I am emboldened by the postings of  Daf and Buthaina to say that, while not a fraction as busy as the two of them, I have been taken uo with Week 1 at the the central BaW workshop and this week have to disappear on Thursday for aconference in the First World in Berlin, but I am trying, by lurking, to keep up well enough to be more active from Week 3.

I  t h i n k  I have introduced myself, Dennis Newson, Retired. For a long time at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany - before that in Africa (Ghana and Seirre Leone) Arabia (Qatar) and Norway.Still living in Germany.

Dennis