Daily Digest for 94-02-14
Happy Valentine's Day, Dear Friends!
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#1-14 Feb 94 "Daily Digests" of the F&P listserv are now
being archived on the F&P WWW server.
#2-14 Feb 94 Established an experimental WAIS server over a
collection of the RFE/RL News items.
#3-14 Feb 94 The home page has been reorganized.
#4-14 Feb 94 Art Talk / Art Action is now available from the Art
and Music page.
#5-14 Feb 94 The schedule for and results from The 1994 Winter
Olympics at Lillehammer are now made available from
the "Life" page.
#6-14 Feb 94 Interesting informations from Frontiers of Perception
Institute in Seattle, Washington
#7-14 Feb 94 A description of Sabre Foundation, Inc's Scientific
Assistance Project is available from the "Education" page and
from the "Funding Opportunities" area.
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-14 Feb 94 MediNet network info needed.
Mike Kononenko(mkononenko@glas.apc.org)
#02-14 Feb 94 INFO-RUSS: info on Phoenix
Gregory Kucherov (Gregory.Kucherov@loria.fr)
#03-14 Feb 94 Re: Daily Digest for 94-02-08
D. COMSTOCK, CENTRAL WASH. UNIVERSITY (COMSTD@CWU.EDU)
#04-14 Feb 94 Accordion music
Polly-Alida_Farrington@MTS.RPI.EDU
#05-14 Feb 94 request
DUDKIN@a.psc.edu
#06-14 Feb 94 I find friends
(Igor Shtork)shtork@falcon.itpm.alma-ata.su
#07-14 Feb 94 Contact with Russian Law Enforcement Officers/Educators
Terry L White (tewhite@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
#08-14 Feb 94 Results from The 1994 Winter Olympics will be available
on the WEB
steinar@oslonett.no
#09-14 Feb 94 Introduction
Venton H. Haskins (vhaskins@ozarks.sgcl.lib.mo.us)
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* Due to popular request, the "daily digests" of the F&P listserv are now
being archived on the F&P WWW server. These are available from the
home page and from the listserver page. These documents have been
indexed using the popular WAIS software so that you can perform
full-text keyword searches on them.
* We have just established an experimental WAIS server over a collection
of the RFE/RL News items. Choosing this item will permit you to
conduct full-text searches of our current collection of RFE/RL
bulletins. Instructions on how to conduct searches has also been
provided. Pending your reaction to this and the encouragement of the
RFE/RL information providers, this will hopefully become a permanent part of
the F&P service. Many thanks to John Gerber for the perl scripts
which make possible this new searching service. If we are permitted to
make this a permanent service, this should make the RFE/RL material useful
as a good research/reference resource.
* The home page has been reorganized so that you no longer have to read the
long letter before finding all of the various menu options.
* Art Talk / Art Action is now available from the Art and Music page. This
is a new forum started by Cynthia DuVal of the University of California,
Santa Cruz to facilitate interdisciplinary and multi-cultural network
mediated collaborations on the FRIENDS server. This is a brand new forum
and your input and help is welcome!
* The schedule for and results from The 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer
are now made available from the "Life" page. This service is set up for
free Internet access in a joint effort by Sun Microsystems,
Skrivervik Data, NTB (a Norwegian news wire service) and Oslonett, Inc.
* The Frontiers of Perception Institute is a Seattle, Washington based
organization which is sharing some interesting information with us about
their work in helping modern society "deal effectively with the rate and
scale of change that increasingly structures our daily lives". This new
material is available from the "Life" page.
* A description of Sabre Foundation, Inc's Scientific Assistance Project is
available from the "Education" page and from the "Funding Opportunities"
area. This project specializes in providing college and professional-level
educational materials to institutions and individuals in Eastern Europe and
the countries of the former Soviet Union. Since 1986, it has donated more
than 1.5 million books and journals through its on-going programs. Thanks
to Asad Salameh for providing this information.
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
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Sender: mkononenko@glas.apc.org
Subject: MediNet network info needed.
Dear friends:
Does any one of you know how to reach MediNet Inc. computer network?
They are dealing in second-hand medical equipment and have a net data
base to serch into. I would appreciate greatly any info about them.
(MediNet Inc. is US-based organization.)
Thanks,
Mike Kononenko
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(cross-posted from INFO-RUSS)
)From: Gregory Kucherov (Gregory.Kucherov@loria.fr)
Subject: INFO-RUSS: info on Phoenix
Is there a good soul on the net from Phoenix (Arizona)
who could answer some specific practical questions I
have (I am travelling there soon)?
Gregory Kucherov
INRIA-Lorraine & CRIN tel: (33) 83 59 30 21
Technopole de Nancy-Brabois fax: (33) 83 27 83 19
Campus Scientifique telex: 850 238 F
615, rue du Jardin Botanique
B.P. 101
54602 VILLERS-LES-NANCY Cedex
FRANCE
Specially for INFO-RUSS: "Tell me how to make money and I'll
tell you how to send it to Russia"
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Sender: "D. COMSTOCK, CENTRAL WASH. UNIVERSITY" (COMSTD@CWU.EDU)
Subject: Re: Daily Digest for 94-02-08
Hello,
I am Dale Comstock, Professor of Mathematics at Central
Washington University. I have been to Russia 4 times in the
last 5 years, speak Russian poorly, have just completed a
faculty exchange appointment at Hertzen State Pedagogical
University in St. Petersburg and know quite a bit about the
preparation of mathematics teachers in Russia.
)From what I have seen so far I like what the list is trying
to do and wish it 'vsevo dobrovo'.
In response to Pat Leathrums request for info on embassies
and consulates, here is some data that might be helpful:
Russian Consulate - San Fran: 415/202-9800 or 928-6878
FAX:415/929-0306
Russian Consulate - Seattle: 206/728-1910
FAX:206-728-1871
American Consulate - St. P: 812/274-82-35 or 274-85-68
Loc. on Furshtadtskaya St.
Metro Sta. Chernoyshevskaya
Look forward to participating in the list from time to time
and would like to e-mail with others in Russia, especially.
I currently have an American friend doing an exchange in
Krasnodarsk. Hope to e-mail with you soon.
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)From: Polly-Alida_Farrington@MTS.RPI.EDU
Subject: Accordion music
Hi - someone has asked me to help them get hold of a file
you mentioned in a message that they received. The
reference was to a sound file of a Lithuanian song
played on the accordion. You referred to your server -
could you send me the URL for that server? Or other
info on getting the file.
Thanks so much for your help.
Polly
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Polly-Alida Farrington
usera0n6@mts.rpi.edu
Folsom Library, RPI, Troy, NY, 12180
518-276-8332
NOTE: Dear Friends, this file of accordion music is available from
the "Art and Music" page. We are hoping to post other digitized
music soon . . .
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)From: DUDKIN@a.psc.edu
Subject: request
Hi, Greg: this is just brief thank you note. I strongly appreciate your kind
reply and your perfect explanation. Thank you very much! + Please, make a note
somewhere: I am willing to help in any way I can . Any kind of work including
everyday routine and boring tasks... With most kind regards, Vitaly
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)From: shtork@falcon.itpm.alma-ata.su (Igor Shtork)
Subject:I find friends
Hello, Greg and Natasha!
My name is Igor Shtork. I live in Kazakhstan, Almaty city. I'm
bisnessman and now I'm finding e-mail of big commercial companies and
exchanges for contact. But I can't connect with telnet and I have very
big problems now. If anybody can help my, I'll very thanks. Please!
In finish, I want say, that my wife and I'm Christians and I want
find friens, who is Christians too in all countries (USA and other).
Write my please!
Igor Shtork, Kazakhstan, Almaty.
shtork@falcon.itpm.alma-ata.su
P.S. Thank you for mail server! You make very big and useful job.
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Sender: Terry L White (tewhite@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
Subject: Contact with Russian Law Enforcement Officers/Educators
Dear Friends,
My first message since I've been reading the daily messages for a
week now. Like all of you I am really excited about the opportunity
to communicate with our Russian friends.
I am the Chairperson of a criminal justice program at our community
college. I have been a law enforcement officer for 27 years in many
different capacities. In November I visited Moscow as a guest of the
Minister of the Interior to attend the first annual conference on
criminal justice. A wonderful experience to say the least.
I am most interested in any help that I can get in establishing
E-mail contact with any Russian law enforcement official or educator.
The exchange of information during my stay in Moscow and St. Petersburg
only served to enhance my desire to learn more and help my counterparts
with the difficult task ahead of them. They are well behind us in the
practice of law enforcement in a democracy.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks to all,
Terry L. White
tewhite@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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(cross-posted from comp.infosystems.www)
Subject: Results from The 1994 Winter Olympics will be available on the WEB
)From:steinar@oslonett.no
Results from The 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer are now
made available through the Web! This service is set up for
free Internet access in a joint effort by Sun Microsystems,
Skrivervik Data, NTB (a Norwegian news wire service) and
Oslonett, Inc. Tune up your WWW client and take a look at
the Olympic Home Page at
http://ol.oslonett.no/OL/OL94.html
to get used to how you can access these data in the next two weeks!
- steinar kjaernsrod (Oslonett Inc) | mail to "info@oslonett.no" |
steinar@oslonett.no | for information on Oslonett Inc |
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Dear Friends, this information is available from the "Life" page.
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)From: "Venton H. Haskins" (vhaskins@ozarks.sgcl.lib.mo.us)
Subject: Introduction
Hello Natasha,
Thank you for your effort and willingness to extend your culture and great
country to us here in USA. I am a high school Earth Science teacher
(geology). My wife and I have travelled considerably but not to your
land. Maybe some day that will be possible. If there is a teacher of
similar interests, I would enjoy exchanging messages and possibly even
specimens of minerals, rocks or fossils. (We are in the Ozarks Plateau
which is a Karst area.) Keep up your excellent work. Thank you again and
my special regards to your family.
Venton H. Haskins Email: vhaskins@ozarks.sgcl.lib.mo.us
Central High School 423 E. Central St. Springfield, Mo 65802
(417)864-3951 FAX (417)883-8294
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