Daily Digest for 94-04-12
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-12 Apr 94 Table of Contents for 1989-94 Computer Press publications
from INFOMAG.
#02-12 Apr 94 Information base of International Conferences in Russia
(from the East-West Information Server).
#03-12 Apr 94 Eurasia Foundation summary of first 100 grants
#04-12 Apr 94 New issue of "Za Nauku"
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-12 Apr 94 Sender: ourusoffn@queen.lsc.vsc.edu (Nicholas Ourusoff)
Subject: Packages, letters, money to Russia
#02-12 Apr 94 Sender: Vera Gubnitskai (vgubnits@mailer.fsu.edu)
Subject: FTPing cyrillic texts
#03-12 Apr 94 Sender: omorov janybek (omorov@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu)
Subject: is there email in kyrgyzstan
#04-12 Apr 94 Sender: kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com
Subject: "Family to Family"
#05-12 Apr 94 Sender: ZHUKOVE@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU
Subject: Economic information
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* We have the Computer Press (CP) publication contents available now
from the "science" page. Thanks to Victor Veselago of INFOMAG for
providing this information.
* The East-West Information Server is described on the "funding and
exchange" page along with detailed descriptions of scientific conferences,
and publications in Russia. Our thanks to Peter Brusilovsky of the
International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information for
permitting us to publish this information.
* Jim Cashel of the Eurasia Foundation has provided us with a summary
of the first 100 grants made from the Eurasia Foundation. This
listing is available from the "funding and exchange" page.
* Dmitriy N. Vasilev has provided us with the 94-04-08 issue of
"Za Nauku" -- available from the science page.
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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: ourusoffn@queen.lsc.vsc.edu (Nicholas Ourusoff)
Subject: Packages, letters, money to Russia
One way to send packages to Russia safely is through the Congress of Russian-
Americans (CRA), whose address and telephone is given below:
CRA (Congress of Russian-Americans)
East Coast office West coast office
P. O. Box 818 Alla Zaharoff
Nyack, NY 10960 #1 Traxler Rd,
Mary Wisekal San Anselmo, CA 94960
(914) 358-2723;(914) 353-5453(Fax); (415)456-7926
Cost to send packages is $25 (call to obtain the exact size and contents
restrictions). Packages are containerized and sent by ship on a schedule
dictated pretty much by demand to Moscow where they can be picked up. Each
package is checked against litings in both US and Moscow. I have use CRA
successfully to date.
CRA also publishes a quarterly (I think) newsletter available for $8 per year.
I have sent letters with Project Harmony, a grass-roots organization that
promotes exchanges with Russia:
Project Harmony
6 Irasville Common
Waitsfield, VT 05673
(802) 496-4545; (802) 496-4548 (Fax)
Another possibility is to work through Russian orthodox Churches in the U.S.
For sending money, the surest way is to find someone trustworthy who is going
to Russia to take it for you.
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Sender: Vera Gubnitskai (vgubnits@mailer.fsu.edu)
Subject: FTPing cyrillic texts
Hi,
Is there somewhere somebody patient enough to send me DETAILED,
STEP-BY-STEP (for DUMMIES) instruction on how to download cyrillic texts,
and what to do so I can see Cyrillic text on a screen. I FTPed and
unzipped some of them, but I have no idea if I did it right, and what do I
have to do to be able to read (ideally - to print) them. I need
instructions for PC with Windows or DOS (I would really appreciate both).
I tried to seek help from some computer wizards, but they could not
figure it out, got tired and left me. I am not a computer wizard, and I know a
little more than nothing in that area. What fonts do I need to read
Strugatski and Sasha Chyorny books that are on your Friends WWW server? How
do I install them? Do I need a Cyrillic driver for that, and how do I
install it? I do not want to be repetitive, but I really do not know much,
and I want to read these books!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!!
Desperately,
Vera Gubnitskaia
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Vera Gubnitskaia
School of Library and Information Studies
Florida State University
Home: (904) 574-6019
Work: (904) 644-8108
E-mail: vgubnits@mailer.fsu.edu
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Sender: omorov janybek (omorov@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu)
Subject: is there email in kyrgyzstan
Hello friends!
I would be very happy to get email addresses in Kyrgyzstan.
(I was advised that you might have them ) Could you please send some of
them to me if possible? ) Thank you in advance.
janybek omorov.
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NOTE: a search of the CDC database resulted in about 30 people -- a
selection of which were emailed to omorov janybek.
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)From kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com Tue Apr 12 17:15:33 1994
Subject: "Family to Family"
I am sorry to post this to the entire list, but when I tried to
communicate directly, my mail was returned to me.
Dear Carole Musgrave,
RE: Msg in Friends & Partners Digest for Wednesday, April 6, 1994
Could you tell me more about the "Family to Family" organization?
I would like to participate if possible.
I have contacted one fellow in St. Petersburg in the past, but have
not heard back from him since my last message back in February.
I would appreciate any information that you can provide.
Thanks,
Kyle
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Kyle Collins | phone: (404) 973-0910
2345 Old Orchard Drive | fax: (404) 494-6989
Marietta, GA 30068-3450 | internet: kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com
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)From: ZHUKOVE@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU
Subject: Economic information
Huy!
I am conducting research concerning economic reforms in the FS Union
and I am having trouble finding latest macroeconomic statistics
about this area. Do you think you could help me to identify the
source of such an information?
Sincerely,
Eugenue Zhukov
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APPENDIX
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