| "WAVE"
No.43
May 2010
Editorial
Topic of the Issue
Commentary: Serbia Open 2010
A
fistful of spectators
It was a hard choice for players to decide if they should play in Estoril, Munich
or Belgrade, all the same week. But it is a question if this much spectators (almost
empty stadium) deserve better. Was it about bad marketing, lower quality than
expected or just an absence of interest and culture of watching tennis?... >>
Euroleague ended with the triumph of Barcelona
Catalonians
off with the second title
The
most pleasant surprise - Partizan's placement to the Final Four. The black-white
team has in previous two years lost in quarterfinals and they lost a couple of
key players before the beginning of this season. Because of this, they were given
little chances and it was considered that they even can't make it to the TOP 16.
The biggest disappointment of the season - Panathinaikos
Premier
League 2009/10
Chelsea
are champions as summer of signings beckons
Chelsea
are worthy Premier League champions at the end of a thrilling season full of twists
and turns - but it is a campaign that ends with all of the major clubs needing
a revamp of their playing staff
Politics
Tragedy for Poland
Goodbye
to the Polish President
Official Presidential Plane carrying the Polish President, its wife
and some of the most important persons such as the chief of the Polish General
Staff, members of the Polish military elite, Poland's deputy foreign Minister,
the president of the National Bank of Poland, 12 members of the Parliament and
relatives of the Katyn massacre victim, crashed before reaching the military airport
of Smolensk, leaving no survivors... >>
Society
Volcanic crises
Eruption
on Iceland disturbs Europe
The eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajokull caused chaos in air traffic across
Europe. Millions of people were spending days on the airports trying to find a
way back home. Air companies suffered great losses, which could have been avoided
if a project "Single Skies" set up. This could provide single European
regulator for air traffic control... >>
Most progressive ship of the fifties is anchored
The
Rotterdam returned to the city forever
Han Cochlovius
started his career on big ships when he was about 17 years old. Nowadays he is
a ship host on "Rotterdam". After half of century, from the beginning
of 2010, "Rotterdam", the Dutch pride and joy, is open to the public
as a unique hotel, restaurant, museum and congress location, and will never be
sailing anymore... >>
Economics
Daimler scandal
A
case of Bribery and Corruption
Daimler was
accused of bribing foreign officials for a period of 10 years (1998-2008) now,
in order to secure government contracts with the states in question. On 1st of
April this year, the German and Russian Daimler subsidiaries admitted to the accusations,
which resulted in them being fined with the sum of $185 million for their illegal
activities... >>
New technologies call for new resources
Lithium
- The Bolivian Gold
Bolivia holds the largest
deposits of lithium in the world, around 5.4 million tons, more than half the
world's supply, a US geological report estimates. It is followed by Chile holding
3m and China with 1.1m tons. Towards the end of 2009, The First International
Forum on Science and Technology for the Industrialization of Lithium and Other
Resources was held in La Paz... >>
Culture & Arts
30th Seville International
Puppets Show
Breathing
Life into Wooden and Clothes
"It starts in a drawer of shoes; in a drawer and in a woman's mind. It starts
as a game; as a child's imaginative exercise. This is the beginning" - this
way Rosa Díaz became completely conquered by theatre and art. She doesn't remember
the moment when she decided to devote her time and effort to make people laugh,
cry or simply reflect. But she thinks of her infancy and her past, and when she
first gave life to objects apparently lacking of soul...
>>
Science & Tech
The state
of government requests to Google
Why
Brazil tops the list?
Of all 291 Brazilian
data removal requests attended by Google on the second semester of 2009, at least
218 were generated by Orkut. 99 of them came directly from a court order. Google
has agreements with Brazilian Public Ministry in order to cooperate to identify
people that have committed crimes using the tool. And it is not something so rare
to happen... >>
Twitter Developer Conference
Investments
on mobility and monetization
Developers can
access and manipulate Twitter's data through its API, which gradually allowed
for an ecosystem to emerge around Twitter. With that, different tools and extra
functionalities are invented daily by interested developers from around the world.
That all led Twitter to promote its first official Developer Conference, called
Chirp, that took place on San Francisco on April 14th and 15th... >>
Sport
Interview: Victoria Azarenka,
tennis player
I
am a high achiever
Being on the road is very demanding, tiring, and living out of a suitcase could
be hard sometimes but I understand that I have to make this small sacrifice to
do what I love. Tennis is a global sport, it comes with a lot of travelling. I
knew what I signed up for when I decided I want to be a pro player... >>
Interview: Tony Stubbs, American football player
Talent
is what it takes!
He came long way from United States to completely foreign country, led
by his instinct, and desire for game and outdoors fields. Fast, unstoppable even
with his shoe off and part of uniform ripped off while carrying a ball toward
win, Tony is in completely different zone when playing... >>
Entertainment
Interview: Sanja Ninkoviæ,
a ballerina of the National Theatre in Belgrade
Colour
fireworks in the streets of Guadalajara
Without tequila and the mariachi
I certainly would not have experienced Mexico to the full. In "Casa Mariachi"
tavern we witnessed a real spectacle: with the help of some joyful traditional
tunes and wearing the distinctive costumes of the mariachi, a big orchestra accompanied
the singers who took turns on stage. The Mexicans with sombreros on their heads
encouraged the guests to dance. Dancing on the stage with them, we realized that,
regardless of the differences in language and milage, we have fun with the help
of music and songs in the same way... >>
Interview: Viktoriya Yermolyeva, pianist
A
girl with magical fingers
Covers
of pop, rock and metal bands you would never believe they could sound good on
a piano, are now a common thing and this is exactly what Viktoriya plays the most.
The energy this girl posesses penetrates into every note and gives it a special
colour, showing in a spectacular way how fingerboards can serve for performing
any popular musical genre. That is, if they are in good hands... >>
and
much more in all sections... explore!
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