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From: phd21@seq1.keele.ac.uk (A. Jaber)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: French Tyranny in Syria
Date: 12 Aug 92 18:38:37 GMT
Reply-To: phd21@seq1.kl.ac.uk (A. Jaber)
Organization: University of Keele, England

>From: eliedw@ulrik.uio.no (Elie Dib Wardini)
>
>I wonder if it will cost as much to get our independance from 
>Syria as it costus to get it from the French?

	All it takes is join the rebels.

>I wonder if we will gain as much from the Syrian occupation as 
>much as we did from the French one?

	France gave you a sctrian political system and Assad's Syria
	came into Lebanon to Bolster this sectarian system. 

>Having said that, If I am to choose, I would not choose any occupation 
>at all.

	Good News.

>Remember that the French replaced an occupation, that of the soldiers of
>Faisal. Who again replaced the occupation of the Turks.

	How many Turks were living in Lebanon when the French came over?

>(By the way, I wonder how many "Arabs" were killed at the hands of "Arabs"?

	Is this relevant to the 40,000 Arabs killed in Damascus by the
	French in one day. 

>It is not a question of who killls who, but a question of who is a criminal and
>who is not?)
>
>elie wardini

	Who kills will be Killed!!!

A Jaber
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: saleham@right.clarkson.edu (Anwar M. Saleh)
Subject: Re: Chritians, Muslems, and M.G
Reply-To: saleham@right.clarkson.edu
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:04:04 GMT

Hani writes:

>The tone of your posting does not only reflect the stupidity of this argument,
>but how sad you are...this applies to whoever continues the thread of this
>stupid argument..(especially with caps locked)...get civilized will you.
>-Hani

 This is not intented to continue the thread. I just want to say that
 Mr. M.G. postings are NONSENSE and I agree with you Hani.

>--
>| Hani Nassif            | hani@caen.engin.umich.edu                 |
>| 1354 G.G. Brown Bldg.  | Computer Aided Engineering Network (CAEN) |
>| University of Michigan | Hotline Office, Chrysler Bldg. # 231      |
>| Ann Arbor, Mi 48109    | Ann Arbor, MI 48109                       |

  Anwar Saleh (Fairouz: Ruddanee ilaa bilaadee)

Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: borrel@dhhalden.no (Borre Ludvigsen)
Subject: Recent contributions to liasun3.epfl.ch - GIFS
Reply-To: borrel@dhhalden.no (Borre Ludvigsen)
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:11:40 GMT

Pictures, sounds and texts from Lebanon and the Middle East.

The liasun3.epfl.ch anonymous ftp server has become a "hitch hiker's" multimedia  
server of cultural material from Lebanon and the Middle East. The server contains  
soundbytes of songs and music, animations, pictures (both historical and modern) and  
texts. There is also a directory of public domain ultilities for playing and  
converting sounds.

Recent music additions are sounbytes from songs by Fairuz, Wadi el Safi, Samira  
Toufiq and Um Koulsoum. There are complete (Arabic) texts to some of the songs  
archived as gif files.

Other recent contributions include pictures and some animations of Fairuz, Fairuz,  
Wadi el Safi and Samira Toufiq.

This is a truly unique repository of cultural material from the Middle East and  
especially from Lebanon. Enjoy the sights, sounds and words of Lubnan!

*** please read the README files first ***

- Barre Ludvigsen <borrel@dhhalden.no>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: borrel@dhhalden.no (Borre Ludvigsen)
Subject: New gifs, sounds and utilities on liasun3.epfl.ch
Reply-To: borrel@dhhalden.no (Borre Ludvigsen)
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:43:08 GMT

New gifs, sounds and utilities on liasun3.epfl.ch

Recent additions to the cultural repository of material 
from Lebanon and the Middle East at liasun3.epfl.ch:

In directory /users/choueiry/umKoulthoum/aqbal:
 Text (as GIF) and soundbytes of Um Kalthoum's "aqbal al leil".
 
In directory /users/choueiry/bin/IBM
 Various sound utilities for the IBM PC
 
In directory   /users/choueiry/bin/Unix:
  Various sound utilities for Unix
   
In directory    /users/choueiry/bin/Mac: 
 Various sound utilities for the Apple Macintosh
 
Enjoy the sounds and sights! 

