The Friends and Partners Coffee House is an "interactive space" on the Internet devoted to exchange between people in the US (and "the west") and from Russia and the NIS. Please enter the "rooms" below and start a new topic of discussion or participate in an existing one. If you would like to host one of the existing rooms or start a new one, please let us know!
Friends Coffee House Rooms:
Hallway: Introduce
yourself to other visitors of the Coffee House. Please tell us a little
about yourself, your location, your interests, your areas of expertise, -
and especially your interest and/or experience in collaboration and exchange
between our countries. If you have a home page on the Internet, please feel free to include a pointer to it.
The Conference Room:
Discussions here on the "weightier" topics of
business, politics, and government. We will even set up a special room for
you if you have some specific topics you wish to discuss. Here we need to
be especially mindful of our cultural differences, respectful of the
opinions of others (and kind to all).
The Russian Elections:
Discussions here are on the Russian Election issues. Basic
information about the candidates and press coverage can
be found on F&P Election Server. Sveta and Ilya Sandler
are the hosts.
Chapel:
Discussions here on the usage of the Russian
Church in politics, restriction on the media sources, role of Islam in
the Central Asian republics and effect of the Russian presidential
elections on the former republics. Michelle Geilhart is the host of the
room.. She is seeking her master degree in political science focusion
on Russia and Eastern Europe. She holds BA in journalism and
Russian. Please join the discussion or become a group member.
Kitchen:
People from all cultures seem to gather in the kitchen to discuss
all sorts of informal topics. Perhaps this will be an especially good
place to talk about your travel experiences (and maybe share a recipe or two?)
Patricia Carolyn Pierron and Jodi Fryman are the hosts.
Poetry Attic
We invite everybody who have an artistic sensitivity or gift of poetry participate in the discussions about poetical issues in our countries.
The Game Room:
No rules here (except be nice!) - This is just a space
where people can try out the system. It will be swept clean every week.
The Next Generation Room:
Are you a student? Perhaps working on a term paper
or just curious about life in another part of the world? Please leave your
questions, suggestions, concerns here . . .
Questions and Answers.
The Friends and Partners Coffee House is an
"interactive space" on the Internet devoted to exchange between people in
the US (and "the west") and from Russia and the NIS. People are sure to
have questions about how to use it, what is appropriate, etc. Several
people will be monitoring this - so please leave your questions (and answers) below . .
Become a Host of Friends Coffee House !
If you are full of energy, if you think Internet is a place where people can
meet and freely discuss all interesting issues, if you are willing to spend
some of your free time to help others to be involved in the beautiful world
of INTERnet,
this is an opportunity for you to be a host of one still empty Friends Coffee
House Room.
Project of Education Biology Library.
The Friends and Partners open new Forum "LIBRARY OF BIOLOGICAL
COURSES AND COMPUTER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.REALITY? "
which create professor Budanzev A.U. from Pushchino State University,Russia. You can find interesting idea
about virtual education biological library. We invite you joint to us to discuss this interesting project .