Digest for 95-08-30
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-30 August 95 St. Petersburg Press issues #120, #121
#02-30 August 95 The Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg
#03-30 August 95 Cooperation Committee Home Page
#04-30 August 95 New GlasNews issue
#05-30 August 95 New BISNIS documents
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-30 August 95 Sender: kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com (Kyle Collins)
Subject: Re: Mail to Kamchatka
#02-30 August 95 Sender: "FRED W. GRUNER" ( 76243.1237@compuserve.com )
Subject: METHODISTS
#03-30 August 95 Sender: karen@gate.net
Subject: Re: Digest for 95-08-25
#04-30 August 95 Sender: "Dmitriy V. Isaev" ( dmitriy@soros.crimea.ua )
Subject: E-mail at Hartwick college
#05-30 August 95 Sender: 102016.1136@compuserve.com.
Subject: Re: undergraduate internship or summer position
#06-30 August 95 Sender: Norman Campbell ( normcamp@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU )
Subject: Schliemann "Trojan Gold" exhibition at Pushkin?
#07-30 August 95 Sender: Jim Curtis ( GRAJC@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu )
Subject: Request
#08-30 August 95 Sender: Alan Boyle ( glasnews@eskimo.com )
Subject: Summer GlasNews
#09-30 August 95 Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukraine FAQ Plus presents:
The Ukrainian Legal Foundation ONLINE
#10-30 August 95 Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Latest Ukrainian Weekly Preview now available on
Ukraine FAQ Plus!
#11-30 August 95 Sender: Jim Green (jim.green_u@damark.com)
Subject: Seeking Amateur Radio Operators in Odessa
#12-30 August 95 Sender: Tom Layton 687-6939 (LAYTON@4j.lane.edu)
Subject: CyberSchool
#13-30 August 95 Sender: "Int'l. Res. and Exch. Board"
( irex@info.irex.org )
Subject: Info for NIS Scholars Seeking US Educ.
Opportunities
#14-30 August 95 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell -
UMaine, U.S.A.)
Subject: Volunteers for Business Entrepreneur Program
#15-30 August 95 Sender: "Funding Opportunity System"
( funding@solar.rtd.utk.edu )
Subject: NIS Secondary School Initiative for School
Linkages
#16-30 August 95 Sender: Claire Marie Van Holt ( claire@access.digex.net )
Subject: Internet Activities/Environmental Activities:
for Children
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* New editions of the St. Petersburg Press (#120 and #121) are available
from News, Life and Economics pages. Sections of this publication include
News, Business, Culture, Commentary and Classifieds. The top stories
of this edition are:
Mothers to Aid UN Inquiry
Local Hacker Accused of Diverting Citibank Funds
Old Believer Villages on Lake Face Extinction
* Also from the St. Petersburg Press, read "The Fresh Guide to St.
Petersburg" which is accessible from our Travel page. This guide covers
many topics about St. Petersburg - including history, money, language,
accomodations, safety, what to see and do in the nearby areas (Far Out),
nightlife, medical information, communicating with the outside world and
many, many other topics relative to St. Petersburg.
http://www.spb.su/fresh/index.html
* The Cooperation Committee is an international organization, based on an
agreement among governments of Japan and 12 New Independent States
(excluding three Baltic states) (Former Soviet Union). It describes
Japan's official assistance to NIS mainly through the Cooperation
Committee. This assistance is designed to help the FSU with their
transition and includes such areas as technical and humanitarian
assistance, elimination of nuclear weapons, cultural exchange, funding
and multilateral cooperation. This server is available in Japanese,
English and Russian. Thanks to Hiroyuki Yamamoto for letting us know
about his wonderful server. This is available from our Economics and
More Information pages.
http://www.infoweb.or.jp/scc/
* The Summer 1995 issue of GlasNews is now available from our News page.
This issue includes the following three new articles.
- Around the World in 80 Days: The Making of a Cyberjournalist
- New Media for a New World: Second Online Conference Set for October
- Short Takes: Resources for East-West Communicators
Archived issues are also available from this server and are well worth
reading!
