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From: hank@netcom.com (Hank Roberts)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars
Subject: 5/3/92 Panel. UC Berkeley by CPSR; Work in the Computer Industry
Keywords: UCB CPSR Work Industry
Date: 17 Apr 92 05:32:40 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)



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                         IS THE PARTY OVER?

             THE STATE OF WORK IN THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY

                        A Panel Discussion

                  Sunday, May 3, 1992, 3:30 p.m.

 Morris E. Cox Auditorium, 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
                University of California - Berkeley
******************************************************************

The last 18 months have been rough ones for the people who work in
the computer industry. With tens of thousands of layoffs, offshore
competition at all levels, job hazards, discrimination and other
workplace issues facing the industry that once seemed above all
that, is the party over? The Berkeley Chapter of Computer Professionals
for Social  Responsibility has assembled a panel of leading observers of
the  industry to discuss this question and the state of computer work
at a special event in Berkeley on Sunday, May 3.

As the computer industry matures, questions surface that have
faced other industries for decades. Is the nature of engineering
and design work really so different from other kinds of work? How
do computer industry workers resolve the conflicting, often self-
imposed demands between their status as "professional" and as
"worker"? In what ways is the situation of workers in the computer
industry similar (or different) to other workers with regards to
job security, layoffs, health and safety, and unions? Do unions
have a place in the computer industry? These are just some of the
questions that will be addressed in the discussion.

Panelists include:

o Denise Caruso, editor of Digital Media, and author of the
"Inside Silicon Valley" column.

o John Markoff, computer industry reporter for the New York Times.

o Dennis Hayes, author of Behind the Silicon Curtain: The
Seductions of Work in an Era of Loneliness (South End Press), and
writer on technology and the environment.

o Amy Pearl, co-author of "Becoming a Computer Scientist," a
report on the status of women in the computer industry for the
Association for Computing Machinery.

The panel is presented in conjunction with the Directions and
Implications of Advanced Computing Conference (DIAC-92) in
Berkeley, May 2 and 3. The panel will be held in the Morris E. Cox
Auditorium, 100 Genetics and Plant Biology Building, at the
northwest corner of the UC-Berkeley campus, at 3:30 p.m., Sunday,
May 3. The event is free, and open to the public.

For more information, contact jdav@well.sf.ca.us

                               - end -
From: kempson@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Kempson)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars
Subject: 4/13/92 Wolfgang Fengler Talk at ICSI
Keywords: A Petri-Net-Based Approach to the Design of Parallel Programs
Date: 6 Apr 92 23:15:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: agate.rqm1nINN6eo
Distribution: ba
Organization: International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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              The International Computer Science Institute
                     is pleased to present a talk:

                   Monday, April 13, 1992  2:00 p.m.

                            WOLFGANG FENGLER
                         Computer Architecture
                    Ilmenau Institute of Technology
                                Germany

          ``A Petri-Net-Based Approach to the Design of Parallel
    Programs for Multiprocessor-Networks and Communication Protocols''

           The talk will show how you solve control and communica-
      tion protocol problems by using Petri Nets.

           In the first part will be shown  how  to  describe  the
      control algorithm with a net. It will used hierarchical nets
      with a interpretation for control. For  the  Simulation  are
      timed  and  stochastic  nets  useful. For the description of
      more complex processes it is better, to use High Level Nets,
      for instance Colored Nets.

           The  second  part  describes  how  to  make  a  running
      software  from the Petri-Net-description. The Implementation
      has two possible ways:

           o    direct compilation into  a  programming  language,
                for instance ``C'' for an one processor system or

           o    transform the general net into a system  of  state
                machines,  to  look for a good distribution and to
                compile into a parallel programming language,  for
                instance PAR-C for a transputer system.

           The design with nets, the transformation and the compi-
      lation needs CASE-Tools to do it automatically.

           The third part contains statements about the possibili-
      ties to use the Petri Nets for the development of communica-
      tion protocols too. New applications for distributed commun-
      ication increase the requirements on communication protocols
      in concurrent systems. A description of the protocol  should
      include  the  possibilities  for  validation,  verification,
      performance-prediction and implementation.  Petri  nets  and
      High Level Nets in combination with a protocol specification
      language can solve the most  of  this  steps.  As  said  for
      parallel programming the use of CASE-Tools is here necessary
      too.

        This talk will be held in the Main Lecture Hall at ICSI.
          1947 Center Street, Sixth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704
       (On Center between Milvia and Martin Luther King Jr. Way)
From: sworking@leland.Stanford.EDU (Scott Workinger)
Subject: Taoist Health Practice - Lecture and Workshop
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 00:16:52 GMT

                   
Education in Taoist Health Practice

In early China, Taoists were famed for their longevity.  This longevity was 
the consequence of health sciences developed in the various Taoist monasteries.
Three foundations of Taoist health practice are chi kung, diet, and meditation.
Chi kung builds the body's energy capacity and facilitates healthy circulation.
The science of diet tailors an individual's eating patterns to the person's 
individual character and current circumstances.  Meditation calms the mind, 
thus avoiding the de stabilizing effects of mental agitation.  

Unfortunately, access to Taoist health science has been very limited, 
especially in the United.States., and it is rare to meet individuals who are 
qualified to teach these practices.  Kwan Saihung will be offering instruction
in Taoist health practices in the San Francisco Bay area during the spring of 
this year.  

Kwan Saihung has pursued scholarly and martial studies through a long and 
eventful life.  Today, he occasionally emerges from retirement to teach Taoist 
health practices in the belief that the benefits of such practice should be 
made available to all individuals.


Lecture:  An Introduction to Taoist Health Practice

	Time:  Friday, May 8 at 7:30 PM. 
	Location:  Cypress Room, Second Floor, 
	Tressidor Student Union, Stanford University
	Cost:  Free

          
Workshop:  Foundations of Taoist Health Practice
	Beginning Taoist Yoga:  The Eight Brocades Exercises
	Diet:  Theory and Practice
	Chi Kung:  Basic exercises to open the meridians and strengthen the 
		   body
	Meditation:  Golden Light Meditation

	Time:  Friday, May 15 (evening), May 16, May 17
	Location:  To be announced (General vicinity of Palo Alto)

	What to Bring:  1) A black sash of polyester/cotton, 6 inches in width
	 and long enough to wrap around your waist 4 times, 2) Water, 
	3) Notebook 4) Towel or pad, 5) Sitting cushion for meditation.
	
	Later workshops in the series will introduce progressively more 
	advanced theory and exercises.

Interested individuals may wish to review the book, "Scholar Warrior, An 
Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life" by Deng Ming-Dao, 1990, 
HarperCollins.  The book, written by Kwan Saihung's senior student, describes 
several Taoist health practices.

To register for the workshop or to obtain further information, please contact:

	Mitchell Tsao	
	Tsao's Acupuncture and Herbal Clinic				
	36601 Newark Blvd.						
	Old Town Center #2						
	Newark, California 94560
	(510) 795-1410

	   <or>

	Scott Workinger
	Box 9767
	Stanford, Ca. 94309
	sworking@leland.stanford.edu



Newsgroups: ba.seminars
From: jh@moon.nbn.com (John Harkin)
Subject: NBSP - LucasArts Speaks on Multimedia
Summary: "Innovative Multimedia for Today's Learners and Tommorow's Leaders"
Keywords: Multimedia LucasArts Games Learning
Organization: North Bay Network, San Rafael, CA USA
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 20:30:40 GMT


                 North Bay Systems Professionals

A LucasArts Entertainment Evening In April

Get those taxes done on time so you can attend our April 15th meeting.
The cocktail hour sponsor is Lucasfilm Games, the division of LucasArts
Entertainment which has created award-winning games for the PC and
Macintosh. They will be showing some of their most recent releases.
Don't forget your business card to submit for the free drawing.

Our dinner speaker will be Vicki Dobbs, Director of LucasArts Learning,
speaking on Innovative Multimedia for Todays Learners and Tomorrows
Leaders. Vicki is responsible for overseeing the creation and
development of interactive educational media products for the school
and home markets. Shell be talking about the various multimedia
products the LucasArts learning group has developed since its inception
in 1987.

We hope you will join us for an entertaining evening from LucasArts!

When:  Wednesday, April 15 (third Wednesday of the month). Celebrate
	completion of your tax returns!

	Cocktails at 6 p.m. - Sponsored by LucasArts Entertainment.

	Dinner is at 7:00, and the program is at 8:00.

Where:  Holiday Inn, Terra Linda. 1010 Northgate Drive, San Rafael.
	(From 101, west on Freitas Parkway, right on Northgate)

Cost:  $22 if reserved by April 10, $25 thereafter. Cash or check only,
	please.

***

The purpose of NBSP is to provide a convenient forum for Systems
Professionals living or working in the North Bay to grow professionally
and personally, to benefit from a network of other like professionals,
and to have fun.  We invite you to join with us in this purpose.

For more information, call the NBSP Hotline at (415) 291-0174.

For dinner reservations, contact Jill Hutchinson (jill@kerner.com),
or leave a message on the NBSP Hotline at (415) 291-0174.

To receive the NBSP newsletter each month, send your name, postal address
and phone number to John Harkin (jh@nbn.com).
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John Harkin   +1 415 472-2452   moon!jh   uunet!nbn!jh   jh@nbn.com
North Bay Network - News and mail for Marin county and vicinity
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From: comm-nihon92@cup.portal.com (Communication With Japanese)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars,sci.lang.japan,rec.arts.misc
Subject: 4/11 Communications Japan 92 Multi-Media Expo, Los Altos Hills
Date: 5 Apr 92 21:06:06 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: The Portal System (TM)


          Communications Japan '92, An Exposition
                         Saturday April 11, 1992
                Foothill College-Campus Center

Communications Japan '92 is a unique opportunity to see innovative 
products for learning and using Japanese. It is a chance to try out 
applications of multi-media that work as commercial products. In 
addition, it's a place to meet people who have had interesting experiences 
with Japan and computing.

At this Exposition you can see and hear:
   * 27 exhibitors from America and Japan 
   * 6 talks by experts in Japanese communications
   * Tools for learning about Japan and the Japanese
   * Multi-media products for personal computers
   * Books, tapes, video, electronic mail, word tanks
   * Business and computer clubs.

From Adobe to Zytronix, from katakana to kanji, from "Rapanese" to the 
multi-cultural workplace, there will be something for eveyone interested 
in Japanese.

The Expo runs 10AM-4:30PM. Talks begin at 10AM and end at 3:45PM. 
Japanese lunch and green tea will available for a fee. Detailed exhibition 
catalogue will be available for FREE (on a first-come, first-served basis).

DIRECTIONS: To reach Foothill College, take the El Monte exit west from 
Interstate 280 in Los Altos Hills. Foothill College is on your right shortly 
after the exit ramp. Once on campus, follow the signs to Communications 
Japan '92.

Sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Center at Foothill College, 
a non-profit organization:  Admission is FREE. Parking (in student lots) is 
FREE.
From: kempson@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Kempson)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars
Subject: 4/16/92 Wolf Zimmermann Talk at ICSI
Keywords: The Generating Function Method
Date: 15 Apr 92 19:19:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: agate.shvjoINNqq7
Distribution: ba
Organization: International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
NNTP-Posting-Host: icsid.icsi.berkeley.edu


              The International Computer Science Institute
                     is pleased to present a talk:

                  Thursday, April 16, 1992  11:00 a.m.

                            WOLF ZIMMERMANN
                         Universitaet Karlsruhe

                   ``The Generating Function Method''

           The primary aim of this talk is to introduce  the  gen-
      erating  function  method  for  combinatorial  analysis. One
      application of this method in computer science is the  aver-
      age  case  analysis of algorithms. Usually the complexity of
      algorithms or the number of objects in certain  data  struc-
      tures  of  size n is being computed by defining a recurrence
      equation. This equation could be solved by the use  of  gen-
      erating  functions.  After  a  short  demonstration  of this
      correspondence, it is shown that certain operators  on  data
      structures  (like e.g. disjoint union and cartesian product)
      translates directly into operators in  the  ring  of  formal
      power series. This translation can always be applied to data
      structures defined by an unambigous context-free grammar. We
      demonstrate  this  method to obtain the number of arithmetic
      expressions of length n.

           It turns out the results obtained from  the  generating
      function  method  have often an unpleasant form. In order to
      determine their order of  growth  asymptotitc  methods  from
      complex  analysis are used. The results contain the constant
      factors of the leading terms. Finally, we give some  results
      obtained by this and related methods.

        This talk will be held in the Main Lecture Hall at ICSI.
          1947 Center Street, Sixth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704
       (On Center between Milvia and Martin Luther King Jr. Way)
From: burgess@csl.sri.com (Judith Burgess)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars
Subject: CSL Seminar Reminder
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:51:01 GMT
Reply-To: Judith Burgess <burgess@csl.sri.com>
Organization: Gated to News by csl.sri.com

Timothy Winkler, of SRI International, will speak on
``Parallel Programming in Maude,'' 4:00, Monday, April 13,
SRI International, Bldg. E, Rm EJ228.
Newsgroups: hpl.general,hp.general,ba.seminars
From: bronson@hplabsz.hpl.hp.com (Barry Bronson)
Subject: HP LABS COMPUTER COLLOQUIUM
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:00:59 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Palo Alto,CA


TITLE:    The NASA SETI Program                

SPEAKER:  Barney Oliver
          Vice President Emeritus, Hewlett-Packard
	  Deputy Chief, SETI Program Office

This October 12th, 500 years after Columbus's discovery of the new world,
NASA will embark on a program to discover new worlds.  The Search for Extra
Terrestrial Intelligence Program will seek to detect signals of an artificial
nature that may have been radiated by other civilizations; signals, whose
origin would ironically predate the discoveries of Columbus.

The speaker will describe the overall objectives of the program and some of
the technologies used, including a 15 million channel spectrum analyzer used
to parse incoming signals.

Dr. Oliver played a key role in initiating NASA's interest in the subject and
will describe its current activities and status.

TIME:          4:00 PM, Thursday, April 30th

PLACE:         Hewlett-Packard, 5M Auditorium
	       1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto

VISITORS:      Non-HP guests are welcome.  Please come to the building 5
	       lobby on time to be escorted to the meeting.

REFRESHMENTS:  A wine and cheese reception will follow the talk.

HOST:          Barry Bronson   415 857-3033

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From: nb@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Nancy Blachman)
Subject: The BMUG Math SIG Meeting April 20
Originator: nb@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department,  Stanford University.
Distribution: ba
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:45:05 GMT

                         Expressionist 3.0

                     talk and demonstration by

                            Allan Bonadio
                        Prescience Corporation

       BMUG Math SIG Meeting at 7 pm on Monday, April 20, 1992


The update to the premiere WYSIWYG equation editor for the Apple Macintosh 
is coming soon!  Expressionist 3.0 will have many new features as suggested 
by users of the previous version.  One of the most powerful features is the 
support of the EGO (EditGraphicObject) Apple Event.  EGO allows EGO-savvy 
application users to simply double-click on equations to edit them without 
having to cut and paste back and forth between their word processor and 
Expressionist.

Important Features:
	Improved output quality of equations.
	Color (spot and background)
	Rotated equations (90 degree increments)
	Customizable palette
	Extensible pop-up palettes
	User-definable macros
	User-definable keystrokes
	Ruler, justification, and tabs
	Search and Replace
	Adjustable pre, sub, and superscripts
	Overstrikes
	Special matrix operations/features
	Optional fence styles and thicknesses
	Horizontal and Multilevel trees
	More composites
	More adjustments
	Balloon Help (System 7)
	Equations may be saved as EPS or PICT
	WYSIWYG to TEX, LATEX, and EQN

Allan Bonadio the author of Expressionist and Theorist (the award winning 
WYSISYG symbolic algebra and graphing program for the Macintosh) will 
demonstrate Expressionist 3.0 in action.


This presentation will be at the BMUG office at 2055 Center Street
in Berkeley.  The office is near the north west corner of Center Street
and Shattuck Ave. which is half a block from the Berkeley BART station.

Driving directions:
	Take the University exit off 80.
	Head east on University toward the UC Berkeley campus.
	Turn right at Shattuck (McDonalds will be at the corner.)
	Go 2 blocks.
	Turn right on Center and look for parking.
	I recommend the parking garage on the left, as the one on
		the right closes at 8 pm.

For more information on the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group (BMUG) 
Mathematics Special Interest Group (SIG), contact: 
	Nancy Blachman
	Variable Symbols, Inc
	2161 Shattuck Ave., Suite 202
	Berkeley, CA  94704-1313
	Email: nb@cs.stanford.edu
	Fax: 510-843-8702
	Telephone: 510-843-8701
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: funnyr@clarinet.com (Funny Guy)
Subject: Re: RelaxiBoink Saturday night party...
Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp.
Distribution: ba
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 00:12:37 GMT

You mean it was this week?  I never got a response on my mail asking when and
where it was, so I didn't see you folks.
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: saf@netcom.com (Steve A. Feinstein)
Subject: Re: Dimensions (club review)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 07:39:11 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba

In article <+q9hgtlgaryd@netcom.com> garyd@netcom.com (Gary Dietz) writes:
>>johnf@auspex.com 's description of neghborhood bars VS the club attitude
>>in response to my response to the Dimensions review
>
>Right on dude!  Neighbor hood bars, real people, sports that people can
>pariticapte and enjoy while drinking (w/o fighting over a quarter for
>a pool table), women and men you can meet and get social with. . . 
>That's a BAR.  You are right, not a club.
>
>If only some of the spandex clad lycra-monsters would peel their attitude and
>their overdone hair (male AND femnale) and come to a 'local' or 'townie' bar,
>they might meet some really fine people.  And hey, even if they don't get 
>'lucky' they might enjoy themselves!
>--
>garyd@netcom.com  "If I hugged you any closer, I'd be behind you" - G. Marx

There you go again man, maybe they are already enjoying themselves.
Maybe they wouldn't have much fun at all in your "'local' or 'townie'
bar".  If that's your style.  Then enjoy it while you still can.  But
don't tell others how they should spend thier time.

        "Hapiness lies in the taste, and not in the things; and it is
         from having what we desire that we are happy--not from having
         what others think desirable."
                              --Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

-- 
Steve A. Feinstein   | saf@netcom.com | Will whomever stole my real .signature
360 Cowper St #9     | (415) 326-8224 | please return it?  No questions asked!
Palo Alto, CA  94301 |
From: mwallis@clubzen.fidonet.org (Michael Wallis)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Touch Football
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 01:08:22 PST
Organization: Club Zen BBS - Santa Clara, CA - +1 408 248 9213

For those thinking of the coming summer, a group of us are planning a 
regular game of touch football starting this Saturday.

Games will be at Henry Schmidt Park at Los Palmos and Saratoga Ave in
Santa Clara at 10 am Saturday mornings. Everyone is welcome, whether
you want to play or just watch and cheer.

        Michael

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