- Barre Ludvigsen <borrel@dhhalden.no
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This area of the liasun3.epfl.ch anonymous ftp server contains several
README files. Guests are strongly requested to read ALL README files
before retrieving anything else. At present the files are:

	README.msg ; general information
	README.etq ; pointers for guests
	README.ftp ; pointers on hassel-free file transfer
	README.gif ; pointers on displaying graphics
	README.snd ; pointers on playing soundbytes
	README.uu  ; pointers on ASCII encoded files

Disclaimer: The owners of this anonymous ftp files server take no
responsibility for the contents of files residing on this machine or the
consequences of their use.

Purpose: The maintenance of the /users/choueiry directory of the
liasun3.epfl.ch server is entirely a voluntary and experimental effort.
It has been established as a repository of cultural material in the form
of text, graphics and sounds pertaining to Lebanon and the Middle East
and has no political, religious, sectarian or ethnic affiliations.

Support: Apart from these README files, NO support on the use of this
ftp server is given by anyone at epfl. Please do not direct mail in
search of user support to epfl staff. If you need help from a human, a
good point to start would be with your own system operator, your
internet node operator. Help is also freely available in Usenet FAQs.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: elie@hdtv.njit.edu (Elie I. Mourad)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Symphonies in Rahbani's music!
Date: 13 Aug 92 17:26:36 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

hani@licorice.engin.umich.edu writes: (with minor editing)
-------------------------------------

Marcel on one hand
is committed to the International Syndrome of Revolutionary Change;

Elie replies:
-------------

I gotta join the ISRC! Send me an application :-)
Hani, I need your honest opinions about Fidel Castro :-)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: ftran@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Formulated TRANsparency)
Subject: Re: Need the program for converting tiff file to gif file
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:16:58 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.173552.13574@bradford.ac.uk>, H.Wang@bradford.ac.uk (H WANG) writes:
> In article <1992Aug13.115150.2481@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> cychong@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chi Yin R Chong) writes:
> >Hi, every soc.culture.hongkong subscriber,
> >
> >     I used a software called DeskScan II to run the HP scanner and I scanned 
> >some pictures which are saved as tiff files. I would like to see if anyone has 
> >a program which can convert tiff file into gif file so that not only I can
> >send these pictures to the ftp sites for all of you to see/watch but I can
> >also see it thru the workstations.
> >
> >     Thanks a lot. Your help will be deeply appreciated.
> >
> >Robert Chong
> 
> me too...
> Thanks in advance.

You can use the DeskScan II to save it as .PCX files and the load
it back up using paintbrusher and then save it back to file as .GIF
files.  Try it out.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: akwy@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Alan Kin Wah YIM)
Subject: Newly posted HK popstar pictures in ftp sites
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 05:06:40 GMT

HONG KONG POPSTAR GIF COLLECTION SCHEME (HKPGCS)
================================================
NEW UPLOADS
===========
Newly posted HK popstar pictures are uploaded to ftp sites:
nic.funet.fi		in directory /pub/pics/gif/pics/tv+film/HKstar
nok.lcs.mit.edu		in directory /pub/hongkong/gif/popstars

Please allow 2-3 days delay on availability due to validation process by ftp
admins.

The GIF pictures are:
Posted filename		HKPGCS convention
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^		^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
alau03.gif		alau03.gif
ylchan01.gif		ichan01.gif

The filenames in ftp sites are in HKPGCS naming convention format.

Contents of new GIF pictures:

alau03.gif	Half portrait of Andy Lau Tak-Wah		   497x371x256
		Contributor: Stephen Hui
ichan01.gif	Half portrait of Idy Chan Yuk-Lin		   269x320x256
		Contributor: Stephen Hui

Contributions are welcome. Please read README.DONORS in directory
/pub/hongkong/gif/popstars		of ftp site: nok.lcs.mit.edu OR
/pub/pics/gif/pics/tv+film/HKstar	of ftp site: nic.funet.fi
for contribution rules, how to uuencode and contribute pictures.
However, the easiest method is to uuencode the picture file and mail it to
Thomas Wong <twong@civil.ubc.ca>. Contributors must not upload the files to ftp 
sites themselves. All types of picture file format are welcome. We will convert
them to GIF format.

Thank you for supporting HKPGCS. Please keep HKPGCS alive.

Alan of HKPGCS.
-- 
|||||||||||||| H O   O A I   ---   Another word for SPECIAL |||||||||||||||
||||||| finger & email address: akwy@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au (Alan Yim) ||||||||
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From: yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 08:17:12 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: GNP by purchasing power
Organization: Hewlett-Packard ISG-SBU-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong

>soc.culture.hongkong / gang@ms.uky.edu (Gang Li) /  9:51 pm  Aug 19, 1992 /
>edso@watson.ibm.com (Edward So) writes:

>>Over here where I live, Japs is not an abbreviation for Japanese.

>Just want to learn some language: who created the word ????(I dare not to use)
>British or American? And when?

>Thanks.

May be the American. Have you seen some films during WWII? I think I heard
this word there.

BTW, you all know Yankee refers to American (someone from the south or
even soemone from north don't agree). Do you know what a Hongkee (sp) 
refers to (no, it has nothing to do with HongKonger, never use this word
when "the answer" nearby ).

Yuk
From: l1z@ecl.psu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Protest! Protest! Protest!
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:17:02 EDT
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University

    The international students at PennState will be holding a protest against
the university's health insurance policy. The protest is dated August 17th,
Monday, in front of the HUB(hertzel Union Building) and the Old Main.
    PennState requires all international students came after fall,1990 to
buy insurance for themself and their dependents. The insurance should be the
MEGA plan provided by this school or other insurance that meet the waiver
standards. The waiver standards were set very strict so that international
students have no choice but to buy MEGA because any insurance that meet all
the waiver standards will be much more expensive than MEGA. The MEGA cost
about $500 a year for the student but $1778 for the student spouse and $800
for a child. If the  international student has assistantship, the school pays
%80 of the insurance for the student, but not for spouses and children.
MEGA doesn't provide good coverage for illnesses though it's so expensive.
    American students are not required to buy insurance for their dependents,
but they can choose to buy MEGA for their dependents if they want. So when
their wifes are going to have a baby. they may spend a few hundred dollars
to buy MEGA for their wifes for only one semester, and enjoy the maternity
coverage. The cost, certainly, will be imposed on international students who
are forced to buy MEGA even there's a lot of unwanted coverages like the
maternity coverages for their husbands and children!
From: lulu@troi.ucr.edu (david lu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Chinese Chess Games on PC
Date: 21 Aug 92 03:21:20 GMT
Organization: University of California, Riverside

In article <EDWONG.92Aug18181258@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu> edwong@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu (Edward Wong) writes:
>>>>>> On 18 Aug 92 20:23:56 GMT, hwong@tc.fluke.COM (Yee Jyr Hwong) said:
>
>
>>> Does anybody knows any good Chiness chess games on PC? If you do know 
>>> one, who makes it and how much? Thanks in advance.
>
>well, there is one call battle chess II.  you can find it in a lot of
>software store.

I have Battle Chess II.  The graphics are interesting to
look at, but the Chess algorithm is pretty bad.  Heck, if
*I* can beat it, anybody can!  :)

The game does offer a number of levels, but the computer
takes too long to think at higher levels, even on a '386.

It does have an interesting feature, though.  You can play
against someone else with a copy of the same game over the
modem in real-time.  I've never used this feature, but it'll
definitely be more challenging than playing against the
computer.

I won't recommend it if you're just interested in playing
against the computer.  If you have a human opponent, it's
worth it for the graphics.

			- David

-- 
---==lulu@ucrengr==---  just another overworked graduate student.
David T Lu, Amateur Thinker: lulu@ucrengr.ucr.edu, {ucsd, uci}!ucrengr!lulu
"I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle."
					- Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's
From: john@jho.com (John Ho)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Friendship Club
Date: 21 Aug 92 03:59:17 GMT
Organization: Software Programming, Inc., Dallas, Texas USA

gwang@uts.amdahl.com (George Wang) writes:

>In article <1992Aug19.153343.58262@cc.usu.edu>, slbxk@cc.usu.edu writes:
>> 
>> 
>> Dear friends,
>> 
>>      We are all far away from home, home town, home city, home
>> motherland. We each have the same dreams, dreaming about pursuing
>> a higher degree in education, accomplishing a wonderful task in
>> our own life, getting a satisfying job, climbing to a higher
>> class in life... But we feel lonely, terribly lonely, we need
>> friends, and love. Loneliness is like a killer, threatening us
>> every friday evening, saturday, sunday, holidays, even in daily
>> life. Why not let us gather together to get rid of loneliness, to
>> find ourselves companionship, to enjoy love or friendship! Let's
>> provide ourselves to the society and meet many people and choose
>> the one we want to be with, the one we love, but we have not met
>> yet.
>> 
>>      Good luck to all of you, dear friends!
>> 
>>      P.S.
>> 
>>      For application form please send inquiring by E-mail.

>Hmmmmm...........
>	Is this a some sort of dating service?
>	Or pen-pal service?

>-George-

George,

	It is a Multi-Level Marketing System.  You get a commission
for every new memeber you bring in and you also receive a royalty for
every new member your members bring in.  It doesn't take long to turn
it into a pyramid selling system and if you are on the top, you will 
receive a commision from all levels below you.  Sounds good?

P.S.  This is only a joke.  I have no idea what Chinese Friendship Club
	does?  I am just a little silly tonite. :)
-- 
John Ho from Dallas, Texas USA. (john@jho.com)           - No news is bad news.
From: syl10@amail.amdahl.com (Stanford Law)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: <<<<<<<<<< SUPER NINTENDO GAMES FOR SALE >>>>>>>>>>
Date: 18 Aug 92 00:54:49 GMT
Reply-To: syl10@amail.amdahl.com
Organization: Amdahl Corp.

I have the following SUPER NINTENDO GAMES for sale.  All original from Japan.  Suitable
for use on both U.S. Super Nintendo and Japanese Super Famicom:

   1 Super Famicom + A/V cable  (used)           $155.00
   2 Super R-Type                                             $45.00 ea.
   1 Jerry Boy                                                     $50.00
   1 Wanderers From Ys III                                 $45.00
   2 Super Mario World                                      $45.00 ea.
   1 New 3D Golf Simulation                              $50.00
   1 Ganba League                                              $45.00
   1 Super 3 country II (Chinese History Legend) $90.00
   1 Super Stadium                                            $45.00
   2 Area 88                                                       $45.00 ea.

All game cartridges 99% new - cover may seem old.
Discount available if whole system is purchased.
Please contact: syl10@ate.amdahl.com or by phone. 
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From: wlau@austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Hello World
Keywords: School begins soon. But I still don't know what courses I am going
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:04:27 GMT
Reply-To: johniac@austin.iinus1.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Austin
Originator: wlau@lau.austin.ibm.com


to take. Any Suggestions.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: wklau@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au (Wing Kin Lau)
Subject: Re: It is only a testing!
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 08:43:00 GMT

Hello world

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: ng@MOE.OPTICS.ROCHESTER.EDU (Baldwin Ng)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: REPOST: CHINESE MUSIC RADIO PROGRAM at US UNIVERSITIES
Date: 17 Aug 92 19:14:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: moe.9208171914.AA18011

Hello!!

Does anyone have experience in running a chinese-music program in
school radio-station?  Here in Rochester (NY, USA), there is a small
group of people who would like to start such a program.  Since we are
not experienced at all.  Your input/experience/advice WILL BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED!

Thanks a lot,
Baldwin Ng
(ng@moe.optics.rochester.edu) - UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Institute of Optics
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: kingw@fraser.sfu.ca (King Rio Wong)
Subject: GIF request of Aaron Kwok Fu Shing...
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 10:19:23 GMT

     Just as the title says.  Would some kind soul with a scanner post a
picture or two of Kwok Fu Shing, one of the four "kings" of HK male singers?
(gang of four??? hehe)  My sister is a big fan of him and is asking for it.
If someone would do it I would really appreciate it.  Maybe I will convert it
into a bmp and use it as my OS/2 wallpaper...
     Thanks in advance.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: mkcman@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Marcus Man)
Subject: RE: Street Fighter 
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 02:00:45 GMT

In article <12AUG199212342345@rosie.uh.edu>, cosc178l@rosie.uh.edu (92H02950) writes:
> Hi,
> 	Anybody tries Street Fighter in Super Nintendo ? How's it ?

Almost the same as arcade version, you can select the power level of each player, which the arcade version doesn't have. Fun...!!!

Marcus 
U of Waterloo
Canada
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: hpang@engin.umich.edu (Ho Sun Pang)
Subject: Re:  Premarrital sex, daemon, and law
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 08:58:49 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Distribution: usa


I don't know whether the netters heard about this controversial case an year
ago.  An old native American couple, who claimed they are old-fashioned and
conservative, rented an apartment to an UNMARRIED couple in Detroit.  A few
days after the lease began, however, the old couple issued a letter from their
lawyer to asked the unmarried couple to move out, claiming that the unmarried
couple are engaging pre-martial sex and hence against their (the old couple)
religious values.


Of course, the old couple is clearly in violation of Detroit's House Code,
which states that there must not be any discrimination against sexual
orientation.  Eventually, this case was bring to the District Court, and the
old couple won the case and kicked out the unmarried couple without paying 
any compensation.

So for this conservative couple who posted that SURVEY article a few days ago.
If you wanna do something, you gotta do it in America.  You may just as well
sue anybody who engage pre-martial sex, claiming that their acts are against
your religious beliefs.  Remember, you could just do many things (like
taking SAT, GRE on Sunday, refuse a duty from your company, etc.) by JUST
SAYING how your religious thoughts get into your way...

*****

This is no flame.  But I am surprised by this SURVERY posting.

If you think SEX is some kind of restrictive or holy (in terms of religion)
activity that needs a LICENSE (i.e. the certificate of marriage).  Then I
think sex life is nothing more than DUTY and RESPONSIBILITY.

If you think SEX is a way to show one's affections towards the other, the way
to strengthen mutual bonds, then I do not see why pre-martial sex should be
AVOIDED.  If you read a considerable amount of articles and reference books
on psychology of sex, you'll be amazed by how sex can really tie the hearts
of loved ones together.  You DO NOT need a license, a certificate to show
affections, do you?

If you think pre-martial sex is immoral, well, may be George Orwell's
THOUGHT POLICE is in-the-town.  (Read "1984" if you don't know why...)

*****

Thus, I think you should change your focus on TEENAGERS PRE-MARTIAL SEX or
SHEER LUST SEXUAL ACTIVITIES.  As long as it's safe sex (to avoid sexually
transmitted diseases and unwanted pregancy) and it's come out of true and
mutual affections, why not?


- Louis

P.S.  As you have said, this is a free country (which, anyway, is the most
      favourite and frequently used excuse to abuse something for some
      people).  So please do not argue with me.  All that's relative!

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.taiwan,soc.culture.china
From: hwong@tc.fluke.COM (Yee Jyr Hwong)
Subject: Chinese Chess Games on PC
Followup-To: poster
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:23:56 GMT


Does anybody knows any good Chiness chess games on PC? If you do know 
one, who makes it and how much? Thanks in advance.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: jlee@shearson.com (Jeff Lee)
Subject: Re: It is only a testing!
Summary: Again? 
Organization: Lehman Brothers, NY
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:19:38 GMT

If you have read the many and many postings that said "when
you test, don't just say testing.  Say something."

Well, here I am posting the something else.  Hope you don't 
mind too much. 

--
......................................................................

jlee@shearson.com
Believing that it can be done is half of the task and the first step 2.
From: auyeung@acsu.buffalo.edu (Kwankwan Auyeung)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Help: CU Address Needed!
Date: 16 Aug 92 21:48:05 GMT
Organization: UB
Originator: auyeung@lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu



Hi:

I am looking for the BITNET address of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Any help will be appreciated. (Please send response through E-mail)


Thanks


Kwan Auyeung

auyeung@acsu.buffalo.edu
auyeung@eng.buffalo.edu
V095QR34@UBVMS.BUFFALO.EDU