HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
Subject: Nuke a Cuke
Date: 5 Jan 1993 09:01:10 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu



That's right folks.  Nuke a cucumber today and it will be
on the shelf for many days more than previously imagined.

Irradiated foods:  better living with better foods,
radio-actively (and we're not talking sony walkman here).

so nuke a cuke, nuke a cuke, nuke a cuke todaaaaay....


-- 
Capt. Kirk: let's head for that planet, third from the sun, it
            looks promising.... |-)
Xref: sparky alt.sustainable.agriculture:544 alt.co-evolution:165
From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture,alt.co-evolution
Subject: Planting onions by the phases of the moon.
Date: 12 Jan 93 04:23:05 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Article 12828 of rec.gardens:
From: cs161fcd@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Sean Maschue)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Setting-out onions by the moon
Keywords: moon lunar gravity onions alliums
Date: 11 Jan 93 22:36:43 GMT

Quick Question:

What is the proper phase of the moon to set out onion bulbs by?
Waning seems familiar to me, but I can't remember?

Also, while on the subject of onions, does anyone know about 
this thing that the Guatamalan Mayan descendants do called
onion terracing?  

Thanks.  xoxo

sean
-- 
sean maschue <smaschue@ucsd.edu>
From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
Subject: Re: selling tomato plants
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:20:18 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

In article <psmith.726425775@cunews> psmith@alfred.carleton.ca (Peter Smith) writes:
>Hi
>
>I'm doing some market gardening, and I am considering selling some of
>my surplus tomato/pepper starters.  Any recommendations from
>experienced people would be appreciated.  
>
>I am especially interested in:
>
>* # pots per pak; size of pots; and whether to use peat-type or
>plastic
>
>* any vegetable plants that sell well in the spring other than
>pepper/tomato
>
>Thanks in advance!
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
Subject: Plant database software wanted (fwd. from rec.gardens)
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:11:53 GMT

Article 12852 of rec.gardens:
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
From: wybo@adi.com (Dave Wybo)
Subject: plant database
Organization: Applied Dynamics
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:32:33 GMT

To those of you that are interested, the only plant type database that I was 
able to find was a package called "sprout", which contains info pertaining to
vegetable gardening.  One of the respondents to my original post mentioned it,
and later, I found it in one of the PC software catalogs.

I have not found any public database on perennials/flowers/wildflowers.

The Clearinghouse of the National Wildflower Research Center has quite an
extensive native plant database that they maintain.  One can request info 
about native plants in a given state, but they will send you only hardcopy.

I asked when/if they might make the entire database available, and they said
that they talk about it every so often, but its not likely to happen in the
near future.

Okay, so I want to create a CD-ROM with my database on it.  I want to include
the following data

Genus
Species
Family
Common Names
Type (Perennial, Annual, Biennial)
General description of Plant
Description of Flower
Picture of Flower
Description of Leaf
Description of Fruit
Picture of Seed Pods
Plant Height
Plant Spacing
Flowering Season
Habitat - Soil
Habitat - Sunlight
Hardiness Zones
Picture of Range Map
Propagation Methods
Ease of propagation
Availability in U.S.
Related Species
Companion Plants 
Medicinal Plant Uses
Additional Comments

You will notice some references to pictures.  I want this database to contain
images.  Now, which PC package will do this?  Is this something that is 
appropriate for a MAC hypercard stack?  or should I stick with an off-the-shelf
RDMS?  Any comments?  Any other info you would like to see in this database?
-- 
--
Dave Wybo  Milford Wildflowers, P.O. Box 83, New Hudson, MI 48165-0083
(313) 685-7555  Reachable at: wybo@adi.com
--


Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
Subject: Transgenic plant projects (from bionet.agroforestry)
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:09:32 GMT

Article 204 of bionet.agroforestry:
From: mbthm@s-crim1.dl.ac.uk (T.H.L. Murcott)
Newsgroups: bionet.plants,sci.bio,bionet.agroforestry
Subject: Transgenic plant projects
Date: 12 Jan 93 10:22:24 GMT
Followup-To: bionet.plants
Organization: Daresbury Lab., Warrington, U.K.
NNTP-Posting-Host: seqnet.dl.ac.uk


Hi,

I am interested in the uses of transgenic technology
to produce new/useful/wierd/interesting plants.  I know about some projects
such as the tobacco plants that express luciferase and Bacillus thuringiensis
toxins used as intrinsic insecticides.  However I am on the look out for other,
perhaps less well known, examples.  Anything strange/quirky would be greatly
appreciated.

