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     / ==================== / thu.aug.20010802 / ==================== /
     Re the coming EPA Hudson River despoilment :
     Christie Whitman and the Bush administration simply capituated to the
     BAD  meaning dangerous to life  non science of the EPA aparatcik to politially balance
     the equally insane , but more damaging to human welfare ,
     forbidding of development of even an almost invisibly insignificant
     outpost in our arctic tundra and a line leading to it .
    /1226/ Arrogant illogic from Cuba : 
     Food cannot be subjected to the savage laws of the market 
    18-20/ 560  Agora , 584 Bwdy  Argal  Monsurat Gal
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    -5/  Internet World  Jacob Javits .
         / ==================== / sun.aug.20010812 / ==================== / 
    19/  Manhattan Libertarians  NYC School teacher disgusted with results
     of the state monopoly on education .
    All too unedited  Notes 
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    /1700/ COVD : Covad web conf . bankruptcy , reparations
     87 M up .22 in q , | 158.7 tot 2000 . 27 of 50 mkts cash pos .
     expect 13 more regions cash contributing . eliminated loss from
     "Blue Star" .  self installation growing .
     restructuring bond debt .
     preferred eq + .19$ on debt . equiv .15 of common shares or 33M
     shares .  .55 of bond holders have signed . w need add 200M$
     to reach cash flow pos . feel confident cf pos by eo 2003 .
     Decreased comp . prices have increased . voice over dsl added feature 2x .
    
     / ==================== / tue.aug.20010821 / ==================== / 
    1300/ Kenny Kramer and Libertarian running mates deliver Ballot access
     petitions to NYC Board Of Elections East Gate , City Hall .
    
    Henry Stern , Parks commissioner : " Gold Water : au eau "
         / ==================== / fri.aug.20010824 / ==================== / 
    EPA regional air visability hearings under Lydia Wegmann
     . Guy who moved from western NYS to Smokey
     mountains very unconvincing that haze and ozone there not natural . The levels
    of ozone are higher in the forests than in urban areas . No serious discussion
    of the science , just a lot feel bad anacdotes . Appaachian Mountain Club says
    link with SO2 from old power plants . Also , over and over they say things have
    gotten much worse during Clinton and Gore's watch ( " the last 10 years " ) .
    The vagness and lack of serious detail , and therefore redundancy in the
    testimony makes them embarassingly contentless .  The industry side people ,
    as usual are impressively more specific and quant .
         / ==================== / mon.aug.20010827 / ==================== / 
    Hungarian : Dif between US & USSR constitution ,
     both proclaim Freedom of speech , US ensures Freedom after speech .
     FT :   Tokyo turns rooftops green to beat the heat  
     Japanese authorities have come up with an unusual solution to cool the city,
     which could hit temperatures of 43°C in 30 years time: they are ordering
    companies to start planting trees and bushes on the top of their buildings.. 
     Heat islands are real , but is Government force needed ? 
         / ==================== / tue.aug.20010828 / ==================== / 
    NY1 : 15 cops arrested so far this year for DWI .  
     Were their cars confiscated ? 
    
         / ==================== / tue.sep.20010904 / ==================== / 
    12:30-14/  Fully Informed Jury Rights Day  leafleting , 100 Centre St .
     NYS Supreme Court .  Since  William Penn in Engand .
     / ==================== / wed.sep.20010905 / ==================== / 
    18-20| Lyndal Walker .  Modern Culture  At The Gershwin Hotel , 3 E 27
    
     / ==================== / thu.sep.20010906 / ==================== /
    18-20/ 529 W 20 :  Kim Foster   Cristinerose 
    19/ Libertarian Junto , NYAS 2 E 63 . Victor Niederhoffer : Cost of FDA delays
     and how to profit from them. .
     / ==================== / sat.sep.20010908 / ==================== / 
    17-20/ 529 E 20 . Gang
    18-20/ 31 Mercer .  Ronald Feldman 
     / ==================== / mon.sep.20010910 / ==================== / 
    18-20/ BITS, BYTES & BAR , A Monthly Technology Networking Party :
     Hosted by  Starpoint  ,Engineering Digital Innovation .
     @ Starpoint , 115 Broadway, 20th Floor
     RSVP  with
     Name: , Company Name: , Company Address: , Title: , E-mail: , Phone:
     / ==================== / tue.sep.20010911 / ==================== / 
    /0637/  Up early for meeting  8-10 @ 55 Broad , Fl 4 :
      NY Econ Devel . "Will Consumers Ever Pay for [ web ] Content?" .
    
    World War 3 Prime Lesson Scramble fighter escorts
    for any commercial flight
    deviating from its flight plan
    / ==================== / thu.sep.20010913 / ==================== / DNH : 10-18/ New Economy B-B Exchange . NYC Mayor Giuliani's Office, Downtown Alliance 100 exhibiting companies . South Street Seaport, Wall Street, NYC (Rain Date Friday,September 14th) contact: Laura Sabia MarketMatch Inc. 718.237.4485 Laura@marketmatchnyc.com / ==================== / wed.sep.20010919 / ==================== / One phone line working . Back on web . / ==================== / thu.sep.20010920 / ==================== / 0745- 14/ Equities Magazine Discovery Day 9 , Grand Hyatt NYC See Equities website for audio webcast . Bob Flaherty : had meeting on Mon 0900 @ 43 WTC 1 , rescheduled from Tue because of a flight Wed . People he was meeting are ok . /0805/ Ray Dirks : born `34 , Hinsdale IL , early memories s of Invasion of Poland . Japanese sub actually struck West coast . Never learned in school . / PIHC : Pioneer Behavioral Health Bruce Sherrer : price/e 1.5 . in busn since `76 . : alcoholism , stress , etc . in Public Health 7 years . grief counseling . Hospitals : UT VA MI . Combine School , workplace volence . utilisation .35 > last yr . Negotiated benefits continued on fired regulated and unionized workers , Government support for increased rates . easier for employees to get certifited . Long term relationships with Union Pacific , CSX , NV Casinos - employee conflicts . Clinical pharmaceutical research trials . Best source documentation of any site in study . 300k rev last yr , detroit . growing rapidly . ( `item ; `y00 `y99 `rev ; 6.214 5.98 `ebitda ; 1.6 .486 `net ; .366 -.744 ) `unit ; 1e6 `$ Handle crisis numbers and help lines . Industry demorphed . have capacity problems . Are the leader in Behavioral Health care . NEXT going public . /0842/ ?s / Occupancy rates , adding re WTC ? Have open 800 crisis line to railroad , etc employees who have been thru particular experiences . 10e6 shares . /0852/ momentary thought of last weeks meeting / Reliant Interactive Media . (otcbb:rimc) aiming at 500 from 100 , expecting 150 this year , up > 20 time already . Mel Arthur Started w praise from FL for us in NY getting back to business . & Don Sutton bundled home PC Informercial . Been in Direct response TV . Clone language translated infomercial . Quantum Media Kevin & Tim . instantaious phone call feedback from millions out there . Learned how to sell and what will sell . 100M$ w 1.6M net in first year . Have had 3 take over offers . Outsource everything . 25 - 30 people . if don't have to own , don`t . Virtual neighborhoods - buy media time in eg : Peoria . Developed web busn . internet is department store the size of Montana . Never say go to web . only list URL under phone # . Flavor wave oven . Ordering more . When mkt thru eg Kmart , have created brand 70 countries . Put up letter of credit before ship . Accepts applause from clapping in nextdoor room . AMD , Lexmark , responder names worth $1 each . mkt cap ~ 10M$ used no slides , just opening sample video . Met Ray Dirks , met head of net work wanted to buy . after due dil , decided offer not close to potential . Jewish Mother : " O you got a public company - who`s going to buy your company ? " . none of insiders have ever sold a share . Long standing relationship w QVC . cryogenically cycling golf club heads to restructure metal . clubs & balls franchise . knives cryogenically freezing chicken for flavorwave ad . financing media and production : got much better credit line rate now . One out of 30 infomercials produced make it . 1 % 8 out of better companies . did 3.2M$ in 28 minutes on on bare table set on QVC . still a record . If have good product and good story . 22 of last 40 produced worked . ?s : BF : meet AMEX criteria ? missing only stock price . 11.2M tot shares . float sufficient for liquidity ? ~ 4 . Used to sell Honeywell mainframes . SystemX supplies . cycle of on order , coming thru customs , shipping . Options @ 2.5 thru 7 . expect to excercise . WTC ? when prempted , shop closed , no media costs . weak mkt media costs go down . get despondency buying . Hindusu Indian media company - planet-eShop . involved in finding and sourcing product . Kevin : ceo & founder . /1013/ George Hebert , Castle Online . .15$ . was doing 2000 tickets % day , now 150 . retail office @ 29 John St . JB Oxford clearing lost equip relocate to Freeport LI . Hit w virus intuesday . 1.1M$ part of settlement from Nasdaq . Bought .06 of Wall St mentors : Teach Me to trade . $1000 to $3000 courses . Mitch Menik : Castle-ipo set up for business . trading at book . Wall St Mentors : teaching 100 % wk , increasingly hi net worth . Joe Donahue : grads making 4.3 trades % wk . Alan Stone : looking for acq retail broker ? all have seen are gushing red ink . /1046/ Command Securities since 21 . Stayed out of domestic airports because not min wage provider . Just took 2.5M$ AA contract from co that has been now been breached . Supplied underware , detergent . thru security network - laundry . thank god for cellular phones . more sophisticated requests . 3000 security officers . 6.3M shares out . fire sale value 3.5 mo earnings 70 * 3.5 % 12 />/ 20.4 / Polygram Woodstock , huge security force , 0 lawsuits . domestic competitor ITS just went bankrupt . Fliesher from Pinkerton - got to instill business attitude in security employees . /1113/ ?s BF : how can security be improved ? no 4" blades . don't think Fed will take over screening . Fashionable to work in airport . do reasonably good job . Federal monitors looking over private screeners like big corps have very hi test prob pass ratios 8-9 $ % HR vs 5.15 like being a radiologist - get good at detecting Female excellent at details . /1253/ MOGN ; MGI Pharma : tele from MN . balanced Oncology portfolio . refractory pancriatic cancer phase 3 . Phase 1 max tolerated dose . 2 efficacy at max dose . 3 large scale . Irofulven vs Lilly Gemzar ( $562M mkt ) . If fail ( 29200 28900 ; cases , deaths ) 2001 10 % 53 Gemzar-failed patients survived > 6mo . / 1999 refactory/recurrent ovarian cancer - .4 mortality . Prostate Salagen 30M$ % yr salivary gland stimulent . ( `yr ; 1996 + ! 5 `rev ; 8.8 12.6 17 24.7 25 ) /2258/ Comedy Central Daily show : Jon Steward profound . / ==================== / fri.sep.20010921 / ==================== /
     
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    Monday 12:45 Con Ed got power back here at 42 Peck Slip
     with cable that evening .
    Tuesday did laundry , chatted with Richard McGorty as he
     delivered our backed up mail .
    Wednesday morning my computer phone line line was live
     but connection uselessly unreliable until evening when I
     scanned my accumulated 250 non-news e-mails .
    
     I planned to get to get this out first thing
    Thursday morning but in my snmail was an invitation to
     Bob Flaherty's  http://www.EquitiesMagazine.com
      Small Cap morning at the Grand Hyatt .
     I had to go particularly because for the first time in years
      I'm armed with 2500 real business cards ( The image of the
       http://CoSy.com  cover page ) included in a run by my
      friend Frank Black of  http://PostCard500.com ( 77 Fulton )
      a couple of weeks ago .
    When the express came into City Hall station , full --
     as usual ; I may have actually  sighed with relief .
    When the luncheon ended up full , with some very pertinent
     and interesting companies ( see my notes at
      http://cosy.com/current.htm#ThisWeek . The presentations
      are available at the Equities website )
     the return to normalcy was palpably reassuring .
    
    /2019/ I'll finish this ( and deal with my accounts )
     in the morning I'm because in my mail is an interesting
    invite to  The Time is Always Now  at 476 Broome .
    
    It looks to me that New York is back to work
     with a vengeance .
    
    
    See  http://CoSy.com/y01/d0911.htm  for my observations ,
     diary , and a couple of images of life around here after
     last week's World War 3 .
    Prime Lesson : Scramble fighter escorts for any commercial
     flight deviating from its flight plan .
    
    -- Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864
            K.CoSy Rapid Quantitative Modeling
                 language and consulting   
    / ==================== / sat.sep.20010922 / ==================== / The family of John Perry will be holding a celebration of his life at 11 am this Saturday September 22 at the Norman Seigel Headquarters, 140 West 72nd St.between Columbus and Broadway, New York, N.Y. John was filing retirement papers at police headquarters downtown when the first plane struck the World Trade Towers. He and the captain on duty rushed to the scene to help evacuate people. The building was dark, and John and the captain were leading people out by having them follow the sound of their voices. When the building bagan to collapse, the captain warned John to evacuate, but John insisted on staying as long as there were people still inside. The captain barely got out in time and saw John disappear into the dust as the building fell. John was a great humanitarian, a dedicated libertarian, and a rare human being. He will be missed. / ==================== / wed.oct.20011003 / ==================== / 19-21/ Jak Karoka Libertarian for City Council , Marmara Manhattan's rooftop , 301 East 94th Street, corner of 2nd Avenue dance performances , appetizers , drinks , (no cover - donations appreciated) / ==================== / thu.oct.20011004 / ==================== / 18-20/ Emily Harvey Gal , 537 Bwy : Ay-O : Rainbow Mandala 18-24/ Max Fish 176 Ludlow : LES artists react to 010911 19/ NYC Junto , Liederkranz Club, 6 E 87 : John Perry is remembered ----------------------------------- John Perry, a Bronx police officer, was handing in his retirement papers at Police Headquarters in Manhattan when the first plane hit. He rushed to WTC to help with the evacuation. He was a very active member of Junto and frequently spoke at the meetings. There was a memorial for John Perry at Norman Siegel's office in Manhattan. It was attended by his family, co-workers and friends. Fox, UPN and the NY Post covered the event. Victor and Laurel dedicated their article to him. It can be found at http://moneycentral.msn.com/invest/insight/homeauth.asp?a=3&d=138 During the Tribute To Heroes TV fundraiser on Sept 21, George Clooney told the tale of John Perry. This TV fundraiser was covered by all major networks and many of the cable stations / ==================== / sat.oct.20011006 / ==================== / 13-15/ 215 W 57 : Art Student League & Modern Painters & Sculptors , Myron Heise 18-20/ Gang Gal , 529 W 20 Fl4 : Ga Hae Park : Music Drawings / ==================== / tue.oct.20011009 / ==================== / 16/ The Fourth Annual Lynford Lecture CoSy Notes Dr. Alan Kay - Pioneer of the Modern Personal Computer Topic: The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet! Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing Polytechnic University Dibner Auditorium Five MetroTech Center Brooklyn, NY. RSVP by Oct 4, 2001. Tel: 718.260.4016 or E-mail: mscalia@poly.edu / ==================== / wed.oct.20011010 / ==================== / 12/ Sherry Cooper BMO Nesbitt Burns Chief Economist & Strategist Harris Nesbitt . Book : Riding the Wave : Taking Control in a Turbulent Finacial Age . 21 Club 21 W 52 . GDP down then up next year strong rebound bottom 02q0 . ... CoSy Notes
      I happened sit at the table where a lot of her friends and Sherry sat . I mentioned my concern about government exploding costs hiring the layed off portion of the population to check the IDs of everybody else - gumming the arteries of commerce - potentially enormous distibuted cost . To paraphrase FDR , who I think should have said " We have nothing to fear except Roosevelt himself " , we do now have most to fear from the reaction to fear itself .
    / ==================== / thu.oct.20011011 / ==================== / Added link on d0911 to email from david_keene@conservative.org confirming my comments : No Surprise ... And , please everyone out there , the pressing needs of NYC at this time do not include more checkpoint personnel . Neither does your town . That is not what failed . See also : No Surprise /1425/ Ch74 : some people will have voted 4 times for the same candidate by the end of the NYC election process : / ==================== / sat.oct.20011013 / ==================== / /12:22/ Looks like they've finally opened up the FDR southward of Brooklyn Bridge to general traffic . Happy whishes . 11-18/ New Gallery : Bwy @ 151 18-20/ Kim Foster Gal , 529 W 20 : Phantasmagoria Feldman Gal 31 Mercer : Nancy Chunn / ==================== / sun.oct.20011014 / ==================== / Updating CoSy / out to get groceries @ Pathmark under Manhattan Bridge / Portable phone units ( 3 min free ) still around Rutgers & Henry , LLES Fish Market Reopening - Semis line up waiting ! / ==================== / mon.oct.20011015 / ==================== / /11:32/ CSPAN CharlesKrauthammer : Israel did make incredible concessions to PA for peace a year ago , not responded to . When did Sharon get elected ? Clinton was asleep . Pearl Harbor happened more than once on his watch . To cleanse Meca and Medina of the infidels is the Extremists grail . Kenya & Tanzania happened on anniversery of American troops in Saudi Arabia . LPNY Discussion between myself and fellow Libertarian , but Zionist , Zev Sero who flew over to Chevron Israel shortly after the 11th . The series of emails includes excerpts from the Mitchell Report which is current US policy . / ==================== / tue.oct.20011016 / ==================== / 18-20/ 4th St Foto Gal . 67 E 4th St : Hayashi Yoshifumi : Shells & Flowers . / ==================== / wed.oct.20011017 / ==================== / -19/ Ken Iverson`s J language Conference , 1 WTC . cancelled 12-19/ Emerging Equities Expo Crown Plaza , 1605 Broadway @ 49 / ==================== / thu.oct.20011018 / ==================== / 19-2130/ Queens Libertarians @ Bohemian Hall ( 29-19 24 Av , Astoria ) Ralph Rubinek : Gun Rights and Liberty : History and Current Events /19:21/ Kenny Kramer : Libertarian most in history : whole slate of Liber Levers which can be pulled . Have had International split on Brazil , Australia , Canada ... CoSyNotes  unedited / ==================== / sun.oct.20011021 / ==================== / 15/ Candidate Forum , Lenox Hill Neighborhood House 331 E 70 St 1st << 2nd Jim Lesczynski "Getting Government Out of Our Way" . All of the candidates for New York City Council Districts 4 and 5 will be there. We need a Libertarian cheering section for me and Jak Karako, the Libertarian candidate for Council District 4. / ==================== / mon.oct.20011022 / ==================== / /0913/ FOxNews : Neil Kavuto : Shimon Peres great : " who needs this killer , Ben Laden , to speak for them . " but still no restraint on the part of Israel's side . The body count in the most recent retaliation is more than 30 to 1 / ==================== / tue.oct.20011023 / ==================== / -25/ Financial Technology Conference & Expo Javits . Online backup now ~ $ 30 * GigaByte % Month / ==================== / wed.oct.20011024 / ==================== / /0920/ CNBC : WSJ : DoD nixes General Dynamics , Newport News merger for anti-trust reasons despite admitted efficiencies which would accrue . This is a case , tho where the DoD is the monopoly buyer of the product : submarines .
    K.CoSy Edition 1 ( origin 0 ) Now Availible !
    See Edition01 for full anouncement .
    18-1930/ Federalist Society @ NYC Cornell Club , 6 E 44 : The Microsoft antitrust case .
    CoSyNotes Robert A. Levy, Senior Fellow , Constitutional Studies at Cato Wall Street Journal's John Fund Kenneth W. Starr Kevin Arquit, former dir Bureau of Competition @ FTC , RSVP : Dean Reuter , Federalist Society , WDC . 202-822-8138. cklein@cato.org / ==================== / thu.oct.20011025 / ==================== / 18-19:30/ NY Academy of Science : Inflationary Cosmology and the Accelerating Universe Origins: Life, Evolution, and Our Place in the Cosmos Alan Guth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The hot big bang model describes the evolution of our universe, but it does not describe the "bang" itself. It does not attempt to explain how the universe came to be so uniform, or why it began so extraordinarily close to the critical density. Guth will argue that the inflationary universe model provides plausible answers to the questions, and even offers a possible explanation for the origin of essentially all the matter and energy in the observed universe. Recent observations of distant supernovae and the cosmic microwave background radiation strongly suggest that the universe has a critical density of energy, and that its expansion is accelerating. These observations have radically altered our picture of the universe, but have also helped to confirm the basic predictions of inflationary models. With the M.I.T. Alumni Club. Reception at 6:00 pm. Limited seating; $25 fee; Contact: Registration required. CoSyNotes / ==================== / wed.oct.20011031 / ==================== / 20/ Halloween on the Hudson 2 FRYING PAN and PIER 63 a sunken ship, a heated tent, 2 djs & costumed crowd , andrea, clare & marybeth FRYING PAN and PIER 63 , 23rd street and the west side highway behind basketball city one pier north of chelsea piers on Halloween - Wednesday, October 31st Proceeds to benefit the September 11th Fund $10 minimum donation gets you in doors open 8PM - Get there early to beat the parade crowd! Cash Bar , Over 21 to enter. ID required. , Healstrobe Rehab . DRESS IN YOUR HALLOWEEN BEST! Info / ==================== / thu.nov.20011101 / ==================== / 18-20/ Modern Culture At The Gershwin Hotel : "This Is the Modern World," paintings, photographs, and installation and video works by Art Club 2000, 1900/ Libertarian Junto , Liederkranz Club, 6 E 87 : Tyler Cowen Author of "In Praise Of Commercial Culture" and "What Price Fame" Topic : "Culture and Capitalism" Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University and is General Director of both the James Buchanan Center and the Mercatus Center. He edited the volume Public Goods and Market Failures, and wrote Explorations in the New Monetary Economics with Randall Kroszner. He recently published the book In Praise of Commercial Culture on the economics of music and the arts and is currently working on the economics of multiculturalism. Dr. Cowen received his Ph.D in economics from Harvard University. George Mason Bio , Personal Home Page / ==================== / fri.nov.20011102 / ==================== / 18-20/ 529 W 20 ; Cristinerose WW3 , going on now , is most profoundly between Religion : the belief in ultimate truths being revealed in ancient texts , and Science : the belief in the continuing uncovering of ever greater understanding of our existance thru use of our unique organs of thought , our brains . The criminally insane Bin Ladin , now spouting patent jiberish that this is a war of Christianity - including in the conspiracy everyone from Kofi Annan to all the leaders of Islamic countries - against Islam , is really splitting the Moslem world into the modernists , eg , Benazir Bhuto , the Hillary Clinton of Pakistan , and the Kozinsky-like Luddites . Financial Times Editorial comment: Terrorist funds Tracking down the funds used to finance terrorism is like searching for a needle in a haystack... US officials have estimated that staging the September 11 attacks cost less than $500,000 (£345,000) - in a world where some $1,500bn flows through foreign exchange markets daily. When the leaders of the hijackers opened a US bank account, they are reported to have transferred in $100,000 from the Gulf - an amount unlikely to have occasioned a suspicious transaction report to the authorities. The rest of the gang opened accounts with cash or travellers' cheques. / ==================== / sat.nov.20011103 / ==================== / 14-2130/ DiasporA NoW Island art , 80 St Nicholas Place #1B . / ==================== / sun.nov.20011104 / ==================== / -7 / APL2000 User Conference nAPLes FL New @ CoSy/language : 99 Bottles of Beer in 227 computer languages . ( Thanks to Carl Distefano , XyWriter . ) The algorithm , while much more illuminating than "Hello World" , is still far too simple to differentiate deeper structural aspects ... 14-2130/ DiasporA NoW Island art , 80 St Nicholas Place #1B . / ==================== / tue.nov.20011106 / ==================== / 21-/ kenny kramer Election Night Invite Join me, and several of my Libertarian Party running mates, to watch the election returns on a large screen TV beginning at 9PM at The Manhattan Chili Co. Located next to The David Letterman Theater, 1697 Broadway (bet 53rd And 54th Street). Great salads/Tex Mex food full bar featuring great Margueritas all moderately priced. No cover charge, no minimum. In the Unlikely event that it becomes necessary for me to make a concession speech it would mean a lot to have you there so that I can personally thank you for your support. Bring a friend.... Guaranteed a great time!!! See You there! Kenny Kramer / ==================== / wed.nov.20011107 / ==================== / -8/ 24th Paulson  & Westergaard Small Cap Conference Waldorf Astoria CoSy Notes / ==================== / thu.nov.20011108 / ==================== / 10-12 , 14-16/ Pinnacle real time video editing . B&H NYC . / ==================== / sat.nov.20011110 / ==================== / 10/ CELEBRATE THE EXUBERANT LIFE OF JOHN WILLIAM PERRY FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH , 12 W 12 St . GATHERING: 10:00am TO 11:00am SERVICE: 11:00am LUNCH AND MORE REMINISCENCES: 12:30pm IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE SERVICE OR THE LUNCH, PLEASE CALL PAT or JIM PERRY AT 516 221-9043 or JOEL PERRY AT 516 221-7367
  • Pictures and rememberence from Joe Quinn , Selfco / ==================== / tue.nov.20011113 / ==================== / MSNBC /0911/ : End of WW3 : Taliban fleeing Kabul ; Population cheers !
  • Sounds like torque from ingesting birds may have wrenched engines from Airbus 300 taking off from JFK .
  • Liberty : Re USA PATRIOT act aka : Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism . Libertarian Ron Paul ( rR-TX) : : I thought it was undermining the Constitution, so I didn't vote for it — and therefore I'm somehow not a patriot. That's insulting. C.L. "Butch" Otter (R-Idaho), another of the three GOP lawmakers who found the legislation unconstitutional, says he knew this provision would be a problem. "Section 215 authorizes the FBI to acquire any business records whatsoever by order of a secret U.S. court. The recipient of such a search order is forbidden from telling any person that he has received such a request. This is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property." The only independent Marxist in the House, Rep. Bernie Sanders from Vermont, couldn't support the bill for similar reasons: I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that voting for this legislation fundamentally violates that oath. 18-20/ BITS, BYTES & BAR , Downtown Teky Neting : KickStart 1 West Street, # 100 ( aka 17 Battery Place . 4/5 to Bowling Green, walk south to Battery Place and west to West St. RSVP / ==================== / wed.nov.20011114 / ==================== / 19-21/ Manhattan Libertarians "Champions" , 300 W 43 , Fl 3 @ 8th Ave Agenda: Election results & analyses , Candidates sharing experiences Discussion: What is next? Strategy Proposals / ==================== / sat.nov.20011117 / ==================== / 18-20/ 529 W 20 Kim Foster 31 Mercer . Ronald Feldman : Rico Gatson / ==================== / tue.nov.20011120 / ==================== / 18-21/ Stefan Eins Curates Colab @ Scott Pfaffman Gallery ; 35 E 1st St ( 1 < < 2 Av ) / ==================== / thu.nov.20011129 / ==================== / 18-20/ Richard Kostelonetz @ Kitchen , 18-20/ Katherine Bernhardt @ Team Gallery , 527 W 26th St ground floor & then 19-21/ Modern Culture At the Gershwin , 3 E 27th St / ==================== / fri.nov.20011130 / ==================== / 1923/ CHARAS , EL BOHIO , 605 E 9TH STREET : A group show on the full moon / ==================== / mon.dec.20011203 / ==================== / From: Bob Armstrong Mon, 3 Dec 2001 12:29:00 -0500 To: CoSy-NoteComputing
     
    CoSy-NoteComputing Newsletter @ 0112  /               Y K ?   0 : STRUCTURE
    
    Why have I moved from ancient flat APL , skipping the great modern nested APLs ,
    all the way to the youngest , most independently minded evolute of this language
    family ? What are differences , the pros and cons of K versus other APLs and Ken
    Iverson's own evolute J ?
    
    The first part of the answer , a discussion of and introduction to the structure
    of  K , is now available at   http://cosy.com/K/CoSy/Y_K.htm  .
    A number of screens images of  K.CoSy  illuminate the concepts presented .
    
    I have now been working with  Kdb  co-resident with  K.CoSy  .  No problems .
    Having Kdb ambient , I can look at its 671 objects with 595 unique names
    " from the side " , if you if you will , and hope to avoid a lot of redundant
    work , and maximize compatibility . For instance , I have started using
    Kdb's  .d.ds  and  .d.sd  to convert timestamps to and from Kdb's format .
    ( Kdb's time handling functions are what I most covet . I know there's a lot
     of brilliant experience there . )
    
    So far , I have worked thru sequences to export dictionaries from  K.CoSy
    in the form of  .kdb  database files , and vise versa .
    I have been reminded of the virtues and limitations of the relational model ,
    ordered or not , which I have not dealt with since rewriting Xerox's WW
    forecasting system when I first came east back in 1980 .
    While it provides a useful discipline , it far more limited than  K's  natural
    hierarchical structure , made ambient by  K.CoSy .
    
    Life is getting more back to normal here at Peck Slip , tho I'm worried
    Con Ed may have designs on the wall holding their Haas tromp l'oeil mural of
    the Brooklyn Bridge which has graced my view all these years . I've uploaded
    a picture of what's happening to   http://cosy.com/home.htm  .
    
    Til next time ,  Hoping happy holidays  for all .
    
    -- Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864
         K.CoSy Rapid Quantitative Modeling
            language and consulting
      ( Edition 1 ( origin 0 ) now available )
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    / ==================== / wed.dec.20011205 / ==================== / 0830-1000/ Downtown Alliance 120 Bwy, #3340 : Nigel Edelshain : Selling Tek . / ==================== / thu.dec.20011206 / ==================== / 17-20/ ARTISTS AT WATERSIDE WINTER SHOW 2001 , PLAZA ROOM , 15 WATERSIDE PLAZA , FDR DRIVE AT 25th St . ALSO OPEN FRI DEC 7, 5-8 PM , SAT,SUN DEC 8 , 12-5 PM SUSAN ROBINS AND JOHN SPOERRI / ==================== / mon.dec.20011210 / ==================== / Here's an e-mail I just sent the webmaster at http://www.pna.gov.ps , the Palestinian National Authority :
      From: Bob Armstrong Subject: Thoughts from Downtown Manhattan Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:06:11 -0500 To: The ancient game of "Dead Birds" between the Jahwehs and the Allahs among all you Israelis and Palestinians seems to be entering sudden death overtime . For the sake of peace , Display your realities on your website . On the front page , display graphs of cumulative body counts for the two teams . Break out dead , wounded , and property destroyed . Let us around the world be able to see at a glance who's ahead - Allah's kamikazes or Jahweh's luftwaffe . Make your facts as graphic as you can . Have your talking heads name the website as the place to go for details and facts . Organize ASSERTIVE but painfully peaceful stands , ala Ghandi , King , and Mandela at any place where religion is claimed as the reason for a right . Have the cameras running . See if you can promote any cooperative events with Israelis who also are fed up with this crap . While I think Bin Laden's attack on the global gathering place in my neighborhood was motivated as much by a hatred of open and creative life in general , as by any specific perceived inequity , I feel one of the US's great errors is to have anything more than a business relationship with any country which rejects our own First Amendment . -- Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 http://CoSy.com/K/CoSy.htm : Rapid Quantitative Modeling http://CoSy.com/Homes : Building Affordable Homes in NYC 2001/12/08 13:07:37
    / ==================== / tue.dec.20011211 / ==================== / -13/ Internet World Fall 2001 Javits
     
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      Manhattan
     Community Board No. 1 
     Meeting with Con Ed
     about work on Peck Slip
     SubStation .
    
     Answering EMF concerns .
    
     Richard Haas mural
     across Peck Slip
     out my window
     will be restored
     A.G.A.N. .
    
      more .. 
    
     Preparing to make hole to install new switches . click for full size
    / ==================== / wed.dec.20011212 / ==================== / 18-20/ Y.Nagasaki Great Fotografer @ Tenri , 43A W 13 19-21/ Manhattan LP / ==================== / tue.dec.200111213 / ==================== / /1024/ Ch 74 : was 23Msqft lost . / ==================== / fri.dec.20011214 / ==================== / Junk Email : Over $230 Billion Dollars In Free Government Grant Money will be given away this year. -- From Rich Cooper : [LPNY DISCUSS] Fwd: [LITRT] [NYTRT] Fw: Table : Deaths due to Accidents , 1998 -- Harry Brown : Why are the Bill of Rights, open trials, the rule of law, and the traditional American rules of evidence important? more / ==================== / sat.dec.20011215 / ==================== / Bill of Rights Day ( since 1941 ) : THE BILL OF RIGHTS: First Ten Amendments to the Constitution 1. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, right to assemble peaceably, right to petition the government about grievances. 2. Right to keep and bear arms. 3. Do not have to quarter soldiers during peacetime. 4. No unreasonable searches and seizures. 5. Rights of the accused. 6. Right to a fair trial. 7. Right to a trial by jury in civil cases also. 8. No cruel and unusual punishments. 9. Unenumerated rights go to the people. 10. Reserves all powers not given to the national government to the states or the people. /1044 / From: Bob Armstrong Subject: You misrepresent the Libertarian Principle Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 10:38:56 -0500 To: Jonah Goldberg jonahemail@aol.com Re : Freedom Kills : John Walker, Andrew Sullivan, and the libertarian threat www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg121201.shtml
      
    Jonah ,
    
    Whether you are dumbing yourself down in order have a hook for
    your column , or whether you truly have failed to appreciate the
    " do no harm " clause of the Libertarian Principle , the straw
    man you create has no substance other than flammability .
    I guess maybe you know this , and that's why you coined
    " Cultural Libertarian " to fracture the Principle into an
    attackable fragment .
    
    The Libertarian philosophy imposes an absolute moral code :
     the non initiation of the use of force or fraud .
    
    But it is also very modest in its goals . In accordance with the
    US First Amendment thrust that , while sticks and stones may break
    bones , thoughts and words don't , our aspiration is simply ,
    to paraphrase  Jefferson  and  Mills , to provide a structure for
    the deterrence of violations of these principles .
    
    Obviously any one who acts on a philosophy that
     " ' There is one god and Mohammed is his messenger ' .
       Agree with me or I will kill both of us "
    violates the Principle .
    Your avoidance of the fact renders several paragraphs
    of your column vacuous .
    
    Finally , and this is me speaking about my religion , not
    Libertarian political philosophy , the quote in your last
    paragraph ,
    
    > Chesterton pointed out that when a man stops believing
    > in God, he won't believe in nothing, he'll believe in anything.
    
    is total twaddle .  Mainly rational and abstract understanding
    of the foundations of our existence , the greatest insights of
    the brightest and most driven minds over the centuries up to
    the current day , has replaced "faith" in one or another ancient
    tome as the ultimate revelation of truth for all time - no
    matter how nonsensical .
    
    The profundity and awesome beauty and inter-connectedness of
    humanity's mathematical ( demonstrably true ) understanding of
    this world we wake up in , is far beyond the subtilty and
    depth of any ancient creed .  But , it is real hard work
    "groking" - to use Heinlein's word , subjugating your mind to ,
    these universal forms .  It is humbling .
    
    Religion , replacing "search" with "faith" , particularly among
    the monotheists , has been used since before the Crusades to split
    "us" from "them" , the "chosen" from the "un-" .
    
    Don't try to dismiss me and all of us who look on with horror at
    these continuing God v God holocausts  as "believing anything" .
    
    Look in a mirror .
    
    -- Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864
    http://CoSy.com/K/CoSy.htm : Rapid Quantitative Modeling
    http://CoSy.com/Homes : Building Affordable Homes in NYC
                   2001/12/14 11:45:53
    
    / ========= / An aguished Moslem view from My High School alma mater : In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Dispenser of Grace The Culver Academies Memorial Chapel Service Sunday, 2 December 2001 Imam A. Rashied Omar sermon / ==================== / mon.dec.20011217 / ==================== / 19/ NEVADA SMITH'S , 74 3rd Av ( 11 < < 12 ) Live Music of George Harrison & Beatles ( With a few original songs performed in loving homage) Free #ThisWeek / ==================== / mon.dec.20011231 / ==================== / Kashmir background : Financial Times : Nuclear threat fails to dim allure of Kashmir

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