Here is a press release from the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees.

 Unions Point To Deadly Workplaces; AFSCME, Other Unions
Commemorate Workers Memorial Day
 To: National Desk, Labor Writer
 Contact: Janet Rivera of the American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, 202-429-1130

   WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and other unions
of the AFL-CIO on Wednesday, April 28, will commemorate the fifth
annual Workers Memorial Day -- a day to pay homage to the 6
million workers who are killed, injured, or diseased on the job.
   This year, AFSCME will focus its Workers Memorial Day efforts an
the dangerous environment in which corrections officers must work.
Earlier this month, an AFSCME corrections officer, Robert
Vallandingham, was killed by inmates who overtook the corrections
facility in Lucasville, Ohio.
   The law and order agenda of the 1980s has resulted in a steady
increase in the prison population for the past five years.  On
Jn. 1, 1992, the prison population was 709,587. Projections
show a continued increase in the number of inmates, with an
expected prison population of 811,253 in 1994.
   The conditions which this burgeoning prison population has
created for corrections officers is partially reflected in the
number of assaults by inmates against staff.  Assaults against
staff increased dramatically between 1987 and 1989, and remain
high.  In 1987, there were 808 assaults by inmates against staff,
compared to 9,961 such assaults in 1991.
   The increased number of inmates has brought on the dangerous
combination of overcrowding and understaffing.  For example in Ohio
officer-to-inmate ratio is 1 to 8.4 -- the second worst ratio in
the nation. The national average is 1 to 5.3.  Other health and
safety issues facing corrections officers include AIDS, Hepatitis
B, tuberculosis, stress, and chemical hazards.
   AFSCME has more than 50,000 members who work in the nation's
federal, state and local correctional facilities.
   Correction officers are not alone in performing their jobs under
life-threatening conditions.  Every year, 10,000 American workers
die from job-related injuries, and tens of thousands more die from
occupational disease.  Public employees do some of the nation's
most dangerous jobs. Perilous occupations include:

   -- Highway Workers - Highway workers are often injured and
      frequently killed by moving traffic because work zones are
      not barricaded or don't have proper lighting.
   -- Health Care Workers - Hospitals have the highest number of
      job-related injuries and illnesses of any private sector
      employer and nursing homes ranked fifth.  There were more
      than 325,000 job-related illnesses and injuries in private
      sector hospitals in 1991, up almost 10 percent over the
      previous year.  It is generally believed that health care
      workers employed at public sector hospitals and nursing homes
      have a significantly higher rate of injuries and illnesses
      than do their private sector counterparts.  Health and safety
      issues facing health care workers include exposure to
      tuberculosis and the HIV virus, back injuries, and high
      levels of stress.
   -- Social Workers - Social workers who work in mental health
      institutions are often the victims of assaults and,
      sometimes, fatal attacks.  For instance, last October, a man
      carrying a semiautomatic handgun walked into the Schuyler
      County Social Services Building in Watkins Glenn, N.Y.
      and fatally shot social services workers, before turning the
      gun on himself.  There are two basic problems.  First is a
      growing lack of support services for people who don't have
      the help they need.  Because workers are overworked, some
      clients are not given the adequate amount of counselling.
      Such conditions may cause clients to become more frustrated.
      The "quality" of the clients is also becoming more violent,
      as more are moved out of the institutions.

   Nearly 2 million workers have been killed by workplace hazards
since OSHA was passed.  Moreover, as AFSCME President Gerald W.
McEntee explains, OSHA does not provide workplace safety
protections for public employees.
   "More than 1,600 public employees are killed each year on the
job, yet 27 states still provide no federally-approved OSHA
coverage for public employees," said McEntee.  "This, despite the
fact that public employees -- highway workers, health care workers,
corrections officers, to name but a few -- do some of the most
dangerous work in our society.  This year we are fighting for
passage of OSHA reform legislation to give all workers greater
rights and protections, and finally guarantee all public employees
safe workplaces.  We need the public support to be successful."
   Government workers suffer 25 percent more injuries than private
sector workers, and these injuries are almost 75 percent more
severe.
   Public employees were exempted from OSHA when the law was passed
in 1970 and today, public employees in more than half the states
have no OSHA coverage.
 -30-


This was a popular belief in the Judaism of Jesus` time, that Elijah
would return again (as he had been taken in to heaven in a chariot and
did not actually die).  However Jesus was referring to John the
Baptist not in the sense that Elijah was reincarnated as John
(remember Elijah didn`t die) but that John was a similar prophet to
Elijah.  John was a fiery preacher, he wore sackcloth and wandered
rough through Israel preaching the coming kingdom.  The verses that
describe him (in Mark`s gospel) can be linked to OT references about
Elijah.  Hence John was similar to Elijah and Jesus was drawing the
parallels between the two just as he drew parallels with the Suffering
Servant in Isaiah (and other messianic figures) and himself.

A brief reply but I don`t have time to look up all the relevant stuff.

Suffice to say there is a very strong explanation.

Rick.

________________________________________________________________

Richard Johnston                             Queen`s University
73 Malone Road                               Belfast
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT9 6SB


Please note that my above comment was not intended as a flame of Ken's
call for Congressional leadership to conduct a proper investigation.
It was merely to call attention to the hazard of having Specter involved.
If anyone took it that way, I apologize.


Hi,
I am looking an integrated circuits for my Z80-based
computer.
The circuit is called Z80-STI (Serial Timer Interrupt),
MK3801, and
made by Mostek. Mostek is called SGS Thompson today.

I have been in contact with SGS Thompson, unfortunately
they me told that Z80-STI is obsolete.

So, my question is if anyone know if I can get hold of that
circuits. Are there any companies that specialize in selling
circuits that are no longer in production? I have contacted
several electronic brokers in
Sweden, but without any success. I would appreciate if you
could give me hint where I should continue looking. Even
companies in the United States would be fine, since this
circuit is pretty crucial to me.

Thanks in advance.


The following is based on copies I was given of some articles published in
Hearing Instruments. I would appreciate any comments about this and other
'new' technology for hearing aids.

The ReSound system was developed on the basis of some research at AT&T and
appears to take a different approach from other aids. It appears to me that
a new 'programmable' aid like the Widex just uses a more flexible (and
programmable) version of the classical approach of amplifying some parts of
the spectrum more than others and adding some compression to try and help
out in 'noisy' situations.

The major difference in the ReSound approach is that it divides the
spectrum into low and high frequencies (splitting point is programmable),
apparently based on the fact that lots of vowel information can be found in
the low frequencies, while the important consonant information
(unfortunately for me) is in the high frequencies. The two bands then are
treated with different compression schemes which are programable. They have
also developed a new fitting algorythm that builds on what they call
'abnormal growth of loudness'.

This latter is interesting and fits my own personal experience, though I
think the phrase is missleading. What appears to be the case is that as you
exceed the minimum threshold for a person with hearing loss, the deficit
becomes progresslively less compared to normals and by the time you reach
the 'too loud' point the sensitivity curves appear to converge.  This means
that if you just boost all sound levels, you are overloading at the high
end for people with hearing losses. Hence what you want is progressively
less amplification as the signal get closer to the maximum tolerable point.
You want to boost low volume sounds more than high and do so potentially
differently for the low and high frequency parts of the spectrum (specially
for someone like me who is relatively normal up to 1000 cps and then falls
off a cliff).

Aids with simple compressors don't descriminate between energy in the low
and high frequencies and can therefor 'compress' useful high frequency
information because of high volume of low frequency components.
Particularly impressive was the ReSound performance with whispered speech
and in simulated restaurant noise situations.


:>Sounds to me like someone was pulling your leg.  There is only one way for
:>pregnancy to occur: intercourse.  These days however there is also
:>artificial insemination and implantation techniques, but we're speaking of
:>"natural" acts here.  It is possible for pregnancy to occur if semen is
:>deposited just outside of the vagina (i.e. coitus interruptus), but that's
:>about at far as you can get.  Through clothes -- no way.  Better go talk
:>to your biology teacher.
:
: what is the likely hood of conception if sperm is deposited just outside
:the vagina?  ie.  __% chance.
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hmmm.... I really don't know.  Probably quite low overall.  Why don't we
get a couple hundred willing couples together and find out ;->


Apparently needing to clarify his comments from Thursday, Dr. Nizam
Plawaby (spelling?), the Medical Examiner for Tarrant County, Texas,
who has authority in the Waco deaths, stated that since no autopsies
had been performed, there is no evidence for bullet wounds, or
evidence against bullet wounds.

Janet Reno also stated that she had never been told of bullet wounds
by anyone in the Justice Department.


There is a good report list on most all of the good monitors in this
months issue of Computer Shoppers magazine, with their phone munbers
and all (April issue) $2.99....Sam


Perhaps one other thing I should have added is that Jeremiah's prophesies
about the coming destruction of Jerusalem would have been understood by
the people of that time to be a full frontal assault on their understanding
of their relationship with the Lord. Today the if the general populace
hears "prophesies" like the Portland earthquake or New York will burn
ones, they are unlikely to see it in the context of their relationship
(or lack of it) with the Lord. They are far more likely to think that
they are just the result of the fevered imaginations of a religious nutter.
That is one reason why I am always deep;y suspicious of bald judgement
prophesies without any explanation of the reasons for the judgement. This
doesn't have to be long winded. To see a relatively modern example look
at Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural speech. The relevant section is
below. It is this type of spiritual insight which was missing in both
prophesies posted here.

--- Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural speech----

Both read the same Bible, and pray
to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem
strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing
their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not
that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not he answered that of neither
has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. ''Woe unto the
world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to
that man by whom the offence cometh" If we shall suppose that American
Slavery is one of those offences which, in the provdence of God, must needs come
but which, having  continued through  His appointed time, He now wills to remove
and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to
those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein an departure from
those divine attribute which the believers in a Living God always  ascribe
to Him ? Fondly do we hope - fervently do we pray - that this mighty
scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue,
until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of
unrequited  toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn  with
the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three
thousand  years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord,
are true and righteous altogether"
  With malice toward none; with charity for all;  with firmness in the right,
as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we
are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have
borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - to do all which
may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves,
and with all nations.

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[edited]

Well for starters, why use rle files?  You might have a specific program that
needs them, OK, but I tend to convert straight to jpeg format, thus a 2.4meg
24bit targa file becomes a ~80k or less 24bit jpeg.

The latest versions of XV (2.2.1 ?) and xloadimage (3.03) both handle jpeg files.
And the best way to convert to jpeg is with the c/djpeg suit.  Even at 90%
quality (you can't see the difference) the jpeg is way smaller than anything
else even an 8bit gif!

Later'ish
Craig


I've seen children do this and wondered about something.  If the
mucus in one's nose collects (filters) particles going into the
airway, if a child then picks and ingests this material, might
it have a vaccinatory effect, since if the body ingests airborne
diseases or other 'stuff' on the mucus, the body might generate
antibodies for this small "invasion"?

Maybe this is why some children don't get sick very often? :-)
                         - tom


Sorry -- I mean eicosapentaenoic acid.

Coincidentaly, just yesterday I was (finally) referred from the clinic
to Hanauer. I'm seeing him on May 24. I'll report what he says about
this question.

Will do.


Perhaps the listlessness caused by thyroid deficiency could mimic
depression, or feeling unable to do anything could cause one to get
depressed, but I know of no specific effect on the brain caused by the
thyroid that would cause depression. Note that weight gain is usually
a symptom of both. Simple blood tests would indicate if a thyroid
condition is present.

I don't know if depression would cause a reduction in thyroid output,
but I would tend to doubt it. As far as I know clinical depression is
caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and that chemical
imbalance has no direct effect on any other part of the body. A regular
everyday depression IMHO should not cause a chemical imbalance in the
body at all.

The pituitary bases its secretions of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
on the level of circulating Thyroxin (there are two types T3 and T4 -
one is used as a reserve and is changed into the other -active- form in
the liver). The ratio of T3 & T4 can be affected by a number of other
hormones (estrogen, for example). Naturally, changing activity of the
body's cells would cause changes in availabilty of free thyroxin, but
the liver and a healthy thyroid should be able to balance things out in
short order.

Good sources for info on the thyroid are the Merk Manual (a physician's
reference book ) although reading it is enough to get one depressed :-)
and the Encyclopedia Brittanica (should be available in your local
library).

I hope this has been of some help.


:
: |> Derek....
: |>
: |> There is a tool available to reset the service indicator on BMWs but the lights
: |> will come back on after 2-3 weeks. The tool is in fact illegal (in Europe
: |> atleast). It is often the case that the unsuspecting punter trots off to buy a
: |> used BMW and a few weeks later, all the lights come on! Other than that, I know
: |> of no other tool.... anyone else?
: |>
: Shaz,
:
: Hmm.. but the service indicators that I have works this way:
:   There are 5 green,1 yellow, 1 red indicators.
:   initially all green indicators will be on for few minutes when you start
:   your car. The computer will actually "sense" how you drive your car and
:   as time goes by the green indicators will start to go off one by one and
:   then the yellow indicator will turn on and then the red indicator will go
:   on. And you should get service when by the time green indicators are off.
:
:   After service the mechanic(or you) will reset the service indicators and the
:   computer starts counting again.
:
: So I expect to have a tool(or a procedure) to reset it so the green lights will
: come on and the yellow and red lights will go off.
:
: I wonder how people can do oil change themself without knowing how to reset the
: indicator.
:
: It's the first european car I have and changing oil at 15,000 miles is a
: surprise to me. and it's a big plus :-). But I wonder how that could happen
: since the oil lose its lubrication ability over time, I thought it's the oil and
: not the vehicle that determines how often we should change oil.
:
: Any BMW owner on the net? Response welcomed.
:
: PS.  my initial question is "how do you seset the service indicator of a BMW"
:
: Derek

