| Show MSMOOMI§04as70411AINtBWt r ' IA — The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday February 20 1989 tind Jobs Black Market Based on the 'Beer Standard' offsrlet Jews Turns Marxists Into Capitalists in Angola With Israeli Scientist By David Alexander leech tally hazardous cyanide-basetng techniques Branover said "Those who are dealing in gold are badly in need of new ideas and we have found a product" he said This leeching agent is not cyanide based This leeching agent is not used up it can be recycled All that makes this method unique" The process was created by Dr Solomon Flax a Soviet refusenik who holds 49 patents Flax developed the technique while processing and selling gold on the black market in the Soviet Union after the government removed him from his academic post The gold extraction method which has attracted the interest of several large mining companies is still being use and developed for large-scalSatec officials are hoping it will prove a boon to the company in 1989 "The gold is a wild card and we're just going to have to see in 1989 whether we've hit the jaeltpot" said Alan Clayman Satec's vice president of operations In addition to the heating element and metalurgical divisions the company has a software and electronics division that has developed and is United Press International JERUSALEM — With a flowing beard and a bright red beret Herman Branover looks more like a beatnik poet than a scientist with a US Star Wars defense contract to his credit But Branover 57 who is working on a power plant for American satellites is a scientist a university professor and more He is an entrepreneur searching for ways to attract Soviet Jews to Israel and Satec Ltd an electronics firm is his brainchild Our idea" Branover said "was to create a think tank of scientists coming out of Russia and try to turn their ideas into businesses "The number of academics proportionately that come out of Russia is very high It is a big problem because most of the universities in Israel have no openings and it is difficult for them to get a decent job" Satec registered as a company more than a year ago and immediate ly bought a heating elements factory in Tel Aviv to generate cash flow while the firm invested in developing ideas from its staff of Russian scientists Selling heating elements as well as research and development services the company generated $125 million in sales in 1988 Company officials declining to release Satec's 1987 losses said they hope to turn a profit in 1989 on sales of about $3 million Much of Satec's future depends on its research staff of Russian scientists many of whom had been working for years on ideas that would help them earn a living in the West once they received permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union "Out of this tremendous amount of ieeas we had to come down to a very few ideas to keep the company commercially viable" Branover said "The most interesting is gold extraction It is psychologically exciting" While gold in the United States and elsewhere could once be panned from river beds or extracted from shallow mines the days of the gold rush are past Many gold fields are virtually played out except for poor-grad- e ores that require environmen rt e sun-bake- producing power measurement equipment by special contract While Satec officials say the company is a purely commercial enterprise that must turn a profit the firm was created out of a desire to make Israel a more attractive homeland for Jews leaving the Soviet Union More and more Jews leaving the Soviet Union have turned to the United States and other countries as their new homeland a trend that has become a controversial issue in Rabbi Menachem Schneerson the head of the Lubavitcher sect of Hassidic Judaism called more than a year ago for the creation of a Russian colony to help deal with the influx of new immigrants expected as part of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's "perestroika" program Branover a follower of th! based Schneerson and his Association for Academic Soviet Immigrants accepted the challenge forming Satec as a first step In a recent study on the status of women in 99 countries factors consideredincluded health marriage child care education employment and social equality Sweden ranked first with a score of 87 Out of 100 and Bangladesh ranked last with a score of 215 0 850 41: BEST RATED COUNTRIES I 825 82 0 By 815 805 800 I SWEDEN FINLAND IL S E GERMANY NORWAY zmiitxvge 40151:1'" N DENIAARK CANADA WORST RATED COLINT RIES?- 4N 117 ? 