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From: bwood@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Wood)
Newsgroups: dc.smithsonian
Subject: smithpeople
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:08:00 GMT
Organization: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


HEY FOLKS,  SINCE I'VE BEEN HEARING THOSE REQUESTS FOR POSTINGS, WHY 
NOT JUST GO AHEAD AND PLAN ACTIVITIES!  FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN 
AND AROUND THE D.C. CAPITOL BELTWAY, WHY COULD'NT   'WE' FACILITATE
POSSIBLE OUTINGS, AND ANNOUNCE THEM HERE.  THAT WAY, IF OUR E-MAIL
OUT-OF-TOWNERS GET WIND OF WHAT IS GOING ON, PEOPLE COULD SET DATES
AND TIMES/PLACES (I.E. SMITH OR GALLERYPLACE METRO STOP) TO GET 
TOGETHER..!  YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS PLEASE.  MY LAND MAIL ADDRESS
WELCOMES YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL: 7814 HANOVER PKWY #203, GREENBELT, MD.
20770.
Newsgroups: dc.smithsonian
From: ozcomert@wam.umd.edu (John Sedat Ozcomert)
Subject: New film
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 02:54:02 GMT

Hi to any netters that read this newsgroup.  (I am not sure you exist)
Anyway, I read in today's Post about a new film (presumably an Omnimax
film) opening October 9th at the Air and Space Museum called "Fires of
Kuwait".  I for one am eager to see it.

-John

Newsgroups: dc.smithsonian
From: root@access.digex.com (Express Access System Admin)
Subject: Re: Request for FAQ
Organization: Express Access, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 04:09:10 GMT

Well, this group was designed to discuss current events happening
at the Smithsonian, etc. and a person on our system used to do a 
lot of posting here (he works there) but I have not seen a lot of
traffic on here lately...  

So, anyone know what is going on down there?  Post something!

Doug


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Newsgroups: dc.smithsonian
From: shankha@clsi.COM (Shankha Mitra)
Subject: Re: smithpeople
Originator: shankha@clsi
Organization: CAD Language Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 19:25:50 GMT


In article <5OCT199219084249@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>, bwood@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Wood) writes:
> 
> HEY FOLKS,  SINCE I'VE BEEN HEARING THOSE REQUESTS FOR POSTINGS, WHY 
> NOT JUST GO AHEAD AND PLAN ACTIVITIES!  FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN 
> AND AROUND THE D.C. CAPITOL BELTWAY, WHY COULD'NT   'WE' FACILITATE
> POSSIBLE OUTINGS, AND ANNOUNCE THEM HERE.  THAT WAY, IF OUR E-MAIL
> OUT-OF-TOWNERS GET WIND OF WHAT IS GOING ON, PEOPLE COULD SET DATES
> AND TIMES/PLACES (I.E. SMITH OR GALLERYPLACE METRO STOP) TO GET 
> TOGETHER..!  YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS PLEASE.  MY LAND MAIL ADDRESS
> WELCOMES YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL: 7814 HANOVER PKWY #203, GREENBELT, MD.
> 20770.

Are you yelling at us, or is your caps key stuck :-) ?

I'm sorry this has nothing to do with dc.smithsonian, but I couldn't resist.

Shankha
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Newsgroups: dc.smithsonian
From: al@escom.com (Al Donaldson)
Subject: Re: Request for FAQ
Reply-To: al@escom.COM (Al Donaldson)
Organization: ESCOM Corp., Oakton VA (USA)
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 07:45:46 GMT

In article <3829@ra.nrl.navy.mil> kim@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Ellis Kim) writes:
>if yes, where is the info on the swordfighting on the mall this 
>sunday? 

