Technological exchanges between China and Russia…

Han Ximin ximhan@126.com SHENZHEN officially signed a deal yesterday with Beijing Institute of Technology and Romonosov Moscow State University for the cooperative China-Russia University, which will be built at Universiade New Town in Longgang District. With the expertise of the two universities combined, the Shenzhen campus will cultivate talent required for cultural, educational and technological […]

The bell tower and other village tidbits…

This morning a new load of beams was delivered to the Ukrainians working on the bell tower. They have installed new beams in two complete floors of the bell tower and they are working on the third today. They have used all the bricks lying around and have rebuilt walls all over the place inside […]

Heron Sunset…

The heron was standing on a pole driven into the lake bed. He posed just long enough for Sveta to get a few shots of him as he was bathed in the last rays of the evening sun… He obliged and then flew away to what he considered safer territory. For we all know a […]

Pee the Salt…

“Piss into the sea, you will find it in your salt!” said by a monk in Cambodia… I was told this in answer to a question I asked many years ago and the answer fits more so nowadays than then. Iraq is what I was thinking about this morning as I sipped a wonderful cup […]