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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: What Has Happened on WJFK-FM (106.7)??
Date: 9 Oct 92 00:42:22 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <BvtF0z.Azz@access.digex.com> dougnews@access.digex.com (Doug Humphrey) writes:
>In article <1992Oct5.203124.12742@europa.asd.contel.com> ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com writes:
>>Can anyone shed light on what has happened?  It's bad enough that they
>>have Howard Stern and those "Zoo Idiots" (Don and Mike), but now this ...

They aren't a 'zoo' anymore.

I just want to know why Stern doesn't like to talk about Washington,
D.C....


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From: quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jason G Velasco)
Subject: Re: What Has Happened on WJFK-FM (106.7)??
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 10:10:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.203124.12742@europa.asd.contel.com> ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com writes:
>
>I have noticed a major shift in the musical format on the weekends and
>late night hours (after the talk and progressive shows).  It used to be
>classic and current rock, but now it sounds more like "musak".

Which format?  The elevator music format or the top-40ish one?  If
it's top-40ish one, hurray, because Baltimore has no radio stations that
play it.  We only have "adult contemporary 'mix variety' crap", "slow jam",
and "98 rock"' type stuff.  

The top-40 "musak" actually plays some stuff that is seriously missing
in baltimore radio.  i've heard stuff like 'til tuesday, new order, kws...

Anyone know how much it is to subscribe to this?  Or if "cable radio" is
available or any good?

Oh well...  I guess I'll just have to *buy* all the music I like, as I've
been doing.  There's no college radio scene around here... *sigh*

Anyone know what's up with 90.5 FM (I forgot the call letters) coming out
of Wheaton, MD?  During the day I it's "mix variety" crap but I heard a
show at night that was a good alternative to 'HFS...  Plus no commericals.

Jason
-- 
Jason Velasco                                      quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
From: M17257@mwvm.mitre.org
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Too many squirrels.  Not enough time
Date: 8 Oct 92 14:43:04 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102

Actually, the reason there seems to be a lot of squirrels out-and getting smush
ed--is because every fall they get old enough to go out and stock up for the
winter, but most aren't quick enough to make it across the DEADLY HIGHWAYS of
the area.  Every autumn the roads become littered with squirrel bodies, or
what's left of them.
 
Ellie
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
Subject: Re: A better view on Statehood.
Organization: UDSI
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:42:39 GMT

I have a simple solution to all the bitching and groaning about DC.
Makeit a national park, bulldoze the houses, pay of fthe owners and
tell them to move:-);-).........

actually,  there seems to be two different complaints about dc.
1)  we pay taxes, get drafted... and dont have representation.

2)  the feds (Congress )  overturns our lawsa at will.

it seems the first one is simple,  give everyone in dc, absentee ballots
to marylands congressional elections.  maryland picks up maybe 1-2 more house
seats at the next cycle and the senators have to listen to these guys as well
as everyjerk from frostburg to salisbury.

maybe it upsets maryland politics a little,  but they get extra federal voice.

point 2 is just tough.  the feds overturn state laws at whim.  just ask
anyone about the 1984 surface transit act.  the faa act, the fcc act....
sure congress gets a little nosier in dc, because it is easy, but hey
you choose to live here.  i do see a little difference between slavery
and dc status.   if you wish, you can move to pg, or montgomery.
in the 1850's, you could not move out of town.....

dc has the local govt, bad as it is.  let them get some congressional
seats, and share marylands senate seats,  not that id like to see
mikulski or sarbanes voted out in favor of some loser like keyes, schmoke,
barry or jackson.

This reasonable solution will of course get screamed down,  because the people
who actually back statehood are people who want to be senators themselves.
and lacking the political stature to earn it,  they go and try and drum up
a seat for themselves.  despite all the legitimate grievances the residents of
dc have against congress,  the fact is the proposed solution is not going
to occur and the people backing it do not have clean hands.  

the reason i proposed this was thinking of dc as a large park or military base.
people in the military dont lose their voting privs,  they vote absentee
to their home states.  even though they may live, marry, buy houses....
they retain home state taxes and voting privs.  park rangers and others
who liv ein national parks still vote in their stastes,  they jsut
have federal services,  so why not do that for dc.  let everyone either
take absentee status to home states of choice or default to maryland.

is there anything wrong with the logic?
From: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Local businessman harassed
Date: 7 Oct 92 11:13:10 GMT
Reply-To: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In dc.general, Power@cup.portal.com (Ron A Uitz) writes:
>I seriously doubt anyone had any idea what color the people who owned
>the business who made the shirts were. . .

The name of the guy was written/broadcast as Ben Ali.  What are
the chances that someone hearing that name would assume his
ancestors came from London ;).  Oh, I'd say about as high
as the number of people who would make the assumption that
someone with the name of David Steinberg is of Ethiopian
extraction.  You see, that is the point.  You don't hear about
pickets in front of movie theaters showing _The Terminator_ driving
the movie to be pulled.  Why?  Because the star is a big
white guy.  Never mind that his movies show graphic depictions
of killing without remorse.  They don't show the dead persons
family in grief, destitute.  Those films make killing look like
a simple, clean, effective way of solving a problem.
One can't say that those t-shirts have such a strong message.

Do I want to ban such movies?  By no means.  However a little perspective
is called for.  We should be asking ourselves why the people who
harassed this businessman *don't* feel the need to harass businesses
which produce, market, and sell products which certainly have more
potential to desensitize people to violence.
From: Jeff.Balderson@f112.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Balderson)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: What Has Happened on WJFK-FM (106.7)??
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 03:05:02 -0500

 BA> I have noticed a major shift in the musical format on the weekends and
 BA> late night hours (after the talk and progressive shows).  It used to be
 BA> classic and current rock, but now it sounds more like "musak".

I have to agree with you there.  I was beginning to like the "progressive"
programming a bit, and now they go and screw it up.  My personal belief is that
they are trying to get more of the demographics that they don't have a
stranglehold over, ie. women and older men.  

 BA> Can anyone shed light on what has happened?  It's bad enough that they
 BA> have Howard Stern and those "Zoo Idiots" (Don and Mike), but now this ...

Stern and Liddy could be removed for all I care.  About the only time I listen
to the station anymore is between 3pm and 7pm.  I find that listening to D&M
lets me wind down, since they are rude to people in the way that I've WANTED to
all day long.  :-)

 BA> Bob - and "Barsky" on WCXR is just not the answer ...

If you want an amusing morning show to listen to, I find that 98 Rock (WIYY in
B'More, FM 97.9) is pretty good.  Although, not knowing your tastes, the music
may not conform to your liking, since it's all rock (new and classic).

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From: dougnews@access.digex.com (Doug Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Keywords: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:13:04 GMT

In article <1992Oct06.021228.28032@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>In article <1992Oct3.235524.10655@linus.mitre.org> tucker@mitre.org (William Tucker) writes:
>What is this obsession with "service" jobs somehow being less
>important than "manufacturing" jobs?  The Commerce statistics only
>have 3 categories-- farm, manufacturing, and service.  That means that
>lots of those high-tech jobs out there-- right, service.  By shrugging
>off the service sector, you ignore reality.

One of the troubles with Service jobs is that there needs
to be an "end user" purchaser in order for Service jobs to exist.
While service companies do act as end users for other services,
they do not do it to the extent that manufacturing and farming
(efforts which produce tangible goods) do.  In short, it may not
be possible for a society to exist purely on the basis of service
jobs; perhaps it could happen if that society were to become a 
subordinate to another society where manufacturing and farming
was going on.  Try being a Phillipino in Saudia Arabia and you 
will understand.

-- 
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       Login as "new": Washington 301-220-0462, Baltimore 410-766-1855
From: smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Local businessman harassed
Date: 7 Oct 1992 13:46:25 -0400
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net

In article <26102@oasys.dt.navy.mil> mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill) writes:
>In dc.general, luther@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Luther) writes:
>>
>>And just be aware - if people continue to play the racism card
>>every time something doesn't go right for a member of a minority,
>>it cheapens the issue for the people to whom it is a real problem.
>
>Does that mean when racism is used in a "minor" way we should
>not say anything?  As far as I'm concerned, you can be as racist
>as you want, but I will point it out.

I think you missed his point.  Have you ever heard the story of the
little boy who cried wolf?  Same concept.  If we cry "racism" at every
little thing that happens to a member of a minority, people are going to
stop taking the claim seriously.

>The racism is evident in the inconsistancy.  Let us ask "why?".
>Why is a *local* t-shirt printer the subject of a *national*
>attack, when a movie with *national* distribution, in which
>an entire police station is blown away, is not protested?
>WHY?  Does anyone have a more plausible reason?

No, there is no racism involved in this.  No one forced them to stop
selling the shirts, they just pressured them to the point where they
figured it wasn't worth the fight.  A special interest group asked them
to stop and when they cried "freedom of speech" they started protesting.
The inconsistency really isn't:  movies companies have the resources to
put up a fight to these groups and keep the movies coming out.  Besides,
apparently, no one spoke up in support of the company printing the
shirts.  Every time a controversial movie comes out, you get the
protests, and the support for the movie.  It's amuch larger scale.  Maybe
if you and your friends had called the shirt makers and said "don't give
in to them" they might still be printing the shirts.


>>So Mayor Kelly is a racist?
>>Isaac Fulwood is a racist? Yeah, sure.
>
>Kelly and Fulwood are politicians.  They analyze each issue
>from the view point of future power.  The t-shirt issue is
>an easy one to take a stand on, because the printer is cooperative
>and not powerful.  These two politicians can get support from
>powerful, wealthy contributors for taking this relatively 
>painless stand.  Don't pretend to be ignorant.

If you look at your arguments, I think you will see it is not he who was
being ignorant.

Steve Mansfield                   Junior AlterNet Engineer 
smm@uunet.uu.net                  uunet!smm
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: klr@umbc4.umbc.edu (Kurt Reisler)
Subject: Re: Dead squirrels
Organization: Hadron.com in exile
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 03:11:30 GMT

In article <4894@prcrs.prc.com> terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham) writes:
>
>Is it just me or does there seem to be an inordinate amount of dead
>squirrels on the roads lately.   At first I thought it must be a
>seasonal thing, but I don't recall it ever being this bad before.
>
>Maybe the unusually cold/wet weather we have had lately is causing
>them to be more active.
>

The Fairfax Journal had an article about the situation (which means it
was probably in ALL of the Journal papers.  Seems that the last few mild
winters and summers have produced a bumper crop of squirrels.  Combine
that with all the construction that has been going on, and you get a lot
of squirrels trying to cross the road, not all of them successfully.  I
have noticed a lot of squirrels doing the high wire act, as well as
making the mad dash between the tires.


-- 
                Kurt Reisler (UNISIG Chair, DECUS US Chapter)
		  Captain, UNISIG International Luge Team
		     Only a guest at klr@umbc4.umbc.edu
	     Are creative spellings like a patentable life form?
From: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Stephen Northcutt - K31)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Those wonderful squirrels
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:22:09 GMT
Reply-To: snorthc@relay.nswc.navy.mil
Distribution: dc
Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center

>Why does everyone seem to think that it is a bad thing that squirrels
>are being smushed on the streets?

One of my favorite memories living in Arlington VA in a big
old WWII style apartment building that enclosed a large grassy
courtyard... my roommate and I were standing in the kitchen,
wondering what to cook for dinner.... there was no meat in
the fridge.... twas fall and on a tree just outside the window
squirrels were chattering .... hmmmmm.

I went to get my American Classic 10 pump pellet pistol
and psssst one squirrel drops off the tree.... pssst a
second.  My roomate goes out to get the squirrels.....
All the neighbors are looking :-)  while I started the
boiling water.

I love squirrels, always have.

Stephen
From: Heather.Reilly@f182.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Heather Reilly)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: What Has H
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 14:27:11 -0500

BA>From: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com (Bob Ashley)
BA>Newsgroups: dc.general
BA>Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division
BA>Reply-To: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com

BA>I thought I might pose this to the Net.Readers.DC ... something to take
BA>the thoughts off of yesterday's "Debacle in the Desert" ...

BA>I have noticed a major shift in the musical format on the weekends and
BA>late night hours (after the talk and progressive shows).  It used to be
BA>classic and current rock, but now it sounds more like "musak".

BA>Can anyone shed light on what has happened?  It's bad enough that they
BA>have Howard Stern and those "Zoo Idiots" (Don and Mike), but now this ...


BA>Bob - and "Barsky" on WCXR is just not the answer ...


They went "adult contemporary."  Blech.

  OLX 2.1 TD  Having a sharp tongue can cut your own throat.
From: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Local businessman harassed
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:35:19 GMT
Reply-To: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In dc.general, luther@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Luther) writes:
>
>And just be aware - if people continue to play the racism card
>every time something doesn't go right for a member of a minority,
>it cheapens the issue for the people to whom it is a real problem.

Does that mean when racism is used in a "minor" way we should
not say anything?  As far as I'm concerned, you can be as racist
as you want, but I will point it out.

>No one said, "Get out of town." No one yelled, "Drum him out of
>business." They said, "Stop selling the shirts." That's not racism -
>that's concern for their children.

Where is this great concern for children when there are
violent tv shows or movies?  Where is the concern for
children when education bills come up in our various
levels of government?

The racism is evident in the inconsistancy.  Let us ask "why?".
Why is a *local* t-shirt printer the subject of a *national*
attack, when a movie with *national* distribution, in which
an entire police station is blown away, is not protested?
WHY?  Does anyone have a more plausible reason?

>So Mayor Kelly is a racist?
>Isaac Fulwood is a racist? Yeah, sure.

Kelly and Fulwood are politicians.  They analyze each issue
from the view point of future power.  The t-shirt issue is
an easy one to take a stand on, because the printer is cooperative
and not powerful.  These two politicians can get support from
powerful, wealthy contributors for taking this relatively 
painless stand.  Don't pretend to be ignorant.
From: m1pxb00@fed.frb.gov (Paresh Bhatt)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: car service/repair
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:54:58 GMT
Reply-To: m1pxb00@fed.frb.gov (Paresh Bhatt)
Organization: Federal Reserve Board, Wash, DC



I'm looking for a "reliable" (i.e. won't get ripped off too badly) automobile service shop fairly close to Crystal City.
I have a Toyota Celica that needs some internal work - oil leaks, new muffler, new belts, etc.  

Any suggestions on where it might be useful to get an estimate for this type of work?  Any replies will be appreciated.


Paresh Bhatt
m1pxb00@fed.frb.gov
From: paul@prcrs.prc.com (Paul Hite)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: portable speakers
Date: 9 Oct 92 01:02:37 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

In article <60986@mimsy.umd.edu>, pete@mimsy.umd.edu (Pete Cottrell) writes:
> 	I'm interested in getting a pair of relatively inexpensive portable
> speakers, the kind you might hook up to your Walkman or portable CD (or
> maybe, a CD-ROM hooked up to the SPARCstation on your desk). There is a
> store called "Impulse" (Montgomery Mall, Columbia Mall, perhaps elsewhere)
> that sells a variety of these - they have a line of Sony speakers (SRS-18,
> SRS-28,-38,-58,-68,-88) that range in price from 39.97 to 199.97.

I have a pair of Sony SRS-18 speakers.  I got them at Luskins for about $30.
These appliances are not just speakers in the traditional sense.  They have
a built-in amplifier and they require batteries.  There is no provision for
an AC adapter.  In addition to the Sonys, Radio Shack has its own line of
these things.  I would *not* recommend these speakers.  They don't give
very good sound quality.  I'm sure that I would be happy with the sound
of a $80 pair, but you can find boom boxes for that.  I pack my speakers
and walkman when I travel, and they do make sense for that application.
Boom boxes consume way too much suitcase space.  But for an office, there
isn't a need to sacrifice sound quality for space.  I would get a boom box 
with an AC adapter.

Paul Hite   PRC Realty Systems  McLean,Va   paul@prcrs.prc.com    (703) 556-2243
    "We are trying to bring up an Air Traffic Control display on an X window 
      terminal and there seems to be some problems." -- from comp.windows.x
From: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Date: 9 Oct 92 12:44:15 GMT
Reply-To: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In dc.general, dougnews@access.digex.com (Doug Humphrey) writes:
..etc..
>One of the troubles with Service jobs is that there needs
>to be an "end user" purchaser in order for Service jobs to exist.
>While service companies do act as end users for other services,
>they do not do it to the extent that manufacturing and farming
>(efforts which produce tangible goods) do.  In short, it may not
>be possible for a society to exist purely on the basis of service
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>jobs; perhaps it could happen if that society were to become a
>subordinate to another society where manufacturing and farming
>was going on.  Try being a Phillipino in Saudia Arabia and you
>will understand.


We in the U.S. may very soon find out if this is possible or not..
Service jobs are a big employment segment in the U.S. over the last
10 years or so as our industrial capability has declined for various
reasons.. Just look at the numerous "Beltway Bandits" in our areas..
Just what "Product" do you think they produce?? They are a service
industry just like Madison Avenue's advertising industry.. Another big
employer is the "Leisure Time" industry. All these people work in a field
where the product is basically mentally produced..it is not a physically
consumable that was traditionally factory manufactured...

I am referring to "mental service" as opposed to "physical service"..
That's what has employed a lot of people in the last decade or so.
The thought that a country primarily service oriented will be subordinate
to a manufacturing one is interesting; will the U.S. become a colony of
Japan or Germany??

Someone mentioned "cheap" labor; specifically Mexico.. Remember, cheap
is a relative term. Low wages in one country may not be low somewhere
else.. The concept that life is cheap or valued less in other countries
is also a misleading concept; perhaps, the priorities maybe different,
but life is valued anywhere on the planet by everyone. We all hurt when
someone steps on our feet and we all bleed the same thing when cut!!
.
.
..
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From: smith@ur-guh.com (Russ Smith)
Subject: Re: Too many squirrels.  Not enough time
Reply-To: smith@ur-guh.com
Organization: Ur-Guh Complex Inc.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:13:23 GMT

My wife and I noticed a -direct- correlation between the opening of the
HOV lane on the Dulles Toll Road and the number of squirrels taking naps
on the road and its sides. One day we counted no less than -43- of said
squirrels from about 2 miles inside the beltway to route 28.

Some of the squirrels were rather emaciated (indeed, quite flat), showing
severe effects of their new low-fat diet, as well.

As soon as the HOV restrictions were lifted the daily count dropped
dramatically, thus confirming the connection.

Frank Wolfe is obviously a man in tune with nature.

Russ <Smith@ur-guh.com>
From: bodarky@cme.nist.gov (Scott Bodarky)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Where to purchases spices
Date: 9 Oct 92 14:32:10 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
In-reply-to: scott@asd.com's message of 1 Oct 92 16:08:38 GMT


In article <1992Oct1.160838.10618@asd.com> scott@asd.com (Scott Barman) writes:
> In the DC area, where can one purchase fresh spices?

The Bethesda Food Co-op has most everything one could want.

The only thing I've looked for there and not found is black cardamom.
When I was in Boulder, CO this summer I found a curious thing.  The
stores out there sell the decorticated green cardamom seeds as black
cardamom; they apparently don't know what black cardamom is.

-Scott (bodarky@cme.nist.gov)| "The American public knows what it wants,
			     |  and deserves to get it good and hard."
  The National Institute     |  
 of Standards & Technology   |  	-H. L. Mencken
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