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WEEKLY OF THE SIBERIAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (SB RAS)

N 44 (2679) November 2008

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	MOSCOW, THE KREMLIN, THE 6TH ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF GEOLOGISTS From October, 27 to October, 30 the 6th All-Russian Congress of Geologists was held in Moscow. 1600 delegates from all the regions of our country took part in the Congress. They represented geological associations and scientific institutes of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, as well as Higher Education institutions of Russia and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
	TO GIVE A NEW IMPULSE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIBERIA The speech of the RF Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Siberian Federal District A.V.Kvashnin at the 6th All-Russian Congress of Geologists October 27, 2008.
	A COMPLEX GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM IS REQUIRED The speech of Academician A.E.Kontorovich at the 6th Congress of Geologists of the Russian Federation.
	ABOUT THE RANKING OF WEB-SITES OF SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS OF THE SB RAS Now the question on the necessity of a scientific organization's web-site is not discussed any more, all the research centers have official web-sites. And certainly, there is a natural desire to compare them and then to use such a comparison in the development of web-sites.
	ALL THE ATTENTION TO PAY AT INORGANIC FLUORIDES The Third International Siberian seminar on inorganic fluorides was held this autumn in Vladivostok.
	WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS AND FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE What would be with the World economy if there were no Newton, Faraday and Plank? It is difficult to believe, but there would be no economy, because there would be neither engines, nor electricity, mobile phones, Internet.
	TO PREVENT CLIMATIC CHANGES October, 13 the Novosibirsk State University was visited by the Director of the Department for Analysis and Forecast of the the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM), the National geological service of France.
	A FELT-TIP PEN IS URGENTLY NEEDED The fate of the Law on Baikal was very hard.
	MACHINES HAD "EATEN" PEOPLE... October, 30 is the Day of memory of the victims of political reprisals in Russia. This day each of us recollects first of all the GULAG victims, political terror of 1937-1938. However, in 20th century there were several waves of reprisals in our country, which have caused the death of millions people.
	THE KOLYMIAD On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of gold-mining at Kolyma.
	THE ROUTE IS PROCEEDING "Fables and talks near an evening fire" - so the recently issued book by well-known Siberian scientist Academician F.A.Letnikov is titled.
	VACANCIES
	ANNOUNCEMENT The Novosibirsk Innovation-and-investment Corporation invites the authors of inventions and the owners of know-how in various branches of science and engineering for cooperation.
	CHESS PLAYERS OF THE ACADEMGORODOK FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOVIET DISTRICT October, 25 to 26 a quick-chess tournament devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Soviet District took place at the House of Scientists of the SB RAS.