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   ISSUE #141               
    November 1st               
             1993                    
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 Little Known Facts #1........Page 4   Silly Signs Seen.............Page 33 
 Mind Games 1993..............Page 5   Little Known Facts #3........Page 34 
 HeadLine BITS!...............Page 6   Quotes 'N' Notes.............Page 37 
 Behind The HeadLines.........Page 7   Things To Do.................Page 38 
 I MYTHed That One...!........Page 10  The Electronic Library.......Page 39 
 Horoscopes By Manfred........Page 11  20 Top Techie Terms..........Page 45 
 Phrase Craze.................Page 16  Reader Survey................Page 47 
 Eeeek Night At The Palace....Page 17  Buy A 486 Today!.............Page 48 
 Terrible Translations........Page 20  Little Known Facts #4........Page 49 
 Laws Beyond Murphy...........Page 23  True Headlines...............Page 52 
 Little Known Facts #2........Page 24  Queen Bee - By Y.O'Conner....Page 53 
 The Chain Letter.............Page 25  Stopped Cold - By J.L.Black..Page 70 
 The Joker's Lair.............Page 30  Strrrrrrrange BITS!..........Page 94 
 Technology Review............Page 31  The W-Eeeek-ly News..........Page 97 
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 Little Known Facts!                                                        
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 * Alpha Beta Food Market was the first supermarket in the U.S. making its  
   debut in 1912.                                                           
 * Chop Suey is not Chinese but Chinese-American.  Chop is an English word  
   and suey is from Chinese word sui, meaning "bits" - guess that means we  
   could be Eeeek Sui! in China.                                            
 * Saint Peter's Basilica, completed in 1626, held 50,000 people.  That's   
   7,545 people less than Yankee Stadium.                                   
 * In 1877 Arthur de Lulli wrote "Chopsticks" as a piano exercise.          
 * The largest sculpture in the world is not Mt. Rushmore, but Stone Moun-  
   tain in Atlanta, Georgia.  Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall  
   Jackson are on the face of the mountain.                                 
 * The first department store was built in 1848, The Marble Dry Goods Palace
   in New York City.                                                        
 * The Philadelphia Zoological Gardens was the first zoo, opening 1874.     
 * The first U.S. General of black heritage was Benjamin O Davis Sr. in 1940
 * The thickness of the ice that covers Antarctica is 6,500 feet.           
 * According to science there is still 140 million square miles of the      
   earth that is not yet explored.  Two thirds of which is the ocean floor. 
 * The state once known as "The Land of Steady Habits" was Connecticut.     
 * The Silicon Valley covers 55 miles between San Jose & San Francisco.     

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                            Mind Games 1993                                 
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  O F S W N R E X W X M A W D H O E M A R O O N M R Y I D    Mmmmmmmmm...  
  M O T H E R W D J X I R M I R P E N Q R W Y M A L L M M                  
  A M O K K Z N A A W S X O B A U U S F V A W W C E M I O    What could we 
  N M O N K E Y L T X S M R R I E Q E S E R V D A M A N N    do this month 
  G M W M O B S T E R I U T O G K R B F I B T T R O I T D    that would be 
  O A P H N T N O D P N S A M R A A Y S U A D M O R L E A    different for 
  S Y Z Z E E Y O N B G T R U W M M A C E M N K O G B D Y    you guys...?  
  E H Q H S K Z K I Z R A Y A W E Y M B P Q A O N U O H M                  
  N E C S O R K B L L F R E C G N I K R A M F R Y E X M A    How About...  
  A M N U R A B B Q I L D N Y V F K Y J U J E Y T A V U L                  
  D D B O O M H C R A M I O K R O J A M Y M X L T Y M D E    WORDS THAT    
  N J Y C M K F S E L I M M L P W D T X L E V R A M R D F      START WITH  
  U F A U P Q M E D O M M A K Z M L A C I S U M V X D Y X         THE      
  M X Z M V R M A L L A R D L B M O S T L Y F P J S S O M      LETTER M!   
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 MUSTARD  MOROSE      MUNDANE  MUCOUS    MILES    MISSING  MANGOS   MALLARD 

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 HeadLine BITS!                                                             
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 * President To Be Carried Live From South Of The Border                    
 * Audience Acclaims Dame May Whitty In Nighty Must Fall                    
 * Esther Williams Wants To Shed Her Bathing Suit And Start Acting          
 * Shelby Man To Head Burial Body                                           
 * Snoose, Snuff, Sniffers Sniff Same Stuff                                 
 * Contents of Empty Bottle Examined In Poisoning Case                      
 * Chemist's Headless Body Starts Search For Rum Suspects                   
 * County Police To Cooperate 10 Percent With City Police To Stamp Out      
   Prostitution                                                             
 * Desperados, Shackled Hand And Foot, Thrown Into Solitary Confinement     
   With Nine Others                                                         
 * Hopewell Jail Is Opened To Public                                        
 * Mother And Daughter Arrested By State Police For Ship Lifting At         
   Supermarket                                                              
 * Justice Department Has Crime Reports Of Cities 3 Feet High               
 * Nurses' Pure Looted At Hospital                                          
 * Gary Civic Body Is Asked To Probe Crime By State Prosecutor              
 * Man Steals $5,000 Load Of Soap And Makes Clean Getaway                   
 * Bicycle Is Stolen From Patrolman With Red Frame                          
 * Salesman Says He Left 4 Large Rings In Malden Motel Bathtub              

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 HeadLine:  She Gave Him The Ax                                             
 Story:  48 year old man was hospitalized today after his wife struck him   
         six times with an ax.  Police arrested the 39 year old woman after 
         she admitted hitting him with the ax.  The reason, she said, was   
         "to cure him of his fooling around."                               
                                                                            
 HeadLine:  Child Born By Violence                                          
 Story:  A woman, nearly ready to give birth, was driving her car when an   
         accident occurred.  The woman was thrown from the vehicle and her  
         baby was born, popping out through her abdominal wall.  The 8 pound
         4 ounce girl was listed as birth from Caesarean section by         
         violence.  Mother and daughter are doing fine.                     
                                                                            
 HeadLine:  Santa, Slightly Drunk, Gets Stuck in Chimney                    
 Story:  A man, dressed in a Santa suit, got stuck in the chimney of his    
         brother-in-law's home when he attempted to gain entry at 3 a.m.    
         Police and Fire Departments were called.  The man's feet were      
         dangling just past the flue, but he was not thin enough to slip    
         through.  He was not able to navigate for himself because he was   
         intoxicated.                                                       

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  I MYTHed That One!                                                        
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 MYTH:  Hair continues to grow on a person even after death.                
                                                                            
 FACT:  Not true, not true at all.  This belief stems from the fact that    
        the tissue shrinks on a corpse thus giving the illusion that hair   
        grows.                                                              
                                                                            
 MYTH:  Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestor was a judge @ the Salem witch trials.
                                                                            
 FACT:  Untrue.  Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestors were not among the judges  
        at the Witch Trials.  Stephen Vincent Benet wrote "The Devil and    
        Daniel Webster" stating that "Justice Hathorne is a jurist of       
        experience," using the actual spelling of the Hawthorne name until  
        Nathaniel added the 'w' later.  But truth is the members of the     
        justice panel were:  William Stoughton, Sameul Sewall, Bartholomew  
        Gedney, Wait Winthrop, Nathaniel Saltonstall, John Richards, and    
        William Sergeant.  Saltonstall resigned and was replaced by Jonathan
        Corwin.  John Ha(w)thorne was involved in the Salem witch trials but
        only as an examiner of the accused, not as a judge.                 
        Jonathan's questioning may have been stern enough to make viewers   
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                          Horoscopes By Manfred!                            
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  Aries [Mar 21 - Apr 19] Don't believe everything you may hear!  This time 
  is accented with spirituality & the ability to see things as they really  
  are! These evenings would be best spent by meditating or reflecting on    
  inner views. Taurus actively in the picture.                              
                                                                            
  Taurus [Apr 20 - May 20] A secret comes out of nowhere and you will be    
  forced to deal with the reasons behind it! Someone you don't trust may    
  make unreasonable promise.  A long-standing friendship may be at risk     
  somehow! Capricorn, Sagittarius in background.                            
                                                                            
  Gemini [May 21 - June 20] The spotlight focuses on new purchases,         
  financial benefits, and the completion of a task that's been on your      
  nerves.  Your finances should be watched carefully!  Highlights are       
  trips/visits and possibly a surprise this month. Scorpio asks for your    
  help.                                                                     
                                                                            
  Cancer [June 21 - July 22] Attraction between you and another             
  intensifies. This may be the big month for you!  Romantic adjustment      
  featured.  A business deal looks to work in your favor but you must use   
  your brain. Pisces can be counted upon!                                   

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                          Horoscopes By Manfred!                            
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  Leo [July 23 - Aug 22] Don't be led by others, Hold fast to your beliefs  
  & truths!  A previous investment will soon pay big dividends. Be aware    
  that a love relationship will intensify soon.  Pay attention to what may  
  otherwise seem like small details.  Libra sees your points.               
                                                                            
  Virgo [Aug 23 - Sept 22] Mate or partner may be in a bad mood this week.  
  Love is in the air & someone finds you appealing! You'll find that you    
  now have a new lease on romance. Now is a good time to get things in      
  order... Gemini, Libra has romantic interest.                             
                                                                            
  Libra [Sept 23 - Oct 22] Your search for love waits down the road a bit.  
  Be Patient!  Investments for the future are indicated now. Someone who    
  has very strong feelings for you confesses! Finances may not be as bad    
  as they seem currently.  However, don't take unnecessary risks! Capricorn 
  wants something from you now.                                             
                                                                            
  Scorpio [Oct 23 - Nov 21] Love is in the air & someone finds you very     
  appealing! Watch your mouth but speak up! No one can know how you feel    
  if you don't tell them! Libra very involved.                              
                                                                            

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  Sagittarius [Nov 22 - Dec 21] Something missing in a relationship will    
  now show up! Take a hot bath & spend some time just spoiling yourself.    
  Now's a lousy time to plan on borrowing!  Sagittarius will be around!     
                                                                            
  Capricorn [Dec 23 - Jan 19] Be honest with someone you've been keeping    
  your feelings hidden from, time to open up! Remember-Patience is a true   
  virtue!  There could be a good reason for celebration in the weeks to     
  come.  Scenario highlights love and romance! Gemini in background.        
                                                                            
  Aquarius [Jan 20 - Feb 18] A long-standing friendship may be at risk      
  somehow! This time would be best spent by meditating or reflecting on     
  inner views.  Speak up! No one can know how you feel if you don't tell    
  them! Leo asks for your help.                                             
                                                                            
  Pisces [Feb. 19 - Mar. 20] Make plans for later in the month to spend     
  time with a friend who needs it now. Appointment this month could lead    
  to exciting discovery. Your love relationship will start to mellow a      
  little! Taurus, Cancer present.                                           
                                                                            

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 Phrase Craze!                                                              
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 * Stand Pat - refusing to budge, resistance to all change.  Though most    
   believe the phrase comes from the poker table this is not the case.  It  
   actually comes from jobs done with the hands to form an something into   
   shape.  For example, a potter's clay, patting butter, or dough once had  
   to be patted into shape.  Once it achieved the desired shape it was said 
   to be pat or standing pat.  Poker players picked the phrase up and used  
   it when a player needed no cards or wished to bluff, giving that idea.   
 * Funny bone - that portion of the human anatomy running from the elbow    
   to the shoulder.  Not one person can be credited with the term funny     
   bone, which most of us know, when bumped, is not funny.  Human anatomy   
   was a mystery, at least until recent times, but skeletons were common,   
   making the bones the easiest to study.  That bone was named humerus,     
   which is Latin for upper arm.  Someone jokingly, it is believed, called  
   it humorous and funny bone came about as a result.                       
 * Putting on the Dog - a vulgar display of wealth.  The term comes from the
   Civil War period when those who provided goods to the army became very   
   wealthy as a result.  With their new found wealth they attempted to be   
   socially accepted by showing that wealth and making a vulgar display of  
   opulence.  The wives of these merchants took to having lap dogs, and the 
   phrase was born.  Any flashy display of wealth or status.                

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                       Halloween Party News (part 1)                        
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 Well folks, on 10/31/93 (although it WAS a Sunday and many of you had to   
 get up early and go to work the next day...) we still had a pretty good    
 turnout at The Palace.                                                     
                                                                            
 During the afternoon event, we managed to provide a safe and fun time for  
 over 750 children.  It was a blast doing the haunted house, and our thanks 
 go out to allllll the volunteers from BBSes who helped out!  You did an    
 absolutely WONDERFUL job and not only did the kids enjoy themselves, but   
 everyone did!  In fact, the owner of the Palace said it was the most fun   
 she'd had since she was a kid!  You all really put out a lot of HARD work  
 and it WAS appreciated!                                                    
                                                                            
 The evening event could have been bigger, but (grumble grumble) we really  
 do understand not wanting to party on a Sunday night!   Those of you who   
 DID show up, helped Eeeeks and the Palace break even on costs for having   
 the Palace open from 7 am through 2 am (19 full hours)!                    
                                                                            
 And a BIG thanks to all the Sysops, Boards & Users who donated monies to   
 help pay for the decorations and candy for the afternoon event!  We could  
 not have done it without any of you!                                       

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                       Halloween Party News (part 2)                        
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 We would also like to thank all those who are not part of the BBS world,   
 but who donated time and money and energy...especially Luis Alvarado of    
 the Hollywood Holiday Inn, who donated sooooooo much time, energy and $ !  
                                                                            
 The Comedy showcase turned out to be two regular comedians, Roger Kabler   
 (the Zima man) who kept everyone laughing, and a special appearance from   
 Adam Corolla.  Since no one was brave enough to sign up, the 14.4 bps fax  
 modem was returned to the company who donated it.                          
                                                                            
 The costume contest was being judged by 5 people walking around through    
 the party, and the prizes were awarded to: (CONGRATS TO ALL!!)             
                                                                            
 Most Original: Holly Speriglio - She came as the witch from a Disney film  
 (Not A BBSer)  Her prize was a night for 2 at the Hollywood Holiday Inn    
                                                                            
 Best Costume: Nicole Antn - She came as a golden spacewoman.  (She is not 
 a BBSer, but may be after the prize!) A 14.4 Fax Modem for her PC!         
                                                                            
 Worst Costume: Charles Stein - He came as a fighter pilot. (He is on KBBS  
 & After Hours) - His prize was a 9600 Fax/2400 bps Modem!                  

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                       Halloween Party News (part 3)                        
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 A future article will encompass all of the evening's events and more!      
                                                                            
 But EVERYONE deserves a BIGGGGGGGGGGGG thanks from Eeeeks & The Palace!    
                                                                            
 Thanks To: The RS232s, Plain James, & JD Hall and Crossfire - our music    
 for the evening...Roger Kabler - Comedian extrodenaire...Steel Fyre as     
 Beetlejuice...Magician with mystifying talents and all the BBSes that      
 participated (in alphabetical order):                                      
                                                                            
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     8.  Chatterbox BBS                   19.  Talk Salad                   
     9.  Dreamscape                       20.  Westside BBS                 
    10.  Fireside BBS                     21.  Ye Olde Pleasure Shoppe      
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                        Terrible Translations!                              
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  Perdue's "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken" in Spanish is:   
  "It takes a sexually stimulated man to make a chicken affectionate."      
                                                                            
  When Vicks first introduced its cough drops on the German market, they    
  were chagrined to learn that the German pronunciation of "v" is f - which 
  makes "Vicks" in German the phonetic equivalent of "sexual penetration."  
                                                                            
  When Gerber first started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same 
  packaging as here in the USA - with the cute baby on the label.  Later    
  they found out that in Africa that companies routinely put pictures on    
  the label of what's inside since more people can't read.                  
                                                                            
  When Pepsi started marketing its products in China a few years back, they 
  translated their slogan, "Come alive, you're in the Pepsi generation"     
  pretty literally.  The slogan in Chinese really meant, "Pepsi Brings Your 
  Ancestors Back from the Grave."                                           
                                                                            
  When Coca-Cola first shipped to China, they named the product something   
  that when pronounced sounded like "Coca-Cola." The only problem was that  
  the characters used meant "Bite the wax tadpole."                         

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 * If you are paid to make a decision then make it, even if it is wrong.    
 * In computer usage if the computer is down it, more often than not, means 
   user failure, not machine failure.                                       
 * A computer expert will always remember to turn on the computer before    
   attempting to operate it.                                                
 * Winning is not the fun, but defeating another is the fun.                
 * Any situation that seems improbable can be solved but only with another  
   improbable situation.                                                    
 * If anything is possible, everything is also impossible.                  
 * You'll never read a report that says 'four out of five doctors recommend 
   another doctor.'                                                         
 * Money can often times ruin a good idea.                                  
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   Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy, were so named by the studio not Brothers Grimm.
 * Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) set forth the seven deadly sins:  anger,
   covetousness, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, and sloth.                    
 * The five longest rivers in the world are:  Nile, Africa; Amazon, South   
   America; Mississippi, United States; Yangtze, China; Ob Irtysh, USSR.    
 * Seven virtues are:  faith, hope, charity, prudence, justice, fortitude,  
   and temperance.                                                          
 * The seven Wonders of the world are:  The Pyramids of Egypt, The Hanging  
   Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis 
   at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes, and  
   lastly The Pharos at Alexandria.                                         
 * An obsolete unit of measurement is the gry - it equaled to 0.008 inch.   
 * Henry VIII had six wives, they were:  Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn,  
   Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.  He  
   either divorced them or they died during marriage with exception of one. 
   In order listed:  divorced, beheaded, died in childbirth, divorced,      
   beheaded, survived him.                                                  
 * Of The Seven Wonders Of The World only the pyramids has survived.        
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  Yes, you lucky member of the undead community, you are fortunate enough   
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  First, copy this letter 20 times onto white lined paper (college ruled)   
  with a No. 2 pencil.  Xerox copies are not acceptable.  Then, get a phone 
  book and tear out random pages, picking a random person from each page    
  (darts work remarkably well for this activity).  Send a copy to each      
  person, and make sure they get it!                                        
                                                                            
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  chain letter be given unto you.                                           
                                                                            
  This letter has been circulating since the beginning of the sixth century.
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  it.  She laughed at it and used it as kindling to burn her cook to death. 
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  heard from again.                                                         
                                                                            
  Many other famous historical figures have received this letter.  An       
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  wives.  Needless to say, most of them ignored it.                         
                                                                            
  As you can see, if you break the chain, you will have very bad luck.      
                                                                            
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  the chain going many things will happen to you.  First of all, you will   
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  likely get hit at least once by an angry recipient.  If you choose to     
  send it out by Internet, you could very well be barred from the system,   
  but many people have, despite these minor setbacks, sent the letter out   
  and received the luck they deserved.                                      

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  She also found a bowling ball, her hairbrush, and her youngest son, Buck. 
                                                                            
  Lenny Graves of Albany, NY sent his copy. In fact he used his position at 
  the post office to send it to far more than 20 people without postage. He 
  was fired from his job & proceedings began for his mail fraud conviction. 
  Disgruntled, he walked into his former place of employment & shot everyone
  before giving up to the police. He was sentenced to die in the electric   
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  letter kicked in and he was allowed by the prison officials to take the   
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  the humiliation of dying as an Uncle Fester look-alike.                   
                                                                            
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  you can with a kind word.                                                 
                                                                            
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 used for high-speed data/images.                                           
                                                                            
 CABLE: Ameritech would like a federal cable law found unconstitutional.    
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 cable tv services in areas where they also provide local phone service.    
 Ameritech said they want to build a video dial tone platform from which an 
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 * Bobby Jones is the only golfer to win the grand slam.                    
 * The first All-Star baseball game was played July 6, 1933.                
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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  The stop was inevitable.  There was not much known about Vorg, except     
  that it was not a friendly planet.  It was believed that a nymph          
  ruled the planet putting all those who landed on it under her spell,      
  but no one had ever seen her.  Only small crafts ever ventured there,     
  and it was usually under some sort of emergency; like this time.          
                                                                            
  The craft was old and in constant need of repairs, but it was his         
  only way out of the hell hole where he had been for the last ten          
  years.  That was a very long time to be away from his beloved Earth.      
  He was tired of bad tasting water and dehydrated food that he had to      
  eat from a pouch.  He did not feel like waiting around for another        
  month before an interstellar ship arrived in Xuchl.  He had waited        
  too long already.                                                         
                                                                            
  He heard that there was a mother ship stationed on one of the moons       
  of the planet Caray.  That ship was ready to move in a week.  It's        
  destination was Jupiter.  He should reach Caray in about a week, if       
  nothing went wrong.  That thought seemed to pound on his head like an     
  omen.  He was tired and lonely like never before.  He had to go home      
  before he lost his sanity.                                                

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  For one reason or another, they stopped on every satellite on the         
  way.  The rumors and superstitions about the planet were beginning to     
  bother him.  He began to feel anxious and irritable.  Why here?  Why      
  now that he had finally found a way home?                                 
                                                                            
  The craft landed on a vast looking desert.  There were two                
  rectangular shaped buildings that reminded him of Earth.  They stood      
  like sentinels guarding an oasis amid a vast desert of red colored        
  dirt.  He was compelled to find out what there was in them.  The sun      
  shone bright orange on the horizon casting livid rays across a            
  yellowish sky.  It looked hot.                                            
                                                                            
  The instant Jack stepped out of the craft, he felt like all the           
  oxygen had been removed from his lungs.  The heat burnt into his          
  nostrils and chest.  It was excruciating.  He checked his gear for        
  some malfunction on the atmospheric readings. Everything checked.         
  There was oxygen.  His clothes felt brittle. His chestnut brown hair      
  felt stiff and his honey brown eyes stung with the intense heat.  He      
  could not understand why anyone would want to stay here out of their      
  own free will.                                                            

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  There was no visible sign on the outside.  There was an open door in      
  one of the buildings.  He assumed it was open to the public.  He          
  walked in looking around for any signs of intelligent life. The place     
  looked vaguely familiar, like a saloon in an old western picture          
  show.  There was a man behind a counter who looked human.  He walked      
  up to the man and asked him in the S.U.T.L. (standard universal           
  traveler's language) where he could find a place where natural food       
  was served.  The man nodded, and without saying a word, showed him to     
  a large room adjacent to the hall in which they had just been.  He        
  pointed to the tables, and left.                                          
                                                                            
  There were other men already sitting at tables in the dining area.        
  The tiled floor had the look of burnt clay.  Everything seemed to be      
  covered with the reddish Vorgan dirt. Ceiling fans, that hung low on      
  long heavy wires, rotated in a slow even pace.  Just a little too         
  slow for that kind of heat, he remembered.  The men seemed to be          
  playing some kind of table game that reminded him of the chess            
  players of Earth.  They were in deep concentration.                       
                                                                            
  A few moments later a very beautiful young lady came out with a menu      

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  on her hand.  He ordered the stew.  After what seemed an eternity,        
  the young woman came out carrying a tray with a bowl of stew. She was     
  so beautiful and so young.  Her breasts were beginning to protrude        
  beneath her dress, and her hips were becoming rounded.  She must have     
  been in her early teens.  She had bright green eyes and honey brown       
  hair she wore tied at the back of her neck with a golden bow.  He         
  followed her every movement as she laid the bowl of stew on the table     
  before him.  She had a spring in her step and a cute way of making        
  her skirt move as she walked.  He had focused so much of his              
  attention on her that he did not notice what the stew was made of, he     
  only knew that it had been satisfying.  She had managed to take his       
  mind off his food and on to her. He thought of how she had looked at      
  him, of her ingenuous and child like smile.                               
                                                                            
  When she brought the ticket to him, he felt the impulse to touch her      
  hand.  He only wanted to ask her name.  She withdrew from him as if       
  she had been burnt, and run out of the room.  All the men turned at       
  once.  The man from behind the counter approached him and pulled him      
  into the other room.  Jack was perplexed.  All he wanted to know was      
  her name.  Was that such a crime?  The innkeeper explained in a           

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  broken down U. T. language that women on Vorg were very closely           
  guarded against strangers.                                                
                                                                            
  "Our queen is very jealous.  It is forbidden to approach any of our       
  women, and even more so to dare to touch them.  The majority of our       
  women are kept from the view of strangers; only my daughter is            
  allowed to help me with the inn.  I know that you are not acquainted      
  with our customs, so all I can do is warn you to be careful lest our      
  queen finds out.  All strangers are in danger here.  Try to make your     
  stay as short as possible." Jack went back to his table.  The men         
  resumed their places at the tables, and everything was quiet again.       
                                                                            
  Suddenly, he found himself being transported. He found himself in a       
  room that was covered from ceiling to floor with human hair. This was     
  the first time he saw her. The most beautiful woman ever imaginable       
  to any man. She stood there in front of him like a goddess, full of       
  glory and beauty. This was the fateful moment of his enchantment.         
                                                                            
  She spoke, "I am Rehna, Queen of Vorg.  I am as timeless as time          
  itself, ever-changing as the universe.  All things happen because of      

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  me, and through me.  I am the ultimate law.  Without me there is no       
  life.  All that moves will move towards me, and all that breathes         
  will breath through me.  I am the ultimate goal. I am Rehna, queen of     
  Vorg.  I am all knowledge, all power.  I am love. You must yield to       
  me.  I am your God. Without my will you cannot exist.  Without my         
  love you cannot thrive. I offer you a place next to mine, Jack of         
  Earth.  I offer you life thorough me, love unbound.  I offer you          
  unity with a God".                                                        
                                                                            
  Her voice was hypnotizing.  He felt seduced, and then ravished.  Her      
  skin was white as milk.  Her breasts were firm but not too generous.      
  Her waist was small.  Her hips were slightly rounded.  Her legs were      
  long and muscular as a dancer's.  The transparent bright pink gown        
  she wore only enhanced her raven black hair and her amethyst colored      
  eyes.  Her body towered above his own which he had always considered      
  to be a very tall two and a half meter height.                            
                                                                            
  He gave in to her willingly.  He felt her body on his, and a splurge      
  of emotion drained him.  He knew she was there receiving him              
  completely, but it all seemed like a dream.  He reached out to touch      

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  her, caressing her naked waist.  He felt his legs turn to jelly, and      
  he swooned into a state of euphoria.  He felt drugged by her              
  lovemaking.  He wanted her.  Each time he touched her, he wanted her      
  more.  He was afraid to wake up and find her no longer there.  She        
  was so beautiful, so sexy.  She was a fantasy come true.  He              
  became... her slave.                                                      
                                                                            
  Once again she spoke, "There is a spark in your eyes and                  
  wholesomeness in your smile, Jack of Earth, that is no longer seen        
  among the men of Vorg.  You give me pleasure, and for that, I offer       
  you pleasure.  You see me differently than the men of Vorg.  You like     
  change.  I offer you change".                                             
                                                                            
  Deep within his bewitched mind, there was a spark of perplexity and       
  bewilderment at his predicament with this woman.  There had been no       
  woman that could have set a trap so well designed for him, and there      
  had been many who had tried.  Yet, there was something different          
  about Rehna he could not quite figure out.  She was woman and fantasy     
  all at once.  She seemed to know his every move before he had even        
  thought about it.                                                         

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  He tried to think of his own family on Earth, of the news of his          
  infant daughter, but the effort was futile.  The more he thought of       
  them, the stronger her image became.  He was like a crazed man,           
  without escape, devoid of proper will.  He tried to erase her image       
  from his mind, but as he did, she began to change once again.  She        
  became even more beautiful each time.  She was like a chameleon,          
  changing with the mood.                                                   
                                                                            
  He had no idea how long he had lain on that plush human hair carpet       
  of many colors.  Rehna was no longer there.  He felt almost               
  disappointed, afraid of being abandoned.  What had she done to him?       
  Was this his doom?  Would he ever be able to escape her?                  
                                                                            
  For a moment he thought it had all been a dream, but her image            
  haunted him like a ghost.  He could still feel her presence there.        
  He looked around the room for a possible way out.  There was none         
  evident.  He tried to get to his feet, but his strength failed him.       
  He felt powerless.                                                        
                                                                            
  As if from nowhere, she appeared again to entice him.                     

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  "I see you are feeling better, Jack of Earth.  I am pleased indeed",      
  she said.  "You must have many questions about our world.  Nothing        
  you should concern yourself with, I assure you.  nevertheless, I will     
  satiate your curiosity.                                                   
                                                                            
  Men of Vorg need not be bothered with politics or running of affairs      
  of the state, as you accustomed in your world, Jack of Earth.  Oh         
  yes, I am acquainted with your customs, and I am totally aware of the     
  failure in them.  A male dominated society can never thrive. It can       
  lead only to disaster, as your history well demonstrates.  Wars have      
  been created because of men's arrogance.  Many empires have fallen,       
  and many lives lost because some male wanted the ultimate power.  Power   
  is a dangerous tool for the immature mind.  Males play games with life    
  of their kind.  What must another life form expect from a society such    
  as that?                                                                  
                                                                            
  In Vorg we train our young males to work, and our females to give         
  pleasure to our males.  I have learned from your world that               
  sensuality is very important to the males.  They will even pay for        
  pleasure from a stranger, Jack of Earth.                                  

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  We of Vorg do not have that problem.  Our females are well trained in     
  the arts of the senses, and as you saw in the inn, they are also very     
  beautiful.  When they reach the age of sexual maturity they are           
  allowed to choose their mates, the which in turn, with honor, cherish     
  her until the end of their days.  Is not that what your own marriage      
  vows proclaim?  And is it not true that it is the breaking of those       
  vows that have caused your society to crumble?  What is the main          
  cause of this breakage, Jack of Earth, if it is not the desire for        
  other more enticing female?"                                              
                                                                            
  As she spoke these words, her shape became voluptuous and enticing.       
  Her hair was now red as fire.  Her eyes were green like emeralds.         
  She continued, "I assure this union with our trained females.  The        
  males are content with their own menial labors, as long as the females    
  give pleasure to their senses.  Do you not agree that this is what Earth  
  has needed all along, Jack of Earth?  I offer you paradise, a privileged  
  many males had hoped for, but only you can have".  Rehna stopped speaking,
  and as she did, her transparent gown began to sparkle with what seemed a  
  thousand lights. It was pale blue like the morning Earth sky.  Her hair   
  was now blond as early harvest wheat, and her eyes were like aquamarines. 

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  He noticed then that there was something familiar in all the shapes       
  she chose.  These women were the women of his fantasies.  How many        
  times had he made love to them in his life time? They were like old       
  friends to him.  What had made Rehna look more beautiful than he had      
  imagined them is that she had given them life.  Was this her              
  enchantment?  If this was so, what was she really like?  Was he only      
  seeing what he wanted to see and not Rehna at all?  And what about        
  the girl at the inn, had she also been a chameleon?  Had the men of       
  Vorg become slaves to these creatures of the imagination?                 
                                                                            
  He clasped his hands to his head in desperation.  What had become of      
  him?  Where had that strong willed man gone?  Was he doomed to live       
  in slavery for the rest of his days?  He knew there had to be an          
  answer.  He had to get free, to let the men of Vorg know of her           
  enchantment.  But could he?  Would they listen?  And even if they         
  did, had these men become as powerless as he felt then?  As he thought    
  this, she let out a shrill screech that pierced deep into his skull.      
                                                                            
  She shouted with rage, "Why must you fight me, Jack of Earth?  I          
  offer you unequalled glory, and yet you fight me.  Why must you have      

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  it all?  Why can you not understand that women are superior to you?       
  You must be kept from destroying the universe.  You must be kept here     
  on Vorg, under my surveillance.  Can you not understand that I am the     
  supreme power?" Her shape changed faster and faster as if undesired       
  as to which one she should keep. "You are not helping me!" she            
  shouted almost breathless, frustrated and vulnerable.  She was almost     
  like a child.  He almost felt sorry for her.  He wanted to touch her,     
  to hold her in his arms and make everything all right again.  The         
  image of an infant girl came to his mind.  It was his daughter.  She      
  had managed to trap him again!  The thought of what his daughter          
  might look like, had brought him back to reality.                         
                                                                            
  She was no longer there.  He looked up from his comfortable bed to        
  find an opening on the wall that had not been there before.  He           
  strode towards the opening as if afraid to be caught.  There was only     
  darkness on the other side.  He slid through what seemed just barely      
  enough room for his body.  The opening began to narrow as he passed.      
  closing completely behind him.                                            
                                                                            
  Stepping out of that opening was like stepping into another dimension.    

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  There were gigantic slabs of onyx, jade, marble, and many other precious  
  stones, cut and hollowed out into buildings.  The hot orange sun sank its 
  rays into their rough exteriors easing the surrounding areas of its       
  intense heat.  The sight reminded him of Rehnas eyes, beautiful and cold. 
  He realized then what was different about her.  She was a woman made of   
  stone, priceless, and untractable.  She was like these buildings that     
  absorbed all the heat of the sun to keep from freezing.  She needed the   
  heat of the humans to stay alive.  He had never truly touched her.  All   
  that he had felt when they made love, was in his own imagination.  That   
  had been the reason that she seemed to know his fantasies.  It had been   
  a fantasy created in his mind, and made real to him, by her.  The only    
  things she could not camouflage, were her stone eyes.                     
                                                                            
  He found himself in the middle of a multitude.  The crowd was             
  tumultuous and loud.  He tried to stop someone on the street.  He         
  noticed that it was the innkeeper.  He gestured for Jack to follow.       
  They came to a marble building.  It was rough cut on the outside and      
  polished to a high gloss on the inside.  This was the first time he       
  had noticed how barren Vorg was.  There had been no vegetation on         
  sight, only the reddish dirt, and stone buildings.  Inside the marble     

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              Queen Bee - Submitted/Written By: Yosmin O'Connor             
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  building there were some things that resembled plants.  He suddenly       
  felt very homesick for his planet Earth.  The place began to fill         
  with people.                                                              
                                                                            
  "Come", said the innkeeper, "this way.  We may be alone for a span.       
  After you were gone for a while, we began to fear for your life.  He      
  was about to speak when he heard the multitude pour into the hall.        
  The Queen appeared in all her glory.  She stood in front of the           
  multitude, and with a voice like thunder she began to speak;              
                                                                            
  "There is a traitor among you who has stolen your women.  He is an        
  outsider who thought he could fool your Queen.  He has violated your      
  Queen's gratitude.  If you want to see your women again, you must         
  shut his mind forever, for, as long as he thinks among you, you are       
  not safe".                                                                
                                                                            
  For the first time, Jack found the words pour out of his mouth as if      
  they were water.  "I discovered her secret" he said. "I unmasked her      
  beauty".                                                                  
                                                                            

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  The innkeeper grabbed him by the arm with force.  He pulled him out       
  to another hall and onto the street again.  "Hurry" he said, "you         
  must think on the ship or you will not get out of here alive.  Think      
  on the ship!  It is your only way out!  You must say no more to me,       
  or anyone else!  Go, before it is too late! Go!"                          
                                                                            
  Jack did as he was told and soon found himself at the launching area.     
                                                                            
  The navigator came running towards him as he spoke.  "Hey Jack, where     
  have you been?  We've been looking all over for you.  All hell broke      
  loose in this wacky planet.  We have been ordered to evacuate             
  immediately.  It seems there is a furious lady on the lose. Come on,      
  we have to get out of here!  There is someone who wants to see you.       
  He'll explain everything".                                                
                                                                            
  Jack was glad to leave.  He was already twenty hours behind schedule      
  for the mother ship.  He thought of the innkeeper and his daughter.       
  Was she one of Rehna's specially trained drones, or was she just          
  another warm blooded female.  He wondered if the innkeeper would ever     
  see his daughter again?                                                   

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  He walked into the ship to find the innkeeper waiting for him.  He        
  helped Jack get into his suit, as he explained his side of the story,     
                                                                            
  "Many of us already had our suspicions about Rehna, but we also felt      
  sorry for her.  Yes, I know that it is also part of her enchantment,      
  but she has been good to us.  I always feared for my daughter's life      
  though, so I kept quiet.  Rehna was always very sure of her powers.       
  As long as we acted enchanted, everything was alright.  There will        
  come a time when my daughter will become a threat to her.  When my        
  wife died a few hours after having landed here, I decide to make Vorg     
  my home.  My daughter was an infant then and I had no real home on        
  Earth.  Rehna became like a mother to her, and lover to me.  She was      
  not angry, she was afraid.  I could feel her loneliness in a barren       
  world that was Vorg.  She was alone and unable to live anywhere else.     
  She needed the intense heat of Vorg to survive; and yet, she had made     
  it tolerable for her guests.  When she found humans to have warm          
  blood, she wanted to fill her planet with them.                           
                                                                            
  Afraid that a human female would rob her of them, she made the men        
  forget them by creating the women of their fantasies.  The                

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  enchantment was created, and Earth men were kept as her own sexual        
  partners.  She was like the queen bee with her drones, but she had        
  continued to be barren like Vorg.  The last of a race that fought for     
  survival hoping to give birth to a semi-human child who could survive     
  on human conditions.  There are no other children on Vorg.  My daughter   
  became her fantasy, making believe that it was part of her, but she was   
  also very jealous of her as she began to reach puberty. I knew I had to   
  leave Vorg soon, but I was reluctant.  I love Rehna". There was pain in   
  his voice as he said these final words. They walked to their seats and    
  strapped themselves in.  Someone was there already waiting for them.  It  
  was the innkeeper's daughter. The innkeeper continued with his story,     
  "Rehna had always tried to make the illusion of a perfect human society,  
  as she understood it,  but she could not create children, her only flaw   
  in her perfect society.  She could make sexual fantasies seem real, but   
  she could not create the sense of the human family".  The innkeeper       
  stopped speaking and sank into a prolonged silence.                       
       The ship's engines began to roar, an all too familiar sound to Jack. 
  He had begun to think that he would never see the old girl again.  He     
  almost felt love for the old, rusty, and unreliable craft.  She would     
  be the one to take him home, to the Earth that he missed so much..        

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 Aud had just walked through the door, when the phone started ringing.      
 'They ring all day at work,' she thought, 'is there no rest?' It rang      
 again.  Where is Carol now, she questioned, as she reached for the phone   
 just as it started to ring again.                                          
                                                                            
 "Hello," Aud listened for a response.  "Hi Jim.  How are you?" She         
 waited, "No, I haven't been over to the house yet.  And yes, Carol is      
 still here with me." As she waited for Jim to say something more, she      
 reached over to the cupboard and grabbed a glass, then walked across the   
 kitchen, pulling the long curled telephone cord behind her, towards the    
 refrigerator.  She balanced the receiver between her cheek and shoulder,   
 pulled open the refrigerator door and reached in for a bottle of orange    
 juice.  Carried it back to the counter and poured herself a full glass.    
                                                                            
 "Yes, I suppose two and half weeks is a little much.  And you are so       
 right, she does need to get back on her own.  So do I, if you know what I  
 mean."                                                                     
                                                                            
 She took a sip of the orange juice and continued to listen to Jim, as she  
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 them into the corner near the back door.                                   
                                                                            
 "When?" she paused.  "Tomorrow night?  Well," she hesitated a moment,      
 "Sure, why not?  I think that would be great.  A little dinner and         
 dancing might be just the right thing now.  I know I could stand an        
 evening out."                                                              
                                                                            
 Jim interrupted Aud.                                                       
                                                                            
 "Oh she'll agree to go.  If I say she'll go, she'll go.  Don't worry       
 about her.  What time?"                                                    
                                                                            
 "Eight, that's fine, see you then."                                        
                                                                            
 Aud hung up the phone and started towards the living room.  Stopped,       
 turned back around and sat her, now empty glass on the counter.  She went  
 back to the living room.  There she found a note tape to the top of the    
 glass coffee table.  It said: 'Gone shopping.  Salad in frig for you.      
 See you around nine. Carol.'                                               

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 Great, no job, no money coming in, and she's out shopping, Aud thought.    
 This is the third time this week.  Aud waded up the note, and said out     
 loud, "And there's little chance she is just looking and not buying." She  
 walked to the hallway and down the hall to her bedroom.  She changed her   
 clothes, putting on an old exercise suit that was extremely comfortable    
 to lounge around the house.  She reflected back to the beginning of the    
 week, mentally figuring how much Carol had already spent.  She could       
 account for at least four hundred dollars thus far.  She walked back to    
 the living room, stretched out on the sofa, and said to the empty room,    
 "She has no concept of money, business or anything.  I'm not so sure       
 we're related."                                                            
                                                                            
 It was five minutes of eight when Jim and Bob Pearson, from the office,    
 pulled up in front of Aud's house.  Bob seemed to be the logical choice    
 for the second escort, since he and Aud had dated on other occasions.      
                                                                            
 Both men walked to the front door.  Jim rang the bell, they waited for a   
 response.                                                                  
                                                                            
 "It'll probably take ten minutes for them to answer," Jim said to Bob.     

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 "Carol is always slow getting ready for anything."                         
                                                                            
 "That's right!", Bob replied, "you dated her before Randy, didn't you!"    
                                                                            
 "How did you know that?", Jim asked, as he reached out and rang the bell   
 again.                                                                     
                                                                            
 "Aud told me one time, quite awhile ago actually."                         
                                                                            
 They stood in silence now, waiting for the door to be opened.  A moment    
 passed, and suddenly there stood Aud before them.  Jim's eyes fixed on     
 her.  Her beauty more magnificent than he had recalled.  His gaze was      
 transfixed on her form.  She wore a soft blue gown, cut low in the front   
 with spaghetti straps.  Her hair was pulled back from her face, and was    
 soft with wind swept curls, an it highlighted her high cheek bones and     
 accented her beautiful green eyes.  Jim stared at her in a trance like     
 state.  He rebuked himself for not having noticed how ravishing she was.   
 He knew she was beautiful, but what he saw now was beyond even beauty.     
                                                                            
 "Well Jim, are you coming in or not?" His stare was finally broken with    

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 Aud asking him the question.                                               
                                                                            
 "Ah, yes," Jim responded, attempting to regain his composure. "Yes,        
 sorry.  You look enchanting tonight Aud," he said as he stepped into the   
 house.                                                                     
                                                                            
 "Thank you Jim.  Carol isn't ready yet, of course. You know how she is     
 Jim.  Jim?  Oh, Jim?" Aud said, finally waving her hand in front of his    
 eyes.  "Are you on another planet?"                                        
                                                                            
 "No, sorry," he shook his head, trying to force himself to stop staring    
 at Audrey.  "I was lost in my thoughts I guess, sorry," he said,           
 embarrassed by his behavior now, for he realized Bob was staring at him    
 along with Aud.                                                            
                                                                            
 "I said Carol's late, as usual."                                           
                                                                            
 "Oh, we've got plenty of time, " Jim responded, finally regaining his      
 control.                                                                   

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 "Hi Bob," Aud said, as she lightly brushed his cheek with her lips.  A     
 small, friendly kiss hello, but one that transmitted the idea it was       
 nothing more than friendly.                                                
                                                                            
 "Hi Aud.  You look fabulous.  More beautiful than ever."                   
                                                                            
 "Thanks, I hope you'll both excuse me.  I've got to try and hurry Carol    
 along.  Why don't you go into the living room and make yourselves          
 comfortable.  Bob, you remember where the booze is?  Fix yourselves a      
 drink." Aud said, as she walked down the hall and disappeared from the     
 two men's sight.                                                           
                                                                            
 Jim and Bob walked into the living room.  Jim sat down on the couch, and   
 Bob walked towards the kitchen door, "So Jim, what would you like to       
 drink?"                                                                    
                                                                            
 "Nothing right now, thanks Bob.  But you go ahead if you like."            
                                                                            
 "Okay, will do." Bob disappeared into the kitchen and a few minutes later  
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 determined it was bourbon and water.  Bob sat down in the chair opposite   
 the couch.                                                                 
                                                                            
 The self imposed silence was finally broken by Bob, "Boy, Aud is really    
 great looking don't you think Jim?"                                        
                                                                            
 "Yes she is," he said, as he pictured her in his thoughts.  "Really great  
 looking," he said again, as if in a dream state.                           
                                                                            
 Aud finally came back with Carol in hand.  Carol looked great too, Jim     
 thought, but nothing like Aud.  Carol always looked good, but she just     
 didn't have the elegance and style Aud had.  Class, that was what Carol    
 lacked.  She had beauty, but not the class.  He could feel his emotions    
 stir as he looked at Aud again, a dull gnawing in his stomach, or was it   
 his heart.                                                                 
                                                                            
 "Carol you look wonderful," Jim finally said.  "Are you ready now?" He     
 walked over and kissed her gently on the cheek.  Then held her close to    
 him, as if comforting a younger sister more than hugging a girlfriend.     
                                                                            

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 "Oh Jim, are you sure we should go out this soon after," her words         
 stopped short.  But before Jim answered she continued, "People are libel   
 to think it funny, you know odd.                                           
                                                                            
 "She was timid in the way she spoke and showed her uncertainty.  "Assure   
 her Jim.  She's been asking me the same thing all day," Aud said, as she   
 touched Jim's arm.  "Nobody will think anything.  They'll just think       
 those two guys are pretty lucky to have such beautiful ladies with which   
 to spend the evening.  Okay?" Jim reached out and gingerly lifted Carol's  
 chin, looked into her eyes, "Come now, let's go.  I want to show everyone  
 these two beauties." He winked at Carol.  She reached for his arm and      
 they walked toward the front door.  Reservations were made for nine        
 o'clock.  Jim knew Carol would be late, experience told him.  Dinner was   
 to be at Cher de Cher, the most elegant French restaurant in town.  Once   
 dinner was over, they would adjourn to the top floor of the building for   
 dancing at the Heaven's Close Ballroom.                                    
                                                                            
 As they were being seated by the maitre d', Jim asked Carol to dance.      
 Carol said she would be delighted, so they danced, not one, but two        
 dances.  When they returned to the table Jim call to a waiter to order     

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 drinks for he and Carol.  Aud and Bob had already ordered.                 
                                                                            
 "Please Jim, let's dance again.  I enjoy it so much!"                      
                                                                            
 "Ohhh," Jim said to Carol, almost breathless.  "I don't think I could      
 just now."                                                                 
                                                                            
 "I'll dance with you Carol," Bob said.  "Aud said she didn't feel much     
 like dancing tonight, but I sure do," he announced eagerly.                
                                                                            
 "You don't mind, do you Jim?" Carol questioned, as she stood and moved     
 towards the dance floor with Bob already on her arm.                       
                                                                            
 "No, you children run along and have fun." Jim joked, then leaned back in  
 his chair to relax.                                                        
                                                                            
 Off to the dance floor Carol and Bob headed, leaving Jim and Aud alone.    
 A dream come true for Jim, for this was indeed what he had hoped would     
 happen.  His drink was served.  He was sitting opposite Aud.  He glanced   
 over at her.  She was looking at Bob and Carol on the dance floor.  She    

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 turned her head back towards Jim, "They're a cute couple, don't you        
 think?"                                                                    
                                                                            
 He did not answer.  He was transfixed by her beauty.  The hint of red in   
 her long auburn hair shined from the candle light, which sat on the table  
 between them.  Her green eyes seemed to sparkle in the dimly lighted       
 room.  He sat staring, not meaning to, but still he stared.  She smiled    
 at him, a soft, gentle curve of the lips and said quietly, "You okay?"     
                                                                            
 "Sure," he hesitated, "Sure, why wouldn't I be?" he answered as quietly    
 as she had asked.                                                          
                                                                            
 Her attention was now fully towards him. "Jim, why haven't you taken       
 Carol out before tonight?  She was available, and with the way you used    
 to feel about her, I thought you might..."                                 
                                                                            
 "I don't feel the same way about her," Jim interrupted, speaking still     
 softly and quietly.                                                        
                                                                            
 "Oh, I'm sorry.  I guess I was being rather presumptuous."                 

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 They exchanged glances, both remained silent for a few minutes.            
                                                                            
 "Is there someone else?" Aud finally asked when her curiosity got the      
 best of her.                                                               
                                                                            
 Jim smiled, a broad smile, reached out to touch her hand and said softly   
 and with tenderness, "I've rather taken an interest in Carol's sister,     
 more than in Carol."                                                       
                                                                            
 Surprise is not the word to accurately describe Aud's thoughts, but it     
 was all she could think of at the moment.  She said nothing, but felt      
 certain her mouth had dropped open, from the shock of what Jim had just    
 said.  She tried to smile, but was certain she had not succeeded.  She     
 was not bothered by the idea of her and Jim together, she had just not     
 thought of it before.  Well, she had thought of it, when they were in the  
 kitchen planning Randy's funeral.  But she dismissed it from her           
 thinking, believing Jim was interested in Carol.  Now, as she looked       
 across the table at Jim, his eyes fixed on her, she thought she did not    
 truly mind this idea at all.  She did not know if what she felt about Jim  
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 involvement.  Jim was, as she believed, a solid individual whose           
 personality and temperament seemed to be always consistent, as was her     
 own, at least her's was until Carol moved in with her.  This may not be a  
 bad idea at that, she thought, looking back at Jim, who by now, had        
 removed his hand from her arm and turned his attention to the dance        
 floor.                                                                     
                                                                            
 "That's very kind of you," Aud finally said.                               
                                                                            
 "I didn't say it to be kind," Jim's attention reverted back to Aud's       
 eyes.                                                                      
                                                                            
 "I know.  I don't believe I choose the right words," Aud paused, trying    
 to think how she should phrase what she wanted to say next.  "I'm pleased  
 by your interest.  And would not thwart it at all."                        
                                                                            
 Before Jim had a chance to utter a word of response, Bob and Carol were    
 back at the table.  Bob pulled the chair out for Carol and then sat down   
 as he said, "Boy what a group, can they play or not?"                      
                                                                            

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 "They sure can.  Great music.  We'll have to dance some more.  What a      
 good idea this was Aud, I'm having a lot of fun," Carol said almost        
 bubbling over with enthusiasm.                                             
                                                                            
 "Good, honey," Aud said, as she patted Carol's arm pulling her stare away  
 from Jim.  "I'm glad." The looks they exchanged, despite the intrusion of  
 Bob and Carol, was not mistakable.  Jim understood exactly what Aud meant  
 by 'I'm pleased by your interest.' It meant to him the field was open and  
 clear for the two of them to become involved.                              
                                                                            
 The evening over, Jim lay on his bed trying to find sleep.  But it would   
 not come.  His mind was charged with energy, while his thoughts bounced    
 about, always coming back to Aud.  He could feel the sensation of          
 emotions intensify within his chest when he envisioned her.  Like a        
 schoolboy, in love for the first time, he was enraptured and apprehensive  
 all at the same time.  His apprehensiveness was not because he feared      
 commitment, but because of his former involvement with Carol.  His dreams  
 were no longer surrounded by a misty film but were coming into the         
 sunlight.  Finally, the sleep he could not find, found him.                
                                                                            

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 It was early, five o'clock at least, Aud thought, as she rolled over to    
 reach for the ringing phone.  "Who could that be," she mumbled, still      
 half asleep.                                                               
                                                                            
 "Hello!", she said in a rather hoarse voice. Clearing the sleep from her   
 throat, she again said, "Hello," more softly this time.                    
                                                                            
 "Jim?  Why so early?", her tone altered greatly now, becoming softer yet.  
 She sat up in bed and leaned on her elbow listening with the phone         
 pressed to her ear.                                                        
                                                                            
 "Lunch? Well, I don't usually," she hesitated briefly,                     
                                                                            
 "Oh why not, what time?"                                                   
                                                                            
 "One, all right.  Shall I meet you?"                                       
                                                                            
 "No, that's fine, I'll see you there at one," she hung up the phone,       
 stretched back down on the bed, pulled the covers up to her chin.  She     
 thought, perhaps she should have asked Jim for his help today.  She and    

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 Carol were going over to the house and start packing up Randy's things.    
 She stretched again, trying to reach her toes to the end of the bed, no,   
 she thought, I can do this myself, besides, he's got to go to work today.  
 She rolled over on her side, a faint smile on her lips, and drifted back   
 to sleep.                                                                  
                                                                            
 Senior sat staring out his window.  He was not thinking about anything in  
 particular.  He turned back to his desk.  He glanced over the files        
 laying on his desk.  He picked up one labeled 'Kuper', he opened the       
 jacket of the folder and completed one of the forms attached to the top    
 of the file, and signed the form. Then closed the cover and tossed the     
 file in his 'out' basket.  He reached for another file and did the same    
 with it as he had done with the 'Kuper' file, and still another file he    
 completed and tossed into his 'out' basket.  He reached out for the only   
 file left on his desk.  His fingers began flipping through the pages of    
 information, it was the file marked Dolan.                                 
                                                                            
 Three other cases solved already, he snapped at himself mentally, but not  
 this one.  The telephone listings had come in long ago, but nothing        
 unusual was found there.  He had not spent much time studying them, but    

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 what he had looked at, seemed to confirm what Fisher had said.  There      
 were several phone calls to the phone numbers of vendors he had supplied   
 to Senior.                                                                 
                                                                            
 Senior stood, stuck his hands in his back pockets and moved towards the    
 window.  Audrey Wood's office confirmed, his thoughts continue to go over  
 his information, that she did have the habit of staying late.  Not only    
 did the employees confirm this, but one had even phoned her at work the    
 night Dolan was murdered.  The message units appeared on the employees     
 phone bill, which she mailed to Senior at his request.  The date and the   
 time of the conversation was clearly there, starting at six-twenty-seven   
 and lasting thirteen minutes.                                              
                                                                            
 Bob Pearson's story checked out, to a point.  Wendy remember seeing him    
 come in and she made a special point to talk to him.  She likes him a      
 lot, she had told Senior, so she went out of her way to speak to him       
 whenever he came to The Spa.  She said she went over and spoke to him      
 again when he was leaving at six forty-five.                               
                                                                            
 Carol Dolan had been seen, and remember by a clerk at the supermarket.     

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 She was not positive as to the exact time, but believed Mrs. Dolan came    
 in about six fifteen or there about.  She knew it was not six thirty       
 though, because at six thirty on the dot, she closed her check stand and   
 went on a break.                                                           
                                                                            
 Who did this, how did they do it, and with what, Senior questioned         
 himself.  There has to be an answer to all of this, he continued his       
 thinking, probably one so simple we have all missed it.                    
                                                                            
 The phone rang, breaking his course of deliberation, he turned and         
 answered.                                                                  
                                                                            
 "Yes Winny," he listened carefully as his wife tried to hurry in asking    
 him questions, as if hurrying would stop her invasion into his police      
 world.                                                                     
                                                                            
 "I don't care Hon.  Pick whatever you want to have catered.  What do your  
 parents like?"                                                             
                                                                            
 He listened, for what seemed to him, to be forever.                        

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 "Then get that, all of them.  Gosh, they only have a fiftieth wedding      
 anniversary once, so get everything you'd like."                           
                                                                            
 He shifted his weight from one foot to the other, acting as though he was  
 becoming impatient with the intrusion.  "I don't care.  Get the            
 centerpiece you like.  I liked the idea you suggested," he waited as she   
 started to talk again, finally he interrupted, "Hon, I've got to go.       
 It's still two weeks away, so don't worry so much.  It will come           
 together.  Talk to you tonight, love ya hon, bye."                         
                                                                            
 He reached back across the desk, placed the phone back on the cradle, sat  
 down at the desk and began thumbing through the pages of data in the       
 Dolan file.                                                                
                                                                            
 The air is stale in here Aud thought, as she walked into Carol's house,    
 alone.  "First thing", she said out loud, "get the windows open and some   
 air in here." She said it out loud as if it gave her comfort about         
 entering the house.  She felt a strange and eerie sensation as she walked  
 up to the door and unlocked it.  She did not think she would react in      
 this fashion, but she felt as though her skin was crawling with            

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 goosebumps.  Not from fear, but the uneasiness of entering a house where   
 someone had been murdered.  It was a sensation of foreboding, feeling the  
 dubious hint of evil in the air.  She moved about the large house with     
 caution, opening every window she could.  She then went to the front       
 entrance, picked up all the mail, carried over and placed it by her        
 purse.  A reminder to take it with her when she left.  She pushed the      
 sleeves of her sweater up to her elbow, clapped her hands, saying aloud,   
 "now to work."                                                             
                                                                            
 Aud slowly, methodically, climbed the stairs to the master suite.  She     
 carried two empty boxes, which along with suitcases would provide storage  
 for Randy's clothes.  She had secretly dreaded this undertaking, but knew  
 she would end up doing it alone.  She did not feel she could ask anyone    
 else to perform this task, for she felt it her responsibility to her       
 younger sister.  As she reached the closed door of the suite she           
 reluctantly grasped the knob and with precision turned it slowly.  When    
 it clicked, indicating it was now ready to be opened, she flinched, as if  
 she half expected Randy to pull on it from the inside.  She leaned with    
 her back against the wall, letting go of the knob.  'Get hold of           
 yourself,' she demanded.  She stood resting with her back to the wall,     

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 attempting to force herself to become clearheaded in what she was          
 reasoning.  She endeavored to recapture control of her emotional reaction  
 to being in this house.  When she felt she had done so, she moved once     
 again towards the door, pushed it open and walked into the master suite.   
 Aud stood, surveyed the room and the location of the bureau, the wardrobe  
 and the closet door.  She began with the bureau.  Pulling the drawers      
 completely out of the it, she placed them on the bed.  She then walked to  
 the closet entrance, opened the door and flipped on the light.  It was a   
 large walk-in closet.  Suitcases were stored at the end of its length.     
 She walked down, found the ones marked RMD, the M for Michael, Randy's     
 middle name, picked them up and moved back to the bed.  Once this task     
 was completed everything else went fairly quickly.  As Aud worked, the     
 feelings she had experienced before began to disappear and she became      
 more relaxed in her work efforts.  Finishing nearly everything in the      
 master suite except the closet, she carried the items downstairs, one at   
 a time.  Placed them in the foyer, to be taken, later, out to the garage   
 for temporary storage.                                                     
                                                                            
 The next room she would do, she decided, was the study.  Randy had a       
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 and anything else that went with it to use at the office or at home.  She  
 looked at her watch, "Oh my God," she said, when she saw it was twelve     
 seventeen.  She shoved a suitcase out of the way of the front door, ran    
 about the house closing all the windows as quickly as she could.  Went     
 quickly out the front door, slamming it behind her.  Almost at a run, she  
 raced to her car, got in and sped off to meet Jim for their luncheon       
 date.  Jim sat, patiently waiting.  Looking at everyone who entered the    
 restaurant.  Finally he saw Aud hastily walk in and over to him.           
                                                                            
 "Sorry I'm late.  I got tied up," Aud said as she sat down in the booth    
 next to Jim.                                                               
                                                                            
 "It's all right.  I was a little late myself," he lied.                    
                                                                            
 Aud picked up the menu which was placed in front of her by the waiter and  
 started to examined the things offered.                                    
                                                                            
 "You don't need that," Jim said, as he reached over and took the menu      
 from her hands.  "There's only one thing you order here.  Fettucini and    
 wine." He laid the menu down, reached back and lovingly took Aud's hand,   

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 "I'm glad you're here."                                                    
                                                                            
 She smiled, "So am I." She did not try to remove her hand from his, she    
 moved into him instead, she felt warm, relaxed and secure in her new       
 position next to him.                                                      
                                                                            
 By the time lunch was served they had already made the arrangements for    
 the evening.  Jim would suggest to Bob Pearson to call Carol and take her  
 dancing.  This way Aud and he could go out along, and she would not be     
 worried about Carol's feelings being hurt because of her and Jim's new     
 found relationship.  She also would not have to worry about leaving her    
 home along in the evening for the first time.  Aud's job was to see to it  
 that Carol accepted Bob's offer.                                           
                                                                            
 Neither really ate.  They both played with the food before them.  They     
 talked, quietly, almost secretly about nothing and everything.  Neither    
 mentioned Carol again, or Randy, or what had happened.  It was as if       
 these people and events of the past weeks had not been apart of their      
 world.  They were as far detached from those events as feasible.  They     
 were captured by each others thoughts and energies and the chemistry       

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 between them was exploding with new revelations.  At two fifteen Jim       
 realized he had to get back to the office.                                 
                                                                            
 "Aud, I've got to get back to work.  I wish I could spend the rest of the  
 day with you, into the evening and on, but duty calls, and all that." Jim  
 said, as he stood, held his hand out for Aud.  She reached for it and      
 slid out of the booth.  Placed her arm inside his and they walked          
 leisurely towards the cashier.  Jim paid the tab, walked Aud to her car,   
 kissed her gently and with some hesitation.  "I'll see you tonight," he    
 whispered in her ear as he hugged her good bye.                            
                                                                            
 "Okay, tonight," she said, as she kissed him again, tenderly on the cheek  
 just in front of his ear.                                                  
                                                                            
 Aud drove back to Carol's house, lost in her thoughts about Jim.  She had  
 mixed emotions, in all truth, about this relationship.  She felt           
 wonderful about him and excitement about the warmth of their swift         
 enthrallment with one another.  But she continued to query herself,        
 asking, 'Where is this going?'.  She knew what she wanted from their       
 relationship.  She wanted a companion, instead of a one night stand.  She  

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 felt Jim could be this for her.  She also felt the need, especially now,   
 for reassurance, not forever, but for a while.  She wanted a security      
 blanket and Jim also filled that need and desire.  She did not want        
 anything more than that, she reasoned, and decided she would not permit    
 herself to commit to anything beyond that form of emotional involvement.   
                            to be continued next month....                  
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 Cold season is coming - so let's dispell an old wives tale right now.  It  
 isn't true that you should feed a cold or starve a fever.  If you want one 
 simple solution to a cold or a fever then you should drown them both.      
 Both colds and fevers are helped by liquids.  In either case, cold or fever
 the body becomes dehydrated so extra liquids can only help.                
 In addition, if you have a cold you should eat, simply because your body   
 is telling what it has a need for.  Also add some vitamin C to your diet.  
 Doctors now acknowledge that there is some benefit to vitamin C.           
 As to how one can catch a cold, well the old wives tale that you can catch 
 a cold by going out into the night air, or being in the rain, it just isn't
 true.  Being in the rain, perhaps, if you aren't protected properly and you
 get soaked.  Truth is a cold is nothing more than the body trying to force 
 you to get rest and take it easy.                                          

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 Joyce was home alone one night.  She was in bed, lights out, about to fall 
 asleep, when she felt someone sit on the end of the bed by her feet.  She  
 thought it was her husband Frank, but no light went on in the room.  She   
 felt the pressure then rise from the bed, but heard no sound.  She got up  
 and started out into the hall to look for her husband.  She did not see    
 him.  What she did see put a cold chill down her spine.  There before her, 
 floating down the hallway, was a figure.  She never saw the full face of   
 the figure but recognized that it was not her husband.                     
 Another incident to occur was the sound of children's blocks being rolled  
 across the third floor apartment.  Though the apartment was empty, the     
 sounds continued for days.                                                 
 Another night, Joyce and Frank had gone to bed and their two year old son  
 came into their room during the night complaining of noises he heard.  They
 placed him in the bed with them and Joyce stayed awake until he fell asleep
 again.  Next morning Joyce and Frank found every piece of furniture in the 
 living room had been turned over and one chair has been slashed to pieces. 
 Though Frank and Joyce had a trained watchdog, the dog made no sound all   
 through the night.                                                         
 But the strangest of all events to take place in the house was the sounds  
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 was being played, accompanied by other loud music.  One could hear glasses 
 clinking with ice and together in the form of toasts.  People would talk,  
 though the sounds of the voices were hushed, as if far away.  Others in    
 the converted private home; converted to an apartment building, would      
 complain about the noise caused by the party.  Frequently the noise would  
 come from the third floor apartment.  Though the majority of the time the  
 apartment on the third floor was vacant.                                   
 Along with all of this, as if it weren't enough, objects and personal items
 would suddenly disappear.  One might be able to explain small objects being
 misplaced but when Frank was changing his clothes one evening he laid out  
 a pair of trousers on a chair in the bedroom.  He went back to the closest 
 to select a tie, only a moment did he have his back to the chair the       
 trousers were sitting upon, but now the trousers were no place to be found.
 Frank searched throughout the entire house but never did find them.        
 The history of the building is it was built in 1939.  It is a six story    
 building with about 100 different tenants.  Though at one time the first   
 three floors was used as a private home.  It has been investigated by      
 professional psychic groups, but without much success in the area of iden- 
 tification of the spirits.  Some psychics believe it is not haunted at all 
 but a time warp where something from the past crosses over into the        

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 present.                                                                   
 Prior to the building being built in 1939 there had been a rooming house   
 and bar.  The entire area, at one time, had been much the same, bars and   
 rooming houses; better known as a red light district.                      
 The identities of the ghosts have never been determined.  It could be old  
 sailors that once attended the bar.  It is difficult to tell.  But one     
 thing is certain, the party still continues.                               
 The personalities of the ghosts seems to be mostly mild with exception to  
 the single incident when the chair in the living room was sliced to pieces.
 The location of the apartment house is in the Chelsea are of New York City.
                                                                            
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         Students With Special Skills, Talents Often Not Challenged         
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  US Newswire: Many of the nation's most talented students are part of a    
  "quiet crisis" in which they sit bored & unchallenged in the classroom,   
  according to a report to educators gathered for the National Association  
  for Gifted Children annual conference being held in Atlanta this week.    
                                                                            
  Magnifying the problem, the same students are not encouraged to master    
  rigorous and complex material or to work hard.  The result -- children    
  who could excel but who don't reach their full potential.  This is an     
  especially troubling situation among poor and minority students whose     
  talents are often unrecognized. The report, National Excellence: A Case   
  for Developing America's Talent, was prepared by the U.S. Department of   
  Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI).        
  Gifted and talented children are defined as those with outstanding talent 
  or those that show potential for high-level achievement in intellectual,  
  creative and/or artistic areas, with unusual leadership capacity, or who  
  excel in specific academic fields compared with others of their age,      
  experience or environment.                                                
                                                                            
  The report is the first comprehensive study in 20 years on the status of  
  gifted and talented education.  Among the report's findings:              

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         Students With Special Skills, Talents Often Not Challenged         
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  o Compared with top students in other industrialized countries, American  
  students perform poorly on international tests, are offered a less        
  rigorous curriculum, read fewer demanding books, do less homework, and    
  enter the work force and postsecondary education less well prepared.      
                                                                            
  o Most elementary gifted students have mastered between a third and       
  one-half of the year's curriculum before the first day of class, yet most 
  teachers make few provisions for their special needs.                     
                                                                            
  o Poor and minority students with outstanding talents are especially      
  neglected.  More than one in five children live in poverty in the United  
  States, yet most programs that serve poor students focus on the problems  
  they bring to school, rather than helping them develop their strengths.   
                                                                            
  The report makes recommendations to help enhance student learning:        
                                                                            
  -- set content standards and use a curriculum that challenges all         
  children, including the most talented.  Schools should provide            
  challenging learning opportunities that offer students variety and        
  flexibility and encourage students to pursue learning both in and out of  

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         Students With Special Skills, Talents Often Not Challenged         
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  school; recognize that intelligence takes many forms and should be        
  assessed through a variety of criteria.  Educators should identify        
  outstanding talent by observing students in settings that enable them to  
  display their abilities, rather than relying solely on test scores;       
                                                                            
  -- increase access for poor and minority children to early childhood      
  education programs that focus on children's strengths, not their          
  deficiencies;                                                             
                                                                            
  -- make high-level achievement for poor and minority children possible by 
  removing barriers to advanced learning opportunities; and,                
                                                                            
  -- develop teacher skills in teaching high-level curricula.               
                                                                            
  Copies of the report are available from the Gov't Printing Office,        
  Superintendent of Documents                                               
  P.O. Box 371954                                                           
  Pittsburgh, Pa. 15250-7954                                                
  or call the GPO Order Desk 202-783-3238.  Order stock #065-000-00603-1 at 
  a cost of $3.00.                                                          

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       Statement by President of the Association of Concerned Taxpayers     
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 US Newswire: Following is statement on congressional spending by Gordon    
 S. Jones, president of the Association of Concerned Taxpayers:             
                                                                            
 We all know that Representatives and Senators mislead their cnstituents,   
 but the degree of hypocrisy revealed in a just- completed study by the     
 Association of Concerned Taxpayers (ACT) is astounding.  In August,        
 Congress passed a budget containing more than $240 billion in new taxes.   
 Then members went home and explained that they had done so because we had  
 convinced them how important it is to reduce the deficit.  They acted as   
 if the new taxes were our fault.                                           
                                                                            
 ACT decided to see just how opposed our representatives are to increased   
 federal borrowing.  The answer, found in the 1993 ACT Sincerity Ratings    
 is: NOT VERY.                                                              
                                                                            
 ACT evaluated six votes in the House and six in the Senate which presented 
 explicit tradeoffs between increased deficits and spending cuts.  On those 
 votes, 204 Representatives and Senators voted every single time for more   
 spending. Of these 204 deficit spenders, 191 of them had supported the tax 
 -laden budget plan.  So much for their aversion to higher deficits.        

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       Statement by President of the Association of Concerned Taxpayers     
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 Other taxpayer groups examine total spending, government waste, and other  
 factors.  ACT's rating is based on a narrow selection of votes, where the  
 tradeoff between borrowing & spending is explicit. ACT makes no judgement  
 about the desirability of extended unemployment benefits, for example, or  
 relief for Midwest flood victims, or the new program of National Service.  
 These may very well be defensible expenditures. But if Congress is going   
 to vote for this spending, it has to find a way to pay for it.             
 It's clear that a majority in Congress is simply not really opposed to     
 deficit spending. The argument that they vote for more taxes because       
 borrowing is objectionable just won't wash. However justified a new        
 spending proposal might be, there isn't any more money. Until our          
 representatives grasp that fact, there is no hope for true budget control. 
 President Clinton continues to propose new spending programs, and Congress 
 continues to borrow to pay for them, not having the courage cut back on    
 existing programs.                                                         
                                                                            
 The ACT survey shows very clear differences in the attitudes of the 2 major
 political parties toward deficits. The average Democrat had a Sincerity    
 Rating of 9.61%, while Republicans had an average of 95.31%. The study's   
 available at ACT, 1301 Connecticut  Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.  20036. 

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          Bad Medicine for Future Generations Says Third Millennium         
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  US Newswire:                                                              
  Third Millennium today released a statement which diagnoses the Clinton   
  administration's health-care proposal and finds it afflicted by two       
  ailments: fiscal irresponsibility and generational unfairness.            
                                                                            
  Third Millennium's statement calls on members of Congress to rid the plan 
  of these conditions before prescribing it to the American people.         
                                                                            
  "Young Americans are running for cover," said Jonathan Karl, co- chairman 
  of this national organization of business people, journalists, students   
  and community activists born after 1960.  "Rather than making the tough   
  choices today, the Clinton administration proposes shifting the           
  government's health-care tab onto future generations."                    
                                                                            
  Third Millennium fears the administration's new subsidy of early          
  retirees' medical insurance bills will balloon into yet another bloated   
  federal entitlement program.  Also, the administration's strict reliance  
  on community rating will boost dramatically the insurance costs for young 
  Americans even though their incomes and consumption of health care are    
  generally lower than those of older Americans.                            

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    New NRDC Report Uncovers True Costs of Car, Bus, Train Transportation   
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  US Newswire: A new study released today by the Natural Resources Defense  
  Council reveals that American taxpayers incur costs of well over a        
  trillion dollars a year riding cars, buses & trains in the U.S.           
                                                                            
  The report, titled, "The Price of Mobility," is the first-ever attempt to 
  estimate the full range of costs -- to individuals, to government & to    
  society -- for the three most popular modes of ground transportation.     
  The study reveals that societal costs -- defined as the external costs &  
  subsidies associated with energy use, congestion, subsidized parking,     
  accidents, noise, building damage & air & water pollution -- have been    
  previously unaccounted for, but make up nearly a third of the cost of car 
  transport. NRDC conducted the study to be used as a resource for transpor-
  tation planners to assess the true cost of these transportation modes,    
  before investing in new transportation projects.                          
                                                                            
  "Transportation planners will head down the wrong road if they don't      
  consider the true costs of getting around in America," said Peter Miller, 
  NRDC scientist & co-author of the two-year study.  "The ticket to wise,   
  sustainable transportation systems is understanding their full costs to   
  society, to the government & to the individual."                          

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    New NRDC Report Uncovers True Costs of Car, Bus, Train Transportation   
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  NRDC's report found that auto, bus & rail transport costs Americans $1.2  
  to $1.6 trillion annually.  "That's equal to about one-quarter of the     
  annual GNP, & more than the total national annual expenditures on either  
  education or health.  It's a mammoth investment," said Miller.  "It's     
  critical that transportation investment decisions take into account a     
  broader range of costs."                                                  
                                                                            
  The report reveals that automobile costs tower over bus & rail in         
  absolute terms accounting for 98% of total costs, or $4,000 per capita.   
  Rail & bus, modes used much less frequently by Americans, account for     
  just 2% of transportation costs, or $100 per capita.  While societal costs
  are highest for cars, they account for only 12% & 10% of bus & train costs
  respectively.  Direct government subsidies, on the other hand, are largest
  for rail & bus, accounting for approximately 60% & 55% of their total     
  costs, respectively.  Cars recover less than 5% of their costs from the   
  government.                                                               
                                                                            
  Direct costs to individuals -- the price of buying a car, or purchasing a 
  train ticket -- are highest for cars & account for over 60% of that       
  total, but less than 30% for bus & rail.                                  

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   Exit Poll Suggests School Choice Initiative Still Alive in California    
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  US Newswire: Choice in education is not dead.  More than half of those    
  who opposed Proposition 174 yesterday are prepared to support a different 
  school choice initiative, while only 18% of Californians are fully        
  opposed to the concept of choice in education.                            
                                                                            
  These startling exit poll results suggest that a revised school choice    
  initiative could still earn the support of California voters.  Dr. Frank  
  Luntz, president of Luntz Weber Research & Strategic Services, concluded  
  that the combined fears of extremists setting up unregulated schools,     
  coupled with the concern that per pupil funding might be reduced, dealt a 
  fatal blow to Proposition 174.                                            
                                                                            
  The Luntz Weber exit poll, which was commissioned jointly by American     
  Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and Americans for Tax Reform          
  Foundation (ATRF), revealed a number of findings about the future of      
  school choice in California:                                              
                                                                            
  -- Three-fourths of all California voters grade the California education  
     system with a "C" or less.  A scant 3% give the system high marks      
     ("A"), while 12% would fail ("F") the schools that teach them.         

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   Exit Poll Suggests School Choice Initiative Still Alive in California    
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  -- The single most important element in a school choice initiative is the 
     guarantee that per pupil funding will not be reduced.  Fully 73% of the
     state (& 72% of those who voted against Proposition 174 yesterday) say 
     they would support choice in education if this guarantee were included.
                                                                            
  -- There is political capital in endorsing school choice. One-half (49%)  
     of the electorate would be more likely to vote for a public official   
     who supports school choice as compared with only 28% who would be less 
     likely to vote for a "pro-school choice" public official.              
                                                                            
  -- For a school choice initiative to pass, voters will demand adequate    
     & effective safeguards to prevent extremists setting up schools. Fully 
     two thirds (65%) of those who opposed 174 yesterday would be prepared  
     to back a future school choice initiative if they were convinced that  
     these safeguards could be put in place.                                
                                                                            
  -- Voters want a school choice initiative that will benefit all students, 
     not just the poorest students.  Only 24% of the voters would support   
     choice in education if it were targeted ONLY to lower income students. 
                                                                            

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   Exit Poll Suggests School Choice Initiative Still Alive in California    
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  -- Gov. Wilson's opposition to Proposition 174 had no impact on the vote. 
     Only 5% of the electorate was either "very" or "somewhat" influenced by
     Wilson's opposition, and 85% said it had absolutely no influence       
     whatsoever on their vote.                                              
                                                                            
  -- CA voters rank the P.T.A. as the single most credible organization in  
     the education debate by a 2-1 ratio over the CA Teacher's Association  
     & a 5 to 1 ratio over the American Federation of Teachers.  This       
     suggests that parents are more "believable" than teachers in the school
     choice debate.                                                         
                                                                            
  Luntz predicted "The vast majority of the electorate is supportive of     
  school choice, but with reservations. They are clearly prepared to        
  re-evaluate last night's vote if given the chance.  If the Prop 174       
  forces go back to the drawing table and try again, there is no reason why 
  they cannot win the next round."  The Luntz Weber Research survey of 612  
  registered voters, of which 313 voted in the initiative election, was     
  conducted Tuesday evening by phone. Margin of error is + or - 4% for      
  entire sample, & + or - 5.5% for sub-samples of voters and non-voters.    
                                                                            

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             Voters Send Strong Anti-Tax Message in '93 Election            
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  US Newswire:                                                              
                                                                            
  Voter anger over tax hikes played a key role in yesterday's elections,    
  according to the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), the nation's largest and 
  oldest taxpayer organization.                                             
                                                                            
  "Voters across the country sent the old guard of tax & spend politicians  
  into retreat, while apparently approving strong anti-tax measures in      
  Washington & Texas," said David Keating, executive vice president for NTU.
                                                                            
  "New Jersey voters tossed out their governor, who raised taxes, while     
  keeping strong Republican control over both houses of the legislature,"   
  Keating observed.  "And to make sure they never have to wait until the    
  next election to toss out tax-hiking politicians, Garden State voters     
  overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing for recall of elected          
  officials." Voters tossed out Democratic legislators in record numbers in 
  1991 after they approved massive tax hikes proposed by Gov. Jim Florio.   
  "Voter aversion to new taxes was also a factor in George Allen's come-    
  from-behind gubernatorial victory in VA, where Allen has promised not to  
  raise taxes.                                                              

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             Voters Send Strong Anti-Tax Message in '93 Election            
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  "The latest trend in the tax revolt -- voter approval requirements for    
  new taxes -- apparently has continued with important victories in         
  Washington state and Texas," said Keating.  "Virtually all new state      
  taxes in Washington would require voter approval, while Texas voters      
  banned a state income tax unless it has voter approval.  Voter disgust    
  with high-tax politicians propelled term limits for elected officials to  
  victory in Maine and New York City."                                      
                                                                            
  Measures to Raise Taxes or Make it Easier to Raise Taxes:                 
                                                                            
  California: Proposition 170 proposed reducing the two-thirds voter        
  approval requirement to pass school bonds to a simple majority vote.      
  This would have made it easier to raise local property taxes for schools. 
  Defeated, 31% Yes, 69% No.  Proposition 172 proposed making permanent a   
  temporary half-cent sales tax increase, with revenues earmarked for       
  "public safety" programs.  Approved, 58% Yes, 42% No.                     
                                                                            
  Colorado: Referendum A proposed reinstating a 0.2% sales tax on           
  tourist-related items that expired earlier this year.  Defeated, 45% Yes, 
  55% no.                                                                   

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             Voters Send Strong Anti-Tax Message in '93 Election            
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  Oregon: Measure 1 proposed a new 5% state sales tax for public schools.   
  This is on the Nov. 9 ballot.  Polls show it losing.                      
                                                                            
  Measures to Limit or Cut Taxes:                                           
  New Jersey: Public Question 1 proposed a constitutional amendment to      
  allow recall of elected officials.  Many voters would have used such a    
  provision, had it been in effect in 1990, to recall Florio after he       
  raised taxes.  Approved, 70% Yes, 30% No.                                 
                                                                            
  Texas: Proposition 4 proposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting a    
  personal income tax without voter approval and, if an income tax is       
  enacted, dedicating the revenue to education and limiting the rate of     
  local school taxes.  Approved, 69% Yes, 31% No.                           
                                                                            
  Washington: Initiative 601 proposed a strong limit on the growth of state 
  spending. Winning by over 10,000 votes, with 97% of the vote counted. WA  
  state may have become the 3rd state in 2 years to require voter approval  
  for new taxes to become law. Initiative 602 proposed a law repealing tax  
  increases adopted earlier this year by the legislature and limiting state 
  tax increases. Defeated, 44% Yes, 56% No.                                 

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           Freedom Forum First Amendment Center to Release Report           
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  US Newswire:                                                              
  A major study pinpointing the sources of tension between the medical      
  profession and the news media will be released Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the    
  annual meeting of the American Heart Association by The Freedom Forum     
  First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University.                          
                                                                            
  The report, "Under the Microscope: The Relationship between Pysicians and 
  the News Media," on the causes of negative attitudes that doctors and     
  reporters have towards one another and makes recommendations to heal the  
  relationship.                                                             
                                                                            
  The eight-month study was conducted by Rita Rubin, associate editor for   
  U.S. News & World Report, and Dr. Harrison Rogers, a former president of  
  the American Heart Association, while they were 1992-93 Visiting          
  Professional Scholars at the center.                                      
                                                                            
  The report draws on extensive interviews with doctors and medical         
  reporters in addition to a survey of 973 physicians, 423 members of the   
  American Medical Association House of Delegates, 143 medical reporters    
  and 536 members of the Associated Press Managing Editors' association.    

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           Freedom Forum First Amendment Center to Release Report           
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  This is the second of three reports to be released by The Freedom Forum   
  First Amendment Center, formed in 1991 to examine all First Amendment     
  issues.  A report on religion and the news media was released in          
  September, and a study is forthcoming on strained relations between the   
  news media and business professionals.                                    
                                                                            
  EVENT:   Release of "Under the Microscope: The Relationship               
           between Physicians and the News Media." Dinner                   
           will follow.                                                     
  TIME:    Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1993, 6:30 p.m.                                 
  PLACE:   Atlanta's Westin Peachtree Plaza, the Peach Room                 
                                                                            
  The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University is an   
  independent operating program of The Freedom Forum.  The center was       
  announced by The Freedom Forum, one of the nation's largest foundations,  
  on Dec. 15, 1991, the 200th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill   
  of Rights to the U.S. Constitution.  The First Amendment Center's mission 
  is to foster a better public understanding of and appreciation for First  
  Amendment rights and values, including freedom of religion, free speech & 
  press, and the right to petition government and to assemble peacefully.   

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     Decision on Gay Ban is "Justice Denied" Human Rights Campaign Fund     
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  US Newswire: Tim McFeeley, executive director of the Human Rights         
  Campaign Fund, the nation's largest lesbian and gay political             
  organization, issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's  
  decision to lift District Court Judge Hatter's injunction on the          
  Pentagon's policy of discrimination against lesbian and gay Americans:    
                                                                            
  "Justice has been delayed, and therefore denied, to lesbian and gay       
  patriots.  While the court has not repudiated the underlying rationale of 
  Judge Hatter's decision in the Meinhold case, it has lifted the           
  injunction forbidding the Pentagon to discriminate on the basis of sexual 
  orientation.  By supporting the Administration's request, the court has   
  endorsed a double standard for lesbian and gay service personnel.  Keith  
  Meinhold is protected but others are not.                                 
                                                                            
  "Judge Hatter's ruling has been in affect for close to a month, and no    
  evidence exists that unit cohesion or morale has been adversely affected. 
  The court should have allowed the Hatter ruling to stand until the U.S.   
  Court of Appeals had an opportunity to rule.  We have lost a skirmish in  
  the larger battle to end discrimination against competent and qualified   
  Americans who want to serve our country.  We will ultimately prevail."    

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 NRC Proposes Amendments to Security Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants  
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  US Newswire: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to amend its  
  physical protection regulations for operating nuclear power plants.       
  The amendments would modify the design basis threat for radiological      
  sabotage to include the use of land vehicles by adversaries for           
  transporting personnel, hand-carried equipment and explosives.            
                                                                            
  Nuclear power plant licensees are required to implement a system that     
  protects against acts of radiological sabotage, and specifically against  
  the design basis threat for radiological sabotage as set out in the       
  commission's regulations.                                                 
                                                                            
  Based on current information derived by continually monitoring and        
  evaluating the worldwide threat environment and briefings by various      
  government intelligence agencies, the NRC has concluded that there is no  
  indication of an actual vehicle threat against the domestic commercial    
  nuclear industry.  However, based on the recent bombing of the World      
  Trade Center and the unauthorized intrusion at the Three Mile Island      
  nuclear power plant, the NRC believes that a vehicle intrusion or bomb    
  threat to a nuclear power plant could develop without warning in the      
  future.                                                                   

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  To maintain a prudent margin between the current threat estimate (low)    
  and the design basis threat (postulated as higher for conservatism), the  
  NRC is proposing to amend its regulations to modify the design basis      
  threat for radiological sabotage to include protection against malevolent 
  use of vehicles at nuclear power plants.                                  
                                                                            
  The proposed amendments, which are to Part 73 of the commission's         
  regulations, would include -- within the design basis threat that         
  licensees are required to protect against -- the use of a                 
  four-wheel-drive land vehicle for the transport of personnel,             
  hand-carried equipment or explosives.  The amendments would provide a     
  process to allow for alternative measures to protect against sabotage.    
                                                                            
  Licensees would be required to establish vehicle control measures to      
  protect the facility from use of a land vehicle to gain unauthorized      
  proximity to vital area barriers.  They would also be required to assess  
  whether the measures taken to protect against vehicle intrusion provide   
  protection against a vehicle bomb consistent with design goals and        
  criteria specified by the commission.  Licensees who could not            
  demonstrate that they fully meet the commission's design goal for         

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  protection against a vehicle bomb would have the option of proposing      
  alternative measures for protection against this threat.                  
                                                                            
  Programs of licensees who are in the process of decommissioning or are    
  contemplating decommissioning in the near future would be evaluated on a  
  case-by-case basis by the NRC to determine if full or partial exemption   
  from the new rule is appropriate.                                         
                                                                            
  The rule calls for licensees authorized to operate a nuclear power plant  
                                                                            
  (1) to submit (within 90 days of the effective date of the final rule)    
      a summary description of the proposed vehicle control measures and    
      the results of their cost-benefit analysis                            
                                                                            
                                     and                                    
                                                                            
  (2) to fully implement the required vehicle control measures or the site- 
      specific alternative measures as approved by the Commission within    
      360 days of the effective date of the final rule.                     
                                                                            

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         Ecosystem Management, New Partnerships In Agency's Future          
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  US Newswire: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is embarking on a broad   
  new effort to become the international leader in ecosystem management and 
  conservation of biodiversity, while emphasizing partnerships with states, 
  conservation groups, and private landowners, Director Mollie Beattie      
  announced during her inaugural meeting with agency employees.             
  In addition, the Service will promote diversification of its workforce    
  and encourage better opportunities for urban residents to enjoy the       
  nation's bountiful fish and wildlife resources, Beattie said.             
                                                                            
  "No other agency is as prepared as we are to make ecosystem conservation  
  its primary mission -- this is our mission," she told a gathering of 600  
  Washington office employees. "In the coming years, we will accomplish it  
  from the old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest to the bayous of     
  Louisiana to the 'river of grass' in Florida."                            
                                                                            
  For example, Beattie said, the Service will seek to make the 491 National 
  Wildlife Refuges "anchor points for biodiversity and ecosystem            
  management.... Each refuge will have its own unique land management       
  plan...showing the public where we are, where we are headed, and how they 
  can participate."                                                         

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         Ecosystem Management, New Partnerships In Agency's Future          
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  Beattie also reaffirmed the Service's historic commitment to recreational 
  use of wildlife. If ecosystems are kept healthy, she said, there will be  
  abundant fish and wildlife so "Americans can enjoy our wildlife resources 
  in whatever way they choose."                                             
                                                                            
  For the Service to be successful, however, the American people must       
  understand that all species, including human beings, are connected, she   
  said. As a result, the Service will make outreach and public education a  
  high priority in the coming years.                                        
                                                                            
  "People need to understand that the choice between people and animals,    
  between the economy and endangered species, is a false one," she said.    
  "There is no choice. Our fate is inexorably linked to the state of the    
  ecosystems that make up the global environment in which we live."         
                                                                            
  Americans "cannot dump contaminents into a river on Monday and expect to  
  catch a fish on Friday," she said. "They cannot drain a wetland on        
  Tuesday and expect to see ducks on Saturday... They cannot eliminate the  
  habitat of their fellow species and expect our own to survive."           
                                                                            

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         Ecosystem Management, New Partnerships In Agency's Future          
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  Beattie emphasized that the Service will seek partnerships with and the   
  involvement of state and local governments, conservation organizations,   
  business, and private landowners.                                         
                                                                            
  The Service already has been part of many highly successful partnerships, 
  including the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, which has         
  protected, restored or enhanced more than 2 million acres of wetlands     
  across the country, and the Partners for Wildlife program, which has      
  restored more than 200,000 acres of wetlands on private lands.            
                                                                            
  Beattie said the Service will build on these partnerships and expand into 
  new areas of cooperation, especially working with private landowners.     
                                                                            
  Beattie also said one of her goals is to increase the diversification of  
  the Service's workforce by hiring and promoting women and minorities.     
                                                                            
  Such diversification is a "practical necessity" for helping the service   
  accomplish its goals, she said. People who come from different            
  backgrounds have different perspectives on how problems can be solved and 
  goals achieved.                                                           

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  "The richness of experience is an asset, and its absence is an enormous   
  liability," she said.                                                     
                                                                            
  As part of this effort, the Service will reach out to people, such as     
  inner city children, who do not have easy access to natural resources and 
  may be less likely to grow up to become fish and wildlife biologists.     
                                                                            
  "The Service has done a fine job of reaching out in a variety of          
  ways...," Beattie said. "I plan to expand this outreach even more in the  
  coming years,"                                                            
                                                                            
  To faciliate the outreach and partnership effort, Beattie proposed and    
  internal reorganization of the agency. Deputy Director Ken Smith would    
  head a new division includes the public affairs and legislative services  
  offices, along with the Federal Aid Program.                              
                                                                            
  In addition, the Offices of International Affairs, Management Authority,  
  and Scientific Authority would be placed under a newly created post of    
  Assistant Director for International Affairs.                             
                                                                            

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