Davay pogovorim (Let's Talk)

Duet with Mikhail Krug and Svetlana Ternova

Mikhail Krug was a Russian singer, one of the leading singers of the style of songs known as blatnaya pesnya (songs about criminals), or shanson, which has been part of Russian culture since the beginning of the twentieth century.

Mikhail Krug was born in Morozovskiy Gorodok, a suburb of the city of Tver on April 7th, 1962. By 1994, he had recorded three albums. A significant portion of Mikhail Krug's songs invoke the secret code of Russian prisons. They describe the emotional emptiness and the despair of the prisoners who are separated from their families and loved ones. He also wrote many love songs, and songs about Tver. Krug liked to associate with criminal elements.

June 30, 2002, Mikhail Krug was murdered in his Tver mansion by acquaintances he had made in the criminal circles.

- the masoria papers

Norways National Day is the 17th of May

The Norwegian Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to as May Seventeenth, The National Day or Constitution Day.

The Constitution of Norway was signed in Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent nation.

On the 17th of May there are parades all over the country and many wear the traditional costumes that are different from locality to locality.

In Oslo, children from all the city's schools gather to parade towards the Royal Palace, where they and the Royal Family exchange waves and greetings. All carries the National Flag on their hands.

Each year King Harald and Queen Sonja appear in a different areas in Oslo in the afternoon of this day, and this year it was Grünerløkka, from where these 2 pictures also are.
- the masoria papers

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Alexander Rybak and Norway won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 on May 16. He celebrated his 23rd birthday in Moscow a couple of days before the competion. He received 387 points almost twice as many points as the second runner up, Iceland. He had made the song himself. He was born in Belarus, but has lived in Norway since he was 4 years old. The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 will be held in Norway in May.

The Final Results:
Norway - Alexander Rybak with «Fairytale» - 387 points, Iceland - Yohanna with «Is It True?» - 206 points, Aserbajdsjan - AySel & Arash with «Always» - 197 points, Tyrkey - Hadise with «Düm Tek Tek» - 177 points, UK - Jade Ewen with «It's My Time» - 173 points, Estonia - Urban Symphony with «Rändajad» - 129 points, Greece - Sakis Rouvas with «This Is Our Night» - 120 points, France - Patricia Kaas with «Et S'il Fallait Le Faire» - 107 points, Bosnia - Hercegovina - Regina with «Bistra Voda» - 106 points, Armenia - Inga & Anush with «Jan Jan» - 92 points, Russia - Anastasia Prikhodko with «Mamo» - 91 points, Ukraine - Svetlana Loboda with «Be my Valentine - 76 points, Moldova - Nelly Ciobany with «Hora Din Moldova» - 69 points, Denmark - Brinck with «Belive Again» - 66 points, Portugal - Flor-de-lis wth «Todas As Ruas Do Amor» - 57 points, Israel - Noa & Mira Award with «There Must Be Another Way» - 53 points, Albania - Kejsi Tola with «Carry Me In Your Drams» - 48 points, Croatia - Igor Cukrov with «Lijepa Tena» - 45 points, Romania - Elena with «The Balkan Girls» - 40 points, Germany - Alex Swings Oscar Sings «Miss Kiss Kiss Bang» - 35 points, Sweden - Malene Ernman with «La Voix» - 33 points, Malta - Chiara with «What if We» - 31 points, Lithuania - Sasha Son with «Love» - 23 points, Spain - Soraya with «La Noche Es Para Mi» - 23 points, Finland - Waldo's People with «Lose Control» - 22 points.

Here is the winner, Alexander Rybak of Norway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiH4BFTELME

- the masoria papers

Electric vehicle symposium 2009

**************Statuen Barbarkvinnen står i nærheten av Stavanger Forum

og er laget av Magnus Vigrestad (1887 - 1957).
Jeg så den på vei til kongressen:

EVS 2009 13.-16. mai 2009 Stavanger Norway
The 24th international electric vehicle symposium
På kongressen ved Rica forum hotell så jeg mange miljøvenlige biler.
Tilstede var også kronprins Haakon av norge som jeg også fikk tatt et bilde av.

- the masoria papers

Russian radio station

http://www.rusradio.ru/online/

- the masoria papers

Renārs Kaupers and Brainstorm from Latvia

BrainStorm is the most successful Latvian pop/rock band ever. Was formed in summer 1989 by four classmates - Renārs Kaupers, Jānis Jubalts, Gundars Mauševics and Kaspars Roga. The band got a Grand Prix of the “Karlshamn music fest” in Sweden. On 13th of May 2000 in Sweden, in only 3 minutes Brainstorm became an internationally recognized band after their song "My Star" got 3rd place at the 45th Eurovision song contest. Since then, Renars Kaupers became my favorite in Latvia. He enjoyed his song with dance and smile during the Eurovision song contest final competition year 2000 in Sweden.

- the masoria papers

Kirkelandet Kirke

Kirkelandet kirke er Kristiansunds hovedkirke reist i 1964.
Kirken regnes som det første virkelige moderne kirkebygg i Norge. Arkitekt Odd Østbye har gitt bygget en form som bryter totalt med tradisjonell kirkearkitektur.
Kirkelandet kirke står på Riksantikvarens liste over verneverdige kirker i nasjonal klasse.

- the masoria papers

St. Petri Dom in Bremen

The first church structure which can be verified on the site of St. Peter's Cathedral in Bremen was a timber church on on a high point overlooking the Weser River. The church was built about 789 in conjunction with the creation of the Diocese of Bremen. Just three years later Saxons attacked and burned Bremen and its tiny timber cathedral. No trace of it remains. St. Peter's was built as the cathedral church of local sandstone in several stages. From 1035 to 1043 the church was in the process of being rebuilt and enlarged, but in 1041 most of Bremen including the cathedral was destroyed by a terrible fire. Bishop Adalbrand ordered the building rebuilt in 1042, but died before it could be completed. Most of the rebuilding was done from 1043 to 1072. The cathedral was rebuilt as a pillared basilica with rounded Romanesque style arches and a flat timber ceiling. Two stubby, flat-topped towers were added to the west front. By the 1880s the citizens of Bremen decided that the cathedral should be restored to its medieval glory. Money was raised for the restoration of the building and work began in 1888. Reconstruction continued off and on until 1901 when the church reopened. The towers were raised to their present height and completed in 1892. The interior of the church was restored in the Gothic style making it difficult to see the changes in style that occurred over time.

Women who reach their thirtieth birthday unmarried go to polish the cathedral doorknobs in the company of friends and family until they are released by the kiss of a young man.
The church was struck by a fire bomb during an Allied air raid in 1943 and damaged repeatedly until 1945. The structure was so severely damaged that it was feared that the building would totally collapse. However the ruins were stabilized and the church was reconstructed by 1950. From 1972 to 1981 the church was once again restored to the High Gothic form of the 1901 restoration.

- the masoria papers

Bodø Cathedral

The architects of Bodø's largest church were Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. It is a functionalist church and was finished in 1956. It was protected in 2002.

The church was built with concrete and was basilica shaped. The belfry stands next to the church and it´s 36 meters tall and contains 3 bells.

- the masoria papers