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From: oneill@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill)
Subject: Re: new season for star trek?
Originator: oneill@bigmax.ulowell.edu
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 13:15:36 GMT


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)?
|> 
|> -- 
|>             Dick Grady               grady@world.std.com

Yes, they are showing the the upcoming season. They just pre-empted TNG
that night. It was a repeat anyways, the one with the Borg "Hugh".
Unfortunately, WNDS TV50 in Derry, NH, which usually shows that weekends
episode on sunday at 6, was off the air due to technical difficulties for
most of Sunday. It should show again on Friday at 7. I believe WCVB does
show the episode a second time, late night, but don't know when.

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.

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Internet: oneill@ulowell.edu		Moderator, comp.binaries.ibm.pc
From: grady@world.std.com (Dick Grady)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: new season for star trek?
Date: 1 Sep 92 04:55:00 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

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)?

-- 
            Dick Grady               grady@world.std.com
From: epoole@leotech.mv.com (Eric Poole)
Sender: uucp@leotech.mv.com
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: NE Zoos
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 08:45:00

cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H Cedillo) writes:

DHC> I'm From chicago, and looking for a zoo.
DHC> Doesnt NE have any?  (as close to Boston as possible)

Well, there's the Franklin Park Zoo in Jamaica Plain or
somewhere thereabouts, and the Stoneham Zoo ... never been
to either of them so can't tell you whether they are any
good.

 . . . . . ep


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From: kanarick@media.mit.edu (Craig M. Kanarick)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: new season for star trek?
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:31:11 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: The Visible Language Workshop

In article <1992Sep1.131536.16873@ulowell.ulowell.edu> oneill@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill) writes:
>
>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)?
>|> 
>|> -- 
>|>             Dick Grady               grady@world.std.com
>
>Yes, they are showing the the upcoming season. They just pre-empted TNG
>that night. It was a repeat anyways, the one with the Borg "Hugh".
>Unfortunately, WNDS TV50 in Derry, NH, which usually shows that weekends
>episode on sunday at 6, was off the air due to technical difficulties for
>most of Sunday. It should show again on Friday at 7. I believe WCVB does
>show the episode a second time, late night, but don't know when.
>

They show it Sunday night at 11:30pm, although for some reason
they showed it at 12 this past Sunday night.

-- cmk
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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: kev@osf.org (Kevin Till)
Subject: Tree Cutting/Trimming Services needed
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 14:55:38 GMT

Hi,
	I have a big oak tree that I want to trim/cut down. Last year,
I got a couple of estimates range from $800-$1400. Looking at the current 
economy of Mass., there may be some professional tree-remover who is willing
to take the job for less. 
	
	If you know anyone, please let me know.
	BTW, the tree and my house is located in South Shore of Mass.
	Thanks!!
-- 
Kevin T. Till	
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From: chaib@INRS-Telecom.UQuebec.CA (Jean Paul Chaib)
Newsgroups: ne.general,rec.travel,soc.culture.canada
Subject: Re: safary-like zoo in NE USA - SE Canada - Where?
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:56:34 GMT
Organization: INRS Telecommunications

Does anyone out there have any info on Ochos Rios,Jamaica?

Please send your replies to sharonk@bnr.ca or post them on the
net.

Thanks
From: milo@cbnews.cb.att.com (guy.f.klose)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Investment Advice Wanted
Date: 26 Aug 92 21:18:48 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: AT&T

In article <9208251722.AA03647@neptune.think.com>, lincoln@think.com (Lincoln Marta) writes:
> 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.

I met with a financial planner once, and found it enlightening, not so
much for my financial picture, but as a picture of that industry.  The
guy I met with was a fee-only planner, and I got the feeling from him
that they try and put a package together and base their fee on the value
of their plan.  It also seemed like they try to shoot for fees that are
at least $1500...in my case they couldn't offer me advice that was worth
that kind of a fee, so there was no reason for them to try to sell me
a plan.

You have some options...one is to go ahead and pay for his plan.  You
can also purchase his securities and pay his commission.  Or you can
duplicate his recommendations with your own choices.  For example, he
may offer you a agressive growth mutual fund, and you can easily find
a no-load choice on the market.

Another option is one that seems to be recommended in misc.invest all
the time:  instead of paying for a financial plan, read some books.
The principles seem to be pretty straightforward.  misc.invest will
periodically post lists of books to read.  I started with Andrew
Tobias' "The Only Other Investment Guide You'll Ever Need", a rather
easy-to-read book.

If you have unusual circumstances (lots of debt, soon-to-be college
age kids, etc.) or no time to read, then a financial planner may make
more sense than trying it on your own.

Guy
-- 
Guy Klose
milo@mvuxi.att.com
From: phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: ? Stopping video screens from shaking (interference of some type)
Date: 29 Aug 92 20:51:06 GMT
Organization: Miracle Computer Consultants

jamesp@world.std.com (james M peterson) writes:
>My computer screen in my house is constantly jittering and its driving me nuts.
>I've swapped in several different screens (all color PC VGA or better) and they
>all seem to do the same thing.  Its not as bad in other rooms but I can't move
>my study. Somethimes is ok, others it shakes up to 2mm left and right (never up
>and down).

Try a different Video Card.  One with a higher non-interlaced scan rate.
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From: DKelley@bunny.gte.com (Dawn Kelley)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: NE Zoos
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:47:17 GMT
Organization: GTEL

Derek Cedillo writes:

  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,

There are at least two zoos in the area.  One is the Franklin Park Zoo in
Boston (Jamaica Plain, I think) and the other is the Stone Zoo which is
in the process of being restored/reconstructed.  My magic company is 
planning
to do a benefit show for the Stone Zoo on October 4th.  The zoo is 
presently
open for business for a charge, I think, of $2.00.  The magic show will be
free of charge to the public for the cost of the entrance fee.  Right now
though, there are only about 6 exhibits open, with more on the way.  The 
zoo
is located in Stoneham, Mass., and was originally called the Stoneham Zoo.
It was closed for a few years due to lack of State funding.  It is now run by "The Friends of the Stone 
Zoo".
Maybe we'll see you there.


Dawn Kelley
GTE Labs
DKelley@bunny.gte.com
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From: fitz@wang.com (Tom Fitzgerald)
Newsgroups: ne.general,news.newsites,soc.net-people
Subject: Wang Labs is back on the net
Keywords: wang downtime internet outage
Date: 29 Aug 92 01:25:02 GMT
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA

Wang Labs is back on the net, after a 10-day extended downtime.  In spite
of rumors, our downtime was not caused by our going into Chapter 11,
although that vastly complicated our getting reconnected.  Hopefully, the
current connection will be permanent.

Mail to "wang.com" addresses should now work properly.  We apologize to all
those people who were inconvenienced by this.  It was pretty painful to us
as well.

-- 
Tom Fitzgerald   Wang Labs       fitz@wang.com   "I went to the universe today;
1-508-967-5278   Lowell MA, USA                   It was closed...."
From: dpotts@sw.stratus.com (David Potts)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Recommendation for a Day Care Center Wanted
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:49:57 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

From experience, I'd stay away from KinderCare.  Perhaps not all of them are
problematic, but my son went to one for about 6 months.  Hated the place.
They, in turn, seemed too much like a kid-care factory, just going through
the motions.  He was absolutely miserable, so much so that we found him a
much better place, which he now loves (Mother Hubbards, in Milford).

However, not all KinderCare locations may be bad.  Your mileage may vary.
From: lincoln@think.com (Lincoln Marta)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Savings Bank Life Ins.
Date: 26 Aug 1992 13:50:59 -0400
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation

Has anyone out there had experience with
Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts??

I received some information on their Yearly Renewable
Term Life Insurance. They offer some pretty low rates:

Amount          Premium
$100,000	$99
$250,000	$180
$500,000	$315

Based on non-smokers age 18-30.  The premium increases
approximately $3/year. Their flyer also indicate excellent
ratings from Standard & Poor, Duff & Phelps, and AM Best.

How do they do it???

Do you know? Do you know? Do you know?
I'm particularly interested in the following:

1. Claims paying ability
2. Processing time
3. Underwriting effectiveness
4. Policy holder service efficiency
5. History of rate increase/decreases
6. Compliance with state regulations
7. Financial stability
8. Years in business
9. Friendliness

Is there a book I could use to find this out
and/or does anyone have experience relating
with Savings Bank Life Insurance?

Thanks in advance,

Email: lincoln@Think.Com
From: ahughes@arch386.hyperdesk.com (Arch Hughes)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Investment Advice Wanted
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:18:03 GMT
Reply-To: arch@hyperdesk.com
Organization: HyperDesk Corporation

In article <9208251722.AA03647@neptune.think.com>, lincoln@think.com (Lincoln Marta) writes:
> I would like to ask about mutual fund investment recommendations

[body deleted since I can't post with less follow-up than original
message]

> 
> Send email to: lincoln@Think.com

If the FWIW column, I read a pamphlet recently while cooling my heels
somewhere that talked about Series EE bonds and the 6% guaranteed
average annual rate of return that they must, by law, pay.

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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: ed@odi.com (Ed Schwalenberg)
Subject: Re: Savings Bank Life Ins.
Organization: Object Design, Inc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 13:29:12 GMT

In article <9208261749.AA01515@neptune.think.com> lincoln@think.com (Lincoln Marta) writes:
  Has anyone out there had experience with
  Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts??

My wife and I bought policies about 4 years ago.

  I received some information on their Yearly Renewable
  Term Life Insurance. They offer some pretty low rates:
  How do they do it???

  Do you know? Do you know? Do you know?

I don't claim to understand the life insurance industry well enough to answer
this question.

  I'm particularly interested in the following:

  1. Claims paying ability

My wife and I are still alive, so I can't comment on this issue either.

  2. Processing time

If you don't say anything stupid on your application, like "I'm a pilot" or
"I smoked marijuana in college", it takes about a month to get a policy.

  3. Underwriting effectiveness

Dunno.

  4. Policy holder service efficiency

They send me quarterly bills 2 months before they're due.  They promptly
and efficiently processed the AIDS exclusion rider and change-of-beneficiary
forms we sent them.

  5. History of rate increase/decreases

Their rates have been stable for the last 10 years that I know of.  But see
below.

  6. Compliance with state regulations
  7. Financial stability
  8. Years in business

SBLI used to be a quasi-state institution, but as of Jan 1 it's a private
company.  So you can say that they've been in business for 50 years (or
whatever, I don't know the actual founding date) or for 8 months.
I haven't seen any real information on the impact to policyholders (existing
or new) of the change in charter, so I'm not sure whether this change
invalidates their past record or not.  (If anyone knows of any published
information about this, I'd appreciate knowing the reference.)

  9. Friendliness

The "head office" is about what you'd expect from any large organization: you
sometimes get notably friendly or notably gruff people, but mostly you get
average people.  The agent who you start out with works in a local savings
bank; if you don't care for that person walk across the street to another
local savings bank.

Another source of extremely competitive term life insurance is IEEE: if you're
a member they have a great group deal with some commercial carrier.  If you
think of your annual IEEE dues as part of the insurance premium, it's still a
good deal for any reasonably-sized policy.  The danger is that IEEE could
decide (after you've had your first two heart attacks) that it doesn't want
to offer this service to its members anymore.
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: New North Station / Boston Garden
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:08:08 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central

allyn> == allyn  <allyn@netcom.com> 

 allyn> Last time I was there (early 70's) I thought it was in
 allyn> reasonably good shape (better then the facility we have here in
 allyn> Seattle).

This is definitely no longer true, unless someone dropped the Space
Needle onto the Coliseum.

The Garden has relatively recently killed an electrician who was working
on the 40s-era air conditioning system.

North Station is being renovated, but I don't know the status of the new
Garden project; I seem to remember hearing about them getting loans from
various places, but I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention.
--
Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
            ``Ed Gruberman, you fail to grasp Ti Kwan Leep.
            Approach me that you might see.'' -- The Master
From: limey@hri.com (Craig Hughes)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Registry--not as bad as everyone says?
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:29:12 GMT
Reply-To: limey@hri.com
Distribution: ne
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.

|> 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.
|> 

Algorithm for minimal discomfort at the Watertown branch:

if (( !beginning_of_month)   &&
     ( !end_of_month)	     &&
     ( !early_morning)	     &&
     ( !lunch_time )	     &&
     ( !late_afternoon))

       goto_watertown;

In otherwords, go in the middle of the month, an hour or so before lunch,
or an hour or so after lunch, and you'll have less of a wait. 


-craig


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From: simon1@bass.bu.edu (Simon Streltsov)
Newsgroups: ne.general,ne.wanted,ne.housing
Subject: Short-Term Apt Rent, wanted
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:09:33 GMT
Reply-To: simon1@bass.bu.edu (Simon Streltsov)
Followup-To: ne.housing
Organization: Boston University

Does anybody knows, good/inexpensive
 places to rent apartment for 1-2 months?

Waltham/Brighton/Brookline area preferable.

Please, e-mail, I'll summarize.

Thanks,

Simon Streltsov
From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Request for Divorce Advice
Date: 28 Aug 92 22:27:08 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Originator: mnemonic@eff.org

My wife and I have agreed to seek a "No Fault" divorce in Massachusetts. 
We have been married for less than a year, and there are no children
or contested property, and neither of us wants any financial settlement
from the other.

We are, of course, interested in saving money on what should be a very
technically simple procedure, as divorces go. Can someone here with
experience recommend a good lawyer in the Boston area? (We were
married in Somerville.) Please give me an idea of the costs you incurred
in the process, whether you sought a "No Fault" or not, if you feel
comfortable doing so.

E-mail preferred--but post general information here if you like.


--Mike



-- 
Mike Godwin,    |"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact 
mnemonic@eff.org| of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, 
(617) 864-0665  | both are transformed."
EFF, Cambridge  |                           --Carl Jung
From: DKelley@bunny.gte.com (Dawn Kelley)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: FOR SALE:  Farfisa Console Organ
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:20:07 GMT
Organization: GTEL

For Sale - Farfisa Console Organ - Model 259R - 6 yers old in good shape.  
This organ has everything - Very modern and sophisticated, with the 
following features:

- Lighted horseshoe-shaped console
-  2 Keyboards - 4 octaves each
- 13 pedal notes and 4 pedal controls
- Easy Chord - (the 1 finger chord-maker)
- Super Partner (fantastic auto drum, bass and chord controls)
- Drawbars (for flutes from 1U - 16U fundamentals and harmonics (just like 
on a   Hammond or pipe organ)
- 6 preset pistons (including Vibes and Marimba)
- Upper Manual Percussion and Chimes
- Polyphonic and Monophonic Synthesizers with 14 separate orchestral 
instruments
- Vibrato and Sustain
- Portamento and Envelope controls
- Built-in Reverb and Leslie Speaker with on-off, slow and fast controls
- Knee Lever control, Volume Pedal and volume and balancing controls
- Mike, Headphones, and Tape Recorder Inputs
- Outlets for external Amplification
- Velour covered bench and owner's manuals.
- Many other features.  Must be seen to be appreciated.

Originally sold for $16,000.   I paid $7,000.  new.
Asking $1,500, or best offer.  

Must  be picked up by new owner.

Please E-mail or call Dawn at (617) 899-5984 and leave name and phone 
number on answering machine.


Dawn Kelley
GTE Labs
DKelley@bunny.gte.com
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From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn)
Newsgroups: ne.general,rec.travel,soc.culture.canada
Subject: Re: safary-like zoo in NE USA - SE Canada - Where?
Date: 31 Aug 92 23:47:16 GMT
Organization: On the Brew.

In referenced article, th@isr.harvard.edu (Todd Heatherton) writes:
 >In article <1992Aug28.173115.19769@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu> alexm@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu (Alex Milshteyn) writes:
 >>I am pretty new to New England.
 >>I have heard that, somewhere relatively
 >>close to me (maybe, though, it is on the
 >>canadian side of the border) there is a 
 >>safary-like bi-i-i-i-i-i-ig zoo.
 >
 >It sounds like you are describing African Lion Safari, about 45
 >minutes west of Toronto, Ontario.

Parc Safari in Hemmingford, due south of Montreal, just north of the New
York border.

Haven't been there so can't recommend it one way or another.
-- 
Ray Dunn at home    |    ray@philmtl.philips.ca    |    (514) 630 3749
From: art@world.std.com (Al Thompson)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Registry--not as bad as everyone says?
Date: 29 Aug 92 21:00:53 GMT
	<l7r6u7INNdlj@news.bbn.com> <1992Aug10.164049.20025@kronos.com>
Distribution: ne
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

In article <1992Aug10.164049.20025@kronos.com> richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun) writes:

   In article <l7r6u7INNdlj@news.bbn.com> kgorman@BBN.COM (Karen Gorman) writes:
   >I haven't had too many problems with the registry either, most of the time
   >I've gone it has been a fairly quick trip (in and out in 10 minutes).

   This comment seems to be typical of those who've gone to the Nashua
   Street facility in recent years.  At the recommendation of a co-worker,
   I went to the Watertown branch for my license renewal this year.

   What a dump!  It took me 90 minutes, and the risk of standing in the
   wrong line is extremely high because there are no signs and no helpful
   people to direct you to the correct place.  In the past, I used to use
   the North Reading or Woburn branch, one or more of which has been
   closed.  IMHO, the only way to fix the Watertown branch is to close
   it.  It's worth the trip into Boston.

Exactly what I've heard.  I've never gone anywhere except Nashua St.
Every trip has been just fine.  In and out in 10-15 minutes and polite,
helpful clerks.  I even told one of them they sure didn't seem to merit
the bad press they were getting.  Now I live in Haverhill and you should
hear the horror stories about the one in Lawrence.  I guess it is the
suburbs are lousy but downtown is fine.
Newsgroups: ne.general