From: Starman Area: Night Side To: Charles Nemo 3 Apr 95 20:39:04 Subject: Re: All the good stuff... Rec'd UpdReq -=> Quoting Charles Nemo to Starman <=- CN> The best short summary I've seen in Mark Chao's essay "Defining CN> Chaos." It may be available in one of the file areas here, or if you CN> can disclose a snail mail location "down under," I'd be pleased to CN> send you a hard copy. Thanks Charles, that is very kind of you. Snail mail: Andrew Boyd 3 Dyring Place Chisholm ACT 2905 Australia Alan Duff's book "Once Were Warriors" may in fact not be published outside Australia/New Zealand at the moment. My copy has ISBN of 0 7022 2829 X. It is the story of a Maori (indigenous New Zealander) family and how they deal with alcaholism, incest, and a lot of violence. It is a very intense book, and there is a movie out now (here) which is just as good. Hopefully the movie and thence the book should be available soon where you are. Regards, Starman. ... My miracle is that I sleep when I am tired and eat when I am hungry.. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Albertus Magnus Area: Night Side To: All 4 Apr 95 09:12:34 Subject: Rot to death UpdReq Here's an interesting (if morbid) little story I saw on the AP wire... MOORE HAVEN, Fla. (AP) -- A woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for allowing her quadriplegic husband to die from decay. A judge recounted testimony from medical workers who described Scott Mickler's condition at his wife's trial: an over-powering stench as he lay in a bed covered with flesh and body wastes, gangrene so severe that his toes and heels were falling off. Cheryl Mickler was convicted Feb. 6 of abuse or neglect of a disabled adult. A quadriplegic since a 1978 car crash, her husband had won a 3.5 million dollar settlement and she ended up with 1.5 million after he died. "The defendant's conduct was both extraordinary and egregious," Circuit Judge Thomas Reese said when he imposed the maximum sentence allowed. ... The greatest giver of alms is cowardice. - Nietzsche 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718