Introduction to Life's Windows Life's Windows (Chuang1 Kou3) is a newsletter published by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at University of Calgary, Canada. As its name suggests, Life's Windows focuses mainly on issues and topics that are of immediate interest to Chinese nationals living in North America. Besides carrying local news of our association, the newsletter is focussing on: family financial, investment, home business, computers and software (Chinese mainly), legal systems in North America, new development in science and technology, etc. Life's Windows has been published in two versions: the hardcopies and E-mail postings via computer network. The hardcopies are distributed to the Chinese communities in Calgary area as well as to subscribed readers from other areas. The E-mail version is currently distributed in two formats: HZ and uuencoded GB files. The sub/unsubscription of Life's Windows is currently manually handled by WANG Fu-Lin. To sub/unsubscribe to this Newsletter, send an E-mail to chinsch@acs.ucalgary.ca using the following format: Subject: Subscribe LW GB <- for gb version or Subject: Subscribe LW HZ <- for hz version At the 1st line and 1st column of the body of your e-mail, type your e-mail address, for example: wang@acs.ucalgary.ca Our Life's Windows (GB format) can also be obtained via anonymous FTP at ifccs.org under the subdirectory of /org/life-win. You can download it to your account. For example: $ ftp ifcss.org Name: > anonymous Password:> Your-email-address ftp> cd org/life-win ftp> binary ftp> get ck9304.gb If your network system has GOPHER facility, please follow these steps $ gopher ifcss.org Look for org/ Look for life-win/ Look for the issue you would like to download or save Note that ifcss.org gopher site can also be accessed via cnd.org. As you understand, the existence and quality of our Newsletter depends largely on the support of our readers. Your contributing articles in Chinese and/or English are highly appreciated. Since Life's Windows is currently freely distributed to readers, we cannot pay for your contributions at the time being. However, when things go well, we will consider supplementing your contributions. Please send your contributions either by E-mail or post mail. E-mail: chinsch@acs.ucalgary.ca (please use as the subject) Our current mailing address is: Attention: Life's Windows #204, 1343 Northmount Dr. N.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T2L 0El Or get the most updated E-mail or mailing address from the most current issue. Thanks again for your interest in Life's Windows.