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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:41:00 LCL
From:         Guenther Augustin <UKH8@DKAUNI2.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: unification of Germany

>
> Te unification of Germany did not affect its neighbours in a
> a positive way. Dismantling former East Germany left the West part
> of the country in disarray. Unempolyed East Germans flooded the West in
> serch of jobs. The strong economy of the west saw its strength
> diminishing as a result of this influx.
> It was hoped that the unification would bring economic prosperity to
> Germany, but unfortunately things do not seem to be heading in that
> direction. Germany's neighbours are worried that a less stable Germany
> would affect the future of the EC and the planned union of its members.

I'm afraid that the situation is not so clear (otherwise we might
simply think of getting the wall back ...).
The influx of east germans was handled quite well. The economy in the
west took profit from the fact that the east started consuming goods
that were produced in the west (but the eastern production went down
and causes serious problems).
The real major problem is that the unification does not bring only
benefits, and that they definitely do not prevail yet (probably for
some more years to come). The unification costs. It costs money
(beyond other things like effort, accomodation to new situations etc.).
We here in the west will have to pay it. And it's too much to simply
pay it out the wallet. Even spending the income increase for the next
years won't be enough. We'll have to take restrictions. And for long
times there have been illusions about that (also at people who
should have known it: the US government elaborated a scenario to this
sometimes in the 50ies, and today it mostly sounds like a deja vu).
This whole situation has of course no positive effect on the
german mood, and the global stability (not to forget the issue of
refugees and hostilities towards foreigners - not directly related
to the unification, but still very important).
And our neighbours are of course affected in various ways
(popsitive and negative).

About the EC and their union I wouldn't really fear. Since the
governments and the industry wants it, it'll come anyway.
And the political implications of that will also be
restricted by each european governments weak points
(take as an example the various colliding interests in the
civil war in ex-Yugoslavia, where "old alliances", suspicion
towards Germany and possible extension of german influence,
the greek "copyright" on the name of "Macedonia" and all kinds of
other problems lead to a patt situation). A possible unanimous
attitude of the EC is used as an argument in favour of the union,
but I can't really believe it.

   auge

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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 09:25:46 -0700
From:         "(Robert Peterson)" <rdp0784@SILVER.SDSMT.EDU>
Subject: Re: cross posts

Hello, I am looking for curent information about the situation in
Albania. Also if anyone is aware of any other sources I might try
please let me know.

Robert Peterson
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
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Date:         Sat, 21 Nov 1992 11:34:22 -0600
From:         "VALENTINE M. SMITH" <CDELL@UMKCVAX1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Germany in the Security Council

I have always thought that enough time had passed that Germany and Japan
should be on the Security Council's "permanent members" list (along with
India and Brazil), but I still believe the veto should go in favor of a
"minority veto," (if, under my proposal, 3 of the 9 permament members
oppose doing something, that action is "vetoed.").  But, yes, to answer the
narrower question, should Germany be on the Security Council, I say "yes."
They remain the strongest economic power in Europe, they have a strong
military, and they appear to be a "leader," (for better or worse) in the
European Parliament, NATO, EC and CSCE - so they are at the high table for
all other affairs, why not the UN? (My reasons are different for the other
three, but that's another argument). VMS
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Date:         Sun, 15 Nov 1992 20:17:00 EST
From:         BECK2350@SNYPLAVA.BITNET
Subject:      unification of German

Date sent:  15-NOV-1992 20:16:02
Hello, I would like to know how the unification of German would effect on
Middle of Europe, especially economic.
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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:43:59 -0600
From:         kolm0001@STUDENT.TC.UMN.EDU
Subject:      Re: school

Hi Il !
Just short answert to you question about studies in Europe: What deals
with Czechoslovakia, I don't recommend it in this time, as thanks to
communist past the business education is not at enough high level for
american students. Of course it would be very interesting and usefull if
you'd like to specialize to the business with former Communist countries
and very useful and interesting in general for wider development of your
thinking, of your life-opinions etc as the society is pretty different,
more serious maybe, more diverse and in the same time very friendly
especially if you get some contacts for people before. Same situation
should be in Hungary and perhaps Polen.
What deals with the study system, it's the same as here, students are the
same, probably you should know some Czech before coming. There are not
many American students as I know for studies but a lot of them to teach
English on variet schools, to run American agencies etc. But if you study
anything else then business and economy I'll recomend it to you to do it
in Prague (Charles University or Czech Technical University) - especially
majors like Engineering, Math, Physics, Biology, Chemistry...
       Hi, David

On Fri, 20 Nov 1992, BECK2350%SNYPLAVA.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu wrote:

