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From: mef@netcom.com (Mary Ellen Foley)
Subject: Re: Visiting Germans to sing at Bay Area "Octoberfest"
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:15:02 GMT

I've received several requests for more information, so here's some
more information:

The Berolina Chorensemble Koepenek is a 40-voice mixed chorus touring
the Bay Area from East Berlin. They will sing German folk songs and
possibly other music from their repertoire at our fundraiser, which will
be held Sunday, October 4th from 3 to 6 P.M. at the Palo Alto Cultural
Center at 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto. Admission is $10. The German 
choir's performance will be near the end of the afternoon.

There will also be audience participation singing and a strolling
accordionist. American beer (from Anchor Brewing and Pete's Brewing)
and German-style sausages (from Dittmer's Wursthaus) will be available
at extremely reasonable prices (we're mostly making money on the admission
price, not on the food). There will also be other accompaniments
(saurkraut, soft pretzels, wine, etc.)

"We" are the Peninsula Women's Chorus, a 60-voice women's chorus
that's been singing in the Bay Area for over 25 years. We're 
raising funds to defray the cost of our trip to this year's national
meeting of the American Choral Director's Association. It's quite an
honor to have been chosen to sing for this conference; we are the only
women's choir that was selected through a blind audition process.
We will not be singing at this event, but you can hear us at holiday
time and springtime concerts every year locally.

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Mary Ellen Foley   (mef@netcom.com)  
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: psima01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (M. Maisack)
Subject: Rundfunkintendanten
Summary: swf/dlf
Keywords: einer rein, einer raus
Organization: Comp. Center (ZDV) U of Tuebingen, FRG
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 13:24:40 GMT

die Zahl der erzkonservativen Rundfunkintendanten
in Deutschland ist gleichgeblieben:

Edmund Gruber wurde beim Deutschlandfunk rausgeworfen,
beim Suedwestfunk wurde Peter Voss gewaehlt (frueher Moderator
heute-journal).

Michael
From: silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Passau
Date: 28 Sep 1992 21:28:42 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: orfeo

 Ich habe gelesen, dass die rechtsradikale Partei der sog. ,,Republikaner''
 mit 11,5 % der Stimmen zur drittgroesten Partei Passaus geworden ist.
 Wie reagieren die oberen Kleriker Passaus dies gegenueber?

Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: psima01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (M. Maisack)
Subject: Re: Fussball-Bundesliga, 9.Spieltag
Organization: Comp. Center (ZDV) U of Tuebingen, FRG
Distribution: world               
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 14:08:38 GMT

wann findet eigentlich das Nachholspiel Frankfurt-Bayern statt?

Michael 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: hi61@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Deck)
Subject: Re: Sinti/Roma/Zigeuner
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 15:08:39 GMT

In article <T0B7UOM@mailgzrz.tu-berlin.de>, bzbmaiba@ZIB-Berlin.DE (Maibauer, Wolfgang (ZIB)) writes:
|> In article 17617@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, hi61@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Deck) writes:
|> 
|> >Der Satz "Die Sinti und Roma wollen das und das" macht uebrigens wenig
|> >Sinn. Sie haben keine Dachorganisation, die alle vertritt, sie fuehlen
|> >sich hauptsaechlich mit ihrer "Familie" (man sollte es vielleicht eher
|> >"Sippe" nennen) verbunden.
|> 
|> Stimmt so nicht ganz. Soweit ich weiss gibt es einen "Verband der Sinti und
|> Roma in Deutschland e.V". Ich hoffe ich habe den Namen richtig wieder gege-
|> ben. Den Namen des Vorsitzenden habe ich vergessen, aber ich habe ihn vor
|> einer laengeren Zeit mal in irgendeiner Talkshow gesehen. 
|> 
Ich haette schreiben sollen: Es gibt keine Dachorganisation, von der sie
sich vertreten fuehlen.
Der von Dir genannte Verband mag durchaus ein vernuenftige Ziele haben,
er kann aber sicher nur eine Minderheit vertreten.

Ueberspitzt formuliert, koennte man sagen, dass die Mitglieder dieses
Verbandes gar keine Zigeuner mehr sind.
Zumindest sind sie schon einen Schritt mehr von ihrem urspruenglichen
Wesen, das sie von uns unterscheidet, entfernt.



Gruss, Thomas.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: 00lpjohnson@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Translation to English needed
Date: 1 Oct 92 04:00:07 GMT

In article <1992Sep26.234821.5458@ra.msstate.edu>, mark@walt.CS.MsState.Edu (Mark Rauschkolb) writes:
> I recently found a book of meanings of German Names
> (Duetsches Namenkunde, or something like that) and it contains
> the following entry:
> 
> Rausch: 1. vgl schweiz. rusch  [bar above the u] 
> "aufgeregt" (als "Trunkenheit" junges Wort).  
> Ra:usch | el, l, le; Reuschle(n),   [a: = umlaut a]
> Raischle, Reischle; vgl. Raus und Rauscher.  2. mhd. rusch(e)
                                               ^       ------
> "Binse".  Flurn.  Rausch, [` above the u] Risch (s.d.), Rusch 
> (s.d., X rasch).  Vgl. Reischach.  Hierzu wohl Rausch | berg(er), 
> e(n)busch, (e)kolb, enstaud, mayr, vgl.  Reischach; s. Rauscher
                ^
> 
> Thanks
> Mark Rauschkolb
> mark@cs.msstate.edu

You don't really say what you want us to do, but I interpret
this as saying your name is derived from "rusch" (which is the 
same as our English word "rush" as in "bullrushes") and "kolb"
(which is related to English "club").  So that either you are a
(battle)club made of rushes, or more likely a reedlike plant 
growing in the shape of a club.

Viel Glu"ck.
Lathrop
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: rschoen@laborixsai.mathematik.uni-ulm.de (Reinhard Schoen)
Subject: Re: verschiedenes
Reply-To: rschoen@laborixsai.mathematik.uni-ulm.de (Reinhard Schoen)
Organization: University of Ulm, SAI, Germany
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 14:20:23 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.194930.20476@fzi.de>, ghuhn@fzi.de (Gerold Huhn) writes:
|> In article <psima01.717671686@convex>, psima01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (M. Maisack) writes:
|>  
|> |> In Pforzheim wurde die erste Moschee Deutschlands (so richtig mit
|> |> huebschem Minarett) eroeffnet.
|> |> 
|> 
|> Nicht ganz. Es ist der erste Neubau in Baden-Wuerttenberg  seit dem Krieg

Ach was?! Was ist denn mit all den schwaebischen Haeuslesbauern?
Ist von denen keiner fertig geworden?

Reinhard

P.S
 :-)  :-)  :-)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: newstest@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Tester fuer News)
Subject: Re: Sinti/Roma/Zigeuner
Reply-To: newstest@dec16.UUCP (Tester fuer News)
Organization: University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 22:48:07 GMT

> [was geloescht]
>Aber, wie gesagt, "Zigeuner" ist kein Schimpfwort; es steht fuer eine
>sehr interessante Kultur, die aber meiner Meinung nach zum Aussterben
>verurteilt ist, davon aber mehr in einem anderen Artikel.
>
Nein, dem ist zu widersprechen: Zigeuner leitet sich ethymologisch
von "ziehendem Gauner" ab. Daher ist es durchaus eine Beleidigung, und
wird auch so empfunden. 
Quelle: DLF, Hintergrund Politik, Mi, 23.9.92

Thomas.
---
Th.-M. Kruel, Inst.f.Phys.Chemie / Uni Wuerzburg
              <kruel@phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de>

Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: jmfriel@nighthawk.ksu.ksu.edu (Jonathan M Friel)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Spiel
Date: 27 Sep 1992 19:50:27 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: nighthawk.ksu.ksu.edu

Gru:Ben.

Wer von euch spiel Unitopia?

Danke viel.

Jonathan Friel
(jmfriel@matt.ksu.ksu.edu)
From: An-Ly Yao <anlyyao@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Date: 01 Oct 92 05:29 PDT
Subject: Re: 220 vehicle pileup in fog on Autoba
Nf-ID: #R:1992Sep30.221917.19853@pbhyf.pac:-281117879:cdp:1473000046:000:77
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!anlyyao    Oct  1 05:29:00 1992


Looking for traffic control systems in the fog?

Simple:  B r a i n s

Goetz

Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: weberwu@inf.fu-berlin.de (Debora Weber-Wulff)
Subject: Violence update 29.09.92
Reply-To: dww@inf.fu-berlin.de
Organization: Free University of Berlin
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 09:00:55 GMT

Sachsenhausen: The police have confirmed that the building was destroyed by
arson, they found that a window had been broken, through which some sort
of incidentary device seems to have been thrown. All parties, the federal  
parliament and the state parliament have condemned the attack. No one
has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Cottbus (Brandenburg): A Jewish memorial in this town was defiled late
Sunday night. No news as to exactly what happened. 

A fire bomb was thrown at an Aussiedlerheim in Cottbus, a shelter for
German re-settlers from Eastern Europe. The fire was put out before it
caused too much damage.

Finsterwalde (Bran.): fire bombs, mock guns, battering instruments
and such were confiscated by police during the search of homes of
left-wing radicals.

Senftenberg (Bran.): Warrants for the arrest of 6 youths that took part
in the recent stoning of a police station have been issued. It was the
third stoning of a police station in Senftenberg in one month. [I only
recall one being reported in the paper. -dww]

The tagesspiegel had a big page 3 article on youth work with right-wing
youth in Hoyerswerda, Sandow, Weimar and other places this morning. 
Seems there are programs with right-wing social workers, who are accepted
by the youth because they agree with the "Foreigners out" opinions of the
youth. Their goal is to keep the kids from violence: "Those that talk are
not so quick to resort to violence." Other programs, such as the one in
Berlin where right-wing youth are renovating a house as a club room are
also described. This group gets into regular fights with a left-wing
youth group that has their clubhouse on the other side of the street.
They report that in Hoyerswerda, for example, one of the social workers is
an American, but that he hides his foreigner status, the youth think he
is German. The article closes noting that for all the money poured into
these projects, there is not much in the way of sucesses to show for it.
-- 
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Institut fuer Informatik                 +49 30 89691 124
Nestorstr. 8-9                           (INCLUDE "standard.disclaimer")
D-W-1000 Berlin 31                       (PRINTN (WITTY-MESSAGE TODAY))
From: silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Kulturelle Identitaet
Date: 5 Oct 92 17:54:17 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: orfeo

In article <1992Oct5.120418.27626@tom.rz.uni-passau.de> baier@forwiss.uni-passau.de (Joern Baier) writes:
>Was hat man unter "kultureller Identitaet" zu verstehen?

 Das ist ein weites Feld.  Als top-level first-pass wu"rde ich sagen, dass
 "kulturelle Identitaet" eine Sache der Sitten und Neigungen ist, die
 von "Blut und Boden" unabha"ngig ist.  "kulturelle Identitaet" bezeichnet
 die Art unde Weise eines normativen oder musterhaften Verhaltens
 das fu"r eine bestimmte Gemeinschaft typisch ist.  Man ist in eine
 "kulturelle Identitaet" eingeweiht ("mit der Muttermilch") oder man
 bekennt sich zu einer "kulturellen  Identitaet".   Da es um eine Sache
 des Leben-in-einer-Gemeinschaft geht, ha"ngt das alles von einer Art
 Vertrag zwischen dem Individuum und der Sittengemeinde.  
 Der Rassismus verneint die Tatsache das alle Kultur erworben ist, und
 versucht die freie Kulturwahl des Individuums zu verhindern.
From: alti@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Thorsten Altenkirch)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: V2 again
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:51:03 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: LFCS, Edinburgh

Recently I posted a (controversial) article in which I said that
Harris was a war criminal and that that it makes me quite angry that
he gets honoured now. I also said that the attempted comemoration of
the succesful V2 launch would be inadaequate but that at least as a
weapon it was much less effective.

Let me add the following:

1. It is worthwhile to remember that quite a number of slave workers
died in the context of the V2 production, which make it even more
inadaquate to comemorate the launch.

2. There is no doubt that the war against Germany was just and
necessary. However, this does not imply that every act committed by
the allied forces was justified. In particular I believe that the
bombing of German towns very late in the war was to such a degree
uneccassary and immoral that I would call it a crime.

3. Somebody who believes 2. is not forgetful about the war, or maybe
even on the wrong side nor is it the case that he has not enough
intelligence to understand what was going on.
--
Thorsten Altenkirch		LFCS, Edinburgh

"Germany still proves reluctant to exchange email with other countries 
efficiently" - Summer 1992 Systems Newsletter, Dep. of CS,Edinburgh
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
Subject: Re: Beethoven 9th symphony ...
Organization: CompuData Inc.
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 18:19:07 GMT

khaled@zeus.csc.ncsu.edu (Khaled El-Sayed) writes:

>I am interested in knowing the words of the melody in the Beethoven 9th
>symphony, that is the words song by the chorus, execuse my ignorance
>with classical music terms. I know some german.



Friedrich Von Schiller

Ode "An Die Freude"

O Freunde, nicht diese Tone!
Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen
und freudenvollere!

Freude, schoner Gotterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlicshe, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle menshen werden Bruder,
Wo dein sanfter Flugel weilt.

Wem der grosse Wurf gelungen,
Eines Freundes Freund zu sein,
Wer ein holdes Weib errungen,
Mische seinen Jubel ein!
Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele
Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!
Und wer's nie gekonnt, der stehle
Weinend sich aus diesem Bund.

Freude trinken alle Wesen
An den Brusten der Natur;
Alle Guten, alle Bosen
Folgen ihrer Rosenspur.
Kusse gab sie uns und Reben,
Einen Freund, gepruft im Tod;
Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben,
Und der Cherub steht vor Gott!

Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen
Durch des Himmels pracht'gen Plan,
Laufet, Bruder, eure Bahn,
Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen.

Seid umschlungen, Millionen.
Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!
Bruder!  Uber'm Sternenzelt
Muss ein lieber Vater wohnen.
Ihr sturzt nieder, Millionen?
Ahnest du den Schopfer, Welt?
Such' ihn uber'm Sternenzelt!
Uber Sternen muss er wohnen.



Ode To Joy

O friends, no more these sounds!
Let us sing more cheerful songs,
more full of joy!

Joy, bright spark of divinity,
Daughter of Elysium,
Fire-inspired we tread
Thy sanctuary.
Thy magic power re-unites
All that custom has divided,
All men becom brothers
Under the sway of thy gentle wings.

Whoever has created
An abiding friendship,
Or has won a true and loving wife,
All who can call at least one soul theirs,
Join in our song of praise;
But any who cannot must creep tearfully
Away from our circle.

All creatures drink of joy
At nature's breast.
Just and unjust
Alike tast of her gift;
She gave us kisses and the fruit of the vine,
A tried friend to the end.
Even the worm can feel contentment,
And the cherub stands before God!

Gladly, like the heavenly bodies
Which he set on their courses
Through the splendour of the firmament;
Thus, brothers, you should run your race,
As a hero going to conquest.

You millions, I embrace you.
This kiss is for all the world!
Brothers, above the starry canopy
There must dwell a loving Father.
Do you fall in worship, you millions?
World, do you know your Creator?
Seek Him in the heavens!
Above the stars he must dwell.

----------------------------



You're welcome
Fred


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: lamberts@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stefan Lamberts)
Subject: Re: Erste Moschee Deutschlands (was: verschiedenes)
Originator: lamberts@sunbode25.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 07:58:18 GMT


In article <1992Sep28.220523.6566@rhrk.uni-kl.de>, kring@efes.physik.uni-kl.de (Thomas Kettenring) writes:
|> In article <psima01.717671686@convex>, psima01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (M. Maisack) writes:
|> >In Pforzheim wurde die erste Moschee Deutschlands (so richtig mit
|> >huebschem Minarett) eroeffnet.
|> 
|> Was?  Wenn ich mich nicht arg taeusche, habe ich vor mehreren Jahren in
|> Hamburg schon eine Moschee gesehen...
|> 
In Muenchen steht auch eine....

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From: cstila@uta.fi (Timo Laitinen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Address????
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:04:30 GMT
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland

Ich spreche keine deutch!
So let's use english.

My very good frend Marko Laine (Finnish) studies at University of Ulm.
He plays basketball in SSV Ulm (I am not sure about the name) as a
german citizen, because his mother is german.

So I'd like to know address of his or university of Ulm.
I have address 134.60.66.21 but it must have changed because
I can't get connection with this address.

Danke Sch|n

Timo
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: mstede@cs.toronto.edu (Manfred Stede)
Subject: Re: Vorschlaege zur Rechtschreibung
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:16:58 GMT

rys@inf.ethz.ch writes:

>Die Hobbylinguisten hier koennte das folgende interessieren.

>Von grosser Bedeutung ist der Vorschlag, die Schreibung der Konjunktion
>dass zu aendern. Kuenftig solle das(s) immer mit einem s geschrieben
>werden, zumal die meisten der kleinen Woerter mit kurzem Vokal vor dem s
>wie bis, des oder was heute schon mit einem s geschrieben werden.

Unmut!!!
Ab und zu sind die Unterscheidungen, die die Sprache macht, durchaus
sinnvoll und demzufolge nicht geeignet, zwecks allgemeiner "Verein-
fachung" ueber Bord geworfen zu werden.  Wenn aus "dass" ein "das"
wird, bekommen wir eine neue Ambiguitaet, es gibt dann zwei verschie-
dene Worte, die sich "das" schreiben -- wass bei biss, dess oder wass
nicht der Fall ist, daher zieht dieses Argument nicht.

Ich glaube, das zuhause ist ein wichtiger zufluchtsort.
Ich glaube, das zuhause heute die post abgeht.

Da braucht mensch kuenftig den kontext, um zu desambiguieren, welches
"das" denn nun gemeint ist.  Da wird mensch mehrmals vor- und zurueck
lesen, bevor mensch kapiert, das hier tatsaechlich ein vernuenftiger
satz geschrieben steht.

jammernd,
m.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: pol30546@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Peder Larsen)
Subject: Asylum Seekers - Question
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:55:48 GMT

	I just read a UPI story that said that only 4% of the asylum
seekers that enter Germany are granted permanent asylum.  My question
is, what happens to the other 96%?  Are they then deported, if the gov-
ernment can decide where they are from?  By the way, the article continued
to say that the process now takes two years to complete and there is a
400,000 people backlog.  Wow!  It also said that these people aren't
allowed to work in the meantime, they have to remain in their hostel.

	The main point of the article was that the CDP and SPD (are these
abbreviations right?) have reached a compromise and the laws regarding
asylum could be changed by Christmas, assuming the idea passes in a
November SPD party meeting.
From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Kulturelle Identitaet
Date: Mon,  5 Oct 92 10:31:52 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

[leider kann ich von hier aus nicht zu de.soc.kultur cross-posten]

baier@forwiss.uni-passau.de (Joern Baier) writes:

>Was hat man unter "kultureller Identitaet" zu verstehen?

Eine impraezisere Frage kann ich mir schlecht vorstellen :-)

Ich wuerde mich z.B. als kulturell schizophren bezeichnen; als Deutscher,
der bis zum 9. Lebensjahr in Kanada und den USA gelebt hat, mit 9 dann zum
ersten Mal in Deutschland gelebt hat, und 11 Jahre spaeter sich wieder auf
die Socken gemacht, nach England und anschlieBend wieder in die USA gezogen
ist.

"Kulturell" wuerde ich mich als eher deutscher einordnen, definitiv aber
nicht als Ami. Dies wiederspricht der Tatsache, daB ich rein zeitlich
laenger in Nordamerika als in Europa gelebt habe. Das wirft natuerlich die
Frage auf, wann die eigene kulturelle Identitaet gebildet wird. Oder ob
jemals die Identitaet fertiggebildet ist...

Einer Person nur einer kulturellen Identitaet einzuordnen ist meiner
Meinung nach nicht sinnvoll.

So Joern, was verstehst Du denn unter kultureller Identitaet?

___________________________________________________________________________
Stephan Somogyi                 conspiracy theorist                 MacUser
From: alti@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Thorsten Altenkirch)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Deutsch Comics ? (Commic book)
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:29:58 GMT
Organization: LFCS, Edinburgh

In article <1992Oct3.094724.2762@cc.umontreal.ca> deryd@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Dery David) writes:

	   I read comic books for the fun of it but it is also a good way to learn
   a foreign language. There is a good differance between U.S. and eurupeen comics.
   For exemple in the U.S. comics (D.C. and marvel) are about super-heroes like
   Superman and Batman. Most europeen comics are french or belgiam. 

	   When i tried to find a typical german comic book i couldn't find one!

What about Michael K\"onig's "Schwulen (= gay) comics" ? Or Seyfried ?
At least the older stuff like "Invasion aus dem Alltag" - I really
liked. However, this might not be your taste, 'cause these are rather
'adult comics' and have contemporary live as a subject.
--
Thorsten Altenkirch		LFCS, Edinburgh

"Germany still proves reluctant to exchange email with other countries 
efficiently" - Summer 1992 Systems Newsletter, Dep. of CS,Edinburgh