Dear Charles, Many thanks for your 100% support and your $ 100 as your moral and financial support of Global Peace! Well, you double Laj?s donation but to prepare the book requires that more than half of the donations were not doubled and increased 5-fold, at least (of course, except for the co-authors of poorest countries). Let me remind you that our book (not mine only) is planned for 400 pages in two languages, Russian and English in both electronic and paper forms. Total expenditure on this book in a minimum amount 40 thousand dollars, 20 thousand per country: Russia and the USA. They accounted for $12,000 to pay for statistical research, its translation into another language and editing in each country and by $8000 on the translation, editing and publication of the book, which is scheduled for November or December 2014. Now the book 37 co-authors confirmed by their donations a moral right to participate in it. The total amount of promised donations of 37 coauthors is about $12.700 dollars: it is little more than a quarter of the required amount. If we do not find new means we will be forced to reduce the number of articles in half (from 60 to 30 ) and the length of each article up to 2 pages to reduce the book length from 400 to 100-150 pages. I also will be forced to reduce the statistical study by nearly half: it will cover the population dynamics of the two countries from 1950 to 2010 does not by decades (there are 7) and in the twentieth: 1950, 1970, 1990 and 2010 - there are only 4. We cannot also publish more than one poem of each poet. Therefore, we should all be ready for a sharp reduction in the co-authors number, their articles and the length of each article, because more donations we are unlikely to obtain now. We have exhausted our donations opportunity. Dear Charles, let me suggest for your consideration another option: we publish this book together with your International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP), emblem of which we will put on the book front cover (similar IASE University logo on the cover of the ABC of Harmony), with your participation as the second editor in chief and with your funding of this book at least 13 thousand dollars. Then we could publish our book in full. But could you provide for it no less than 13 thousand dollars from sponsors of your IAEWP or Swiss Business School? It would be a great option from all points of view. As you are 100% supporting me, we would provide full consent in joint editing this book. What do you think about this option? Could be your IAEWP will be the GHA equal partner in making this historic book, without which global peace is impossible? The GHA now completes the organizational phase (including funding) of long preparatory period in creating our book. I'm starting now a statistical study of the dynamics of spheral classes of the population of Russia since 1950. I think this study require me to not less than two months - March and April. So I can start editing articles for the book since May-June 2014. Naturally, this is a rough schedule, which may change. In these two months I also will suggest for teachers a simple statistical study of the spheral classes at the school level. To do this, I'll send you a sample of this study by teacher Svetlana Kuskovskaya at her school near St. Petersburg, and special instructions. These simple studies (1 page) will be published in our book. These studies have a dual meaning: 1. They will strengthen the empirical foundation for Global Peace Science (GPS) and 2. They show the simple real picture of spheral classes of the population as a global social structure at the level of our educational institutions in which we work. This harmonious structure at all levels is an objective natural source of global peace. But people still do not know it without our GPS, so they cannot consciously use it to ensure global peace in every cell of society. I think, Charles, you will be interested in this research as a historian, and you will spend it with pleasure at your university for a couple of hours. This will be another step in the GHA historical path to create the world's first GPS! With love, best harmony wishes, Leo Dr Leo Semashko: State Councillor of St. Petersburg, Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony; Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia; Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005; Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585 and In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606; World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541; GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478; GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA; My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253; Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn P.S. The Russian banks do not work "with a cashier?s (bank-draft) checks". Please, remember this. Another ways I will inform later. Thank you very much for your immediate transfer. ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Mercieca, mercieca@xxxxxxxxxxx To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx Sent: 27 февраля 2014 г., 23:00:24 Subject: Thanks for your wonderful message February 27, 2014 Dear Leo: As I told you recently, I do want to give you some money to help you with the finances you need for your peace-work. I noticed our friend Laj has is giving you $50 dollars. I plan to double that and send you $100 dollars with a cashier?s (bank-draft) check. Give me the address where I may send it to you immediately. Looking forward and keep up the good work. You are providing GHA with sound good leadership. Although some of our friends have disagreed with your modus operandi, this should not serve as a cause of discouragement. I am fully behind you and I support you 100%. Your sense of priorities seems to be fully in good order. Looking forward to hearing from you and keep up the good work. As President Vladimir Putin and all Russian peace-workers would tell you without hesitation, spaceebah balshoye y do svydania. Charles Mercieca Charles Mercieca, Ph.D. President International Association of Educators for World Peace Dedicated to United Nations Goals of Peace Education, Environmental Protection, Human Rights & Disarmament Professor Emeritus, Alabama A&M University, USA. Hon President & Professor, SBS Swiss Business School, Zurich Global Harmony Association Vice-President. Phone: (1) 256-534-5501 / Fax: (1) 256-536-1018 Web: www.iaewp.org, www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=129 E-mail: mercieca@xxxxxxxxxxx February 26, 2014 Dear Leo: Thanks for your wonderful message here below. I did sent you the three articles you requested for your new book and I know you got them. I think I am quite vocal since I often speak of GHA very highly. As I told you earlier, I am sending you $100 dollars for your peace-work, twice as Laj promised. Let me know the address where I may send you this cashier?s (bank-draft check) and it will be on the way soon. I want to confirm that I am behind you 100% and I am ready to do anything you may need the best I can. Keep up the good work. The world needs your harmonious and much needed leadership. Thank you. Charles Mercieca ========================================================= From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 1:48 AM To: Charles Mercieca Subject: Re: More Wisdom from the Pope...+++ your donation Dear Charles, You are one of the GHA leaders its Vice - President. Now there is a discussion of a very important project for the GHA and for fate of our book: Global Peace Science (GPS). Your example is very important for GHA members. Why you are silent about this project and about your donation to GPS? It is a bad example. Please give a good example: we all are waiting for your public response about the project and your donation: what is its sum (it can be $1000 or $200 or $100 or $10 or $1 - I understand your situation but could you donate $100 or $10???) and when we can get it? This will be your great moral contribution and your moral support for Global Peace. Could we receive it from you? Thank you for your public response. It is now the most important thing for the GHA and for you personally as its leader. With love, best harmony wishes, Leo ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Mercieca, mercieca@xxxxxxxxxxx To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx Sent: 20 декабря 2013 г., 21:42:30 Subject: More Wisdom from the Pope... MORE WISDOM FROM THE POPE Open the attachment and see for yourself