WWW: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~aboyle/glasnews/master.html
FTP: ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/GlasNews/glas52
* We have two new BISNIS documents that have been added to our archives.
You can reach the index of these archives (along with the US Department
of Commerce BISNIS server) from our Economics page. They are:
- UZBEKISTAN -- 1995 AGRICULTURAL UPDATE
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
95.agriculture.report.html
- CONSUMER-READY FOOD AND BEVERAGES REAMIN A PROMISING MARKET IN
RUSSIA - DRAFT
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
consumer.ready.food.draft.html
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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: kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com (Kyle Collins)
Subject: Re: Mail to Kamchatka
I have corresponded with a lady name Irene from Kamchatka a few times
over the past year. A couple of months ago a friend of hers
came to a seminar in Seattle, and Irene sent a letter by her
to be mailed to me. I wrote a letter back, but have had no
indication that it ever was received. Does anyone know of a
reliable method to get letters and packages delivered there?
Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.
Kyle
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| Kyle Collins phone: (770) 973-0910
| 2345 Old Orchard Drive email: kcollins@mindspring.com
| Marietta, GA 30068-3450
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Sender: "FRED W. GRUNER" ( 76243.1237@compuserve.com )
Subject: METHODISTS
To: RUSSIA AMERICAN FRIENDS ( friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu )
I HAVE BEEN TO RUSSIA IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AS A METHODIST VOLUNTEER IN
MISSIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH METHODISTS IN RUSSIA.
FRED GRUNER
E-MAIL
76243.1237@COMPUSERVE.COM
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Sender: karen@gate.net
Subject: Re: Digest for 95-08-25
I am looking for other women (such as myself) that has a boyfriend or husband
who serves in the military in Russia. I wanted to know if thier life is so
much as the same here, dealing with seperations and children, school etc and
working.. Just wondering if they go thru the same thing.
Karen
Director Of Memberships
Rockledge Country Club
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Sender: "Dmitriy V. Isaev" ( dmitriy@soros.crimea.ua )
Subject: E-mail at Hartwick college
Dear Friends,
Does anyone have any E-mail address in Hartwick college (Oneonta, New York)?
My E-mail in Russia is dmitriy@soros.crimea.ua
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Sender: "Dmitriy V. Isaev" ( dmitriy@soros.crimea.ua )
Subject: A correction
Dear Friends,
A little correction . My E-mail is DMITRIY@SOROS.CRIMEA.UA,
BUT NOT dmitrij@soros.crimea.ua
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Sender: 102016.1136@compuserve.com.
Subject: Re: undergraduate internship or summer position
Friends and Partners has been a wonderful find!. I wonder if you
could post an inquiry on behalf of my daughter, Leah Levin. She will be
leaving on 9/4/95 to study at the Gornyi Institute in St. Petersburg for
her first semester of her junior year at Connecticut College. She is a
Russian language and Easten European Studies major with a 3.5 GPA.
Upon her return to the US on 12/18/95 she hopes to begin an internship
(paid or unpaid) for the month of January where she can use her Russian
language skills. She would be able to stay with friends or family in the
Boston, New York City, or Washington D.C. area. The same would be true for
the summer of 1996 (May- August) although she would also consider returning
to Russia for the summer months though it would be much more important that
the internship be a paying one). She would also have an interest in returning
to Russia.
She is pursuing leads from the "funding and exchange" and "education "
pages of your Website but if this note could also be posted for
distribution to the mailing list for leads or suggestions , it would be
greatly appreciated.
Replies can be sent to her via my compuserve site:
102016.1136@compuserve.com.
Thanks!
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Sender: Norman Campbell ( normcamp@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU )
Subject: Schliemann "Trojan Gold" exhibition at Pushkin?
