Digest for 96-01-19
Dear Friends,
This is a special day for the "Friends and Partners" project - as it
represents our two year anniversary since the initial Internet announcement
of F&P on January 19, 1994. The past two years have been an amazing time
for all of us directly involved and it remains the most rewarding endeavor
we could have ever imagined. We want to take the opportunity today to
thank everyone involved in this effort for the many contributions, ideas,
suggestions, criticisms, and for all the helpful information and
communication that has passed through this service.
This day was also to mark another event important to us - an Internet-wide
announcement of an entirely new 'Friends and Partners'. We have been working
very hard over the last several months on an new implementation of F&P and
had hoped to make the announcement today. Unfortunately, we ran out of
days - and the switch-over to the new system won't happen until February 1.
However, we want the readers of this digest to be able to take a
"sneak peek" at the new system which is now available at URL:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/
Please keep in mind that this is yet an unfinished product. Also, at the
moment, you need to use Netscape to browse it - but by the end of next
week, we will be able to automatically generate nicely formatted pages for
all text- and graphics-based WWW browsers. (indeed, this is a
feature of the new software we are working on)
The primary goal of the new interface is to allow us to provide a better
organized body of material - a bit more hierarchically - but with more
"navigation clues" to help the user know where he/she is - and how to get
to other places (increasingly important on large web sites). Also, by
providing a smaller area of content, we hope it will be more readable.
But, also very important, is the fact that we now use "SGML" for describing
the content of the system. With our new software, this allows us to
dynamically generate nicely formatted pages for a wide variety of browsers
and will also allow us to maintain multiple language content. We are
currently working on a Russian language version of most of the primary F&P
pages. The proper language (and proper Cyrillic encoding) will be
presented to the user -
complete with proper navigation, buttons, headers, etc. - upon request.
There are several components of the new system that are highlighted in the
"What's New" section below.
We hope that some of you will be able to take a look at the new design,
organization and services - and give us your comments and suggestions on
how we can improve it over the next several days before its "Internet
debut" on February 1.
We will be so grateful for your continued offers of assistance. We still
need lots of help with (1) artwork (obviously :-)); (2) translation
(primarily English -) Russian); (3) entry of records in the Russian/NIS
Internet catalog; (4) entry of records in the Funding Opportunities and
Academic Profile databases; (5) people willing to "adopt" a section (page)
of F&P and help develop it further; (6) entry of new recipes in an expanded
F&P cookbook; (7) suggestions for links to valuable resources from the
various sections and pages.
Thanks to our home institutions and our sponsors, this project - which
began life 2 years ago today as a hobby - a goodwill gesture between two
friends - now represents our "real jobs". We intend to work harder than
ever to support the many good folks working on F&P now. Our main goal for
this next year is to focus on developing content which highlights
collaboration and "success stories" between our countries.
We want to especially thank those of you who have taken on the work of
maintaining an information server. As we said last year at this time, it
was our hope when we began this effort that F&P would serve as a "home" for
such efforts - and it has been so rewarding to see so many people "move in"
and create such interesting and useful information resources.
And a very special note of thanks to the wonderful folks who work directly
with us -- Angie, Anita, Dima, Ellee, Evgeny, Sasha and Tigran -- for all their
hard work over the last many weeks to put this new server together.
We are excited about this next year and pledge our determined efforts to
furthering the good work begun thus far.
Happy Birthday, Friends and Partners! Our very best wishes for our third
year of work together,
-- Natasha Bulashova
Greg Cole
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
01-19 January 96 New email listserver for US-NIS telecommunications issues
02-19 January 96 New services on F&P
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-19 January 96 Sender: JBMcCloud@aol.com
Subject: Russia
02-19 January 96 Sender: ppplanet@epix.net
Subject: Strong American demand for Russian pen pals
03-19 January 96 Sender: Mark Storey (mstorey@igc.apc.org)
Subject: POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS (4): AIHA
04-19 January 96 Sender: (Heidi.M.Sherman@students.Miami.EDU)
Subject: Re: Russia isn't that bad!
05-19 January 96 Sender: Joel Bush (jbush@mail.calypso.com)
Subject: Correspondent wanted
06-19 January 96 Sender: Michal Rudziecki (RUDY123M@PLEARN.BITNET)
Subject: AEGEE
07-19 January 96 Sender: Greg Cole (gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Fur clothing in Russia, Ukraine, The Baltics (fwd)
08-19 January 96 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - UMaine, USA)
Subject: Soros Scholarship Competition for MBA Studies
09-19 January 96 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - UMaine, USA)
Subject: Home Stays for Visiting Ukrainian Economic Educators
10-19 January 96 Sender: Doug Eldred (Douglas.K.Eldred@cdc.com)
Subject: Re: Cyrillic Fonts
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* We announce today the availability of a new email listserver, FPTELEC,
for facilitating information exchange about telecommunications and
networking issues for collaboration with Russia and the NIS.
Our hope is that this list will be used for communication on a variety
of networking issues and problems - including issues of establishing
Internet connections; differences between various providers and options;
use of different technologies such as radio relay, satellite-based
IP communications, etc.; funding opportunities for establishing and
maintaining network communications; distance learning opportunities and
programs facilitated by network communications; and important Internet-
accessible information services and resources related to
telecommunications.
We hope that the exchange here will represent a healthy mix of both
technical and non-technical topics - and that, over time, the growing
archive of postings will provide a useful searchable database which
will be made available via Friends and Partners.
To subscribe to this new list, just send a one-line message of:
SUBSCRIBE FPTELEC your name
to listproc@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
* There are several components of the new Friends and Partners system that
we wish to highlight. Please note that until the completion of this
system, you may need Netscape to browse many of these items. This will
change very shortly!
(1) a new searching system that allows searching the entire F&P site
as well as several individual archives
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/search/
(2) a new catalog of Internet-accessible Russian/NIS material that
permits users to add/maintain their own records
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/search/catalog/
(3) the International Science Foundation's "Long Term Research Grants"
database is now available on Friends and Partners. This database
represents brief descriptions of over 3,400 grants made by the ISF
to researchers in the NIS. We will officially announce this
resource jointly with the ISF in a few more days. But, you can
take an early look via:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/search/isf.html
(please check out Sasha's "Visual Browsing" feature here)
(4) a new funding opportunities database - which, in addition to permitting
full-text searching, allows users to add/maintain their own records
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/funding/
(5) a new "Academic Profile" database (again, user maintainable records)
which will hopefully become a useful resource describing teachers and
researchers who are interested in potential collaboration.
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/edusci/science/sciprof.html
(6) a large new server describing the city of Pushchino, Russia (Natasha's
home). Natasha, Dima, Tigran, and Evgeny have spent a lot of time
preparing this new server which you can view at:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/pushchino/engver/
(7) a new scientific research database (this one describing brain
research) offered by researchers in Pushchino Russia and representing
a prototype of what we hope will be become a collection of jointly
developed scientific databases useful to researchers in our countries
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/edusci/budanov.html
(8) a new "Community Center" which will describe all the various email
listservers available on "Friends" as well as provide a new bulletin
board service and a "web chat" facility.
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/community/
(9) a new "Children's Corner" which will focus on children's exchange
programs and activities.
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/fp/friends/children/
(10) We are now running a "RealAudio" server on our host system and will
be providing several new audio services (music, speeches,
language instruction, etc.). A couple of test files are at:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/glhconclusion.ram
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/borodino.ram
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
** 01 **********************************************************************
Sender: JBMcCloud@aol.com
Subject: Russia
Hi, Greg !
I'm a 7th grader at Southeast Polk Junior High located in Runnells, Iowa. I
live in Des Moines, Iowa. We have a cultural fair project at our school and
I have been assigned Russia as my country. I'm supposed to get to know
anything and everything about Russia before the end of the school year. I
have to set up a booth at the cultrual fair and dress like a Russian, present
history about Russia, music, dance, economical information, et cetera.
Do you have any suggestions for me? I'm new to the internet, but I thought
it could help me make a connection with someone my age in Russia. I'm really
interested in finding out more about their country and compare our cultures.
THanks, Greg.
Tanner Jon Hargens
** 02 **********************************************************************
Sender: ppplanet@epix.net
Subject: Strong American demand for Russian pen pals
)From: Mike O'Hara
If you live in Russia or any former-Soviet country, you are age
12 or 13, and you study English, there are American youths who want
to be your friend by mail. If you are interested, please send your
name and address (neatly, don't forget your index) plus your age to:
Pen Pal Planet
Box 3657
Scranton, PA 18505
USA
If it's easier, send the information by e-mail to: ppplanet@epix.net
Don't forget to mention your hobbies or interests.
Since 1990, Pen Pal Planet has helped form friendships among
approximately 25,000 Americans and Russians. We treat each pen pal
thoroughly -- we don't just hand out lists of names and call
each name on the list a "match."
Technically we are a for-profit business, but no profit is taken.
We work with the cooperation of the journal Studencheskiy Meridian
(Student Meridian), in Moscow, which is generally for youths in
their upper teen years, as well as young adults.
All of our pen pals communicate by "regular" mail. Fortunately, 1995
saw marked improvements in mail-delivery times between our two
countries, and very few letters are now being lost.