Any references or pointers or just "well I thought I saw something about..."
is what I am after.  Post to bionet.plants or e-mail me and I will post a 
summary when appropriate.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Toby

Murcott@bsa.bristol.ac.uk
Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Bristol

.sig in press.
From: curt@access.digex.com (curt williams)
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Re: neuro linguistic programm
Date: 6 Jan 1993 00:51:48 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Distribution: alt
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

>mentioned attending martial arts classes as a means of improving
>confidence.  Does anybody have any comments on this?  If it is a good
>idea, which of the martial arts should I be looking into (she recommended
>Tae-Kwon-Do)?
>
This might be just the ticket you need, but you have to be careful. 
Martial arts schools/clubs are notorious for inconsistent quality,
and some of them are out-and-out theives.

There are also some wonderful people involved in martial arts training.
You have to take the time to pick a place to practice that meets "your"
needs.  I stress "Your needs" because a lot of these guys are so stuck
in 14C Oriental culture, that they insist on trying to force you to
meet their expectations, rather than serving you.  Find a school
that remembers that you are the customer.


I practice TaeKwonDo.  It is intended to be an Olympic sport and is
very difficult to attain proficiency in.  AT least that's how it
is currently being taught most places.  The point here is that you
shouldn't decide on TaeKwonDo because it is right for someone else.
Pick up the yellow pages ans visit all the schools for different
martial arts in your area.  Attend and observe several classes
for each.  Never sign a contract without seeing a class, and never
succumb to pressure sales tactics.  If they offer you a deal today,
they'll offer you the same deal tomorrow.  Don't get rushed into
anything-- especially if you're a little lacking in self confidence.
Believe me, I've been on the other side of the table from you (i.e.
the sales side) and if you let me push you, I'll have you tied to
$3000-4000 us in no time.

You ought to check out rec.martial-arts.  Very active net, with a
lot of experienced, interested and helpful folks.
From: 5546yuj@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Re: Is Mr Robbins for real? I wonder....
Date: 8 Jan 1993 22:59:55 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 5546yuj@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsf.csd.mu.edu

In article <1993Jan7.231727.9989@ac.dal.ca>, mmccallu@ac.dal.ca writes:
>

>
>
>So, bye for now.                 
>


Yes, please post after Feb 17


Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: dgorbet@rainbow.UWaterloo.ca (D.P.H. Gorbet)
Subject: Dynamic Spead Reading
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:22:09 GMT

Anyone heard of Dynamic Speed Reading?  I have heard quite a lot about it  
in the past few years, but have always discounted the incredible claims it  
makes (3 sessions improve speed by 300%+ AND improve comprehension).  Now  
my reading speed is REALLY slow, and MUST improve, as I am in a knowledge  
based industry (aren't we all, nowadays), but I am still hesitant to throw  
money away on something unproven.  Has anyone had any experience with this  
method?

Thanks,
-- Dave
From: mmccallu@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Re: Is Mr Robbins for real? I wonder....
Date: 8 Jan 93 03:17:27 GMT
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


exit
I haven't used the post feature before, so excuse this message
if it is garbled or sloppy. I don't know anyone who has instructions
so I will fake it....
This is Re: Is Mr Robbins for real? I wonder...

I have been reading Anythony Robbins books, and other
Neuro-Linguistic Programming books for a while now, and I find
them quite useful. Here is some interesting stuff about Robbins
books etc...

His first book is "Unlimited Power", and contains mostly NLP
information, and is, as someone else put it, "over zealous".
However, it does contain a lot of inspiration, stories, and
some of the basics for NLP, ie... rapport, the swish pattern,
moddeling, eliciting someone's strategy etc etc...
Chapter ten of "Unlimited Power" is not NLP, the title is:
Energy: The Fuel of Excellence. This chapter contains information
about food combining, or natural hygiene. Mr Robbins worked
in his early years (around 19+ I think) for Harvey and Marilyn
Diamond, of the Diamond Method of Food Combining (or something   
like that). More information in Mr Robbins book, or "Fit for
Life" I or II by the Diamonds.

His second book, "Awaken the Giant Within", is as far as I can
tell, getting away from the Rapport, Reframeing, Anchoring etc
of NLP, and into something that Mr Robbins calls (an      
application of NLP) NAC, or Neuro Associative Conditioning.

In this NAC, I think Mr Robbins is just putting his style
to work, and wants to call it something else for prestige etc.

Anyway, Mr Robbins is coming to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada,
on February 17 1993, to talk on Strategic Influence, and I
am going. So, if I learn how to use the POST feature better,
I'll fill everyone in on the seminar after the 17th.

In the meantime, has anyone taken any of his other seminars?
Living Health, Date With Destiny, etc? I would be interested
to know what you thought of them.

NLP also has a lot more to it than in Mr Robbins books, 
basically, NLP involves taking what someone does effectively,  
and duplicating it successfully, they you will get the same
results. NLP uses the work of DR Milton Ericson (in the field
of hypnosis), and Virginia Satir in family therapy etc..

I am not an expert on NLP so perhaps someone can write and
respond to what I have written. I have written this in hopes
that other people that know about NLP will write, so the
SELF HELP section can have a few more interesting things to
read.

So, bye for now.                 

Mark McCallum (MMCCALLU)
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Re: Is Mr Robbins for real? I wonder....
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:38:49 GMT


As I understand it, Strategic Influence is a one-day version of the
Robbin's Sales Course, which takes nine evenings and costs over $1000
(U.S.). It is NOT simply a rehash of his standard materials, but
includes much separate material on how to influence based on a unique
notion of the sales/infludence process Robbins has, based on
Cialdini's work on strategies for influence, based on the IBM sales
training process, and much, much more. That material is not in his
books, nor in his other programs. Strategic Influence does, however,
repeat a little of the earlier material, particularly on building
rapport. It comes with an excellent set of printed notes.

Check it out.

David
-- 
David Sternlight
RIPEM Public Key on server  --  Consider it an envelope for your e-mail
From: hughes@logos.ucs.indiana.edu (larry hughes)
Subject: Re: Zygon: Electronic Brain Booster... Bogus?
Organization: University Computing Services News
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:39:57 GMT

> I received some information in the mail (for the second time) about
> an "Electronic Brain Booster" from Zygon International. This sunglasses
> looking like device supposedly flashes light etc, and alters your
> brainwaves to enable you to... speed learn, meditate,  boost brainpower,
> zap stress, etc etc..

I don't recall the manufacturer, but I did try a device like this for
several 1-hour sessions about a year ago.  It was also combined with
subliminal tones, music, and a massaging mattress.

The effect of this combination was quite strong, and was a tremendous
stress reducer.

Whether these devices will help you to medidate, speed learn, and boost
brainpower is perhaps a matter of personal experience.  Personally, I
believe that scientific forms of meditation require daily practice to
achieve real and lasting benefit.  I suppose the claims are possible,
though I usually exercise a small dose of skepticism until I experience 
them firsthand.  If they don't offer a money-back guarantee, that might
tell you something.

 //==================================================================\\
||      Larry J. Hughes, Jr.       |        hughes@indiana.edu        || 
||       Indiana University        | "The person who knows everything ||
||  University Computing Services  |        has a lot to learn."      ||
 \\===================================================================//
From: fritz@fc.sde.hp.com (Gary Fritz)
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Re: Is Mr Robbins for real? I wonder....
Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:18:41 GMT
Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpfcgf.sde.hp.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

mmccallu@ac.dal.ca wrote:
: Anyway, Mr Robbins is coming to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada,
: on February 17 1993, to talk on Strategic Influence, and I
: am going. So, if I learn how to use the POST feature better,
: I'll fill everyone in on the seminar after the 17th.

