Monday, October 15, 2007
Today's big fun...
Plane lands on car, amazingly everyone walked away from that...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2554220.html?menu=news.quirkies
Irish high flyer in Bulgarian property market faces collapse
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=86430
/Croatia starts war crimes trial
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=305770
Dutch soldiers visit Srebenica for first time since the war
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/15/europe/EU-GEN-Bosnia-Srebrenica.php
U.S. maternal death rate higher than European maternal death rates
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301732,00.html
Incidentally one of the countries with a lower maternal death rate is Bosnia-Hercegovina. There was a really bad war here, and Bosnia-Hercegovina is counted as a developing country, so I want to know what excuse the U.S. has for being behind a country which has suffered so much.
Seriously, out with it!
I took the bus into town and managed to NOT get lost at all. I was quite proud of myself for that. I rode standing most of the way, which takes real skill on the kind of streets they have here, it's like standing on a rollercoaster sometimes.
I did get to sit for the last little bit, realized the final stop for that run isn't all that far from the new U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, I walked sort of the wrong way when I got off, and that landed me on Ali Pašina, There are some real bad crossings going out of the park area.
It's actually not at all a long walk into the Old City from there. So now I'll only take a taxi into town if I really need it. Most of the time until snow falls I won't.
Even when I do take a taxi here, I only use it to get someplace in the Old City anyway, from there, there's endless trams busses and trolley buses to go anyplace else.
Tomorrow I am going to go to the National Museum at last. Now that I actually know which way I need to turn to get there! :).
Id Bajram is basically four days, so it began Friday, and Saturday and Sunday there was stuff about it on all the news channels. Today there was some military sort of ceremony by the Presidency buildings, I noticed this going into town. Yesterday and today people were observing in addition to Id Bajram, Dan Šahid, or Day of the Martyrs. This is to honor those who died in the war. I believe the military ceremony I saw was a part of that.
I stopped to watch for a bit, and then moved on, at first I thought there was going to be some sort of parade, but it stopped looking like that was the case, although traffic was blocked off here and there.
Went to Baščašija for a bit, there were lots of school aged kids out with their families. I had čevapi and a cola and sat tuning in to the conversation of two young Americans who had NO idea I speak English! :)
That was pretty funny, then I saw my fourth Sarajevan niqabi, as she walked by the expressions on their faces were PRICELESS! The woman was plainly older, another woman who had neither a face veil nor even a scarf was walking with her, they looked related somehow.
I saw other Americans sitting at other cafes enjoying the pleasant fall air.
I went to the Municipal Market and got some veggies to cook with the other piece of soup meat I bought last time, and froze. There was a lady who had tied together just a few carrots and parsnips, so that if a person wanted just a little of each thing to put in soup it would be easy to pick up just one bunce. I got a big huge salad garlic, I love that with tomatoes, and some tomatoes. I also got some of the wonderful seedless tangerines you can get here. The local water is very heavy in minerals and sometimes leaves me feeling still thirsty so these tangerines are very nice indeed I drink some water and eat one or two of them and don't feel at all thirsty anymore afterwards.
A few vendors were absent from their usual spaces, probably out of town for Id Bajram, some shops and stalls in Baščašija were closed for the same reason, although one place, a cloth shop was closed for a funeral.
Muslims, Croats and Serbs alike post death notices on walls and other public places, probably it's cheaper than an ad in the paper, but the borders are different, Muslims use a green border on theirs. The notice is in black and white, probably done at a copy center and the border is a seperate piece of paper laid under it.
Well off to do something about a little dinner.
I'll do the soup tomorrow.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2554220.html?menu=news.quirkies
Irish high flyer in Bulgarian property market faces collapse
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=86430
/Croatia starts war crimes trial
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=305770
Dutch soldiers visit Srebenica for first time since the war
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/15/europe/EU-GEN-Bosnia-Srebrenica.php
U.S. maternal death rate higher than European maternal death rates
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301732,00.html
Incidentally one of the countries with a lower maternal death rate is Bosnia-Hercegovina. There was a really bad war here, and Bosnia-Hercegovina is counted as a developing country, so I want to know what excuse the U.S. has for being behind a country which has suffered so much.
Seriously, out with it!
I took the bus into town and managed to NOT get lost at all. I was quite proud of myself for that. I rode standing most of the way, which takes real skill on the kind of streets they have here, it's like standing on a rollercoaster sometimes.
I did get to sit for the last little bit, realized the final stop for that run isn't all that far from the new U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, I walked sort of the wrong way when I got off, and that landed me on Ali Pašina, There are some real bad crossings going out of the park area.
It's actually not at all a long walk into the Old City from there. So now I'll only take a taxi into town if I really need it. Most of the time until snow falls I won't.
Even when I do take a taxi here, I only use it to get someplace in the Old City anyway, from there, there's endless trams busses and trolley buses to go anyplace else.
Tomorrow I am going to go to the National Museum at last. Now that I actually know which way I need to turn to get there! :).
Id Bajram is basically four days, so it began Friday, and Saturday and Sunday there was stuff about it on all the news channels. Today there was some military sort of ceremony by the Presidency buildings, I noticed this going into town. Yesterday and today people were observing in addition to Id Bajram, Dan Šahid, or Day of the Martyrs. This is to honor those who died in the war. I believe the military ceremony I saw was a part of that.
I stopped to watch for a bit, and then moved on, at first I thought there was going to be some sort of parade, but it stopped looking like that was the case, although traffic was blocked off here and there.
Went to Baščašija for a bit, there were lots of school aged kids out with their families. I had čevapi and a cola and sat tuning in to the conversation of two young Americans who had NO idea I speak English! :)
That was pretty funny, then I saw my fourth Sarajevan niqabi, as she walked by the expressions on their faces were PRICELESS! The woman was plainly older, another woman who had neither a face veil nor even a scarf was walking with her, they looked related somehow.
I saw other Americans sitting at other cafes enjoying the pleasant fall air.
I went to the Municipal Market and got some veggies to cook with the other piece of soup meat I bought last time, and froze. There was a lady who had tied together just a few carrots and parsnips, so that if a person wanted just a little of each thing to put in soup it would be easy to pick up just one bunce. I got a big huge salad garlic, I love that with tomatoes, and some tomatoes. I also got some of the wonderful seedless tangerines you can get here. The local water is very heavy in minerals and sometimes leaves me feeling still thirsty so these tangerines are very nice indeed I drink some water and eat one or two of them and don't feel at all thirsty anymore afterwards.
A few vendors were absent from their usual spaces, probably out of town for Id Bajram, some shops and stalls in Baščašija were closed for the same reason, although one place, a cloth shop was closed for a funeral.
Muslims, Croats and Serbs alike post death notices on walls and other public places, probably it's cheaper than an ad in the paper, but the borders are different, Muslims use a green border on theirs. The notice is in black and white, probably done at a copy center and the border is a seperate piece of paper laid under it.
Well off to do something about a little dinner.
I'll do the soup tomorrow.
# posted by Katja R. @ 7:01 AM 
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I listened to a discussion this morning on the radio about the "Women Deliver" conference (http://www.womendeliver.org/ ) being held in London this week.
One of the participants gave some figures for deaths as a result of complications of pregnancy or childbirth. In Ireland one woman in 47,000 will die. In Sierra Leone or Afghanistan the figure is one in eight. That really stopped me in my tracks.
The death of the mother doesn't just affect the mother alone or the the new-born child, who will probably die within two weeks. The next generation - the mother's older children - face such a worsening in their health and education prospects in particular that the likelihood of their being able to escape poverty is greatly diminished.
That's why the maternal health programmes needed to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals' target for cutting the number of women who die in and around childbirth are so important.
One of the participants gave some figures for deaths as a result of complications of pregnancy or childbirth. In Ireland one woman in 47,000 will die. In Sierra Leone or Afghanistan the figure is one in eight. That really stopped me in my tracks.
The death of the mother doesn't just affect the mother alone or the the new-born child, who will probably die within two weeks. The next generation - the mother's older children - face such a worsening in their health and education prospects in particular that the likelihood of their being able to escape poverty is greatly diminished.
That's why the maternal health programmes needed to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals' target for cutting the number of women who die in and around childbirth are so important.
# posted by 
: 4:31 PM
: 4:31 PM
@Owen, first I'm glad you are enjoying that part of the blog, 2. I wanted to reply to t he first comment a little.
People, both men and women in general are not as conscious as they ought to be that EVERY time a woman has sex, even in a monogamous relationship, with a healthy partner,she risks her life EACH and every time.
Women themselves are too casual about this fact.
So it's unfair to slam men over that issue.
So you as a woman are faithful, monogamous, and physically clean, and the same goes for your partner, there remain not only the risks of bad outcomes with pregnancy, miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, placenta previa, placenta abruptio, tubal pregnancy, any of these problems can kill a woman,in moments and sometimes with very little warning.
There's just scads of nasty little infections that are non-existent as risks for the male partner, which are potentially life threatening for a woman. Not all the infections which can kill a woman are specifically S.T.D.s
The risks for women of sex are pretty high in a good monogamous relationship, but most people's love lives are pretty complex, I don't care what religion or ethnicity someone is, most people do not have just one sexual partner in their life time.
Under truly 3rd world conditions the ramifications indeed are terrible, it's not so good even in 1st world countries.
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People, both men and women in general are not as conscious as they ought to be that EVERY time a woman has sex, even in a monogamous relationship, with a healthy partner,she risks her life EACH and every time.
Women themselves are too casual about this fact.
So it's unfair to slam men over that issue.
So you as a woman are faithful, monogamous, and physically clean, and the same goes for your partner, there remain not only the risks of bad outcomes with pregnancy, miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, placenta previa, placenta abruptio, tubal pregnancy, any of these problems can kill a woman,in moments and sometimes with very little warning.
There's just scads of nasty little infections that are non-existent as risks for the male partner, which are potentially life threatening for a woman. Not all the infections which can kill a woman are specifically S.T.D.s
The risks for women of sex are pretty high in a good monogamous relationship, but most people's love lives are pretty complex, I don't care what religion or ethnicity someone is, most people do not have just one sexual partner in their life time.
Under truly 3rd world conditions the ramifications indeed are terrible, it's not so good even in 1st world countries.
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