Daily Digest for 94-06-07
Dear Friends,
With this issue, we are *finally* caught up with the backlog of
announcements sent while we were together in Russia and unable to
work with the email. We will hopefully now get back to a more
reasonable size digest and will probably return to our
3-5 times / week schedule on delivery.
Our thanks to Ellee Margileth who has been consolidating email
and preparing the digests for the past several days -- this has
been an enormous help. Thanks Ellee!
Table of Contents
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-07 June 94 Sender: Paul H. Mooney" (phmooney@firefly.prairienet.org)
Subject: Collaborations and Alliances
#02-07 June 94 Sender: kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com (Kyle Collins)
Subject: Russian Tutor Programs
#03-07 June 94 Sender: Howard Frederick (hfrederick@IGC.APC.ORG)
Subject: Russian Networking*GlasNet*DC*Jun20
#04-07 June 94 Sender: "Gary" (ASGS@acad2.alaska.edu)
Subject: Hello!
#05-07 June 94 Sender: Andrew Mich (a.mich@trl.oz.au)
Subject: Power supply in Russia
#06-07 June 94 Sender: edgar@spectrx.sbay.org (Edgar W. Swank)
Subject: Re: Russian computer programs
#07-07 June 94 Sender: Peter Brusilovsky (plb@plb.icsti.su)
Subject: A friend in Vancouver?
#08-07 June 94 Sender: mole@inbio.demon.co.uk (John Mole)
Subject: Addresses wanted in Moldova
#09-07 June 94 Sender: Sender: jrybak@mesa5.Mesa.Colorado.EDU
Subject: Duties on Goods Taken Out of Russia
#10-07 June 94 Sender: benshoof@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Subject: KAMCHATKA RUSSIA (fwd)
#11-07 June 94 Sender: as@iok.unit.no
Subject: Transport analysis in Russia
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Sender: Paul H. Mooney" (phmooney@firefly.prairienet.org)
Subject: Collaborations and Alliances
I have been monitoring this news group for quite some time. I want to applaud
all who have contributed to such a fascinating and worthwhile endeavor.
I am writing now to inquire about the possibility of identifying and
contacting potential collaborators or other interested people in the FSU
who have the desire to increase and to promote international business
development. The areas of specific interest are in the
sectors of the food and agri-business industry and the tourism industry.
The former being directed mostly to the area
of"business tourism": conferences, meetings, congresses, trade missions
and the like.
I am in hope of being able to organize and develop a team of
professionals from the private sector, government, academia all who are
skilled in all of the various leadership and membership roles and
functions required for the interaction between leaders and members.
Members of this team should be highly motivated by the major values of
the team and to aid in the efforts to achieve the important goals of the
group. The development of this team will begin with a need that seeks to
improve the basic condition of commercial enterprise between
participating entities, enhance the process for information flow and
the development of innovative approaches to solve problems associated
with the industries sectors identified.
If any one has interest in the above or can contribute to the process
please contact. Thank you for your assistance and I will continue to
monitor the news group for further discussion.
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Sender: kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com (Kyle Collins)
Subject: Russian Tutor Programs
Hello Scott,
I have collected several Russian tutor programs over the last year
from various sources. Some are good, others not so good. If you
would like, I will be happy to send a copy to you. Some are very
big ZIP files that I would have to send either UUENCODEd are from
my PC using the BASE64 format for an attached file.
Let me know if you are interested and how you want me to send it.
Kyle
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NOTE: If there is interest, we could place these programs
on our FTP server and then make them available via the
world wide web server.
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Sender: "Gary (asgs@acad2.alaska.edu)" (ASGS@acad2.alaska.edu)
Subject: Hello!
I was very pleased to find Friends & Partners. I hope it grows & is
used by people wold-wide. I have already contacted some individuals
from F&P, for those I havn't I would like to introduce myself.
I am a undergraduate at University of Alaska at Anchorage who is
studying International Business Managment & Russian language. I had
been a commercail fisherman for 20 yrs. (I'm 40 yrs. old) I hold
a USCG 1600 ton Masters license & my last job at sea was as the
captain of a 197' factory trawler in the gulf of Alaska & Bering Sea.
