Dear PODC community, the new Bulletin of the EATCS is now available online at: http://eatcs.org/images/bulletin/beatcs130.pdf The distributed computing column is contributed by Michael Elkin and Ofer Neiman who observe and explore an intriguing connection between near-additive spanners and near-exact hopsets. The authors survey common results and proof techniques, and point out open questions. I would like to thank Michael and Ofer very much for their contribution. Enjoy and take care! Stefan <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>