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- Caught up in the magic of the 1994 Olympic Winter Games televised from
- Lillehammer, I was reminded recently that truly world class citizens do
- more than excel at their specialities. Many excel at helping people all
- over the world, notably Norway's incredible speed skater Johann Olav Koss,
- whose generosity has brought joy and accomplishment to thousands of kids
- with shattered lives.
-
- That brought to mind Joanna Strohn's story in this issue ("Moving Right
- Along") about our very own Larry Ledlow, chief sysop of GEnie's Radio
- RoundTable, who is right now not only giving freely of his time and
- expertise, but risking his very life in Croatia, the former Yugoslavia, on
- a volunteer mission for the United Nations.
-
- Ever had a chance to talk with someone like that -- someone who is really
- putting it on the line? We can't deliver Koss, but you can "talk" directly
- with Larry Ledlow on GEnie in a series of Real-Time Conferences, live from
- Croatia!
-
- Three of GEnie's most popular RoundTables -- Germany & Europe, the Public
- Forum, and Military -- are sponsoring this series of Conferences
- originating from Zagreb, Croatia, featuring Larry Ledlow on the scene!
- Larry will provide eye-witness reports on current events in Croatia,
- Serbia, and of course Bosnia, and hopes to have other UN personnel, and
- perhaps even Croatian citizens, on hand to answer questions.
-
- Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of a historic
- event, the first online conference from a potential war zone. And don't
- delay! Larry's first Conference in this series will be history by the time
- you read this, although all times and dates are subject to change due to
- the uncertainty of his situation in Croatia. Updated information will be
- posted in Category 1, Topic 10, on the Germany & Europe Bulletin Board on
- Page 725. Feel free to post questions there that you'd like Larry or
- others in Croatia to address, and watch the Libraries of these respective
- RoundTables for Conference Transcripts.
-
- LIVE from CROATIA Conference Schedule
-
- Sunday, February 20th starting at 5 PM Eastern Time in the EUROPE
- RoundTable Conference area; focus will be description/history of the
- former Yugoslavia. Type EUROPE or M725 at any GEnie prompt to participate.
-
- Friday, February 25th at 6 PM Eastern Time in the PUBLIC FORUM RoundTable
- Conference area; political discussion. Type PF or M545 to get there.
-
- Friday, March 4th at 6 PM Eastern time in the MILITARY RoundTable
- Conference area; focus on military aspects. Type MILITARY or M155.
-
-
- Radio Free Europe
-
- Another way to keep current with conflicts in Bosnia and the volatile new
- countries that made up the USSR is by downloading Radio Free Europe/Radio
- Liberty reports from Public Forum's Library 19. Small in size but big in
- importance, these daily reports follow a naming convention that makes them
- quick and easy to find: RFMMDDYY.ZIP, with MMDDYY standing for the month,
- day, and year, as in file #4722 RF021894.ZIP.
-
-
- We've Got Winners!
-
- Joseph Gallagher turned in a record performance this season in the 1993-94
- NFL Football Pool sponsored by GEnie's Sports RoundTable. Playing every
- week, Joe picked the winners of weekend NFL games against the point
- spread, amassing an amazing 61.39% winning percentage by picking 132 of
- the 215 games throughout the season. What a record!
-
- RSCARD's newcomer Gregory Tomlin overcame a 7-0 deficit to defeat fellow
- first-timer Larry Bosen by a score of 9-7 and claim the championship of
- the RSCARDS Winter 1994 Backgammon Tournament. Third place was shared by
- Steve Vintner and former champion Glenn Daily; and fourth place went to
- David Hamilton, Judi Weiler, William Harris, and Candy Purcell. A purse of
- $477 in cash and connect time prizes was shared by the top four finishers.
- Our congratulations to all!
-
- Seeya online!
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- Peggy Herrington
- Editor, GEnie LiveWire
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- GEnie LiveWire Staff
-
- Editor-In-Chief .................................. Peggy Herrington
- Associate Editor ........................................ Donn King
- Assistant Editor .......................................... Jay Kee
- Contributing Editor .................................. Peter Ziebel
- Multimedia Art Director ............................. Bruce Robison
- Multimedia Artist ..................................... Walt Meyers
- Multimedia Music Director ........................... Howard Wooten
- IBM Multimedia Editor ................................... Tom Moran
- Macintosh Multimedia Editor .......................... Jim Flanagan
- Amiga Multimedia Editor ........................... Deb Christensen
- ASCII Text Issue Editor ............................... John Peters
- Publisher ................................. Robert "Chip" Chiappone
- Assistant to the Publisher ........................... Laura Staley
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