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││ ISSUE #123 - March 15th, 1993 ││
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│ Little Known Facts...........Page 4 Dimensions In The Dark (9)...Page 26 │
│ HeadLine BITS!...............Page 5 Diet Tips....................Page 32 │
│ Quotes N Notes...............Page 6 I MYTHed That One!...........Page 36 │
│ Behind The HeadLines.........Page 10 The Bachelor.................Page 37 │
│ Phrase Craze.................Page 11 Philosopher's Bend...........Page 42 │
│ Historical Facts.............Page 12 Team Eeeek!..................Page 48 │
│ Laws Beyond Murphy...........Page 13 Not Common...................Page 55 │
│ Boardwatch Top 100...........Page 17 Strrrrrrrange BITS!..........Page 56 │
│ Reader survey - PLEASE HELP!.Page 25 The W-Eeeek-ly News..........Page 59 │
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│ Little Known Facts! │
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│ * President Wm. Taft weighed over 300 pounds. │
│ * 1/40 th of a second, the length of time it takes you to wink. │
│ * 3 percent of the land in Norway is cultivated │
│ * Bandages used to wrap Egyptian mummies measure, on average 1,000 yards. │
│ * Thomas Jefferson never belonged to any church │
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│ * September comes from the Latin word seven, which is what September was │
│ originally, the seventh month. │
│ * October mean eight in Latin │
│ * November in Latin is nine from the word novem │
│ * December from the Latin word decem meaning ten. │
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│ HeadLine BITS! │
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│ * Miss Schell Advises Breathing For Beauty │
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│ Quotes 'N' Notes (1) │
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│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ "My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted." STEVEN WRIGHT │█ │
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│ │ "God seems to have left the receiver off the hook." ARTHUR KOESTLER │█ │
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│ Behind The HeadLines! │
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│ HeadLine: Man Arrested For Wife's Death │
│ Story: A Pervian man was arrested by police there today after his wife │
│ died of a fatal infection. Police stated the man was extremely │
│ jealous and whenever he left the house he locked his wife in a │
│ chastity belt. The chastity belt had a rusty lock on it. This │
│ caused septicemic poisoning and death was the result. │
│ │
│ HeadLine: A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Arrested │
│ Story: A teenage boy was arrested today for drunk driving. The boy had │
│ the job of dressing up as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and walk- │
│ ing through the mall. The teenager gave police a chase and police │
│ had even lost him but later came across him when he was found │
│ parked at the side of the road and was out of the car relieving │
│ himself. Cowabunger dude, you should have stuck with pizza! │
│ │
│ HeadLine: Spinning Is Fun At An Amusement Park │
│ Story: Several people discovered that spinning is not that great fun they │
│ thought it was when a ride malfunctioned and wouldn't stop. For │
│ nearly fifteen minutes the ride spun. No one was in danger, other │
│ than becoming sick that is. │
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│ Phrase Craze! │
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│ * To be left in the lurch: to be left, hopelessly out, without help. │
│ Years ago the French invented a game, very much like the modern day │
│ backgammon game, called lurch or lourche. In this game a great deal of │
│ money came into play. When a player had invested a lot of money and was │
│ on the losing side he was said to be left in the lurch. Soon the term │
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│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ B O A R D W A T C H M A G A Z I N E Announces: │
│ The Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest for 1993 │
│ │
│ WIN A FREE HIGH SPEED MODEM │
│ Boardwatch Magazine is sponsoring a contest to find the 100 most popular │
│ bulletin board systems in North America - and the ONE BBS most popular │
│ among callers. The contest will run from January 1, 1993 through July 1, │
│ 1993. Winners will be announced at the Online Networking Exposition and │
│ BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON) held at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado │
│ Springs Colorado, August 25-29, 1993. The Boardwatch 100 list will be │
│ published in subsequent issues of Boardwatch Magazine and distributed in │
│ electronic form world-wide. │
│ │
│ PRIZES FOR BULLETIN BOARD OPERATORS │
│ 1ST PRIZE: Air fare, hotel accommodations and registration at ONE BBSCON │
│ for one is awarded to the system receiving the most votes. Additionally, │
│ the system will receive a free full-page black and white advertisement in │
│ Boardwatch Magazine for a period of three months. An award trophy will │
│ be presented at the ONE BBSCON and a feature story on their BBS will │
│ appear in a subsequent issue of the magazine.. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TOP 10: The 10 most popular BBSes selected by the voters will each receive │
│ an award trophy during a special presentation at the Online Networking │
│ Exposition & BBS Convention (ONE BBSCON) August 25-29, 1993. Additionally, │
│ a story describing their system will appear in Boardwatch Magazine, they │
│ will be included in a special TOP TEN BBS listing in the magazine, & will │
│ receive a free 1/4 page black & white advertisement in 3 successive issues.│
│ Finally, they'll be listed in the Boardwatch 100 BBS list. │
│ │
│ TOP ONE HUNDRED: The 100 bulletin boards receiving the most votes will │
│ each be listed in the Boardwatch 100 readers choice BBS list. This list │
│ will be published in Boardwatch Magazine and freely distributed │
│ electronically on thousands of bulletin boards world-wide. │
│ │
│ PRIZES FOR VOTERS: All valid ballots submitted by voters will be entered │
│ in a random sweepstakes drawing. As of the opening date of this contest, │
│ prizes include TWO U.S. ROBOTICS COURIER DUAL STANDARD 16.8K MODEMS, two │
│ HAYES OPTIMA 14400 + FAX 144 modems, & two ZyXEL U-1496 14,400 bps modems │
│ - & more are on the way. A minimum of six valid ballots will be selected │
│ from all entries & each will receive a free modem - from the most popular │
│ modem manufacturers in the world. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ RULES FOR CALLERS: Each voter can vote once, for a single bulletin board │
│ system. Each ballot must be fully completed, & individually mailed by each │
│ voter. One vote per address, & we will verify ballots as necessary. There │
│ are three ways to vote: │
│ │
│ 1. Printout and complete this ballot and mail to: │
│ BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE │
│ READERS CHOICE BBS CONTEST │
│ 5970 South Vivian Street │
│ Littleton, CO 80127 │
│ │
│ 2. Print out, complete this ballot and FAX to (303)973-3731. │
│ │
│ 3. Or, dial the Boardwatch BBS at (303)973-4222 and complete the online │
│ ballot provided on the main menu. │
│ │
│ Balloting closes at 23:59:59, June 30, 1993. │
│ │
│ This contest is not limited to Boardwatch Magazine subscribers, and no │
│ purchase of any kind is required to participate in this contest. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ NOTE: We held this contest during 1992 and it generated 11,152 votes by │
│ the close of balloting for some 1250 different BBSes. The TOP system │
│ received about 450 votes. Your individual vote can have a tremendous │
│ impact on the outcome of this contest. Further, the odds of winning a │
│ modem in last years contest, were 1 in 1394 (8 modems awarded). │
│ │
│ RULES FOR BBS OPERATORS: Bulletin Board Operators may encourage callers │
│ to vote for their system by offering whatever inducements/encouragements │
│ they like. There is one rule to this contest for BBS operators. YOU MAY │
│ NOT HANDLE ANY VOTE AFTER THE CALLER HAS COMPLETED THE BALLOT. YOU MAY NOT│
│ HANDLE IT IN ANY WAY. │
│ │
│ You may provide callers with anything you like, including postage paid │
│ envelopes, printed matter, solicitations, etc. But once they've completed │
│ a ballot, if you touch, handle, or otherwise deal with the ballot in any │
│ way, your BBS will be disqualified from the contest without appeal or │
│ recourse. │
│ │
│ If you wish to post an electronic ballot on your BBS, you may post this │
│ file IN ITS ENTIRETY. You may post any additional information you feel │
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ is appropriate, but this entire rules file must be available to all │
│ callers. │
│ │
│ Despite the fact that this contest has a minimum of rules, this one rule │
│ does cause problems each year. You cannot post online surveys or doors to │
│ allow voters to vote online. This is vote handling. You cannot accept │
│ ballots & mail or fax them in for callers. The rule of thumb is pretty │
│ clear: You can provide anything you like TO callers to induce them to vote.│
│ There is NOTHING you can accept FROM callers in any way pertaining to this │
│ ballot at all. THEY must complete the ballot & forward it to us themselves.│
│ │
│ We actually received FEDEX packages on the final day of the contest last │
│ year from BBS operators who claimed to have collected a hundred or so │
│ votes. Infractions are dealt with quite economically - the BBS is │
│ summarily disqualified without recourse or appeal. │
│ │
│ One new element introduced in the 1993 contest is date scoring. All │
│ ballots received from 1 January 1993 through 30 June 1993 will receive a │
│ date score based on the date of receipt. Date scores will range from 180 │
│ for votes received 1 January down to 1 for votes received on June 30. │
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ These date stamp values are cummulative for each BBS and will be used to │
│ eliminate ALL ties in the TOP 100. Since ties are quite common in this │
│ contest, it pays to get your votes in early. │
│ │
│ This contest is open to all BBSes worldwide with the sole exception of the │
│ Boardwatch Magazine BBS - which is ineligible. Commercial services such as │
│ Prodigy, America Online, CompuServe, are considered to be networks and not │
│ bulletin boards for the purposes of this contest. HOWEVER, individual │
│ forums, roundtables, or special interest areas moderated by a specific │
│ human SYSOP on those services & allowing callers to post messages in that │
│ specific area ARE considered to be bulletin boards for the purposes of this│
│ contest and may participate. │
│ │
│ BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE │
│ 5970 South Vivian Street │
│ Littleton, CO 80127 │
│ FAX: (303)973-3731. │
│ BBS: (303)973-4222 │
│ │
│ Balloting closes at 23:59:59, June 30, 1993. │
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest-BALLOT │
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│ BOARDWATCH 100 READERS CHOICE BBS CONTEST 1993 BALLOT FORM│
│ Because Eeeeks is 24 lines per page, ballot form continues next page... │
│ ***************************************************************************│
│ Mail to: BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE READERS, CHOICE BBS CONTEST │
│ 5970 S Vivian St Littleton, CO 80127 │
│ BBS INFORMATION: │
│ TITLE OF BBS YOU NOMINATE AS BEST BBS:____________________________________ │
│ PRIMARY BBS ACCESS TELEPHONE NUMBER: ____________________________________ │
│ │
│ VOTER VERIFICATION INFORMATION: Voter information will be used to verify a │
│ selected sampling of caller ballots. Responses to certain questions will be│
│ used to produce aggregate statistical information on BBS callers to be │
│ published in Boardwatch Magazine in future issues. All information required│
│ Incomplete ballots will be discarded │
│ │
│ VOTER NAME: ______________________________________________________________ │
│ STREET ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________ │
│ CITY: _________________________________ STATE/PROVINCE: __________________ │
│ ZIP OR POSTAL CODE: ___________________ COUNTRY: _________________________ │
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│ Boardwatch 100 Reader's Choice Bulletin Board Contest-BALLOT │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ VOTER VOICE TELEPHONE NUMBER: ____________________________________________ │
│ AGE:____ SEX: [ ] M [ ] F PROFESSION:__________________________________ │
│ COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE USED: ____________________________________________ │
│ HIGHEST MODEM SPEED YOUR MODEM SUPPORTS? [ ] 1200 bps [ ] 2400 bps │
│ [ ] 9600 bps [ ] 14,400 bps │
│ MODEM MANUFACTURER AND MODEL: ____________________________________________ │
│ PERSONAL COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE: [ ] MS-DOS - IBM PC/Compatable │
│ [ ] Apple Macintosh [ ] Other: (specify) ______________________________ │
│ DO YOU REGULARLY USE MICROSOFT WINDOWS? [ ] yes [ ] no │
