From gimenez@spot.Colorado.EDU Sun Dec 4 12:54:17 MST 1994 >From gimenez@spot.Colorado.EDU Sun Dec 4 12:54:15 1994 Received: from spot.Colorado.EDU (spot.Colorado.EDU [128.138.129.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id MAA26958; Sun, 4 Dec 1994 12:54:15 -0700 Received: (from gimenez@localhost) by spot.Colorado.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) id MAA28026; Sun, 4 Dec 1994 12:57:55 -0700 Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 12:57:55 -0700 (MST) From: Martha Gimenez To: PSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU, ppn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU, socgrads Subject: VIRUS ALERT (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I am forwarding virus alert I received from another list. Martha ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 1994 11:22:09 -0400 From: Jacquelyn Kent To: Multiple recipients of list H-LATAM Subject: VIRUS ALERT Date: Sun, 04 Dec 1994 10:12:55 -0500 From: Germaine Warkentin A virus is circulating on the Internet. If you receive a message with the header "xxx-1" DO NOT READ IT. Delete immediately or your disk will require treatment by a virus-scanner. I have had two copies of this message this morning (Sunday) already, but was warned by an early morning phone call from a friend who got hit. ******************************************************************************* Germaine Warkentin warkent@epas.utoronto.ca English, Victoria College, University of Toronto ******************************************************************************* From nikolay@sys.botik.yaroslavl.su Mon Dec 5 06:10:44 MST 1994 >From sys!sys.botik.yaroslavl.su!nikolay@pier.botik.yaroslavl.su Mon Dec 5 06:10:42 1994 Received: from pier.botik.yaroslavl.su (botik-ips-gw.ac.msk.su [193.124.148.38]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id GAA19670; Mon, 5 Dec 1994 06:09:49 -0700 Received: from sys by pier.botik.yaroslavl.su with uucp (Smail3.1.28.1/botik #55) id m0rEdEM-0003iGC; Mon, 5 Dec 94 16:13 +0300 Received: by sys.botik.yaroslavl.su (UUPC/@ v5.09gamma, 14Mar93); Mon, 5 Dec 1994 16:12:42 +0300 To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Cc: ppn@csf.colorado.edu Message-Id: Organization: PSI RAS From: Nikolay Kulbaka Date: Mon, 5 Dec 94 16:12:40 +0300 X-Mailer: BML [MS/DOS Beauty Mail v.1.36] Lines: 248 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS Second International Workshop of the ISEE Russian Chapter SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: FROM INFORMATION TO SIMULATION July 16-20, 1995 Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia Organized by: - International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) Russian Chapter - Control Processes Research Centre, Program Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (Pereslavl-Zalessky) - Russian Ministry for Environment and Natural Resources - Department of Leisure Studies, Tilburg University - European Centre for Nature Conservation International Program Committee R. Costanza, USA M. Dmitriev, Russia F. Duchin, USA P. Ekins, UK S. Faucheux, France G. Feichtinger, Austria C. Folke, Sweden S. Funtowicz, Italy H. Gottinger, Germany V. Gurman, Russia - Chairman O. Hohmeyer, Germany E. Leff, Mexico V. Lopatin, Russia J. Martinez-Alier, Spain N. Moiseev, Russia R. Pethig, Germany P. Safonov, Russia - Scientific Secretary F. Schneider, Austria I. Soloviev, Russia F. Surkov, Russia J. van der Straaten, the Netherlands - Vice Chairman T. Zylicz, Poland Local Organizing Committee N. Kulbaka - Chairman L. Lisetskaya A. Michailov M. Nesterova Purpose of the Meeting The second Workshop of the ISEE Russian Chapter would again take place in Pereslavl-Zalessky. The first meeting "The Role of Information Sciences in Regional Development" (July 1993) was held at the Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) and was continued in Pereslavl-Zalessky at the Program Systems Institute. The forthcoming Workshop is forseen as an extended meeting of those ISEE members and other academic, governmental and NGO's individuals form worldwide, who are interested to invest some ideas of ecological economics into the regional development. One of the particular goals of the Workshop is to give an international independent expertise of the state of Russian socio-economic and environmental situation, and help in elaboration of strategies for future development. A final publication of the Workshop papers is planned in English, as well as in Russian, so that Russian readers could fastly get acquainted with modern ideas of the international community of ecological economists. Scope The Workshop will be focused mainly on: - The Control of Regional Systems - Environment, Institutions and Society - Ecological-Economics Modelling - Social Ecology - Problems of Sustainable Development - Indicators of Sustainability - Natural Resource Accounts - Information Systems Participants are invited to submit abstracts of their papers on those and closely related topics for plenary and parallel sessions, they can propose other themes for discussion at the round tables. A limited number of demonstration stands