260 - - vonit'IVP'4'114' - ' ii11111:111141-011111101- 1 111111111111A0ti i - - SAUDI NIGERIA ARABI A PAKISTAN NORTH YEMEN AFGHANISTAN MALI BANGLADESH Patrick E Tyler Washington Post Writer TEHRAN Iran — The woman refused to sit down Dressed in a black chador and sunglasses to emphasize her militant modesty the woman stood among 400 other women and lectured Parhament Speaker Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani at the Second International Women's Congress last week "Mr Rafsanjani" she said "I take it you have not been in the streets of Tehran because if you had you would see for yourself how bad the situation is" The woman was not complaining about poverty shortages food rationing or Tehran's mammoth traffic jams Instead she was irate that too many women were not adequate13 observing "hejab" (Islamic code for covering women) In the past six months thousands of women particularly in North Tehran have replaced the ubiquitous black scarves and chadors with brilliantly colored scarves that show at least a tuft of the stylish perms underneath Elegant evening gowns and designer dresses with plunging necklines fill the windows of North Tehran's 1"':Nrr: OP 870 US-backe- chit-?laye- d say) The war has forced 1 million people from their homes in the countryside leaving them with a margin of survival that is "very very slim" a UN relief worker said One child in three dies be fore its fifth birthday Only in Afghanistan and Mozambique do children have less of a chance to survive Housing is scarce and foreign relief officials and diplomats even UN workers must often spend months in crowded $100-aniggovermnent hotels awaiting et permanent accommodations state-controll- Large steel crates used for oceangoing freight are being turned into middle-clas- s housing in one neighborhood One of Angola's most glaring shortages is of skilled workers Hundreds of thousands of Portuguese workers from plumbers to economists left in 1975 when Angola became independent from Now Angola spends Portugal much of its valuable foreign-exchang- e earnings to hire foreign companies for the simplest tasks Roque Santeiro is one of the signs that things are changing in Angola The market pulses like a Prohibition-er- a saloon festive and nervous "Normally I try not to come here I don't feel safe" Alice free-mark- n a Schacht 1 dollar That puts foreign embassies and foreign companies in a bind To pay their local employees a living wage would require millions of dollars at the official exchange rate A pair of shoes at Francisco's stand would cost $2000 for example So many foreign companies use the "beer standard" to meet their payrolls They give employees credit at a government supermarthat caters to oreigners and accepts only dollars The worker use their credit to buy Heineken or Beck's beer for about 50 cents a can then carry the beer across the street and sellI it for 1000 kwanzas a can roughly 70 times the price at the official rate of exchange Beer hot or cold is the most readily convertible currency in Angola single mother confided "But at least you can buy things" Roque Santeiro and several - franian Women Are Breaking Social Chains Oltai i 1 least-develop- Pants Make Fashion Comeback Status of women worldwide THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN' BY COUNTRY free-mark- new markets like itI are the only places in Luanda where the shelves are never bare Striped slacks soda pop watches shoes shoes tape deodorant spray and irons are among the goods that seem to ma terialize out of thin air Prices at the market are set by the force of demand not by government fiat as In the rest of Angola "Everywhere else in the world some people work in the governmeat and other ople prefer to work in the market That's what we do here" said a woman selling children's clothing who identified herself only as Maria "If we buy this pack of cigarettes for 2000 and sell it for 2500 we win 500 Then we take that money and look for other things to sell" The markets serve a valuable purpose in Angola's economy by providing a safety valve for the overvalued local currency The official exchange rate is 29 kwanzas to the dollar at the bank hut everywhere else it is 2000 to the capable of feeding itself Angola remains one of Africa's countries About half of the country's oil earnings is used war with the to pay for its rebels of Jonas Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (The Soviet Union contributes $15 billion a year in military assistance to US officials the government tween us it doesn't amount to much today" All across Africa from Tanzania and Ghana — birthplaces of African socialism — to Mozambique and Congo capitalism is peeking out from beneath the smothering blanket of Marxism Countries are peddling their state enterprises to private firms letting their currencies float lifting price controls and generally tryforces out ing to ride of their troubles The independence movement in Namibia for example is amending its long commitment to socialism as it prepares to take over the newest sovereign nation in Africa Seeing the rough going for state control in most of Africa the South-Wes- t Africa People's Organization recently announced that it supported limited private enterprise in an independent Namibia Angola is the newest and one of the most surprising examples of Africa's move away from economies Strongly tied to the Soviet Union and officially unrecognized by the United States the Angolan government began to embrace a economic recovery plan about a year ago The government has not accomplished much so far but it has drafted some new laws ended price controls on fruits and vegetables and promised to eventually sell off the state-rucompanies open a Chamber of Commerce and invite foreign investment But the nation's change of heart along with its willingness to peace acsign the cord with Cuba and South Africa has raised hopes here not only for an economic recovery but also for relaa thaw in Angolan-America- n tions and an increase in development aid Although rich in oil and easily Scott Kraft Los Angeles Times Service LUANDA Angola — Domingos in a MFrancisco a studied the ichael Jackson passing prey from behind mirrored sunglasses Slowly he began to grin the grin of dollar signs He had a live one "Ilave a look" he said selecting a slightly scuffed black loafer from his tilted wooden table "Real Italian leather A good price too" How much? "Sixty thousand kwanzas" said the would-b- e tycoon At Angola's bank about $2000 On Angola's quirky black market based on a "beer standard" about 24 cans of Heineken Good old Western capitalism with a touch of Yankee profiteering is surfacing in the darndest places in Africa Here in Marxist d old Angola atop a trash dump overlooking the Atlantic is a new market called "the miracle Roque Santeiro worker" And anyone with a little nerve can make a fast buck It is all illegal of course But everyone from Angolan police officers to Cuban soldiers to Portuguese diplomats are too mesmerized by the sheer variety of the selection to complain: light bulbs and batteries argyle socks and Winston cigarettes lace panties and nylon boxer shorts even toy trucks All theirs for a fistful of kwanzas And the Angolan government trying to resurrect an entrepreneurial spirit deadened by 13 years of state controls is looking the other way "There's been an intoxication here with the rhetoric of Marxism over the years" the ambassador of a small African nation said recently "But in practical terms be By d '' full-lengt- h ' 14114111121IllikbEIMINFIIMMXLEOWSISt4MAY? SOURCE: Population Crisis Conaninee - POW POMPOM and Prodnanl intaGroatato Ided Nonn airenca Syndiatto Inc e boutiques testifying that high fashion for women exists "underground" and is displayed at private parties behind the high walls of the still wealthy merchant and intellectual classes On the campus of Tehran's free university pants are back and some women are even showing a little ankle "The values of the revolution have lost their luster- - the woman in black shouted emotionally at Rafsanjani who tried to calm her by asking her to sit down and pass her question forward on a piece of paper But she persisted "I want to clear up this situation" she said "That's why I'm talking to you" "You cannot clear it up like this" Rafsanjani said firmly Security men made their way toward the woman just as a voice in the crowd invoked the name of Prophet Mohammed — restoring order by setting off a calming chant in the room Ten years after a revolution there is a broad consensus that women must play a vital and equal role to !Sten in this society But as much as any social issue women's dress has divided the postrevolutionary society in Iran — and alienated a significant proportion of the Westernized intellectuals who nwill --nwil ing to accept the most fundamentalist interpretations of dress code "The country is falling apart from neglect and economic depression and what are women talking about?" asked one Western ambassador who answered himself: "Whether more women are wearing scarves instead of the 'chador" From the beginning of the revolution radicals have sought to impose on women a dress code that considers immodest the showing of any hair or any contour of the body such as the line of the neck or the waist The penalties for refusing to submit have been intimidation threats and — at times — imprisonment They have been imposed by roving enforcers attached to the thousands of revolutionary committees and tribunals that have given Iran the reputation of having "a government on every corner" Over the past year however and in the especially since the cease-fir- e Iran-Irawar more and more women in Iran have been sporting a new and more daring fashion that emphasizes minimal compliance with the Islamic requirement that women should be "well covered" in public The new boldness has created a new word in the Persian dialect: "be- hejab" which means bad "hejab" But since many of the revolutionary committees have been told to treat the population with more respect the intimidating style of en- forcement has lapsed giving way sometimes to backlashes of boldness Even makeup once a taboo can be seen in public again At a recent performance of "The Marriage of Mr Mississippi" by Swiss playwright Friedrich Durrenmatt at Tehran's City Theatre the female lead wore an uncovered wig on stage a first in the history of postrevolutionary stage in Iran There were no reported recriminations However when state television aired a commercial with a woman wearing a wig a storm of protest was raised by the radicals In the Islamic code the showing ofr hair holds the potential of inciting men to corrupt thoughts In the subsequent debate over the wigs appearance one irate viewer said that if artificial hair had become acceptable in public how long would it be before "artificial breasts" showed up on television? - ! : On Same Wavelength? Satellite TV Floods Europe With Channels By Tyler Marshall Los Angeles Times Writer LONDON — For homesick Italians the television set at the bar of London's fashionable San Lorenzo restaurant is a tonic Professional soccer matches and other favorites come through live on Radio Audizione Italia — RAI — the main Italian network BritIn deference to tennis-lovinons the restaurant's set sometimes is switched to West Germany's SAT I program known for its stturation coverage of German backcourt stars Boris Becker and Steffi Graf And when big news breaks Ted Turner's Cable News Network from the United States invariably dominates the screen "We get about 26 channels now" boasts Lorenzo Berni the restaurant's owner "It's nice to have" Thanks to a satellite dish perched atop the building Berth can offer pa trons a taste of whkit manv see as one of the triost significant social develWar II Westopments of televiern Europe: a sion revolution From Sicily to northern Scotland from Lisbon to Stockholm European television viewers are entering a new age in which a cacophony of commercial offerings is challenging traditional network monopolies for their attention In addition to a growing number of new commercial channels more than 50 satellite and cable will be on the air across Western Europe by the end of this year That number could double by the early 1990s industry sources believe the availability of smaller cheaper satellite dishes and the ex- pansion of cable networks in several countries transmissions can now reach mass audiences While such a variety of cnoice is considered a birthright for Amen- post-Worl- d g d land-base- d "T:101 r - r9 ti iICE 11GLE (sa'k k ' -- 11y4r7c:st) to haw AilskA1:'Ase r 7-- i IP: ri) 741!)1 J ' §! 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It iV "We'll eventually see the same picture for mainstream programs across Europe) it s inevitable" said 14°"11 1 9-1- - --' !tfo ' n predict VACCINES et5S 91 ' it with French or English audio options Spanish is scheduled to be added shortly Other satellite television compaplan similar ultilingual veninitially with tightly focused s channels sports arts or Eventually general entertainment programs with language dubbing will have a role many MEM r-- DOGS-- Jdz from a - ON- b CT tA 4tC - All 531-750- IL The satellite sports channel Screensport transmits the same picture across Europe but accompanies throughout Western Europe to common standards in such areas as TV violence pornography and methods of advertising Despite these developments no one is predicting an immediate jump to viewing Indeed initial efforts at beaming the same program simultaneously to several countries have flopped One attempt to transmit English-languag- e sitcoms throughout Northern Europe based on the premise that 80 percent of the target population had some knowledge of English was watched by German viewers roughly long enough to realize they were on the wrong program "Humor doesn't travel well and its even worse if it's not your own language" notes Helmut Markwort editor of the West German television EUZPMli 4S )" :wf-4- Kashmirs Kashans Romanian Bokharas Pakistank Dhurries etc ALL AT CLEARANCE PRICES i P time will subject programming gone" Major Avg Supplier released for IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE Including: Chinese Cards Acceplad i n e ) magazine Gong Television industry executives still talk of international programming but in a more sophisticated way the Last November Council of Europe also agreed a draft convention that for the first once-stringe- 44)0416 tpgEVW3W2AWIPMIUMMrk 1 at the London School of Economics "It's part of a slow process of shifting attitudes toward support for doing more together" Bowing to the inevitable European governments are gradually dropbarriers that for ping example still make it technically illegal for a viewer in France to receive a Belgian French-languagchannel A European Community directive entitled "Television Without Frontiers" is expected to be incorporated into the legal framework of the community's 12 member countries by 1992 with even reluctant governments forced by events to comply "The advent of direct satellite broadcasting will resolve the matter once and for all" noted Mario Maggiore an architect of the European Community directive "You can't stop a program coming down And once that happensthe frontiers have ME r r can viewers its no less than a revolution in Western Europe where as recently as 1964 France had only one channel and as recently as the early 1980s German and British viewers had only three choices each Five years ago satellite television hardly existed here Now Europeans have both their own country's channels and often their neighbors' ones too The average household in Brussels Belgium receives 19 channels including at least one each from embourg France The Netherlands West Germany Italy and Britain In Bonn West Germany homes with cable now get 21 channels including transmissions from three neighbor-Witing 'countries The change has important implications for a continent searching for a greater sense of a common political and economic identity "It's another binding element" said Paul Taylor a specialiat on European integration - tr tl ' -- - I IIV''' - 4:ros 50441 vs 6‘irommidabo46&----li-- -- k 1 ) i1 -- - --- -"' al i ‘14 1 '4 I k tamraszne)wroanOtimadiOriama1 e -- ov 1 1 '4 1 4 I Pw4 ° li k A fosia A ' e' 1 4 1 1 TTP |
