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From: wiryaman@riscee.pko.dec.com (Santa Wiryaman)
Subject: Re: Recommendation for a Day Care Center Wanted
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:51:15 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.180429.18266@random.ccs.northeastern.edu> alansar@ccs.northeastern.edu (Mohammad Al-Ansari) writes:
>
>We are new to the Boston area and we are looking for a good day care center
>for our daughter.  A location in Boston or Cambridge would be best.  We are
>concerned about the quality of care and, with the tens of centers out there,
>it is hard to tell just buy visiting them which is good and which is not.
>
>I would appreciate it if people who had good experiences with such centers
>would recommend those places to us.  Is any of the big chains particularly
>good?
>
>Thank you very much for any information!

Office for Children, the state agency that gives license to daycare provider
maintains a list of providers in your area.  You can at least get this list,
narrow it down to a few that you like and pay them a visit.  Look it up under
Commonwealth of Mass. listing in the phone book.

Without knowing how old your daughter is, it is difficult to give any
recommendation.  I know (my wife used to work there) BU School of Education
runs a preschool with after care program which is quite good.  Maybe NU has a
similar program?  You could also ask the graduate/married student housing or
the international student office for their recommendation.  I am sure they
always get these kinds of questions.

If your daughter is 0-2 years old, I would suggest a home daycare rather than
a daycare center.  I know my son would feel more at home this way.


-- 
Santa Wiryaman

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From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: NE Zoos
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:26:38 GMT
Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: spcsun25.bbn.com

In article <1992Sep1.115511.29958@athena.mit.edu>, cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H Cedillo) writes:
|> I'm From chicago, and looking for a zoo.
|> Doesnt NE have any?  (as close to Boston as possible)

Boston has the Franklin Park Zoo, located just east of
Jamaica Plain, at the end of Boston's Emerald Necklace
park system.   This zoo has seen hard times and is certainly
not a complete zoo on the order of San Diego or Bronx or
Colubmus, Ohio.    But there is a beautiful new African Tropical
Forest pavilion with numerous gorillas, monkeys, and other
animals from that area.  The aviary is also nice.

Besides the Zoo, Franklin Park also has an 18-hole golf course,
a new outdoor running track, and lots of woods to wander around
and get lost in.   It's a nice place to fly a kite, look at 
fall foliage, or cross-country ski (if we ever get enough snow again).

To get to Franklin Park by automobile, take Route 1
(variously known as the Riverway, Jamaicaway, and Arborway)
until the split with Route 203.  Continue along the Arborway,
over the Forest Hills overpass to the park entrance.  Drive
all the way through the park to the far end, where the zoo is.

By bicycle, ride down the Southwest Corridor bicycle path
from Back Bay to Forest Hills, then left towards the park entrance.

By MBTA, you'll need to take both a subway and a bus:
	from Ruggles (Orange Line): 22, 28, 29, 44, or 45
	from Jackson Sq (Orange Line): 22, 29, or 44
	from Forest Hills (Orange Line): 16
	from Andrew (Red Line): 16
	from Ashmont (Red Line): 22
	from Mattapan (Red Line): 28 or 29

-- 
Ron Newman		rnewman@bbn.com
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From: ferran@rosencrantz.osf.org (Lisa Ferrante)
Subject: Auditions for Spectrum Singers
Summary: Harvard Square
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:56:48 GMT


Attention: Singers in the Boston/Cambridge area

Spectrum Singers is a small group directed by John Ehrlich.  They reherse
at Harvard Square and are looking for new members for the 92/93 season.
(Especially need tenors and basses.)  This year they will perform works 
by Brahms, Britten, and Copland.  If you've always wanted to sing in a
community group, but couldn't get out to Dedham, Newton... on a weeknight 
-- this is your chance!!  

Audition details:
	Place: Chris Church, Harvard Square, Cambridge
	Date: Sept 3-4
	Phone: (617) 965-0835


Take it from someone who has been singing in community groups since school,
it's a great stress reliever, good way to meet people, and lots of fun!!

******************************************

**  Lisa Ferrante
**  Distributed Management Environment (DME) Team
**  Open Software Foundation - 11 Cambridge Center - Cambridge, MA  02142
**  (617) 621-8983
**  ferran@osf.org
From: blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Registry--not as bad as everyone says?
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:12:17 GMT
Reply-To: blamb@rodan.hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Distribution: ne
Organization: Horizon Research

In article <BZS.92Aug29191758@ussr.std.com>, bzs@ussr.std.com 
(Barry Shein) writes:
 
=> I don't mind the Watertown branch, I just bring a good book or
=> newspaper or something and reduce my expectations appropriately and
=> find I am rarely disappointed.

For what it's worth, Watertown had improved a lot until they
closed a number of smaller registry offices a couple of years
ago. Before then, there was hardly a wait at all. Since then,
the lines could be out the door.

I suppose Nashua St. was less affected by the closing of
"satelitte" registry offices than some of the suburban
offices.... for instance, many people who used to go to
Marlboro will now go to Watertown.

- Bill Lambert
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From: lincoln@think.com (Lincoln Marta)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Investment Advice Wanted
Date: 25 Aug 1992 13:22:35 -0400
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA

I would like to ask about mutual fund investment recommendations
I am interested in putting together some sort of investment
portfolio.  Yesterday, I spoke with someone from IDS, who called
himself a financial planer.  The meeting was quite informative
and his deal sounded very promising.  His price was $350 for 
doing a financial analysis.  Then later he would put together
a package of equity, bonds, and funds "to help me achieve my
financial goals". After resisting this pitch and reading through
the information he left behind, I found out that this planner 
makes his money via commisions, and would probably recommend a
plan to me which would include buying some investments, which
would result in paying him commissions.  

I am intereseted in no load mutual fund investing. I have limited
investment knowledge and would like to know if their is a 
particular newsgroup who should receive these requests.

Also has anyone had experience with a financial planner?  What advice
does the net have to offer?

Send email to: lincoln@Think.com

Newsgroups: ne.general
From: oneill@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill)
Subject: Re: new season for star trek?
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:09:01 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.131536.16873@ulowell.ulowell.edu> oneill@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill) writes:
>
>I do not know if WCVB has picked up Deep Space 9 for February. I do know
>that WSBK is the local station which will show Babylon 5.
>

Apparently some people were confused by my saying this, as to what these
are.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a new series from Paramount, Scheduled for I
believe February '93. It will be set in the TNG time frame, and initially
will involve a crossover between the two.  DS9 is a space station set near
the edge of a stable wormhole. It will alledgedly take over for ST:TNG after
TNG's current season ends, which is reportedly its last season before moving
to the big screen. For more details, see rec.arts.startrek.current .

Babylon 5 is a project from Time-Warner which has been in development for
something like 10 years, and began filming a few weeks ago. It is one of
several series, including a new Kung Fu series, for which several stations
have joined a consortium to form a new fledgling network. It is also slated
for February. Babylon 5 is a 3-mile long space station at what is
essentially a crossroads for 4 galactic empires, one of which is human. For
more details, including casting and filming info, see rec.arts.sf.tv .

=======================================================================
Brian O'Neill - Systems Manager, Computer Science 	 (508) 934-3645
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Internet: oneill@ulowell.edu		Moderator, comp.binaries.ibm.pc
From: mgelman@cyclades.ma30.bull.com (Michael A. Gelman)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: new season for star trek?
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:39:07 GMT
Reply-To: mgelman@cyclades.ma30.bull.com (Michael A. Gelman)
Distribution: ne
Organization: Bull HN Info Sys, Billerica MA

In article <Btvuzp.9x@world.std.com>, grady@world.std.com (Dick Grady) writes:
|> On Saturday, Aug 29, I turned on Channel 5 in Boston to watch STTNG
|> (in case I had missed the re-run they were showing), and there was
|> a *bowling show* on!  Is Ch 5 going to carry STTNG this season, and if so,
|> at what time(s)?

Last Saturday, they ran ST at 11:30 pm.  I don't know if it's a
permanent change.
-- 
Michael Gelman -- M.Gelman@ma30.bull.com 
Bull HN Info Systems -- Advanced Engineering Program 
(Any similarity between my opinions and those of Bull, living or dead, are
entirely coincidental.)
From: cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H Cedillo)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: NE Zoos
Date: 1 Sep 92 11:55:11 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

I'm From chicago, and looking for a zoo.
Doesnt NE have any?  (as close to Boston as possible)
I found it unusual that there isnt a large one in boston.
The aquariums excellent, I was hoping there is a sufficient
zoo in the area.
Thanks,

Derek
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: allyn@netcom.com (allyn)
Subject: New North Station / Boston Garden
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 02:23:23 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ne

When I visited New England last Christmas (I currently live in Seattle)
I have heard rumors that someone is actually going to build a replacement
for the aging relic North Station Boston Garden facility.

Is this true? I remember during my childhood (in the 1960's and 1970's)
that there were several attempts to replace this museum piece but no one
could get the nerve to tear down this relic. I used to be a Bruins and
Celtics fan and I knew the place quite well as it was in the late
1960's.

If what I heard is true, who is doin it? It couldn't be the state since
I heard that they (nor Boston) has the kind of money needed to pull
something like this off. Also who has the nerve to tear down such a
historic landmark? Last time I was there (early 70's) I thought it
was in reasonably good shape (better then the facility we have here
in Seattle).

Any comments/flames anyone???

Mark Allyn
From: biomelih@buengc.bu.edu (Melih Ucar)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: new season for star trek?
Summary: STTNG season 6
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:17:22 GMT
Reply-To: biomelih@buengc.bu.edu (Melih Ucar)
Followup-To: ne.general
Distribution: ne
Organization: College of Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <BttB4B.69s@wpi.WPI.EDU> llew@coal.WPI.EDU (Lok C. Lew Yan Voon) writes:
>
>when does the new season start?
>posting will do since others might be interested and i don't want
>to be flooded with emails!
>
>lok

Here's what was posted in rec.arts.startrek.current about season 6.
Note that in Boston channel 5 airs STTNG episodes one week after the Paramount
satellite uplink date.

Melih Ucar

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From bu.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!kksys.com!orbit!pnet51!chris Mon Aug 31 11:24:41 1992
Article: 10877 of rec.arts.startrek.current
From: chris@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Chris Jacobson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: STTNG Season SIX Broadcast Schedule
Date: 29 Aug 92 05:25:04 GMT
Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.
Status: RO


                        STAR TREK:  THE NEXT GENERATION
                         Season Six Broadcast Schedule
                               September 1992

Dates indicate the day of satellite uplink, 'PC' denotes Paramount Code, and
'R' denotes Repeat.  Stardates will be added when known.

Ep    Date      PC   Stardate      Title
----  --------  ---  ------------  -----------------------------------------
127.  09/19/92  227                Time's Arrow II
128.  09/26/92  228                Realm of Fear
129.  10/03/92  229                Man of the People
130.  10/10/92  230                Relics
131.  10/17/92  231                Schisms
132.  10/24/92  232                Q-Me


Chris Jacobson
People-NET [pnet51]                          INTERNET: chris@pnet51.orb.mn.org
Minneapolis, MN                                   AOL: cjacobson@aol.com


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From: rlarowe@chpc.org (Rick LaRowe)
Subject: CHPC Colloquium
Organization: Center For High Perf. Computing of WPI; Marlboro Ma
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 17:06:19 GMT



                    Center for High Performance Computing
                                Colloquium

                                 Dov Bulka
                        Department of Computer Science
                              Duke University

                    -------------------------------------
                    System & Network Reliability Modeling
                    -------------------------------------

    As digital systems play a greater role in critical applications, 
    predicting the reliability of such systems becomes essential.
    The demand for both high performance and reliability leads to
    complex system designs that present a difficult task for existing
    modeling techniques. Developing practical modeling and analysis
    techniques will help narrow the gap between the kinds of systems
    that can currently be modeled and those that are currently being
    designed. This talk covers several reliability modeling techniques
    used in the design and analysis of fault tolerant interconnection
    networks and signal processor architectures.

    The reliability polynomial is very useful in computing the reliability
    of a general network. I will present an extension of this technique
    that expands the class of problems the reliability polynomial applies 
    to. In addition, a new algorithm is presented to approximate the 
    reliability of the n-dimensional hypercube that significantly
    outperforms the reliability polynomial as well as other methods.
    