I don't know, but odds are there'll be a drive-by shooting 
sometime this weekend.  ;-)/2

Al

Newsgroups: dc.smithsonian
From: shoaf@helix.nih.gov (Susan E. Shoaf)
Subject: Re: New film
Organization: (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:42:13 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.025402.23921@wam.umd.edu> ozcomert@wam.umd.edu (John Sedat Ozcomert) writes:
>Hi to any netters that read this newsgroup.  (I am not sure you exist)
>Anyway, I read in today's Post about a new film (presumably an Omnimax
>film) opening October 9th at the Air and Space Museum called "Fires of
>Kuwait".  I for one am eager to see it.
>
If this film is anything like the National Geographic film, hosted by Robert
Urich, then it will be intense.  The smoke and flames were just incredible.
It is not surprising the number of personnel who have become ill with lung
diseases after working there.

You think breathing hydrocarbons from cigs is bad, try breathing airborne
droplets of the stuff.  (Three quarters of the firefighters in the Nat. 
Geo. movie were smokers to boot!!!)

I guess their motto is live hard, die harder.

Susan
shoaf@clinpharm.niaaa.nih.gov
From: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Exporting Jobs to other countries.
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:35:55 GMT
Reply-To: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In dc.general, kevin@clsi.COM (Kevin Cameron) writes:
..etc..
>Money cycles through the economy from "prime" earners through to service
>industries and back again, i.e. for every person  working in manufacturing a la
>rge
>number of service people are employed (accountants, hairdressers, telephone
>sanitizers etc.). This works fine as long as the manufacturing work is in the U
>SA,
>if it is in Japan or Mexico then the workers in manufacturing will employ Japan
>ese
>and Mexican accountants, hairdressers etc., leading to a decline in requirement
>for service industry in the USA. The service industries are by definition not
>self-sustaining.

>Want to stay employed? - buy American, it may be your only choice.

This slogan always bothers me.. If you have a choice between equal quality
and price, then I say fine..otherwise if you do so merely to keep American
manufactured goods on the market, then you essentially are subsidizing an
inefficient operation..This is how we got in trouble in the first place..
To some extent, we must let the free market operate. This forces inefficient
operations out of business and allow the strong/efficient to survive..

We as American workers, manufacturers,..etc. must learn how to compete in
the world market and produce the best/cheapest product possible..  BTW, don't
knock the service industries.. This area utilizes "high tech know how" and
can produce considerable profits for companies who provide scientific and
engineering know-how for foreign companies/governments or to developing
third world countries.. Management skills also fall into this service area..

If we buy only American regardless of quality/price, then we must have
a completely closed system where we as producers consume and spend all
our assets internally.. We as a nation cannot survive that way.
From: roj@shweet.dco.dec.com (Roger Masse)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Next DECUS UNILUG meeting, Thurs Oct 1st
Keywords: DECUS UNILUG
Date: 28 Sep 92 15:20:36 GMT
Reply-To: roj@shweet.dco.dec.com (Roger Masse)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


       Announcing a meeting of the
       Washington, D. C. Area DECUS UNILUG


                October 1st, 1992
                     1:30 pm

                     Agenda


 *   UNIX integration with Micro-computers
     Integrating MAC's, PC's, ULTRIX and SCO
         E-mail routing
         File & printer sharing
         Terminal Emulation

     Ed Stouffer - Manager of Software Services
                   Professional Insurance Agents

                         Refreshments

 *   Converting 32 bit programs to run in a 64 bit world -or-
     "how to live with sizeof(char *) != sizeof(long)"

     Rick Murphy - Digital Equipment Corporation



       December Meeting                          February Meeting

Media Impact - An integrated          ULTRIX to OSF/1 Migration
voice, video & imaging runtime
and development environment

FullSail - ULTRIX Network-wide       OSF DCE/RPC programming?
Systems management tool
                                     

 The DC Area DECUS UNIX* Local Users' Group is for anyone who
 is involved with UNIX on Digital hardware. This meeting will
 be held at the Digital office in Greenbelt.   FROM ROCKVILLE
 Take I-270 South to the Capital Beltway (I-495) towards
 Baltimore (East)   I-495 merges with I-95 (South). Continue
 on the Beltway (now I-95 South)   to Exit 23 (Kennilworth
 Ave.). At Exit 23, bear left towards Greenbelt.  Make the
 second left onto Ivy Lane, then make your first right into
 Capital Office Park. The Demo Center is the blue building on
 the right.    FROM VIRGINIA    Take I-95 North to the Capital
 Beltway (I-495) towards Baltimore. Follow   I-95 across the
 Potomac River to Exit 23 (Kennilworth Avenue). Bear  right
 off exit ramp.  Take the second left onto Ivy Lane, then make
 your first right into Capital Office Park. The Demo Center
 is the blue building on the right. 

