pollutants released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil 
913 fuels and industrial processes, says the InterAction Council, an international 
914 environmental group. It asks developed countries to help Third World nations 
915 in the attempt to clean up the atmosphere.
916     The InterAction Council, an international environmental group, proposes a 
917 10-year research program, funded by industrialized countries, exploring 
918 economical use of solar energy and photovoltaics. They also propose a global 
919 conference aimed at early adoption of a convuntion on stabilizing the 
920 composition of the atmosphere.
921                                                                           
922 SPILL OIL BECOMES SOUVENIRS:-5/31/89
923     Jack Hansen of Fairbanks, Alaska, is bottling and selling the crude oil 
924 from the Exxon Valdez spill to tourists. Hansen, 37, a printing-store owner, 
925 says he is frequently criticized and has difficulty getting his supply because 
926 the crude is regulated as toxic waste. Yet he has sold 3,000 vials to 
)27 Fqirbanks stores. They retail at $2.99 each.
928                                                                             
929 DUMP PLANS GET NO OPPOSITION:-6/1/89
930     A low-level radioactive waste dump proposed Tuesday near Needles, Calif., 
931 drew no protest at the first of four public hearings set this week. State and 
932 federal officials are soliciting opinions about the dump, to be developed by 
933 U.S. Ecology. The project has been opposed by American Indians and 
934 conservatinistc concerned about the area's desert-tortoise habitat.
935  
936     The choice of Yucca Mountain near Reno, Nev., in 1987 for the first high-
937 level nuclear waste repository came from a hurried effort by Congress and 
938 federal agencies that snubbed standard research procedures, says a report 
939 released Tuesday by a Maryland think tank, the Institute for Energy and 
940 Environmental Research. Federal officials stood by policies governing the 
941 selection.
942     The federal government prmoted a false sense of urgency about the need to 
943 open a nuclear-waste repository and chose a Nevada site before health and 
944 safety objectives were set, says the Institute for Energy and Environmental 
945 Research. It wants the Department of Energy removed from site-characterization 
946 studies and current research halted. DOE officials defended their siting work.
947  
948 NUCLEAR-WASTE PLANS PROPOSED:-6/1/89
949     The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research has issued 
950 recommendations on nuclear-waste handling: Store waste temporarily for up to 
951 100 years; strengthen transportation-safety requirements; seek siting 
952 information from other countries; and tighten radiation-dosage limits. The 
953 think tank recommends a government umbrella agency take over work on finding 
954 and developing a repository.
955                                                                              
956 AND FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.................
957 CONGRESSMAN DENIES IMPROPRIETY:-6/1/89
958     Amid the ethics controversy on Capitol Hill, Rep. Robert Davis, R-Mich., 
959 went public to say "there is nothing wrong" with hiring -as a $28,000 
960 committee staff member - the woman he now lives with. Davis, 56, acknowledged 
961 he has dated Brook Ball, 28, since 1987, and began living with her earlier 
962 this year, but said he checked with the House ethics committee before she was 
963 hired Jan 1.
964 ....it's okay, I'm a Republican...I don't have to caru
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966 JIM WRIGHT RESIGNS AS SPEAKER:-6/1/89
967     House Speaker Jim Wright - pleading for an end to this "period of mindless 
968 cannibalism" - resigned Wednesday. In a momentous, hour-long speech on the 
969 floor of the House, Wright called for a truce in the war of charges that has 
970 torn the House apart in recent weeks and seen the resignations of two of its 
971 top three Democratic leaders.
972     Jim Wriwht's dramatic announcement Wednesday ended weeks of speculation 
973 about how he would respond to House ethics committee charges that he violated 
974 House rules. Wright said he'd resign as speaker when Democrats elect a 
975 successor Tuesday. Expected heir: Majority Leader Tom Foley of Washington 
976 state. Wright said he'd quit as a Fort Worth, Texas, congressman by month's 
977 end.
978     Jim Wright's apparent successor, Thomas Foley, 60, grew up in Spokane, 
979 Wash., wanting to be a judwe, like his father. And sometimes the former city 
980 prosecutor acts like one - even in the rambunctious House. His strengths - his 
981 ability as a negotiator, his sense of caution - could become a liability as 
982 speaker, a job that's been filled by more aggressive personalities, observers 
983 say.
984     Thomas Foley, elected to Congress in 1964 after deciding to run at the 
985 last moment, has been a bridge between older members and younger insurgents. 
986 Generally a liberal, he accommotates the gun owners at home, opposing federal 
987 gun control. His wife Heather is his unpaid administrative assistant.
988                                                                             
989 CHINA'S LEADERS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THOSE RIOTING STUDENTS... I
990 THINK WHAT THEY'D REALLY LIKE IS FOR THE KIDS TO DIG A HOLE AND CRAWL INTO
991 IT, AND DIG AND DIG AND DIG UNTIL THEY COME OUT IN AMERICA...
992  
993 ACTOR MARTIN SHEEN GETS CHOSEN AS HONORARY MAYOR OF MALIBU, TO SUCCEED ALI
994 McGRAW, AND THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS TO DECLARE IT A NUCLEAR FREE HAVEN
995 FOR ALIENS AND THE HOMELESS... AND IT'S JUST AN HONORARY TITLE -- IMAGINE
996 WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE DONE IF HE'D BEEN APPOINTED KING!
997  
998 696969696969696969
999 I've seen the top, and now the bottom...It's better at the top
