From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Mar 2 10:13:22 2005 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 07:13:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] CfP: 1st Kosovar Student Conference about Social Issues, Pristina, 25-27.3.2005 Message-ID: <20050302151322.94570.qmail@web30506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > To Whom It May Concern: > > The American School of Kosova in cooperation with > Kosovo Foundation > for Open Society ? SOROS and the Ministry of Labor > and Social > Welfare is organizing the 1st Kosovar Student > Conference about > Social Issues on 25th- 27th of March 2005 in GRAND > Hotel Prishtina. > > This conference will gather young people from all > the municipalities > of Kosova who are affiliated with a high school or > university and > wish to present a scientific study. The project > targets the youth > from high schools and university departments from > all over Kosova. > Moreover, the target students will be from different > ethnicities. > > The objectives of this conference are: > ? Provide an opportunity to youth of Kosova to > present > scientific studies in a professional manner > ? Create an environment where a professional-student > exchange > can occur > ? Create an environment where young people will > engage in > discussions and debate about issues that our society > faces > ? Generate new ideas and offer potential solutions > to social > issues > ? Encourage young people to be active participants > in their > society > ? Establish cooperation bridges among young people > from > different municipalities and ethnic groups > ? Inform the public opinion about the issues young > people face > and the need to solve those problems > > ASK cordially invites students from your > school/department to > participate in this conference. It is our hope that > students from > different schools and university departments > throughout Kosova, > regardless of their ethnic, religious or cultural > background, would > gather together in this conference and create an > environment where > in a respectful way students, participants and > guests of the > conference would have an opportunity to exchange > their views about > the issues that their society encounters with. > > The studies/researches need to original, scientific > and/or well > researched and argued and can be conducted by > students in group or > individually. Please note that a group should have > no more than 3 > members. > > The deadline for submitting the final reports is > March 7th, 2005. > The reports can be submitted either by email, > conference at ask- > conference.org, or directly in ASK location, in > Veternik, Prishtina, > Kosova. > > Professional, unbiased conference committee consists > of five > international and local experts in social issues > field will evaluate > the submitted report and select those that will be > presented. > > The students who are selected to participate in the > conference will > have 15 minutes to present their studies and another > 15 minutes for > questions, answers, discussion and debate. At the > end of the > conference, the students who participated in the > conference will > receive a Certification of Excellence, while those > who submitted > their reports and were not selected to present will > receive a > Certification of Appreciation. > > The conference will be held in Grand Hotel, > Prishtina. The > participants who come from a municipality other than > Prishtina will > be accommodated in the ASK dorms. A summary report > that will also > contain all the studies that were presented in the > conference will > be published at the end of the conference and will > be available free > of charge for anyone interested. > > For additional information, please do not hesitate > to contact us the > information below. > > > 1ST KOSOVAR STUDENT CONFERENCE ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES > AMERICAN SCHOOL OF KOSOVA > Veternik n.n., Prishtina, Kosova > ++381 38 541 477 ? conference at ask-conference.org > www.ask-conference.org > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ From aalibali at yahoo.com Wed Mar 2 21:35:47 2005 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:35:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] An Arberesh in New Jersey Message-ID: <20050303023547.75767.qmail@web30510.mail.mud.yahoo.com> When Rose Capello, Red Bank, talks about her mother, her friends cannot believe that they know someone who has lived to be 102 years old. ?I know, it is unbelievable,? Capello said last week. Her mother, Anna Lapato, a resident at the Willows Private Senior Home on Dudley Avenue in Long Branch, celebrated her 102nd birthday on Friday, a first for Willows. ?She is our oldest resident,? Elizabeth Rodriguez, the manager at Willows, said. ?I have one 99-year-old here, but Anna has her beat.? Lapato was born on Feb. 25, 1903, in Italy and came to the United States when she was just 4 years old, settling in Norwood, a town in northern New Jersey, where she lived for 80 years. When she was 84 years old, Lapato moved to Shadow Lake Village in Red Bank before making her residence at Willows four years ago. ?She doesn?t look like she is 102 years old,? her daughter said proudly as she looked over at her mother sitting next to her and smiled. ?She really looks great.? Lapato grew up in a small rural town that was made up of mostly of farms where residents grew their own crops, according to Capello who said she was the second oldest of seven children, all of whom she has out-lived. Lapato graduated eighth grade from the Norwood public schools and then became a full-time career woman. Her first job was in a factory in Sparkhill, N.Y., where she made artificial flowers. ?She worked very hard when she was young,? Capello said. ?She would often tell me that in order to a save a nickel, she would walk the railroad tracks from her home to work. I have no idea how long it took, but it was far and she really did it.? Lapato married Emilio Lapato in 1919 and had two daughters, Capello, 85, and Irene Gastaldello who was four years younger and who passed away several years ago. After she got married, Lapato landed a job in New York City as a professional seamstress. ?It was during the Depression and she was making $35.50 a week,? Capello said. ?During that time, that was a lot of money. Capello said her family didn?t feel the pressures of the Depression very much. ?We did not have it bad,? she said. ?We lived in the country, we had our own house. We never suffered.? Lapato was married for 67 years when her husband passed away. Today, Lapato has four generations of her family living. She has three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, with the youngest family member being 23 years old. Lapato was a very active wife and mother, according to Capello, who said her mother was involved in the ambulance corps, municipal events, her church and the Republican Party. ?She is very smart and bright and was always a good neighbor,? she said. ?She spoke Albanian fluently, and could read and write Italian and she never went to school for it.? Willows hosted a birthday party for Lapato on Friday to celebrate her long and fruitful life. http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2005/0302/Front_Page/020.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From aalibali at yahoo.com Sun Mar 6 13:49:22 2005 From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 10:49:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ALBSA-Info] WWC Grants Message-ID: <20050306184923.44949.qmail@web30504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> GRANT OPPORTUNITY The East European Studies (EES) program at the Woodrow Wilson Center would like to announce the deadline for this year's Junior Scholars' Training Seminar.? Please read below and see the attached flier for more details.? If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact EES by e-mail at ees at wwic.si.edu or phone 202.691.4222.? Junior Scholars' Training Seminar (JSTS) Deadline The deadline for receipt of this year's JSTS applications and supporting materials is April 15, 2005. Applicants will be notified approximately six weeks later. Background Information East European Studies of the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Committee on Eastern European Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies are soliciting applications for the eighteenth annual training seminar for junior scholars in East European studies, to be held outside of Washington, DC on the Chesapeake Bay from August 12 - 15, 2005. All domestic transportation, accommodation and meal costs will be covered by the sponsors. This