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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
A First for ukraineorphans, an Emergency Appeal.
November 1 & 2, 2007 there are important updates on the Home
page.
An SOS from Albert Pavlov
This is in response to friend Albert Pavlov who has issued an appeal
for the young man and his mother you see above. I could not ignore Albert's words. Please go to the Home page of ukraineorphans.net
and read the article in full by clicking on the photo there.
This appeal sounds hopeless but I know it can be fulfilled.
I'm glad that Dana Shumanska's words are running alongside this blog, just to the right.
Thanks,
David
5:08 pm cdt
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Women's race: Nobody can challenge Ukraine's Averkova
Women's
race: Nobody can challenge Ukraine's Averkova
October 22,
2007
BY CHRIS SILVA FREE
PRESS SPORTS WRITER
After winning Sunday's 30th Detroit Free Press/Flagstar
women's marathon, Ukrainian Anzhelika Averkova, 38, can cross a few things off her to-do list.
"She now can tell everybody, 'I've been to Canada for a couple of minutes,'
" Averkova said through an interpreter.
To read the full story click here! http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071022/SPORTS18/710220412/1048
Saturday, October 20, 2007
USA an Enemy of Ukraine?
This Puzzles Me - The USA an Enemy of Ukraine?
This was sent by Google News Alert from Polskie Radio DLA Zagranicy.
"Poland is Ukaine's best friend. 48% of the respondents to a poll staged in Ukraine are convinced that
Poland and Ukraine are linked with very friendly ties. Still 45% of the respondents consider Russia as the best neighbor,
at the same time Moscow is also mentioned as the worst enemy of Ukraine, as are the USA, Germany, Belarus and Iraq."
The feelings about Poland and Russia I understand. The feelings about Germany might be WWII still playing? Belarus
I have no clue except that it's rulled by a dictator, maybe that has something to do with it.
The USA? We haven't
ever threatened, attacked or occupied the country as far as I know. A lot of private aid and assistance flow into
Ukraine from the US. I am puzzled about this one.
Iraq? How did they become an enemy of Ukraine?
If there is anyone in reach of ukraineorphans.net who understands this please send me an email .
Thanks,
David
3:21 pm cdt
Friday, October 19, 2007
Lots of Good Things!
If you didn't come in through the home page please
open it. There are three new pictures near the top to click and read and see some really neat things that are happening.
9:19 pm cdt
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Communist Objection
12:37 am cdt
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Ivan Mazepa
(10:02, Wednesday,
October 17, 2007)
Ukrainian News Agency Kyiv city council has intention to rename Sichnevoho Povstannia street, Pecherskyi district, into Ivana Mazepy Street. Ukrainian News learned this from the Kyiv council press service. Kyiv
council presidium backs decision on the renaming. As Ukrainian News reported, September the commission for street
renaming, installation of memorial signs and plaques of the Kyiv city state administration initiated renaming 131 streets
with Soviet names. The commission compiled a preliminary list of 131 streets, which names remind of
totalitarian regime in Ukraine's history, i.e. of the Soviet Union.
Please
contact the Marketing and Sales Department and subscribe to receive the full version of the news article:
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Monday, October 15, 2007
Great Music!
The Ukrainian Bandura Chorus is on the move!
If they are in your neighborhood don’t miss
this treat. These guys are known in the USA and in Europe. A real opportunity!
Click the link below to read the particulars.
BANDURA
- THE SOUL OF UKRAINE
A concert series for 2007 by the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
Friday,
October 19 – Detroit
Saturday, October 20 – Cleveland
Sunday,
October 21 – Washington DC
Monday, October 22 –
Philadelphia
Tuesday, October 23 – Whippany, New Jersey
Thursday, October 25 – Hartford
Friday, October 26 – Montreal
Saturday, October
27 – Ottawa
Sunday, October 28 – Toronto
*Schedule subject to change.
Itinerary as of August 26, 2007.
http://www.bandura.org
A Glimmer of Hope
Monday, October 15, 2007 “A Glimmer Of Hope In The Rubble” “KIEV, Ukraine -- On Saturday
morning, a gas explosion rocked a block of flats in eastern Dnipropetrovsk Region, claiming at least 13 lives as of Sunday
evening. Many more were injured or left homeless, while rescuers continue to search the rubble for survivors.” Here in ukraineorphans.net
we certainly are not celebrating the loss of life and property in the recent apartment gas explosion in Ukraine. We have followed
reports of the aftermath. This is from one of our favorite Ukraine news and analysis sources. Blog.kievukraine.info talks
about a possible governmental change in response to such events. Interesting article, please click on the
link. http://BLOG.KIEVUKRAINE.INFO Thanks, David
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Upsetting News
"Every fourth Ukrainian does not like living in
Ukraine"
"Only some 47.1% of Ukrainian citizens like living in Ukraine.
These are the results of an all-Ukrainian poll withing frameworks of annual research program "Mental Bases of Election",
carried out by Kyiv Institute of Management Problems named after Gorshenin and publicized at a press conference in UNIAN today."
This is somewhat upsetting for a friend of Ukraine. Please open this link to read the short article and stats.
http://unian.net/eng/news/news-213939.html
8:47 pm cdt
Friday, October 12, 2007
A Friend
A Friend of ukraineorphans.net, Olena of bestofukraine.com
in Kyiv, has just sent an email.
This is a brief part of her note:
"Also my friend, a little boy is back
to hospital in
Kyiv with cancer moving to his lungs. I am visiting him today or tomorrow.
You can see his picture
here (second pic... he's from Chernigiv, the town
in the Northern part of Ukraine):
http://www.donor.org.ua/index.php?module=arnews&act=show&c=1&id=1696 "
Sorry I can't translate for you but the picture speaks loudly. Olena has a special place in her
heart for Ukrainian children who are afflicted with cancer. She includes money and time with her heart. Please visit her place,
www.bestofukraine.com You will find a link in the Links Page also. You can contact here at her website which is worth a visit in itself.
David
5:25 am cdt
Thursday, October 11, 2007
A New Section
Ukraineorphans.net has opened a new section!
We have started a photo album. Our first page consists of photos Anne Linden has sent from
Western Ukraine. Take a look at the Mykolychin Internat Boarding School at flood time. Also take a look at Anne's work
to make life better for the Ukrainian orphans and social orphans. Links to her are provided.
Thanks, David
8:48 pm cdt
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Back to the Orphans
Returning to Business!
Now
that the elections have settled down to various negotiations it's time for us to again concentrate on the Ukraine Orphans.
Your editor is working on a gallery of the Internat in Mykolychin, Anne Linden's personal mission. Hope to add this section
in a few days and to build from there.
David
11:59 am cdt
Friday, October 5, 2007
Final Vote Results Reported
Ukraine Reports Final Votes for Parliamentary Election
This sees to be it unless the charges and counter charges overturn these results:
Party of Regions............................................................34.37%
BYuT.................................................................................30.71%
Our Ukraine - People's
Self Defense........................14.15%
Communists......................................................................5.39%
Lytvyn Block.....................................................................3.96%
A coalition between BYut
(Yulia) and Our Ukraine - People's Self Defense will allow the western looking parties a very thin majority over the Party
of Regions which is reported to look east.
The President (OU-PSD) is reported to be making statements that seem
to make his intentions and desires about possible coalitions unclear.
David
6:39 pm cdt
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
The election - votes 99+% counted
Election Update
Today, October 3, 2007 it is reported that 1902 polling stations
have not reported vote counts. By law they have until October 14 to report. The stations are in Kyiv, the capitol city of
about 2.7 million people and Stevastopol in the Crimea, with a population of over 340,000.
On this date the
reported counts are:
Party of Regions – the Prime Minister’s
party…. 34.31% BYuT –
Yulia’s party……………………………… 30.76% Our Ukraine-People’s Self Defense party………
14.17% Communists………………………………………
5.38% Lytvyn Block……………………………………...…
3.76%
All of these parties will have seats in the Parliament
(Rada).
The Socialists have 2.86%, not enough to pass the 3%
hurdle to gain entrance to the Parliament.
There are charges
that the late counts are being manipulated to push the Socialists over the 3% threshold. With the Communists, the Lytvyn Block,
and the
Socialists forming a coalition with the Party of the Regions the East will continue to control parliament.
The issue is undecided. There will be serious charges and counter charges of fraud and there
will be investigations.
We will wait until all polling places
report for further comment unless it is reported that the Socialists have gained the necessary 3%.
David
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Posted by Stryi Gymnasium, Ukraine
Laws of Live
Dana Shumanska
age 16 January 2004
Life – is a gift from God, which is given to people only once. It always has the beginning and has
the end. Some people say that it’s like dream, but we are sure that this is a great chance for everyone to do his mission
in the world and to show himself. To my mind everyone understands life in different ways. And we can not condemn them.
Life
is a very private thing, because everyone has his inner world and lives in it too. I think that only a man must be the master
of his life. But this gift as far as I’ve mentioned is from God and any time God can take this present back from us.
So we must live due to some principles, due to some rules.
I think these laws have already been set
by God and are called Ten Commandments, They are based on the faith in God, but contain also laws concerning relations between
people: do not kill, do no steal, respect your parents and so on. And after realizing all these laws we understand that we
have some restrictions and after death we will be punished for violating them.
Some religions say
that there is one more rule; our children will be punished for our sins. People should be responsible for their actions. They
should not think only about themselves, some people are very egoistic. This way God makes people think about future generations.
I think we should value the life, value the great chances, given by destiny. We should be decent,
through maybe our destiny depends on our ancestor’s actions. I’m sure that people should be respectable, helpful,
thankful to everyone who helps them and of course kind and generous. If everyone were kind our world would become
a very pleasant place to live.
Dana Shumanska
16 years old
This essay was published on the web in 2003 as part of a collection by Ukrainian high school (gymnasium)
students. Most were in Ukrainian but several noteworthy examples were in English under the sponsorship of Stryi Gymnasium
English teacher, Halina Stetsko, an internationally recognized teacher of English as a second language.
I
well remember grappling with Dana’s difficult subject at the same age but did not achieve her level of understanding.
When reading her concluding sentence I exclaimed, “She’s got it! She nailed it!” (Bolding is mine.)
Just
as “please” and “you are welcome” are stated in Ukrainian as bud’ laska, literally, “let
there be kindness”, I propose that we attach “let there be friendship” and move forward in kindness and
friendship with ukraineorphans.net
David Cottrell, 2007
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