Cristian Chirila

Hello dear readers! Becouse today is Friday we have a section of sports and for a varied menu a bit, I thought to introduce a young tremendous boy who stunned the world by practicing chess.

"Sports Mind" - practiced for 5 years

A young man barely turned 17 managed to make the passion for chess performance. Only 7 years champion Cristian Chirila reached the age category, European vice champion at the age of 8 years.

He was twice world champion school, because in 2007 to conquer the other three titles - European champion in chess quickly the puzzles and European vice champion in category 16 years, victory in Turkey, Antalya.

Young, tenth grade student at High School Sports "Emil Racovita" is legitimized two clubs, Central Bucharest and Timisoara Luxten AEM. "Many people have the impression that chess is only nerds. It's fake. Chess is very sociable person ", warns the kid who, by his presence, demolish the myth created around chess.

Has glasses too much is not good accurate materials from school at a time even had an earring. "Paradoxically, the math is not very good. I love Romanian language and literature and foreign languages, which helps me a lot in competitions. Teachers were always understanding and appreciate what they do, "says the teenager.

A simple flu epidemic in kindergarten changed his life. "I was five years and a half and my dad said he will not send me, but that will not sit idle, but to play chess. And so I began to do workout 5-6 hours a day, "says the young champion. In fact, his father, Catalin Chirila Radu that is international chess arbiter, was his first coach.

Father - topped by a kid 13 years

"I passed on father to 13-14. He could face training and then find someone else, "says Cristian. After going through the hands of several masters, discovered Michael Acorn, who "beat me to the head often do not come in when we competitions disco" and "helped me a lot in junior world championship, especially as spoken in Every night the Messenger ".

Parties remembers demonstration that began when he was little. "When I went to the club and I was the best, even beat me, even if I win. Chess is complex and is becoming increasingly difficult, once the increase, "says Champion and do not forget to remind him a player his age, Carsten, whom he admired for his achievements.

The key to success - hard work and a little talent. "It matters tactical skills. Must deal with certain positions at first sight. Strategy and it matters a lot. I'm doing better in tactical positions and read quite a few books. There are special programs where you can see any game you want. Analyze opponent ". But that does not prevent him from feeling an empty stomach when faces a formidable opponent and a chessboard.

"Regardless of the competition, I always emotions, especially in the first game. Argue with myself when I'm wrong. If you lose a game, demoralize me, but to start over. When you play, you put enormous mental effort. After a game, I feel exhausted, and this is reflect on the body ", describes chess, his feelings.

Gari Kasparov - the desired opponent

Superstition has made its way into his life. European Championship two years ago, everything went clock. Every game went down, but on the sixth day it rained and said he does not take more chances smile. "I knew you'd lose. I stopped walking and precisely what I think happened, but I always supersitii "adds junior.

Cristian sees no future outside of chess. This year's target is to achieve as high a rating in the top ELO to consolidate its position and to carry out their dream to become an international grandmaster, especially in chess can earn quite well. Because it has an aggressive style, and would like to face their qualities with the famous Gari Kasparov. A game that promises to be full of "everywhere combinations and positions on the edge". (R. N.)

"I felt the best even if you beat me, even if I win" Cristian Chirila (chess)

Source:Gandul.info

God bless you!

Nicolae Constantin Paulescu

Hello dear readers! Is Thursday, today we are talking about a personality, but certain about Nicolae Constantin Paulescu, which deserves special praise.

Nicolae Constantin Paulescu was born on 8 November in Bucharest and died on 19 July 1931 in the capital. He was a Roman scientist, physician and physiologist, professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest, contributed to the discovery of antidiabetic hormone released depancreas, later called insulin. "Pancreine" Paulescu patented in April 1922 was an aqueous extract of bovine pancreas tissue homogenizers, partially purified by adding hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. This preparation was administered to patients Paulescu its only form of enema and has no effect on blood sugar. Insulin was extracted and purified for the first time biochimistulcanadian James B. Collip in December 1921 by treating bovine pancreatic tissue homogenizers with alcohol, ether and alcohol again. This extract has proved effective in dramatically since January 1922, when it was injected Frederick G. Banting patients laToronto General Hospital.

And ultimately who discovered insulin?

Laguesse in 1893 and Leonid V. Sobolev in 1899 suggested that the islets of Langerhans (discovered it in 1869) produce a substance that controls the metabolism of carbohydrates. [1]. This substance was called "insulin" by Belgian Jean de Meyer in 1909. In 1903 John and Thomas Fraser Rennnie tried unsuccessfully treated orally with the extract of code (which is separate islands exocrine pancreas). In 1904 they tried hypodermic injection in humans, but gave up because of side effects. In 1906, in Berlin, Georg Zuelzer applied the method pancreatic extract protein precipitation with alcohol and tested the treatment on 8 patients, finding glycosuria and ketonuria removal, but dropped again because of side effects. In 1908 Ernest Scott earned reduce urinary glucose to 3 dogs with pancreatic extract treated with alcohol. Hypoglycaemic effect of a pancreatic extract injected intravenously pancreatectomizat dog was shown by Israel S. Kleiner (1915, 1919). The effect of pancreatic extract on ketone bodies and urea (substances produced indiabetul mellitus unbalanced) has been shown Paulescu (1921). The discovery of a pancreatic extract effective in the treatment of diabetes in humans belongs to James B. Collip, who worked under the direction of John JR Macleod in Toronto in 1921.

Nicolae Constantin Paulescu was born on November 8, 1869 in Bucharest Mosilor no. 69, parents are Costache Paulescu, professional trader and Mary Paulescu (born Dan ¬ Covic). Nicholas C. Paulescu elementary school next to "Primary School boys no. 1, Color Yellow "and, in 1880, to join the" Gymnasium Michael the Brave "(School Michael the Brave), that you will graduate in 1888. Since high school years, proved a great inclination for natural sciences, physics and chemistry, as well as foreign languages, classical and modern.

Nicolae Paulescu studied medicine in Paris, since 1888, winning in 1897 with the title of Doctor of Medicine thesis Recherches sur la structure of rates (Research on the structure of the spleen). She worked in hospitals in Paris, first as a hospital outside Paris' Hôtel-Dieu "(1891-1894) in the service of Professor Etienne Lancereaux, illustrious clinician and pathologist, and then as an intern (1894-1897) or secondary medical (1897-1900) Notre Dame du Perpétuel hospital-Secours, is Assistant Professor Lancereaux and editorial secretary of the Journal de Médecine Interior. [4] In the years 1897-1898 followed and biological chemistry and physiology courses at the Faculty General of Sciences in Paris, obtaining in 1899 a PhD in Science with experimental lucrarileCercetari the respiratory movements and heart rate changes under the influence of various positions of the body and causes rapid death mechanism determinant and consequent transition from horizontal to vertical position. In 1901, the University of Paris get the second doctoral dissertation science of comparative Etude de l'action des chlorures alcalines sur la Mati Vivante (chloralkali Comparative study on the action of living matter).

In 1900 he returned home and was appointed professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine and Director of the Internal Medicine Clinic at spitalulSt. Vincent de Paul in Bucharest.

In 1902 Physiology course opens with lecture "spontaneous generation and to Darwinism in experimental method" and in 1905 three lessons you famous ("The finality in biology", "Materialism," "Soul and God") that would comprise notions volume " soul "and" God "in physiology, published in the same year and reprinted in 1944 and 1999. His conceptions antidarwiniene will determine fierce polemic with Leon and Demetrius Nicholas Voinov talks in the pages of literary magazines and Hospital.

Nicolae Paulescu developed an outstanding scientific research in the field of physiology, especially on carbohydrate metabolism, diabetes pathogenesis, the role of the pancreas in asimilitia nutritional blood clotting mechanism of sudden death was In 1906 he developed an original method for removal of pituitary gland in dogs by trans-temporal, which will then be applied to human pituitary surgery.

On July 23, 1921 session of the Society of Biology, Nicolae Paulescu shows four communication results of his research on the action of pancreatic extract in cases of diabetes, which are published in the journal Communications Company. Public Paulescu separation of antidiabetic active principle of the pancreas, which he calls the Pancreine, and the number of 31 august1921 issue of the Archives Internationales of Physiologie, magazine simultaneous appearance in France and Belgium. In 1922, Paulescu obtained from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Romania, patent no. 6255 entitled "Pancreine and or manufacturing process." In any of the publications, Nicolae Paulescu not reminiscent of similar experiments published by Israel Kleiner in 1915 and 1919.

These publications 8-10 months preceding the announcement by Fr. Herbert Grant Banting and Best Ch of Toronto (Canada) discovery of insulin. Based on an incorrect translation of the text of articles, Banting and Best denies influence results that had Professor Paulescu and said that while Paulescu pancreatic extract demonstrated efficacy in reducing the amount of urea in blood sugar or diabetic animals, he would said the injections would not take effect:

"Paulesco has recently Demonstrated reducing the effects of Whole gland extracts upon the amounts of sugar, urea and acetone in the blood and urine Bodies of diabetic animals. He states injections into peripheral veins That produces no effect and his experiments show That second injections do not produce marked Such effect as the first. '

- FG Banting & Best CH., Journal of Laboratory and Clinical medecine, 1922

Award of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine in 1923, Frederick G. Banting rewards and John Macleod [2] to demonstrate the first effective treatment for diabetes in humans.

Responding international campaign initiated by Scottish physiologist Ian Murray, Professor AWK Tiselius, vice chairman of the Nobel Foundation, recognized in 1969 in discovering the merits of Nicolae Paulescu diabetic treatment, expressing hope that "pioneering work" of Paulescu is rightly praised by international scientific bodies. In the book The Priority of N.C. Paulescu in the Discovery of Insulin, published in 1976, Professor John Paul presented documents proving the merits of Paulescu undeniable.

In 1990, Nicolae Paulescu was appointed member of the Romanian Academy posthumously.

Article today, maybe it was a little long, but definitely worth it.

God bless you!

Parliament Palace - part II

Hello dear readers and lovers of Romania country, without much ado, today we continue, as we established last week by presenting Parliament Palace.

Entry September 13

Comprises a large hall, flanked by columns carved in marble, monumental staircase leads connected to the floor, the staircase is open to all levels, creating a spectacular space.

Above the stairs you can see a dome made of blue glass and a chandelier. Scale, what would a copy of the Winter Palace - Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, is 30 m high and 27 m wide and lead to the presidential office, the Senate President's office today. Inside the hall, symmetrical front entry, there are two reception rooms.

The originality of the entry hall ceiling consists of ground which is reflected as in a mirror set in the ground, a mosaic inspired by the one found at Histria and reminiscent of ancient Greek colonies present on our territory.

Human Rights Room

The hall has an area of ​​625 square meters and is the room where the meetings were to keep the Executive Political Committee of the former regime.

The room is completely paneled with oak, colored in different shades.

The rooms feature module consists of two pillars of oak, which is repeated every 6 m along the entire perimeter of the room, Italian Renaissance architectural element encountered. On the outer side frames are 5 windows with wood carvings strongly marked.

An additional element in this room are mirrors patinated plaster, stucco ornaments.

The ceiling is richly decorated with stucco elements framed by a square consists of a series of wooden boxes, each having one cover.

Monumental chandelier, crystal Medias, the second largest building (about 2 tons) and circular table (oak with cherry wood layouts) is a unit in this space. The wood used here is the origin of native oak, stained in different shades. This hall architect introduced the revival style, sandwiching the traditional artistic elements of Romanian architecture. Escutcheons and handles, as well as cache radiators are made by artists by architects drawings.

Background is different from the rest of the treatment room decorative panels with fully paneled and carved wood that was to put the map of Romania.

Respect carpet in this room decor oak colored in different shades and chandelier model.

All rugs were made from wool Cisnadie in small pieces and then assembled (sewn) in each room, according to the size of the room.

Besides the present 60 seats around the table, perfectly identical, made of oak and velvet upholstery, ought to exist one: a chair with upholstery made of gold and silver to dominate the other, located in May than the others, which ought to be the president, the right wall that was supposed to support and country map.

Hall of Fame and lobby Official Added

It is a long corridor of 150 m and 18 m wide, with sliding doors oak three distinct areas, with crystal glass, metal frame built.

