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From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Bookstores
Date: 20 Aug 92 12:06:00 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA

In article <1992Aug17.214234.16673@clsi.COM> shankha@clsi.COM (Shankha Mitra) writes:
>
>Does anyone know of good used and new bookstores out there?  I'm not looking
>for comic books, sci-fi books or technical books.  I'm rather interested in
>obscure or out-of-print books on anthropology and linguistics.  I would think
>that only the relatively large ones would have these.
>
>So far I know of Borders and MD Book Exchange.  Any others?

A few years ago I let my fingers do some walking in the Yellow Pages and found
"Book Dealers-Used & Rare."  I can recommend Bonifant, Book Alcove, Book
Cellar, and Second Story.

-- Herb Huston
From: eric@npri6.npri.com (Eric Williams)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: New Virginia Plates
Summary: a small correction
Date: 18 Aug 92 19:33:23 GMT
Organization: NPRI, Alexandria VA

In article <1238@tecsun1.etl.army.mil>, anneb@tecsun1.etl.army.mil (Anne Brink) writes:
> CARIAN@auvm.american.edu writes:
> 
> >What's the deal with the new Virginia license plates -- the ones with the
> >Blue Ridge Mountain scene on them?
[stuff deleted]
> I think that the Blue Ridge plates should be standard issue, I like them so
> much. 

Actually, I think the official name of the "Blue Ridge" plate is
something like "Mountains to Sea", the idea being that the foreground
blue is the ocean and the mountains in the background could be the
B.R. or any generic range.

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: haisong@src.umd.edu (Haisong Cai)
Subject: ASSOCIATE STAFF VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Reply-To: haisong@src.umd.edu (Haisong Cai)
Organization: Systems Research Center, University of Maryland at College Park
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:02:53 GMT


                ASSOCIATE STAFF VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

AS-4926

TITLE:  Engineer Research

RESPONSIBILITIES:
        Manage and maintain facilities and personnel of the Communications
        and Signal Processing Laboratory.  Software development for various
        communications and signal processing algorithms on UNIX-based platforms.
        Software development on general-purpose DSP chips for real-time signal
        processing.  Manage and coordinate software development projects.
        Applications and systems programming on UNIX-based systems.  Aid in
        selection and acquision of various software systems in support of projects.


REQUIREMENTS:

Education:
        B.S. in Computer Science or B. S. in Electrical Engineering with emphasis
        in communications and signal processing required.  Graduate level training
        is desired.

Experience:
        Extensive knowledge of UNIX, X-windows, C, Fortran; programming experience
        in C and UNIX-shell is required.  Some experience in programming
        DSP (such as DSP32C or TMS320C25) is required.  Must have experience in
        operations management, UNIX systems programming, software development,
        project management, and language development.

SALARY:
        Negotiable; commensurate with experience (minimum:   $30,959)

BENEFITS:
        22 workings days annual leave; 14 paid holidays, 15 days sick leave;
        University contributions to health insurance and retirement plans

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
        September 11, 1992

        SUBMIT RSUM AND THREE (3) LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO:
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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: doug@access.digex.com (Doug Humphrey)
Subject: Public Access UNIX in DC/MD
Organization: Express Access -- Greenbelt, Maryland  USA
Distribution: dc
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 03:35:03 GMT


In article <1992Aug21.044141.5203@panix.com> justice@panix.com (Michael Justice) writes:
>I'm looking for a public-access news and mail site in the Maryland/DC area.
>If anyone knows of one, could you please drop me an e-note?
>
>			  Thanks!
>
>			-- Michael.
>--
>Michael A. Justice, currently at:  justice@panix.com
>"I'm slowly going stark, raving mad." -- Marty Mouse

I was going to make a post here anyway, so I will take this opening.
Express Access is a Public Access UNIX in the DC and Baltimore areas;
we have just recently added v32bis dialins and full IP services 
(telnet, FTP, IRC, etc).
Send mail to info@digex.com for more information. Hopefully this was
not too commercial, though you can't please everyone all the time.

Doug Humphrey     Digital Express Group, Inc.
doug@digex.com
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: shankha@clsi.COM (Shankha Mitra)
Subject: Bookstores
Originator: shankha@clsi
Organization: CAD Language Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 21:42:34 GMT


Does anyone know of good used and new bookstores out there?  I'm not looking
for comic books, sci-fi books or technical books.  I'm rather interested in
obscure or out-of-print books on anthropology and linguistics.  I would think
that only the relatively large ones would have these.

So far I know of Borders and MD Book Exchange.  Any others?

Thanks.

Shankha

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Shankha S. Mitra                                               shankha@clsi.com
CAD Language Systems, Inc.				 uunet!clsi.com!shankha
From: anneb@tecsun1.etl.army.mil (Anne Brink)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: New Virginia Plates
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:10:57 GMT
Organization: U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center, Ft. Belvoir, VA.

CARIAN@auvm.american.edu writes:

>What's the deal with the new Virginia license plates -- the ones with the
>Blue Ridge Mountain scene on them?

>Are these the new "standard" plates for Virginia or are they an option
>that costs extra, like the various bicentennial and university plates?

A friend at work brought in a flyer that he got when his tags were up for
renewal.  They and the ones with the cardinal and dogwood cost an extra $10, 
and part of the proceeds are supposed to go to some Virginia Wildlife 
Preservation fund.  The flyer did not say what portion of the proceeds
were to go to the fund, though.  ($0.50?  $9.95?)  The Blue Ridge plates have
3 letters and 4 digits, and the Cardinal ones have 2 letters and 4 digits.
I think that the Blue Ridge plates should be standard issue, I like them so
much. 

>Charles Arian
>CARIAN@american.edu
>an ex-Virginian

					-Anne
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anneb@tec.army.mil		# Ft. Belvoir, VA 
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From: Charles.Conlow@f100.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Charles Conlow)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Ghost of Abe Lincoln
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 00:51:29 -0500

On 21-Aug-92, at 21:33:44, Paul N Hengen wrote about 'Ghost of Abe Lincoln'...

PNH> Hello. I've heard that the ghost of Abe Lincoln lives(?) under
PNH> or around the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C. Does anyone
PNH> know more about this? -Paul.

I don't know about ghosts, but you can take a look for yourself... Nat'l Park
Service runs tours of the Lincoln Memorial 'internals'. That's the
under-pinnings, support columns, pass-ways and other way-cool stuff underneath
the monument. I found the workmen's graffiti' most interesting, being very old
and giving an insight to the times when the thing was built.

You'll have to call the Park Service for tour dates. It's been a while, and as I
remember, they take limited numbers of people, during certain times of year, on
only certain days.

Charles
From: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com (Bob Ashley)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Whither Paul Harris (WTEM)?
Date: 22 Aug 92 18:13:49 GMT
Reply-To: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com
Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division

In article 1@v8.vitro.com, kkoeser@vitro.com (Ken Koeser) writes:
>What happened to Paul Harris of Harris in the morning on WTEM, 570AM?
>
>I was listening yesterday, business as usual. Today (Friday, August 21) I tune
>in and the "sports analysts" are talking about the "New Morning Sports Page". 
>No goodbye Paul, no reason why, nothing.
>
>Anyone know what happened?
>-- 
>Ken Koeser                   Internet: kkoeser@vitro.com


Friday's Washington Post (21 August) Sports Section mentioned this on Page 2
in the "Around the Dial" column ... appears that Harris and Predictor were
doing similar things on WTEM that they did on WCXR, what with the comedy
skits and news.

The listeners wanted all sports in the morning, so the station made a change
that would hopefully put them in the right direction.

What are the chances that Harris will be picked up by WCXR again?  The new
deejay on WCXR is lacking something ...


Bob

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: kckbxr@next11pg2.wam.umd.edu (Robin Hood)
Subject: Re: DC Metro and RFK Concert
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: dc
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 15:45:13 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.133954.22013@wam.umd.edu> chuckm@wam.umd.edu (Test)  
writes:
> I heard on WTOP this morning that Metro is *not* going to
> run any extra trains or extra hours for this weekends U2
> concert at RFK.  There will be at least 50,000 concert goers
> each night at the stadium.  The concert is scheduled to
> end at 11:30pm and Metro plans to close at midnight.  Again,
> they are not planning on running *any* extra trains for
> this event.
> 
> Does anyone have any additional information about this?
> 
> Chuck      chuckm@wam.umd.edu

The Washington Post ran an article in today's issue about the same thing.
Bill
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: s4uhkm@fnma.COM (Howie Michalski)
Subject: ATTN: Hardware Vendors 
Reply-To: s4uhkm@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:45:03 GMT

Bulletin Board System Seeks Hardware Sponsor(s):

The NetWork BBS, an up-and-coming BBS system, seeks a PC hardware vendor
to sponsor the system by offering hardware on an "on-loan" basis in exchange
for exclusive advertising and order-taking on-line.

In exchange for hardware to help support the BBS' operations, your business
will be listed as an OFFICIAL SPONSOR.  What this means is that your product
line will be advertised in a prominent place on the system, and customers will
be able to place orders on-line!  If desired, a message conference dedicated
specifically to customer support will be created for your EXCLUSIVE use.

All hardware offered to support the system is stritcly ON-LOAN.  The 
hardware will be used explicitly with the BBS, and will be returned promptly
upon request.  In short, as long as the hardware is used your advertisments,
product list, ordering system, and message conference will remain active.  If
at any time you wish to discontinue the agreement your product(s) will be returned
immediately.  If the product(s) becomes damaged in any way during the loan period,
they will be purchased at list price.

------ Personal Note:

Basically, I run a completely FREE BBS system.  I'd like to offer my users the
best on-line services available at no cost to them.  To do this without going
broke is nearly impossible.  I am hoping that by offering a means to attract new
customers in exchange for hardware to use in support of the system I can continue
to provide top quality on-line service.

The NetWork BBS is a relatively small system, but nearly every new user that stops
by ends up a regular caller.  The board has been up for about four months now, and
in that time has received nearly 1,700 calls.  I believe this to be an easy way to
provide your customers an interesting way to do business, and contact you for after
the sale support -- ON-LINE!

Items needed are as follows:

	CD-ROM Drive(s)
	Internal Hard Disk Drive(s)
	I/O Board(s) - 16550 UART
	UPS/Line Conditioner
	Tape Backup Device

I would also consider a similar arrangement with a Shareware vendor.

Please respond to:

	Howard Michalski
	(202)752-5543, voice/days
	(410)242-4226, voice/eve's
	howie@fnma.com, USENET Mail

	Or call THE NETWORK BBS at  (410) 247-3797 [14.4K V32bis, N/8/1]

Looking forward to your response,
Howie
From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Byte mags free to good home
Date: 16 Aug 92 02:43:00 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Independence
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

I have issues of Byte magazine from the first one of Sept. 1975,
up until shortly after the publisher was bought by McGraw-Hill.
About three years, I think. Remember, these were supposed to be
worth zillions of dollars some day? I'll give mine to a good
home.
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Saturday, 22 Aug 1992 16:07:09 EDT
From: John D. L. McBride <MCBRIDE@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Miniature Golf

In article <713507419.F00001@blkcat.UUCP>, Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
(Bruce Feist) says:
>In Alexandria, on Eisenhower Ave, there's a miniature golf course
>adjoining the municipal water slide.  I forget the name of the park it's
>in, but it's there, all right.  It opened a few months ago.
> * JABBER v1.1 * People should get beat up for stating their beliefs.

Cameron Run Regional Park.  The park has a wave pool, water slide,
mini golf course and batting cages.

--J.
From: atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Randall Atkinson)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Dulles TollRoad and Carpooling
Date: 20 Aug 92 10:58:04 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, DC

In article <18899@muffin.cme.nist.gov> libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes) writes:
>
>Shady Grove was a mistake.  You don't want it.  Don't ask for it.  It
>was originally envisioned as the terminus for many DC commuters.  But
>with the development of the I270 corridor, land prices have convinced
>many people to commute all the way from Frederick (and beyond).

Don,

  I wasn't suggesting a new development along the lines of Shady
Grove.  My point was that the I-66 corridor is ALREADY fully developed
out to at least Fair Oaks.  VDOT studies indicate that much of the
commuter traffic along I-66 is specifically to Pentagon, Rosslyn, or
areas of DC near the Mall (all of which are already on Metro).  

  My suggestion was to expand the mass transit service (Metro rail)
INSTEAD of building more lanes onto I-66.  Adding more lanes is a
losing proposition for essentially the reason you cited (more lanes
will mean more commuters, not less hassle commuting).

  My other point is that Maryland has much more and much better Metro
rail service than the Virginia side does.  Virginia should try to
expand Metro rail service and coverage rather than building more lanes
onto I-66 and the Dulles Access Highway.

  Indeed the problem of "far-end connectivity" is well known to me.  I
would commute via Metro rail but the lab is in southwest DC (next to
the river, across from Alexandria) and the nearest station would be
Anacostia and the only connecting bus service is via Southeast DC.
I'm not suicidal enough to travel daily by bus thru SE to the
Anacostia metro station (highest crime rate of all metro stations).
I hate driving anytime, so lack of mass transit is a big loss IMHO.

Ran
atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil
From: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Historic Plates
Date: 17 Aug 92 12:55:01 GMT
Reply-To: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

I have a 25 year old car which is now eligible for historic plates.
I am interested in what benefits or restrictions there are for these
plates.  As the car has dual ownership, I'm interested in VA and
MD registration.

   O
   I    Brian Kiviat (301)227-1833       Sometimes the truth is hidden,
   I    kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil         Like a shadow in the darkness.
  /     David Taylor Model Basin                  -Master Po
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Newsgroups: dc.general,um.general,dc.forsale
From: jiun@wam.umd.edu (Jiun Hwang Lai)
Subject: dresser for sale
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: um
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 21:52:47 GMT

Hai,

I have a dresser that I would like to sell.
It comes with 2 pieces.
One is the dresser with 2 drawers.
Another piece is a table.
I would like to sell it for $50.

If interested, call me at (301) 942-5371 or
e-mail: jiun@wam.umd.edu
-- 
Jiun H. Lai	       | jiun@wam.umd.edu        |
University of Maryland | ucjiun@socrates.umd.edu |
College Park           | ucjiun@umuc.umd.edu    |
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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: zben@ni.umd.edu (Charles B. Cranston)
Subject: Re: Stereo repair
Followup-To: dc.general
Organization: UM Home for the Terminally Analytical
Distribution: dc
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 21:08:43 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.135849.18797@wam.umd.edu>, lud@wam.umd.edu () wrote:
 
> I am looking for a cheap place to get an estimate on my old
> stereo system near the college park area...I think the problem
> is very simple and can be fixed very easily...Anyone know of someone??

I'm quite happy with The Electronic Clinic on Del Ray in Bethesda.
They are authorized Kenwood service people so I took my receiver
to them for work.  It was competent and reasonable.  I also took
my cheapie TEAC cassette deck in, but the repair would have been
$80 and the thing only cost $110, so I replaced the unit instead.
But they were willing to give me the price and let me decide if
I wanted the repair or not...

