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Last Update: 5 Dec 1996 / #25

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North Corner : Cyber Literacy

Bits and PC's

Q: I revised my HomePage. How can I try it out in my browser without going online?

A: Don't load your dialler (Trumpet Winsocks); start only your browser as usual. If this sequence doesn't work, start your dialler, but don't load the TCP/IP stacks, i.e. don't let it ring. Then from the 'FILE' menu of your browser select 'Open file (in the browser)', and type in the URL box 'file:///c:\directory\filename' [substitute a:\ for c:\ if you load from a floppy disk]; or browse to find the location of your file.

Today: Up/Down-Loading E-mail from Pine using MS-Works 3.0

Downloading and Uploading with MS Works 3.0 on PC Win3.11
for Dial-Up Accounts at GMU
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A. GETTING READY
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It is assumed that the modem and MS Works have been configured for a satisfactory connection to GMU for e-mail. The procedure described below works with MS Works Communication and can be adapted for use with other communication software.

In these instructions, a ">" in front of a word or phrase indicates action you should take.
In most cases, to complete an action, select [Enter] or click OK or double-click.

1. First, you need to create two new subdirectories under the directory MS Works to be named
"download" and "upload":
>Go to File Manager
>Select (highlight) msworks
>Click on File on the menu bar
>Select Create Directory
>In the name box, type: download
>Press [Enter] or click OK

>Repeat the process except now you type in the name box: upload

2. Configure the receiving directory into which the files you download will be directed:
>Open MS Works Communications window by clicking the Communications
button in the Startup window
>Click on Settings in the Menu bar
>Click on Transfers... On the lower left side you will see Receiving directory:
C:\msworks
>Click on Directories... on the lower right side
>Select MS Works, then select Download and click OK or press [enter]. In the ...
Choose a Directory... window, highlight Download, which takes you back
to Settings. The new Receiving directory now appears as
C:\msworks\download. Click OK.

3. >Select Tools on the Menu bar. In the drop-down box, select Options... and
click on the Document button in the Send mail as... section on lower right side.
Click OK.

4. >Familiarize yourself with all icons by dragging the mouse over them. Notice
these in particular:
* Send binary file
* Receive binary file

B. DOWNLOADING
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Now you are ready to download something that you received by e-mail in Pine. First, you
will transfer this document into your GMU-UNIX account (your home directory) and then
into your computer.

1. >Open Pine as usual.

2. >Bring onto the screen the document you want to download.
(If you want to transfer only the attachment to a message, see B.8 below).
>Type e (for Export)
>Type a file name for the document (e.g., draft1.wcm) [ENTER]
Be sure to use the extension .wcm. This associates the document with MS
Works and its receiving directory.
>Quit Pine but do not logout.

3. >At GMU prompt, type ls -l (l = letter l) to verify that the file name is in your
GMU directory.

4. >At GMU prompt, type: sz draft1.wcm and [ENTER] The computer will
show something like **B0080000dd8

5. >On the toolbar, click the icon for Receive binary file. You will see something
like 00sz 3.34-date-finished, and "File transfer successful" will appear at
the bottom of the screen, indicating that the file is now in your PC's
directory as C:\msworks\download\filename.wcm.

6. >Logout of GMU in the usual way.

7. >Go to MS Works word-processing window by >clicking the colored Startup Dialog
icon. Bring up the downloaded file by >clicking on Open existing file.
>Click MS Works; >click "download" (several times if needed until your filename
appears on the left in the File Name box); >click on your filename (the extension
.wcm identifies your incoming files easily); .click on "o.k.". In the Open files as...
window, select Word Processing. You can now work on the file and, if applicable,
send a revised version back to the person who sent it to you by uploading it.

8. To save just the attachment in your GMU home directory:
>Log on to Pine and bring the message with the attachment to the screen
>Type v to view the attachment
>Select the attachment (with the down arrow select part 2)
>Type v again
>Type s to export the attachment. Where prompted, give it a new filename.wcm to
distinguish it from the current filename, which covers both message and
attachment (the latter of which cannot be shown and printed).
>Type e to exit viewer and e again to exit the index.
Quit Pine, but do not logout. You can now download the attachment,
following steps 3 through 7 above.

C. UPLOADING
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You can send this or any other document in your PC's word processing application to the
Pine program and use it as an attachment to an e-mail message. First you must upload it,
that is transport it from your PC to your GMU-UNIX account (your home directory).

1. Name the file by >clicking on File and then on Save as... in the drop down box. Save it in the
directory C:\msworks\upload. (If you are attaching a file with a name that is already in your
GMU directory, such as the one you downloaded above, you need to use a different name, but
with the extension .wcm).

2. VERY IMPORTANT: >Choose Text in the box Save File as Type in this same window.

3 >Click OK. In certain cases you will be told that formatting (e.g., bold, italic)
may be lost and asked if that is okay. Say yes.

4. Switch to MS Works Communications window (by clicking on Start Up Dialog on the toolbar
and then on the Communications button). Log on to GMU as usual but instead of going to Pine,
at the GMU prompt, type rz [ENTER]. You will see " rz ready - type sz filename to
your modem program" and then a string of characters, such as **B01000012f4ced.

5. >Click on the Send binary file icon. This opens a Send File window. If needed,
>click along the directories path until the filename.wcm comes up in the File
Name field. >Click on OK or press [ENTER] to initiate the file transfer.
Soon "File Transfer Successful" will appear.

WARNING: Work without interruptions; you may be timed out, and not notice it.
If nothing happens or it seems frozen, try to get a new GMU prompt and start
over with typing rz.

6. To verify that the file is in the home directory, >at the GMU prompt type ls -l.

7. >At GMU prompt, type Pine [ENTER].

8. >Type c to compose a message as a carrier for the file you will be sending.
Fill in address for the person and a cc if you want to, but >at Attachment,
type [CTRL]-J. You will be asked for the file name. If you forgot it,
[CTRL]-T will show you the file list and you can select your file with
the arrow keys and [ENTER]. When prompted for comment, type a
short identification, such as "revised draft." This will be added to the
Attachment line automatically. Send your message the usual way, by
>typing [CTRL]-X

9. To save just the attachment in your GMU home directory, see B8 above.

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West Side : Financial Wizardry

Today : ..............?......................

Clinton Signs Minimum-Wage Bill

Good news for the mature population of LRI came on the 20th of August from Washington; President Clinton signed legislation raising the minimum wage in a two-step process to $5.15 an hour from the current $4.25. Important for the LRI people is that the bill also contains items that have nothing to do with the minimum wage but will dramatically affect a number of industries and individuals.

Other items contained in the minimum wage bill are, for example, certain Pension and Retirement Provisions: The bill allows for a limited tax break that will allow investors to take large amounts of money out of their retirement savings without paying the 15% tax penalty. The 15% tax penalty will be suspended for three years beginning in 1997 for people who withdraw amounts over $155,000 from some pensions, profit sharing plans, Keoghs, 401(k)s or individual retirement accounts (IRAs).

On IRAs themselves, the bill will increase the amount of money that can be contributed to a non-working spouse's IRA to $2,000 from $250 per year.

The bill will also simplify pension rules, creating a new SIMPLE plan for small businesses with 100 or fewer employees. SIMPLE stands for Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees. Under the new rules, employees and employers at such firms can contribute up to $6,000 before taxes into a 401(k) or IRA account.

Small firms are less likely to offer pension plans currently and just 25% of those working in small companies have pensions, compared to 75% in big firms. Beginning in 1997, pension rules for larger firms will get easier, reducing the cost of offering the plans and making it more likely firms will do so. Among the shifts in the rules will be the elimination of complex limitations on contributions and benefits for workers in defined pension plans with the same employer. Making corrections to pension plans easier in cases where employers make excessive tax-free contributions and simplifying rules for computing pension pay which should allow lower-paid workers to receive more benefits.

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South Corner : .......My Favorite Links

Hot Links for Traders and Investors
~ ~ Updated ~ ~

SEC Edgar Database
The American Stock Exchange
London Futures & Options
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
InvestQuest
QuoteComm
AstraNet: Bus - News - Investm - etc
Charles Schwab Online
Fidelity Investments
Gabelli Home Page
Kaufman Fund
TRowePrice Group
Vanguard Group
American Expresss
20th Century Inv
Lombard Brokerage and Inv Research for the Public
Mutual Funds Magazine ONLINE
NYU EDGAR Development Site
NETworth by GALT Technologie
PAWWS Financial Network
Security APL Quote Server
StockMaster at MIT
Kiplinger
Yahoo Headlines
Yahoo investment sites
Investors Business Daily
USA Today - Money and Business
Time Warner: International, Domestic and Business Links
Financial Times
Wall Street Journal

NEWSGROUPS: You may wish to look up the following:
misc.invest; misc.invest.futures; misc.invest.stocks; misc.invest.funds

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East Side

ADVICE FOR OUR 'NEWBIES'


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Proper Diskette Usage and Care

Never leave diskettes in the drive, as the data can leak out of the disk and corrode the innermechanics of the drive. Diskettes should be rolled up and stored in pencil holders.

Diskettes should be cleaned and waxed once a week. Microscopic metal particles may be removed by waving a powerful magnet over the surface of the disk. Any stubborn metal shavings can be removed with scouring powder and steel wool. When waxing a diskette, make sure the surface is even. This will allow the diskette to spin faster, resulting in better access time.

Do not fold diskettes unless they do not fit into the drive. "Big" diskettes may be folded and used in "little" drives.

Never insert a diskette into the drive upside down. The data can fall off the surface of the disk and jam the intricate mechanics of the drive.

Diskettes cannot be backed up by running them through a photocopy machine. If your data is going to need to be backed up, simply insert two diskettes into your drive. Whenever you update a document, the data will be written onto both disks. A handy tip for more legible backup copies: Keep a container of iron filings at your desk. When you need to make two copies, sprinkle iron filings liberally between the diskettes before inserting them into the drive.

Diskettes should not be removed or inserted into the drive while the red light is on or flashing. Doing so could result in smeared or possibly unreadable text. Occasionally, the red light remains flashing in what is known as a "hung" or "hooked" state. If your system is hooking, you will probably need to insert a few coins before being allowed to access the slot.

If your diskette is full and needs more storage space, remove the disk from the drive and shake vigorously for two minutes. This will pack the data enough (data compression) to allow for more storage. Be sure to cover all openings with Scotch tape to prevent loss of data.

Data access time may be greatly improved by cutting more holes in the diskette jacket. This will provide more simultaneous access points to the disk.

Periodically spray diskettes with insecticide to prevent system bugs from spreading...

You can keep your data fresh by storing disks in the vegetable compartment of your refrigerator. Disks may be frozen, but remember to unthaw by microwaving or briefly immersing in boiling water.

"Little" diskettes must be removed from their box prior to use. These containers are childproof to prevent tampering by unknowledgeable youngsters.

You can recover data from a damaged disk by using the DOS command FORMAT/U, or alternately by scratching new sector marks on the disk with a nail file.

Diskettes become "hard" with age. It's important to back up your "hard" disks before they become too brittle to use.

Make sure you label your data. Staples are good way to permanently affix labels to your disks.

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LAUGH OF THE DAY - 21 May 1996 - /GAV/5-22-96/

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LRI Echoes :

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This Month : Prepare for the Return of Inflation and Higher Interest Rates


A Contribtion to Garrett Ruhls Course: Thinking Stocks

Washington is gearing up for another Presidential election, which means that the politicians are paying more attention to sound bites than to sound policy making. With the focus on politics and the market indicators near all-time highs, one does easily overlook how precarious the financial markets are these days.

Washington tells us price inflation is under control, but nobody is reducing the prices for essential goods and services. Even Wallstreet that went from single digit million dollor salaries to double digit ones ignores that the current 3% level of price inflation will cut one third out of each one of your dollars in a short period of ten years. Our government is busy tinkering with how it calculates the CPI (Consumer Price Index) instead of fighting the erosion of our purchase power, and it sounds like ridicule when it claims that the CPI overstates the rise in the cost of living. You read about the prices of commodities too often these days reaching multi-year highs. Did you watch the meter running the last time you were at the gas pump?

I personally think the steady decline of the dollar is one of the major financial fiascos happening today! It was startling to learn last week that our monthly trade deficit is back again above the 10 billion mark. The press talks about a stronger dollar. Correct! It recovered a bit from the all-time lows of last year, but is down against any basket of major currencies for any past period of time you like to choose. Make no mistake. This dying dollar is eroding the value of your hard-earned nestegg! One day, the world will stop funding our trade deficits and refuse to take an ever more weakening dollar. Why should we escape economic realities?

These are difficult times for anyone with financial assets to protect. Not only did the average investor get stuck with a view that there is only one way to go on the financial markets, but there is an urgent need to update ones strategic thinking about how to react to these challenges. We have seen other scenarios in the past, and repeatedly. It is therefore the right moment to bring up the subject "Thinking Stocks". I look forward to attend this course, not only because of the brilliance with which Garrett Ruhl is normally dealing with financial themes, but also as a practical matter to get a chance of comparing notes with people who sit in the same boat.

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ARCHIVE 1996

.. Archive 1996 .. Archive 1996 .. Archive 1996 .. Archive 1996 .. Archive 19 ..

~ Selected Pieces from the '96 Treasure Chest ~

Follow up on Unix commands? Or want to laugh again about….? What about remembering that there was that link....? Go right ahead and try the Treasure Chest.




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Eye Catcher: Fabulous Links - Caught in the Web

Eye Catcher : Links of the Day (I)

Yahoo provides the connections to super links for the gray-haired population:

Social Security Online is celebrating its third year on the Net, and it rocks! User-friendly, informative, and resourceful !
The AARP gives answers to a myriad of lifestyle matters
Elderhostel: education and travel (click and peruse their vast catalogue)
SeniorNet: a community of computer using seniors
The Senior Computer Information Project has the best links to areas of interest for senior citizen
Conde' Nast Traveler - a first stop in travel also for seniors. Amazing pictures, superb editorials
Seniortimes - a truly class Net-Zine for the Elderly

Eye Catcher : Links of the Day (II)

Look what Yahoo has for the young at heart: College Football

College Football Questions?? Here are the Answers !
Trojans FootballNational College Football
Sportline
Football Conferences
NRC - National Recruiting Center

Eye Catcher : Links of the Day (III)

Help for the High School Senior: His PC can make applying to college easier

We Apply
College Net


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UNIX Commands

You did type 'pine' at the GMU prompt after login, didn't you? You went into an UNIX environment; whether you know or wanted it, or not. When you go into the world of the Internet, you encounter UNIX, a popular computer language, at many places. Who ever wants to engage on the internet in more than just e-mail, is well advised to acquaint him/herself with some of its commands.

I intend to write in the future a few pieces at this corner explaining how I work with the directories and files in my GMU account, describing the process of up- and downloading of files and let you follow the path of a piece of downladed software from its remote ftp or www site to your computer at home. You need to know some UNIX commands to make it work. That's why I put some commands together in the list which follows.

OSF1 COMMANDS GMU (UNIX/OSF1): QUICK REFERENCE SHEET

The following are Unix/OSF1 commands put together from various sources. For more detail type man at the OSF1 or mason2 prompts (syntax: man command-name)

Command / Syntax/Options.......................................... Purpose of Command
cat filename Display a file's contents to screen
cat filename|more Display, screen by screen
cd Change to the home (login) directory
cd pathname Change to the directory you specify
cd .. [note the space !] Move up one directory
chwois Change your data in whois database
cp oldname newname Copy a file [and rename, if desired]
emacs filename Edit a file with emacs editor
finger userid or lastname Finger user information
gmudial Get dial-in instruction to reach GMU
gopher [filename] Access GMU [or addressees] gopher
grep string filename Search for a string in a file
CTRL-L Clean screen from old text
logout log out of OSF1/Mason2 and system
lpr filename Print to the line printer [at Thompson]
lpr -Pportrait filename Print to the laser printer
lpr -Plandscape Print sideways to the laser printer
lpr -Pscript filename Print a postscript file
ls List files in current directory
ls -a List all files in current directory
ls -l List files in long format in current dir
ls -la List all files in long format in curr dir
ls -lR List all files in long format in all dir
lynx http://URL Access WWW: text version/no graph
man [cmd] [topic] Get help on commands or topics
man -keyword Get help using a keyword
mkdir dirname [=name-of-directory] Make a new directory [and name it]
more filename Make a file appear screen by screen
[cmd] filename|more =same; e.g: cat budget.wcm|more
mv oldname newname Rename or Move a file
passwd Start to changing your password
pico Edit a unix file with the pico editor
pine Enter pine program: edit send e-mail
pwd Displays full pathname of current dir
quota Displays space allowed/used in acct
r Clean screen from old text
rm filename filename ... Delete a file [or as many as named]
rmdir dirname Remove the directory named
tail filename Displays the last few lines of a file
tset Set terminal mode
users Lists all users logged on
vi [cmd] Access vi unix editor
vquota same as quota
CTRL-W same as r and CTRL-L
who Who is on the system
whois -h gmu.edu lastname Displays info on a GMU user
write Write to another user
w|more Lists present users on-line
telnet xlibris.wrl.org Direct connection to Library System
For further help, contact GMU Support Center at: support@gmu.edu * Tel: 426-8870
GAV/2-2-96

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Joys of Travel

Foreigners go often out of their way to accomodate American tourists. To be friendly they more than try hard to speak in the language of their guests. Sometimes the outcome is ....: well, see for yourself.

Here are some signs and notices written in English that have been discovered throughout the world.

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>In a Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.

>In a hotel in Athens: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.

>In a Yugoslavian hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.

>In a Tokyo hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such a thing is please not to read notis.

>In a Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

>In a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter lift backwards, and only when lit up.

>In a Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

>In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across the Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetary where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.

>In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corriders during the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

>On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

>On the menu of a Polish hotel: Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.

>Outside a Hong Kong tailer shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

>In a Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.

>Outside a Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking.

>In a Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.

>From the Soviet Weekly: There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 150,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.

>A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose.

>In a Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.

>In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.

>In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.

>In a Czechoslovakin tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours - we guarantee no miscarriages.

>In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.

>In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.

>On the door of a Moscow hotel room: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.

>In a Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

>In a Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

>In the office of a Roman doctor: Specialist in women and other diseases.

>In an Acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

>In a Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll find they are best in the long run.

>From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.

>From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.

>Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance: English well speaking. -- and -- Here speeching American.

Bon Voyage !

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Today : http://Student@Web.Tom's_Choices/URLs.html

Which web sites are 'young' people interested in these days? In order to find out I took a loan of bookmarks from my son Tom who these days floats somewhere between university and work place. I am not in a position to guarantee whether all links still work. But try them out anyway.

