Daily Digest for 94-04-25
Greetings Dear Friends!
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from all us. Today Greg have Birthday!
Dear Greg! Happy Birthday to you! Many Happiness and
Good Luck to you in your busy!
Your Friends! :-)
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-25 Apr 94 Gopher server with information on Eastern Europe and the
Newly-Independent States
#02-25 Apr 94 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Gopher
#03-25 Apr 94 Project on Economic Reform & Development in Central Asia
#04-25 Apr 94 New Issue of Za Nauku
#05-25 Apr 94 New issue of RUSAG Current Events
#06-25 Apr 94 New issue of RUSAG What's New
#07-25 Apr 94 Agricultural and Food Contacts in the Newly Independent
States of the Former Soviet Union
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-25 Apr 94 Sender: omorov janybek (omorov@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu)
Subject: Re: extended cirillic for dos
#02-25 Apr 94 Sender: Beverly Seavey (beverly@yola.nmrfam.wisc.edu)
Subject: need help with extended cyrillic for DOS
#03-25 Apr 94 Sender: JTASCH@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: Maps from the FSU
#04-25 Apr 94 Sender: ikallen@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Ian Kallen)
Subject: any penpals for this guy?
#05-25 Apr 94 Sender: nedelsky@inst.augie.edu (Michael Nedelsky)
Subject: my interests
#06-25 Apr 94 Sender: jennifer green (jlgreen@clark.net)
Subject: Re: Washington Conference
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* We have placed a hook to the University System of Georgia's gopher
server with information related to Eastern Europe and the Newly-
Independent States. This is available from the "More Information
Resources" page. Thanks to Jim Cashel of the Eurasia Foundation for
bringing this to our attention.
Items of interest include:
* Political Information
* Economic Data
* Trade Leads
* Databases - Eastern Europe and the NIS
* Scholarly Papers
* Grants & Funding Information
* CURRENT News
* Pointer to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Gopher
Server from the "More Information Resouces" page and from the "Funding
and Exchange" page.
* Mac Viers has provided us with an interesting program update on the
Project on Economic Reform & Development in Central Asia (PERCDA). This
is posted and available from the Economics page.
From the document posted:
The Project on Economic Reform and Development in Central
Asia (PERDCA) encourages, facilitates and supports technical
assistance (TA) efforts directed towards the Central Asian
Republics of the former Soviet Union. PERDCA has been active
with resident Western representation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
for more than a year. During this tumultuous period of
economic and political transformation, PERDCA has reacted
flexibly to the changing needs of the region with three
types of programs to foster an environment for positive
change: (1) Frameworks which enhance in-country coordination
between TA groups; (2) Initiatives which enrich cooperation
between the local and the foreign communities; (3) Networks
which improve electronic communication and global
interconnectivity.
* New issue of Za Nauku (94-04-22) available from the science page.
* New issue of RUSAG Current Events (94-04-22) available from the
agriculture page (available from the science page).
* New issue of RUSAG What's New (94-04-22) also available from the
agriculture page.
* Agricultural and Food Contacts in the Newly Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union. Provided courtesy of the RUSAG Listserv
and 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: omorov janybek (omorov@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu)
Subject: Re: extended cirillic for dos
Dear Beverly,
there is a Chi-Writer editor version with both cirillic and Kyrgyz
letters one can find in Bishkek. I used to use it when I was there two
years ago.
Salam --janybek
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Sender: Beverly Seavey (beverly@yola.nmrfam.wisc.edu)
Subject: need help with extended cyrillic for DOS
I'm trying to help a friend who just bought an IBM that she will
take home to Kirghizstan. She has a cyrillic font, but says she
can't find some of the characters. I think what she means is that
she can't find characters that are in Kirghiz, but not Russian. One
looks like a theta, and I think there are some diacritical marks.
Does anyone know of a font that contains this extended cyrillic alphabet?
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Sender: JTASCH@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: Maps from the FSU
Greetings!
A friend and I are both pursuing Ph.D.Us in Geography at Clark University. We
have been trying to track down reliable and contemporary maps of the FSU.
After much sleuthing, we have found what appears to be just what we have been
looking for. As it has taken us much phone calls and research, we thought we
might be able to save others some time and hassle by sharing the connections we
have formed.
We have access to the following organizations and the following maps:
Komarov Botanical Institute
Vegetation of the European part of the FSU (southern parts of St.
Petersburg, Vologda, Yaroslavl and Novgorod; parts of Kalinin, Pskov, Moscow,
Vladimir, Kostrama, Ivanovo, Kirov, Udmurtia, Komi, Marii-yel, Tatarstan,
Perm, and Smolensk oblasts; the western part of the Nenets NatUl Okrug.
Geobotanical Map of Central European Russia
Vegetation Map of Central Kazahkstan
Scientific Research Cartography Laboratory, Geography Department, MSU
Erosional dangerous lands of the European part of FSU
Soil map of the FSU
Natural fee lands of the FSU
Climate regionalization of the FSU
Types of settlements of the FSU
Ecological-geographical map of Russia
Apparently it is also possible to obtain regional maps from atlases of the NIS,
as well as Krai, and oblast scale maps.
If this information is useful and/or you have other questions, please contact
either of us at the following e-mail addresses:
Dmitry Varlyguin Jeremy Tasch
DVarlyguin@vax.clarku.edu JTASCH@vax.clarku.edu
(p.s. Anybody out there have access to digitized map data of Russia, especially
Siberia? Administrative boundaries, land cover, so forth?)
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Sender: ikallen@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Ian Kallen)
Subject: any penpals for this guy?
Hello. I AM LOOKING FOR A PENPAL IN RUSSIA. I AM GOING TO RYBINSK THIS
SUMMER AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT THE CITY BEFORE I GO. SO IF
THERE IS ANYONE WHO LIVES IN RUSSIA, OR HAS BEEN TO RYBINSK PLEASE
CONTACT ME.
Jonathan Holman
180 Graveltop DR.
Blountville, Tn 37617 (USA)
This post was from April 19th. Anybody want to help him out?
OK, back to work for me...
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| 740-A 14th Street #403 |
| San Francisco, California |
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Sender: nedelsky@inst.augie.edu (Michael Nedelsky)
Subject: my interests
To Whom it may Concern:
I am a Russian Orthodox priest, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
Before becoming a priest, I studied psychology, and received a Ph.D. in
psychology from the University of Chicago in 1971. I am interested in
corresponding with any Orthodox priests, any Russian psychologist, and
especially anyone interested in the relationship between the traditional
Orthodox understanding of human nature and human problems and the understanding
of contemporary psychologists. Although I can read Russian, I currently do
not have a cyrillic text reader, so I would ask for mail in English only.
Fr. Michael
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Sender: jennifer green (jlgreen@clark.net)
Subject: Re: Washington Conference
More information on the Technology from Russia '94 conference
J. Spargo & Associates (703-631-6200) are the organizers and I got my
brochure by calling them. You may also want to fax a request at
703-818-9177.
As a brief overview, the session titles are this:
Tuesday, May 10
- the US perspective
-- The privitization process
-- How to attract investment
-- Sucessful solutions to doing business in Russia
- the Russian Perspective
-- Trade opportunities in Russia
-- Investment opportunities in Russia
-- Financial systems in Russia and the United States
Wednesday, May 11
- US government assistance
- Multilateral financing
Thursday, May 12
- Investing in Russia
-- Banking and convertibility of the Ruble
-- Business taxation in Russia
-- Real Estate/Land ownership laws in Russia
-- Sucessful solutions to doing business in the Russian market
- Trading and Patents
-- Russian customs regulations
-- US customs regulations
-- US and Russian standards regulations
-- Russian patent law
-- US patent law
The conference seems to be geared primarily to trade regulations and
opportunities between the US and Russia, but I'm sure the exhibitors
would be happy to talk about other possible cooperation. Hope this helps.
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* Jennifer Green |"There is no more fatal blunderer than *
* jlgreen@clark.net | he who consumes the greater part of his *
* | life getting his living" - Thoreau *
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On Tue, 26 Apr 1994, Hongchan Chun wrote:
)
)
) I saw the message you posted on "Friends & Partners" concerning a
) conference to be held in Washington, DC (May 10-12). I am very much interested
) in the event and considering attendacne. But I would like to have more
) detailed information about the conference: what kinds of seminars are
) scheduled, where it takes place, possible hotel discount rates for
)participants,
) and others.
)
) Do you know how I can get a brochure or similar material about it?
) I left my voice message at the J.Spargo & Associates for such material to
) be faxed to me. But I have received nothing yet. Thant's why I am writing to
) you.
)
) I'd appreciate any bit of help from you.
) Thanks. Hongchan.
)
)
) Hongchan Chun
) Dept. of Political Science & Diplomacy
) Pusan National University
) Pusan, 609-735, KOREA
)
) Tel: (82-51) 510-2142, Fax: (82-51) 517-4067
) E-Mail: hchun@hyowon.pusan.ac.kr
)
)
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