HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: In Ecuador, the Jungle is Dying/ed-lp
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: The NY Transfer News Service
Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:53:12 GMT


Via The NY Transfer News Service * All the News that Doesn't Fit

edlp 12/11

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman.  "el Diario/La Prensa" is a
Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.

ECUADORAN JUNGLE DYING

An environmental group called "Save the Amazon" (SALVAM -
Salvemaos el Amazonas) has called on Latin American countries,
especially Ecuador, to avoid further destruction of that country's
jungle, already endangered by an oilspill larger than that of the
Exxon Valdez in Alaska. Texaco has extracted, spilled and burned
oil over the last 25 years in these jungles, causing irreparable
damage to the people and to humanity, said SALVAM coordinator
Stella Sanchez. International ecologist Judith Kimerling agrees
that Texaco has extracted around a billion gallons of oil from the
Ecuadoran Amazon jungle, never considering the impact on the
environment. Texaco's actions have left indigenous people with no
food to hunt, dead rivers, no fish, and non-arable land. In
addition the people suffer headaches, skin diseases,
gastrointestinal problems, cancer, respiratory illnesses and birth
defects.  Frequent oil spills from hundreds of secondary pipeline
have not been reported, says Kimerling.

In 1989, an oil spill combined with torrential rains caused 31
Quechua communities to lose their crops. Kimerling says that in
the last two months alone there have been three oil spills from
Texaco pipelines. "The Constitution of Ecuador guarantees each
person the human right to 'an environment free of pollution,' but
despite the fact that the government contract demands that Texaco
adopt measures to protect natural resources as well as to avoid
contamination," continues Kimerling, "the North American company
did not fulfill its obligations." Other companies are following
the same pattern and the Ecuadoran government is doing nothing to
prevent it. The problem is all of humanity's, not just Ecuador's.
Acid rain is destroying forests in Peru and Brazil, as well.

Texaco's contract ended last June, and Petroecuador, which
inherited the contract, has done no study of the practices to save
the environment. Says Stella Sanchez, "One of the companies
operating [in the Amazon jungle] "is Maxus Ecuador Inc., which is
none other than Diamond Shamrock Corporation, which produces agent
orange. Agent orange destroyed Vietnam's jungles during the war
which took place in that country... Even 20 years later the world
is feeling the effects of that horrible product." (edlp 12/11;
byline Vicky Pelaez)

[Diamond Shamrock routinely makes the annual environmental listing
of the Dirty Dozen and Filthy Five corporations in the USA as well
-- NY Transfer.]


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Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Angola Emergency Campaign
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 05:04:33 GMT

/** reg.safrica: 210.0 **/
** Topic: ANG.EMERG.CAMPAIGN & EC SUMMIT **
** Written 12:07 am  Dec 10, 1992 by gn:macuk in cdp:reg.safrica **
                  ANGOLA EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN

AAM                                        MAC
13 Mandela Street                          PO Box 839
London                                     London
NW1 0DW                                    NW1 7EF

Tel. +44 71 387 7966                       Tel. +44 81 292 1394
Fax. +44 71 388 0173                       E-Mail macuk@gn

***********************PRESS RELEASE**************************
For Immediate Release
Wednesday 9 December

                  APPEAL TO EDINBURGH SUMMIT
                    FOR ACTION OVER ANGOLA

The newly formed Angola Emergency Campaign will present an appeal
to the European Summit for urgent action by the European
Community to promote peace and democracy in Angola. It will take
the form of a petition to Douglas Hurd, the current President of
the European Council of Ministers.

A letter and petition will be delivered 

                           at 5.00pm
                    on Thursday 10 December
              at the South Gate, Holyrood Palace

Signatories to the petition include MPs, MEPs, Trade Unions, NGOs
in Britain and Europe as well as some 2,000 supporters of the
Campaign. The Angola Emergency Campaign was launched at a meeting
at the House of Commons on 18 November in response to the crisis
in Angola following the multi-party elections in Angola.

The petition will be delivered by a deputation including:
- Robert Hughes MP - Chair AAM
- Maria Fyfe MP
- Rev Iain Whyte
- Cllr Margaret McCulloch - Lothian Regional Council and
National Steering Committee against Apartheid
- Pat Kelly - General Council STUC
- Dr Jane Wilford - Mozambique Angola Committee
- Brian Filling - Chair Scottish Committee AAM
- John Mackinnon - Vice-Chair Scottish Committee AAM
- Rev Professor John Riches

The Petition calls, inter alia, upon "the British government and
the European Community to ensure that the international
community, especially the UN, takes effective action to support
peace and democracy in Angola, including the provision of all
necessary support for the Angolan government and the denial of
both lethal and non-lethal support to UNITA, especially from
apartheid South Africa."

