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great footage

chris - manchester — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:48:23 GMT

A word of caution, some of the videos capture some brutal scenes, but i would recomend the film shot from a helicopter, though it focuses only around the town hall it gives an indication just how many people were in the city yesterday/last night. Consider that this is one of four screens that were erected.

news.bbc.co.uk

paddy_roche — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:32:25 GMT

Bad Buzz. Its a pain to lose a years work. I hope most people had files backed up externally. Its going to be interesting to see what will replace it.

FÅCK

nikolaj_dk — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:25:32 GMT

It's hard to imagine how many problems this is causing!

I hope you did a backup and had your models elsewhere.

I just had a lecture with Axel Killian from TU delft yesterday and after hearing about the fire I told him about it. He thought I was joking, and I felt like it was a joke. So we found pictures on flickr and he saw his office burning. Quite sureal.

Good luck! And se you in CPH erasmus students!

the morning after

chris - manchester — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:06:13 GMT

well for most neutrals the game was dull, but late on justice was done with the Russians coming out on top.

Which left just a couple of questions, what would happen to the city now there were 150,000 (estimates keep rising) pissed up pissed off Rangers fans who essentially couldn't move due to sheer weight of numbers?

Today Manchester isn't quite the city it was. Personally I think it was handled well by the city and the mess/clean up is only to be expected for such numbers.

again here are some links to vids/pics and comment:
news.bbc.co.uk
news.uk.msn.com
www.telegraph.co.uk
news.sky.com
www.independent.co.uk
www.itv.com

no waaayy...

kotryna_lt — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:14:52 GMT

sorry guys. you did have a spectacular school..!

sennahoj — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:11:13 GMT

couldn't help it, but i trust in your ability to forgive me for the small little stab at ye ;)
i also am looking forward to a couple of weeks of nice
entertainment and sportsmanship and may the better team win,
both tonight and at the tournament and while i am not much of an UEFA fan, i do look forward for the CL final next week.
enjoy the night!

european football and me (a short essay)

chris - manchester — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:01:06 GMT

while I know the blog is not technically (most definately) the place for me to emphasise my football (religious) beliefs, I can't help but rise to the bait.

For me the only important European football match takes place on 21st May in Moscow. I, like most other United fans, live in the knowledge that United > England. As a pure football fan I can say Croatia did me a favour, it means this summer I can enjoy the games for what they are without distraction.

For the record my money is on Holland, but then again it has been since about Euro 2000. Yet again they have the sheer weight of individual talent (much like England and Spain I suppose, none of us ever win). Smart money is back on Germany, but the boy Ronaldo might be enough for Portugal.

back to matters at hand, the city centre is swelling at the seams. It appears to me that there is well in excess of the 100,000 predicted Rangers fans. So far it is good natured with only a hand full of arrests for being shit faced drunk (I assume).

It will be interesting to compare the scenes here in Manchester today and tonight to those in Moscow next week with very few fans without tickets even being able to get into the country through lack of a visa, and reports are Chelsea haven't sold thier allocation because of excessive cost of travel and accomodation.

enjoy the soccer,

sennahoj — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:20:16 GMT

while you still can ;)
i'll be having a beer or two during the
European Cup next month, cheering for my team,
that are actually playing...

guest issue, apatrments

ana lukich — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:25:18 GMT

Hi Ronan it's Ana Lukic from Macedonia.

We'll organize everything with our NC if we are coming as guests; i am intresed in the prize of the apartments you are renting in leterrfrack..how many peple are sharing it and the prize per night, and of course if there's still place available.

thank you in advance,
Ana

some more links - pic/vids and comment.

chris - manchester — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:04:19 GMT

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
www.itv.com
www.iht.com

I think I'll be heading out amongst it all tonight. There was talk the council underestimated the interest and attendance. Should be interesting to find out how the city is coping with the influx of such numbers into a few key parts of teh city centre.

Manchester, home of European football (this week)

chris - manchester — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:35:00 GMT

Here is a link to BBC videos covering the cities build up to the UEFA cup final tonight. Its the second time in 7 years a major European final has been held in the city, but its fair to say that with the 100,000+ Rangers fans expected (today's wave started flooding in about 4am and promptly began the drinking session of a life time) it is a more rowdy affair then the all (classic) Italian European cup final at Old Traffod. Good luck to both Rangers and Zenit, here's to football and good natured banter!

news.bbc.co.uk

shit

sigurd-dk — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:24:50 GMT

Just saw it on our schools web. Hope everybody got out...
We will prepare for a Dutch erasmus invasion!

oooh:-(

tikog — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:29:46 GMT

this is horrible, I am so sorry

all my condolences

jerome — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:41:15 GMT

this is a disaster,

I’ve spent some times there
Helping for a diploma
Watching a eclipse at the last floor balcony
Meeting old friends
Parting of course

So many perfect memories vanishing

the bouwkunde is gathering place for european architects
The easa1982 take place there, remenber it , new easians

As dunk said, be kind to yourself, be strong, be brave, be united,

losing stuff is hard, look out for your buddies

duncan — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:55:23 GMT

sorry to see this happen. any ideas how it started. am sure along with the building is lots and lots of really important stuff belonging to students and i imagine that the stress of this loss will really hurt some people. look out for each other, expect that this will be very hard for people to get over. go for a walk, go to nature, take break, invite others for a stroll by a stream. be gentle....

time helps...

TotalLoss

jurnalism — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:21:10 GMT

Seems we are now the 'generation before the fire'... building is now completely lost... its now 8pm and still burning: soon its gonna be the 12hr of fire. I think there's gonna be a lot of Dutch Erasmus students next year..

architektur muss brennen

das-horst — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:18:00 GMT

and we dutch take everything very serious.

so today the faculty of architecture of the TU Delft burnt down. life's a bitch.

www.dumpert.nl

A new American Revolution

duncan — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:04:04 GMT

It seems that the Revolution is well and truly underway...
(Careful now, that has always been a fully loaded word) Judging by whats going on in the US these days, its seems that the eco-revolution has truly taken off with a Bang...

From this years upcoming USGBC GREEN BUILD EXPO

to

"George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Robert F Kennedy Jnr, and Al Gore, and the call for A NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION"

Which was the front cover of Vanity Fair's recent GREEN Issue

In it (or possibly another edition, not sure, as don't read the mag myself) there is the following 6 page interview with Bill McDonough:
Industrial Revolution, Take Two :
Why can’t a building be as eco-friendly as a tree? What if the concept of waste didn’t exist? Having collaborated with such giants as Google, nasa, Ford, and Wal-Mart with his “Cradle to Cradle” philosophy, architect William McDonough wants to usher in a new Industrial Revolution. No sacrifices necessary, just smart design.

Leading from, or intertwined with McDonough's "cradle to cradle" philosophy the USGBC (United States Green Building Council)was set about 15 years ago as a means of creating a checklist to make new buildings and communities eco, as well as furthering this whole green building busines, or movement, or even that fully loaded word "revolution", which is this years EXPO:

U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston November 19-21, 2008.

Boston - the historic cradle of the American Revolution, home to innovations that have far-reaching impact and the perfect place to celebrate Greenbuild 2008’s theme of “Revolutionary Green: Innovations for Global Sustainability.”
www.greenbuildexpo.org
www.usgbc.org
You can watch excellent vids from last years USGBC EXPO
www.greenbuild365.org
I'd direct you straight to the very excellent thinker and doer: Paul Hawken
www.greenbuild365.org

if you like what he`s talking about check out his vid :
Blessed Earth, How the largest movement in the world came into being, and Why no one saw it coming.
www.blessedunrest.com

his open mechanism for global change, Wiser Earth
www.wiserearth.org

www.paulhawken.com
www.blessedunrest.com

While many will quickly slate what they see as a "fashion"
bandwagon jumping by Vanity Fair, outlining their existence is directly connected to one of the current reasons for our eco mess: consumerism, It has to be seen that more and more people are firstly being turned onto the "eco" idea, and more so trying to do something to "help".

I'll leave last link to
- Pretty People Prefer Priuses
www.worstedwitch.com

ronan_mc — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:59:41 GMT

Wow, it looks really bad, hopefully nobody's hurt

Did you leave a cigarette lit Marten!

conor — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:48:37 GMT

shit! not a good way to finish the year...and not the first fire there either...I remember the pavilion went up in smokee not too long ago, ouch

Result!

hugo_irl — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:18:36 GMT

Well done SF - this result was a hard-fought one and deserves a hearty bout of cross border congratulation.

Free Visas to Ireland 2008

irish_sean — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:45:00 GMT

We just got news from our Dept. of Foreign Affairs that they will grant free visas to our guests to attend easa008!

not only will this be of financial benefit to our guests but the accompanying support of the Dept. will be very useful should any problems arise. they will send us an official letter which we will scan and issue to all of our guests to add to their application documents. they will obviously inform the embassies/consulates directly too.

once we receive this letter we will begin to issue our letters of invitation, along with any other important information regarding your applications.

incidentally, will all participants please ensure that their passports are valid for 6months after the date in which they plan to leave Ireland!

that's all for now. any questions/queries to sean.feeney (at) easa008 (dot) ie

Seán

odin modvalsen — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:19:16 GMT

yes, you are right.
I double checked every information available on the net about these issues and it resulted to me that our embassy is in Athens.
Can you please give me a hint about what visa category it's better to apply for ? At this step of the processing, this would be the most important information.

thanks,

Klejdi* :-)

PS. I used the name of the character of a wonderful book "Odin Modvalsen" when I signed up and have no chance to set it to my real name...

hey Odin

nevenka_mkd — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:53:50 GMT

No, there is not an Irish embassy in Skopje. The one for the Macedonian citizens is in Bratislava, so we're going to send our documents there. I think you should ask in your ministry of foreign affairs in which country's Irish embassy you should apply for visa, I think it's not just any country..

Cheers :)

hey Nevenka

odin modvalsen — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:20:46 GMT

Hello,
I think we're neighbors down here...do you have any irish embassy in skopje ? Tirana doesn't have one and to get the visa one has to apply at the closest irish embassy - I think..I mean, people here apply through the Irish Emb. in Athens - Greece.
An embassy in Skopje would be a really good reason to make a 3-day trip back in Macedonia, as I often visit there.
Where do you get your visas from ?

cheers