program is funded by a grant from Title VIII. Eligibility These scholarships are only available to American citizens or permanent residents. Graduate students enrolled in a doctoral or masters program at an American university and recent graduates in any field of East European are eligible to apply. All projects should aim to highlight their potential policy relevance. Disciplines represented at JSTS 2004 included: anthropology; history; political science; and, Slavic languages and literatures. Program Description JSTS successfully combines formal and informal meetings to promote a variety of intellectual exchanges. Past activities have included: - individual presentations; - constructive feedback and question and answer sessions; - one-on-one meetings for Junior Scholars with Senior Scholars; - advice regarding publishing; - discussions about the state of the profession and obtaining employment in the field; - various social activities, including the crab-fest and the annual volleyball challenge. Additional Requirements Successful applicants are expected to submit a five-page paper no later than July 1 on the sources and methodology of their report and the wider significance of their work. (In other words, what was researched, how it was researched, and what it all means.) This paper will serve as the basis for discussion at the seminar. Application Information To apply for the Junior Scholars' Training Seminar (JSTS), the applicant must submit the following: - a completed application form (downloaded from www.wilsoncenter.org/ees); - a curriculum vitae (which must include social security number, institution where degree is expected or was received, title of dissertation, and name and department of advisor); - a single page, single-spaced statement of the work you wish to discuss - either the dissertation or another project; - one letter of recommendation from advisor. The Junior Scholars' Training Seminar is supported by the Act for Research and Training for Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet Union program (Title VIII) of the United States Department of State. Completed application forms should be mailed to the following address: East European Studies The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-3027 ******************************************************************* East European Studies The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC? 20004-3027 tel: 202-691-4000 fax: 202-691-4001 www.wilsoncenter.org/ees Located in the Ronald Reagan Building Federal Triangle Metro Stop (Blue/Orange) Lines ******************************************************************* __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ From iliri at hotmail.com Sun Mar 13 12:24:31 2005 From: iliri at hotmail.com (Flir Mosho) Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:24:31 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] MJAFT! in Boston. March 23, 2005. BU School of Management! Message-ID: Come and meet with Erion Veliaj, Jona Repishti, Besjan Pesha of MJAFT (ENOUGH!) movement, a group of proud young Albanians who have decided to say MJAFT! to apathy and have become an important voice in Albania and in the region through their innovative tactics, youthful energy and countless achievements. Join us at: When: Wednesday, March 23rd at 7:00 PM Where: Boston University School of Management 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 105, Boston, MA 02215 (first stop after Kenmore on the GREEN LINE "B") Admission: $5 (Free with a BU ID) - Food and refreshments by some of the best Albanian-owned businesses will be provided. Donations: Suggested donation amount: $20. Please make your check donations payable to: Massachusetts Albanian Assistance Fund (MAAF)/Mjaft PO Box 943 Saugus, MA 01906 MJAFT is a consciousness-raising movement with over 7500 members that was started by Albanian graduates from American and West European Universities. Since its creation, they have backed their promises and ideas with actual deeds for the benefit of ALL Albanians. MJAFT has been able to: ?? Win the prestigious UN Civil Society Award in 2004 ?? Testify before the U.S. Congress on the state of affairs in Albania ?? Force the government to increase education spending by 10% in 2003 and 23 million euro in 2004. ?? Force the resignation of the Albanian Minister of Interior who publicly assaulted a journalist. ?? Force the government and Albanian Telecom to drastically reduce tariffs. ?? Unleash a series of nationwide protests against the Greek violence and racism towards Albanians. ?? Closely cooperate with sister organizations in Kosovo and in the region. ?? Creatively mock the government bodies and politicians for their lack of transparency and corruption. ?? Send a Team of Albanian Doctors right in the aftermath of the tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. For more information about MJAFT including current projects: www.mjaft.org Come and show your support for MJAFT!'s outstanding achievements and use this lecture as motivation for future community involvement. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From iliri at hotmail.com Sun Mar 13 12:25:44 2005 From: iliri at hotmail.com (Flir Mosho) Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:25:44 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Takim me MJAFT ne Boston! 23 Mars 2005 7:00 mbremje, "BU School of Management" Message-ID: Ju ftojm? t? merrni pjes? n? nj? takim me p?rfaq?sues t? l?vizjes MJAFT! Kur: E m?rkur? 23 Mars 2005 n? or?n 7:00 pasdite Ku: Boston University School of Management 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 105, Boston, MA 02215 (stacioni i par? pas Kenmore n? trenin "B" t? linj?s s? gjelb?r) Pranimi: $5 (Falas me karte identifikimi nga BU) - Ushqimi dhe pijet freskuese do t? ofrohen nga disa prej bizneseve m? t? mira me pronar? shqiptar?. Donacione: Shuma e kontributit q? sugjerohet ?sht? $20. Ju lutemi shkruajeni ?ekun tuaj p?r: Massachusetts Albanian Assistance Fund (MAAF)/Mjaft P O BOX 943 Saugus, MA 01906 MJAFT-i filloi si nj? fushat? sensibilizuese kund?r fenomeneve negative q? damkosnin nd?rgjegjen e Shqip?ris?--ide e lindur nga nj? grup t? rinjsh t? arsimuar n? universitete amerikane dhe t? Europ?s per?ndimore. Q? nga krijimi i l?vizjes q? tashm? num?ron 7500 an?tar? ka pasur shum? arritje n? ndryshimin e status quo-s? n? shum? sektor? t? shoq?ris? shqiptare. Gjat? nj? periudhe dy vje?are Mjaft-i ka sulmuar probleme si korrupsioni, sh?rbimet e dob?ta publike, trafiqet e paligjshme, gjakmarrja dhe mosfunksionimi i demokracis?. L?vizja MJAFT ka arritur t?: a.. Fitoj? vendin e par? p?r ?mimin prestigjioz "UN Civil Society 2004" (?mimi i OKB p?r nj? shoq?ri civile) b.. D?shmoj? p?rpara Kongresit amerikan rreth politikave t? nd?rmarra p?r zhvillimin e demokracis? n? Shqip?ri c.. Shtyj? parlamentin t? rris? buxhetin e arsimit me 10% n? 2003 dhe 23 milion euro n? dhjetor 2004. d.. Siguroj? dor?heqjen e Ministrit t? Brendsh?m, Luan Rama, pas dhun?s fizike q? ai ushtroi ndaj nj? gazetari. e.. Ul? tarifat e Albtelekom-it dhe shkarkoj? drejtorin e tij. f.. Denoncoj? dhun?n shtet?rore greke n? kufi n?p?rmjet zhvillimit t? nj? s?r? protestash mbar?kombetare. g.. Bashk?punoj? me organizata n? Kosov?, Maqedoni e n? rajon. h.. T? sulmoj? n? m?nyr? krijuese trupat qeveritare e politikan? p?r munges? transparence dhe korrupsion. i.. D?rgoj? nj? ekip mjek?sor shqiptar pas tragjedis? s? cunamit n? Banda Aceh, Indonezi. P?r m? shum? informacion mbi k?t? l?vizje dhe projektet e saj n? t? ardhmen vizitoni faqen e Internetit: www.mjaft.org Ejani dhe tregoni mb?shtetjen tuaj p?r arritjet e mrekullueshme t? MJAFT! dhe p?rdoreni k?t? takim si motivim p?r pjes?marrje t? m?vonshme n? komunitet -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From iliri at hotmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:39:44 2005 From: iliri at hotmail.com (Flir Mosho) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:39:44 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fw: MJAFT! in Boston. March 23, 2005. BU School of Management! Message-ID: Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:24 PM Subject: MJAFT! in Boston. March 23, 2005. BU School of Management! Come and meet with Erion Veliaj, Jona Repishti, Besjan Pesha of MJAFT (ENOUGH!) movement, a group of proud young Albanians who have decided to say MJAFT! to apathy and have become an important voice in Albania and in the region through their innovative tactics, youthful energy and countless achievements. Join us at: When: Wednesday, March 23rd at 7:00 PM Where: Boston University School of Management 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 105, Boston, MA 02215 (first stop after Kenmore on the GREEN LINE "B") Admission: $5 (Free with a BU ID) - Food and refreshments by some of the best Albanian-owned businesses will be provided. Donations: Suggested donation amount: $20. Please make your check donations payable to: Massachusetts Albanian Assistance Fund (MAAF)/Mjaft PO Box 943 Saugus, MA 01906 MJAFT is a consciousness-raising movement with over 7500 members that was started by Albanian graduates from American and West European Universities. Since its creation, they have backed their promises and ideas with actual deeds for the benefit of ALL Albanians. MJAFT has been able to: ?? Win the prestigious UN Civil Society Award in 2004 ?? Testify before the U.S. Congress on the state of affairs in Albania ?? Force the government to increase education spending by 10% in 2003 and 23 million euro in 2004. ?? Force the resignation of the Albanian Minister of Interior who publicly assaulted a journalist. ?? Force the government and Albanian Telecom to drastically reduce tariffs. ?? Unleash a series of nationwide protests against the Greek violence and racism towards Albanians. ?? Closely cooperate with sister organizations in Kosovo and in the region. ?? Creatively mock the government bodies and politicians for their lack of transparency and corruption. ?? Send a Team of Albanian Doctors right in the aftermath of the tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. For more information about MJAFT including current projects: www.mjaft.org Come and show your support for MJAFT!'s outstanding achievements and use this lecture as motivation for future community involvement. -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From iliri at hotmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:40:58 2005 From: iliri at hotmail.com (Flir Mosho) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:40:58 -0500 Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Takim me MJAFT ne Boston! 23 Mars 2005 7:00 mbremje, "BU School of Management" Message-ID: Ju ftojm? t? merrni pjes? n? nj? takim me p?rfaq?sues t? l?vizjes MJAFT! Kur: E m?rkur? 23 Mars 2005 n? or?n 7:00 pasdite Ku: Boston University School of Management 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 105, Boston, MA 02215 (stacioni i par? pas Kenmore n? trenin "B" t? linj?s s? gjelb?r) Pranimi: $5 (Falas me karte identifikimi nga BU) - Ushqimi dhe pijet freskuese do t? ofrohen nga disa prej bizneseve m? t? mira me pronar? shqiptar?. Donacione: Shuma e kontributit q? sugjerohet ?sht? $20. Ju lutemi shkruajeni ?ekun tuaj p?r: Massachusetts Albanian Assistance Fund (MAAF)/Mjaft P O BOX 943 Saugus, MA 01906 MJAFT-i filloi si nj? fushat? sensibilizuese kund?r fenomeneve negative q? damkosnin nd?rgjegjen e Shqip?ris?--ide e lindur nga nj? grup t? rinjsh t? arsimuar n? universitete amerikane dhe t? Europ?s per?ndimore. Q? nga krijimi i l?vizjes q? tashm? num?ron 7500 an?tar? ka pasur shum? arritje n? ndryshimin e status quo-s? n? shum? sektor? t? shoq?ris? shqiptare. Gjat? nj? periudhe dy vje?are Mjaft-i ka sulmuar probleme si korrupsioni, sh?rbimet e dob?ta publike, trafiqet e paligjshme, gjakmarrja dhe mosfunksionimi i demokracis?. L?vizja MJAFT ka arritur t?: a.. Fitoj? vendin e par? p?r ?mimin prestigjioz "UN Civil Society 2004" (?mimi i OKB p?r nj? shoq?ri civile) b.. D?shmoj? p?rpara Kongresit amerikan rreth politikave t? nd?rmarra p?r zhvillimin e demokracis? n? Shqip?ri c.. Shtyj? parlamentin t? rris? buxhetin e arsimit me 10% n? 2003 dhe 23 milion euro n? dhjetor 2004. d.. Siguroj? dor?heqjen e Ministrit t? Brendsh?m, Luan Rama, pas dhun?s fizike q? ai ushtroi ndaj nj? gazetari. e.. Ul? tarifat e Albtelekom-it dhe shkarkoj? drejtorin e tij. f.. Denoncoj? dhun?n shtet?rore greke n? kufi n?p?rmjet zhvillimit t? nj? s?r? protestash mbar?kombetare. g.. Bashk?punoj? me organizata n? Kosov?, Maqedoni e n? rajon. h.. T? sulmoj? n? m?nyr? krijuese trupat qeveritare e politikan? p?r munges? transparence dhe korrupsion. i.. D?rgoj? nj? ekip mjek?sor shqiptar pas tragjedis? s? cunamit n? Banda Aceh, Indonezi. P?r m? shum? informacion mbi k?t? l?vizje dhe projektet e saj n? t? ardhmen vizitoni faqen e Internetit: www.mjaft.org Ejani dhe tregoni mb?shtetjen tuaj p?r arritjet e mrekullueshme t? MJAFT! dhe p?rdoreni k?t? takim si motivim p?r pjes?marrje t? m?vonshme n? komunitet -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed