Subj: ZENDA II (Vol II,#50 ; 2/3/97) Date: 97-02-03 03:42:49 EST From: zenda@ix.netcom.com (ZENDA) To: zenda@ix.netcom.com Shvadt 3, 6746 February 3, 1997 ***** ***** * * **** ** * * ** * * * * * * *** * * * * * ****** * * * ** * * * * ***** ***** * * **** * * Volume II, Issue 50 A Weekly Online Publication of the ZENDA Assyrian Newsagency -Section 2 of 2- =========================================================================== C A L E N D A R OF E V E N T S =========================================================================== Thru Mar 10 Art & Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Admission: $10.00 Thru Apr 6 The Ain Ghazal Exhibit Smithsonian Institute Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Washington D.C. AAA of Southern CA (818) 506-7577 Feb 6 "The rise and fall of Assyria" Gallery Talk by Paul Collins 11:30 a.m. "Ideas of the past in the ancient Near East" Lecture by Paul Collins 1:15 p.m. The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG, U.K. Tel: +44 171 636 1555 http://www.british-museum.ac.uk Recorded information +44 171 580 1788 Feb 9 The Last Ziggurats: An Art Exhibition by Hannibal Alkhas Awana of the Assyrian Church of the East 680 Minnesota Road San Jose, California 3:00 pm Feb 9 CAPNI & GAD Political Rallies Assyrian American Association of San Jose San Jose, California 7:00 pm Feb 10 CAPNI & GAD Political Rallies Assyrian American Civic Club of Turlock Turlock, California Mar 12 Guardians of the Gate: The Assyrian Winged Colossi Lecturer: A. Harrak Near and Middle Eastern Civilization University of Toronto St. George campus Toronto, Canada 8:00 p.m April 9 Recent Excavations at Gordion, Turkey: An Achaemenid Persian Imperial Town in Central Anatolia Lecturer: T.C. Young, Jr. Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Canada 8:00 p.m Aug 26-Sept 2 Assyrian American National Convention Hyatt Regency Dearborn Fairlane Town Center Detroit, Michigan All Single,double,triple,quad rooms: $95 per day Reservations: (313) 982-6880 Reservations must be made by August 7. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E N T R A C T E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 15 Valentine Bash The Chaldean American Student Association(CASA) University of Michigan-Dearborn St. George's Cultural Center Maple Road, East of John Road Troy, Michigan 8:00 Donation: $20.00 for tickets in advance $25.00 at the door (810) 905-1277 To purchase tickets Contact Bally's Video, Berkley La Fendi Restaurant, Southfield Miami Taning, Oak Park Videoplex, Rochester Hills Sahara West, West Bloomfield or CASA members More info: email Steven Kiryakoza sdkjr@umich.edu, check out http://www.umd.umich.edu/~sdkjr/casa/party.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E L L I G E N T S I A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fridays Assyrian Educational & Cultural Club at Modesto Junior College 1:00 pm Founders Hall 108 Modesto, U.S.A. Saturdays Nisibis School 10:30-1:30 The Church of the East Toronto, Canada Sundays Assyrian Boy Scouts Assyrian American Association of Southern California Assyrian Club 5901 Cahuenga Blvd North Hollywood, California 9:30am to 12:30pm Contact Sargon Gewargis @ fishtale@juno.com (818) 891-3705 after 7:30 pm Assyrian Student Union California State University, Northridge Assyrian American Association of Southern California Assyrian Club 5901 Cahuenga Blvd North Hollywood, California 6:00pm Contact Sargon Gewargis @ fishtale@juno.com (818) 891-3705 after 7:30 pm =========================================================================== A S S Y R I A N S U R F I N G P O S T S =========================================================================== The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) in Leiden http://oasis.leidenuniv.nl/nino/nino.html Note: Visit www.nineveh.com for the latest schedule of online guests on Nineveh Cafe- a chat room for the Assyrian Internet surfers. =========================================================================== P U M P UP THE V O L U M E =========================================================================== English Modern Assyrian Shout qwakh/ta (tha) [F] Scream syakh/ta (tha) [F] ___________________________________________________________________________ F = Feminine M = Masculine P = Plural =========================================================================== B A C K TO THE F U T U R E =========================================================================== B.C. (883) Ashurnassirpal II builds his capital at Calah or Kalhu, on the east banks of the Tigris river. << Ancient Mesopotamia, Oppenheim >> A.D. (1886) A.J. Maclean arrives in Urmie and begins learning modern Syriac. By May 1889 the Mission Press was in operation and Maclean was preparing his books on modern Assyrian language and liturgical material for publication. << The Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission Press, Coakley>> =========================================================================== L I T E R A T U S =========================================================================== ASSYRIAN KING SHAMSHI-ADAD'S LETTER TO HIS SON YASMAH-ADDU ca 1800 B.C. How much longer must we keep you on a leading rein? You are a child, you are not a grown man, you have no hair on your cheek. how much longer will you fail to direct your own household properly? Don't you see that your own brother is directing vast armies? You just direct your own palace and household properly! << Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Roaf >> =========================================================================== T H I S W E E K I N H I S T O R Y =========================================================================== February 5, 1930: dies, Naom Faiq, Assyrian literary giant, nationalist, and influential journalist. =========================================================================== B R A V O =========================================================================== SYRIAC CONCORDANCE PROGRAM http://www.gwdg.de/~mzumpe/scp.htm Anmerkungen zum Göttinger EDV-Programm zur Analyse und Verwaltung syrischer Bibeltexte <> Die Verwaltung der syrischen Textdaten hat innerhalb des Projektes immer schon eine große Rolle gespielt. Mit Hilfe der Instrumente der GWDG - dem Rechenzentrum der Universität Göttingen - wurden bisher auf Rechnern sog. mittlerer Datentechnik die Texte erfaßt und verwaltet. Nach Abschaffung dieser inzwischen veralteten Rechner, entschlossen wir uns, ein Programm zu entwickeln, das es ermöglicht, auf der Grundlage des bisherigen Datenmaterials, dieses in Zukunft auf PC zu nutzen. Hiermit wird es möglich werden, daß ein größerer Teil von Interessenten/ innen, die Forschungsergebnisse komfortabel nutzen kann. Darüber hinaus ist auch an eine Nutzbarmachung speziell für Studentinnen und Studenten der syrischen Sprache gedacht, insbesondere an die, die mit ihren Studien erst beginnen. Eine Ergänzung um einen Programmteil, der die Analysefähigkeiten mit ausgewähltem Material trainiert und ganz nebenbei auf Schwierigkeiten während der Analysearbeit hinweist, bietet sich geradezu an. [Please see our next issue for an English translation. Soon, ZENDA will include a regular section for non-English articles for the reading enjoyment of our Asian, South American, and European readers.] =========================================================================== the D I R E C T O R Y =========================================================================== ZNAD (Assyrian Democratic Organization) ZNAM (Archeology Magazine) ZNAP (Associated Press International) ZNBN (Bet-Nahrain Inc/ KBSV-TV "AssyriaVision") ZNDA (Zenda: zenda@ix.netcom.com) ZNMN (San Jose Mercury News) ZNNQ (Nabu Quarterly) ZNNV (Nineveh Magazine) ZNRU (Reuters) ZNSJ (San Jose Mercury News) ZNTM (Time Magazine) ZNUP (United Press International) ZNUS (US News & World Report) =========================================================================== W E L C O M E T O Z E N D A =========================================================================== Zenda welcomes our new on-line subscribers from: CORPORATE ACCOUNTS UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Islamabad, Pakistan Holland ZENDA wishes to welcome our first subscribers from Pakistan, Timm & Erine Erickson & their 18 Assyrian-Iranian friends, living in Islamabad. We encourage our new readers to contribute to our future issues and inform us of our newly-discovered Assyrian community. =========================================================================== S A L U T E =========================================================================== Zenda wishes to thank the following individuals & organizations whose contributions appear in this issue: Gabriel Rabo Germany Albert Gabrial Hollister, California Firas Jatou Chicago, Illinois Lorine Mirza San Jose, California Ashur Simon Malek Ontario, Canada Christoph Aktas Sunnyvale, California Steven Kiryakoza University of Michigan-Dearborn --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From zenda@ix.netcom.com Mon Feb 3 03:42:19 1997 Return-Path: zenda@ix.netcom.com Received: from dfw-ix4.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix4.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.4]) by emin31.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id DAA25444; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 03:42:16 -0500 Received: from walkhas-pc.3com.com ([139.87.67.230]) by dfw-ix4.ix.netcom.com (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA16639; Sun, 2 Feb 1997 23:25:30 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970202231532.00696a0c@popd.ix.netcom.com> X-Sender: zenda@popd.ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 Demo (32) Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 23:33:10 -0800 To: zenda@ix.netcom.com From: ZENDA Subject: ZENDA II (Vol II,#50 ; 2/3/97) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable