Digest for 95-12-08
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-08 December 95 RUSAG-L Current Events #70
#02-08 December 95 The Shevchenko Scientific Society
#03-08 December 95 TravelWise
#04-08 December 95 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's New Site Offers Coverage
of the Russian Duma Elections Updated Daily
#05-08 December 95 WWW server on North Ossetia-Alania
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-08 December 95 Sender: Heather Hurlbert (hhurlber@post.cis.smu.edu)
Subject: Depression in Russia (fwd)
02-08 December 95 Sender: Intltrain@aol.com
Subject: Re: friends and partners
03-08 December 95 Sender: Tym Rondomanski (71001.3452@compuserve.com)
Subject: Help: Oil and Gas Dictionaries
04-08 December 95 Sender: bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: UKRAINE FAQ PLUS Presents: Home Page of the
Shevchenko Scientific Society
05-08 December 95 Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: UKRAINE FAQ PLUS Presents: Ukrainian Weekly Preview
December 3rd, 1995 now ONLINE!
06-08 December 95 Sender: "KwolekL" (kwolekl@rferl.org)
Subject: FW: RFERL Launches World Wide Web Site
07-08 December 95 Sender: burola.unprofor@un.org
Subject: Re: Conditions Re: Kyrgyz Republic
08-08 December 95 Sender: lana@interport.net (Lana Vail)
Subject: Russia travel
09-08 December 95 Sender: kedzie@rand.org (Chris Kedzie)
Subject: Otober Roundatble in Moscow
10-08 December 95 Sender: Yuri Schoolov (yuris@lenti.med.umn.edu) (VetPatho)
Subject: Looking for business partners
11-08 December 95 Sender: Steven511@aol.com
Subject: Business Info.
12-08 December 95 Sender: kevinpanet@earthlink.net (Kevin Panet)
Subject: Total Quality Management In Russia?
13-08 December 95 Sender: "S.A. Benedict Hopkins" (100070.775@compuserve.com)
Subject: Russian Dictionaries
14-08 December 95 Sender: Paul Schelp (SCHELP%YFU-IC@mcimail.com)
Subject: NIS Scholarships for US High School Students
15-08 December 95 Sender: "Funding Opportunity System"
(funding@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Summer Institute for the Study of the United States
for Foreign Secondary School
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* Accessible from our Science Page is the new issue of RUSAG-L Current
Events.
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/science/agriculture/rusag.951129.html
* The Shevchenko Scientific Society is the oldest Ukrainian academy of
arts and
sciences whose activities have been the mainstay of Ukrainian culture
for the
last 120 years.
Please visit our "Science" page or directly at URL:
http://world.std.com/~sabre/UKRAINE.html (under organizations)
* TravelWise is a discount mailorder travel bookstore. It contains guidebooks
and maps for every country in the world. TravelWise offers free customized
recommended reading lists (which include guidebooks, maps and travel
writing)
for any destination.
Please visit our "Travel" page or directly at URL:
http://WWW.Solutions.Net/travelbook/
* Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's New Site Offers Coverage of the Russian
Duma Elections Updated Daily; Background on All Broadcast Areas of Central
and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Please visit from our "News" page or directly at URL:
http://www.rferl.org
* Situated on the northern slopes of the Central Caucasus, North Ossetia-
Alania is one of the smallest, most densely populated and multi-cultural
republics in the Russian Federation. Please visit the new WWW page
describing North Ossetia-Alania on Friends and Partners at URL:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/ossetia/
or from our Geography page. Thanks to Dave Stickney who has provided
this information (and who will soon be adding additional text and
graphics).
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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: Heather Hurlbert (hhurlber@post.cis.smu.edu)
Subject: Depression in Russia
In one of my medical anthropology classes today we began a discussion
about depression in the United States. I started thinking, is this
illness diagnosed in Russia also? And if so how often and what is the
treatment for it? Can anyone provide me with info?
Heather Hurlbert
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Sender: Intltrain@aol.com
Subject: Re: friends and partners
Dear Greg:
I do have one question, which you or may not be able to answer. I have been
trying to hook up with a server in the Pskov region of Russia, but have been
unable to do so because they say you cannot connect to it from North America.
Do you know, when and if this server may become available to North America?
Thanks again,
Andrew Karkus
Intltrain@aol.com
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Sender: Tym Rondomanski (71001.3452@compuserve.com)
Subject: Help: Oil and Gas Dictionaries
I would appreciate any information that would help me locate up-to-date
Russian-to-English or English-to-Russian dictionaries in the field of oil and
gas geology, technology, chemistry or engineering.
Tym Rondomanski
71001.3452@compuserve.com
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Sender: bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: UKRAINE FAQ PLUS Presents: Home Page of the Shevchenko
Scientific Society
Society
Greetings,
"The homepage of the Shevchenko Scientific Society
(Naukove Tovarystvo im. Shevchenka) is now available
exclusively at the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project. This society
is international in scope and was founded in the last
century." Further information on the society may be
accessed as follows.
The address of the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project is:
http://world.std.com/~sabre/UKRAINE.html
Either click the button labelled "Organizations" by the
Tryzub (Trident) graphic or scroll down and click the
"Organizations" section summary to access this latest
information.
As always, please feel free to email us at faq@tryzub.com
with comments. We always are looking for contributions
as well.
Sabre Foundation is a major sponsor of the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project.
Regards,
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
** 05 **********************************************************************
Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj) (by way of
Subject: UKRAINE FAQ PLUS Presents:
Ukrainian Weekly Preview December 3rd, 1995 now ONLINE!
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 Ukrainian Weekly is the largest
English-speaking weekly newspaper extant in the Western
world covering Ukrainian issues both in Ukraine and in the
Diaspora. The preview is available on Internet at the
address of the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project.
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
** 06 **********************************************************************
Sender: "KwolekL" (kwolekl@rferl.org)
Subject: FW: RFERL Launches World Wide Web Site
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc.
For Immediate Release December 5, 1995
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Launches World Wide Web Site With
Comprehensive Coverage of Russian Elections
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's New Site Offers Coverage of the Russian
Duma Elections Updated Daily; Background on All Broadcast Areas of Central
and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Dec. 5, 1995 -- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL) today launched its first venture on the Internet, a world wide web
page which will offer daily updates on the upcoming Russian Duma elections.
It will also offer background information on the areas served by its 19
original-language broadcast services.
RFE/RL, on the air since 1951, continues to be one of the leading foreign
radio services to this strategically vital region of the world.
RFE/RL President Kevin Klose said the radios are "delighted" to join the
World Wide Web. "We plan to establish practical links with other users
across the Web, to make it easier for you to "tune in" to RFE/RL and the
vast, varied and immeasurably important region we cover," Klose said.
Radio Free Europe plans to expand its operations as a source of information
on Central and Eastern Europe. This web service is considered just a
beginning to the information RFE/RL will make available through its new
on-line operations.
To contact the server use the URL (Universal Resource Locator)
http://www.rferl.org
To make comments, suggestions, send email to: wwwsitemgr@rferl.org
Regards
Larry Kwolek
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc.
Computer Services Department
Federalni Budova
Vinohradska 1
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
telephone: (0042-2) 2112-2023/2005
fax: (0042-2) 2112-2011
internet: kwolekl@RFERL.ORG
** 07 **********************************************************************
Sender: burola.unprofor@un.org
Subject: Re: Conditions Re: Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyz Private Enterprise Support Project
I have been invited to join a two year project in Kyrgyz
Republic. I am married with two children American and French. As
information seems to be hard to come by on expat living and
working there? I have found a number of net sites with economic
and trade information with is good background. But, I thought I
would ask the group for general information. The job site will be
in Bishkek. The company has given has a $max 600/month for rent.
Does anyone know what type of furnished flat or house we can get
for this? Does rent usually include the utilities( water,
electric, and gas)? What areas in the city do the diplomats live
in? Can you buy imported food on the market (Coke lite)? Are
there reliable supplies of electric, water and gas? Are there
International schools? Are there email services and internet?
As you can see I am trying to get as much information as
possible.
Thanks
Thomas Burola
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Sender: lana@interport.net (Lana Vail)
Subject: Russia travel
TRAVEL TO/FROM RUSSIA
AMBER TOURS,INC.
300 East, 34th St
New York,NY 10016
tel. 212-685-2956, 212-967-8516,917-912-7530
fax. 212-685-8569
e-mail: lana@interport.net
We are a New York/Moscow partnership of travel agents offering a full range
of services to and from Russia.
* low airfares
* group rates
* non-stop flights New York-Moscow
* the new Aeroflot-flying Boeing aircraft
* convenient inland connections
* stopovers in Europe
* discount hotel rates in Russia
* vacation packages
* ticket delivery in Moscow and in St.Petersburg
* one day processing of visas to Russia
Our emphasis is academic exchanges - over the past three years thousands of
Russian scholars and scientists have traveled around the world on our tickets.
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PROMOTION, BARGAIN FARES, LIMITED AVAILABILITY
NON-STOP FLIGHT NYC TO/FROM MOSCOW; KRASAIR, EQUIPMENT: DC-10
FLIGHT #7B221 MOSCOW-JFK/AIRFRANCE TERMINAL/
Depar. Arriv.
Days
2:50pm 5:20pm
Mon.,Thurs.
FLIGHT #7B222 JFK-MOSCOW
Depar. Arriv.
Days
8:40pm 2:20pm
Mon.,Thurs.
EXTRA LUGGAGE FROM NYC (2 X 32kg + 1 X 25 kg extra)
SPECIAL PRICES TILL THE END OF THIS YEAR
SPECIAL DISCOUNTS for the connecting flights in former USSR.
7B222
7B221
BUSINESS CLASS ROUND TRIP
ADULT $ 974
$ 1056
ONE WAY $ 534
$ 583
ECONOMY CLASS ROUND TRIP
ADULT $ 600
$ 671
ONE WAY $ 325
$ 363
EXCURSION CLASS ROUND TRIP*
ADULT $ 500
$ 567
APEX ROUND TRIP**
ADULT $ 440
$ 517
RULES:
*7 days min/ 6 months max , refund restricted
** 7 days min/6 months max, nonrefundable, nonchangable
1.Taxes are not included
2.Changes are made free of charge, except APEX fares
3.$ 150.00 cancelation and change penalty applies to APEX fares
4.$ 25.00 Moscow delivery charge ( nonrefundable in case of refund )
5.$ 50.00 cancelation / refund charge / reissue fee
All fares are subject to change without prior notice
We welcome corporate accounts, Master, Visa cards.
For further information contact us via E-mail
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Sender: kedzie@rand.org (Chris Kedzie)
Subject: Otober Roundatble in Moscow
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 95 09:39 +0300
)From: elviraf@glas.apc.org (Elvira Orlova)
Subject: October NGO Roundtable
October 25, 1995
**NGO Roundtable - OCTOBER**
The next meeting of the NGO Roundtable will be
held on Friday, October 27 at 16:00 (4pm) in the 2nd
floor conference room of the MacArthur Foundation.
This month's meeting features a presentation by representatives
of the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), International
Science Foundation, and the Soros Center for Contemporary Art.
Vika Malekova, Director of the Civil Society Program of the Open
Society Institute, Alexander Bratus, Coordinator of the Long-term
Research Grants Program of the International Science Foundation, and
Irina Alpatova, Director of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art,
Moscow will speak about the various programs, including grantmaking
programs, which they oversee.
We welcome announcements on behalf of your organization
and its programs at this month's meeting as well. Please
contact us by Friday morning if you would like to be
added to the agenda.
If you would like to distribute materials at the meeting,
be sure to bring a sufficient number of copies. There are
typically 40-45 people at each meeting.
The MacArthur Foundation is located at 8 Khlebnyi
pereulok, 2nd floor. Closest metro: Arbatskaia.
Thank you. We look forward to seeing you Friday.
Alice L. Hill
Associate Director, Moscow Office
MacArthur Foundation
macarthur@glas.apc.org
290-5088
Natasha Savicheva
Deputy Director
IREX-Moscow
irexmos@glas.apc.org
290-6233
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Sender: Yuri Schoolov (yuris@lenti.med.umn.edu) (VetPatho)
Subject: Looking for business partners
Looking for business partners committed to personal and
professional development to help promote new satellite
company by building an international subscriber base.
If you are a team player looking for a part or full time
home-based business opportunity with minimum start
up costs and complete training, please contact
Dr. Yuri Schoolov at (612) 521-3587
or Dr. Paul Halvorson at (612) 379-3222 ext.32.
or write us at Triad Group, 4213 Park Avenue South,
Minneapolis, MN 55407.
Please join us now as we prepare to expand into Russia
and Eastern Europe in the fall of 1996.
****************************
yuris@lenti.med.umn.edu
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Yuri Schoolov, M.D.
3743 Upton Avenue North
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55412
phone/fax (612) 521-3587
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Sender: Steven511@aol.com
Subject: Business Info.
We are large Environmental Engineering Company in USA. Our business is design
and construction large water and wastewater facilities for environmental
industry. Currently we are developing business plan which exercising an idea
of engaging Russian "Konstruction bureau(s)" to assist us in design at their
premises. We see this as an opportunity for Russian enterprises to get
closer to western technology on one hand and allow us to market future
businesses in Russia through the above entity.
If there is any interest and/or an assistance please let us know.
PS. Next time we'll download Cyrillic font and will GOVORIT PO RUSKI.
Thank you
Mike. B.
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Sender: kevinpanet@earthlink.net (Kevin Panet)
Subject: Total Quality Management In Russia?
During the past decade, Americans have been trying to catch up with the
Japanese by listening to formerly ignored Americans such as Dr Joseph Juran
and Dr W. Edwards Deming. It's our "Quality Revolution," often described
under the banner of Total Quality Management, Continuous Quality
Improvement, Re-engineering, etc. I've been involved in the movement for
the past five years helping groups/teams with strategic planning, team
building, customer service training, continuous process improvement (CPI)
tools training, etc.
I'm curious, is there a interest in this subject in Russia? Has it caught
on there yet? If so, how well has it worked? I'd love to share success
stories...
Do businessmen have an interest in competing with higher levels of customer
service, or are they primarily in a survival mode?
How about teamwork in the workplace? Is there any emphasis on teams?
Are tools such as fishbone diagrams, affinity diagrams, control charts, etc.
used in Russia?
Do people think that Russian culture could support the basic tenants of
Total Quality Management? After all, we've yet to master it ourselves in
America.
I would be very interested in hearing thoughts from people interested TQM,
Organizational Development, Human Resources Development, Training or other
related subject matter. Thank you.
- Kevin Panet
Chapman University, MS HRM Graduate Student (Grad Jan '96!)
kevinpanet@earthlink.net
Southern California, USA
Kevin R. Panet
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Sender: "S.A. Benedict Hopkins" (100070.775@compuserve.com)
Subject: Russian Dictionaries
Dear Webmaster,
I would really appreciate if you could mention on your web page the
following files that I have uploaded to the Internet.
They are a 60,270 word Russian-English-English Russian dictionary, a
Freeware 6,000 word version and a Russian-English vocabulary trainer.
I have uploaded them to two sites;
ftp://infomeister.osc.edu/pub/central_central_europe/russian/windows/
ftp://ftp.kiae.su/windows/text/dic
I enclose full details for you below.
Thanking you very much in advance.
Benny
File: Slovar.zip
Original-Date: 95-11-18
Description: A simple English-Russian, Russian-English 60,270 word
dictionary
based on a Word v2 document.
Requires a keyboard driver such as CyrWin or ParaWin to
switch from cyrillic to latin characters. Also Microsoft
Word and Windows 3.+
Copyright (c) 1995 S.A.Benedict Hopkins
Feedback: 100070.775@compuserve.com Benny Hopkins
Location:
ftp://infomeister.osc.edu/pub/central_central_europe/russian/windows/
ftp://ftp.kiae.su/windows/text/dic
File: Mal-slov.zip
Original-Date: 95-11-18
Description: A simple English-Russian, Russian-English 6,000 word
dictionary based on a Word v2 document.
Requires a keyboard driver such as CyrWin or ParaWin to
switch from cyrillic to latin characters. Also Microsoft
Word and Windows 3.+
Freeware Copyright (c) 1995 S.A.Benedict Hopkins
Feedback: 100070.775@compuserve.com Benny Hopkins
Location:
ftp://infomeister.osc.edu/pub/central_central_europe/russian/windows/
ftp://ftp.kiae.su/windows/text/dic
File: trainer.zip
Original-Date: 95-11-19
Description: A Russian-English vocabulary trainer made up of 2,175
most commonly used Russian words or phrases. It is Freeware
and is based on an Excel 4 spreadsheet. It is an
excellent tool for all beginner students of Russian.
