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Success.

Radio Sweden are discussing a new oceanfloor pipelne.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

No listens for me tonight. I'm off to the bar soon!

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From the SRI website:

”Baltic pipeline plan should be reconsidered”

The Russian-German consortium planning to build a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea must investigate other options, according to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.

It says not enough is known about what environmental impacts the pipe between the two countries would have and the agency says there must be more analysis of its effects on fish, the risk of poisonous substances being released if the sea bed is disturbed and the dangers of unexploded mines.

The pipeline would pass through Sweden’s economic zone in the Baltic and come within 40 kilometres of the Swedish island of Gotland.

In a letter to Germany, Denmark, Finland and Russia the agency says alternatives like building it across land or moving it further away from protected areas in the sea must be considered, as well as if there needs to be a pipeline at all.

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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

No listens for me tonight. I'm off to the bar soon!

As it should be. Have much birthday fun. Um...S ogromnym privetom.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Ah, da! Horoshoo, spasibo!

It will be chilly too:
29°F
Feels Like
19°F

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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

Ah, da! Horoshoo, spasibo!

Oh, ah, I'm afraid you've caught me out! 'Ah, da! Horoshoo, spasibo' isn't on this page: http://www.russiannewsnetwork.com/lingua.html

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Spasibo is at the bottom.

I said "ah, yes. Good, thanks. (saying horoshoo or good with thank you is polite in Russia).

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So it is.

Cheers.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

You threw me for a loop! I was starting to think you knew some Russian but had never used it here before.

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Learning languages was never a strong point of mine. I did try a few times.

Romania's President Basescu refused to apologise for his comments criticising the activity of parliament this week: ...Traian Basesecu was summoned in parliament to retract statements according to which some politicians pass laws that are “only for criminals”. On Wednesday, Basescu stood before a small number of politicians (the representatives of the opposition had refused to attend the speech) and not only failed to extend his apologies, but even reinforced the statements he had made days before. He pointed out that people who have turned politics into a get-rich scheme are now uncomfortable due to the fact that justice has begun to work properly.

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I'm once again enjoying Radio Romania International.

Radio Romania is hosting Mircea Eliade week, a cultural program celebrating 100 years since the birth of one of the greatest Romanian figures of contemporary culture.

One of the most renowned specialists in the comparative history of religions, a reputed prose writer, essayist and philosopher, Mircea Eliade was profoundly marked by his Romanian origins. He used to define the state of being Romanian as, quote “living, expressing and capitalizing on this world among worlds”, unquote.
He was born 100 years ago in Bucharest and went through many experiences and several stages of learning before writing, in 1949, his monumental Treaty of the History of Religions. At the age of 21 he graduated from the Faculty of Letters to study Sanskrit and Yoga with professor Dasgupta. He got his Ph.D. degree with a dissertation on this topic and then discovered Giovanni Papini in Italy, who became a literary model for him. In Bucharest he published novels, short stories and essays which earned him recognition as one of the best writers of the generation of young reformers of Romanian culture in the 1930s.

A great critic of communism, after the war Eliade exiled himself to Paris. From 1957 until and 1986 when he died, he lived in Chicago, where he was the head of the History of Religions chair at Chicago University, a position that was to be occupied after his death , by another famous Romnian – Ioan Petru Culianu Eliade ‘s masterpiece was the History of Religions Beliefs and Ideas, for which the French government awarded him the Legion D’ Honneur and the French Academy offered him the Bordin Award, making him a unique figure in Romanian culture. Besides over 40 scientific studies, translated into 16 languages, Eliade also wrote 20 novels, including Maitreyi, Wedding in Heaven and Miss Christina, written in or translated from Romanian, “the language I dream in”, as Eliade used to say.

In both his literary and scientific work Eliade was deeply Romanian, confirming one of the basic characteristics of the Romanian literary Diaspora, which also included Eugen Ionescu and Emil Cioran. He was Romanian but also a European, as in a paper published in 1953 he prophetically defined Romania’s role within a United Europe and the vitality of a people that survived through culture: “In the space that was home to Zamolxis, Orpheus and the mystery of Miorita or the Ewe Lamb and Mason Manole, where the archaic Christianity, Rome and Greece expanded, this is where spiritual Europe took shape, and there, where death can still be celebrated as a wedding, the springs of spirituality are still intact”.

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Inspiring me to have a scan tonight.

Its been a while.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

My my my. Look at this:

 

(from Universal Radio)
The Sangean DRM-40 is the radio many shortwave listeners have been waiting for. Finally, a receiver that tunes longwave, medium wave and shortwave with built-in support of DAB, RDS and DRM. Yes, DRM!

DAB is form of digital broadcast widely employed in Europe, but not currently in use North America. The European DAB band is 174-240 MHz.

RDS (Radio Data System) is a radio digital information system that was developed by the European Broadcast Union in 1987. Using the 57 kHz sub-carrier of FM broadcasting, the RDS enables you to receive a variety of information such as station name, song titles and traffic information. Many, but not all, FM stations in the United States have RDS.

DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) is a consortium of radio and electronics manufacturers from around the world that banded together in the late 1990s to create a universal digital system for the AM broadcasting bands below 30 MHz -- shortwave, medium wave and longwave. The system that was created also bears the name of the group; Digital Radio Mondiale. DRM is the world's only non-proprietary, digital system for shortwave, medium wave and longwave with the ability to use existing frequencies and bandwidth across the globe. The result is FM quality sound via shortwave.

And the innovative features do not end here. The Sangean DRM-40 will also include a Secure Data slot for MP3 audio playback from SD cards. This radio also has a clock radio function with selectable radio or buzzer alarm and sleep mode. There is a rotatable AM band bar antenna that can be plugged into the top of the radio. Other refinements include: USB port, external antenna jack, line and earphone outputs. Operates from 120 VAC 60 Hz or four D cells.

Availability Note:
This model was originally announced as the model MP-40. This item is expected mid 2007. A price has not yet been announced. Pricing and further technical information will be posted as soon as it is available. [01/08/07].

NOTICE:
This device has not been approved by the Federal Communications Commission.
This device may not be sold or leased, or be offered for sale or lease, until approval of the F.C.C. has been obtained.

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That's one of the most exciting things I've ever seen.

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

Very much so! A next generation radio that has nothing to do with satellite. A victory for radio!

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By 'eck, it's a beauty. My heart is pounding.

I've been looking online trying to find the dimensions of the thing, but no luck.

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I was telling people at work today about it, and they just looked with a blank stare.

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The world is full of fools. If only they knew, if only they could experience the pleasure.

180mm X 260mm X 90mm

[Пятхъдесят Шест]

It looks tiny in comparison to what I already own.

Buttons looks sort of small too. Totally minor though!

Eh, co-workers are health care workers. They'd be more excited about new stethoscope technologies.

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Happy Birthday Shortwave thread! A favorite thread, besides the fact I started it. Some nice posts throughout the thread.

Many more scans!

 

Oh? Whats that? The 21st is tomorrow?

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