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From: cbs@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Chris Syed)
Subject: Re: mysticism in oz
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:37:54 GMT

In article <1042@pico.qpsx.oz.au> dean@pico.qpsx.oz.au (Dean Economou) writes:
>cbs@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Chris Syed) writes:
>
>Funny you should mention that.  I went to a University Summer school
>class on "Body Awareness", which turned out to be on "Rebirthing" (glad
>I went, at least I can criticise with some knowledge now).  The teacher
>was from California, which she described as a "Centre of Energy" for the
>raising of humanity's collective consciousness.  I am not pulling
>your leg.  Now the really interesting bit was that she thought that
>Australia, and in particular a place called Margaret River in the South
>West of Western Australia, was also a "Centre of Energy", and ther one
>which would eventually dominate.  So there you go.

   Yes, these "centres of energy" were popular in Thompson's writing
   too. The theory is that there was one in Lindisfarne, one somewhere
   else, Findhorn, I think, and one on Long Island, New York. Thompson
   set up his own "university" on Long Island, called the Lindisfarne
   Association, and invited zen roshis, Benedictine monks, kabbalists,
   you name it, to come there and help "preserve consciousness through
   the coming dark ages of man". Theory is, at these centres, the
   celestial currents from the sky and the telluric currents from the
   earth meet and focus and zap! You can grow giant vegetables and
   your mind works better.... (I'm not belittling this, but it does
   sound rather odd in print!). I wouldn't be surprised to find that
   there were aboriginal places in Oz much esteemed for similar 
   purposes. The Findhorn community was famous for its giant turnips
   during the hippie days. 

   ;-) ;-)

   Oh yes, the great pyramid and the Mayan calendars predict the new
   age of the gods will begin on Christmas Eve, 2011. Mark that date
   on your filofaxes! You see, this sort of thing happens every 2000
   years or so, allowing for discrepancies in calendars. Yeats, the
   Irish poet, and the Hopi tribe in s.w. USA also predicted the
   same sort of thing. All the recent fuss over Robert Bly's book
   Iron John and the men's movement going out in the desert and 
   beating drums has to do with this retribalization stuff too.
   Sometimes it seems like history does repeat itself - but more like
   every 20 years! ;-) ;-)


-- 
--- 
       "We cannot think without imagining."  -- Thomas Aquinas
            cbs@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Chris Brown-Syed)
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From: bena@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Ben Aveling)
Subject: Re: Victoria Election?
Organization: Monash University General Access Unix
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Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 03:41:56 GMT

Mark Jose (speednut@werple.apana.org.au) wrote:
: 
: Original Message From: dmarble@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Duane F Marble)
: Subject: Victoria Election?
:  
: >What is happening with respect to the election in Victoria? Australia
: >might as well be on Mars for all you can pick up in the U.S. news.

BoofHead Won :-(
Convincingly :'( <- Crying smilie
          
: Greetings from sunny Victoria :-)
:  
: (Ha. It must be the coldest and most wet September for quite a few decades).

True :-(

: Well, onto the Victorian election. What many pundits were preaching would
: be a one horse race now seems to be very much a two horse race.
:  
: The liberals' policies of industrial chaos (Labors' words not mine) have
: put a scare into many a safe and secure job holder. Added to this the
: obvious snake-oil personality of the leader Jeff Kennett and you have an
: electorate who is very suspicious. Seems as if quite a few people have
: adopted the notion that it is "better the devil you know".
:  
: So far the Labor party's electoral strategy has been to try to instill
: wariness and fear into the electorate. It is obvious that they must do
: this because they have no new policies and are pushing the line that the
: ship will be steady as she goes if Labor is re-elected.

No such luck

: It still seems (to me) that the Liberals will be elected with a clear
: majority in the upper and lower houses. ...

Correct.

: Cheers,
: Mark.

	Ben
From: dean@pico.qpsx.oz.au (Dean Economou)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Modern Day Miracle!
Date: 29 Sep 92 07:58:17 GMT
Organization: QPSX Communications LTD, Perth, Western Australia.
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s342046@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au writes:
: I am pleased to announce the birth of a modern day miracle!
: 
: A wonderful feeling has swept over me.  I feel the tide begin to turn.

Where did you see the evidence?  I need something to cheer me up.

: 
: Yes its true, Australians are now starting to wake up to the fact
: that economic rationalism is doing us no good.  Wonderful to see
: my fellows start to lose patience, as I did some time ago, with
: this odious philosophy.

Odious, you're not kidding.  To me the "free market" (if it could ever
really exist) is like a river subject to drought and flood.  The
economic rationalists would have us leave the river's banks alone, when
the obvious thing to do is to build dams and levies to manage it and
allow stable water supplies.


Dean
(reply to: dean@qpsx.oz.au)

: 
: Jane
: -- 
: Jane Anna Langley			|snail-mail: 	105 Osborne Street
: s342046@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au	|		South Yarra
: University of Melbourne			|		Victoria 3141, AUSTRALIA
: Melbourne, Australia.			|	+613/03	820 3629
: 			*** ready, fire, aim! ***
From: che358w@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: New friends
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:04:28 +1000
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

In article <1992Sep22.191728.244@inel.gov>, mnu@nairobi.inel.gov (Rick Morneau) writes:
>
> In article <1992Sep22.030525.4017@serval.net.wsu.edu> eharries@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Eric S. Harries) writes:
>>
>>      This is my first time to use E-mail.  I have been to Perth, Australia a
>>couple of times and had a lot of fun.  I would like to find a few new
>>friends from Down Under.
>>
>
> This raises a question in my mind. Don't Australians use the word
> "mate" for "friend"? Are the two words really synonymous, or are
> there situations in which one is preferred over the other?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick
>
  Not really,
             Mate is generally only used amongst males and "your mate" is
something more than an aquaintance; he's someone you "knock around with" e.g.
throw a few steaks on the barby and toss down a few beers. He's not the man you
do business lunch with although youmoght call him your friend. Mate is also
used as a friendly salutation e.g the the green grocer may say "What can I do
for you mate ?" in the same way he would say to a woman "CAn I help you love ?".
Note a female green grocer might call either sex "love" but (probably) wouldn't
call either "mate". Well this is a brief intro. to the uses of mate but before
anyone "flames" me I'm sure there are exceptions. For istance some young girls
use mate with a particular inflexion "Thanks maiayaate" and sometimes
sarcastically when someone has put them out but it usually quite different
from the male form.

Samantha Lane
From: moorerr@msu.edu (richard r. moore)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Australian photography magazines
Date: 4 Oct 92 04:44:43 GMT
Organization: Computer laboratory, michigan state university

I would like the name and address (and phone number) of true australian 
photography magazines (i.e. not one that simply US or UK information).  I 
would also like an indication of the types of photography they cover, if it 
is not obvious from their title.  What would be ideal would be a magazine 
that covers australian nature/landscape photography.

Thanks for your help.
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From: esc149u@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au (Dr SJD Cox)
Subject: Re: Victoria Election?
Organization: Monash University, Australia.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 23:31:58 GMT

From article <1992Sep28.154808.12459@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, by dmarble@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Duane F Marble):
> What is happening with respect to the election in Victoria? Australia
> might as well be on Mars for all you can pick up in the U.S. news.
> -- 

After an excruciatingingly long campaign, it looks like the 
Libs/Nats are a shoo-in.  Kirner gambled on the long campaign 
hoping that either Jeff would make one of his famous gaffes, or 
that since the Libs promised to release their detailed platform 
when the date was announced, that this would give the GOvernment 
time to find the holes.  When the time came, the Libs still refused 
to give much detail as they said they need a year to check the 
books (!) and Jeff has smiled a lot and mostly kept quiet - 
except for an embarrassing fracas with Mary (7:30 report) Glenhuntly.
Anyway, the one item of interest is that the Natural Law Party 
are running in many seats, but are unlikely to shave too many 
from the more terrestrial parties.  

The polls have been fairly consistent with the coalition with about 15% 
over Labour, though that has been narrowing slightly in the last week 
or so.  In contrast to this, Joan has an approval rating close to 
double Jeff's, but thanks to the delights of the Parliamentary system, 
that is not expected to have much effect.  

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From: keane@eng.umd.edu (Christopher Matthews Keane)
Subject: Need some Addresses.
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 14:29:21 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

Does anyone know the Email address for either of the following two
individuals at the University of Newcastle?
Dr. Hamilton (Medical School)
Coran Lange (Student?)

Also, I want to look up a student at Sydney University (I lost contact
with her and she has since moved from her old address).  Are there any
student directories, etc. available for the such.  Perhaps someone as
SU could look them up for me.

Please EMail any responses.
Thanks.
Christopher Keane
keane@earthsun.umd.edu

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From: daniel@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Daniel Bowen)
Subject: Re: toronto and sydney bashing
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 01:31:17 GMT

In <1992Oct2.135626.10372@fairfax.com> phjm@fairfax.com (Phillip Merrick) writes:
>I think it is especially appropriate that you should equate Melbourne-Sydney
>rivalries with those between Toronto and Montreal. A couple of years ago
>a Washington DC thinktank rated a hundred or more of the world's larger cities
>for "live-ability", based on dozens of criteria such as housing, recreational
>opportunities, crime, even the number of public phones.

>Melbourne and Montreal tied for 1st place.

Has anyone got a full list of results? Or at least, the total scores?


Daniel Bowen
-- 
Daniel Bowen, Monash University | I'd say it's an element of any post-
            Melbourne Australia | allegorical discussive climax of the
   daniel@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au | positionist stance. Either that or a
      TCWF: tcwf@gnu.ai.mit.edu | load of bollocks.                  [TCWF]
From: dmiller@elli.une.edu.au (David Miller)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: R.J. Kimmel - Please contact me
Date: 1 Oct 92 11:06:03 GMT
Organization: University of New England - Northern Rivers (Lismore)

You asked for info re dual citisenship, but all mail to you
bounces.  What is your correct E-mail address?
-- 
David M Miller                   "Just because they're yelling at you
PO Box 695                       doesn't mean you are wrong".
Hornsby NSW 2077, Australia      --  Ritchie Garcia, baseball umpire
Internet: dmiller@elli.une.edu.au / CompuServe: 100032,341
From: harrity@sumax.seattleu.edu (Zak)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: toronto and sydney bashing
Date: 3 Oct 92 16:24:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: sumax.5293
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle WA

In article <38916@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> tmarvan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Thomas Marvan) writes:
>
>
>
>Here in San Diego they keep calling it the nation's "most livable
>city."  Compared to downtown Melbourne, San Diego is, unfortunately,
>decrepet (sp?).  Many empty buildings, not to mention the large
>collection of bums wandering the streets, makes me wonder how this
>town, which in places is otherwise quaint and quite pleasant, earned
>the label as the nation's most livable city.  A cynic might suggest
>that this a sad reflection on the living conditions of American cities
>in general, but I would suggest that, more realistically, San Diego
>received this reputation on a survey done perhaps 20 years ago.

Probably so.  As of two years ago, I believe Seattle was rated #1
in the United States, the year later it was Bellevue (Seattle suburb).
As for world cities, I've no clue.

--
Daniel John Kelly-Harrity ---------| |--------- "Sooner spit in a 
Seattle University ----------------| |---------  Wolf's Eye,
Seattle, Washington ---------------| |---------  than cross an
USA 98122 -------------------------| |---------  Aes Sedai."

  "Welcome to All Things Scottish...If it's not Scottish, It's *CRAP*!"
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From: li@skorpio.usask.ca ()
Subject: Re: Software in Australia
Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 21:00:51 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.160321.17083@muppet.bt.co.uk>, arif@sooty.bt.co.uk (Arif ) writes:
|> I hear that contracting in Australia is currently not advisable due to lack of
|> jobs and deepening recession.
|> 

I knew from my friend working with Hewlett-packard Australia Ltd. (Sydney) 
that programmers are losing their jobs. So it is wise to be there later. 

Weidong Li
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From: wallace@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Glenn Wallace)
Subject: Re: address of Telecom Australia
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 09:02:03 GMT

li@skorpio.usask.ca () writes:

>Would any one out there be able to tell me the address of Telecom Australia, 
>preferably the email address? I heard that Telecom Aus. is currently looking 
>for software people. If somebody happens to have the their job description, 
>please let me know.

The only Telecom site _officially_ connected to the net (to my knowledge)
is the Telecom Research Labs (where my account is, but I don't work
there, ok? Our work does happen to line up with some of the things they
do.)

I would doubt severely that any area within Telecom would be looking for
software people, given the amount of people being made redundant etc.
In fact, while this is the situation, we usually 'ban' the recruiting of
people from outside the company.

I work as a software developer in a small team, and I know we are
regularly getting calls from other sections within Telecom looking to
place staff.

Sorry I can't provide more positive news.

Meta-disclaimer: The above is *my* opinion, and your mileage may vary.
                 I don't speak for them, I just cut the code.

Glenn

Net: g.wallace@trl.oz.au | Help me escape this country! You can't buy Jolt
RealTime: Glenn Wallace  | here, and they don't have Tower records, or
Work: Telecom Australia  | Fry's or anything! Argh.... Oh to be at WDW!
      Drift Project      | I'm on the next plane outta here!
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From: dmarble@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Duane F Marble)
Subject: Victoria Election?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:48:08 GMT

What is happening with respect to the election in Victoria? Australia
might as well be on Mars for all you can pick up in the U.S. news.
-- 
Duane F. Marble			       E-mail: dmarble@magnus.acs.osu.edu
Department of Geography                Telephone: (614) 292-2250
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210                   Fax: (614) 292-6213
Xref: sparky soc.culture.australian:4409 seattle.general:3143
From: jah0532@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Julia Henry)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian,seattle.general
Subject: Re: Where's the Vegemite?
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:57:29 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.australian
Distribution: seattle
Organization: BCS, Seattle

In article <5211@sumax.seattleu.edu> harrity@sumax.seattleu.edu (Zak) writes:
>Hi guys...
>
>I remember seeing on these newsgroups where someone in Seattle knew where
>to find Vegemite....would s/he be so kind as to repeat it?  
>
I'm fairly certain that I've seen it at the Oak Tree Larry's Market.
Puget Sound Consumer's Coop (PCC) might have it too.

-- 
Julia Henry                            Never lend books, for no one ever returns
jah0532@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com      them; the only books I have in my library
                                       are books that other folk have lent me.
                                                                Anatole France
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From: stui@avalon.caladan.wa.com (Stuart Burden)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian,seattle.general
Subject: Re: Where's the Vegemite?
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 23:10:05 PDT
Organization: Avalon, beyond the Mists
Reply-To: stui@avalon.caladan.wa.com
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In article <5211@sumax.seattleu.edu> (soc.culture.australian,seattle.general), harrity@sumax.seattleu.edu (Zak) writes:
  | I remember seeing on these newsgroups where someone in Seattle knew where
  | to find Vegemite....would s/he be so kind as to repeat it?  
  | 
  | I looked at the local Safeway (the one up on Broadway), and the QFC too
  | (same locale), but neither had it, and the clercks had no idea what the
  | hell Vegemite was anyway, etc., etc.... 

In the Seattle area, I believe Larry's Markets still carries Vegemite.

If you want to mail order it you can do so from the "Kangaroo Connection"
in Chicago.  The KC produces a catalog of the various goodies they
have.. but the thing I most enjoyed was wandering around thier store
on a visit to Chicago for CES.. a small shop that had me oohing and
ahing for about an hour! :-)  Everything from PolyWaffles to Musk
LifeSavers, from Rugby Shorts (I bought a pair) to Aussie tapes and
CD's.

I don't have thier catalog here, but a quick call to information tells
me the number is: (312) 248-5499.

Cheers.

Stu.

--
stui@avalon.uucp
stui@avalon.caladan.wa.com
--
This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.
                                             Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
                                                                Attributed
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From: farrell@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (John Farrell)
Subject: Re: Looking for things to do in Townsville
Organization: James Cook University
Date:  2 Oct 92 00:06:53 GMT

In <miw.717914472@cc.uq.oz.au> miw@cc.uq.oz.au (Mark I. Williams) writes:
>cook@barleywine.atd.ucar.edu (Forrest Cook) writes:
>>P.S.  I promise I won't be an Obnoxious American Tourist ;-)
>>      In fact, I don't even LIKE McDonalds food...

>Well, that's unlucky for you, becauise there isn't anything else to eat
>in Townsville. 
>Oh yes.... Beware the vicious friendless!

  Pah! to you, oh boring beast. For everyone's information, Townsville has the
following junk food:

2 Pizza Huts
2 McDonalds
2 Hungry Jack's
1 KFC
2 Big Rooster
1 Sizzler


Friendless, who bites
From: s342046@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Female Vampires
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:18:28 GMT

In article <1a9fimINNics@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, 
bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano) writes:
> 
>   Many thanks to those lovely ladies who first posted the
> thread:  Male Violence and the Power Myth  etc.
> 
> This fully explains to me the surprising increase in
> female vampires in that area of the world.
> 
> Please also see my previous posting on The Rooskies,
> which may or may not be considered relevant.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Capt. Kirk: let's head for that planet, third from the sun, it
>             looks promising.... |-)


Have a nice day Mike!

-- 
Jane Anna Langley			|snail-mail: 	105 Osborne Street
s342046@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au	|		South Yarra
University of Melbourne			|		Victoria 3141, AUSTRALIA
Melbourne, Australia.			|	+613/03	820 3629
			*** ready, fire, aim! ***
From: dos105@rsphy2.anu.edu.au (Darren O'Shaughnessy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Info on "The Girl From Tomorrow"
Date: 3 Oct 92 03:36:17 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.australian,soc.culture.canada,soc.culture.vietnamese
Organization: Australian National University

In article <1992Sep28.133122.7936@bnr.ca>, daudo@bcars201.bnr.ca (Dau Do)
wrote:
> 
> Is it really from Australia ?
> I thought it was made by the English people.
> Well, at least these actors spoke with British accent. 
> Azzzzk !!!  Occassionally, I don't understand what they say.

    Grrrrrr!! Sorry, just stretching the claws. Besides, Australian kids
are growing up with Canadian accents, if you believe some of the newspapers
here. See, our ABC has cut down drastically on its funding of local
children's television, so the majority of morning TV shows are bought from
the CBC.
    "The Girl From Tomorrow" (second series) is screening on commercial TV
here, with practically zero promotion.

Signed,            |   "It is not Life itself which is precious, but
  Pat Rourke       |    Quality of Life. However, Quality of Life is
                   |      not an Objective thing; it is up to the
(you may not have  |        individual to decide what te values."
   heard of me)    |
From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Female Vampires
Date: 29 Sep 1992 11:44:22 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


  Many thanks to those lovely ladies who first posted the
thread:  Male Violence and the Power Myth  etc.

This fully explains to me the surprising increase in
female vampires in that area of the world.

Please also see my previous posting on The Rooskies,
which may or may not be considered relevant.


-- 
Capt. Kirk: let's head for that planet, third from the sun, it
            looks promising.... |-)
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From: bahman@beer.umeeng (Bahman S Kermanshahi)
Subject: Sydney University's e-mail address, please?
Reply-To: bahman@beer.umeeng
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:14:40 GMT

Hi everybody,

I'm looking for e-mail address of Sydney and New South Wales University in Australia.
I would like to get some info. regarding engineering programs offered.

Would you please write your response to this e-mail:


      umhafez0@ccu.umanitoba.ca 



Thanks in advance.



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