Digest for 95-09-15
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-15 September 95 Russia - Country Commercial Guide, FY 1996
#02-15 September 95 New BISNIS Documents
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-15 September 95 Sender: Center for Civil Society International
( ccsi@u.washington.edu )
Subject: Boy in need help (fwd)
#02-15 September 95 Sender: Carl S Dawson ( KSCSD@acad1.alaska.edu )
Subject: Domestic violence corrwspondence
#03-15 September 95 Sender: Barbara Watson ( barbaraw@urpsd.ucla.edu )
Subject: Obtaining a U.S. visa for a Russian woman
#04-15 September 95 Sender: Martin Ryle ( RYLE@urvax.urich.edu )
Subject: NPR SEEKS EXPERT ON OLGA IVINSKAYA
(x-post from H-RUSSIA)
#05-15 September 95 Sender: Center for Civil Society International
( ccsi@u.washington.edu )
Subject: New edition of Channels: A Guide to 3rd
Sector Projects
#06-15 September 95 Sender: Center for Civil Society International
( ccsi@u.washington.edu )
Subject: New publication: Internet Resources for the
NIS
#07-15 September 95 Sender: Brij Mathur ( query@VITA.ORG )
Subject: Primpary Health Care - Technology Broadcast
(x-post from RUSAG-L)
#08-15 September 95 Sender: Brij Mathur ( query@VITA.ORG )
Subject: VITA Tehnology Broadcast (x-post from RUSAG-L=
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APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* BISNIS, a part of the US Department of Commerce, has provided us
with "Russia - Country Commercial Guide, FY 1996". The US Commercial
Service's (U.S. Embassy-Moscow) standard, comprehensive guide on
Russia. This informative publication is updated annually and covers
many areas of Russia's economic environment including trends, marketing
U.S. products and services, the investment climate, business travel and
the political environment. This copy can be accessed from our
Economics page and is also available in a text only format.
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/comm.guide.tables/
ru.comm.guide.index.html
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/comm.guide.text/
ru.comm.guide.txtindex.html (text only version)
Thanks to Ellee Margileth who has done a tremendous job (and a LOT
of work) on making this information in an easily readable, hypertext
format.
* We have added two new documents to our BISNIS archives whic are
accessible from our Economics page. They are
UZBEKISTAN'S FOURTH BIRTHDAY: A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
uzbek.4th.bday.html
THE AMERICAN-UZBEKISTAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (AUCC)
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
amer.uzbek.coc.html
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International ( ccsi@u.washington.edu )
Subject: Boy in need help (fwd)
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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 23:28:40 +0500 (TST)
)From: Igor Shamgoun ( igor@sh.silk.glas.apc.org )
Subject: Boy in need help
Hello,
My name is Igor Shamgounov and I am working for the Central
Asian-American Enterprise Fund as Investment Analyst.
We have a health problem in our family so far unresolvable
here.
My nephew, Ivan Tugov, a boy of 8 is seriously ill. Following
is his clinical diagnosis made by the Research Institute of
Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery in Moscow:
"Episyndrome. Abnormal development of gallbladder. Biliary
dyskinesia. Dysbacteriosis of mixed etiology, 1st stage.
Vegetovascular dystonia".
My sister and her husband have tried all ways available to
cure him or at least ease his disease but it gives no result.
They have been taken him to Moscow to different doctors but
result is that his condition becomes worse and worse. Now they
are in Moscow once again because they have been recommended to
a doctor allegedly able to cure the poor guy. Since the doctor
combines traditional and non-traditional methods, I do not
believe he'll cure the boy. Allegedly he has a liason with
space.
I do understand my sister who is ready to believe anybody
and pay everything they have so that Ivan recovers. But I
do not believe he can do anything.
All of us relatives are in a desperate condition but nothing
we can do about it.
It is so desperate that hope starts leaving us. We do need
help.
Please write, what could be done through your oganization or
who could advise what to do.
