Digest for May 26, 1999
Table of Contents
RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .
01-26 May 99 Sender: larrysawyer@netzero.net
Subject: Barbara
02-26 May 99 Sender: mishawhit@aol.com
Subject: MICHAEL WHITTTY
03-26 May 99 Sender: drbepma@hotmail.com
Subject: DR. MANISH VERMA
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-26 May 99 Sender: Martin Taylor (mtaylor@solar.cini.utk.edu)
Subject: New List: Translators (fwd)
02-26 May 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Associate Director CERES, Georgetown
03-26 May 99 Sender: "WWD ?" (kobers@hotmail.com)
Subject: UKRAINE INFO.
04-26 May 99 Sender: "Rodion Razumov" (rodion@museum.ru)
Subject: [MR-Liste] "Cultural Life in Russia".
05-26 May 99 Sender: Center for Civil Society International
(ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: Assistance to Russian Orphans, USAID proj. (XPOST)
06-26 May 99 Sender: "Your Name" (elizm.lac@worldnet.att.net)
Subject: Klintsy
07-26 May 99 Sender: "Sarah Tanner" (sazzra@hotmail.com)
Subject: Pen friends wanted
08-26 May 99 Sender: Yanki Pursun (fyp@gmx.de)
Subject: Postal Service in Moscow
09-26 May 99 Sender: "Vgf" (vgf@mail.ru)
Subject: Typing Cyrillic Letters
10-26 May 99 Sender: "Heinrich Tann" (caesarevents3@hotmail.com)
Subject: Party Thursday - June 3rd - at the RUSSIA HOUSE
11-26 May 99 Sender: Ron Riley (creative@tfs.net)
Subject: Comparison of Russian Economy 1989-1999
12-26 May 99 Sender: yvonne bliss (yvonne@lasal.net)
Subject: Diabetes Education in Russian
13-26 May 99 Sender: Zvi Glaser (simong@erols.com)
Subject: Ref: Information
14-26 May 99 Sender: DMayf55786@aol.com
Subject: f&p help
15-26 May 99 Sender: DavGTS1000@aol.com
Subject: The best use of a computer
16-26 May 99 Sender: "J.Beth Ciesielski" (jbc@buffalo.edu)
Subject: Bridges for Education International
Conversatinal English
language camps
17-26 May 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: 'Russian Writers' Representations of the Future'
18-26 May 99 Sender: Ethan VanMatre (evm@phantom.opo.van.wa.us)
Subject: Interested in teaching English in Russia
19-26 May 99 Sender: Ikromov Ashraf (frether@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Greeting.
20-26 May 99 Sender: Masaidov Pairav (peter@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Friendship... (fwd)
21-26 May 99 Sender: Greg_Bussey/GregOrganization@mindspring.com
Subject: Anyone from Abkahzia?
22-26 May 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Columbia U: Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies Li
23-26 May 99 Sender: Ermatov Akmal (akmal34@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Letter for friendship. (fwd)
24-26 May 99 Sender: "Guest3" (Guest3@irex.minsk.by)
Subject: introducing
25-26 May 99 Sender: Weinbergerova Simona (xwein01@zf.mendelu.cz)
Subject: Hallo ! I need help...
26-26 May 99 Sender: SGoldblmCA@aol.com
Subject: Tambov Photos
27-26 May 99 Sender: JEnLoLa31@aol.com
Subject: Information on Moscow
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .
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Sender: larrysawyer@netzero.net
Subject: Barbara
Just found this place!!! It's great! I have become very interested in all
things Russia and would very much like to learn more. Anyone interested in
writing to share with me their country and culture are welcome. I am in
California, USA. Thanks for this site!! Barbara
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Sender: mishawhit@aol.com
Subject: MICHAEL WHITTTY
I worked in russia 95 thru 98 in Krasnodar krai in Privolnaya. I worked at
the LoJim Closed Stock Company as the Dairy Project Manager for the Joint
venture between Michael Lobus (Russian) and Jim Watkins (USA) I would love
to hear from anyone who is from that area of Russia or who Knkows folks
that I have worked with. I do call the friends that I left behind and the
Russian "family" that I grew to have. I loved the people and the time that
I spent in my Second Home. also worked on the Potato project and the
popcorn project Jim Watkins operated in the same Privolnaya farm community.