Freeware Copyright (c) 1995 S.A.Benedict Hopkins
Feedback: 100070.775@compuserve.com Benny Hopkins
Location:
ftp://infomeister.osc.edu/pub/central_central_europe/russian/windows/
ftp://ftp.kiae.su/windows/text/dic
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Sender: Paul Schelp (SCHELP%YFU-IC@mcimail.com)
Subject: NIS Scholarships for US High School Students
ANNOUNCING A CHALLENGING NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY IN RUSSIA OR UKRAINE
ORGANIZATION: Youth For Understanding (YFU) International Exchange
PROGRAM: 1996 Freedom Support Act Semester Scholarship Program
INCLUDES: The scholarship includes:
* US domestic and international travel
* Placement with an NIS host family
* Enrollment in an NIS high school
* Pre-departure orientation in US (August '96)
* Re-entry orientation in Washington, DC (January '97)
WHEN: August 1996 - January 1997
AGES: Birthday must be between 4/1/78 - 7/15/81 (inclusive)
ELIGIBILTY: * Open to US high school students in grades 9-12
* US citizens only (permanent residents not eligible)
* Students must hold minimum 3.0 GPA (on a scale of 4)
* Prior language study preferred, but not required
FEE: Finalists receive a 70% scholarship (approximately
$4400) from the US government. Participants must
pay a $1850 program contribution (30% of the total).
Participants are also responsible for passport, visa
fees, medical insurance, and spending money.
TO APPLY: Call YFU at 1-800-TEENAGE, or e-mail YFU's
Program Information Office at: pio@yfu.org
DUE DATE: Completed applications must be postmarked by: 2/12/96
WEB SITE: For more information about YFU, see our web site:
***** www.yfu.org *****
BACKGROUND: YFU has been a leader in international youth exchange
since 1951. Currently, YFU exchanges 7000 students
annually among 35 countries.
NIS STUDENTS: YFU is administering this program as a two-way
exchange between the US and the NIS republics. A
separate bulletin will be posted here with information
for potential NIS applicants. The sending NIS
countries are Belarus, Kazakstan, Russia, and Ukraine.
Families sending a US student to the NIS are not re-
quired to host an NIS student.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!
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Sender: "Funding Opportunity System" (funding@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Summer Institute for the Study of the United States for
Foreign Secondary School
Summer Institute for the Study of the United States for Foreign
Secondary School Educators
SPONSOR: United States Information Agency
SYNOPSIS: The United States Information Agency is inviting
cooperative agreement applications for a Summer Institute for the
Study of the United States and Foreign Secondary School Educators.
DEADLINES: 1996-01-29
OBJECTIVES: Applicants should design the six-week institute program
for 28 foreign secondary school teacher trainers, textbook writers,
curriculum developers, education ministry officials and classroom
teachers, whose professional assignments require significant knowledge
of U.S. civilization. The program should offer participants specially-
tailored lectures, presentations, discussions, site visits and
curricular research opportunities--each related to a central theme in
U.S. civilization--that examine various aspects of U.S. society,
culture, values and institutions. The program should include a
residency segment at a U.S. college or university campus and a study
tour of up to two weeks to two or three additional U.S. regions,
including a visit to Washington, D.C., at the conclusion of the
program.
RESTRICTIONS: Colleges, universities and other nonprofit academinc
organizations with an established reputation in American studies, at
least four-years' experience in conducting international exchange
programs and specific expertise in conducting graduate-level programs
for foreign educators. The project director or a key program staff
member responsible for the academic program must have an advanced
degree in American studies or a related discipline.
MONETARY: Up to $211,600. Applicants should maximize cost-sharing.
COMMENTS: Tentative program dates are June 22 to August 2.
CONTACT INFO: Richard Taylor; 301 Fourth Street, SW; Room 256;
Washington, DC 20547
_________________________
Telephone: 202-619-4557
FAX: 202-619-6790
Email Address: rtaylor@usia.gov
Miscellaneous Information
Program Number: 000127
Source of Information: Federal Register; 1995-12-01; 61732
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APPENDIX
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