ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Home: Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities</TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 (Win32)"> <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20060401;16504915"> <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20060425;2044837"> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities Boulder Colorado Dushanbe Tajikistan City Internet Cafe Cyber Caf&eacute; International"> <STYLE> <!-- TD P { color: #000000 } P { color: #000000 } A:link { color: #0000ff } A:visited { color: #0000ff } --> </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-US" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#0000ff" BGCOLOR="#ffcc99"> <TABLE WIDTH=690 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-before: always"> <COL WIDTH=416> <COL WIDTH=274> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=416 HEIGHT=23> <IMG SRC="BDSCLogo.gif" NAME="BOULDER DUSHANBE SISTER CITIES" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=83 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=274> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.1cm"> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"> <FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"> <B> PO Box 4864<BR>Boulder, CO&nbsp; 80306<BR>USA<BR><BR> BDSC Info:&nbsp;&nbsp;+1.303.544.0881<BR> <A HREF="mailto:info@boulder-dushanbe.org?subject=Sister Cities Information Request from BDSC website">info@boulder-dushanbe.org</A> </B> </FONT></FONT></P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=5><FONT COLOR="#000080"><B>Home</B>:</FONT><I> <B><FONT COLOR="#008000">Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities</FONT></B></I></FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=5><IMG SRC="GreenLine.gif" NAME="Graphic3" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=691 HEIGHT=13 BORDER=0></FONT></P> <TABLE WIDTH=690 BORDER=1 BORDERCOLOR="#000000" CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 FRAME=VOID RULES=COLS> <COL WIDTH=140> <COL WIDTH=540> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=140> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.3cm"> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt"> <FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"> <A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/about.html">About Us</A> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/join.html">Join</A><BR> <A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/volunteer.html">Volunteer</A><BR> <A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/donate.html">Donate</A><BR> <A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/happening.html">What's Happening</A><BR> </FONT></FONT></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=540> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3cm"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B> Founded in 1982, Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities (BDSC) is dedicated to developing friendship and understanding between the citizens of Boulder, Colorado, USA and the citizens of Dushanbe, Tajikistan.<BR><BR>We sponsor cultural, educational, medical, and business exchanges between Dushanbe and Boulder. Building an environment of trust and cultural understanding &mdash; this is what citizen diplomacy is all about. &nbsp; </B></FONT></FONT> </P> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=140> <!-- Teahouse INFO --> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.3cm"> <FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> <A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/teahouse.html"> About the<BR><B>Boulder-Dushanbe<BR>Teahouse</A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.boulderteahouse.com/" target=_blank> <FONT COLOR="#880000"> Teahouse Website</FONT></A><BR> Info / Reservations<BR> +1.303.442.4993<BR> <A HREF="mailto:info@boulderteahouse.com?subject=Teahouse Information Request from Sister Cities Website"> <FONT COLOR="#880000">Email Teahouse</FONT></A> </B> </FONT></FONT></P> <!-- TRANSLATION --> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.3cm"> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"> <FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"> <BR><BR><FONT COLOR="#880000"> <B>NEW!</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000ff"> <BR>Translate our website...<BR></FONT> <script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/free_trans_service/babelfish2.js?from_lang=en&region=us"> </script> <B>5@52548B5 0=3;89A:CN O7K: : @CAA:><C (Russian)</B> </B></FONT></FONT> </P> <!-- OTHER WEBSITES --> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.3cm"><FONT SIZE=2> <FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT COLOR="#0000ff"> <BR> <B>Visit these fun and<BR>exciting links:</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <!-- Cyber Cafe --> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.3cm"> <FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"> <A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/cybercafe.html">Dushanbe Cyber Caf&eacute; and Friendship Center</FONT></FONT></A><A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/cybercafe.html"><IMG SRC="CyberCafeModelEast.jpg" NAME="Graphic7" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=110 HEIGHT=71 BORDER=0></A><BR CLEAR=RIGHT> </P> <!-- SCI --> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.3cm"><A HREF="http://www.sister-cities.org/" target=_blank><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif">Sister Cities International</FONT></FONT></A><A HREF="http://www.sister-cities.org/"target=_blank><IMG SRC="SCILogo.gif" NAME="Graphic7" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=110 HEIGHT=126 BORDER=0></A><BR CLEAR=RIGHT> </P> <!-- Teahouse book --> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.3cm"><A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/georgebook.html"><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif">Teahouse Book</FONT></FONT></A><A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/georgebook.html"><IMG SRC="GeorgeBookThumb.jpg" NAME="Graphic4" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=110 HEIGHT=110 BORDER=0></A><BR CLEAR=RIGHT> </P> <!-- Silk ROad DVD --> <P ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-right: 0.3cm"><A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/silkroadmusic.html"><FONT SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif">Silk Road DVD</FONT></FONT></A><A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/silkroadmusic.html"><IMG SRC="SilkRoadMusic.jpg" NAME="Graphic5" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=110 HEIGHT=165 BORDER=0></A><BR CLEAR=RIGHT> </P> </TD> <TD WIDTH=540> <!-- Open World --> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0.3cm"> <FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt"> <b> <BR><BR> <IMG SRC="OpenWorld201009.jpg" NAME="Graphic1" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=300 BORDER=0><br> <small> Open World and BDSC-sponsored Tajik educators visit Boulder September 25 to October 2, 2010.<br> <small> (from left to right: A Fairview administrator, Sophia Stoller local host coordinator, Lola Raimbekova, Muattarkhon Ubaudulloyeva, Maya Vakhobova interpreter, Darren Bessett Fairview IB director, Ilkhomzhon Sultonov, Zulfikor Abdulkhamidov, Fairview principal Don Stensrud, Peter Stoller BDSC board member, and standing Khamkima Atakhanova) </small></small></b> <br> </FONT></FONT> </P> <!-- End Open World --> <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY STYLE="margin-left: 0.3cm"> <FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt"> <BR> The Sister City relationship between the citizens of Boulder and Dushanbe was born during the Cold War and has survived the break-up of the Soviet Union, civil war, and the painful birth of a new nation. With goals of international friendship, peace, and understanding, the people of Dushanbe gave Boulder a magnificent </FONT><B><A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/teahouse.html">Tajik Teahouse</A></B>. The Teahouse is now a Boulder institution and is visited by more than 100,000 people annually.<BR><BR> Boulder has returned the favor! Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities has given a <B><A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/cybercafe.html">Cyber Caf&eacute; and Friendship Center</A></B> to the people of Dushanbe on behalf of the people of Boulder.<BR><BR> </FONT></FONT> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0.3cm"> <A HREF="http://www.boulder-dushanbe.org/cybercafe.html"> <IMG SRC="CafeOpening0.jpg" NAME="Graphic1" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=202 HEIGHT=163 BORDER=0></A> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-left: 0.3cm"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt"> <B>Official Presentation to Dushanbe September 23, 2008</B><BR><BR> <I>See the <B>Cyber Caf&eacute;/Friendship Center</B><BR> visible on <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=38%C2%B031'29.40%22N++++68%C2%B045'15.29%22E&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.507908,54.755859&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=38.52478,68.754319&spn=0.001165,0.001947&z=19" TARGET="_blank">Google Maps</A>. </I><BR><BR><BR> </FONT></FONT> </P> </TD> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=140> </TD> <TD WIDTH=540> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=140> </TD> <TD WIDTH=540> <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.3cm"><FONT SIZE=1 STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif">Copyright 2006-2010, Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities, Inc. <BR>Contact <A HREF="mailto:webmaster@boulder-dushanbe.org?subject=Email from BDSC Website for Webmaster">webmaster</A> with questions about this website.</FONT></FONT></P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P><BR><BR> </P> <P><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- Start of scroller script var scrollCounter = 0; var scrollText = "The Cyber Cafe and Friendship Center has been presented to the people of Dushanbe!"; var scrollDelay = 50; var i = 0; while (i ++ < 140) scrollText = " " + scrollText; function Scroller() { window.status = scrollText.substring(scrollCounter++, scrollText.length); if (scrollCounter == scrollText.length) scrollCounter = 0; setTimeout("Scroller()", scrollDelay); } Scroller(); // End of scroller script --> </SCRIPT><BR><BR> </P> </BODY> </HTML>