I hope to hear from someone at my address. I am living near
Madison,Wisconsin now so give me a line.
thank you Misha Michael Whitty
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Sender: drbepma@hotmail.com
Subject: DR. MANISH VERMA
I am a doctor & had my m.d from russia, needless to say I lived & a special
kind of bond developed for people, culture, language. Russia is a second
motherland for me ,it is always formost for me to find more new
russian\international friends.i lookforward to recieve e-mails from all of
you.i will be happy to answer them.
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.cini.utk.edu.
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Sender: Martin Taylor (mtaylor@solar.cini.utk.edu)
Subject: New List: Translators (fwd)
I thought those still seeking translation services may be interested in
this new Translators List.....
Martin Taylor
mtaylor@solar.cini.utk.edu
WWW - http://solar.cini.utk.edu/~mtaylor/
FAX - (425) 837-9929
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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:38:45 -0400
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To: ADA-LAW@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Associate Director CERES, Georgetown
990269A - Associate Director
Center for Eurasian Russian and East European Studies
Level(R) $42,800 - $54,600
Date Opened 5/11/99
The Assoc. Dir. reports to the Dir. Responsibilities include daily mgmt.
of CERES; coord. and provision of student advising and services; student
recruitment and program PR; alumni relations; development and grants mgmt.;
intra- and inter-university relations; and personal supervision. Min.
qualification include a PhD in a related field, or MA in a related field
and at least 3 years relevant admin. exp.; international exp. w/ region;
and proficiency in Russian language and/or additional languages of the
region. Please submit letter of interest with CV to Professor Harley
Balzer, Director of CERES, ICC 232, Georgetown, University, Washington, DC
20057-1021.
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: "WWD ?" (kobers@hotmail.com)
Subject: UKRAINE INFO.
Could you please send me this information asap. about Ukrainian foods?
1.) What is Ukraine's climate?
2.) How does the Climate affect what people eat?
3.) Where does most of their food come from?
4.) What are special ingredients, and foods used in Ukraine?
Thank you,
KH
Kobers@hotmail.com
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Sender: "Rodion Razumov" (rodion@museum.ru)
Subject: [MR-Liste] "Cultural Life in Russia".
All Russian Museums on Line (http://www.museum.ru) Mailing List.
New websites:
The Famous Russian Composer N. Rimsky-Korsakov
http://www.vic.spb.ru/RK/NARK.htm
State Museum of Mayakovskii http://www.museum.ru/museum/Majakovskiy/
Museum-panorama "Borodino Battle" http://www.museum.ru/museum/Borodino/
Cultural News of Russia.
1. Origami.
Exhibition "Origami. Evolution of list of paper" takes place at State Darwin
Museum (www.darwin.museum.ru). Modern origami - it is not only figures of
animals and birds, villakins, boats and hats created from paper. Today
origami related with creation of involved surfaces, constructions, which
active used by architectures, constructors and mathematicians.
2. "From war to peace. Russia - Sweden. 18-th century".
This exhibition takes place at The State Hermitage Museum. All enfilade of
Hermitage with clinging rooms occupied by this it. The clou of the
exhibition is dresses of King Karl XII and Peter I, which they wear during
Battle near Poltava at 27 of June 1709.
3. Philatelic exhibition at Central Museum of Posts and Telecommunications.
State collection of stamps stored in St. Petersburg, in Central Museum of
Posts and Telecommunications. The beginning of this collection was inchoate
in 1918 by unique collection of Romanov's family, which contains several
thousands of stamps.
4. Court-dress from St. Petersburg.
In the Pushkin Museum of fine Arts new exhibition "Russian court-dress from
Peter I to Nicole II" gets started. All exhibits provided by The State
Hermitage Museum. This exposition contains 45 collectibles from wide-ranging
(about thousand exhibits) collection of museum.
5. "Apocrypha".
New exhibition called "Apocrypha" started at Russian Ethnographic Museum. On
this exhibition works of Galina Rusak and Vera Pavlovna presented.
Apocrypha - it is New Testament and Old Testament, which was not including
in canon. Often we can meet such forms of self-expression in apologies.
6. St. Petersburg.
International Day of Dance was celebrated on April 29. This holiday
established in honour of outstanding French choreographer of 18-th century
Jan-Gorge Nover.
On this occasion in St. Petersburg's Commonwealth of artists opened a new
exhibition "Ballet and Artists". Besides painterly works and photos of
famous artists, exhibition contains child's drawings.
7. Shukshin meetings.
New website dedicated life and creative work of Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin
was created by Shukshin State Memorial with help of Biiskii Technical
Institute. You can learn more about history of Shukshin meetings if you
visit this site (http://www.museum.ru/museum/shukshin).
8. Entering new millenary.
At Museum of History of Moscow ( http://www.museum.ru/moscow ) new
exposition "Moscow on the eve of new millenary" has been starting.
9. Hidden Treasures.
May16 is opening day of an exhibition "Hidden Treasures. Libraries in
Museums and Museums in Libraries". This exhibition organised by Moscow
Association of Libraries with help of institute "Open Society".
To subscribe (unsubscribe), please send e-mail to the
MR-ListE-Subscribe@museum.ru (MR-ListE-Unsubscribe@museum.ru). Also to
subscribe (unsubscribe) you can with help of our form
(http://www.museum.ru/m_liste.asp).
With best wishes,
Razumov Rodion.
E-Mail: rodion@mail.museum.ru
http://www.museum.ru
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: Assistance to Russian Orphans, USAID proj. (XPOST)
USAID has recently issued a request for applications for a
project to assist Russian orphans. The complete project
description and application form is available online at:
www.info.usaid.gov/ftp_data/pub/OP/RFA/11899009/
Below are excerpts from the Request for Applications No.
118-99-009.
For more information about orphans and children living in
institutions in Russia, see the findings and
recommendations of a UNICEF-sponsored fact-finding mission
published by Mental Disability Rights International in
February 1999. The report, "Children in Russia's
Institutions: Human Rights and Opportunities for Refrom,"
is available online at:
www.mdri.org/whatsnew/Russia/Russiaone.html
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Assistance to Russian Orphans (ARO)
Application Deadline: June 28, 1999
The United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) is seeking applications from qualified U.S. non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) to implement the new
Assistance to Russian Orphans (ARO) Activity. The purpose
of the ARO activity is to promote community-based, family-
centered services that will improve the current situation
of Russian orphans. The selected implementing organization
or consortium will work with Russian non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) to prevent abandonment and
institutionalization of orphans and children with
disabilities, develop community-based assistance, including
the provision of life skills for older orphans, and promote
networking. The organization will manage small and large
grants programs, provide training and technical assistance,
plan and coordinate exchanges, promote networking and
sharing of lessons learned, and provide monitoring and
evaluation of the overall ARO activity.
ARO is planned as a three-year activity, with
implementation scheduled to begin in August 1999 and to end
in August 2002. USAID/Russia would like to provide $6
million over a three-year period, subkect to the
availability of funds, performance, and local
circumstances.
Background:
The available data, often cited, indicate that there are
approximately 600,000 children registered as orphans in
Russia. Ten percent (10%) are orphans with no parents and
90% are ìsocial orphans,î who have at least one living
parent who has given up the child to the State for a
variety of reasons. Between 1993 and 1997, the number of
registered orphans increased by 30% and the number residing
in institutions by 35%. Concurrently, the number of
children in foster families increased by 46% (in Russia
most foster families are relatives of the children). The
number adopted, however, has remained fairly consistent,
with an overall increase of only 2%.
Were comprehensive statistics available, the picture
conveyed for the physically and mentally disabled would be
far more bleak. The label of ìimbetsilyî or ìidioty,î which
signifies ìuneducable,î is almost always irrevocable. The
most likely future is a lifetime in state institutions.
Even the label of ìdebily,î or lightly retarded, follows a
person throughout his or her life on official documents,
creating barriers to employment and housing after
graduation from state institutions. One study found that,
on graduation from a state institution for the lightly
retarded at age 18, 30% of orphans became vagrants, 10%
became involved in crime, and 10% committed suicide. Even
for those orphans classified as ìnormal,î life after
institutionalization poses serious problems, as they may
lack the necessary social, educational and vocational
skills to function in society.