Thanks in advance,
Igor Shamgounov
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Sender: Carl S Dawson ( KSCSD@acad1.alaska.edu )
Subject: Domestic violence corrwspondence
I am a man that works part time at a selter for victoms of domestic
violence. This is commonly called a battered womans shelter and helps
women and children who have been physically, and/or sexually abused by their
husbands or boyfriends. I know that this stuff happens in Russia but there
are not to many if any shelters to help the victoms.
I would like to correspond with some women who would le some
information on how to help the victoms and maybe even start a shelter o
or a sysyem of safe houses. My e-mail address is kscsd@acad1.alaska.edu
my name is Carl S. Dawson.
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Sender: Barbara Watson ( barbaraw@urpsd.ucla.edu )
Subject: Obtaining a U.S. visa for a Russian woman
Hi!
I am trying to help a friend of mine, who lives in
Moscow and is a Russian citizen, obtain a US visa
for a proposed trip to California and the east coast.
I have called the US Information Agency and been
informed that I merely need to send her a personal
invitation. None of the people with whom I spoke
had any tips on what the wording of such an
invitation SHOULD be to increase her chances of
OBTAINING a visa.
Any tips from any of you about how such a letter
should be worded and what type of information is
best to include to increase her odds of receiving
the visa, would be appreciated.
She is a Russian citizen. She is married. She will
be traveling to the U.S. alone.
Thanks.
Barbara Watson at UCLA
e-mail: BarbaraW@URPSD.UCLA.EDU
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Sender: Martin Ryle ( RYLE@urvax.urich.edu )
Subject: NPR SEEKS EXPERT ON OLGA IVINSKAYA
13 Sep 1995 8:01:46 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 08:11:36 -0400 (EDT)
The weekend edition of All Things Considered is interested looking for someo=
ne
who can speak eloquently about the life of Olga Ivinskaya, the inspiration f=
or
Lara in Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago. Ivinskaya died last week. Please contact me=
by
e-mail only asap.
Robert Rand phone: 202-414-2141
Senior Editor internet: rrand@npr.org
Weekend All Things Considered
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington,D.C. 20001
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International ( ccsi@u.washington.edu )
Subject: New edition of Channels: A Guide to 3rd Sector Projects
xposted to several lists
Channels: A Guide to Third Sector Projects,
Organizations and Work Opportunities
in the New Independent States
The Center for Civil Society announces publication of the second
edition of our popular resource "Channels: A Guide to Third
Sector Projects, Organizations and Work Opportunities in the New
Independent States." This edition, like the original, contains a
section describing the work of over 75 private voluntary
organizations (PVOs) based in the U.S. and carrying on a wide
range of creative institution-building projects in the NIS.
The book also provides a listing of hundreds of independent,
third-sector, indigenous organizations of the NIS, with contact
information. Organizations from Kyiv to Tashkent, Arkhangelsk to
Vladivostok are profiled, ranging from an aikido club that
provides self-defense courses to Moscow women to the Snow Leopard
Lovers Club, working to protect this endangered species.
"Channels" also provides contact information for Educational
Advising Centers throughout the NIS, contacts for a variety of
U.S. government offices in the NIS, and a separate listing of
country and city telephone codes.
To receive "Channels" by priority mail, send your check for $20
($15 plus $5 postage and handling) made out to CCSI to the address
below. To receive it book rate, send your check for $18 ($15 plus
$3 postage and handling) to:
Center for Civil Society International
2929 NE Blakeley St.
Seattle, WA 98105-3120.
=46or more information call CCSI (206) 523-4755 or write--
ccsi@u.washington.edu
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International ( ccsi@u.washington.edu )
Subject: New publication: Internet Resources for the NIS
xposted to several lists
Internet Resources for the NIS
The Center for Civil Society announces the availability of its new
publication--"Internet Resources for the NIS." In a compact and accessible
format, "Internet Resources" gives you the key to unlocking the vast
electronic resources of the Internet.
"Internet Resources" is an introduction to a variety of important tools of t=
he
Internet available to those interested in the institutional reform process i=
n
the NIS. It contains:
* profiles of important World Wide Web sites
* descriptions and locations of useful reference files
* a listing of some of the most active NIS related Listservs and
sign-up procedures
* a variety of sources of electronic news
* an extensive list of Internet access providers in the NIS
* and much more in an accessible format.
To receive "Electronic Resources," send your check for $15 ($12 plus $3
postage and handling) made out to CCSI to:
Center for Civil Society International
2929 NE Blakeley Street
Seattle, WA 98105-3120
=46or more information call CCSI (206) 523-4755 or
write--ccsi@u.washington.edu
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Sender: Brij Mathur ( query@VITA.ORG )
Subject: Primpary Health Care - Technology Broadcast (x-post from
RUSAG-L)
TECHNOLOGY BROADCAST
This broadcast is on UNDERSTANDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. VITA
strongly encourages world-wide distribution of these papers and
seeks your assistance in their dissemination by posting this, and
future announcements, on bulletin boards focusing on developing
countries. Please inform us when and where you are posting so
that we do not duplicate efforts.
VITA welcomes your comments and suggestions.
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TECHNOLOGY BROADCAST - HEALTH SERIES
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
The World Health Organization defines primary health care as
"essential health care made universally accessible to individuals
and families in the community by means acceptable to them through
their full participation and at a cost that the community and the
country can afford. It forms an integral par, both of the countr-
y's health system, of which it is the nucleus, and of the overall
social and economic development of the country."
Vita Technical Paper on 'Primary Health Care' outlines the way
rural communities can set up good primary health care systems. It
analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of different types of
programs and suggests issues communities should consider in
designing the most appropriate health care system for themselves.
A good primary health care system encourages the active partici-
pation of the people it serves.
You can receive a copy of this technical paper and then ones
announced in earlier under the agricultural series (please see
the list below) by simply completing the following form and
returning it to (query@vita.org)
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Sender: Brij Mathur ( query@VITA.ORG )
Subject: VITA Tehnology Broadcast (x-post from RUSAG-L)
TECHNOLOGY BROADCAST
This broadcast is on understanding poultry meat and egg produc-
tion. VITA strongly encourages world-wide distribution of these
papers and seeks your assistance in their dissemination by
posting this, and future announcements, on bulletin boards
focusing on developing countries. Please inform us when and where
you are posting so that we do not duplicate efforts.
VITA welcomes your comments and suggestions.
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TECHNOLOGY BROADCAST - AGRICULTURE SERIES
POULTRY MEAT AND EGG PRODUCTION
Modern technology can help poultry flock owners. No poultry
business can succeed very long unless diseases can be controlled
and that can be done by using new drugs correctly. The pharmaceu-
tical industry has been very aggressive in developing new vac-
cines which are effective in preventing many critical avian
diseases. They are available worldwide, and they are reasonable
in cost compared to the kind of protection that one can get.
This technical paper also contains formulations of feed that
might be feasible and also addresses the subject of selecting the
most appropriate birds.
You can receive a copy of this technical paper and then ones
announced in earlier broadcast (please see the list below) by
simply completing the following form and returning it to
( query@vita.org )
=AA
=86 Topics of previous broadcasts: =86
=86 =86
=86 Agroforestry =86
=86 Soil Erosion and Its Control =86
=86 Hydroponics =86
=BB =BA
REQUEST FORM GIVEN BELOW.
REQUEST FORM
Please send me a copy of the technical paper/s on
___ agroforestry
___ Soil Erosion and Its Control
___ hydroponics
___ Poultry Meat and Egg Production
I will further distribute this paper/s to ___ people.
My e-mail address is _____________________
Name:
Organization:
Street Address:
City: State: Postal Code: Country:
Please check one of the following as applicable.
I am a:
___ Farmer
___ Government employee
___ Volunteer with __________
___ Missionary
___ Professor
___ Researcher
___ Student
___ Extension Worker
___ Internet Service Provider
____ people on my list.
___ NGO/PVO
___ Other (Please specify)
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