Archive for April, 2009

Seenews: news report of 23.04.2009 (Girodivite)

Updated news from Balkans powered by www.seenews.com Thursday 23 April 2009, by Emanuele G. – 0 letture

Authors@Google: Slajov Zizek

The Authors@Google program was pleased to welcome Slavoj Žižek to Google’s New York office to discuss his latest book, “Violence”. From Wikipidea: “Slavoj Žižek is a Post-Marxist sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic. In 1989, with the publication of his first book written in English, The Sublime Object of Ideology, Žižek achieved international recognition as a major social theorist. Since then, Žižek he has continued to develop his status as an intellectual outsider and conf

Purdue festival celebrates region’s ethnic diversity (Post-Tribune)

HAMMOND — Luba and Kire Obetkovski’s first visit to Purdue University Calumet made them feel right at home. The Crown Point couple, who are of Macedonian descent, attended the recent ethnic celebration Dobro Dosli, or “Welcome,” in PUC’s Alumni Hall. The program, sponsored by PUC’s Building Community through the Arts program, also highlighted the peoples of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro …

Brian Taylor on how the budget "cuts" will play out (BBC News)

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Polish Students Win Trimo Urban Crash

April 9th, 2009 .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } .gallery img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Trimo today announced that the winners of the Trimo Urban Crash international competition for students of architecture are Jan Ledwon and Alicja Chola from Poland. With 564 public votes (from visitors to the Trimo Urban Crash website) and

GOTTA DO IT (The Herald News)

April 9 Spaghetti dinner: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 9, American Italian Cultural Society, 1918 Donmaur Drive, Crest Hill. Menu includes spaghetti, meat sauce, salad, bread and butter and coffee. Bakery available. Cost is $7, $3.50 for children ages 12 and younger. April 10 Knights of Columbus fish fry: 4 to 7:30 p.m. April 10, Father White Hall, behind Immaculate Conception Church, 110 S. School …

Iranian sculptor invited to Chinese, Slovenian events (mehrnews.com)

TEHRAN, April 5 (MNA) — Two international symposiums in China and Slovenia have recently invited Iranian sculptor Jamshid Moradian to participate in their events.

Neuromarketing Debut in Slovenia

Mon 30 Mar 2009 Neuromarketing Well, the Slovenian Advertising Festival has drawn to a close, and I’ve finally got a few minutes to comment on the experience and share some of the things I learned in my few days in Portoroz. First, my Neuromarketing keynote, or “lecture” as seems to be the local translation, went just fine. I was a bit concerned about the language issue – 95% of the conference was in Slovenian, with only a few English segments. It seemed that language wasn’t as big a barrier

Heritage Festival showcases Southeast Europe (Purdue University Calumet Chronicle)

On Saturday, people from almost all Eastern European cultures came to PUC to the annual Heritage Festival. The event, sponsored by the Multi-cultural Campus Council and the Building Community through the Arts, was held in Alumni Hall and celebrated the cultures of Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia (including Vojvodina & Kosovo).

Polish Students Win Trimo Urban Crash

April 9th, 2009 .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } .gallery img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Trimo today announced that the winners of the Trimo Urban Crash international competition for students of architecture are Jan Ledwon and Alicja Chola from Poland. With 564 public votes (from visitors to the Trimo Urban Crash website) and

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