USAID plans to apply lessons learned in the U.S. and other
countries that have undergone a transformation in attitudes
and treatment of orphans and the disabled in its Assistance
to Russian Orphans (ARO) program. The program will build on
the general consensus that community-based, family-centered
preventive approaches and alternatives will best serve the
needs of children and that orphans can become productive
and successful members of society.
The Proposed Activity:
The first step toward change will be demonstrations of alternative
approaches to promote child welfare that work in Russia. The intended
primary beneficiaries of ARO are young, abandoned children (approximately
0-4 years of age) or those at risk of abandonment; disabled children in
families; or orphans in Ministry of Education facilities (approximately
14-18 years of age) who will need assistance to reintegrate successfully
into their communities.
USAID has identified three specific objectives for the ARO program:
* Prevention of abandonment and institutionalization;
* Development of community-based assistance; and,
* Promotion of networking and sharing lessons learned.
Examples of possible activities which would contribute to these objectives
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Prevention of abandonment and institutionalization:
* Counseling of pregnant women during pre-natal care or in maternity
hospitals to prevent abandonment of newborns and to acquaint mothers with
the options for the child;
* Training for maternity staff to alert them to the factors that place
children at risk of abandonment;
* Involving social workers in family preservation, to provide counseling;
to assist families in getting allowances for which they are eligible; to
find or provide support to families in crisis; to plan with the parents
for future of the child;
* Family reunification for families that have maintained contact with
children in institutions;
* Family foster care through an unrelated family or a childrenís home
and/or temporary foster care.
Development of community-based assistance:
* Support for community-based rehabilitation services to enable families
to keep disabled or troubled children at home;
* Respite care for families with disabled children so that family members
can work;
* Parent associations for advocacy and to begin organizing for needed
services and allowances;
* Family-style group homes within communities;
* Public education campaigns to alter public attitudes toward orphans and
the disabled;
* Life/job skills training for upcoming graduates from Ministry of
Education institutions, including skills targeted to the local job market
and health education.
Promotion of networking and sharing lessons learned:
* Study tours on the above topics (e.g., community-based social work
preventing abandonment; parent associations; community-based
rehabilitation of the disabled);
* Development of internet linkages between organizations and oblasts;
* Exchanges between universities, either through visiting faculty or
through partnerships with, for instance, Developmental Disabilities
Centers in the U.S.
* Funds to the ARO activity are expected to flow primarily through Russian
NGOs.
Activities focused in the U.S. Regional Investment Initiative (RII) areas
will receive priority for funding. These areas include Novgorod and Samara
oblasts and the Russia Far East. The initiative includes the activities of
USAID, the U.S. Information Services (USIS), the U.S. Department of
Commerce, and other U.S. Government agencies. In RII oblasts, USAID
currently supports microenterprise and business development activities, as
well as NGO development.
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Sender: "Your Name" (elizm.lac@worldnet.att.net)
Subject: Klintsy
I would like to learn about the city of Klintsy---even better, I would like
a pen-pal from Klintsy. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thank you,
Elizabeth LaCava
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Sender: "Sarah Tanner" (sazzra@hotmail.com)
Subject: Pen friends wanted
I'm a 30 year old English woman, who is living and working in Istanbul,
Turkey as an English teacher. I took a degree in Russian at university, and
lived in Moscow for three months during my degree. I would like to hear
from anyone in the CIS who is interested in politics, history and
literature, especially 20th century or ancient (the Lay of Igor, for
example). Mail from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, where I
stayed, is especially welcome!
Mail to: sazzra@hotmail.com
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Sender: Yanki Pursun (fyp@gmx.de)
Subject: Postal Service in Moscow
Hi!
What is the maximum weigth for a package from Moscow to the regions
(Bashkortostan)? How are the rates?
Thanks
Yanki Pursun
Frankfurt, Germany
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Sender: "Vgf" (vgf@mail.ru)
Subject: Typing Cyrillic Letters
Hello to everyone!
I have a question to all of English speaking people who
know or want to learn Russian. Please write me how can I
type Russian words by means of Latin letters only. The point
is that my e-mail panpel has WebTV which does not support
Cyrillic letters. So I suppose we can type some set (one or
more) of Latin letters for every Russian sound. If I am not
wrong it's possible to build the following table:
ordinal number of a letter of Russian alphabet -> set
of English letters:
first Russian letter -> a
second Russian letter -> b
and so on...
Thanks to all!
Vagif :-),
SPb, Russia, vgf@mail.ru, ICQ# 30901874
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Sender: "Heinrich Tann" (caesarevents3@hotmail.com)
Subject: Party Thursday - June 3rd - at the RUSSIA HOUSE
You and your friends are invited to coolest party in D.C.
"SUMMER ROMANCE PARTY"
Thursday JUNE 3th
from (7:30 p.m. -- midnight)
At THE RUSSIA HOUSE
1800 Conn. Ave., NW
(at Florida and Conn. Aves. DuPont Circle)
Donation raffle: $7 men and $5 women
and win a $50 dinner certificate at the Russia House Restaurant
Dress code: cool and casual
Questions: 202-966-8651
For those interested in trying Russian cuisine,
there will be an abbreviated Russian menu.
visit our new website at http://www.eurasiacenter.org
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Sender: Ron Riley (creative@tfs.net)
Subject: Comparison of Russian Economy 1989-1999
Hello:
My granddaughter has been assigned this area of information by her
school.
She needs information about Inflation then and now, unemployment
then and now, interest rates then and now, Gross Domestic production
then and now, Currency value then and now, and any other major economic
indicators.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Ron Riley
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Sender: yvonne bliss (yvonne@lasal.net)
Subject: Diabetes Education in Russian
Hi: My name is Yvonne Bliss. I am contacting you from Moab, Utah. USA.
I am a registered nurse looking for diabetic recipies in the Russian
language for our Russian folks with Diabetes, not reading English very
well. Can you be of any assistance. I found your site through another
one of my pleas for diabetes education through the WHO. Sincerely Thank
You. Yvonne Bliss RN, BSN.
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Sender: Zvi Glaser (simong@erols.com)
Subject: Ref: Information
As a veteran of W.W.II The Great Fatherland War, I would like to visit
Moscow. The specific I am thinking about is the occasion of the annual
reunion of veterans of the 129th named Orel Division (at the foundation
2nd Muscovite Communistic People's Brigade) in the Moscow suburb
Sokoljniki. I would like to know, weather the coming October 1999 it
would take place? Unfortunately the communication with Mayor Gen.( ret.)
Nikolai Sergeevitsh Sergeev is very slow. I hope Nikolai Sergeevitsh
keeps his health. I would like to know if there is anybody of my
Division or my Regiment 438, who has an access to internet thus we could
directly communicate?
Zvi, Harry Glaser (in the Red Army I was called Grigorii)
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Sender: DMayf55786@aol.com
Subject: f&p help
please tell me if you can what kind of programs are available as translators
for real time chat between cyrillic and english,i havent been completely
through your site yet so if you have any info on such a program it would be
greatly appreciated.thank you for your time and help on this matter.
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Sender: DavGTS1000@aol.com
Subject: The best use of a computer
Just want to say how wonderful it is to get to know each other and to see
how people all over the world are really all the same, we're all brothers and
sisters and being able to communicate love and understanding is the best use
of a computer.
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Sender: "J.Beth Ciesielski" (jbc@buffalo.edu)
Subject: Bridges for Education International Conversatinal English
language camps
Dear Friends,
For all those countries who wish to participate in the BFE camps this
summer I am sending you information on how to apply to Poland, Belarus,
Romanian, Hungary and Lithuania for the teenagers and for a special new
program for adults.
In addition, I am sending you information on how to apply for funding for
these applicants.
The Romanian Ministry of Education has agreed to one camp for teenagers in
Cluj. The Camp Director's name is Professor Constantin Raduta. His
telephone is 40-64-197021, 192817, or fax 64-190278, email through Mr. Dan
Lazar danlazar@hotmail.com. The three week camp will begin July 25 through
August 13th, cost $250 for room and board and all supplies and lessons.
The boarding school is new and all facilities renovated. Students four to
a room.
The Hungarian Budapest Dept of Education Dist VI has agreed to a two week
camp on Lake Velencia July 10th to July 25th. Cost $220. Please contact
the Camp Director, Annar Gyula at gyula.annar@ella.hu for registation.
This is a beautiful resort area south of Budapest. There are modern
cabins, students four to a room.
The man to contact in Poland is Mr. Wieslaw Smyrgala, at email
bursa@box43.gnet.pl, fax 48-81-996-39-36 or 8879-768. He
is the Polish Ministry of Ed official responsible for coordinating all the
BFE International camps. The cost in Poland for teenagers 14-18 is $300.00
for three weeks room and board and weekend activities and English lessons.
We will organize 6 programs for teenagers in Poland. We have worked with
them since 1991. All BFE camps in Poland will begin July 5th except for
the camp in Pulawy which will commence July 25th.
**All international teachers who accompany each group of ten to the BFE
camps in any country is not charged tuition but must pay for his/her
transportation.
The person to contact in Belarus is Alexander Karankevich, President of
the UNESCO clubs for Belarus. The contract is signed by the Deputy
Minister for Education. His email isbelau@user.unibel.by, fax
375-17-255-21-21. We organized a very successful program with them last
summer. The tuition cost for this program is $250.00. The facility is a
recently renovated boarding school for the deaf just outside Minsk, for
three weeks July 5-25th.
The person to contact in Lithuania is Laima Juozeitiene,
Lithuanian Youth and Tourism Center, Ministry of Education,
Filaretu, 17 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania Tel 3702-25-45-85, fax
3702-22-01-49. email laima33@takas.lt, ljtc@post.omnitel.net
This will be our 5th year working in Lithuania. The program will be
held in the resort town of Palanga on the Baltic Sea coast. The three week
porogram July 5-15th will cost $300.00.
All facilites used by BFE are clean and modernized. BFE inspects all
facilities. Check our webpages www.bridges4edu.org
Students from Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Moldova,
Romania, Lithuania, Georgia, Estonia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria,
Kakakstan, Krzygikstan, and Hungary have already signed up.
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New programs for adults!
In addition, BFE is pleased to announce that we will offer three new
international conversational English programs for adults in Poland; for
journalists, human rights activists, NGO and Government leaders, and
educators. The cost is $450.00 for the three week program in July.
Speakers in these fields will be invited to host round table discussions.
Each participant is expected to present an issue in their country. This
way while everyone will be forced to use the basic English they know and
expand their vocabulary, they will also expand their profesional network.
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Transportation is the responsibility of the applicants. Please apply to
the local Soros Foundations and Council of Europe and European Commission
for funding. There is money availabe for cross border cooperation.
BFE is inviting recommendations for speakers for any of our camps for
adults and for teenagers on issues of human rights, conflict resolution,
media, education, tolerance, intercultural awareness and cooperation. They
must speak English and pay their own transportation. They will receive
free room and board for a night or two and an honorarium of $50.00. Please
have them send their resume to me.
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For funding please contact: PLEASE stress that these are Peace camps and
that the purpose of BFE is to promote tolerance and understanding using
English as a bridge.
Council of Europe http://www.coe.fr/youth
Sabine Klein sabine.klein@coe.fr Youth Directorate, European Youth
Foundation
The Council of Europe- EYF also administers a Mobility Fund for
Disadvatanged Young people..reimbursement of travel on train to
international programs. please contact above address.
There is also a Program called Confidence Building Measures CBM program,
M. Alfredo MICCIO, Head of the CBM, Coe, F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, email
catherine.forne@coe.fr fax 33-3-88-41-37-81
Please respond and let me know that you have received this email.
Best wishes.
Beth
Mrs J.Beth Ciesielski
BRIDGES FOR EDUCATION
Executive Director & Founder
94 Lamarck Drive
Buffalo, NY 14226
Tel (716) 839 0180
Fax (716) 839 9493
e-mail:jbc@buffalo.edu
http://wings.buffalo.edu/bfe - USA
http://academic-info.uj.edu.pl/bfe/bridges.html - Europe
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: 'Russian Writers' Representations of the Future'
From: Carol Adlam (C.Adlam@exeter.ac.)
