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		<title>French Hip-Hop Is Worldwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aleksandrs &#34;Lexxus&#34; Borovenskis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In my years of intensive traveling (and y&#8217;all know I been there, done that), I have visited France a lot. While being a die-hard hip-hop head, it just wasn&#8217;t possible not to fall in love with French hip-hop. I bumped Skyrock whenever possible, ripped off radio shows to mini discs (collection of which I still [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2010/11/french-hip-hop-is-worldwide/">French Hip-Hop Is Worldwide</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my years of intensive traveling (and y&#8217;all know <a href="http://www.whereivebeen.com/map.php?uID=5739802&amp;iID=uasqux0jsrn3ydrmkdyusduvsu529d8s" target="_blank">I been there, done that</a>), I have visited France a lot.</p>
<p>While being a die-hard hip-hop head, it just wasn&#8217;t possible not to fall in love with French hip-hop.</p>
<p>I bumped <a href="http://www.skyrock.fm/front/" target="_blank">Skyrock</a> whenever possible, ripped off radio shows to mini discs (collection of which I still possess and play occasionally around the crib).</p>
<p>Now my girl doesn&#8217;t love how French sounds (is it cause she learnin Italian? lol), so I ain&#8217;t listened to no fresh talent from Paris/Marseille/Nantes in a long-ass minute..</p>
<p>But today.. The morning was so <em>frenchy</em>.. No, I ain&#8217;t have no croissants for breakfast lol. Just <a href="http://player.skyrock.fm/V4/skyrock/player_V3.html" target="_blank">listened to Skyrock</a> on my laptop while working.</p>
<p>And you know what? I <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Lexxus/status/2310864757596160" target="_blank">discovered</a> a new cut by a French rapper called Booba &#8211; Ma Couleur (aka My Color). Now bumpin it all day long!</p>
<p>Regardless if you&#8217;re down with hip-hop or not, you should hear this song, I tell ya.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/borovenskis/3gcm9NcyVoF/After-Skyrock-played-it-this-morning-I-cant-stop" target="_blank">Lyrics deep too</a>.</p>
<p>Enjoy.</p>
<p><a href="http://download950.mediafire.com/f4j2e129a6ng/q3mf7rbc6o7mrr4/Booba+-+Ma+Couleur.mp3" class="wpaudio">Booba &#8211; Ma Couleur</a></p>
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		<title>Like I Ain&#8217;t Never Left</title>
		<link>http://rigatalk.com/2009/12/like-i-aint-never-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aleksandrs &#34;Lexxus&#34; Borovenskis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I keep hearing bout how Riga Talk was awesome and I should blog more frequently. This is real inspiring, so.. Call it a come back. Props to my die-hard readers, and you know I bounced back before. This time ain&#8217;t no different. Picture me bloggin&#8217;. Since I&#8217;m down with Latvia&#8217;s Silicon Valley giants, Capital Inc., [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2009/12/like-i-aint-never-left/">Like I Ain&#8217;t Never Left</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">I keep hearing bout how Riga Talk was awesome and I should blog more frequently. This is real inspiring, so.. Call it a come back.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Props to my die-hard readers, and you know I bounced back before. This time ain&#8217;t no different. Picture me bloggin&#8217;.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Since I&#8217;m down with Latvia&#8217;s Silicon Valley giants, Capital Inc., lots of stuff had been popping. The Summer season was quicker than ever &#8211; I attended variuos seminars &amp; trainings, both on the IT&amp;T Industry and on Communications.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Including the last one &#8211; my amazing trip to Munich and Frankfurt for the Digital Storytelling workshop and the Untold Stories conference.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Celebrated my Born Day in Bavaria. Oktoberfest style. Unforgettable experience, I tell ya.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">What else, let me see. Twitter is ruling the everyday life.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Like it&#8217;s &#8216;posed to.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Prolly a reason this blog is lacking attention from my side.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">But like I said, thanks y&#8217;all for noticing and for requesting a come-back, lol. I&#8217;ma try not to fail on this one.</div>
<p>I keep hearing bout how Riga Talk was awesome and I should blog more frequently. This is real inspiring, so.. Call it a come back.</p>
<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_QgR0ClXctzs/SsFirM7rUBI/AAAAAAAABhs/uWWTFOal8xw/IMG_6573.jpg"><img class="alignleft" title="Me and the Apple Store in Munich" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_QgR0ClXctzs/SsFirM7rUBI/AAAAAAAABhs/uWWTFOal8xw/IMG_6573.jpg" alt="" width="246" height="369" /></a>Props to my die-hard readers, and you know I bounced back before. This time ain&#8217;t no different. Picture me bloggin&#8217;.</p>
<p>Since I&#8217;m down with Latvia&#8217;s Silicon Valley giants, <a title="Capital Inc." href="http://capital.lv" target="_blank">Capital Inc.</a>, lots of stuff had been popping. The Summer season was quicker than ever &#8211; I attended variuos seminars &amp; trainings, both on the IT&amp;T Industry and on Communications.</p>
<p>Including the last one &#8211; my amazing trip to Munich and Frankfurt for the Digital Storytelling workshop and the <a title="Untold Stories" href="http://www.untoldstories.eu/" target="_blank">Untold Stories</a> conference.</p>
<p>Celebrated my Born Day in Bavaria. <a title="Oktoberfest" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest" target="_blank">Oktoberfest</a> style. Unforgettable experience, I tell ya.</p>
<p>What else, let me see. <a title="Lexxus on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/Lexxus" target="_blank">Twitter</a> is ruling the everyday life.</p>
<p>Like it&#8217;s &#8216;posed to.</p>
<p>Prolly a reason this blog is lacking attention from my side.</p>
<p>But like I said, thanks y&#8217;all for noticing and for requesting a come-back, lol. I&#8217;ma try not to fail on this one.</p>
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		<title>1st Riga Twitter Meetup aka Tweetup Coming Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aleksandrs &#34;Lexxus&#34; Borovenskis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Riga, Latvia Twitterverse, get ready!! Right about next Friday, June 19th 2009, when the time hits 6 PM &#8211; the event will unfold. Twitter users that happen to be in town are gonna gather up for an informal meetup at the one and only Pulkveža Brieža KID spot. The Friday night was chosen after a [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2009/06/1st-riga-twitter-meetup-tweetup-coming-up/">1st Riga Twitter Meetup aka Tweetup Coming Up</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Riga, Latvia Twitterverse, get ready!! Right about next Friday, June 19th 2009, when the time hits 6 PM &#8211; the event will unfold.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joanna_young/3194721235" target="_blank" title="Riga Tweetup | pic credit: Joanna Young, via Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3194721235_0e7fc72e8a_b.jpg" alt="Riga Tweetup 2009" vspace="3" width="350" align="left" height="160" hspace="5" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com" title="Don't tell me you don't know what Twitter is!!" target="_blank">Twitter</a> users that happen to be in town are gonna gather up for an informal meetup at the one and only <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=2+Pulkve%C5%BEa+Brie%C5%BEa+iela,+Riga+1010,+Latvia&amp;sll=56.946538,24.10485&amp;sspn=0.390991,1.235962&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=56.959016,24.105592&amp;spn=0.012214,0.038624&amp;t=h&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A" title="Click for Google Maps location" target="_blank">Pulkveža Brieža</a> <a href="http://www.restaurantkid.lv/" title="Restaurant KID" target="_blank">KID</a> spot.</p>
<p>The Friday night was chosen after a pretty hot <a href="http://arturs.jaffa.lv/2009/06/05/pirmais-tweetup-riga/" title="password: tweetup01" target="_blank">discussion on Arturs&#8217; blog</a>, who has taken the role of an organizer from the jump.</p>
<p>Word on the street is that some people from over the pond are gonna attend as well. Arturs reported that <a href="http://twitter.com/valdisKrebs" title="valdiskrebs" target="_blank">Valdis Krebs</a> (Cleveland, OH) is supposedly to make an appearance. And <a href="http://twitter.com/plumey" title="plumey" target="_blank">Marissa Plume</a> (San Francisco, CA) <a href="http://twitter.com/plumey/status/2107705367" title="plumey in reply to Lexxus" target="_blank">replied to my tweet</a> stating she&#8217;d like to join. Other non-local tweeps calling Riga their location next week are warmly welcome of course, too.</p>
<p>See y&#8217;all there!! Tweet!</p>
<h2>Pirmais Rīgas Twitter tusiņš, jeb Tweetup, tuvojas</h2>
<p>Rīgas un Latvijas Twitterieši, gatavojieties!! Tieši ap nākošo piektdienu, 2009.g. 19. jūniju, kad pulkstenis sitīs 6 vakarā &#8211; pasākums uzsāksies.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joanna_young/3194721235" target="_blank" title="Riga Tweetup | pic credit: Joanna Young, via Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3194721235_0e7fc72e8a_b.jpg" alt="Riga Tweetup 2009" vspace="3" width="350" align="left" height="160" hspace="8" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com" title="Tikai nesaki, ka nezini, kas ir Twitter!!" target="_blank">Twitter</a> lietotāji, kas pagadās pilsētā, sanāks kopā uz neformālu tikšanos vienīgajā un neatkārtojamajā <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=2+Pulkve%C5%BEa+Brie%C5%BEa+iela,+Riga+1010,+Latvia&amp;sll=56.946538,24.10485&amp;sspn=0.390991,1.235962&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=56.959016,24.105592&amp;spn=0.012214,0.038624&amp;t=h&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A" title="Atrašanās vieta iekš Google Maps" target="_blank">Pulkveža Brieža ielas</a> <a href="http://www.restaurantkid.lv/" title="KID restorāni" target="_blank">KIDā</a>.</p>
<p>Piektdienas vakars tika izvēlēts pēc visai karstas <a href="http://arturs.jaffa.lv/2009/06/05/pirmais-tweetup-riga/" title="parole: tweetup01" target="_blank">diskusijas Artura blogā</a>, kurš ir uzņēmies organizatora lomu jau no paša sākuma.</p>
<p>Vārds uz ielas ir, ka pasākumu apmeklēs arī daži cilvēki no otrās dīķa puses. Arturs ir paziņojis, ka ieradīšoties <a href="http://twitter.com/valdisKrebs" title="valdiskrebs" target="_blank">Valdis Krebs</a> (Klīvlenda, Ohaio). Savukārt <a href="http://twitter.com/plumey" title="plumey" target="_blank">Marissa Plume</a> (Sanfrancisko, Kalifornija) <a href="http://twitter.com/plumey/status/2107705367" title="plumey in reply to Lexxus" target="_blank">atbildēja uz manu tvītu</a>, ļaujot saprast, ka viņa arī gribētu pievienoties. Citi nevietējie čivinātāji, kas sauks Rīgu par savu atrašanās vietu nākamnedēļ, ir laipni lūgti, protams.</p>
<p>Uz tikšanos tur!! Čiv!</p>
<h2>Первая Рижская Твиттер-встреча или &#8220;Твитап&#8221; приближается</h2>
<p>Рижские и Латвийские Твиттеряне, готовьтесь!! Аккурат в районе следующей пятницы, 19 июня 2009 года, когда часы пробьют 6 вечера &#8211; мероприятие развернётся.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joanna_young/3194721235" target="_blank" title="Riga Tweetup | pic credit: Joanna Young, via Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3194721235_0e7fc72e8a_b.jpg" alt="Riga Tweetup 2009" vspace="3" width="350" align="left" height="160" hspace="8" /></a>Пользователи <a href="http://twitter.com" title="Только не говори, что не знаешь, что такое Твиттер!!" target="_blank">Твиттера</a>, оказавшиеся в городе, соберутся на неформальную встречу (тусовку, если хотите) в единственном и неповторимом <a href="http://www.restaurantkid.lv/" title="Рестораны KID" target="_blank">КИДе</a> на <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=2+Pulkve%C5%BEa+Brie%C5%BEa+iela,+Riga+1010,+Latvia&amp;sll=56.946538,24.10485&amp;sspn=0.390991,1.235962&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=56.959016,24.105592&amp;spn=0.012214,0.038624&amp;t=h&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A" title="Местонахождение на Гугл Мэпс" target="_blank">Пулквежа Бриежа</a>.</p>
<p>Пятничный вечер был выбран после довольно горячей <a href="http://arturs.jaffa.lv/2009/06/05/pirmais-tweetup-riga/" title="пароль: tweetup01" target="_blank">дискуссии в блоге Артура</a>, который со старта взял на себя роль организатора.</p>
<p>Слово на улице, что мероприятие посетит также кое-кто с другой стороны пруда. Артур сообщил, что вроде как подтянется <a href="http://twitter.com/valdisKrebs" title="valdiskrebs" target="_blank">Валдис Кребс</a> (Кливленд, Огайо). А <a href="http://twitter.com/plumey" title="plumey" target="_blank">Марисса Плуме</a> (Сан-Франциско, Калифорния) <a href="http://twitter.com/plumey/status/2107705367" title="plumey in reply to Lexxus" target="_blank">ответила на мой твит</a>, дав понять, что и она с удовольствием присоединится. Другие неместные твиплы, которые будут называть Ригу своим местонахождением на следующей неделе, также тепло приглашаются.</p>
<p>Там и увидимся!! Тви!</p>
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		<title>Shlesers for Mayor? Why not!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 08:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aleksandrs &#34;Lexxus&#34; Borovenskis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Last week, I found a free newspaper called &#8220;New Riga&#8221; in my mailbox. The piece of paper turned out to be a political advertisement, a campaign of LPP/LC party. Run, of course, by Ainars &#8220;Who Else Could It Be&#8221; Shlesers. The man is eying a chair of Riga Mayor, which prolly is a good thing. [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2009/05/shlesers-for-mayor-why-not/">Shlesers for Mayor? Why not!</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week, I found a free newspaper called &#8220;New Riga&#8221; in my mailbox. The piece of paper turned out to be a political advertisement, a campaign of LPP/LC party. Run, of course, by <a href="http://slesersrigai.lv" title="Šlesers Rīgai" target="_blank">Ainars &#8220;Who Else Could It Be&#8221; Shlesers</a>.</p>
<p>The man is eying a chair of Riga Mayor, which prolly is a good thing. And looks like he&#8217;s fitting in just as nice.</p>
<p>I observe the Transportation industry in Latvia for several years now, that&#8217;s why former minister Shlesers&#8217; work has not went unnoticed. Perhaps because of my past in-depth interest in railways development and building of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Baltica" title="Rail Baltica - Wikipedia" target="_blank">Rail Baltica</a> &#8211; my ex missuz, Olga, is transport &amp; logistics specialist, so couple years ago, when we were cooking the Masters work together, I had even been to a meeting in the Ministry of Transport, doing research.. Perhaps because I have went to sea myself, and am still interested in what&#8217;s going on in shipping, ports and around &#8216;em.. Perhaps because I like to fly and follow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga_International_Airport" title="Riga Int'l Airport - Wikipedia" target="_blank">Riga Airport&#8217;s</a> success.. Perhaps because Mr. Shlesers himself has managed to gain attention with his charisma, positiveness, targeted actions..</p>
<p>But perhaps, however, that is a perfect job of PR peeps. As a Communications Pro, I know of course what&#8217;s behind all of this. I know how this type of political papers and publications in those are being born. I know how thoroughly the questions to &#8220;ask&#8221; in the interview with Shlesers are chosen. I know how many times it&#8217;s thought and rethought back and forth, what and where, in what order to feature..</p>
<p>Nothing bad here though &#8211; a brand is being built, attractive package in the making, all for a good, quality product. Similarly like cottage cheese snack &#8220;<a href="http://www.karums.lv/" title="Kārums" target="_blank">Kārums</a>&#8221; or, for instance, &#8220;<a href="http://www.zeltazivtina.lv/" title="Golden Fish" target="_blank">Zelta Zivtiņa</a>&#8220;. Only that, here it&#8217;s essential for the product to be made as delicious when the time pass and not to change for bad &#8211; which sometimes happens with politicians. Promises given during the election campaigns often wind up not fulfilled. That&#8217;s why hopefully everything that Shlesers &amp; Co are talking about will be carried out in case of his win.</p>
<p>Gotta wish some luck, a good one, especially that there&#8217;s my Maritime schoolmate, <a href="http://slesersrigai.lv/lat/kolegi/51-pavels-rebenoks/" title="Pavels Rebenoks" target="_blank">Pavels Rebenoks</a>, proudly occupying #51 on LPP/LC election list. Big Time!</p>
<h2>Šleseru par mēru? Kāpēc nē!</h2>
<p>Pagājušnedēļ pastkastē atradu bezmaksas avīzi &#8220;Jaunā Rīga&#8221;. Šis papīra gabals izrādījas ir politiskā reklāma, partijas LPP/LC aģitācijas kampaņa. Pie ruļļiem, protams, <a href="http://slesersrigai.lv" title="Šlesers Rīgai" target="_blank">Ainārs &#8220;Kurš Gan Cits&#8221; Šlesers</a>.</p>
<p>Vecis tēmē uz Rīgas mēra krēslu, kas ir tikai apsveicami. Un izskatās, ka viņš ir ļoti atbilstošs kandidāts.</p>
<p>Jau vairākus gadus vēroju, kas darās transporta nozarē Latvijā, tāpēc Šlesera darbi arī nepaliek nepamanīti. Varbūt tāpēc, ka biju padziļināti interesējies par dzelzceļa attīstību un <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Baltica" title="Rail Baltica - Wikipedia" target="_blank">Rail Baltica</a> būvēšanu &#8211; mana bijusī jaunkundze, Olga, ir transporta &amp; loģistikas speciāliste, un pāris gadus atpakaļ, kad kopā cepām maģistra darbu, pat biju uz tikšanos Satiksmes ministrijā, taisīju pētījumu.. Varbūt tāpēc, ka pats gāju jūrā, un joprojām interesējos par notiekošo gan kuģniecībā, gan ostu dzīvē un visapkārt.. Varbūt tāpēc, ka patīk lidot, un sekoju līdzi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga_International_Airport" title="Riga Int'l Airport - Wikipedia" target="_blank">Rīgas lidostas</a> panākumiem.. Varbūt, ka pats Šlesera kungs ir spējis piesaistīt uzmanību ar savu harizmu, pārliecību, mērķtiecīgām darbībām..</p>
<p>Bet varbūt, tomēr, tas ir izcils PR censoņu darbs. Kā komunikāciju profesionālis &#8211; protams, zinu, kas aiz šī visa stāv. Zinu, kā top šāda veida politiskās avīzes un publikācijas tajās. Zinu, cik rūpīgi ir izvēlēti jautājumi, kas <em>uzdoti </em>&#8220;intervijā&#8221; Šleseram. Zinu, cik reizes ir pārdomāts, ko un kur, kādā secībā likt..</p>
<p>Nekas slikts jau šeit arī nav &#8211; tiek veidots zīmols, tiek izstrādāts pievilcīgs iepakojums labam, kvalitatīvam produktam. Līdzīgi kā biezpiena sieriņam &#8220;<a href="http://www.karums.lv/" title="Kārums" target="_blank">Kārums</a>&#8220;, vai, piemēram,&#8221;<a href="http://www.zeltazivtina.lv/" title="Zelta Zivtiņa" target="_blank">Zelta Zivtiņai</a>&#8220;. Tikai, vienīgais, šeit ir svarīgi, lai pēc laika šis produkts tiktu ražots tikpat garšīgs un nemainītos uz slikto pusi &#8211; kā mēdz notikt ar politiķiem. Daži no pirmsvēlēšanu kampaņas laikā dotiem solījumiem bieži netiek pildīti. Tāpēc cerams, ka viss, ko stāsta Šlesers &amp; Co tiks arī īstenots viņa uzvaras gadījumā.</p>
<p>Jānovēl veiksmi, it īpaši, ka LPP/LC sarakstā #51 lepni aizņem mans jūrskolas laiku odnokašņiks <a href="http://slesersrigai.lv/lat/kolegi/51-pavels-rebenoks/" title="Pāvels Rebenoks" target="_blank">Pāvels Rebenoks</a>. Big Time!</p>
<h2>Шлесерса &#8211; в мэры? Почему бы и нет!</h2>
<p>На прошлой неделе в почтовом ящике обнаружил бесплатную газету &#8220;Новая Рига&#8221;. Этот кусок бумаги оказался политической рекламой, агитационной кампанией партии LPP/LC. У руля, конечно, <a href="http://slesersrigai.lv/rus/" title="Шлесерс - Риге" target="_blank">Айнарс &#8220;Кто Же Ещё&#8221; Шлесерс</a>.</p>
<p>Мужик метит на кресло мэра Риги, что только приветствуется. И похоже, что он &#8211; по-настоящему подходящий кандидат.</p>
<p>Уже несколько лет наблюдаю за тем, что происходит в транспортной отрасли в Латвии, поэтому дела Шлесерса не остаются незамеченными. Возможно потому, что я углублённо интересовался развитием железных дорог и строительством <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Baltica" title="Rail Baltica - Wikipedia" target="_blank">Rail Baltica</a> &#8211; моя бывшая девушка, Оля &#8211; специалист по транспорту и логистике, и пару лет назад, когда мы вместе пекли магистрскую, я даже был на встрече в Министерстве Сообщения, делал ресёрч.. Возможно потому, что сам ходил в море, и до сих пор интересуюсь происходящим как в судоходстве, так и в жизни портов и вокруг них.. Возможно потому, что нравится летать, и слежу за успехами <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga_International_Airport" title="Riga Int'l Airport - Wikipedia" target="_blank">Рижского аэропорта</a>.. Возможно потому, что сам господин Шлесерс смог привлечь внимание своей харизмой, уверенностью, целеустремлёнными действиями..</p>
<p>А возможно, всё-таки, потому, что это &#8211; отличная работа PR умельцев. Как специалист по коммуникациям &#8211; я, конечно, знаю, что за всем этим стоит. Знаю, как рождаются такого рода политические газеты и публикации в них. Знаю, как тщательно отбираются вопросы, которые будут &#8220;заданы&#8221; в интервью со Шлесерсом. Знаю, сколько раз думано-передумано, что и где, в каком порядке писать..</p>
<p>Ничего плохого, правда, в этом нет &#8211; создаётся брэнд, разрабатывается привлекательная упаковка для хорошего, качественного продукта. Также, как для творожного сырка &#8220;<a href="http://www.karums.lv/" title="Kārums" target="_blank">Карумс</a>&#8221; или для &#8220;<a href="http://www.zeltazivtina.lv/" target="_blank">Зелта зивтини</a>&#8220;, например. Только вот, здесь всё-таки важно, чтобы через время этот продукт делался бы таким же вкусным и не менялся в худшую сторону &#8211; как бывает с политиками. Некоторые из обещаний, данных во время предвыборных кампаний, часто не выполняются. Поэтому, будем надеяться, что всё, что говорит Шлесерс и Ко, будет реализовано в случае его победы.</p>
<p>Надо пожелать удачи, особенно, что в списке LPP/LC #51 гордо занимает мой однокашник по мореходке <a href="http://slesersrigai.lv/rus/kollegi/51-pavel-rebenok/" title="Павел Ребенок" target="_blank">Павел Ребенок</a>. Big Time!</p>
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		<title>Japanese Animation Festival In Riga</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>[lang_en]I learned what&#8217;s anime not too long ago &#8211; after watching the legendary Cat Soup cartoon. It kinda had a dual impact on me, so I&#8217;d like to discover the world of globally renowned Japanese animation to the full. Exclusive opportunity to do that on a big screen is offered by Japanese Animation Festival AnimeFest [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2009/04/japanese-animation-festival-in-riga/">Japanese Animation Festival In Riga</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[lang_en]I learned what&#8217;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" title="Anime - Wikipedia" target="_blank">anime</a> not too long ago &#8211; after watching the legendary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Soup" title="Cat Soup - Wikipedia" target="_blank">Cat Soup</a> cartoon. It kinda had a dual impact on me, so I&#8217;d like to discover the world of globally renowned Japanese animation to the full.</p>
<p><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3465930763_4ebdfbdfaa_b.jpg" title="Posters mashup for two anime flicks: The Sky Crawlers and Gake Ponyo" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3465930763_4ebdfbdfaa_b.jpg" alt="The Sky Crawlers  - Gake Ponyo mashup" vspace="3" width="180" align="left" height="101" hspace="8" /></a>Exclusive opportunity to do that on a big screen is offered by Japanese Animation Festival <a href="http://www.animefest.lv/" title="AnimeFest 6" target="_blank">AnimeFest 6</a>. The event will be held May 2 &#8211; 3, 2009, at the World Trade Center in Riga.</p>
<p>It will be already sixth anime festival that is being run in our city. My good friend Alex, who is the organizer of AnimeFest, promises to kindly hook me up with some tix, so I guess you can meet me in there.</p>
<p>じゃあ、また!!</p>
<h2>Japāņu multiplikācijas festivāls Rīgā</h2>
<p>Kas ir <a href="http://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" title="Anime - Vikipēdija" target="_blank">anime</a>, es uzzināju salīdzinoši nesen &#8211; noskatoties multeni &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Soup" title="Cat Soup - Wikipedia" target="_blank">Kaķu zupa</a>&#8220;. Tas ir atstājis uz mani divējādu ietekmi, tāpēc gribētos atklāt priekš sevis globāli populārās japāņu animācijas pasauli pilnā mērā.</p>
<p><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3465930763_4ebdfbdfaa_b.jpg" title="Posters mashup for two anime flicks: The Sky Crawlers and Gake Ponyo" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3465930763_4ebdfbdfaa_b.jpg" alt="The Sky Crawlers  - Gake Ponyo mashup" vspace="3" width="180" align="left" height="101" hspace="8" /></a>Ekskluzīvu iespēju to izdarīt, un pat uz lielā ekrāna, piedāvā Japāņu animācijas festivāls <a href="http://www.animefest.lv/" title="AnimeFest 6" target="_blank">AnimeFest 6</a>. Pasākums notiks 2009. gada 2. un 3. maijā Pasaules Tirdzniecības centrā, Rīgā.</p>
<p>Tas būs jau sestais pēc kārtas anime festivāls, kas norisinās mūsu pilsētā. Mans labs paziņa Alekss, kas ir AnimeFesta organizators, laipni sola nodrošināt tiketus, tāpēc, domāju &#8211; mani varēs tur satikt.</p>
<p>じゃあ、また!!</p>
<h2>Фестиваль японской мультипликации в Риге</h2>
<p>Что такое <a href="http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5" title="Аниме - Википедия" target="_blank">аниме</a>, я узнал сравнительно недавно &#8211; посмотрев мультик &#8220;<a href="http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekojiru-so" title="Кошачий суп - Википедия" target="_blank">Кошачий суп</a>&#8220;. Он оставил на меня двоякое впечатление, поэтому хотелось бы открыть для себя мир глобально популярной японской мультипликации в полной мере.</p>
<p><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3465930763_4ebdfbdfaa_b.jpg" title="Posters mashup for two anime flicks: The Sky Crawlers and Gake Ponyo" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3465930763_4ebdfbdfaa_b.jpg" alt="The Sky Crawlers  - Gake Ponyo mashup" vspace="3" width="180" align="left" height="101" hspace="8" /></a>Эксклюзивную возможность это сделать, да ещё и на большом экране, предлагает Фестиваль японской мультипликации и культуры <a href="http://www.animefest.lv/" title="AnimeFest 6" target="_blank">AnimeFest 6</a>. Мероприятие пройдёт 2 и 3 мая 2009 года во Всемирном Торговом центре, в Риге.</p>
<p>Это будет уже шестой по счёту фестиваль аниме, который принимает наш город. Мой хороший знакомый Алекс, являющийся организатором АнимеФеста, обещает любезно предоставить тикеты, так что, думаю &#8211; меня можно будет встретить там.</p>
<p>じゃあ、また!!</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aleksandrs &#34;Lexxus&#34; Borovenskis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>As our lives tend to rotate more and more around Twitter, I can&#8217;t help but join the orbit &#8211; or.. ehm.. tworbit?.. (Yeah, everything His Twitterness touches, get a smooth lil&#8217; tw prefix &#8211; it&#8217;s like Snoop&#8217;s izzle, you feel what I&#8217;m sizzle?).. Anyway.The twaily twonderings around made me twumble upon such thing as an [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2009/03/lets-show-the-planet-some-love-with-lights-off-of-course/">Let&#8217;s Show The Planet Some Love. With Lights Off, Of Course..</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As our lives tend to rotate more and more around <a href="http://twitter.com/Lexxus" target="_blank" title="Lexxus on Twitter">Twitter</a>, I can&#8217;t help but join the orbit &#8211; or.. ehm.. tworbit?.. (Yeah, everything His Twitterness touches, get a smooth lil&#8217; <em>tw </em>prefix &#8211; it&#8217;s like Snoop&#8217;s <em>izzle</em>, you feel what I&#8217;m sizzle?)..<a href="http://www.earthhour.org/voteearth/" title="Vote Earth"><img src="http://www.usm.edu/green/Suggested%20Readings/Vote%20Earth%20Badge.png" hspace="8" height="127" align="left" width="150" vspace="5" alt="VOTE EARTH" /></a></p>
<p>Anyway.The twaily twonderings around made me twumble upon such thing as an <a href="http://www.voteearth2009.org" target="_blank" title="Vote Earth">Earth Hour</a>. I didn&#8217;t tell you earlier as I was sick &#8211; I put the banner on my site though (it&#8217;s up until the late March).</p>
<p>So what&#8217;s it all about? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming" target="_blank" title="Global Warming - Wikipedia">The climate change</a>.</p>
<p>Global problems like that are usually far from regular people, but the Earth Hour is an opportunity for us to show &#8211; that we care about our planet. Or not.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s like global election. Your vote &#8211; is your light switch. Switch it off for one hour to Vote Earth, and live it on to vote global warming <strike>and die slow</strike>.</p>
<p>I am definitely plugging out all of my electrical equipment and shutting down lights around the house. Been always standing tall for the green planet, clean environment, reducing carbon emissions, all of that stuff!! So I am surely voting Earth and urging you to do so! March 28, 2009, 8:30-9:30 p.RSVP.</p>
<p>By the way, it&#8217;s real cool to see the Pasaules Dabas Fonds &#8211; Latvian partners of WWF, the global conservation organization, actively <a href="http://www.earthhour.org/news/lv:lv" target="_blank" title="Zemes stunda">propelling the local movement</a> for the Earth Hour. Including <a href="http://twitter.com/Zemes_stunda" target="_blank" title="Zemes stunda 2009">spreading the word on the aforementioned Twitter</a>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This BarCamp week-end has been much more spiritual for me than in some other way technical, geeky or otherwise. Some of y&#8217;all know from my tweets that I was about to become a Godparent on Saturday. Christened a new born baby boy by the beautiful Russian name of Gleb &#8211; a second son of a [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2009/02/becoming-a-godfather/">Becoming a Godfather..</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This <a href="http://barcamp.lv/2009/02/schedule/en/" title="BarCamp Baltics 2009" target="_blank">BarCamp week-end</a> has been much more spiritual for me than in some other way technical, geeky or otherwise. Some of y&#8217;all know <a href="http://twitter.com/Lexxus/status/1149644158" title="Follow me on Twitter!!" target="_blank">from my tweets</a> that I was about to become a Godparent on Saturday. Christened a new born baby boy by the beautiful Russian name of Gleb &#8211; a second son of a happy couple consisting of my best homie, maritime schoolmate/coworker Olegus and his wife Marina.</p>
<p>As I am of Orthodox religion, the holy mystery took place in one of Riga&#8217;s Orthodox churches &#8211; <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.lv/index.php?newid=109&amp;id=41&amp;lang=RU" title="Св. Троицкий Задвинский приход" target="_blank">Holy Trinity Church of Pardaugava</a>. It&#8217;s actually the only place in the city with Baptistery separated from the Church itself in another small building. The process went on there and was guided by a priest Sergiy from <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.lv/index.php?newid=167&amp;id=41" title="Храм св. Александра Невского" target="_blank">The Church of Holy and Right-believing Alexander Nevsky</a> &#8211; the church I was baptized at.</p>
<p>What I&#8217;d like to share is that it&#8217;s such a wonderful feeling of becoming a Godfather. I recognize the responsibility and my role in spiritual upbringing of Lil&#8217; Gleb, who is just 2 and a half months young. I totally see myself as a mentor for his personal development. And together with his Godmother Anna, for the boy&#8217;s Christian education and knowledge of good Orthodox traditions. So much thanks go out to Olegus and Marina for providing this amazing opportunity and entrusting this important task.</p>
<h2>Kļūstot par krusttēvu..</h2>
<p>Šo <a href="http://barcamp.lv/2009/02/schedule/en/" title="BarCamp Baltics 2009" target="_blank">BarCamp nedēļas nogali</a> pavadīju vairāk tāda garīgā noskaņā, nekā citādi tehniskā, gīkiskā vai tam līdzīgā. Daži no jums zin <a href="http://twitter.com/Lexxus/status/1149644158" title="Seko man Twitterī!!" target="_blank">no maniem tvītiem</a>, ka es taisos kļūt par krustvecāku šosestdien. Kristīju nesen piedzimušo puiku skaistā krievu vārdā Gļebs &#8211; otru dēlu laimīgajam pārītim, kas sastāv no mana labākā drauga, Jūrskolas rotas biedra/kolēģa Oļega un viņa sievas Marinas.</p>
<p>Par cik esmu pareizticīgs, tad kristības notika vienā no Rīgas pareizticīgajām baznīcām &#8211; <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.lv/index.php?newid=109&amp;id=41&amp;lang=LV" title="Svētās Trijādības Pārdaugavas baznīca" target="_blank">Svētās Trijādības Pārdaugavas baznīcā</a>. Šī ir vienīgā vieta pilsētā, kur ir atsevišķa telpa kristībām &#8211; baptistērijs, kas ir atdalīts no baznīcas un atrodas blakus mājiņā. Tajā arī notika process, un vadīja to priesteris Sergijs no <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.lv/index.php?newid=167&amp;id=41&amp;lang=LV" title="Sv. Ņevas Aleksandra baznīca" target="_blank">Svētā labticīgā lielkņaza Ņevas Aleksandra baznīcas</a> &#8211; kur kristīja mani pašu.</p>
<p>Tas, ar ko es gribētu padalīties &#8211; ir šīs brīnišķīgas sajūtas, kļūstot par krusttēvu. Es apzinos atbildību un savu lomu mazā Gļeba, kuram ir tikai 2 ar pusi mēneši, garīgā audzināšanā. Es pilnībā redzu sevi, kā viņa personīgās izaugsmes mentoru. Un, kopā ar viņa krustmāti Annu, kā atbildīgu par puikas kristīgo izglītību un labām pareizticīgām tradīcijām. Milzīgs paldies Oļegam un Marinai par to, ka sniedzat šo jauku izdevību un ka uzticat šo svarīgu uzdevumu.</p>
<h2>Становясь крёстным отцом..</h2>
<p>Этот <a href="http://barcamp.lv/about-2/schedule-2/ru/" title="BarCamp Baltics 2009" target="_blank">БарКемповский уик-энд</a> был для меня больше таким духовным, чем какого-либо рода техничным, гиковским или каким другим. Некоторые из вас уже знали <a href="http://twitter.com/Lexxus/status/1149644158" title="Следи за мной на Твиттере!!" target="_blank">из моих твитов</a>, что я собираюсь стать крёстным родителем в субботу. Крестил новорожденного мальчишку с красивым русским именем Глеб &#8211; второго сына счастливой пары, состоящей из моего крепкого друга, однокашника по мореходке/коллеги Олегуса и его жены Марины.</p>
<p>Так как я &#8211; православный, то святое таинство крещения проходило в одном из православных храмов Риги &#8211; <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.lv/index.php?newid=109&amp;id=41&amp;lang=RU" title="Св. Троицкий Задвинский приход" target="_blank">Св. Троицком Задвинском приходе</a>. Это &#8211; единственное место в городе со специальным баптистерием (крещальней), находящимся рядом со зданием храма. Процесс там и проходил, и совершал его батюшка Сергий &#8211; священник из <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.lv/index.php?newid=167&amp;id=41" title="Храм св. Александра Невского" target="_blank">Храма святого благоверного великого князя Александра Невского</a> &#8211; церкви, где как раз крестили меня.</p>
<p>То, чем я хотел бы поделиться &#8211; это чувство &#8211; такое замечательное чувство становления крёстным отцом. Я осознаю ответственность и свою роль в духовном воспитании маленького Глеба, которому ещё всего 2 с половиной месяца. Полностью вижу себя также и ментором его личного развития. И, вместе с его крёстной мамой Анной, ответственным за христианское образование ребёнка и знание добрых православных традиций. Огромное спасибо, конечно же, Олегусу и Марине за предоставление такой прекрасной возможности и за доверие этой важной задачи.</p>
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		<title>Riga riots were minor and ceased quickly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Mayn, ain&#8217;t nothing real overwhelming happened last night actually. Maybe I feel like that cause I was shooting hoops over in Pardaugava and missed some of the live action? TV, breaking news type of live action, I mean. The reporters seemed like nearly enjoying this mess. I don&#8217;t know but to me, this whole riot [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2009/01/riga-riots-were-minor-and-ceased-quickly/">Riga riots were minor and ceased quickly</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Mayn, ain&#8217;t nothing real overwhelming happened last night actually.</p>
<p>Maybe I feel like that cause I was shooting hoops over in Pardaugava and missed some of the live action? TV, breaking news type of live action, I mean.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/galleries/gallery_new.php?gid=577340" title="TV*Net Gallery" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.tvnet.lv/article/zinas/120365.jpg" vspace="5" width="350" align="left" height="231" hspace="8" /></a></p>
<p>The reporters seemed like nearly enjoying this mess. I don&#8217;t know but to me, this whole riot thing doesn&#8217;t look like something crazy-violent-destructive civil disorder or whatever they might call it.</p>
<p>Some stores damaged on Smilshu street, broken Parliament windows, police cars overturned. And no tear gas (I mean I saw a cop on TV using a hand-held spray, but that&#8217;s about it), no plastic bullets or water cannons used against the rioters. <a href="http://diena.lv/lat/multimediji/dienatv/politika/video-grautins-vecriga-13-janvara-vakara" title="Diena video" target="_blank">Couple hours and it&#8217;s silent</a>.</p>
<p align="justify">I hear people saying that police were not ready and was kinda slow. But that&#8217;s because the whole riot was &#8220;slow&#8221;! There were no organized actions, the whole thing was chaotic, so I guess cops just stayed low-key on purpose, not to provoke the crowd. So it appears they did a pretty good job.</p>
<p>And after all, the rioters were several hundreds <a href="http://esports.lv/js/mediaplayer/mediaplayer.swf?file=http://video.esports.lv/163977_6miitings_nologo.flv" title="eSports' Kristaps Driķis' video" target="_blank">mostly drunk youth</a> who stayed in the Old Town following the protest on the Doma Square. Thousands of protestants who gathered on the Square demanding the Parliament resignation were peaceful and bounced away in a few hours.</p>
<p>Thanks God it&#8217;s all over though.</p>
<p>More than 100 arrested, tens hurt and hospitalized &#8211; and do we need it? If the Parliament resigns, will shit change? I guess it just stays the same.</p>
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		<title>Snowstorm causes power outages throughout Riga</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The forecasters predicted this to be happening around last night. Major storm is gonna hit Riga, bla bla bla.. It was calm and not even windy at all yesterday. They just got the timing wrong. Well, with a lil bit of delay, a snowstorm is taking over the area throughout Sunday. I just came over [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2008/11/snowstorm-causes-power-outages-throughout-riga/">Snowstorm causes power outages throughout Riga</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.meteo.lv" title="Latvian Environment, geology and meteorology agency" target="_blank">The forecasters</a> predicted this to be happening around last night. Major storm is gonna hit Riga, bla bla bla.. It was calm and not even windy at all yesterday. They just got the timing wrong.</p>
<p>Well, with a lil bit of delay, a snowstorm is taking over the area throughout Sunday. I just came over from a basketball game and man it&#8217;s snowing like crazy. There was like 5 or 6 car accidents on our way to Daugmale and back.. Some of them are scary &#8211; makes me wanna remember my own New Year &#8217;08 ride to Daugavpils &#8211; thanks God I wound up alright..</p>
<p>And yeah, the snowstorm is on and poppin&#8217;! There are various reports of <a href="http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/article.php?id=570727" target="_blank">power outages in Riga</a>. Let me post my own tho, quite funny one, the one that don&#8217;t happen every day..</p>
<p>We had a real hard hoops game today. 5-on-5, run &amp; gun type stuff. I tell you what, I even got prepped for this one &#8211; watched last night&#8217;s Celtics @ Wolves game, listened to Mobb Deep on my way, to get to the battling mood, you know.</p>
<p>And check this out, my team&#8217;s in possession, right. I&#8217;m a playmaker, trying to see the court.. The ball was not in my hands at the moment though but face it &#8211; suddenly the lights go out! Total darkness, you don&#8217;t see shit!!! Can you imagine that! I was around midcourt, somehow found my way to the sideline, but some of us didn&#8217;t even know where to go, totally disoriented, you know what I&#8217;m saying =))</p>
<p>Everybody screaming, but in about a minute or two we started seeing the gym&#8217;s windows. It was dark outside too so still &#8211; it was kinda hard to find the way.</p>
<p>The lights went back on when we were in the lockers. The game had to be cancelled..</p>
<p>Memories again. Last time I suffered a blackout I was on board LPGC Havpil. Captain&#8217;s mate, on the bridge, alone, I was in charge of navigation and all the stuff. Quite a piece of an action, really..</p>
<p>Aaight then, I&#8217;m out like power, wishing y&#8217;all who&#8217;s in Riga to stay safe. And yeah, hopefully you don&#8217;t have to light up the candles due to the power outage tonight &#8211; save&#8217;em for a romantic dinner, would you.</p>
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		<title>Love In Fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s known around that Spring is the usual time to start off romantic relationships and ish like that. Kind of, plant the seed, see how it grows over the Summer. But the thing is though, what you plant in Spring, is gonna be dead by Fall. You can then dry it and save it for [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading <a href="http://rigatalk.com/2008/11/love-in-fall/">Love In Fall</a>! Check back for more goodness at <a href="http://rigatalk.com">Riga Talk - The Blog About Everything Riga, Latvia</a>.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s known around that Spring is the usual time to start off romantic relationships and ish like that. Kind of, plant the seed, see how it grows over the Summer.</p>
<p>But the thing is though, what you plant in Spring, is gonna be dead by Fall. You can then dry it and save it for your herbarium or something.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m bout to take this love thing to a whole &#8216;nother level right about now. Sit tight. I&#8217;m like <a href="http://sphere.com" title="Sphere - Connecting the Conversation!" target="_blank">Sphere</a>. Getting you the good stuff.</p>
<p>What I&#8217;m saying is, love is not a plant! Relationships are not meant to be dead one day! And ain&#8217;t no plant out there can claim eternal life, even those <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristlecone_pine" title="Bristlecone pine - Wikipedia">bristlecone pines</a>, don&#8217;t tell me I&#8217;m not right.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s way better to fall in love around this time of the year. Late Fall, early Winter.. Cold, colder, freezing.. Get a picture? Things are preserved better when frozen.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s more of a joke though, but as they say.. In every joke there is a grain of.. um.. joke =)</p>
<p>And definitely, definitely, you and I know there must be something (well, a special *somebody*, actually) to make me write such a post. And yes, there is a new feeling in my world currently. And who else but a girl born on Valentine&#8217;s Day can spark that, you feel me? ;)</p>
<p>I ain&#8217;t saying it&#8217;s love.. But it surely gets <em>frozen </em>for a long, long shelf life. Believe it.</p>
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