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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.058 o mail_order contains address, and phone number of 14 persian stores world-wide. =============================================================== - recipes of Persian dishes: Path: FAQ/Answers/Recipes/ Keeper/Maintainer: mack@isl.stanford.edu o the recipe for for the following dishes/appetizers/deserts/snacks are available in the above directory in files with the same names: abgousht baghali_polo chelo_sefeed fereni ghareghorout halva kabab_kubideh khoresht_bamieh khoresht_fesenjoon khoresht_ghormeh_sabzi khoresht_karafs lavashak nan_khamehie paneer rangeenak tahcheen zereshk_polo =============================================================== - pictures of SCI subscribers in gif format: Path: /FAQ/Pictures/ Keeper/Maintainer: farhad@tehran.stanford.edu o scanned pictures of some SCI subscribers is available in the above directory. =================================================================== 2q. Where is/how can I contact the closest Iranian consulate/embassy/interests secion? 2a. In United States: Embassy of the Republic of Pakistan Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2209 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington, DC 20007 Tel: (202) 965-4990 to 94 Here's what a netter had to say about their service: => Thanks to all those responded to my earlier request => with regard to passport renewal. I contacted the => Iranian Interest Section in D.C. (202) 965-4990 to 94 => and was kindly connected to an automatic fax facility => that sent me the forms I requested (via the touch-tone => interface). I was both surprised and delighted with the => service and the speed of transmission, i.e., as soon as => I hang up, the forms were coming out of my fax machine! => This service is available even outside the regular => business hours of the interest section (take advantage => of discount long distance times!) You can also send the => interest section a fax with your requests, messages, => etc. at (202) 965-1073. => => These are some of the three-digit codes that might be => of interest to this newsgroup. (use these codes to => punch in the form you want to order) You can get a => complete list of these codes by using the 700 code (is => 700 the lucky number? :^) ) => => 100 tamdeed, tajdeed, or tafkeek gozarnameh => 900 similar to option 100 for students with green card => 055 similar to option 100 for students with F-1 => 427 information about military service => 903 approval of student visa => 054 approval of student documents => 600 buying Iran-Air tickets => 901 request for exit stamp for students with F-1 => 902 " " " " " " " " " " green card => 300 " " " " " " for people with green card =================================================================== 3q. What are the Persian word processors? What are some of their features? Where can I get them? How much do they cost? 3a. We have a fairly comprehensive input from: Kees van 't Hoff, CWI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Here goes his contribution: (many thanks Kees) -------------------------------------------------------------- Good idea!!! I have been away quite a while myself, but I am back again, so I'll post my list about word-processing which could be included in such a FAQ-list. Latest change: Prof. Lagally's LaTeX macro's latest release (2), incompatible with previous releases. The list that hopefully says it all about farsi word-processing. Please feel free to make (or mail me) any corrections and/or additions to the list. MAC: AlKaatib: Is a right-to-left editor and comes with an Arabic font, in any case bitmaps. Is supposed to run under MultiFinder. You type your text in AlKaatib, and then copy and paste it into your favorite application (MacWrite, MS-Word, Excel etc.) Personally, I've used version 1.0 from an illegal copy back in 1986 for a while, but did not really like the concept, so I never bought it. Price: $199.00 retail; Alkaatib $199.00 retail; Alkaatib Laser Font (PostScript) $299.00 retail; Tawfiq Laser Font Family (postScript) $199.00 retail; Ferdosi Laser Font (Postscript) Availability: Eastern Language Systems 39 West 330 North Provo, UT 84601 1-801-377-4558 According to recent news, the Mac line is no longer supported, but just the MS-DOS line. WinText: Is a mixed left-to-right, right-to-left wordprocessor. It uses AIS (Arabic Interface System) or PIS (Persian InterfaceSystem), the Apple systems for use with the Arabic script (see below). I have been playing around with a demo-version and was quite impressed. However, I have heard rumours that it does not like large documents, but never seen real proof of this. The price was too steep for my intentional use (just personal correspondence). Price: 2200 FF (french francs), approx. $350-$400. (Last year's price) Availability: WinSoft 34 Boulevard de l'Esplanade 38000 Grenoble FRANCE tel: (33) 76875601 Patrick Jost's shareware Persian/Arabic text processing capabilities. I have no idea about this, but he announced his package on soc.culture.arabic last year. Price: shareware, $15 (US-price) Availability: Patrick Jost 12228 Venice Boulevard #495 Los Angeles, CA 9006 jost@coyote.trw.com Nisus: Nothing as of yet, but they have announced that they will have an Arabic version in october, based on Nisus 3.06. Price will probably around $350, but maybe an academic rebate ala normal Nisus. Availability: Contact Paragon (+44) 81 642 2255) or fax: (+44) 81 642 4621 (in Europe) I don't know any numbers in the US) I have heard it is out by now. PIS, AIS: The interface systems by Apple for the Arabic script, AIS and PIS, are as far as I know only available through APDA (Apple Programmers Developers Association). You can find them on their CD-ROM's (latest version: 6.0.7). Companies like WinSoft can give you the interface system for an additional price, when you buy their products. PC's: There must be quite a few of them around, but being a DOS-illiterate, I have no idea about them, apart from a shareware one (posted by Ala), and an announcement I saved from comp.text and soc.culture.arabic. INTEXT: Available through ftp: vmd.cso.uiuc.edu name: ipfs passwd: mark command: quote acct iran command: binary command: get INTEXT.ZIP and you have the unzippable (PKUNZIP) version. Multi-Lingual-Scribe: Wordprocessing program supporting 5 to 10 different languages, including arabic. Works with matrix and laser printers. Price: ? Availability: Gamma Productions 710 Willshire Blvd, suite 609 Santa Monica CA 90401 Tel: (310) 394-8622 This info is two years old, so don't sue me if it does not proof to be correct! Various systems: TEX: There are at least two TEX packages I know of. Since TEX runs on different platforms, you could probably move it almost anywhere. ARABTEX: This is Prof. Klaus Lagally's LaTeX extension for Arabic writing. It consists of three packages: the actual Arabtex package, the MetaFont package (for those interested), and the style files used by Arabtex. Most recent version: 2 (spring 1992). The latest version has better support for Farsi. It worked wonderfully for me, both on my Sparcstation and on my Mac (with OzTeX, also a free package). Price: free Availability: anonymous ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) (USA) tex.babel.arabic.macros-lagally and tex.babel.arabic.fonts-lagally or ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.211.11) (Europe) pub/arabtex or nuri.inria.fr (128.93.1.26) (Europe) /TeX/tools/arabic or mail to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET and include the lines: SENDME ArabTex.TEX SENDME ArabTex_MF SENDME ArabTex_STYLE in your mail to get the complete package. PARTEX: A package also known as ATEX, as far as I know by Terry Regier (regier@cogsci.berkeley.edu). The drawback is that it needs a filter before you call LaTeX, but the filter is relatively simple and easily adjustable. Also it uses Yannis Haralambous (France) fonts, and I don't know whether these are still available in the public domain. He used to mail them to interested people, and I have a copy, but I don't know whether I have any rights to distribute them (see below). It worked fine for me however. Price: free Availability: anonymous ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) tex.babel.arabic.atex or icsi-ftp.berkeley.edu pub/ai/atex/atex.tar.Z SCHOLARTEX: A package by Yannis Haralambous ( yannis@FRCITL81.BITNET) for Mac and MS-DOS, supposedly handling almost any language. Price: approx. $200 (institutes pay a higher price) Availability: Yannis Haralambous 101/11, rue Breughel 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq France Tel. (33) 20.05.28.80 Fax (33) 20.91.05.64 Bitnet: yannis@frcitl81 -------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================================== 4q. What are the radio frequencies and broadcast times of Farsi speaking radio programs and/or programs originating from Iran? 4a. Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Frequencies below 3000 kHz are medium wave broadcasts and can only be heard in areas in the immediate vicinity of Iran (unless you have an exceptional receiver and a special type of antenna). Receiving FM broadcasts abroad, on the other hand, is virtually impossible. Radio Tehran External Service Schedule: Broadcasting Schedule: No. Nov. 91 - Feb. 92 (D91-92) Program UTC/GMT Target Areas Frequency (kHz) ------------------------------------------------------------------ English 1130-1230** East Asia 11790, 11930, 9685 Middle East 9525, 7215, 1224, 702 1400-1500 West Asia 702 1930-2030* Europe 9022, 15260, 6030 0030-0130** America 9022, 15260, 9720 French 0630-0730* Europe 9022, 9720, 15260 1830-1930* Europe 9022, 15260, 6030 German 1730-1830* Europe 9022, 15260, 6030 Russian 1530-1630 West Asia 9022, 11790, 1404, 1449 1930-2030 West Asia 1404 Spanish 2030-2130* Europe 9022, 15260 0130-0230** America 9022, 9720, 15260 0530-0630* Europe 9022, 9720, 15260 * For Tehran on FM (100.7 MHz) * For Tehran on FM (97.7 MHz) Correspondence can be addressed to IRIB External Service P.O. Box 3333 Tehran 19395 Iran ******************************************************************* Voice of America The following are times and frequencies of the Persian language programs of the Voice of America and the BBC. The information presented is at least six months old, so there could have been some changes since then. Time (UTC) Frequency (kHz) ------------------------------------------------- 0300-0430 7651 *, 9635, 9700, 11805, 15105 1700-1900 6160, 7280, 9680, 11835 * This frequency is used for the broadcast in Single Sideband mode (Lower). It is the frequency of the station in the US that relays the program to Greece. Your receiver needs to be equipped with a certain type of circuitry in order to demodulate this broadcast. All other frequencies originate in Greece and are in normal AM. ******************************************************************* British Broadcasting Company BBC: Time (Tehran) Frequency (kHz) ------------------------------------------------ 0600-0630 720, 1413, 9590, 11740, 15575 1945-2030 1413, 7160, 11720, 15575 2200-2230 720, 1413, 7160, 11720 Note: UTC = Tehran Time - 3.5 ******************************************************************* =================================================================== 5q. How do I tranfer money to/from Iran? 5a. The easiest way to transfer money from US to Iran is through Bank Melli Iran. They have a branch in New York. You can wire the funds from any bank in the US to Bank Melli in New York along with the receiving party's name and address (or account number) in Iran. For a nominal fee, Bank Melli will transfer the funds to Iran within a few days. Bank Melli Iran New York Branch 628 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 (212) 759-4700 They have a post office box too: Post Office Box 1420 F.D.R. Station New York, N.Y. 10150 Bank Melli also has a branch in Los Angeles: Bank Melli Iran Los Angeles Branch 818 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, Ca 90017 There are contact numbers for Bank Saderat both in New York and in Los Angeles: Bank Saderat Iran New York Branch (212) 753-6400 Bank Saderat Iran Los Angeles Branch (213) 489-2900 =================================================================== 6q. What is the latest on military service/exemption? 6a. From: bamini@athena.mit.edu I have some info on one of the unanswered questions in the FAQ, namely "What's the latest on millitary exemption/service?' From what I've been told by relatives in Iran, for a nominal fee of 8 to 10 *thousand* dollars, one can 'purchase' their exemption from millitary service. Also note that millitary service is mandatory for all Iranian men above a certian age (17?), and that the government has a rather loose interpretation of the definition of Iranian citizenship. If your parents are Iranian, you are considered an Iranian citizen and eligible for service ***even if you were born in some other contry*** Even if you've lived in that other country all your life. Bob Amini bamini@athena.mit.edu [more info would be appreciated --mack] =================================================================== 7q. Where can I find/how can I contact an Iranian travel Agency? 7a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info): -list of Iranian Travel Agencies world-wide Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/travel_agencies o travel_agencies contains address, and phone number of 26 Iranian owned and/or operated travel agencies world-wide. =================================================================== 8q. Where are the Persian/Middle Eastern stores/supermarkets in my area? 8a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info): -list of Persian stores world-wide Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/stores o stores contains address, and phone number of 14 persian stores world-wide. =================================================================== 9q. Where can I find a Persian restaurant? 9a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info): - list of persian restaurants world-wide Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/persian_restaurants Keeper/Maintainer: bahman@mdi.com mack@isl.stanford.edu o persian_restaurants contains address, phone number, price range, and comment on quality of food on 63 Persian restaurants worldwide. =================================================================== 10q. What are the various Farsi magazines and newspapers, and how can I subscribe to them? 10a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info): - list of Farsi publications: Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/publications Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu mack@isl.stanford.edu o publications contains name, phone number, and contact address of nearly 100 Farsi publications world-wide. =================================================================== 11q. What are the Iranian organizations around the world? How can I contact them? 11a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info): - list of Iranian organizations: Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/organizations Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu mack@isl.stanford.edu o organizations contains name, phone number, and contact address of 34 Iranian organizations world-wide. =================================================================== 12q. If there is not a Persian store in the area that I live, how can I purchase some of the items that are likely to be found in Persian stores? Is mail order possible? 12a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info): -list of Iranian mail-order services world-wide Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/mail_order Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu mack@isl.stanford.edu o mail_order contains address, and phone number of 14 persian stores world-wide. =================================================================== 13q. Where can I get books in Farsi? 13a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info): - list of Persian bookstores: Path: FAQ/Answers/Yellow_Pages/bookstores Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu mack@isl.stanford.edu o bookstores contains name, phone number, and contact address of 36 Persian bookstores, book distributors, and publishers world-wide. =================================================================== 14q. How do I watch a video cassette that was made in Iran/US/Europe? Where can I convert such videos from one system to another? 14a. [someone help me with this --mack] =================================================================== 15q. How can I post to soc.culture.iranian if I don't have posting capability, but have e-mail access? How can I post anonymously? 15a. Mr. Shahrokh Mortazavi has been kind enough to set up a posting service that can be used via e-mail. Here's what you need to do: E-mail *anonymous* posts to : sci-anon-poster@handel.sun.com E-mail regular posts to : sci-poster@handel.sun.com E-mail anonymity checks to : sci-anon-poster-ping@handel.sun.com E-mail problems to : smortaz@handel.sun.com Anonymous posts: lines after '--' in col 1 are removed (signatures) >> Test before posting anonymously! << ----------------------------------------------------------------------- End FAQ Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu alt.irc:6634 alt.irc.ircii:181 news.answers:4105 Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!news.bbn.com!olivea!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!eff.org!hrose From: hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) Newsgroups: alt.irc,alt.irc.ircii,news.answers Subject: IRC Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) about IRC, Internet Relay Chat. Please read this before posting to the alt.irc or alt.irc.ircii newsgroups. Message-ID: <HROSE.92Nov18154747@rocza.eff.org> Date: 18 Nov 92 20:47:50 GMT Sender: usenet@eff.org (NNTP News Poster) Reply-To: hrose@eff.org Followup-To: poster Organization: The Evil Fascist IRC Admins From Hell, Inc. Lines: 168 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Nntp-Posting-Host: rocza.eff.org Archive-name: irc-faq Last-modified: 1992/10/01 Version: 1.0 (1) What is IRC? IRC stands for "Internet Relay Chat". It was written by Jarkko Oikarinen (jto@tolsun.oulu.fi) in 1988. Since starting in Finland, it has been used in some 20+ countries spanning the globe. It was designed as a replacement for the "talk" program but has become much much more than that. IRC is a multi-user chat system, where people convene on "channels" (a virtual place, usually with a topic of conversation) to talk in groups, or privately. IRC gained international fame during the late Persian Gulf War, where updates from around the world came accross the wire, and most people on irc gathered on a single channel to hear these reports. (2) How is IRC set up? The user runs a "client" program (usually called 'irc') which connects to the irc network via another program called a "server". Servers exist to pass messages from user to user over the irc network. (3) How do I use a client? You either compile the source yourself, have someone else on your machine compile the source for you, or use the TELNET client. "telnet bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu". Please only use the latter when you have no other way of reaching irc, as this resource is quite limited. bradenville is also spotty in it's uptimes and may not always be avaliable. (4) Where can I get source for the irc client? UNIX client-> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients plod.cbme.unsw.edu.au nic.funet.fi pub/unix/irc ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de pub/net/irc slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com there is also a client avaliable with the server code. EMACS elisp-> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/elisp nic.funet.fi ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com EMACS elisp "irchat"-> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/elisp lehtori.cc.tut.fi:/pub/irchat nic.funet.fi:/pub/irchat VMS -> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/vms coombs.anu.edu.au REXX client for VM-> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/rxirc ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de pub/irc/rxirc MSDOS-> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/msdos freebie.engin.umich.edu:/pub/irc/clients/MSDOS Macintosh-> cs.bu.edu /irc/clients/macintosh sumex-aim.stanford.edu /info-mac/comm (5) Which server do I connect to? It's usually best to try and connect to one geographically close, even though that may not be the best. You can always ask when you get on irc. Here's a list of servers avaliable for connection: csd.bu.edu ucsu.colorado.edu badger.ugcs.caltech.edu ug.cs.dal.ca nic.funet.fi vesuv.unisg.ch munagin.ee.mu.oz.au [Oz only] sunsystem2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de This is, by no means, a comprehensive list, but merely a start. Connect to the closest of these servers and join the channel #Twilight_Zone When you get there, immediately ask what you want. Don't say "I have a question" because then hardly anyone will talk. (6) OK, I've got a client and I'm connected to a server? Now what? It's probably best to take a look around and see what you want to do first. All irc commands start with a "/", and most are one word. Typing /help will get you help information. /names will get you a list of names, etc. The output is typically something like this-> (Note there are more channels than this, this is just sample output). Pub: #hack zorgo eiji Patrick fup htoaster Pub: #Nippon @jircc @miyu_d Pub: #nicole MountainD Pub: #hottub omar liron beer Deadog moh pfloyd Dode greywolf SAMANTHA "Pub" means public (or "visible") channel. "hack" is the channel name. "#" is the prefix (see number 7 below). A "@" before someone's nickname indicates he/she is the "Channel operator" of that channel. A Channel Operator is someone who has control over a specific channel. It can be shared or not as the first Channel Operator sees fit. The first person to join the channel automatically gets Channel Operator, and can share it with anyone he/she chooses (or not).