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"WAVE" No.26
December 2008
Editorial
Topic of the Issue
Holland's politically incorrect Christmas
Santa's
Little (Slave) Helper
Few European Christmas traditions
elicit as many diverse and divergent opinions as Black Pete of the Netherlands.
Santa's former slave may have been whitewashed in recent years, but many still
view him as a racist caricature from the country's colonial past... >>
Holiday story
Christmas
- the old customs
The only day during the year when most
of us wants to be at home, with our families, around the fireplace definitely
is Christmas. We all celebrate it in various ways, but the thing we all have in
common is men's primeval need for belonging, for not being alone and feeling that
even for just that one day we can be happy and united family
Campaign
Spotlight
Shopping
District Tries Soft Selling for Holidays
The theme of the campaign,
with a budget estimated in the low hundred thousands of dollars, is "Find
the reason for the season at Cherry Creek North." The campaign is the first
work for the shopping district by Cultivator. It includes radio commercials, print
advertisements, signs on the backs of buses, banners hanging from street signs,
posters in merchants' windows, postcards mailed to local residents, lapel buttons
and even yard signs on neighborhood lawns
Politics
European project
A Soul for
Europe?
The central hall of the Dresdner Bank
representation in Berlin was filled with the air of enlightened thought when representatives
of politics, economy and the arts came together to seek the soul of Europe. Many
a splendid thought was elaborated upon - very few however, were inspiring enough
to give Europe a passionate soul. Nevertheless, nobody was short of ideas of what
Europe needs now... >>
Society
Interview:
Nina Ađanin, mountain climber
In
love with Himalayas
Unlike other sports, mountain
climbing has no audience and no cameras. Ones who take mountain climbing as a
competition, do not respect the mountain law and remain forever on the mountain
slopes. The mountain respects you as much as you respect it. Yourself is the only
person you should compete against... >>
The smoking ban in The Netherlands
A
real war
Owners of businesses in the catering industry
are facing a difficult choice: leave the ashtrays and have customers come back
but and risk a fine or remove the ashtray, declining sales, but get no fines.
On the first sight the controls seem to be very strict, though many pub owners
noticed that if they put the ashtrays back the income will grow. Some shops put
a box in the bar with a message beside it: 'Dump some money for the fines'. They'll
pay it altogether... >>
Economics
PR
Week Belgrade 2008
Leadership
in Recession
The
3rd international conference PR Week Belgrade 2008, held from November 24-28 at
Faculty for Media and Communications, was organised by a consulting agency Attache
and it introduced about 200 participants to 23 renowned leadership experts, local
and international... >>
Culture & Arts
Thirty years of successful work of Zoran Predin
First line story
Today, this Slovenian composer is a member of several music groups and promoter
of different sorts of music. In cooperation with Gypsy Swing Band, this
year he published the album Pod srećnom zvezdom (Under a shining star),
which has already gained attention of the listeners. Also, two books have recently
been published about the life and work of this eminent musician, which was practicly
how the celebration of his thirty years long work began... >>
Interview: Vladimir Grbić, actor
About
Schiller's "Robbers"
'The Robbers' was
written in 18th century and it is considered to be the first melodrama ever. When
a modern man takes a play such as 'The Robbers', he cannot help but find
some things ridiculous, pathetic or dramaturgically problematic. We do not do
things the same way people 200 years ago did and vice versa. Therefore, the play
poses a dilemma: was Schiller jesting (if so, our production is adequate) or not.
If not, the mankind has changed greatly for the past 200 years and 'The Robbers'
must be performed in a different manner. This makes our production adequate, one
way or another... >>
Students' Amateur Art Days
Artists
and Students
More than 130 students took part in this year's
Students Amateur Art Days, held in the theatre hall Stoyan Buchvarov in the city
centre of Varna. The hall, which in general is big enough, was overcrowded, with
people not only sitting, but also standing... >>
Science & Tech
Blogging used to be something fun, but today...
The
End of Blogosphere
There
are so many things way much better than blogs today that you'd be considered old-fashioned
if you blogged about something. Facebook, YouTube, and even Twitter are newer,
faster and better than blogs. You can make short updates on your routines, or
then post videos or talk to your friends through YouTube and Facebook. Why would
anyone need something so old and complicated such as a weblog? ... >>
Proteins
Mystery
of our body
Although
it is possible to deduce the primary structure of a protein from a gene's sequence,
its tertiary structure cannot be determined (although it should become possible
to make predictions when more tertiary sequences are submitted to databases).
It can only be determined by complex experimental analyses and, at present, this
information is only known for about 10% of proteins... >>
Sport
Tennis
season 2008 - ATP Tour
Change
on the Top
Season that is just behind
us brought the switch on the top of ATP ranking list. Phenomenal Rafael Nadal
has proved his superiority in the mid-year and moved from the throne non-formal
king Roger Federer. Swiss has a task to do a good preparation for the next season
and attempt to return to the No.1, but now he has more competitors - Novak ?okovi?
is just behind, and very strong rivals are rising stars - Andy Murray as first,
but also Del Potro, Simon, Tsonga... ATP calendar is still a problem for many
players, and injuries were numerous, but there is only one change certain on that
map - from May 2009 ATP tournament is moving from Amersfort (Netherlands) to the
capital of Serbia - Belgrade... >>
The
best goal scorers - part four: Paolo Rossi
Italian
goal-machine
Paolo Rossi has proved that even short and
not so strong attackers, if they have talent and think quickly in the box, can
be as good as those athletes like Pele, Ronaldo and Euzebio... >>
Entertainment
50th "Smurfsday"
Half a Century of "Smurfing"
Smurfs have conquered the world just when the first cartoon was produced by "Hanna
and Barbera", in the United States. Summary says that 256 episodes were produced,
30 minutes each, in the period from 1981. to 1990, and on 1983 they won "Emi"
award in the category of best cartoons. Comics Museum in Brussels dedicated a
large exhibition to Smurfs on the occasion of 50th anniversary... >>
and much more in all sections... explore!
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