French

Bienvenue à FranceWeb
Bienvenue sur France Pratique
Gainsbourg: Sa Musique
La Presse Française (A.NGUYEN)
LES WEBS D'OR

Sports and Motorcycling

Bass Fishing Home Page
Fishing: Welcome to FishNet
Golf Digest GolfWeb
Harley-Davidson of Stamford Connecticut
Harvard Swimming
Motorcycle Links
MOTORCYCLE ONLINE
Sports from Osmar's world
Sports Illustrated
Swimming -WWW Links
Swimming Sites on the Web
United States Swimming, Inc.
WebSwim Homepage
ZD Internet Life: Swimming

A - Z Potpourri

Animal Nature Magazine
CareerPath.com = JobSearches
Cornell University
EPICURIOUS HOME PAGE
MOVIEWEB: Review of the just released and not yet released movies
Omaha Steaks: Good Life Guide and Cookbook
"Popular Mechanics" in digital cloth
The Dilbert Zone
THE LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN and his 'Top 10' sites of the day
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
University of Virginia

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Garrett Ruhl : "Economics --World Tour"

Books and Web Sites in preparation for a spring course at LRI

LRI members can find stimulating reading in several recent books about economic differences and competitive relations between nations. The pace of change and the interaction between economies seems likely to remain high.

Please, pass along your comments on these and other such books to Garrett Ruhl via e-mail at gairoak@aol.com. For a direct connection : Click here

The author of the "End of History", Frank Fukuyama, has a new book, "Trust: the Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity", trying to explain why certain developed societies can create efficient, flexible large-scale business organizations.

"The Bamboo Network" by Murray Weidenbaum and Samuel Hughes is one of a number of recent books describing the enterprise organization of ethnic Chinese across national borders. In another two decades China's economy may surpass Japan's in GDP. Another book, "Lords of the Rim" , explains how Chinese family ties are used to accelerate business relationships across the Pacific Ocean.

Don't believe everything, but do read "The Coming Russian Boom" by Richard Layard and John Parker about explosive opportunities in reforming Russia. If pragmatic reforms continue after the June 1996 presidential election, Russia for the first time may be able to grow a modern economy. The authors hold out the prospects of average annual GDP growth of more than twice that of China; they believe that Russia's economy will grow so fast that new commercial relations will drive diplomatic change with Europe and the United States.

Now in its eighth printing Michael Porters' "The Competitive Advantage of Nations" analyses how international trade works to increase the wealth and living standards of active participants in foreign trade. Now that national economic performance is a pre-eminent index of national strength, this extensive study is a widely acclaimed achievement.

Web rangers can visit a very comprehensive guide to "Resources for Economists on the Internet" at http://econwpa.wustl.edu/EconFAQ/ EconFAQ.html. The chief guide, Bill Goffe, keeps up to date a good directory of data, forecasts, news,and research. See if you can find the economists' joke page.

The Federal Reserve Banks across the country publish newsletters and journals for free subscription. On the Web for economic data try the FRB of Saint Louis at http://www.stls.frb.org/ . If you would like to know more about the new US currency redesign, click here.

Let your fellow LRI members know what you learn when you jump in cyberspace indicated web sites.

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The Last Word

Tired ?? Never mind: You are near the end of your tour. Thank you for your visit.
I hope you like what you found here today, and, perhaps, also what promise it may
hold for future issues.

Come back to my corners, visit my site, and let me know if you have a comment
or suggestion. I like to learn from others. In particular, I like to be told of errors
and missing or invalid links; and in general, I'm curious who reads this kind of
stuff anyway. You find my E-Mail address at the bottom.

Of course, I would be happy if you would e-mail me your opinion about a subject dealt with here. However consider also to publish on the LRI Home Page: (click here for a visit). LRI-related publications and the like could, from time to time, be found echoed here in my subpage named 'LRIEchoes'.

I'm proud to be part of LRI, an ensemble of mature and very interesting, but also, may I say so, highly intelligent people who are having fun while learning from each other. Come and find out about us. Your first step: - visit our LRI-Home.Page above.

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The contents of this home page are purely personal. They weren't cleared with,
and don't necessarily reflect the views of, either LRI or my wife.

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