To: SEELANGS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Visions of the Future
A conference in January 2001
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of Russian, School of Modern Languages,
University of Exeter, invites abstracts /proposals
for the conference 'Visions of the Future'. The conference
will take place at Exeter University in January 2001, at a
date to be announced.
Proposals are invited for papers under the broad theme
'Russian Writers' Representations of the Future'. Suggested
areas of discussion include prophecy, dreams, utopia, time
travel, apocalypse, dystopia, science fiction, and
eschatology. Papers may also include issues of temporality
in literary/ critical theory. Works discussed may be from
any period.
The publication of a selection of papers from the
conference is intended.
Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent to the
conference organizers by 1 October 1999. All enquiries/
abstracts to:
Dr Katharine Hodgson
Department of Russian
University of Exeter
Queen's Building,
The Queen's Drive Exeter EX4 4QH
Telephone: (+44) 0 1392 264309
Email: k.m.hodgson@exeter.ac.uk
or
Carol Adlam
Department of Russian
University of Exeter
Queen's Building,
The Queen's Drive Exeter EX4 4QH
Telephone: (+44) 0 1392 264284
Email: c.adlam@exeter.ac.uk
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Department of Russian
Queen's Building
The Queen's Drive
University of Exeter
Exeter EX6 6HE, UK
Tel: (+44) 0 1392 264310
Fax: (+44) 0 1392 264300
WWW: http://www.ex.ac.uk/russian
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: Ethan VanMatre (evm@phantom.opo.van.wa.us)
Subject: Interested in teaching English in Russia
Hello,
I am interested in learning Russian by throwing myself into the deep end
by taking a trip in Russia. Is it possable to find a family who would
like to learn/practice English from a native speaker in exchange for room
and board and Russian lessions? I would like become one of the family.
I'm thinking of a few weeks to a few months in duration.
I am a 44 year old male from Oregon in the USA. I am active in boating
and mountain climbing. I work for the University of Portland in Portland,
Oregon as a Computer Systems Manager. I do not have any training as an
English teacher.
If you are interested or know of someone who is please let me know. Also,
If you have done such a thing as this I would be interested in learning of
your experiences.
Best regards, Ethan
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Sender: Ikromov Ashraf (frether@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Greeting.
Hi from Tajikistan.My name is Ikromov Ashraf,I'm 18th .Now I'm a student
at the Tajik State Univercity of Law,Business and Politic.
I would like to have pen-pals in different countries. I think the more
pen-pals you have the happier you feel and the more you learn about other
countries.
If anybody would like pen-pals with me, you can ask questions about our
custom and tradition, life and education,you can send to this e-mail
address - frether@khj.td.silk.org.
When you write ,please, tell me about yourself and your country.
With friendly regards, ASHRAF.
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Sender: Masaidov Pairav (peter@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Friendship... (fwd)
Hi! I am Pairav Masaidov,from Tajik Republic,Leninabad region.I am 18
years old. I study at the" Tajik State University of law business and
politic". When I'll be grown up, I'll be a DIPLOMATE.I want to get some
friends from foreign countries, because I study foreign languages at the
university.I'll be pleased to get your letter and change some informations.
Please, write me. I'll wait for your message.
Write me by this address: peter@khj.td.silk.org
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Sender: Greg_Bussey/GregOrganization@mindspring.com
Subject: Anyone from Abkahzia?
I'm seeking correspondence with anyone from Abkahzia. Please write.
Thanks!
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Columbia U: Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies Librarian
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 21 May 99 10:49:23 EDT
From: David Magier (magier@columbia.edu)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ANNOUNCE A CAREER OPPORTUNITY:
Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies Librarian
Columbia University Libraries invites applications and nominations for
the position of Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies Librarian. The
Librarian is responsible for development of a strong research collection
of materials from and about Russia, Eurasia & Eastern Europe; and
provision of specialized information services to faculty, students,
researchers and other Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies scholars
in the Columbia University community.
