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Notice to purge my account
Good grief, I know it has been like forever since I have posted on LiveJournal ... but still, I was a little bit surprised to get the following notice sent to me:
"In order to improve site speed and efficiency for all users, LiveJournal purges communities that have been inactive for two years or longer. Pursuant to this housekeeping policy, we ( Read more... ) -
How long has it been since I have posted??? trip to BiH and HR
We are in the process of planning our spring trip to Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina. My wife and I will be traveling with another couple who are new to the region. The details of our trip look like this:
Fly from Nuremberg to Split
- one night in Split
- two nights in Dubrovnik
- two nights in Sarajevo
- two nights in Mostar
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| Berlinale | Programme | Programme | Na putu
Jasmila Zbanic, creater of the film "Grbavica" is back at the Berlinale film festival with her new film "Na putu." Grbavica won the Golden Bear, the top price at the Berlinale. Follow the link below to the film's abstract.
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Meme: my first one!!
Comment on this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
I was given the following:
Tourism, travel writing, making a home in Germany, the Balkans, and wondering about your wife's thoughts on all the moving around. I know that last one is a bit wordy, but that's ( Read more... ) -
Bilja
Here is a You Tube clip of a Film from Jasmila Zbanic about "Bilja." Bilja, Zbanic narrates, was the first victim of the war that she knew personally. The film is an interesting combination of past and present. The narration is in German (the original ran on Arte), and includes interviews in Bosnian.
Here are the links to parts 2, 3 and 4
Part 2
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CNN Untold Stories: Children of War
CNN International is running a program tonight at 20:00 CET about the policy of systematic rape during the Bosnian War. The description of their program is reminiscent of Jasmila Zbanic's movie Grbavica.
The story is also decribed on CNN.com, with links to video clips of the story.
You can find that here.
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I just watched the two segments, but found ( Read more... )
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