Digest for February 07, 1999
Digest for February 07, 1999
Table of Contents
RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .
01-07 February 99 Sender: Eckhard@cheerful.com
Subject: from Eckhard Mueller
02-07 February 99 Sender: evrosib@mail.ur.ru
Subject: from Inna
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-07 February 99 Sender: Judy Hartheimer (jhart@cynet.net)
Subject: need to translate hand-written letter
02-07 February 99 Sender: Margaret Grove (rleg@execpc.com)
Subject: Search for Russian Newspaper
03-07 February 99 Sender: Chandra Silva (csilva@mctcnet.net)
Subject: Jumala of the Urals
04-07 February 99 Sender: Nikitina Olesya (alice@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: hello friends!
05-07 February 99 Sender: robbdog@webtv.net (Robert McBride)
Subject: Seeking pen pals Russia or Ukraine
06-07 February 99 Sender: Simon Milkus (stamps@te.net.ua)
Subject: Advice
07-07 February 99 Sender: "Vadim Alexandrovich Hetman"
(Vadim.A.Hetman@moody.edu)
Subject: Mail to Russia/Ukraine/CIS
08-07 February 99 Sender: aceg@lightspeed.net
Subject: Russian space program
09-07 February 99 Sender: Amber Bay (abay71@yahoo.com)
Subject: penpal
10-07 February 99 Sender: bayberrys@globalserve.net
Subject: Russian Fedoskino Boxes
11-07 February 99 Sender: hc294@columbia.edu
Subject: looking for news services
12-07 February 99 Sender: Reap International (reap@reapintl.com)
Subject: REAP's Summer in Siberia program
(XPOST from CIVILSOC)
13-07 February 99 Sender: Votre Nom (Prenom.Nom@uqat.uquebec.ca)
Subject: RE : Pen Pal for Peace
14-07 February 99 Sender: warren sandau (nerraw98@yahoo.com)
Subject: search for relatives in east russia
15-07 February 99 Sender: "DS" (david@belarus-online.com)
Subject: Belarussian Farmer web page
16-07 February 99 Sender: Michaelo50@aol.com
Subject: on-screen Russian English Dictionary
17-07 February 99 Sender: Andrew Vydych (anvid@relay2.kuban.ru)
Subject: job/cooperation in USA
18-07 February 99 Sender: bg21500@binghamton.edu
Subject: UN Jobs Newsletter
19-07 February 99 Sender: Faridun Khashimov (faridun@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Hello dear Friends!!!
20-07 February 99 Sender: gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Subject: Bosnia and Herzegovina Undergraduate
Development Program
21-07 February 99 Sender: Hans Rademaker (hans.rademaker@quicknet.nl)
Subject: The Lenin House
22-07 February 99 Sender: "Howard-Borjas" (genag@telekabel.nl)
Subject: Bulletin request
23-07 February 99 Sender: Kvogel1214@aol.com
Subject: pen pal
24-07 February 99 Sender: pmdir@maik.rssi.ru
Subject: Press Monitor
25-07 February 99 Sender: Wesstpete@aol.com
Subject: Sean Carmody
26-07 February 99 Sender: zkkno1@student.monash.edu.au
Subject: Church and State in Russia - Request
(XPOST from CIVILSOC)
27-07 February 99 Sender: mvs3@po.CWRU.Edu (Maxim V. Soloviev)
Subject: NEW RATE TO RUSSIA $.39/min
28-07 February 99 Sender: "steven gomes" (venmes@hotmail.com)
Subject: Supply of Rice,Groundnuts,Etc from India.
29-07 February 99 Sender: thebestref@webtv.net (ted grimm)
Subject: Meeting Someone In Raduzhny,Russia.
30-07 February 99 Sender: valery@intourservice.com
Subject: www.intourservice.com
31-07 February 99 Sender: RFE/RL List Manager (listmanager@list.rferl.org)
Subject: RFE/RL WATCHLIST Vol. 1, No. 3, 28 January 1999
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .
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Sender: Eckhard@cheerful.com
Subject: from Eckhard Mueller
Hello to you all from Germany! My family (two boys 7 and 3 years old, my
wife Birgit and I, both 31 years) recently moved back to Germany after
speding five years in the States, living in a Christian community in
Pennsylvania. I am interested in corresponding with anybody. Welcome to
Germany! We are living in Moenchengladbach, near to the Dutch border...
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Sender: evrosib@mail.ur.ru
Subject: from Inna
Hi!
I search penpal on Internet from all the world!
Write mi!
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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: Judy Hartheimer (jhart@cynet.net)
Subject: need to translate hand-written letter
Dear Friends,
I need to find someone who lives relatively close to me who can
translate a hand-written letter I received from a woman I met in a
village in Siberia this summer. I am an American woman from the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area who spent a month in Russia last summer
visiting possible relatives I had found through the internet. I also
took 30 hours of video during the trip with the hope of producing a
documentary film on the experience.
This woman was the neighbor of a boyhood friend of my cousin. We had a
spirited discussion through an interpretor) and she gave me and my
companion a poem she had written. A couple of months ago I received a
long handwritten letter from her, but even my friends who speak some
Russian have trouble with handwritten Russian. I want so much to respond
to this woman, (my cousin, who lives in Moscow, has written to his
friend to let the neighbor know we have gotten her letter). I would also
like to use the interchange as part of my video. However, I am on a very
limited budget and can't really afford to pay for translation services.
If anyone is willing to help in exchange for an eventual film credit,
please let me know via private email.
Thank you,
Judy Antipin
jhart@cynet.net
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Sender: Margaret Grove (rleg@execpc.com)
Subject: Search for Russian Newspaper
I adopted a wonderful baby girl from Kaliningrad, Russia in May of 1997.
I am trying to obtain a copy of a Russian newspaper from the date she
was born, November 27, 1996. I would like to add this to a "life book"
I am creating for her. As she gets older it would be wonderful for her
to have a record of the important events in the news in Russia on the
day she was born.
I've tried searching a few places on your website but have been
unsuccessful.
Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
My daughter is the love of my life! I will forever feel fondness &
respect for Russia as a result of this wonderful person in my life!
Margaret Grove
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Sender: Chandra Silva (csilva@mctcnet.net)
Subject: Jumala of the Urals
Hello friends:
Greetings from Mankato, Minnesota, USA where it is cold and windy
outside and a good evening for browsing this list serve. I am writing
my master's thesis on prehistoric symbolism in Eastern Europe and
looking at the relationship to Russian mythology. I'm having a hard
time finding anything about the ancient Goddess Jumala. Any experts or
ideas out there? Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Chandra Silva
(507) 345-5122 or csilva@mctcnet.net
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Sender: Nikitina Olesya (alice@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: hello friends!
Dear pen-friend!
My name is Alice. I am 17. I am Russian. I live in Khujand. This is a
town in the north of Tajikistan, not far from Tashkent. I left school last
year. Now I study English. I have been studying English for a year. I'll
be glad if somebody helps me to know the language perfectly. Write me.
I am interested in computer. I like to listen to music, to read books. i
like nature and prefer active open-air holiday. There are mountains not
far from our house and I like to hike there. I also enjoy finishing.
There are many beautiful places for rest near town. Our town is one of the
oldest towns in the world. It is more then 2500 years old. I am
interested in history and I can tell you much interesting about Khujand's
history and Tajik people's customs. I'll glad if you write something about
your country and town, and your people's customs.
Best wishes,
Alice
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Sender: robbdog@webtv.net (Robert McBride)
Subject: Seeking pen pals Russia or Ukraine
Hi,my name is Robert.Im about 11 years old and would like a pen pal from
Russia or Ukraine. I only speak english but would like to learn russian.
I am in the 5th grade at Lake Forest Park school near Seattle
Washington.My favorite sports are basketball and football.I like rap .
My favorite t.v. shows are the Simpsons,and the King of the hill. I have
a 12 year old sister.My favorite Russian food is pelmini.I hope to hear
from you soon.You can e-mail me at ; robbdog@webtv.net
you can mail a post card to me at this address.
Robert McBride
18613 41st pl ne
Lake Forest Park, Wa.98155
ROBERT MCBRIDE
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Sender: Simon Milkus (stamps@te.net.ua)
Subject: Advice
04.02.1999
please let me know Russian mailing lists for philatelists.
Best regards from Odessa,
Simon mailto:stamps@te.net.ua
Visit at my Web site: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Ukrainian/index.html
(you can find an Ukrainian Stamps Catalogue, Postal Stationeries,
Postal Tariffs, etc. here)
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Sender: "Vadim Alexandrovich Hetman" (Vadim.A.Hetman@moody.edu)
Subject: Mail to Russia/Ukraine/CIS
Dear Friends,
There have been several questions about how to send mail to Russia, Ukraine
/ CIS safely and securely due to the frequent complaints about the work of
regular mail in those countries. To my knowledge, there are a few companies
that provide such services. These services, from my and others' experience,
are efficient and reasonably priced.
