Digest for 96-07-29
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-29 July 96 Russia on the Web
#02-29 July 96 InterNews Russia
#03-29 July 96 Musica Russica
#04-29 July 96 Azerbaijan
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-29 July 96 Sender: Teri Steer (tsteer@post.cis.smu.edu)
Subject: Russians in Estonia
02-29 July 96 Sender: Athol_T.R._Yates@ieaust.org.au
Subject: St Petersburg festivals
03-29 July 96 Sender: Paul Richardson (ris@sover.net)
Subject: Russian Life
04-29 July 96 Sender: rhuff (rhuff1@ix.netcom.com)
Subject: Regular e-mail
05-29 July 96 Sender: MARY MAYER (zed@meadow.idiscover.co.uk)
Subject: research exchange
06-29 July 96 Sender: atacama@global.co.za (atacama)
Subject: Re: tashkent - airlines / conferences
07-29 July 96 Sender: the baron (thebaron@interaccess.com)
Subject: help from someone in magadan
08-29 July 96 Sender: WEARBOOTS@aol.com
Subject: Razgovor-New Mailing List
09-29 July 96 Sender: Chris Kedzie (kedzie@glas.apc.org)
Subject: Upcoming on-line professional development courses
10-29 July 96 Sender: "B.J. Schwartz" (bmiller@midway.uchicago.edu)
Subject: Nationalities policy (from Lenin to Shakhrai)
11-29 July 96 Sender: zwmaden@zeelandnet.nl (Frans Verheijden)
Subject: Yuri Naumov - Russian Blues
12-29 July 96 Sender: EDAN02A@prodigy.com (JAN BOGUE)
Subject: Help Needed -- Educational Partnership
13-29 July 96 Sender: Martti J. Vallila (75453.1026@CompuServe.COM)
Subject: Trip background
14-29 July 96 Sender: bc mitchell (mitchell@wolfenet.com)
Subject: F&P stories & Frontiers of Perception
15-29 July 96 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell -
Maine Business School)
Subject: Opportunity for Russian Language Student
16-29 July 96 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell -
Maine Business School)
Subject: Women in Development Fellowships
17-29 July 96 Sender: crow (crow@digitalink.com)
Subject: The eyes of Washington, D.C., are upon you.
18-29 July 96 Sender: Russian Info&Bus Ctr (rusric@erols.com)
Subject: Russian Regional Explorer
19-29 July 96 Sender: eric@sovam.com (Eric Johnson)
Subject: WWW site dedicated to the NIS media
20-29 July 96 Sender: "John C. Pearce" (jpearce@web-access.net)
Subject: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* Russia on the Web
". .interactive Internet access to everything Russian. We're a
project of The Transnational Institute, a network of Russian, American
and West European organizations which have been sponsoring East-West
exchange programs since 1981."
Please see References on Russia/NIS section from the Reference Library
page or directly at URL: http://www.valley.net:80/~transnat/
* InterNews Russia
"Internews is an international non-profit organization that supports
independent media in emerging democracies.Major funders include The Open
Society Institute, The MacArthur Foundation, United States Agency for
International Development, the Eurasia Foundation, the Government of the
Netherlands, Rockefeller Foundation, the European Union, and the
National Endowment for Democracy."
Please see the News page and/or the Russian/NIS Resources section from
the News page or directly at URL: http://www.internews.ras.ru/
* Musica Russica
"Choral Conductors! Church Musicians! Music Librarians! Lovers of
Russian culture! Audiophiles! Musica Russica is your one-stop source
for the vast and varied world of Russian choral music." A visitor will
find 150 Russian choral CDs (reviewed and rated), hundreds of choral
editions (sacred, secular, folk) with original text in phonetics and
Cyrillic, as well as diction tapes, books and journals about Russian
music, and other items of interest.
Please see the Russian/NIS Music Resources section from the Art,
Literature, and Music page or directly at URL:
http://www.musicarussica.com/
* Azerbaijan
A resource for those who do business in, travel to, or do research
related to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Recently updated with much
new information.
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/azerbaijan/index.html
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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: Teri Steer (tsteer@post.cis.smu.edu)
Subject: Russians in Estonia
I am trying to find out anything about Russians living in Estonia. If
you have any information please send tsteer.post.smu.edu
I would really like to get in touch with anyone living in Estonia!
Thanks,
Teri
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Sender: Athol_T.R._Yates@ieaust.org.au
Subject: St Petersburg festivals
Greetings,
Can someone tell me where I can get a list of festivals (art & culture) in St
Petersburg in April to July 1997.
Regards
Athol Yates
Athol_Yates@ieaust.org.au
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Sender: Paul Richardson (ris@sover.net)
Subject: Russian Life
Russian Life magazine, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is a
must for any and all Russophiles. Offering a monthly trip into the heart
of Russian reality, it covers Russian history, culture, business, travel
and more with a depth and objectivity not found elsewhere. Russian Life
is privately published and (since its 1995 change in ownership) fully
unencumbered by governmental influence.
This month (July) our cover story was on the Russian Olympic Team, while
other stories included: Past and present dacha culture; Triumphs and
travails of the Hermitage; Solovetsky islands. Plus our regular
departments: cuisine, Russian Calendar (important events and holidays in
Russian history), Survival Russian and Practical Traveler.
The coming (August) issue's cover story is on marriage in Russia. In
addition to the usual departments, it will include our quarterly
literary insert, which this month will be an interesting story on the
Russian Orthodox missionaries to Alaska.
If you have not seen Russian Life magazine, or if you have not seen it
lately (vastly changed since it changed ownership in July of 1995), we
encourage you to contact us at the addresses below. Or view our website
for a "bare-bones" look at recent cover stories.
========================================================
Paul Richardson, Publisher 71740.1473@compuserve.com
RIS Publications *Books, maps and periodicals on Russia
89 Main St., Ste 2
Montpelier, VT 05602
fax 802-223-6105
ph 802-223-4955
http://www.friends-partners.org/rispubs/rispubs.html
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Sender: rhuff (rhuff1@ix.netcom.com)
Subject: Regular e-mail
I am interested in connecting with someone in Russia with whom I can
correspond on a regular basis. Please advise if something of this
nature is possible.
Thanks
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Sender: MARY MAYER (zed@meadow.idiscover.co.uk)
Subject: research exchange
Hi! My question is where is the best place to post a note asking for
some-one in Moscow who would like to exchange research help with some-one
in London. By this I mean;they go to archives for me in Moscow and I go to
the British Museum etc. for them in London. Have you got any ideas about
how this sort of mutual help can be arranged? Yours Mary Mayer
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Sender: atacama@global.co.za (atacama)
Subject: Re: tashkent - airlines / conferences
Please help:
1) What foreign airlines fly into Tashkent - I am planning a trip there
2) I would prefer to go to Tashkent on a business or professional trip -
i.e. visit a conference, congress, expo: what choice is there.
Do they have a expo calender?
Vera Beljakova
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Sender: the baron (thebaron@interaccess.com)
Subject: help from someone in magadan
I am a F&P subscriber and am having no luck sending a fax to a Russian
colleague of mine in Magadan. Is there anyone in Magadan who would be
willing to convey a message to my friend for me? If so, please answer me
directly (off-list) and I will be very grateful.
Sincerely,
--
Baron Chivrin
thebaron@interaccess.com
brevity is the sister of talent.
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Sender: WEARBOOTS@aol.com
Subject: Razgovor-New Mailing List
Hello Friends,
My friend Eric Clark from RUSPEAK-L is staring a new mailing list called
"Razgovor," which means "conversation" in Russian. It will be an
unmoderated list about a discussion on Russian society. It will be similar
to Friends & Partners Digest in that way, but it will be a discussion list,
like H-RUSSIA, also.
If you would like more information, please write to Eric at
klucko@compumedia.com. To subscribe to "Razgovor," send a message to:
listproc@u.washington.edu
Include the message:
subscribe razgovor (your e-mail address)
Thank you.
Emily Dinnen
wearboots@aol.com
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Sender: Chris Kedzie (kedzie@glas.apc.org)
Subject: Upcoming on-line professional development courses
)From: Nora Carrol (ncffi@erols.com
Subject: Upcoming on-line professional development courses
Beginning in August, The First Forward Institute is offering low-cost,
noncredit professional development courses on-line! Topics will be
especially useful to new, restructuring and privatizing organizations
who are facing tough business challenges. And because they are on-line,
time-zone changes don't matter...once someone is registered, he or she
is free to communicate for the length of the course (4 sessions).
Our courses cover critical issues like 'advertising for competitive
advantage', 'writing effective business plans', 'finding financing in
the U. S.', and 'effective decision-making'. Please let your university
and business colleagues know, and ask them to check our website for
more details! Regards and thanks, Nora Carrol, president, FFI.
--
Visit our web site at http://www.laser.net/ffi/
__________________________________________________________________________
Christopher R. Kedzie email: kedzie@glas.apc.org
Program Officer tel: (095)931-9866
Ford Foundation fax: (095)926-5529
Moscow Office, Olympic Penta Renaissance Hotel, Olympijskij Prospect 18/1
__________________________________________________________________________
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Sender: "B.J. Schwartz" (bmiller@midway.uchicago.edu)
Subject: Nationalities policy (from Lenin to Shakhrai)
Dear Friends,
I am an undergraduate student currently studying the nationalities
policy of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. I am interested in
studying broad issues ranging from the early Soviet policy statements
concerning _korenizatsiia_ (and the creation of national republics and
encouragement of regionalism in the early years of the Soviet Union), to the
growth of Russian "chauvinism" under Stalin, through the loosening of
Glasnost and into Yeltsin's administration of the Russian Federation. As a
window into this subject, I am looking into policy statements issued by the
Russian government as well as the decisions of constitutional courts with
regard to the issue of Chechen independence. In addition, I am fascinated
by the emerging issue of state languages (for example the public and
governmental reaction towards Bashkiria official's recent call for the use
of the Bashkir language in Bashkir schools). If anyone would like to
exchange thoughts on any of these issues or on the careers of Sergei
Shakhrai (former Minister of Nationality Affairs and Regional Policy) or
Nationalities Minister Vyacheslav Mikhailov, I would greatly appreciate ANY
insights, musings or just good conversation on the topics. I would be
particularly interested in hearing personal reactions of any Russian friends
with regard to Chechenya's right to secession (or lack thereof), the issue
of national languages, and the fall from grace of Shakhrai.
Thanks for your time,
B.J. Schwartz
bmiller@midway.uchicago.edu
B.J. Schwartz
1722 E. 55th St. #1
Chicago, IL 60615
(312) 493-9417
June-August: (214)691-8845
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Sender: zwmaden@zeelandnet.nl (Frans Verheijden)
Subject: Yuri Naumov - Russian Blues
Dear friends,
Yuri Naumov is the Russian Blues.
If you haven't visited Yuri's Home Page yet, just don't wait any longer !
http://www.users.interport.net/~yuriblus/
Whom of you can help me, to get one of the bootleg-CD's.
The CD I am looking for is: Yuri Naumov
"Moscow Boogie"
concert 27-4-1994 in Moscow
(recordlabel Feelee Records)
If you know more items, please let me know.
I am waiting for the details. Thank you in advance,
Frans
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Sender: EDAN02A@prodigy.com ( JAN BOGUE)
Subject: Help Needed -- Educational Partnership
July 26, 1996
Greetings from Texas. In January of 1996, our school began an
educational partnership with a school in Tula, Russia. However, the
grant funding for the program has been discontinued for the future. We
would like to continue the partnership between our two schools. We are
searching for corporations who might sponsor our two coordinators to
travel to Tula for two weeks to teach English in their school, and to
sponsor our Russian partners (also two) to travel to Texas for two
weeks.