 UNIX is a registered trademark of Unix Systems Labs.
From: smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Local businessman harassed
Date: 6 Oct 1992 11:57:34 -0400
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net

In article <25977@oasys.dt.navy.mil> mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill) writes:
>
>Was any thought given to the thought that D.C. needs small
>businesses?  Was any thought given to the jobs which will
>be lost?  It would seem that even when the people of DC
>try to make a legit living, someone somewhere has got to
>pull them down.

These people can still make shirts.  That's their buisness, not just
*one* shift design.

>Now you have to ask yourself, with all the t-shirts promoting
>cigarettes, beer, and attack aircraft capable of killing
>hundreds, with all the movies and tv shows promoting
>killing (try counting bodies during the movie _Commando_), with all the 
>really deadly things that *really* kill people, why is it that
>the products which receive enough bad press and harassment
>to be yanked tend to be rap songs and t-shirts, produced by minorities?
>Why do products like the AIDS education book promoted by
>Magic Johnson get yanked?

Ahhh, but attack aircraft aren't readily available to the general public.
Sure, you need liscences for handguns, but the price is phenominally
less.  Cigarettes and beer are not weapons, although I agree with you in
that I don't think they belong on shirts, but they're not quite the same
thing.  The reasons the rap songs and shifts are getting yanked is *not*
because of who is producing them, but the message they are conveying.  As
for the AIDS education book, never heard about it, can't comment.

>Sounds out of balance?  Yep.  Sounds racist?  You betcha. 

yes to 1), no to 2).  Look at the fuss that was made over the Judas
Priest album a couple years ago.  They aren't a minority, and people
tried to get their albums pulled and censored as well.  With the ice-T
album I am sure you were referring to, he wrote a rap about killing cops.
I heard it, and was quite offended by it, but you are right - I don't
think it should have been pulled, but it wasn't because he was black that
it was attacked - it was because of what the album comtained.  Your
arguments aren't coming anywhere close to proving your thesis here, but I
will contend you are making some good point nontheless....

Steve Mansfield                   Junior AlterNet Engineer 
smm@uunet.uu.net                  uunet!smm
From: edwards@mwunix.mitre.org (David L. Edwards)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: House for Rent
Summary: Townhouse for Rent
Keywords: Townhouse
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:48:56 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation

Townhouse for rent:

    Tysons Corner

    4 Bedrooms

    31/2 Baths

    2 Fireplaces

    Washer/Dryer

    Brick Patio

Available Imediately

$1150/Month

Dave Edwards    (w) (703) 883-7787
                (h) (703) 281-1076

  e-mail        edwards@mwunix.mitre.org
From: najamil@apgea.army.mil (Nasir A. Jamil <najamil>)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: HOLY PROPHET'S DAY in COLUMBIA MD
Date: 2 Oct 92 12:47:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Edgewood


			    HOLY PROPHET's DAY 

	It was in this month (in Islamic lunar calendar) the Holy
	Prophet of Islam Muhammad (my peace of Allah be on him) was
	born. 

	The Ahmadiyya Mulsim Community of Baltimore/Washington
	Metropolitan Area cordially invites your presence at a
	forum to commemorate the Life and Noble Character of the
	Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (peace be on him).
	
	DATE:	Sunday, October 4, 1992
	TIME:	2:00 PM

	Place:  THE MEETING HOUSE
		Thunder Hill Road
		Columbia, MD 21045
		Phone: (410)730-4090 (Meeting House)
		(Refreshments will be served.)

	SPEAKERS:	Holy Prophet's Impact of Afro-Americans
			Rev. Daki Napata
			Assist. Paster Union Baptist Church

			Exemplary Character of the Holy Prophet (p.b.o.h)
			Imam William Shahid
			Masjid Al-Haq, Baltimore

			Holy Prophet's teachings on Self Control 
			and Discipline
			Mr. Joseph Kendall

			Holy Prophet's Unifying Love for All.
			Mubasher Ahmad
			Regional Missionary
			Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam
			Baltimore.

	Directions:
	From Interstate I-95, take exit for Rt, 175 West towards Columbia.
	Proceed about 4 miles and make a left turn on Thunder Hill Road.
	Drive straight to the end (about .9 mile) to the back of the
	Meeting House building. Make a left and drive towards the front of
	the building, to the Parking area.

R.S.V.P. 
Nasir A. Jamil
(410)838-9483

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: paul@openage.openage.com (Paul Fischer)
Subject: House for Rent - Gaithersburg
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 16:02:28 GMT



				Gaithersburg, Md.

For Rent: Top half of town house.

	Located minutes from I-270 and downtown Gaithersburg, you can rent
the top of this wonderful townhome.  There is a large front and back yard
and the neighborhood is very quiet.  There is an elementary school within
walking distance.  The back yard has a deck.

	The top floor has a master bedroom with a walking closet.  There are
also two smaller bedrooms and a full bath.  The main level has a kitchen, half
bath, and living room that is shared with my partner who lives in the basement.
There is a garage for storage, and a washer/dryer in the basement.

	As I mentioned above my partner lives in the basement, in a separate
apartment.  The rent is $900/month.  This includes all utilities and use
of all facilities including the washer/dryer and alarm system!!!

The rooms are available as a whole set suitable for a family, or individually,
in which case the rents will vary by room size.

For more information, or to see the rooms call:

			Chris Owens:	(301) 417-0979 (day/eve)
			Paul Fischer:	(301) 948-6422 (day)
			Paul Fischer:	(703) 549-0423 (eve)




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From: najamil@apgea.army.mil (Nasir A. Jamil <najamil>)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: HOLY PROPHET's DAY
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:34:21 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: Edgewood


			    HOLY PROPHET's DAY 

	It was in this month (in Islamic lunar calendar) the Holy
	Prophet of Islam Muhammad (my peace of Allah be on him) was
	born. 

	The Ahmadiyya Mulsim Community of Baltimore/Washington
	Metropolitan Area cordially invites your presence at a
	forum to commemorate the Life and Noble Character of the
	Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (peace be on him).
	
	DATE:	Sunday, October 4, 1992
	TIME:	2:00 PM

	Place:  THE MEETING HOUSE
		Thunder Hill Road
		Columbia, MD 21045
		Phone: (410)730-4090 (Meeting House)
		(Refreshments will be served.)

	SPEAKERS:	Holy Prophet's Impact of Afro-Americans
			Rev. Daki Napata
			Assist. Paster Union Baptist Church

			Exemplary Character of the Holy Prophet (p.b.o.h)
			Imam William Shahid
			Masjid Al-Haq, Baltimore

			Holy Prophet's teachings on Self Control 
			and Discipline
			Mr. Joseph Kendall

			Holy Prophet's Unifying Love for All.
			Mubasher Ahmad
			Regional Missionary
			Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam
			Baltimore.

	Directions:
	From Interstate I-95, take exit for Rt, 175 West towards Columbia.
	Proceed about 4 miles and make a left turn on Thunder Hill Road.
	Drive straight to the end (about .9 mile) to the back of the
	Meeting House building. Make a left and drive towards the front of
	the building, to the Parking area.

R.S.V.P. 
Nasir A. Jamil
(410)838-9483
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From: bchivers@smiley.mitre.org (Brent Chivers)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: X-10 remote control
Date: 1 Oct 92 02:39:54 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: The MaiTai Corp, McLean, VA


In article <1992Sep30.145335.7024@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> williams@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Williams) writes:
 > Now a question: What X-10 software do *you* use?

I use some primitive but workable software on my Amiga 1000 that a friend
of mine wrote years ago.  I just put my programming commands into a script
and download it.  I can read the program back from the interface too.

I have the source too, but it's pretty Amiga specific.
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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: ice@socrates.umd.edu (Fredrik Nyman)
Subject: Re: Crime Here
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Distribution: dc
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:37:42 GMT

olds@helix.nih.gov (James L. Olds) writes:

>What about the aspect of randomness though. I grew up in LA, used
>to live on Cap. Hill here. I've never had a problem w. common sense
>avoidance of trouble. But how far would common sense get you in 
>Bosnia where a mortar round could slam into you at any moment. It
>seems to me that in the last 5 years there has been a *qualitative*
>change in DC whereby the violence has become so common and at the
>same time so random, that it gives one the impression of no longer
>having the slightest control over one's personal safety (I'm not 
>particularly concerned with property here). Does this make any
>sense to y'all? 
Yes, it certainly does.  It seems that every year, there are more and
more well-published cases of random, unprovoked violence.  There was
the woman who was killed as she and her husband were driving along
I295 because the perp "felt like shooting someone".  There was the
woman who got killed in crossfire during a shootout in downtown DC.
There was the guy who was shot by someone with a shotgun, the latter
who afterwards told his friends "I didn't like his music anyway".  
I suppose carjackings can be considered random too, since they occur
all over the metropolitan area and all kinds of cars are stolen.

The more I think about the problems with the cities, the more
depressed I get.  It seems that no-one is willing or able to *do*
something about the problems.  Bush hasn't done much during his 12
years in power and probably wouldn't do anything useful if he's given
four more years in power.  Clinton *may* be able to work with the
community leaders, but he may be unwilling to make tough decisions,
such as imposing requirements on welfare recipients.  Should Perot
win, I get the impression we'd soon see the army or national guard
help the local police and various federal agencies impose city-wide
curfews, cordon off the most crime-plagued parts of the cities and
then search every single house for fugitives, drugs, cash and whatever
else they please. :(

Newsgroups: dc.general
From: sorsha@wam.umd.edu (Laurie Beth Brunner)
Subject: Re: Where to purchases spices
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: dc
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 04:10:42 GMT


You can get bulk spices at the UMCP food co-op, and at the Beautiful Day
co-op on Berwyn Road, off Rte 1 in College Park.  There's also Smile Herb
Shop a few yards away from BD.  And further up Rte 1, at the junction of
Powder Mill Road (MD 212) and the route, there's an Indian grocery, but I
haven't been in there.

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: cfreese@super.org (Craig F. Reese)
Subject: Re: Looking for Carousels!
Organization: Supercomputing Research Center (Bowie, MD)
Distribution: dc
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:09:05 GMT

>Perhaps this is for dc.smithsonian, but is the one down on the mall going
>to be out this year?

It was there and working last Saturday.

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)
Subject: Re: WCXR Phone Number
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA
Distribution: dc
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:11:52 GMT

In article <26006@oasys.dt.navy.mil> kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat) writes:
>Does anyone know the phone # of the listener ideas hotline for WCXR.
>I called it once to recommend then to play more tham just the top-40
>Classics, now I want to call for the ouster of Barsky....What a pain
>in the butt whiner.

It's (703) 683-1059

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jason G Velasco)
Subject: DJ equipment
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 05:20:08 GMT


Anyone know where I can buy some used or new DJ equipment?  Also where I
could buy some vinyl...  (records)

Thanks
Jason
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From: mike@pyrdc.UUCP (Mike Whitman)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: computer book store in Gaithersburg area
Date: 28 Sep 92 14:03:39 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: Pyramid Technology, Government Systems


Try Cucumber Information Services. They are one of the biggest bookstores
around. They are at 497 South Stonestreet Ave. Rockville MD. Thier phone
number is 301/251-UNIX or 1-800-223-UNIX (I wonder when AT&T will make them
change thier phone number).
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