HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
Subject: Emergency Advisory: Attack on Iraq
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:26:18 GMT

/* Written  5:06 pm  Jul 22, 1992 by peacenet in cdp:pn.alerts */
/* ---------- "Emergency Advisory: Attack on Iraq" ---------- */
Emergency Committee to Stop the U.S. War in the Middle East
(Affiliated with the Nat'l Coalition to Stop US Intervention in MidEast)
2489 Mission St., Rm 28, San Francisco, CA 94110  (415)821-6545

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             CONTACT PERSON:
21 July 1992     			Richard Becker, (415)821-6545

EMERGENCY ADVISORY

In the event of a new U.S./U.N. attack on Iraq, an emergency 
demonstration will be held at 5 p.m., Powell & Market Sts.,
San Francisco on the day of the attack.  (If an attack takes place
after 5 p.m., the demonstration will take place the following day.)
For more information, call (415)821-6545.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Rick <C45807EC%WUVMD.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject:      Harper's Index -- Fun Facts!
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:55:22 GMT


HARPER'S INDEX
(this version printed in _The Riverfront Times_ of St. Louis, 7-29 to 8-4)

1.  Days it would take to exhaust Ross Perot's fortune if it were used
     to pay the interest on the federal deficit:  5.7

2.  Campaign contributions George Bush has received from people he
     later appointed to ambassadorships:  $900,000.

3.  Number of the 32 sitting federal appellate judges appointed by
     President Bush who are black:  0.

4.  Rank of Hispanics, among those arrested during the Los Angeles
     riots:  1.

5.  Ratio of the number of homebuyers in Orange County, Calif., last
     year named Smith to those named Nguyen:  1:2.

6.  Chances that an American is of English ancestry:  1 in 8.

7.  Chances that an American does not consider himself or herself a
     rock-music fan:  2 in 3.

8.  Number of countries that have issued at least one Elvis Presley
     postage stamp:  13.

9.  Number of US Postal Service employees murdered by their
     colleagues since 1983:  30.

10.  Percentage change, since 1990, in the number of documented cases
       of journalists murdered, worldwide:  +91.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: kurt@eskimo.celestial.com (Kurt Cockrum)
Subject: `The Abolition of Work' by Bob Black (3 parts) posted to alt.activism
Followup-To: misc.activism.progressive,misc.jobs.misc,pnw.general
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Keywords: work,play,slavery,wage-slavery,get-a-life,productivity,production,
Organization: >>> Eskimo North (206)-FOR-EVER <<<
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 01:03:54 GMT

Followers of the
	"Re: government still at large (was Re: FDA still at large)"
thread in the pnw.general newsgroup, as well as readers of the other
newsgroups this post is cross-posted to will be interested in Bob Black's
essay, "The Abolition of Work" which I have posted in 3 parts to the
Usenet newsgroups

	alt.activism
	misc.activism.progressive
	text-files (local to eskimo)

You may also get a copy by e-mailing me.
-- 
kurt@grogatch.celestial.com (Kurt Cockrum)
From: C45807EC%WUVMD.bitnet@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (Rick Francis)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: Bush vs Tanker Rules ('81) & Conflict of Interest (WSJ)
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:23:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: mont.1992Jul21.202334.3032
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Organization: ?
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>

The Wall Street Journal carried a fairly lengthy story about then-VP
Bush's activity against Coast Guard regulation which would have
made necessary the use of only double-hulled oil tankers.

While some small groups have sought to publicize this story for
some time, the Wall Street Journal did its own investigation.  The story
ran in WSJ, July 20, on page A12 (after leader on front page).
Headline:
Bush Task Force in '81 Targeted Oil-Tanker Rule Affecting Firm That Was
an Investment Partner

The interesting twist, besides the fact that at least two of the tanker
which would have been affected went on to be involved in two serious
oil spills, is that the tanker corp. which most actively lobbied against
the regulation, was one in which Bush had invested tens of thousands.  I
recommend the story.  I looked for it in the New York Times today (July 21)
but saw no mention of it.  Surprise, surprise.  Perhaps someone would
type it in?

Rick Francis   <C45807EC@WUVMD>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: VENEZUELA: HR violations increase as unrest grows
Date: 30 Jul 92 00:54:50 GMT
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Organization: PACH
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu

/** reg.samerica: 155.0 **/
** Topic: AI: Venezuela Unrest **
** Written  3:22 pm  Jul 29, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:reg.samerica **
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: AI: Venezuela Unrest

/* Written  3:21 pm  Jul 29, 1992 by hrcoord in cdp:ai.general */
Amnesty International Newsletter
August 1992

VENEZUELA: Violations increase as unrest grows

Human rights violations are reportedly on the increase in Venezuela,
as social unrest continues to grow. In May an AI delegation visited
Caracas and Valencia to research reported human rights violations by
the security forces in the wake of the attempted coup of 4 February
and during anti-government demonstrations in March and April. The
delegates met human rights monitors, interviewed victims of human
rights violations and held a meeting with Luis Maria Olaso, the head
of the Human Rights Directorate of the Attorney General's Office.

The delegation collected information about serious human rights
violations, including evidence of at least seven extrajudicial executions
of soldiers and civilians suspected of participating in the attempted
coup, killings by the security forces during anti-govermment demonstrations,
and the continuing use of torture and ill-treatment by the police against
crinimal defendants. Those responsible for human rights violations
in Venezuela have seldom been brought to justice.
** End of text from cdp:reg.samerica **
From: nigel.allen@canrem.com (Nigel Allen)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: AFL-CIO President Comments on Teamsters
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:25:35 GMT
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Organization: Echo Beach
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu

Press release from AFL-CIO
 AFL-CIO President Comments on Continued Government Control of
Teamsters
 To: National Desk, Labor Writer
 Contact: Rex Hardesty of the AFL-CIO, 202-637-5010

   WASHINGTON, July 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the statement
of AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland on the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters' opposition to a petition filed in "U.S. vs. IBT" by the
Justice Department to continue and increase the government's control
over Teamster affairs:

   "In a democratic society, the government cannot be allowed
to control a trade union.  The government-supervised, membership
election of Ron Carey ended the last excuse for making the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters an exception to that rule.
   "The AFL-CIO, on behalf of all its affiliates, supports the
Teamster's efforts to stop the government from expanding its role in
the union's internal affairs.  The government has both a legal and
moral obligation to honor its pledge in the "U.S. vs. IBT" consent
decree to begin the process of reducing its role in the union's
affairs.  We stand ready to assist the Teamsters in any court test of
their right to retain their autonomy.
   "It is time -- it is long past time -- to return this great
union to its members and to their legitimate representatives:
the IBT's democratically elected officers."
 -30-
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Xref: sparky misc.activism.progressive:5293 alt.activism:13250 talk.environment:2882 ca.environment:737
From: EcoNet via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.activism,talk.environment,ca.environment
Subject: "Sierra Now" Conference on Health of the Sierra Nevada
Followup-To: talk.environment,ca.environment
Date: 22 Jul 1992 07:55:26 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
Distribution: ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu
Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu

[From EcoNet en.calendar Conference]

=> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 92 10:34:50 PDT
=> From: Louis Blumberg <twssf@igc.org>

ACTIVIST CONFERENCE ON ECOLOGICAL HEALTH OF THE SIERRA NEVADA

     "Sierra Now" is the title of an environmental conference to
be held August 7-9 in Sacramento, CA.  The conference will focus
on possible solutions to the environmental problems facing the
entire Sierra Nevada range.  All environmental activists
committed to saving the Sierra should attend.  Registration fees
for the three-day, weekend event are $70 for general admission
and $30 for low income participants.  For more information call
1-800-748-6647 or 415-543-5512.  Fax: 415-543-6426.  Sign up
now, space is filling up quickly, registration deadline is July
31, 1992.

     Participating groups include:  The Wilderness Society,
Sierra Club, American River Association, Earth Island Institute,
Friends of Hope Valley, Mono Lake Committee, Natural Resources
Defense Council, Trust for Public Land, Planning and
Conservation League, and Friends of the River.  The keynote
address will be delivered by Congressman George Miller.

     A project of the Environment Now, "Sierra Now" hopes to
bring attention to the inadequate efforts being made to protect
one of America's largest and most ecologically diverse mountain
chains.  The Sierra Nevada, for all its majestic beauty is
a region in distress, suffering from abusive timber harvest
practices, massive water diversion, recreational overuse,
and other problems.  Sierra Now's mission is to unite the
conservation community in an effort to develop and implement
an economically and ecologically sound campaign for the
preservation and rehabilitation of this magnificent mountain
range.
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: World Perspectives <worldpnews@igc.apc.org>
Subject: On ozone, politics & the Olympics
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:31:44 GMT

/* Written  4:32 pm  Jul 23, 1992 by worldpnews in cdp:worldp.samples */
/* ---------- "On ozone, politics & the Olympics" ---------- */
From WORLD PERSPECTIVES. Box 3074, Madison, WI 53704


OZONE, OLYMPICS AND POLITICS
 The Australian division of the environmental organization
Greenpeace has dismissed suggestions that Sydney's bid to host the
Olympics in the year 2000 could be affected by the hole in the
southern hemisphere's ozone layer. The response came after a German
journalists questioned Australia's Olympic officials in Barcelona
about the dangers to athletes of ultra-violet radiation.

Greenpeace said the ozone layer hole is becoming increasingly
severe in the Melbourne hemisphere and will affect the whole
planet.

A Greenpeace spokesperson noted that Berlin was competing against
Sydney to host the Olympics and expressed regret that the serious
environmental issue had been trivialized for political reasons. (R.
Australia 7/20)

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

   OTHER NEWS TODAY ON THE SUBSCRIBERS-ONLY WORLDP.NEWS:

 Cambodia; Malaysia; South Africa; Madagascar; Sudan; Liberia;
 Sierra Leone; Nigeria.  Subscribe!
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Rally to promote rear lap-shoulder belts 
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Echo Beach
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:48:48 GMT

press release from the Institute for Injury Reduction

Injury Victims from 11 States Will Participate in Rally for Rear 
Lap-Shoulder Belts 
 To: Assignment Desk 
 Contact: Cindy Raffles of the Institute for Injury Reduction, 
          301-249-0090 
 
   WASHINGTON, July 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Victims of lap-belt 
injuries from at least 12 states will be participating Friday, 
July 24, in a "Rally to Promote Rear Lap-Shoulder Belts" to 
be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel by three safety organizations. 
   Their goal: stopping up to 6,000 car-crash deaths and injuries 
a year by retrofitting all cars with rear lap-shoulder belts. 
   California, Arizona, Texas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, 
North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Florida will be 
represented at the rally by people injured by lap-only belts, 
survivors and loved ones, or photos and injury information about 
those unable to attend. 
   The Rally to Promote Rear Lap-Shoulder Belts is being held to 
promote retrofitting of millions of existing cars with rear lap- 
shoulder belts -- a move which could eliminate or reduce up to 
6,000 deaths and injuries in car crashes every year, many of them 
involving children, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration Report to Congress.  Car companies and the 
government have said that consumers are unaware or uninterested in 
retrofit rear lap-shoulder belts. 
   Promotion of rear lap-shoulder belts got a boost earlier this 
month in California when the Senate Transportation Committee 
favorably reported legislation requiring consumer warning labels on 
all used cars sold without rear lap-shoulder belts.  Similar 
legislation passed the California Assembly last year. 
   The Rally to Promote Rear Lap-Shoulder Belts is being sponsored 
by the Institute for Injury Reduction, the National Rehabilitation 
Center, and VIGOR (Victims Groups Opposed to Unsafe Restraints). 
   On behalf of auto companies, the American Coalition for Traffic 
Safety has accepted an invitation to attend and present information 
about rear retrofit lap-shoulder belt systems. 
   For further information, contact Cindy Raffles at 301-249-0090. 
 -0-
From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: G.A.T.T. FACTS (1)
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 21:49:00 GMT

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Excerpted from
[The following article was taken from the _Covert Action_ Spring 1992
article by Terry Allen entitled "In GATT They Trust"(p.60-65)]
which we hope to obtain permission to post in full soon]
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====================================
The Final Stage of the Uruguay Round
====================================

George Bush understands, as have most of his predecessors, the utility
of trade policies both to subdue domestic opposition and to undermine
foreign resistance to the presidential will.  While the Gulf War
established U.S.  military dominance in Bush's New World Order, the
economic front is problematic.  Domestic recession coupled with
increasing clout of the European and Asian economic blocs, have
challenged the abuility of the U.S.  to maintain the advantage it
institutionalized after World War II.

Enter GATT, the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade.  This complex
and seemingly obscure set of trade negotiations has been seized by the
Bush administration to put real economic teeth into its New World
Order.  The current and 7th round, begun in Punta del Este, Uruguay in
1986, and therefore known as the Uruguay Round, is struggling to reach
a conclusion.  The final draft proposal, presented to negotiating
governments by GATT director General Arthur Dunkel on December 20,
1991, was over 500 tediously technical pages long.  Buried in the
poderous language are a number of extemely far-reaching policy changes
that would, if approved by Congress, dramatically distort the shape of
democracy as we know it in the United States today.  If President Bush
gets his way in these GATT talks, it will also profoundly affect -in
ways that could rival the impact of Columbus' arrival-the lives of
indigenous and other Third World peoples.

===============================
The Dunkel Draft:  U.S.  Impact
===============================

First, under the Dunkel draft proposal, federal law would preempt any
state and local laws that had even minor bearing on trade.  The impact
could extend to such diverse areas as evironmental policy, food safety
regulations, worker rights, and social policy.  It would also include
many laws that control or regulate the flow of capital, such as
anti-hostile takeover laws and regulations contolling foreign
ownership of farmland, airlines, or the media.



Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Today's Quote...
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: ?
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 09:35:12 GMT


    "Our democracy is but a name.  We vote? What does that mean?  It
    means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not
    avowed, autocrats, We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

    "You ask for votes for women.  What good can votes do when
    ten-elevenths of the land of Great Britain belongs to 200,000 and
    only one-eleventh to the rest of the 40,000,000?  Have your men
    with their millions of votes freed themselves from this injustice?

[p.337, Helen Keller, 1911 letter to British suffragist]

[Submitted by Jamie Pehling [january@eskimo.celestial.com]]


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Mail contributions to hbar@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: Nigel Allen <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
Subject: Savings & Loan Prosecutions - Update
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Summary: Press release from U.S. Justice Department
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Echo Beach
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:22:26 GMT

Press release from U.S. Justice Department

 Justice Department Reports Activity in Major Savings and Loan
Prosecutions
 To: National and Business desks
 Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, Public Affairs, 202-514-2007

   WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice
today issued the following information describing activity in
"major" savings and loan prosecutions from Oct. 1, 1988, through
June 30, 1992:

  Informations/Indictments                    718
  Estimated S&L Loss               $8,310,450,286
  Defendants Charged                        1,188
  Defendants Convicted                        905 (93%)
  Defendants Acquitted                         71 (note a)
  Prison Sentences
      Sentenced to prison                     582 (78%)
      Awaiting sentence                       170
      Sentenced w/o prison or suspended       168
  Fines Imposed                       $11,287,961
  Restitution Ordered                $439,239,594
  CEO's, Board Chairmen and Presidents
      Charged by indictments/informations     137
      Convicted                               102
      Acquitted                                10
  Directors and other officers
      Charged by indictments/informations     195
      Convicted                               166
      Acquitted                                 7

   Note a: 21 borrowers dismissed in a single case.
    ------
   NOTE: All numbers are approximate. Numbers are adjusted due to
monthly activity, improved reporting and refinement of the data
base.
   "Major" is defined as (a) the amount of fraud or loss was
$100,000 or more, or (b) the defendant was an officer, director or
owner (including shareholder), or (c) the schemes involved multiple
borrowers in the same institution, or (d) involved other major
factors.  This information is based on reports from the 94 U.S.
Attorneys' offices and the Dallas Bank Fraud Task Force.
 -30-
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From: hudgens@SCRI.FSU.EDU (Jim Hudgens)
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
Subject: printer documentation???
Date: 30 Jul 92 02:11:09 GMT
Organization: SCRI, Florida State University


I've been working for several weeks on an sort of generic 
API for controlling printers.  To keep the internal data structures
as unbiased as possible, I'm looking for specific documentation
on as many printers as possible.   Specifically:
  postscript
  Epson FX, LQ
  IBM proprinter 
  HP Laserjet, Deskjet
  etc.
I have good docs on postscript, LQ, and proprinter, and was wondering whether
there are any books in existence covering the programming of families
of printers (IBM's, HP's, and Epson's in particular).  Anyone have the book:
"Laserjet III Companion" by S. Bennet and P. Randall and know whether 
it covers this.  Anyone have addresses to HP, Epson, NEC, etc?
Anyone want to sell their printer's programming documentation? :-)

JHH





--
Jim Hudgens 			Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
hudgens@sun13.scri.fsu.edu
From: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk (Clive Grace)
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
Subject: Computer Books For Sale
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk


I'm clearing out my entire collection of about 200 computer books -

many of which are either language-based, OS based or PC based... if

you would like a list, then email me on: cliveg@compulink.co.uk, and

I shll mail you a list with a contact number. Most books are around

#10 each I'd prefer selling them to people in the UK and Eire as US

postal charges can be prohibitive, but obviously I can sell to anyone

wanting a particular book.



These are all virtually unused. I have a job that involves buying

certain books, studying them and approving them for specific

companies and then doing a write-up - as a result, these books are

pristine in all cases - not scribbled in or dog-eared (i'm nice like

that).



Bulk orders are particularly welcome...



Clive Grace



cliveg@compulink.co.uk

cliveg@compulink.uucp
From: leey@cps.msu.edu (Yong Beom Lee)
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
Subject: finding a book
Date: 27 Jul 92 22:03:36 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
Originator: leey@dolphin.cps.msu.edu

dear netters,
Thank you reading this post.
I am finding a book, not just reading but buying.
There is an affair that i have to buy a book.

The book is as follows:


    Title:  Applied optimal estimation
    Author: Gelb
 Publishing:  Cambridge, Mass., M.I.T. Press < 1974 >


When I search, the author is an technical staff in Applied Science
Corporation.

Since this book was published 1974, I am not sure whether I can "buy"
this book or not.
If somebody has an idea, then could you tell me information or tips?
Does M.I.T Press can sell this book if they have additional?

Thank you for your reply in advance.

With Best Regards,

yblee


email address:    leey@frith.egr.msu.edu
                  leey@atlantic.cps.msu.edu
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical,alt.books.technical,misc.forsale.computers
From: eric@tfs.com (Eric Smith)
Subject: Re: For Sale: Computer Books
Organization: TFS
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 19:25:27 GMT

In article <1992Jul26.181237.966@newssun.med.miami.edu> dnelson@umbio.med.miami.edu (Dru Nelson) writes:
>   The Cheap Video Cookbook
>   Don Lancaster
>   Sams                                            $10
>    The book that made Don famous.  Describes a
>    cheap microprocessor video design.

If any one book made him famous, it was his TTL Cookbook in 1974.
But he was already fairly well known even then.