Does anyone out there have any suggestions of where we might look. We
have not found any sponsors yet. PLEASE HELP! We really want to
continue our partnership with our new friends.
Thanks, in advance, for any leads. Phone numbers and/or addresses
would also be helpful.
Sincerely,
Jan Bogue
John Tyler High School
International Baccalaureate Program
Tyler, Texas
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Sender: Martti J. Vallila (75453.1026@CompuServe.COM)
Subject: Trip background
Hello,
During the spring of 1996, Triangle Business with Russia hosted 7
individuals from Saratov, sister city to Chapel Hill. One of the
businesspeople participating as both a business and home host during the
program, Mr. Doc Hamm, President of Silent Power Technologies of Research
Triangle Park, was sufficiently intrigued by his experience with his
Russian guests that he decided to visit Saratov with his wife, Niki. They
traveled there in May.
He returned having had 'his eyes opened' to both the historic beauty of the
city and to the business opportunities there. Quoting Mr. Hamm, 'I was
astounded by the huge pent-up demand and desire for American products in
Russia, and by the purchasing power of a significant portion of the
population. This is very different from the picture of the country I had
before my visit.' (Doc Hamm can be contacted at 919-549-0077.)
As a result of discussions with Mr. Hamm, we have organized a trip to
Moscow and Saratov designed to provide interested Americans with a similar
opportunity to see these two very different cities for themselves.
The program will introduce participants to both Moscow and Saratov, include
forums during which experts will provide background information in both
cities, and leave time for individual interests, whether they be tourism or
business.
We will stay in Russian hotels, and take the overnight train between Moscow
and Saratov, giving participants a chance to experience local conditions.
The Saratov program will be organized by participants in the Business for
Russia program who spent time in the United States.
Cost of the one week package is $2,475 from New York. A detailed itinerary is
attached.
Itinerary for Russian trip
Saturday, September 7
Depart: 8:30 pm New York Kennedy Airport Finnair flight 108 (from Delta
terminal)
Sunday, September 8
Arrive: Helsinki, Finland 11:25 am transfer to Aeroflot flight 204 for Moscow
Depart: Helsinki 3:15 pm
Arrive: Moscow 5:55 pm local time
Bus transfer to Moscva Hotel (located across from Red Square)
Free evening
Monday, September 9
Breakfast in Moscva Hotel
Metro to Russian American Press and Information Center
10:00 am: Group presentation, discussion at Center hosted by Dr. Edward Ivanian
Bus transfer to hotel & train station
Depart: 3:25 pm overnight train for Saratov
Tuesday, September 10
Arrive: Saratov 8:09 am
Bus transfer to Slovakia Hotel
Free day
Evening reception organized by local hosts at Slovakia Hotel.
Overnight in Slovakia hotel.
Wednesday, September 11
Breakfast in hotel
10:00 am Group presentation hosted by Saratov Business Center.
Remainder of day is free for individual programs, sightseeing.
Overnight in Slovakia hotel.
Thursday, September 12
Individual programs, sightseeing.
Depart: 2:05 pm overnight train for Moscow.
Friday, September 13
Arrive: Moscow 6:30 am
Bus transfer to Moscva Hotel
Breakfast in Hotel
Sightseeing tour of Moscow
Remainder of day is free for sightseeing, individual programs.
Overnight in Hotel Moscva.
Saturday, September 14
Breakfast in Moscova Hotel
Bus transfer to airport
Depart: 12:50 pm Finnair flight 244 for Helsinki
Arrive: Helsinki 1:40 pm transfer to Finnair flight 103
Depart: Helsinki 2:15 pm
Arrive: New York, JFK 3:55 pm
(Additional days in Moscow and Helsinki at the conclusion of the program can be
incorporated into individual itineraries.)
Program includes:
Air fare (coach) New York-Moscow round-trip
Train (first class) Moscow-Saratov round-trip
Hotels in Moscow, Saratov
Meals and receptions described in program (Individuals will be responsible for
their own meals otherwise).
Local Transfers
Visa application processing
Orientation material provided prior to departure
Seminars in Moscow and Saratov, cocktail reception in Saratov
Sightseeing tours in Moscow, Saratov
Program does not include:
Tips
Meals not specified in the program
Cost of translators for individual programs (these can be arranged)
Cost of transportation for individual programs
Costs of additional stay in Moscow or Helsinki
Package cost:
$2,475 per person, double occupancy
150 additional for single occupancy
Payment schedule:
$ 500 per person with reservation
Balance due by August 8, 1996
FOXX Oy USA reserved the right to cancel the trip, with full refund.
Client receives refund of 50% if their cancellation is received by August 19
No refunds provided for cancellations made after August 19
Program will be filled on first come, first serve basis. Group will be limited
I can be reached at:
919-828-7778
919-828-7749 fax
Best regards,
Martti Vallila
General Partner Program Director
FOXX Oy USA Triangle Business with Russia
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Sender: bc mitchell (mitchell@wolfenet.com)
Subject: F&P stories & Frontiers of Perception (fwd)
Message for Friends & Partners:
The Frontiers of Perception Institute is very interested in the impact of
large scale change on individuals, families and communities. How do people
notice change coming? How do they imagine what to make of it? What are the
elements of successful action? What are the tragedies of overwhelming
circumstances?
The conceptual structure of the "frontiers of perception" as a strategy
for dealing with change is set out in summary form in the attached emails
below.
We are looking for stories that illustrate the lives of people on their
own frontiers of perception, and were taken by Bill Copeland's effort to
set out real dymanics in his stories on Friends and Partners and sent
him the message below; but then we thought -perhaps that are many people
reading F&P who have stories of their own that would be of interest, and
this email is to probe the possibility of this.
We ask that interested people get in touch with us my email, either with
stories, or with ideas of stories, or summaries of real events, as they
see fit. We have thought about both movies of the processes described and
a book of the best stories, but these are tentative plans that depend on
future events to guage their viability.
Thank you for any attention you give this,
Sincerely,
Bruce C. Mitchell
Frontiers of Perception Institute
POB 99151
Seattle Wa 98199 USA
mitchell@wolfenet.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:38:02 -0700 (PDT)
)From: bc mitchell (mitchell@wolfenet.com
To: Bill Copeland (wbcope@atl.mindspring.com
Dear Bill Copeland,
We were very interested to hear of your story project on F&P, and look
forward to seeing your contributions there.
We at the Frontiers of Perception Institute are looking for stories from
the former Soviet Union that illustrate people's encounters with their own
frontiers of perception and understanding. The general conceptual
framework of the frontiers of perception story is laid out in the two
attached comments to a recent World Bank Internet forum. Should you have
stories that illustrate this process in the after math of the collapse of
the Soviet Union, we would be very interested in hearing about them.
Sincerely,
Bruce C. MItchell
Frontiers of Perception Institute
pob 99151
Seattle Wa 08199 USA
__________________________________________
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School)
Subject: Opportunity for Russian Language Student
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Opportunity for Russian Language Students
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KASSI International (a subsidiary of Novosibirsk State Universi-
ty) seeks a native English speaker to work part-time in Novosi-
birsk, Russia. The position is ideal for Russian language stud-
ents who want to study in Russia while also obtaining valuable
work experience in a Russian company.
Job description:
Handle correspondence with potential foreign students, oversee
contracts with foreign students and Russian language class/course
schedules, assist with correspondence with other foreign partn-
ers.
Qualifications:
Intermediate Russian language skills, proficiency in Microsoft
Word and Excel, good organization skills, experience with elec-
tronic mail and internet (preferably knowledge of HTML program-
ming).
Compensation:
Room in university dormitory, 6-hours of Russian language classes
a week + stipend.
Depending on the qualifications and wishes of the applicant,
KASSI can also arrange for him/her to teach English conversation-
al classes for additional pay.
Please send resume and cover letter to KASSI International by fax
or e-mail:
Evgeny I. Sagaidak
Deputy General Director
KASSI International
2 Pirogova Street
Novosibirsk, Russia 630090
E-mail: admin@kassi.nsu.ru
Fax: (7-3832) 35-26-53
Information about KASSI International:
KASSI International offers the following services:
* Russian language training for beginners to advanced students;
* English, German and French language courses in Novosibirsk;
* Language courses across the world for students, businessmen, etc.;
* TOEFL preparation courses;
* Language teaching materials (books, computer programs, etc.);
Through exchanges with universities and language training acade-
mies throughout the world, KASSI International both receives
international students and sends Russian students abroad. Pre-
sently, KASSI International receives students from across the
world; most notably, the USA, France, Finland, Germany and Japan.
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School)
Subject: Women in Development Fellowships
The Fellowship Program in this announcement supports opportuni-
ties for U.S. citizens for assignments in Africa, Asia, Near
East, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the NIS region. Conse-
quently, I am posting to several lists. Apologies in advance for
cross-posting. For additional information about the program,
please contact the e-mail address provided in the announcement.
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Women in Development Fellowships
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The WorldWID (Women In Development) Fellowship Program targets
mid-career professionals, both men and women, who have a strong
personal commitment to integrating WID expertise and gender
analysis into their own work, institutions, and professional
associations. Special attention is being focused on recruiting
Fellows from minority groups that have traditionally been under-
represented in the administration of U.S.-supported foreign
assistance programs. Fellows would likely come from U.S. busi-
nesses, non-governmental organizations, private voluntary organi-
zations, or teaching institutions (K-12, colleges, universities).
Candidates are required to have a guaranteed job to which they
will return after completion of the Fellowship.
Approximately eight fully-funded WorldWID fellowships will be
awarded each year over a three year period. Only U.S. citizens
may apply. Each fellowship includes a stipend, domestic travel
connected with the project, national and international travel to
the USAID assignment, and some limited support in excess of the
stipend for overseas living arrangements.
The Fellowship consists of approximately two months of special-
ized training and orientation followed by a three-to-ten month
assignment in Washington or abroad (in Africa, Asia & the Near
East, Latin America and the Caribbean, or the Newly-Independent
States of the former Soviet Union) during which fellows will
assist USAID with the performance of specific WID-related tasks.
Fellows may be appointed for periods shorter than the normal
twelve months.
Fields that are in particular need of fellows are human rights,
economic growth and human capacity development.
For more information, please contact:
WorldWID Fellows Program
Office of International Studies and Programs
123 Tigert Hall
P.O. Box 113225
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: (352) 392-7074
Fax: (352) 392-8379
Email: WRLDWID@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
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Sender: crow (crow@digitalink.com
Subject: The eyes of Washington, D.C., are upon you. (fwd)
The Washington Post is pleased to announce washingtonpost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com). It is the one-stop news, information,
and entertainment resource designed to help users make sense of
Washington, the Web and the World. It offers users editorial content
from the days Washington Post, with the early edition available at 1:00
a.m. Eastern time; continually updated news ranging from world events to
county news; layers of relevant, in-depth information; an unparalleled
interactive forum; and discussions hosted by major newsmakers, political
figures and more than a dozen preeminent journalists from The Washington
Post.
Better yet, the editors of washingtonpost.com have determined that your
Web site is of interest to our audience. We currently have linked to
your site so that washingtonpost.com users can get the valuable
information you have to offer.
As a service to your audience, you also may wish to link to
washingtonpost.com at http://www.washingtonpost.com. Keep in mind,
because we are constantly updating our site, we cant guarantee the
length of time your link will be available to our users. Also you
willingness to link back will not affect our decision to link to you.
It is the place to go to be in the know! Please check out our site and
e-mail me if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Diane Hurley
Marketing Manager
hurleyd@washpost.com
washingtonpost.com
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Sender: Russian Info&Bus Ctr (rusric@erols.com)
Subject: Russian Regional Explorer
Russian Info & Business Center
P.O.Box 15343, Washington DC 20003
Ph: (202) 546-2103, Fax: (202) 546-3275
E-mail: rusric@erols.com
Russian Regional Explorer
The Russian Information & Business Center is pleased to announce
the release of a new computer atlas and mapping system "Russian Regional
Explorer on CD-ROM. This system is in fact an ultimate research, studying
and marketing computer toll on the modern Russia. The database
incorporate into this atlas includes statistical, geographic, political,
business, economic and environmental information as well as high resolution
color computer maps of all 89 administrative areas of Russia.
The RRE atlas is user-friendly and you can move easily through the
nearly 500 MB of information with a mouse by clicking on different icons to
access the maps and information you need. The unique computer system
allows you to zoom down from a map of Russia to the economic region or to
the specific republic, kray or oblast which interests you. From there you
can click on the information icon and receive data on that administrative
area.
The maps and data in the Russian Regional Explorer are unique and
up-to-date. Browsing through the atlas you can easily find all information
needed for research purposes or making business or/and investment
decisions.
Once you have found the data you need it is easy to print a copy.
This is even possible for all maps, tables descriptions, etc. You can make
high-quality color maps of not only Russia as a whole, but also each
specific economic region or individual republics, krays and oblasts
complete with rayon (county) boundaries. Our atlas is a great tools for
producing business reports, research papers, presentations on Russia and
more.
If your organization in interested in doing business or is involved
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It will not only save your company time and money but also make your
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Please use the enclosed form to order our Russian Regional
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Address: . E-mail: rusric@erols.com
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Sender: eric@sovam.com (Eric Johnson)
Subject: FSUMEDIA digest 495 (fwd)
X-POST from FSUMEDIA
Friends,
Internews Russia has established a WWW site dedicated to the NIS media:
http://www.internews.ras.ru. We use a Netra which Sun Russia donated, the
project is supported by The Eurasia Foundation, and the Soros Internet project
is providing Internet connectivity.
As they always say, "it's under construction". We're working with NAT, Gong,
the Union of Journalists, ZiP, Nicholas Pilugin, RAPIC, the Duma mass media
committee, and many more to get as much material on-line as possible. There's
not much yet; and the connection is unstable--our 2-Mbps radio-modem link is
down about ten percent of the time--but our server is up and running; if you
can't get through, try again in a few hours. The Moscow infrastructure is
still very much being born.
Our goal is to provide information for the NIS media and to help the NIS media
enter the Internet world. So most of what we have is in Russian. You'll need
CP1251 Russian fonts (Windows Russian) to see it at this point. (We're working
on automatic conversion to other code pages.) There's an FTP site too.
If any of you have any suggestions of what you'd like to see on-line--or any
offers to provide materials--please let me know, and I'll work on it!
At this point the only thing likely to be of much interest is the texts (in
English and/or Russian) of several NIS mass media and/or broadcasting laws, as
well as commentary on them.
By the end of the summer we hope to make available our internal NIS-wide
database of independent broadcasters.
Incidentally, our Ukraine office has its own WWW site with information about
Ukrainian media, at http://www.internews.kiev.ua. General Internews
information can be found at http://www.internews.org (might be down this
weekend for system repairs).
Best,
Eric Johnson
Internews
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Sender: "John C. Pearce" (jpearce@web-access.net)
Subject: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA
Below is a letter I have written and I am trying to get it into any media I
can that will get it to the people of Russia. I am willing to help anyone
translate it or what ever it takes to get the letter published in local
newspapers in Russia. Your service looks fantastic so far and I just wonder
what kind of response you are getting inside Russia. Communication between
peoples of the world is going to be the best way to avoid conflict and to
spread political freedon around the world. Good luck with your service and
I will start reviewing your service as much as possible. Thank you for any
help.
Yours truly,
John Pearce
TO THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA, AN OPEN LETTER FROM A SMALL TOWN IN TEXAS.
You have chosen democracy. I hope you realize this is a step
forward for your country. What is democracy? What does democracy mean to me as a Texan
and a citizen of the United States of America? What will democracy mean to
you as an individual out in the heartland of Russia?
Democracy is the freedom to choose, the freedom to win, the freedom to
loose. It is the freedom to get rich, the freedom to be poor. It is the
freedom to move about in your country, the freedom to go where life may be
better, the freedom to try new things. It is the freedom to succeed, the
freedom to fail. Democracy comes with no guarantees. It does not guarantee
you a job for life, an income for life for doing nothing. It does guarantee
you the right to work hard and be able to help yourself to get ahead. It
expects you to help your neighbor, to help those around you that do need
help, it expects you to work together as a people.
Here in Santa Anna, Texas we own a small business that we operate out of
one end of our home. My wife is a veterinarian and we have a small
veterinary clinic attached to the end of our house. We are reasonably
successful and are happy with what we have built. We had the freedom to
build the clinic here and try to succeed with the clinic. We could have
just as easily failed if my wife had not worked hard to make the clinic
successful. But, we were given the freedom to try and that is all we ask is
that we be given the freedom to try. That is all you now have is the
freedom to try. I have worked in the oilfields in the area, worked with a
mortician, taught school, but most of all I have been a part time soldier.
I have been in Panama, Honduras and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba building and or
repairing education centers for the civilians in these areas. I was in
Desert Storm as a Paramedic working on Iraqi soldiers and working beside
Iraqi Doctors that were given the freedom in the prisoner camps to help
their soldiers. I have had the freedom to try to make a difference in the
world. It has been very rewarding and I feel that the world is just a little
better place because John Pearce walked here.
Russia has a very long history and it is a history every one of you
need to study in depth. You have more natural resources than any other country in
the world. You have more oil, gold, metals, forest, water and educated
people willing to march forward into a world beyond belief than anywhere
else in the world. You can truly become a nation among nations, and a true
leader in the world. Work together and make it happen. As we say "Just Do
It" and don't look back.
Making money is not a bad thing. It is what made the United States of
America the power house it has become. We were given the freedom to make
money and improve our lives. We are some distance from major markets and
sea ports such as Houston, Texas. One year I bought grain from the farmers
of the area and we stored that grain next to the railroad tracks for sale
later. We provided the farmers in the area a place to sell their grain.
They could have taken their small trucks and taken it 500 Kilometers to the
port but instead they sold it to use. We gave them a fair price for their
grain. We then sold this grain to buyers in Houston or Mexico or New York
at a profit. We made money for providing the service to the small farmers
of the area. We loaded the grain on big trucks or on railroad boxcars for
shipment to these places. These shipping services made money hauling the
grain to the bigger markets. Every time the grain is handled the person
handling it makes a little profit. That type of infrastructure is what has
to be in place all over Russia for every item people at the consuming end
demand and use. Out in the country we have cooperatives. Groups of farmers
that have gotten together and pooled their resources and their products so
they could make a larger profit by taking their products further along the
chain to the final user. All types of cooperatives can exist for all types
of items. Fruit and vegetable farmers can get together and have one person
take their produce to a large metropolitan area to sell at the local market,
to the consumer.
Democracy comes with a price. It cost some of our founding fathers
their lives and their fortunes. It has cost many lives in its preservation.
It is not a perfect system and you need to develop your own stile of democracy.
Just as no two people are alike totally no two democracies are alike. You
have to make it fit your country, people and way of life. Your road will
not be smooth. There will be many bumps and rocks in the road. But, it is
a road well worth traveling.
John Pearce
HCR 78 Box 53
Santa Anna, Texas 76878
915-348-9179
e-mail jpearce@web-access.net
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