‘Clear Intrusion’, BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7549594.stm

Georgia’s president said 150 Russian tanks and other vehicles had entered South Ossetia.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili told CNN: “Russia is fighting a war with us in our own territory.”

Kids

INTERFAX.RU, 08 Aug
As a result of military operations in South Ossetia more than 1400 persons are dead
“Rescue us!”
People leaving South Ossetia tell about horrors of bombardment, and those who remain in town Tskhinvali, send SOS messages. Flow of Tskhinvali refugees, that begun several days ago, has reached now its apogee. As correspondent of agency informs, the considerable quantity of refugees gathered now on the Georgian-Russian frontier. Many women and children cry. “We had never seen such fire and never heard such a roar”, - said one of the women.” All this is terrible. The Georgian military men, opening fire on our villages, do not think that they fire on ordinary defenseless people including children and women.

Translated by Galina

IQ and poverty

Reality of worldwide emigration

If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?

Austria poverty
In 2006, 12.6% of the population was considered at risk of poverty. i.e. between 952 000 and 1 102 000 Austrians can be considered as being at risk of poverty.
People are considered to be at risk of poverty if their general household income is below an at-risk-of-poverty threshold. In 2006, the general income median was €17 852. The at-risk-of-poverty threshold was €10 711 for a single-person household, i.e. around €900 a month.

(Street and documentary photography plus nudity. If I were George Soros, I would invest fortune to promote young unknown street photographers and their work)

In the 1980s and 1990s, the number of divorces averaged 16 000 a year. In 2001 there was highest absolute number of divorces. The total divorce rate rose from 26.5 in 1981 to the historic high of 49.5 in 2007. Almost half of the currently celebrated marriages are expected to end by divorce.
In 2007 an annual of 20,516 divorces were recorded in Austria. The total divorce rate was 49.5 percent. In the city of Vienna, that number was even 64.1 percent. A large majority of all divorces were by mutual agreement.

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I grew more and more dissatisfied with possibilities Nikon D200 provides fo shooting indoors.

Sometimes I feel completely desperate looking through dark and unclear shots I made in cafe. From one side big professional camera can not suit spy and voyeuristic tendencies I have, from the other side small camera compromises quality especially in poor light conditions

After 7 months of my lonely life in Vienna and some disappointing meetings in WAFF, organizations and newspapers I become less optimistic about my professional journalistic future in Austria.

This country has very good social security system, that reduces earning and career possibilities for freelancers

Austrians value stability and security, that often compromises originality, initiation and enterprise

Unless you are not included in social system, you cannot survive

When you are included, you have boring work and one topic that you constantly discuss with your collegues is how many years you need yet to reach commonly desirable pension age (more…)