    More powerful fault tree models are covered in the context of design
    and analysis of an FDDI token ring network. These models greatly 
    simplify the verification of the model and computation of the FDDI
    network reliability. 
    
    Lastly, Markov models are employed in the study of fault tolerant 
    signal processor design. Projective geometry is investigated as 
    an alternative design of an AOSP (Advanced Onboard Signal Processor.)
    The AOSP consists of multiple buses and processors. Projective 
    geometry also facilitates the reliability and performance analysis of
    of such systems. This alternative design leads to a more reliable 
    system exhibiting superior performance in comparison with similar 
    existing systems.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Date:  Friday, September 11, 1992
 Time:  10:30 AM
Place:  Center for High Performance Computing 
	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	293 Boston Post Road West,  Marlborough, MA
 Info:  Contact Rick LaRowe @ (508) 624-7400 x610 or rlarowe@chpc.org
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From: julie@sam.contex.com (Julie Satterfield)
Newsgroups: ne.seminars
Subject: Siggraph/NE September Meeting
Date: 4 Sep 92 01:28:15 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Xyvision Design Systems


        SIGGRAPH/New England September Meeting

Date: Wednesday, September 9
Time: Seating at 6:30 PM. Meeting begins at 7:00 PM.
Location: Newman Auditorium, BBN, 75 Fawcett Street, Cambridge MA

Speaker: Oliver Jones, PictureTel Corporation
Topic: Visual Telecommunications: Multimedia for Everyone

What opportunities and challenges lie ahead in the integration of television, 
telephony, and computer technology? This talk should be of interest to those 
who are curious about how wide-area networks (such as ISDN) and local-area 
networks can and cannot be used to provide transmission for video, audio, and 
data.

We'll cover the technical issues, design tradeoffs, and usability compromises 
involved in the compression, transmission, and reconstruction of audiovisual 
information.
-- 
Julie Satterfield 
E-mail address:     julie@contex.com
Phone:              (617) 325-5351
From: dme@cs.bu.edu (David Evans)
Newsgroups: ne.seminars
Subject: Boston Combined Schedule
Date: 30 Aug 92 21:28:21 GMT

Notices for meetings and lectures within the next 14 days
Events recently publicized are excluded.
We have no other information about these events; some, however,
have a phone number or address for additional details or confirmation.

  Thu  3 Sep  2:00 pm
MIT Building NE43, Rm 518, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge (On Main Street
near intersection of Albany Street, @ Polaroid Building)
Speaker: Liz Bradley, MIT  "Thesis Defense - Taming Chaotic Circuits"
Host: MIT  For Info: <lizb@martigny.ai.mit.edu>

  Wed  9 Sep  3:00 pm
Digital Equipment Corporation Cambridge Research Lab, 2nd floor, One Kendall
Square, Bldg. 700 (jct of Hampshire St & Broadway), Cambridge, MA 02139
Speaker: Dr. Shuala Yemini IBM - T.J. Watson Research Center
"THE CONCERT PROJECT"
Host: Digital Equipment Corporation Cambridge Research Lab Seminar
For Info: Michelle Gillespie at 617-621-6601 michelle@crl.dec.com

  Thu 10 Sep  8:00 pm  Intermetrics Atrium, 733 Concord Ave., Cambridge
Speaker: Bill McKeeman, The Language Group, Digital
"Fine Grain Incremental Compilation"  Host: ACM, Greater Boston Chapter,
Special Interest Group on Programming Languages
For Info: Peter Mager <psm@bu.edu> 617-890-2084

  Fri 11 Sep - 11 Sep  Boston, MA  "Sendmail Made Simple Seminar"
Host: Harker Systems, 1180 Hester Ave, San Jose, CA 95126
For Info: (408) 295-9432; info@harker.com
Admission/registration charge: $349.00
Newsgroups: ne.seminars
From: rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue)
Newsgroups: ne.politics
Subject: Re: I'm in a gay mood!
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:34:12 GMT
Organization: insert anything here

murph@buscard.fidonet.org (Brian Murphy) writes:
>usenet@transfer.stratus.com (Mr. Network News) writes:

>> I don't find the thought of a homosexual experience arousing, but I can 
>> easily live with the fact that other people do.  What is your problem with 
>> this?  Why can't you just let them alone?

