Members of the Empowering Patients Through Education Team pose with the new Patient Services Guide they developed. The guides are displayed for patients' use in all of the patient rooms, in the patient registration area and in the emergency room waiting area. The information provided includes the food service schedule, a list of local clergy, instructions for placing tele- phone calls and other special services available.

It seems recently that the media, advocacy groups and studies have revealed a rash of cases in which inmates sentenced to death have not only had their convictions over- turned, but have been fully exonerated. Is there ample evidence that capi- tal punishment is not being adminis- tered properly? If so, then what criti- cal problems in the death penalty process must be addressed? There are those who argue that racism is a problem that still plays a significant role in the death penalty process. The proponents rely on studies that show that the death penalty is far more likely to be sought by prosecutors, and imposed by juries, when the victim is white and the defendant is black. There are also those who argue that indigency is a signifi- cant problem in the death penalty process. In their view indigent defendants end up on death row simply because they are more likely to be represented by incom- petent lawyers who lack the skills or resources to mount an effective defense. As many of us may be aware

The eruption of Mt St Helens on 18 May 1980, brought new demands for remote sensing in the Mt St Helens area. New stream and precipitation gauges were required to monitor fully a previously data-sparse area. In addition, the installed gauges needed to be highly reliable while operating in a harsh, remote environment. The use of the expanded data network was both to monitor more closely the hydrological response and to provide the required information for a real time forecasting model. Experience with the remote sensing network over the last two years has proven its reliability, and the ability to view or be alerted by the event report as it occurs has been invaluable in real time forecasting ventures. The paper describes the operation of the network which is made up primarily of GOES platforms, meteor-burst SNOTEL stations, and a radio network of event sensing gauges. Some of the advantages and disadvantages of the network operation are discussed.