I have returned to school because I want to change my career (or at
least expand it.) I hope to become involved with some type of trade
between Alaska & Russia in the future. I hope to go to St. Petersburg
to study Russian for a year beginning in fall '95. (Is there such a thing
as a 40 year old student in Russia? Here it's common - The average age
of a student at UAA is 32.)
I am in my 2nd year of school here and I also work for the University's
School of Business Computer Lab as a teaching assistant & user consultant.
I also am involved with the American-Russian Center (part of the Alaska
Center for International Business) I help teach basic computer skills
and business english to Russian business people (mostly from the Far East
who are brought to Anchorage for intensive 5 weeks of business courses
followed by 5 weeks of internships in the Alaska business community.
One of my projects this summer is working on a computer business
strategy "game" to be used in the course next fall.
I am exteamely interested in corresponding with any one in Russia or with
an interest in Russian culture. I am especially in getting to know
people in St. Petersburg since that's were I'm going in 14 - 15 months.
Hope to hear from you! - Take Care - Gary Scheid - asgs@acad2.alaska.edu
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Sender: Andrew Mich (a.mich@trl.oz.au)
Subject: Power supply in Russia
Dear Friends
I would like some information about the voltage and frequency of the
electric power supply in Moscow. I am thinking of buying a PC in Australia, for
use there in my studies. Hence I am wondering what sort of voltage adaption I
might need.
I am also considering buying a modem so that I will be able to send/receive
email, but I do not know how difficult this will be.
Any advice in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you
Andrew Mich
a.mich@trl.oz.au
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Sender: edgar@spectrx.sbay.org (Edgar W. Swank)
Subject: Re: Russian computer programs.
Scott asked,
I'm am writing to inquire if anyone has knowledge of computer
programs that can be used to help learn Russian. I am using an
IBM compatable computer and am particularly interested in
shareware programs. ...
I just downloaded a program
1RUSSIAN.ZIP 218108 03-25-91 excellent basic russian language tutor
which seems to be well-written and covers the Russian alphabet,
numbers, and some common nouns and verbs. It runs under MSDOS &
requires VGA. I got the program from a local (San Jose, CA USA) BBS:
EAGLE'S NEST BBS (408)223-9821
on request, I would be willing to send a copy via UUENCODEd e-mail to
Scott, or this list, or to anyone who will volunteer to post it to an
anonymous FTP site or mail server. (I can't handle an unlimited number
of requests from the list).
--
edgar@spectrx.sbay.org (Edgar W. Swank)
SPECTROX SYSTEMS +1.408.252.1005 Cupertino, Ca
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Sender: Peter Brusilovsky (plb@plb.icsti.su)
Subject: A friend in Vancouver?
Dear Friends,
Two or three scientists from xUSSR (Russia and Ukraine) are going to
ED-MEDIA'94 conference in Vancouver to be held at the end of June.
Canadian hotels, even cheap, are too expensive for xUSSR scientists.
Unfortunately some of us have grants which doesn't cover accomodation. Is
there a chance to find some cheap family accomodation for one or two
people from xUSSR in Vancouver for a week? Please, let send me a message
if you know any family accomodation service there.
Peter Brusilovsky
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Telex: 411925 MCNTI || and Technical Information (ICSTI),
FAX: +7 095 943 0089 || Kuusinen str. 21b, Moscow 125252, Russia
E-mail: plb@plb.icsti.su or plb%plb.icsti.su@relay.eu.net
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Sender: mole@inbio.demon.co.uk (John Mole)
Subject: Addresses wanted in Moldova
I am about to work with a group in Moldova and Email communication would be
great. Is there Internet access from Kishinev? If so, does anyone have addresses
I could contact to find out how to get on?
Many thanks.