For further information contact Roger Harris, Angola Emergency
Campaign at the AAM HQ - +44 71 387 7966 or E-mail macuk@gn
** End of text from cdp:reg.safrica **
From: cberlet@igc.apc.org (NLG Civil Liberties Committee)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: Wise Use in Northeast (anti-Green)
Date: 13 Dec 92 22:24:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1425500034:000:1348
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!cberlet    Dec 13 14:24:00 1992


/* Written  2:05 pm  Dec 13, 1992 by cberlet in igc:publiceye */
/* ---------- "Wise Use in Northeast (anti-Green)" ---------- */

THE SCENT OF OPPORTUNITY:

A Survey of the 
Wise Use/Property Rights Movement
in New England 

by William Kevin Burke

December 12, 1992

prepared for Political Research Associates 
===============================================================
Copyright 1992, PRA. Electronic network posting of unmodified
text is encouraged. Printing of copies is expressly forbidden.
See order information and address at end of text. PRA is an
independent non-profit institute. Donations are tax-deductible.
===============================================================

The following Reply files contain the text 
of Burke's report:

1 Preface (by Chip Berlet)                5 kilobytes

2 Introduction                           11 k
3 Background on the Wise Use Movement     7 k
4 The Big North Forests                   6 k
5 Situation by State                     34 k
6 Conclusions                             4 k

7 Bibliography (by Jym St. Pierre)       22 k


============================================================
This report is available in print form from PRA.

For information about this and other PRA publications write:

Political Research Associates
678 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 702
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: New Book on Guatemala
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 07:03:19 GMT

/** reg.guatemala: 129.0 **/
** Topic: NEW BOOK ON GUATEMALA FROM RESOURC **
** Written 12:40 pm  Dec 14, 1992 by resourcectr in cdp:reg.guatemala **
New from the Resource Center:
Box 4506 / Albuquerque, NM 87196 / (505) 842-8288
 
 
                      INSIDE GUATEMALA
                ----------------------------
        The Essential Guide to Its Politics, Economy,
                  Environment, and Society
 
                        By Tom Barry
 
In this Winter 1992 release, the Resource Center continues its
commitment to a serious focus on the societal landscape of the
Central American region. This book provides you with the most
up-to-date information on the Serrano presidency, the country's
environment, and human-rights conditions. Paperback, 307 pp.
ISBN 0-911213-40-6. $9.95 plus $3 shipping and handling.
 
"Inside Guatemala exhibits that rare combination of diligence
and devotion necessary for excellence. . . . This comprehensive
and precise analysis of the political, social, and economic
sectors of a troubled country should be required reading for all
who still care about what is happening in Central America and
especially for those who do not."
          - Barbara Annis, Latin American journalist and editor
 
"Tom Barry's Inside Guatemala is without parallel in the breadth
and depth of its coverage of contemporary Guatemalan politics,
society, and economics. It is a well-written, accessible, and
interesting book that should be read by anyone who is interested
in social change, human rights, and U.S. relations with `Third
World' countries."
          - Norma Stoltz Chinchilla, professor of Sociology
  and Women's Studies, California State University, Long Beach
 
"In no other single volume will the reader find as much
accurate, useful, and informed factual information about
Guatemala's economy, politics, and institutional life as in this
book. I recommend it strongly to all those who need to have a
credible knowledge of what is going on in this important
country."
          - Robert M. Carmack, professor of Anthropology,
                                 University at Albany
 
Tom Barry is a research associate and a founder of the Resource
Center. He is the author of numerous books about Central America
and the Caribbean, including Central America Inside Out (Grove
Weidenfeld, 1991), Feeding the Crisis (University of Nebraska,
1991), and Roots of Rebellion (South End Press, 1986).

** End of text from cdp:reg.guatemala **

Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: james%ny.neavs.com@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (James Corrigan)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
Subject: New List for Animal Rights Issues
Date: 18 Dec 92 21:19:07 GMT
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Organization: ?
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>



Begin forwarded message:

Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 13:50:16 -0500
From: james (James Corrigan)
To: NEW-LIST@NDSUVM1.BITNET

AR-Alerts@ny.neavs.com



   The Animal Rights Alerts mailing list has been set up to
   facilitate communication among Animal Rights groups, activists,
   and other interested individuals.  Its primary purpose is to
   enable rapid dissemination of important information about Animal
   Rights issues.  This venue, it is hoped, will serve as an
   important adjunct to periodicals such as Animals Agenda and
   Animals Voice.

