RichardFeynman.com

The official site of Richard Feynman, RichardFeynman.com, has been launched.

This site contains exclusive historical photos, a bibliography of notable works, and contact info for those interested in licensing opportunities.

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Xöömei Symposium and Festival - June 2014

A Xöömei Symposium and Festival that will take place in Kyzyl this summer. The dates are set, June 27-28th.

What other details do you need?

If you're interested, алдар тамдын (Aldar Tamdyn) would have more info.

Soviet-era Maps of Tuva Online

Lots of cool maps of Tuva are available for free online:

Soviet Military maps

http://mapn46.narod.ru/map1   for the maps in square N-46

http://mapm46.narod.ru/map1 for the maps in square M-46    and so on for maps in the scale 1 : 100 000

You will find maps in different scales here

http://mapn46.narod.ru/index.html

for N-46 and so on.

The maps are from the Soviet era but the best to get.

For Tuva you need the squares N-46, N-47, M-45,M-46 and M-47

Or try

http://www.afanas.ru/mapbase/
you will find the same maps but all of one square in one zip file.

Saving the Feynman Van

Great article online about saving the Feynman van - read all about it at http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/may-2014/saving-the-feynman-van

Bady-Dorzhu Ondar with Kongar-ol Ondar - on the Chevy Chase Show, 1993

A video of Bady-Dorzhu Ondar performing on the Chevy Chase show (with Kongar-ol Ondar) has been available on Youtube for many years, but the audio was somehow corrupted.

The VHS tape has been accessed again and a fresh copy uploaded and available for your enjoyment at

http://youtu.be/TnFT8bNBg0U

Discovery channel promotional item about The Challenger Disaster

The Discovery Channel has shared their promotional piece on The Challenger Disaster movie.

Watch it and see if you recognize anyone! :-)

Olympic Torch Makes It To Tuva

Today, November 28, the Olympic torch was scheduled to be in Kyzyl en route to Sochi.   Paralympic archer Mikhail Oyun was one of the athletes scheduled to carry the torch in the Tuvan leg.

The only media coverage I've seen of this is at the Around The Rings website - but there are several great photos at the official torch relay site, http://torchrelay.sochi2014.com/en/city-kyzyl#! - the source of the photos shown here.