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From: c9037163@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (HEWSON IS A GOD)
Subject: can you help
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 04:09:28 GMT







	help help help help help help

	yes you got the message I need help.

	I am a third year economics student. I am going to undertake honours
	in economics in 1993 but here is the problem. I can't think of an 
	acceptable thesis topic. 

	I would love to do something on the Australian Financial markets
	ie. stock, future, options markets etc.

	however I have found it difficult to think of a topic.

	My areas of expertise are in monetary theory, international economics
	industry policy, public finance.

	any ideas on any of these areas of some other topic 
        would be of great benefit

	please help I need it

					steve.
From: waohe@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (WA Office of Higher Education)
Newsgroups: aus.education
Subject: INFORMATION BULLETINS
Date: 5 Oct 1992 15:18:38 +0800
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
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	WESTERN AUSTRALIAN OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

	INFORMATION BULLETINS, ISSUES NOS 26 & 27

Issue No 26  September 1992

	Academic Staff Qualifications in Western Australian Universities

	This paper provides information on the formal qualifications of 
	the teaching members of the academic staff at lecturer level and
	above.  It updates information previously reported in 1991 in 
	Information Bulletin No 9.  The information relates to staff of
	Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University (excluding
	the teaching staff of the Academy of Performing Arts), 
	Murdoch University and the The University of Western Australia.
	Other variables analysed in the study include gender and 
	teaching area.    (Four pages)



Issue No 27 September 1992

	Performance Indicators for Western Australian Universities
				1990 - 1991  

	The need for financial accountability for efficiency and effectiveness
	was stressed in 'Higher Education, a Policy Statement' (Dawkins, 1988)
	and the 'Report of the Committee of Review of Higher Education
	in Western Australia' (Lawrence, 1989).  The Western Australian 
	Auditor General's Report of 1990 referred to the diversity in 
	reporting formats, exemptions from the provisions of the 
	Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAA Act) and differing
	accounting policies on common issues which make comparisons
	between universities difficult.

	In the context of these reports, the Committee on Standardisation 
	of Reporting by Tertiary Institutions in Western Australia was
	established.  It comprised representatives of the four higher
	education institutions, the Treasury and the Western Australian
	Office of Higher Education.  It was required to address reporting 
	issues related to financial statements, performance indicators
	and exemptions from provisions of the FAA Act.

	The Committee proposed an interim set of performance indicators
	which was acceptable to the higher education institutions,
	was consistent with the requirements of the Department of 
	Employment, Education and Training and was approved by the 
	Western Australian Higher Education Council.   The bulletin 
	presents an overview of the performance indicators for Western 
	Australia's four public universities for 1990-1991.
	(Seven pages)  


Copies are available by ordinary mail.

Please contact M/s Linley Hine

Western Australian Office of Higher Education
PO Box 288,  WEST PERTH 6005
WESTERN AUSTRALIA       (09) 483 8219  FAX (09) 322 2069

waohe@uniwa.uwa.edu.au
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From: ewartd@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.education
Subject: Not another bloody economist - was "can you help"
Date: 4 Oct 92 23:07:36 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.140928.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>, c9037163@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (HEWSON IS A GOD) writes:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 	help help help help help help
> 
> 	yes you got the message I need help.

You certainly do! :-)

> 
> 	I am a third year economics student. I am going to undertake honours
> 	in economics in 1993 but here is the problem. I can't think of an 
> 	acceptable thesis topic. 
> 
> 	I would love to do something on the Australian Financial markets
> 	ie. stock, future, options markets etc.
> 
> 	however I have found it difficult to think of a topic.
> 
> 	My areas of expertise are in monetary theory, international economics
> 	industry policy, public finance.
> 
> 	any ideas on any of these areas of some other topic 
>         would be of great benefit
> 
> 	please help I need it
> 
> 					steve.

Its no too late to get a REAL education.  Try something vaguely useful to
society.

Seriously though, if you must be an economist, look for a topic that is on the
edge, something that is perhaps a little peripheral to what everyone else is
doing.  Try to key it in with another discipline, as breadth aids employment.

My bias would be to set you on something micro rather than macro, but you
should be able to find your own topic - that's half the fun.

Cheers
Don
Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: ins598w@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Roger Tall)
Subject: Re: Imminent demise of Oz TNG?
Organization: Monash University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 14:06:37 GMT

You've got another supporter on this issue!!!!!


--

Roger Tall
2nd Year Computer Science
Monash University (Clayton)
AUSTRALIA 

e-mail:  ins598w@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au

	"Have you ever heard of the Klingon proverb:
	 That revenge is a dish best served cold...
	 It is very cold in space...!!!"

	(Khan:  Star Trek II - The Wrath Of Khan)
From: ralph.buttigieg@f635.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Ralph Buttigieg)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Australian isolation & delay
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:08:10 GMT
Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au

Original to: Ibacon@Uniwa.Uwa.Edu.Au
 i> This post is in two parts. The first is a bitch about delays in
 i> receiving books and films in Australia. In Perth channel 9 is screening
 i> Star Trek TNG spasmodically, out of sequence and they are still showing
 i> 1st and 2 nd series. On other newsgroups I read about TNG episodes that
 i> will not be shown in oz for years, if ever.

 Frankly, the only solution I see is to hope that satellite TV will pick
 up the slack. Behaps with compressed video broadcasting there will be
 enough interest for a specific SF channel. We can always hope.
 ta
 Ralph

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From: jorgi@cs.uow.edu.au (George B Zamroz)
Newsgroups: aus.sf,aus.tv
Subject: Re: Tripods
Keywords: tripods
Date: 26 Sep 92 09:54:14 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia

zebee@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone) writes:

>It sounds like John Christopher's trilogy "The White Mountains", 
>"The City of Gold and Lead", and "The Pool of Fire".

I have a copy of the paperback they put out containing all three books. It is
simply called "The Tripods Trilogy" and came out after the TV series. It has
a picture of Will, Henry and Beanpole on the front.

It is a shame that the third book wasn't adapted. It is one of the few
adaptations that I feel was better than the book.

I wouldn't mind seeing the series again. I have seen twice it twice already
(when they first put it on about late 1986 early 1987, and when they later
repeated it). I can remember reading it in the TV program. Sounded
interesting so I tuned in. I had missed the opening, so when I saw this
English country village, I thought that I was watching the wrong program. But,
when that first tripod came looming over the village, I knew I had the right
one. 
-- 
George B. Zamroz, University of Wollongong, Australia
ex-Masters Student (Computer Science)        
Internet: jorgi@cs.uow.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: ant@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Anthony Murdoch)
Subject: Re: TNG: "PenPals"
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 05:08:59 GMT

hoahosth@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (ANDREA HOSTH) writes:

>Well, I liked this one better than last week's. An exceptional part was when 
>Data turns up on the bridge with the kid and Picard manages to sound *
>really* *really* angry. Nice tension. I am, however, surprised at how 
>willing Data was to disobey StarFleet Regulations and some fairly direct 
>orders for noninterference from Picard, to help the kid (Yes, I have 
>forgotten her name already). We again see the android, least human of the 
>lot, acting the most human of the lot. 

Thinking about this, there is a reasonable explanation.  The humans are
exected to show these kinds of emotions and so their training would
include techniques to control them.  DATA however wouldn't have been
expected to show as many emotions as he does and so his training doesn't
deal with them.

ant
Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: damian@cs.monash.edu.au (Damian Conway)
Subject: Re: Star Trek Laws of Physics...
Organization: Computer Science, Monash University, Australia
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 06:17:54 GMT

voros@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:

>damian@cs.monash.edu.au (Damian Conway) writes:
>> 
>> Self-destruction now consists of detonating the forward starboard
>> mechanism,  thereby simultaneously reducing orbital velocity and
>> imparting a centrifugal  velocity component on the vessel.  This
>              ^^^^^^^^^^^
>*gag!*   *choke!*   *splutter!*   *cough!*

Sorry, this should of course read:

	"imparting a centrifugal velocity with respect
	 to the centre of the saucer section"

(Mind you, I'm not sure who's more dangerous: the satirist who neglects to 
 proof-read or the pedant who does ;-)

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where: Dept. Computer Science           phone: (03) 565 5184
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       Clayton 3168                             is not being there in the 
       AUSTRALIA                                first place."
Xref: sparky aus.sf:509 rec.arts.sf.marketplace:494
From: stong@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (Simon Tong)
Newsgroups: aus.sf,rec.arts.sf.marketplace
Subject: *** Wanted : Books by Daniel Keys Moran
Date: 28 Sep 92 05:00:37 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: aus
Organization: University of Melbourne, Australia

I am looking for two books by Daniel Keys Moran,
_Emerald Eyes_ and _The Long Run_. 

If you have either/both of these two books and 
they are in good condition and you are
willing to sell them, please name a price and
e-mail me at

stong@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au

Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: keulen@possum.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen)
Subject: Re: Australian isolation & delay
Organization: Murdoch University
Date:  2 Oct 92 04:11:02 GMT

ralph.buttigieg@f635.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Ralph Buttigieg) writes:

> Frankly, the only solution I see is to hope that satellite TV will pick
> up the slack. Behaps with compressed video broadcasting there will be
> enough interest for a specific SF channel. We can always hope.
> ta
> Ralph

Hmmm - I'm not so sure about a specific SF channel ... they've been trying to
get one of the ground in the US for some time now, and from what I hear they're
only up to a possible trial run in the not-too-distant future.  I doubt that Oz
has the demand for such a beast.  We can always hope though ... otherwise our
video bill's are going to become huge!

Mike

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Xref: sparky aus.sf:507 aus.films:592
From: s892024@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. Muirden [GA])
Newsgroups: aus.sf,aus.films
Subject: "Star Trek" Marathon: Sat Oct 3rd. [Melbourne] [Reminder]
Date: 27 Sep 92 22:52:26 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
NNTP-Posting-Host: minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au


AMP Cinema Star Trek Marathon Calender - October 1992
-----------------------------------------------------

AMP Cinema
Baement Level,
AMP Building
535 Bourke St.
Melbourne

Times and Venue may change!! Check "The Age" on day for confirmation!! :)


Sat. Oct. 3rd.
--------------

6:30 Naked Time
7:25 Obsession
8:20 Intermission
8:35 Omega Glory
9:25 Operation annihilate
10:25 Finish

***

I take no responsibility with regards to the accuracy of the above
programme details. This is presented in good faith. Any mistakes
or omissions are the result of programming error on the part of
AMP Cimena. I just type it in folks! :)

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Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: Quinn <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Star Trek Laws of Physics...
X-Xxdate: Fri, 2 Oct 92 01: 44:14 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 01:48:43 GMT

In article <damian.717919774@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> Damian Conway,
damian@cs.monash.edu.au writes:
>Self-destruction now consists of detonating the forward starboard
mechanism, 
>thereby simultaneously reducing orbital velocity and imparting a
centrifugal 
>velocity component on the vessel.  This typically results in the ship
spiralling
>planetwards whilst maintaining sufficient structural integrity to permit 
>impressing special effects to be witnessed from the now-stranded surface
party.

The only problem with this latest Star Fleet innovation is that it
makes self-destructing in deep space very difficult.  They have to
fire up the matter/anti-matter drive, feed all the power into the
matter replicators, create a planet and then self-destruct by
crashing into it.  It can be a trick operation.

>>joe, that annoying physicist fellow.

While an the subject of Star Trek physics can anyone explain to me
how artificial gravity works (-;

Quinn "The Eskimo!"      <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>     "Support HAVOC!"
Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Australia
Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: molly@krang.vis.citri.edu.au (Mark Ollila)
Subject: Re: Imminent demise of Oz TNG?
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 09:36:56 GMT

DAVIS@licra.dn.mu.oz.au writes:

>So is it true that channel 9 will not be showing any more TNG beyond the 
>second season?  I suspected that they were trying to let us down gently by 
>changing the times around and hoping we wouldn't notice, but surely this 
>needs a concerted letter-writing campaign before it's too late?  Or am I 
>coming in on the end of a long discussion?  If so, sorry, but it *is* 
>annoying.

>Ian Davis                          DAVIS@licr.dn.mu.oz.au


I believe we should start a letter writing campaign...... But first
we should find out if they are canning it, etc........ and of course
the address....

Lets get researching. 

Mark.
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From: Mark.Stiebel@f159.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Mark Stiebel)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Sci-Fi Marathon (Melbourne)
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 12:18:00 +1000

 EMR> Is there anyone out there who has a Valhalla poster and would be able
 EMR> to email me the timetable for this weekend's sci-fi marathon? My
 EMR> poster seems to have disappeared...

 1.  You left it a bit late to hope for an answer in Fido!

 2. Would've been a lot easier to just phone the Val and ask!

 3. If you ended up going,  "CLOSE THE DOOR!"

 -:{ M-><-S }:-

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From: keulen@possum.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Re: CHANNEL 9 ST: NGT!!! NEWS :-)
Date: 6 Oct 92 08:46:50 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Murdoch University

gbeer@leven.appcomp.utas.edu.au (Gabrielle Beer) writes:

>No episodes from DS9 have aired yet but I think they are due
>to start soon.

I think DS9 is due to start airing in January in the US ... now, will we ever
get it over here?

>The idea is that when TNG finishes at the end of this season or maybe
>the next (it's seventh) then DS9 will carry on from there.

The rumour is that there will be a seventh season of ST:TNG before it finishes.

Mike

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From: DAVIS@licra.dn.mu.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Imminent demise of Oz TNG?
Date: 29 Sep 92 05:55:55 GMT
Organization: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

So is it true that channel 9 will not be showing any more TNG beyond the 
second season?  I suspected that they were trying to let us down gently by 
changing the times around and hoping we wouldn't notice, but surely this 
needs a concerted letter-writing campaign before it's too late?  Or am I 
coming in on the end of a long discussion?  If so, sorry, but it *is* 
annoying.

Ian Davis                          DAVIS@licr.dn.mu.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: voros@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Subject: Re: Star Trek Laws of Physics...
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 04:30:48 GMT

damian@cs.monash.edu.au (Damian Conway) writes:
> 
> Self-destruction now consists of detonating the forward starboard
> mechanism,  thereby simultaneously reducing orbital velocity and
> imparting a centrifugal  velocity component on the vessel.  This
              ^^^^^^^^^^^
*gag!*   *choke!*   *splutter!*   *cough!*

:)

-- 
Joe Voros
Department of Physics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia.
voros@physics.monash.edu.au
Quantum Mechanics is God's way of telling you to mind your P_i's and Q_j's.
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: S.T.T.N.G. (PENPALS)
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 12:47:17 +1000

Hello all ,
          Just a brief comment about this weeks Star Trek , Q Who 
. This story would have to be one of the better stories in the second 
series , but I feel that their is one small flaw in the storyline.
        The Borg is the ultimate user , Q told us that , and the Borg 
is not interested in our lifeform , only the ship , and out technology 
. BUT WHY....  There techonology surpasses ours , as they can beam 
onto the ship with the sheilds up , and they can also fly at speeds past Warp
9.999 . THEY DON"T NEED THE ENTERPRISE OR THE FEDERATIONS TECHNOLOGY , BECAUSE
THE BORGS TECHNOLOGY IS SUPERIOR . There ship even fixes itself....WOW .
        I would love to hear any comments that anyone would have on 
this or any matter ...
        Also go to see Q again . The idea of having him as a shipmate 
would be very interesting .
 
See Ya...
Gil.
 


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Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: daz@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Dazza Primm)
Subject: Re: TNG: "PenPals"
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 23:49:29 GMT

s892024@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. Muirden [GA]) writes:

>After that there should be "The Emmisary" (Worf and love)
>and a few more "Shades of Grey" comes to mind from memory
>before we see the end of season 2.

The rest of Season 2 is like this:

Q Who
Samaritan Snare
Up The Long Ladder (title was changed from "Send in the Clones")
The Emissary
Peak Performance
Shades of Gray.

Then Peoples, that is it :-(, Hopefulyl osme other station will pick up
Next Gen, otherwise,  we dont get to see the wonderful Seasons 3 and 4.


Daz.



>>Ciao

>>Ankh

>in space, no-one can hear you be assimilated by the Borg...

>bah! Irrelevant!

>richard

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Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: gbeer@leven.appcomp.utas.edu.au (Gabrielle Beer)
Subject: Re: CHANNEL 9 ST: NGT!!! NEWS :-)
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 03:52:14 GMT

In article <9227509.5693@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, molly@krang.vis.citri.edu.au (Mark Ollila) writes:
>Well, they said that they have bought up to ( and including )
>Season 5. But they havent got the new series just starting in the
>US. Apparently ( I'm speculating from memory ) that ST:NG has split
>up into two different programs?......
>
>Maybe some one who does know whats happening in the US can post a
>summary...

As an avid reader of the Star Trek groups I can report that TNG is
currently in it's sixth season and about to start it's first season
is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9). This show is set on a spacestation
that is located beside a stable wormhole in space.  The wormhole
is very valuable as it is used to cut down travelling time in space.
DS9 is supposed to have a 'darker' feel than TNG and focuses on both
Starfleet & non-Starfleet personnel and possible conflicts between them.
DS9 is set about the same time as TNG allowing TNG cast members to do guest
spots from time-to-time. I know Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) is in the
pilot episode.  No episodes from DS9 have aired yet but I think they are due
to start soon.

The idea is that when TNG finishes at the end of this season or maybe
the next (it's seventh) then DS9 will carry on from there.

BTW I've seen some episodes from TNG's fifth season and they are well
worth the wait.

Hope this helps.
			Gabe
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From: Gil.Poznanski@f388.n634.z3.fidonet.org (Gil Poznanski)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Star Wars Novels
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 12:40:53 +1000

Hello all ,
          Just a quick note to ask everyone out there , if they have 
read the new Star Wars trilogy written by Timothy Zain . The series consists of
three books , the first being Heir to the Empire , and is set five years after
the events of RETURN OF THE JEDI . Luke is now a full fledged Jedi Knight ,
while Leia is a Jedi in training 
. The first book is avalible in soft cover , for about ten dollers 
. Get it out , it's well worth the read....
 
 
Who is more foolish , the fool or the fool that follows him......
 


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