(I have the same question about Albania in case there are any Balkan
specialists listening)
--
John Mole
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NOTE: Here are a few addresses from the Citizens Democracy Corps database
available on the friends and partners server. Please contact us
(the moderators) if anyone has questions on how to use this
database resource:
name Dimitry Timchenko
organization Small Venture Hobbit
address Kishinev, Moldova
city Kishinev
country Moldova
email postmaster@hobbit.moldova.su
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name Sergey Magdalyuk
organization Universal Exchange Moldova
address Kishinev, Russia
city Kishinev
country Moldova
email postmaster@uniexc.moldova.su
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name Ivan Ababii
organization Scientific ENT Assoc. of Moldava
address Hincestilor str. 2
277009, Kishinev, Moldova
city Kishinev
country Moldova
email moldovaent@glas.apc.org
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name Mikhaj Greku
organization Republican Center of Information of Moldova
address Kishinev, Moldova
city Kishinev
country Moldova
email postmaster@rci.moldova.su
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name Boris Grigorievich Elkin
organization Scientific & Research Center of World Laboratory
address p/box 190, SU-277012 Kishinev, Moldova
city Kishinev
country Moldova
email postmaster@wrdlab.moldova.su
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Sender: jrybak@mesa5.Mesa.Colorado.EDU
Subject: Duties on Goods Taken Out of Russia
I will be leaving for Russia at the end of this week. I have heard that the
Russians charge a 600% duty on goods taken out of Russia by tourists which
have a cumulative value in excess of $40. Is this true? If so, is the duty
applied to everything or just to certain things?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Jim Rybak
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Sender: benshoof@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Subject: KAMCHATKA RUSSIA (fwd)
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 23:19:58 -0500 (CDT)
)From: Gleason Sackman (sackman@plains.nodak.edu)
Subject: SEM) EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SEMINAR TO KAMCHATKA RUSSIA (fwd)
To: net-happenings (net-happenings@is.internic.net)
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 23:11:21 -0600
)From: 0283gedo@informns.k12.mn.us (Minnesota Global Education Resource Center)
Subject: EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL SEMINAR TO KAMCHATKA RUSSIA: August 4-18, 1994
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# THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST #
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The Kamchatka Ministry of Education (Kamchatka, Russia) is sponsoring
the Second Annual Educational Travel Seminar to The Russian Far East.
This two-week tour to Kamchatka, Russia is designed to create
educational alliances with Russian and American schools and to develop
joint curriculum projects that are sustained through telecommunications.
The Seminar will be held in the city of Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky, (pop
240,000 located on the pacific ocean). This seminar is being coordinated
with the help of the Minnesota Global Education Resource Center*
Scheduled activities include:
* homestays with Russian educators and their families.
* visits to local schools.
* development of joint curricular activities with Russian educators.
* tours of cultural, economic, and regional specialties.
* various social and recreational activities such as visits to
volcanoes and thermal hot springs
Scheduled dates: August 4 - 18, 1994
For more information, send an e-mail request to the:
Global Education Resource Center
0283GEDO@InforMNs.K12.MN.US
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About the Kamchatka Peninsula...
The Kamchakta peninsula is a mountainous region (472,300 sq.km) in the
extreme far east of Russia. Noted for its volcanoes, Kamchakta is home
to over 150 volcanoes, 28 of which are active. The highest volcano in
Eurasia, Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4750m), is situated in the center of the
peninsula. The largest city, Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky, stretches terrace-
like for 25 kms along the shores of Avacha Bay, one of the best natural
harbors of the world. Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky comprises more than half
of the total population of the Region. Founded by Vitus Bering in 1740,
it is one of the oldest cities in the Russian far east. Petropavlosk-
Kamchatsky is the cultural and educational center of the Region. It is
the home of 45 schools, several vocational schools and three higher
educational institutions. There are also a number of research
institutes, among them the only Institute of Volcanology in Russia.
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variety teacher exchanges and global education programs.
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Sender: Howard Frederick (hfrederick@IGC.APC.ORG)
Subject: Russian Networking*GlasNet*DC*Jun20
[Please cross-post and distribute]
GlasNet and the Emergence of Russian Civil Society:
Computer Networking and Democratization in the Former USSR
Speech and Online Demonstration of GlasNet (Moscow),
a Network of the Association for Progressive Communications
Monday, June 20, 7-9pm
School of International Service Lounge
The American University (see directions below)
SPEAKERS
Anatoly Voronov, Executive Director, GlasNet, Moscow, Russian Republic
"It's my hope telecommunications can do more for Russian democracy
than any other factor."
and
David Caulkins, North American Director, GlasNet (by teleconference)
Moderator: Howard H. Frederick, School of International Service
Sponsored by International Communications Program, The American University
LOCATION: The meeting will be held Monday, June 20, 7-9pm, in the School
of International Studies lounge at The American University, located near
the corner of Nebraska and New Mexico NW on the AU campus. There is a
metered parking lot on the north side of this corner (otherwise park on the
street). If you take the Metro, the AU shuttle bus runs from the Tenley
Circle (red line) every 15 minutes. Take the east Metro exit; the AU
shuttle stop is behind DC bus stop.
For more, information contact by phone: Howard Frederick, 202-885-1635 or
reply by email to the present address.
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[Here's information about GlasNet and Anatoly Voronov exceprted from
_Toronto Computes_, Nov 93]
On October 3 and 4, the world watched Moscow explode in violence.
CNN coverage certainly looked dramatic, but unless you monitored the
global computer networks, you only got half the story. [...]
Muscovites awoke the morning of the Wednesday, October 6, to find
their newspapers full of unexplained blank spots.
Anatoly A. Voronov, executive director of Moscow's only public
Internet connection, GlasNet, was also puzzled when he opened his copy
of the _Nezavisimaya Gazeta_ and found blank spots.
Voronov knows _Nezavisimaya Gazeta_ editor-in-chief, Vitaly Tretiakov,
personally. He knew something was up if he permitted gaping wholes in
his paper.
"I went to their offices, and asked for copies of the censored articles,"
Voronov told Toronto Computes. [...] Tretiakov slipped Voronov the first
censored article, and Voronov used it in GlasNet Info bulletin #1.
The international mainstream press, apparently all watching CNN
instead of the Internet, missed it.
The censored piece was entitled "Civil War or Civic Society: New State
is Emerging While People Are Laughing" -- "Grazhdanskaya Voina ili
Grazhdanskoe Obschestvo: V Hohote Naroda Rozhdaetsia Novoe
Gosudarstvo".
It is a critical look at Russia's democratic history -- which is about
nil, regardless under what economic base the country operates. The
article concludes no one should be surprised by Yeltsin's suspension
of the constitution, nor his use of tanks to resolve a power struggle.
Voronov continues to produce GlasNet bulletins. He has released over
10 now.
There were no repercussions for releasing that article because the
Russian government simply doesn't know about it.
"Thank God, the government is ignorant of our existence," Voronov
says. "How long will that last, I don't know. In Russia, the bigger
the boss, the less he deals with computers. Our bureaucrats never
touch computers themselves. They have technical staff for that."
Voronov, 47, is married and has two children, a boy, 19, and daughter,
15. His wife, a fashion designer, is unemployed as nobody in Russia
currently has need for that skill. His son has a job programming in Turbo
Pascal.
Besides Russian, Voronov speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and can
read French. In 1975, he visited the United States as a young journalist.
His delegation was received at the White House by president Gerald Ford.
Voronov still has a picture of what he jokingly calls his "historic
handshake" with Ford.
He has also designed automatic control systems for Russian submarines
-- which necessitated security clearance, or _dopusk_ (admission), to
military installations. His language skills got him a year's work in
Cuba, translating lectures delivered by Russian professors at the
Oriente University in Santiago de Cuba. In 1979-81, he serviced high
voltage electric lines in southern Angola.
Politically, Voronov has always been a "low-profile dissident". He
has published numerous pseudonym poems and articles and believes he
would have served time for "anti-Soviet activities" had his identity
been revealed. In 1989-91, he published, under the pen name of
Avtandil Kvavadze, a satirical newspaper called _Iskra_ (The Spark).
In 1991, Voronov left _Moscow News Weekly_, where he was head of their
computer section, to establish GlasNet.
GlasNet aims to provide affordable Internet access to individual
Muscovites, and pro bono groups who could otherwise not afford it --
its Internet address is glasinfo@glas.apc.org. It operates on
computer equipment donated by the Institute of Global Communications
(IGC). IGC is a member of the Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
IGC runs the Association for Progressive Communications, of which
GlasNet is a member.
GlasNet is staffed by eight computer enthusiasts, because the work
pays close to nothing. Voronov's "salary", as executive director and
news bulletin editor, translates to $175 U.S./month.
"To provide Internet access at affordable prices is tough in Russia,"
Voronov says. "The environment is hostile. State-owned monopolies
strangulate us with absurd domestic and international phone rates,
taxes, and all kinds of bureaucratic obstacles."
Voronov says he is drawn to global computer communications for the
same reason most people are: to be able to speak with people outside
the controlled mainstream media, which often has its own editorial
agenda in reporting news.
"I always wanted freedom of self-expression," Voronov says. "I always
wanted to get in touch with people regardless of geographical or
ideological borders. I saw in telecommunications an opportunity to
beat the totalitarian system -- which is still alive in Russia, and
will be for a long time, even after they made their so-called
"capitalist revolution". Russia has been Communist totalitarian
state. Now it is turning into a Capitalist totalitarian state, with
economic coercion instead of "brute force", with 90 per cent of the
population living in misery, and 10 per cent of crooks (bureaucratic
elites, speculators, etc.) enjoying the New Order.
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Sender: as@iok.unit.no
Subject: Transport analysis in Russia
I am representing The Transport and Logistics Research Group at SINTEF.
We want to get in touch with scientists and/or consultants working with
transport analysis in Russia. Particularly we want contact with Russians
working with transport analysis in Noth-West Russia.
If this is of any interest, please email me some information about what
you and/or your institution have done in transport analysis and your
future plans in this field.
Some information about our institution :
Projects related to transport and logistics in Russia
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SINTEF's Transport and Logistics Research Group has recently
finished the project design and description of activities in a
transport analysis project - the effect of investments in specific
ports and railway-connections - in the Barents Sea Euro-Arctic
Region (report in Russian and Norwegian).
The main project is scheduled as a joint work where among others
- the regional branch of the October Railway Company,
- mining companies at the Kola Peninsula,
- researchers at the Kola Science Centre in Apatity/Murmansk and
- regional authorities in Norway and Russia
participate.
The Barents Sea Euro-Arctic Region, which geographically covers
Murmansk, Archangelsk and Karelen counties in Russia and the
northernmost counties of Norway, Sweden and Finland, is a regional
co-operation both on the national level (Barents Council) and
regional level (Barents Regional Council). This project is funded by
these Council authorities.
Units in the Transport and Logistics Research Group are also
participating in a research programme (INSROP) for the International
Northern Sea Route (the "North-East Passage").
The Transport and Logistics Research Group at SINTEF
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The Transport and Logistics Research Group at SINTEF is an
interdisciplinary project group, established 1992 to initiate main
research projects in the transport and logistics field.
The group consists of the following participating operational units
in the SINTEF Group:
Unit Field:
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SINTEF Transport Engineering Transport engineering and
planning/transport models
SINTEF Highway Engineering Highway and railroad engineering
SINTEF Production Engineering Production engineering/ logistics
SINTEF Applied Economics Regional economics/ operational research
SINTEF DELAB Information technology
SINTEF MARINTEK Sea transportation
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Our activities include among other utilisation of the goods
transport model STAN.
This canadian-developed model is used in strategic planning for
combined transportation in several Nordic and European countries.
The SINTEF Group
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The SINTEF Group in Trondheim, Norway performs contract research and
development for industry and the public sector. The SINTEF Group is
the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia. The
Group performs projects primarily in technology, but also in the
natural sciences, medicine and the social sciences. At the beginning
of 1994, the SINTEF Group had 2.140 employees (of whom 1.256 were
researchers) in Trondheim and Oslo. A further 281 persons are
employed on project or limited-duration contracts.
SINTEF has it roots in the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH)
and the Group collaborates closely with NTH and other sections of
the University of Trondheim. The collaboration involves specialists
working together on projects, with joint use of laboratories and
equipment.
Yours sincerely,
Anders Stoelan
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)From: Anders Stoelan
SINTEF Applied Economics
N-7034 Trondheim, Norway
tel: +47-73-593611
fax: +47-73-593603
email: as@iok.unit.no
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