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From: rudy@masc.rice.edu (Rodolfo Elizondo)
Subject: Alexander Calder info needed ...
Organization: Dept. of Math. Sciences, Rice University
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:12:22 GMT

A friend of mine recently discovered that he had some
drawings by Alexander Calder - (good thing he didn't
throw them out) - - in all honesty, we didn't
know if he was of any kind of significance until we went
to a museum & happened to see a couple of his works - 
we've been trying to find out anything we can about
the artist & the drawings.  They are from 1931-1932.
They depict men is gymnastic type of postions (the men
are kind of drawn with a single line).  

Anyway, any kind of information would be greatly
appreciated (send to rudy@masc1.rice.edu or post)

rudy
From: terry@ora.com (Terry Allen)
Subject: The Alhambra
Organization: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:47:20 GMT

The Alhambra (Qal`at al-Hamra', "The Red Fort") is a palace in Granada,
Spain, built under Muslim rule.  The Alhambra stands on a spur of the
mountains overlooking the city, with a view to the Generalife, a garden
complex on the next ridge.  Most of the surviving part of the Alhambra
was built in the 14th and 15th centuries by the Nasrid dynasty
(r. 627--897 A.H./1230--1492 A.D.).  Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
took the Alhambra, with Granada, in 1492, and Charles V later built
an (unfinished) palace in the great public courtyard that adjoined
the Alhambra's Court of the Myrtles.

In the early 19th century Western tavellers interested in the Islamic
world found Granada a "safe" place to visit, as it was in Christian
hands, and the first publication of the Alhambra's architecture was
in 1815 (James Cavanah Murphy, The Arabian Antiquities of Spain).  In
the age of French colonization of the Maghrib, Chateaubriand and Victor
Hugo wrote fantasies about life in the Alhambra under the Nasrids, and
the Alhambra became a symbol of exotic magnificence (later picked
up in the movie age:  think of all the theaters named Granada or
Alhambra).

The Alhambra exhibits all the distinctive characteristics of western
Islamic architecture:  fine-grained decoration in carved stucco,
multiple axes of symmetry, joined wooden ceilings, title dadoes that
use sophisticated geometries, and an absence of iwans or decorated
external facades.  It is a prime example of the interpenetration of
garden and palace in Islamic architecture, and boasts two of the
finest muqarnas ("stalactite") domes ever built.  The famous and unique
Lion Fountain in the Court of the Lions probably follows the inspiration
of an earlier fountain on the same site, when the Alhambra was the
palace of the Jewish wazirs of another Muslim dynasty, the Zirids
(r. in Granada 403--83 A.H./1012--90 A.D.), and the royal palace
stood on another of Granada's hills.

A revised second edition of **THE ALHAMBRA** by Oleg Grabar, the dean
of American historians of Islamic art, has just been published by
Solipsist Press, POB 544, Sebastopol, CA  95473.  Prof. Grabar
is the dean of American historians of Islamic art and architecture.
Book info: Cloth, 196 + xvi pp., 93 b&w illustrations, biblio., index,
ISBN 0-944940-04-8, $25 plus $1 per copy postage ($2.50 outside North
America).

Solipsist Press sells new, used, and antiquarian books on
Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology, and the Islamic world.


-- 
Regards,
Terry Allen
(terry@ora.com)
Editor, Digital Media Group
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From: mefoster@lambert.uwaterloo.ca (Mary Ellen Foster)
Subject: Re: Non-existent racism in Time's Arrow (I and II)
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 22:12:11 GMT

In article <Bv7w1K.Gq0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
>Did anyone notice how strange it was that only a few years after the  
>Emancipation Proclamation that Guinan and/or Geordi can:
>
		[stuff deleted to save bandwidth]

I did notice one kind of offhand reference to this - when the "beings" 
(whatever they are) come into the hospital and then the policeman comes
in, he (the policeman) says something to Geordi to the effect of "Hey,
that's a gentleman's cane!"

Other than that, I totally agree with you as to the unrealism of this.


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From: cs202144@umbc8.umbc.edu (cs202144)
Subject: Re: Non-existent racism in Time's Arrow (I and II)
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 16:49:41 GMT

Well when Geordi had that cane the cop said, "Thats a Gentleman's cane"...As
if Geordi was just some black guy who shouldn't have one of those. Does this
qualify as racism? It sure comes close if it doesn't hit the nail on the head.
Having Guinan as the (hostess?) of a literary meeting would certainly seem to
be devoid of racism.
From: v070p6nd@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthos)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: McCoy Quotes Wanted
Keywords: monKEY, turKEY, donKEY, KEYboard
Date: 6 Oct 92 04:01:00 GMT
Organization: SUNY at Beefalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Hello Trekkers, Trekkies, Treknologists,  and all other indigenous life forms
of the galaxy (and the Net)!

I am trying to compile a list of memorable McCoy-isms, and I would like your
help.  If the response is great enough for it (and I get enough quotes) I may 
even post it.

Please E-mail me (I prefer E-Mail since it doesn't clutter up the net with
unnecessary bandwith or whatever) your favorite McCoy quotes and any quote
that begins with...

"Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor, not a..." (Dammit Jim! can be replaced with whatever
appropriate)

If you must post your answer to the net, I will get it, so don't worry if you
can't e-mail me.

Thanx in advance,

Anthos, the Grey Knight, High Preist of Minikar, God of Chaos, Horrible Puns,
                                                  and Extremely Bad Form
================================================================================
Across time and space/ The grey knight cometh/ With dragons to rape/
Madiens to slay/ Castles to sack/ Towns to pillage/ Quarterbacks to plunder

Oh, how I am confused!
===========I wish this was a .sig so I wouldn't have to type all this===========

P.S. I hear that there is an episode where McCoy says "Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor,
not a..."<look of embarrassment, then proceeds to treat the wounded person Kirk
asked him to>  If said episode exists, tell me which one it is.  I personally
think someone is pulling my leg.  DO NOT POST OR E-MAIL ME TO TELL ME THAT THERE
IS NO SUCH EPISODE.  I will assume that if I get no answer to this, that it
doesn't exist.
From: pmclaugh@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Ferengi Politician?
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:44:05 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.113701.1@cubldr.colorado.edu>, matthews_k@cubldr.colorado.edu writes:
<Stuff Deleted>
  Ross Perot looks like an alien she
> saw on TNG.  It took me a minute, but then I knew.  Perot = Ferengi!
> I couldn't resist asking the net if anyone else agrees!  Do we want a
> Ferengi in the White House?
> 
> Kellie M-S
> internet::matthews_k@cubldr.colorado.edu
>
He does look like a Ferengi!  I knew there was a reason not to trust him!
Tricia
U. Mass - Environmental Engineering
From: ukoga@mcl.ucsb.edu (Jeff "Koganuts" Koga)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: "Star Trek" Quotes Part 2: "ST:TMP"
Date: 1 Oct 92 23:37:29 GMT

Well, here's the monthly posting of favorite quotes from the original series,
the movies, and the next generation.  The quote list is split into three parts
parts not only for the sake of bandwidth, but also so that fans can get
whichever one that he/she wants.  Part One contains quotes from "ST:TOS", Part
Two contains quotes from the motion pictures, and Part Three contains quotes
from "ST:TNG."

I've used Allen Asherman's _Star Trek Compendium_ as a spelling guide.
 
Thanks to everyone for sending in his/her favorite quotes--this whole fiasco
I got myself into wouldn't have been possible without all you USESET-ers!! >=P

If you have any additions/corrections/comments/questions, PLEASE E-mail me at
ukoga@mcl.ucsb.edu.  Thanks.

FAVORITE STAR TREK QUOTES PART TWO (4/2/92): 
  ST: THE MOTION PICTURES
  COMPILED BY JEFF "KOGANUTS" KOGA


McCoy: "I know engineers, they *love* to change things!"
--McCoy, "ST:TMP", Stardate

Ilia: "My oath of celebacy is on record."
--Ilia, "ST:TMP", Stardate

Chekov: "No casualties, Doctor."
McCoy: "Wrong, Mister Chekov, there are casualties.  My wits!  As in 'frightened
  out of', Captain, sir!"
--Chekov and McCoy, "ST:TMP", Stardate

Kirk: "Spock, transmit *now*..."
--Kirk, "ST:TMP", Stardate

Decker: "Of course...we all create God in our own image!"
--Decker, "ST:TMP", Stardate
--
Jeff "Koganuts" Koga ||"You're not the man I knew ten years ago."
AKA "Indiana" Koga   ||"It's not the years, honey.  It's the mileage."
ukoga@mcl.ucsb.edu   ||--Marion R. & "Indiana" Jones, "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"
Finger animage@ferkel.ucsb.edu for the latest Cal-Animage Gamma information...
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From: latarra@buhub.bradley.edu (Lisa Ehren)
Subject: Re: Why Riker REALLY stays on board the E-D
Organization: Bradley University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 14:35:40 GMT

cmhayes@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Purple Hayes   ) writes:
> Who is to say that Riker will get command if and when Picard
> croaks?  For all he knows Starfleet could bring in someone else
> to take command.

I agree...remember in the Borg two-parter?  When it was assumed that 
Riker was going to take a captaincy, Lt. Cmdr. Shelby <sp> came in and
said that she was going to apply for the job...If there was a policy of
promoting from within the ship, then why would she apply at all when there
is Data with a lot more experience with the Enterprise?
--
"Is you in, or is you ain't?"
"You cannot just grab a penis and make it erect." 

Fuzzies to everybody who wants them...New shipments every Thursday.

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From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.sf.marketplace,misc.forsale
Subject: Star Trek (TOS) on Beta, uncut (trade/sell; updated 10/1)
Summary: trade 4 other Beta, CD, NES games, IWII sheet feeder, Sony V6/V7
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:27:06 GMT
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: na,jp
Organization: The Bates Motel

Just got through taking inventory, and I've got a total of 7 episodes
available on *Beta* for Sale at $10 each (take 'em all for only $60!)
or Trade (1-for-1 swap for movie on Beta or used CD; or, a package
deal for used Nintendo NES games; or, all for a set of good stereo
headphones (e.g. Sony V6 or V7) or an Apple IWII sheet feeder) as
follows:

	 8 - Charlie X
	11 - Dagger of the Mind
	12 - Miri
	17 - Shore Leave
	20 - The Alternative Factor
	29 - Operation-Annihilate!
	33 - Who Mourns for Adonais?

Numbers indicate episode numbering on the tape boxes, for those who
are keeping track of what episodes they're missing in that manner.

RSVP for summaries, if necessary.

The tapes are all in excellent condition in the original packaging.
All have been played at least once, but most have been played ONLY
once, and NONE have been played more than twice. Running time: ~50
min. ea.  (Unedited, uncut store-bought originals unlike those in
syndication; all have *incredible* Beta HiFi sound!)

gld

PS: For those of you who may wonder, Beta is alive as a pro/hobbyist
format ... there's life beyond the corner video store! (-;
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary L. Dare				
> gld@cunixB.cc.columbia.EDU		Oct 26/92: Just say "OUI!"
> gld@cunixc.BITNET			(Let's worry about the economy!)
From: 01klcampbell@bsu-ucs.uucp (Kenton Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Ro's Gone??? (DS9 *spoilers*)
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:08:08 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.212009.9112@nevada.edu>, wildcard@nevada.edu ( WildCard !!) writes:
> In article <1992Oct1.134839.10023@bsu-ucs.uucp> 01klcampbell@bsu-ucs.uucp (Kenton Campbell) writes:
> 
>>With Ensign Ro off the show and Keiko leaving with Miles, we only have
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> What ?!!?!?   They're taking my favorite character on TNG and putting her
> out to pasture, doomed to do occasional guest-shots and be refered to
> nostalgically?

Michelle Forbes, the actress who played Ro, left to work on a film career.
Ro was suppoed to be a TNG-->DS9 crossover character, like O'Brien.  Since
Forbes isn't interested, the DS9 character has been given a new name and a 
new actress to play her, but otherwise it's Ro's characterization.

-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---- Ball State University ---------------- 01klcampbell@BSUVAX1.BITNET -----
---- Muncie, IN --------------------------- campbell@bsu-cs.bsu.edu ---------
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From: Peter_A_David@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: "Probe" and "Imzadi"
Date: Sat,  3 Oct 92 06:19:32 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
  <67054@cup.portal.com> <gill.718052620@physics.ubc.ca>

Margaret Bonano does not, to the best of my knowledge, have an e-mail
address.  I don't think she's on any nets.  However, she has enough friends
that are that, if you post a general notice on Compuserv (for example)
word will be gotten to her and you will quite likely get a speedy reply.

PAD
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From: bau55536@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Larry Combs Jr)
Subject: 25th Anniversary Game HELP!!! <Spoilers>
Summary: game help
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 02:02:59 GMT
Keywords: game

      I just had time to start working with the game again, and needless
      to say, I need help.
      I'm in the mission with the moon and all of the numeric bases.
      RIght now I'm inside the stronghold, and have made the card template.
      What should I do next, I have no clue.  The wire (or at least that's
      what I think it is) does nothing, and I can't find any way to make
      a keycard.
					Any threads are appreciated,
							Larry
							b-uffelmann@uiuc.edu
From: whelan@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu (John T. whelan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Surrender (was Re: STNG sucks!!!)
Date: 26 Sep 92 22:32:29 GMT

ras@kepler.unh.edu (Robert A Seace) writes:

>  If you want something to count, try counting the number of
>times Picard has surrendered (hell, he surrendered in the PREMIERE episode;
>a great way to start a command).  I'm not about to waste my time trying,
>because I don't really care that much.  However, I can guarantee that it is
>far more than 3 times.

	Really?  All I can think of is "Encounter at Farpoint" and
"The Last Outpost" ("Surrender to the damn Ferengi?!?).  And "A Matter
of Honor", but that doesn't really count, since he was surrendering to
Riker.  Granted, he surrendered twice in the beginning of the first
season, but he's gotten better since then.
					John Whelan


--
	"Do you know what Freud said about dreams of flying?
	 It means you're really dreaming about having sex."
	"Indeed?  Tell me then, what does it mean when
	 you dream about having sex?"  -- Sandman #15
From: K.Haigh-Hutchinson@bradford.ac.uk (K.HAIGH-HUTCHINSON)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Favorite Trek ENDINGS
Date: 5 Oct 92 08:21:53 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: s1497@bravo

In article <8359@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> hinson@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Jason W. Hinson) writes:

>>What is your favorite ending on a Star Trek show?  Perhaps it was
>>humorous, or perhaps it provided a reflection on something that
>>happened in the show.  So, name the episode, and maybe even give
>>the reason you like the ending.

The final few seconds of TOS episode 'Spock's Brain'. This episode is the
absolute worst of Trek, even taking into account Star Trek V.

Throughout most of it Nimoy wanders in a zombie like state because Spock is
literally brainless. At the end Spock gets a line about the marvellous 
technology.

I suspect that not having had to act for the entire episode which has no 
artistic merit anyway, right at the end Nimoy doesn't bother.

The big grin and excited babble are all human. Forget Spock, give a wave
to Leonard Nimoy. 
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From: luther@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Luther)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: "Probe" and "Imzadi" (& an apology)
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:19:30 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: US Naval Research Laboratory, Acoustics Division

In article <67071@cup.portal.com> Peter_A_David@cup.portal.com writes:
>
>And I'm sorry--if someone says, "Is Probe any good?" and the reply is,
>"Star Trek novels suck," that is not a reply to the question.  That is a
>sweeping generalization.  If someone asks about *a specific work*, 
>then the only way to give an informed opinion is to have *read* the
>specific work.  
>

The point is well taken. Geez, who started this discussion in the fisrt
place? I just went back and reread the whole thread, and from his first
post, it sounds like he's got a huge bug up his..... Oh goodness, it 
was me, wasn't it? Hmmm. Well, I wish I had an evil twin brother to blame
it all on. Unfortunately, I don't. I can offer all sorts of excuses  - 
bad week, fight with the girlfriend, etc, but I'm sure any excuses I give
are both irrelevant and unwanted. What it comes down to is that I had
too much steam needing to be blown off, and I sent it in the wrong 
direction. For that I apologize.

I just hope I can send out future posts without having everyone think,
"Oh God, not this guy again." I also hope I'll be able to read other
people's posts and take them in the same spirit they are offered without
shooting my mouth (or fingers, since I'm typing) off. There's a sense
of humor around here somewhere - anyone have a rag I can dust it off
with?

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From: kinnema@wkuvx1.bitnet (Mark Kinney, Attorney at Chaos)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: Will we have to pay to see Star Trek?
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:40:59 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <1992Sep28.221600.2141@pro-freedom.cts.com>, pip@pro-freedom.cts.com (David Pipgras) writes:
>>Will we have to pay to see Star Trek?
> 
> Other than new major motion pictures?? No. It is not likely that Paramount,
> even in a drunken stupor would allow Sci-Fi or, for that matter, anyone
> else have exclusive rights on either TNG or TOS. 
> 
Not so unlikely as it would seem (I'll explain below).

> Paramount currently makes somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 Million per
> episode for TNG from all the first run syndicaion stations that purchase
> rights to air the show.
> 
Yes, *First Run*.  They would all be reruns by the time they reached
SFC. Again, see below.

> I would have a hard time believeing that they would willingly give up
> 89+Million to give Sci-Fi Exclusive rights....
> 
> 
> Summary: IT WILL *NEVER* HAPPEN, at least, not in my time, anyway....

From _Broadcasting_ Magazine, 21 Sept 1992, pg 35:
USA KICKS OFF $75 MILLION-PLUS SCI-FI EXPERIMENT
[...]
...and the network plans to acquire the _Star Trek_ series once its
current syndication contract expires.
[...]
	USA Network has invested $75 million to $100 million in the
network for launch...
[...]
	USA is owned by Paramount and MCA...
[End of Quoting]	^^^^^^^^^

And by inference, Paramount owns part of SFC.

As you see, the episodes won't really leave house... after all, no one
can really beat the owner's bid, right?

Oh, did I mention they have the movies, too?

Looks like time for rec.arts.sf-channel.*  :-)
-- 
Mark Kinney [KINNEMA@WKUVX1.(BITNET)(WKU.EDU)] | Give me Slack OR KILL ME!
PhoneNet: (502) 745-4246   (Bowling Green, KY) | K A /\ /\ I E T I
Quote of the week: "The safety of the Enterprise is of Paramount importance."
			-- Jean-Luc Picard, "Time's Arrow I"
From: andy@rocky.gte.com (Andrew Busa)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Question about Vidiot's Guide
Date: 1 Oct 92 21:24:35 GMT
Organization: GTE Contel Federal Systems
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


I just FTP the first section of the guide.  It is excellent but I noticed that
some of the episodes that are listed are out of order.  Is there a reason for
this or did I not FTP the most updated version?

Andy
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From: schamber@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Sylvain Chamberland)
Subject: Re: Favorite Trek ENDINGS
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 03:06:15 GMT

In article <8359@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> hinson@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Jason W. Hinson) writes:
>I have canceled this article three times now for various reasons. Let's
>see if I can get it right this time:
>
>OK, I have never seen this thread in the time I have been here:
> 
>What is your favorite ending on a Star Trek show?  Perhaps it was
>humorous, or perhaps it provided a reflection on something that
>happened in the show.  So, name the episode, and maybe even give
>the reason you like the ending.
> 
>As for me (at least these immediately come to mind):
> 
>TOS- "A Piece of the Acton" and "City on the Edge of Forever"
> 
>TNG- Well, let me explain why these come to mind:
> 
>-Inner Light -- [deleted]
> 
>-The Most Toys -- [deleted]

>Great ending!

I'm not much of a TOS fan, so I cannot say about TOS, but about TNG,
I agree with you...

But I have a couple of additions:

Skin of Evil - I know most of you think this episode sucks, but I rather liked
		what Data said: "The purpose of this gathering confuses me.
		I keep thinking how empty life will be without her. My 
		thoughts are not for her, but for myself. Did I miss the 
		point?"  or something like that. Picard answered "No, you got
		it." 

The Measure of a Man - when Data went to look for Riker who was not at the
			party for Data's "return".

Darmok - when Picard made the ceremonial thing of cutting his finger a little
	and touching his forehead with it, to honor the Tamarian Captain's
	death. (that's what I guessed he was doing, cutting his finger. There
	was I think a little blood spot on his forehead afterwards.)

>-Jay

-- 
Sylvain Chamberland           INTERNET: schamber@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca   
Dept. of Biology          -----------------------------------------------------
University of Waterloo    |  "Biochimiste un jour, biochimiste toujours!"
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |                               - anonyme
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