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Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: are fixed focus binoc's any good for astronomy??
From: timothy@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Tim Bates)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 09:05:16 GMT
Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Dear All,
I am looking at purchasing a pair of binoculas (please pardon the pun).
My question is, are fixed focus binoculars any use for star gazing. The
particular pair Iam thinking of are Jason 10x50s. the never focus design
appeals particularly becasue it appears to be very robust as well as
easy to use.

Any help most appreciated,

Timothy Bates
From: cm674@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Erich Weber)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Quadrantids
Date: 4 Jan 1993 12:32:17 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Did anybody watch the Quadrantid meteor shower? 
In Austria it was very cold, so we didn't watch the shower.

Please send any observation data to my following E-mail address:
weber@zdfzs.una.ac.at (or my address in the hee[24~ader of this message)

Thanks and rgds.    Erich W., BAA, Austria
--
From: jhouser@vax.cns.muskingum.edu
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: COMET COORDINATES??????????
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:02:07 -0500
Organization: Muskingum College


          what happened to the COMET coordinates of jan 25 - feb 1

          if anyone has has them please e-mail them to me to....

                 jhouser@vax.muskingum.edu


thanks jim houser
From: masjpf@gdr.bath.ac.uk (J P Fitch)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: JPL Publications
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:56:55 GMT
Organization: School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, UK

I am trying to get copies of some slightly old JPL publications.  We
were informed that they were available from some outfit called
Aerospace Information Service of Springfield VA, but a letter
addressed such was returned as unknown.  Does anyone know the full
address of Aerospace Information Service, including a ZIP code, of
know where we can get JPL publication?

==John ffitch

E-mail replies appreciuated; I get to read the news too rarely
From: gopher@yar.cs.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: Meteor Impact Site In Northern Minnesota?
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:36:31 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.

In article <C0BF8H.KG0@news.iastate.edu> F1.DAO@isumvs.iastate.edu (David Oesper) writes:
>I have a friend who has an uncle who lives in Minnesota.  This uncle
>spends lots of time in northern Minnesota.  This particular person
>is scientifically literate, and believes he may have found a meteor
>impact site in northern Minnesota in a place that is probably very
>seldom visited by anybody.  The crater is 12' across, has water in
>it, and lies in a heavily forested area.  Unlike the surrounding
>forest area, all of the trees near the depression look to be the
>same age.
>
>My question is this: who should this Minnesotan contact that can
>follow up on this report to see if it is really a meteor impact
>site?  Perhaps there is existing aerial photography of the area that
>can be looked at before anyone goes there to investigate.  I'm sorry
>I do not have coordinates or more information, as this individual is
>reluctant to give this information out to anyone who is not in a
>position to investigate it properly.  He has visited the site
>several times over the past few years, and wants to avoid having
>anyone ruin it before the scientists have had a chance to study it.

Try the Dept. of Geology at the Univeristy of Minnesota-Twin Cities
or at UM-Duluth (if they have one).  You may also want to try the 
MN Dept. of Natural Resources.  I don't know where you can get aerial
photographs of this, tho.  Maybe the Geography Dept. @ the UM-TC.

BTW, where is this?  I'm from northeastern MN.


Chris

-- 
Chris Bovitz              |      
Department of Meteorology |     Weather weenie at large
Univ of Wisc - Madison    |  
moonunit@meteor.wisc.edu  |
From: jhouser@vax.cns.muskingum.edu
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: WANTED:  COMET COORDINATES
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:57:00 -0500
Organization: Muskingum College


fellow astronomers

please send me the coordinates for COMETS of JAN 11 - 18

i lost mine

please mail to ..

jhouser@vax.muskingum.edu

thanks
jim houser

Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer)
Subject: Re: Advice wanted on "Copy-scope"
Organization: Simon Fraser University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:07:17 GMT

In article <C0E2sM.I09@boi.hp.com> jmcvey@boi.hp.com ( John McVey         x3638
) writes:
>I built a small refractor for my 8-year old using a lens from a copy
>machine.  The lens is 280mm f/4.5.  That equates to about a 60mm
>effective aperture.
>
>The alt-azimuth mounting turned out real nice with geared slow motions
>on both axies.
>
>The images are good but there is some flare.  Has anyone experimented
>with which end of the copy lens to face towards the sky.  Is one way
>better than the other?

Spherical aberration will be less with the surface with the smaller radius of
curvature turned toward the sky than the other way. 

