Yesterday on LTV1 I saw Riga city's representative N. Ušakovs. He was advertising how Twitter can be used to get Riga City Council to come and fix a lift in a private building. Well, if that's the case, this morning I wrote that a light bulb has burned out at home - could someone be asked to replace it?
The impulse to write about Čaks' "Those Touched by Eternity" came from the exhibition at the Riga Art Space, where unfortunately only one small room is devoted to this theme. Though in my opinion one could fill an entire exhibition hall with talk of Čaks' work. From my school days (I am a child of the Awakening) the poem that stands out most vividly in my memory is the one Čaks wrote - The Sermon at Piņķi Church.
Joann Sfar, cartoonist for the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo (which suffered terrorist attacks in 2011 and 2015 over a cartoon it published depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad), published a series of drawings with texts on Instagram on Friday night, expressing his view of the terrorist attack. Here are quotes from his cartoons.
A film about the tangles of relationships, love triangles and choices that are not so easily made, because one's current place or position is much more comfortable, secure and familiar than something new and unknown, even if longed for and desired. The film's subtitle "...как же быстро ты живешь" perhaps most aptly characterises the contrast between the characters' pace of life and the tavern where time seems to have stood still.
At first there were light, soothing, and warming movements - a traditional back massage using sesame oil. Later the "gymnastics" began. I realised this was no Spa relaxation game, but rather a thorough and deep health massage that aims to get every stiff spot in the body moving.
The shadow economy is perceived in society as a normal phenomenon. This is particularly pronounced in countries where the quality of state institutions and the services they provide is low, and consequently the level of trust in state power is also low.
Having mastered such a general education programme, matriculated school graduates, thanks to the skills and abilities acquired, will be an irreplaceable and invaluable support in the broad labour market, on the path to the growth of the Latvian economy and the welfare of the working people!
If you have not yet become a cyclist but are considering the idea, you will most likely mentally run through the full cycling cycle from purchasing a bicycle to storing it. Not because there is anything complicated or difficult to overcome in this process - rather, it is new and unfamiliar.
What is set out below is merely part of my thinking process. These are not finalised thoughts. They have no other purpose than to allow me to become aware, to explore and to understand certain patterns which are not at first glance obvious and comprehensible to me, due to my insufficient knowledge in jurisprudence and international law or for some other well-founded reason.
For example, sexual intercourse between a woman and a man in the missionary position is normal. Oral sex is not normal. Swinging, on the other hand, is rather abnormal. Same-sex relationships are completely abnormal.