4916 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda
656-8620

zben@ni.umd.edu     -KA3ZDF
From: M23401@mwvm.mitre.org
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Oldies dance clubs
Date: 17 Aug 92 15:04:50 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102


   I went to Deja Vu this weekend and found out to my total disgust that
they are now playing new disco type music on weekends.  Does anybody
know of good places to go dancing that still play a lot of 60's music?
You can either post info here or e-mail to lkahn@mitre.org.  Thanks,
                               Larry
 
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: car@access.digex.com (Mr. Blue)
Subject: Church groups for young adults
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 11:04:56 GMT

Im new to the DC area and I'm hoping to find a church that has an
active group for young adults/singles. I'm Protestant and am looking
for something primarily that is Methodist or Presbyterian. Does anyone
out there have any suggestions for such a church. I have not decided which
church to join yet and was hoping to find one where there will be 
opportunities to make new friends about my own age. 
Thanks,
Chris

Newsgroups: dc.general
From: ecf_stbo@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (There's too much apathy in this world...but who cares?)
Subject: Re: Dulles Toll Road
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
Distribution: dc
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:51:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.154638.19536@eco.twg.com>, skip@eco.twg.com (Skip Koppenhaver) writes...
>Yeah, I know, I know, they're trying to encourage carpooling. I'm
>sorry but I need access to my car during the day and the number of
>hours I work per day varies. 

Some people probably do need to drive in alone. But if the many people who
don't always need access to their car during the day, and who work regular
hours would carpool, you probably wouldn't have to sit in traffic. I think
encouraging this behavior is a good idea. If EVERYONE insists on the 'freedom'
to live way the hell away from where they work and drives in alone everyday,
then sitting in traffic is naturally the price they will have to pay. This
price is but a fraction of the cost of their freedom that we all end up paying
(pollution, concrete sprawl, etc...). Anyway, your right, a shuttle probably is
a good idea too.

Tom O'Toole - ecf_stbo@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu - JHUVMS system programmer 
Homewood Computing Facilities, Johns Hopkins University, Balto. Md. 21218 
> * OLX 2.1 * ease!Trim!eeeaaaassse!trimtrimTRIMeeeeeeeaaaaaasse!trimea
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From: linda@rlgvax.Reston.ICL.COM (Linda Boatright)
Newsgroups: dc.general,dc.forsale
Subject: U2 tickets for sale
Date: 13 Aug 92 13:43:43 GMT
Reply-To: linda@rlgvax.Reston.ICL.COM (Linda Boatright)
Distribution: dc
Organization: International Computers Limited, Reston, Virginia, USA

Two U2 tickets for sale for Saturday, August 15th. Seats are towards the
back. $32.50 each. If interested, either send mail or call Mark Grimes at
703/648-3489.
From: walrus@bessel.umd.edu (Grig Larson)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Dulles Toll Road
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:35:06 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: Punkadyne Industries(tm)

In article <23813@oasys.dt.navy.mil> smennitt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Stuart Mennitt) writes:
>In dc.general, ghost@openage.openage.com (Glenn Host) writes:
>>
>>P.S. there would not be a toll road if earlier public officals
>>hadn't screwed up when the original Dulles access road was built
>>and agreed to pay for the extra lanes.
>
>    I had heard that the Dulles Access Road, similar to Dulles Airport,
>was bought and paid for by the FAA or some other non-VA entity.  It
>predated most of the residences of Herndon, and almost all of Reston.
>When the big developing came, a compromise was made to build the extra
>lanes outside of the Access road to handle the new commuters at commuter
>expense.  I suspect that VA didn't support the Planned Community Idea
>and didn't want to shell out bucks for a Reston Access Road.  This is
>just my opinion, I'd like to hear more on this.
>    Another question is why the Restonians, who have given up the expensive
>higher crime, short commute living locations, are now snivelling about
>moving into an area that has always had one toll road as its only access
>to the outside world.  What's next, complaining about the airport?

Well, I just moved to Reston this year, and I think I have settled in by
now. It's not so bad, I guess you have to be rich and spoiled to complain
about the Toll Road, because I am poor and have to work hard just to break
even, and I find the road to be an absolute boon. I mean, if you don't
want to pay 75 cents, you can always shortcut Route 7 to 495, or a lot
of other roads to skip the toll road.
 
Yes, there is a fair share of snivelling complaints about the road, and
the airport isn't so bad here. I used to live next to National, and man!
Those planes flew low. Dulles seems quiet at Reston, but I don't know
what it's like out in say, Sterling.
 

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