FRIENDS Digest for December 1, 1999
Table of Contents
RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .
01-01 December 99 Sender: VeronicaCham@aol.com
Subject: Veronica
02-01 December 99 Sender: alina@prime.net.ua
Subject: Alina
03-01 December 99 Sender: mbouhlel@hotmail.com
Subject: mounir
04-01 December 99 Sender: JLWATER@AOL.COM
Subject: Olga
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-01 December 99 Sender: "Kory Katseanes" (kats@digitalpla.net)
Subject:
02-01 December 99 Sender: gcole@solar.cini.utk.edu
Subject: NIS Community College Partnerships Program
03-01 December 99 Sender: LEBASINGER@aol.com
Subject: vocational rehabilitation in Russia
04-01 December 99 Sender: CAROLINA VITOVICH (vitovich@adinet.com.uy)
Subject: WIJTOWYCZ - SNOWYDOWYCZ
05-01 December 99 Sender: gcole@solar.cini.utk.edu
Subject: Public Policy Partnership for the Institute of
Public Administration at Moscow State
University Project (PPP)
06-01 December 99 Sender: natasha (natasha@zgr.kts.ru)
Subject: Summer Language School in Siberia
07-01 December 99 Sender: Lindsey Taxman (ltaxman@ucsj.com)
Subject: Internship Opportunity - Washington, DC
08-01 December 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine"
(oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Job: AAASS, Publications Coordinator & NewsNet Editor
09-01 December 99 Sender: communic8or@sprint.ca
Subject: need info from Baltiysk, Russia!!
10-01 December 99 Sender: ronald Fanjoy (rfanjoyusa@netscape.net)
Subject: Just a question
11-01 December 99 Sender: "Emily Burfoot" (elburfoot@mail.ru)
Subject: International stereotyping
12-01 December 99 Sender: "Kingersky, Sheri A" (Kingersky.Sheri.A@tci.com)
Subject: Please Help
13-01 December 99 Sender: kgrill@aaas.org (KGRILL)
Subject: SCIENTIST: Grants: Ukrainian Scientific Workshops
14-01 December 99 Sender: "Heinrich Tann" (caesarevents3@hotmail.com)
Subject: Center's New Specialist Forum...announcements
15-01 December 99 Sender: Customer Support (nic@necco.net)
Subject: Discover Russia
16-01 December 99 Sender: "Lemaire Michel"
(mlemaire.depute@parlbru.irisnet.be)
Subject: flight to Baku
17-01 December 99 Sender: Maxim Soloviev (soloviev@bme.ri.ccf.org)
Subject: Check it up!
18-01 December 99 Sender: "Lee, R." (rl23@leicester.ac.uk)
Subject: Research assistantship, UK
19-01 December 99 Sender: Richard Wellmann (r_wellmann@donau.de)
Subject: Verbs and Nouns Russisch 2.1
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .
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Sender: VeronicaCham@aol.com
Subject: Veronica
Does anyone know anything about people in Chechnya? My friend is called
Vera Romanovna Krylova. She is about 46 and used to live in Grozny, where
she taught history at the university. She has a son called Volodya. I have
not heard from her for many years and would like to know if she is still
alive and if so where. If anyone knows her, please email me. Many thanks.
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Sender: alina@prime.net.ua
Subject: Alina
Hey boys and girls! If you want to communicate with. Write me. I'm 16. I
like to talk with people. I want to make friends all over the world. Hope
to hear from you soon... P.S. If there any psychologist please write me.
Psychology is one of my hobbies.
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Sender: mbouhlel@hotmail.com
Subject: mounir
hei everybody!i'm from tunisia,34 yo, living in finland since1997.i would
like t hear from you ,i speak frensh,also. so do not hesitate.
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Sender: JLWATER@AOL.COM
Subject: Olga
Hi, I Really like your site. Do you have any information on any Russian
organizations or groups in Phoenix, AZ.
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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: "Kory Katseanes" (kats@digitalpla.net)
Subject: no subject
I am a professor at Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah, where I am
the director of the chamber orchestra from our school of music. Next May I
will be traveling to Russia with about 50 students for a three week
concert tour. The cities we will be visiting are Samara, Saratov,
Volgograd, Rostov, and Moscow. While we are there I am hoping to send
e-mail messages back home, using my laptop. Is this possible using the
Russian public phone system? If not, then how possible is it to use a cell
phone to connect to the internet? Is cell phone coverage extensive enough
to connect in these cities? Any information would be extremely helpful.
Thank you for your assistance.
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Sender: gcole@solar.cini.utk.edu
Subject: NIS Community College Partnerships Program
NIS Community College Partnerships Program
SPONSOR: Department of State
SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to pursue institutional or
departmental objectives in international partnerships with counterpart
institutions from Russia or Ukraine for the purpose of supporting, through
teaching, scholarship, and professional outreach from the partner
institutions, the transition of the New Independent States to democratic
systems based on market economies, as well as the purpose of strengthening
mutual understanding and cooperation between the United States and the New
Independent States. Eligible fields are education, continuing education or
educational administration; the social, political or economic sciences;
business/accounting/trade; or journalism/communications.
DEADLINES: 03-15-2000
OBJECTIVES: The NIS Community College Partnerships Program is designed to
encourage community colleges to share with their educational partners in
the NIS their practical experience in designing and implementing programs
which provide targeted training in professional fields; provide outreach
and services to surrounding communities; and provide education to
underserved populations. In general, underlying the specific objectives of
projects funded by this program should be the goal of fostering freedom
and democracy through a deepened mutual understanding of fundamental
issues and practical applications in the encouragement of civil society,
economic growth and prosperity, or the free flow of information. Creative,
innovative strategies to address these underlying concerns in the pursuit
of clearly defined institutional goals are encouraged. The extension of
understanding about these issues through outreach from academic
institutions to larger communities of citizens and practitioners is
encouraged, particularly by linking educational programs in the NIS to the
communities which they serve. Participating institutions should exchange
faculty and/or staff members for teaching/lecturing and consulting. At
least once during the grant period, one U.S. participant should be in
residence at the foreign partner institution for one semester to serve in
a coordinating role. Exchanges should be for periods ranging from one week
(for planning visits) to an academic year.
RESTRICTIONS: Eligible applicants are accredited community colleges
offering two-year Associate's degrees. In the United States, participation
in the program is open to accredited community colleges offering the
two-year Associate's degree. Applications from consortia of community
colleges are eligible. Secondary U.S. partners may include relevant
non-governmental organizations, non-profit service or professional
organizations, or other institutions of higher education. With the
exception of outside evaluators on contract with the U.S. institution,
participants representing the U.S. institution(s) who are traveling under
Bureau grant funds must be faculty or staff from the participating
institution(s) and must be U.S. citizens. In other countries,
participation is open to recognized institutions of post-secondary
education, including pedagogical institutes and universities, technical
institutes and universities, and vocational training schools. Secondary
foreign partners may include relevant governmental and non-governmental
organizations, non-profit service or professional organizations.
Participants representing the foreign institutions must be faculty or
staff of the primary or secondary partner institution, and be citizens,
nationals, or permanent residents of the country of the foreign partner,
and be qualified to hold a valid passport and U.S. J-1 visa. Foreign
partners from the following countries are eligible: Russia--Proposals for
partnerships with institutions located in Moscow or St. Petersburg should
clearly indicate how those partnerships will have impact on other regions.
Proposals which designate a partner institution in the Sakhalin Region are
encouraged; Ukraine--proposals for partnerships with institutions located
in the Kharkiv region are encouraged. Partnerships including a secondary
foreign partner from a non-NIS country are eligible to participate in a
project funded by this program; however, with the exception of Central
European partners as noted below, the Bureau will not cover overseas
non-NIS partner institution costs. The Bureau encourages proposals which
build upon established collaboration between U.S. institutions and
partners in Central and Eastern Europe in order to support faculty and
curriculum development in the NIS and to promote regional cooperation.
Within the context of this partnership agreement and under the guidance of
the U.S. partner institution, funds may be budgeted for the exchange of
faculty between NIS institutions and institutions of higher learning in
Central and Eastern Europe (applicants planning to submit proposals for
trilateral partnerships with a partner from Central or Eastern Europe are
encouraged to contact the program office). The program awards grants for
periods of approximately three years.
MONETARY: The maximum award in the FY2000 competition will be $200,000.
Requests for amounts smaller than the maximum are eligible. Grants awarded
to organizations with less than four years of experience in conducting
international exchange programs will be limited to $60,000. The sponsor's
support may be used to defray the costs of the exchange visits as well as
the costs of their administration at any partner institution up to a
maximum of twenty percent of the total grant, including administrative
salaries but excluding indirect costs. Although grants under this program
will be issued to eligible U.S. community colleges, adequate provision for
the administrative costs of the project at all partner institutions is
encouraged. Administrative salary support may be included for project
directors and administrative assistants within the twenty percent maximum
that may be allocated to administrative costs. Administrative costs should
be reasonable and appropriate with cost-sharing provided by all
participating institutions within the context of their respective
capacities and as a reflection of their commitment to cooperation with one
another in pursuing project objectives.
CONTACT INFO: Jonathan Cebra; 301 4th Street, SW; State Annex 44
(ECA/A/S/U); Room 349; Washington, DC 20547
Telephone: 202-619-4126; FAX: 202-401-1433; Email Address: jcebra@usia.gov
Source of Information: Federal Register; 1999-11-17; 62726
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Sender: LEBASINGER@aol.com
Subject: vocational rehabilitation in Russia
Hello friends. I would like to know more about vocational rehabilitation
in Russia. I work with people with severe disabilities and would like to
know more about what Russia is doing for people with disabilities. I work
primarily with people with mental retardation. But we do work with any
type of disability. Please email me at lebasinger@aol.com with any
information. Thank you.
Lonnie Basinger
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Sender: CAROLINA VITOVICH (vitovich@adinet.com.uy)
Subject: WIJTOWYCZ - SNOWYDOWYCZ
Montevideo, NOVEMBER 1999
URUGUAY
FROM.: FAMILY VITOVICH
Subj.: Searching our family
I have read your search of the last name Wojtowycz and although I don't
have the security us to be linked shipment to you information of my family
that maybe can agree with some that you have.
My grandparents emigrated to Sud Amrica and although my grandfather's
last name is Wijtowicz, in the my grandmothers papers of exit of Poland,
she has Mara Wojtowycz's name
I can tell you that she traveled some years after my grandfather together
with a called daughter Katerine approximately 2 years old and for some
reason that I dont know left in some place from Poland to another called
daughter Antona. Next I detail some data. I request you to communicate,
our search of the family since it takes many years without too many
results. My grandparents have already died and we never tasted anything
from their life previous to their arrival to America.
Our search points to family of our paternal grandparents who they
emigrated to Sud Amrica, and they didn't leave any testimony neither
spoken neither written on some member of its family in some part. Until
the moment we don't know about the existence of anybody, it is as if they
had been the beginning of their last names.
Next we send you the data that we have been able to gather through birth
and marriage records that we possess of them.
DATA of our PATERNAL GRANDFATHER
NAME: ALEXIUS WIJTOWYCZ
DATE OF BIRTH: APRIL 3 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH: GALIZIA - Nacin POLAND
RELIGION: GREEK CATHOLIC
MARRIAGE: OCTOBER 22 of 1922
PLACE: CHURCH ROMANOW (Distrito Brcenviv?) TESTIFY in: TOMO IV Page 87 -
N Registration 111/29 PLACE of RESIDENCE: REGION LEMKO
BOBRKA - DISTRICT 53 of GALIZIA
Possible address sub Podhorodyozcze N d.87 HE EMIGRATED TO SUD AMRICA:
FINAL OF THE DECADE OF 1920
DATA of our PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER
NAME: MARA SNOWYDOWYCZ
DATE OF BIRTH: DECEMBER 25 of 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH: ?? (Possibly Bobrka - Address Podhorodyozcze sub N d.92)
RELIGION: GREEK CATHOLIC
MARRIAGE: OCTOBER 22 1922
PLACE: CHURCH ROMANOW (Distrito Brcenviv?) TESTIFY in: TOMO IV Page. 87
- N Registration 111/29 PLACE of RESIDENCE: REGIN LEMKO
BOBRKA - DISTRICT 53 of GALIZIA
SHE EMIGRATED TO SUD AMRICA: APPROXIMATELY IN 1931
My e mail address is: vitovich@ADINET.COM.UY
Thanks for a hope
Ana Carolina Vitovich
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Sender: gcole@solar.cini.utk.edu
Subject: Public Policy Partnership for the Institute of Public
Administration at Moscow State University Project (PPP)
Public Policy Partnership for the Institute of Public Administration at
Moscow State University Project (PPP)
SPONSOR: Department of State
SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to assist the Institute of Public
Administration (IPA) at Moscow State University in developing its capacity
to deliver a graduate program in Public Policy that meets high
international standards for instruction and research in this field. The
primary goal of this project is to promote development of a curriculum of
policy-relevant, theoretically sophisticated, empirical approaches
designed to promote an open, accountable, efficient and responsive public
sector. The grantee organization will be expected to assist the Institute
of Public Administration through a comprehensive program of exchange and
support activities which will foster lasting institutional and individual
ties.
DEADLINES: 03-15-2000
OBJECTIVES: The overall objective of this project is to enable the
Institute of Public Administration at Moscow State University to equip its
graduate program in Public Policy to support emergent democratic
institutions in Russia by preparing future leaders to analyze and resolve
public policy issues within a democratic framework in the context of a
market-based open economy. This overall objective should be supported
through the following program components: assistance with curriculum and
materials development for the graduate curriculum in Public Policy;
assistance with the development of continuing education and distance
learning programs; assistance with the development of a sustainable
graduate student exchange program; development of outreach programs; and
support for research. The project is designed for the following Russian
participants: faculty, administrators, staff and students at the Institute
of Public Administration at Moscow State University. In addition,
participants include U.S. faculty, administrators and staff, and other
qualified professionals with appropriate Public Policy expertise.
RESTRICTIONS: Eligible applicants are public and private nonprofit
organizations. Organizations with less than four years of experience in
conducting international exchange programs are ineligible.
MONETARY: The project will award up to $500,000 for up to a two year
period to defray the costs of two-way faculty exchange and of limited
student exchange, with an allowance for educational materials (including
support for distance learning projects) and with provision for some
aspects of project administration. There is also the possibility of a
renewal grant of up to $500,000 for up to a two year period pending
positive program review and the availability of funding. The total
administrative costs funded may not exceed twenty percent of the total
request. The overhead and administrative components of the proposal,
including salaries, should be kept as low as possible. All other items
should be necessary and appropriate. Proposals should maximize
cost-sharing through other private sector support as well as institutional
direct-funding contributions.
CONTACT INFO: Jonathan Cebra; 301 4th Street, SW; Washington, DC 20547
Telephone: 202-619-4126; FAX: 202-401-1433; Email Address: jcebra@usia.gov
Source of Information: Federal Register; 1999-11-17; 62729
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Sender: natasha (natasha@zgr.kts.ru)
Subject: Summer Language School in Siberia
Hello! My name is Natasha Tabunschikova. I come from Zelenogorsk, a town
in Krasnoyarsk region, Central Siberia. I am an Assistant Principal of
Linguistic Gymnasia in charge of international cooperation. We are
searching for teachers - native English speakers - and students, who would
volunteer to participate in the International Language Summer School,
which will take place for two weeks in June-July 2000 on the Obskoe Sea
shore in a picturesque suburban area of the largest Siberian city
Novosibirsk in a resort which provides comfortable rooms, classrooms, good
food, nice recreational facilities.
The International Language Summer School is organized by Linguistic
Gymnasia # 164 and the Department of Education of the city of Zelenogorsk.
The participants of the International Summer Language School are the best
students of Linguistic Gymnasia and other schools of Zelenogorsk, who are
keen on the English language and culture, and have passed complicated
entrance exams. Each year we host delegations from abroad. Since 1995
students and teachers from the United States, Great Britain and Poland
have participated in the Summer School.
Our aim is to help students realize their full potential, thereby
educating the whole person. The School provides a professional and
friendly atmosphere in which students find it easy to improve their
English. Every morning the students have specialized classes based on the
curriculum and the theme of the Summer School, which include language
games, discussion sessions, world culture, press-club, etc. We employ the
best teachers from Linguistic Gymnasia and foreign educators, who work on
voluntary basis. Students are encouraged to undertake projects and make
presentations, so within the program all the students have the choice of
individual research work under the teacher's supervision, which results in
the creative defense of the projects on the last School day. Presentations
are video-taped so that students can analyze their own and each other's
performance and improve their skills.
The School encourages all students to continue practicing English after
classes, we are determined to ensure that they all benefit fully from the
interaction with Staff both inside and outside classroom. The School lives
a full cultural and social life. In the afternoon we offer sports
competitions, intellectual games, quizes. We feel that a fit body makes
for a healthy mind, thus we offer as wide a range of sports, games and
recreational activities as possible in the hope that all our students find
some form of activity which interests them.
We also understand the importance of educating our youngsters in all the
different aspects of Arts in its fullest sense and developing their
creative skills. Every evening we have various entertaining competitions,
shows, performances, presentations, parties, discos, etc. according to the
program and the theme of the School, where in a friendly and creative
environment the talents are fully revealed and good relationships are
established and new friends are made. All foreign participants are
encouraged to make presentations of their cultures. Besides, we offer
several tours of the city of Novosibirsk, including main city cites,
museums, art gallery, Academic city (scientific center of Siberia) and a
bout tour on the river.
We can assure you of a particularly warm welcome and hope you will be
encouraged to participate in our Summer Language School and experience at
first hand our way of life, which is designed to generate an environment
where we live happily in a friendly atmosphere, in which classes and
recreation are an important part.
If a teacher comes to participate in the School, he/she will have to work
out the program for his/her classes. We can discuss this in detail after
he/she has confirmed their coming and participating. The work is done on a
completely voluntary basis, there is no payment or stipend. Students from
any countries are welcome to participate and be a part of international
classes.
Participation fee is 150 US dollars per person for a two-week program
which includes accommodation, food, transfers, tuition and activities at
School, cultural program, excursions to the city of Novosibirsk.
If you've got interested, please be free to ask any questions and I will
provide you more information and a detailed every day program.
And I can assure you of a very warm welcome!
I am looking forward to hearing from you. Email me at:
natasha@zgr.kts.ru
Best regards,
Natasha mailto:natasha@zgr.kts.ru
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Sender: Lindsey Taxman (ltaxman@ucsj.com) Subject: Internship Opportunity
- Washington, DC
INTERNSHIPS for Spring/Summer 2000
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, a Jewish and human rights advocacy and
service organization, seeks interns for Fall 1999. Internship positions
are unpaid. Each intern will work primarily with staff involved in the
following three program areas:
International Assistance Program
The intern will assist with projects surrounding UCSJ's international
humanitarian aid program "Yad L'Yad," (Hebrew for "Hand to Hand"). The
program pairs U.S. synagogues with Jewish communities in the former Soviet
Union in a sister city-like partnership. Projects will include research
and writing for project newsletter, press releases and information
compilation and organization. ** Russian language skill desired, but not
required.
Antisemitism Research Documentation Project The intern will assist with
the Antisemitism Research Documentation Project by researching, compiling
and translating documents and reports of incidents of antisemitism and
human rights violations in the former Soviet Union. The intern will also
assist with the distribution of the documentation to asylum attorneys, the
State Department, and other relevant government agencies. ** Russian
language skills desirable.
Central Asia Human Rights Intern:
Intern will assist Abdumannob Polat, Director of the Central Asian Human
Rights and Monitoring Network (CAHRIN), which is based in UCSJ's offices.
Intern will work on organizing information flow, particularly working with
database programs and organizing communication lists throughout the
office, press issues, WWW documents, and will attend hearings and other
appropriate press venues. ** Russian and Uzbek language skills desired,
but not required.
INTERN REQUIREMENTS:
Serious weekly commitment-hours flexible/negotiable Interest in human
rights, Jewish issues and/or the former Soviet Union
INTERESTED CANDIDATES:
Please forward a resume, cover letter including availability, and a
writing sample to:
Sarah Manaker
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) 1819 H St. NW, #230 - Washington,
DC 20006 Phone: 202/775-9770, ext. 16 - Fax: 202/775-9776 Email:
smanaker@ucsj.com - Website: http://www.fsumonitor.com
For more information on Jews and human rights in the former Soviet Union,
please contact ucsj@ucsj.com or visit us on the web at
http://www.fsumonitor.com.
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews
1819 H Street, NW Suite 230
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 775 9770
(202) 775 9776 (fax)
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Job: AAASS, Publications Coordinator & NewsNet Editor
Publications Coordinator & NewsNet Editor AAASS
Posted: 13 November 1999
GREAT JOB OPPORTUNITY
JOIN THE AAASS TEAM
PLEASE TELL YOUR STUDENTS AND ALUMS
Publications Coordinator and NewsNet editor: Gr. 55. American Association
for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Under the Executive Directors
supervision is fully responsible for NewsNet preparation and publications,
including solicitation of advertisements and solicitation of invited
articles, and management of the budget for publications. Produces the
annual convention program. Makes arrangement with publishers, printers,
and mail services for all publications, except Slavic Review. Handles
copyright permissions. Assists as needed in hiring work-study and casual
office help. Coordinates Book Prizes, Graduate Student Essay Prize and
Awards Presentation. Works with AAASS committees on issues concerning the
newsletter and prizes. Attends the annual convention. Starting salary
dependent on qualifications.
REQUIREMENTS: B.A. Required and advanced degree in the Slavic field
preferred. Three to five years of related experience required; working
knowledge of Microsoft Word and desk-top publishing programs required;
excellent proofreading and editing skills. Familiarity with Harvard a
plus.
More information available on Harvard's Human Resources website:
http://www.hr.harvard.edu. The requisition number is 3306
Or please send cover letter and CV to:
Carol R. Saivetz
Executive Director, AAASS
8 Story St., 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
Please note that Vicki Mills, our current NewsNet editor has accepted a
position as writer/editor with WorldTrade Executive, Inc., a firm based in
Concord, Mass. which provides legal and business information services to
the international trade community and publishes, among others, Russian
Petroleum Investor.
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Sender: communic8or@sprint.ca
Subject: need info from Baltiysk, Russia!!
Hello everyone,
If there's anyone participating in this list, who lives in Baltiysk,
Kaliningrad Region, Russia I would like to hear from you. I need help in
checking and locating my mother's grave. I would need help in getting
address/person's name of someone at the municipal level, who is
responsible for inquiries like mine?
Thank you.
Alex Khayutin
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Sender: ronald Fanjoy (rfanjoyusa@netscape.net)
Subject: Just a question
Hello list
I was wondering if anyone here knows somebody in the Sacramento, CA. area
that speaks Russian so they could help me study the Russian language.
I have several CD's but have so many questions. I looked towards the local
colleges and they either don't offer the language or the language gets
cancilled due to not enough people signing up for the course.
Sacramento has a very large Russian community so I thought I would ask. I
appreciate all the help that I can get. I can be reached at
rfanjoyusa@netscape.net.
Thank you very much
(Bol shoe vam spiceba)
Ron
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Sender: "Emily Burfoot" (elburfoot@mail.ru)
Subject: International stereotyping
To who ever can help me,
I axm a British student studying here in Moscow. I have to write a project
whilst I am out here, and the topic I have chosen is that of International
Stereotyping, with reference to the USA. I have been searching the
internet for resources, but have been very unsuccessful so far. I was
wondering if anyone from your organisation could help in anyway. I am
interested in what the Russians of today think about Americans, and the
problems, if any, this causes.
Thank you very much,
Emily Burfoot.
3rd year student af Coventry University, UK.
Currently studying at Moscow State University.
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Sender: "Kingersky, Sheri A" (Kingersky.Sheri.A@tci.com)
Subject: Please Help
I am having a very difficult time finding my family history. Can you
please help. My immediate family is the only Kingersky Family in the U.S.
I would like to learn more about the Kingersky name and if I have any
relatives in overseas?
Please help.
Sheri K. Romblad
TCItv21 Community Media
Phone: 203.483-2307
Fax: 203.483.2323
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Sender: kgrill@aaas.org (KGRILL)
Subject: SCIENTIST: Grants: Ukrainian Scientific Workshops
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. CIVILIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FOR THE INDEPENDENT
STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (CRDF)
U.S.- Ukrainian Initiative
Joint Scientific Workshops
Sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) is pleased to
announce the following special opportunity for Ukrainian scientists and
engineers as part of its 1999-2000 Competitive Grants Programs.
*UKRAINIAN-U.S. SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP GRANTS*
The CRDF, with funding from NSF, is accepting proposals for Ukrainian-U.S.
partnerships to hold scientific workshops in Ukraine. The goal of these
workshops will be to exchange scientific knowledge, build scientific
relationships, and develop collaborative proposals to submit to the
National Science Foundation (NSF) and other appropriate funding agencies.
The CRDF anticipates awarding up to four workshop grants. The deadline for
workshop proposals is January 15, 2000.
*ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES*
All workshops must take place between March 1 and December 31, 2000.
Proposals will be evaluated on both the scientific qualifications of the
applicants and their perceived institutional ability to organize an
international workshop. Proposals must include a two- to three-page
narrative about the subject area and goals of the planned workshop, the
host institution, a list of proposed U.S. and Ukrainian attendees, as well
as a budget summary. The total amount requested may not exceed $20,000.
Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate in their proposal cost sharing
from U.S. or Ukrainian academic institutions, other foundations or
non-profit organizations, or for-profit companies. CRDF funds are expected
to cover travel expenses for up to 10 U.S. participants to travel to
Ukraine and up to 10 Ukrainian participants to attend the workshop. Other
eligible workshop expenses include room fees, audio/visual equipment, and
copying expenses.
The CRDF encourages proposals from different geographic regions, and
expects to award at least two grants to areas outside of Kyiv.
The grantees are expected to make all logistical arrangements themselves
after consulting with the CRDF.
Workshop applications must be in English.
*INFORMATION*
For further information about these programs, please contact:
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) 1800 North Kent
Street, Suite 1106
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Telephone: 703-526-9720
Fax: 703-526-9721
E-mail: information@crdf.org
Natalya Artiukhovskaya
CRDF Representative
4 Bogomoltca Street, Suite 127
Kyiv 252024, UKRAINE
Telephone: (38) 044-293-4877
Fax: (38) 044-293-4577
Inquiries by e-mail are strongly encouraged and will result in a prompt
response.
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Sender: "Heinrich Tann" (caesarevents3@hotmail.com)
Subject: Center's New Specialist Forum...announcements
visit our website: www.eurasiacenter.org and for those FSU specialists and
Eastern European specialist you can discuss projects, events, activities
and interests in the new Forum...
FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA
To welcome the HOLIDAY SPIRITS...You and your friends are invited to the
coolest party in DC -- The Eurasian Center's FRIENDSHIP 2000's
Russian-American Young Professional
HOLIDAY DANCE PARTY
Friday, DECEMBER 3, (7:30 p.m. - 12:00)
At the Newly Renovated CONCORDIA HOTEL
1250 New Hampshire Ave., NW (DuPont Circle) at 21st & M Sts
Donation: $7 men, $5 women, (women free before 8:30 p.m.)
Join and make new friends, bring friends, yet celebrate, dance and enjoy
the festivities...featuring the best selection of wines, beers, spirits,
dancing and fun...
Sign up and Win: The Secret Prize
Dress code - Nice casual...questions - Eurasia@aol.com, 202-966-8651
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EURASIAN CENTER COUPON - Things to discover on the weekend...
Visit MISHA's RUSSIAN DELI at EASTERN MARKET 210 7th St. SE
GIVE MISHA THIS COUPON AND RECEIVE 15% OFF:
Traditional Russian Dishes
Homemade Soups and Salads
Vegetarian Meals...Fresh Bread...The Pushkin Special
Blini...Tchaikovsky special...Dostoevsky Special
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Sender: Customer Support (nic@necco.net)
Subject: Discover Russia
Dear Webmaster:
Please check your listing at www.russia2you.org
The site is available in Russian and English, this service offers a wealth
of information about all aspects of Russian life and resources.
America Online's International Channel has chosen www.necco.net as Russian
International Country Page. The Transnational Institute has chosen
www.necco.net as "Site of the Month" for March 1999.
- Customer Service
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Sender: "Lemaire Michel" (mlemaire.depute@parlbru.irisnet.be)
Subject: flight to Baku
flight Swissair Baku - Zurich 3 days a week schedule from Brussel with
stop Zurich to Baku :
depart.18.00 - arriv.03.40
from Baku id. to Brussel
depart.04.30 - arriv.08.45
have you schedule of other flights with stop, from Brussel to Baku ? Do
you know something about the prices? It's now an interesting proposition
British Airways: go and back for 13.750 francs belges.
Bye-bye and may-be to later. Bernadette.
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Sender: Maxim Soloviev (soloviev@bme.ri.ccf.org)
Subject: Check it up!
Dear Friends and Partners:
www.zabugrom.com - everybody will find smth interesting on this site,
including very low telephone rates to Russia ($.29; Moscow and
St.Petersbirg $.18, without any surcharges!) as well as unbeatable 6.5
cents per minute interstate rate which apply 24 hours a day (
www.zabugrom.com/longdistance)
Sincerely,
Maxim
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Sender: "Lee, R." (rl23@leicester.ac.uk)
Subject: Research assistantship, UK
Scarman Centre, University of Leicester, UK (UK work permit required)
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
This post, available for three years from 4th January 2000 or as soon as
possible thereafter, involves working on a project which aims to introduce
and evaluate context-specific community policing in Ukraine. Candidates
should have a good working knowledge of the Russian language and some
experience of living, working or studying in Russia or Ukraine would be an
advantage. Applicants should have a good first degree, preferably in
social sciences or languages. Research methods skills and knowledge of
issues in crime and policing are desirable, but not essential.
For an informal discussion, please contact Adrian Beck, Project Director
on +44 116 252 2830 or Ruth Lee, Research Assistant on +44 116 252 3750.
Further details and an application form are available from: the Personnel
Office, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH.
Telephone (+44 116) 252 2439 Fax (+44 116) 252 5140
Closing date for applications is 21st December 1999.
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Sender: Richard Wellmann (r_wellmann@donau.de)
Subject: Verbs and Nouns Russisch 2.1
To whom it may concern,
I am proud to let you know a new version of the Russian/German,
German/Russian shareware-dictionaries for the "Foreign Language Toolkit"
is available as of today:
(press release:)
Version 2.1 of "Verbs and Nouns Russisch",
multimedia-inflection-dictionaries for the Foreign Language Toolkit, is
now available. The dictionaries contain almost 20,000 Russian words with
appr. 250,000 forms, 100,000 German translations, thousands of examples
and more than 1,100 pronounciation-samples and 450 high-quality-pictures.
An all-new manual (pdf-format) is enclosed. The dictionaries may be used
with lessons of the "Toolkit Reader" to look up new foreign words, to
study Russian words (including declenision and conjugation!), to translate
unknown Russian text by single word or word-by-word and, last but not
least, to perform spell-checks on Russian text you wrote. As a user you
can expand, im- and export, update and merge dictionaries.
Link: http://users.netmatters.co.uk/dandaforbes e-mail contact: Richard
Wellmann, at >>r_wellmann@donau.de<<
I would very much welcome it if you would make the press release note
public in your news-service.
yours sincerely
Richard Wellmann
r_wellmann@donau.de - try out "Verbs and Nouns Russisch"-shareware to
improve your knowledge of Russian vocabulary, to perform spell checks,
word for word translation!
Demos at >>http://users.netmatters.co.uk/dandaforbes<<
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