For what it's worth:  I've read Unlimited Power, listened to the Ultimate
Power and Personal Power tape sets, and have purchased but not yet read
Awaken the Giant Within.  Overall I'm fairly impressed with TR, though
I haven't experienced any major miracles in my life as a result of his
books/etc.  That may very likely be because I haven't applied them diligently.

Anyway:  My wife and I attended Strategic Influence when TR was in Denver.
I was a bit underwhelmed.  Yes, it was good.  If you're a TR disciple then
it's worth it just to se The Master in action.  :-)  But I didn't think
it was all that great -- not worth $150 or whatever it cost -- as it was
largely a rehash of his books and tapes.  And, of course, there were
many times that the books/tapes were hawked.

I'll be curious to see what you think of SI.

Gary
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: "glen mead" <glen.mead@canrem.com>
Subject: neuro linguistic programm
Reply-To: "glen mead" <glen.mead@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: alt
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:20:20 EST

5546yuj@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:

5 >I believe martial art skill can do little in improving self-confidence.
5 >You have no place to use them, how can you get confidence from it?

Well, I don't think it's so much being able to use them as knowing that
they are there if you need them and also the physical conditioning they
provide.

5 >One thing will definitely help, That is public speaking.

Oddly enough, public speaking has not been a big problem for me.  I guess
I could always use a little improvement though, I'll look into it. 
Thanks.

Glen Mead - RZ/RD 500 Owners Group
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From: 5546yuj@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Re: neuro linguistic programm
Date: 6 Jan 1993 04:17:21 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Distribution: alt
Reply-To: 5546yuj@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsf.csd.mu.edu

In article <1993Jan5.2539.1016@dosgate>, "glen mead" <glen.mead@canrem.com> writes:
>Hi All,
>
>  Sometime ago I had several (7) sessions with an NLP therapist but I saw
>very little in the way of results.  It got me through a particularly bad
>time but I'm still far from where I'd like to be.  At the time, she
>mentioned attending martial arts classes as a means of improving
>confidence.  Does anybody have any comments on this?  If it is a good
>idea, which of the martial arts should I be looking into (she recommended
>Tae-Kwon-Do)?
>
>  My biggest problems currently are a lack of self confidence, shyness
>(specially with the opposite sex), and anxiety.  Can anybody suggest
>anything that would help me break out of this rut?  I would like to become
>more outgoing...anytime I go out anywhere, I sit back and watch but never
>get involved and I'd like this to change.  One such example is that when I
>go to a bar or dance club, I can never get up the nerve to go out on the
>dance floor.
>

I believe martial art skill can do little in improving self-confidence.
You have no place to use them, how can you get confidence from it?
One thing will definitely help, That is public speaking.
Check your Yellowpage for personal improvement. You should find out quite a few
programs. I chosed Toastermaster International Club. This is a easy program,
slow but very helpful. Besides, it is a self-improvement program, almost free.
I have been with TM for two years now.  It worth one hundred times the time and
money (about $40/year membership fee) one put in.

Have fun.

JY MU



Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: rhill@dale.ksc.nasa.gov (Russ Hill)
Subject: Summary of recommended books
Organization: NASA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:15:32 GMT


Anthony Robbins   "Unlimited Power", "Awaken the Giant Within"
Helen Palmer      "The Enneagram"
Tad James         "Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality"
                  "The Secret of Creating Your Future"
Barbra Deangelis  "Secrets about Men all Women should know"
		  "Making Love all the Time"
Wayne Dyer        "The Sky is the limit"
		  "You'll see it when you believe it"


I would like to keep a running list -- just send me any updates.
I will keep reposting as long as people are interested.


-- 

Russ Hill
rhill@dale.ksc.nasa.gov
(407) 633-5744
From: yost@adobe.com (David Yost)
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Seven Habits book
Date: 11 Jan 93 07:25:46 GMT
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated

I've started reading
     The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
       Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
	       by Stephen R. Covey

So far, (p. 108) it's very inspiring and thought-provoking,
and it seems much more substantive than your usual "techniques"
book (it claims to not be like all the rest).

The first chapters has the best expositiong of Paradigm Shift
I've seen yet.

The first 7 pages are filled with testimonials by Tom Peters,
Ken Blanchard, Buck Rogers, Fran Tarkenton, Anthony Robbins,
W. Clement Stone, Norman Vincent Peale, assorted CEOS, etc.

He also sells audio & video tapes, personal organizers, etc.
(Anyone have some tapes they want to sell me?)

Covey travels around giving seminars.  Has anyone
here taken one?  Anyone got any interesting information about
Covey or his works that is not obvious from reading his books?

Thanks

 --dave yost
   yost@adobe.com
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
From: drake+@cs.cmu.edu (Drake)
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Re: The senses
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:56:59 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

ron@syacus.acus.oz.au (Ron Williams) writes:

>> > How can I improve my senses?  There seem to be many ways to make them
>> > worse (a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, for instance! ;-), so it
>> > seems not unreasonable that there should be ways to improve them - or
>> > at least their functioning.
>> > 
>> Hmmm...mindfulness.  I find that I do not hear when I am not really
>> listening, do not see when I am not really looking.  Perhaps this is the
>> key.
>
>The Theravada Buddhist practices of mindfulness are said to work wonders. 
>Look up "The Heart of Buddhist Meditation" by Nyanaponika Thera, or
>"The Miracle of Mindfulness" by Thich Nat Hanh (sp.?).

You might also wish to try some works by P.D.Ouspensky, such as "The
Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution" or "The Fourth Way."  The works
of the originator of this school of thought, Gurdjieff, would be good
reading if you can get through it.

-- 
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Xeper and Remanifest,          | to drake@seismo.soar.cs.cmu.edu
                       DRAKE   | or it'll bounce back to you...
From: akhanna@hamp.hampshire.edu
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: perfection=YOU
Date: 8 Jan 93 16:26:39 EDT
Organization: Hampshire College
NNTP-Posting-Host: hamp.hampshire.edu

Don't you know you're perfect already?
That's why we're here!
To experience the process of being alive, which includes a lot of shit.
You know what I found out?
That as soon as I said, OK, so there's shit, instead of trying to deny
its existence all the time, it chaged.
It became something very different, a different I couldn't imagine
from the place I was at before.
Life is awesome when you realize that everything you do and experience
is a choice.  
We are so free and powerful.  

Fun!
a
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 10:25:59 EST
From: Hank <MSD4@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve
Subject: Re: neuro linguistic programm
Distribution: alt


In article <1993Jan5.2539.1016@dosgate>, "glen mead" <glen.mead@canrem.com>
says:

(PARTS DELETED)

>time but I'm still far from where I'd like to be.  At the time, she
>mentioned attending martial arts classes as a means of improving
>confidence.  Does anybody have any comments on this?  If it is a good
>idea, which of the martial arts should I be looking into (she recommended
>Tae-Kwon-Do)?
>
>  My biggest problems currently are a lack of self confidence, shyness
>(specially with the opposite sex), and anxiety.  Can anybody suggest
>anything that would help me break out of this rut?  I would like to become
>more outgoing...anytime I go out anywhere, I sit back and watch but never
>get involved and I'd like this to change.  One such example is that when I
>go to a bar or dance club, I can never get up the nerve to go out on the
>dance floor.

     There have been responses to this request on both sides (one says to
try the martial arts, and another says that they are no good).  I think
that both of these answers are correct.  It just depends on WHO is answering.
For the person who is presently studying a martial art it seems to be helping.
For the person who suggested public speaking, martial arts wouldn't help.  I
think that studying a martial art need to be a personal decision.  I, too, like
you have had a serious problem with self confidence in the past and I tried
this, that, and the other thing trying to find something to help me.  I finally
found something that does help me (and yes, it happens to be a martial art,
although I am not trying to say "definitely try them..They're a cure all".
That I do not believe)  What I am trying to say is that you might want to
consider the martial arts and try them out, but they may not work for you and
that is fine.  There is something out there that will work.  We just need
to search ourselves to find what it is.  For one of my friends, it's
biking, for another it's fooling around on a computer, and for another it's
listening and critiquing (sp?) music.  In my limited experience, I have found
that there is enough in the world for us all to be happy.  We just have to
find it (the tough part)

     Hank
Newsgroups: alt.self-improve