Leigh
From: sharon@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Sharon Curtis)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: Calendar for 1993
Date: 5 Jan 93 12:05:04 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK
Originator: sharon@msc6.comlab

In article whatever travis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
>In article whatever, I wrote:
>...
>>Apr. 25   Mars at aphelion
>
>Is this correct?
I got almost all of this sort of information from the 1993 calendar
produced with Astronomy magazine, and I presume this figure was from there.
I have no idea of how reliable Astronomy is.

Sharon
Newsgroups: sci.astro,rec.radio.shortwave
From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 10 January
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:53:17 GMT

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 010, 01/10/93
10.7 FLUX=132    90-AVG=140        SSN=142      BKI=2464 3421  BAI=024
BGND-XRAY=B2.7     FLU1=1.6E+07  FLU10=1.0E+04  PKI=2475 4311  PAI=028
  BOU-DEV=012,056,170,053,028,042,018,007   DEV-AVG=048 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= C6.3   @ 1337UT    XRAY-MIN= B2.2   @ 0305UT   XRAY-AVG= B4.5
NEUTN-MAX= +002%  @ 0500UT   NEUTN-MIN= -003%  @ 1325UT  NEUTN-AVG= -0.2%
  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 1825UT     PCA-MIN= -0.4DB @ 1000UT    PCA-AVG= -0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55430NT @ 0406UT   BOUTF-MIN=55403NT @ 1900UT  BOUTF-AVG=55415NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+147NT@ 1851UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+001NT@ 1308UT  G7-AVG=+091,+026,+014
GOES6-MAX=P:+173NT@ 1559UT   GOES6-MIN=E:-016NT@ 1848UT  G6-AVG=+111,-005,+033
 FLUXFCST=STD:130,130,125;SESC:130,130,125 BAI/PAI-FCST=012,010,010/010,010,010
    KFCST=3333 2223 2332 2223  27DAY-AP=007,006   27DAY-KP=2312 2221 3111 1222
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer)
Subject: AAS Meeting
Organization: Simon Fraser University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:22:46 GMT

This is a request for some goodhearted soul attending the Phoenix meeting to
post an article regarding some exciting discovery announced recently. I want to
be able to tell my astrophysics students this afternoon about the rapid
dissemination of scientific information which can be found on the news. It is
their first class of the semester.

I envy you down there; it was -16.5 degrees C (2 degrees F) on my back porch
this morning at 7:30!

Thanks,

Leigh
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.physics
From: F1.DAO@isumvs.iastate.edu (David Oesper)
Subject: Meteor Impact Site In Northern Minnesota?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:57:52 GMT

I have a friend who has an uncle who lives in Minnesota.  This uncle
spends lots of time in northern Minnesota.  This particular person
is scientifically literate, and believes he may have found a meteor
impact site in northern Minnesota in a place that is probably very
seldom visited by anybody.  The crater is 12' across, has water in
it, and lies in a heavily forested area.  Unlike the surrounding
forest area, all of the trees near the depression look to be the
same age.

My question is this: who should this Minnesotan contact that can
follow up on this report to see if it is really a meteor impact
site?  Perhaps there is existing aerial photography of the area that
can be looked at before anyone goes there to investigate.  I'm sorry
I do not have coordinates or more information, as this individual is
reluctant to give this information out to anyone who is not in a
position to investigate it properly.  He has visited the site
several times over the past few years, and wants to avoid having
anyone ruin it before the scientists have had a chance to study it.

David Oesper  (S Per)
Ames Area Amateur Astronomers
Ames, Iowa  USA
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
Subject: Re: Extension to 1993 calendar
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:57:08 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.221728.4117@flint.comlab.ox.ac.uk> sharon@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Sharon Curtis) writes:
>Here are some additions to the calendar for 1993 that I posted up here a few
>days ago, notably some historical information. To save bandwidth, I didn't
>post the whole calendar, just the additions. You can cut the file out and
>stick it on the end of the original calendar. To use the unix calendar 
>program with the file, consult your local manual pages.
>
>-----8<---------------------8<---------------------------------
>
>Feb. 5  1971   Apollo 14 landed 3 astronauts (Shepard, Mitchell, Roosa) on the moon, on Fra Mauro
>Apr. 21 1972   Apollo 16 landed 3 astronauts (Young, Duke, Mattingly) on the moon, in the Cayley-Descartes highland region
>Jul. 20 1969   Apollo 11 landed 3 astronauts (Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins) on the moon, in the Mare Tranquillatis
>Jul. 30 1971   Apollo 15 landed 3 astronauts (Scott, Irwin, Worden) on the moon, at Hadley Rille
>Nov. 19 1969   Apollo 12 landed 3 astronauts (Conrad, Bean, Gordon) on the moon, in the Oceanus Procellarum
>Dec. 11 1972   Apollo 17 landed 3 astronauts (Cernan, Schmitt, Evans) on the moon, in the Taurus-Littrow region


Just a small quibble.  Each Apollo landed 2 astronauts on the moon.  The last
guy in each group of three was the CM pilot who, as we all know, didn't
get to land :-(.
 
(Or as Adm Mattingly said, is it better to get within 10 miles of the lunar
surface than not to go at all, and the ansxwer is clearly yes, but it
doesn't change the fact that if you go to the moon, you want to walk on it.)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,rec.radio.shortwave
From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 04 January
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date:  5 Jan 93 11:21:50 GMT

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 004, 01/04/93
10.7 FLUX=121.1  90-AVG=139        SSN=097      BKI=4333 4333  BAI=018
BGND-XRAY=B2.3     FLU1=6.1E+06  FLU10=9.8E+03  PKI=4234 5343  PAI=022
  BOU-DEV=057,024,027,031,066,034,027,033   DEV-AVG=037 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= C6.6   @ 0055UT    XRAY-MIN= B2.0   @ 1720UT   XRAY-AVG= B3.4
NEUTN-MAX= +002%  @ 2030UT   NEUTN-MIN= -004%  @ 0135UT  NEUTN-AVG= -0.4%
  PCA-MAX= +0.1DB @ 2345UT     PCA-MIN= -0.2DB @ 1045UT    PCA-AVG= +0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55422NT @ 0041UT   BOUTF-MIN=55389NT @ 2012UT  BOUTF-AVG=55412NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+120NT@ 1911UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+003NT@ 1300UT  G7-AVG=+065,+027,+010
GOES6-MAX=P:+141NT@ 1911UT   GOES6-MIN=E:-020NT@ 0606UT  G6-AVG=+083,-001,+041
 FLUXFCST=STD:128,130,135;SESC:128,130,135 BAI/PAI-FCST=015,010,010/018,012,010
    KFCST=3334 5333 2224 4222  27DAY-AP=014,020   27DAY-KP=2233 4334 3334 4344
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=**SWEEP:II=1@0057UTC
!!END-DATA!!
From: roussel@cicb.fr ( Franck Roussel)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: *** METEOSAT weather images, SORRY ***
Keywords: weather,meteo,meteosat
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:13:17 GMT
Organization: CICB, Universite' de Rennes I, FR

Hello everybody!

I am interested in METEOSAT weather images. I know there are many
  anonymous FTP sites, such:
    - cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk  in directory /images
    - nic.funet.fi               ''      /pub/sci/meteosat
  where satellite images of World,Atlantic,Europe are displayed.

Does anybody knows about other anonymous FTP sites like those ?

Especially, is there a server at the Meteorological Space Center
  of Lannion (Brittany) ?  I tried the FTP site "lannion.cnet.fr",
  but after typing the command 'ftp lannion.cnet.fr' it answered me:
    'Connected to lannion.cnet.fr'
    '421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection'


Thanks for all answers to my questions
Roussel

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Lastname : ROUSSEL                    Telephone: + 33 99 83 26 10

Address1 : 175, rue Belle Epine       CityStateZip: 35510
Address2 : CESSON SEVIGNE             Country: FRANCE
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Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: mjf@eff.org (Mike Fitterman)
Subject: Observatories in Hawaii...
Followup-To: sci.astro
Organization: On Technology
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:41:54 GMT

I am about to take a trip to Hawaii (in Feb.) and would like information
about any (and all!) observatories in Maui and the Big Island that are
available to visit.  I have been an avid amateur astronomer over the years
and would just love a chance to see one of the big scopes up close.

Thanks for your help,

Mike.
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.physics
From: tjt@Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Tim Thompson)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Robert Jastrow - Public Lecture in Pasadena California.
Date: 12 Jan 1993 02:55:44 GMT
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Distribution: world
Reply-To: tjt@Jpl.Nasa.Gov
NNTP-Posting-Host: scn1.jpl.nasa.gov


	PUBLIC LECTURE IN LOS ANGELES AREA BY DR. ROBERT JASTROW


	"Mount Wilson in the Cosmic Perspective"

	A free public lecture by Dr. Robert Jastrow, Director, Mt. Wilson Institute.
	Sunday, January 17, at 2:00 PM
	Pasadena City College Forum
	1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, California

	Dr. Jastrow will discuss new research projects at Mt. Wilson, the planned
	re-opening of the 100" telescope this year, and in general, the future
	prospects for the observatory.

	Dr. Jastrow is the director of the Mount Wilson Institute, which manages and
	operates the Mt. Wilson facility on behalf of the Carnegie Institute.

	The talk is sponsored by the Mount Wilson Observatory Association,
	a volunteer support group for the Mt. Wilson Observatory.

	The PCC Forum is located at the east end of the campus,
	near the corner of Colorado and Sierra Bonita.

	There is no fee, the lecture is open to the public.

Newsgroups: sci.astro,rec.radio.shortwave
From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 11 January
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: 12 Jan 93 08:04:45 GMT

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 011, 01/11/93
10.7 FLUX=131.7  90-AVG=140        SSN=135      BKI=1014 5333  BAI=015
BGND-XRAY=B2.9     FLU1=1.8E+06  FLU10=9.9E+03  PKI=1123 6433  PAI=018
  BOU-DEV=007,003,007,043,075,035,025,021   DEV-AVG=027 NT     SWF=00:000
 XRAY-MAX= C3.2   @ 1758UT    XRAY-MIN= B2.9   @ 0017UT   XRAY-AVG= B7.8
NEUTN-MAX= +001%  @ 2315UT   NEUTN-MIN= -003%  @ 2115UT  NEUTN-AVG= -0.3%
  PCA-MAX= +0.2DB @ 1625UT     PCA-MIN= -0.1DB @ 2315UT    PCA-AVG= +0.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55422NT @ 0058UT   BOUTF-MIN=55388NT @ 1830UT  BOUTF-AVG=55406NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+140NT@ 1755UT   GOES7-MIN=N:+004NT@ 2344UT  G7-AVG=+101,+022,+012
GOES6-MAX=P:+158NT@ 1755UT   GOES6-MIN=E:-012NT@ 1850UT  G6-AVG=+119,-006,+014
 FLUXFCST=STD:135,130,130;SESC:135,130,130 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,010,015/010,010,010
    KFCST=2333 2222 2333 2222  27DAY-AP=006,009   27DAY-KP=3111 1222 3213 2223
 WARNINGS=
   ALERTS=
!!END-DATA!!
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
Subject: Re: Bright planet in the evening sky
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 03:00:10 GMT

In article <726585130snz@cullen.demon.co.uk> bobg@cullen.demon.co.uk writes:
>
>I'm not an astronomical type so would one of you experts please satisfy
>my curiosity ?
>
>Each evening at about this time of year one sees a very bright planet
>lying to the southwest from my position at around 52N. It is at, I would
>judge  45 to 50 degreed up from the horizontal. It is very bright.
>
>Is it Mercury ? Is it Jupiter ? I don't suppose it's Venus - that's
>called "The Morning Star", is that right.
>

The planet in question is Venus.  It can be either the morning star or the
evening star but not both at the same time :). I recall reading that it 
took the Ancients quite a while to catch on that the morning and evening
stars were one and the same.

I think you're generalizing a bit to imply that it's visible "each evening
at this time of year".  It's a bit more complicated than that...

--
Dave Michelson
davem@ee.ubc.cva

Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: danube@max.physics.sunysb.edu
Subject: Making an ALUMINUM telescope mirror
Organization: Institute for the Theoretical Physics
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:52:49 GMT


   Hello everyone.  I am nearly done making a small "bowling ball" 
telescope, for which I bought a 4.25" F:4 mirror.  I have however, been
thinking about grinding my own.  
   Over the holiday break I ran across an article in the Amateur Scientist
Department in the November 1963 issue of Scientific American.  The article
described the grinding and polishing of an all ALUMINUM telescope mirror.
Has anyone here actually done this?  With good results?  Any advice or
technical references would be appreciated greatly.
   Thanks.
Newsgroups: sci.misc
From: PCJA@ibm.rz.tu-clausthal.de
Subject: Deconvolution program
Organization: Rechenzentrum der TU CLAUSTHAL
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:24:06 GMT

We need a deconvolution program to fit our IR-spectra. Any program or
hint where to get one is appreciated. We can use Software for MSDOS,
HP, SUN or ATARI (PD or Shareware would be best).
 
Joerg Adams and Arne Bruenger
____________________________________________________________________
Dr. Joerg Adams
Institut fuer Physikalische Chemie
TU-Clausthal
Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 4
3392 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
E-Mail: PCJA@IBM.RZ.TU-CLAUSTHAL.DE
____________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: sci.misc
From: barinaga@netcom.com (Marcia Barinaga)
Subject: need help with science questions
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:51:06 GMT

 write a weekly science question and answer column 
for the San Jose Mercury News, and I have some pesky 
questions that I have not been able to find reliable, 
authoritative answers for, most likely because these 
aren't hot subjects for research, so even experts in 
the various fields can only speculate. 

But I know from experience that there often are experts 
with reliable answers hiding out there, and the trick is 
finding them. I would appreciate any tips on who to call 
who may be able to help me find answers to these questions.

1. Why do joints ache when the weather is bad? 
Is it dampness or atmospheric pressure that triggers the 
aching, and how does it do it?

2. Why do you often sneeze when you look at the sun?

3. Why can't we tickle ourselves?

4. Why are moths attracted to light? 

I am not very expert on newsgroup discourse, and would 
appreciate it if anyone who wants to offer assistance could 
send their messages to my e mail address. 
I am on the Internet, and my address is barinaga@netcom.com

Thanks in advance,
Marcia Barinaga
Newsgroups: sci.misc
From: mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer)
Subject: Geography question: Pole of Inaccessability?
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'.
Date: 11 Jan 1993 18:37:44 UTC

I've been watching A&E's "Pole to Pole" with a large atlas and
while looking over the points of interest along the 30th East
Longitude, I happened to notice something odd in Antarctica:
A mark at about 84S 58E called the "Pole of Inaccessability".
Looking at the map index I find that, sure enough, it checks.
But what is it? There is no coresponding North Pole of
Inaccessability that I can find in the Arctic.

P.s. One wonders what would happen if a citizenry of the southern
continent would claim soverenty and kick the UN out.
Antarctica for Antarcticans. Oh well.

P.p.s. If there's a geographical newsgroup more appropriate for
such a question, I'd appreciate a pointer.

-- 
Nick Sayer <mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us> | "I don't mind shooting, so long
N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM     | as the right people get shot."
+1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'   | 
PGP 2.1 public key on request        |     -- "Dirty" Harray Calahan
From: lmh@iago.caltech.edu (Henling, Lawrence M.)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Earth quakes anyone?
Date: 4 Jan 1993 13:20 PDT
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: iago.caltech.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <1993Jan4.061628.14845@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>, vgblackwell@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes...
>Where do the seismologist hang out on usenet?  I have not ran across any,

 You might try ca.earthquakes, but you probably don't get that group. I could 
post a message if you want. Also some of the geology groups.

larry henling  lmh@shakes.caltech.edu

ps That's 'shakes' for Shakespeare cluster.
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Earth quakes anyone?
From: vgblackwell@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Date: 4 Jan 93 06:16:28 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

Where do the seismologist hang out on usenet?  I have not ran across any,
any where.  Anyone have any suggestions where I may find a group posting?
I would like to locate some one who has built their own instrument. Any one 
interested in discussing the subject?


Newsgroups: sci.misc
From: rstenson@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Ronald Ernest Stenson)
Subject: Nuclear waste management INFO?
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:36:43 GMT

I am currently reviewing both the policy and physical science of nuclear
waste disposal.  This includes both low level and high level waste.  If
anyone has any suggestions on key summaries of historic information please
e-mail them to me or post.  I would be interested in bibliographies from
recent papers or information pointing to an archive site with information.

I will post a summary of any information I receive.

Thank you in advance.

rstenson@spartan.ac.brocku.ca
department of geography
university of waterloo
waterloo ON N2L 3G1
Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.research,sci.anthropology
From: claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird)
Subject: [SOC] Women and AAAS Section committees
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:10:26 GMT

With its 1992 elections, the members of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science now have
a majority of Section representatives who are women.
I know very little about the politics of the AAAS,
but it has interested me to watch this trend over
the past couple decades.  This year, at least half
of the elected representatives of the Sections on
	Agriculture
	Anthropology
	Astronomy
	Biological Sciences
	Chemistry
	Education
	Engineering
	General Interest in Science and Engineering
	History and Philosophy of Science
	Information, Computing, and Communication
	Mathematics
	Social, Economic, and Political Sciences
	Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering
and	Statistics
are women, and only in the Sections on
	Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences
	Dentistry
	Geology and Geography
	Industrial Science
	Medical Sciences
	Pharmaceutical Sciences
	Physics and
	Psychology
are men in an absolute majority.  I can speculate on all
sorts of causes and consequences of these facts; is there
anyone who has more definite knowledge?

I cross-post to sci.anthropology in the sense of "socio-
logy of science".  Please adjust follow-ups appropriately.
-- 

Cameron Laird
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