So, if you have trouble getting mail, packages, etc. to your friends or
relatives in the CIS, try contacting:
Lviv Express Services, Inc.
(Parcel)
1111 East Elizabeth Avenue
Linden, NJ 07036
USA
Mr. Leon Nagil, President
Tel: 908-925-2193
Fax: 908-925-0717
http://www.imall.com/stores/lviv
Meest Alberta, Ltd.
10384 97 St.
Edmonton,, AB 5H 2M3
CANADA
Tel: 403-424-1777
Fax: 403-421-7134
Meest America
817 Pennsylvania Ave
Linden, NJ 07036
USA
Tel: 800-288-9949
Meest Corporation, Inc.
97 Six Point Rd.
Toronto, ON M8Z 2X3
CANADA
Tel: 800-361-7345
Fax: 416-236-2110
Meest Karpaty
2236 West Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
USA
Tel: 800-KARPATY
(800-527-7289)
773-489-9225
Meest-California
5134 1/2 De Longpre Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
USA
Tel: 213-661-0607
Postnet International
Chilmark Center
1858 Pleasantville Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
U.S.
Olga Rudyk, General Manager
Tel: 914-762-6514
Fax: 914-762-6358
postnet@iname.com
VLM Parcel Express, Inc.
2100 Bloor St. W Suite 6A
Toronto, ON M6S 4Y7
CANADA
The Meest Corporation, for instance, is very well known company in the
Ukrainian diaspora that sends parcels by sea and air to Ukraine as well as
to other CIS countries (check for rates), and offers other various services
(money delivery hand-to-hand, pre-packaged food parcels, etc.)
Sincerely,
Vadim A. Hetman
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Sender: aceg@lightspeed.net
Subject: Russian space program
Name:
Email-address: aceg@lightspeed.net
Hello. I am a high school student currently working on a history day
project focused on space exploration. I was wondering if you had any
translations of documents concering the Russian/Soviet Union space
program. Thank you for your time.
** 09 **********************************************************************
Sender: Amber Bay (abay71@yahoo.com)
Subject: penpal
Hi, My name is Amber and I'm 22 years old. I'm interested in
corresponding with someone from Russia, preferably in my own age
group. I'm planning studying abroad next year and I'm hoping to make
a few friends.
If you're interested, here is my e-mail address:
abay71@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Amber Bay
_________________________________________________________
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Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
** 10 **********************************************************************
Sender: bayberrys@globalserve.net
Subject: Russian Fedoskino Boxes
Name: Julie Kuiper
Email-address: bayberrys@globalserve.net
A wonderful site, very much enjoyed reading all information provided.
However, I would love to find suppliers of the Russian Fedoskino Boxes in
Russia. I have a shop and would like to import some of these to retail in
my shop. As far as I could tell, you have listed only retail outlets. Do
you have any idea on persons in Fedoskino who wholesale and export to other
countries. I am in Canada. Any help you may offer will be very much
appreciated.
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Sender: hc294@columbia.edu
Subject: looking for news services
Name: Ho-Jun Chang
Email-address: hc294@columbia.edu
dear webmaster et al, I'm a cultural anthropology major Columbia Ph.D.
student. I'm interested in exploring diasporic life styles of Russians and
Polanders living in the U.S. These days, I am doing a kind of
pre-preliminary on-line fieldwork regarding cyber behaviral patterns of
oversea Russians and Polanders especially in the U.S., and trying to find
out some popular websites managed in Russian/Polish. I think that the
websites which offer daily news services and domestic informations in
Russian and Polish are popular and influential to Russian/Polish Americans
or other Russians/Polanders abroad, but it's very difficult for me to find
them out. Could you please recommend a few websites or links which, you
think, are most popular and influential among Russian?polish Americans
and/or Russians/Polanders abroad? I'll greatly appreciate it in advance.
Thank you.
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Sender: Reap International (reap@reapintl.com)
Subject: REAP's Summer in Siberia program (XPOST from CIVILSOC)
SUMMER IN SIBERIA!
A People to People Project of REAP International at Lake Baikal, Russia
June 26 to July 24, 1999
The Program: REAP International is organizing a group to travel to
Buryatia in southern Siberia at Lake Baikal. Participate in a Green Walk.
Includes one week in local situation working with school children and
village residents on their environmental problems; and about 10 days in a
group walk with Russians between Ulan-Ude and the shore of Lake Baikal.
The program ends with a youth conference on the shores of Baikal, where we
will come up with some action plans and commitments for the future. We
expect Russian participants to include persons from Irkutsk. Each day of
the walk will be from 8 to 22 kilometers, carrying a day pack and visiting
villages and viewing local environmental problems and discussing the
situation with local people. Evenings will be camping and some home
stays. Camping gear is to be supplied by the participants. The gear will
be transported by truck. There will also be a chuck wagon kitchen for
morning and evening meals. For those who can commit by February 28th the
prices are as follows: Chicago departure $1,800, $1,860 NYC & $2,125 LA..
Why Lake Baikal? Lake Baikal in southeastern Siberia is the world's
largest and most unique lake. The Baikal watershed is the size of France,
and Buryatia is the size of united Germany. Buryatia includes rolling
'steppe' prairie; taiga forest, long valleys and rugged mountain ranges
which bracket the republic. The area resembles parts of Northern
Minnesota and North Dakota.
_ Environmental assessment / activist walk, cleanups, water/soil testing
_ Ecotourism advising, assistance
_ Construction projects, such as building a caf,, vegetable stands,
waste receptacles
_ Language camps to teach English to youth
_ Youth organization advising, self-esteem, youth leadership
_ Business consultation for small business and farm practices
REAP is a USAID registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Fifteen
persons work for the program, primarily foreign national professionals.
Educational reform has been a central theme of our work. Our mission is to
promote rural stability through sustainable development.
Full payment is due February 28th.
Bookings after February 28th are possible, but we cannot guarantee
the prices or same flight. Prices begin:
Chicago departure $1,800
New York departure $1,860
Los Angeles (via Moscow) departure $2,125
Price includes Nonrefundable international airfare to Irkutsk,
TransSiberian train between Irkutsk-Ulan- Ude and return to Irkutsk, Visa,
emergency medical/evacuation insurance, Moscow in and out costs* Support
to hosting family(ies), day program in Irkutsk, 3-day youth conference .
Green Walk costs covered, but not camping gear. *Due to increases in cost,
participants will be required to pay for some of their own meals and
admission costs beyond basic entrance into Kremlin.
Full Information contact Bill Mueller (319) 366-4230; E-Mail REAP@reapintl.com
MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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| CivilSoc is an electronic news and information service |
| provided free of charge to 1,400 subscribers worldwide. |
| CivilSoc is a project of CCSI--Center for Civil Society |
| International (ccsi@u.washington.edu) in Seattle, in |
| association with Friends & Partners. For more informa- |
| tion about civic initiatives in nations of the former |
| USSR and elsewhere, visit CCSI's web site at: |
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| http://www.friends-partners.org/~ccsi/ |
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Sender: Votre Nom (Prenom.Nom@uqat.uquebec.ca)
Subject: RE : Pen Pal for Peace
I am not American but Canadian. However I, too, can assure you that I
am for peace ! So if you have no objection to letting me share with a
Russian person knowledge of my own culture, I would indeed enjoy
learning about the Russian way of life. I have been reading books on
the subject for many years, why not give me the opportunity to learn
from a person who lives there. At one point, I had even started to
learn russian and I still have all my books. This might even be the
opportunity to get going again on the language... You can e-mail me at
n.b.native@moncourrier.com
Thanks !
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Sender: warren sandau (nerraw98@yahoo.com)
Subject: search for relatives in east russia
greetings from the USA.
I am a descendant of the Sandau family that in the 1860's settled near the
kuban river where it dumps into the black sea at the village Dzhiginskoye
Lat 45 08N long.37 21'E.members of the family were
Ferdinand,August,Maria,Heinrich,Dorothea,Louisa,Conrad and Absalon. Conrad
and Absalon immigrated to america in 1907. the other members of the family
were last heard from in the 1930's. any recommendations or help on how i
may locate or contact any descendant of this family will be most
appreciated. warren Sandau Gresham,Or USA
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Sender: "DS" (david@belarus-online.com)
Subject: Belarussian Farmer web page
(http://www.belarus-online.com/belarusfarmer/eng/index.htm)
For those interested in Agriculture:
http://www.belarus-online.com/belarusfarmer/eng/index.htm
B e l a r u s s i a n F a r m e r s o n t h e W o r l d - W i d e
W e b
There is also a very extensive collection of articles in Russian for those
interested.
http://www.belarus-online.com/belarusfarmer/rus/index.htm
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Sender: Michaelo50@aol.com
Subject: on-screen Russian English Dictionary
Do you know where I can find a good on-screen Russian English Dictionary?
Spasibo.
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Sender: Andrew Vydych (anvid@relay2.kuban.ru)
Subject: job/cooperation in USA
Dear Ruben:
Greeting from Krasnodar with the best New Year wishes! Developing the
ideas of the advancing design &communication technologies after my
reterning from BFR training in San-Antonio, I wanted to set up The Virtual
Design Studio for Joint Investment Projects by CAD &Internet tools. I
belive that all development projects is connected with the construction
industry, and in due course The Architect and The Consulting Engineer from
associated parties/countries must be involved in Project from
pre-investment step. In the way of CAD modelling we can made the
visualisation of our business Ideas and overcome the language and standarts
barriers, problems of technology transfer &adoptation. Beeng with USA
companies, I find a lot haw to do it in better way.And I took from America
digital camera wth new design technologies.Regratfully, the current crisis
cut some interesting projects where I was able to adopted that ideas and I
must turn my activities in CAD research, self -education and design for
small projects-for private homeowners,seeking for a job in USA or other
countries. Naw I work professionally with 3D Max,Corel,Adobe PH and just
encreased my cnowleges inACad14.5.Nevetheless, I am working on Business
Plan in due course. I CAN OFFER REGIONAL MARKETING@ CONSULTING,DESIGN AND
SUPERVISION IN SOUTH RUSSIA.I'ld be very interesting to recive some
directions from you,as from advanced specialist in that field.
If you have some Ideas ,please contact me by my new address:
E-mail: anvid@ mail.kuban.ru
Phone:007 8612 62 16 72
Apt.4 70 Lenina street, Krasnodar 350000 RUSSIA
Andrew Vydych
M.Architect
BFR-97 alum
President"The Kuban Regional Association of Independent Consulting
Engineers"
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Sender: bg21500@binghamton.edu
Subject: UN Jobs Newsletter
Hi,
I found that there was a UN Jobs Newsletter published by Thomas F.
Burola & Associates about jobs offerings related to UN or other related
international organizations. But I could not find any recent web page or
coordinates of Mr. Burola to ask about that newsletter update (the latest
information is dated by 1994). Does
anybody knows about that anything? I would appreciate the help very much.
Grigori Erenburg
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Sender: Faridun Khashimov (faridun@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Hello dear Friends!!!
Hello dear Friends!My name is Faridun Khashimov.I am 14 years
old.I am from Khujand.I am study at the school number4,in the 8forme.I
want have a pan pal from USA.I have one friend in NEBRESKA,she is a girl
her name is Corina.But she not write now,I dont know why.Please help for
me. I wrote for you one message about me and my uncle,aboute our Aims and
another.
Good bye,yours friend Faridun!!!
Please write soon. BYE!!!
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Sender: gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Subject: Bosnia and Herzegovina Undergraduate Development Program
Bosnia and Herzegovina Undergraduate Development Program
SPONSOR: United States Information Agency
SYNOPSIS: The United States Information Agency announces an open competition
for an assistance award to host between two and five Bosnian students in
a one-year, non-degree undergraduate program for the academic year 1999-2000.
DEADLINES: 03-05-1999
OBJECTIVES: The USIA Bosnia and Herzegovina Undergraduate Development Program
is designed to allow Bosnian students an opportunity to obtain insight,
knowledge and cultural enrichment through their academic studies at American
colleges and universities. The USIA strongly encourages institutions to
guide students to courses in American studies, or other courses which emphasize
democracy, market economy, and civic society per the intent of the funding
initiative. The sponsor gives preference to those with the following strengths:
demonstrated experience in hosting Bosnian students, partnerships with
Bosnian higher education institutions, or expertise and interest in the
region; strong international student advising offices with experience dealing
with cultural, educational and adjustment issued for foreign students;
accessibility to and opportunities for cultural and social activities;
and diverse, multi-ethnic student populations. Fields of study include:
agriculture, business administration, civic education, criminal justice,
economics, education, environmental resource management, journalism/mass
communications, political science, and public administration.
RESTRICTIONS: Eligible applicants are four-year colleges and universities.
Preference will be given to those that have demonstrated experience in
hosting Bosnian students, partnerships with Bosnian higher education
institutions,
or expertise and interest in the region.
MONETARY: Funding will support one year of academic study in a U.S.
institution.
Preference will be given to institutions that can provide cost-sharing
toward tuition, fees, room and board expenses and/or other direct participant
expenses. Cost-sharing may also be in the form of direct administrative
and program costs. The grant will support round-trip travel of students,
the housing of students on campus or with host families, a four to twelve
week internship in the student's field of specialization, culturally enriching
activities, and additional activities such as an orientation program. Grants
awarded to eligible organizations with less than four years experience
in conducting international exchange programs will be limited to $60,000.
Subject to the availability of funds, the sponsor may invite institutions
to submit proposals for renewal of awards.
CONTACT INFO: Sondra Govatski; 301 4th Street, SW; Room 246; Washington,
DC 20547
Telephone: 202-205-0525; FAX: 202-206-7985; Email Address: sgovatsk@usia.gov
Source of Information: Federal Register; 1999-01-07; 1072
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Sender: Hans Rademaker (hans.rademaker@quicknet.nl)
Subject: The Lenin House
Please, visit my homepage !
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/6174/
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Sender: "Howard-Borjas" (genag@telekabel.nl)
Subject: Bulletin request
Could we please post this announcement? We are very interested in having
CEEC participants!
"GENDER AND RURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN EUROPE: Past, Present and Future
Prospects" 14-17 October, 1999, Wageningen, The Netherlands
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Profound transformations are occurring in rural Europe - Western, Central
and Eastern. New policies around the environment, social security and
equal opportunity are provoking profound economic, social and environmental
adjustment in rural areas. They are deeply affecting the identities as
well as working and living conditions of rural people. At the same time,
these changes are stimulating important initiatives resulting in new forms
of pluriactivity, means to protect nature, food supplies, and the
landscape, and changing social relations.
Considering existing gender inequalities in rural communities and
households, it is certain that past and current developments are
gender-differentiated. Rural women throughout Europe continue to have
limited access to all kinds of resources - economic, political and
cultural. The risks of increasing gender inequalities is great, and rural
women may have relatively less chance to benefit from the opportunities and
to influence these processes according to their own visions.
At the Conference, scholars and special invitees throughout Western and
Central and Eastern Europe will present and discuss gender research from
various disciplinary and regional perspectives. They will exchange views
among themselves and with others who will be invited to hear, discuss and
critique the findings as well as their practical and political
implications.
The conference will be structured around two major themes, with three
sub-themes each.
Theme I: Gender in rural households, livelihoods and economies
Theme II: Gender and rural environments, cultures and living spaces
Abstracts for papers should be about 300 words in length. Proposals for
other types of contributions are also encouraged. For further information,
see the circular. The deadline for abstracts and other proposals of 15
February, 1999 is extended to 1 April, 1999 but please pre-register and
mention your preliminary title as soon as possible!
For circulars and further information:
Margreet van der Burg, Conference Coordinator
Gender Studies in Agriculture
Hollandseweg 1
NL-6706 KN Wageningen
the Netherlands
Tel. ++ 31 317 483374
Fax: ++ 31 317 485477
Email: Gender.Conf@alg.vsl.wau.nl;
Visit the conference website and pre-register at:
<http://www.sls.wau.nl/crds/congr_gs.htm>http://www.sls.wau.nl/crds/co
ngr_gs.htm
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Sender: Kvogel1214@aol.com
Subject: pen pal
Hello! I am looking for a pen pal in Moskow. I am considering International
adoption and would like information of this country and to learn more of their
cultures, etc. I also am wondering if anyone there can put me in touch with an
orphanage. I only speak English. E-mail address kvogel1214@aol.com Thankyou!!
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Sender: pmdir@maik.rssi.ru
Subject: Press Monitor
Name: Mr. Portanski Alexei
Email-address: pmdir@maik.rssi.ru
Dear Sirs, We have the pleasure of informing you about the services offered
by Press Monitor, which are already being actively used by numerous
companies and research centres having interests in Russia and the former
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Subject: RFE/RL WATCHLIST Vol. 1, No. 3, 28 January 1999
RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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RFE/RL WATCHLIST
Vol. 1, No. 3, 28 January 1999
A Weekly Checklist Of Events Affecting Civil Societies
In Eastern Europe And The Post-Soviet States
A $10 MILLION PLANK. In a speech to civil rights activists in
Moscow on Jan. 25, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
promised $10 million in 1999 to help independent media in
Russia. The figure is four times the U.S. contribution in
1998 and is part of the U.S. aid package to help various
aspects of civil society. "Ten million dollars is a plank in
the lifeboat that Russian media needs," says Bill Maynes of
the Washington-based Eurasia Foundation. "Other governments
and NGOs need to provide more planks. If we have enough
planks the lifeboat may float, but to reach shore the Russian
economic climate must change."
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT SCORES ARMENIAä The independent U.S.-
based Human Rights Watch has sharply criticized Armenia's
government for violations including "rampant physical abuse"
of conscripts leading to "numerous deaths," police abuse of
detainees, detention of journalists, laws codifying religious
intolerance, and failure to prosecute cases of ballot-
tampering and violent incidents during the March presidential
elections. HRW says its recent investigation suggests that
the Council of Europe should reject Armenia's application for
membership. "We take any report on human rights violations
very seriously," Ambassador Rouben Shugarian told RFE/RL in
Washington. "We are ready to investigate the cases together
with HRW."
äARMENIANS APPEAL TO REOPEN CHURCH IN TURKMENISTAN. Turkmen
citizens of Armenian origin are asking the government to
reopen their church in Turkmenbashi (Krasnovodsk)
expropriated during the Soviet era. While Armenia's
ambassador, Aram Grigoryan, urges the reopening, under a 1996
law Turkmen authorities registered only Islam and Russian
Orthodoxy, rejecting all other faiths.
RUSSIAN LINE ON RELIGION HARDENS. The Russian provinces least
hospitable to religious freedom are Ulyanovsk, Voronezh,
Krasnodar, and Mordovia, says Lyudmila Alekseyeva, head of
the Moscow Helsinki Group. She warned about a Russian trend
to harden the 1997 law on religion and a return to the norms
of the Soviet era.
BAN SOUGHT ON NAZI BOOK. On Jan 21, the U.S.-based Union of
Councils for Soviet Jews urged the Latvian government to ban
a 1942 Nazi propaganda book recently reprinted and
distributed by the Homeland and Freedom Party, the far-right
member of the ruling coalition. In Riga, the Foreign Ministry
asked the Prosecutor General to review the book which charges
that after Soviet occupation Jews joined the Soviet secret
police to repress Latvians and used their victims' blood in
rituals.
BACK TO THE ETHNIC I.D.? Deputies in Georgia introduced a
bill to restore the entry "ethnicity" or "nationality" in
identity documents, which was dropped after the Soviet
Union's collapse. Antti Korkaakivi of the Council of Europe's
Human Rights Division told RFE/RL that no West European
democracy follows such a practice, as a 1998 Framework
Convention states that a person belonging to an ethnic group
has the right to choose whether or not to be so listed. In a
radio speech, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze favored
the entry, arguing that it is "not right to follow the West
blindly in the matter."
CONVICTION IN DEPORTATION CASE. On Jan. 22 an Estonian court
convicted Johannes Klaassepp, a former Soviet security
official now 77, for ordering the deportation of more than 20
people in 1949. He received an eight-year suspended sentence.
His is the first conviction in Estonia for involvement in
Stalin-era deportations.
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER THREATENED. The New York-based
International League for Human Rights reports two recent
threats by Belarusian authorities to bring criminal charges
against civil rights lawyer Vera Stremkovskaya. The
threatened charges against her have to do with her statements
during a visit to the U.S. last year and her work as an
attorney for Vasily Starovoitov, a former collective farm
director accused of embezzlement.
INSULTING THE PRESIDENT. A Baku court opened the trial of
Abulfaz Elchibey on Jan. 25, the first president of
Azerbaijan ousted in a military coup in 1993 and now an
opposition leader. He is accused of insulting President
Heidar Aliev last year when he stated that Aliev, as a KGB
official, had been involved in setting up the Kurdistan
Workers Party (PKK), which is outlawed in Turkey as a
terrorist organization. Elchibey says he can prove his
charge. If found guilty, he faces up to six years in prison.
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