There is a perfectly legal tool available to reset the Bimmer service lights.
It will cost you 45$ from a mailorder, and buying one far outweighs
the possible consequences of destroying all the electronics if you try
di it yourself.
You wonder how people do an oil change without knowing how it reset.
Why is reseting so important? The only reason for doing
it is stop the annoyance of a red light staring at you.
Forget this 'in european cars you only need to change the oil every
15000' crap. Anyone serious about keeping their engine in good shape, and
extending its life, will change it every 3000, (inc filter). Don't wait
for the servive lights to come on before servicing the car.
I bought a bmw about 6 months ago, it had 3 green lights on. I have changed
the oil every 3000, completly flushed brake fliud, changed all filters(oil,
air and fuel, changed transmission and drive oils
and done almost all of the other things req for service 1
and a service 2. After nearly 6000 miles, I am still on 2 green lights.
After a winter in Burlington (and it is snowing today!!) that is not bad.

Good luck!

Blair

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As I announced at the X Technical Conference in January, I would like to
make Imake-TeX, the Imake support for using the TeX typesetting system,
publically available. Currently Imake-TeX is in beta test here at the
computer science department of Dortmund University, and I am looking for
some more beta testers, preferably with different TeX and Imake
installations.

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                               CALL FOR PAPERS

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                                ISCIS VIII
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                                   EHEI
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                                   METU
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J.M. Fourneau, France, E. Gelenbe, USA,  G. Gonenc, Turkey, U. Halici, Turkey,
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Yes, but it's broken on OW 2.0.  It does not handle multiple pages
well.  If you don't have the proper PostScript commands it will
draw the entire document on the same page instead of pausing after
each page.  I haven't tried OW 3.0 yet, though.


Well, it looks like, just as Doug trumped Tim, beating him to the net
with his defensive analyses, so Tim has gotten in ahead of me.

The way I was doing it was a little different. Being me, of course, I
used equivalent averages to work out how many runs a player was worth,
and I calculated both rate of performance (fielding equivalent
average) and total performance (fielding equivalent runs). But I
compared, not to the average player, but the replacement player, and
here's why: because the positional adjustment comes built in to the
system. In the AL of 1992, the average SS is 32.9 runs above
replacement (RAR); cf, 31.6; 2B, 28.8; 3B, 26.3; LF, 26.0; RF, 24.6;
1B, 16.9. We may quibble with the exact numbers, but the order looks
substantially right.

In the equivalent average, I have always set league average to .235. I
had decided in hitting that the replacement level batter has an eqa of
.180; the name of that replacement level hitter, often as not, is
"Billy Ripken". I decided to let the replacement level fielder be the
same distance from .235 as .180, but in the opposite direction as I
have set it up; that makes for an eqa of .280. (Yes, I can add. Runs
are proportional to eqa squared; the difference between 180 squared
and 235 squared equals the difference to 279 squared, and I rounded
off for simplicity). An all-replacement fielding team would have:
Randy Milligan at first (.282), Willie Randolph (.269) at second, Leo
Gomez (.279) at third, Walt Weiss (.269) at short, Kevin Bass (.271)
in left, HoJo (.257) in center, and Eric Anthony (.277) in right. Ugh.

So, the total number of RAR for a player is the sum of his batting and
fielding RAR. I can rate them by total RAR, or RAR per some number of
batting outs, like 400. An average player has a total RAR of about 55,
30 batting, 25 fielding.

Total RAR (bat/field)

1. Bonds      152 (124/28)  Ventura    124 (66/58)
2. Sandberg   143 (88/55)   Thomas     122 (110/12)
3. Van Slyke  122 (91/31)   Anderson   109 (75/34)
4. Grace      114 (70/44)   Raines     100 (68/32)
5. Lankford   111 (76/35)   Puckett     98 (76/22)
6. Pendleton  108 (71/37)   Alomar      98 (75/23)
7. Finley     104 (70/34)   Martinez E  97 (81/16)
8. Bagwell    101 (73/28)   Mack        93 (70/23)
9. Butler      96 (74/22)   McGwire     93 (79/14)
10 Sheffield   96 (85/11)   Griffey     92 (70/22)
11 Larkin      96 (65/31)   Devereaux   89 (56/34)
12 Grissom     95 (57/38)   Henderson   88 (66/23)
13 Walker      94 (61/33)   Listach     87 (50/37)
14 Justice     92 (52/40)   Lofton      85 (46/39)
15 W. Clark    91 (73/18)   Baerga      83 (55/28)
16 Kruk        82 (78/ 4)   D. White    79 (39/40)
17 O. Smith    80 (46/34)   Palmeiro    76 (54/22)
18 Gwynn       80 (47/33)   Sierra      76 (52/24)
19 Hollins     80 (68/12)   Carter      73 (57/17)
20 J. Bell     79 (42/37)   Gonzalez    73 (60/13)

Notable entries in a per-400 batting out rating, NL: top 7 are Bonds,
177, LF; Sandberg, 130, 2b; Van Slyke, 114, cf; Grace, 107, 1b;
Larkin, 102, ss; Justice, 99, rf; Sheffield, 99, 3B. One at each
position measured! McGriff, despite +85 batting RAR, fifth in league,
finishes out of the top 20 due to a -13 in fielding. Last by position:
Galarraga 39, Stillwell -10, Hansen 30, Belliard 30 (Blauser gad a 69,
3rd in league), May 43, Dascenzo 34, Anthony 38.

In the AL, much-maligned Rickey Henderson was worth 120, second only
to Frank Thomas' 124; Ventura edges Edgar at third, 116-111; Grebeck
rates a potent 102!; Griffey edges Puckett as top CF, 93-90; Listach
nudges out Lofton among rookies, 82-80. And Alomar clearly outpoints
Baerga, 97-73. Last by position: Segui 10, Sojo 29, Palmer 22, Lewis
31, Polonia 40, Cuyler 26, V. Hayes 39.

All for now.


No, Dave, and as an anthropologist I take great umbrage with this
misrepresentation.  I sense that it is you that has made the jump from creation
(science) to religion (see above).  I have characterized science/*creation
science* as rationalism/nonsense, and that it is.  When people promote their
religious beliefs as science they become nonsense.  Kept where they belong
they are meaningful and useful, as virtually any anthropologists will tell you,
and as I have said several times in this group.  And it works the other way,
too, and I have repeatedly said so.  Never have I said or meant anything
different, here or elsewhere, and I don't think my communication skills betray
me.  Nor do I presume to offend people's spiritual sensibilities, as
I would hope others would not disparage mine.


Hi Xperts!

How can I move the cursor with the keyboard (i.e. cursor keys),
if no mouse is available?

Any hints welcome.

Thanks.


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Hi:

I have a '82 Blue TOYOTA Corolla/Tercel for sale:

Reason for seeling this great little car is my new Celica.

Car Specifications:

1982 Toyota Corolla/Tercel
5-Speed
125K miles
2 Door
Blue
Air conditioning/Heat
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Well taken care off and maintained clean
New Battery, Timing Belt, and fan belt.

Inspection sticker valid until 02/94
A tough car, generally go above 200K miles.

Make me an offer.

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	Kishore Reddy


In fact, he's a complete and total dickhead on at least 2 newsgroups
(this one and rec.sport.hockey).  Since hockey season is almost over,
he's back to being a dickhead in r.s.bb.


I was wondering if somebody knows of a PD program for converting
any graphic formats such as fig, pic, unixplot, tek, etc. to
gremlin. Thanks,


greetings..
I'm a novice in this area. I'm trying to gather info. on standard
phone line settings.
quick questions :
      > if I just want to send out a beep over the phone lines,
        can I do it with some function generator & tie it up to
        one of those phone wires ??
      > which one of those wires should I connect to my DTMF chip
        as AUDIO IN ??

any help would be much appreciated..


Maxtor XT8670S  660 MB SCSI Drive
16ms access time
2 years old
External Casing

$777


Yeah I think we're used to it by now. (even if some of us do change our
.sigs to root for our second favorite teams :-)

I'll be happy if they win it before I get out of school. (the way it's going
I may be here saying Piled Higher and Deeper before long)

I have a feeling that alot of people out there may not like this statement
but......
by far the worst "band  wagon" fans are the PIT fans (at least at the present).
Case in Point -- I know a guy who just came to Hockey Hell(TM) from Pitt U.
Him - "How 'bout the Pens? The're F-ing awesome"
Me - "Yeah but beating up on the Devils doesn't mean alot. Wait until
	they meet Boston and/or Detroit in the Playoffs start."
Him - "When do the Playoffs start?"
Me - "Uhhhh. They started a week ago."

I'm not saying that this is true of all the Waddlers fans but there seems to
be alot of them floating around who really know nothing about hockey except
that they're newly beloved Waddlers are the best team in the game right now
and when they're not the best team those fans will disappear into the woodwork.

John
Flames >> dev/null
Serious comments welcomed.
"Eat the Rich"


          must have
          must
          must
          I've seen amps and volts, I would go for the volts
          must you ask?
          I would like to know how much gas I have. Of course the
          gauge I have now dosen't tell me s**t so I could see not
          having one in favor of  a warning light at say, 50mi
          OOOOOOHHHHH! how I would LOOOVE to have a vacuum gauge
           on my dash!


This has been an interesting thread to follow... and obviously this group
wasn't intended as a forum for the discussion of piracy... Has anyone seen
any estimates of the lost revenue due to pirates?  I was wondering if
piracy is more rampant in Home or Corporate computing environments.  I would
tend to think that business environment "piracy" is the major contributor to
this form of lost revenue.  So many companies will purchase a few copies of a
software package and then employees will internally distribute them as if they
owned a site-license!  What do you guys think?


Hi everybody!

Does anyone know of companies that are currently manufacturing
encryption chips for sale to the general public?  Get them while you
can!  Some pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks


I am working on a project and am in need of information regarding the
currents (at the head) needed to write to a hard drive and the currents
produced when reading.  If anyone has information it would be much
appreciated.
mcole@nmsu.edu


I was wondering if anyone knows of a graphics package for the PC that
will do compositing of a series of pictures?

What I mean by "compositing" is, say I have a live video clip
(digitized) panning around a living room, and a computer-generated
bird flying around the screen.  I want to combine these two series of
pictures so that everywhere where the bird frames are black, I want
the living room picture to show through.  Yes, I realize I can do this
with a genlock, and I do own a genlock, but I want to be able to do
manual compositing also.  It's ok if I have to composite one frame at
a time; I assumed I'd have to do that anyway.  But being able to
composite a series of frames would be even better.


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                        Food & Drug Administration News
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              FDA Approves Depo Provera, injectable contraceptive
                      P92-31 Food and Drug Administration
              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Susan Cruzan - (301) 443-3285

The Food and Drug Administration today announced the approval of Depo Provera,
an injectable contraceptive drug.

The drug, which contains a synthetic hormone similar to the natural hormone
progesterone, protects women from pregnancy for three months per injection.
The hormone is injected into the muscle of the arm or buttock where it is
released into the bloodstream to prevent pregnancy. It is more than 99 percent
effective.

"This drug presents another long-term, effective option for women to prevent
pregnancy," said FDA Commissioner David A. Kessler, M.D. "As an injectable,
given once every three months, Depo Provera eliminates problems related to
missing a daily dose."

Depo Provera is available in 150 mg. single dose vials from doctors and
clinics and must be given on a regular basis to maintain contraceptive
protection. If a patient decides to become pregnant, she discontinues the
injections.

As with any such products, FDA advises patients to discuss the benefits and
risks of Depo Provera with their doctor or other health care professional
before making a decision to use it.

Depo Provera's effectiveness as a contraceptive was established in extensive
studies by the manufacturer, the World Health Organization and health agencies
in other countries. U.S. clinical trials, begun in 1963, also found Depo
Provera effective as an injectable contraceptive.

The most common side effects are menstrual irregularities and weight gain. In
addition, some patients may experience headache, nervousness, abdominal pain,
dizziness, weakness or fatigue. The drug should not be used in women who have
acute liver disease, unexplained vaginal bleeding, breast cancer or blood
clots in the legs, lungs or eyes.

The labeling advises doctors to rule out pregnancy before prescribing the
drug, due to concerns about low birth weight in babies exposed to the drug.

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Recent data have also demonstrated that long-term use may contribute to
osteoporosis. The manufacturer will conduct additional research to study this
potential effect.

Depo Provera was Developed in the 1960s and has been approved for
contraception in many other countries. The UpJohn Company of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
which will market the drug under the name, Depo Provera Contraceptive
Injection, first submitted it for approval in the United States in the 1970s.
At that time, animal studies raised questions about its potential to cause
breast cancer. Worldwide studies have since found the overall risk of cancer,
including breast cancer in humans, to be minimal if any.

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       New Rules Speed Approval of Drugs for Life-Threatening Illnesses
                      P92-37 Food and Drug Administration
                        Monica Revelle - (301) 443-4177

The Food and Drug Administration today announced that it will soon publish new
rules to shed the approval of drugs for patients with serious or life-
threatening illnesses, such as AIDS, cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

"These final rules will help patients who are suffering the most serious
illnesses to get access to new drugs months or even years earlier than would
otherwise be possible," said HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. "The effort
to accelerate FDA review for these drugs has been a long-term commitment and
indeed a hallmark of this administration."

These rules establish procedures for the Food and Drug Administration to
approve a drug based on "surrogate endpoints" or markers. They apply when the
drug provides a meaningful benefit over currently available therapies. Such
endpoints would include laboratory tests or physical signs that do not in
themselves constitute a clinical effect but that are judged by qualified
scientists to be likely to correspond to real benefits to the patient.

Use of surrogate endpoints for measurement of drug efficacy permits approval
earlier than if traditional endpoints -- such as relief of disease symptoms or
prevention of disability and death from the disease -- are used.

The new rules provide for therapies to be approved as soon as safety and
effectiveness, based on surrogate endpoints, can be reasonably established.
The drug's sponsor will be required to agree to continue or conduct
postmarketing human studies to confirm that the drug's effect on the surrogate
endpoint is an indicator of its clinical effectiveness.

One new drug -- zalcitabine (also called ddC) -- was approved June 19, using a
model of this process, for treating the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, the
cause of AIDS.

Accelerated approval can also be used, if necessary, when FDA determines that
a drug, judged to be effective for the treatment of a disease, can be used
safely only under a restricted distribution plan.

"The new rules will help streamline the drug development and review process
without sacrificing goad science and rigorous FDA oversight," said FDA
commissioner David A. Kessler, M.D. "While drug approval will be accomplished
faster, these drugs and biological products must still meet safety and
effectiveness standards required by law."

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The new procedures also allow for a streamlined withdrawal process if the
postmarketing studies do not verify the drug's clinical benefit, if there is
new evidence that the drug product is not shown to be safe and effective, or
if other specified circumstances arise that necessitate expeditious withdrawal
of the drug or biologic.

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                                   Articles
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               Research Shows Promise for Preventing or Slowing
                       Blindness due to Retinal Disease

                   National Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation

        Neutrophilic Factors Rescue Photoreceptor Cells in Animal Tests

     Baltimore, MD - Researchers at the University of California San Francisco
and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [NASDAQ: REGN] have discovered that
certain naturally occurring substances known as neurotrophic factors can
prevent the degeneration of light-sensing cells in the retina of the eye. The
degeneration of these cells, known as photoreceptors, is a major cause of
visual impairment
     This research, published to in the December issue of the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Science (PNAS), holds promise for people who may lose
their sight due to progressive retinal degeneration -- currently, no drug
treatment for retinal degeneration exists. It is estimated that 2.5 million
Americans have severe vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration and
100,000 Americans are affected by retinitis pigmentosus, a hereditary disease
that causes blindness. In addition, each year more than 15,000 people undergo
surgical procedures to repair retinal detachments and other retinal traumas.
     The research was funded in part by the RP (Retinitis Pigmentosa)
Foundation Fighting Blindness, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and the National Eye
Institute. It was conducted by Drs. Matthew M. LaVail, Kazuhiko Unoki, Douglas
Yasurnura, Michael T. Matthes and Roy H. Steinberg at UCSF, arld Dr. C;eorge
Yancoooulos, Regeneron's Vice President for Discovery. Regeneron holds an
exclusive license for this research from UCSF.
     In the research described in the PNAS , a light-damage model was used to
assess the survival-promoting activity of a number of naturally occurring
substances. Experimental rats were exposed to constant light for one week.
Eyes that had not been treated with an effective factor lost most of their
photoreceptor cells -- the rods and cones of the retina -- after light
exposure. Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and Ciliary Neurotrophic
Factor (CNTF) were particularly effective in this model without causing
unwanted side effects; other factors such as Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and
Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-1) were not effective in these experiments.
     Discussing the research, Dr. Jesse M. Cedarbaum, Regeneron's Director of
Clinical Research, said, "BDNF's ability to rescue neurons in the retina that
have been damaged by light exposure may hold promise for the treatment of age-
related macular degeneration, one of the leading causes of vision impairment,
and for retinal detachment. Following detachment, permanent vision loss may

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result frorn the death of detached retinal cells. It is possible that BDNF
could play a role in rescuing those cells once the retina has been reattached
surgically."
     "Retinitis pigmentosa is a slowly progressing disease that causes the
retina to degenerate over a period of years or even decades. Vision decreases
to a small tunnel of sight and can result in total blindness. It is our hope
that research on growth factors will provide a means to slow the progression
and preserve useful vision throughout life," stated Jeanette S. Felix, Ph.D.,
Director of Science for the RP Foundation Fighting Blindness.
     In addition to the work described , Regeneron is developing BDNF in
conjunction with Aingen Inc. [NASDAQ:AMGN] as a possible treatment for
peripheral neuropathies associated with diabetes and cancer chemotherapy,
motor neuron diseases, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease. By
itself, Regeneron is testing CNTF in patients with arnyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease).
     Regeneron Pharlnaceuticals, Inc., based in Tarrytown, New York, is a
leader in the discovery and development of biotechnology-based compounds for
the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, peripheral neuropathies and nerve
injuries, which affect more than seven million Americans. Drs. LaVail and
Steinberg of UCSF are consultants to Regeneron.

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                 Affluent Diet Increases Risk Of Heart Disease

                          Research Resources Reporter
                           written by Mary Weideman
                                 Nov/Dec 1992
                         National Institutes of Health

     High-fat, high-calorie diets rapidly increase risk factors for coronary
heart disease in native populations of developing countries that have
traditionally consumed diets low in fat.  These findings, according to
investigators at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, have
serious implications for public health in both industrialized and developing
countries.
     "This study demonstrates why we can develop coronary heart disease and
have higher blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.  It shows also the
importance of diet and particularly the potential of the diet to increase body
weight, thereby leading to a whole host of other health problems in developing
countries and affluent nations as well," explains principal investigator Dr.
William E. Connor, head of the section of clinical nutrition and lipid
metabolism at Oregon Health Sciences University.
     Over the past 25 years Dr. Connor and his team have characterized the
food and nutrient intakes of the Tara humara Indians in Mexico, while
simultaneously documenting various aspects of Tarahumara lipid metabolism.
These native Mexicans number approximately 50,000 and reside in the Sierra
Madre Occidental Mountains in the state of Chihuahua.  The Tarahumaras have
coupled an agrarian diet to endurance racing.  Probably as a result, coronary
heart disease, which is so prevalent in Western industrialized nations, is
virtually non existent in their culture.  Loosely translated, the name
Tarahumara means "fleet of foot," reflecting a tribal passion for betting on
"kickball" races, in which participants run distances of 100 miles or more
while kicking a machete-carved wooden ball.
     The typical Tarahumara diet consists primarily of pinto beans, tortillas,
and pinole, a drink made of ground roasted corn mixed with cold water,
together with squash and gath ered fruits and vegetables.  The Tara humaras
also eat small amounts of game, fish, and eggs.  Their food contains
approximately 12 percent of total calories as fat of which the majority (69
percent) is of vegetable origin.  Dietician Martha McMurry, a coinvestigator
in the study, describes their diet as simple and very rich in nutrients while
low in cholesterol and fat.
     The Tarahumaras have average plasma cholesterol levels of 121 mg/ dL,
low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels of 72 mg/dl, and high-density
lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels of 32 to 42 mg/dl.  All of those values
are in the good, low-risk range, according to the researchers.  Elevated
cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels are considered risk factors for heart

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disease.  HDL-cholesterol is considered beneficial.  In previous studies the
Tarahumaras had been found to be at low risk for cardiac disease, although
able to respond to high-cholesterol diets with elevations in total and LDL-
cholesterol.
     Clinical Research Center dietitian McMurry and coinvestigator Maria
Teresa Cerqueira established a metabolic unit in a Jesuit mission school
building near a community hospital in the small village of Sisoguichi.  Food
was weighed, cooked, and fed to the study participants under the
investigators' direct supervision, ensuring that subjects ate only food
stipulated by the research protocol.  Fasting blood was drawn twice weekly,
and plasma samples were frozen and shipped to Dr. Connors laboratory for
cholesterol, triglyceride, and lipoprotein analyses.  Regular measurements
included participant body weight, height, and triceps skin fold thickness.
Thirteen Tarahumaras, five women and eight men, including one adolescent, were
fed their native diet for 1 week, followed by 5 weeks of an "affluent" diet.
     "In this study we went up to a concentration of dietary fat that was 40
percent of total calories.  This is the prototype of the holiday diet that
many Americans consume a diet high in fat, sugar, and cholesterol, low in
fiber," elaborates Dr. Conners. Such dietary characteristics are reflected in
the cholesterol-saturation index, or CSI, recently devised research dietitian
Sonja Conner working with Dr. Connor.  "The CSI is a single number that
incorporates both the amount of cholesterol and the amount of saturated fat in
the diet.  CSI indicates the diet's potential to elevate the cholesterol
level, particularly the LDL," Dr. Connor explains.  The Tarahumaran diet
averages a very low CSI of 20; Dr. Connor's "affluent" diet used in the study
ranks a CSI of 149.
     The experimental design of this study reflects the importance of
establishing baseline plasma lipid levels, typical of the native diet, before
exposing subjects to the experimental diet.  The standard curve relating
dietary food intake to plasma cholesterol demonstrates a leveling off, or
plateau, for consumption of large amounts of fat.  Changes in dietary fat
and/or cholesterol in this range have little effect on plasma levels.  "You
must have the baseline diet almost free of the variables you are going to put
into the experimental diet.  The Framingham study, for example, did not
discriminate on the basis of diet between individuals who got heart disease
because the diet was already high in fat.  All subjects were already eating on
a plateau," Dr. Connor says.
     After 5 weeks of consuming the "affluent" diet, the subjects' mean plasma
cholesterol levels had in creased by 31 percent, primarily in the LDL
fraction, which rose 39 percent.  HDL-cholesterol increased by 31 per cent,
and LDL to HDL ratios changed therefore very little.  Plasma triglyceride
levels increased by 18 percent, and subjects averaged an 8-pound gain in
weight.  According to Dr. Connor, lipid changes occurred surprisingly soon,
yielding nearly the same results after 7 days of affluent diet as after 35
days.

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     The increase in HDL carries broad dietary implications for industrialized
nations.  "We think HDL-cholesterol increased because we increased the amount
of dietary fat over the fat content used in the previous Tarahumara metabolic
study.  In that study we saw no change in HDL levels after raising the dietary
cholesterol but keeping the fat relatively consistent with native consumption.
In the present study we increased fat intake to 40 percent of the total
calories.  We reached the conclusion in the Tarahumara study that HDL reflects
the amount of dietary fat in general and not the amount of dietary
cholesterol.  HDL must increase to help metabolize the fat, and it increased
quite a bit in this study," Dr. Connor explains.
     Low HDL in the Tarahumarans is not typically an important predictor of
coronary heart disease because they do not normally consume large amounts of
fat or cholesterol.  HDL remains an important predictor to Americans because
of their usual high fat intake.
     Dr. Connor recommends a diet for Americans that contains less than 20
percent of total calories as fat, less than 100 mg of cholesterol, and a CSI
around 20, varying in accordance with caloric needs.  Such a diet is low in
meat and dairy fat, high in fiber.  Dr. Connor also comments on recent
suggestions that Americans adopt a "Mediterranean-style" diet.  "The original
Mediterranean diet, in its pristine state, consisted of a very low intake of
fat and very few animal and dairy products.  We are already eating a lot of
meat and dairy products.  Simply to continue that pattern while switching to
olive oil is not going to help the situation."
     The World Health Organization (WHO) is focusing much attention on the
emergence of diseases such as coronary heart disease in nations and societies
undergoing technological development.  Dr. Connor says that coronary heart
disease starts with a given society's elite, who typically eat a different
diet than the average citizen.  "If the pattern of afluence increases, the
entire population will have have a higher incidence of coronary heart disease,
which places a termendous health care burden on a society.  WHO would like the
developing countries to prevent coronary heart disease, so they can
concentrate on other aspects of their economic development and on public
health measures to improve general well-being, rather than paying for
unnecessary, expensive medical technology," Dr. Connors says.
     "The overall implication of this study is that humans can readily move
their plasma lipids and lipoprotein values into a high-risk range within a
very short time by an affluent, excessive diet.  The present rate of coronary
heart disease in the United States is 30 percent less than it was 20 years
ago, so a lot has been accomplished.  We are changing rapidly," he concludes.

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                             General Announcments
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        Publications for Health Professionals Available from NCI (1/93)

Unless otherwise noted, the following materials are provided free of charge by
calling the NCI's Publication Ordering Service, 1-800-4-CANCER.  Because
Federal Government publications are not subject to copyright restriction, you
are free to photocopy NCI material.

GENERAL INFORMATION

     ANTICANCER DRUG INFORMATION SHEETS IN SPANISH/ENGLISH.  Two-
     sided fact sheets (in English and Spanish) provide
     information about side effects of common drugs used to treat
     cancer, their proper usage, and precautions for patients.
     The fact sheets were prepared by the United States
     Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., for distribution by the
     National Cancer Institute.  Single sets only may be ordered.

     CANCER RATES AND RISKS, 3RD EDITION (85-691).  This book is
     a compact guide to statistics, risk factors, and risks for
     major cancer sites.  It includes charts and graphs showing
     incidence, mortality, and survival worldwide and in the
     United States.  It also contains a section on the costs of
     cancer. 136 pages.

     DIET, NUTRITION & CANCER PREVENTION: A GUIDE TO FOOD CHOICES
     (87-2778).  This booklet describes what is now known about
     diet, nutrition, and cancer prevention.  It provides
     information about foods that contain components like fiber,
     fat, and vitamins that may affect a person's risk of getting
     certain cancers.  It suggests ways to use that information
     to select from a broad variety of foods--choosing more of
     some foods and less of others. Includes recipes and sample
     menus.  39 pages.

     NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE FACT BOOK.  This book presents
     general information about the National Cancer Institute
     including budget data, grants and contracts, and historical
     information.

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     NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GRANTS PROCESS (91-1222) (Revised
     3/90).  This booklet describes general NCI grant award
     procedures; includes chapters on eligibility, preparation of
     grant application, peer review, eligible costs, and post-
     award activities.  62 pages.

     PHYSICIAN TO PHYSICIAN: PERSPECTIVE ON CLINICAL TRIALS. This
     15-minute videocassette discusses why and how to enter
     patients on clinical trials.  It was produced in
     collaboration with the American College of Surgeons
     Commission on Cancer.

     STUDENTS WITH CANCER: A RESOURCE FOR THE EDUCATOR (91-2086).
     (Revised 4/87) This booklet is designed for teachers who
     have students with cancer in their classrooms or schools. It
     includes an explanation of cancer, its treatment and
     effects, and guidelines for the young person's re-entry to
     school and for dealing with terminally ill students.
     Bibliographies are included for both educators and young
     people.  22 pages.

     UNDERSTANDING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM (92-529). This booklet
     describes the complex network of specialized cells and
     organs that make up the human immune system. It explains how
     the system works to fight off disease caused by invading
     agents such as bacteria and viruses, and how it sometimes
     malfunctions, resulting in a variety of diseases from
     allergies, to arthritis, to cancer. It was developed by the
     National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and
     printed by the National Cancer Institute.  This booklet
     presents college level instruction in immunology.  It is
     appropriate for nursing or pharmacology students and for
     persons receiving college training in other areas within the
     health professions.  36 pages.

MATERIALS TO HELP STOP TOBACCO USE

     CHEW OR SNUFF EDUCATOR PACKAGE (91-2976).  Each package
     contains:

          Ten copies of CHEW OR SNUFF IS REAL BAD STUFF, a
          brochure designed for seventh and eighth graders that
          describes the health and social effects of using

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          smokeless tobacco products.  When fully opened, the
          brochure can be used as a poster.

          One copy of CHEW OR SNUFF IS REAL BAD STUFF:  A GUIDE
          TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF USING
          SMOKELESS TOBACCO.  This booklet is a lesson plan for
          teachers.  It contains facts about smokeless tobacco,
          suggested classroom activities, and selected
          educational resources.

     HOW TO HELP YOUR PATIENTS STOP SMOKING: A NATIONAL CANCER
     INSTITUTE MANUAL FOR PHYSICIANS (92-3064).  This is a step-
     by-step handbook for instituting smoking cessation
     techniques in medical practices.  The manual, with resource
     lists and tear-out materials, is based on the results of NCI
     clinical trials.  75 pages.

     HOW TO HELP YOUR PATIENTS STOP USING TOBACCO: A NATIONAL
     CANCER INSTITUTE MANUAL FOR THE ORAL HEALTH TEAM (91-3191).
     This is a handbook for dentists, dental hygienists, and
     dental assistants.  It complements the physicians' manual
     and includes additional information on smoking prevention
     and on smokeless tobacco use.  58 pages.

     PHARMACISTS HELPING SMOKERS QUIT KIT.  A packet of materials
     to help pharmacists encourage their smoking patients to
     quit.  Contains a pharmacist's guide and self-help materials
     for 25 patients.

     SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO PREVENT SMOKING: THE NATIONAL CANCER
     INSTITUTE GUIDE TO STRATEGIES THAT SUCCEED (90-500).  This
     guide outlines eight essential elements of a successful
     school-based smoking prevention program based on NCI
     research.  It includes a list of available curriculum
     resources and selected references.  24 pages.

     SELF-GUIDED STRATEGIES FOR SMOKING CESSATION: A PROGRAM
     PLANNER'S GUIDE (91-3104). This booklet outlines key
     characteristics of successful self-help materials and
     programs based on NCI collaborative research.  It lists
     additional resources and references. 36 pages.

     SMOKING POLICY: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. These ten fact sheets

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     provide basic information about the establishment of
     worksite smoking policies. Topics range from the health
     effects of environmental tobacco smoke to legal issues
     concerning policy implementation.

     STRATEGIES TO CONTROL TOBACCO USE IN THE UNITED STATES:  A
     BLUEPRINT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION IN THE 1990s (92-3316:
     Smoking and Control Monograph No. 1).  This volume provides
     a summary of what has been learned from 40 years of a public
     health effort against smoking, from the early trial-and-
     error health information campaigns of the 1960s to the NCI's
     science-based project, American Stop Smoking Intervention
     Study for Cancer Prevention, which began in 1991.  It offers
     reasons why comprehensive smoking control strategies are now
     needed to address the smoker's total environment and to
     reduce smoking prevalence significantly over the next
     decade.

MATERIALS FOR OUTREACH PROGRAMS

     CANCER PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION:  COMMUNITY OUTREACH
     PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

        Three kits are available for community program planners
        and health professionals to set up local cancer
        prevention and early detection education projects:

           DO THE RIGHT THING. . . GET A NEW ATTITUDE ABOUT
           CANCER COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM.  This community
           outreach kit targets Black American audiences.  It
           contains materials to help health professionals
           conduct community education programs for black
           audiences.  The kit emphasizes the early detection of
           breast cancer by mammography and of cervical cancer by
           the Pap test.  It also discusses smoking and
           nutrition.  The kit includes helpful program guidance,
           facts, news articles, visuals, and brochures.

           HAGALO HOY COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM.  This community
           outreach kit targets Hispanic audiences.  It contains
           bilingual and Spanish language materials to help
           health professionals conduct community education
           programs.  The materials educate Hispanic audiences
           about early detection of breast cancer by mammography

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           and of cervical cancer by Pap tests.  The kit also
           discusses smoking and related issues.  The kit
           includes helpful guidance, facts, news articles,
           visuals and brochures.

           ONCE A YEAR..FOR A LIFETIME COMMUNITY OUTREACH
           MAMMOGRAPHY PROGRAM.  This community outreach kit
           targets all women age 40 or over.  It supplies
           community program planners and health professionals
           with planning guidance, facts about mammography, news
           articles, visuals and brochures.

     MAKING HEALTH COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS WORK: A PLANNER'S GUIDE
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--------- end of part 2 ------------


They are real, and we still pay licence fees to receive TV.
The detector vans pick up the IF, true. This tells them what channel you
are watching. The can also pick up the line time base freq, and frame rate
(Try it with a LW/MW radio near telly, it picks up a sharp hum)

From this they can even watch (poor quality though) what *you* have on the
screen, by picking up re radiating junk.


Then you better pray for me, too, because I believe that the Mighty
Invisibile Pink Unicorn does not exist. One being cannot be both "Pink"
and "Invisible." The demon (or should that be daemon?) that keeps me
from believing and saving my soul is named Logic.