> Date sent:  20-NOV-1992 11:37:02
> Hi, I am a student in SUNY college.  I plant to transfer to other country
> like Europe.  I don't know about school system in Europe and how students
> in Europe are different from American students.  Can you tell me how I
> prepare for new environment and which schools are good for business major?
> Are there many American students who study in Europe?
>
>
>                                          Truly yours,
>                                            Il Beck
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:47:29 EDT
From:         Hugh Agnew <AGNEWHL@GWUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Full-Tuition Fellowships for Graduate Study

This message is addressed in particular to listmembers who are now at
universities and higher education institutions in Central/Eastern Europe.
If any of you are, or know, a student who might be interested, please
pass this information on.

The George Washington University, located in Washington, DC, has a limited
number of full-tuition fellowships for graduate study at GWU under a program
called the "Global Leadership Program."  This year the geographic area of
the program has been expanded to include the countries of "Eastern Europe"
(i.e. the former Soviet bloc plus former Yugoslavia).  The fellowships are
intended for developing or strengthening the leadership capabilities of
Fellows who will return to their county of origin to apply those skills
learned through their formal education at GWU.  They provide full tuition
and certain laboratory and other fees.  Grantees will (unfortunately) still
be required to find approximately USD 9,380 to cover books, living and other
expenses for 9 months, and to provide certification of this support.

Fellowships will be awarded to highly-qualified full-time graduate degree
program students in many different departments and schools of the university.
Applicants must first gain admittance to the university by applying SEPARATELY
to the Admissions Office of the respective school.

Deadline for this year's competition is February 1, 1993.  Application forms
and further information may be had from:

                  Geri Rypkema, Director
                  Global Leadership Program
                  Stuart Hall, Rm. B-03
                  The George Washington University
                  Washington, DC  20052
                  U.S.A.


[Just a personal note:  I know we have very few applications to date from
students in Hungary or the Czech or Slovak Republics, which is why I send
this to the lists.  Of course students from other countries of the region
may also apply.  We're just sorry the fellowship can't cover living expenses
too!]

You could also contact me directly (AGNEWHL@GWUVM.BITNET; or agnewhl@gwuvm.
gwu.edu) and I would do my best to give further information.  But Geri
Rypkema is the one who knows the most about the program.

Sincerely,  Hugh Agnew
From: kgs@panix.com (Karen Schneider)
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Subject: Thanks for DRA Answers!
Date: 18 Nov 92 19:15:16 GMT
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Thanks for all the answers regarding keyword and Boolean searching
capabilities for DRA software.

I'm meeting with someone from the automation department later this
week, and I feel I can ask the questions I need answers to.
Additionally, it was neat to talk to librarians around the country
who are interested in--even enthusiastic about--providing the best
service possible to our customers.


--
Karen G. Schneider kgs@panix.com kgs@echo.panix.com
"when you open up your life to the living,
all things come spilling in on you."--Chris Williamson
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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 10:38:32 CDT
From:         "Harry M. Kriz" <KRIZ@VTVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Easy TCP/IP

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We have been having lots of discussions about information access on
the internet, and Ed Krol's useful book "The Whole Internet User's
Guide and Catalog" should stimulate more discussion. However, we
have not discussed methods of access.

Most of my colleagues are accessing internet either through an
IBM mainframe account (yes, they know that's an awful method) or
through a terminal server accessible through the campus network,
or through an account on a Unix machine. Krol's book, is in fact
pretty much limited to showing examples of Unix sessions.
None of these methods is particularly user-friendly to my
mind.

I had the good fortune to have a colleague recommend that I try
WinQVT/Net, a TCP/IP product for Microsoft Windows. I have been
using it for about 2 weeks and I'm delighted with its functionality
and ease of use. WinQVT/Net talks to my ethernet card (I'm on the
campus ethernet backbone) through a packet driver. Set up was
straightforward, though the documentation for this shareware
product is sketchy. With WinQVT/Net, telnet and ftp are simple.

A couple of mouse clicks now sends my Archie search to a disk file
for leisurly browsing. Another mouse click captures a screen to
disk. I can have multiple telnet sessions open
in separate windows, each window having different screen colors
and fonts. (It's useful and fun to do two searches of Carl simultaneously
in different windows). While doing the searches, I can be getting a
file from an anonymous FTP site in another window.

Finally, it is trivial to set up my own PC as an anonymous FTP site.
I need only change the word OFF to ON in the [servers] section of the
QVTNET.INI file to activate that service when I start WinQVT/Net.
This function allows anyone in the world to get or put files
directly to my PC in the directory tree of my choice.

WinQVT/Net also includes a news reader for those with access to
an NNTP server and a mail reader for those with access to a POP mail
server.

WinQVT/Net version 3.03 is available this morning by anonymous ftp from
  ftp.cica.indiana.edu in pub/win3/uploads. Also, at the usual
cica mirrors including
  wuarchive.wustl.edu in mirrors2/win3/uploads

(Usual disclaimers. I have no financial or personal interest in
 WinQVT/Net. I'm just pleased with how much easier things have
 gotten for me in the past two weeks.)

--Harry

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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:24:24 CDT
From:         Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Data and Information

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From: San Joaquin Valley Library System <sanjoful@class.org>
Subject: Data Question
There really is no difference between data and information. The two words
are synonymous. Data is more often used in reference to information which
is used in support of an argument or thesis.

David Fuller
dfuller@eis.calstate.edu

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From:     <KINGH@SNYSYRV1>
Subject:  RE: Data Question, Pt I
I wonder how Sherlock Holmes would have defined data and information or
Joe Friday.

Hannah King
SUNY HSC Library at Syracuse
kingh@snysyrv1
kingh@vax.cs.hscsyr.edu
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:24:55 CDT
From:         Torsten Wesley Adair <torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu>
Subject:      Re: Public Librarians

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On Fri, 13 Nov 1992, kendall wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Regarding public libraries...we have a wonderful reference department here
> at the University of Kansas.  The staff is knowledgable and helpful and
> really neat.  But, when we have one of those "stupid" questions, like
> what was Mighty Mouse's girlfriend's name (we're overworked, so obviously
> need the occasional "goofy break"), who do we call?  Our local public
> library.  And who gives us the answer?  Our wonderful local public library
> staff.  No sneers from me about public library folk.
> Kendall Simmons
> Head, Circulation
> K.U. - who stunk against Nebraska

For those of you who want to know, her name is Pearl.
Sources:  The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse
  Mighty Mouse comic book

And a bit of trivia.  The creator of Ren & Stimpy worked on the CBS show
under Ralph (Fritz the Cat, Cool World) Bakshi.  Makes sense, don't it?

Torsten Adair
librarian scholar
torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu

(And Kansas did not stink as much against Nebraska as Nebraska did against
Iowa State)
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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:11:45 CDT
From:         Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr>
Subject:      Re: Library Use of Net-based Documents

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> Michael Strangelove's question about how libraries will handle the growing
> amount of e-literature on the net seems antisipate the wrong answer. The
> growing amount of literature on the net should be available to users directly
> via the net and not through intermediaries.

What about bandwidth... the net is never going to survive direct
access by all across the world. We shall have to organize data and
duplicate it. Luckily we got cd-roms.
  Interesting point: a box of cd-roms on a plane will beat any
direct connection bandwidth. And that has been true for many years,
w.r.t. to the media of the time period considered.

  Of course, this does not apply to seldom accessed data, which does
not load much the net, and for which producing a cd-rom would be
economically unpractical.

Bernard Lang
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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:12:04 CDT
From:         Fun Fun Cheng <ffcheng@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu>
Subject:      Internet access by for-profit libraries

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How are librarians in the for-profit sector gaining access to the Internet?  Wha
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From: DKOVACS@KENTVM.BITNET (Diane Kovacs)
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Date: 18 Nov 92 19:14:10 GMT
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LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Conference
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LIBRES was founded in April 1991 as a prototype electronic journal
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LIBRES publishes articles, drafts and reports of research in progress and
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LIBRES also publishes announcements, questions and responses for library
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dear pacs-l:

I am a neophyte user, who doeesn't do much more that email and read a few
interesting lists.  I am absolutely fascinated by the internet hunts, and
have read them assidiously.  they frustrate me, however.  it all seems very
easy after the fact to go and loiok in a gopoher at the unversity of
mongolia, or whatever, but the real question in my mind is how to know to
go there in the first place.  to ftp is easy to know where and what to ftp,
well, that is a bit more difficult.  i would like to see more pedagogy on
how to find things out.  the cruise of the internet, and the course for
fledglings seems quite interesting, and will perhaps be vry helpful in this
regard


michael b. luskin
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:21:46 CDT
From:         Paul%Library%FIT@gnu.vut.edu.au
Subject:      Swedish & Finnish Libraries

Please respond directly to the author, not PACS-L.  Thanks, Dana

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Does anyone know of any Swedish or Finnish library catalogues which are
available on the network?

Please reply to me directly.

Many thanks

Paul Bladen
Victoria University of Technology
Vic. Australia

Paul%library%fit@gnu.VUT.edu.au
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