>Because they insist on holding jobs that would place them in a position of
>being a role-model for my children (if I had any) as teachers.  I disagree.

	What is this supposed to mean.  

	One of the projects I intend to start in the next few years
is a week-long seminar class that I can bring into a school to
assist in teaching science.  Right now I have the idea to target
Grades 3, 7,  and 11.  I'd like to set this up with a number of
other professionals in science and technology - this way we
canb help schools who cannot even begin to keep up with the
latest developments (let alone budget for them in their school
districts) and present something that hopefully will entice
students to consider a career in science/tech, as well as encourage
them to take a closer interest in those subjects.

	As a grad student, I was frequently asked to give such
presentations to schools in my field.  I really enjoyed doing
it and judging from the calls from schools asking my department
for my specifically, I was quite popular.

	Yet, Murph's hangup is that someone might figure out I'm queer.
Not that I have the ability to teach, not that I enjoy it (though
I wouldn't want to do it full time!), not that I'm good at what I do.

	Yeah, "how dare we" go into professions that upsets Murph's
little world.  Life was so much better when we were interiro decorators
and hair stylists, right Murph?  (He'd prbably have a heart attack
if he knew how many of the NFL were fags or bi... bvut I'd bet he;d
have no problem with them as "role models"...)

	Murph it doesn't matter.  The sooner you get that through
your thick skull the better off you will be.

>Now, if you'll let me have my voucher system for education, I'd have no
>problem.  Will you compromise?

	A voucher system won't protect you from me either since
I would volunteer this service to any school that wanted it.

	Face it - the only way you can insure your
bigotry is home schooling...  Of course in Lawrence/Methuen that wouldn't
be a bad idea for a lot of people...

BBC
Newsgroups: ne.politics
From: bzs@ussr.std.com (Barry Shein)
Subject: Re: Smaller government means MORE money for the poor
Organization: The World
	<DRG.92Sep1173309@bubba.ma30.bull.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 23:06:36 GMT


From: drg@bubba.ma30.bull.com (Daniel R Guilderson)
>   This is flawed, charities have their overhead also.
>
>Yup, so when the government gives a grant to private charity, the
>overhead is compounded.

But the original claim I was responding to was that giving to
charities is 100% efficient (it wasn't your claim however.)

>   But note for example the recent scandal claiming that the Chairman
>   of the United Way was living high on the hog, taking all sorts of
>   perks. 
>
>Yup, now I can take a closer look at UW and decide if I really want to
>continue to contribute to that particular organization.  It might be a
>better thing if I try to make contributions directly to some of the
>charities that UW serves.  I can do that today.  I don't have to wait
>till the next election to try to impart what little influence I can on
>some political candidate.

That's just a reform issue, and one a cry of frustration perhaps.

But can one really design the world to minimize frustration?

>   That's important to people, and if they believe that everyone around
>   them is making excuses not to give (more important to replace the
>   furniture or whatever) then the system can easily collapse.
>
>What if they believe that everyone around them is evading taxes?
>What if everyone believes the politicians are corrupt?
>What if?

They do.

>So the system collapses.  Every system ever built by man has
>eventually collapsed.  Stuff happens.  Does anyone know of a
>civilization that collapsed due to the free-rider problem?

Historians of Rome claimed that one severe pressure for a while was
that when they excluded priests from taxation there was such an
enormous upsurge in aristocrats becoming priests that it threatened to
collapse the whole system.

"Stuff happens" is obviously the words of someone without legitimate
problems. Would you care to head down to Homestead, FL and profess
that?

>Public
>perceptions are an important thing but I don't think you have made a
>very compelling argument for the free-rider problem being a fatal flaw
>of voluntary contribution.  Check out the Catholic Church sometime.
>The only way they stay afloat is voluntary contribution.

Sort of, it's a bit more complicated than that.

>Well I can't give you a one-page essay on why I
>believe that but I can't imagine why everyone and his brother was
>breaking down the door to get into the US if it was as bad as the
>liberal crowd has said it was.

I don't know what the "liberal crowd" comment is referring to, clearly
the US was better than the situation they were fleeing (or that they
believed this.) Many were fleeing some pretty awful situations that
one doesn't have to be too good to beat.


--
        -Barry Shein

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