From: Wales.Larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org

If this facility is in Kaliningrad, this is not near Moscow,
it is in fact the ex-East Prussian Konigsberg, now a Russian
enclave on the Baltic coast.  It is served by ships and rail,
and the intrepid traveller in Europe would find it accessible
and might even want to try to arrange a tour (??).

* Fred Baube (tm)         *  In times of intellectual ferment,
* baube@optiplan.fi       * advantage to him with the intellect
* #include <disclaimer.h> * most fermented
* May '68, Paris: It's Retrospective Time !!


Excerpt From: rek@siss81 (Robert Kaye)

:Just a few contributions from the space program to "regular" society:
:
:1.	Calculators
:2.	Teflon (So your eggs don't stick in the pan)
:3.	Pacemakers (Kept my grandfather alive from 1976 until 1988)

                    Don't forget Tang!  ::smile::


I have an internal modem that I configure as COM4 with IRQ 3, but
when I insert that card into my DOS 5.02 PC, it shows up
as COM3, with IRQ3 and COM4's address (2E8)!

When I get into debug, and dump the data at 40:0, it shows
the address 2E8 as belonging to COM3 - even though the modem
should be at COM4.

Now, I know the modem is working correctly since I have tested
it in a different PC - and it shows up correctly as COM4, 2E8, IRQ3.

To make it work in the DOS 5.02 PC, I have to configure the
modem as COM3, 2E8, IRQ3---but though I have a comm program that
allows that, the FAX program that came with the modem does not work.
Anyway, I would like the computer to display the modem as it is set,
as COM4...
I did run a few diagnostic programs, and they did not help at all:
a few displayed the modem as COM4, and others displayed it as
being COM3.

I am not using Windows, this is just a DOS problem...Any help
or pointers appreciated....
For various reasons, I must have this modem work at COM4, thus
switching COM ports is not an answer...

(Last time I posted this, I did not get any DOS specific answer,
this time I have included all the specific information....please help!)

-----
Avinash Chopde
avinash@acm.org


David,

  While I disagree strongly with you on the issue of our trusting the government,
I think you have a good idea here. There is danger that, with funding coming
from asset forfeitures, the government could continue to promulgate a bad
product in spite of poor acceptance. Making the product pay its way (as
it must for private ventures) would be a good incentive for quality and
listening to we, the ranters. :)

  -mel


Yes. It's called RADAR.

Depends on the environment: in a static environent such as a waveguide yes, in
a dynamic environment (with objects moving about) the multipath kills this
concept.

What is the difference between vertical and horizontal?


I need to find how to program the WD7000 FAAST SCSI controller (A 16 bit DMA
SCSI controller for the PC (ISA bus)). Can somebody point me in the direction
of some low level docs on the net? Or will I have to get hold of the
manufacturers? Who did actually make this anyway? Who will have the docs?

TIA.

PS> I don't ant the BIOS docs, I want to know how to attack this sucker from
the ground level (ie send my own SCSI commands out it from OS/2)

--
Hamish Marson, Computer Services, University of Waikato|
hamish@waikato.ac.nz.  Fax +64 7 8384066               | Computers are only
Disclaimer: Remember. You heard it here first!         |   Human.....


Can you tell us more?


   Is English (American, Canadian, etc.) common law recognized as
legally binding under international law?  After all, we're talking about
something that by its very nature isn't limited to the territory of one
nation.


: That more or less says it.  I flicked the Penguins game on briefly and saw
: Ulf cross-check Valeri in the face.  I am wondering if Don Cherry is going to
: go off on this at all in coach's corner.

And that was the ONLY infraction of this type in the game.
Come on! Wake up! Geez He's not the only player who does this
sort of thing. I think we were kind of lucky. The game was not
really all that "chippy" considering the state NJ is in about
now.


Greetings automobile enthusiasts.  Can anyone tell me if there is
a mail order company that sells BMW parts discounted... cheaper than
the dealerships.

Sorry if it's a FAQ. email replies very much appreciated.

Thanks,


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misc.health.diabetes                            unmoderated

1.   The purpose of misc.health.diabetes is to provide a forum for the
discussion of issues pertaining to diabetes management, i.e.: diet,
activities, medicine schedules, blood glucose control, exercise,
medical breakthroughs, etc.  This group addresses the issues of
management of both Type I (insulin dependent) and Type II (non-insulin
dependent) diabetes.  Both technical discussions and general support
discussions relevant to diabetes are welcome.

2.   Postings to misc.heath.diabetes are intended to be for discussion
purposes only, and are in no way to be construed as medical advice.
Diabetes is a serious medical condition requiring direct supervision
by a primary health care physician.

-----(end of charter)-----


Er, people are going to make personal attacks on Prof. Denning whether she
posts here or not.  That much should be obvious from looking at the traffic
over the last few weeks.  Therefore I conclude that the existence of personal
attacks is irrelevant to any decision concerning whether to post.

I suspect that Prof. Denning is actually using the attacks as an excuse for
not posting, and that the real reason for the silence is that Clipper is not
the sort of proposal any self-respecting cryptographer can support via
reasoned argument.

mathew


yodicet>
yodicet>
yodicet>

Hmm. You don't say..

L.
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So what is your definition of "interfering with the fielder taking the throw"?

The rule book certainly doesn't have a definiton or clarification, so it's
possible to interpret the rule as saying that if the catcher has to alter
his throw to avoid hitting the batter-runner, then again we have interference.
You know, it seems that there is no way to apply this rule justly--if the
catcher (or the pitcher, say Rob Dibble, for example) throws toward first
and hits the runner running inside the baseline, the fielder takes the chance
of being ejected.  Therefore he probably would throw around the runner or
(your scenario) above him.

You should note that in our American Legion League, (which uses MLB rules) we
interpret the rule to say in this very circumstance there IS interference
per rule 7.09.


In this morning's paper (or was it on the radio?), Vizquel was quoted as
saying that he could have fielded the ball with his glove and still
easily thrown out Riles, that he barehanded it instead so as to make the
final play more memorable.  Seems a litle cocky to me, but he made it
work so he's entitled.
--
Doug Dudgeon                             Dept. of Chemical Engineering, BF-10
dudgeon@opus.cheme.washington.edu        University of Washington, Seattle


eyes?

By looking at the iris (iridology) - virtually nothing.

Looking at the retina allows one to visualise the small blood
vessels and is helpful in assessing various systemic diseases,
hypertension and diabetes for example.


I saw an imaging program some time ago on an Amiga that had
Cross, Sobel and Roberts filters for edge detection.

Can anybody direct me to these algorithms.

Paul Denize

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However, he said on his radio show today that he won't read anything
from the two alt groups. He simply deletes them without reading them. He
says that some of the people in the two groups are vicious.


alt.religion.spam?