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From: jsw@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Jeremy Westerman)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.spain,soc.culture.italian,soc.culture.mexican,soc.culture.portuguese,soc.culture.usa
Subject: Re: FREE STOCKS NEWSLETTER!
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:24:12 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh

In article <6JAN199321120405@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov>, packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
> In article <1993Jan6.074633.3620@inesc.pt>, rgc@eagle.inesc.pt (Rui Gustavo Crespo) writes...
> >-Enhances speculative investments against long-term investment on infrastructures
> >(such as I&D, transportation and education).
> >-Destroys industry in favor of finantial firms: UK and USA are excellent
> >examples for this trend. After a short-term "boom", economy dives very deep.
> >-Favors short-term individualism against cooperative work: this destroys long-
> >term investment and management is conducted purely on a short-term basis.
> 
> 
> This is certainly wrong. Equity investment in companies (i.e. purchase
> of stocks) means owning a part of the company. This does not =inevitably=
> cause you to demand short-term profits from the company. It's odd
> that a European should express the view that it does, because
> Europeans by and large have been more conservative investors,
> favoring the stocks of companies with high asset value. Americans,
> by contrast, look for expected growth in earnings.

But surely this reinforces the initial argument. In the UK, and from above I
presume the US, investors who purchase stocks are looking for earnings growth. This
implies a short term outlook on investments - the only criteria for judging a company
is by its profits. Management, therefore, is under pressure to generate profits
rather than expand its business (at the expense of competitors). Thus, instead of
investing in its business (training, new plant, new products, aggressive marketing),
the money is declared as profit. This will affect the long term future (its ability
to earn revenue in the future) at the expense of generating large short term profits.
Having worked for a large UK electronics company which operates on these principles,
I have to aggree with Rui.

In Japan, Germany, and perhaps in other European countries, investors tend to go for
asset rather than profit growth. Therefore the only way management can satisfy the
wishes (demands ?) of the investors is to expand the business by value. The net result
of this is that the business becomes stronger and more competitive. In todays hi-tech
market, where investment in new R&D costs millions and takes years to come to the
marketplace, a company which takes a longer term view will be more willing to invest
than a company with a short term view (the money could be used for profit growth).
A long term view encourages investment in your future; a short term view discourages
it.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.european
From: sasjrm@beatle.unx.sas.com (Jeff McDermott)
Subject:  converting pal & secam & ntsc tapes
Originator: sasjrm@beatle.unx.sas.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:37:15 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


hello,

last summer i bought a professional world format video 
conversion unit and have really enjoyed converting vhs
tapes for people locally.  this hobby is so much fun
that i thought i would offer to convert tapes outside
of my locale as well.  

i ask only $5 per tape if you supply the blank tape.  
postage will be added to your total based on the number
of tapes you need converted.

i believe this is far cheaper than most companies since
some charge $40 or more per tape.  some charge by the hour...

my equipment can convert any of the standards below into any
other format below:

ntsc
pal 
npal
mpal
secam
msecam

please email inquiries to sasjrm@unx.sas.com
From: iyer@juju.wpd.sgi.com (Mahadevan Iyer)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Graduate Study Info
Keywords: Graduate
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:22:17 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Hi everybody,
		Happy New Year to you.

I am trying to find names of Univs and professors in Australia who work in the
field of transportation engineering. Does anybody have an idea of where I could
get my hands onto this kind of info (ftp from a remote site, special news net etc).

Thank you.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: wright@shark.mcs.anl.gov (Stephen Wright)
Subject: Re: Duel Australian/USA citizenship
Reply-To: wright@shark.mcs.anl.gov (Stephen Wright)
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:39:34 GMT

> G'day
>       I would like to know if anyone has any comments/personal
> experience/knowledge regarding duel Australian/US citizenship
> for Australian born citizens who have residency in the US.
>       Thank you
> --
> Judy Wernet

Australian citizens who elect to become
citizens of any other country forfeit their
Australian citizenship.
I also believe that the U.S. is also not keen on dual
citizenship for its citizens, though I know someone with
both US and UK passports. In fact, I have heard that the
U.S. only allows dual citizenship with Israel.

I am not 100% sure of any of the above points - if anyone
has alternative info and IS 100% sure, let me know.

Steve Wright
wright@mcs.anl.gov
From: mlaufer@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Matthias Laufer)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Visiting Australia, lots of questions!!
Date: 7 Jan 1993 03:42:26 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Anita,
sorry for misinterpreting the phrase REAL AUSTRALIANS don't tip.
I wouldn't dare to open up a can of flames, surely, since I or others
might get their fingers burned.

Regarding my place of work, if Anita wants to meet me personally, fine,
but please go to a restaurant to have good food and good service, and
not for the sole purpose of not tipping. If I was actually working in a
restaurant I would not be insulted if I wasn't tipped. I'm not under the
impression nor have I ever said that anybody is obliged to tip in
Australia but if someone came to my place of work with the only purpose
of not tipping me, all I could do is laugh and feel sorry for that
person, for he or she must be very bored.

Matt
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: morwood@apollo.hp.com (Mark Morwood)
Subject: Re: What is cornflour (in making pavlova)?
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:07:27 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Cooperative Object Computing Division -
	Chelmsford, MA


In article jhk4@po.CWRU.Edu (Judith H. Wernet) writes:

   All Australian recipes for pavlova call for the ingredient
   "cornflour".  Could someone out there tell me what is 
   cornflour, where it can typically be purchased in the US (is
   it marketed here under a different name?) or what a suitable
   substitute would be?  Thank you.

I don't know the answer to your cornflour question, but I do know an
Australian recipe for Pavlova that doesn't require it.  I am typing this in
from memory, but the recipe came from my "Margaret Fulton's Cookbook", so
the original source is pretty reliable.

	Pavlova
	-------

	6 egg whites
	12oz Castor Sugar (Superfine Sugar in US supermarkets)
	1.5 tsp Vinegar
	1.5 tsp Vanilla essence
	strawberries, kiwi fruit, passionfruit etc.

	- Turn the oven on to its highest temperature setting
	- Beat the egg whites till stiff
	- Gradually add the sugar while continuing to beat the egg whites
	- Fold in the vinegar and vanilla essence
	- Shape the mixture on a greased tray
	- Turn the oven down to its lowest temperature setting, and cook for
	  1.5 hours.
	- Turn off the oven and leave the Pavlova in it till it cools.
	- Fill with whipped cream and top with strawberries, kiwi fruit and
	  passionfruit, or whatever takes your fancy.

and as they say here - "enjoy".

Mark Morwood.
Boston.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: s1110238@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Lee Hollingworth)
Subject: Re: Unemployment rate anybody?
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 05:37:23 GMT

srikant@skorpio.usask.ca (Srikant Subramaniam) writes:


>Hello Netters:

>Just curious to know - what is the present unemployment rate in Oz ?

11% on average between all states... :-(
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: robg@citr.uq.oz.au (Rob Geraghty)
Subject: Re: Oznews, 9th of January, 1993
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:39:53 GMT

john@citr.uq.oz.au (John Gottschalk) writes:
>cad28526@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chuck Douglas) writes:
>>And to me as well.  Don't the Aussies have a problem with introducing things
>>into their environment to control something and then have it go completely
>>wonky?  Cane toads spring to mind (no pun intended).  
>From what I have read about the cane toads, they were not introduced by
>Australian scientists. They were introduced into Australia by an
>organization of sugar-cane farmers. In fact, the scientists that were consulted
>advised against bringing the cane toad to Australia.

That aside, there are plenty of examples of the successful use of
biological control in australia.  The use of the cactoblastis moth to
control Prickly Pear is probably one of the best .  These are the result of
*very* careful research precisely to avoid a repeat of the problem of
bufo marinus.

I believe the csiro is currently working on methods to eradicate the
cane toad.  (last I heard they were working on a natural disease of the
toad)

Rob

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robg@citr.uq.oz.au         | The gift of love, the joy of life
CITR                       | And the making of music in all its forms
From: shaohua@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Email Address of the University of Tasmania
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:57:01 GMT
Reply-To: shaohua@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk
Organization: Edinburgh University Chemical Engineering Department.
NNTP-Posting-Host: pean.chemeng.ed.ac.uk

Hi,

I am looking for a friend of mine in the University of Tasmania. If someone can tell me the email address of the Univesity, I will appreciate. My email is shaohua@uk.ac.ed.chemeng.

Shaohua
From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Aussie TV is PAL-B, not PAL-D
Date: 4 Jan 93 09:28:32 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

I keep seeing questions of the form "What is the Aussie TV standard?"
and the answers are invariably "PAL-D."

Wrong.

According to the World Radio TV Handbook, Australia uses PAL-B, not
PAL-D.  The difference?  About a MHz...

The technical differences (B vs. D) are:

	Channel width:	7 MHz vs. 8 MHz
	Vision b/w:	5 MHz vs. 6 MHz
	IF:		5.5 MHz vs. 6.5 MHz.

Apart from that, they're identical :-)  Where did this notion of PAL-D
arise from, anyway?

(Iain the Axolotl: Can you update my FAQ section accordingly?)

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: wright@shark.mcs.anl.gov (Stephen Wright)
Subject: Re: What is cornflour (in making pavlova)?
Reply-To: wright@shark.mcs.anl.gov (Stephen Wright)
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:46:17 GMT

Cornflour is known as corn starch in the U.S.
It is easy to find in supermarkets, I believe
under the brand name "Arco."

For those interested, here is a pav recipe.

        PAVLOVA

        4 egg whites
        1 cup superfine sugar
        2 teaspoons vinegar
        1 tablespoon corn starch
        half pint whipped cream
        kiwi fruit or strawberries or passionfruit.

        Place egg whites in a clean glass bowl. Beat slowly until
frothy, then increase the speed and beat until stiff. GRADUALLY add
the sugar, beating well after each addition. (When all the sugar
has been added, the mixture should be shiny, very stiff, and
should stand in peaks.) Gently fold in the vinegar and corn starch
with a metal spoon.
        Line a cookie sheet with brown paper (from a bag) and
grease it lightly. Pile the meringue mixture on it; it should
form a cylinder about 8 inches in diameter and 2 inches high.
Preheat the oven to just under 300 degrees. Bake the pav for
between 90 and 105 minutes. When cooked, leave the oven door
ajar and allow the pav to cool inside. When cold, peel off the
paper and transfer to a serving platter. Just before serving,
top with the whipped cream and fruit. About 8 smallish servings.


Steve Wright
wright@mcs.anl.gov
From: cj436@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brian Paganelli)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: looking for REDGUM
Date: 10 Jan 1993 03:17:41 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


Has anybody heard from this Aussie band lately?  

Titles: CAUGHT IN THE ACT, FRONTLINE, BROWN RICE AND KEROSENE,
        MIDNIGHT SUN

Are there any others out?

Thanks,

Brian Paganelli and Mike Detmar

Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: zxmsu01@studserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Joost Schuur)
Subject: Working in Australia (permit?)
Keywords: work australia permit
Organization: Comp. Center (ZDV) U of Tuebingen, FRG
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 15:38:11 GMT

Hi!

   Having grown fed up with life in Europe, I plan to do a bit of globe-
trotting and work someplace else in the world. Immediately, Australia came
into my mind, but I am not quite sure, if it is quite that simple. Under
what circumstances will I recieve a working permit for Australia? Are
they easy to obtain? Need I have a return ticket when entering the country
or prove that I have a certain amount of money to pay for my stay? Am I
being too optimistic about coming to Australia and finding an (even low
payed) job, your unemployment rate being so high? Any other countries
where this is easier that you can suggest? I am currently 21, have a Dutch
passport, speak German and English, have no university degree, but a German
high school diploma.

Joost
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: mikep@g2syd.genasys.com.au (Michael Preedy)
Subject: Re: Bright Russian-speaking American seeks employment
Organization: Genasys II, Sydney, Australia
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 04:19:26 GMT

In article <103816@netnews.upenn.edu> pwoles@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (Peter Wolesagle) writes:
>OBJECTIVE:
>        A challenging position in a corporation or organization making use of my
>        Russian language skills.
>
>EDUCATION:
>        M.A. expected, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Slavic
>                Languages (current)
>
>        B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1991.  Magna cum laude.
>                Dual majors: Russian and English
>
other jibberish deleted

>        - Willing to travel and/or relocate within North America, CIS,
>          Europe, Australia, or New Zealand
>        - Available June 1993
>
Sounds to me like you have some kind of fascination with the Ruskies. Since 
you have just wasted several years learning their language why not go to 
Russia where millions of other people will understand you. I'm afraid 
Russian isn't much good anywhere else. Don't go rushin to Australia.

-Mike
From: jhk4@po.CWRU.Edu (Judith H. Wernet)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: What is cornflour (in making pavlova)?
Date: 12 Jan 1993 16:45:42 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


All Australian recipes for pavlova call for the ingredient
"cornflour".  Could someone out there tell me what is 
cornflour, where it can typically be purchased in the US (is
it marketed here under a different name?) or what a suitable
substitute would be?  Thank you.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: RPAUL@worldbank.org
Subject: Re: Internet Accees in/near Sidney?
Reply-To: RPAUL@worldbank.org
Organization: The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:27:13 GMT

Neela Jacques writes
"In article <C0D1x1.FyA@csn.org> daveh@teal.csn.org (Dave Hughes) writes:
">
">A man here in Colorado is coming to Sidney, and asked if I could
">find an access point in Sidney to the Internet, or at least e-mail.
">Anybody help here? Or who should he contact when getting there?
"Is there anybody out there who can tell me where sIdney is?
"I have never heard of sIdney Australia!

Maybe it is near Mellborn or Canbrah, but I wouldn't be too sure. The  
geography lessons here in the US don't cover Oztrailia.

">
">Please e-mail if you have a clue
">
">Dave Hughes
">dave@oldcolo.com
">
">Thanks!
"


--
Ross Paul
email: RPAUL@worldbank.org

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"I love a sunburnt country...." and all that jazz.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: d10590@tanus.oz.au (Robert Chalmers)
Subject: rubber car tyres
Organization: Pro-Net Australia
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 11:40:10 GMT

Can anyone tell me if car ty\ tyres are actually still made of rubber
from the rubber tree... failing that, what chemical compounds are actually in
the make up of car tyres. How much organic and in-organic material, and what
are they. Thanks for any help.
Bob
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From: lugsden@flotsm.ozy.dec.com (Keith Lugsden)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Working in Australia (permit?)
Keywords: work australia permit
Date: 11 Jan 93 01:34:34 GMT
Reply-To: lugsden@flotsm.ozy.dec.com (Keith Lugsden)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <zxmsu01.726680291@studserv>, zxmsu01@studserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de |>    Having grown fed up with life in Europe, I plan to do a bit of globe-
|> trotting and work someplace else in the world. Immediately, Australia came
|> into my mind, but I am not quite sure, if it is quite that simple. Under
|> what circumstances will I recieve a working permit for Australia? Are
|> they easy to obtain? Need I have a return ticket when entering the country
|> or prove that I have a certain amount of money to pay for my stay? Am I
|> being too optimistic about coming to Australia and finding an (even low
|> payed) job, your unemployment rate being so high? Any other countries
|> where this is easier that you can suggest? I am currently 21, have a Dutch
|> passport, speak German and English, have no university degree, but a German
|> high school diploma.

The situation with work permits (as explained to me by a friend who was a 
senior officer in the Dept. of Immigration) is that if you are under the
age of 26 and Australia has a reciprocal arrangement with your home
country, you can work for up to two years in Australia without any special
requirements. I know that such an arrangement exists with the UK and does
not with the US, but I'm not sure about other countries.

If you don't qualify as above, then it is more difficult, although if you
are young, then you should be able to get a work permit for a few months
or so. If you have been accepted here at a Uni, then you will be able to
work within certain limits to help you through your course.

Beware though. If you outstay your visa or are caught working without a
permit (and my friend tells me that most of the time they catch people
through tip-offs from disgruntled parents whose kids are unemployed), then
you will not only be chucked in gaol (as happened to another friend of
mine) until the next flight home (which you have to pay for), but you will
automatically be banned from re-entering Australia for 5 years.

Good luck!

Keith
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: robbe@obh.in-berlin.de (Robert Heinrich)
Subject: looking for 'Voodoo Love Child' or 'Cannibalistic Fishmen'
Organization: obh - private bbs in Berlin/Germany
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 18:17:01 GMT

Gday everyone,

I am looking for information about 2 bands that must be around in
Queensland and some New South Wales. One is called 'Voodoo Love Child',
they are playing some real guitar-music; the other's name is
'Cannibalistic Fishmen'.
I'd like to know if they are touring and if there are any albums
available.

thanks, Robbe

--
Robert Heinrich, Rathenower Str. 59, 1000 Berlin 21, West-Germany
ph. +49 30 3943654  "..roll another one, just like the other one"

-- 
Robert Heinrich, Rathenower Str. 59, 1000 Berlin 21, West-Germany
ph. +49 30 3943654  "..roll another one, just like the other one"
From: dunae@mala.bc.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: State Lib., WA & U.of Sydney:address?
Date: 7 Jan 93 00:37:20 -0700
Organization: Malaspina College

Re: Internet Address of State Library, WA & U. of Sydney wanted

Can anyone provide me with the E-mail (Internet, Telnet) address of:
1. The State Library of Western Australia (in the Alexander Library
Building, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA).  It is a part of the 
Library & Info. Service of Wand is home of the J.S.Battye Library of
West Australian History and the State Archives.  I would like to make
contact with former colleagues at the Battye Library and presume that
they are on the NET.

2. Faculty of Education: University of Sydney.

Addresses to either or both of the above would be greatly appreciated.-- 

***********************************************************************
Patrick A. Dunae
History Department                    Phone:  (604) 753-3245 (loc 2130)
Malaspina University College          FAX:    (604) 741-2667
Nanaimo, B.C., Canada V9R 5S5         INTERNET:  dunae@mala.bc.ca 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: RPAUL@worldbank.org
Subject: Re: September conditions in tasmania
Reply-To: RPAUL@worldbank.org
Organization: The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:36:28 GMT

richard r. moore writes
"I would like to know what are the usual weather conditions through out 
"tasmania in the month of september (coast and mountain areas).  The 
"australian tour books give conditions for hobart, but i'm sure that does  
not 
"tell me the likely conditions on the western side.  What are the  
landscape 
"conditions likely to be? wild flowers blooming yet? etc. 
"
"Thanks for any information you can give me.

Beautiful!! But be warned don't go bush without the proper preparations as  
Tasmanians are a little sick of rescuing unprepared foreigners.  Be aware  
that if you wish to walk in the Southwest that the weather can change  
rapidly and that you may have to stay out longer than planned.  Also take  
warm weather clothing, even in the middle of summer.  Always travel in a  
party, stay on the track, and let people know when you are going, where  
you are going and when you are due back.  Always arrange someone to meet  
you at the pickup point as there may not be any one there that you can  
hitch a lift with.  The West Coast is not like the US and is still  
relatively underpopulated and in many places still pristine.

If you don't want to actually go bush and do a bit of walking, you could  
travel out to Queenstown and on the Strahan.  The scenary is spectacular  
and from there you can take a ride up Macquarie Harbour to the lower  
Gordon River, and then drive up the west coast road to Zeehan.

Enjoy!  I am looking forward to going bush there again in June/July.

--
Ross Paul
email: RPAUL@worldbank.org

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"I love a sunburnt country...." and all that jazz.