August 2006

Andrey Golub

Costi di ricarica, petizione vicina a quota 400mila e  continua a crescere oltre le aspettative il consenso su un'iniziativa che ha suscitato l'interesse di utenti, media e Authority !!!

Andrey Golub

I can't believe this really happens in Italy :)

 

ROMA - Il consiglio dei ministri ha dato il via libera al disegno di legge sulla cittadinanza messo a punto dal ministro dell'Interno, Giuliano Amato.

Tra le novità principali previste dal ddl, il dimezzamento da dieci a cinque anni del periodo di residenza regolare in Italia necessario per chiedere la naturalizzazione. Cittadinanza anche ai minori stranieri nati in Italia, purchè almeno uno dei genitori sia legalmente residente nel nostro Paese da almeno 5 anni.

Pubblicheremo presto notizie più approfondite.

(4 agosto 2006)
http://www.stranieriinitalia.it/news/cittadinanza4ago2006.htm 

Andrey Golub

Infatti non e` una novita` fresca, pero mi sembra importante :)
 

FON dice: Se la tua residenza è compresa in uno dei seguenti CAP e desideri condividere la tua connessione invia una messaggio a questo indirizzo e-mail (wifi-citta@fon.com).

ROMA
00185 - 00187 – 00184 - 00153

MILANO
20154 - 20122 - 20124 - 20121

BOLOGNA
40126 - 40123 - 40125 - 40122

Andrey Golub

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that email in-boxes are under a new kind of spam attack. This new spam has confused many people due to its lack of advertising, viruses, or request for personal information. One popular theory is that these innocuous blocks of text, often drawn from popular literature, are being used to "un-train" spam filters to allow more malicious spam through in the future...
 

I HATE SPAM  and SPAMMERS !!! 

Andrey Golub

Really the world is crazy... We were dreaming to apply such model (free-TV for end-users) only 2 years ago for DSL IPTV, but now I see that this is already working for Wi-Fi networks!

Hypewifi has yet another model of providing users with free Wi-Fi through support from advertising. In their model, a user must answer a few demographic questions which are tied to their profile in order to surf. These demographic questions allow more closely targeted advertising, they say, without exposing a particular user's details. Advertisers can choose to only target those whose profile matches their needs extremely closely.
 This kind of approach requires a very high volume of users as qualifying users because winnowing down all users to find just the reasonable targets of ads means that an advertising inventory can't be served uniformly. Sell a million ad impressions and you see just 50,000 qualified users come through for a few pages each, and you've got a lot of unsold inventory. (You could have low-rate salvage ads displaying for "unqualified" users; this is why some sites seem littered with T-shirt ads, for instance. Although let me not mock the billions spent each year on message T-shirts.)
 Hypewifi looks for locations where users would want free Wi-Fi and where professionals that meet the demographic that they want to offer to advertisers would congregate. The company says that they have 1,000 registered users so far with a soft launch.

Andrey Golub

More than 20,000 Indiana students are now Linux-enabled under a state grant program to roll out low-cost, easy-to-manage workstations, which are running various flavors of the open-source operating system.

Mike Huffman, special assistant for technology at the Indiana Department of Education, said schools in the state have added Linux workstations for 22,000 students over the past year under the Affordable Classroom Computers for Every Secondary Student (ACCESS) program. And that could expand quickly with several new updated Linux distributions, such as Novell SUSE, Red Hat and Ubuntu.

This year, Huffman expects Linux desktop deployments to grow from 24 high schools to 80 high schools, driven by lower costs, higher functionality and early successes.

...

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=192201386 

Andrey Golub

I found this project only today... So I am sorry if it's a well-known and old favorite stuff for somebody else here ;)

It seems to be quite complete list of OS Software for Windows. It's just great!

http://osswin.sourceforge.net/

Andrey Golub

Recruiting specialists to work in Netherlands

We are young and fast growing Dutch IT Company "IntoPeople"(http://intopeople.nl/).
We provide (detacher) qualified IT specialists and consultants to a large number of companies in Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Our company would like to offer to IT professionals in different areas, SAP professionals and professionals in hardware design an opportunity to build your own future and carrier together with us. You will work in cutting edge of technology projects in the world known leaders of IT domain and we will help you to discover your true carrier potential.

We are young company with the look into the future. Are you also ambitious, self guided person, with the sense of responsibility who cares about own future? We offer you a great chance to build it. Grow with us and develop your own carrier, build the future free from the fear.

We require from the potential candidate at least:
1. Minimum 3 years of recent relevant professional IT experience.
2. Verbal and written English of a candidate must be sufficient for performing communication with colleagues at work, writing, reading and understanding complex technical documentation.

We would like to offer to our employees:

1. Minimal Brutto salary starts from 33,000 Euro per year. It is equal around 2,000 Euro per month netto salary.
2. Regular Holiday's payment each year in May or June equal to one month salary.

3. Work permit for Netherlands. After 5 years of working in Netherlands a person can apply for Dutch citizenship.
4. European residence permit. This permit gives you right to visit without Visa all countries of European Union and many countries outside of EU, such as Switzerland.
5. Medical insurance.
6. Full compensation of all travel costs related to work.
7. Accommodation for the begin period of staying in Netherlands.
8. Employment in World Wide known companies such as Philips, ASML, Bosh, Sony and many others.
9. Interesting team work and participating in creating innovative products.
10. Course of Dutch language.
11. Consulting on all aspects of living in Netherlands.
12. Professional education to perspectives employees.
13. Bonus payment in the end of year. The size of payment depends on individual and company achievements.
14. Initial work contract for one year with extra three months of trial period. The begin contract can be offered already after one month of employment.
15. When the initial contract expires, we are ready to offer a permanent (contract for undefined term) to employees, whose performance was good during the initial contract.
16. We are ready to offer a help to the most perspective employees in receiving bank credit for buying own house or apartments.

Following information concerns costs of living in Netherlands:

1. Accommodation:

a. Own room in private house: from 200 euro per month.
b. One room apartment (studio): from 400 euro per month
c. Two rooms apartment or private house: from 500 euro per month

2. Foods: The cost of major food products is the same or lower than in Belarus. Approximate cost of food products is 100-150 euros per person per month, if a person lives alone.

3. Clothing: The cost of clothing is the same or lower than in Belarus. It is recommended to buy clothing during summer or winter sales. At that time many shops offer discount for all collection till 80 %.

4. Entertainment: It depends of course on private preferences. As an
example:
a. Evening with your friends in pub will cost you 10-15 Euros.
b. Cinema ticket will cost starting from 5 Euro.

For more information about living in Netherlands, we recommend you to visit following Russian language web sites:
www.rus.nl
www.rusland.net

If you are interested, we will be pleased to receive your CV and to answer to all of your additional questions. Please send your CV in English and questions to following e-mail address: Andrew.issaenko @ intopeople.nl

Andrey Golub

Since several friends are asking me "Why the hell do not you send us your latest Italian pictures?!", I decided to put here a list with URLs and some comments.
Of course I will not show here all albums we've taken here :), but only those I believe should be interesting  :)

I'll try to keep this list always updated. Some albums do not have my comments to the pictures so please feel free leaving here your comments/ questions and I'll be glad to answer to your posts! ;)
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Note: I'll be giving here links to the Albums that show preview images only. One interested to see it all, should click to the first/ any other imagine to get in enlarged and then navigate through <prev.> / <next> UI functions.

- Our vacation in the South of France, August-2006.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick61/

- Oksana's summer school in Florence, August-2006.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick55

- "Suvorov_alps". We visiting Suvorov's Alps crossing bridge (The Devil's bridge).
http://www.pbase.com/easynick54/inbox

- "Paris_July_2006". Two weeks in Paris, sometimes together with Oksana and sometimes working ;)
http://www.pbase.com/easynick54/paris

- "Sicilia 2006". Our vacation in Sicily this year, June 2006.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick53

- "Euro- Flora 2006". One of the most exciting and beautiful exhibitions happening in Europe.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick52/euroflora

- "Swiss smile". Our visit of Switzerland by invitation of our friends, Garmaza family.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick51

- "Carnival: Nice-Feb-2006". Our trip to carnival of Nizza, Febr-2006.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick44/carnival_nice_2006

- "Carnival of Citron: Menton-Feb-2006". A very funny carnival of citrons in Menton/France, Febr-2006.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick44/carnival_mentonfeb2006

- "Monte Carlo, Feb-2006". Just a day in Monte Carlo, Febr-2006.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick44/monte_carlo_feb2006

- "Castles of Alessandria". Our visit to Alessandria/ Lombardy/ Italy.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick43/alessandria_castels

- "Carnival of Viareggio, Feb-2005". Another great event in Italy: Carnival in Viareggio, in the heart of Italy. Febr-2005
http://www.pbase.com/easynick43/carnival_viareggio

- "Pisa, Feb-2005" . A visit of Pisa and a verification that the tawer is still strong enough ;)
http://www.pbase.com/easynick43/pisa_2005

- "Winter Olympiad Turin-2006: Ice-hockey match RU <> SWE". We've seen the greatest hockey event ever (and not only the hockey)!
http://www.pbase.com/easynick43/torino_2005

- "Our trip to Bratislava, Dec/Jan 2005/2006". The New Year celebrating in Bratislava.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick42/bratislava

- "Vienna, Jan 2006". Just one day in Vienna, the New Year 2005/2006.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick42/vienna

- "Brno, Czech Republic, Jan 2006". Another great place we've visited during our New Year trip.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick42/brno_czech_republik

- "Tartuffo in Alba". A "tartuffo" (mashrooms) and good vine festival in Alba/ Piemonte/ Italy.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick41/tartuffo_in_alba

- "Nizza autumn 2005". Our trip to Nizza in Autumn 2005.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick41/nizza_2005

- "asti". Our visit of Asti, Autumn 2005.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick41/asti

- "castagni". Searching for chestnuts in Italian forrest ;)
http://www.pbase.com/easynick41/castagni

- "Padua, May 2005". Our visit of Padova city.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick35/padova

- "The visit of Big Max". Our friend Max from Minsk has come to visit us here in Italy!
http://www.pbase.com/easynick35/big_max

- "Rimini 2005". Our vacation in Rimini together with family of Oksana.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick34/rimini_2005

- "Our vacation, June 2005, Sardinia Island: 5 days car trip". The most beautiful vacation we've ever had in Italy!
http://www.pbase.com/easynick33

- "Walking in Milano". A one nice day walking with Oksana in Milan.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick32/walking_in_milano

- "Our Trip to Pavia". A one day trip to Pavia, North of Italy.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick32/our_trip_to_pavia

- "Our trip to Piacenza". A one day trip to Piacenza, North of Italy.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick32/our_trip_to_piacenza

- "The very first mountain trip of this winter". Celebrating the first snow in mountanis near Milan ;)
http://www.pbase.com/easynick32/first_snow

- "In search of chestnuts". Just a great day in an Italian forrest with good friends.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick31/in_search_of_chestnuts

- "5 Terre, 2004". Our 2004 vacation in "5 terre". That was just great!
http://www.pbase.com/easynick30/5_terre

- "Bellaggio, August 2004". A one day trip to Bellaggio, a town on a beautiful lake. North of Italy.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick30/bellaggio_2004

- "Genoa, Febrary 2004". A one day trip to Genova city
http://www.pbase.com/easynick30/genova_2004

- "Happy New 2005 !". We're celebrating New Year-2005 in Milan.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick30/newyear_2005

- "Garda-Land, Summer 2004". GardaLand is an Italian Disney-Land.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick22/gardaland

- "The lake Como" . Once visiting lake Como, North of Italy, a beautiful day.
http://www.pbase.com/easynick22/lago_di_como

Andrey Golub

URA !!! ;)

Finally I am leaving from the office for my summer vacation. It's already the second time during this summer. Previously we've seen Sicily in June (here- http://www.pbase.com/easynick53) and now we're going to spend some days in Liguria (in Italy near Imperia) and also the French coast (Cannes, Saint-Tropez).

So good Luck to everybody who will be working during this period ;)

Andrey Golub

Hello my friends!

I am back from my summer vacation and I must admit it was really great this time! We traveled a lot (1370 km) around "Cot d'azur", or how to write/pronounce it in French I forgot :) Our (mobile) location was always between Frejus and St. Tropez, it's in France for those who do not know such important locations ;)
Lots of great topless beaches, lots of beautiful nature views... everything was nice. I am really happy about our choice for this year's vacation.

Here are the pictures, guys!
http://www.pbase.com/easynick61/