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   format at present.  Any information pertaining to Animal Rights or
   to issues that relate to Animal Rights, such as habitat
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Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: OAS Asks UN Sec Cncl to Strength Haiti Embargo
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: The NY Transfer News Service
Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:20:04 GMT


Via The NY Transfer News Service * All the News that Doesn't Fit

From el diario/La Prensa 12/14/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


OAS Asks UN Security Council to Strengthen Haiti Embargo

Fifteen months after the coup which unseated Haiti's
democratically elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and
having been unsuccessful in attempts to reinstate Aristide, the
Organization of American States (OAS) decided on Dec. 13 to ask
the UN Security Council to tighten the embargo against Haiti. The
decision reportedly caused great divisions among the members of
the OAS. After several hours of debate behind closed doors the
ministers of Foreign Relations of member countries approved the
measure. The Security Council was seen as the agent which could
ask that the embargo be universally respected. The Mexican
delegation to the OAS objected to the move, saying that the
Security Council is meant to deal with matters which threaten
international peace and security, and that the Haitian crisis was
essentially a domestic problem. (edlp 12/14/92 from AFP)


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Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
From: jch3254@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.C. Handley)
Subject: Fourier optics, DIP books for sale
Originator: jch3254@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:34:23 GMT


The following books are for sale. Hard cover. Like new.
Rarely used if ever :-)
Price includes postage (book rate).

Introduction to Fourier Optics by Joseph Goodman.....$60.
(this is the latest McGraw-Hill Classics edition)

Digital Picture Processing, Vols. 1 and 2, 2nd ed.
 by Rosenfeld and Kak............$60 for the set.

If you need info on contents, drop me a line.

John C. Handley                        jch3254@ultb.isc.rit.edu
Center for Imaging Science    Rochester Institute of Technology
From: tbbusser@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Tod B Bussert)
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
Subject: Computer book clubs
Keywords: book clubs
Date: 15 Dec 92 16:45:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: constell.BzB7vC.K76
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA


   It is time to increase my selection of computer books and I am
considering joining a book club.  A friend of mine is in the
Library of Computer and Information Sciences book club and is
happy with it, but the selection does not seem to be that great.

   What I am interested in knowing is what computer book clubs
there are, how is their selection and prices, and have you had
problems with them.

   Please email your responses and I will summarize.

Thanks,
Tod
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10321 W. Reno             408-438-8771 (Technical Support BBS) 
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Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: tthiel@cs.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
Subject: Tech writers newsgroup?
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:44:26 GMT

I am an aspiring technical writer and am interested in discussing the types
of classes I should be taking etc.  Anyone know of such a newsgroup?
How about some professional tech writers sending me e-mail so I can
ask you some questions?
-Terry
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical,news.answers
From: 31shroff@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
Subject: Books on Unix Networking.
Date: 16 Dec 92 17:43:25 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

HI,
I am intrested on books in TCP/IP and Unix Network programming. 
and specially Advanced programmin in the Unix Environment by
Richard Stevens. If you have any books on R.P.C programming to
for sale do mail me back.
Thanks

Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: ycheng@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (yung-rang cheng)
Subject: BOOKS FORSALE (Computer Science and Mathematics)
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:59:05 GMT

I post this for a friend.  Please contact him through
the phone number at the end of this message.  You can also
reply to this account, however, a couple days delay may
happen.

BOOKS FOR SALE
==============

Computer Science:
-----------------

1. The Art of Computer Programming Vol. 3 
   (Sorting and Searching)
   Author: Donald E. Knuth
   Publisher: Addison-Wesley
   Condition: Only has one mark on the 1st page.
   Price: $20

2. Principles of Database Systems
   Author: Jeffrey D. Ullman
   Publisher: Computer Science Press
   Condition: Only has one mark on the 1st page.
   Price: $15

3. dBase III Plus Handbook, 2nd Edition
   Author: Chou
   Publisher: QUE
   Condition: fair
   Price: $3

4. dBase III Plus/Clipper Programmer's Reference Guide
   Author: Goldenthal
   Taiwan edition
   Condition: No marks on any page
   Price: $5

5. Ami Pro 2 for Windows Self-Teaching Guide
   Publisher: Wiley
   Condition: Brand new
   Price: $8

6. Ami Pro for Windows User's Guide, Release 2.0
   Publisher: Lotus
   Condition: No marks on any page
   Price: $5

7. Using Word for Windows
   Publisher: QUE
   Year: 1990
   Condition: Very clean
   Price: $5

8. Using Clipper
   Publisher: QUE
   Year: 1988
   Condition: fair
   Price: $3

9. Using dBase IV
   Publisher: QUE
   Year: 1990
   Condition: Very clean
   Price: $5
   
10. Systems Software Tools
   Author: Ted J. Biggerstaff
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall  
   Year: 1986
   Condition: never used
   Price: $8 


Mathematics:
------------
11. Schaum's Outline Series:

    (1) Theory and Problems of Laplace Transforms
        Author: Murray R. Speigel
        Price: $5

    (2) Theory and Problems of Matrices
        Ahtour: Frank Ayres, Jr.
        Price: $5


Buyer pays the shipping. Please call Cheng at 201-450-0609 
or fax to 201-751-0052.  Thanks.
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Wednesday, 16 Dec 1992 15:00:49 EST
From: Geetha Seshaaiyar <IO20004@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
Subject: de Gennes

I am looking for a book by P.G. de Gennes.
Title: The physics of liquid crystals.
If you have a copy of it for sale or know of a place
that I could get it from, please send me an e-mail.
Thank you.
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: James Petts <pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Libes book on Obfuscated C
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7548B9A2C030855@visigoth.demon.co.uk>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 16 Dec 92 07:30:34 GMT
Organization: No Affiliation
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 07:32:05 GMT

Has anybody seen Don Libes' book on Obfuscated C yet, and if so, would 
they like to comment (or even post a thumbnail review)?

James Petts

********************************************************************
* "We use the classical theory on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, *   
*  and the quantum theory on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays."   *
************************************** Wm. Bragg *******************
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Wednesday, 16 Dec 1992 14:58:00 EST
From: G Seshaaiyar <IO20004@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
Subject: de Gennes

I am looking for a book by P.G. de Gennes.
Title: The physics of Liquid Crystals
If you have a copy, and would like to sell it, please
send me an e-mail.
Thank you.
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: quanbook@world.std.com (Quantum Books)
Subject: NEW BOOK: The Open Standards Puzzle
Keywords: POSIX,UNIX,Standards,Open
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:25:33 GMT

UNIX, POSIX, and Open Systems:
The Open Standards Puzzle
by John S. Quarterman and Susanne Wilhelm
$39.95 / 416 pages / hardcover
Addison-Wesley Publishing ISBN 0-201-52772-3
 
From the back cover:
 
[The book] discusses issues that affect many standards and 
profiles including networking; conformance testing; independence 
from a single programming language; and internationalization 
across human languages, codesets, and cultural conventions.  
Standards facilitate application portability, user portability, 
and interoperability among different versions of UNIX and other 
open systems.  This is a how-to book for understanding, 
implementing, and using standards, explaining how standards are 
produced, and how to affect them . . .
 
Table of Contents (chapters):
 
Computing Models
UNIX and Open Systems
POSIX and Open Standards
Formal Standards Bodies
Industry Organizations and User Groups
Processes
IEEE/CS TCOS Standards
Protocols and Standards
Programming Language Issues
Conformance Testing
Internationalization
Frameworks
TCOS Profiles
Industry Profiles
Procurement Profiles
Appendix A:  Resources
Appendix B:  Puzzle Challenge
Glossary
Index
 
-- 
Quantum Books		    | A Technical and Professional Bookstore   
----------------------------+------------------------------------------
Cambridge: 617-494-5042     | E-Mail:		 quanbook@world.std.com
Philadelphia: 215-222-0611  | Mailing List:      quanlist@world.std.com
From: bwhite@cobra.camb.inmet.com (Bill White)
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
Subject: Feynman lectures: problems?
Date: 14 Dec 92 15:53:53 GMT
Organization: Intermetrics Inc, Cambridge MA

I have met a number of engineers who used the Feynmann lectures
for their physics classes - many at Caltech.  They have claimed
that there is a collection of problems (and perhaps solutions)
that goes with the books.  I have never seen such a thing, though
I will admit that I have not looked very hard.  Does anybody
know where I might find them?  I would be happy with a photocopied
set, or something acquired via ftp, though, of course, I don't want
to violate anyone's copyright rights.  Thanks for your attention.

				Peace,
				Bill White
				<bwhite@cobra.camb.inmet.com>
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical,sci.chem
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: chem books
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 10:07:39 GMT

sharvy@reed.edu (V Headshape) writes:
: 
: I would welcome more recommendations. Textbooks are less interesting to me, since college bookstores tend to scoop all that business, but we do buy them used from time to time.
: 
If you want more on fireworks - the book that is considered to be the best
reference was left out of the recommendations. "Fireworks - The Art, Science
and Technique" by Shimizu.  If you want a more theoretical coverage of the
subject - "Fireworks from a Physical Standpoint" (4 Vols) - Shimizu.

The above, as well as other books on pyrotechnics (such as Lancaster and
Weingart), are available from Pyrotechnica Publications in Austin Texas.

Bill