Digest for 96-01-02
Our warmest wishes to you for a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!
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RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-02 January 96 Sender: kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com (Kyle Collins)
Subject: Chingiz Aitmatov
02-02 January 96 Sender: Tony Byrne - IREX (tbyrne@info.irex.org)
Subject: New on the IREX Web
03-02 January 96 Sender: Sara Feinstein (74743.2726@compuserve.com)
Subject: Students from Ukraine and Belorus
04-02 January 96 Sender: Athol Yates (ayates@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au)
Subject: Maps of Ekaterinburg, Tyumen & Krasnoyarsk
05-02 January 96 Sender: DJLIGDA@delphi.com
Subject: Introduction
06-02 January 96 Sender: David Lindeman (dlindeman@crdf.org.internext.com)
Subject: Funding Opportunity
07-02 January 96 Sender: Eliot Christian (echristi@usgs.gov)
Subject: Help! I need your critique and input!
08-02 January 96 Sender: bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukrainian Weekly Yearender issue!
09-02 January 96 Sender: bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukrainian Weekly Preview December 31st, 1995 now
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Sender: kcollins@gelac.lasc.lockheed.com (Kyle Collins)
Subject: Chingiz Aitmatov
Dear Friends,
I just finished reading "The Place of the Skull" by Kyrgyz
writer, Chingiz Aitmatov. I enjoyed the novel, but I am
not sure that I really understand all of what I read. Has
anyone else read this novel, and, if so, what were your
impressions?
Thanks,
Kyle
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Sender: Tony Byrne - IREX (tbyrne@info.irex.org)
Subject: New on the IREX Web
New the Week of December 24, 1995
The articles below can all be found off the IREX Home Page, at:
http://www.irex.org/
1) The USAID-funded Professional Media Program for Central and
Eastern Europe will be managed by an IREX-led consortium.
(http://www.irex.org/pmp.htm)
2) A report on Access and Working Conditions in Romanian Libraries
and Archives is available on-line.
(http://www.irex.org/romania.htm)
3) "A reformed Russia will not have the stomach for empire and an
unreformed Russia will not have the capability," notes
Ambassador Jack Matlock Jr. in one of several excerpts from the
last in a series of conferences on "The New Russia/CIS in Asia,"
held this past October in Washington.
(http://www.irex.org/rcisasia.htm)
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Sender: Sara Feinstein (74743.2726@compuserve.com)
Subject: Students from Ukraine and Belorus
Once again, I am looking for families throughout the US to host high school
students-- this time the students are from Belorus and Ukraine and will be here
from September- December, 1996.
Project Harmony, a small not-for-profit organization based in Vermont has a US
Infomation Agency Grant to bring high school students from Ukraine and Belorus
to the US from September-December, 1996. The students will be hand-picked from
among the best and brightest of their peers-- this past fall, PH received over
2500 applications for 80 slots on a similar program for students from outlying
areas of Russia. Applicants are interviewed by PH staff-members based in the
former Soviet Union, who are familiar with both the US and Russian educational
systems, and are chosen based on academic achievement, outgoing personality,
special talent, and potential to both share and learn from their American host
communities.
The students' airfare, insurance, orientation costs, a small stipend, etc. are
paid for by the grant. Host families would be required to provide meals,
transportation to school, etc.
If there is anyone out there who might be interested in hosting a student, or
can suggest someone I might contact, please e-mail me directly, and I will be
glad to send you additional information, or answer any questions you may have.
I spent 1994-95 teaching Englsh in Russia through Project Harmony, so I have met
some of the students who have been on the program in the past, and would be glad
to share my personal experiences and insights as well.
Sara Feinstein
Arlington, VA
74743.2726@compuserve.com
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Sender: Athol Yates (ayates@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au)
Subject: Maps of Ekaterinburg, Tyumen & Krasnoyarsk
Greetings,
Does anyone have city maps of Ekaterinburg, Tyumen & Krasnoyarsk? I am
only interested in those with street names. If you do, can you drop me a
line as I have a few questions which you will be able to help me with.
Best regards,
Athol Yates
Canberra, Australia ayates@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au
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Sender: DJLIGDA@delphi.com
Subject: Introduction
I am a veterinarian interested in international livestock development
... and in fact, many aspects of agriculture and food production. I have a
particular interest in the role of the veterinarian and the animal scientist
in Russia and the NIS....and would like to establish contact and dialog with
colleagues in these areas. It apears to me that this forum ..with it's
listserver and excellent interactive homepage would be an good place to
exchange information. Toward this end, I would like to encourage others to
respond and if we have enough interest perhaps a regular forum could
develop.
My experience has been that lack of access to computer equipment restricts
many of our colleagues ...but perhaps there are some out there associated
with Universities ,Institutes,Ministries or Development Projects that would
be interested?
As a start ...is there anyone else presently working on livestock development
subscribed? Anyone teaching in a Veterinary or Animal Science facility?
If so ...would you please write and introduce yourself? Is anyone
presently dealing with a veterinary, animal husbandry, food safety or
development aid project problem that perhaps we can help with ....I have some
experience in these areas and have a small network of colleagues that
perhaps could provide some input of ideas to assist you. ... I have a very
strong personal feeling food production is one of the most basic and
pressing problem everywhere in the world.... and only by cooperation and the
sharing of information will we ever be able to meet that demand.... i also
enjoy using the electronic media ..but cannot communicate unless someone out
there writes back and lets us know if they are interested.
take care.....
david
David J.Ligda DVM
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Sender: David Lindeman (dlindeman@crdf.org.internext.com)
Subject: Funding Opportunity
US-FSU COOPERATIVE GRANTS PROGRAM
The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) announces a
call for proposals for its new Cooperative Grants Program. This program
will allow joint teams of former Soviet and U.S. scientists and engineers
to apply jointly for support of cooperative projects in any area of
civilian research and development. Teams may apply for $10,000 to
$80,000 of funds for a two-year period. Applications are due March 1,
1996.
The CRDF is a private, non-profit foundation which was created on August
11, 1995 as an American response to the state of science and engineering in
the former Soviet Union, by encouraging productive civilian employment
opportunities for former FSU defense scientists, and by providing new
opportunities to pursue these goals in a framework of mutual benefit which
promotes the values of democratization and market economy.
For application materials to the CRDF Cooperative Grants Program, or for
more information on the CRDF, please contact:
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
1800 North Kent Street, Suite 1106
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Telephone: 703-526-9720
Fax: 703-526-9721
E-mail: information@crdf.org
WWW: http://www.internext.com/crdf
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Sender: Eliot Christian (echristi@usgs.gov)
Subject: Help! I need your critique and input!
I am trying to get together a few HTML pages that will act as a "Global
Information Locator Pavilion" in the 1996 Internet Expo. The goal is to
raise conciousness with the visitors--hopefully conveying a sense that
information discovery is of fundamental concern and presents socio-political
dimensions as well as engineering challenges.
I have drafted a set of pages to act as a scaffold for hanging other
interesting stuff. (You can see these at
http://www.usgs.gov/gils/locator.html) This pavilion will certainly be
evolving over the life of the Expo, but we also need to have something
interesting on opening day--January 1!
I'd very much appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have--and
particularly any additional pointers. For convenience, I'm attaching here
the main outline of the four substance pages of the pavilion as it sits at
this hot moment.
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Navigating the 1996 Internet Expo and Cyberspace
Search the 1996 Internet Expo
Search Internet information resources
Search Tools
Collections of Search Tools
Specific Search Tools
Topical Searching
Topical Directories
Topical Sources for Environmental Information
Sources for U.S. Federal Government Information
Archives of the Internet in 1996
Use Internet tools to search libraries and other off-net resources
Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
Place Searching with Maps
Searching Patterns in Multi-media
Images
Audio
Handling Multiple Languages
Abstracting Meaning
Automatic Abstracting, Cataloging and other Feature Extraction
Concepts and Knowledge Representations
Kinds of Search Tools
Clients and Servers
Catalogs
Agents
Gatherers
Making sense at the User Interface
Real World Questions
Civics
Education
Emergencies
Health
Politics
Services
Global Information Society
Governmental Initiatives
G-7 Ministerial Conference on the Information Society
Global Information Locator
National Information Infrastructures
Policies and Standards
Community Organizations
Discussions
Discussion Pieces
Associations
Discussion Lists
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Thanks!
Eliot Christian, US Geological Survey, 802 National Center, Reston VA 22092
echristi@usgs.gov Office 703-648-7245 FAX 703-648-7069 Home 703-476-6134
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Sender: bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukrainian Weekly Yearender issue!
Greetings,
This 19 part segment will feature the year
including photos! Stay tuned to your favorite
newsgroup or email list!
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 and Happy New Year!!!
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
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Sender: bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukrainian Weekly Preview December 31st, 1995 now
1995 now
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
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