Daily Digest for 94-06-21
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#01-21 June 94 Sender: hchun@hyowon.cc.pusan.ac.kr (Hongchan Chun)
Subject: Travel Guide Book
#02-21 June 94 Sender: "Edward R. Gerk" (74007.1324@CompuServe.COM)
Subject: Tapes
#03-21 June 94 Sender: "Edward R. Gerk" (74007.1324@CompuServe.COM)
Subject: Camps
#04-21 June 94 Sender: yelena@cdc.org (Yelena Rom)
Subject: SENIOR LEVEL BUSINESS SPECIALISTS NEEDED FOR
UNIQUE VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENTS IN RUSSIA AND
CENTRAL EUROPE
#05-21 June 94 Sender: "J.BIGGART" (J.BIGGART@uea.ac.uk)
Subject: REVIEW OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY
#06-21 June 94 Sender: "rem-conf@es.net"
Subject: Global Lecture Hall broadcast announcement
(includes demonstration of "friends and
partners")
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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Sender: hchun@hyowon.cc.pusan.ac.kr (Hongchan Chun)
Subject: Travel Guide Book
Could anybody introduce to me some good travel guide books for Russia
(esp. Siberia and Russian Far East)? I am particularly interested in those
including detailed information on Trans Siberian Railway and places along it=
..
Of course they'd better be updated enough to reflect recent changes for
foreign travellers.
I would also appreciate any precautionary or recommendatory tips of informat=
ion
from those who have recently travelled to Siberia and Russian Far East.
Thanks in advance.
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Sender: "Edward R. Gerk" (74007.1324@CompuServe.COM)
Subject: Tapes
Dear Friends:
I wanted to take the time to thank everyone who responded to my request
for help in locating video tapes for Russia. If you get any new
info..please send my way. But thanks to all of you for your help!
Best wishes, Edward
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Sender: "Edward R. Gerk" (74007.1324@CompuServe.COM)
Subject: Camps
Dear Friends:
I am looking for any articles that document labour camps in Russia.
Has much been appearing of late?
As well, does anyone know how one gets hold of material from the former
KGB files? I'm thinking of files that would have been started on
individuals from the 1920's.
Any articles, etc would be greatly appreciated. Russian or English.
Thank you for your help!
Sincerely, Edward Gerk
RR#1, S13 C8
621 Grandview Road
Kelowna, B.C.
Canada V1Y 7P9
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Sender: yelena@cdc.org (Yelena Rom)
Subject: SENIOR LEVEL BUSINESS SPECIALISTS NEEDED FOR UNIQUE VOLUNTEER
ASSIGNMENTS IN RUSSIA AND CENTRAL EUROPE
SENIOR LEVEL BUSINESS SPECIALISTS NEEDED FOR UNIQUE
VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENTS IN RUSSIA AND CENTRAL EUROPE
Washington, D.C. -- In response to an increasing number of
requests for U.S. volunteers with senior management
experience in a variety of industries, Citizens Democracy
Corps (CDC) is intensifying recruitment efforts. CDC is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing American
volunteers to assist the developing market economies in
Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.
CDC's business assistance program provides an opportunity
for U.S. volunteers with senior management skills to act as
"Volunteer Advisors" and assist small and medium-sized
companies in these newly democratic countries. Through its
field offices in Bucharest, Prague, Sofia, Warsaw, St.
Petersburg and Moscow, CDC conducts thorough due diligence
in selecting businesses poised to benefit from the expertise
of volunteer business advisors.
Qualified volunteers are carefully matched with host
companies whose requests for assistance most closely match
the individual's interests, skills and desired length of
service. Due to the challenges inherent in these
assignments, volunteers are typically asked to serve for two
months. Housing, local transportation for the assignment,
and translation services are provided by the host companies.
Airfare, program coordination, and emergency medical
evacuation insurance are provided by CDC. Volunteers are
asked to cover meals and incidentals.
Individuals interested in participating in the program
should send a resume to Citizens Democracy Corps, 1735 Eye
Street N.W., Suite 720, Washington, D. C. 20006. Inquiries
and resumes may also be faxed to 202-872-0923, Attention:
BEP or e-mail to bep@cdc.org
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CDC is currently seeking volunteers to advise Russian
companies for Summer 1994 projects in Nizhny Novgorod and
Moscow Oblasts in the following areas:
Construction and Building Materials
Trucking and Transport
Airport Management
Shoe Manufacturing
Technology Transfer
Ideal candidates will have broad-based management experience
in the specific field and be open to a challenging and
rewarding advisory role. If you are qualified, interested,
and available for assignments in the above areas, for more
information, please contact David Ciagne at (800) 394-1945
(or david@cdc.org ).
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Sender: "J.BIGGART" (J.BIGGART@uea.ac.uk)
Subject: REVIEW OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY
REVIEW OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY
(Institute of Economy in Transition)
The Institute of Economy in Transition is the successor to the
Institute of Economic Policy founded by Egor Gaidar in 1990 under the
Russian Academy of the National Economy and the Russian Academy of
Sciences.
During his term of office as Acting Prime Minister Gaidar continued to
supervise the work of the Institute and since leaving the government
he has assumed the position of Institute Director. The Institute
adopts a stance of political neutrality and in its research
activities is independent of Gaidar's party "Russkii Vybor".
The Institute, which has branches in Moscow and St.Petersburg,
specializes in the analysis of the economic problems which are
emerging in Russia during the transition to a market system.
The St.Petersburg branch specializes in research into the regional
aspects of economic policy.
Many of the Institute's researchers have held or still hold
government posts. These include: Andrei Nechaev (Economics Minister);
Vladimir Mashchits (State Committee for Affairs of the CIS); Andrei
Vavilov (First Deputy MInister of Finance); Konstantin Kagalovsky
(Russian Executive Director on the International Monetary Fund);
Sergei Sinelnikov (Adviser to the Prime Minister), Boris Fedorov
(Executive Russian Director of the World Bank); Leonid Grigoriev
(Deputy Russian Executive Director of the World Bank); Vladimir Mau
and Alexei Ulyukaev (Advisers to Prime Minister Gaidar). Sergei
Vasiliev, also of the Institute, has been appointed Director of the
Working Centre for Economic Reform under the Russian Government.
The Institute publishes a review of political and economic developments
in Russia under the title "Review of the Russian Economy".
Vols. I (two issues) and II (four issues each, in
Russian), are now available in the West. These volumes, which cover
political as well as economic developments, are an indispensable
source of information for economists and political scientists
specializing in the Russian field, for government departments, and for
companies dealing with the new Russia.
____________________________________________________________________________
ORDER FORM
Review of the Russian Economy
(Rossiiskaya ekonomika v 1992 (1993 etc.) godu: Tendentsii i perspektivy)
Vol.I (1992), Nos.1 & 2
Vol.II (1993), Nos.1, 2, 3, 4
Vol.III (1994) Nos.1, 2, 3, 4
Each issue 150-200 pp., A4 size. Perfect bound.
Prices per 2 (two) issues, including postage and packing:
Europe =FA55 (sterling)
USA/Canada $75 (US dollars - Surface); $85 (Air)
Rest of World =FA55 + =FA10 sterling (Air)
Cheques payable to "University of East Anglia", c/o Dr.John Biggart,
University of East Anglia (EUR), Norwich, NR2 3ND.
Tel: (0603) 592736 (Office Direct)
Tel: (0603) 57535 (Voice Mail)
=46AX: (0603) 58553 (University)
E-Mail: j.biggart@uea.ac.uk
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Sender: "rem-conf@es.net"
Subject: Global Lecture Hall MBone broadcast announcement
(includes demonstration of "friends and partners")
Global Lecture Hall 94 plans to broadcast on MBone Thursday, July 7 from
Knoxville, Tennessee from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time/U.S.A).
We hope to send out 2 channels (at default video bandwidth of 128 Kbps)
with worldwide scope.
Please comment if there are any other MBone events planned for this period.
An archive of material describing the Global Lecture Hall event will be
available at: ftp://solar.rtd.utk.edu/pub/glh/
Please respond directly to Greg Cole (gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu) if you have a=
ny
questions/suggestions about the mBONE broadcast.
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"Global Lecture Hall" (GLH) (TM)
(multipoint-to-multipoint multimedia interactive videoconference)
for
"COMPARE AND EVALUATE AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES: LEARNING THROUGH USING"
at the occasion of
The First International Conference on Distance Education in Russia
"DISTANCE LEARNING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION"
Convention Center, Russian Academy of Science
Moscow, Russia
July 5-8, 1994
Date: Thursday, July 7, 1994
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Time: 9:00 to 12:00 (Eastern Daylight Time/U.S.A.)
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Range: (a) Via satellites: North, Central and South America;
~~~~~~ Western, Central & Eastern Europe;
Scandinavia; Baltic; Ukraine, Western
Russia, Mediterranean, etc.
(Some depend on the
satellites we are now confirming.)
(b) Via Internet: Around the world with Internet nodes.
PART I: GREETINGS:
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* Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, President of Global University/USA
* Mr. Alexander N. Tihonov, President of The Association for
International Education (from Moscow)
* Dr. Frederico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO (Video)
* President Joseph E. Johnson, The University of Tennessee (Video)
* Chancellor William T. Snyder, The University of Tennessee
* Dr. Glen Hall, Dean of the College of Agriculture, The University of
Tennessee (Video)
* Professor David A. Johnson, Former President of Fulbright Association,
The University of Tennessee
* Dr. Michael G. Moore, Editor of The American Journal of Distance
Education (from Moscow)
* Dr. Peter T. Knight, Economic Development Institute, The World Bank
PART II: DEMONSTRATIONS OF DESKTOP VIDEOCONFERENCINGS:
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1. "Friends and Partners" World Wide Web (WWW) Server:
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By Mr. Greg Cole, The University of Tennessee and Ms. Natasha
Bulashova, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia -- mixed media (text,
graphics, image, audio, and video) information exchange via Internet, as
integrating information from all of the best Internet-based tools and utili-
ties -- Listservers, Gophers, WAIS databases, FTP archives, etc. -- a
forerunner of "Just-In-Time," individualized, asynchronous education.
2. CU-SeeMe via Internet:
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By Mr. Richard Cogger of Cornell University, Apple/Moscow and others,
-- a black and white video (10 to 15 frame per second [fps]) with Macintosh
and IBM compatible machines -- may also include audio conferencing via
Internet.
3. MBONE via Internet:
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By Messrs Mike McCann and Donald Paul Brutzman of the U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School and others, -- text, graphics, image, whiteboard, audio,
and video (1 to 3 fps) via 200 Kbps bandwidth -- with scientific
visualizations of a global circulation model for ocean currents.
4. ShowMe via Internet:
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By Messrs Ren Moore and Rob Hall of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in
California and Moscow (and possible participation from Sidney, Australia,
too) -- text, graphics, image, whiteboard, audio, and video (10 to 15 fps).
5. ShareView via ordinary telephone and INMARSAT satellite:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By Mr. Jim Miller of SYNECTICS -- text, graphics, image, whiteboard,
audio, and video (10 to 15 fps) via 9.6 Kbps bandwidth. ShareView with a
Magnavox portable dish antenna at Moscow conference site will be connected
with a ShareView at the U. of TN (or Governors State University and/or
Nebraska Educational TV which will be relayed to the U. of TN via satellite)=
,
and next with the World Bank which will be relayed to the U. of TN via
PictureTel.
6. "Multimedia of America (MMOA)" (TM) (tentative):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ShareView at Moscow conference site will be directly connected with a
ShareView at the U. of TN with the use of a portable dish antenna of Mobile
Telesystems Inc. (MTI) -- via two hops of INMARSAT satellite audio channel.
Interconnection of two ShareView units via audio subchannels of a
satellite will also be demonstrated by Dr. Mel Muchnik of Governors State
University and Mr. Timothy Cook of Nebraska Educational TV. Each of them
will uplink analog signals which will be downlinked at the U. of TN to
produce two split screens side-by-side, so that how to teach Japanese Kanji
brush stroke sequences to students at GSU can be shown on whiteboard of
ShareView unit.
These demonstrations of a one-to-many receive-only ShareView system vi=
a
inexpensive narrow-band channel of satellite, are intended for students in
rural and remote areas where there is no Internet node, as explained in the
Call for Participation in Project MMOA memo [see GN/GE/IV/1 for GLOSAS'
Project Multi-Media of America (MMOA)(TM) **]. Video of instructor,
handwriting in color on an electronic whiteboard, image/graphic with
annotation, dynamic graphic presentation by real-time execution of an
application program/simulation model, etc., can be seen in windows on
computer screen at students' sites. Yet these experiences can include high
levels of interaction and feedback (via email, fax, etc.) amongst students
and instructors.
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OBJECTIVES:
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* To demonstrate "Global Lecture Hall" (GLH) (TM) videoconference
technology for the Moscow conference attendees, so that they can compare and
evaluate various delivery technologies for their global electronic distance
education exchange across Atlantic Ocean,
* To hold "get-acquainted face-to-face" meeting via satellite between
American and Bulgarian schools, for the University of Tennessee's newly
launched distance education program on "Management for Sustainable Natural
Resource Development and Environmental Protection,"
* To demonstrate cooperation of international and domestic, governmental=
,
industrial and academic organizations for a global scale project.
PARTICIPATION:
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The computer screen will be uplinked for worldwide broadcast. If you
have a satellite downlink facility and our satellite foot-prints cover your
area, you can receive our satellite signal. You can also participate with
your personal computer and/or workstation which are directly connected to
TCP/IP oriented Internet without use of satellite nor dish antenna.
DELIVERY:
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1. INTELSAT, INMARSAT, several U.S. domestic satellites, digital video
equipment, etc.
2. Internet for CU-SeeMe (first priority to overseas users, total 25), an=
d
MBONE users around the world. (CU-SeeMe participants need to access
its specified reflector, and call into an audio bridge at our
videoconference center at the University of Tennessee.)
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