- Mike O'Hara
Director, Pen Pal Planet
** 03 **********************************************************************
Sender: Mark Storey (mstorey@igc.apc.org)
Subject: POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS (4): AIHA
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS
*********** Please cross-post as appropriate. *****************
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ALLIANCE, INC. (AIHA)
AIHA is a non-profit group which supports health care assistance
projects in the New Independent States (NIS) of former Soviet Union
and in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), under
grants from USAID.
AIHA is currently seeking qualified candidates for the following
positions.
PROCUREMENT OFFICER (Position # 01)
Manages procurements of goods and services in a timely fashion;
reviews/revises procurement policies to ensure compliance with all
relevant U.S. governement standards; maintains proper documentation
in procurement files; develops and maintains a computerized
property management system.
Requires 3 or more years of procurement experience for a federally-
funded not-for-profit organization; familiarity with Federal
procurement rules including OMB A-110, A-122, Handbook 13 and the
FAR; experience preparing RFP s and cost/price analyses consistent
with Federal rules.
PROGRAM ANALYST (Position #02)
Manages portfolio of partnerships, including logistics support,
monitoring workplan progress, projecting and analyzing expenses and
ensuring adherence to AIHA/USAID policies. Maintains documentation
and data; manages special projects, including clinical task forces.
Acts as liaison with AIHA Regional Offices.
Requires B.A./B.S., preferably with concentration in
Russian/Eastern European Studies, Health Policy and Planning,
International Relations, International Business, or Economics;
graduate work desirable. Knowledge of spreadsheet and word
processing software as well as foreign language skills
(Russian/E.European) are advantageous, but not required. Starting
salary $21,500-$27,500.
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT (Position #03)
Assists in editing and writing of bilingual international health
magazine and other print and electronic publications. Some
administrative duties involved.
Requires B.A./B.S. in Journalism/Communications and two years of
experience in related work. Russian language, desktop publishing
and Web skills preferred. Salary $21,500-$27,500. Please include
3 writing samples.
INFORMATION ANALYST(Position #04)
Assists in the development of information resources. Works
primarily on developing pages on the World Wide Web. Participates
in the collection of information and the preparation of corporate
publications.
Requires extensive experience with the Internet and specifically
with World Wide Web page design; general proficiency with computers
(word processing and database programs); and strong writing skills.
Russian language skills helpful, but not required. Starting
Salary $21,500-$27,500.
Please respond (with cover letter indicating position # applying
for) to:
AIHA
Human Resources
P.O. Box 28056
Washington, D.C. 20038-28056
AA/EO EMPLOYER
** 04 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Heidi M. Sherman" (Heidi.M.Sherman@students.Miami.EDU)
Subject: Re: Russia isn't that bad!
Dear chamelion,
I appreciate your comments about setting aside the image of the "Evil
Empire". I do not believe, however, that warning prospective travellers
about crime in russian cities is "bad-mouthing" Russians. All of my
Russian friends in St. Petersburg have been victims of crime during the last
six months. You were fortunate that you didn't have any negative
experiences during your three-week visit. Despite my love for Russia,
however, I am realistic about safety issues and I share my negative
experiences so others don't repeat my mistakes. Isn't that, after all,
being a true friend and partner?
Heidi Sherman
** 05 **********************************************************************
Sender: Joel Bush (jbush@mail.calypso.com)
Subject: Correspondent wanted
Laguna Life International (http://www.lagunabeachca.com) is looking for an
Eastern European correspondent to write a monthly column. LLI is an
internet-only electronic magazine.
Articles will be written in English only. Suggested topics include:
Tourism, History, Trade, Social Issues, Economics and Personal Glimpses of
Daily Life and will change each month.
This is an unpaid position, but it is a good opportunity for an aspiring
journalist to be published on the internet.
Please send inquiries and a short (no more than 200 words) sample of your
writing in English to jbush@mail.calypso.com
Thank you,
Joel H. Bush, Publisher
Laguna Life International
http://www.lagunabeachca.com
Starting Point's Hotsite of the Day
** 06 **********************************************************************
Sender: Michal Rudziecki (RUDY123M@PLEARN.BITNET)
Subject: AEGEE
Angie, X-POST from BELARUS
Dear fellow-users,
I would like to draw your attention to AEGEE, an international students
organization active Europe-wide. Its aims are to promote democracy, civil
society, plu ralism, European integration and student mobility. AEGEE is
not linked to any political party or religious group. AEGEE is non-profit
NGO, acting on a volu- ntary basis. At present we have about 15,000
members in 150 university cities in Europe.
But we are not present in Belarus. That's a pity, as we enable students
from varoious regions to travel abroad and meet their peers from other
countries, at the same time working on various projects togetgher.
If there is anybody here, who would like to help in promotion AEGEE in
Belarus and establishing it there, I would be very grateful.
Looking forward to hearing from someone,
Best wishes,
Michal Rudziecki,
Vicepresident AEGEE-Europe
Member of AEGEE-Warszawa (PL)
** 07 **********************************************************************
Sender: palbank@eskimo.com
Subject: Fur clothing in Russia, Ukraine, The Baltics (fwd)
United States Fur Exchange wishes to act as buying agent for Russia,
Ukrainian and Baltic importers of furs coats, hats and other garments.
Ostaus predannaya Vam (palbank@eskimo.com)
World Wide Web: http://www.eskimo.com/~palbank
To subscribe to discussion group send message to: (majordomo@eskimo.com)
In message text type: subscribe palmport-list (your e-mail address)
** 08 **********************************************************************
Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - UMaine, USA)
Subject: Soros Scholarship Competition for MBA Studies
x-post from CIVILSOC
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1996 Soros Scholarship Competition for MBA Studies
International Management Center
Budapest, Hungary
*****************************************************************
Twenty Soros Scholarship will be awarded by the International
Management Center (IMC) in Budapest in 1996. The Scholarships
cover tuition costs and provides a modest living stipend for
qualified, motivated candidates.
The competition is open citizens of the following countries:
Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia,
Slovenia and the Ukraine.
Requirements: A first degree, preferably at least two years work
experience, TOEFL score of 550 or better, GMAT score (in-house
test available), strong motivation and management potential.
Application deadline is March 15th 1996.
Application materials are available from:
Chris Dalton
Director of Student Affairs
IMC Graduate School of Business
Anna u. 1-3
1221 Budapest, Hungary
Fax: (36-1) 226-5340
E-Mail: H5598IMC@ELLA.HU
Applications are also available from Soros Open Society Founda-
tion offices in each country.
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - UMaine, USA)
Subject: Home Stays for Visiting Ukrainian Economic Educators
My colleague, Ed Allan, at the Education Development Center, is
searching for hosts in Indianapolis and St. Louis for 10 visiting
educators from Ukraine. Perhaps some members of the list can
provide be of assistance to him, or forward the message to others
who might be able to help. I have attached the message from Ed,
outlining the circumstances.
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Home Stays for Visiting Ukrainian Economic Educators
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Next month, 10 economic educators from Ukraine will be taking
part in a U.S. study tour on approaches to teaching economics.
This program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is
managed by the National Council for Economic Education. Educa-
tion Development Center is managing two components of the overall
program.
America is much more than offices and classrooms. So, to enhance
the quality of the participants' U.S. visit, we would like to
arrange short home stays for them in:
Indianapolis
(Saturday afternoon, Feb. 24 - Wed morning., Feb. 28)
and
St. Louis
(Wed afternoon., Feb. 28 - Mon. morning March 4)
While hosts should be able to pick up their guests on arrival, we
can arrange for transportation to and from home for the particip-
ants' professional sessions.
If you would have an interest in hosting one or more of these
educators (7 women and 3 men), or would like more information,
please contact me at (800) 225-4276 or e-mail: (edallan@edc.org)
Many thanks, and I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Ed Allan
Education Development Center 55 Chapel St. Newton Mass 02158
(617) 969-7100 Fax: (617) 332-6405 e-mail edallan@edc.org
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Sender: Doug Eldred (Douglas.K.Eldred@cdc.com)
Subject: Re: Cyrillic Fonts
John,
)I am interested in getting cyrillic fonts for my PC. I was looking at the
)Webpage
)"http.//solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/services/access-russia/accesslanguage.html"
)where I found an offer "Glasnost Cyrillic Font Library" for $ 156.50 (no.
)L517). Unfortunately, there was no address where I can order it and get some
)details. On another page I found your e-mail address and hope that you can
help
)me or point me in the right direction ? If so, thanks very much.
Depending on what you want, you might be able to use some of the fonts
available right there on CompuServe. Use "File Finder" (go ibmff) and
look for "Cyrillic" and/or "Russian" as keywords. There are several free
or shareware fonts there, some with keyboard mappings that pretty much
resemble a real Russian typewriter, others that attempt to be "phonetic
transliterations", etc.
There are also free/shareware fonts available from anonymous FTP and
World Wide Web sites if you have access to those, but I'd suggest trying
the CompuServe-available ones first since you're obviously already there.
Doug
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----------------------- END FRIENDS January 19, 1996 -------------------------
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:
listproc@solar.rtd.utk.edu
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.
or 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