Archive for the ‘English’ Category
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Dr. Seuss and Jop
Dr. Seuss’ children’s books seem to be very popular in the United States. Jop even got “One fish two fish red fish blue fish” as a birthday present. What we didn’t know at the time is that dr. Seuss gave a rather good description of Jop. Jop discovered that when he read the book the […]
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Boeken
On Saturday afternoon, we ‘crashed’ in the holiday home of our friends Kees en Loes. There is an excellent internet connection here, so I had the opportunity to do some surfing. One of the sites I visited was the blog of Mark and Mira. On his blog, Mark mentions the books he is reading and […]
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The queen has bad luck
Hier een verhaaltje van Ester: The Queen has bad LuckOnce upon a hill, there was an old spooky house. In that old spooky house lived an old man. The old man’s name is John. Once down a hill was a castle. In that castle lived a queen. The queen’s name is Hannah. Once Hannah went […]
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Two articles about the crisis in Tajikistan
Today I saw two articles about the crisis in Tajikistan. The first is written by a Tajik man who gives a lively description of the situation and argues that humanitarian aid does not solve the underlying problems in the country. The second is a short article on the BBC web site about an effort by […]
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Tajikistan ‘facing catastrophe’
Many people are suffering because of the food shortages in Tajikistan. Under normal circumstances, around 20% of children are chronically malnourished but the severe cold has worsened the situation. Even the western media are picking up the news — the BBC had an article on its website today.
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No electricity after February 10th?
According to this article, we will have no electricity anymore after February 10th. At this moment, we have good electricity. It seems strange that there is no rationing of electricity in the capital, if there is indeed only a few weeks of electricity left. Time will tell.
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Children die because of electricity cut-offs
In this article a young father tells how his newly born daughter died because of an electricity cut-off.
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Tand eruit… en dan?!
Vandaag viel Ester’s derde melktand eruit met als gevolg een mooi fietsenrek in haar mond. In Nederland zou de tand onder het kussen gaan voor de ’tandenfee’, of worden weggegooid, maar hier wordt daar anders over gedacht. Mensen zorgen ervoor dat tanden, nagels en haren niet bij het gewone huisvuil verdwijnen want dan kunnen ze […]
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Tajik State Medical University Fire
Yesterday, a colleague told me that the Tajik State Medical University had caught fire. It seems that it has totally burned down; not much is left. There were tens of thousands of books in the basement of the building. On Neweurasia, a blog site with news about Central Asia, someone says that the firemen could […]