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Now, there is
a very interesting EU-supported project going on now and these two
architects from Skopje, Macedonia, are riding nicely on it. They
are Sanja Radjenovic (she is the senior although looks very
young) and Nenad Radjenovic her younger brother who is m-r
in architecture from Lomonosov University in Moscow. They are a
part of international team trying to find an answer to a number of
questions like: how would it be if houses could be produced from a
material which is1. inexpensive, 2. easy to work with, 3. safe, 4. ecology friendly 100% and 4. recyclable
The other day Sanja sent me this pic from Barcelona where the whole group (it is composed from young, mainly technology experts) got together to review what was achieved and go further. Firms from Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia and Spain compose the big team. Of what I know the main idea is that this new material and the special architectural design will result in individual houses for earthquake-prone regions. Not much news for the Dutch, but it is nice to hear what young people work on marginally supported with EU funds. Thus, this project competes with some "earthquake-resistant" housing (meager 25 sq.m.) designed by renown teams of US architects who designed it for the earthquake calamities in Afghanistan with underlying strife that it be darn cheap (under $5,000 or less. This, of course, is much more "luxurious" version of the idea although the underlying message is that the house, its roof, should not be the coffin of the people living in it when and earthquake strikes. Interesting for all the Balcan countries but Italy too. Pity there are no links for the project.
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English? Now is the best time. Click here - comment there!
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Grozdan Popov's New Series: Musing Over Public Faces
Well, this is
just the beginning of an idea, pretty entangled right now, very
private, almost intimate. It is about my personal feelings arising
from a visual contact with faces of public figures by proxy. I
mean, this is sort of reflections triggered by published pictures
of various people without or definitely before
reading a word about their characters. Say, so far there are these
accounts about Giovanni Accongiagioco Elkann, of the Agnelli
family; Howard Stern, the King of All Media in the USA;
Barack Obama, possibly the next US President; Toshihiko
Fukui, governor of the Bank of Japan; Patricia Joan
Remak, former Dutch MP, now convict; Peter Hartz, VW and
Germany's super crook; Chad Hurley, co-establisher of
YouTube; Nobuyoki Oneida, CFO of Sony Corporation;
Florentine Rost van Tonningen, Dutch Black Widow I'll
read your portraits too, if you send the pic! TRY ME So,
all you need to do is Click
here to go there. Those portraits are interesting pics.
The Archives
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dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit I think Turkey deserves
every possible argument supporting its impressive drive to full EU
membership. This link takes you to a selection of my articles on
Turkey and related issues. There are numerous posts entered
that qualify under the term Macedonia . Some of them retain
their intrinsic value, others are reminders of once acute issues.
This link takes you to a full list of the entries
related to Macedonia and its people.
Turkey Now Festival
There is this
multi-faceted Turkey Now" festival in earnest preparation
going on all over town these days. If you read Het Parool
you would know this already. There will be, just after St.
Valentine Day, at least 20 events and one of the highlights is a
jazz concert that you can sample here: the
well known Ayse Tutuncu Trio but other stuff as well. So, it
will be fun. Some original "classic" Turkish music as well. More
information? Hit here then. One of the organizers is
Stichting
Kulsan established by the Turkish community in the Netherlands
in 1987 for promotion of the culture. It works hand-in-hand with
the Istanbul
Foundation for Culture and arts. There will be music, theatre
shows, dance and film. This is yet another Istanbul events link
A JOKE A DAY KEEPS THE BLUES AWAY
Tom, a
handsome dude, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 PM. He sat down
next to a blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV. The 10:00 news
was on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on ledge of a
large building preparing to jump. The blonde looked at Tom and
said, -Do you think he'll jump? Tom says, -You know, I bet he'll
jump. The blonde replied, -Well, I bet he won't. Tom placed a $20
bill on the bar and said, -You're on!" Just as the blonde placed
her money on the bar, the guy on the ledge did a swan dive off the
building, falling to his death. The blonde was very upset, but
willingly handed her $20 to Tom, saying, -Fair's Fair. Here's your
money. Tom replied, -I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on
the 5 o'clock news and so I knew he would jump. The blonde replied,
-I did too; but I didn't think he'd do it again. Tom took the
money.
Inspirational
Reading
Times
Literary Supplement Is one of my great pleasures. Sometimes I
use the paper sometimes the on-line edition. The topics are
carefully selected and absolutely first class. They are often my
well of inspiration. The TLS enrages me often and I write letters
to the Editor (Tom
Stothard, he also bloggs) who acknowledges their receipt
but throws them in the bin, though I'd prefer the other way round.
He will send you a sample copy for free so that you can check
whether I am right or no.
GLOBETROTTING
Some of you
may be interested in my impressions from travels around the world.
Just begun developing that site. A bit early for promoting it, but
that is how I tick. This is
your link if you wish to visit. The trips have taken me
over to Africa, Asia, North and South America, Australia and very
much around Europe. The software of that facility counts as
"one country" Lichtenstein with poor Vaduz and the USA with some 30
states (including Hawaii) as "one country" again. By such a count I
have covered paltry 17% of the globe. Which is funny. Navigating
though that site is not as easy as one may expect. But it is
interesting. See for yourselves if you like!
THE WORTH OF THIS WEBSITE plus $5,000 GOODWILL
TIME OFF
Try this. It is really fun and you may learn some...
WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ Passing requires only 4
correct answers....a measly 40%. 1) How long did the Hundred Years
War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3) From which animal
do we get catgut? 4) In which month do Russians celebrate the
October Revolution? 5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? 6) The
Canary Islands is named after what animal? 7) What was King George
VI's first name? 8) What color is a purple finch? 9) Where are
Chinese gooseberries from? 10) What is the color of the black box
in a commercial airplane? All done? Check your answers
below! 
Panama hat:
hand-made exclusivily in Ecuador from a plant called Toquilla. 1)
How long did the Hundred Years War
last? 216 years 2) Which country makes Panama
hats? Ecuador 3) From which animal do we get
catgut? Sheep and
Horses 4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October
Revolution? November 5) What is a camel's hair brush
made of? Squirrel fur 6)
The Canary Islands is named after what
animal? Dogs 7) What was King George VI's first
name? Albert 8) What color is a purple
finch? Crimson 9) Where are Chinese gooseberries
from? New Zealand 10) What is the color of the black
box in a commercial airplane?
Orange, of course. What do you mean you failed? That's
nothing. Do not frett. It is the language barrier, nothing else!
Panama hat:
hand-made exclusivily in Ecuador from a plant called Toquilla. 1)
How long did the Hundred Years War
last? 216 years 2) Which country makes Panama
hats? Ecuador 3) From which animal do we get
catgut? Sheep and
Horses 4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October
Revolution? November 5) What is a camel's hair brush
made of? Squirrel fur 6)
The Canary Islands is named after what
animal? Dogs 7) What was King George VI's first
name? Albert 8) What color is a purple
finch? Crimson 9) Where are Chinese gooseberries
from? New Zealand 10) What is the color of the black
box in a commercial airplane?
Orange, of course. What do you mean you failed? That's
nothing. Do not frett. It is the language barrier, nothing else!
The paths not taken
So, this is
about new places with unknown faces. About longitudes where the sun
casts different shadows and the air is full with new scents. This
is about awakening of memories for fresh beginnings and the comfort
of returning to old fireplaces. Above: The castle atop, typical
architecture, the Roman theatreseen from the
terrace of the best accommodationin Ohrid, Macedonia + + +
DO NOT MISS THIS: 
Believe you
me, I know every single trick from the vaults of the
newly announced Gogan's School of Newsmanship. Travelled
the world on the magic carpet woven from those subtleties, dined
and wined with kings, queens, princes, the lot. Go, hit the road.
Try it! (Left: Daddy with a student) 
THE TURKISH PART OF
CYPRUS will have een feest and I am invited. The man who
will be my host is a University professor who earned his Ph.D. in
economics from Utah, but I think he is nowhere close to the
religion preached out there.
Eureka, Eureka!
After a year
of fun and play we, the bloggers, know that there is a lot
of time, effort and skill poured into the VK. I believe that GJB
and us could chat a bit about a new, commercial, twist to the
individual pages. Since we are a sort of one big family maybe we
should see whether and how we could contribute to the costs of this
facility, gather money for improving it and, doing so, earn a
decent buck individually. The proposal is simple. GJB supplies
those who are interested the price-list for a 300x300 pix slot on
this column, agrees to pay us commission (which he anyways pays to
others) and we contract sponsors who pay directly to VK upon which
VK shells out our part. We as authors do not promote
those sponsors in our posts. There are parties which do not even
know about the VK but may be interested to advertise here for any
reason, especially sponsoring an acquaintance's or friend's hobby
or whatever. To secure that the big-time advertising wizards are
not affected, we, the small fry, would be allowed to bring adds at
least 600 pixels under the ad at the top for which VK gets
money. So, that is it. Simple like Senate Beans Soup. But please click
here and have a say, file your post on the other side. Go there
now. Pleeese!
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