Digest for 95-05-05
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-05 May 95 SPACEHAB
#02-05 May 95 Moscow Children Computer Club
#03-05 May 95 New Issue of St. Peterburg Press
#04-05 May 95 New BISNIS Documents
#05-05 May 95 New RUSAG-L Current Events
#06-05 May 95 The Electronic Embassy
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-05 May 95 Sender: rebus@mindspring.com (Jim Philips)
Subject: Abkhazia
#02-05 May 95 Sender: "Alexander V. Shadrin" ( shdr@child.org
Subject: Moscow Children Computer Club is here !
#03-05 May 95 Sender: "Graner, Clay" ( GRANER@hvsmtp1.mdc.com )
Subject: Friends and Partners
#04-05 May 95 Sender: Andrei Veselov
( veselov%albnyvms.Bitnet@smarty.ece.jhu.edu )
Subject: INFO-RUSS: Looking for help.
#05-05 May 95 Sender: Georgios Koutepas ( gkoutep@theseas.ntua.gr )
Subject: Air Travel in Russia?
#06-05 May 95 Sender: crouch@maine.maine.edu (Terrell H. Crouch)
Subject: Re: Russian translation expertise
#07-05 May 95 Sender: WBWT03B@prodigy.com (MR GREG J CULLEN)
Subject: sell me products
#08-05 May 95 Sender: kedzie@rand.org (Chris Kedzie)
Subject: Summer '95 Internship Opportunities (x-post)
#09-05 May 95 Sender: Dave Wells ( wellsd@elwha.evergreen.edu )
Subject: REECAS Conference: U of WA, 5-6 May 1995 (forwarded)
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* SPACEHAB is the world's only commercially developed manned space
system and was developed by McDonnell Douglas Aerospace in response
to market assessments. SPACEHAB is also now working with scientists
in Russia on projects and will play a major role in future MIR/Shuttle
missions. If there is interest in Russia to fly experiments on the
Shuttle via SPACEHAB they should access SPACEHAB's WWW site from our
Science Page. (See message 003.)
* The Moscow Children Computer Club's is celebrating their 9th
anniversary on 25 May and they would love to have visitors!
Link to their WWW site is available from our Life page. (See message 002.)
* Issue #104 (May 3-9, 1995) of the St. Petersburg Press is now available
from our News page. The Culture and Lifestyles Page of this
publication can also be accessed from our Life page.
* Two new BISNIS Document has been added to our archives which are
accessible from our Economics page.
- IMI - Projects and Equipment Sales Opportunities for U.S. Firms
in Central Asia and Russia - Perspectives of a Major Turkish
Contracting Company (May '95)
- Uzbekistan Input for Quarterly NIS Assistance Report
* The new issue of RUSAG-L Current Events is available from our Science
page.
* The Electronic Embassy program has been established to link the staffs
and resources of the Washington D.C. embassy community to their
constituencies in business and industry, education, the press and
government. Resources include basic information on all the embassies
in DC, cultural information, education, commerce and trade, travel,
local sites, employment and consulate information. This can be
accessed from our Travel and Tourism Information page.
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
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Sender: rebus@mindspring.com (Jim Philips)
Subject: Abkhazia
After reading the recent post on Larissa in Chechnya, I wondered: Does
anyone have an e-mail connection--or any kind of connection--to Abkhazia?
The mother of a late friend lives there and his widow and daughter have been
unable to find out anything about her over the last seven months. She lives
in Sukhumi and her name is Evgenia Bluvband. Please reply by e-mail if you
know of a way to communicate.
Jim Philips
668 Linwood Ave. #9
Atlanta, GA 30306
(404)249-7772
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Sender: "Alexander V. Shadrin" ( shdr@child.org
Subject: Moscow Children Computer Club is here !
Dear Sir! Let me to attract Your attention to such
outgoing event as the Moscow Children Computer Club'
anniversary. We'll be 9 Years old on 25 May and we
are ready to accept any congratulations all days
and nights without breaks. Please meeting us at
http://www.child.org/welcome.html
The only You need is some KOI-8 and thats all.
Will You accept our wishes.
Every time at Your service
Alexander Vladimirovich Shadrin
Moscow Chidren Computer Club
Rozhdestvensky bldv.21, bild.1
Moscow, Russia, 103045,
7(095)928-3688, shdr@child.org
http://www.child.org/welcome.html
http://www.child.org/ENGLISH/SHDR/welcome.htm
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Sender: "Graner, Clay" ( GRANER@hvsmtp1.mdc.com )
Subject: Friends and Partners
I really enjoyed visiting the Friends and Partners Home Page. I am a UTK
alum. (graduated 1985 in Mechanical Engineering). I currently work for
McDonnell Douglas Aerospace on the SPACEHAB program. My job duties include
training astronauts and cosmonauts on experiment operations in the SPACEHAB
module. I also act as the Crew Interface Coordinator (CIC) during the
SPACEHAB missions. The CIC is the person that communicates with the crew on
the Shuttle while they are on orbit performing experiments. You may have
heard me on NASA Select or CNN sometime talking to them. Visit our home page
for SPACEHAB:
http://hvsun4.mdc.com:1025/SPACEHAB/SPACEHAB.html
Maybe you can put a tie into your page somewhere so the science community
will become more aware of the services offered by SPACEHAB. SPACEHAB is also
working with the Russians on some projects now and will play a major role in
MIR/Shuttle missions in the future. If you would like to talk to some of the
cosmonauts that I have worked with I can put you in touch with them. Maybe
you can create a page for Russian Cosmonauts. If there is any interest in
Russia to fly experiments on the Shuttle via SPACEHAB direct them to the
SPACEHAB home page or have them give us a call. You can reach me at 205-922-
7575. My e-mail address is graner@hvsmtp1.mdc.com
Hope to hear from you soon!
Clay Graner
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Sender: Andrei Veselov ( veselov%albnyvms.Bitnet@smarty.ece.jhu.edu )
Subject: INFO-RUSS: Looking for help. (x-post from INFO-RUSS)
Dear friends:
My wife Veselova(Kretova) Natalia is looking for professional
colleagues - physicians, living in USA. She studied at Irkutsk and
Novosibirsk Medical Institute, later worked as a Physician in Novosibirsk
(Akademgorodok). We are trying to find people, who were students or faculty
members at these Institutes or worked as Physicians in Novosibirsk or
Irkutsk (who might personally remember her as a student or Physician). This
is necessary for verification of her credentials in applying for residency
in US hospitals.
Any assistance or advice in locating these people is greatly
appreciated. Please, respond directly to us.
Andrei Veselov
__________________________________________________________________
Andrei Veselov
Chemistry Department
SUNY at Albany
Albany, NY, 12222
Tel: (518)-442-4508 (lab)
(518)-869-8872 (home)
Fax: (518)-442-3462
email: veselov@albnyvms.bitnet
veselov@cnsvax.albany.edu
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Sender: Georgios Koutepas ( gkoutep@theseas.ntua.gr )
Subject: Air Travel in Russia?
Hello friends,
I'm considering a summer trip to the Siberian city of Irkutsk
and the possibility of traveling by airplane there. Could anyone
give me a hint on the safety of such a trip? Are the reports
on the bad safety of the Russian domestic flights just
exaggerated, or should I prefer the railway? Any suggestions?
Thanks to everybody,
Georgios Koutepas
National Technical University of Athens
email: gkoutep@theseas.ntua.gr
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"Talk less, say more..."
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Sender: crouch@maine.maine.edu (Terrell H. Crouch)
Subject: Re: Russian translation expertise
If your project is in need of Russian to English translation skills, please
contact me at this email address:crouch@maine.maine.edu
or by mail:
Jane Crouch Syntaxis Russian Translations
35 Margin Street
Orono Maine 04473
or by phone or fax 207 866 4469. I will send detailed credentials on
request. All rates negotiable. I will consider volunteer work or reduced
rates for the right project in return for expert editing and feedback to
raise my own level of expertise; I am primarily interested in
ecology-related projects, but I also have a background in
electronics/informatics.
Jane Crouch
M.A., Middlebury College
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Sender: WBWT03B@prodigy.com (MR GREG J CULLEN)
Subject: sell me products
I'm still looking for Russian products. I recieved several
product descriptions and I'm in the process of purchasing
most of those products right know. I NEED MORE PRODUCTS. If
you manufacture or sell anything in Russia that deals with
home improvments or construction material send me some
information. I will be opening a store in Russia which will
require the above items. I have a special need for large
items like sinks, toilets, refrigerators, ect. and I also
need construction materials like nuts, bolts, cement, ect.
Please tell people you know that might have some products
also. Thanks
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Sender: kedzie@rand.org (Chris Kedzie)
Subject: Summer '95 Internship Opportunities (x-post)
Date: Tue, 2 May 95 15:34:43 EDT
From: FFDD ( 0005628502@mcimail.com )
Subject: Summer '95 Internship Opportunities
Summer Internship Opportunities
The Fund for Democracy and Development (the "FDD") is seeking graduate
and undergraduate students for several volunteer internship positions during
the summer of 1995. Internships would start in late May and end in late
August with specific dates being negotiable. The positions may be part-time
(12-25 hours per week) or full-time depending on the candidates
availability.
