Digest for 96-08-22


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RECENT EMAIL . . .

01-22 August 96  Sender:  Galina (U60116@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU)
                 Subject: need help=20

02-22 August 96  Sender:  steven laux (steevin@aol.com)=20
                 Subject: hello

03-22 August 96  Sender:  Chris Kedzie (kedzie@glas.apc.org)
                 Subject: Funders in FSU on disk

04-22 August 96  Sender:  Maureen Girard (mmg@IntNet.net)
                 Subject: Interested in Old Monasteries

05-22 August 96  Sender:  Iwo Gajda (iwo.gajda@notam.uio.no)=20
                 Subject: Invitation - Children's Art

06-22 August 96  Sender:  kcollins@gelac.mar.lmco.com (Kyle Collins)
                 Subject: Low Long Distance Rates

07-22 August 96  Sender:  dohanm@infoservices.com (Michael Dohan)=20
                 Subject: New Site of Interest

08-22 August 96  Sender:  zed@meadow.idiscover.co.uk (Mary Mayer)
                 Subject: 1945 Photographer

09-22 August 96  Sender:  "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@irga.vernet.lv)
                 Subject: Russian Public Information Center in Latvia

10-22 August 96  Sender:  belarus@solar.rtd.utk.edu
                 Subject: BELARUS digest 169 (fwd)

11-22 August 96  Sender:  BrightCole@aol.com
                 Subject: Belarus Internet Fellowship

12-22 August 96  Sender:  Russian Info&Bus Ctr (rusric@erols.com)=20
                 Subject: Russian Regional Explorer

13-22 August 96  Sender:  WEARBOOTS@aol.com
                 Subject: Russian Lit. Update

14-22 August 96  Sender:  Paul Goode (paul.goode@st-antonys.oxford.ac.uk)
                 Subject: INTERNSHIP GUIDE

15-22 August 96  Sender:  "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@irga.vernet.lv)
                 Subject: An interesting story

16-22 August 96  Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
                 Subject: IREX 1996 Annual Report

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                 Subject: Russia-USA Information, Library, and Analytical C=
enter

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                 Subject: American Institute of Business and Economics - Mo=
scow

19-22 August 96  Sender:  Michel Gouin (76560.316@CompuServe.COM)
                 Subject: Travel help

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                 Subject: Opportunity to Cooperate - Saratov Exchange=20
                          Consulting Center

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                 Subject: Ukrainian Weekly Preview August 18th,


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Sender:  Galina (U60116@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU)
Subject: need help=20

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Attention all users: A very poor family in Russia (Chelyabinsk) needs help=
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to treat their 14 year old daughter from kidney disease.  Both of the=20
parents were laid off from their jobs so they can't afford any treatment in=
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Mosow, or St.  Petersburg.  As their friend, I'm looking for sponsors who=
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will help to bring the girl and her mother to the U.S. for good medical=20
treatment.  Unfortunately we are not reach too.  Our family of four barely=
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makes enough money to pay for rent.

If you have any suggestions or could share the similar experience,
I would greatly appreciate your response. Thank you all.

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Sender:  steven laux (steevin@aol.com)=20
Subject: hello

Hello,
My name is Steven. I was hoping to find some to tell me about
life in Russia. I am new at using the friends and partners
site. My friend gave me the address to this site, and it seem
like a very interesting and educational idea.
I am a student at a local college in the state of Missouri.
If anyone is interested in exchanging e-mail, please me know.
Thank You,
Steven

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Sender: Chris Kedzie (kedzie@glas.apc.org)
Subject: Funders in FSU on disk

The Center for Coordination and Information at the Socio-Ecological Union
has compiled a database that includes hundreds of funding organizations
world-wide that are active in the FSU.  They make this information availabl=
e
to anyone in high, low and medium technology formats, *in Russian*: a
searchable WWW site  http://cci.glasnet.ru ; a refence book ; and on a
hypertext disk.  The disk, infinitely reproducable (as long as it is not fo=
r
commercial purposes), may be particularly useful to organizations that seek
to help nascent NGOs across the FSU that have computers but do not (yet)
have access to the web.  These disks can be obtained for the cost of the
disk itself (or bring your own) from CCI in Moscow.

address: Bogoyavlenskii 3/3, Moscow, (near Kitai Gorod)

mail: Socio-Ecological Union
      p.o. box 211
      Moscow,  121019

tel/fax: (095) 921-71-61=20

E-mail: fund@cci.glasnet.ru=20


The following is the information that the CCI funders web sight provides
about itself:



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__________________________________________________________________________

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 =
            =20
__________________________________________________________________________


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Sender:  Maureen Girard (mmg@IntNet.net)
Subject: Interested in Old Monasteries


I ran across the names of some old monasteries.  I am especially
interested in the Iversky Monastery on Valdai Island.  I understand that
it was a prison during and after WWII.  Please send me any information
you have.  Thanks.

My snail mail address is:
Maureen Girard
1845 Asbury Drive
Clearwater, Fl 34625

Maybe some folks don't have Email.
Again,thanks.
Maureen

M. Girard, Ph.D.


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Sender:  Iwo Gajda (iwo.gajda@notam.uio.no)=20
Subject: Invitation - Children's Art

I'd like to invite you to participate in our project and
share drawings from your collection with the rest of us
on the internet.

Our project -  The Children's Art Gallery - collects and
presents works of art by children from various cultures and age groups.
The gallery is located at:
http://redfrog.norconnect.no/~cag/

We believe that such a collection may have a lasting value
and be a source of joy, inspiration and understanding for all of us.

Visitors can both view and submit drawings.
The gallery is designed to facilitate sharing of drawings made
by children among all of us on the internet.

The collection can be viewed in user selectable exhibitions
(by child's name, age, country, year, teacher, school, project).
Drawings can be submitted directly from a web-browser and are
visible immediately.

We invite You to visit the gallery and present Your drawings there.

Greetings
Iwo Gajda
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| Iwo Gajda             |  Internet mail: (iwog@notam.uio.no)          |
| Kantarellen Terr. 37  |                 (iwog@redfrog.norconnect.no) |
| 1286 Oslo             |----------------------------------------------|
| NORWAY                |  WWW-pages: http://notam.uio.no/~iwog/       |
| Phone: +47 22618804   |             http://redfrog.norconnect.no/    |
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Sender: kcollins@gelac.mar.lmco.com (Kyle Collins)
Subject: Low Long Distance Rates

I have seen several postings at various places about
low long distance rates both domestic and international.
Now I can't seem to find any of these.  Does anyone
have any of this info?

Thanks,
Kyle

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Sender:  dohanm@infoservices.com (Michael Dohan)=20
Subject: New Site of Interest

Greetings,
I am the web master for InfoServices International, Inc. publisher of The
Traveller's Yellow Pages and Handbook for Saint Petersburg and Moscow and
the Russian language "Best of 7" for Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

We are pleased to announce that on August 15, 1996 we will "officially" ope=
n
our web site http://www.infoservices.com with the full 9,000 plus listings
contained in the up coming The Traveller's Yellow Pages and Handbook for
Saint Petersburg, 1997.  You can visit our site today ^ there are just a fe=
w
more rough edges than there will be August 15.

Please visit the site and let us know what you think.  If you like it and
think it is a valuable resource we would appreciate a link to our page.  To
save you some time I have included a short description of our site.

A Yellow Pages for St. Petersburg, Russia. Handbook and guide with 9,000
addresses, telephone #s, faxes, hours, and descriptions for restaurants,
hotels, art galleries, museums, business services, government and 500 more
categories many with essays.  Updated regularly.

Our link page will be active on August 15.  I really enjoy your site --
great information.  I will be listing it on our site (if you don't mind). I=
f
you would like to be notified when there are changes to our site (such as
when Moscow goes on-line) just email us and we will let you know.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
              Michael B. Dohan (dohanm@infoservices.com)
InfoServices International, Inc. "Information for the World Traveller."
              Publishers of The Traveller's Yellow Pages
516-549-0064        http://www.infoservices.com        fax:516-549-2032
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Sender:  zed@meadow.idiscover.co.uk (Mary Mayer)
Subject: 1945 Photographer

I send the following message to the enquirer upon receipt of enquiry.
Perhaps I should have posted it.

I think I know the photographer.  Unfortunately I do not know his name.
There was an exhibition of his work in London about 18 months ago, includin=
g
the photo of which you write.  They were selling prints for =3DA350 sterlin=
g=3D
and I was very tempted. There was also a photo of Marshal Zhukov at a victo=
ry
parade on a white horse.

The publicity at the exhibition said he was living very poorly in Moscow in
a "garret".  I give you the address of phone no. of the gallery
Riverside Studio Theatre (gallery is part of it) Crisp Rd Hammersmith
London W6.  The phone no of the admin dept. is (UK code) 0181 741 2251. A
phone call might give you a useful fax or email no.
best wishes, Mary Mayer

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Sender:  "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@irga.vernet.lv)
Subject: Russian Public Information Center in Latvia


Dear Friends and Partners:

You are welcome to visit
RUSSIAN PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER IN LATVIA (RPIC)
on URL
       http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/valery/russnews.html

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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
What's new on the site:

        * News from Latvia
        [Media]

After long break we continue to publish weekly "RP-Russkaja Gazeta"
(RP-Russian Newspaper). Now we publish issue #30.
Previous missing issues will be published later.

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RPIC is 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.

                      Project is supported by
        The Center for International Networking Initiatives
                The University of Tennessee
                                and
        VERSIA Ltd.(One of oldest Internet providers in Latvia)


All kinds of cooperation will be greatly appreciated.
Please address your ideas and/or critics to Mr. Valerij I. Gerasimov
(irga@irga.vernet.lv).

Best regards

Valerij I. Gerasimov,
Coordinator of project
Russian Public Information Center in Latvia

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Sender:  belarus@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Subject: BELARUS digest 169 (fwd)

Contents:
Junior Achievement/Belarus team competing (BelReview@aol.com)
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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 14:40:39 -0400
)From: BelReview@aol.com
To: BELARUS@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Cc: BelReview@aol.com
Subject: Junior Achievement/Belarus team competing
Message-ID: (960817144038_387512211@emout10.mail.aol.com)

FYI,

PRNewswire reported on Aug. 14 that  on August 19, eight teams of Junior
Achievement students from five countries will travel to Palo Alto to compet=
e
in the final round of The Hewlett-Packard Global Business Challenge, a
worldwide competition where students manage computer-simulated businesses.
Teams from Argentina, Belarus, Czech Republic, Russia (which has four teams
in the finals) and Ukraine will travel to Hewlett-Packard Company's corpora=
te
offices in Palo Alto, California, to compete in the championship round.=20

Accoring to the report, the eight finalists were among over 370 teams from =
36
countries, including the United States, Japan and Mexico, which started The
Hewlett-Packard Global Business Challenge in February.  During the first tw=
o
rounds of this multi- week competition, students made managerial decisions
affecting computer- simulated businesses.  Decisions were sent via e-mail t=
o
Harvard Associates, a processing center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Teams
with the most profit advanced to the next round.=20

"These finalists have gone up against the best Junior Achievement students
from around the world in this competition," said Sam Taylor, Chief Operatin=
g
Officer of Junior Achievement International.  "Making it to the final round
is an accomplishment in itself."=20

For more, see:  http://www.prnewswire.com

Regards,

Joe

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End of BELARUS Digest 169
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Sender:  BrightCole@aol.com
Subject: Belarus Internet Fellowship


Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:54:19 +0000
)From: "Jane Belenky" (jbelenky@irex.org)
To: belarus@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Message-ID: (199608141956.PAA28611@irex.irex.org)


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Internet Fellowship in Belarus

The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) and USIA
announce a professional fellowship opportunity to expand computer
network access among scholars and non-commercial civic groups in
Belarus .  Qualified candidates are invited to send letters of
interest and resumes.=20

This Fellowship is one of eight Fellowships created under the
US-Eurasia Internet Access and Training Program (IATP), providing
year-long, full-time placements for  American networking specialists
wi th strong regional/language backgrounds. The mission of the
Internet Fellowships is to train local networking trainers and to
promote the sustainable use of computer networks among academic
organizat ions, with an emphasis on connecting clusters of "alumni"
of USIA-sponsored exchange programs.=20

Requirements:

*US citizenship.
*Two years Internet training/support/development experience.
*Professional-level Russian language ability.  Knowledge of other=20
  languages of the NIS is helpful.
*Significant NIS living experience.
*High level of initiative and mature judgement. Proven=20
  managerial/organizational talent and ability to work with diverse
communities
*12 month commitment

Placements beginning in fall 1996
Inquiries and letters of interest should be directed to=20
(interfel@info.irex.org), or faxed to:

Tony Byrne                or         Bill Fick / Olga Galkina
Senior Program Officer          Program Directors
IREX/Washington                  IREX/Moscow
Fax: + 202-628-8189              Fax: + 7-095-202-44-49

This program is supported by the US Information Agency (USIA) and the=20
Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Sender:  Russian Info&Bus Ctr (rusric@erols.com)=20
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

R U S S I AN    R E G I O N A L   E X P L O R E R

ULTIMATE STUDYING, RESEARCH & MARKETING TOOL ON RUSSIA

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
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*

Sender:  WEARBOOTS@aol.com
Subject: Russian Lit. Update


Hello Friends,
I'd like to give you an update about the letter I previously sent
concerning getting some Russian Literature published.  I mentioned a local
publishing company that I had yet to write to in my last letter.  Well, I
wrote to that company (Odin Publishing), and the next week, the owner of th=
e
company called me!  He says he is very interested in getting the literature
published, and he is sending me a letter to tell me his thoughts about it a=
nd
about what I will need to do.  After that, I will call him and hopefully ge=
t
this deal finalized.

So, until I get his letter, I will wait.  To our Russian friends, you
may start sending me some work if you are interested.  For right now, there
are no regulations on what to write, just don't send me a novel.  If you ca=
n
only send me your work in Russian, you may.  If you can type in English,
please do so.

Note:  I'm not pursuing money at this point for publishing, and anyone
who is expecting to get paid for their work will be dissapointed.  This
doesn't mean that the owner of Odin Publishing isn't willing to pay, but ou=
r
conversation was short and I didn't get many details.  Hopefully, the lette=
r
I should be receiving will explain everything.

As for those of you who can't send me anything right now, but are still
interested, don't worry.  Take your time, I won't ask for more work until I
receive the letter from Odin Publishing's owner.

Thanks to all of those who have helped me with trying to find publishers
and everyone who has given me advice and encouragement.  Will keep everyone
posted.

Emily Dinnen
wearboots@aol.com

Subject: PS...

Hello Friends,
     I would just like to mention something that I didn't notice before, bu=
t
I will tell you now.  When I say I would like to publish literature from
Russians, I mean Russians from Russia including people from the East Europe=
an
countries of the Former Soviet Union.  Thank you and I'll let you know when=
 I
receive the letter from the publishers.

Emily Dinnen
wearboots@aol.com


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*

Sender:  Paul Goode (paul.goode@st-antonys.oxford.ac.uk)
Subject: INTERNSHIP GUIDE


Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am putting together a guide to finding internships in Central and=20
Eastern Europe and the  FSU on behalf of Oxford University's Russian and=20
East European Studies Department. =20
The guide will be available on the WWW and in hard copy.  The most=20
valuable sort of  information that can go into such a guide comes
from personal testimony, so I am hoping=20
to hear from:

(a) individuals with experience in locating internships, including=20
method(s) of contact, type of internship (paid/unpaid, duties, etc.),=20
how many you applied for and how long it took, and any other particulars;

(b) individuals, organizations, or companies who currently offer or would=
=20
like to offer internships.  Please specify particulars and, at the very lea=
st,=20
all available contact data (address, phone, fax, e-mail).   If you are now =
or have previously=20
employed interns, any information you could provide as to what you look for=
 in applicants and=20
what makes a candidate stand out would be greatly appreciated.

All respondents will be referenced on request.  Please indicate if you'd=20
be willing to have  your contact information made available in the guide=20
(if no indication is given, I will not provide e-mail addresses).  I am als=
o=20
looking for information on chambers of commerce or similar bodies.  Thanks =
for your time.

Paul Goode
St. Antony's College
Oxford  OX2 6JF
UK
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sant0168/index.html

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Sender:  "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@irga.vernet.lv)
Subject: An interesting story

Dear friends,

I wont you read an letter I became from one of my pen-pal's.
Relations between our countries an cultures really are not so simple,
bright and positive as we wont and as we declare in F&P program an we
must to know and to remember this developing our program.

Best wishes,
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
--
Valerij I. Gerasimov             Russian Public Information Center
Coordinator of Project                      in Latvia
valery@irga.vernet.lv   http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/valery/russnews.ht=
ml

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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Dear Valery,

I cannot keep myself from pleasure to let you to read the letter
that I have gotten recently. For sure, this letter is not about
Chechnia at all.

---------- Forwarded Message ----------

Dear NN,

...Who could predict that my fluency in English would come so handy
in Russia, on account of the Chechen rebellion!

The event under the title _An Ecumenical Revival: Above Sectarian
Divisions_ ("Ekumenicheskoe vozrozhdenie: poverkh veroispovednykh
razdelenij" -- hardly a skillful  translation) held in a local
_Dom Kul'tury_ gathered about a hundred participants. The chairman,
Mr. Dow [I've changed his name: after all, this is America --
Const.], a shiny guy between 35 and 65, was the only speaker;
miserably weak in Russian, he was assisted by a plumpy interpreter
Nadya, whose handsome hourly wage was written on her face (but,
upon the final analysis, it was she who made the day).

I introduced myself as a Russian Jew visiting Moscow from LA; Mr.
Dow welcomed me quite enthusiastically, and in his opening
statement notified the audience that "a friend from the US is
among us".  Then he started a highly professional multimedia
presentation, using his laptop, projection TV, and the HiFi
equipment: a small mental effort of abstraction from the
"ecumenical" verbiage made an impression of a Microsoft PR-man
pushing some hot new stuff.  No one had taken care to convert
his presentation into Russian, so Nadya had a hard time catching
up.  Most of it was music and video, though.

Anyway, fun began right when he shut off his laptop: no formal
Q&A, but a word from here, a word from there, dispatched single-
-handedly by Nadya, who not only knew what to pick, but also had
a mike to suppress what she didn't want to pick.  It looked like
the Chechen war was the most important thing Mr. Dow had up
his sleeve: again and again he referred to deprivations and
atrocities, howling a-la Rev. Jackson.  I was getting antsier
and antsier by the minute, and when he proclaimed: "the World
Community demands immediate and unconditional peace in Chechnya!",
I got to my feet and, shortcutting Nadya's service, inquired:
-- Could you please elaborate on how your Community demands
   unconditional peace in Peru, in Northern Ireland, in Turkish
   Kurdistan, and _especially_ in the confrontation between
   Israel and Arab terrorists.

Mr. Dow turned less of a professional (or more of a moron)
then I thought.  He came close to me, touched my elbow very
friendly, and said:
-- Look.  This is not their business.  This can only make
   things worse.  This can damage the trust.  Let the Russians
   watch our shows, wear our T-shirts, eat our candy, chew our
   bubble-gum, and love it.  We will take care of the rest, OK?

-- OK, -- said I.  And, having turned to the audience, undaunted
by the impending blast from Nadya's mike, translated my question
and his answer into Russian.

-- Are you translating? -- Mr. Dow was kinda surprised, --
   ****, you said you're Jewish.

I translated this one too, including the s-word.

Most of the audience was stunned, but the ecumenical-minded
started to yell: "This is impossible! Don't believe him!"
("Ne mozhet byt'! on vret!").  And at this point I made an error
which could have been fatal. I said:
-- Dear Nadya, please confirm the accuracy of my translation.

Had dear Nadya gotten some minor training from the Usenet jerks
(especially Russian-speaking) or from the US politicians, she would
have calmly disregarded my appeal and with a smile followed through
on something less controversial -- like "How to develop togetherness
in a nonexclusive and tolerant environment".  But, in spite of her
World Community connections, she remained human, and, having heard
Mr. Dow's revelations, stood speechless, opening and closing
her mouth like a bass pulled out of the water.

Noise increased.  Mr. Dow, fully in control, stuffed his laptop
in his briefcase, said that under such circumstances he had no other
choice than to wrap up the talk, and left with a nod...

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*

Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: IREX 1996 Annual Report


*****************************************************************
                     IREX 1996 Annual Report
*****************************************************************
I  have  today received the 68-page 1996 annual report  from  the
International  Research  &  Exchanges Board  (IREX).  Based  upon
personal knowledge and experience, it is my view that IREX is one
of the more outstanding organizations working in the internation-
al arena.

Rather  than trying to outline the many programs and topics  dis-
cussed  in  the Annual Report, let me simply  suggest  that  list
members with interests in the CEE/NIS regions will find something
of interest in the report.

To request a copy, send e-mail to: irex@info.irex.org

Since the report will be sent by regular post, please to sure  to
include your postal address with your request.

If you have web capability, you can review the IREX homepage:

                       http://www.irex.org

*****************************************************************

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*

Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: Russia-USA Information, Library, and Analytical Center


I  have  received information from Dr. Yakov  Shraiberg,  Project
Director  of the Center outlined in the attached announcement.  I
do  not  have  any personal knowledge of the  program,  but  some
members of the list may want to contact Dr. Shraiberg to  examine
opportunities for cooperation.
*****************************************************************
                    Opportunity to Cooperate
     Russia-USA Information, Library, and Analytical Center
*****************************************************************
Russian-USA  Information, Library, and Analytical Center  is  de-
signed  to bring closer to American users  scientific,  business,
legal  and other information from Russia and FSU  countries.  The
Center will serve as a Russian information gateway on U.S. terri-
tory.  At present there is no suitable professional structure  in
the  U.S.  The Center's setup in the U.S. will promote  fast  and
reliable delivery of information and primary sources from  Russia
to  American companies and facilitate a reverse flow of  them  to
Russia.  The Project is supposed to be registered as an  official
international  protocol between Russian Ministry of  Science  and
Technological  Policy  and related U.S. Federal  office.  Russian
National  Public  Library for Science and  Technology  acting  on
behalf of library and information community of Russia will set up
the  Center's  office on the basis of a  library  or  appropriate
institution.  The  developers  of the  Project  have  preliminary
agreements  on  information provision with  major  libraries  and
information centers in Russia and the U.S. Financial support  and
investments  are  required  for the first year  of  the  Center's
setup.  The following years the Center will remain  a  non-profit
organization. It's expenses will be covered by the contracts.

The Center acts within the following programs:

Library Program
-Exchange of bibliographic databases.
-Service of American users by Russian libraries and vice versa.
-Subscription to American periodicals and other publications to
 Russian libraries on preferential terms.
-Regular delivery of Russian scientific, technical, and other
 publications to American libraries and organizations.
-Training of Russian librarians in American libraries and related
 institutions.
-Organization of professional conferences and workshops.
-Professional tourism.

Science, Technological and Social Information Exchange Program
-Regular  supply  of  Russian databases and  attached  copies  of
 requested originals.
-Conversion  of Russian information products in  accordance  with
 American standards.
-Creation of new information products upon request.
-Regular supply of American information to Russian users.
-Exchange  of information on new technologies, know how,  innova-
 tions, etc. in Russia and the U.S.
-Assistance  to Russian institutions in promotion of their  tech-
 nologies.
-Creation of reference information system on Russian technologies
 and innovations for U.S. customers.

Educational Program
-Regular exchange of teachers, students, and professionals.
-Courses of Russian for American students and professionals.
-Professional courses for Americans in Russian universities.
-Development of a remote training system for Russia and USA.
-Cooperative training courses in Russian and American universities.

Business Information Program
-Delivery of information arrays and originals on marketing, law,
 address-reference information.
-Delivery of lists of products, services, prices, promotions.
-Establishment of business contacts.
-Regular exchange of business express information.

Consulting Program
-Development,  updating,  and electronic  delivery  of  reference
 information about Russia to American users.
-Assistance  in  arranging of professional and  other  visits  to
 Russia.

Telecommunication Program
-Development and maintenance of Center's Internet WWW-servers.
-Teleaccess to Russian information resources for American users.
-Connection  to  WWW-servers of  Russian  libraries,  information
 centers, and institutions.
-Creation of effective and high quality environment for  informa-
 tion exchange.
-Organization of professional teleconferences.

For more information, please contact:

                       Dr. Yakov Shraiberg
             First Deputy Director, Project Manager
   Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology
                       Tel.(7-095) 925-4964
                       Fax (7-095) 921-9862
                   Internet: shra@gpntb.msk.su
*****************************************************************

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*

Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: American Institute of Business and Economics - Moscow


I have received information about the Fall program of the  Ameri-
can  Institute of Business and Economics in Moscow. List  members
interested  in  Management Education in the region  may  want  to
contact  the program for more information. Perhaps there will  be
some opportunities for cooperation.
*****************************************************************
                       Fall 1996 Schedule
      American Institute of Business and Economics - Moscow
*****************************************************************
The  American  Institute of Business and Economics (AIBEc)  is  a
noncommercial, not-for-profit American business school in  Moscow
that trains young Russian men and women for business careers.

Students  are  not charged tuition for their study  at  AIBEc.  A
majority  of students are admitted to the school through  a  com-
petitive  examination process, with more than six applicants  for
every  successful candidate. Additional students  are  designated
for participation in AIBEc courses by employers who, as  sponsors
and contributors, are the primary sources of funds to the school.

Courses are taught in evening or weekend hours to permit partici-
pation  by  students with full-time jobs. Most courses  meet  one
night  a  week  from 7:00-10:00 pm during  a  13  week  semester,
although other schedules are sometimes used. Students must attend
regularly to complete courses successfully. With few  exceptions,
lectures and readings are in English.

The  Fall  1996 semester will begin September 2 and  run  through
December  14. Registration will begin August 14.

The following courses are being presented:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
* Corporate Finance
* Investments
* Financial Accounting
* Managerial Accounting
* Managerial Economics
* International Finance
* Principles of Marketing
* Business Law I
* English Communication Skills I
-----------------------------------------------------------------
In addition to offering training opportunities, AIBEc operates  a
placement  service   for   its students   and  alumni.  Corporate
sponsors of the Institute and  contributors to the Institute have
priority   access   to  the placement   service.   Students   and
alumni seeking jobs keep their resumes on file at the school, and
packets of resumes are periodically circulated to eligible  spon-
sors  and contributors. Sponsors and contributors also  may  post
job  openings  at  the school, make presentations  to  groups  of
students  at the weekly Seminar on East-West Business  Relations,
or  ask  AIBEc faculty or staff for help  in  filling  individual
positions.

Details of the Fall semester schedule, and information on how  to
become  a  sponsor,  can be found on the  Institute's  home  page
(http://www.knight-hub.com/aibec/)  or can be obtained  from  the
Moscow office:

Tel: (7-095) 939-10-70
Fax: (7-095) 932-88-94
E-mail: aibec@ns.co.ru
*****************************************************************

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*

Sender: Michel Gouin (76560.316@CompuServe.COM)
Subject: Travel help

I am a French citizen, planning a trip to Russia, Ukraine in September 96: =
I
would visit St Pete and Krasnodar, Kiev, Odessa, Simferopol and maybe other=
s.
Later this year, I would go to Kazakhstan, Almaty.
How can I contact, through Internet, people in these towns who might be abl=
e to
help me out when I get there, for things like accomodation ?


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*

Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: Opportunity to Cooperate - Saratov Exchange Consulting Center


I have received information from the Saratov Exchange  Consulting
Center, in Saratov, Russia. Perhaps some list members would  like
to contact the Center, to explore opportunities for cooperation.
*****************************************************************
  Opportunity to Cooperate - Saratov Exchange Consulting Center
*****************************************************************
I  am writing you  on  behalf of the Saratov Exchange  Consulting
Center. It was opened on the October 9th, 1995. The  Center is  a
joint  project  of  the  Saratov    Local   Committee  of  AIESEC
(Association of Students Studying Economics and Management)   and
Saratov   Rotaract  Club. It is  a  non-profit   non-governmental
public  organization which  was  founded   with  the support   of
Eurasia  foundation, city   administration  and  Saratov  Rotary
Club.

The primarily goals of the Exchange Consulting Center are :

* distributing  information  about all available financial assis-
  tance  programs,  exchange programs  and  foreign  traineeships
  within Saratov community;
* providing assistance in  obtaining application forms and infor-
  mation about the requirements for those interested for partici-
  pating in such programs;
* finding employment opportunities for young specialists;
* organizing educational and business seminars and conferences.

Saratov  is  one   of  the  biggest industrial, educational   and
scientific centers in the Volga region. There is a  big  interest
in establishing international contacts and  in participating   in
the exchange   programs  abroad.  But unfortunately it  has  been
difficult to obtain necessary  information. Our  Center is  aimed
to fill that gap.

In  its work Center has achieved the following results  and  took
part in the following events:
* contacts with many foreign and domestic organizations;
* information  on  different exchange  programs  and  application
  forms which were distributed among the Saratov students;
* database   containing the information about  Center's  visitors
  and students of Saratov Academy of economics;
* several recruitment projects;
* pre-departure orientations;
* Young Farmers Exchange Program which was held with the help  of
  Wyoming  and Saratov Rotary Clubs. Four Russian  young  farmers
  went to Wyoming for 6 months;
* International Traineeship Exchange Program  -  AIESEC  exchange
  program;
* international AIESEC Conferences in Europe;
* Education Advising Workshop in Rostov-on-Don.

The  Center is looking for new partners and new activities   now.
We  hope  that your conference  will  help us in our work.  Thank
you for your cooperation.

Aleksey Hohlov, Program Coordinator
Email: ceeman@center.saratov.su
August 11, 1996
*****************************************************************

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*

Sender:  Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: UKRAINE FAQ Plus Presents: Ukrainian Weekly Preview August 18th,


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 now:

http://www.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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