Digest for February 19, 1999
Digest for February 19, 1999
Table of Contents
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-19 February 99 Sender: craigca@webtv.net (Craig Carr)
Subject: seeking a translation
02-19 February 99 Sender: "Doug Eldred" (Douglas.K.Eldred@cdc.com)
Subject: Re: Cyrillic fonts - Russian
03-19 February 99 Sender: ledept@maik.rssi.ru (Tim Ross)
Subject: air flight suggestions
04-19 February 99 Sender: "Jennifer Late" (late@us.yfu.org)
Subject: High school study abroad to/from Russia
05-19 February 99 Sender: warren sandau (nerraw98@yahoo.com)
Subject: history of retinue(close aids)of Nicholas II post
06-19 February 99 Sender: Tver InterContact Group (renyxa@redline.ru)
Subject: The 1999 Summer School in Tver (XPOST
from CIVILSOC)
07-19 February 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: a one-year visitor (Russian Language & Literature)
08-19 February 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Call for Publishing Proposals, Harwood Academic
Publisher
09-19 February 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: (Fwd) Teaching Positions in London
10-19 February 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: (Fwd) VSO Position in Moscow
11-19 February 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Post-socialist geographies research group informat
12-19 February 99 Sender: bmacwil@glasnet.ru (Bryon MacWilliams)
Subject: Canvassing for Stories...
13-19 February 99 Sender: "Michael S. Manix" (msmanix@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Subject: food trivia
14-19 February 99 Sender: DANIEL SMITHWICK (dan1@utkux.utcc.utk.edu)
Subject: video conferencing
15-19 February 99 Sender: "lyubov dzekonova" (lyubov1@excite.com)
Subject: Summer Russian School in Voronezh
16-19 February 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: New Journal and Mailing List on Gender Studies
in Russia
17-19 February 99 Sender: "Doug Cochran" (colgate@mozcom.com)
Subject: Directory of Russian Physical Therapy Clinics
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Subject: Penpals
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21-19 February 99 Sender: bmacwil@glasnet.ru (Bryon MacWilliams)
Subject: Job Postings...
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Subject: Tom Green calling....
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March 1, 1999.
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Subject: Hi!
27-19 February 99 Sender: Ellee Margileth (emargile@solar.cini.utk.edu)
Subject: Opportunity: EVALUATION OF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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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: craigca@webtv.net (Craig Carr)
Subject: seeking a translation
Zdrastvutie. Iam a glupyamerikaniet tansor who grew up with a great love
of Russian people music, art, and culture.Ja gavaritiparuski nie menoge,
prastiti, ja dyrak.I performed with Ice Capades for pls years before being
unceremoniously fired with the bulk of the cast.I am trying by myself to
produce my own show and make jobs for 30 of us,and to that end I am sitting
at a sewing machine 7 days a week cutting out and ewing up 700 costumes.I
am attempting to use archive photos from the Last Imperial Ball of the
Romanovs in 1903.I recieved from a friends mother a translation of the
Ball's invitation she hastily copied on the back of a grocery list while
shopping in Mockba when she spotted it in a window display, he called her
son who in turn called me with an english translation.Is there a
possibility someone could reverse the english text back into russian for me
so I can find copies of cyrillic text and cut and paste together all the
letter to form the words of the text?I have no computer, am a computer
illiterate, and have no printer. I manged once to get the invitation on my
tv screen and was mart enough to tape a sheet of plastic over the screen
and trace all the patterns and flourishes as I want to start my productio
number with a recreation that can be projected on a screen 20ft tall as I
think it would set the mood and wake up an audience quickly.I have yet to
get that picture back on my tv in 20 plus attempts.I am therfore liking at
doing it all the hard way as I kniw f no one wth a computer or Russian
translation skill or cyrillic printer.I have stumbled across your site and
apologize for the Tolstoy length of my inquiry,but as Isee to be battling a
lot of obstacles, I wondered if just possibly someone at Fand P might be
able to offer a suggetion.I am spending part of my day with a magnifying
glass studying 100 year old banknotes from Russia to try and teach my hands
to draw the cyrillic title at the top of the invitation..and frankly, it i
a bit difficult.I grew up with the Russian proverb:Lookshaya rooka
pomoshi,katoorooya ya nashol,Na kontse imyeh povezlo..ja imyeh dve.I hope I
remembered it right, one of my showgirl friends named Yelena, used to said,
"craigor, you are not smart...but you area good parrot!" With hope you
might have a suggestion, I offer my balshoie spacibos in advance. well,
back to\th sewing machine as I have to try duplicating the Imperial Horse
Cavalry uniforms for the boys before starting the 17th century showgirls
costumes....and noone ele will work for free but me.Ja durak! CRAIG CARR
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Sender: "Doug Eldred" (Douglas.K.Eldred@cdc.com)
Subject: Re: Cyrillic fonts - Russian
> Hello!
> Ý
> I wonder if you could let me know how to acquire Cyrillic fonts on
> Windows 95 system and adaptable to Word 6.
> Ý
> Many thanks for reading this and for any help you may give me.
> Ý
> Tania Szabo
See http://www.microsoft.com/typography/multilang/default.htm for
information on how to add multilanguage font support to Windows 95.
Depending on whether you have the CD-ROM version or the diskette version of
Windows 95, you may already have all the software you need, or you may need
to download some software.
Also, see the Cyrillic page here on Friends and Partners. It has a number
of links and informative articles.
Doug
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Control Data Systems, Inc. (ARH252)
4201 Lexington Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN 55126-6198 USA
Phone: 651/415-4395 Fax: 651/415-3830 http://www.cdc.com
"The man who rows the boat generally doesn't have time to rock it."
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Sender: ledept@maik.rssi.ru (Tim Ross)
Subject: air flight suggestions
Don't look for a ticket from Novosibirsk. Let her fly to Moscow.
It costs about $40 for her.
Get a price from Moscow to LA on aeroflot.
If you give them a three month window of when she can fly, you can
get a ticket for about $250 on their lottery system.
Just tell them she can fly anytime in March April or May and
they will get back to you with the dates at that price.
Sometimes you have to really INSIST that youKNOW this
lottery exists. Lots of Russian journalists use it and some of the
folks who work form ehere in Moscow have used it.
One young man just flew from Moscow to San Fran for $250 + taxes.
Check it out.
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Tim Ross
Director of Editorial Services
MAIK Nauka
Profsoyuznaya 90
Moscow 117864, Russia
Phone: 336-0711, ext. 44
FAX: 7-095-336-0666
e-mail: ledept@maik.rssi.ru
http://www.maik.rssi.ru
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Sender: "Jennifer Late" (late@us.yfu.org)
Subject: High school study abroad to/from Russia
To whom it may concern,
Youth For Understanding (YFU) International Exchange offers summer and year
study abroad programs to Russia (and 30 other countries) for US high school
students. There are also opportunities for US families to host Russian
students. See our website at www.YouthForUnderstanding.org for more
information or call 1-800-TEENAGE
to ask questions about the programs.
Jennifer Late
Marketing Coordinator
Youth For Understanding
3501 Newark Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016
202/895-1192 phone
202/895-0382 fax
late@us.yfu.org email
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Sender: warren sandau (nerraw98@yahoo.com)
Subject: history of retinue(close aids)of Nicholas II post
The recent exibit of the treasures of Russia displayed in Las Vegas,Nevada,
USA rekindled my interest in the archival materials and personal history of
Czar Nikolai Alexandrovich (1868-1918).
Is there a historian among you who would share some 1917-1918 Revolutionary
Russian information with me?
I am interested in obtaning a listing of the family names of NicholasII's
retinue (close aids) who worked for him and his family prior to his
untimely death.ie: military staff,office force,workers,cooks and cortege!
thanks in advance for your consideration of this request!!!
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Sender: Tver InterContact Group (renyxa@redline.ru)
Subject: The 1999 Summer School in Tver (XPOST from CIVILSOC)
THE 1999 SUMMER SCHOOL OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES
Dates: JUNE 21 - SEPTEMBER 6, 1999
Location: TVER, RUSSIA
Study Russian in Russia's Friendliest City!
The International Institute of Russian Language and Culture and Tver State
University, with support from the Tver InterContact Group, an independent
educational and consulting organization, proudly announce the opening of
enrollment for the fifth annual Summer School of Russian Language and Area
Studies in Tver. The program features intensive training in Russian
language and area studies complemented by an extensive excursion program,
the opportunity to intern at a local company, a unique opportunity to live
with a hospitable Russian family, and the chance to meet Russian peers.
Program participants are sure to fondly remember their visit to the heart
of Russia.
In addition to the core classroom program, comprised of courses in Russian
language and communication and lectures and seminars on literature,
philosophy, history, and geography, participants will have the opportunity
to visit workshops and studios where they will study Russian folk art,
songs, and traditional dances. Weekends feature excursions to area museums
and sightseeing trips to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the ancient cities of
Sergiev Posad, Torzhok, and Ostashkov.
The Summer School is held in Tver, an ancient city on the Volga River. The
city is located directly between Moscow (170 km) and St. Petersburg (600
km). The numerous and convenient transportation routes to Russia's
southern and northern capitals make Tver an ideal place to learn about
Russian culture, both that of the capitals and that of the provinces. Tver
itself, with nearly 500,000 residents, has everything necessary for an
interesting and active sojourn: museums, galleries, theaters, concert
halls, sports facilities, and night clubs.
The Summer School is open to everyone: students and teachers, professionals
and amateurs, and tourists and experts of all ages and interests from
around the world. Do not make the mistake of seeing Russia through a tour
bus window. Russia can only be understood by living it! The Summer School
offers education, entertainment, and memories that will last a lifetime.
For more information or to request an application, please contact Dr.
Marina Oborina, Academic Programs Director Monica M. White, International
Admissions Director
International Institute of Russian Language and Culture
c/o Tver InterContact Group
P.O. Box 0565, Central Post Office
Tver 170000, Russia
Tel: +7.0822.425419 or .425439
Fax: +7.0822.426210
E-mail: inforuss@postman.ru
infodesk@postman.ru
web page: www.volga.net
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: a one-year visitor (Russian Language & Literature)
The Department of Russian Language & Literature at Dartmouth College seeks
applications for a one-year visitor with a strong possibility of renewal.
Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or be advanced graduate students near
completion (ABD) and have near-native or native command of Russian, along
with experience in Russia.
The visitor will be expected to oversee approximately 15 Dartmouth
undergraduates at St. Petersburg University for the fall term
(mid-September-early December) and will be housed in the university
dormitory. The visitor will teach two additional courses, one during the
winter, one in the spring. At least one of these will be a
Russian-language class; the other a course on Russian culture or
literature, depending upon the visitor's area of expertise.
Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching
interests, and three letters of recommendation. These should be sent to:
Professor Richard Sheldon, Chair
Russian Department
44 North College Street
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Application deadline: March 15
Dartmouth College is an EO/AA employer.
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Call for Publishing Proposals, Harwood Academic Publishe
Dear East-West Researchers
Harwood Academic Publishers is a member of The Gordon and Breach Publishing
Group (www.gbhap.com), an international academic publisher established more
than 30 years ago.
We are just about to complete the commissioning of a series of country
studies entitled Postcommunist States and Nations. At the end of this post
you will find the list of titles and authors. The books are compact
analytical studies covering the background history, politics and political
prospects, economics and economic outlook, and international relations of
each of the countries.
We are now keen to build on the publishing that we have initiated with the
Postcommunist series and we seek proposals for high-quality edited
collections and monographs on all aspects of the organisation of the
societies of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
Particular topics that we are seeking to commission on include: rights,
parties, migration, elites, globalisation, gender, attitudes to NATO and EU
enlargement, harmonisation of laws for EU entry, federal relations,
resource politics, education and civic education, tax and welfare,
investment, issues of economic transition in general.
Please do contact me if you would like to discuss an idea.
Thanks for your attention.
The list of Postcommunist series titles and authors is below.
Gerard Greenway
Commissioning Editor, Social Sciences
Harwood Academic Publishers
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POSTCOMMUNIST STATES AND NATIONS SERIES
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Titles and authors at November 1998
Albania, Pano, Western Illinois U
*Armenia, Krikorian & Masih, Kennan Institute for Advanced Studies
#Azerbaijan, Swietochowski, History, Monmouth U
*Belarus, Marples, History and Classics, U of Alberta
Bulgaria, Bell, U of Maryland
Croatia, Proposal invited
#Czech Republic, Fawn, International Relations, U of St Andrews
Estonia, Smith, European Studies, U of Bradford
Georgia, Proposal under consideration
#Kazakhstan, Cummings, Government, LSE
*Kyrgyzstan, Anderson, International Relations, U of St Andrews
Latvia, Manuscript under consideration
#Lithuania, Lane, European Studies, U of Bradford
Macedonia, Szajkowski, Politics, U of Exeter
*Poland, Sanford, Politics, U of Bristol
#Romania, Roper, Social Sciences, Pace U
Tadzhikistan, Andreyev, St Hugh's, Oxford U
#Ukraine, Dyczok, Russian and European Studies, U of Toronto
#Uzbekistan, Melvin, Politics, U of Leeds
Hungary, Batonyi, European Studies, Bradford U
Russia, Robinson, Government, Essex U
Bosnia, Proposal invited
Serbia, Allcock, Human Studies, U of Bradford
Slovakia, Henderson, Politics, U of Leicester
Slovenia, Carmichael, Politics, Middlesex U
* Now in production. Publication March 1999.
# Manuscript expected 1998
Harwood Academic Publishers is a member of The Gordon and Breach Publishing
Group
Contact:
Gerard Greenway
Commissioning Editor, Social Sciences
Harwood Academic Publishers
PO Box 90
Reading RG1 8JL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)118 952 0314
Fax: +44 (0)118 956 8211
E-mail: gerard.greenway@gbhap.com
Web: http://www.gbhap.com
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: (Fwd) Teaching Positions in London
Five Vacancies
School of Slavonic & East European Studies - London
Posted: 14 February 1999
Applications are invited for the following posts to start no later than 1
September 1999:
1. Chair in SOCIOLOGY with special reference to CENTRAL EUROPE to develop
teaching and research on distinctive sociological patterns and processes in
post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe in their comparative European and
global contexts. Salary will be no less than GB Pounds 37,304
2. Lecturer in CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN HISTORY with special reference to the
period since 1941, in the fields of economic, social or political history,
or international relations. Salary range GB Pounds 18,789 - GB Pounds
25,785 pa.
3. Lecturer in POLISH STUDIES with specialist training in either history
or literature within the period of the sixteenth century to the present.
Salary range GB Pounds 18,789 - GB Pounds 25,785 pa.
4. Lecturer in RUSSIAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY specialising in post-Soviet
domestic Russian affairs, but capable of covering developments since 1917.
Salary range GB Pounds 18,789 - GB Pounds 25,785 pa.
5. Lecturer in ECONOMICS OF CENTRAL EUROPE AND RUSSIA specialising in
transition economies in their wider European context. Salary range GB
Pounds 18,789 - GB Pounds 25,785 pa.
For further particulars, please refer to the individual job descriptions
attached or visit our web site: http://www.ssees.ac.uk/vac_list.htm
Closing date for applications: 12 March 1999.
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: (Fwd) VSO Position in Moscow
Programme Director
Russia ( 3 year contract)
VSO's East European programme sends volunteers to share their skills with
the people of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. For 4 years we
have been working in 5 oblasts of the Russian Federation, in Moscow and the
Urals region, focusing primarily on health, social welfare and
non-governmental organisations at a time of great change and many
challenges.
As our principal representative in the country, you will hold an
influential management position. Leading a small team of staff and based
in Moscow, you will develop programme strategy, assess placement requests,
monitor effectiveness and ensure that all volunteers receive appropriate
support. You must have at least 3 years' broad-based management
experience, including financial management.
Fluent in English and Russian, you will need to negotiate effectively with
officials at all levels. You will receive a tax-free salary and can expect
a comprehensive support and benefits package. Latest start date would be
15th June 1999.
For further details and an application form, please send an e-mail or fax.
Closing date: 1 March 1999. First interviews in Moscow: 15 March 1999.
Expected interview date in London for those shortlisted: 30th March 1999
VSO Fax (095) 954 9898 eepmoscow@glasnet.ru
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Post-socialist geographies research group informat
Apologies for cross-posting:
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY-INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
GEOGRAPHERS
RELAUNCH OF RESEARCH GROUP
POST-SOCIALIST GEOGRAPHIES
(Limited Life Working Party)
The RGS-IBG Post-Socialist Geographies research group (formerly the Limited
Life Working Party on Post Socialist Areas) has undergone some changes.
Following the election of a new committee (details below) the group is now
also reformulating its aims to incorporate a much wider range of studies in
post-socialist geography.
The group seeks to foster the study of all aspects of geographical research
on post-socialist areas including geographical areas within and without
Europe e.g. social and cultural geographies (identity, gender, new social
movements, empowerment); political geographies (e.g. territorial
restructuring, urban and regional government and governance, nationalism);
economic geographies (e.g. geographies of production, consumption and
commodities); regional approaches; geographies of transformation;
theoretical approaches to change.
In particular, the group seeks to establish a common platform for what are
otherwise often separate debates (empirical and theoretical) and
geographical foci. Geographically the groupís interest focuses on the
post-socialist countries of SE Asia, China, Cuba, the former Soviet Union
and Central and Eastern Europe.
If anyone is interested in becoming a member of the group, contributing to
its objectives and activities, and keeping in touch with other geographers
(and those in other disciplines) the information below may be of use
(membership is free and post-graduates are particularly welcome).
1) We are seeking to establish a membership list. If you would like to be
on the mailing list for the newsletter etc please forward your details
(preferably including an e-mail address) to Dr Fiona Simpson at Scottish
Agricultural College, Ayr (f.simpson@au.sac.ac.uk, full address below).
2) RGS-IBG Annual Conference Brighton 2000 - following successful sessions
and follow up publications at previous IBGs a full day session will be held
at Brighton 2000. At present it is proposed that one module will be on
post-socialist geographies in SE Asia, and one on post-graduate research.
Suggestions of themes for the other two modules are welcomed - to the
groupís Chair Dr Tassilo Herrschel at Westminster Uni (UoW)
(herrsct@wmin.ac.uk, full details below). A call for papers will follow in
due course. We will explore with publishers an avenue for publication of
presentations, either as a special edition of a journal or an edited book.
3) Items are invited for inclusion in the groupís newsletter (details of
research projects, conferences, publications, calls for papers etc) -
please contact Dr Duncan Light at Liverpool Hope (lightd@livhope.ac.uk,
full details below).
Please contact any of the Groupís Committee at the addresses below if there
are any queries.
Dr Craig Young, Secretary.
Chair: Dr. Tassilo Herrschel, Regent Campus, Department of Social Studies,
University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London, W1R 8AL. Phone:
0171-911-5000 x.2121. Fax: 0171-911-5106. E-mail: herrsct@wmin.ac.uk
Secretary: Dr. Craig Young, Department of Environmental and Geographical
Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, John Dalton Building, Chester
Street, Manchester, M1 5GD. Tel: 0161-247-6198/1602. Fax: 0161-247-6318.
E-mail: c.young@mmu.ac.uk
Treasurer: Dr. Duncan Light, Environmental and Biological Studies,
Liverpool Hope University College, Hope Park, Liverpool, L16 9JD. Tel:
0151-291-3043. Fax: 0151-291-3172. E-mail: lightd@livhope.ac.uk
Committee member: Dr. Fiona Simpson, Leisure and Tourism Management
Department, Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive, Ayr, KA6 5HW. Tel:
01292-525444. Fax: 01292-525055. E-mail: f.simpson@au.sac.ac.uk
Committee member: Dr. Tim Forsyth, Institute of Development Studies,
University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RE. Tel: 01273-877115.
E-mail: t.forsyth@ids.ac.uk
**************************************************
Dr. Craig Young
Senior Lecturer in Geography,
Manchester Metropolitan University,
Department of Environmental and
Geographical Sciences,
John Dalton Building,
Chester Street,
Manchester,
M1 5GD.
Ph: 0161-247-6198/1602.
Fax: 0161-247-6318.
E-mail: c.young@mmu.ac.uk
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Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: bmacwil@glasnet.ru (Bryon MacWilliams)
Subject: Canvassing for Stories...
My name is Bryon MacWilliams, and I am the Moscow-based correspondent for
the U.S. weekly newspaper, The Chronicle of Higher Education. I am casting
a wide net in a bid to glean story ideas throughout Russia and the CIS, and
would appreciate feedback pertaining to issues and institutions of higher
learning.
In addition to news, I am also looking to be clued into trends, interesting
and exceptional programs (but not language programs, unless they depart
somehow distinctly from the norm) and individuals doing remarkable or
notable work.
Thanks, in advance, for any and all assistance.
Bryon (bmacwil@glasnet.ru)
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Sender: "Michael S. Manix" (msmanix@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Subject: food trivia
This may seem like a crazy request but I am trying to find the identity of
a food served on a stick that is evidently served in Siberia. I am a
teacher in Oregon, Wi and my students have put together a trivia contest.
This is one of the questions to be answered. If there really is a food
typically served on a stick please let me know.
My e-mail address is msmanix@facstaff.wisc.edu
Thank you,
Mike Manaix
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Sender: DANIEL SMITHWICK (dan1@utkux.utcc.utk.edu)
Subject: video conferencing
Hello. This is a reposting of a previous add. I am a senior in Russian at
the University of Tennessee and I am working on an independent study that
will hopefully involve video conferencing via the interenet. I would like
to chat with anyone in Russia who has the capability and the desire. Major
topics to be discussed would be the current economic and social situation
and the political stability of Russia. Daniel Smithwick
dan1@utkux.utcc.utk.edu
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Sender: "lyubov dzekonova" (lyubov1@excite.com)
Subject: Summer Russian School in Voronezh
WELCOME TO VORONEZH STATE UNIVERSITY
Voronezh State University is pleased to invite you to attend the 1999 Summer
Courses of Russian language and Russian Area Studies. Semester and academic
year stays are also available.
The specially planned curriculum let you study individually or in small
group Russian phonetic and intonation, grammar and composition, improve your
conversational skills. You may attend classes in literature, cultural
studies, history, politics and folk art.
Courses are offered for all levels - from the beginners to advanced
students.Classes for the beginners are given in English. Schedule is built
around your needs and abilities. You can chose 2-4-6-8 weeks courses with 18
to 30 and up tutorial hours per week.
You will be met in the Moscow International Airport and accompanied to
Voronezh by overnight train. The summer program may include 2-4 days field
trips to Moscow and to the historic "Golden Ring" cities with their
unforgetable beauty, ancient charm and unique architecture.
You may also combine your studies with the relaxation in one of resort ares
within 20-30 minutes by car from Voronezh.
Voronezh is an old picturesque city with population over 1 mln. located in
the heart of Russia on a well traveled highway "Moscow -Rostov" about 350
miles south of Moscow. People are friendly, generous and warm, and they are
proud of region's historical and cultural heritage.
You may get the opportunity to live in Russian family and enjoy its
wonderful hospitality or stay at the Voronezh University Dormitories.
Apartment's rent is also available.
VSU Advisory Office is open now in the United States. On-site representative
will answer all your questions.
VSU Advisory Office1860-A Milden Rd.
Upper Arlington,OH43221-1955 U.S.A.
E-mail:lyubov1@mail.excite.com
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: New Journal and Mailing List on Gender Studies in Russia
Dear friends and colleagues!
Kharkov Center for Gender Studies invite papers for second issue of Gender
Studies Journal (in Russian) which will be published in June 1999.
Papers are invited on the following themes:
û Contemporary Feminism and Feminist Politics
û Feminist Theory
û Feminist Methodology
û Feminist Literary Criticism
û Menís Studies
û Queer Studies
û Feminist Commentaries
û Ethnography of Gender
Deadline for proposals: 10 April 1999.
Please send your papers in doc-format (MS Word for Windows 6.0-7.0) to
[zaven@univer.kharkov.ua]>. If you will have questions please contact
Zaven Babloyan: [zaven@univer.kharkov.ua] or call (0572) 14-09-29
(tel\fax). Please DO NOT fax your proposals.
Kharkov Center for Gender Studies
Zaven Babloyan, coordinator
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Dear friends and colleagues!
Kharkov Center for Gender Studies invite reviews on academic publications
(scientific and educational) on Gender Studies which were published in NIS
last two years for second issue of Gender Studies Journal (in Russian).
Max. size of review is 4500 characters.
All materials (including those which will not accepted for journal) will be
published at our site http://www.gender.univer.kharkov.ua
Deadline for proposals: 10 April 1999.
Please send your papers in doc-format (MS Word for Windows 6.0-7.0) to
[zaven@univer.kharkov.ua]. If you will have questions please contact Zaven
Babloyan: [zaven@univer.kharkov.ua] or call (0572) 14-09-29 (tel\fax).
Please DO NOT fax your proposals.
Kharkov Center for Gender Studies
Zaven Babloyan, coordinator
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Dear friends and colleaugues,
as you can see now we have new technical possibility for our network. Our
mailing list became "real" mailing list, so if you have information for NIS
teachers and researches on gender\women's studies just post it to
[genderstudies@univer.kharkov.ua] and it will distributed automatically
among more than 70 our subscribers from 11 NIS countries.
If you want to contact with someone personally please do not sent it to
mailing list but to her\his personal address. If you want to write
something to me, for example "Your messages look like meaningless set of
characters" or "What do you want from us?" or "Please send me Irina's
address" or "Stop it immediately!" please use my address
[zaven@univer.kharkov.ua]
I have a favour to ask of those of you who are experienced in working with
mailing lists. Please take part in this activity when it will be
appropriate to demonstrate other participants how it works.
Thank you,
Zaven.
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: "Doug Cochran" (colgate@mozcom.com)
Subject: Directory of Russian Physical Therapy Clinics
Can you suggest where I look to find a directory of Russian Physical
Therapy Clinics or Hospitals? Thank you. Sincerely, Doug Cochran
colgate@mozcom.com or if off line use:
calkid007@yahoo.com
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Sender: echristian@webtv.net (Elizabeth Jackson)
Subject: Penpals
If you know of anyone in your country interested in an American penpal
please forward this on. Thanks.
** 19 **********************************************************************
Sender: Dmitry Fyodorov (fyodorov@datacom.bg)
Subject: Java and other computer languages
Hi!
I'd like to find friends who work or just like Java language.
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My name is Dmitry, Russian, live in Sofia Bulgaria (Kosovo and Serbia are
250km west from me ;-) )
I ventured to take self-study of Java. I had no previous experience with
C++, but when I was student I had worked much with FORTRAN (it was related
to aerodynamics). So Java is totally new for me and still I find it
thrilling and make healthy progress.
I'd like to hear some advises:
is it a must to know C++ or Java will soon make other languages obsolete.
What other languages and computer skills are in demand, chances of
employment. Any experience, thoughts, advise will be much appreciated.
Drop me a line!!
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** 20 **********************************************************************
Sender: "List Serve" (listserve@dec.cdie.org)
Subject: invitation to subscribe to USAID development experience
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emphasis areas (agriculture and food security; democracy and governance;
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** 21 **********************************************************************
Sender: bmacwil@glasnet.ru (Bryon MacWilliams)
Subject: Job Postings...
PLEASE POST THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENTS ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST. THANKS!
_____________________________________________________________________
Yest Vykhod, or A Way Out, the independent monthly non-profit street
newspaper that directly helps the homeless and needy in Moscow, is looking
to fill the following positions as we expand our operations in our second
year:
EDITOR IN CHIEF
* Must be able to manage all facets of creating a monthly (currently 12
pages) newspaper, from story assignment and editing to layout and design;
* Must have reporting experience, and be committed to good writing and
solid reporting, as well as a creative and professional approach;
* Native Russian
* Must be able to recruit and manage a pool of strong freelance writers;
* Please submit three writing samples with your resume.
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
* Position is responsible for advertising sales and general business
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* Qualified candidates should have at least two years of sales and
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ONLY MOTIVATED, SOCIALLY MINDED CANDIDATES NEED APPLY.
Please fax resumes (and writing samples) to Julie MacDonald
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nine-digit number. Yest Vykhod offices can be reached by e-mail at:
bezdna@imedia.ru
** 22 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Frank Eppinette" (FrankEpp@softdisk.com)
Subject: Searching for Mixland, Russia
Dear Friends,
I am a hospice chaplain in the United States. I have been contacted by a
group saying they are from Radio Mixland, a part of the former Soviet
Union. Can you help me locate just where this group is?
I will be glad to forward their requests on to you, so far they have only
asked for information, which I have no problem sharing with anyone who
wants to know more about hospice. I would like to be sure, however, that
this is a request that is true, and not a prank.
Thanks for any help you may be able to give,
Franklin Eppinette
FrankEpp@SoftDisk.com
** 23 **********************************************************************
Sender: Patrick Green (pmgreen@hotmail.com)
Subject: Tom Green calling....
This is a blatant attempt to make personal contact with people in Russia,
specifically in Kaliningrad Oblast, St. Petersburg, Russian Karelia,
Novgorod, and places around or in between. My reasons for doing so are
purely selfish; I am planning an informal (i.e. unorganized but not
necessarily disorganized) tour of these areas and the Baltic States in
September. In spite of my academic, high-technology background, I will be
just another stupid (but loveable) tourist, unable to speak Russian
(although fluent in English, German and Dutch, and dangerous in French).
Knowing that, if I am to succeed in fulfilling this traveller's dream, I am
going to need a lot of help from those who appreciate my motives at least,
and can straighten me out on the facts, I have been encouraged to post
myself here. I need allies in the battle against my own ignorance. I also
need cheap but interesting lodgings, people who enjoy discussing politics,
economics, railways, energy efficiency, history, and a lot of other things,
some of which could be helpful in planning my trip (notice I didn't mention
sex; I believe that sex should be practiced, not discussed).
I can offer a number of things in return, material and otherwise, and I am
quite prepared to do so. En fin, if you feel something for joining this
(prpbably unholy) alliance, please let me know and we can carry on from
there. I will appreciate each and every response, even the negative ones
(well..., no, not much, but hey, we have to start somewhere).
Tom Green
tgreen@comversens.com (this is the only e-mail account I check daily)
** 24 **********************************************************************
Sender: Dmitry Fyodorov (fyodorov@datacom.bg)
Subject: Colleges in Australia
Hi!
I'd like to students or stuff members of any Australian university. I'm
considering studying computer science in an Australian college. Any advise
and info would be appreciated.
I'm 30, have BS in air transport engineering, but since I haven't been
working as engineer for long time, I want to make career change. I have
solid experience with FORTRAN language and now study JAVA.
Drop me a line!!
Dmitry
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Sender: TaurusC@aol.com
Subject: international phone rates reduction effective March 1, 1999.
Hello friends:
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Japan .319 /.279
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Latvia .499 /.449
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Sender: Diana Ibañez (cruel-amapola@lettera.net)
Subject: Hi!
Well, I¥m a mexican girl who looks for a russian friends...I love the
russian people and I will go to Moscow next winter... Do you want know me?
Dianka
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Sender: Ellee Margileth (emargile@solar.cini.utk.edu)
Subject: Opportunity: EVALUATION OF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
http://web.fie.com/htdoc/usoa/otherfed/any/any/proc/any/01299926.htm
COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 29,1999 PSA#2272
U.S. Information Agency, Office of Contracts, 301 4TH STREET SW, Room
M27, Washington, DC 20547
R -- EVALUATION OF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS SOL IA-209-S923-4925 POC Contracting
Officer: Herman Shaw, Tele.: (202) 205-5414 THIS IS A COMBINED
SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY
SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL
NOT BE ISSUED. SOLICITATION NO. IA2209-S9234925 IS ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL (RFP) AND A CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED USING THE CONTRACTING BY
NEGOTIATION PROCEDURES. The solicitation document and incorporated
provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition
Circular (FAC) 97-08. The Standard Industrial Classification is 8999. The
United States Information Agency (USIA), Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, Office of Policy and Evaluation (E/ZE), has an immediate
requirement, subject to availability of funding, for a contractor to
perform a series of valid and reliable evaluations of exchange programs in
Russia, the NIS and Eastern Europe over a two (2) year period. The
evaluations will be developed for and administered to program participants
in close coordination with USIA and are designed to gauge the impact of
selected exchange programs at the individual and/or institutional level.
Offeror may identify a subcontractor to assist with the project, subject to
approval of the Authorized Representative of the Contracting Office
(AR/CO). USIA will identify and define evaluation projects as needs
develop. Under this IDIQ contract, a minimum of $5,000 and maximum of
$800,000 is anticipated for a two (2) year period from February 1999 to
January 2001. The government may make multiple awards. The work at a
minimum may include the following: 1) On a periodic basis for the period
February 1999 through January 2001, the contractor shall be responsible for
conducting evaluations of selected USIA programs in Russia, the Newly
Independent States (NIS) and Eastern Europe, while working in close
coordination with the Office of Evaluation and Policy, Bureau for
Educational and Cultural Affairs, USIA. Activities at a minimum, may
include: A. Developing an evaluation plan detailing data collection
procedures, schedule of activities, subcontractor (if desired) and project
budget; B. Developing data collection procedures, including written
questionnaires and focus group questions. The questionnaires should be
primarily closed, although a few open-ended questions may be desirable. It
is anticipated that questionnaires may include between 50 and 175 questions
and will take no longer than 45 minutes to administer; C. Administering
written questionnaires either through individual interviews, e-mails or
mail. This could include updating participant addresses if necessary.
Proposals should include budgets for all forms of data collection noted in
these specifications. D. Coding survey questionnaires; E. Entering data
from questionnaires; F. Analyzing questionnaire data; G. In consultation
with USIA, the Contractor shall determine number and location of focus
groups. All focus groups shall be video tapedand transcribed. Copies of
tapes and transcriptions shall be made available to USIA. Offerors shall
include a budget in the Price Proposal for focus groups. H. Submit a final
report(s) of findings to USIA. Note: Final Report(s) shall include:
synopsis of findings; detailed explanation and analysis of the data and
summary of what they imply for assessment of program impact; data book;
codebook; and any other materials necessary for utilization of data. 2.
Coded data shall be submitted in English in hard copy and on computer disk
in SPSS and Excel format; written report(s) shall be submitted in both hard
copy and on disk in a word processing format to be outlined in the
evaluation plan. 2) Contractor shall deliver to USIA a draft report(s),
including all materials indicated in 1.H), within thirty (30) workdays of
the completed data collection phase. 3) Contractor shall deliver to USIA a
final report(s) within thirty (30) workdays after receipt of comments on
the draft from USIA. 4) Contractor shall be responsible for translating the
written questionnaire into all necessary languages. USIA will be
responsible for translating focus group transcripts into English, if
necessary. 5) USIA will provide the contractor with all background and
program information necessary to create and analyze data collection
instruments in correct context. 6) USIA and the contractor will note in
the evaluation plan how questionnaires and other documentation will be
handled upon the completion of the evaluation. 7) The contractor may be
requested to give oral presentations to audiences identified by USIA. 8)
The authorized representative of contracting officer (AR/CO) will review
with the contractor specific requirements for each project. 9) Orders
within the threshold for Simplified Acquisition Procedures may be placed by
phone to the Contractor by the AR/CO. However, such orders must be
negotiated as a FFP within thirty (30) calendar days after date of placed
order. Proposals will be evaluated based on criteria cited below and
submissionof completed sample project. Proposals shall include budget and
work plan for the following sample project. Sample Evaluation Project:
Evaluation Goal: Summative evaluation to determine if program achieved
goals outlined by USIA; Program: Masters level degree program providing
scholarships to candidates from Eastern Europe; Population size: 2,000
returned participants; Project tasks: 1. Evaluation design; 2. Data
collection: a. Written survey to be administered by individual interview
and/or mail. (Please provide budget for both forms of survey
administration). Survey will be given in native language of participant;
b. Focus groups in the country of the participants; 3. Data analysis; and
4. Final report, including written and oral presentation of findings. The
Evaluation Criteria in the order of importance is as follows: 1. Quality
of services offered; 2. Knowledge of Russia; the NIS and/or Eastern
Europe; 3. Past Performance; 4. Cost-effectiveness; 5. Ability to travel
to sites in Russia, the NIS and Eastern Europe; 6. Ability to travel to
Washington, DC on short notice; 7. Ability to travel to sites across the
United States; and 8. Ability to provide deliverables to USIA on schedule.
Delivery terms and point: Washington, DC. Interested offerors who are
capable of performing these services should submit a proposal, which shall
include narrative detailing experience, understanding of requirement,
references and price. Contract performance period: date of award through
September 30, 1999 with option to extend two (2) 1-year periods. The
provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial Items and
FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation of Commercial Items applicable to this
acquisition. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR
52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5,
Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive
Orders -- Commercial Items, including subparagraphs (b)(3,6,7,8 and 9); and
FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds. The Government may award multiple
contracts. The Government will award a firm-fixed price (FFP) contract
resulting from this RFP to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming
to the RFP will be most advantageous to the Government, based on price and
past performance. Offerors responding to solicitation shall submit the
following items to the contracting office: 1. Technical proposal with
narrative of understanding of requirement as noted above. Technical
proposal shall be responsive to the criteria outlined above with
specifications for evaluation project, including sample unit prices for
program design, data collection and analysis listed in a separate price
proposal. 2. Technical proposal shall address the offeror's professional
qualifications, related experience with detailed information on past
performance explaining ability to meet this requirement. 3. Separate
Price Proposal for the above. 4. A completed copy of the provisions at
FAR 52.212-3, Offer Representatives and Certifications -- Commercial Items.
5. Proposals must also include prompt payment terms and correct remittance
address if different from mailing address. Failure to provide any of the
above items may result in the rejection of your proposal. A company not in
possession of the above referenced clauses in full text, may contact the
contracting office for a copy of the clauses which will be faxed to you.
Proposals shall be in writing and must be signed by an official authorized
to bind your organization. Oral proposals will not be accepted. Proposals
may be faxed to (202) 205-5466. Proposals are due at the U.S. Information
Agency, Office of Contracts, 301 4th Street, SW., Room M-22, Washington, DC
20547 on February 22, 1999 at 2:00 P.M., Eastern Time. All responsible
sources may submit an offer for consideration. Posted 01/27/99
(W-SN291864). (0027)
KEYWORDS:
Keycode Keyword
1004016 Data Analysis
0500000 Education
0104000 Europe
1108010 Evaluation
0112157 Russia
100400A All Computer Science
1000000 Science & Technology & Mathematics & Computer Science
010400A All Europe
0100000 Geographic Terms
011200A All International
0000026 International Exchange Programs
050200A All Educational & Instructional Programs
0502000 Educational & Instructional Programs
0503012 Educational Evaluation & Assessment
050300A All Educational Modes & Psychology & Theory
0503000 Educational Modes & Psychology & Theory
0502043 International Education & Training
1004000 Computer Science
0000001 Analytical Services
Ellee C. Margileth : emargile@solar.cini.utk.edu
Data Control Specialist
Center For International Networking Initiatives
University of Tennessee, 2000 Lake Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 423-974-8121 Fax: 423-974-8022
http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/
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APPENDIX
FRIENDS is a free service started by friends in Russia and the United
States. This Listserv is one element of that service.
To subscribe to FRIENDS (if someone has passed you a copy of this
announcement), just send an email message to:
listproc@solar.rtd.utk.edu
consisting of *one line* of the following format:
SUBSCRIBE FRIENDS firstname lastname
and substitute your first and last names for 'firstname lastname'
To unsubscribe from FRIENDS, send the message UNSUBSCRIBE FRIENDS to:
listproc@solar.rtd.utk.edu
To post a message to FRIENDS, send it to: friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
To visit the FRIENDS WWW server, use the following URLs if you have
a World Wide Web browser: http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/
http://alice.ibpm.serpukhov.su/friends/
If you don't have a WWW browser, just telnet to solar.rtd.utk.edu
and enter 'friends' (in lower case and without the quotes) at the
login prompt.
or those who need it, the IP address of our computers are 198.78.213.165
193.124.128.211
Please address any comments, questions, or suggestions to your
moderators:
Natasha Bulashova, natasha@alice.ibpm.serpukhov.su
Greg Cole, gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu