Давным давно я поспорил с Алтынай что у нас есть район Восток 4. Вы не знали? Алтынай тоже не поверила и мы поспорили. Если окажется что Восток 4 нету то я должен буду написать про Алтынй, но если есть то она напишем про меня.

Вы наверное уже догадались итог этого спора так как Я пишу этот блог. Да, я проиграл. Оказывается такого райнона нету. То что я имел в виду это был Восток 6, который, кажется находится не доежая до моста если ехать по Чуй.

Что меня написать про Алтынай? Сперва она очень терпелива потому что спор был в начале октября. А я не мог написать потому что не мог вспомнить свой логин. Когда запрашивал новый логин писалась это страница не существует. Это была странно. Думал наверное живой журнал глючит. Но потом догадался что наверное что он блокируется. И пользуюсь Ninjaproxy.com я смог вернуть себе пароль. Поетому у меня сейчас есть доступ чтобы написать эту запись.
Так что Алтынай долго ждала. Спасибо  Наверное думала что я не сдержал свое слово.
Алтынай очень мне нравится что она доверяет мне свой жизнью, почти. Я вел ее вечером по улице Тыныстанова когда у ней глаза были закрыты. Мы прошлись так примерно 100 метров. Она шла и шла. Мы даже вместе дорогу прошли так. Алтынай бы больше прошла но мне надо было идти на работу.
Вы когдато были введены за ручку с закрытымы глазами? Не так легко. Алтынай вела меня но хотя я ей верил после 10 метров больше не мог идти быстрым ходом. Воздух передомной прощупивал и точно дорогу не смогбы перейти!

Я решил что буду писать на русском языка как можно больше. У меня он на много отстает от английского. Я пытался улучшить свой русский тем что я ходил на уроки два месяца но это не помогло потому что не было интересно изучать падежи и другие вещи которые я даже не помню сейчас.

Так что буду тут писать каждый день, по крайней мере чтоб практиковать свой русский. Если вы заметите ошибки пожалуйста советуйте как смогу исправить. Я думал что русский язык мне не очень понадобится потому что моя работа в основном на английском языке. Но все больше я нуждаюсь в русском языке. Поетому я буду писать про интересные вещи и по пути улучшать русский.

Тем что я буду писать я заодно научусь кратко и эффективно выражаться.

Tomorrow, July 19th, one of the world's greatest freedom fighters will turn 90. This is a great opportunity not only to celebrate the long life, health and achievements of this legendary South African but also to remember the seemingly endless and impossible struggle he endured against the apartheid regime of South Africa and the iron will that kept him going, day after day in the prison, to a total of twenty seven years.

In the world today we have many honorable freedom fighters: Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma and Gary Kasparov in Russia are two that I am know of (please be free to add more names in the comments section). But one must be careful differentiate them from skin-deep-freedom fighters such as the FARC in Colombia, who are basically drug dealers and the Hezbollah in Lebanon, who terrorize Israel and the Christian population in Lebanon. They taint the name of freedom and don't deserve an iota of sympathy and support.

An insightful article in the BBC about India's Finance Minister's criticism of the use of food crops for biofuels. It delves into one of the causes of the rising food prices around the  world that are devastating the poor in all corners of the world.  In the interest of cutting CO2 emissions, many developed countries, particularly the US are using corn (20% of all corn production), soybeans and sugar cane for biofuels production. This has significantly increased demand for these staples and consequently increased their worldwide prices, impoverishing the world's poor by taking up a larger share of their budget.

Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram, rightly calls this "lopsided priorities." If the Western politicians were policemen, they would be more worried about the theft of parking meters then the rising murder rates. Clearly, the theft of parking meters, I don't know if it is but I think it could be if there are many people like in the movie Trailer Park Boys, is a problem but given the limited nature of resources, the problems must be tackled in terms of priorities. The basic postulate in economics, another reason why every single politician must have a basic understanding of economics.

The current environmental policies of the developed countries are undoing some of the gains in the standard of living of the past few years, and could cause an increase in the spread of diseases such as AIDS, TB and the curtailment in the education of children because more and more money has to be put aside just to survive.

The policies rich countries should be following is cutting or outright eliminating the production of biofuels until more pressing problems are solved. The oil rich countries should increase their production so that oil prices can decline and will not hamper world economic growth. One person who has a record of accomplishingl this is Khodorkovsky. If Russia frees him (please Medvedev do so) and he gets back in charge of YUKOS, he can resume the yearly growth of 15-20% growth of oil ouput.

I have finished my exams. Next week, probably Monday, May 5th, I am planning to make my move to Washington DC and new post-university life. I can't wait at all. My previous experience in DC has been extremely pleasant because I got to learn a great deal about libertarianism, make decent money working in the evenings as a waiter and meeting a great number of awesome people.

This time the demands are much higher of me because I have to find a real job as an accountant, not just as a waiter or a salesman at Jo's A. Bank, which I enjoyed. I have found an apartment so far, which makes me very happy because this has been a major point of headache for me before. This apartment is within metro distance of DC so I won't have to buy a car.

If anyone is looking for a competent, dilligent accountant I am here, at your services :-)

2 superb slide show by Vadim Novikov that explore basic topics like "Freedom and Justice" and "Law and Justice". It is very pleasant to listen to the whole presentation because the ideas are laid so simply without the mask of fancy words. It also uses graphics very effectively.

I liked their argument that a lot of times the stealing by a petty criminal is little different then the government taking our money for illegitimate purposes, the only difference being the scale of it. It also, looks into other basic questions that we hear a lot such as, "if we don't vote do we have the right to complain about the elected officials and their legislation?"

I am looking forward to more such presentation by Cato.Ru and Vadim Novikov.

"What is up guys", in Magyar. This is how Ben Dunlap started his talk about two extraordinary Hungarian. He tells the tale about their generosity, passion and persistence. The Hungarian that takes most of the spotlight is Sandor Teszler, an industrialist in Hungary who was a survivor of Holocaust and rebuilt his textile empire in South Carolina. The speaker gets into trance like mode and moves the listener with his passion and tender voice. Very inspiring indeed.

On this day in 1968 Yuri Gagarin died in a test flight. He was as much of a child hero for me as Manas. Both seemed larger then life. I loved thinking about them and knowing that Soviet Union (we were still part of the Soviet Union at the time) had Gagarin and the Kyrgyz people had Manas. I was proud. I still recall being sad that such a hero of ours could have died in an unfortunate accident. I had the same thoughts about Manas, wishing he had survived until old age so that we, the Kyrgyz, can benefit from his skills and knowledge.

Looking back now I realize that Gagarin is not really a hero. Although, he made history by being the first to fly into space in 1961 on Vostok 1 but the entire space program brought no benefit to the Soviet people except a few brownie points to boast of. Although, the Soviet Union had perhaps the most advanced rocket technology our cars, tv's, apartments and other basic things were crummy. Most people just survived from paycheck to paycheck and only with the help of food supplies they received from relatives in the countryside. If anyone thinks the mighty USSR had to develop the high end space technology, would you live in the Soviet Union who put first man in space or Hong Kong whose only business is to do business?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SrW7KTQ3PVY&feature=related

If you look at these tyrants of Africa, each one of them has received foreign aid at one time or another, I challenge for anyone to come up with counter-examples Taxpayers hard earned money vanishing into coffers of dictators to pay for their 200yr old champagnes, reality.

Tomorrow, at 12.30 at Trinity College. If we can have 50 people show up it would be a smashing success. The material is certainly worth it for anyone who comes. The theme of the talk is, " Can Foreign Aid Save the Developing World?" On the pro side we have Julian Murray, corporate secretary at Canadian International Development Agency. His antagonist is Andrew Reed, a former consultant at the World Bank and other international agencies. He has done work primarily in the former Soviet countries, including a two year stint in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.  Our moderator for the event will be none other then Pierre Desrochers, assistant professor at UofT Mississauga.

Julian has a wealth of experience from working in many parts of Africa, Afghanistan and South East Asia. I hope he has many good reasons to explain why countries give out billions in aid with negligible results. Readers probably know that I as a libertarian am very skeptical of these grand projects like the Millenium Development Goals. William Easterly, the skeptic-in-chief, argues that many times these projects pour money into governments that  are corrupt and tyrranical which does not care about the people a bit. For example, US had given over a billion dollar in aide to the vicious dictator of Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko. Can you imagine this? A dictator who enriched himself to billions and dozens of palaces was given foreign aid to help his people. Who would think that Mobutu would use the money to help his people and even if he did is that will help the people given that the president nearly took away all their rights.

I hope Andrew will do well. I have met him once over lunch and really enjoyed hearing his stories from travels in Kyrgyzstan. He knows a lot about the country, its customs and the people. I was astounded and took out my notebook to jot down some of the things he said about Kyrgyzstan.

Lee Myung-bak is promising a simple dose of liberal cure that works anytime, anywhere and exceptionally. It is simple: tax cuts, privatisation and deregulation. As he said, this will create a better investment environment for domestic and international companies.

This is exemplar policy prescription for other policy makers. While some politicians in US are looking to increase taxes to bolster failing industries and banks they fail to see that for vigorous economic growth they need to rather cut their own spending, such as by privatising the Post Office and Amtrak, and cutting taxes, the corporate tax rate is the second highest among OECD countries. If they wish to raise additional revenue without distortions they should allow online gambling and legalize prostitution across the country.

Mr. Lee delivers a rare word of wisdom, "“Business is the foundation of the economy, and the economy will recover only when business activities are re-energised." This reminds one of what Calvin Coolidge said, "Business of America is business." If businesses prosper, more people are employed, their salaries increase and living standards improve.

However; Mr.Lee brings some dangerous nationalistic rhetoric too. He wishes to introduce "“poison pill” and multiple voting rights measures to protect South Korean companies from hostile takeovers." Hostile takeovers are helpful for disciplining managers to deliver results or they will be taken over by more efficient companies, and not to mention that hostile takeovers are beneficial to the shareholders since they pay premium for the shares.

As with many such good intentioned politicians their liberal views deform and they are no different from other big-spending, big-government politicians: George Bush, Arnold Schwarznegger and Angela Merkel. Lets see what he can deliver.

This must be one of the funniest things I have ever seen. This Australian comedy troupe, the Chasers, pass security zone, even though the Australians have supposedly some $200m on security.

An Ex-KGB agent tells the story of how his employer worked on demoralising the Western system into believing in their own inferiority. In the process they used many "useful idiots" like socialists and hippies, whom they would use just long enough to bring in the real Marxist buffoons, and eliminate the former, literally.

Making the Rounds on the Internet:

The Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA),
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR

16 May 2007

Dear Secretary of State,

My friend, who is in farming at the moment, recently received a cheque for GBP3,000 from the Rural Payments Agency for not rearing pigs.

I would now like to join the “not rearing pigs” business. In your opinion, what is the best kind of farm not to rear pigs on and which is the best breed of pigs not to rear? I want to be sure I approach this endeavour in keeping with all government policies, as dictated by the EU under the Common Agricultural Policy.

I would prefer not to rear bacon pigs, but if this is not the type you want not rearing, I will just as gladly not rear porkers. Are there any advantages in not rearing rare breeds such as Saddlebacks or Gloucester Old Spots, or are there too many people already not rearing these? As I see it, the hardest part of this programme will be keeping an accurate record of how many pigs I haven’t reared. Are there any Government or Local Authority courses on this?

My friend is very satisfied with this business. He has been rearing pigs for forty years or so, and the best he ever made on them was GBP1,422 in 1968. That is - until this year, when he received a cheque for not rearing any. If I get GBP3,000 for not rearing 50 pigs, will I get GBP6,000 for not rearing 100? I plan to operate on a small scale at first, holding myself down to about 4,000 pigs not raised, which will mean about GBP240,000 for the first year. As I become more expert in not rearing pigs, I plan to be more ambitious, perhaps increasing to, say, 40,000 pigs not reared in my second year, for which I should expect about GBP2.4 million from your department.

Incidentally, I wonder if I would be eligible to receive tradable carbon credits for all these pigs not producing harmful and polluting methane gases? Another point: These pigs that I plan not to rear will not eat 2,000 tonnes of cereals. I understand that you also pay farmers for not growing crops. Will I qualify for payments for not growing cereals to not feed the pigs I don’t rear?

I am also considering the “not milking cows” business, so please send any information you have on that too. Please could you also include the current DEFRA advice on set aside fields? Can this be done on an e-commerce basis with virtual fields (of which I seem to have several thousand hectares)?

In view of the above, you will realise that I will be totally unemployed, and will therefore qualify for unemployment benefits. I shall of course be voting for your party at the next general election.

Yours faithfully,

Nigel Johnson-Hill

Смотрите как Техаские депутаты умеют дать 3, даже 4 голосов. Врятли наши депутаты отстают.

I found an article by the International Herald Tribune that has covered the famous Filipino dancing prisoners. The following are the important lines from it. While reading the article please consider if you think if we can adopt their methods in Kyrgyzstan.

YouTube footage, uploaded in mid-July, shows the prisoners dancing to the Michael Jackson song "Thriller." It has been viewed more than 10 million times and become one of the most popular clips ever on the video-sharing Web site.

Inmates spend up to four hours a day practicing a growing repertoire of more than two dozen dances

In August, dozens of inmates, including Niere and Resane, were escorted under armed guard to the provincial capitol building for a public holiday celebration. They performed several numbers including "Thriller" for a clearly delighted audience.

Garcia said that what had been weekly outbreaks of violence have subsided, inmates' health has improved and recidivism rates are down dramatically.

Cebu's Internet fame has prompted other Philippine prisons to pay heed. By the end of 2007, eight others had begun adapting some of his methods, including dance. He has yet to visit them, but he says: "Dance is just the icing on the cake."

Sitting in his neat cell, one of Lador's Sinulog troupe, Aldren Tolo, 25, in prison for drug dealing, said: "I like dancing. It is a way we get to show the world that even if we ended up in prison, we are not totally damaged people."

Another one says, ""Because our families have seen us on TV and the Internet, things are better," he said. "They don't worry about us so much and don't think so much that we have no more hope."

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/15/asia/inmates.php

This is comedy! My favorite act. They are dancing "jumbo hot dog". Either the prison head is a massachist or Filipino's have figured out a way to re-educate felons.

My message to the prisoners: Keep the dancing coming and hope to see more of your stuff online!

PHILIPPINES- Great use of prisoner's free time and huge numbers to shoot music clips and, just as importantly, to teach them to create good and comradery. I don't know how many tries this took but certainly they put weeks to perfect choreography and timing with the music and the camera.

Well Done!

How Kyrgyzstan's government reacted to the peaceful protest of 12 students in Bishkek:

BISHKEK | On 16 December 2007, my country held parliamentary elections. Two days later, I was arrested by police and jailed for protesting those elections.

I have been detained four times for expressing disagreement with state policy: twice during former President Askar Akaev’s tenure, and twice under current President Kurmanbek Bakiev. Until this last arrest, I had been released after a maximum of five hours. But on 20 December, a judge sentenced me and other like-minded youth to between five and seven days in jail.

Continued at TOL.

One of the best documentaries on globalization, world trade and economic liberalization wave that ran from Chile to China to Russia.