
   Ŀ  Ŀ   Ŀ     We run PCBoard for OS/2 with WIN/OS2 WARRRRRRRRP!
      Ŀ       YOUR OS/2 SOURCE, with HUNDREDS of files for WARP
            users!  All the latest, ALL THE TIME, from IBM!

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     Ĵ  Ŀ Ĵ   If it's happening, we have it here! Over 2500 NASA
               GIF images from past missions, 5000+ GIFS TOTAL!

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     Ĵ       Ĵ       Ĵ      Ŀ  When, where,
                             every single day.

   Ŀ     Ŀ  Ŀ  Ŀ Ŀ  Ŀ
         Ŀ           Ĵ     Ŀ  love MLPNet!  OVER ONE
                   THOUSAND lyrics/TABs online!

   Ŀ     Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ If your BBS system is not carrying it,
                     there's probably a noteceable vacancy there.
      Ľ              Your users will THANK YOU for picking it up!

      INSIDE: WINDOWS '95!!! Can you say "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"?
      Happy Birthday, DSNEWS!  MLPNet, the network for Musicians & Artists!

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                 "Onward to the 21st Century . . . and beyond!"
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          Dedicated to the sustaining influence of William A. Velez 
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                          Letter from the Editor                           
                             In a Nutshell...                              
                            MLPNet Time Machine                            
                          (Happy Birthday DSNEWS!)                         
                       New MLPNet OS/2 & Volcano Files!                    
                       COLUMNJim Rice: The Science Guy                    
                      SPORTSFatherhood Matures Jim Kelly                  
                            Letters to the Editor                          
          GUEST COLUMNJames Powell: WIN '95 is um, well, it's here        
                    GUITAR--Chris DeBurgh's "Lady in Red"                  
             MUSIC--Review: Chris DeBurgh's "The Power of 10" CD           
                        EDITORIAL--Where are we Going???                   
                    HUMOR--Clinton and Major league baseball!              
                          TRIBUTE--Uncle Gale Coleman                      
                   Significant Earthquakes and my Vacation!                
   
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                      Letter from the Editor                           

ķ  WARNING! You've been forced into a battle zone by two
  Ŀ     Ŀ    competing software manufacturers! There are numerous
             battlefields; this might just be just one of 'em. Or, it
             might be a place to quietly evaluate the merits of
  Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ    the two warring factions and make a choice.  This might
                actually prove to be a field of dreams and opportunity
              rather than a battleground of incessant bickering,
Ľ  confrontation, stop-and-go's and mooing.  This might
  be where some of your problems are resolved, your dreams are revitalized
  and visualized, your chains are cut loose and your hamster is set free
  to spin on the spinwheel of eternal bliss and contentment until . . .

  (Oh, hi!)  Sorry about that! I've just been reading Internet battles between
  warring factions of OS/2 users and Windows '95 maniacs.  I tell you, it's
  enough to make a grown man wanna sweep a damsel off her feet and pitch
  a good round of horseshoes with her by the backyard BBQ pit rather than
  spend ONE MORE MINUTE in cyberspace listening to OS/2 people say "I told you
  so!" and Windows people mooing and crying and whining about why THEY TOO
  have to go thru some of the same installation hassles OS/2 users endured.
  <GASP!><Imagine THAT! ("Bother," said Pooh. "Get real!")>

  Well, I'm here to say "I TOLD YOU SO!"  Guess you now know where my battle
  lines are drawn, which flag flutters from my pole, where my allegiances are,
  what blows my skirt up! I am a new OS/2 user; I've used it for about
  8 months or so, but I've yet to find something it cannot do (yes, it can
  do that, too!) and if there IS something to be found that OS/2 lacks,
  chances are I don't need it anyway.  I now run PCBoard for OS/2 software,
  & most ALL of my applications are native OS/2 applications. No, it's not that
  I think Bill Gates is out to conquer the world or MicroSoft uses unfair
  market domination or this or that or that thing over there . . . It's just
  that I'm CONVINCED OS/2 really IS a better product, at least for what
  *I* use a computer for (which is probably about everything you do, too.)

  BUT (and I'll be the first to admit) these are only the opening clashes
  in what will certainly play out to be a very interesting feud. EVERYONE
  will win in the end as the two platforms strive to one-up one another.
  It doesn't REALLY matter which one "rulez" now anyway . . . what REALLY
  matters is which way each company jumps NEXT!  For what it's worth, I'm
  sliding my money over to the IBM side of the betting table.  Like I said,
  I'm CONVINCED. You'd feel better if you were, too.  Maybe we can help with
  that.

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                          In a Nutshell . . .                           

   FROM "MIRROR BALL" TO EARTHQUAKES TO FOOTBALL to jokes, weather info,
     recipes, gossip and MORE, DSNEWS is the BBS Newsletter of CHOICE
     with Kitsap County adults.  Each month, DSNEWS brings you a variety
     of information and entertainment ranging from silly social and
     hammster issues to serious editorials and provocative science
     articles.  DSNEWS is downloaded hundreds of times each month and has
     international distribution, reaching countless thousands of people
     as it is passed from system to system across the United States and
     beyond.  THANK YOU for making DSNEWS a success . . . 35 issues
     . . . and STILL counting! (We keep going, and going, and going . . . ;)

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    personal E-Mail is coming, with USENET newsgroups and more!  This is
    something never offered by MLPNet before and MLPNet Internet addresses
    will be assigned to new subscribers automatically. Existing subscribers
    needing an MLPNet Central E-Mail address will be able to upgrade for
    a small fee.  All revenue will be used to pay for storage upgrades
    (USENET groups will take an additional 300-500 megabytes of storage.)
    Stay tuned!  (I know I said I would detail more of this in this issue,
    but work and other obligations have put me behind schedule on this. I
    can tell you that all new subscribers will get an Internet address they
    can use if they need it.  Due to the tremendous cost of related
    hardware expansion, the addresses will be available for $8 to current
    subscribers as a level upgrade.  This is a ONE TIME fee for the duration
    of your subscription.  Lifetime members will have it as long as our
    system remains operational; annual subscribers will lose it when
    the subscription expires, same as most everywhere else.)

    I've put more work into this DSNEWS issue than ANY in the past. I hope
    you find something here for you.  I'm focusing on the OS/2 aspect of
    our system to attract other OS/2 systems/users and those few (hahaha)
    who are frustrated with Windows '95. I'm also focusing on the geologic
    side of our system, and some of the arts/musical areas.  We've BLASTED
    back into business with PCBoard--we saw an immediate increase in virtually
    every aspect of our business, confirming that the telecommunicative public
    ALSO agrees that KBBS sucks liquid monkeycrap to the nth degree.

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                         MLPNet Time Machine                            

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  MLPNet Central is over three years old now by a stretch. But DSNEWS TURNS
  THREE WITH THIS ISSUE!  Was it REALLY three years ago that I thought some
  callers might like a little monthly newsletter? Three years have passed
  since my dear friend Bill Velez said, "It'll never fly. No one will care
  and you'll lose interest within a few months."  YIKES! And I still read
  the BACK-ISSUES! <<<VBG>>>

  (Long wistful sigh)  I thought it would be fun to step into a time machine
  and look back into the past.  Let's take a real quick peek back into
  the DSNEWS archives and see what we were concerned about THEN! :)

  Uh-oh, (WARNING: this thought really bites)--Have I REALLY been producing
  DSNEWS for 1/10TH OF MY LIFE????  Maybe I need to GET a life!          ;)

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   One Year Ago . . .        1994 

Well, Andy said to be sure to mention his name near the weather part of this.
It's been sunny and kinda hot (for THIS area) and I'm grateful for that . . .
this summer extension has been nice as we've been able to get out and go
places a little later in the season than we are accustomed to.  Ron W. told
me 8 months ago that summer would be nice in September . . . sure 'nuff IS!
                        Let's get ON with it!!!
               (you DO know Mary is pregnant, right???)

Guess I should just get on with the newsletter here.  For those interested
every month in my writing schedule, things were slowed way down this month
since I was employed at the Sun newspaper.  GLASS went out to two markets
this month and I spent nearly the entire month working through a very
difficult Chapter 16 of SECRET THINGS.  In fact, I'm only working on this
now to take a needed break from that.  It's a section of the manuscript
requiring precise explanation of the "science" behind many of the storyline
elements and is requiring a very great amount of time & research.  It varies
per day, as usual.  For instance, I worked all day yesterday (in my free
time) on it and got nothing done.  I just spent 45 minutes on it (my lunch
break) and accomplished much.  Such is the nature of the beast.  :)
Now (this sentence is being written five days after the one you just read)
the sixteenth chapter of SECRET THINGS is complete, after nearly two dozen
rewrites and two major restructurings.  This marks the half-way point in
this manuscript and I'm taking this week off to do some programming and tend
to some of my other pursuits.

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   Two Years Ago . . .       1993 

        ANYWAY, I keep wanting to talk about the weather, but I keep getting
sidetracked.  It is a lovely day today; the sun is shining brightly and it
is 72 degrees outside my open office window.  Erica (my two and a half year
old) is sitting in the open window, reciting Humpty Dumpty over and over
and over again.  She likes that "had a great fall" part.  It is hard, on a
nice day like this, to imagine that winter is on its way, but, yes, it is
right around the corner.  Peel dem potatoes!

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              Top Message Posters for the Past Thirty Days                   
                       Compiled September 19, 1993                           
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  Num. Name                             Num. Name                           
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   617 JIM COLEMAN                       155 KEVIN LAWRENCE                 
    98 ANGI LONG                          93 STAN KING                      
    88 STEPHEN DOERK                      68 CHARLES MCGILL                 
    53 PASHA PHARES                       49 RICHARD CRONISTER              
    45 RON WRIGHT                         39 TANGLED UP IN BLUE             
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(While we are on the subject, people who POST MESSAGES routinely really DO
get better treatment!  I DO NOT ANSWER PAGES from file leechers.  I rarely
answer file leecher comments.  Most file leeches get their access lowered to
55 rather than 60.  Most are so dumb that they don't even realize it!

KEVIN LAWRENCE is still running an RPG game in Conference #12.  Stop in there
        and play!  There is always room for more!!!
TANGLED UP IN BLUE is actually getting out on the board now.  Before, I was
        used to seeing him primarily in the Writer's conference.
Thanks to STAN KING for letting me browse the CDRoms.  :)
Thanks, KHRISTA WEBB, for loaning me a modem for Node One.  I am working on
        getting a permanent modem.  It will probably be a 14.4, but non-
        subscribers will connect and lock at 2400 baud, still.
STEPHEN JOERK, my cosysop, is online now checking his mail.  He's been working
        long hours lately, so calls usually early morning or early evening.  :)
THUD ROOTER is Thud Rooter is Thud Rooter.
MIKE JONES and JIM RICE are new callers, referred to me by RON WRIGHT.  They
        are brand new at this and a bit slow, but they are both learning
        steadily and should both be very active and involved soon!  :)
I've been spending a LOT of time over on GRAPEVIEW GRAPEVINE talking to
        AL ARDON and DAVID ROCKAFELLOW.  David has since come over to the MLP
        but I haven't been able to lure AL ARDON over yet!  We are busy
        primarily in the HOBBY conference over there.  I've captured a lot of
        our mail over there and put it in the MLP area, so that we can
        continue the discussion here or there.  :)
ANGI LONG still has three kids and still calls and participates in the
        message bases.  We'd probably see more of her if I carried RIME, but,
        that decision was made a long time ago!
ROGER VAN HOOVER seems like a nice enough guy, though I have never met him.
        He does seem to have a lot more tact and credibility in debate and
        religion areas than Joel Wingert had.  :)

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   Three Years Ago . . .     1992 

DARKSTAR'S AWESOME FREAKING STARGAZER BOARD (206)871-3965
(Remember back THIS far? Few of you were around then . . . )
        This is the first issue of this little periodical...you may read
it online on the BBS, or you may download it as DSNEWS01.ZIP.    What is
this?  Well, it is just a chance to catch you all up on the current news,
to put in little tidbits of information you may find interesting, let you
know about new files, interesting messages, door game scores, changes in
the BBS policy, changes in the BBS structure--you name it!  If you have
anything to contribute, just let me know.  I cannot guarantee that I will
use it, but if it related to this board, I will most certainly put it in
here!
        What is DARKSTAR'S AWESOME FREAKING STARGAZER BOARD?  I realize
that this may "travel," so for those of you who are not callers or
"regulars," DARKSTAR'S is a little board in Port Orchard, WA with all the
makings of a potential big board (nearly one gigabyte already) but with the
dedication to remain a "little board."  On so many mega boards, you tend to
get lost in the shuffle.  That doesn't happen here.  I specialize in NASA and
now boast the LARGEST NASA FILE BASE in the Pacific Northwest.  If you need
the LATEST NASA news and information STRAIGHT from NASA, this is where you
call to get it!  I also work quite hard to maintain good science and
educational files as well and have quite an interest in earthquakes.

        DOC ORCH has returned from Italy...he is in there typing a message to
WHITE COTTON even as I type this...DOC ORCH and I work together...hell, lets
name them all...I work with DOC ORCH, EAGLE REDFEATHER, DATONA TANDY (who has
not called in months!) and ...about six hundred other people who have not
yet bothered to call!
        LITTLE WILLY is still looking for his lost hamster...

        DARKSTAR subscribed to SCIENCE FACTOR BBS in Seattle last week...
it is an awesome Science BBS and I would encourage you to call...the three
node numbers are in the current Computer User magazine (free at many
grocery stores) or you can ask me and I'll get them to you...
Give Bruce N. Baker (Sysop) a call, and TELL HIM YOU WERE REFERRED BY
DARKSTAR'S AWESOME FREAKING STARGAZER BBS (or by Jim Coleman)...if this gets
confirmed, I'll give you an extra hour of board time...  :)

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                      MLPNet Auto Repair Forum!!!                       

  (PLEASE don't skip this, as it is a HILARIOUS work of art you'll CERTAINLY
                                   enjoy!  ;)

  COPIED FROM THE MLP_AUTOREPAIR CONFERENCE! IF you haven't checked into
  the MLPNet Auto Repair area, you really SHOULD! We all drive (well, most
  of us) and all vehicles are prone to break down.  Here's where to get
  your answers from fellow PROFESSIONALS! Here's a procedure SURE to save
  you a fortune. :)
  

  -> I have an 81 Toyota Cressida that needs the oxygen sensor 'reset' as
  -> the owners manual says.  Can someone explain how to do this?

  Look on the left side of the intake fibrometer coaxial (It's right below
  that spot you can never reach because the manifold is in the way.)
  CAREFULLY insert a NON-METALLIC probe of some sort into the hole to make
  sure it is not obstructed. If it is obstructed, chances are that's your
  problem and it is a real easy fix.

  If, on the other hand, it is NOT obstructed, be ready for at least an
  hour's worth of work. I just had to do this on my Cutlass.  First, a
  wise person would degrease the engine and stock up on large amounts of
  gasket sealer.  Get under the car and look up to the right side of the
  oil pan (or is it the left side? I know Toyota Landcruisers have the
  oxygen sensor located on the left, but most passenger cars have it
  located on the right.)

  Drain the transmission fluid and remove the driveshaft.  Be careful
  here, but I'm sure I don't have to tell you how to remove a driveshaft.
  There is no need to remove the transmission as you can access most of
  what you need with the driveshaft out of the way. However, I usually do
  remove the transmission at this point since I'm there anyway and it's an
  old tranny; I like to keep an eye on it as I find more metal shavings in
  it each time.

  Using a LONG pair of pliers or a decent set of vicegrips, you should be
  able to grasp the pan sensor bolt and give it a good twist
  counter-clockwise (this is why I had you remove the tranny fluid,
  otherwise you might get wet.)  If you can't find the sensor bolt, follow
  the brake lines up to where they bisect the fuel dispersion guage and
  the differential stabilizer plate.  (Did I mention this is best done
  with the car jacked up or on stands?)  Once the pan sensor bolt is
  loosened, go back topside and pour tranny fluid back in until it JUST
  starts to leak from the sensor bolt.  DON'T OVER OR UNDERFILL IT! This
  may require you getting in and out from under the vehicle several times
  to check as you CAREFULLY add the fluid.  (This is why you also want the
  car up on front-end stands so the fluid is not level.)

  Start the engine.  This will force compression from the blowback piston
  feeding the transmission linkage into and out of the oxygen sensor hole.
  IF ANY TRANSMISSION FLUID BLOWS OUT OF THE HOLE, go back to step one
  (and you'll have to replace your manifold gaskets as the unexpected
  compression just blew them all to hell.)

  If all went well, retighten the sensor bolt while holding a finger over
  the oxygen sensor hole (to maintain good compression.)  This usually
  requires the help of another person, since the oxygen sensor hole is
  accessed from the top and the other from the bottom.  Of course, if you
  removed your tranny, you have to put it back on before adding the fluid
  or it leaks out all over you and your driveway.  That's why you need the
  good stock of gasket sealer.

  Replace the driveshaft (Be SURE to put the right end forward or it can
  have devastating effects and tear up your U-Joints something awful.)
  Put the car down on level ground.  Check all fluids.

  CONGRATULATIONS! You just saved yourself about $300 in labor by doing it
  yourself!!!  :)
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           Sysop: MLPNet Central of Pt. Orchard, WA (360)876-1650
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                          New MLPNet Files!                             

      Here's a selection of some of the new files I'VE added to MLPNet
Central in the last two weeks!  There are some outstanding files here, and
MLPNet Subscribers are welcome to enjoy them.  I am getting a bit frustrated
at having to get most all significant files on my own, though.  If you use
the filebases, it is common courtesy to replace what you take. Anything else
is an excuse.  Thank you for your help building the best file collection
on the western seaboard!

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   OS/2 Files!                    

VANDAL95.ZIP    92739  08-28-95  GREAT graphic image proclaiming OS/2 over
        Windows '95. PLUS a hidden suprise; this enables you to play a
        prank on Win '95 users sure to get their superficial "WANNA-BE"
        hearts a fluttering!
MLP_6099.GIF   102154  08-28-95  OS/2 RULES!  Go ahead, THROW your money
        away and at the man who would control the world by appealing
        to the masses. Buying Windows is like being led blindly into the
        slaughter bin with the rest of the cattle. (Can you say,
        MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!?)
OSC_225E.ZIP   466529  08-29-95  VirusScan for OS/2 by McAfee, Inc.
        Scans and cleans PC's/LAN's for known and new viruses.
        Requires OS/2 2.0GA or above. Version 225 (9508) 08-17-95
MLP_6098.GIF    70614  09-04-95  Windows '95! Never mind it has serious
        deficiencies multitasking 16 and 32 bit programs.
        Shhhhhhhhhhh! The Emperor may hear you! Get this GIF today!  <G>
BILLBORG.ZIP   220963  09-05-95  Windows '95 is not TRUE 32 bit multitasking.
        OS2 is!  "I am Bill of Borg!"
MLP_6097.GIF    37278  09-05-95  "I Love OS/2" bumpersticker! Great wallpaper
        when converted.
MLP_6092.GIF    45191  09-05-95  DOONESBURY CARTOON relating to Windows '95
MLP_6093.GIF    40503  09-05-95  DOONESBURY CARTOON relating to Windows '95
MLP_6094.GIF    38760  09-05-95  DOONESBURY CARTOON relating to Windows '95
MLP_6095.GIF    41078  09-05-95  DOONESBURY CARTOON relating to Windows '95
MLP_6096.GIF    50062  09-05-95  DOONESBURY CARTOON relating to Windows '95
WARPNGOR.ZIP   244825  09-06-95  WARP 'N' GO! << Official IBM software! >>
        Fantastic setup utility; this program looks at your
        CONFIG.SYS and itemizes each line, making suggestions, allowing you
        FULL CONTROL of setting up your OS/2 environment quickly and easily.
        From MLPNet Central's VAST OS/2 file collection. 360-876-1650
ULP2_204.ZIP   182039  09-05-95  UpLoadProcessor/2 for OS/2 v2.04. Now the
        premier upload processing system is available in a
        multi-threaded 32-bit native OS/2 version!
WNL95072.ZIP     5556  09-05-95  WARP Weekly Newsletter for 07-28-95
WNL95080.ZIP     2393  09-05-95  WARP Weekly Newsletter for 08-04-95
ENVELOPE.ZIP     2223  09-05-95  Setting up ENVELOPE PRINTING in IBM Works.
        Creating multiple desktop printing objects.
WEB0814.ZIP    854948  09-05-95  The PHENOMENAL WebExplorer, free to
        IBM Warp users.  This is a great tool for browsing the WorldWide Web.
TCP20C1.EXE    490571  09-06-95  Corrective Service Diskette #1
                               | for TCP/IP 2.0 to upgrade, in order to run
                               | WebExplorer for OS/2.  This upgrade is NOT
                               | needed if you run WARP Connect.
TCP20C2.EXE    975457  09-06-95  Corrective Service Diskette #2
TCP20C3.EXE   1217543  09-06-95  Corrective Service Diskette #3
TCP20C4.EXE   1036252  09-06-95  Corrective Service Diskette #4
RUNTCP.ZIP       1309  09-06-95  README.FIX for installation of the TCP/IP
                               | upgrade.
PN71501.ZIP     54471  09-06-95  Upgrade for APAR PN71501, needed to run
                               | IBM's WebExplorer software.
1522DEMO.ZIP   250729  09-07-95  WOW! A DEMO slide-show of PCBoard 15.22
                               | for OS/2 (what we use HERE at MLPNet
                               | Central!) For a glimpse at the power and
                               | features of the OS/2 version, download
                               | THIS one TODAY!

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   Volcanoes and Earthquakes!     

MLP_4048.GIF   162555  09-01-95  USGS Spirit-Level tilt measurements at Mt.
                               | Rainier. Using a triangular system of
                               | benchmarks, changes in the ground surface
                               | are recorded. Photo by Lynn Topinka
MLP_4049.GIF    32053  09-01-95  A GIF image map of ALL the Cascade Range
                               | volcanoes and their geographical locations.
MLP_4050.GIF   327537  09-07-95  Nearly 135 miles (220 km) of river channels
                               | surrounding Mount St. Helens were affected by
                               | the lahars of May 18, 1980. A mudline left
                               | behind on trees shows MUD depths reached.
                               | A scientist (middle right) gives scale. This
                               | view is along the Muddy River, southeast of
                               | Mount St. Helens.
MLP_4051.GIF   342178  09-07-95  More than 200 homes and over 185 miles
                               | (300 km) of roads were destroyed by mudflows
                               | from Mount St. Helens in 1980. Pictured here
                               | is a damaged home along the South Fork
                               | Toutle River--July 19, 1981, by Lyn Topinka
MLP_4052.GIF   330185  09-07-95  An explosive eruption at Mount St. Helens
                               | on March 19, 1982, sent pumice and ash
                               | 9 miles (14 km) into the air, and resulted
                               | in a lahar (the dark deposit on the snow)
                               | flowing from the crater into the North Fork
                               | Toutle River valley. Part of the lahar
                               | entered Spirit Lake (lower left corner) but
                               | most of the flow went west down the Toutle
                               | River, eventually reaching the Cowlitz River,
                               | 50 miles (80 km) downstream. March 21, 1982,
                               | by Thomas J. Casadevall
MLP_4053.GIF   389939  09-07-95  Life wins out. Photo of bear track left
                               | in Mt. St. Helens ash.
MLP_4054.GIF   321505  09-07-95  For quite some time after the eruption,
                               | volcanic ash covered the landscape around
                               | the volcano & for several hundred miles down-
                               | wind to the east. Noticeable ash fell in 11
                               | states. The total volume of ash (before its
                               | compaction by rainfall) was approximately 0.26
                               | cubic mile (1.01 cubic km), or enough ash to
                               | cover a football field to a depth
                               | of 150 miles (240km). In this photograph, a
                               | helicopter stirs up ash while trying to
                               | land in the devastated area--August 22, 1980,
                               | by Lyn Topinka
MLP_4055.GIF   275280  09-07-95  Debris flow at Tahoma Creek, July 26, 1988
                               | Photo by G.G.Parker, USGS/WRD/Tacoma
MLP_4056.GIF    69291  09-07-95  Schematic of glaciers on Mt. Rainier.
MLP_4057.GIF   258702  09-07-95  Eruption Plume, July 1991, from
                               | Clark Air Base control tower. Photo by
                               | J.N. Marso, USGS/CVO
MLP_4058.GIF   272393  09-07-95  Line of new explosion craters formed on
                               | April 2, 1991 on upper northwest flank
                               | of Mt. Pinatubo. View is southwestward
                               | toward Mt. Pinatubo. Photograph by C.G.
                               | Newhall, May, 1991
MLP_4059.GIF   582418  09-07-95  Aerial view of Mount Pinatubo after the
                               | cataclysmic June 15, 1991 eruption. A team
                               | from the US Geological Survey and the
                               | Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
                               | Seismology (PHIVOLCS) worked closely to
                               | assess hazards and monitor and predict
                               | eruptive activity at Mount Pinatubo in
                               | 1991. The accurate characterization of
                               | the hazards and timely warnings of
                               | eruptions led to the evacuation of
                               | approximately 56,000 people--including
                               | 14,500 U.S. servicemen and their
                               | dependents--from high-hazard areas near
                               | Mount Pinatubo days before the volcano's
                               | climactic eruption. Photo by E.W. Wolfe.
MLP_4060.GIF   284867  09-07-95  Response to the Mount Pinatubo crisis in
                               | the Philippines. USGS and PHIVOLCS
                               | personnel install a seismic station near
                               | Mt. Pinatubo six weeks before the
                               | devastating eruptions. Installation of a
                               | monitoring network is a team effort.
                               | Photo by J.A. Power.
MLP_4061.GIF   209907  09-07-95  A personal favorite, as this clearly shows
                               | the destructive potential of an active
                               | volcano near a base of civilization. This
                               | could easily be Rainier or Vesuvius.  PLEASE
                               | help others enjoy these fine images by
                               | helping locate them, and then upload them
                               | to MLPNet Central.  Mt. Pinatubo erupts again.
MLP_4062.GIF   174681  09-07-95  Seismograph in action at Pinatubo
                               | response. Signals from some seismometers
                               | are always recorded on analog drum
                               | recorders. Despite advances in computer-
                               | based data acquisition, drum recorders
                               | are still needed. A glance at the
                               | seismogram wrapped around the drum gives
                               | experienced volcanologists a quick
                               | appreciation of the current level of
                               | seismic activity at the volcano. Photo
                               | by R.P. Hoblitt.
MLP_4519.GIF    43069  09-07-95  KOBE, JANUARY 1995A view of a train
                               | collision in Kobe following the devastating
                               | earthquake.
MLP_4520.GIF    48175  09-07-95  KOBE, JANUARY 1995Boats stranded out in
                               | the harbor outside Kobe.
MLP_4521.GIF    69243  09-07-95  KOBE, JANUARY 1995Kobe with extensive
                               | waterfront damage. This gives one pause when
                               | thinking of visiting Seattle piers.
MLP_4522.GIF    64186  09-07-95  KOBE, JANUARY 1995In case you thought only
                               | unreinforced masonry structures are at risk
                               | during an earthquake, think AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
                               | The total collapse and destruction of a wooden
                               | structure in Kobe, Japan.
MLP_4063.GIF   195888  09-10-95  The Cascade Range is a volcanic chain
                               | stretching from northern California to
                               | British Columbia. The smallest of five
                               | major volcanic peaks in Washington State is
                               | Mount St. Helens, with an elevation of
                               | 9,677 feet (2,950 m) before the eruption of
                               | May 18,1980. Another Cascade volcano, Mt.
                               | Adams (12,286 ft), is in the distance. The
                               | view is from the west. (April 10, 1980 by
                               | Donald A. Swanson, USGS/CVO)
MLP_4064.GIF   184688  09-10-95  On March 20, 1980, after a quiet period of
                               | 123 years, earthquake activity once again
                               | began under Mount St. Helens volcano. Seven
                               | days later, on March 27, small phreatic
                               | (steam) explosions began. This view is from
                               | the northeast.
MLP_4065.GIF   151624  09-10-95  A "bulge" developed on the north side of
                               | Mount St. Helens as magma pushed up within
                               | the peak. Angle and slope-distance
                               | measurements to the bulge indicated it was
                               | growing at a rate of up to five feet (1.5m)
                               | per day. By May 17, part of the volcano's
                               | north side had been pushed upwards and
                               | outwards over 450 feet (135 m). The view is
                               | from the northeast. (April 27, 1980, by
                               | Peter W. Lipman, USGS)
MLP_4066.GIF   241509  09-10-95  On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m. Pacific
                               | Daylight Time, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake
                               | shook Mount St. Helens. The bulge and
                               | surrounding area slid away in a gigantic
                               | rockslide and debris avalanche, releasing
                               | pressure, and triggering a major pumice and
                               | ash eruption of the volcano. Thirteen-
                               | hundred feet (400 m) of the peak collapsed
                               | or blew outwards. As a result, 24 square
                               | miles (62 square Km) of valley was filled
                               | by a debris avalanche, 250 square miles
                               | (650 square km) of recreation, timber, and
                               | private lands were damaged by a lateral
                               | blast, and an estimated 200 million cubic
                               | yards (150 million cubic meters) of
                               | material was deposited directly by lahars
                               | (volcanic mudflows) into the river channels.
                               | Fifty-seven people were killed or are still
                               | missing. (May 18, 1980, by Austin Post,
                               | USGS)
MLP_4067.GIF   241509  09-10-95  For more than nine hours a vigorous plume
                               | of ash erupted, eventually reaching 12 to
                               | 15 miles (20-25 km) above sea level. The
                               | plume moved eastward at an average speed of
                               | 60 miles per hour (95km/hr), with ash
                               | reaching Idaho by noon. By early May 19,
                               | the devastating eruption was over. Shown
                               | here is a close-up view of the May 18 ash
                               | plume. (May 18, 1980, by Donald A. Swanson,
                               | USGS)
MLP_4068.GIF    44460  09-10-95  Map of the areas around Mount St. Helens
                               | which were affected by the May 18, 1980
                               | eruption. North is to the top.
MLP_4069.GIF   212305  09-10-95  This is one of my FAVORITE images of Mt. St.
                               | Helens that I have online. After the May 18,
                               | 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens' elevation
                               | was only 8364 feet (2,550 m) and the
                               | volcano had a one-mile-wide (1.5 km)
                               | horseshoe-shaped crater, seen here from the
                               | northwest. (September 16, 1980, by Thomas J.
                               | Casadevall, USGS)
MLP_4070.GIF   391122  09-10-95  If you are gonna download a St. Helens
                               | picture, you just GOTTA see this one of the
                               | devastating tree blow-down.  Two USGS
                               | scientists add perspective, but I'll bet you
                               | won't spot them right away, so severe and
                               | unbelievably wide-spread is the destruction.
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 COLUMN                 Jim Rice, the Science Guy                       

    As you might remember from last month's column, my 12 year old
  daughter, Megan, had been working on an extra-credit project for her
  schooling. She started last fall, and finished at the end of August,
  though I should say that it really isn't finished, as we are
  continually studying this area. The project she did was to try and
  find out whether Mount St. Helen's could regain her glaciers, lost
  in the cataclysmic eruption of May, 1980. I mentioned that I would
  give a synopsis of the projects results, but Jim Coleman had a
  better idea. So what will follow is the message Megan put up on the
  Volcano conference here on MLPNet, outlining her findings.

    A few notes, first. This project took Megan and I a much longer
  amount of time than anticipated, which you'll read about in her
  message; but this was something we felt was necessary in trying to
  get as much hard data as we could. We also could get away with it
  due to the fact that Megan (and my other daughter Sarah) are
  home-schooled by my wife, Sharon. Something we left out of the
  message, and would like to acknowledge here is our thanks,
  admiration, and love for my wife, for putting up with all the trips
  to St. Helens and Rainier; for the missed days of school spent
  trying to track down one clue after another, and especially my
  thanks for all the hard work she puts into teaching our girls. It
  shows!  (Be sure to look into the MLPNet Central HOME SCHOOLING
  Conference!)

    Finally, I want to explain the division of labor on this project.
  The idea for the project came from Megan in a conversation we had
  last fall. Actually digging up the data was about split evenly, as
  we refused to disrupt her schooling too much. Besides, I'm a nut for
  this stuff. <g> Megan came up with the results, with help from me in
  articulating them. Anyone with kids will know what I mean. :)
    I wrote the message, only because I'm much faster on the keyboard,
  and Megan finds it difficult on occasion to string her thoughts
  together in sentences. Remember folks, she's just turned 12. But
  most of all, the thoughts are hers, the words are hers, this project
  is hers, and I couldn't be more proud. :) :)
                                                   Jim Rice

                 Ŀ
                       REGLACIATION OF MT. ST. HELENS     
                 
                                by Megan Rice
    Sorry this took so long, but here is my report on the possibilty of
  Mt. St. Helen's getting back her glaciers. This report took a long
  time, mainly because there is very little information out there on
  this subject, and it's very hard for a twelve year old (I was 11 when
  I started) to dig this info up. We talked to rangers at St. Helens,
  Dee Molenaar, who is a retired Geologist and Mt. Rainier Summit Guide,
  and others. We also read many books, papers, and other source
  materials.My dad is writing most of this up, because he helped with the
  project, and is a better typist than I am; but these words are as much
  mine as his. We both had an equal part in the research.

    The first thing we had to find out, was whether St. Helen's even had
  glaciers before its eruption. Sounds simple, but we didn't know. Yes,
  St. Helens did have glaciers, though not as many as Rainier. As a
  matter of fact, before the eruption, huge stress cracks had formed in
  its glaciers, some big enough to swallow a house. On May 12th, an
  avalanche dropped an 800-foot wide slab of ice, snow, and gravel down
  both sides of Sugar Bowl glacier. Of course, on May 18th, all the
  glaciers disappeared in the massive eruption.

    On our first visit to Mount St. Helens (and on subsequent
  visits), we were in awe of the total devastation around the mountain,
  even 15 years later. Yes, St. Helen's and its surroundings, are coming
  back, but slowly. We saw about 30-45 deer in different places during
  our last visit, some within about 50 feet of us! Due to the difficulty
  in finding answers to the question, we do not propose this report as a
  definative answer. Indeed, there may be some geologists with more
  knowledge about this that would contradict what we feel the answer is.
  Actually, we hope so, as it would be nicer.

    Well, the answer we both came up with is no, at this
  time, and in her present condition, St. Helen's will not be getting
  back her glaciers. Yes, if she did, it would take thousands of years,
  as time is extremly important in glacier formation, but that was too
  easy an answer, so we didn't take time as a criteria. (Can you tell
  my dad is helping with this? Criteria??? Sheesh!) Follow our reasoning.

  1) One of the most important aspects of glacier formation is the fact
    that snow and ice must be present year round. St. Helens no longer
    has this. Part of that is probably due to the fact that it has
    diminished from a 9,677 foot mountain to a 8,364 foot mountain. St.
    Helen's blew off 1,313 feet of its summit!  On our last visit, we
    realized that St. Helen's had no snow anywhere. This could also be
    due to . . .

  2) The heat of the mountain slope. We had a hard time finding
    temperature readings on its surface in the literature, but we did
    see steam coming from the crater and various other areas on the slope
    during one visit.

  3) Time is against it. I know we said time wasn't a factor in our
    decision, but we wanted to include it here. If St. Helen's is to
    regain her glaciers, we felt it would take thousands, or even, tens
    of thousands of years. And that is if the weather cools overall a
    little, due to our first point. I guess what we are saying here is,
    anything is possible.

    We know that these points are only a few, but we felt that when taken
  together, they gave us the answer that St. Helen's would not be
  regaining her glaciers, at least, not in the near future, geologically
  speaking. When we asked Dee Molenaar his thoughts, he also felt that it
  would be tough for them to come back, due to the mountain losing so
  much height. I want to point out this was by no means a professional
  answer by Mr. Moenaar, but rather an answer in a conversation to a,
  hopefully, future geologist. Also, the Rangers we talked to seemed to
  feel the glaciers were gone for good, though again, this was just
  talking. We do ask that if ANYONE has better, or different information,
  please let us know. We were hoping, when we started this project, to
  find a reason to say Mt. St. Helen's would be regaining her glaciers,
  and it's with a sad heart that we must say, as far as we have been able
  to find out, she won't. My dad and I want you all to know that we are
  going to continue to research this, and if we find better information,
  you'll read it here first.

                                Thank you all for your patience,
                                     Megan and Jim Rice.

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 SPORTS                  Fatherhood Matures Jim Kelly                   

  Fatherhood Matures Jim Kelly, By BUCKY GLEASON

  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP)
  The creases around his eyes are a little deeper, and the stubble
  protruding from Jim Kelly's chin have turned gray. He is much closer
  to end of his career than the beginning. The greatest quarterback in
  Buffalo Bills' history has been humbled by four consecutive losses
  in the Super Bowl and a losing season last year. At age 35, he chooses
  his words wisely before they leave his mouth.

  Jim Kelly has matured. He was the only quarterback in the league that
  used to have a press conference to clear up what he said at the last
  press conference. "It's true," Bills special teams ace Steve Tasker
  said. "Now, he's smooth as silk. It's been a metamorphosis, but it's
  also been an evolutionary thing where he's gotten better and better.
  It's been fun to watch." Kelly, now in his 10th NFL season, has worked
  his way back from a knee injury sustained in Week 14 of Buffalo's 7-9
  finish last year. He appears in much better shape, and his arm has
  returned with the same effectiveness.

  More than any previous season, Kelly's health will determine Buffalo's
  success because the Bills have not found an experienced backup to
  replace veteran Frank Reich, who signed with the Carolina Panthers.
  Kelly is only 319 yards shy of 30,000 for his career with the Bills,
  but he often is left out when analysts refer to the great active
  quarterbacks. Although he has four AFC championships in the coffers, he
  is still driven by the goal of one victory in a Super Bowl.  A recent
  poll of voters determined Kelly was among the longshots to be
  enshrined in Canton, but Kelly refuses to make a verbal case for
  himself. He wants his career evaluated when it's over.

  "I'm not going to brag and say I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. The
  numbers speak for themselves," Kelly said. "I always said what I wanted
  to say, what was on my mind. I think before I speak now. It's part of
  growing up. You learn from your mistakes."  When he entered the league
  in 1986 after a two-year stint in the USFL, Kelly was considered a
  savior for a city that wished much more for a Super Bowl winner than
  for a snowless winter.

  Fans held banners along the highway from the airport to Rich Stadium,
  welcoming the city's biggest star since O.J. Simpson.  What they
  perceived after the honeymoon was a young, self-absorbed quarterback
  who criticized teammates and snarled at the public. Kelly may have
  been misunderstood. "Jim's focused," said Pat Kelly, his oldest brother
  and former linebacker for the Baltimore Colts and Detroit Lions. "When
  he steps on the field, he's a professional with one thing on his mind
  --winning. When he steps off the field, it's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
  Hyde. He switches into a different mode."

  Through his first six years in the league, he was Buffalo's party boy,
  just as likely to be seen cruising the bars at no-huddle speed on
  Monday as he was to throw three touchdown passes on Sunday. He had
  plenty of women hanging from his arm and a bank account that exceeded
  his needs. He threw enormous postgame victory parties at his
  7,200-square-foot house minutes from Rich Stadium, where teammates
  and groupies boozed until the wee hours.

  Before the Bills played Washington in their second Super Bowl, a few
  bartenders from Kelly's house parties were hired to drive his new van
  from Buffalo to work a post-game celebration in Minneapolis. They
  wrecked the van in a snowstorm, and the Bills got buried by the
  Redskins, 37-24. "He was 20-something years old and on top of the
  world," center Kent Hull said. "Buffalo accepted him like he was the
  second coming or something. Why not take advantage of it? He was out
  every night, but I think he's put all that past him."

  That was then. His teammates now talk about Kelly in before-and-after
  terms--before Jill Waggoner and after Erin Marie Kelly. Kelly trashed
  his playboy lifestyle after meeting Waggoner, a friend of a guest at
  one of his parties about three years ago. Waggoner, 25, gave birth to
  Erin Marie in May, and the couple is planning to marry after the
  season. "I've always wanted a family," Kelly said. "I always wanted
  to find the right lady, and I definitely have. I have someone who
  really is dear to my heart. Now I have two queens in my life, plus
  my mother."

  The words almost sound like they should be coming from someone else's
  mouth, but Kelly insists that this has been a dream come true. Kelly,
  who has raised nearly $1 million toward a camp for underprivileged
  children, said he has been waiting for the right girl to come along
  and having children of his own. "Waggoner was a high school cheer-
  leader and didn't pay much attention to the Bills when Kelly came
  onto the local sports scene. Like everybody else, she had heard
  stories about Kelly's promiscuity.

  "I'm not a groupie. The only thing I heard about Jim were his parties
  and women," Waggoner said. "To me, that was like 'OK, I'm in the
  picture now.' When we started going out, I said, 'That's not me.'"
  Kelly began chasing her down after the second of Buffalo's four
  Super Bowl losses. He sent her roses, and she didn't flinch. Called
  her, no dice. Visited the club, sorry Charlie. "The old lines you
  used when you're younger didn't work," Kelly said. "I had to really
  work to reel her in. But once she knew me, realized what I was about,
  what kind of person I was, and vice-versa, everything went smooth."

  Rather than getting home from a weekend bender at 4 a.m., Kelly now
  finds himself waking up with Waggoner in the middle of the night while
  she feeds the baby. His enthusiasm for football has not waned, but
  he looks at the game differently. No longer does a bad day on the
  field bother him at home. "I wish I did this five or six years ago,
  so she could have enjoyed being around the great times I had. At
  the same time, there's been times when I've been pretty low, but
  I tell you, it's the best thing that's ever happened to me," Kelly
  said. "You can have a bad day, come home, and look at her, and she's
  smiling at you, and it just wipes out everything else. I'm sure a
  lot of people say that ... I know I can't wait for the first day
  when she's able to run to me and say, 'Daddy, Daddy!'"

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                          Letters to the Editor                         

  Dear Editor:
    My article, "Online Resources for Welders" appeared in the Sept issue of
  Welding Journal.  Among (many) other resources, MatChat and MLPNet are
  highlighted.
    Hopefully, it'll encourage more to jump into the electronic community.
                                Doug Williams
                                MATCHAT BBS, Piedmont, Calif.

  Dear Editor:
    Point Defiance is HOT now, last Tuesday four of us rented a boat and
  motor for only $50.00!  14 footer, 9.9 evinrude, 6 gal of gas, get there at
  5am if you want a boat with a motor though, they go fast.
    Anyway, we tried it for the first time and of course did something wrong.
    But...we saw probably 3 to 4 dozen salmon boated in the 7 hours we were
  out; I kept looking under the seat for Jim (figuring thats why we had no
  fish, I've only seen him get salmon at Albertsons ;).
    Anyway for those of you that have that urge I heartily recommend at
  least one trip to Point Defiance in Tacoma.
    Take 3 ounce mooching sinkers, tie your own leaders about 4 foot long,
  get out there on the incoming tide at the point and hold onto your pole...
                                Eat,Sleep & Go Fishing.
                                Guy Cook
                                Port Orchard, Wash.

  Dear Editor:
    I am going to stop debating OS/2 versus Windows '95 in the computer
  conference. I am about even-stevens on them, but others are fairly
  strong-minded on which ones they like, and the tone of the messages are
  starting to get like the ones in the other conferences I pick up. I
  figure I'll just sit back, and watch ya'll hash it out. This way I
  don't have to feel like I'm being insulted at times. :)
                                Jim Rice
                                Port Orchard, Wash.

  [Ooops! Sorry to have offended     ] Ŀ
  [you. I just LOVE reading the mail ]             EDITORIAL             
  [from people griping about Win '95.]             RESPONSE!             
  [They griped about the SAME THINGS ] 
  [with OS/2 WARP when it came out, but decided to wait, since Windows '95]
  [would CERTAINLY fix everything, reincarnate Elvis, induce the Second   ]
  [Coming, etc. Instead, as someone so aptly said months ago, "all of     ]
  [OS/2's alleged problems will come home to roost in Windows '95"        ]
  [OS/2 has been doing this a LOT longer than Bill Gates.  That's why it  ]
  [is a superior product, despite the rhetoric from people who monkeyed   ]
  [with it for only a day or two, then lined up like cattle at the trough ]
  [to wait for a feeding from Mr. Gates. Their "moooooo'ing" is getting   ]
  [deafening . . . and more than just a LITTLE bit annoying.  :)          ]

ĿĿ
 GUEST COLUMN       WIN '95 is Ummmm, well, it's here                   

                        By James Powell (The Scribe BBS)
                    -
  We'll start out with the evening of the 24th. I decided that THIS
  version I was going to get opening day. I went to one of the local
  computer outlets in Silverdale and watched some of the fun they were
  having with it in the store. They also had PLUS (a companion to Win
  95) running. It looked pretty good. I then checked out what they had
  in stock. Dismal, so far as I was concerned. I usually buy the full
  package and steer away from the upgrade packages. The full package
  only came on 3 1/2" floppies. The upgrade was on CD. That decided me
  right there. NO MORE SWAPPING FLOPPIES! I bought the upgrade on CD.

  The first attempt was a total failure; about 10 minutes into the
  procedure it decided that QEMM had to be unloaded to continue. That
  wasn't much of a problem, I just REMmed a couple of statements. That
  solved it, right?  WRONG!!! Now it wanted Himem installed. Well, time to
  drag out the disks and unpack Himem since I kill that off as superfluous
  garbage from the get-go.

  FRIDAY (I took the afternoon off, even ;) . . .
  I finally got the @#$% thing installed, but now it is acting flaky.
  Nothing seems to want to operate correctly. Good thing I backed the
  whole system to tape . . . but that was about a month or more ago.
  No real problem, I decide, gathering up the 4 tapes. It took almost
  8 hours to get everything restored; I forgot about the major changes
  I'd made in there.

  Tried to reinstall again. This time it would get to the Network screen
  and lock with one of those wonderful error messages. After a bit of
  hair pulling (quickly starting to look like Thud in VERY short order!), I
  finally gave up and started over with a NEW restore from tape.

  SATURDAY MORNING (yup, still hanging in there . . . )
  Finished the restore that I fell asleep during the night before.  At
  least I was on the last tape of the series! I bravely tried the install
  again, but still kept getting that nagging error message. I tried just
  about everything to get rid of it (short of what might have worked--
  installing WARP). Finally, I gave up and went to bed with nothing
  accomplished on this long, frustrating day.

  SUNDAY
  Gave it one more try but still got the error message. Gave up and
  called CIS (Artisoft and MS both have forums there). I'd come to the
  conclusion that it had something to do with the LAN but, beyond that, I
  was at a total loss. Left both companies a message. Got a couple of
  replies. Not sure how many actually since the Win95 message base was
  scrolling completely through in about 4 hours. After weeding out the
  numerous replies about "I told you OS/2 was better", I finally came
  up with one that suggested turning the LAN completely off (REM out
  all network lines in AUTOEXEC). I tried it, knowing there was little
  to lose, and (fortunately) was able to get through it with only minor
  problems. Then it said it couldn't identify my NE-2000 network card
  but that was no big deal; I expected that since I have the Noderunner
  cards. They're a wee bit different.

  Well, (to make a long story short) I finally had something running.
  With a boost of confidence, I tried to reinstall the LAN.  All
  appeared to work until I called up a directory. All drives from E to Q
  just showed the local D drive root. I tried to load a text file from
  there and just got "File not found". Something was screwy.  I beat on
  this problem a bit with no progress. Got fed up and mowed the lawn
  (I was feeling destructive). After making a mess of things outside, I
  decided to try something else. There is an option to restart the
  computer at the command prompt (otherwise it goes without pause into
  the GUI). I tried that, and it seemed to work. I then set my LAN back up
  with the statements in AUTOEXEC. I COULD NOW ACCESS MY NET DRIVES!!!
  I type in "WIN" just to see what happens. Same thing; garbage for
  directories! @#$%@$! Time to reboot again! All comes up fine at
  the command prompt; I can see all the files. I go back to the GUI
  with every finger and toe crossed. Still no-go (sigh). Well, that's
  a problem that can wait. I need to get my mail and update a couple
  of people, especially a sysop changing hubs to me.

  Now is where the fun begins. First that I try is my mail reader.
  Insufficient memory. OK, no real problem there. I took out all of the
  loadhigh commands when I took out QEMM. I try MEMMAKER. It crams a
  couple of the files high but only gives me about 420K of TPA area. Not
  even close to enough. Bang it around a bit and exhaust the choice
  words I know in 4 different languages. I finally find how to get most
  of the drivers loaded high (delete a BUNCH of excess). I now have
  access to most of my dos stuff.

  Upgrades and such completed (even printed Jim's changes to the
  conferences! Still haven't had time to do the updates). I tried out
  the Plus package (remember that the network is glitched in the GUI).
  Now that package was worth the price if you like wierd sounds and some
  really snazzy looking desktops! It even does strange things to your
  icons and pointers! It also has a few tools to help troubleshooting.

  Played with that for about an hour and went to bed. Enough for one
  day!

  MONDAY
  Decided to take time off from Win95 and get caught up with the weekend
  work that I put off. Just sitting back and reading the mail was
  restful.

  TUESDAY
  No ideas. Will get to that tomorrow...

  Now for a few tips and observations...

  MAKE A BACKUP AND A BOOTABLE DISK WITH ALL DRIVERS AND ALSO A COPY OF
  YOUR BACKUP PROGRAM! This will be needed! It won't work the first
  time.

  Strip your system down to the bare minimum. Best thing would be to
  just format your boot drive and reinstall DOS and Windows ONLY, nothing
  else (also cleans up all that extra garbage laying around from brain-
  dead install programs).

  Do the upgrade. This may take a couple of tries, but it may eventually
  work.

  Start reinstalling each of your programs. I know it is a LONG & some-
  times dreadful task, but it's worth the effort. Test each of them,
  even some that you previously installed. Watch out for those lame-brained
  installation programs that think they have complete rights to update
  any file at any time of their choosing. Some will actually overwrite
  your Win95 DLL files with older 3.1 or (shudder) 3.0 version files.

  If you have a LAN, expect to have problems. Mine works in command
  mode, but still refuses to work in GUI mode. Worked just fine under
  3.1.

  Now for the real good one. Forget everything you knew about 3.1 and
  how it operatesWin95 has a totally different user interface. Some
  points are much better, others have a bit of a problem.

  You won't see any real difference in DOS mode programs aside from a
  possible increase due to the 32 bit OS instead of 8 bit
  OS. With the old 16 bit apps, the speed on mine just about doubled!
  Not all systems and programs will show this, but the majority will
  reflect a decent improvement. 32 bit apps are another story
  altogether; they MOVE! Some of those AVI files
  I have that were jerky and displayed poor color resolution are now
  smooth and actually interesting to watch (they were already
  interesting for other reasons Thud would never understand.  :)

  Extras? You want extras? There are all kinds of extras that I've been
  fiddling with while attempting to figure out other problems. The first
  I tried was MSN (MicroSoft Network). Nothing much new here that I had
  not already seen. It gives you a gateway to Internet via a PPP
  connection to their Web page (whoopie). The prices are reasonable
  enough, but the closest connection is through Tacoma or Seattle from
  here.

  It also has built in multimedia extensions (which OS/2 had long ago and
  it's about time MicroSoft started playing on the same ballfield.) Before
  you needed Video for Windows to play most things, but Win95 has it as
  part of the package in full 32 bit mode. Again, they weren't the first
  but we'll take it. *

  Best thing that I found was that there is a way to turn off the direct
  boot to the GUI. The MSDOS.SYS file is only a text file. Change a 1 to
  a 0 in there and it boots right to the C: prompt just as it used to.
  (OS/2 performs a similar trick and, yes, has for some time.) *

  If it does recognize your video card, get ready for almost anything. It
  jumps right out there and uses the BEST color arrangement that it detects.
  Mine didn't even play around with standard VGA, it went direct for SVGA
  Truecolor mode (really makes those desktops and screen savers in PLUS
  stand out!). I manually changed it to 800x600 Hicolorstill looks great.

  That is all that I have this time around.  There will be more updates
  as I have the time to play with it. Be sure to watch the MLPNet
  Computer conference for more information.

  * NOTE: Most OS/2 comments were added by the DSNEWS editor as this
  manuscript was edited for publication.
  ** James Powell is the sysop of "The Scribe BBS," of Bremerton, Wash.
  James Powell has been an MLPNet sysop for some time and is actually the
  man responsible for helping ME get into BBSing with a passion.  He is
  also a founding member of the NorthWest Link mail network.

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 GUITAR                "My Lady in Red" Chris DeBurgh                   

  Intro: D     G7+    Asus    D    G7+   Asus
        D                     G7+                     A
  I've never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight;
        F#7           F#7/A#    Bm      A7   G
  I've never seen you shine  so bright.   Mmmm
        D                   G7+                        A
  I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance.
          F#7         F#7/A#    Bm
  They're looking for a little  romance,
        D7     G
  given half a chance.
         Em7
  I have never seen that dress you're wearing,
          A7                                     B2
  Or the highlights in your hair that catch your eyes.
              A
  I have been blind

     A7/G       D
  My lady   in red      [D/F#]         [G]
     A        Bm                           Bm
  is dancing with me ,  [A/C#]  cheek  to cheek
                 Em7   A                 D
  There's nobody here, it's just you and me,
                     D7
  It's where I wanna be
               G                   F#7          Bm
  But I hardly know [F#7/A#]  this beauty by my side.   [Bm/A]  [E7]
              Em7                        A      D
  I'll never forget,   [A9]  the way you look tonight.


  I've never seen you looking so gorgeous as you did tonight;
  I've never seen you shine so bright. You were amazing.
  I've never seen so many people want to be there by your side,
  And when you turned to me and smiled, It took my breath away
  I have never had such a feeling,
  Such a feeling of complete and utter love, as I do tonight.

  [Last chorus addendum]
      A             Bm
  the way you look tonight.  [Bm/A]             [E7]
               Em7         A9      A    D
  I never will forget, the way you look tonight
                Asus    D
  [G7+9]     My lady in red (3 times)  [G7+9]
     Asus    D
  My lady in red  (I love you.)

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 MUSIC            REVIEW:  Chris DeBurgh's "The Power of Ten."           

  WHAT?????  (I know you are asking that if you are a true Chris DeBurgh fan!)

  Patience.  Let me explain a few things to the person who may have never HEARD
  of Chris DeBurgh.  His debut album, "Far Beyond These Castle Walls" of 1975,
  is now 20 years old, and his last American release, "Flying Colours" of 1988
  is now seven (MY GAWD, HAS IT *REALLY* BEEN SEVEN YEARS???) years old, and
  counting.

  Chris DeBurgh HAS released numerous albums in the United Kingdom, Germany
  and Canada following "Flying Colours."  I've known this for some time, but
  kept running into those aggravating "I Dunno's" at the record store when
  trying to order these releases.  I have since held ONE of them, "The
  Power of Ten" in my greedy little hands.  Since it's owner didn't drop
  dead in front of me (that act would have officially transferred ownership
  of the disk to me) I was left with no option to record it.  I used a quality
  90 minute Maxell, 45 minutes to a side.  Unfortunately, the CD was
  almost 55 minutes long.

  What this means (to those who just came home from a LOOONG day of work),
  you've got MOST of a review herethe last two songs are, well, they
  are missing.

  BUT, I now have the CD on order and will soon hold it in my grubby, greedy
  hands once again.  But this time, I won't be wishing a spastic colon or
  cardiac arrest on anyone else who may be in the immediate vicinity.

      (Yeah, I know, that "colon" part is a bit rough for a family
      newsletter, but that really happened to me today at work. When I
      told a coworker that she didn't look well and asked if she was okay
      she said, "Well, I got a spastic colon and it's really acting up
      today. Wanna hear more?"

      And people wonder why I drink when I get home from work.  Anyway . . . )

    Let's get it on.  I really wish I could have packaged this whole
    CD up with the newsletter, but that (though actually POSSIBLE) would
    be both illegal and impractical. So, I'll do what I can here to
    give you an accurate and entertaining synopsis of "The Power of Ten,"
    an album that REALLY reminds me of "The Crusader" and "Man on the Line."
    This is an album that is CERTAIN to please long-time fans, and
    "Lady in Red" freaks, as well.

    Let's dance . . .

          Chris DeBurgh (Lead and Backing Vocals, Additional Acoustic
             Guitar on "The Connemara Coast", "By My Side" and "Shine On")
          Rupert Hine (Keyboards)
          John Giblin (Bass)
          Michael Witzel (Drums, Percussion)
          Danny McBride (Electric Guitar, Guitar Solos)
          Geoff Richardson (Acoustic Guitar, Viola on "Where We Will Be Going")
          Tim Sanders (Saxophones)
          Miriam Stockley (Additional Backing Vocals on "In Your Eyes",
             "Shine On" and "Talk To Me")
          Linda Taylor (Additional Backing Vocals on "In Your Eyes",
             "Shine On" and "Talk To Me")
          Jamie West-Oram (Electric Guitars on "Talk To Me")
          CD A&M 397188-2 (UK)


  WHERE WE WILL BE GOING (4:29)
        I remember footsteps on the moon
        After Dallas-darkened days
        When the whole world seemed to stop and wait
        And we asked ourselves everyday, "Where are we going?"
    This is a catchy, IMMEDIATELY engaging song, EVERY BIT a classic
    Chris DeBurgh tune. If you were to hear this on the radio with
    no prior knowledge of a Chris DeBurgh release, you would KNOW
    who the artist was and you would probably go NUTS with all the
    blank stares and "I Dunno's" in the local record stores (YOU try
    telling a high-school dropout behind a record store counter that
    the CD actually DOES exist. I even played a bit of this song,
    just to get another blank "I Dunno!")

  BY MY SIDE  (4:41)
    "Oh no," I groaned, as this song spilled from the speakers.  "A PATTERN
    SONG. I thought Chris DeBurgh was above this."  I sipped my coffee and
    listened to what sounded like every other Chris DeBurgh song I'd heard
    before, and waited impatiently for the next song.  However, subtle
    variations began cropping up as the song played out and with no warning,
    the song travelled off in an unexpected direction, taking me along with
    it.  Before I knew it, I'd listened to it a dozen times over a half dozen
    sessions and found myself picking it out on the geetar and admitting,
    yes, admitting that it just MIGHT be a favorite off the CD.

                                BY MY SIDE
    It's alright, I'm not lost,
    I got a reading on the Southern Cross.
    And I've been listening to the radio for signs of new life.
    Some people find the game too tough
    And there are those who've simply had enough,
    But I'm still here and I'm not giving up
    I'm going the distance.

    Whatever it takes (I have to fight)
    To build a better world (and make it right)
    And when I am alone (it's late at night)
    I reach out and you're right here by my side.
    When everything has gone
    You help me carry on
    You lift me up, you make me strong
    And give love to see me through
    Ooooooh, ooooooh, ooooooh
    What would I do
    Without you by my side?
    By my side . . .

    I'm out here on a flight
    I'm on a wing and a prayer tonight
    The moon is showing me the way to go.
    I'm flying forever.
    I've got what it takes (to win the fight)
    And build a better world (and make it right)
    And when I am alone (it's late at night)
    I reach out and you're here right by my side.
    When everything has gone
    You help me carry on
    You lift me up, you make me strong
    And give love to see me through
    Ooooooh, ooooooh, ooooooh
    What would I do
    Without you by my side?
    By my side . . .

    Always you're in my heart
    Always by my side
    Always you're in my life
    Always by you now.

    Always, you're in my world
    Always within.
    What would I do
    Without you
    Without you
    By my side?

  HEART OF DARKNESS (4:51)
    This sounds like a track cut (and saved for later) from "The Man on the
    Line." It also has elements found in various songs on "The Crusader."
    This has a pounding, rhythmic beat which sustains DeBurgh's strong, mature
    voice, before winding down to strings while DeBurgh's voice transforms
    to a soft, hypnotic enticement.  While I am more into the mellower
    DeBurgh, this is a fantastic song worth listening to several times
    to make up your own mind.  Some notable "pounding" songs of DeBurgh that
    I DO like are "What About Me?" & "Say Goodbye to it All" & "The Crusader."
    I'll be adding this one to the list.  This song sounds like it came from
    the "Man on the Line" era, at first, but then seems to reach further
    back, perhaps as far as "Crusader."

  IN YOUR EYES (5:05)
    A beautiful, captivating beginning ushers in this sea of romance with
    music and vocals that roll in with gentle swells to break gently on the
    open shores of your heart.  This will be an enduring song that may not
    make my all-time favorite Chris DeBurgh list, but will certainly float
    around up there (with "Missing You"), available to me at my whim and
    mood.  This has a tempo and melody very reminiscent of "Tender Hands."

                                    IN YOUR EYES
    Some people fall in love
    In rooms that are so dark
    They can't see where they're going
    And they lose their paths
    But when I saw your face
    It was a light so strong
    I could see a lovelight coming on
    In your eyes
    In your eyes.

    And I saw driving down to the river
    Laughing in the rain
    Dancing out in the moonlight
    Papers in bed
    And I saw your delights as a lover
    Until the break of day
    And oh every time I look
    It's you and me together
    In your eyes.

    Some people say that time
    Changes everything
    With love there's no way of knowing
    What the world may bring.
    But I don't mind at all
    Because it's you and me
    And all I've ever wanted
    I can see
    In your eyes
    In your eyes.

    And we are driving down to the river
    Laughing in the rain
    Dancing out in the moonlight
    Papers in bed,
    And I feel your delights as a lover
    Until the break of day
    Oh, and every time I look
    It's you and me together in your eyes.
    In your eyes
    In your eyes.

   [Not sure of the word "Papers." Would welcome any correction!]

  SEPARATE TABLES (3:38)
    When I first heard this, I called my wife (herself a HUGE Chris DeBurgh
    fan) and said, "Mary!  Come here! You gotta hear this one!"  There was
    nothing stunning about the vocals or the music, but it's something
    a true Chris DeBurgh fan will appreciate.  It's a perfect blend of
    writing, thought and emotiondone in a way few outside of DeBurgh
    can do.  If tears don't sting in your eyes at least ONCE during a
    good listening of this song, your heart will certainly be warmed
    or it's so hardened that NOTHING will stand a chance to soften it.

                                SEPARATE TABLES
    At separate tables we sit down to eat
    In separate bedrooms we go to sleep at night
    Only wish you knew how much you've been on my mind.
    I think about you when the morning comes,
    I think about you when all my day is done
    Wondering what you're doing now,
    Are you lonely too?

    Because I . . . I miss you here tonight
    And I wish you were by my side
    And I don't wanna let go.

    At separate tables we sit down to write
    Separate letters that never see the light.
    If only we could just agree to read between the lines.

    I wanna see you and I know what I will say
    We must be crazy to throw it all away,
    Never knowing what is lost
    Before it's all too late.

    And I . . . I miss you here tonight
    And I wish you were by my side
    And I don't wanna let go!

    Yes, I . . . I miss you here tonight
    And when I hold you by my side,
    Well, I'm not gonna let go . . .

    Oh, ohhhh.

  TALK TO ME (3:53)
    I couldn't wait to hear this song, since most of the credits on the
    CD sleeve went to people who helped produce this song (and also, "In
    Your Eyes" and you've ALREADY read how much I liked THAT one. In fact,
    it's playing on the CD player to my right even as I type. ;)

    I've listened to the album about 20 times since I wrote everything
    previous to this line. I still have a tough time with this song; it's
    brilliant, rhythmic and engaging, but it just doesn't blow my skirt up.
    If I were a betting man, though, I'd bet you'll really like this song.
    I just hope you feel some cool air where it counts, though, because I
    didn't quite catch the draft, even though I do enjoy listening to the
    variances of this progressive piece that, again, sounds like it might
    have had a place on "The Getaway."

  THE CONNEMARA COAST (3:59) The Connemara Coast
    Sounds like this could easily be an old John Denver tune.  Also sounds
    like Chris DeBurgh is standing next to you as he sings this. "One thing
    I will say before this journey's end, more than being my lover, you are
    my friend."  This is a nice love song, especially for those embarking
    on a brave new, uncharted course.  This is a "here we go, whatever
    happens to us now, remember, I've always loved you and always will" type
    of song I liked more the second and third and fourth times I heard it
    than the first.

  BROTHER JOHN (4:57)
    Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh! PERCUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSION!  :):):)
    Brings "Crusader" to mind again, RIGHT off the bat. "And the devil
    said there's a place in hell for the soul of Brother John. Hallelujah!"
    See what I mean?  This, much like "The Devil's Eye" (from "Crusader")
    will probably not get a whole lot of airplay in my home, but I must
    admit I AM enchanted with the male backing vocals and stanzas in the
    latter half of the song.  That is the redeeming quality of this work, and
    kept me from using the big "S" word to describe it.

  SHINE ON (4:57)
    "Shine on!  Live for every moment before the moment's gone."  I've NEVER
    heard this song before, but I'm intrigued from the first line.  As
    the song plays out, however, I can't find much here that will hold my
    interest for long. Much like "Ship to Shore" (from "The Getaway") this
    song will probably be something I pull out from time to time to listen to,
    but as it doesn't require any specific mood (nor does it create one) it's
    another catchy, fun song that lasts a half bar too long and teeters on
    the parapet of the mundane by the time it's over.  So, that means it's
    about like most of what you hear on the radio . . . catchy.  That's it.

  A CELEBRATION (3:48)
    A nice song but, again, not something that grabs me where I always
    hope new music will grab me . . . smack dab in the middle of my heart.
    But, no matter. I can start the whole thing all over again, because I have
    discovered some REAL jewels here in "The Power of Ten." It's cause for
    celebration, but, unfortunately, this song won't be the celebratory
    piece.

  SHE MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME (3:33)
    This song was not available to me to review.
  MAKING THE PERFECT MAN (5:33)
    This song was not available to me to review.
  
     Chris DeBurgh (Lead and Backing Vocals, Additional Acoustic
        Guitar on "The Connemara Coast", "By My Side" and "Shine On")
     Rupert Hine (Keyboards)
     John Giblin (Bass)
     Michael Witzel (Drums, Percussion)
     Danny McBride (Electric Guitar, Guitar Solos)
     Geoff Richardson (Acoustic Guitar, Viola on "Where We Will Be Going")
     Tim Sanders (Saxophones)
     Miriam Stockley (Additional Backing Vocals on "In Your Eyes",
        "Shine On" and "Talk To Me")
     Linda Taylor (Additional Backing Vocals on "In Your Eyes",
        "Shine On" and "Talk To Me")
     Jamie West-Oram (Electric Guitars on "Talk To Me")
     CD A&M 397188-2 (UK)

ĿĿ
 EDITORIAL                 Where are we Going????                        

  WHERE ARE WE GOING?  (the echoes from this shouted question don't even
  reverberate anymore, since everything today is "virtual" and unreal.)

  Am I the only one asking this question? I hardly doubt it, but it can seem
  that way at times.  The Chris DeBurgh review you've already read included
  a song entitled "Where We will be Going."  I'm glad Chris is sure, because
  I am not.  I worry about the future of my three wonderful daughters.
  I'm concerned about your future, too.

  We are certainly a country divided.  In Los Angeles, a murderer is about
  to walk free after a multi-million dollar media circus that had little, if
  anything, to do with the horrendous crime of homicide, but had everything
  to do with racism, finger-pointing, judicial ego, and personal vendettas.
  It has gotten to the point where most people DON'T CARE if O.J. Simpson
  walks free, let's just GET IT OVER WITH, ALREADY!  And that's a sad
  commentary on it all.

  Boris Yeltzin is threatening that "flames of war" could spread over Europe
  if the NATO bombing is not stopped.  Outside of the O.J. trial, the press
  conference where Yeltzin made this threat was the most thinly disguised
  orchestrated farce I have ever seen.  The questions were scripted, and
  taken in a planned sequence.  Yeltzin's face wasn't as red as usual, so
  I imagine his aides kept him away from the bottle for at least A FEW HOURS
  before the conference.  But I'm sure he has a splitting headache this
  morning.

  The press conference wasn't about NATO's bombing, well, not ENTIRELY. It had
  EVERYTHING to do with Yeltzin's paranoia and bruised ego. It had EVERYTHING
  to do with the fact that Russia is not being consulted on many European
  affairs.  That Russia is no longer the super-power it used to be. That
  Russia has lost a lot of credibility.  Yeltzin's blunders have brought
  the former-Soviet Union down even further than it was when he "took
  office."  His mistakes in dealing with Soviet states seeking independence
  have combined to destroy his leadership credibility and he's now angry
  and upset that he's not getting the respect he thinks he deserves.  "Russia
  is part of Europe," he spat out during the press conference. "Russia
  will always be a part of Europe!"  Then, five minutes later he threatens
  that "flames of war" could spread over Europe if his demands are not met.

  Do we care?  No, I'm sorry to say, we do not.  Most of us don't care if
  O.J. walks free or if Yeltzin advances over Europe or WHAT happens in
  Bosnia.  If we did care, the Simpson trial would be over long ago, we
  wouldn't let our president string along his foreign policy on the fly,
  rushing to patch one problem while larger ones grow unchecked.

  We care about ourselves, and that's about it.  The "American Dream" is dying
  and, perhaps, already dead because of it.  We've been beaten back as
  a citizenship to where we struggle to survive, to keep what we have and
  live in perpetual fear that someone's gonna take it away from us.  The
  bloated welfare state has sucked our economy for every cent it has, while
  special interest groups continue to take more.  Even here, in Seattle, the
  Mariners say, "Build us a multi-million dollar stadium or
  WE'RE LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAVING!"  Fine.  Pack
  your bags and don't let the door hit you on the way out.  When we
  can't even afford to take the whole family out to enjoy a ballgame
  and a coupla greasy hot dogs, you've far outlived your usefulness to
  our community.

  What's happened? No one wants to accept personal responsibility. Everyone
  wants a handout.  Everything should be free, or cheaper.  The Mariners
  complain that they are losing millions of dollars so WE, THE TAXPAYERS
  should build them a stadium to play their (losing) games in.  Their lobbyists
  tell us how vital the Mariners are to our economy?!?!?!?  BUILD YOUR
  OWN DAMN STADIUM AND LEAVE MY POCKETS ALONE!  (Sitting back, taking a deep
  breath.)

  See where we've come?  We live in a country, in a WORLD divided.  Our
  priorities have been derailed.  Our care and compassion for one
  another have withered.  Our government has become the modern-day equivalent
  of Dracula--it takes everything it can and gives it to someone else (who
  probably doesn't REALLY need it, anyway), all the while disassembling
  everything that made America great, that kept America safe, everything
  that ensured our prosperity in what used to be a world community.

  COMMUNITY no longer.  We've lost our capacity to share, to care.  It's
  always someone else's fault.  We've outgrown our little world, and one
  another.  Someone tell me PLEASE that I am wrong, but I doubt it.

  Look at today's headline.

  I leave you with the words of Roger Waters, who summed it all up
  quite succinctly in his song "Amused to Death," from the album by the
  same name:
            Doctor, doctor, what is wrong with me?
            This supermarket life is getting long.
            What is the heart life of a colour TV?
            What is the shelf life of a teenage queen?
            Ooh . . . western woman,
            Ooh . . . western girl.
            A news hound sniffs the air
            When Jessica Hahn goes down
            He latches on to that symbol
            Of detachment
            Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
            The celebrity of the abused shell the belle.
            Ooh . . . western woman,
            Ooh . . . western girl.
            And the children of Melrose
            Strut their stuff
            Is absolute zero cold enough?
            And out in the valley warm and clean
            The little ones sit by their TV screens
            No thoughts to think,
            No tears to cry,
            All sucked dry
            Down to the very last breath.
            Bartender, what is wrong with me?
            Why am I so out of breath?
            The captain said, "Excuse me ma'am,
            This species has amused itself to death,
            Amused itself to death . . .
            Amused itself to death."

            We watched the tragedy unfold
            We did as we were told
            We bought and sold
            It was the greatest show on earth
            But then it was over.
            We ohhed and aahed
            We drove our racing cars
            We ate our last few jars of caviar
            And somewhere out there in the stars
            A keen-eyed look-out
            Spied a flickering light
            Our last hurrah . . .

            And when they found our shadows
            Grouped around the TV sets
            They ran down every lead
            They repeated every test
            They checked out all the data on their lists
            And then the alien anthropologists
            Admitted they were still perplexed
            But on eliminating every other reason
            For our sad demise
            They logged the explanation left
            This species has amused itself to death
            No tears to cry no feelings left
            This species has amused itself to death . . .

                                    Jim Coleman, DSNEWS Editor

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 HUMOR             Clinton Throws the First Pitch in Baseball!           

  And now, for some more of that same amusement . . .
  CONTRIBUTED BY: TRAVIS SMITH

  Did you hear about what happened at this year's MLB's season opener?
  The announcer said, "And now, ladies and gentlemen, the President of
  the United States will throw out the first pitch..."  Upon which,
  the president stood, smiled and waved, and threw Hillary onto the
  field!  One of the president's aides grabbed him and whispered
  urgently, "No, Mr. President!  The first PITCH!!!"

  travis.smith@twsubbs.twsu.edu
   MLPnet   Wichita State Univ. BBS  Wichita,KS  (316)-689-3779


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TRIBUTE                    Uncle Gale Coleman                            

My Uncle Gale was a certified mathematical genius.  He could LITERALLY
quote pages from his 5th grade textbooks, perform astounding math
computations in his head, etc.  But Uncle Gale was very peculiar in his
ways, mostly as a result of childhood polio.  You see, Gale isn't my
Uncle, he's my GREAT-UNCLE, brother of my grandpa.  They didn't have
the medical "gee-whiz" they do today. Gale was brilliant, moreso than
most of the scientists who visited him (by their own admission, that's
why they kept coming back), but he was a child at heart, always happy,
always contented.

I was awakened two days ago with news that Uncle Gale's lungs filled
with fluid and he died. My dad cried as he broke the news; we were all
very close to Uncle Gale. I faxed a rememberance to those conducting
his funeral, so that it might be read at the service when everyone in
the family will undoubtedly speak of what Gale meant to them personally.
I include it here in tribute to him, and to those who have lost
similarly:


I have missed my Uncle Gale over the years, and shall now
forever continue to do so.

My Uncle Gale was many things to me:  He was someone I
looked up to as a youngster, he seemed to be content with his place
in our world, he was always warm and generous, he was sometimes
embarrassing, he was happy with a maple bar where someone else might
be inclined to look for cash value, he was always a source of
inspiration to me though he was, at the same time, the butt of many
of our jokes, he was fragile and dependent in his later years, but
was someone I could always talk to in those times when it seemed no
one else would listen.

Gale could never seem to remember my name, but he always
knew who I was.  He always seemed happier to see me than I was to
see him.  He seemed always deeply concerned with my well-being and
generously offered me what little he had each time we met.  He
smiled crookedly when I imitated him and chuckled along with many of
my jokes, even though some were at his expense.  Gale was never
concerned with mortages and warring mid-eastern factions and
denominational issues and numerous things that impact each of our
lives--no, Uncle Gale lived a life I sometimes envy, the life of an
innocent child too wrapped up in the beauty of the surrounding world
to be concerned with the jealousy, greed, envy and selfishness
inherent in us all, to one degree or another.

Gale was always too much, or too little, of something.  He was
always too short, too hunched over, too thin, too fat, too much a
wanderer, too much in the way, too often  obtrusive without meaning
to be.  We all are.  The difference is that Gale rarely understood
much of this, and never let his shortcomings get him down, as we so
often tend to do.  Gale lived at peace with himself, and his
Creator. Let me very briefly share with you my fondest memories of
my Uncle Gale.

I had a very troubled, difficult childhood.  There were times when I
had no one to look up to, or just plain didn't know where to look.
But I still remember Uncle Gale standing on the porch with a box of
crackers (and other treasures) in hand.  I remember Uncle Gale
driving me to a school function I wanted to attend at Trevor Browne
High School, on 75th Avenue and Indian School in Phoenix.  I
remember Gale not grumbling when I asked to make a detour on the way
home.  I'll not mention where that detour was, since my Uncle Gale
never did, either.

I remember my Uncle Lew and I making a game out of going through
Uncle Gale's VW bug. The winner was the one who found the box of
"Chicken in a Biscuit" crackers first!  I remember that we both quit
the game, after finding all sorts of other things, some of which we
could not identify.

I remember living with the folks while attending school. I took Gale
out to breakfast at Smitty's quite often. I enjoyed the time
together, until he started singing "The Day that I Met Jesus" to the
entire cafeteria. I still remember the embarrassment, and I don't
think I ever took him out again, following that.  It's funny: if I
could take him there again for breakfast, I'd beg for an encore
performance.

You see, my Uncle Gale wasn't afraid to live, to sing, to be
himself. He didn't care what you or I thought. He was a man like few
others I've met, and I'm so glad to say I knew him, and that part of him
that rubbed off on me will forever be cherished.

I hope the angels in heaven know it's a better place now that Gale
is there with them. I hope they never tire of hearing the value of
pie calculated out to the zillionth degree.  And when I meet Gale
again, I hope he sings "The Day That I met Jesus" to me, as only he
can do.

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                NOTE: The funeral was held at 3 p.m. in Tempe, Arizona
                on the same day this issue was released, Sept. 13, 1995.
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                  Significant Earthquakes & my Vacation!                

  The following is a release by the United States  Geological  Survey,
  National Earthquake Information Center:  A light earthquake occurred
  IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA about 10 miles north of santa rosa at 8:16 AM
  MDT  today,  Sep 4, 1995 (7:16 AM PDT in California).  A PRELIMINARY
  MAGNITUDE OF 4.8 WAS COMPUTED FOR THIS  EARTHQUAKE.   The  magnitude
  and  location  may  change  slightly as additional data are received
  from other seismograph stations.  The earthquake was felt  in  Lake,
  Napa  and  Sonoma Counties.  The earthquake was also felt in the San
  Francisco area.  There have been no reports of damage.

  The following is a release by the United States  Geological  Survey,
  National Earthquake Information Center:  A light earthquake occurred
  IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA about 25 miles (40  km)  west  of  Twentynine
  Palms at 2:27 PM MDT today, Sep 5, 1995 (1:27 PM PDT in California).
  A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 4.9 WAS  COMPUTED  FOR  THIS  EARTHQUAKE.  
  The  magnitude  and  location may change slightly as additional data
  are received from other seismograph stations.  This  earthquake  was
  felt  in  the  Palm  Springs-Joshua  Tree  area. There  have been no
  reports of damage.

  95/08/28 02:21:52  42.23N 121.96W   9.5 2.0  A   15.6 km   W of Klamath Falls
  95/08/29 13:02:48  46.20N 119.90W  15.3 3.1  C   10.6 km   W of Prosser, Wa
  95/09/03 02:13:21  45.90N 118.20W  13.2 2.9  C   20.7 km SSE of Walla Walla
  95/09/09 03:08:53  47.48N 121.78W  18.2 2.5  A    0.7 km WNW of North Bend
  95/09/03 02:13:21  45.90N 118.20W  13.2 2.9  C   20.7 km SSE of Walla Walla
  95/09/09 03:08:53  47.48N 121.78W  18.2 2.5  A    0.7 km WNW of North Bend
  95/09/09 09:57:43  45.96N 122.61W  18.2 2.0  A   30.3 km  SE of Longview
  95/09/11 08:37:31  45.96N 122.61W  17.6 2.1  B   29.9 km  SE of Longview
  95/09/11 17:42:15  45.96N 122.61W  17.3 2.1  B   30.3 km  SE of Longview
  95/09/12 13:39:19  46.83N 120.70W   0.0 2.3  C   20.6 km  SW of Ellensburg
  95/09/13 14:31:53  45.98N 120.96W   1.2 2.0  D   45.7 km ESE of Mount Adams

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   MY VACATION (Do I GET one???)  

  Good question.  Every time vacation time rolls around, I end up in surgery.
  No kidding. Almost three years now and EVERY SINGLE VACATION HOUR has been
  eaten up, used as comp time for various surgeries resulting from
  being hit by that dadburned car.  In fact, I still OWE THE COMPANY sick
  time for that which they graciously allowed me for my February round
  of implant-replacement surgery.  So I still have ZERO sick hours and, in
  fact, run a deficit, BUT . . . I have 69 hours of vacation time accumulated
  since my Feb. rash of surgeries and I'M DAMN WELL GONNA TAKE THEM THIS
  TIME!  (That is, if I don't rebreak the leg, if the structural metal does
  not fatigue and break again, if all goes well, if Boris Yeltzin doesn't
  drink too much again and start bombing Europe [like he's threatening to
  do tonightwhat a looozer booooooooooooooooooooozer!] . . .  etc. etc.)

  I'm taking the FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER OFF!  Does this mean you won't hear
  from me?  Hehehehe. Don't think you are so lucky!  I'm taking a week away
  from the newsroom (and another at the end of the year) but I'll STILL be
  here in the MLPNet Central chair from time to time throughout that week.
  You see, unless plans change, I'm planning on attending the earthquake
  seminar in Silverdale on Oct. 5 as an invited guest.  I plan to visit several
  fracture sites in the area.  I plan to tour the University of Washington
  seismology labs.  I plan to visit Mt. Rainier AND Mt. St. Helens with
  my daughters (and anyone else who wants to go.)  As a matter of fact,
  my WHOLE VACATION will be spent poking around geological exhibits,
  labs and displays.  Techno-nerd to the max . . . YUP!  And I look forward
  to this the way a kid would look forward to Disneyland.

  So, rock and roll, lock and load . . . it's off to St. Helens I go.  Heck,
  I may swing out to Restoration Point just for the fun of it. That's one of
  the most BREATHTAKING geological sites I've seen out here. It's also where
  we were gonna go as an MLPNet field trip on July 22, 1993.  I got hit by
  the car only days before.  My vacation--and my return visit there--are
  far too long overdue.

  Peace. I'm outta here.

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  DSNEWS35.* (c)1995, Jim Coleman III
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