to all who might help: My good friend Yuri Tsvian is heading back to Riga, Latvia shortly, after a stop at a conference of early film scholarship in the Big Apple. Just before he left our sunny California, he was pleased to announce he had purchased a computer and a "modd-em" and will now be able to communicate with other film scholars the whole world wide over. His question and mine--how do you get connected up to the Internet in Riga? Is there anyone out there in screen-l or h-film land who has a clue or might put me in touch with someone who can answer this question? Please e-mail replies to me privately, as I'm sure this isn't a pressing concern to most of our group. Donna Cunningham University of Southern California [log in to unmask]