Hi Dave,

> I am aware of the language situation..the "program" would provide
> several weeks of learning German in Germany before actually beginning
> any kind of study or research, and also a year here in the states
> beforehand.

Ok, thats fine.

For the details I will answer in private mail, because this is offtopic
here in the list.

> plus i will study key vocab on my own beforehand (ie. "bier" and
> "sinus-welle")

I don't what the key vocabulary really is, but "sinus-welle" might be
neglectable ;-)


Florian