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a few queries in this forwarded message might be of interest
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 09:06:11 -0500
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1993 13:18:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Daniel H. Forbush" <DFORBUSH () ccmail sunysb edu>
Subject: [RUSH] PN 105: Hantaan Virus/More on Tsunamis/Optical Fiber To: PROFNET: ; State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-0605 Dan Forbush Associate VP/ProfNet Sysop University Affairs 516-632-6308 07-Jun-1993 12:07pm EDT FROM: DFORBUSH TO: ProfNet Distribution ( _PROFNET () MAIL CC SUNYSB EDU ) Subject: [RUSH] PN 105: Hantaan Virus/More on Tsunamis/Optical Fiber 105TH PROFNET DISTRIBUTION June 7, 1993 MEDIA QUERIES---------------------- Hantaan Virus Optical Fiber TB and Healthcare Workers Technology Stories More on Tsunamis [RUSH] HANTAAN VIRUS: I am a reporter for Science Magazine. I'm writing a short news article about Hantaan virus, the suspected culprit in the Arizona-New Mexico deaths. Most of my sources on this are unavailable. Might ProfNet have other suggestions? My deadline, alas, is this evening--Monday, June 7. If any PIO's out there have hanta virus experts to suggestion, I'd appreciate a call ASAP to 202/326-6594 or a fax to 202/371-9227. Thanks for your help. Traci Watson OPTICAL FIBER: Eden Laiken, on the national desk at Newsday, needs experts on optical fiber who can: 1) describe the growth in miles of fiber laid thus far; the rate at which cable is now being laid and is likely to be laid as the "information superhighway" is built and other such ventures are taken; 3) the structure of optical fiber. This is chiefly for illustrations that will accompany a major story that probably will run in the paper's Discovery section. She needs leads no later than this Friday. Contact her in any of the following ways: by phone at home before 4 p.m. at 516/822-3357; by phone at the office after 4 p.m. at 516/843-2775; by fax at home at 516/822-5323; by fax at the office at 516/843-2873. TB AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS: Ames Alexander of the Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) is looking at the problem of TB in hospitals--dimension of the problem, preventive measures, testing of healthcare workers, etc. Also interested in healthcare workers who may have been exposed to TB. Needs leads by Wednesday or Thursday. Call at 908/922-6000 ext. 4353 or fax to 908/922-4818. TECHNOLOGY STORIES: My name is Jim Horne and I host and produce "Technovation", a syndicated Public Radio show on science and technology. Please let me know of anything new and/or different that you're up to in research, new inventions or products or... whatever. Phone-800-323-9262 Fax-518-432-0991 Address: 318 Central Ave Albany, NY, 12206 MORE ON TSUNAMIS: I'm getting some fax replies on this query that show promise... Was wondering if you can send a follow-up query with a little tighter focus as follows. I'd like to focus on the following specific areas: 1. Tsunami threat to the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii. 2. Tsunami warning systems as they exist today and plans for the future. I can reached as follows--preferred reply modes are E-Mail (Internet or CompuServe) and fax: Michael J. Mooney 140-10 Franklin Avenue (B44) Flushing, New York 11355-2620 CompuServe: 70372,2454 Internet: >INTERNET:70372.2454@@compuserve.com FAX: - (718) 886-0253 (no voice call pls) Thanks. Mike Mooney TALLIES--------------------------- Please let us know when you've responded to a media query. Send brief note to <ProfNet () ccmail sunysb edu>. (Notification is not necessary on responses to queries from ProfNet PIOs.) DISTRIBUTION/QUERY RESPONSES PN 104/ CHINESE GANGS PN 104/ ADMIRAL HOPPER PN 104/ DETERGENT DEVELOPMENT PN 104/ PRISON HEALTH CARE PN 104/ GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE PN 104/ RUMORS, GOSSIP, HEARSAY PN 103/ SIBLINGS AND SHARING 6 PN 103/ "FAT TAX" 3 PN 103/ FOREIGN NATIONALS AND TEACHING 2 PN 103/ AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS 2 PN 103/ BRAIN INJURIES 1 PN 103/ CHINA'S OIL INDUSTRY 2 PN 102/ TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 2 PN 102/ MT. PINATUBO 3 PN 102/ INDIAN RELIGIOUS OBJECTS 1 PN 102/ COMPUTER ISSUES 2 PN 102/ SHORTWAVE RADIOS 1 PN 102/ TSUNAMI RESEARCH 4
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