The mission of the Fund for Democracy and Development is to aid the
economic and political transformation of the Newly Independent States (NIS)
of the former Soviet Union to democratic market economies. It is currently
active in the areas humanitarian assistance; support for the development of
the private sector; aiding the evolution of civil societies; and analysis of
U.S. policy towards the NIS.
Candidates should have a background in Russian area studies. Computer
experience with PC systems and with word-processing software (primarily
WordPerfect 5.1) is highly desirable. Russian language skills also would be
a valuable asset for a candidate. Prospective candidates should be
self-starters, enthusiastic, and possess strong organizational and
communication skills.
Interested individuals should send a cover letter and resume to:
Al Decie, Program Coordinator
Fund for Democracy and Development
1501 M Street, NW 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
phone: 202-466-4700
fax: 202-223-4826
e-mail: 5628502@mcimail.com
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Sender: Dave Wells ( wellsd@elwha.evergreen.edu )
Subject: REECAS Conference: U of WA, 5-6 May 1995 (forwarded)
Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 18:53:24 -0700 (PDT)
)From: Kurt Engelmann ( kengel@u.washington.edu )
Here is the schedule for the first annual regional REECAS conference, to
be held at the University of Washington campus on May 6, 1995. The
chairs and discussants of some of the sessions have yet to be decided, but
all other aspects of the schedule are in its finalized form. We hope you
can attend!
Feel free to circulate this schedule to others who may be interested in
attending. We hope to draw together people from various institutions and
organizations from the Pacific Northwest. Admission to the conference is
ABSOLUTELY FREE. There is NO registration fee associated with the
conference. We hope to include selected written versions of the papers in
the Donald W. Treadgold Occasional Papers Series, a series of
medium-length papers (50 pages or more) that are published at our center.
Let me know if you want more information on the DWT series.
Note that there will be an all-day symposium on environmental problems of
the Baltic Sea area that will take place the previous day at the
University of Washington campus. The Baltic Environmental Symposium is
also free. Information on the symposium is given at the very end of this
message.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding the
conference.
Kurt Engelmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Director ph. (206) 543-4852
REECAS (Russian, East European, FAX (206) 685-0668
Central Asian Studies) Center Box 353650
University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3650
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The First Annual Regional Conference
on
Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS)
May 6, 1995
Thomson Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Schedule:
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8:15-8:45am Coffee and registration
8:45-9:00am Welcoming remarks, Craig ZumBrunnen, REECAS and
Geography, University of Washington
9:00-10:30am First Morning Session
Session A: PRIVATIZATION IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
Papers: Privatization in the Russian Federation, Bren West,
Kyrgyzstan's Privatization Reform, Sharon Eicher, University of
Kansas
Privatization in the Baltic States and Economic Transition,
Christian Hewicker, Oregon State University
Session B: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Chair: Herbert Ellison, History and REECAS, University of Washington
Papers: From Cold War to Cold Peace?: Changing Security Relations in
Northeast Asia, Peggy Meyer, Simon Fraser University
The Internet and East-West Relations: the Case of Non-
Governmental Organizations, Holt Ruffin, Center for
Civil Society International
Serbian Opposition to Titoism, Nick Miller, Boise State
University
10:45 - 12:15am: Second Morning Session
Session A: NEW BUSINESS FORMATIONS IN FORMER PLANNED ECONOMIES
Papers: Growth of the Firm in Planned Economies in Transition:
Institutions, Organizations, and Strategic Choice,
Mike Peng, School of Business Administration,
University of Washington
The Making of the Russian Entrepreneurial Stratum, 1985-
1991, Elzbieta Wasowska-Benson, University of
California, Berkeley
The Pskov Volny University Business Outreach Center, Cynthia
Verser, Tacoma Community College
Session B: LIBRARY AND FACULTY EXCHANGES
Papers: UW REECAS-related collection, Michael Biggins, Head, Slavic
Section, University of Washington Libraries
UW Business Library Outreach, Gordon Aamot, Head,
University of Washington Business Administration
Library
Faculty Exchange Experiences in Russia, Dale R. Comstock,
Central Washington University
University Development and Change, J.B. Henson, Washington
State University
12:15 - 1:45pm LUNCH (non-hosted)
1:45 - 3:15pm First Afternoon Session
Session A: THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Papers: Behavioral Health Issues in the Russian Far East, Steven
McNabb
Vladivostok's Cosmopolitan Heritage: The Architectural Legacy
of the Pre-Revolutionary Era, William Richardson,
Director, Liberal Studies Program, University of
Washington-Tacoma.
Business Opportunities in the Russian Far East, Anna Shkuropat,
Far East Technological Institute and University of
Washington
Session B: EDUCATIONAL REFORM
Papers: The History of Educational Reform in Lithuania, 1988-92,
Amanda Floan, University of Washington
Changes in Education in Estonia since Perestroika, Jaan
Ko'rgesaar, University of Tartu and University of
Oregon
Educational reforms in the Ural Region, Yeugenia Barazgova,
Ural State University and Washington State University
Session C: AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND WILDLIFE
Papers: Sustainable Development Planning: The Case of Lake Baikal,
Zane Smith, Ecologically Sustainable Development, Inc.
Agricultural Transformation in Russia, Lena Heron, Geography,
University of Washington
Endangered Species Protection in the Former USSR, Kathleen
Braden, Seattle Pacific University
3:30 - 5:00 pm Second Afternoon Session
Session A: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Papers: Problems of Waste Management in Russia, Irena Wosk, CDC
Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Environmental Management in Ukraine, John Richards,
Southern Oregon State College
Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, James Dailey,
Seattle, Washington
Session B: PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES AND RESOURCES
Chair: Kurt Engelmann, Assistant Director, REECAS Center
Papers: Curriculum Development Awards, Kurt Engelmann, Assistant
Director, REECAS Center
Teaching the Russian Language Across the Curriculum, Jim
Harnish, North Seattle Community College
REECAS Home Page, Kurt Engelmann, Assistant Director, REECAS
Center
Session C: THE FUTURE OF SLAVIC STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON
Panel Participants:
Faculty Members of the Department of Slavic
Languages and Literature to be announced
5:00 - 5:15pm Closing Remarks, Craig ZumBrunnen, REECAS and
Geography, University of Washington
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The Center for West European Studies
&
The Russian, East European, Central Asian Studies Center
of the
Jackson School of International Studies,
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
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present
A SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE BALTIC SEA
Friday, May 5, 1995
Husky Union Building (HUB), Room 106B
AGENDA
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9:00 - 9:15am Welcoming Remarks
Kurt Engelmann
Assistant Director, REECAS
University of Washington
SESSION 1: ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF THE BALTIC SEA
Moderator: Craig ZumBrunnen
REECAS and Geography
University of Washington
9:15 - 10:00am The Soviet Legacy and the Ecological State of the
Baltic Sea
Valdas Adamkus
Regional Administrator, United States EPA
(Environmental Protection Agency)
10:00 - 10:45am Consequences of Cold War-Era Munitions for the
Baltic Environment
Kyle Olson
Executive Vice President, Chemical and Biological
Arms Control Institute
10:45 - 11:30am Environmental Degradation, Overfishing, and Marine
Resources of the Baltic Sea
Tomasz Linkowski, Head of the Department of
Oceanography, Sea Fisheries Institute, Gdynia, Poland
11:30am - 12:00pm Questions and Discussion
12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch (non-hosted)
SESSION 2: POLICY ISSUES AND THE FUTURE OF THE BALTIC SEA
Moderator: David Fluharty
Professor, School of Marine Affairs
University of Washington
1:30 - 2:15pm Nature Conservation Legislation and Wildlife
Protection in the Baltic Republics
Tiit Maran
Conservation Officer, Tallinn Zoo
2:15 - 3:00pm Marine Sector Policy and the Baltic Environment in
the Post-Socialist Era
Vladimir Kaczynski
Professor, School of Marine Affairs, University
of Washington
3:00 - 3:45pm International Institutions and Strategies for Solving
Environmental Problems of the Baltic Sea
Stephen Lintner
Principal Environmental Specialist, Freshwater,
Coastal, and Marine Resources Management, World Bank
3:45 - 4:15pm Questions and Discussion
4:15 - 4:30pm Concluding Remarks
Daniel Waugh
Director, REECAS
University of Washington
The symposium is co-sponsored by the Russian, East European and Central
Asian Studies Center (REECAS), and the West European Studies Center,
Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
There is no charge for admission to the symposium. For more information,
contact Kurt Engelmann, Assistant Director, REECAS (Russian, East
European, Central Asian Studies) Center, Box 353650, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3650, ph. (206) 543-4852, FAX (206)
685-0668, email kengel@u.washington.edu.
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