could also be organized. All applications will be reviewed by the International Program Committee, and if accepted, the author would be sent the reviewer's comments. Language The working language of the workshop will be English. Venue The workshop will be held at the Program Systems Institute near the town of Pereslavl-Zalessky on the bank of Plescheevo Lake. Pereslavl-Zalessky is one of the ancient towns of Russia, located at a 130 km distance from Moscow. Registration Fee The Registration Fee includes participation in the Workshop, printed materials, local transportation (including shuttle bus from Airport in Moscow to Pereslavl-Zalessky and vice versa), welcome reception, coffee breaks and conference dinner. Full fee: $200 ISEE Member: $150 Student: $100 Accommodation Participants will be mainly accommodated in Hotel Pereslavl, which is of reasonable quality and rather cheap ($40-50 per night, including breakfast and lunch). Cultural and Sightseeing Programme Excursion programme over historical and most beautiful natural surroundings in the neighborhood of Pereslavl-Zalessky will be organized. In particular it will include a visit to the centre of Russian Orthodox Church in Sergiev Posad, International Children's computer Camp. Total fee for the excursion programme is $50 per person. Cultural programme and accommodation in Moscow can be also organized upon request. A post-meeting tour to Lake Baikal in Siberia is planned. The term of this trip will be around 7 days. Transportation from Moscow to Irkutsk and vice versa is possible by plane or train. The overall cost of the trip to Lake Baikal will be $400. Price of the air-ticket Moscow-Irkutsk-Moscow is approximately $450. Mailing Addresses for Applications: International Program Committee: Paul SAFONOV, ISEE Russian Chapter, c/o Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, 65, Profsoyuznaya, Moscow, 117806, Russia Tel: +7 (095) 966-4969, 334-9159 Fax: +7 (095) 420-2016, 334-9340 E-mail: saf@icsan.msk.su Local Organizing Committee: Nikolai KULBAKA Control Processes Research Center, Program Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, m.Botik, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia, 152140, Tel: +7 (08535) 98-231, -98-246, -98-234 Fax: +7 (08535) 20-593 E-mail: nikolay@sys.botik.yaroslavl.su ================================================================== RETURN CARD (please type) Title ____________ Second Name (Surname) _________________________ First Name ______________________________________________________ Affiliation ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________ P.O.B. ___________________________ City __________________________ State _____________________ Postal Code __________________________ Country __________________________________________________________ Phone __________________________ Fax ____________________________ E-mail ___________________________________________________________ [ ] I plan to attend the Workshop [ ] I plan to submit a paper entitled: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ [ ] I will take part in the excursion program [ ] I intend to stay for ____ days in Moscow after the Workshop [ ] I plan to take part in the trip to Lake Baikal [ ] I will be accompanied by: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Please send the second announcement also to (full name and address): __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Deadlines Submission of abstracts (1 or 2 complete pages in English, sent by e-mail, or mail in 4 copies) - March 15, 1995 Notification of acceptance - April 15, 1995 Registration (you should transfer the fee to the account of the Organizing Committee. Registration upon arrival: add $50. No refunds after June 15) - May 15, 1995 Submission of full papers - July 1, 1995 ---------------------------------------------------- last line in the mail. From shinberg@ssc.wisc.edu Wed Dec 7 09:18:02 MST 1994 >From shinberg@ssc.wisc.edu Wed Dec 7 09:18:01 1994 Received: from eunice.ssc.wisc.edu (eunice.ssc.wisc.edu [128.104.110.26]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id JAA28963 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 1994 09:17:59 -0700 Received: from SOC3.DECnet MAIL11D_V3 by eunice.ssc.wisc.edu; id AA27472; 5.65/42; Wed, 7 Dec 1994 10:21:25 -0600 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 10:21:25 -0600 Message-Id: <9412071621.AA27472@eunice.ssc.wisc.edu> From: shinberg@ssc.wisc.edu (Diane) To: "ppn@csf.colorado.edu"@ssc.wisc.edu Subject: virus hoax update > U.S. DOE's Computer Incident Advisory Capability > ___ __ __ _ ___ __ __ __ __ __ > / | /_\ / |\ | / \ | |_ /_ > \___ __|__ / \ \___ | \| \__/ | |__ __/ > >Number 94-04 December 6, 1994 > > ------------------- A - T - T - E - N - T - I - O - N ------------------- >| CIAC is available 24-hours a day via its two skypage numbers. To use | >| this service, dial 1-800-759-7243. The PIN numbers are: 8550070 (for | >| the CIAC duty person) and 8550074 (for the CIAC manager). Please keep | >| these numbers handy. | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Welcome to the fourth issue of CIAC Notes! This is a special edition to >clear up recent reports of a "good times" virus-hoax. Let us know if you >have topics you would like addressed or have feedback on what is useful and >what is not. Please contact the editor, Allan L. Van Lehn, CIAC, >510-422-8193 or send E-mail to ciac@llnl.gov. > > $-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$ > $ Reference to any specific commercial product does not necessarily $ > $ constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation or favoring by $ > $ CIAC, the University of California, or the United States Government.$ > $-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$ > >THE "Good Times" VIRUS IS AN URBAN LEGEND > >In the early part of December, CIAC started to receive information requests >about a supposed "virus" which could be contracted via America OnLine, simply >by reading a message. The following is the message that CIAC received: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Here is some important information. Beware of a file called Goodtimes. | >| | >| Happy Chanukah everyone, and be careful out there. There is a virus on | >| America Online being sent by E-Mail. If you get anything called "Good | >| Times", DON'T read it or download it. It is a virus that will erase your | >| hard drive. Forward this to all your friends. It may help them a lot. | > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >THIS IS A HOAX. Upon investigation, CIAC has determined that this message >originated from both a user of America Online and a student at a university >at approximately the same time, and it was meant to be a hoax. > >CIAC has also seen other variations of this hoax, the main one is that any >electronic mail message with the subject line of "xxx-1" will infect your >computer. > >This rumor has been spreading very widely. This spread is due mainly to the >fact that many people have seen a message with "Good Times" in the header. >They delete the message without reading it, thus believing that they have >saved themselves from being attacked. These first-hand reports give a false >sense of credibility to the alert message. > >There has been one confirmation of a person who received a message with >"xxx-1" in the header, but an empty message body. Then, (in a panic, because >he had heard the alert), he checked his PC for viruses (the first time he >checked his machine in months) and found a pre-existing virus on his machine. > He incorrectly came to the conclusion that the E-mail message gave him the >virus (this particular virus could NOT POSSIBLY have spread via an E-mail >message). This person then spread his alert. > >As of this date, there are no known viruses which can infect merely through >reading a mail message. For a virus to spread some program must be executed. >Reading a mail message does not execute the mail message. Yes, Trojans have >been found as executable attachments to mail messages, the most notorious >being the IBM VM Christmas Card Trojan of 1987, also the TERM MODULE Worm >(reference CIAC Bulletin B-7) and the GAME2 MODULE Worm (CIAC Bulletin B-12). > But this is not the case for this particular "virus" alert. > >If you encounter this message being distributed on any mailing lists, simply >ignore it or send a follow-up message stating that this is a false rumor. > >Karyn Pichnarczyk >CIAC Team >ciac@llnl.gov > > >- ------------------------------ >Contacting CIAC > >If you require additional assistance or wish to report a vulnerability, call >CIAC at 510-422-8193, fax messages to 510-423-8002 or send E-mail to >ciac@llnl.gov. For emergencies and off-hour assistance, call 1-800-SKY-PAGE >(759-7243) and enter PIN number 8550070 (primary) or 8550074 (secondary). >The CIAC Duty Officer, a rotating responsibility, carries the primary >skypager. 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For info, contact lpf@uunet.uu.net. > >------- End of Forwarded Message From rcincotta@usaid.gov Wed Dec 21 09:37:44 MST 1994 >From rcincotta@usaid.gov Wed Dec 21 09:37:44 1994 Received: from BASA14001.usaid.gov ([165.13.2.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id JAA25377 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 1994 09:37:30 -0700 Received: by BASA14001.usaid.gov; Wed, 21 Dec 94 11:41:18 EST Date: Wed, 21 Dec 94 10:06:09 EST Message-ID: From: "Richard Cincotta" To: ppn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Speech on USAID efforts in population X-Incognito-SN: 235 X-Incognito-Format: VERSION=2.00 Beta-30 ENCRYPTED=NO Here's a speech by Ambassador Sally Shelton (USAID Deputy Assist. Administrator and head of USAID's Global Bureau) at a recent conference. The objective of the conferece was to advise the President's Council on Sustainable Development on "next steps" towards implementing the Program of Action agreed upon by most nations attending the 1994 Int'l Conference on Population and Development, and to mobilize organizations to begin the task of bringing the "message of Cairo" home to the American public. I am circulating it on PPN, because Amb. Shelton addresses questions concerning the political future of US foreign assistance. _______________________________ Remarks of Amb. Sally Shelton, "Bringing Cairo Home" Conference Washington D.C. December 19, 1994 I am pleased that so many of you have joined us today for what I expect will be a very important set of discussions on some critical issues. My special thanks to Tim Wirth and his colleagues at the State Department for all they have done, and for bringing these issues to the forefront of American diplomacy. I would also like to welcome our colleagues from other agencies, Secretary Shalala from HHS and the Assistant Administrator David Gardiner from EPA, who, by being here, show their commitment to the theme of our meeting, "Bringing Cairo Home." I was in Cairo, as were a good many of you, and I felt the spirit of consensus and goodwill that overcame the differences and diversity represented there. It's great to have this opportunity to reflect on how we can translate this spirit into action. The Cairo conference, and the process that led up to it, provided a dramatic expression of U.S. leadership --leadership which, rather than imposing values, seeks to work through persuasion and partnership. Many of you, who are leaders in your communities and organizations, well understand the challenges we face in formulating a new vision of the role of the United States in the post-Cold War world. There has also been a great deal of concern in the wake of the November elections about the future role of U.S. assistance programs. Things will be different under a Republican Congress. I'm sure all of you have already seen some of the attacks that have been launched against foreign assistance programs. It has become clear that foreign assistance programs will be under an unprecedented siege during the next year. These assaults are coming from many quarters -- isolationists, budget hawks, some who want to preserve their own piece of the pie, people who believe economic policy alone can cure the ills of the developing world, and those simply looking to grandstand. It is also clear from what we see coming out of the Hill already, that security assistance will probably fare pretty well. Budgets for Israel, Egypt, and probably Russia and the NIS will remain relatively static. This means that our development assistance accounts will face potentially crippling reductions. What is happening here, is that the things that USAID does best, development in countries that really need development, is the most threatened part of our mission. From the rhetoric I have heard in the last couple of weeks, I realize we have not done a good enough job telling our story. Many believe that foreign assistance programs are simply a waste of money and that they do not serve the best interests of the United States. First, we must let it be known that our development aid is cost-effective and that it works. In the last fifty years we have cut infant mortality in half worldwide, and health conditions have improved more in this period than in all previous human history. Foreign assistance has helped increase literacy by 33% in just the last twenty five years. Family planning programs have helped average family size in USAID- assisted countries to drop by one-third since the 1960s. More than 3 million lives are saved each year through USAID immunization programs, and oral rehydration therapy has saved millions more. When people say that no country has ever gotten off the dole, we need to point out that nations like Korea, Taiwan, Tunisia, Costa Rica, Botswana, Greece and Belize who are now some of our closest allies and best trading partners, were once beneficiaries of U.S. assistance programs. We need to point out that the Marshall Plan, widely viewed as one of the most successful foreign policy initiatives ever, was only supported by 18% of the American public when it was announced. We need to point out that nations people were quick to write off as "basket-cases" in the 1960s and 1970s -- nations like Bangladesh, Indonesia and India -- are now showing remarkable progress. We need to remind people that less than one half of one percent of the U.S. budget is spent on economic and humanitarian assistance. We need to help people understand that foreign assistance is helping create the markets of the future for this nation. Don't be afraid to tell people that U.S. exports to developing and transition nations grew by a remarkable $46 billion in the last three years alone, and that trade translated into an additional 920,000 jobs in the United States. The U.S. exports more to South Korea in one year than we ever gave them in assistance. As people concerned about the future of the world, we must clearly articulate why preventing crises is much cheaper for this nation than dealing with them once they happen. We need to show how development is just such a tool of prevention. We know development works. But there is a second message that we must communicate. Our aid programs are being designed to be both responsive to countries' needs and consistent with the long-term interests and values of the United States. Our current programs are very much in harmony with Cairo in their emphasis on environmental protection, population stabilization, and the promotion of health, especially for women and children. As in Cairo, we view the education and empowerment of women as fundamental to development and a goal that advances every aspect of a society. The present approach also emphasizes support for NGOs and the private sector, which in so many countries are the building blocks of democracy and the source of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth. While the focus is on population, the Cairo Program of Action is indeed comprehensive in addressing the full range of sustainable development concerns. For USAID, implementation of the Cairo agenda involves the entire agency to one degree or another. For those of you who are less familiar with USAID programs, I urge you to take time to look over our booklet, Strategies for Sustainable Development, copies of which are available to you today. There is also an overview available of the Agency's ongoing programs and new initiatives in population, health and nutrition and related areas. I would like to take a moment to highlight some of these. First, central to the Program of Action adopted in Cairo was the call for women's education and empowerment. We are now in the process of developing a girls' and women's education initiative, building on experience we have had with successful models supported by our missions in Guatemala, Malawi, and Nepal. We are also giving greater emphasis to supporting micro- enterprise programs for women as well as organizations working on their political and legal rights and the prevention of violence against women. Critical chapters and provisions in the Cairo Program of Action called for a comprehensive concept of reproductive health; improved family planning; maternal health and child survival; and prevention and management of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. In each of these areas, USAID is seeking to be at the cutting edge. That means, to mention just a few things,  expanded efforts to ensure family planning that is high quality, responsive to choice, and widely accessible;  a comprehensive new initiative for adolescent reproductive health;  new efforts to attack the causes of preventable maternal mortality, which include unsafe abortion and lack of basic services to provide emergency care for women with pregnancy-related complications or to provide them with compassionate counselling and family planning services if they so desire;  biomedical research to find new technologies to prevent both unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases;  other kinds of research and demonstration programs to test innovative approaches to delivering reproductive health services; and  initiatives to increase awareness of population/environment relationships and to link population and reproductive health programs with environmental management at all levels. In all of our new initiatives, USAID is seeking to collaborate with a range of governmental and non- governmental organizations, including many that are represented here today. We know we can't do these things alone. I have just recently come from meetings with other donors in Europe. It is encouraging to find the degree to which our commitments are shared by major donor governments such as the UK, Germany, and Japan, each of whom has made substantial increases in the resources they are providing to implement the Cairo Program of Action. Other stalwarts, such as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands, will continue to play an important role. France has committed itself to increase its contributions to programs to combat AIDS. All of these donors have far to go, however, in developing their own capacity to manage larger programs, and a number of other donors have yet to increase their commitments at all. While there are many dimensions of Cairo follow-up, these recent encounters have convinced me that the effective engagement of other donors is one of the biggest challenges we have and should continue to be a high priority. I hope all of you can help convey to the American people the two points I've emphasized today: that foreign assistance works and that it is in this nation's best interests. I hope you can also help extend a similar message to your contacts and colleagues in other countries. In our discussions today, we will be drawing the connections between the domestic and international sides of the Cairo agenda. These connections are important to USAID. For one thing, as USAID has been seeking to demonstrate in a special series of programs in cities around the country, called "Lessons Without Borders," we have found that many experiences gained in development work abroad can readily be applied here at home. It is also important for us to try to get things right here at home -- whether the issue is our environment and patterns of consumption, equal opportunities for women, reproductive health, or any other aspect of our own development as a society -- if we want to be fully effective overseas. We have much to discuss in our sessions today, and we certainly won't be able to resolve the challenging issues of giving reality to the recommendations from Cairo. But let's make it a good beginning.