Digest for 96-03-30
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
Reminder: Sunday Solarium Session
#01-30 March 96 Russian Media in Latvia - now on the WWW
#01-30 March 96 Virtual Phystech
#02-30 March 96 Russian Intelligence
#03-30 March 96 NATO's Clearing House for Environmental Technical Information
#04-30 March 96 New Economic Related Documents provided by Dr. Petrus Palms
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-30 March 96 Sender: "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@stronik.vernet.lv)
Subject: RUSSIAN MEDIA IN LATVIA NOW ON THE WWW
02-30 March 96 Sender: "Kent M. Petersen" (petersen@usit.net)
Subject: question
03-30 March 96 Sender: DLewton@Busprod.Com (Dwight Lewton)
Subject: uzbekistan
04-30 March 96 Sender: Tlent@aol.com
Subject: Russian visitors
05-30 March 96 Sender: sebecker@ix.netcom.com (Scott E. Becker )
Subject: Re: Digest for 96-03-18
06-30 March 96 Sender: kedzie@rand.org (Chris Kedzie)
Subject: Russian Consulate in San Francisco
07-30 March 96 Sender: "A GoldTrader" (GoldTrader@msn.com)
Subject: Calls to Russia
08-30 March 96 Sender: Pierre Binette (pbinette@courrier.usherb.ca)
Subject:
09-30 March 96 Sender: John Carter (geotek@SNET.Net)
Subject: Lost Russian Family
10-30 March 96 Sender: Chaim Chatan (chatan@dns.idi.org.il)
Subject: Cyrillic fonts for the Macintosh
11-30 March 96 Sender: Alex Vorobiev (sasha@cs.swarthmore.edu)
Subject: experienced and enthusiastic student seeking
summer job/internship
12-30 March 96 Sender: gapa@mail.calypso.com
Subject: Getting our web page noticed in Russia
13-30 March 96 Sender: John Nyenhuis (nyenhuis@ecn.purdue.edu)
Subject: request for listing
14-30 March 96 Sender: Dmitry Panasevich (dmitryp@rcf.usc.edu)
Subject: Join New List, RUSPEAK-L
15-30 March 96 Sender: Eric Winchell (eric@prime.cbi.co.ru)
Subject: Greetings from a new website in Moscow!
16-30 March 96 Sender: "Vail, Jim" (jimv@morozov.ru)
Subject: Morozov Investexpo-96
17-30 March 96 Sender: (funding@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: NAFSA Russian and Eurasian Awards Program
18-30 March 96 Sender: (funding@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: NSF Connections to the Internet
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
A reminder to please join with Alan Boyle and others at the Sunday
Solarium Chat session at the F&P Chat site (from community corner page or
directly at URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/chat/chat.html).
This week's session is at noon Eastern time, 9 a.m. Pacific time, 8 p.m.
Moscow time. The scheduled topics are geared toward Russian participants:
What you want to ask about America and Americans, and comparing notes on
environmental issues, weather and climate.
Our apologies for the technical problems with the F&P server which made
Friday's chat session a bit difficult. We'll hope for better luck next
time!
* RUSSIAN MEDIA IN LATVIA NOW ON THE WWW
We are pleased to announce Valerij Gerasimov's "'Russian Media In
Latvia' -- the first part of a wide project dedicated to the Russian
life in Latvia and to relationships between parts of the Russian
Diaspora in different countries. We plan to establish Russian public
and cultural organizations, "electronic" exhibitions and libraries, and
so on."
Please read additional information in message #01 below. You can visit
the new site at URL:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/valery/russnews.html
or from the F&P news page.
Congratulations to Valerij on launching this new service!
* Virtual Phystech
This is not an official Phystech WWW site, but only an initiative of
10-15 students and ex-students of Moscow Institute for Physics and
Technology (MIPT). They want to recall history, culture and folklore
of their institute.
Please see the Educational Organizations and Projects section located
at: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/edusci/educ/organizations.html
or directly at URL:
http://phystech.glasnet.ru/phystech/index8.htm
* Russian Intelligence
Use the services of dedicated professionals fluent in local CIS
And US business practices.
Russian Intelligence is bi-lingual and connected to Russian and US business,
banking, legal and government interests.
Please see the Consulting and Trade section from the Commercial
Services page or directly at URL:
http://www.66west.com/rush-n-focus/rushnintel.html
* NATO's Clearing House for Environmental Technical Information
Please see the Environmental Resources section from the
Education/Science page or directly at URL:
http://echs.ida.org/
* New Economic Related Documents provided by Dr. Petrus Johannes van de
Waal Palms' includes:
Please visit the Economic/Business Publications and
Related Documents section from the
Economics/Business page or directly at URLs listed below:
Mission Statement of the Economic Transition Group - Russia
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/oldfriends/ppalms/palms.mission.html
Old Prime Bank Note Scheme Now Being Used in Russia and the Baltics
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/oldfriends/ppalms/prime.bank.html
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
** 01 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@stronik.vernet.lv)
Subject: RUSSIAN MEDIA IN LATVIA NOW ON THE WWW
Dear Friends and Partners:
We would like to express our deep appreciation to everybody offered help to
us. Really good news for all of us is that the new URL has appeared.
You are welcome to visit us at
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/valery/russnews.html
where you can find our digests "Russian Media In Latvia".
Our first issue has appeared on March 18 and the second one has
appeared on March 27, 1996. Our topics you can find at conferences
relcom.talk, relcom.politics and relcom.sci.libraries.
"Russian Media In Latvia" is the first part of a wide project dedicated to
the Russian life in Latvia and to relationships between parts of the Russian
Diaspora in different countries. We plan to establish Russian public and
cultural organizations, "electronic" exhibitions and libraries, and so on.
All kind of help will be greatly appreciated.
Please address your ideas and/or critics to Mr. Valery Gerasimov
(irga@irga.vernet.lv). Currently, a permanent sponsorship would be very
helpful for organization of the public information center in Latvia.
Content of the weekly "RP-Russkaja Gazeta" #12, 23 March:
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* Visas to Ukraine have been repealed temporarily
* Former bandits and NAZI were granted the status of Fighters For
Independence.
* Latvian government closes Russian schools
* Passports for non-citizens
* Seva Novgorodcev from BBC
Best regards
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Sender: "Kent M. Petersen" (petersen@usit.net)
Subject: question
Hello Friends!
I have a good friend in Russia who wants to send expense money to his
daughter who is studying in New York. He asked me to suggest the least
expensive method for sending money. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Kent Petersen
petersen@usit.net
** 03 **********************************************************************
Sender: DLewton@Busprod.Com (Dwight Lewton)
Subject: uzbekistan
Hi my name is Jared. I'm just E-mailing you because I
have a upcoming project on Uzbekistan so I was wandering
if you could send me anything. see ya
P.S. could you E-mail me back?
** 04 **********************************************************************
Sender: Tlent@aol.com
Subject: Russian visitors
My school will be having 2 Russian school principals visiting in mid April.
I'm supposed to create a bulletin board and wondered if ya'll could suggest
something that they would be interested in. Maybe something concerning April
holidays or something...actually an idea would be good. Thanks!
Terri Lent
Internet: Tlent@aol.com
Manassas Park Intermediate/
Manassas Park High School
Manassas Park, Virginia 22111
Voice: 703-361-9131
Fax: 703-330-1218
** 05 **********************************************************************
Sender: sebecker@ix.netcom.com (Scott E. Becker )
Subject: Re: Digest for 96-03-18
Does anyone know of any books of Russian riddles and where I might find
them? Also, does anyone know any Russian riddles? (In Russian of
course!) Thank you for your response.
Scott Becker,
sebecker@ix.netcom.com
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Sender: kedzie@rand.org (Chris Kedzie)
Subject: Russian Consulate in San Francisco
To acquire an application for a Russian Visa painlessly, call
Fax-Back Service (tel (1-800) 634-4296)
For other useful info, see the Home page for the Russian Consulate in San
Francisco.
http://www.vldbros.com/consul/rfcons.html
** 07 **********************************************************************
Sender: "A GoldTrader" (GoldTrader@msn.com)
Subject: Calls to Russia
Friends of Russia,
Fiber optic connection USA to Russia for $0.85 a minute 24 hour rate. I
found this on the Internet at:
http://w3.servint.com/cognigen/f/fci.cgi?je3130071
** 08 **********************************************************************
Sender: Pierre Binette (pbinette@courrier.usherb.ca)
Subject:
Is it possible to obtain the Key Officials in the Russian
federation:Executive and Legislative Branchs the most recently possible.
Do you know where i can find the results of the last Douma elections.
Thank you very much for your collaboration we really appreciated your
services
** 09 **********************************************************************
Sender: John Carter (geotek@SNET.Net)
Subject: Lost Russian Family
Hello
I have a friend Andrey Yakimov who is trying to locate his lost family in
Russia. His father came to US in 1914, and the last they heard from the
family in Russia was in the early 1940's. They were from a village about
20 km from Kiev. I can get more information from his as he is going
through old family papers to try to help me with the search. Is there
some government bureau or agency that might help with this search.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
John Carter
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Sender: Chaim Chatan (chatan@dns.idi.org.il)
Subject: Cyrillic fonts for the Macintosh
I am looking for inexpensive Cyrillic fonts for my Macintosh. At present,
my Macintosh is not online, so I cannot download Cyrillic fonts from
there. Which companies put out Cyrillic fonts for the Mac, and if you
know of any, could you please send me information about the kinds of
fonts offered, prices, addresses, etc., so that I can contact them. Also,
are there ant Russian-English translation software packages for the
Macintosh?
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Sender: Alex Vorobiev (sasha@cs.swarthmore.edu)
Subject: experienced and enthusiastic student seeking summer job/internship
I am a junior at Swarthmore College pursuing a double major in Economics and
Computer Science, and I am looking for a summer job or internship in the
Former Soviet Union with a business or a non-profit organization. I would also
be interested to participate in a project that concerns the FSU, but takes
place in any other country.
I am originally from Ukraine, and have been living in the U.S. for the past
four years. I am fluent in English and Russian. Outside of my solid and
diverse academic background, I have extensive computer experience. I also had
some exposure to import/export business through a job in a small U.S. company.
I have excellent communication and leadership skills. I successfully handle
responsibility and pressure, and have proven to be a valuable team member.
I am willing to commit myself for the whole summer, and perform a variety of
activities ranging from interpreting and public relations to computer
consulting.
My resume is available on the WWW at
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~sasha/docs/resume.html. I am available for
an interview.
Please let me if you can refer me to any sources or people who would be able
to help me. Thank you,
Alex Vorobiev
sasha@cs.swarthmore.edu
(610) 690-3357
500 College Ave
Swarthmore, PA, 19081
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Sender: gapa@mail.calypso.com
Subject: Getting our web page noticed in Russia
Gentlemen:
My partner and I recently created a web page to offer people access to
European automobile parts on line. We have processed and shipped
several orders to Russia and we are very interested to increase our
presence in this market.
Please check out our site at http://www.gapa.com
Any suggestions that would help us get our page noticed by Russian
internet users would be greatly appreciated.
Let me know what you think!
Best Regards,
Gregory S. Voisan
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Sender: John Nyenhuis (nyenhuis@ecn.purdue.edu)
Subject: request for listing
Hi. Thank you for running a great Web site.
My partner in Moscow and I have formed the company OK! Software. We have
published CD-ROMs for language learning which I think would be of
interest to visitors to Friends and Partners. A suggested listing is
below. Of course, feel free to edit. I think that the "Language Tutorial
Materials" page would be the most suitable location.
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(LI)(A href="http://www.mdn.com/oksoftware")(b)OK!
Software, Inc.(/b) (/A) has published the CD-ROMs Hello Russia and
Privyet Amerika for learning conversational Russian and English,
respectively. They also sell books and tapes for learning Russian.
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I have included a link to Friends and Partners on the OK! Software
home page. Please advise if you have an objection.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
John Nyenhuis
Purdue University and OK! Software
John Nyenhuis Purdue University School of Electrical Engineering
West Lafayette IN 47907-1285 nyenhuis@ecn.purdue.edu
Tel. (317) 494-3524 Fax (317) 494-2706
Maintainer of the IEEE Magnetics Society WWW Page:
http://yara.ecn.purdue.edu/~nyenhuis/ieeesmag.html
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Sender: Dmitry Panasevich (dmitryp@rcf.usc.edu)
Subject: Join New List, RUSPEAK-L
In the Fall '95 I started a new discussion list, RUSPEAK-L.
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What follows is a brief introduction to the basic commands you
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Department of Economics
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Sender: Eric Winchell (eric@prime.cbi.co.ru)
Subject: Greetings from a new website in Moscow!
Greetings from the BCC in Moscow,
The U.S-Russia Business Collaboration Center (BCC) officially opened on
January 29, 1996, hosting the seminar, "The Do's and Don'ts of
Fundraising".
The BCC is a project of the New Business Development Program, within the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is
stimulating small business growth in over 50 regions of Russia with a broad
spectrum of assistance projects, which include the work of non-government
organizations (NGOs), contractors, and volunteer groups. The projects run
local business service centers, strengthen business associations, organize
training programs for entrepreneurs and plan curriculum development with
local institutes.
Please consider adding a reciprocal link to our website at:
"http://www.cbi.co.ru".
Thank you.
Best regards,
Eric Winchell
Website Manager
BCC Moscow
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Sender: "Vail, Jim" (jimv@morozov.ru)
Subject: Morozov Investexpo-96
To: Friends & Partners
From: Jim Vail jimv@morozov.ru
Subj.: INVESTEXPO-'96
The Morozov Projct is proud to announce the
"InvestExpo-96" exhibition in Moscow April 10-13 at the
Krasnaya Presnaya Exhibition Hall, Pavilion 6 which will
highlight 51 Investproject winners from regions all over
Russia.
Winners in the past have included the only private
company in Russia manufacturing containers to transport
frozen blood over long distances and a small company which
produces furniture parts that was named as one of the top
5,000 firms operating in Russia today.
The Morozov Project's Investproject competition
identifies, from a pool of roughly 1,200 proposals per
quarter, the most promising potential investment
opportunities and provides in-depth consultancy on financial
projections and marketing research.
To date investors have funded 10 Morozov project winners
and many more are involved in on-going negotiations.
The Morozov Project is a USAID-funded massive training
project with business training centers in over 50 Russian
regions. For more information and exciting success stories
about Investproject winners, be sure to check out our new
Morozov Project homepage at:
http://www.morozov.ru
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Sender: "Funding Opportunity System" (funding@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: NAFSA Russian and Eurasian Awards Program
NAFSA Russian and Eurasian Awards Program
SPONSOR: National Association for Foreign Student Affairs
SYNOPSIS: Pending funding from the United States Information Agency,
NAFSA will again administer the Russian and Eurasian Awards Program
(NAEP), providing supplementary grants of up to $10,000 to U.S.
institutions on behalf of qualified students from Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
DEADLINES: 1996-04-22
OBJECTIVES:
RESTRICTIONS: Students must be undergraduate juniors or seniors or
graduate students, admitted to an accredited U.S. institution;
eligible fields of study are: public administration, public policy,
political science, urban planning, economics, business, marketing,
law, education, journalism, social sciences, humanities (excluding the
fine arts), library science, English teaching and computer science.
The sciences, engineering and English as a Second Language are not
eligible fields of study; students receiving assistance under any
other U.S. government funded programs are not eligible; students
currently living in the U.S. or enrolled in U.S. institutions are not
eligible; and grant awards are contingent upon students obtaining and
maintaining J-1 visa status, including compliance with the two-year
home residency requirement. U.S. institutions, not individual
studenst, may apply.
MONETARY: Up to $10,000 for student expenses; cost-sharing by the U.S.
institution is expected, generally in the form of a tuition waiver.
CONTACT INFO: 1875 Connecticut Avenenue, NW; Suite 1000; Washington,
DC 20009-5728
_________________________
Telephone: 202-939-3111
FAX: 202-667-3419
Email Address: Internet: REAP@NAFSA.org
Miscellaneous Information
Program Number: 014330
Source of Information: Miscellaneous; ;
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Sender: "Funding Opportunity System" (funding@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: NSF Connections to the Internet
(of potential interest to U.S. readers)
NSF Connections to the Internet
SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
SYNOPSIS: The National Science Foundation is inviting proposals to
encourage U.S. research and education institutions and facilities to
hook up to the Internet and to establish high performance connections
for research and education institutions.
DEADLINES: 1996-05-15 1996-07-31
OBJECTIVES: Each category of grants will support proposals for
institutions to connect their local network infrastructure to the
Internet by acquiring services from one or more network service
providers. Projects for K-12 must use innovative technologies for
Internet access; higher education institutions projects are to
establish initial access for institutions without Internet
connections; and high performance projects are to establish access to
special Internet facilities for research and education institutions
with special network requirements not readily met through commodity
network service providers.
RESTRICTIONS: K-12 education institutions, including vocational
technical schools, public libraries and museums; and higher education
institutions, research facilities and consortia of such organizations.
MONETARY: $15,000 each for two year grants for K-12 education
institutions; $20,000 each for two-year grants for higher education
institutions and larger, negotiated awards for consortia projects, for
example, to interconnect small colleges, two-year colleges, K-12
schools and other institutions in a novel way; and $350,000 each for
two-year grants for high performance network connections.
CONTACT INFO: Mark Luker; 4201 Wilson Boulevard; Room 1175; Arlington,
VA 22230
_________________________
Telephone: 703-306-1949
Email Address: mluker@nsf.gov
Miscellaneous Information
Program Number: 201021
Source of Information: Federal Grants and Contracts Weekly; 1996-03-
18; 1
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