Month: April 2008

Con Artist All Over The World!


Hello, This happens all the time in America it is not something that Elderly People anywhere in the world should have to deal with.———————————————————————Moscow pensioner loses life savings in investment scam! 30/04/2008 12:49 MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – An 86-year-old Moscow woman was swindled out of $20,000 by two women who promised to invest […]

Media Freedom!


Media Freedom Around the World–Findings of a 20 Nation Poll– Thursday, May 1st, 2008 8:30-9:00am: A light breakfast will be served9:00-10:30am: Presentation and panel discussion National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge (top floor)529 Fourteenth Street, NW, Washington DC (map) In advance of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2008 this event will release and […]

Russia: Spring Has Sprung!


Today while I was drinking my coffee and my wife was drinking Green Jasmine Tea, I was thinking about how beautiful Spring is in Moscow. The sun is shinning, the temperature is 17 degrees Celsius, (62-63 F) The air is fresh and clear. The trees are leafing out, the daffodils , jonquils & tulips are […]

Russia: Big Feet & Broke Hard Drive!


We have been having a rough time with our new pictures from the trip. Last Friday, I was getting ready to remove them from the external drive to the main hard drive, then burn them to Cd’s. Then My big feet caught the USB line to the external hard drive and threw the drive to […]

Russian News: April 29th, 2008!


106.5bn (approx. USD 4.51bn) in 2007 compared to the previous year, the bank indicated in its financial statement. Assets amounted to nearly RUB 4.929 trillion (approx. USD 208.86bn) as of January 1, 2008, which is 42.2 percent greater than the previous showing as of January 1, 2007. The bank’s return on average assets (ROAA) stood […]

Russia: Ducks!


Hello, My wife found two neat songs and took some videos of ducks. I put them together & created a video. Svet likes it so much, I decided to put it on Windows To Russia. The original quality is much better and conversion to You-tube hurt the video but it still is very good. Enjoy… […]