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	°                        cRaZy sounds                   °
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			        Open channel D
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	 WORRY.SND    "Don't WORRY about me."
		      When you hear that, it actually
		      means you had better start worrying.
	  
	 SKIDS.SND    Sound of me skidding out of control
		      down a ONE WAY street.  Music blaring.
	 
      AMBULANC.SND    Sound of an ambulance coming to get me.
         
      GOOFEDUP.SND    Sound of the ambulance driver:
		      "YOU must have goofed up somewhar!"

      CALENDAR.GIF    An ancient artistic calendar.

	CASTLE.GIF    If you are lucky enough to be going
		      to Spain for the Summer Olympics this year,
                      you might see this castle there.

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			     Channel D open, Captain
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		            HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER
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     YOU'VE GOT PERSUASION
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     I, CAN'T HELP MYSELF

     Three lessons about writing that I heard CARLOS SANTANA
     communicate on the FM radio channel (in ENGLISH as there
     are NO Latino FM radio stations that get thru to me.  They
     must be Jammed).

     He said that writers must BURN these ideas into their minds:

     1.  Where are you going?

     2.  What the HELL are you trying to say?

     3.  When you're done, Get the HELL out of there
	 so that the next guy can try it.


    CARLOS's ideas are EXCELLENT and to the POINT.

    But I think he's missing one MAJOR point.
    And that is:

    4.  Who the HELL are you trying to say it to?
	Do I have a communications channel OPEN to them?
	If I do...
	AM I SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE.    WHO is your audience?

    I suggest seeing:

    1.  "The Elements of Style"
	 by William Strunk Jr & E.B. White
	 (Macmillian pubs; New York; 1979)   THE BEST.

    2.  "Student's guide for writing College Papers"
	 by Kate L. Turabian
	 (University of Chicago Press; Chicago; 1969)

    3.  Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary form
        (Washington Square Press; New York; 1967)

    4. MACworld - August 1991 - Article on writing tools, page 138.
       (also has an article on "Getting started with 3D graphics"
	on page 197).

	TOO BAD these aren't also in Spanish/Portugese!
        Maybe they are.
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				  A GIRA
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				BLACK MAGIC   

	It amazes me in this day & age that (especially
	considering that there's a large number of Latinos
	in the U.S.) that there are not any MainStream
	Spanish speaking radio or television stations!
	How can American business sell into a market
	if the market can't even RECEIVE your signal.
	Latinos don't just live in the cities.
	They live in many different areas of the U.S.,
	so that when our government jams any Spanish
	speaking information channel, they effectively
	cut off the OPEN MARKET.  You know, that
	mythical OPEN MARKET we keep hearing about.
	The one where goods are allowed to move
	around the U.S. with NO barriers.
	That OPEN MARKET is BULLSHIT!  If
	information can't flow freely there's
	NO WAY that they're going to get me to believe
	we have an OPEN market for anything!!!

	Luckily, Latinos make the best BULLfighters.

	If they formed an ORGANIZATION and maybe
	linked up with other ORGANIZATIONs (simpaticos) in the
	U.S. who are experiencing the same problems
	they might get somewhere.  [But if they SHIT
	on me in the process I'll fly right into their FACE.]
	If Latinos KNOW that their signal is being jammed
	(I'm sure they do, they're NOT stupid!!!) then
	this prevents ALL businesses from reaching
	Latinos in a POSITIVE manner NO matter where they live.
	Latinos must feel like they are under siege!!!

	Disco INFERNO!!!

	I can't even believe that in these recessionary
	times businesses aren't interested in what could
	be easy markets once the cultural barriers are bridged.
	There is definitely a serious problem when 
	our government jams anyone's signal.
	Did somebody say Jobs?  Housing?
	Oh YES,.... EDUCATION.  Doesn't education DEPEND
	on the free flow of information.  Even if that
	information may become tampered with?  At least
	something is getting thru.  I know someone is
	going to say:  "It's not OUR government that's
	at fault. A foreign power (or an internal HATE group)
	could be jamming their signal."
	But I STRONGLY disagree.
	It's obvious that our government is involved.
	Does anyone know of a Latino FM radio station close to
	them?  If you don't... you DO know that our
	government (as represented in this case by the F.C.C.)
	controls what radio stations are allowed to be built,
	what frequency they are assigned, and I am sure,
	what the information content can be.  Just because you
	hear 4 letter words over the radio doesn't mean
	information is flowing freely and unedited.

	What I believe we, the U.S., need are
	FM radio & TV (UHF & VHF) Latino stations.
	Some folks are going to say WE shouldn't do
	that because ENGLISH is the language in the U.S.
	and to HELL with anyone who doesn't like it.
	But those folks are missing the point.
	The point is information is NOT flowing freely in
	the U.S.  Information is being blocked NOT only
	by foreign governments, internal HATE & foreign groups,
	but also by OUR government.

	Besides, what happens to TOURISTS!!!!
	"Wouldn't it be NICE" if we had tourists coming
	from Spain to here.  And what if they came here to
	PARTY HARDY but they couldn't get the information they
	needed to get to your business to spend ALL their
	hard earned pay???   What then?  And what if,
	by some magic they did find your business, but
	when they asked for an item.  You couldn't understand
	them at all?  You'd be smart if you had hired a
	Latino to help you move your business into the
	international arena.  You'd have someone on Staff
	who was bilingual.

        NO ONE CAN STOP THE MUSIC FROM PLAYING
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	WE need not only Latino radio
	stations & TV stations, WE need also French, and RUSSIAN
	(don't forget the circus) and Chinese and Japanese and
	when it comes to dialects and other less frequently
	used tongues, if those folks spoke at least ONE
	other language they could then draw from that other
	information channel.  I don't think this
	creates a tower of BABEL.  I don't believe
	the Tower of Babel will exist as long as WE have
	bridges between the various languages and, more
	importantly, the various cultures.
	I believe that all cultures will grow as a result,
	and from that, world business will also grow.
	This is what OUR PARENTS were shooting for
	when they started the League of Nations (which
	died) and then the United Nations
	(which still exists but needs NEW ideas).

	Anyone know of any CHINESE TV stations or Radio Stations?
	The good thing in the case of China is that U.S.
	cities already have places that the Chinese Tourists
	may feel comfortable in... and that's Chinatown.
	San Francisco is rumored to have the BEST.
	New York's is Multi-Dimensional and amazing.
	And even Boston's is good (& will be getting better
	once the Central Artery gets deep sixed.)

	Getting back to Latino FM & TV (UHF & VHF)
	stations...
	There are benefits both ways (TWO WAY STREET) with having some
	radio & television stations in Spanish & that's
	that anyone who is studying Spanish in school,
	like our kids, will have alot of POSITIVE inputs from which
	to learn the language & the culture.  The Spanish television
	station (that I can BARELY receive) beams MTV in
	in Spanish.  It's called "MTV Internationale".
	If I'd been able to watch that while I was studying
	Spanish in high school, learning Spanish would have
	been alot more interesting & dramatically less painful
	(because I'd have been seeing Spanish in ACTION).

	RELATED TO THIS:
	I saw a TV show once entitled "French in Action".
	It was excellent.  It was done by the:
	ANNENBERG/CPB PROJECT
	P.O. Box 1922
	Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1922

	I would never have seen this if it hadn't been for
	PUBLIC TELEVISION!!!!  You know, the thing called PBS,
	that the government, OUR government, wants to reduce
	funding for.  If PBS is education, AND our government
	is cutting back funding for PBS.  Doesn't this mean
	that OUR government is cutting back funding for EDUCATION.
	And who is the EDUCATION PRESIDENT?
	But it's NOT George Bush's fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	(SEE more about this farther down stream about this.)

	In spite of that I keep thinking of what ELDRIDGE CLEAVER said:
	"If you're NOT part of the Solution, you're part of the problem."

	I think AMERICA desparately needs a REAL BLACK person
	as President of these United States.  And if not that
	at least as VICE PRESIDENT.  Soon America will also
	have a LATINO President, too, for it is only people
	who have lived in the problem who can solve it.
	I think, too, that only the BLACK community can
	choose who best represents them and someone whom they
	think can solve their's and ALL of our problems.

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                      ONE STEP AT A TIME
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                     EVERYBODY DANCE NOW
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		  C.C. & the MUSIC FACTORY
	     -------------------------------------

	I saw C.C. & the Music Factory recently on
	Public Television (PBS) so....
	I think we NEED to seriously INCREASE the funding
	for PUBLIC TELEVISION.  I think we need some
	SPANISH PBS stations in the U.S. (as well as other
	languages).  
	IF you're interesting in contributing to the growth
	of PBS, send your checks to the PBS station near you.
	Look in your phone book (don't forget that some phonebooks
	put the names that are in initials at the beginning of the
	listing for that letter, other phone books put it where it
	would occur under the letter alphabetically),
	listen to the radio, or
	watch PBS TV and you'll see where to contribute.
	In Boston, write to:

	WGBX television - Channel 44
	125 Western Avenue
	Allston, MA
	(617) 492-2777
	(Channel 44 is the one that recently aired
	the concert by the Gipsy Kings (in Spanish)
	of their performance at the Royal Albert Hall
	in London, England).  They're close to me
	and yet their signal appears to be being
	jammed by somebody.  They don't even broadcast
	SOUPY SALES so what's the problem!!

	[AN aside:  SEE the Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia
	for an interesting idea on how maybe PBS should
	receive its funding like the BBC.  I believe it's
	under the article on Public Television.]

	Picking up the EARLIER thread about President George Bush...
	The reason we have this problem today is NOT
	due to President George Bush.  I tend to think that it is
	OUR system that is causing the problem.  WE need to change it.
	The President is being blocked by the U.S. system
	that is AFRAID (cowards) of effecting change.
	Sometimes it's the individual that causes the problem
	but in this case it's not.

	As we all know, President George Bush can't do it
	alone.  The PROBLEM is in our system (in our ORGANIZATION).
	Our ORGANIZATION is NOT carrying out the CORRECT AGENDA
        to move AMERICA into the International Business World today.
	Since it's NOT President George Bush who is the
	problem, BUT rather OUR system of government,
	it doesn't matter who WE elect to higher office,
	we will still have the same system AND THEREFORE
	the SAME FUCKING PROBLEMS!!!

	We could put someone else in office to make people
	feel better.  But we're kidding ourselves.
	The only way things will get better is if we change
	the way our system of government works today. PERIOD.

	It's up to the ENTIRE Organization to CHANGE
	and to implement change.
	One guy can't tell an ORGANIZATION to do something
	if THEY (the group, the family, whatever) don't
	want to do it.   I mean be real.  That's like
	Custer's Last Stand.  You don't stand a chance in HELL!
	I know President George Bush is going to say
	(and he'd be right in saying it) WHERE are we going
	to get the money to do this.  Well, I think
	that, in the beginning, FOREIGN governments might
	be interested in supplying us with their music
	or television for a modest fee (like WGBH does with
	the BBC programming) and some local programming could
	added to get Business information to Latinos here and
	to Latin tourists (who would also need maps, MARKED
	with business locations [and not just a bunch of
	streets.  See Newburyport's map if you don't understand
	what I mean.  They have names & locations of businesses
	on their map in an artistic & friendly way.]
	in the language the Tourist speaks!!).
	ALSO I'm sure that Big Business would be interested
	(if they can afford to in these recessionary times).

	Back on topic...
	Likewise, I'm surprised that there aren't any
	Spanish magazines or books or audiotapes at the
	discount stores near Latino areas.  Or outside
	of there, once again, so that America encourages
	tourism by Spanish speaking peoples.  The more
	people travel, the ideas flow, and the faster
	the GREAT ideas will take effect.  For the
	betterment of us all.


    QUESTION:

    Did Carlos Santana do "OYE COMO VA" with TITO PUENTE?
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				  Astrud Gilberto
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			       THE GIRL from Ipanema
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			    You got me spinning around
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			   Making this up as I go along
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     If everything FEELS GREAT you may actually be in
     great danger.  You can never stop thinking
     (or communicating).

     SEE SMILES BUT SHE STILL DOESN'T SEE.

     AN EXAMPLE:
     When I was a CO-OP student and I worked as a technician
     in a lab at M.I.T., I had to clean & degrease engine parts
     for wind tunnel motors.  The solvent I used was called
     TRICHLOR (trichloroethylene).  The people I was working
     with didn't have much time so they just told me what to
     do and went off to do their own work.

     I had had a course in chemistry but I had never heard
     of trichlor.  But just from its smell I knew it was
     weird SERIOUS stuff.  So I worked with it only a little
     bit the first day and then I went to get information about it.
     There wasn't a library near me at that time so I went to
     a bookstore and luckily found a book that was easy to understand:
     It was:

     "WORK IS DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH
     a handbook of Health Hazards in the Workplace
     and what you can do about them"
     by Jeanne Stellman, Ph.D. and Susan Daum, M.D.
     (Vintage books; New York; 1973)

     On page 206 I found a description of Trichloroethylene
     and what kinds of problems it can cause if I did not use
     it properly (I.E. per the directions on the trichlor container).
     I thought I had all the information I needed in this paragraph.
     But you actually have to read the entire book to get the
     whole picture.  Besides chemical hazards it also covered
     what to watch out for in alot of other areas.
     On page 368 it has a list of Health Hazards listed by
     Occupation.

     A few of the occupations covered are:
     Actors, Farmers (Agricultural Workers), Airplane workers,
     Auto workers, Bakers, Barbers, Blacksmiths, Boat builders,
     Candle makers, Ceramic makers/workers (artists), dental workers,
     Dock workers,  Dry Cleaners, Morticians (Funeral Parlors),
     Food packers, Glass makers, Jewelers, Leather workers,
     you-name-it.

     The key problem with TRICHLOR is one of making sure
     you use it only in a well ventilated place.  The more
     sinister, but very subtle, problem is that you can't
     drink alcohol for a several hours after being OVER-exposed
     to TRICHLOR.  I learned that from talking with someone who had
     worked around Trichlor.  They also warned me that if you
     FEEL TERRIFIC while you're working with TRICHLOR,
     you'd better go home.  That's because the TRICHLOR
     has started to effect your MIND.


     Examples of two places where you have to aware of the
     workplace hazards are:
     1.  Acheson Colloids Company
         P.O. Box 611747
	 Port Huron, Michigan   48061-1747
	 (313) 984-5581

	 They make state-of-the-art Adhesives.
	 They have one type of adhesive that is
	 UV-curable pressure-senstive.
	 That just means its hardens when exposed to
	 Ultra-Violet (UV) light.

     2.  SMYERS GLASS
	 675 East H Street
	 Benicia, California  94510
	 (707) 745-2614

	 They make artistic glasses.
	 Working with Glass is hazardous just
	 working with the extreme heat needed to
	 mold the glass.  I saw their CORFU glassware
	 in a (what else) woman's magazine one day
	 and wrote to them because I was curious about
	 what they made.  I can't help it if the
	 laundromat near me ONLY has woman's magazines.


     EAST meets WEST

     The thing that most amazed me about the Los Angeles riots
     (from my tiny viewpoint via the media) was that I only heard
     about BLACKS & WHITES.  I heard very little else.

     This struck me as very STRANGE.  Since I know that there is
     a large LATINO community in Los Angeles (L.A.) and I heard
     nothing about what they thought of the problems in L.A.
     This would LEAD ME to believe that the LATINOs are perfectly
     happy with their lives in L.A.   Are they?
     My guess is the area where the Latinos live in L.A.
     is isolated like a castle.  I've never been thre so I don't
     know.  But I've been to Worcester, MA.  What's weird is
     I can't receive a Latino station at all on the FM band
     where I lived.  But I can hear a couple on the AM band.
     I never really thought about why.  When I got near Worcester
     I had no problem receiving an FM broadcast of one.  But as soon
     as I got just a couple of miles from Worcester it was like
     somebody was jamming the station.  I couldn't believe how
     rapidly the signal dropped down.  SAD.  No wonder I couldn't
     receive SOUPY SALES!  That's not the only Latino signal being
     jammed.  There are ZERO spanish or portugese books or audiotapes
     just a short distance from Worcester.  I would imagine that
     if my country blocks information to the Latinos AND from the
     Latinos, I don't think it generates good will.  If I were in
     that situation and JOBS were blocked and music and ....
     pretty soon I think you might see some people get BURNing MAD.
     Wasn't there riots in L.A. during World War II ???
     One thing I noticed about L.A. was the MINIMAL discussion
     with Latinos.  I'd guess that information was being blocked
     from me.  But I already knew that.  This place is a joke.
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     If you're looking for GREAT GUACAMOLE!
     you can find exactly that in your produce section.
     All that's missing is an AVOCADO.
     It's made in Los Angeles, California by Prepco.
     It says its MILD but, it does have Jalapeno pepper in it.

     Also in the produce section is
     MILLIE'S Mixed Vegetables for Soups, Casseroles,
     meat pies, pot roast and meat loaf.
     From Westfield Foods, in Smithfield, Rhode Island  02917


     And finally, if you like SPICY things, you might like this.
     First, buy a jar of:
     MOTHER's PRIZE OLD FASHIONED
     HOT RED PEPPER RELISH
     made by J. Coutts & Sons  
	     Boxborough, MA   01719

     Pick up one of your favorite crackers:
	 I like MILK LUNCH New England Biscuits
	     by M.C. Cookie Co      (that's what it says
		810 - 81st Avenue      ... I kid you NOT.)
		Oakland, CA 94621

     Now on top of that cracker put some cream cheese
     and top that with a little spoonful of the HOT RELISH.
     What do you think?  I told you it was good.

     If you can't find that relish you could also try
     S.S. Pierce's FANCY PEPPER RELISH.  And speaking of
     peppers.  Is a PIMENTO a PEPPER???
     I've used DAPHNE's SWEET RED PIMENTO's with steaks
     and they're excellent.  They're from SPAIN.
     Distributed by:
      HARTOG TRADING CORPORATION
      15th floor  20 East 46th Street
      New York, NY 10017
      I also received a can of Spanish Artichoke Hearts
      from a friend (PASTENE).

     If you're looking for a Cookbook with Wall to Wall
     Mexican recipes check out:
     Better Homes & Gardens 
     MEXICAN COOKBOOK
     (Meredith Corporation; Des Moines, Iowa; 1977)


     If you're looking for a Cookbook with a bunch of
     international recipes. You might want to look at
     the Betty Crocker's Cookbook
	(Golden Press; 1983)

     And here's an interesting recipe:

     SOUTHWEST TUNA SALAD
     --------------------
      1 can 12.5 oz Star Kist Tuna            Dash of SALT
      2 medium tomatoes chopped               Dash of PEPPER
      1 medium Avocado - peeled               Dairy SOUR CREAM
        & chopped into chunks                 Tortilla CHIPS
    1/2 cup sliced green onions               1/4 cup vegetable oil
    1/4 cup chopped cilantro                  Lettuce cups
    1/4 cup Heinz Distilled White VINEGAR

    In a large bowl, lightly combine first 5 ingredients.
    For dressing, combine vinegar, oil, salt & pepper in jar;
    cover & shake vigorously.  Pour dressing over TUNA mixture;
    toss gently to coat.  Spoon salad into lettuce cups;
    top with dollop of sour cream.  Serve salad with Tortilla
    chips.  Garnish with avocado slices.
    Makes 4 servings.

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				   Pucker Up
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       KEY LIME PIE
       ------------
       with sauce

         4 eggs, separated
        14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
       1/2 cup Key Lime juice (fresh ONLY)
       1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

       BEAT egg yolks on high speed until foamy & light
       in color.
       TURN off mixer and ADD condensed milk.
       While mixing on slow speed, ADD half the lime juice
       then cream of tartar, then remaining lime juice.
       Mix until blended.  Ladle into frozen crust and
       BAKE at 325 degrees F until set,
       about 10 - 15 minutes, or until center is firm and dry to
       the touch.  Let pie set in freezer at least 3 hours
       before topping with meringue.

       MERINGUE:
       Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
       Heat egg whites in a double boiler with 4 tsps of sugar.
       Stirring FREQUENTLY, to 110 degrees F.  Beat on high
       speed until peaks form.  Top the frozen pie, forming
       peaks.  Brown peaks in oven and return
       to freezer until serving.

       THE SAUCE:

       3 limes
       1 lemon
       3 cups of water
   pinch of baking soda
       5 cups of sugar
      14 oz canned (frozen) lime juice
     1/4 cup water

     One day ahead, wash fruit and chop coarsely.  Place all
     fruit and its juice in a bowl with water & baking soda.
     Refrigerate overnight.
     Next day, transfer to heavy pot & simmer, stirring
     occasionally, until peel is soft enough to disintegrate
     when squeezed between fingers (about 1 hour).  Add
     sugar and stir until dissolved.
     Bring quickly to a boil.  Keep at a steady, rolling boil
     for 15 minutes.  Test for doneness by putting a
     spoonful on a cold plate.  It should form a soft jelly.
     (IF necessary, boil up to an additional 10 minutes.)
     Remove from heat.  Pour in lime juice & water and
     stir well.  Press mix thru strainer with spoon to
     extract all liquid.  Discard peel.  Cool.
     After chilling, check for lumps & strain again
     if necessary.

     - from the PIER HOUSE
		Key West, Florida

     as reported in the Wednesday 21 February 1990 issue of
     THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

     It says you can also order KEY LIMES
     thru the mail from:

     FLORIBBEAN
     Miami International Culinary Center
     5430 Sunset Drive
     Miami, Florida 33143

     KEY WEST LIME JUICE FACTORY
     14258 South West 139th Ct,
     Miami, Florida 33186

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     Now that you've eaten it's time to catch a few Z Z Zs.

     Did you ever try sleeping in a Hammock?

     The Mayan Indians of Central America invented the hammock
     many moons ago.

     One company I know that makes hammocks is LYON HAMMOCKS.
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     If you've never had Spanish food I suggest trying:

     TAPAS restaurant
     2067 Mass Ave
     Cambridge, MA

     TAPAS serves tapas.  Tapas are small dishes of food
     that are both un-cooked & cooked in the Spanish style.
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