YakimaGulagLiteraryGazett

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE79T2VD20111030?irpc=71

A Bosnian Family in Vermont:

http://vtdigger.org/2011/10/30/flood-diaries-tragedy-strikes-refugee-family-a-third-time/

Trafficking:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/10/30/nation/9795288&sec=nation

# posted by Katja R. @ 5:15 PM 1 comments

And in case you did not know, Bosnian Americans have condemned the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo.

http://www.bosniak.org/cnab-condemns-attack-on-u-s-embassy-in-sarajevo/

# posted by Katja R. @ 6:58 AM 3 comments

This story has a decent still of the guy. I tried to avoid the area of the U. S. Embassy when I lived in Sarajevo.
There are not a LOT of Wahabis in Sarajevo. Wahabis are not liked.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/u-s-embassy-bosnia-hezegovina-fire-serbian-terrorist-custody-shooting-article-1.967570

# posted by Katja R. @ 6:12 AM 0 comments

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/15-Arrested-After-Shooting-at-US-Embassy-in-Bosnia-132844588.html

And film from a passer-by with a mobil-phone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y69g4HqKvUA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

# posted by Katja R. @ 6:05 AM 0 comments

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZLyUK0t0vQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Or in which things get all Middle East in Oakland.

A returning Iraq War veteran wearing a Veterans For Peace T-shirt was injured, when people came to his aid the police deliberately, with malice teargassed the demonstrators. Sorry, I am very upset right now.

The police also have been using helicopters. They have been brutal.

# posted by Katja R. @ 2:13 PM 0 comments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9577248.stm

# posted by Katja R. @ 12:38 PM 0 comments

The caves are so amazing!

# posted by Katja R. @ 12:37 PM 0 comments

This is the anniversary date of the passing of Queen Katarina Vukčić-Kosaća.

She knew she was ill, that in fact it might be her last illness, so she called some of her court and a couple Croatian Franciscan monks and wrote up her will.

Queen Katarina was a learned woman. She kept a pretty sizable library. She believed in reading and learning, and not just for the nobility.

She was known to teach peasant children how to read and write.
She herself could speak and write Latin as well as her own language.

She tried really hard to recover her children. In this she was not successful. Her daughter did not live to adulthood, but died on the journey to Istanbul, in Skopje, Makedonia. There used to be a turbe for her. A turbe is a special form of grave. Muslims reserve such a grave for people who could be described as saintly, or for great rulers, or people who die for the Faith.
People used tho visit her turbe until the awful 1963 earthquake destroyed it.

Queen Katarina's son was made governor of Karaman province. He was married to a daughter of Mehmet II, the same man who conquered Bosnia.

Queen Katarina never got the news of her daughter's death. News traveled so slowly in those days.

She perhaps never knew that her son's life in the growing Ottoman Empire was very good indeed, much better than if he had wound up in Rome on a Papal allowance.

# posted by Katja R. @ 6:57 AM 0 comments

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/mum_and_girl_s_deportation_fight_1_3897333

The story is sad, but this woman does not necessarily have to go live in her home village. She could live in Sarajevo.
The real reason to stay in the UK is her ability to earn a living is better. Bosnia has terrible unemployment. There is no real government yet, but I think the religious angle she is using is exaggerated.
A lot of ethically Muslim Bosnian women only put on a scarf and otherwise dress *Islamicaly* if they are going to the mosque, or attending a religious function, even in smaller towns. Now maybe in a little village, her claims are correct.

And that fire-breathing četnik is much more a reason to stay in the UK!

http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia_escalating_war_of_words/24364968.html

I feel I must apologize for linking to Fox...

Mladić Trial Update;

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/19/prosecutor-wont-appeal-mladic-trial-decision/

a lot more of the coast belonged to B&H before the Ottomans... Either directly as part of Bosnia or as property of the ruler of Hercegovina... Since we are opening cans if worms....

http://dobbs.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/21/the_history_behind_the_worlds_most_ridiculous_border
And it's not a totally insane border.

And no, it was not some gift of Marshall Tito.

http://dobbs.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/19/crossing_the_worlds_most_ridiculous_border

There is a nice map with the article.

Dijaspora News:

On the less than pleasant side:

http://mobile.oregonlive.com/advorg/pm_32345/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=yt0Ukz0u

Can everyone say 'Flight Risk'?

Yes Class! I knew you could!

This is outrageous...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/19/BA2M1LJ4UF.DTL

Well got hit with Disappearing Story Syndrome 

So some Kultur Korner instead:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/books/review/shards-by-ismet-prcic-book-review.html

And Angelina Jolie's film gets a little preview:

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE79K74O20111021?irpc=932

# posted by Katja R. @ 12:02 AM 0 comments

http://www.rferl.org/content/tito_granddaughter_broz_interview_bosnia_yugoslavia/24362655.html

New Route For B&H Airline:

http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=123301

The Hague:

http://dobbs.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/17/soul_searching_at_the_hague

And a symposium for prosecutors:

http://www.bim.ba/en/1/40/33572/

# posted by Katja R. @ 9:19 PM 0 comments

Sorry to disappoint everyone, I wasn't there. Health reasons.

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:45 AM 0 comments

http://m.journalstar.com/mobile/entertainment/movies/article_e6339f3e-611e-528d-a746-12ac4d6fe0e2.html

Mladić Trial Update:

http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE79C4QY20111013

Dijaspora:

http://m.wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-valley-diversity-not-just-a-black-and-white-issue/article_e98b3a4b-dea1-5f44-8029-de1ce9d0d6c8.html

Went to the garden with my brigu or and got pumpkin leaves and pumpkin flowers. I am going to be cooking them today.

Stuffed pumpkin flowers are very good.
The leaves are nice too.

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:41 AM 2 comments

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n261837

In Sarajevo they went down Titova.

# posted by Katja R. @ 6:11 PM 0 comments

http://www.rferl.org/content/are_bosnian_and_moldovan_languages/24360173.html

The nice person who wrote this needs serious help with her English, but she is raising the very serious issue of the children who were the result of war time rape.

http://www.opednews.com/Diary/Serbian-Bosnian-Children-o-by-cumhur--zkaya-111014-376.html

And now a Pyramid Update:

http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2011/10/swedish_university_invites_ima.php?utm_source=networkbanner&utm_medium=link

# posted by Katja R. @ 5:58 PM 5 comments

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B44d49824-a2b4-45f8-b7e0-bd7a37da131b%7D

And not for the first time:

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL5E7LD37Q20111013?irpc=932

# posted by Katja R. @ 5:54 PM 0 comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aaTGsGdp4c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Not Balkans related, but very important for Americans!

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:45 PM 0 comments

http://www.expatica.com/ch/news/swiss-news/bosnia-to-change-constitution-over-discrimination_181018.html

Witness Refuses to Testify:

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39988&Cr=icty&Cr1=

I do not think adding another religion to the mix is any answer:

http://m.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/October/Bosnians-Find-Prototype-to-Heal-Divided-Nation/

Radical Tunisian Deported:

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B128d41cc-e2c3-4304-b3d0-5d691d80dcf1%7D

I saw him on TV a couple times, scary guy.

The EU is going to cut troop numbers in half:

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B296f42cf-3713-4a91-ab9b-af7268becf20%7D

# posted by Katja R. @ 4:16 PM 0 comments

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n261332

And here we thought we were so tired....

# posted by Katja R. @ 9:59 PM 2 comments

Food & Drink:

Things have gotten experimental kod mene I had a look on the Internet and found out that pumpkin leaves are edible. Africans eat them, so do people in the Indian Sub-Continent. In fact, pumpkin leaves are referred to as 'Bangldeshi spinach' so I asked my neighbor Thomas for some leaves and went out for them. I blanched them yesterday. They are a bit spiny.. These are late season leaves. Today I de-veined them and chopped them up. This was a large handful of leafiness. I chopped some onion. I decided to add some sesame seeds. I threw in a little Weber's 'Kicken Chicken' and fried that in a teaspoon of margarine. When the sesame seeds started hopping, I threw in the chopped pumpkin leaves. I fried them a short time. This was delicious. A bit chewy, kind of fuzzy like stinging nettles, but chewier than spinach.

I will chop them finer next time. That should make them better.

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:59 AM 2 comments

http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-08/news/30258388_1_dna-samples-crew-members-plane-crash

Other information:

http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?&feed_id=0&catid=20112264&videofeed=36&nb_splitPage=0

The area around Ljubuski was NDH territory since it is close to Croatia. There are some Muslim villages, but not many.

It's mostly a Catholic Croat area.

# posted by Katja R. @ 7:33 AM 0 comments

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL5E7L43L020111005?irpc=932

I don't usually put in sports news, but this is probably too important to omit:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/07102011/58/world-football-politics-behind-bosnia-violence.html

Kultur Korner:

New Novel By A Bosnian- American Author:

http://mobile.oregonlive.com/advorg/pm_29235/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=dLEwy4ho

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:40 PM 1 comments

http://m.smh.com.au/world/mladic-complains-to-court-of-ill-health-20111007-1ldnr.html

No, running from justice does not count.

# posted by Katja R. @ 7:13 AM 0 comments

http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2011/10/05/oath-keepers-and-the-wayseers-to-occupy-the-occupation/

Both organizations have the hallmarks of cryptofascist groups. Note the semi military look of the Oathkeepers logo.

It's one thing for the police to bash people,( NOT repeat NOT that there is anything good about that..) after all it is sometimes their job to use force. They can be given orders (which ought to be refused...) or they can in certain circumstances fail to use good judgement. Still they are the police.

Organizations like Oathkeepers are not in charge of keeping order. It is not their job and no good thing can come of it.

It is as if a parent allowed one child to mete out punishment to another.

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:12 PM 0 comments

http://m.cbsnews.com/fullstory.rbml?feed_id=0&catid=20116493&videofeed=36

Well if a Serb guy from Pale could get personally on the bus to Sarajevo to try and save a little Muslim child, there is hope that BiH can function as one country.

Srbi, Hrvati, Muslimani mora biti jedan!

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2011/europe/bosnia-what-does-republika-srpska-want%20%20.aspx

Albina Terzić on trial in Sarajevo:

http://www.sudbih.gov.ba/?id=2137&jezik=e

http://www.sudbih.gov.ba/?id=2066&jezik=e

It's overcast and rainy in the Yakima Gulag. I will need to post my recipe for stuffed pumpkin flowers. They were a hit here.

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:44 AM 0 comments

Steve Jobs changed life for my kids because Apple Donated computers to every school in California.

Because of him, we became a family of nerds.

R.I.P.

# posted by Katja R. @ 5:16 PM 0 comments

http://aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/10/201110322544595588.html

Oh there is a Balkans connection.

# posted by Katja R. @ 7:20 AM 2 comments

I noted the lackadaisical attitude toward searbelts myself. Bad not to use them in a country with such scary roads. Oh warning, NSFW ads for Russian mail-order brides with big garbanzos....

http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-175046.html

A worthwhile project:

http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/bosnia-project-the-gift-wm-students-keep-giving.php

# posted by Katja R. @ 10:04 PM 0 comments

Behind on this story and the crazy stuff going on in Kosovo.

# posted by Katja R. @ 3:52 AM 0 comments