│ HAVE YOU INSTALLED A SECOND TELEPHONE LINE FOR DATA USE? [ ] yes [ ] no │
│ ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS YOU MAKE TO ALL BBSs PER MONTH: __________ │
│ ESTIMATED AVERAGE CALL DURATION: _______ │
│ GUESTIMATE THE DATE OF YOUR FIRST MODEM CALL: ____________________________ │
│ │
│ SIGNATURE: __________________________________ DATE: ______________________ │
│ │
│ For more information on ONE BBSCON '93 - call (303)693-5253 voice or the │
│ ONE BBSCON BBS at (303)693-5432. For more information about Boardwatch │
│ Magazine, dial (303)973-4222 by modem To subscribe by voice using MC/Visa │
│ (800)933-6038. Boardwatch Magazine is published monthly at $36 per year. │
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ READER SURVEY 1993 │
│----------------------------------------------------------------------------│
│ 1: YOUR AGE GROUP IS? │
│ A: Under 25 4: HOW OFTEN DO YOU READ EEEEKS? │
│ C: 26 to 35 A: Every Single Issue! │
│ D: 36 to 45 B: 2-3 Times A Month │
│ E: 46 to 55 C: Once A Month or Less │
│ F: 55 + │
│ 5: YOUR GENDER? │
│ 2: YOUR JOB: A: Male B: Female │
│ A: White Collar/Mgmt │
│ B: Tech/Computer 6: HOW MANY BBSES DO YOU BELONG TO? │
│ C: Biz Owner/Self-Emp'd A: 1 B: 2-3 C: 4-5 D: 5+ │
│ D: Unemployed/In School │
│ F: Other:______________ 7: DO YOU READ OTHER EMAGAZINES? │
│ A: Yes B: Some C: No │
│ 3: YEARLY INCOME: │
│ A: Under $20,000 8: DO YOU CLASSIFY YOURSELF AS │
│ B: $20,000 - $39,000 COMPUTER LITERATE? │
│ C: $40,000 + A: Yes B: Somewhat C: No │
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│ Diminsions Of The Dark by J.L. Black │
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│ I felt secure resting against him. It somehow gave me some strength to │
│ get control of myself. I felt myself calming down. I looked over at │
│ the lifeless form of Mr. Jacobs and felt a deep sadness for this man I │
│ hardly knew. I reached over and took Thomas's jacket and placed it │
│ over Mr. Jacobs head and shoulders. Then I leaned back against Thomas. │
│ │
│ Thomas started to say something, but before he could we heard the │
│ familiar voice of Mrs. Moore hollowing out at us. │
│ │
│ "Come on you guys. Get us out of here. Thomas and Carol, there will │
│ be time enough for romance later." │
│ │
│ "I don't think we can get you out," Thomas announced. "The experience │
│ caused me a great deal of problems. I felt as if I were having a heart │
│ attack and I have a broken arm. Mr. Jacobs," I grabbed Thomas's arm, │
│ he stopped, hesitated for a moment then went on to say, "Mr. Jacobs had │
│ a great deal of trouble as well and is unconscious from the experience. │
│ If we try to get you out the same way it would vary likely kil... │
│ injure you. Your going to have to be patient Mrs. Moore and give Carol │
│ and me some time to think this thing through. I promise we will get │
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│ Diminsions Of The Dark by J.L. Black │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ you out, or di...grow old trying." │
│ │
│ "Okay Tom. Carol you take care of him. If his arm is broken you had │
│ better splint it or something. Tom don't you try moving that arm. And │
│ make sure Mr. Jacobs is covered up with something and kept warm. A │
│ chill can set in when you are unconscious." Mrs. Moore said. Her │
│ motherly instinct showing through her statements. │
│ │
│ We could hear Mrs. Jacobs asking questions. Thomas and I did not │
│ respond to her, hoping she was asking the others for support rather │
│ than us for a report on the condition of her husband. Neither of us │
│ could have brought ourselves to telling her that Mr. Jacobs was dead. │
│ We both felt it was better this way. We were afraid Mrs. Jacobs would │
│ try to come through the dimensional wall and end up killing herself as │
│ well. │
│ │
│ There was complete silence now. Thomas laid back down on the floor and │
│ I sat beside him. As I watched his face, the beads of perspiration │
│ seemed to begin to fade from his forehead, and his color was changing │
│ from bright brilliant red to a more pallid shade. He appeared to be │
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│ Diminsions Of The Dark by J.L. Black │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ coming back to normal, except for the few times he grimaced from the │
│ pain in his arm. I noted the time, 2:13 a.m. │
│ │
│ "You stay right there Thomas, I'll be back in a moment," I stated. I │
│ took off out the bungalow door and made my way back to my room. There │
│ I searched through my luggage for some Darvon I had brought with me for │
│ a back injury I had sustained some months earlier, from which I still │
│ had a lot of pain. I looked for anything that might make a splint, and │
│ when I found nothing but boards, such as the support boards from the │
│ bed, they were too long and too thick, I took a drawer out of the │
│ dresser and kicked the bottom out with my foot. The bottom was made │
│ from slats rather than one solid piece. I then went through my luggage │
│ for some scarfs I had brought with me. These would function as a │
│ bandage as well as hold the splint boards in place. I then ran back to │
│ bungalow 315 and once there, ran to the kitchen and got a glass of │
│ water and returned to Thomas. │
│ │
│ "What are you doing?", he queried. │
│ │
│ "I have to set you arm. You'll be of no help if we can't get this arm │
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│ coming back to normal, except for the few times he grimaced from the │
│ pain in his arm. I noted the time, 2:13 a.m. │
│ │
│ "You stay right there Thomas, I'll be back in a moment," I stated. I │
│ took off out the bungalow door and made my way back to my room. There │
│ I searched through my luggage for some Darvon I had brought with me for │
│ a back injury I had sustained some months earlier, from which I still │
│ had a lot of pain. I looked for anything that might make a splint, and │
│ when I found nothing but boards, such as the support boards from the │
│ bed, they were too long and too thick, I took a drawer out of the │
│ dresser and kicked the bottom out with my foot. The bottom was made │
│ from slats rather than one solid piece. I then went through my luggage │
│ for some scarfs I had brought with me. These would function as a │
│ bandage as well as hold the splint boards in place. I then ran back to │
│ bungalow 315 and once there, ran to the kitchen and got a glass of │
│ water and returned to Thomas. │
│ │
│ "What are you doing?", he queried. │
│ │
│ "I have to set you arm. You'll be of no help if we can't get this arm │
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│ taken care of and get your pain under control. Can you take Darvon?" │
│ │
│ "Yes, but if I do I may not be of help to you anyway. It generally │
│ makes me lethargic", Thomas replied. │
│ │
│ "Fine, then we'll open a capsule and remove part of its contents and │
│ see if you can handle half the quantity better. Now hang on to the │
│ arch way of the door while I try to set your arm." I instructed, as I │
│ moved myself to his left side. Once there, I gently held onto his arm, │
│ just below the break, and tugged on his arm in a gentle and gradual │
│ move. He screamed at the pain I was causing, "I'm sorry," I said in │
│ almost a whisper. I saw the bone move and align itself back into the │
│ flesh. I then took a couple of the scarfs that I had brought from my │
│ luggage and placed them around the open wound. Then placing the slats │
│ on either side of the arm, I held them with one hand and clumsily tied │
│ two scarfs around the boards. It was done. Not a medical coo but it │
│ would do for now. I then took a capsule from the bottle of Darvon I │
│ had brought, opened it and poured part of its contents out on the │
│ floor, placed the two halves of the capsule back together again and │
│ gave it to Thomas with a glass of water. He took this. Then slid │
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│ himself upward, leaning against the archway of the door and sat quietly │
│ for a moment. │
│ │
│ "Not a bad job," he said surveying his splinted arm. "So, what do we │
│ do next? Did you get any ideas about what is going on here?" │
│ │
│ "The first thing I think we should do is let you relax and wait for the │
│ Darvon to take some effect. It shouldn't take too long. It usually │
│ works on me in about ten minutes," I suggested. │
│ │
│ I went on to explained to him the events that had occurred at the │
│ house. I told him who Anna was, her relationship to me, and how she │
│ had died. Then I told him about her appearance to me. I surprised │
│ myself, I had never had an experience such as this before. Yet when │
│ detailing it to Thomas, I stated these things almost as an established │
│ fact. He did not react as if this was anything unusual. As matter of │
│ fact, he merely nodded his head and kept saying 'I understand'. I'm │
│ not sure if he understood the experience or understood I had gone │
│ crazy. I then related to him what Anna had explained about the │
│ dimensional door and informed him of the time element we were up │
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│ A shelf of Macaroni & Cheese │
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│ Philosopher's Bend: From "On The Soul" By Aristotle, 350 BC │
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│ Book I 1 - HOLDING as we do that, while knowledge of any kind is a thing to│
│ be honoured and prized, one kind of it may, either by reason of its greater│
│ exactness or of a higher dignity & greater wonderfulness in its objects, be│
│ more honourable & precious than another, on both accounts we should natur- │
│ ally be led to place in the front rank the study of the soul. The knowledge│
│ of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in │
│ general, & above all, to our understanding of Nature, for the soul is in │
│ some sense the principle of animal life. Our aim is to grasp & understand, │
│ first its essential nature, & secondly its properties; of these some are │
│ taught to be affections proper to the soul itself, while others are con- │
│ sidered to attach to the animal owing to the presence within it of soul. │
│ To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult│
│ things in the world. As the form of question which here presents itself, │
│ viz. the question 'What is it?', recurs in other fields, it might be │
│ supposed there was some single method of inquiry applicable to all objects │
│ whose essential nature (as we are endeavouring to ascertain there is for │
│ derived properties the single method of demonstration); in that case what │
│ we should have to seek for would be this unique method. But if there is no │
│ such single & general method for solving the question of essence, our task │
│ becomes still more difficult in the case of each different subject we shall│
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│ Philosopher's Bend: From "On The Soul" By Aristotle, 350 BC │
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│ have to determine the appropriate process of investigation. If to this │
│ there be a clear answer, eg: the process is demonstration or division, or │
│ some known method, difficulties & hesitations still beset us-with what │
│ facts shall we begin the inquiry? For the facts which form the starting- │
│ points in different subjects must be different, as eg: in the case of │
│ numbers & surfaces. First, no doubt, it is necessary to determine in which │
│ of the summa genera soul lies, what it is; is it 'a this-somewhat, 'a │
│ substance, or is it a quale or a quantum, or some other of the remaining │
│ kinds of predicates which we have distinguished? Further, does soul belong │
│ to the class of potential existents, or is it not rather an actuality? Our │
│ answer to this question is of the greatest importance. We must consider │
│ also whether soul is divisible or is without parts, & whether it is every- │
│ where homogeneous or not; & if not homogeneous, whether its various forms │
│ are different specifically or generically: up to the present time those who│
│ have discussed and investigated soul seem to have confined themselves to │
│ the human soul. We must be careful not to ignore the question whether soul │
│ can be defined in a single unambiguous formula, as is the case with animal,│
│ or whether we must not give a separate formula for each of it, as we do for│
│ horse, dog, man, god (in the latter case the 'universal' animal-and so too │
│ every other 'common predicate'-being treated either as nothing at all or as│
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Philosopher's Bend: From "On The Soul" By Aristotle, 350 BC │
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│ a later product). Further, if what exists is not a plurality of souls, but│
│ a plurality of parts of one soul, which ought we to investigate first, the │
│ whole soul or its parts? (It is also a difficult problem to decide which of│
│ these parts are in nature distinct from one another.) Again, which ought we│
│ to investigate first, these parts or their functions, mind or thinking, the│
│ faculty or the act of sensation, & so on? If the investigation of the │
│ functions precedes that of the parts, the further question suggests itself:│
│ ought we not before either to consider the correlative objects eg: of sense│
│ or thought? It seems not only useful for the discovery of the causes of the│
│ derived properties of substances to be acquainted with the essential nature│
│ of those substances (as in mathematics it is useful for the understanding │
│ of the property of the equality of the interior angles of a triangle to 2 │
│ right angles to know the essential nature of the straight & the curved or │
│ of the line and the plane) but also conversely, for the knowledge of the │
│ essential nature of a substance is largely promoted by an acquaintance with│
│ its properties: for, when we are able to give an account conformable to │
│ experience of all or most of the properties of a substance, we shall be in │
│ the most favourable position to say something worth saying about the essen-│
│ tial nature of that subject; in all demonstration a definition of the │
│ essence is required as a starting-point, so that definitions which do not │
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│ Philosopher's Bend: From "On The Soul" By Aristotle, 350 BC │
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│ enable us to discover the derived properties, or which fail to facilitate │
│ even a conjecture about them, must obviously, one & all, be dialectical & │
│ futile. A further problem presented by the affections of soul is this: are │
│ they all affections of the complex of body & soul, or is there any 1 among │
│ them peculiar to the soul by itself? To determine this is indispensable but│
│ difficult. If we consider the majority of them, there seems to be no case │
│ in which the soul can act or be acted upon without involving the body; eg: │
│ anger, courage, appetite, & sensation generally. Thinking seems the most │
│ probable exception; but if this too proves to be a form of imagination or │
│ to be impossible without imagination, it too requires a body as a condition│
│ of its existence. If there is any way of acting or being acted upon proper │
│ to soul, soul will be capable of separate existence; if there is none, its │
│ separate existence is impossible. In the latter case, it will be like what │
│ is straight, which has many properties arising from the straightness in it,│
│ eg: of touching a bronze sphere at a point though straightness divorced │
│ from the other constituents of the straight thing cannot touch it in this │
│ way; it cannot be so divorced at all, since it is always found in a body. │
│ It therefore seems that all the affections of soul involve a body-passion, │
│ gentleness, fear, pity, courage, joy, loving, & hating; in all these there │
│ is a concurrent affection of the body. In support of this we may point to │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Philosopher's Bend: From "On The Soul" By Aristotle, 350 BC │
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│ the fact that, while sometimes on the occasion of violent and striking │
│ occurrences there is no excitement or fear felt, on others faint and feeble│
│ stimulations produce these emotions, viz. when the body is already in a │
│ state of tension resembling its condition when we are angry. Here is a │
│ still clearer case: in the absence of any external cause of terror we find │
│ ourselves experiencing the feelings of a man in terror. From all this it is│
│ obvious that the affections of soul are enmattered formulable essences. │
│ Consequently their definitions ought to correspond, e.g. anger should be │
│ defined as a certain mode of movement of such and such a body (or part or │
│ faculty of a body) by this or that cause and for this or that end. That is │
│ precisely why the study of the soul must fall within the science of Nature,│
│ at least so far as in its affections it manifests this double character. │
│ Hence a physicist would define an affection of soul differently from a │
│ dialectician; the latter would define eg: anger as the appetite for return-│
│ ing pain for pain, or something like that, while the former would define it│
│ as a boiling of the blood or warm substance surround the heart. The latter │
│ assigns the material conditions, the former the form or formulable essence;│
│ for what he states is the formulable essence of the fact, though for its │
│ actual existence there must be embodiment of it in a material such as is │
│ described by the other. Thus the essence of a house is assigned in such a │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Philosopher's Bend: From "On The Soul" By Aristotle, 350 BC │
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│ formula as 'a shelter against destruction by wind, rain, & heat' the physi-│
│ cist would describe it as 'stones, bricks, & timbers'; but there's a 3rd │
│ possible description which would say it was that form in that material with│
│ that purpose or end. Which among these is entitled to be regarded as the │
│ genuine physicist? The one who confines himself to the material or the one │
│ who restricts himself to the formulable essence alone? Is it not rather the│
│ one who combines both in a single formula? If this is so how are we to │
│ characterize the other 2? Must we not say that there is no type of thinker │
│ who concerns himself with those qualities or attributes of the material │
│ which are in fact inseparable from the material, & without attempting even │
│ in thought to separate them? The physicist is he who concerns himself with │
│ all properties active & passive of bodies or materials thus or thus defined│
│ -attributes not considered as being of this character he leaves to others, │
│ in certain cases it may be to a specialist, eg: a carpenter or a physician │
│ in others a) they are inseparable in fact but are separable from any part- │
│ icular kind of body by an effort of abstraction, to the mathematician b) │
│ where they're separate both in fact & thought from body to the 1st Philoso-│
│ pher/metaphysician. But we must return from this digression, & repeat the │
│ affections of soul are inseparable from material substratum of animal life │
│ we have seen such attach & not the same mode of being as a line or a plane.│
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│ Team Eeeek serial: The Dawning of an Age "Little Black Box" │
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│ Carpenter swept his eyes from the front door counterclockwise around the │
│ entire office. Everything appeared normal. But it hadn't last night. │
│ │
│ Last night when he felt jumpy, he looked over both shoulders and he could │
│ have sworn that he saw figures stepping in and out of the shadows. It was │
│ like they were walking behind a series of tall mirrors spaced two, three │
│ feet apart. The forms would appear to cross a short distance then step │
│ into nothingness. │
│ │
│ And what really began to frighten him was that he was beginning to │
│ recognize the faces. He didn't know who, he didn't know how, but these │
│ people were beginning to become familiar. Carpenter saw no faces tonight. │
│ │
│ But what he did see was a murky cloudiness that erased the walls, ceiling │
│ and floor and expanded the "space" in which he found himself. Slowly a │
│ desert appeared around him and pushed its way further toward the horizon. │
│ In the distance a mountain chain rose out of the nothingness and a sun │
│ peaked over the highest parts. Carp felt the heat rolling off that │
│ boiling orb; it drew sweat to his brow. He squinted into the blinding │
│ light as it climbed higher into the sky. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Team Eeeek serial: The Dawning of an Age "Little Black Box" │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Soon a figure would step out of the shimmering haze. It would be an older │
│ man - probably an Indian, by the looks of the setting - and it would be │
│ someone Carp "knew." Or at least he felt he knew. And that older man │
│ would ask him odd questions and insist that they were acquainted; then │
│ the older one would take Carp on a journey of some sort; a journey which │
│ confused him but also enticed him. It would be like a walk through a │
│ pleasant dream that one knows he has had but can't remember. │
│ │
│ How did Carp know all this? Because it had happened to him before. In fact │
│ it had happened many times since he had started working the night shift. │
│ │
│ "Are you ready, my son?" │
│ The voice startled Carp but it wasn't unexpected. │
│ "Where are we going?" he asked. │
│ │
│ The figure of an old Indian stepped out of the bright haze and presented │
│ itself for scrutiny. He was Carpenter's height and build, but unlike the │
│ technician, his cheekbones rode high on his face, his brow jutted from │
│ his forehead like the mountain ridge across the desert. And a strong gaze │
│ reach out from eyes gone cold from too much disillusionment. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Team Eeeek serial: The Dawning of an Age "Little Black Box" │
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│ "Do I pass inspection?" the old man asked. │
│ │
│ For some reason Carp couldn't help from answering, "Yes, you're exactly │
│ what I expected." │
│ │
│ The Indian, waiting patiently as though knowing that Carp hadn't finished │
│ his study, bobbed his head slowly and said, "Our imaginations never fail │
│ us." He stood motionless for several long moments and then said, "We are │
│ going to the seat of power on the mountain." │
│ │
│ "Why?" Carp wondered. │
│ │
│ One corner of the old man's mouth wanted to crawl up into a smile, but he │
│ held it in check. Instead he said, "Because you asked to go." │
│ │
│ "What about that other?" Carp asked. "That evil one I felt back there - │
│ in the office?" │
│ │
│ "He will be there when you return," the old man assured him. "It is time │
│ to go." │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Team Eeeek serial: The Dawning of an Age "Little Black Box" │
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│ Before Carpenter could utter another word, the Indian spun on his heel │
│ and walked into the sunrise. │
│ *** │
│ │
│ The top of the mountain was swept with a firm, insistent breeze which │
│ rolled up to the pinnacle from every direction. The sun, far to the west, │
│ burned the vision of that direction from Carp's eyes. But every other │
│ vista lay brilliantly exposed and sharply defined. │
│ │
│ And the reaches of the eye from such a height were otherwise unimaginable │
│ to the technician; he felt he could see into tomorrow. │
│ │
│ "Not quite that far," the Indian said, seeming to read his mind, "but │
│ nearly." │
│ │
│ "What am I to do here?" Carp asked. │
│ │
│ "As always, learn the lessons of power." │
│ │
│ "How?" │
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│ Team Eeeek serial: The Dawning of an Age "Little Black Box" │
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│ "Sit, wait," the old man swept his arm over the land to the east, │
│ "watch." │
│ │
│ Against a large stone, the two men placed their backs and peered into the │
│ scene below. It was like looking into a crystal ball in that a mist │
│ covered the land, swirled away and left them an uninterrupted view of a │
│ lush green valley. Carp could almost see the moisture in the tall grass │
│ and vegetation. │
│ │
│ He felt a presence entering from the north and noticed that the old │
│ Indian had his eyes trained in that direction. │
│ │
│ Down on the valley floor a lone rider worked a spotted pony around the │
│ curve of the mountains. │
│ │
│ The rider appeared to be wearing leggings and some sort of breast plate; │
│ a few feathers protruded from his hair. Carp took him to be Indian, the │
│ type he had seen in old movies. │
│ │
│ "Who is that?" he asked. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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│ Team Eeeek serial: The Dawning of an Age "Little Black Box" │
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│ The old man turned toward him and almost sighed as though weary of tiring │
│ questions. │
│ │
│ "It is you." │
│ │
│ The instant he said those words, Carp found himself astride the painted │
│ pony, felt the heavy moisture against his bare chest. │
│ │
│ Leather reins lay threaded through his fingers and feathers tugged at │
│ his hair in the slight breeze. │
│ │
│ He glanced up the mountain and knew that two men watched him. │
│ │
│ Although he didn't know them, he didn't fear them. │
│ │
│ He knew why he had come. │
│ │
│ Sliding off the pony he faced the mountain and started to climb. │
│ │
│ To Be Continued... │
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│ Not Common! │
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│ * The Portuguese Army took an very uncommon and unusual action when it │
│ honored Saint Anthony by making him an honorary Lieutenant Colonel. │
│ * John Mytton of England (1796-1834 had the most unusual treatment for │
│ hiccups. Mytton had, since the age of 10, started consuming a huge │
│ amount of port every day. Because of his early beginnings with port he │
│ was able to drink as much as eight quarts every day. But he developed │
│ hiccups as the result of the port. One night, in a drunken state, he │
│ decided the best way to get rid of the hiccups he suffered was to │
│ frighten them away. He took a candle that was lit and placed it to the │
│ collar of his shirt. The shirt, being made of cotton, became inflamed │
│ immediately. Mytton began screaming and two servants came in to pull │
│ the burning shirt from their master. Mytton, though badly burned, noted │
│ just prior to falling into bed that the hiccups were gone. │
│ * One of strangest surgeries a doctor ever performed was done by Dr. John │
│ Brinkley of Kansas. Dr. Brinkley for a fee of $1,500 would implant │
│ young goat glands in men who were aging. Dr. Brinkley stated that this │
│ procedure gave these men a youthful energy and encouraged their sexual │
│ drive. │
│ * State Representative Bernard Gladstone of Rhode Island tried to enter a │
│ bill of a $2 tax on each act of sexual intercourse in lieu of income tax.│
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│ Is it possible, was the first question the person receiving the strange │
│ phone asked. There was no response to her question. But clearly it was │
│ possible, she reasoned, because it had happened. │
│ But the phone call sort of went hand in hand with the other events to take │
│ place. The opening and closing of doors when no one was near them. The │
│ strange sounds of a person talking when no one else was in the room. The │
│ footsteps up and down the hallway when no one was in the hallway. The │
│ footsteps sounded as though they were on a wooden floor, though the hall │
│ was fully carpeted. │
│ These are some of the reports to come from witnesses of the ghostly visitor│
│ at The Lodge in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. │
│ The most outstanding events of the ghostly resident is that of making phone│
│ calls. For some reason the ghost always calls the Governor's Suite, room │
│ 101. │
│ A great many employees of the Lodge have reported seeing the ghost. The │
│ descriptions given have always been the same. A young, beautiful, red │
│ haired woman. The hotel employees have dubbed her "Rebecca." │
│ A bartender in the Red Dog Saloon, part of the hotel, reported seeing ash- │
│ trays move about the room when no one was in there except himself. He also│
│ reported having seen flames shoot out of the fireplace even though it was │
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│ not lit and there was no wood or paper in it to start a fire. │
│ Another employee reported, when changing the drapes in the Governor's │
│ Suite, she had climbed up the ladder and had the drapes over her arm. She │
│ clearly heard the door open and then close. She then heard footsteps │
│ moving across the floor. She called out, thinking it was her husband who │
│ had entered the room. There was no answer. She climbed down the ladder │
│ and looked around, nothing. She went to the door and opened it, stepped │
│ into the hallway and saw no one in the hall. She returned to her ladder, │
│ dismissing the entire incident. Just as she climbed back to the top of │
│ the ladder again she heard the footsteps once more then the door open and │
│ close again. │
│ On other occasions water faucets would be turned on in the Governor's Suite│
│ even though it was not being used at the time. │
│ The belief is that Rebecca was a young woman in love with someone of high │
│ position and/or power. She was not his wife. The story goes that she was │
│ murdered and buried in the basement of the Lodge. The man responsible for │
│ her murder had enough power that he could convince the owners to help him │
│ bury her in the basement. Rebecca, it seems, threatened, whether verbally │
│ or merely by her very existence, the man position of power as well as his │
│ family life. │
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│ The Lodge was built in 1899 by El Paso and Northeastern Railway. It was │
│ intended to be a lodging place for those traveling the country. In 1909 │
│ it burned down but in 1911 it was rebuilt and is now in the same form as │
│ it was during the rebuilding. It has, since 1935 had numerous owners, │
│ including the well known Conrad Hilton. In fact, it was Hilton's third │
│ hotel purchase. │
│ The ghost is said to be Rebecca. No other name given. If it isn't her, │
│ then the great number of portraits of her that hang in the Lodge are there │
│ for no reason at all. │
│ The activities are almost always mellow in action. The worst thing to ever│
│ happen was the fireplace shooting out flames when no fire was possible. │
│ The staff do not feel uncomfortable with her there and often times will │
│ blame the dropping of a dish or what have you on her. │
│ Reportedly the Lodge is still haunted and the sighting of "Rebecca" is │
│ best done at night, though she has been seen during the day time. │
│ The location of the Lodge is 90 miles north of El Paso, Texas in Cloudcroft│
│ New Mexico. It is a three story mountain inn with an large tower being │
│ the center point of the building. It is built of wood with 47 rooms and │
│ suites. It boasts its own restaurant and saloon. The saloon, by the way, │
│ is in the basement, with Rebecca remains. │
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│ Grassroots Effort to Protect Middle-Class from Tax Increase │
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│ The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, │
│ Council for Affordable Health Insurance, the Employers Council on Flexible │
│ Compensation, Self-Insurance Institute of America, & the Society of Profes-│
│ sional Benefit Administrators formed the Coalition to Preserve Health │
│ Benefits to oppose taxing the premiums employees & employers pay to insure │
│ the health of 150 million Americans. Though these benefits have been tax │
│ free for 50 years, the new effort to tax benefits has the support of key │
│ advisors in the Clinton Admin, members of Congress, & is under consider- │
│ ation by The President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform, chaired│
│ by Hillary Rodham Clinton. One plan under consideration by the Admin. would│
│ limit the amount of tax-free health insurance premiums to the level of the │
│ least expensive group health care insurance plan in a geographic region. │
│ Thus, if the cheapest HMO coverage were $2,000 per year, employers and │
│ employees would be taxed on any health care premiums they pay above $2,000 │
│ annually. For a worker with an annual salary of $36,000 & health insurance │
│ costs of $3,000 per year, the worker's additional tax would amount to $280.│
│ A worker with the same salary whose benefits cost $5,500 would pay an │
│ additional $980 in taxes each year. Greg Scandlen, exec.dir. of the Council│
│ for Affordable Health Insurance, said, "Those workers who need health care │
│ the most will be taxed the most." (See Following Pages) │
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│ What Taxing Health Benefits Could Mean For You │
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│ Employees will be taxed on that portion of their total annual health care │
│ insurance premiums that exceeds the cost of the cheapest, basic insurance │
│ plan in their region. Total annual health care insurance premiums includes │
│ the total amount paid by the year by an employee for himself & dependents │
│ as well as the total amount paid by an employer on an employee's behalf. │
│ Under the proposal, this employer contribution would become taxable income │
│ to the employee. Estimates below are based on articles published in the LA │
│ Times and the Washington Post describing the plan. │
│ Married Taxpayer Joint Income----------------------------------------------│
│ If Your And Your Health And the Cheapest Your Additional │
│ Income is: Insurance Costs: In the Market is: Tax Will Be: │
│ $36,000 $3,500 $2,000 $420 │
│ $36,000 $4,000 $2,000 $560 │
│ $87,000 $3,500 $2,000 $465 │
│ $87,000 $4,000 $2,000 $620 │
│ Single Taxpayer------------------------------------------------------------│
│ If Your And Your Health And the Cheapest Your Additional │
│ Income is: Insurance Costs: In the Market is: Tax Will Be: │
│ $15,000 $3,500 $2,000 $225 │
│ $15,000 $4,000 $2,000 $300 │
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│ The Cost of Taxing Health Benefits │
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│ Proponents argue that taxing benefits will reduce the cost of insurance │
│ by discouraging employers and employees from obtaining coverage above the │
│ bare minimum basic package. │
│ The Case Against it: Taxing health care premium benefits will hit the │
│ middle class hardest. It will also penalize those families who must take │
│ out health care coverage above the bare minimum. The more a family pays │
│ for health insurance, the more it will be taxed to pay for those who have │
│ none, even those who have access to an employer-provided plan but choose │
│ not to enroll. Employers will be discouraged from offering benefits above │
│ the bare minimum. The result: lower quality employer-provided health care, │
│ less employee choice and less flexibility in employer provided plans. │
│ Despite many attempts to control health care costs, the price Americans │
│ pay for health care continues to rise 3 times faster than inflation. Health│
│ care accounts for 14% of our gross domestic product. No nation spends more │
│ than the United States on health care. The average worker & his employer │
│ spend $4,743 a year on his health care. Survey after survey has found the │
│ public strongly opposes taxing health benefits. A survey also found 73% │
│ will be more likely to vote against candidates running for Congress who │
│ support increased taxes on employee benefits. │
│ WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN! │
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│ Federal Workers To Lobby for "Anti-Freeze" Next Week │
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│ WASHINGTON/U.S. Newswire: Hundreds of members of the nation's largest │
│ independent federal employee union, the National Treasury Employees union │
│ will descend on Capitol Hill next week to try to stop President Clinton's │
│ federal pay freeze proposal, according to Robert M. Tobias, NTEU president.│
│ Tobias said the NTEU lobbying activities begin in earnest on Monday, March │
│ 1, at 8 am at the Capitol Hill Holiday Inn, with registration, opening │
│ ceremonies & an address by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. Tuesday activities │
│ include a "first ever" federal employees "Bus Tour" from 11:30 am to 1:15 │
│ pm beginning at the East steps of the Capitol and ending with a rally in │
│ Lafayette Park across the street from the White House. "The Tuesday event │
│ will borrow from the Clinton campaign to show the President that we also │
│ want change," Tobias said, "But not the kind that will cut our already │
│ inequitable salaries." The NTEU leader said federal workers have sacrificed│
│ $119 billion in pay reductions over the past decade. "We've made our │
│ contribution," he said. "Now it's time for us to catch up. The locality │
│ pay program he wants to gut is the very vehicle that could help him │
│ re-invent government," he said. "Don't deep freeze it. It'll never come │
│ back alive." Lobbying activities will end on Wednesday with closing │
│ ceremonies and an address by Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) taking place at the │
│ Capitol Holiday Inn, according to Tobias. │
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│ Justice Dept Announces Joseph Garfield Brown Pleads Guilty │
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│ VA/US Newswire: Richard Cullen, US attorney for the Eastern District of VA,│
│ & R.Bryant, special agent-in-charge of the FBI's Washington Metro Field │
│ Office, announced Joseph Garfield Brown pleaded guilty in Federal District │
│ Court to unlawfully obtaining classified US national defense information in│
│ order to provide it to Philippine government officials, in violation of │
│ Title 18, US Code, Section 793(b). The 44-year-old Brown is a US citizen │
│ who has resided in the Philippines since 1985. According to a document │
│ filed in US District Court in support of the guilty plea, in 1991 Brown │
│ unlawfully got classified documents from Virginia Baynes, a CIA employee │
│ in the Philippines, & passed the documents to officials of the Philippine │
│ government. In May 1992, Baynes pleaded guilty in the US District Court │
│ to an espionage offense, & was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment. Raynes │
│ has cooperated with the government under the plea agreement. Brown was │
│ lured to the US for his arrest in Dec. 1992 by the FBI. FBI Special Agent│
│ Harrison, who spearheaded the investigation, went to the Philippines with │
│ another FBI agent, who, posing as a Central Intelligence Agency martial │
│ arts expert, met with Brown. Brown, a tae-kwon-do expert, was offered a │
│ position as a martial arts instructor for the CIA & arrangements were made │
│ for Brown to come to VA for training related to that job. Brown was │
│ arrested at Dulles International Airport on Dec. 27, 1992. │
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