Gallery leads to the key areas of buildings. It is located in the east side of the building, opening to Union Square. This space began to take shape through a competitive proposal finish, this materialize by presenting models of scale 1/21 the natural size on site.

As a finish, stucco ceilings are made of plaster, with floral elements, with the elements of architecture inspired the Brancoveanu.

Floor of the center is conceived as a large carpet with beige marble and deer, and a decorative border, composition composition in which, besides the white marble and the Ruschita beige suede, getting into and chewing and Moneasa carbon black.

Then the 34 columns supporting the arches are of octagonal shape and is made of white marble carved decorative elements. This has been used Ruschita pink marble.

Gallery is naturally illuminated by 14 windows and doors windows. Enlightenment is completed and 67 crystal chandeliers. Her decor takes on each side of the Gallery of Honour in Parliament House Plan Zone 1.

An interesting element is the two sliding doors separating the three sections. These doors are made of oak wood on steel frame with glass crystal with applied wood decoration. Radiator niches which masks masks are made of brass with floral elements, with all Brancoveanu style as a source of inspiration for artists performed. The lamps are made of brass and crystal Medias.

Curtains and carpets are made in shades of red siena English.

This gallery official entry crosses (C4) from Unirii Boulevard.

Here are the two monumental stairs, each with one high window of 16 m, covered with drapes that are washed by hand, each weighing about 250 kg. This part of the Palace (both Hall of Fame and stairs) was rebuilt more than five times due to Ceausescu's desire to see work performed on a 1:1 scale models. The stairs have a height of only 14-16 cm steps, specially ordered to match the low height of the driver, who did not want to get tired climbing. They drive on the 1st floor of the Palace, where the AI ​​Cuza room, meeting room plenary of the Chamber of Deputies, etc..

If you're wondering why I did not insert images in this article, the reason is trivial. I try to evoke interest to visit it. God bless you!

Dobrogea Plateau

Hello and welcome for a new presentation of geography of Romania. Today we will talk about Dobrogea Plateau.

Of geological, rock components give the area the nickname Dobrogea mountains. It has a height of only 467 m on top of Greeks (Tutuiatul). Orogenesis that generated the Dobrogea mountains Hercynic (Devonian / Permian) in the north and Caledonian (Cambrian / Silurian) in the center. Height is generally low due to exogenous processes that have acted by eroding material constituent of rocks, exposing present atmospheric (surface) when rocks were forming at the base of the mountain chain (Greek borders). Of geographic range of heights in Dobruja Mountains are quartered make classification of geographically the plateau, which is situated between the Danube valley in the west and Black Sea in the north and east, is the only large extra-Carpathian unit, with aflorate oldest geological and morphological structures in Romania. On the surface, the oldest rocks are Proterozoic in Plateau Casimcei green schists, with over 600 million years old. The foundation of South Dobrogea there oldest rocks identified in wells and covered Paleozoic sedimentary layers present, Mesozoic and Neozoic that have a much higher age (1.6 billion years).

Dobrogea Plateau appears as a relatively rigid plateau formed on ancient rocks (shale green borders) and Mesozoic sedimentary deposits Neozoic strongly eroded by the action of exogenous long, with a mild relief, slightly wavy and relatively low altitude (200 -300m). The northern part is higher, sometimes reaching to 350-400 m to 467 m but the highest peak (peak Greeks Macin Mountains). The south is under 200m (maximum altitude is 204 m in Plateau Deliorman). In terms of tectonic, Dobrogea Plateau belong to different Microplate: in the north, the Black Sea microplate located in a subduction process (along a Benioff plane) in the Curvature Carpathians and the Moesian microplate south (including the foundation of the Romanian Plain and Dobrogea South). There landforms associated influenced by petrography and structure: a relief "granitic" train debris and steep in Macin Mountains ancient eroded peneplain preserved on the surface of green shale, small karst forms on Jurassic limestones, waving large structural surfaces adapted Neozoic formations of South Dobrogea. There are also north (Macin Mountains, Hills Tulcea and Babadag), a set of forms of sedimentation (inselberguri, aprons erosion) and the substrate loess forms of settlement and sufoziune.

Dobrogea Plateau are the main subdivisions of the North Dobrogea Massif and South Dobrogea Plateau, separated by Harsova-Capu Midia line. North Dobrogea Massif is taller, with a varied relief and a general inclination from the Danube to the sea. Consists of Macin Mountains (also known as the Pricopan) Peak Niculitel Tulcea Hills (continue with porch Agighiol) Nalbant Depression, Babadag (stretched from the Danube to the Black Sea, with maximum altitude of 401m), Plateau Casimcei consisting of green shale (the maximum altitude 325m), continued Hamangia porch, Jurassic limestones intersected by a small river Casimcea generated complex karst (caves from the mouth of Dobrogea and "key" Dobrogea). Sometimes Casimcei Plateau is considered a separate major subdivision of Dobrogea, the same rank with the other two and called Central Dobrogea. South Dobrogea Plateau is lower (below 200m), is widely curly after Sarmatian limestone folds and tilts from the sea to the Danube. Have a strong endorheic valleys. South-west, with maximum altitudes of 204m, generically called "Deliorman" (continuing into Bulgaria). Subdivisions are high littoral zone, Medgidia Plateau (Valley of Carasu) Negru Voda and Plateau Plateau Oltina changed into.

Not too much, not too little. God bless you!

Family

Hello dear readers! It's Sunday, so today we'll focus a little attention to God's institutions.

We therefore speak today about the importance of family. Although the view of many, is the Church is the supreme institution where people can approach God, but the reality is not like this: the family is actually highest in rank and also the oldest. And as an idea, you can even start thinking about the world, at a time when on the Earth only Adam and Eve lived. They were there a particular place where you talk to God? No! They had only each other and living God-centered and of course they were sinless and easier, obviously, to have so close a connection with the Lord. But the bottom line is that they did not have to follow a particular program, but to love God and the one with whom he lives.

In other words, considering the fact that God loved them both much, they both loving Creator, Adam loved Eve and Eve loved Adam, we can imagine a kind of love triangle in which each side is of double direction of travel. But that was then! Now, however, families have more members and everyone has to love everyone else and everyone to live God-centered. Thus we could imagine so, but that is a diamond that have drawn including its diagonals. And again, all sides and diagonals have two-way scroll.

So, the family is the most important place where everyone has to grow and develop in love and harmony, centered on God.

I hope you enjoyed reading these few lines. God bless you!

Polo in Romania

Hello dear readers! Today I will present you an article that I just got over it because is very beautiful and is drawn directly from the appropriate source.

How and when playing polo appeared in our country? Quite late, compared to other countries in Central, or West of our continent, about the end of the third decade. First form of entertainment (and entertainment) of swimmers at the end of training or competitions. Pull the two gates in water immediately appear a leather ball, similar to that used by players and teams made up on the spot. By 1931 - Romanian Swimming Federation was established on 21 December 1930 - may not be an organized activity.polo

Exists today in Romania old specialists say that the first European Championship Polo organized in 1926, in Budapest, was present and selected our country. Consulting all official documents to premiere this competition, I found confirmation required. Only in the press of the time in 1928 I could meet a note about the first official game, which opposed selectionatele Oradea and Cluj and ended indecisively: 3-3. A year later, in Cluj, was held the first match between two club teams: University-MSE Tg. Mures 8-6. And in 1930, the same band of students simply blow Cluj - 12-1 (6-0) - a team of TCR Bucharest -'s.

Bucharest, Oradea, Cluj, Tg. Mures Timisoara - these were cities that occurred first polo team, composed mostly of swimmers. In 1932, Cluj University met again on MSE Tg. Mures, defeating 4-1.

A sports Almanac 1933 National Championships reminds us conduct swimming (swimming, water polo and diving) to Kisseleff (from the road) in Bucharest, on days 3,4 and 5 September. Polo, the winner was awarded a trophy called "FA Cup". The first day: M.S.E. Tg. P.T.T Mures. Bucharest 4-1 (3-1) and ILSA C.F.R Timisoara. Bucharest 6-1 (2-0). Surprisingly, sport game with student, university Cluj had not! The next day was the sport among the students in the match with poloistii forfaiteze Mures. So the final opposite the last day of competition on MSE Tg. Mures and ILSA. Timisoara were players techniques, but slower and could not oppose vigorous poloisti Mures, 4-0 winners (2-0). At M.S.E. then played Szigyarto, Vance, Schwartz, Henselman, Kovacs, Muller and Daroczi that I could meet and swim among the protagonists races and colors ILSA, they were machines Bader, Molnar, Chefer, Ravasz, Fischer, Lustig and Freund. Finally reissued the following year Muresenilor success (3-2) were obtained at the end of a fierce battle.

Source: Federatia Romana de Polo

Ready! Maybe we cand do ome sport today! God bless you!

I.C. Bratianu

Hello dear readers! Today is a beautiful Thursday and as as you probably used to know we’ll an overview of a personality this day.

IC Bratianu was born in Pitesti on June 2, 1821 and died in flower village in Arges County on May 16, 1891. He was a Roman politician, brother of Dumitru C. Bratianu. He attended primary school in Pitesti having as teacher Nicholas Simonida. He joined the Wallachian army in 1838 and visited Paris to study. Returned to Wallachia and took part, along with his friend, CA Rosetti and other prominent politicians, the Romanian uprising of 1848, the prefect of police in the provisional government of that year.

After restoring Russian and Ottoman, shortly afterward, moved into exile, fleeing to Paris, the French wanted to influence public opinion in favor of the proposed union and autonomy Danubian principalities.

He was initiated into Freemasonry as a brother, Dumitru Bratianu in 1846 in Paris Athenaeum Lodge stranger, then Rose Lodge affiliates perfect silence that is granted on 14 July 1847, Master degree. In 1848 he affiliated Brotherhood Lodge Bucharest, then return to Paris, where he will be arrested after a few years to participate in the attack against Napoleon III. Returns to Bucharest and founded in 1857, together with other brothers and they return from exile, Lodge Star of Danube. [1]

During the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859-1866), Bratianu was a prominent liberal leader. He attended the deposition of Cuza in1866 and the choice of Prince Carol of Romania, whose reign had several ministerial appointments over the next four years. He was arrested for complicity in the revolution of 1870, but released shortly.

In 1876, aided by Constantin A. Rosetti, formed a Liberal cabinet, which remained in power until 1888, the Minister during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, the Congress of Berlin, forming the Roman Kingdom, the revision of the constitution and other reforms .

After 1883, Bratianu was the only leader of the Liberals, with the help of CA Rosetti friend and political ally of and for nearly forty years.

Apart from being a Romanian politician during the critical years 1876-1888, was a writer IC Bratianu. His political pamphlets in French: Memoire sur l'empire d'Autriche dance in question d'Orient (1855), Reflexions sur la situation (1856), Memoire sur la situation from Le Trait depuis Moldavie of Paris (1857) and The Question religieuse en Roumanie (1866) were well received in Paris.

He had eight children with Bratianu Market: flowers, missing only three years, Sabina (1863-1941, married to Dr. Constantin Cantacuzino), John (1864-1927, five times Prime Minister's largest and politician Romanian state), Constantin (1867-1950, civil engineer and agronomist, the last president of PNL), Vintila (1867-1930, Prime Minister, Mayor of the Capital modernizer, Mary (1868-1945, poet Ion Pillat mother), Tatiana (1870-1940) and Pia (1872-1946, married Alimanesteanu).

I expect youtomorrow too to present you an article in the sports world.

God bless you!

Parliament Palace

Hello dear readers! As I promised I will present you today a very important momnument for Romania! Therefore talk about Parliament Palace, or as it is also called as House of People.

Parliament Palace in Bucharest, Romania, measuring 270m by 240m, 86m high and 92m below ground. It has 12 levels and another 8 ground surface. According to the World Records Academy, Parliament House is the largest civilian administrative building for use as a surface in the world, most expensive administrative building in the world and the heaviest building in the world, going three times in Guinness World Records. Parliament House building is situated in the central part of the city (sector 5), the place that today is called Arsenal Hill, surrounded by Spring Street to the west and northwest, UN Avenue north of Liberty Avenue to the east and Route 13 September in the south. It is 10 minutes away from Unirii Square and 20 minutes from North Station (bus 123).

Hill where today is the Palace of Parliament is generally a creation of nature, with an initial height of 18 m, but Liberty Avenue side is raised artificially.

After the earthquake of March 4, 1977, Nicolae Ceausescu sought a site to develop a very large investment. He took the idea of ​​King Charles II in 1935, whose project was provided in the Chamber of Deputies on Arsenal Hill building. This project was designed by the greatest architects of the time. In 1938 he announced the start of demolition in order to open this pin. World War II came and things remained only on paper until 1983, when he started building the Parliament House, the official ceremony took place fundamental stone of the settlement on June 25, 1984.

The building has a usable area of ​​330,000 m², joined in "Guinness World Records" under "Administrative Buildings" at # 2 in the world after the Pentagon, and in terms of volume of 2,550,000 m³ of his people, 3rd in the world after the missile assembly building space from Cape Canaveral in Florida and Quetzalcoatl Pyramid in Mexico. For comparison it may be mentioned that the building exceeds 2% volume of Cheops pyramid in Egypt, and therefore some sources characterizes as one "Pharaoh".

Began during the Communist regime (calling themselves "Golden Age" of Romania and violently removed by the Revolution of 1989), the so-called Project Bucharest was an ambitious project of Ceausescu began in 1978 as a replica of the city Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. A project of systematization existed since the 30s (the time of Charles II) for the Union - Arsenal Hill.

After the earthquake of 1977 Nicolae Ceausescu ordered the "reconstruction" of Bucharest as a new town by itself. In the years 1978-79 there was a national competition for rebuilding city. The contest lasted nearly four years and was won by Anca Petrescu, a young architect only 28 years old, who was named chief architect of this project exceptionally controversial.

The yard itself began in 1980 with the demolition of over 7 km ² in the old city center and the relocation of over 40,000 people in this area. Of missing buildings include Vacaresti Monastery, Brancovenesc Hospital, National Archives, Republic Stadium, etc.. The works were made with forced labor conscripts, and the cost was minimized.

This project of reconstruction of the city, contained a number of buildings such as Parliament House - House Republic, Ministry of Defence, Radio House, Marriott Hotel - Guest House, House of the Romanian Academy, Spring Park and Union Boulevard - Victory of Socialism.

In 1989 the building costs were estimated at U.S. $ 1.75 billion, and in 2006 to 3 billion.

There are three vertical registers, which correspond also the distinct functional areas.

The building has about 1,000 rooms, 440 offices, over 30 halls and rooms, four restaurants, three libraries, two underground parking, a concert hall.

Name halls and salons of Palace of Parliament were elected after 1989, evoking events in the history of the Romanian people and personalities known worldwide.

Most are related to Roman aspiration for unification and the history of parliamentarianism in Romania.

I propose you to continue in the next 2-3 Wednesday with the presentation of the most important rooms of this magnificent monument.

God bless you!

Eastern Carpathians

Hello dear readers! A new day on Tuesday, we have a new geographical presentation, this time closer to what we learn in school.

Eastern Carpathians mountain is one of the major segments of the Carpathian Mountains, and is in Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland. Just as the name indicates, Eastern Carpathians are found in the eastern part of the mountain chain, featuring a wide variety of rocks, aspects geophysical, geological and morphological heights, afforestation, flora and fauna.

Are within the limits:

North: Subcarpatii Beskizi in Poland

Eastern Plateau Subcarpatii Beskizi in Ukraine and Moldova Moldova Subcarpatii

West: Color Michalovce-Nowy Sącz-Tarnów, Depression hills of Transylvania (DCT), West Hills West Plains

South Subcarpatii of curvature and Prahova Valley

Between these limits, have a number of features of the landscape which distinguishes them from other branches Carpathian such as:

values ​​are medium altitudes, maximum heights exceeding 2000 m (Rodna Mountains and Calimani) or close to this altitude (Ciucas Mountains, Maramures Mountains and Ceahlau)

have parallel ridges, oriented NW-SE direction (north and center) or "curved" (in the south)

consist of three parallel stripes reflect geological structure of the substrate:

a) in the west there is a line of volcanic mountains

b) in center, mountains made of hard rocks (predominantly crystalline schists)

c) in the east and south, mountains made of folded sedimentary rocks (called "flysch" = specific geological formation, composed of folded sedimentary layers)

are fragmented by numerous depressions (some very large, such as Brasov and Maramures), valleys and passes

have various forms of relief, such as volcanic landscape (with craters, cones and dishes), especially in Calimani, Gurghiului and Harghita glacial relief (Rodna Mountains), a specific relief due to rocks (especially in massive Ceahlau and Ciucas )

karst caves and gorges in the Curvature Carpathians

In the Eastern Carpathians are three major groups of mountains:

Maramures and Bukovina Carpathians, or northern group

Moldova Carpathians Transylvania or station group

Curvature Carpathians or southern group

North Eastern Carpathians group includes the following subdivisions: Mountain Oas, Gutai Mountains, Tibles, Maramures Mountains, Mountains Suhard, Bargau Mountains, Rodna Mountains with the highest peak here, Pietrosu 2303 m, Oas River Basin Tour, Maramures Depression on rivers Tisa, Iza and Viseu, in Bistrita Dorna Depression Depression liceale on Moldova, Prislop 1416 m, Şetref Pass, Tihuta Step, Step Mestecanis.

In Group Centre are: Calimani pointing Pietrosu of 2100 m, Gurghiului Mountains, Harghita Mountains, Mountains Ciomatu, Giurgeu, Hasmas Mountains, Mountains Ciuc Nemira Mountains, Mountains Bistrita Ceahlau Mountains, Mountains pen, Stanisoara Mountains, Mountains Gosmanu, Berzunti Mountains, Olt River Ciuc Depression, Depression Giurgeu river Mures River Basin Comanesti Trotus, Mures Spring Step, Step Bucin, Oituz Step, Step Tusnad.

In the southern group are Intorsurii Mountains, Mountains Bretcu, Barsa Mountains and Piatra Mare trained in Postavaru, Vrancea Mountains Buzau Mountains formed from Penteleu Siriu Podu Horse, Ciucas Mountains, Baiu Mountains, Brasov Depression Olt rivers and Black River, Depression Intorsura Buzau Buzau River, Step Predeal Bratocea, Step Oituz.

Tomorrow we'll talk about a representative momument for Romania.

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Geto-Dacians and Romans - Summary

Hello dear readers! As I said last week, today we have the summary study of peoples that formed the Romanian people. And for not filling you up to much with this, I will be sort enough but concise too.

Therefore speak primarily Geto-Dacians who ruled the land of present-day Romania and even more with the borders the Black Sea to the east Bug, Quadrilateral Bohemia and Moravia Danube Basin to the west, north and Mount Wooded Carpathians Haemus (chain Balkan) south. They were organized into tribes until the formation of Dacia under Burebista kingdom with its capital located at Sarmizegetusa. Like most ancient peoples and Geto-Dacian people had a polytheistic religion and the supreme deity was Zamolxis. With sufficient natural resources, Geto-Dacian people grew well in economically and militarily, the d feared even the Roman Empire.

The Romans, however, could not allow the existence of another nation with which to divide the world, so after two military campaigns in force (101-102 and 105-106) carried out under the command of Emperor Trajan succeeded in defeating and submit people Geto- DAC.

Then came the inevitable Roman rule. Even if it occupies a relatively short period (107 - 271/276), Dacia province was perhaps the most intense colonization by people from all the provinces of the empire. Clearly, under this employment, Romans imposed administrative law, Latin and Roman culture they brought with them, leaving little place for keeping Dacian heritage.

Faced with the grave situation in the provinces of Spain and Gaul, which separated from the Roman Empire and proclaimed their a king Celtic and Balkan provinces devastated by the Goths, Teutons Carpi other, Aurelian (270-275) and the remaining troops withdrew administration former province of Dacia Traiana, and Roman citizens settled south of the Danube in Moesia, Dacia creating Aureliana, then divided Ripensis Dacia, near the Danube, the capital Ratiaria (now Arcear in Bulgaria) and Dacia Mediterranea, with its capital at Serdica (now Sofia, capital of Bulgaria). Thus was the first Roman province Dacia abandoned, and perhaps the first step towards dismantling the Roman Empire.

Although the Romans withdrew, their legacy remains and thus was born the Romanian people.

And here's how we finally managed to finish and this chapter.

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Pray for people in your country

Hello! Today I will bring you no message, just a simple free: pray for people in your country, because God tells us like this and we are now in a political campaign and should not leave everything to chance by itself.

Have a good and blessed day!

Ion Tiriac

Hello dear readers! I thought since we talked some time ago about Ilie Nastase, now would be correct to have a few words about his colleague.

Ion Tiriac, born on 9 May 1939 in Braşov, is a former Romanian professional tennis player, hockey player and now an influential businessman in Germany and Romania.

Tiriac, who lost his father at the age of ten, he lived on the same street and worked in the same factory with Günther Bosch.

Between 1958 and 1964 he was a member of the ice hockey team of Romania, who attended the Innsbruck Winter Olympics and World Championships.

In 1970, together with Ilie Nastase won the tournament in Roland Garros. His talent on the field materialized especially in doubles, winning with Ilie Nastase, outside of Roland Garros, many other tournaments like Foro Italico, Philadelphia Indoor Open (1970) Monte Carlo Open, Sweden Open, Italian Open and Canadian Open ( 1972), Arymehr Cup (1977), with Guillermo Villas at Baltimore International and Nice International (1977), Volvo International (1979) and, along with Adriano PANATTA, World Championship Tennis, Sao Paolo (1974). Tiriac was a component of Romania's Davis Cup team between 1959 and 1978, disputing three finals, with the U.S. in 1969, 1970 and 1972, all three having as partner Ilie Nastase.

From 1984 to 1993 he was manager of Boris Becker, world-class tennis player.

Ion Tiriac is the owner license tennis tournament "BCR Open Romania" in 1996. The tenth edition of the tournament (held in September 2005) offered prizes worth 302,000 euros. Winner Trophy competition, Florent Serra received a check worth 44,100 euros.

Between 1998 - 2004 he held the position of President of the Romanian Olympic Committee.

Ion Tiriac is also one of the richest Romanians, the owner of a large number of companies in the banking, automotive and transport. It is the first novel that came into the Forbes list of world billionaires is ranked as having a personal fortune of around $ 1.1 billion in March 2007. In November 2007, Capital magazine estimated his fortune Ion Tiriac from 2.2 to 2.4 billion dollars.

Tiriac was married between 1963 and 1965 by Erika Braedt, handball player. Has children Mikette von Issenberg (model, mother of Ion Tiriac jr.) And Sophie Ayad (journalist, two children, Michael and John Natalia Karim).

Well this is it, in short.

God bless you!

Pantelimon Halippa

Hello dear readers! Today I will present you an important personality in Romania. It is almost imposible to find somebody in Romania and more especially in Bucharest who don’t heard the name Pantelimon. But how many of you know about Pantelimon Halippa?

Pantelimon Halippa or Pan Halippa was born on 1 august 1883 in Cubolta, Soroca County and died 30 April 1979 in Bucharest. He was a Bessarabian Romanian journalist and politician, one of the leading campaigners for the affirmation of the Romanian spirit for uniting the provinces of Bessarabia and Romania. He was president of the Country's Council who voted the union in 1918. He served on the minister in various governments. It was politically persecuted and imprisoned by the communist regime in Sighet. Excluded member of the Romanian Academy in 1948, reinstated in 1990.

He attended primary school in his native village in Cubolta, and courses School Edinet Spiritual and Theological Seminary in Chisinau. After graduating from seminary in 1904, he enrolled at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia). A year later Halippa Revolution broke and was forced to quit studies. Back to Chisinau, approached the young Romanian intellectuals, working to "magazine Bessarabia", the first Romanian publication of the era in which the printed pages revolutionary anthem Wake up, Romanian, for which he was pursued by tsarist authorities.

Took refuge in Iaşi and joined the faculty of letters and philosophy, whose lectures he attended between 1908 and 1912. During this period he worked at "Romanian Life" in which he published "Letters from Bessarabia". In 1908 he printed in Chisinau, in Cyrillic, "Proverbs and novels", the first book of literary Bessarabia, and in 1912 his "Bessarabia geographical sketch". Returned to Chisinau in 1913, published together with Nicolae Vasile Alexandri and with Stroescu newspaper "Moldovan Word", whose director was. In his writings, Halippa not ceased to fight for the unification of Bessarabia with Romania.

Political activity intensified, and in 1917 established the Moldavian National Party. 1918 found the Halippa the forefront of current pro-union, for which he was elected vice-president, then president of the Country's Council, adding that the March 27, 1918, voted unification of Bessarabia with Romania. He attended meetings of the Chernivtsi and Alba-Iulia that proclaimed the union of Bukovina and, respectively, of Transylvania with Romania.

After 1918 he held several positions: Minister, State Secretary for Bessarabian (1919-1920), Minister of Public Works (1927), Minister of Public Works and Communications (1930), Minister ad interim at the Ministries of Labour, Health and Care Social (1930), secretary of state (1928-1930, 1932, 1932-1933), Senator and Member of Parliament (1918-1934), constantly seeking cultural advancement of Bessarabia.

In 1923 became a member emeritus of the Sovereign Sanctuary of Romania and in the same year, on December 29, represent Freedom Lodge in Chisinau, the annual convention of the National Grand Lodge of Romania (MLNR). In 1925 he was part of the Commission's external relations MLNR. He also acted as guarantor of friendship in our country's Supreme Council 33rd Degree of Santo Domingo. [1]

Halippa Panteleimon founded the Popular University of Moldova (1917), the Conservatory Moldavian writer and journalist Bessarabian Society, the Society of Publisher and Bookstore "Star" in Chişinău (1940). In 1932 he edited and led magazine "Life Bessarabia" and eponymous daily newspaper.

In 1950 he was arrested and jailed without trial, in Sighet, two years after being handed over to the NKVD, led to Chisinau, tried and sentenced to 25 years of forced labor in Siberia. It was moved to the Aiud prison where he was held until 1957. He died at 95 years in Bucharest, in the house on Al. Donici no. 32.

He wrote over 280 poems, articles, sketches, translations, memoirs, managing to edit in life only one volume fallow Flowers (1921, Iaşi), prefaced by Sadoveanu. He also wrote several historical studies: Bessarabia doprisoedineniâ k Rossii (1914), Bessarabia under Emperor Alexander I (1812-1825), Hasdeu "(1939). And published posthumously in "Heritage" in Chisinau Story of My Life (1990) and a volume of journalism (2001). In collaboration has also signed the book for posterity Testament (1991). Corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (1918). Excluded in 1948 Halippa was reinstated in 1990 as a member of the Romanian Academy.

That's it for today. Have a good and blessed day!

Mogosoaia Palace

Hello dear readers! Even if it's cold and cloudy outside (in Bucharest, Romania),it does not means we can not still enjoy a short reading, but even the contrary. Today I will present you in few lines Mogosoaia Palace, following a suggestion received from a close person.

Mogosoaia Palace is a historical building in town Mogosoaia, Ilfov County, Romania, located about 15 km from the city center. The complex contains the actual building, its courtyard with the watchtower, cuhnia (kitchen), guest house, glaciers and Bibescu family tomb and the church "St. George" located near the courtyard walls. Palace widow named Mogos squire who owned the land on which it was built.

Mogosoaia Palace Brancoveanu was in possession of the family for about 120 years, then going Bibescu family owned.

And to solve a little problem of the history of this palace, it was built in 1702 by Romanian Constantin Brancoveanu Renaissance architectural style (or style Brancoveanu), a combination of Venetian elements with elements Ottoman style previously used and at another palace built by the ruler to Potlogi.

After 1714, when Constantin Brancoveanu was executed in Constantinople with his entire family, all family property was confiscated by the Ottomans and the palace was turned into an inn. Stephan redeemed Cantacuzino He then returned money Constantin Brancoveanu great grandson Prince, and remained in possession of the family until the early nineteenth century.

The palace was devastated by the Ottomans in the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-1774, because big money Brancoveanu Nicholas had held the Russians in conflict. A new palace destruction took place during the revolution of 1821 when the last descendant of Brancoveanu, Gregory Brancoveanu ran in Brasov and the building was occupied by dolphins. After Gregory's death in 1832, the palace remained legacy his adoptive daughter, Zoe Mavrocordat and, through her marriage to Prince George Bibesco passed his family and was renovated between 1860-1880 by Nicholas Bibescu, who built the family tomb palace park and nearby villa Elchingen. The palace was still family run Bibescu which, however, moved to the new villa and the old building remained uninhabited. It until 1911, when Mary-Nicole Darvari palace has sold her cousin George-Valentin Bibescu, who gave as wedding gift to his wife, Martha.

Bibescu Martha was busy renovating the palace since 1912. During World War I, renovation work were other damages suffered brake from German bombing. During the German occupation of the city and southern Romania, Princess Martha Bibescu remained in the capital, dealing the Queen Mary Hospital and lived for a while in the palace.

Returned home after starting in London, accused of collaborating with the Germans, Martha Bibescu renovation work resumed after 1920, spending much of his wealth gathered from books he wrote. The palace was reinaugurat so, in 1927, some interior work continued, however, until 1935.

During the Second World War, the palace was allied diplomats meeting place of being, for a few months rent Swiss legation in Romania. After March 6, 1945, the estate was nationalized by the communist government forced Martha Bibescu obtaining from the authorities declared a historical monument of the palace, which I still owned. Princess left the country permanently but in September 1945, leaving the palace his daughter Valentina and her husband, Demetrius Ghika-Comanesti.

In 1949, the palace was also nationalized, Valentina and Dimitrie Ghika-Comanesti being arrested. Until 1957, the building was destroyed and robbed, art collections being stolen and dismantled. Only in 1957 the palace became the seat of feudal division of the National Art Museum, the restored since 1977.

Currently holds Mogosoaia Palace Art Museum Brancoveneasca and is a major tourist attraction.

The main building of the complex is Mogosoaia Palace built by Constantin Brancoveanu, with princely family apartments on the first floor, which leads directly outside the yard on a scale that gives a front balcony located. The ground floor contains the palace servants' rooms and the basement is a basement with a ceiling of four domes. Facade of the lake is also a particular one inspired a Venetian loggia with three arches.

Cuhnia (kitchen Brancoveanu) is in the palace courtyard, with four ventilation towers. Tower guards the entrance gate to the yard. In it can climb a ladder outside. Both gate tower, and was restored by Martha cuhnia Bibescu between 1922 and 1930.

George Chapel Bibescu houses built after 1880 Bibescu family tombs, including Prince Michael and George Basarab-Brancoveanu, airmen killed during the Second World War.

Mogosoaia greenhouses were built after 1890 by French architects and are still used for growing flowers as art education workshop for children.

Glacier in summer served to store ice brought from Lake Mogosoaia nearby.

The church "St. George" is outside the palace walls, near the gate tower. Founded by Constantin Brancoveanu and finished in 1688, shortly before its founder to become ruler, it houses the tomb of George-Valentin Bibescu and votive painting what is Constantin Brancoveanu and four sons.

I stretched a little bit in this article, but I think it was worth it. Do you agree?

God bless you!

Cernavoda Nuclear Power

Hello! Today is Tuesday, we have the geographical studies in general. But we all know how well that goes hand in hand with geography, tourism, economics and other sciences, I will present Nuclear Central of Cernavoda, because recently appeared at least interesting information.

Cernavoda Nuclear Power is the only such center in Romania.

At present, units I and II, which together produce about 18% of electricity consumption in the country.

The initial plan, dating from the early 1980s, includes the construction of five units. Unit I was completed in 1996, has a power output of 706 MW installed annually produces about 5 TWh. Unit II was started on May 6, 2007, connected to the national power grid on 7 august and functioning normally in September 2007.

Nuclear reactors at Cernavoda uses Canadian CANDU known acronym. Heavy water is used as moderator, is produced in ROMAG PROD Drobeta Turnu Severin.

In very exceptional cases, when the Danube falls well and cooling water can not be pumped cooling, reactors must be stopped. This happened, for example, in August-September 2003, when the plant was shut for three weeks.

To achieve Units 3 and 4 at Cernavoda was chosen model of Companies Projects in partnership between the Romanian state and private investors through Nuclearelectrica. The six investors who submitted offers and were selected initially are: Arcelor Mittal Romania will hold 6.2 stake in the future companies CEZ Czech Republic - 9.15%, ENEL Italy - 9.15%, GDF Suez - 9 , 15%, Iberdrola Spain - 6.2% and RWE of Germany - 9.15%, while the Romanian state owns 51% of actiuni.In following the withdrawal GDF Suez, Iberdrola, CEZ Group and RWE Germany currently holds the Romanian state ( October 2011) 84.65% stake in SNN. The project company called EnergoNuclear was founded in March 2009 and the second unit is expected to be commissioned in 2015-2016.

But now aside figures and other economic data, it appears that the plant management decided to  start "Open door program" which obviously gives a character Cernavoda city tour and especially nuclear power. This program is done in order to prove the safety of the plant, wanting to achieve special holes for radioactive waste storage. Obviously, in order to be executed the consent of that building community and this is precisely allow for tourist visits,to demonstrate that there are no problems and that there is no risk of radioactive contamination. Also, although currently it is just a paper project, construction of terraces is desired. If it seems interesting, but should keep in mind that it is forbidden to take photos or videos.

Enough for today. I hope I have sparked your interest.

God bless you!

Roman retire

Hello dear readers! Today, in the beginning of a new week we again have part of a history lesson, more specific about Roman retire from Dacia.

Roman rule the province was difficult, some historians claiming that the Roman Dacia there was no year without conflicts with neighboring tribes not subject to Rome. It is said that Hadrian, aware of the difficulty of maintaining, thought about abandoning the province, but what made him give up the thought was definitely Roman colonists of that region.

Since 234, a series of events weaken the power of Rome. Legions of Pannonia proclaimed its own king, Maximinus Thrax in 236 (the first Roman Emperor barbarian origin) is in continuous wars Dacians and Sarmatians, eventually being killed by their own troops, between 238 to 251 Goths and Carpi undertake a campaign devastating raids on Roman province of Dacia and Moesia, besieging cities located deep in the Balkans and destabilizing the Roman Empire - the first Roman emperor Decius is dying on the battlefield. Romans during the reign of Gallienus Dacia lose control in front of the Goths and Carpi, except for fortifications between Timis river and the Danube. Not know the details of the situation in the province of Dacia, just a statement of Rufius Festus' during Emperor Gallienus Dacia was lost "and stop sudden inscriptions and coins of Dacia in 256 novels attest disintegration Roman administration in the province of Dacia.

Goth historian Jordanes in his work of 551 Getica (sending Actibusque Getarum) describes them as descendants of the Getae Goths Burebista and Deceneus This is explained by some historians with phonetic approximation of the two words.

Faced with the serious situation in the provinces of Spain and Gaul, which had seceded from the Roman Empire and proclaimed their a king Celtic and Balkan provinces devastated by the Goths, Teutons Carpi and other, Aurelian (270-275) and the remaining troops withdrew administration former province of Dacia Traiana, and established Roman citizens south of the Danube in Moesia, Dacia creating Aureliana (Dacia Aurelian), then divided Ripensis Dacia, near the Danube, the capital Ratiaria (now Arcear in Bulgaria) and Dacia Mediterranea, with its capital at Serdica (now Sofia, capital of Bulgaria).

Thus was the first province Roman Dacia abandoned, and perhaps the first step towards dismantling the Roman Empire.

After retire, Roman territories were part of the former province of Dacia Visigoth kingdom. In the fourth century, they were expelled to western Europe European Hun invasions. In 332, Emperor Constantine initiated construction of Danube Bridge linking the Eastern Roman Empire of ancient Dacia, and a campaign has awarded the title of dacicus. Probably one of the last mention in documents of "if" belong to the Greek historian Zosimos, who in the fifth century mentions a tribe called him "carpo-Dacians" tribe defeated the Byzantine Empire.

And here we arrived at the end with study of antiquity, following that next week to do a brief recap, and over two weeks to give way to a new chapter.

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