Do any of our Moscow friends have up-date on plans to exhibit the Schliemann
materials? Pushkin Museum had announced a Winter '96 opening in Moscow, but
I've heard rumours of a venue in Athens or Istanbul. Please e-mail me with any
information;I want to be there! Thanks, Norm Campbell, U of Oregon,USA
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Sender: Jim Curtis ( GRAJC@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu )
Subject: Request
Dear Friends of IREX,
A kind person at IREX gave me this address so that I could make the
following request: Is there anyone who is going to Minsk any time soon
who would be willing to take some itesm to a student there? It seems
that a student from Belarus who was studying here had eyes bigger
than his suitcase, and was unable to take back everything he bought--a
common enough occurrence these days. The person who served as his
host asked me if I ever went to Minsk (I don't--I do my research in
Moscow), or if I could contact somebody who went there. So I said
I'd IREX.
Needless to say, this would be purely an act of kindness--no hurry or
obligation.
Thanks in advance,
Jim Curtis
Professor of Russian
University of Missouri-Columbia
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Sender: Alan Boyle ( glasnews@eskimo.com )
Subject: Summer GlasNews
Dear Networker:
The Summer 1995 issue of GlasNews is available on the relcom.comp.newmedia
newsgroup, via anonymous FTP from ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/GlasNews/glas52
and via the WWW (http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~aboyle/glasnews/master.html).
GlasNews, published quarterly by the Communications Exchange Program, is
aimed at East-West communicators in such fields as journalism, advertising,
public relations and telecommunications. On-line subscription is free;
just send the message "subscribe cepmail" to majordomo@eskimo.com.
The Summer issue features an interview with Milana Perepyolkina, a young
Russian "cyberjournalist" who spent her summer working for the online
newspaper Sun.ONE and the Microsoft Network.
Best regards,
Alan Boyle
Managing Editor, GlasNews
This note is being sent to the following lists: F&P, CARR-L, online-news,
FSUmedia and INTCAR-L as well as the newsgroups alt.journalism and
soc.culture.soviet. Please feel free to distribute any GlasNews materials
as appropriate.
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Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukraine FAQ Plus presents: The Ukrainian Legal Foundation ONLINE
Greetings,
Take a look at:
http://world.std.com/~sabre/UKRAINE.html
Then
*) Click on the LAW button OR
scroll down and click on the Law section to see the Ukrainian Legal
Foundation newsletters.
More updates coming your way soon!
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
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Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Latest Ukrainian Weekly Preview now available on Ukraine FAQ Plus!
Greetings,
The latest preview of the Ukrainian Weekly is now available
on the Ukraine FAQ Plus site! This is an exclusive regular
feature each week.
The address of the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project is:
http://world.std.com/~sabre/UKRAINE.html
Either click the button labelled "Current Events" by the
Tryzub (Trident) graphic or scroll down and click the
"Current Events" section summary to access this latest
news.
As always, please feel free to email us at faq@tryzub.com
with comments. We always are looking for contributions
as well.
Regards,
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
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Sender: Jim Green (jim.green_u@damark.com)
Subject: Seeking Amateur Radio Operators in Odessa
I wish to make contact with amateur radio operators in Odessa. I plan to
travel to the Ukraine in early 1996 and would like to receive information
on obtaining an amateur radio license during my stay. I wish to become
acquainted with amateur operators and would like to visit them.
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Sender: Tom Layton 687-6939 (LAYTON@4j.lane.edu)
Subject: CyberSchool
Eugene Public Schools District 4J in Eugene, Oregon USA is offering high
school level credit classes over the Internet for students with email and
World Wide Web access.These CyberSchool classes are open to students worldwide
with no tuition or fee. However, space is severly limited. For more
information contact Tom Layton at layton@4J.lane.edu or visit
http://www.4j.lane.edu/CyberSchool/CyberSchool.html
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Sender: "Int'l. Res. and Exch. Board" ( irex@info.irex.org )
Subject: Info for NIS Scholars Seeking US Educ. Opportunities
The International Research & Exchanges Board is pleased to announce a
new on-line resource available via its gopher server:
( URL:gopher://info.irex.org:70 )
Educational Advising Materials to assist students and scholars of
the NIS looking for opportunities to study in the US can now be found
under:
11. Educational Advising Materials for NIS Scholars
( URL:gopher://info.irex.org:70/11/edu.adv )
For further information, visit our gopher site or send email to either:
( irex@info.irex.org )
or
( irexeac@glas.apc.org )
[These materials were developed jointly by the International Research
& Exchanges Board (IREX) the American Council of Teachers of Russian
(ACTR) and the United States Information Service (USIS), with the
financial support of the US Information Agency (USIA).]
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - UMaine, U.S.A.)
Subject: Volunteers for Business Entrepreneur Program
The following announcement arrived on the net today, and may be
of interest to some members of the list. It is my understanding
that volunteers must be U.S. citizens. I have longer, more in-
formative message (about 7k) I can send to interested individu-
als. Please send the request to my personal e-mail address
(MAC@MAINE.MAINE.EDU), NOT to the list. Also feel free to contact
Chris Lavigne directly for more information. As always, apologies
in advance for cross-posting.
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Volunteers for Business Entrepreneur Program
Citizens Democracy Corps
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Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC), a non-profit organization, is
seeking volunteer businesspeople to provide management, market-
ing, and technical assistance to Central/East European and Rus-
sian companies. Assignments are for 8 weeks. Airfare, housing,
and interpreter services are provided. Volunteer Advisors con-
tribute their time and cover daily expenses during assignments.
Senior-level experience required. Please send resume to:
Mr. Christopher Lavigne
Citizens Democracy Corps
1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 1125
Washington, D.C. 20005
Fax: (202) 872-0923
E-Mail: CHRISL@CDC.ORG
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Sender: "Funding Opportunity System" ( funding@solar.rtd.utk.edu )
Subject: NIS Secondary School Initiative for School Linkages
NIS Secondary School Initiative for School Linkages
SPONSOR: United States Information Agency
SYNOPSIS: The United States Information Agency is inviting
applications for student exchange projects between U.S. secondary
schools and counterparts in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
DEADLINES: 1995-11-17
OBJECTIVES:
RESTRICTIONS: Eligible applicants are public and private nonprofit
organizations.
MONETARY: The maximum grant award will be $800,000.
CONTACT INFO: Naomi Feigenbaum; 301 Fourth Street, SW; Room 320;
Washington, DC 20547
_________________________
Telephone: 202-619-6299
FAX: 202-619-5311
Email Address: nfeigenb@usia
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Sender: Claire Marie Van Holt ( claire@access.digex.net )
Subject: Internet Activities/Environmental Activities: for Children
*COM-WILD-L - Communiques from the Wild*
COM-WILD-L (Communiques from the Wild) enhances children's
appreciation of the natural world and makes science "come to life".
How does COM-WlLD-L do this?
1. COM-WILD-L disseminates curricular materials and samples that
cover a variety of environmental, ecological, and species-specific
topics from the point of view of wildlife.
2. COM-WILD-L presents scientific concepts in an imaginative "you-
are-there" way, using "everyday language" and formats young people
are familiar with (letters, conversations, interviews).
3. COM-WILD-L Communiques are accompanied by Supplementary Notes
that include project suggestions and related background
information.
*COM-WILD-L Curricular Materials (Structure and Content)*
Structure: Communiques from the Wild (COM-WILD-L) consists of
letters from and conversations/interviews with birds and animals.
Content: Environmental and ecological subjects include (1.) biome
characteristics (ex.: tundra, tropical rain forest, desert, marine,
freshwater, temperate deciduous forest, taiga, grassland, alpine
meadow, etc.) (2.) habitat destruction and conservation (3.) human
impact (positive and negative) on the environment (4.) seasonal
changes/limiting factors and their effect on wildlife and habitats.
Content: Species-specific subjects include (1.) habitat
requirements for individual species (ex.: availability and
accessibility of both food and appropriate nesting materials plus
safe havens for rearing young) (2.) life cycles (3.) migratory
patterns (4.) anatomy (5.) physiology (6.) bird/animal behavior
(7.) scientific classification using field marks and behavior
patterns.
The information you just read describes the purpose and the
structure/content of COM-WILD-L. To subscribe: Send your name and
your preferred E-mail address to: claire@access.digex.net
If you would like to include information about the grades you
teach, or your library affiliation, or the goals of your students, or
volunteer work you do that pertains to young people's appreciation of the
environment/planet please feel free to do so when you subscribe to
COM-WILD-L.
The following information describes the flexibility of COM-WILD-L.
It will also give you a "flavor" of the list and introduce you to
the COM-WILD-L staffers: Robina Robin, Loonel Loon, and Beav
Beaver.
*Your Choice*
COM-WILD-L is flexible. All Communiques and their related
Supplementary Notes can be downloaded, copied, presented, and used
in any format (including any electronic or print media) that best
serves your students and the structure of your classroom-- as long
as the use is non-commercial and the appropriate copyright
information is included. (The Communiques and Supplementary Notes
in COM-WILD-L are copyright 1995 (c) by R&R Publishers, Inc., a
publishing house that specializes in educational materials.)
*News Item*
I have just received a memo from Robina Robin, Loonel Loon, and
Beav Beaver. They ask me to extend their best wishes to you and to
let you know that they will continue to send Communiques to COM-
WILD-L even though they are busy every day- "...or night," Beav
adds in a postscript. "I work a lot at night."
It is important to state that birds and animals everywhere (as well
as Robina, Loonel, and Beav) send Communiques to COM-WILD-L.
However, without the help of Robina, Loonel, and Beav COM-WILD-L
would not exist "...especially Loonel's help," Robina and Beav
always add. Beav puts it this way, "As the editorial writer for
Loon Loopholes, The Journal for Loons Everywhere (tm)* , Loonel
puts his publishing expertise and interview-techniques to good use
for COM-WILD-L."
I asked Loonel about that when he came up from one of his famous
Loon Dives just the other day. He said, "We all help. I'm not the
only one. Robina has conducted many fine interviews during her
migrations, and Beav somehow finds time to document the behavior of
other species who share his habitat. And don't forget all the other
contributors to COM-WILD-L. I can't wait to read Flick's new
letter. I think it will be about the structure of his feet! He's
that flicker woodpecker, remember? And Cannie promised to write
about the time her Canada goose family had to move. She said they
were lucky to find a new place, but she's very worried." And with
that, Loonel did another Loon Dive and disappeared from sight, and
I rowed back to the COM-WILD-L office-- just in time to receive
Flick's Communique from the Wild.
*Loon Loopholes (tm) is copyright (c) R&R Publishers, Inc. 1995
Thank you, and we all hope to see you on the COM-WILD-L
subscription list.
Claire Marie Van Holt claire@access.digex.net
cc Robina Robin, Loonel Loon, and Beav Beaver
*Subscription Information*
To Subscribe to COM-WILD-L: Send your name and your preferred E-
mail address to: claire@access.digex.net
If you would like to include information about the grades you
teach, or your library affiliation, or the goals of your students, or
volunteer work you do that pertains to increasing young people's
understanding of the environment/planet please feel free to do so when you
subscribe to COM-WILD-L.
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APPENDIX
FRIENDS is a free service started by friends in Russia and the United
States. This Listserv is one element of that service.
To subscribe to FRIENDS (if someone has passed you a copy of this
announcement), just send an email message to:
listproc@solar.rtd.utk.edu
consisting of *one line* of the following format:
SUBSCRIBE FRIENDS firstname lastname
and substitute your first and last names for 'firstname lastname'
To unsubscribe from FRIENDS, send the message UNSUBSCRIBE FRIENDS to:
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To post a message to FRIENDS, send it to: friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
To visit the FRIENDS WWW server, use the following URLs if you have
a World Wide Web browser: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/home.html
http://alice.ibpm.serpukhov.su/friends/home.html
If you don't have a WWW browser, just telnet to solar.rtd.utk.edu
and enter 'friends' (in lower case and without the quotes) at the
login prompt.
For those who need it, the IP address of our computers are 198.78.202.11
193.124.128.211
Please address any comments, questions, or suggestions to your
moderators:
Natasha Bulashova, natasha@alice.ibpm.serpukhov.su
Greg Cole, gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu
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Greg Cole
Research Services
The University of Tennessee Phone: (615) 974-2908
211 Hoskins Library FAX: (615) 974-6508; 974-4103
Knoxville, TN 37996 Email: gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu