Digest for November 12, 1996
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-12 November 96 Sender: Andrejs Gavrilovs (shark@linux.cs.dpu.lv)
Subject: Hi!
02-12 November 96 Sender: Dayan (bimasena@indo.net.id)
Subject: Rozalia Galieva
03-12 November 96 Sender: jennifer green (jlgreen@clark.net)
Subject: FPSPACE 97 Announcement
04-12 November 96 Sender: magicmac@oz.sunflower.org
Subject: looking for WWW sources of news about FSU and EE
05-12 November 96 Sender: "Nicolai N. Petro" (npetro@novintex.novsu.ac.ru)
Subject: Orthodox Christian Entrepreneurship
06-12 November 96 Sender: Scott Wilson (SWILSON@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU)
Subject: Russian Language Programs
07-12 November 96 Sender: Richard B Ridgway (RIDGWAY@AC.GRIN.EDU)
Subject: Odessa Symposium at Grinnell College
08-12 November 96 Sender: Richard B Ridgway (RIDGWAY@AC.GRIN.EDU)
Subject: Performance of "Sundown" at Grinnell College Odessa Symposium
09-12 November 96 Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: Free web pages for Russian NGO's
10-12 November 96 Sender: mvs3@po.CWRU.Edu (Maxim V. Soloviev)
Subject: CYBERLINK is reliable!
11-12 November 96 Sender: "Thomas Robinson Jr." (trobinso@leo.vsla.edu)
Subject: RUSSIANS TO FIGHT U.S. FIRES
12-12 November 96 Sender: "Daniel G. Clark" (dclark@mut1.muscanet.com)
Subject: Chechnya seek sister cities--for peace!
13-12 November 96 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School)
Subject: Russian MBA Association
14-12 November 96 Sender: Jeff Blakely (bluz@edenbbs.com)
Subject: Research Project
15-12 November 96 Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: 700 books available free electronically (internet ftp)
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APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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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: Andrejs Gavrilovs (shark@linux.cs.dpu.lv)
Subject: Hi!
Hi,everyone!
I'm Andrejs Gavrilovs.I'm 16.
I'm trying to find some friends.
WRITE TO ME!
_____________________________
Andrejs Gavrilovs
login-shark
e-mail:shark@linux.cs.dpu.lv
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Sender: Dayan (bimasena@indo.net.id)
Subject: Rozalia Galieva
Greetings !
I need the address of Rozalia Galieva, Russian gymnast, or her gymnastic
club. Is there anybody could inform me ?
Dayan.
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Sender: jennifer green (jlgreen@clark.net)
Subject: FPSPACE 97 Announcement
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| FPSPACE 97 |
| International Workshop |
| April 4-14, 1997 |
| Moscow, Russia |
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Friends and Partners in Space (FPSPACE), Bauman Moscow State Technical
University (BMSTU) Youth Space Center, and Moscow Aviation Institute
(MAI) are pleased to announce our Second Annual International Workshop to
be held in Moscow, Russia from April 4-14, 1997.
The program for the 10-day workshop includes: four workshop sessions
(Space Policy and Economics, International Space Station, Lunar/Mars
Programs, and Internet Applications); tours of space facilities (Star
City, Mission Control (TsUP), Khrunichev Space Center (or Lavochkin
Association), BMSTU Orevo Laboratory, and MAI Special Laboratories); an
Astronaut/Cosmonaut Panel Session; and a panel session on Russian Manned
Lunar Programs. In addition, cultural programs are provided before and
after the workshop. The official languages for the workshop are English
and Russian; however, FPSPACE can arrange for translation into other
languages at an additional fee.
The price for the 10-day program is $1,295 and includes registration
for the workshop, hotel, three meals per day, all ground transportation,
all program materials, entrance fees to space facilities, opening
reception and our April 12 Cosmonautics Day celebration. Airfare is not
included. Group rates for airline tickets may be possible depending on the
number of participants traveling from each destination. Airport transfers
are included in the price for arrivals in Moscow on April 4 regardless of
country of origin; however, a $20 fee will be charged for airport
transfers for early/late arrivals.
For those interested in a longer trip, we are offering an optional 3-day
extension to the Baikonur Cosmosdrome in Kazakhstan to tour the launch
and integration facilities. The price for this extension will be available
in mid-November and will be an all-inclusive package including roundtrip
airfare from Moscow-Baikonur, hotel, three meals per day, ground
transportation, all program materials, and entrance fees.
For more information on FPSPACE 97 and highlights from last April's
FPSPACE 96 workshop, please see our WWW Homepage at:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~jgreen/fpspace.html
For information on FPSPACE 97 via e-mail, please send a request to this
address (jlgreen@clark.net) or for information via standard mail
or fax please call Jennifer Green in the U.S. at 301-464-3361 (daytime) or
301-251-9838 (evening).
FPSPACE is an international non-profit organization devoted to improving
communication and cooperation between the West and Russia/Former Soviet
Union.
Please forward this message to as many interested parties as possible.
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Jennifer L. Green | Director, Friends and Partners in Space (FPSPACE)
jlgreen@clark.net | http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~jgreen/fpspace.html
**Information and projects dealing with West-Russia/FSU space programs**
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Sender: magicmac@oz.sunflower.org
Subject: looking for WWW sources of news about FSU and EE
I am looking for WWW sources of news about FSU and EE: news agencies,
newspapers, etc. Of special interest are European sites. They are needed
for BELARUS MAGIC NEWS, a private e-mailing list for those interested in
detailed information about Belarus.
Would appreciate any help.
Patrick Colebright
The louder he talks of honour, the faster we count our spoons. -Emerson
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Sender: "Nicolai N. Petro" (npetro@novintex.novsu.ac.ru)
Subject: Orthodox Christian Entrepreneurship
Greetings!
I have become increasingly interested in the Orthodox Church's
perspective on commercial entrepreneurship. If any one knows of any
literature, religious or secular, on this subject (in any language) please
contact me by e-mail.
Thank you very much.
With best wishes,
Professor Nicolai N. Petro Senior Fulbright Scholar, 1996-1997
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Department of Political Philosophy Phone: +7 (81622) 3-2292
Yaroslav-the-Wise (Novgorod) State University Fax: +7 (81622) 2-6083
Antonov Monastery, Novgorod, Russia http://www.novgorod.ru/
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My personal home page is at http://www.uri.edu/artsci/psc/petro-home.htm
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Sender: Scott Wilson (SWILSON@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU)
Subject: Russian Language Programs
Dear Friends,
Can anyone recommend a Russian language program at a
Russian University? If so, please pass this information
on. I am interested in summer intensive language
programs, as well as programs held during the academic
year.
Thank you,
Scott Wilson
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Sender: Richard B Ridgway (RIDGWAY@AC.GRIN.EDU)
Subject: Odessa Symposium at Grinnell College
Dear Friends,
I thought your readers might be interested in a symposium being held at
Grinnell College on Odessa. Here is a basic release describing the event:
RELEASE
Contact: Dawn Bowman
Coordinator of Media Relations
515/269-3407 (W) or 515/236-0941 (H)
October 25, 1996
Grinnell College hosts symposium about Odessa, November 6-9
GRINNELL, Iowa -- The literature, music and history of the
Ukrainian city of Odessa will be explored during a four-day
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symposium, "The Vanished World Revisited: The Myth and
Reality of Odessa," at Grinnell College, November 6-9.
Several lectures, performances, exhibitions and panel
discussions will provide opportunities for participants to
learn about Odessa, a major city and port on the Black Sea.
All events are free, and the public is invited to attend.
"Our symposium offers a unique opportunity to explore the
peculiar and dynamic 'melting pot' of Odessa, a city
unparalleled for its cultural diversity and richness," say
the co-organizers of the event, Todd Armstrong, assistant
professor of Russian and Anatoly Vishevsky, assistant
professor of Russian.
Sponsors of the symposium include the college's
Sesquicentennial Committee, the Departments Theatre and the
Russian and East European Studies Program.
The first event of the symposium will be a reception for the
opening of an art exhibit, "Old Odessa," by Odessan artist
Gennady Garmider. The reception will be held at 4:15 p.m.
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Wednesday, Nov. 6. The exhibit will in the Burling Print
and Drawing Study Room, Nov. 6-11.
Also on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Patricia Herlihy, associate
professor of history at Brown University will present a
lecture, "The Empress's New City: Odessa and its Origins,"
and Alexander Woronzoff-Dashkoff, professor of Russian at
Smith College will present "Half English Lord, Half
Merchant: Prince M.S. Vorontsov, Governor General of
Russia," at 7 p.m. in the South Lounge of the Forum.
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Grinnell College hosts symposium about Odessa, Nov. 6-9-p. 2
On Thursday, Nov. 7, S. Frederick Starr will present
"Odessa: Cradle of Jazz, or Something Like It," during the
Scholars' Convocation at 11 a.m. in Herrick Chapel. Starr
is a Distinguished Fellow and Senior Advisor for
International Programs at The Aspen Institute.
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Also on Thursday, a panel discussion of the literature of
Odessa will be held at 4:15 p.m. in the South Lounge of the
Forum. The panelists include Galya Diment, associate
professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and
Literature at the University of Washington, who will present
"Odessa and Russia's 'Other' Modernists: The Case of Babel,
Olesha and Ilf and Petrov." Odessan writer Arkady Lvov,
author of "The Courtyard," a novel set in Stalinist Russia
in Odessa from 1936-1956, also will be a member of the
panel.
At 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nikolay Levinovsky, Russian Jazz
Musician, will perform in concert in the South Lounge of the
Forum.
Friday's events begin with a panel discussion of the culture
of Odessa, with presentations by Denise Youngblood,
associate professor of history and director of the Russian
and East European Studies Program at the University of
Vermont, and Boris Briker, editor of "V.P. Aksenov: A Writer
in Quest of Himself," and co-author of several humorous
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short stories with Grinnell's Anatoly Vishevsky. Youngblood
will present "Hollywood on the Black Sea: Odessa and the
Movies," and Briker will present "Odessa Outlaws in Russian
Culture."
A Mainstage Theatre Production of Sundown, a tragicomedy by
Isaak Babel, with musical score by Vyacheslav Ganelin, and
directed by Veniamin Smekhov, will be presented at 8 p.m.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday night only, Moscow
critic Galina Aksenova will speak about the production.
On Saturday, Nov. 9, violinist Mark Zinger, professor of
violin and string pedagogy at DePaul University in Chicago,
will present a master's class at 10 a.m. in Herrick Chapel.
Zinger was a student of Pyotr Stolyarsky of the Stolyarsky
School of Music in Odessa.
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Grinnell College hosts symposium about Odessa, Nov. 6-9-p. 3
At 2 p.m. on Saturday, Russian-born American pianist Yuliya
Gorenman will present a concert in Herrick Chapel. Gorenman
won the top prize in the 1995 Queen Elisabeth Piano
Competition. She will performs works by Beethoven,
Scriabin, Brahms and Rachmaninoff.
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Sender: Richard B Ridgway (RIDGWAY@AC.GRIN.EDU)
Subject: Performance of "Sundown" at Grinnell College Odessa Symposium
Dear Friends,
Here is a release from Grinnell College concerning the performance of the
play "Sundown" during the upcoming Odessa Symposium.
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Contact: Dawn Bowman
Coordinator of Media Relations
515/269-3407 (W) or 515/236-0941 (H)
October 22, 1996
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Russian play "Sundown" will be performed at Grinnell College
GRINNELL, Iowa -- "Sundown," a tragicomedy by Russian
playwright Isaak Babel, will be presented at 8 p.m.
Friday-Sunday, Nov. 8-10, at Grinnell College's Roberts Theatre.
The Theatre Mainstage production is free and the public is
invited to attend.
To reserve tickets, please call Conni Gause at 515-269-3085, 1-5
p.m., Monday through Friday, Nov.4 through Nov. 8.
Set in Odessa, Russia, in 1913, "Sundown" dramatizes a rite of
passage for charismatic gangster Benia Krik, the Robin Hood of
the Odessa ghetto. The son overthrows the father in a
passionate tale focused on an aging hero's lust for life and his
reluctance to succumb to old age, says Ellen Mease, chair of the
theatre department and associate professor of theatre.
"Noisy, flamboyant, violent and lyrical, the play depicts the
waning of an older historical age, alive with great chaotic
passions, and the waxing of a new world, orderly, efficient, but
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strangely diminished," Mease says.
Veniamin Smekhov, from Moscow's famous Taganka Theatre, is
directing the play. He is an internationally recognized artist,
with numerous stage and film acting and directing credits.
"I chose to perform this play as part of Grinnell's Odessa
Symposium to recognize the abundance of artistic genius coming
from Odessa at the time the play was written. The play also has
great potential for interpretation," Smekhov says.
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Russian comedy at Grinnell College--p. 2
This is Smekhov's second visit to Grinnell College. Two years
ago, the college's Russian department invited Smekhov and his
wife theatre critic and journalist Galina Aksenova to lecture at
Grinnell. Aksyonova will speak to the opening night audience
about "Sundown," beginning at 8 p.m., and the production will
follow at 8:30 p.m.
Music for the college production of "Sundown" was written by one
of Russia's foremost jazz composers, Vyacheslav Ganelin.
Isaak Babel was the first Jewish writer to be included in the
canon of Russian literature. Born in 1894 in Odessa, Babel
wrote "Sundown" in 1926. The play was produced several times in
1927 and was published in 1928, but was banned in 1929 and was
not produced for nearly 60 years. Babel was executed in 1941
during the Stalinist purges.
The play is being produced by the Grinnell College Theatre
Department in conjunction with the college's Sesquicentennial
Committee and the Russian and East European Studies program.
The production is a part of the international symposium, "The
Vanished World Revisited: The Myth and Reality of Odessa," at
the college, November 6-9.
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Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: Free web pages for Russian NGO's
"I wanted to write to let everyone know about a new online resource called
Is being provide by The Contact Center Network, a New York based
non-profit organization. All Russian NGO's and NPO's (an American as well)
may create their own free web-pages. Palms Portasl to Russia - The baltics
- Central Eurasia recently registered into the system and you might also
find it useful to do so. Located at http://www.contact.org, "Idealist"
enables any community or nonprofit organization - whether it is online or
not - to use the Internet to post and update information about its
services, volunteer opportunities, internships, job openings, upcoming
events, and material or publication it has produced on its own web pages
without the necessity of knowledge of html.
This information, searchable by date, location and keyword, will
immediately be at the fingertips of any person with Internet access in
schools, libraries, workplaces and homes in Russia.
More than 8000 organizations world-wide are already registered and they
constitute an excleent source of collaboration and cooperaiton for
Russian NGO's
S uvajheniem i nailuchshimi pozhelaniyami,
Dr. Peter J. Palms, IV
President
Tovarichestvo Palmsa, Inc.
Palms & Company, Inc., Investment Bankers
Russian Venture Capital Fund of America "RVCFA"
United States Interbank Currency Exchange "USICEX"
"Distance Management Training Project for Russian General Directors"
"Palbank" =F0=C1=CC=C2=C1=CE=CB
United States Fur Exchange
Tel 1 (206) 828-6774
E-mail (russia@aa.net)
Sovetnik Pravitelstva CWA
United States Department of Commerce
United States Minority Business Development Agency
United States Small Business Development Agency
United States Community Services Administration
United States Office of Economic Development
United States Department of The Interior
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"Far better it is to dare mighty things and to win glorious
triumphs even though checkered by failure than to rank with those
poor spirits who don't enjoy nor suffer much because they live in
the gray twilight which knows no success, nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
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Sender: mvs3@po.CWRU.Edu (Maxim V. Soloviev)
Subject: CYBERLINK is reliable!
Dear Friends & Partners,
I want to inform you that CYBERLINK DECREASED THE RATES on May 01, 1996.
You know CYBERLINK -- the American telecommunications company with the
lowest international calling (FLAT - 24 hours a day) rates.
Now: Russia - $.79 / min;
Ukraine - $.73 / min;
Belarus - $.85 / min;
Estonia - $.46 / min;
Latvia - $.59 / min;
...
Australia - $.32 / min;
France - $.39 / min;
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Note: CYBERLINK is an add-on service and you DO NOT CHANGE your
current long-distance company. Everything will remain the same;
you will only need to follow a special procedure to make
your international calls (dial 800 #).
Please inquire mvs3@po.cwru.edu or 216 231-2857.
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Sender: "Thomas Robinson Jr." (trobinso@leo.vsla.edu)
Subject: RUSSIANS TO FIGHT U.S. FIRES
Although it has been a long time coming (almost 3 years), the
giant Russian IL-76 "Waterbomber" will soon be assisting U.S.
firefighters in their efforts to fight our devastating wildland
and forest fires in our Western states. A Joint Memorandum of
Understanding has just been signed between FEMA and EMERCOM to
bring the plane to the U.S. for testing. Look for it soon.
Tom Robinson trobinso@leo.vsla.edu, Administrator of Global
Emergency Response, Air Routing International
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Sender: "Daniel G. Clark" (dclark@mut1.muscanet.com)
Subject: Chechnya seek sister cities--for peace!
Friends,
I am sending this to individuals who may be interested and posting it to
four subscription lists (Johnson's Russia List, Sister Cities International
general list, Stavropol-Iowa Information Exchange list, U.S.-Russia Friends
and Partners Distribution List). I'm also copying it to the Chechnya list
where I learned about Chechen interest in forming sister-cities relations
("twinning") around the world.
It's a wonderful idea, and I pass it on in the interest of peace--not as an
advocate for one side in the recent war. As you may know, I am active in
the sister-states relationship between Iowa and Stavropol'ski krai (Russian
territory adjoining Chechnya), and especially between sister cities
Muscatine and Kislovodsk. During the buildup before the Gulf War, a
co-worker at the Stanley Foundation asked me why I was focusing on Russia
when the urgent need was for citizen diplomacy between the US and Iraq.
"You should be facilitating people-to-people exchanges with our new
enemies," he said. With that memory in mind, I was pleased to read this
item today in a post on the Chechnya list:
At the International Conference on Caucasus held in Istanbul on
October 3-6, 1996 under patronage of H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the
Mayor of Istanbul, The International Roundtable has undertaken a
number of initiatives towards settlement of the conflict in Chechen
Republic based on principles of democracy, humanism and human
rights. These are:
- to develop permanent contacts with the Council of Europe, the
European Parliament, the United Nations, the Caucasian Home
Organization, Governments in Europe, Far East and America as well as
with various NGO's.
- to encouarge humanitarian, legal and political aid for the Chechen
Republic to respond to its immediate needs, as well as various
futurereconstruction and development.
- to coordinate the programme of "twinning" 420 Chechen towns and
villages with municipalities in Europe, the Far East, America, and
all regions of the Russian Federation.
- to provide legal support for the preparation of political and legal
documents.
- conferences have already been organised in Cracow, Warsaw, Gdansk
and Istanbul. Follow-up conference is planned for December 11-13 in
Warsaw on "Statehood among the Nations of Caucasus: Traditions,
Present and Future". The work of this conference will be continued
in London (Jan. 1997), Strasbourg (Feb. 1997), Washington (March
1997), Brussels (April 1997), Paris (May 1997), Kiev (June 1997),
Tokyo (Sept. 1997), Moscow (Oct. 1997), Grozny (November 1997).
The International Roundtable considers that international aid to
the people of Chechnya should be constant until the reconstruction
has been achieved and a return to the conditions for normal peaceful
coexistence and cooperation among the Caucasian nations and their
neighbors under the protection of the universally recognises norms
and principles of international law.
For more information regarding work of the Roundtable and the
conferences planned please contact Mr. Mansoor Jachimchyk, Secretary
General of the Roundtable, at tel/fax (+90 212) 257 3616, (+90 212)
2576815, tel.mobile (+90 532) 282 65 50
NOTE: Nobody should be naive about the politics of this initiative.
Another posting included this quotation from Mansoor:
"One of our major projects right now is to create sister-city
relationships between Grozny and other Chechen towns with major
cities in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and America," Mansour
explains. "Thus, if war resumes, there will be a ready network
in place to protest to a number of different governments."
I don't mind playing into such a motivation. It sounds very similar to my
own reason for getting involved in relationships with the Soviet Union!
Please tell me your reactions and/or ideas for how to respond.
Dan Clark
Muscatine, Iowa USA
(dclark@muscanet.com
1-800-264-5990
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School)
Subject: Russian MBA Association
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Russian MBA Association
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I have recently been in contact with Andrei Beliaev, who coordi-
nates the activities of the Russian MBA Association in Moscow.
Perhaps some members of the list will be interested in his pro-
file of the organization. I have looked at the Association web
site, and think that it will be of interest to list members.
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Thank you for the information you sent to me recently. According
to the Association activities, our goal is to help span bridges
between business professionals and the Russian business communi-
ty. An important part of our activities is helping people to find
a job in the FSU. We distribute resumes of our members to the
companies we cooperate with. We also try to supply people with
business education information, contact Russian business schools
and promote American business education. As the Association began
full operating recently, we have great plans and are going to
expand our activities.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Andrei Beliaev
Coordinator of the Russian MBA Association
http://www.serve.com/mbafsu/
mbarus@glas.apc.org
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Sender: Jeff Blakely (bluz@edenbbs.com)
Subject: Research Project
Hi! I've been a passive reader of Friends for quite some time now,
however I now have need of some assistance. I'm currently a Russian
Language major at the University of California, Irvine and am working on
my Senior year research projectn with Dr. Paula Garb.
The project concerns the origin and content of "customary" law in
Abkhazia. I have a number of titles of books, journal entries, and
magazine articles that I need to find, but have had no luck.
If anyone could assist me, I would greatly appreciate it!
- I need to know how to contact the administration at the MGU and St.
Petersburg University Libraries to discuss possible interlibrary loans
or copies of text;
- also, anyone having any knowledge regarding this subject, your input
would be greatly appreciated.
I'm looking forward to any and all responses!
Thank you in advance!
Jeff Blakely
Bluz@edenbbs.com
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Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: 700 books available free electronically (internet ftp)
Every book we produce goes to millions, perhaps even hundreds of
millions, of the 1.2 billion computers out there in the world, and
usually there is more than one user per computer.
Dobriy utro' (Good morning) i bolwoe spasibo
NOW EVERY RUSSIAN FREE HAS ACCESS TO COPIES OF 700 AMERICAN BOOKS
In 1996 700 volunteers have been responsible for the creation of 350 new
electronic copies of books that are NOW available to Russians. Unpaid
volunteers have put 696 books into electronic form since the project
began. By March 1996 book #1000 will be finished. In 1997 total
productivity of books will doubled, to two books per day. Volunteers will
also double with Russians providing translation from English to Russian.
Palms & Company has already identified 650 webservers in Russia who will
provide the translation into Russian. Volunteers have already spent
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the free world is being made accessible to readers in Russia FREE without
costs of paper, printing, freight, etc.
THE MOST COST-EFFICIENT APPROACH - NO TANGIBLE OR DELIVERY COSTS
For just reading books, the oldest, slowest PC is just fine so access in
Russia can be solved with an XT. "bells and whistles" of the cutest new
Internet things are not very effective in creating a new generation of
Russians. This project is. There is simply no better low cost investment
than placing the great books of the civilizations of the world into the
hands of everyone in Russia via internet. While presently many are in
English, they will be translated by volunteers during 1997.
FINANCIAL HISTORY
Previous supporters have included The University of Illinois, where the
Project was founded. Illinois Benedictine College, Walnut Creek
CDROM Manufacturing Company, as well as other corporate donors. It is now
time to locate budget financing. The project has become too large to
operate from the bookkeeping system of a sponsor. The project has to be
able to pay bills in ways that are not a maze of paperwork so intense that
the founder frequently decides to pay a bill himself rather than do the
paperwork. (These he paid from an inheritance from his father which should
have been used to pay off the mortgage on the founders house.)
JUSTIFICATION AND MERIT
$100 billion has been spent world-wide in the past 5 years for assistance
to Russia. This project, which will consume less than $100,000 next year,
is the MOST WORTHWHILE activity in Russia in terms of impact, measureable
cost-benefit analysis, and sheer "bang-for-the-buck. It is truly state of
the art education technology. The cost is negligible and infitesimal when
compared to all other programs 0.000001 of 1%
The work itself should create the needed support-- I therefore bring this
most astounding work to your attention. This, the smallest budget item of
any, and which outperforms all other Rusian projects combined in
cost-benefits analysis, should be accorded much deserved budget financing
by at least one of the thousands administering the rest of the money that
is spent for Russia.
The founder and full time volunteer is not the kind of person who will
stop working on production to get support for it, so I have volunteered to
assist with that task.
Remember
Every book we produce goes to millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions,
of the 1.2 billion computers out there in the world, and usually there is
more than one user per computer. As Russia rushes "on-line" this library
will be the greatest contributor to the Spiritual, ehtical and moral reform
that is a prerequisite for all other forms of reform
Need I say any more.
__________________________________________________________________________
I AM LOOKING FOR SPONSORS/DONORS OF ANY SIZE.
Please , as appropriate
* tell me what more you want to know specifically
* Send your application forms and specific questions to russia@aa.net
* refer me to likely donors (email please)
S uvajheniem i nailuchshimi pozhelaniyami,
Dr. Pyotr Joannevich van de Waal-palms
President
Tovarichestvo Palmsa, Inc.
Palms & Company, Inc., Investment Bankers
Russian Venture Capital Fund of America "RVCFA"
United States Interbank Currency Exchange "USICEX"
"Distance Management Training Project for Russian General Directors"
"Palbank" F0 C1 CC C2 C1 CE CB
United States Fur Exchange
Tel 1 (206) 828-6774
E-mail (russia@aa.net
Sovetnik Pravitelstva CWA
United States Department of Commerce
United States Minority Business Development Agency
United States Small Business Development Agency
United States Community Services Administration
United States Office of Economic Development
United States Department of The Interior
__________________________________________________________________________
"Far better it is to dare mighty things and to win glorious
triumphs even though checkered by failure than to rank with those
poor spirits who don't enjoy nor suffer much because they live in
the gray twilight which knows no success, nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
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reply to russia@aa.net
Dobriy den' i bolwoe spasibo za informaciju (pismo)
S uvajheniem i nailuchshimi pozhelaniyami,
Dr. Pyotr Joannevich van de Waal-palms
President
Tovarichestvo Palmsa, Inc.
Palms & Company, Inc., Investment Bankers
Russian Venture Capital Fund of America "RVCFA"
United States Interbank Currency Exchange "USICEX"
"Distance Management Training Project for Russian General Directors"
"Palbank" F0 C1 CC C2 C1 CE CB
United States Fur Exchange
Tel 1 (206) 828-6774
E-mail (russia@aa.net
Sovetnik Pravitelstva CWA
United States Department of Commerce
United States Minority Business Development Agency
United States Small Business Development Agency
United States Community Services Administration
United States Office of Economic Development
United States Department of The Interior
"Good fortune is not fortune itself, but its achievement". F.M.Dostoevskii
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Sender: Paul Schelp (SCHELP%YFU-IC@mcimail.com)
Subject: Digest for 96-10-29 (REPLY)
Reply to: Message: MCI Mail
Subject: Digest for 96-10-29
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Ref: e-mail item #9 on 96-10-29 digest, which announced the first
all-new Western map of the CIS region since the Soviet breakup.
Well it's not. National Geographic published a new map of "Russia
and the Newly Independent Nations of the Former Soviet Union" in
March of 1993, and a wall-map version is also available. This
map was included in the March 1993 issue of their magazine. It
included the newest official names of all places as defined by the
US Board of Geographic Names. For example: Almaty, Kyyiv (it had
not yet been finalized as "Kyiv"), Homyel. I believe National Geo
has since revised this map to show more recent changes, like
Kazakstan (no "h") and Kyiv. As with all National Geo maps the
readability and accuracy are first rate. Unlike some map makers,
National Geo seems to pay as much attention to the accuracy of
stream names and locations as they do to the accuracy of urban
features.
Of course, this is probablyjust an honest mistake by the makers of
this new map. But the fact they they are in the map business but
unaware of the publications of a world leader like National
Geographic gives me pause.
Paul Schelp
Washington DC
PS: No, I have no connection to or financial interest in Nat Geo. I
just like their maps!
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Sender: "Andrey Ozharovskii" (zarov@host.cis.lead.org)
Subject: Assistance in Kansas requested.
Dear friends,
Andrey Ozharovskii, leader of a Russian NGO, the International
Discussion Club - Moscow, will visit Kansas City and the Kansas State
University on November 2 - 11.
Those who are interested to see him and to talk about possible joint
projects are kindly invited to contact his hosts:
John Ck Daly (bokcu@ksu.edu,
Tom Parish (tparish@coe.educ.ksu.edu.
The visit is devoted to the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.
Andrey Ozharovskii has organized activity of international election
observers in Russia this summer and now he would like to study the
U.S. electoral system.
To know more about the IDC and Andrey Ozharovskii, please visit the
Web Sites:
http://www.cis.lead.org/zarov/idc.html
http://www.cis.lead.org/zarov/~andrey.html
ANY assistance, especially financial is welcomed.
The study trip has no general sponsor and is financed preliminary by
private persons.
Sincerely yours,
Andrey Ozharovskii,
International Discussion Club - Moscow.
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Sender: Remco Castner (castner@muenchen.org)
Subject: our latest truck convoy to Gomel/Belarus
Dear listmembers,
since last sunday, we are back from our latest truck-convoy to belarus.
My wife Monika and I participated at a truck-convoy from the German
"DEUTSCHER VERBAND FUER TSCHERNOBYLHILFE" (means German
Association for Chernobyl-Aid) with a total of 9 vehicles. This convoy
was a merger of local initiatives all over Germany.
All initiatives have brought medicine, medical equipment, food, warm clothes
a.s.o. to villages arround Gomel.
The total weight was about 60 tons, the value was about half million
Deutschmarks. One main part of the medical equipmant was a complete
destillery for infusion-liquid for a hospital in Gomel. The total distance
was about 4500 km.
The border crossings took only about 3 hours per border and were without
any chicanery. At the polish/berlarus border we had a very nice and helpful
border official who "took us by the hand" and guided us through the complete
procedure. Only some polish border officials showed us his contempt. We
found only one drunken official - a polish.
Our local helping project is in Smorgon, 150 km north of minsk. This area is
not affected from the radioactive fallout from Chernobyl, but many families
from the area of Gomel was avacuated to this City.
We supported a children doctor with medicine and a orphanage with 20% real
orphans and 80 % social-orphans with medicine, warm clothes ans shoes, clean
food and sweets for the children.
Let me say some words to the situation in Belarus:
We found, that the situation is getting poorer and poorer from time to time
we visited this country. The number of children in the orphanage increased
from 150 children in 1994 via 220 children in december 1995 to actual 300 in
october 96.
We asked the dierector and he ment to see the reason in the actaul social
situation. In this country, 44 jobless people stand against 1 people with a job.
One result of the poor situation is a dramatic increase of prostitution. In
Gomel,
the infection rate with AIDS is about 20 %.
at all public buildings we found the red-green flag and many Lenin-statues.
Additionally, we tried a new concept of helping and found, that it is
practicable and makes sens. We purchased fruits (bananas, oranges, lemons
and walnuts) not in Germany and transported it to Smorgon, but we bought it
in Smorgon directly. It was no problem to get it.
The advantage:
- save space for transportation
- save money (it was about 30% cheaper)
- the money was spent in Belarus
We will perfect this idea and will do it next time again.
If you are interested to read more about our local initiative or about the
latest convoy, plaese email me or visit our homepage at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/castner/belarus.htm
Many thanks to all of you who have spend some money for our work. I
herewith garantee, that all your contribution was given to the children of
chernobyl. No
money was needed for organisation or bureaucratism. Thanks to all of you who
made our convoy public within your homepages.
best ragards
Remco
Remco Castner
Pestalozzistr. 12
D-82140 Olching
Tel. : +49 (0)8142 14843
email: castner@muenchen.org
WWW : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/castner/belarus.htm
WWW : http://homepages.muenchen.org/bm511823/belarus.htm
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Sender: Remco Castner (castner@muenchen.org)
Subject: Italian convoy to Smorgon/Belarus
Dear Listmember,
while my latest travel to Belarus together with a
helping truck-convoy, I visited a orphanage in Smorgon,
150 km north of Minsk with 300 children.
The director told me, that short before, an italian convoy
was in this orphanage and brought fruits and so on.
For further coordination, mutual assistance or information
exchange, I am looking for that italian group.
If you have any information about this group, please let
me know. many thanks in advance.
best regards
Remco Castner
Pestalozzistr. 12
D-82140 Olching
Tel. : +49 (0)8142 14843
email: castner@muenchen.org
WWW : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/castner/belarus.htm
WWW : http://homepages.muenchen.org/bm511823/belarus.htm
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Sender: "Remco Castner" (castner@muenchen.org)
Subject: transmisison schedule of Radio Minsk (German transmission)
Dear listmembers,
In Germany, the time changed from MESC (middle european summer time
UTC + 0200) to MEZ (middle european time UTC + 0100) last sunday.
So the transmission schedule of the German transmission of Radio Minsk
changed.
Please note the new schedule:
19.30 - 20.00 UTC (20.30 - 21.00 MEZ, local time)
frequencies:
1170, 6010, 7105, 7205 and 7210 kc.
I whish you a good reception.
best regards
HILFE FUER DIE KINDER VON TSCHERNOBYL
Remco und Monika Castner
Pestalozzistr. 12
D-82140 Olching
Tel. : +49 08142 14843
mobil : 0172 8515289
email : castner@muenchen.org
WWW : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/castner/belarus.htm
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Sender: pharmony@madriver.com (Project Harmony)
Subject: New Project Harmony Website
Announcing the new and improved
PROJECT HARMONY WEBSITE
http://www.friends-partner.org/harmony/
We invite you to check out our new website, graciously hosted by Friends
and Partners. In conjunction with our new Internet School Linkage Program,
sponsored by the Soros Open Society Institute, Project Harmony will be
dramatically increasing its web presence in the upcoming months. In
addition to our website, Project Harmony will host a number of on-line
discussion groups for teachers, students and professionals. We see this
new Internet initiative as a major step in expanding the scope and reach of
our programs, keeping Project Harmony on the cutting edge of international
exchange and development.
Through our new website, we hope to convey a sense of the Project Harmony
community and the experiences we share. We'll be adding to the site every
week as we document the progress of the Internet School Linkage Program.
We'll be adding annotated lists of links to help our friends find the
quality sites in our field. And of course, you'll be able to find the
latest news and information on all Project Harmony programs.
We're just starting renovations, but in the coming months you can expect:
* The Project Harmony Newsletter - on-line version of our quarterly newsletter.
* The Programs - Detailed information on all PH programs, including on-line
application forms and virtual program tours.
* The Virtual Exchange Experience - An audio-visual scrapbook of personal
reflections from PH program participants describing their experiences.
* School-to-School Partnership homepages - School profiles, partnership
projects, up-to-date list of Project Harmony-sponsored school partnerships
and schools currently looking for partners.
* Curriculum Corner - Internet-related curricula and project models, including
examples taken directly from our Internet School Linkage Program projects.
* Listservs - Associated with the site will be a number of electronic mailing
lists, including one for teachers to focus on curriculum development, one for
students to focus on cultural heritage and current events, and one for
alumni of PH programs.
Check out the website and let us know what you think!
Colleen F. Halley
Webmaster and Program Director Tel: (802) 496-4545
Internet School Linkage Program Fax: (802) 496-4548
Project Harmony - Vermont E-mail: (pharmony@madriver.com
Colleen F. Halley
Director, Internet School Linkage Program
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Project Harmony tel: 802-496-4545
6 Irasville Common fax: 802-496-4548
Waitsfield, VT 05673 e-mail: pharmony@madriver.com
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Sender: Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj (Bohdan@TRYZUB.com)
Subject: Shevchenko Scientific Society in NYC - "Language policy in Ukraine
Greetings.
The Shevchenko Scientific Society (http://www.tryzub.com/SSS/
is holding a lecture by Dr. A. Berezovenko, Kyiv
Polytechnic Institute and visiting professor, Columbia
University, who will speak on "Language policy in Ukraine".
The lecture will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the
society's building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m.
Regards,
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School)
Subject: Far Eastern Center for Economic Development - Vladivostok
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I have today received from IREX an interesting profile of the new
Far Eastern Center for Economic Development in Vladivostok. The
Center is part of IREX's most recent initiative - the Centers for
Corporate and Cultural Development Project (3CD). The Centers are
training, research and professional resources dedicated to pro-
moting the economic development in their localities through
services to U.S. corporations, local government and industry.
Corporate and Cultural Development Centers aim to link business,
higher education and regional elites in an effort to facilitate
regional economic growth and investment opportunities for foreign
businesses.
In the announcement below, I have provided information about the
new Center in Vladivostok. I hope it will be of interest to
members of the list.
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Far Eastern Center for Economic Development
Vladivostok, Russia
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The Vladivostok Center opened its doors in April of this year. It
enjoys support from a broad range of local policymakers, business
persons and academics. Its founding institutions include the
Administrative Committee of the Nakhodka Free Economic Zone
(FEZ), the Far Eastern State University (FESU) and IREX. The
Center's close ties with FESU and the Nakhodka FEZ should enhance
its prospects for long-term sustainability.
Each of the founders has made initial financial contributions
towards the Center's start-up. The university has donated prime
downtown office space for the Center's operation, in the building
which formerly housed the U.S. consulate. The facility boasts
several large auditoriums wired for simultaneous translation and
a library. A satellite-linked Internet node, which was recently
installed in the building under the auspices of the Russian State
Committee for Higher Education, will guarantee reliable real-time
Internet access for the Center and its clients.
The Center's Director is Dr. Irina Boiko, who also heads the
International Economics Faculty of FESU's Economics Department.
Her team includes distinguished economics from the University as
well as investment specialists from the Nakhodka FEZ.
The Center aims to be a unique training resource for U.S. corpo-
rations working in the Russian Far East. Its staff and associates
will design and administer practical courses in western economics
and business practices for local Russian employees, as well as
specially-tailored workshops and seminars for resident western
businessmen and women in the culture, history, politics and
regulatory environment of the region.
The Center will leverage the broad support it enjoys among
business and policy making circles to provide its clients with
access to high-level policymakers, government officials and
regional specialists. Additionally, the Center aims to provide
local policymakers and western investors with economic forecasts,
analysis and targeted investment advice - services not usually
part of the mandate of more traditional "business centers."
The Vladivostok Center has just been formally endorsed by the
Russian Far East - U.S. West Coast Ad Hoc Working Group of the
Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission. The Commission acknowledges the
Center as an important initiative working to further mutual
interests of the two countries, and has charged itself with the
task of assisting the Center in realizing its goals and develop-
ing a mechanism for financing its activity.
This fall the Center sponsored two seminars, in cooperation with
the USAID-funded Business Collaboration Center. One seminar dealt
with Internet access and training, and the other with Western
financial management practices, including cash-flow analysis.
If you would like any additional information, please feel free to
send inquiries to either of the contacts provided below.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bernadine Joselyn
IREX Senior Specialist for Professional Training Programs
Email: bjoselyn@irex.org
Dr. Irina V. Boiko, Director
Far Eastern Center for Economic Development
Email: fecenter@online.marine.su
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Sender: Ilya Shlyakhter (ilya_shl@MIT.EDU)
Subject: OKAZIYA list
(This message was originally written for OKAZIYA list subscribers,
but then I decided to forward it to other places, so even if you're
not a subscriber and have never heard of the OKAZIYA list,
read on. Also, please forward this message to other people/lists.
In brief, the OKAZIYA list helps people who need to pass mail/packages to/from
Russia find volunteer couriers who are travelling and can take stuff
with them.)
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Dear OKAZIYA subscriber!
If you're getting this message then you're subscribed to the
OKAZIYA list. The purpose of this message is just to
remind you of the existence of the list. OKAZIYA has not
been used lately, which could mean one of three things:
* the iron curtain is back and nobody is travelling to/from Russia
anymore;
* email has replaced regular mail and people have forgotten
how to write on paper;
* an epidemic of amnesia has struck both hemispheres,
and people have forgotten about the OKAZIYA list.
There may be other reasons, but I've fallen to amnesia myself
and can only recall the last one I listed. So, without further "tryop":
OKAZIYA is still here and I encourage you to use it. If you are
travelling to/from Russia and can take a letter/small package,
send a message to the list saying so. If you need to pass something
to/from Russia, send a message to the list saying so.
If you won't be travelling to/from Russia and do not need to pass
anything to/from Russia, send a message to yourself asking why.
Please tell all your friends about the OKAZIYA list. The more people
are on the list, the more useful it is. The list is moderated
to ensure that only relevant messages reach subscribers, so your
mailboxes need not fear being cluttered.
Here is information about using the OKAZIYA list:
To subscribe: send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with body
SUB OKAZIYA YourFirstName YourLastName
To unsubscribe: send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with body
SIGNOFF OKAZIYA
To send a message to the OKAZIYA list, send it to
OKAZIYA@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. You do not need to be subscribed to the
list to send messages to it.
To get help on using LISTSERV, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
with body
HELP
To report any problems with the OKAZIYA mailing list or with any
questions, send email to me (ilya_shl@mit.edu).
There is also an automated OKAZIYA system, which acts as a simple
matching service between people who can carry stuff and people who
need stuff carried. Right now it is in a very primitive state
(though it has still been useful to some people); I will be
upgrading it shortly.
How the automated OKAZIYA system works: you communicate with it
by sending email messages to it (similar to a LISTSERV, but
it's not a LISTSERV). Note that the email address for the
automated system is different! If you are going to/from Russia
and can take something with you (this is called an
"okaziya offer"), send email to ilya_shl@solar.rtd.utk.edu with
subject OKAZIYA OFFER and body
Dest: LENINGRAD MOSCOW KIEV CHERNOBYL BOBRUISK ENSK MAGADAN
or wherever it is you are going.
Your generous offer of okaziya will be recorded by the system
(which will even send you a "thank you" message) and reported
to the CIA, FBI and other people who need to pass things
to/from Russia.
If you are not going to/from Russia but need to find someone
who is, you can register your "okaziya request" by sending
email to ilya_shl@solar.rtd.utk.edu with subject OKAZIYA REQUEST
and body
Dest: KAZAKSTAN BAIKONUR MARS
or wherever it is that you need to pass something.
Your desperate request for okaziya will be recorded by the system
(which will, yes, send you a "thank you" message), and you will
be notified by email of any generous souls that can take your stuff.
Yes I know this is very primitive as it doesn't even let you
specify the point of departure, only the destination. The only reason
this has pseudo-worked in the past is that if you specify Dest: MOSCOW
then chances are you want to pass something from the USA, and in the
USA the "from" point doesn't matter that much as regular mail
seems to work ok.
The automated okaziya system has a WWW page, from which you can
offer and request okaziyas. The URL is
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/ilya_shl/okaziya.html
Again, if you have any comments/suggestions about the system,
send them to ilya_shl@mit.edu. If you know PERL and can help me
upgrade the system, I'll be very grateful and will register
my gratitude on the OKAZIYA web page.
That's it I think... if I have forgotten anything, remind me.
I hope our list comes back to life soon.
Ilya Shlyakhter
OKAZIYA list moderator
ilya_shl@mit.edu
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Sender: Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukraine FAQ Plus: Ukrainian Weekly Preview October 27th now
Greetings,
The latest preview of the Ukrainian Weekly is now available
on the Ukraine FAQ Plus site! This is an exclusive regular
feature each week. The Ukrainian Weekly is the largest
weekly newspaper (in English) extant in the Western
world covering Ukrainian issues both in Ukraine and in the
Ukrainian Diaspora. The preview is available on Internet at the
address of the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project. You can obtain
subscription information in order to read the complete articles
when you visit the web-site.
Coming soon - coverage of THE major conference of the year -
The Washington Group's UKRAINE AT 5 - A Progress Report!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Also, I continue to include FORBES magazine on my list. They evidently
have no proper information about Ukraine and it is hoped that they
actually may read this and eventually learn to do proper research
in future articles about the largest country whose borders are wholly
in Europe. I can only but contribute to this positive endeavor.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Please note that one may now browse the FAQ project using
an advanced three dimensional navigational tool. Point your
browser to http://www.tryzub.com/ for information on how
to download the plug-in for your browser and the actual "mcf"
image which is used for this.
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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Sender: Canadian Centre of Continental Immigration (ccci@markham.ie.utoronto.ca)
Subject: ImmView (issue B1)
************************ ImmView ************************
[A newsletter from Canadian Centre of Continental Immigration (CCCI)
To subscribe to this newsletter, please send email to
ccci@markham.ie.utoronto.ca with the subject "subscribe".]
Issue B1
Introduction
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Canada is recognized by the United Nations as one of the best
countries to live in the world. With strong industrial development and
the end of recent economic recession, more and more jobs and
opportunities in industrial and service sectors as well as high-tech
areas are available in Canada and many skilled workers are required.
It is estimated that in the next few years the Canadian Government
will accept over a million immigrants from all over the world to meet
domestic demand of educated and skilled workers. Canadian Immigration
Law requires that all immigrants are subject to standards which do not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national or
ethnic origin. Permanent resident visas will be issued to qualified
people under the "Independent" category, who will be evaluated
according to a variety of attributes including education and
employment experience compatible with occupations open to prospective
immigrants to Canada. Every immigrant must meet health and security
requirements. Once the selection process is completed and the
requirements are met, an immigrant visa will be issued, which allows
the immigrant to settle in Canada permanently.
I am an electrical engineer in Ireland and will like to start a new
life in Canada. Can I apply?
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You can apply. In the past, we have assisted individuals with many
backgrounds from for example engineers, company employees, government
officers, scientists, biologists to chefs, businessman, secretaries,
etc. to obtain immigrant visas. In recent years, Canada accepts a
higher percentage of engineers such as electrical engineers from other
countries. If you have appropriate work experience in your occupation
and have adequate educational backgrounds, the success rate is high.
How long will it take to obtain my immigrant visa?
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The time varies in different Consulate/Embassy and depends on the
complexity of your application. If there is a need to have an
interview, the whole case will take much longer, since there are only
limited number of visa officers in an embassy and some embassies are
over-burdened by the large number of applicants. Also the earlier that
you complete and return the medical examination form to the visa
office, the earlier the visa will be issued.
Will I need to attend an interview?
-----------------------------------
For many applicants who are strong and meet appropriate requirements,
there is no need to have an interview. Recently, we have witnessed a
majority of our clients obtaining their visas without an interview.
However, in some cases an interview is required. The interview is to
determine your personal suitability for immigration to Canada, as well
as your occupational expertise and professional qualifications. If
there is an interview, preparation for it is important. Various
questions may be asked concerning your background and immigration
purpose. We help our clients in preparing for an interview.
I have a family of three including me, my wife and a three-year old
son. What is the fee for immigration application?
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The application fee includes two parts: processing fee and the right
of landing fee. Processing fee is not refundable, while the right of
landing fee is refundable if the application is not successful.
PROCESSING FEE:
Principal applicant - Independent $CAD 500.00 (or $US 360.00).
Principal applicant - Business $CAD 825.00 (or $US 595.00).
Spouse and each dependent 19 and over $CAD 500.00 (or $US 360.00).
Each dependent under 19 years old $CAD 100.00 (or $US 72.00).
RIGHT OF LANDING FEE (all applicants age 19 & over):
$CAD 975.00 (or $US 700.00).
Since your son is under 19, the processing fee for your family is $CAD
500*2 +100 1100 and the right of landing fee is $CAD 975*2 1950.
So the total is $CAD 3050.
Will current immigration policy change in the near future?
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There is a proposal of changes by the Honorable Sergio Marchi, former
Minister of Citizenship and immigration, to the selection and
management of the Skilled Worker Class of immigrants. This proposal
has not been put into effect yet. We are keeping an eye on the
effective date of the new proposal and will inform our reader in the
subsequent issues of the newsletter.
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( ImmView is edited and distributed by Canadian Centre of Continental
( Immigration. Copyright 1996. The newsletter is permitted to
( re-distribute to anyone, anywhere, on the condition that it is
( distributed as a whole and accompanying the name of CCCI.
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About Canadian Centre of Continental Immigration
Canadian Centre of Continental Immigration is a highly reputable firm
located in Greater Toronto Area, providing professional and quality
services to people around the world who wish to become permanent
residents of Canada. The centre has successfully helped many
individuals to obtain permanent resident status and citizenship of
Canada. The centre consists of a group of immigration lawyers and
experts including formal immigration officers who have extensive
experience and knowledge about the process of immigrant application
and who can help our clients to increase every possibility of success
in each case.
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| How to contact us: |
| E-Mail: ccci@istar.ca |
| Tel: (416) 966-0939 |
| Fax: (416) 966-0351 |
| WWW: http://home.istar.ca/~ccci |
| Mail: Canadian Centre of Continental Immigration |
| POB 19617, 55 Bloor St. W. |
| Toronto, Canada M4W 3T9 |
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