The Librarian will coordinate collection development within the
Libraries in this interdisciplinary subject area, and will represent the
Libraries at appropriate meetings of the Research Libraries Group,
Association for Research Libraries, AAASS, SEEMP, etc.; act as liaison
with Columbia's Harriman Institute, the Slavic Languages Department, the
School of International Affairs, and other schools and departments;
provide specialized Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies reference
services, and bear primary responsibility for the management,
preservation and evaluation of the collection. Collection development
responsibilities entail close involvement in the academic activities of
individual scholars of Institute and members of the Slavic Languages
Department (including grant writing initiatives). Reporting to the
Director of Area Studies, the Librarian is also the Russian, Eurasian &
East European area studies liaison with the other units of the
Libraries, including particularly the Bakhmeteff Archive. Public service
responsibilities focus on Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies, and
include reference consultations by appointment, bibliographic and
library use instruction, in-class lectures, preparation of publications,
internet resource development, and database searching as needed.
Requirements are: significant experience as a Russian, Eurasian & East
European Studies librarian (including acquiring research materials for
this field from a wide variety of sources) or comparable academic
experience; excellent language skills in Russian and reading knowledge
of other Slavic, Balkan or Eurasian languages; intimate knowledge of the
history, politics, economics, literatures and cultures of Russia,
Eurasia and Eastern Europe; ability to communicate effectively verbally
and in writing; and ability to work effectively and creatively in a
complex environment. A Ph.D. in a relevant subject area or an
accredited MLS degree are strongly preferred.
Salary ranges (which will increase 7/1/99) are currently: Librarian I:
$36,000-$45,000; Librarian II: $38,000-$51,300; Librarian III:
$41,000-$61,500. Excellent benefits include assistance with University
housing and tuition exemption for self and family.
Send letter of application, resume and names, addresses and phone
numbers of three references, to: Jane Hunt, Human Resources Office,
Columbia University Libraries Box, 18 Butler Library, 535 West 114th
Street New York, NY 10027. Cover letter must specify Job #UL70199009;
screening of applicants will begin on 6/15/99.
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: Ermatov Akmal (akmal34@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Letter for friendship. (fwd)
Hi.My name is Akmal Ermatov.I'm 18 years old.I study at the
Tajik State University of "Law,Business & Politics" in first course
faculty of "Law & International Relation".I'd like to have some
friends from foreign countries,and change some informations with them.
If you want to meet with me write by address .
I'll wait for your letters.
GOOD BYE!
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Sender: "Guest3" (Guest3@irex.minsk.by)
Subject: introducing
I have already joined your organization. I tnink it's a wonderful idea to
help people in finding friends all over the world. So I also want to meet
interesting people. Please tell me can I receive some information about
your, for example, exchange programs & other possibilities for students
to meet new people & to see the world. I'll be glad to receive
your answer. My e-mail is
:a_sapun@hotmail.com
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Sender: Weinbergerova Simona (xwein01@zf.mendelu.cz)
Subject: Hallo ! I need help...
Dear frieds !
I'm sending you many greetings from Czech republic.
I'm student of Lanscape Architecture - Mendel University - Brno. I'm
very interested in former Soviet Union, because I think, there is so
much to see, and I would like to see some places in Central Asia,
especially Kirgistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, but I found, that there
are many problems, with visit to that countries. I can't find somebody,
who is able to tell me, how can I get the official inviting letter or
something like that.
Please, if you could help me or know somebody, who knows the way to get
us to that counries, please, write me about it. On the other site, I can
provide you the same. We can provide you an Official inviting letter
from our university, if you or somebody, who will need that help, conect
you.
Sorry for my English and Thanks a lot for every information.
Simona Weinbergerova
Mlynec 16, Postrekov, 345 35,
Czech republic
e-mail : xwein01@zf.mendelu.cz
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Sender: SGoldblmCA@aol.com
Subject: Tambov Photos
Hi,
I can't seem to access any photos of Tambov city/oblast in your files. Are
they not available? Please help.
Thanks.
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Sender: JEnLoLa31@aol.com
Subject: Information on Moscow
If you could, please send me some links of where I might be able to find more
information on Moscow, Russia.
Thank you,
JLTANGY12@aol.com
----------------------- END FRIENDS May 26, 1999 -------------------------
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://www.friends-partners.ru/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
194.226.30.57
Please address any comments, questions, or suggestions to your
moderators:
Natasha Bulashova, natasha@www.friends-partners.ru
Greg Cole, gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu