Words she's never said reshape her lips forever

The Reader

...der da mit seinem Schatten Getränktes liest - Rilke

Who reads her while she reads? Her eyes slide
under the paper, into another world
while all we hear of it
or see is the slow surf of turning pages.

Her mother might not recognise her,
soaked to the skin as she is in her own shaddow.
How could you then? You with your watch and tongue
still running, tell me: how much does she lose

when she looks up? When she lifts
the ladies of her yes, how much
flows back into the book, and how much
spills down the walls of the overflowing world?

Children, playing alone, will sometimes
come back suddenly, seeing what it is
to be here, and their eyes are altered. Hers too. Words
she's never said reshape her lips forever.

Extract from 'Selected Poems' by Robert Bringhurst

Харицлагагvй Албат

After the president of Mongolia visited the White House in 2006 to discuss the future of US-Mongolia relations, an executive assistant to the foreign minister confided that while his government publicly reiterated its commitment to democratic reform, "we really like what they are doing in China." Under that model," he explained, "you get the benefit of 10 percent annual growth, a middle class, and leaders know they have a job for more than four years...but without the 'side-effects' of democracy.

from Stefan Halper The Beijing Consensus p.129

The Geography of Chinese Power

Urjigdar München Haupbahnhof-iin newsstand deer minii neleed deer profile hiij baisan Robert Kaplan-ii Foreign Affairs deer garsan Hyatadiin geopolitics-iin talaar mash sonirholtoy niitleliig olj uzev (PDF). Hervee heterhii urt sanagdval IHT deerh tovchilson op-ed-iig endees unshij bolno. Mun tuunchlen husvel endees Kaplan-ii audio yariltslagiig sonsooroy.

Niitleliin yurunhii sanaa ni gevel Hyatadiin geopolitics-iin bodlogo ni tsaashdaa Amerikiinh shig ideology deer suurilaj bus harin udruus udurt usun nemegdej bui hun amiin heregtseeg hangah tuuhii ed, erchim huchnii eh uusveriig medeldee oruulj avah ermelzel deer tulguurlah bolno. Ene ch utgaaraa Hyatadiin ergen toiron dahi jijig ulsuud tednii tuuhii ediig niiluuleh, orond ni belen buteegdehuun importloh zamaar nuluulliin bused ni oroh yum. Ene nuhtsuld Amerikiin tsaashdiin Azi tiv deh geopolitics-iin bodlogo Hyatadiin nuluulliig ene bus nutagt herhen togtoon barih ve gedeg deer tuvlurnu.

CREEPING CONTROL

Even where China's borders are secure, the country's very shape makes it appear as though it is dangerously incomplete--as if parts of an original Greater China had been removed. China's northern border wraps around Mongolia, a giant territory that looks like it was once bitten out of China's back. Mongolia has one of the world's lowest population densities and is now being threatened demographically by an urban Chinese civilization next door. Having once conquered Outer Mongolia to gain access to more cultivable land, Beijing is poised to conquer Mongolia again, after a fashion, in order to satisfy its hunger for the country's oil, coal, uranium, and rich, empty grasslands. Chinese mining companies have been seeking large stakes in Mongolia's underground assets because unchecked industrialization and urbanization have turned China into the world's leading consumer of aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, tin, and iron ore; China's share of the world's metal consumption has jumped from ten percent to 25 percent since the late 1990s. With Tibet, Macao, and Hong Kong already under Beijing's control, China's dealings with Mongolia will be a model for judging the degree to which China harbors imperialist intentions.

North of Mongolia and of China's three northeastern provinces lies Russia's Far East region, a numbing vastness twice the size of Europe with a meager and shrinking population. The Russian state expanded its reach into this area during the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, while China was weak. Now, China is strong, and the Russian government's authority is nowhere as feeble as it is in the eastern third of the country. Just across the border from the roughly seven million Russians who live in the Russian Far East -- a figure that could fall as low as 4.5 million by 2015 -- in the three abutting Chinese provinces, live some 100 million Chinese: the population density is 62 times as great on the Chinese side as on the Russian side. Chinese migrants have been filtering into Russia, settling in large numbers in the city of Chita, north of Mongolia, and elsewhere in the region. Resource acquisition is the principal goal of China's foreign policy everywhere, and Russia's sparsely populated Far East has large reserves of natural gas, oil, timber, diamonds, and gold. "Moscow is wary of large numbers of Chinese settlers moving into this region, bringing timber and mining companies in their wake," David Blair, a correspondent for London's Daily Telegraph, wrote last summer.

As with Mongolia, the fear is not that the Chinese army will one day invade or formally annex the Russian Far East. It is that Beijing's creeping demographic and corporate control over the region -- parts of which China held briefly during the Qing dynasty -- is steadily increasing. During the Cold War, border disputes between China and the Soviet Union brought hundreds of thousands of troops to this Siberian back of beyond and sometimes ignited into clashes. In the late 1960s, these tensions led to the Sino-Soviet split. Geography could drive China and Russia apart, since their current alliance is purely tactical. This could benefit the United States. In the 1970s, the Nixon administration was able to take advantage of the rift between Beijing and Moscow to make an opening toward China. In the future, with China the greater power, the United States might conceivably partner with Russia in a strategic alliance to balance against the Middle Kingdom.

Current reading: Stefan Halper - The Beijing Consensus (Not so impressive, but quite interesting: Perhaps market authoritarianism is the way we should develop?)

Addendum: LSE Asia Forum + Tim Harford writes,

China now exports every six hours as much as it did in the whole of 1978.

More Stevens

The Poem That Took The Place Of A Mountain

There it was, word for word,
The poem that took the place of a mountain.

He breathed its oxygen,
Even when the book lay turned in the dust of his table.

It reminded him how he had needed
A place to go to in his own direction,

How he had recomposed the pines,
Shifted the rocks and picked his way among clouds,

For the outlook that would be right,
Where he would be complete in an unexplained completion:

The exact rock where his inexactness
Would discover, at last, the view toward which they had edged,

Where he could lie and, gazing down at the sea,
Recognize his unique and solitary home.

Buyant-Ukhaad buugaad neg saihan tseej duuren amisgaa avah yumsan. Perhaps Mongolia is the only place where I would be complete in an unexplained completion...

Mongolia in the Early 1900s

Early 1900s in Colour (Hat tip to Benoit)

Podcast of the day: Nuclear Energy with Undraa Agvaanluvsan

Die Forelle

And now for some music of a more traditional sort :) Perhaps this is my most favourite rendition of Die Forelle (the second favourite is, of course, Fischer-Dieskau and Moore's version - incidentally it is Rory Stewart's favourite as well). Also please don't forget to check Bostridge's moving performance of Wasserflut (from Schubert's Winterreise)

Wallace Stevens

Olon hun sanal niilehguy baih l daa. Gehdee 20 zuunii hamgiin mundag Amerik yaruu nairagch bol yah argaguy Wallace Stevens. Guitsed oilgoj barahguy ch gesen yadaj unshaad suuh ni tarhinii asar tom dasgal yum daa gegege (Stevens ene shulgiig uuruu unshij baigaag endees sonsooroy).

Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour

Light of the first light of evening, as in a room
In which we rest and, for small reason, think
The world imagined is the ultimate good.

This is, therefore, the intensest rendezvous.
It is in that though that we collect ourselves,
Out of all the indifferences, into one thing:

Within a single thing, a single shawl
Wrapped tightly round us, since we are poor, a warmth,
A light, a power, the miraculous influence.

Here, now, we forget each other and ourselves.
We feel the obscurity of an order, a whole,
A knowledge, that which arranged the rendezvous.

Within its vital boundary, in the mind.
We say God and the imagination are one
How high that highest candle lights the dark.

Out of the same light, out of the central mind,
We make a dwelling in the evening air,
In which being there together is enough.

Addendum: Open Yale Course lecture on Wallace Stevens

Оросын Монголд Баримтлах Бодлого

Yurduu hoyor honogiin umnu Orosiin Gadaad Yamnii said Sergei Lavrov-iin Medvedev-t zoriulj bichsen "Orosiin urt hugatsaanii hugjild gadaad bodlogiig ur dunteygeer ashiglah hutulbur" nertey barimt bichig il garch neleed shuugian tariv. Hediigeer ene barimt bichigt uchirguy gots goid shine zuil baihguy bolovch Orosiin gadaad bodlogiin har hairtsaga yur ni yamarshuuhan baigaa talaar neleed tsegtstey oilgolt ugnu. Yalanguya deehne minii bichsenchlen Orosuud "zuulun huch" ruu shiljij buig endees ajiglaj boloh yum. Nuguu talaasaa ted umnuh uye shigee uzel surtal deer tulguurlaj gadaad bodlogoo yavuuldag baisnaa bolij iluu realpolitik handlagatay bolsoniig mun harj bolno. Tovchhondoo bol ene barimt bichgiig hamgiin anh il bolgoson Orosiin Newsweek setguuliin helj buichlan: "Смысл документа в том, что Россия намеревается не на словах, а на деле проводить внешнюю политику, в которой не будет друзей и врагов, а будут только интересы."

Uunii deer minii huvid neg sonirhol tatsan zuil ni Orosiin Mongold barimtlah bodlogiin tuhai boginohon heseg bailaa. Hedii uuniig bid ungursun neg hoyor jild tednii uildleer ni yurunhiiduu gadarlaj baisan avch yag alban yosnii barimt bichigt ingej yag tag tusgasan baigaag ni anhaaraldaa avuushtay:

Монголия

-Расширять двустороннее экономическое сотрудничество на приоритетных для России направлениях, опираясь на заключенные в 2009 г. межправительственные соглашения о создании новых совместных предприятий по строительству железных дорог и освоению в Монголии стратегически важных месторождений полезных ископаемых.

Өдрийн Тэмдэглэлээc

4/14/10 Флоренс хот. Давидын хөшөөг харав. Барууны соёл иргэншлийн охь, эх булаг, толь. Христийн шашин, паганизм, гоо үзэсгэлэн, хүч чадал, итгэл найдвар...

(Oдоохондоо) Эзэнгүй Зөгийн Үүр

Ugluunii tsain deer hajuud suuj taarsan angiin hoyor ohin hoorondoo yariltsaj baina: "Hicheeliin daraa zavtay biz dee, manaid hureed ir. Chatroulette-deye." Hunii yaria dundaas ni sonsoh durguy l dee. Gehdee terhen hugatsaand chatroulette gej odoo yu baidag yum boloo geed zurvas bodood unguruv (no Freudian nonsense, please). Harin oroi hicheeleesee ireed sursan zangaaraa The New Yorker-iin web ruu ortol Chatroulette-iin talaar Roulette Russian gesen niitlel garch. Medeej ene niitlel "the internet's latest sensation" Chatroulette-iin talaar bolovch hamgiin sonirholtoy heseg ni anh ene website-iig hiisen Andrey Ternovskiy hemeeh 18 nastay patsan herhen Amerik ruu garch bui tuhai bailaa. Humuus hugjij bui ornuudiin brain drain geed l yariad baidag, getel ene niitlel shig nudend haragdtal bichseniig urid umnu ni unshij baisanguy:

Official talk of modernization and innovation rankles Vladimir [father of Andrey], who supplements his income with work for Russian Souvenirs. “It’s demagoguery,” he says. Recently, he sent a project proposal to Rusnano: no response. “These projects don’t interest them. The Internet doesn’t interest them. If I proposed something else, like cutting down some forest in the Far East, that would instantly interest them. There’s no support from the government. It’s completely absent. And Andrey knows that if he stays here no one will support him. The country doesn’t need people like him.”

Andrey, in turn, feels that he doesn’t need the country, and declares that he does not want to run a Russian company, which might be forced to pay “dirty,” under-the-table salaries to avoid a crushing tax burden, or to deal with extortion from corrupt tax and fire-code inspectors. “My perfect plan is that I don’t ever return to Moscow,” he told me. He would figure out the permanent-visa thing once he got to New York; for now, he was just eager to get out. “I don’t want to come back,” he said. “I want to live in America.”

Uuruur helbel brain drain-ii hamgiin tom shaltgaan ni hugjsun ornuud iluu taatay orchin, urgun bolomjiig olgodog geheesee iluu turj ussun niigem ni tuhain huniig shudragaar hudulmuruu uneluulj amidrah argaguy bolgodogt baigaa baigaa yum. Ene nuhtsuld avilga heel hahuuli, nuser bureaucracy-g nuraahguygeer gadaadad garsan humuusee erguulj tatah ni bitgii hel odoo baigaa hedee togtoon barih tun hetsuu.

Uuniig harin zarim het alsiin haraatay nuhduud oilgodogguy bololtoy. Jishee ni Bayarkhuu suulchiin niitleldee bas dahin avch ugchee. Tuunii helj buigaar "Гадаадад захиалгаар программ хангамж үйлдвэрлэдэг дор хаяж 1000 компани Монголд хэрэгтэй байна!" Heregtey baigaag ni hun bur нанотехнологитой технологигүй oilgoj baina l daa. Gehdee uuniig bodot baidal bolgohod chuham yu saad bolj baigaa hereg ve? Humuus mangar bolohooroo information technology-giin potential-iig oilgohguy baigaa yum bish shuu dee. Harin Bayarkhuu niitleldee asuudliin gun ruu tooj orsonguy, busdiig zugeer l mangaraar ni duudaad ungursun baina: "Манай ШУА, их сургуулиуд бэлэн болов уу? Үүх түүхээрээ хөөрцөглөн амьсгалсан хэвээр, баахан түүхчдээ шинжлэх ухаан гээд нийгмээрээ төсөөлчихсөн яваа манайханд бол 'цахим', 'нано', 'IT' гэх үгс маш хол, хүнийрхүү байлаа ч би яалт ч үгүй нүүр туллаа шүү!" Tegvel yapond ajillaj baigaa heden arvan Mongol programmer-uudiin talaar yu geh ve? Het uhaantay hunii niitleliig unshih hetsuu ch yum aa daa.

Harin ungursun doloo honogt Milan-d bolson Mongol oyutnuudiin uulzalt deer yurunhiilugchiin zuvluh Otgochuluu gadaadad baigaa bolovsroltoy Mongolchuudaa tataj avah "Зөгийн Үүр" hutulbur heregjuulj baigaa talaaraa yariv. Gol sanaa ni bol economic incentive ashiglaj buyu (endees iluu nariin medeelel avch bolno) tedgeer humuusiig Mongold irehed ni ehnii eeljind mungunii huvid sanaa zovohguy bolgoh aj. Otgochuluugiin helj buigaar Germany-d jishee ni tend surguuli tugssun humuusiig Germanii zasgiin gazar neg jiliinh ni tsalingiin deer 10'000 euro uguud nutag ruu ni yavuuldag gene (Otgochuluu uuruu uuniig ni avch baisan gev).

Gehdee ene incentive humuusiig eh oron ruugaa nutag butsahad ni hangalttay shaltgaan bolj chadah uu? Minii medeh gadaadad bui mash mundag Mongolchuudad mungu bol tiim tom problem bish. Ted Mongold delhiin hemjeenii tsalin avdagguy yum aa gehed uursdiiguu henees ch dutuuguy avaad yavchih chadaltay humuus. Harin Mongold uguylegddeg hamgiin chuhal zuil bol ayulguy amidrah orchin: hool idlee hordono, zam garlaa mashind shurguulne, huuhdee surguulid yavuullaa bagsh nar ni uursduu ulaan noil. Uunii deer avilga, hun surtaliig ni nemvel ger bultey humuusiig baitugay bidnii uyeiihniig ch shantraana. Uuniig yanzlahguygeer humuusiig gants munguur dallaad hureed ireh ni yu l bol, irlee gehed hamgiin chadaltaynuud ni ard uldeed hotsroh ni oilgomjtoy.

Gehdee nuguu talaasaa bid zorig gargan ergej ochihguy bol ene buhen uurchlugduhguy. Yamar hoyor amidrah bish gants bieiinhee amariig haraad suugaad baih bas l utgaguy asuudal. Uuruur helbel Mongoliig hugjuulehiin tuld ali ali taldaa yamar neg zuiliig zoliosloh shaardlagatay. Yamar ch chuhal uil hergiig yug ch zolioslohguygeer buteej baisan tuuh baihguy.

Kyrgyzs to Learn from Mongolia?

Kyrgyz-uud manaihnaas parliament-iin zasaglal herhen baiguulah talaar turshlaga sudlaj bui bololtoy. Dunguj saya Kyrgyzstan-ii tur zasgiin gazriin terguun Otunbayeva twitter deeree ingej "jirgev":

otunbayeva: Много сомнений о парламентской форме правления. Никак не приживается в СНГ. Но возьмем Монголию, там парлам.форма правления с самого начала.

otunbayeva: В Монголии к руководству пришли плавно или через конвульсии удивительно высоко образованные кадры. Можно поизучать.

Оросын Зөөлөн Хүч

Hedhen doloo honogiin umnu Kyrgyzstan, harin odoo Ukraine. Orosiin huuchin ezent gurnii ambition alham alhamaar bodot baidal bolsoor. Gehdee uridiinh shigee turemgiilel deer tulguurlaj bus, harin "zuulun huchiig" ashiglaj. Urid ni buutay tserguud tankan deer suulgaad durtay uls ruugaa ilgeedeg baisan bol odoo Orosuud televiziin delgets, mungun tuslamjiin amlalt, baigaliin hiin unereer nuluulliin hureegee tomsgodog boljee. Uchigdur Denmark-iin DR radio-d ugsun yariltslagadaa Medvedev uuniig uuriinhuu ineemseglej bui tsarai deeree jishee avan tailbarlasan baina (Orosiin ene gadaad bodlogiig "ineemsegleliin huch" ch geed nerlechihmeer yum uu? haha):

На вопрос, каким должно быть лицо России для другого мира, Медведев, улыбнувшись, ответил: "Такое, как у меня сейчас, - улыбающееся".

"Если это будет лицо России, лицо, которое улыбается другим странам, мне кажется, это правильно, - заметил президент. - Но и нам должны улыбаться. Мы не должны ни на кого скрежетать зубами, злиться, дуться, считать, что нас обижают, затирают куда-то, заталкивают в угол, а мы на это реагируем каким-то образом"

Soft power (buyu zuulun huch) bol olon uls sudlald neleed ertnees garch irsen cliche ch gemeer oilgolt. Suuliin 20 jild (soft power-iig hamgiin anh Joseph Nye 1990 ond tomyolson) soft power Amerikiin gadaad bodlogiin gol tsum ni bolj irsen gej uzdeg humuus olon bii. Hyataduud ch soft power-t shiljij buig B. Indra (unuu blog bicheed baidag nuhur mun uu?) deehne ontolson baisan. Gehdee Orosuudiin huvid genet neg shuniin dotor zuulun huched shiljchihsen yum bish. Orosuud ali Putin-ii uyes ehlen soft power deer tushiglehiig oroldsoor irsen (Brookings Institute - "Russia's Newly Found 'Soft Power'" [2004]). Harin odoonoos l amjilt olj ehelj bui yum uu daa (Financial Times uuniig because of "a series of fortuitous events" gesen baisan).

Mun tuunchlen sayhan NYTimes deer garsan niitlel deer Kyrgyzstanii "huvisgald" Orosuudiin soft power herhen ashiglasniig neleed unemshilteygeer uguuljee:

Rather than a change of heart on press freedoms, still stifled at home, Russia’s stance in Kyrgyzstan appeared to be a new tactic in dealing with the former Soviet republics it regards as within its sphere of influence. Backing freedom of expression — in this case to oppose a leader with whom it was unhappy — was just one element of a wider, behind-the-scenes role in the uprising that may help Russia win influence in the new government.[...]

But Russia appears to have learned well the lessons of the so-called color revolutions in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan in the past decade. In those uprisings, which overthrew governments allied with Russia but that had become alienated from their own populations, the West provided open support for opposition elites and free media.

Harin end Orosuud Mongold Kyrgyzstaniih shig uil yavdliig bii bolgono geh metiin hii dugnelt hiimeerguy baina. Gehdee endees olon ulsiin - yalanguya manai hoyor hurshiin - gadaad bodlogiin uzel barimtlal asar ih uurchlugduj buig olj ajiglah ni chuhal. Ene nuhtsuld neg talaaraa soft power-t avtaj Ukraine shig teneg alham hiihguy baih, nuguu talaaraa yum l bol Orosuud Hyataduud Mongold bolj bui buhnii ard baina gej orilj humuusiin dund utga uchirguy aidas devreehguy baih uchirtay.

Solitude and Leadership

[...]the way to do it is by thinking through these issues for yourself—morality, mortality, honor—so you will have the strength to deal with them when they arise. Waiting until you have to confront them in practice would be like waiting for your first firefight to learn how to shoot your weapon. Once the situation is upon you, it’s too late. You have to be prepared in advance. You need to know, already, who you are and what you believe: not what the Army believes, not what your peers believe (that may be exactly the problem), but what you believe.

How can you know that unless you’ve taken counsel with yourself in solitude? I started by noting that solitude and leadership would seem to be contradictory things. But it seems to me that solitude is the very essence of leadership. The position of the leader is ultimately an intensely solitary, even intensely lonely one. However many people you may consult, you are the one who has to make the hard decisions. And at such moments, all you really have is yourself.

Yur ni bol Steve Jobs mayagiin "stay hungry, stay foolish" gesen yarianuudad durguy - heterhii schmaltzy sanagdaad baidag yum. Ene blog deer ch tiimerhuu yumnuud neg ih haraad baidagguy baih. Harin Deresiewicz-iin (review-nuud deeree zohiolchdiig hair nairguy muuldgaaraa aldartay er) Westpoint-d unshsan ene lecture ih setgel hudulguv. Yalanguya uursdiin gesen itgel unemshilguy, yos zuiguy, unet zuilsguy bidnii uyeiinhen mash anhaaraltay unshih heregtey.

Bayarkhuu's Complacency

Bayarkhuu zunusun yum uu ali esvel bi sanal niilehee baisan yum uu buu med, lav l tuunii unuudur News.mn deer bichsen niitlel ni namaig ih buhimduulav. "Зовлогоо зовоохгүй мөнгө олдог хамгийн мэргэн арга" hemeeh niitleldee Mongoliin top diplomat, ih surguuliin tomoohon professor hun gehed itgemeerguy zuils bichjee. Hamgiin engiin jishee: Bayarkhuugiinheer bol Lichtenstein geh met tatvarguy, ali esvel mash baga tatvartay ornuud ni "'Тax heaven' буюу 'Татварын диваажин' гэх хоч нэр"-tey yum baih. Arai ch dee. Ene talaar buhel buten niitlel bichij baigaa hun haven (haven - ayulguy gazar, orognoh gazar, boomt) gedgiig heaven bolgoj unshchihsan tuuj yavah. Egypt-d ochood gadnii diplomat-uudad ulsaa "divaajin" bolgono gej heleed onigoond orooguy l baigaasay daa.

Za ene ichgevter aldaa ni ch yahav getel bichsen niitleld ni yamar ch hariutslaga alga. Yunii umnu tereer Mongoliig "tax heaven" [sic] bolgoj bolohguy yum uu gesen gaihamshigtay mergen sanaa devshuuljee. Uuniigee Lichtenstein-ii usrenguy hugjluur jishee avan batlahiig oroldson baina. Lichtenstein ingej hugjsun uchraas bid bas ter zamaar hugjij bolno - so far so good. Getel busad ornuud bas teneg bish shuu dee. Ted yagaad tax haven bolohiig oroldooguy yum be? Uuniig heregjuulehed yamar saad totgor uchirdag yum be? Uund neg ch hariult uguuguy baina. Tegeheer endees Bayarkhuu busdiin olj haraaguyg olj harsan suut uhaantan gesenshuu dugnelt garah yum uu daa. Asuudliin hoyor taliig haruuldagguy iimerhuu hariutslagaguy niitlel bichdegee manaihan bolih heregtey.

Yag jiliin umnu Financial Times deer John Kay-iin tax haven-ii talaarh niitleliig unshij baisan yum. Tend Bayarkhuugiin helehees zailshiisen negen chuhal caveat-iig duridsan baisan:

If you operate in the penumbra of legality, as havens do, it is easy to slip outside the bonds of legality altogether. Where there is legal avoidance of tax and regulation, illegal avoidance of tax and regulation is rarely far behind, and often hard to distinguish: where there is secrecy the motive is frequently impropriety; where there is impropriety, criminality is rarely far behind, and hard to distinguish. To turn a blind eye to avoidance of the law is to undermine all law.

The upshot: odoohondoo Bayarkhuugiin "Зовлогоо зовоохгүй мөнгө олдог хамгийн мэргэн арга"-iig unshsanaas John Kay-iin "How to make money without trying"-iig unshih ni iluu ur uguujtey yum uu daa, gegege.

The World’s Ugliest Statues

When bad art and bad politics meet.

Khan!!! Much of the world thinks of Genghis Khan as a brutal conqueror whose empire stretched across most of Asia by the early 13th century, but in Mongolia, he's seen as a national hero and a lucrative tourist draw. Everything from airports and hotels to cigarettes and vodka bear his name, but Mongolia's most extreme instance of Genghis worship may be the 131-foot equestrian statue overlooking the steppes about an hour from Ulan Bator, the capital city. The statue is wrapped in 250 tons of stainless steel, and visitors can take an elevator to the top of the horse's head. Genghis himself would probably be proud.

Foreign Policy - The World’s Ugliest Statues No.8

Florence Observed

Ponte Vecchio last Monday

Эйжафжаллажөкүлл (haha!) galt uulaas bolj butsaj ireh gej aihtar yum bolov. Yurduu hoyor tsag hurehtey uguytey nisdeg gazar yag buuhiin davaan deer galt uuliin utaanii surgaar uur hotod gazardav. Heden tsag ongotsnii buudliin shalan deer hevtej baigaad galt tergend suusan bolovch (medeej suudal duursen tul shalan deer) bas l zorison gazraa yag hurehiin aldad galt teregnii mashinist-iin bie muudaj dahin uur galt tereg huleen shiljij suuh bolov - dahiad 4 tsag shalan deer buyu 2 tsagiin aylal maani 20 tsag bol sunjirav... Gehdee ih moritoy yavsan. Surguuliin ihenh professor, suragchid Rome-d yalt ch uguy gatschihaad mungu tugrugguy hetsuudej baigaa suragtay. Ene yanzaaraa Эйжафжаллажөкүлл taivshirtal hicheel ch oligtoy orohguy bololtoy. Kuee, haa gazriin galt uul mani meted ni ingej nuluuluh gej.

Current Album: Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Current Book: Carl Schmitt - Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy

Tristan and Isolde at Staatsoper

Ungursun buten saind hedii 3 honog untalguy essay bichsen ch Staatsoper-t Wagner-iin Tristan and Isolde-iig 6 tsag setgel dogdlon uzev. Neg talaaraa Tristan and Isolde-iig ali ertnii uzehiig muruudsun, nuguu talaaraa Daniel Barenboim udirdaj baigaa bolhoor ch ter uu ene togloltiig neleed udaan huleesen yum. Barenboim-iin huvid humuus medeh baih. Barag udguu amid baigaa hamgiin mundag udirdaach (no offense Gergiev), bas tuguldur huurch. Tuunii tuhain uyedee hanilj baisan Jacqueline du Pre-giin hamtaar bichuulsen Haydn, Elgar hoyoriin Cello Concerto, Schubert-iin Trout Quintet bol dahin davtagdashguy.

Minii huvid Barenboim-iig chuham yaj meddeg bolsonoo sain sanahguy baina (perhaps through his political activism?). Gehdee hamgiin anh tuuniig ungursun ond Felix Mendelssohn-ii mendelsnii 200 jiliin oid zoriulsan tuguldur huuriin concert deer harj baisan yum. Tuunees hoish 5 sariin 23-nd dahin Baruun German baiguulagdsanii 60 jiliin oid zoriulan Beethoven-ii 9-r Symphony-g Brandenburg-iin Haalga deer udirdan toglohod ni yag door ni zogson uzej baisan. Tsag iluutey toglodog 9-r symphony-g (CD 74 minute-iin bagtaamjtay baidag ni uuntey holbootoy ch gej yaridag) neg ch temdeglel ashiglalguy tseejeeree udirdsand ni tuhain uyed bishirch baij bilee. Getel ene udaad intermission-toygoo niileed 6 tsag orchim togloson Tristan and Isolde-iig shuud tseejeeree udirdaj namaig bur heleh ugguy bolgov.

Tristan and Isolde-iin huvid ugtaan bol asar ertnii domog. Lav l anhniih ni huvilbar 1150 orchim ond harialagddag geh yum bilee. Bur ug ehiig ni haival dahiad heden zuun jil uhrah biz (King Arthur-iin tuuh deer gardag Lancelot, Guinevere hoyor bol ene domgiin bas neg huvilbar). Gehdee Wagner-iin huvid uuriin oper-oo Gottfried von Strassburg-iin Tristan (13-r zuun) deer suurilan bichsen gedeg. Sonirholtoy ni yag uuruu unshaad uzvel ene hoyoriin hoorond neleed ih yalgaa bii. End bichij nurshmaarguy baina. Harin Wagner-iin huvid terhuu zohioliin hamgiin chuhal 3 hesgiig libretto deeree buulgasan yum (zohioliin uil yavdal ni interneteer duuren tul end bichihees zailshiiv).

Buddhism baruunii soyol irgenshild tsoo shinechlel avchrana ene ter gej yaridag humuus ene opera-g saitar uzehiig zuvluyu. Yur ni sain yarival 19-r zuunii suul hagast Nietzsche, Schopenhauer-aar damjin Buddhism neleed huchtey orj irsen baidag. Wagner ch tuhain uyedee Schopenhauer-t avtaj baisan ni tuunii buteluudees ilt medregddeg (philosophy of the "will," for instance). Tristan and Isolde jishee ni ter chigtee udur/shunu, uhel/amidral, unen/hudal gesen arga bilgiin uhaan deer suurilsan baidag. Uil yavdliin huvid ch gol hudulgugch huch ni enehuu hoyor taluudiin zorchildoon yum.


Togloltoos setgeld hamgiin todoor uldsen negen zuil ni yah argaguy taiz zasalt. Aldart taiz zasagch Hans Schavernoch-iin buteesen fallen angel-iig harsan hun bolgon shuud l "brilliant!" gej duu aldahaar bailaa. Zohioliin act bur uur uur gazar boldog buguud tuhai burt ni unuuh angel-iin hushuug erguulehed zohitsoh taiz bii bolno (ene tsaashaagaa harsan zurag gants oldson ni). Yaj ingej setgej chadsan bainaa...

Togloltiin huvid medeej amidaar uzej baigaa bolhoor gaihaltay baiv. Gehdee urid umnu ni denduu olon sain recording sonsson tul arai l setgeld hurch chadsanguy. Humuusiin huvid medeej durtay recording-uud ni uur uur. Minii huvid bol 1952 onii Bayreuth deer (Wagner-iin uuriinh ni bii bolgoson festival - Nietzsche-giin Ecce Homo uunii talaar neleed marzan tailbaruud bii) Herbert von Karajan-ii udirdsan bichleg hamgiin mundag ni. Yagaad ch yum von Karajan mash hurdan udirddag tul Wagner-t neleed zohitsood baih shig baidag yum. Harin hervee Wagner-iig gunzgii medehiig husvel Leonard Bernstein-ii udaan hemneltey 1981 onii huvilbariig sanal bolgoyo.

Medeej Wagner l bolson hoino tuunii opera-g uzehiin tuld uzegchdees neleed tesver hatuujil shaardana. Bernard Shaw-iin Perfect Wagnerite deer gardag shig Wagner neg ayalguug taniltsuulah bolovch tuuniigee zuvuur ilerhiilehees zoriud zugtana. Sonsogch bur tuhain uyed tolgoidoo zuv ayalguud husen huleeh bolovch Wagner buruu note ugun humuusiig budliantuulj orhino. Ingeh ni neg bodliin ih yadargaatay bolovch nuguu talaaraa uzegchdiig suudald ni tevcheerteygeer uyah gaihamshigtay arga bolj ugdug. Uuruur helbel tuunii opera-nuud deer hamag ayalguunuudiin zangilaa ni zuvhun tugsguld ni tailagddag gesen ug.

Tristan and Isolde-iin huvid opera-iin ehend Prelude (Vorspiele) deer taniltsuulagdsan ayalguunuud buhel togloltiin turshid olon yanzad huvirsaar tugsguld ni butsaj ireh uye ni Tristan-ii uheltey davhtsana. Ene uyed Isolde uuriin Liebestod buyu hair-uhliin duug duulan hairtaa aldsandaa haruusan nas nogchino. Ene ch utgaaraa Liebestod asar ih setgel hudluliig bagtaan tugs hair durlaliin ilerhiilel boldog (nuugaad yahav hamgiin anh sonsood ene heseg deer bi uilj baisan). Hun burt uur uursdiin durtay Liebestod-uud bii (minii uzsen togloltod duulsan Waltraud Meier, bas Maria Callas hoyoriinh hamgiin iheer taashaagdsan ni baij medne). Harin minii huvid hamgiin anhnii Isolde-uudiin neg Kirsten Flagstad-iinh hamgiin mundag ni:



Ertrinken, Versinken, Unbewußt - Höchste Lust!

When Disney Met Marx...

Perhaps the best demonstration of what Marx meant by alienation (Entäusserung):

Modern bourgeois society, with its relations of production, of exchange and of property, a society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorcerer who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells.

Communist Manifesto, Chapter 1

A Million-Dollar Question

Unuudur delhii deer amid baigaa hamgiin olon hund tanigdsan, ner nuluutey Mongol hun hen be?

*One person I have in mind is Fu Ying. An ethnic Mongolian who served as the Chinese ambassador to the UK until few months ago. And as I understood, currently she's the vice-foreign minister of China. I don't know any other ethnic Mongolian who has held this high position in the world politics in recent years.

Addendum: Lunch with the FT: Madam Fu Ying

Tuvshin's Web Log 5 Нас Хүрлээ!

Яг 5 жилийн өмнөх энэ орой блог дээрээ хамгийн анх бичлэг хийж байсан юм. Тухайн үед хэдий 8-уулаа 2 өрөө байранд шахцалдан амьдардаг байсан ч гэрийнхэн маань надад зориулаад өрөөний нэг буланд номын шүүгээ, ширээ, компьютэр гурвын зай гаргаж өгсөнийх нь үр дүн энэ блог. Хэнд ч хэрэгтэй, яах ч гэж тэгж суудаг байсан юм бүү мэд. Лав л диал-апаар интэрнэтэд холбогдоод шөнөжин интэрнэт ухаж яваад саваагүйтээд үүнийг нээчихсан юм даг. Юутай ч ширээний маань хажууд газар гудсан дээр унтдаг байсан ээж дүү хоёр маань шөнө толгой дээр нь гэрэл асаалаа гэж нэг ч удаа гомдоллож байгаагүйг бодоход намайг өөртөө хэрэгтэй л зүйл хийдэг гэж итгэдэг байсан байх. Одоо эргээд харахад гэрийхнээсээ уйчлал гуймаар.

Ер нь миний үеийнхэн их өрөвдөлтэй. Гадны суваг үзлээ гээд агуулгыг нь ойлгохгүй, ном уншлаа гээд Хүүхэд Залуучуудын Нэвтэрхий Толь III-аас хэтрэхгүй. Дунд сургуульд зарчмын хувьд ээж аавын үзэж байсантай яг адил хичээл үзнэ. Нийгэм нь урагш цойлоод байдаг, бид нар нэг газраа эргэлдээд байдаг. Тэгэхээр тухайн үед интэрнэт бидэнд ямаршуухан том орон зайг нээж өгсөн нь ойлгомжтой.

Мэдээж хэрэг интэрнэт дээрх мэдээллийг өөр гараг дээрээс уншиж байгаа арван жилийн хүүхэд шууд ойлгоход хэцүү. Хэлний бэрхшээлээс авхуулаад соёлын зөрөө, бүр цаашилбал мэдлэгийн дутуугаас болж эхэндээ бараг өөрийгөө тэнэг мэтээр боддог байв. Гэхдээ үүний сайн тал нь гэвэл шинэ юм бүхэн сонирхолтой санагдана. Платоны Симпозиум дээр философийн хамгийн тулгуур нь мэдэхгүйгээ нөхөх гэсэн эрмэлзэл (eros - тэчьяадал) гэсэн байдаг. Яг үүнтэй адил шинээр мэдэж авсан бүхэн дараа дараагийн мэдлэгийн замыг засч улам ихийг мэдэх хүслийг төрүүлнэ. Гэхдээ үүнийг ганцаараа өөрөө өөртөө хадгалаад байх утгагүй. Сократын харилцан ярианы нэгэн адилаар мэдлэг гэдэг байнга хэлэлцэгдэж, дэнслэгдэж, хурцлагдаж байх учиртай. Энэ блог ч чухам тэрхүү санаан дээр үндэслэгдсэн. Харин тэр үүргээ хэр биелүүлж чадаж байгааг сайн мэдэхгүй юм.

Хэрвээ энэ блогын нэг зорилго нь бусадтай мэдсэнээ хуваалцах бол, нөгөө нэг зорилго нь яах аргагүй миний өөрийн хөгжлийг сараас сард, жилээс жилд хэрхэн өөрчлөгдөж буйг танадах. Блогын эхний саруудад ямаршуухан зүйлс бичиж, уншиж байсныг одоогийнхтой харьцуулахад газар тэнгэр шиг ялгаатай. Яваандаа ч нэлээд өөрчлөгдөнө гэдэгт итгэлтэй байна.

Юутай ч энэ олон жил надтай хамт байж миний блогыг цаг гарган уншдаг бүх найзууддаа баярлалаа. Энэ блог ийм олон жил тасралтгүй явж ирсний хамгийн гол хүчин зүйл нь та нар юм шүү.

Сар шинэдээ сайхан шинэлээрэй!

Darth Vader Promoting the Galactic Empire

- С.Баярцогт сайд Нью-Иоркийн бирж дээр очиж биржийн арилжааны нээлтийн хонхыг цохисон нь “Айвенхоу майнз”-ыг сурталчилсан хэрэг боллоо гэсэн мэдээлэл гарсан?

- Оюутолгойн орд газрыг ашиглаж эхэлснээр Монгол Улсын хөгжлийн гарцыг нээж байна. Нью-Иоркийн биржийн арилжааны хонхыг Монголын төлөөлөгч цохино гэдэг бол “Айвенхоу майнз”-ыг бус Монгол Улсыг дэлхий дахинд сурталчилсан хэрэг болсон гэж би ойлгож байгаа. Нью-Йоркийн биржийн хонхыг дэлхийд нэр алдартай хүмүүс уригдан цохидог. Өглөөний арилжааг нээх энэ ёслолыг биржийн арилжаатай амьдралаа холбосон, нийгмийн хамгийн идэвхтэй 120-160 сая хүн анхааран үзэж байдаг гэдэг утгаараа энэ бол Монгол Улсын сурталчилсан нэр төрийн хэрэг гэж үзэж байна. Манайханд одоогоор биржийн талаарх ойлголт бага байгаа учир энэ талаар маргаад байх зүйл алга даа.

С.Баярцогт: Би “Айвенхоу майнз”-ийг биш Монгол Улсаа сурталчилсан

News of the Day

Udriin hool deer surguuliin nomiin sanchaasaa Tureg hurgenuudtey boloh gej baigaagaa olj medev :P

Mongolei will 20.000 türkische Männer "importieren"

(AFP)

Istanbul — Um einem akuten Frauenüberschuss in ihrer Bevölkerung entgegen zu wirken, will die Mongolei einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge 20.000 türkische Männer "importieren". Diesen Vorschlag werde eine hochrangige Delegation aus Ulan Bator in den kommenden Tagen bei einem Besuch in Ankara unterbreiten, berichtet die türkische Wirtschaftszeitung "Referans". In der Mongolei, die sich eng mit der Türkei verbunden fühle, komme derzeit ein Mann auf sechs Frauen.

Vorgespräche zwischen den beiden Regierungen seien bereits im Gange, meldete das Blatt unter Berufung auf einen namentlich nicht genannten Regierungsvertreter. Auf welche Weise die möglichen Kandidaten ausgewählt werden sollen, stehe noch nicht fest.

Photo of the Day

Ivanhoe Mines and Bayartsogt rang the opening bell to launch NYSE trading today

This and That

Culture isn't knowing when Napoleon died. Culture means knowing how I can find out in two minutes. Of course, nowadays I can find this kind of information on the Internet in no time. But, as I said, you never know with the Internet.

Spiegel Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'

Islam will definitely take on a European cast. That's exactly what happened to Islam in every place it has ever gone. And Muslims can certainly be good Europeans. But non-Muslim Europeans will be the judge of that, too. The Swiss referendum shows that Muslims arrive at a way of being European and believe that they've met the Europeans at the halfway point. But that does not mean non-Muslim Europeans feel the same.

Christopher Caldwell on Muslim Integration

Currently reading: Krugman - The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008. Ungursun zun neg dampuursan delguurees 60% discount-tay avsan nom (how ironic?). Wonderful reading! Krugman shig asuudliig urgun untsguur harj, amand amtagdaj, chihend sonsogdtol tailbarladag bolchihvol amid yavsnii hereg butdeg baih daa, gegege.

Leszek Kolakowski - Freedom, Fame, Lying And Betrayal: Essays On Everyday Life. Hervee delguurt ene nom haragdval yu ch bodolguy shuud hudaldaj avaaray. Punkt. (Yur ni nariindaa bol Kolakowski baigaaguy bol Solidarnosc amjilt olj Communism nurah baisan ni ergelzeetey. Daan ch ene zun nas barahad ni Baabar yadaj gants ug gan hiigeeguy...)

Articles of the Day: The Trials of Tony Judt. Setgel hudulgum niitlel. Tegj baigaad Judt-iin talaar post bichnee. Minii medehiin Eric Hobsbawm-iin hamtaar odoogoor amid baigaa 20-r zuunii Europe-iin hamgiin mundag tuuhch. + Avinash Dixit on Paul Samuelson

Audiobook of the Day: Lolita read by Jeremy Irons

Album of the Day: Man on Wire Soundtrack (barag Essential Michael Nyman geed nerlechihmeer sanagdav, gesnees Man on Wire-iig zaaval, bur zaaval olj uzeerey!)

Music Video of the Day

В. Энхбат - Мишээл

Анх дуучин Буянаагийн Oceans 11: Great Mongolian Songs цомог дээрээс сонсч байсан. Бодвол аав, ээжийн миний насан дээр дагаж дуулж байсан дуу байх. Клипэн дээрээ ч дуучин өөрийгөө хар цагаанаар, харин залуухан охиныг өнгөтөөр гаргаж өөрийг нь дуулаагүй бүхэл бүтэн нэг үе гарч ирсэнийг харуулаад байх шиг.

Hat tip to Clouds :)

This and That: Chinese Currency Devaluation

Krugman urges Chinese government to quickly abandon its artificial currency devaluation:

[...] there’s the claim that protectionism is always a bad thing, in any circumstances. If that’s what you believe, however, you learned Econ 101 from the wrong people — because when unemployment is high and the government can’t restore full employment, the usual rules don’t apply.

The bottom line is that Chinese mercantilism is a growing problem, and the victims of that mercantilism have little to lose from a trade confrontation. So I’d urge China’s government to reconsider its stubbornness. Otherwise, the very mild protectionism it’s currently complaining about will be the start of something much bigger.

But putting American interest aside, let us briefly consider the effect of Chinese currency revaluation on Mongolia. Obviously, all the products we buy from China will immediately become more expensive to us. By the same token, it would also give us incentive to produce all those products in Mongolia - especially garments, which would decrease our unemployment level. Not a bad thing for a country that doesn't produce much. However, on the large scale, our economy would suffer significantly, for we earn most of our income through exporting mineral deposits to China. If Chinese economic growth slows down due to currency revaluation, the demand for our mineral deposits would fall accordingly. Needless to say this is a serious threat to our economic development - as we've briefly reminded of this imminent danger throughout last year.

What's most alarming about Krugman's article is the point that China may inevitably face currency revaluation. Not because China's sympathy to the world - especially to the US - but because of growing protectionism against China, which would eventually force them to devalue their currency anyway. But one thing that really interests me right at this moment is whether our government is anticipating this kind of outcome. If yes, what kind of exit strategy are they envisioning?

Addendum: Time Magazine Person of the Year #3 + The Year's Biggest Ideas in Economics
Song of the Day: Beth Rowley - "You've Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger"

Christmas Song of the Day

My all-time favourite Christmas song:



You scumbag.
You maggot.
You cheap lousy faggot.
Happy Christmas your arse!

Another personal favourite of mine: Tom Waits - Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis

Where Are Our Scientists?

Харин 5000 хүн/тун вакцин хаанаа ч хүрэхгүй байгаа гэдэг нь тодорхой. Ганцхан нийслэлд гэхэд хамгийн түрүүнд вакцинд хамруулах шаардлагатай 22600 хүн байна гээд бодохоор нөгөө 5000 маань аманд ч үгүй хамарт ч үгүй гэдэг шиг болох байх. Энэ 22600 дотор амч эмнэпгийн ажилтнууд, онцгой байдал, хил, гаалийнхан гээд өвчний голомтод ажиллаж байгаа мэргэжлийн хүмүүсээс гадна жирэмсэн, уушгины хүнд өвчтэй хүмүүс гээд энийг нь хойшлуулаад дараа болъё гэж хэлэх боломжгүй хүмүүс байгаа аж. Өчигдөр ЭМЯ дээр багагүй хэрүүл болсон сураг чих дэлсэв. 5000 хүн/тун вакцинаа эмч нартаа хийх үү, эрсдэлтэй иргэддээ хийх үү, аль эсвэл онцгой байдлын албаныханд уу, хотод уу, хөдөөд үү хэмээн багагүй маргалдсан сурагтай. Ялангуяа сүүлийн өдрүүдэд хөдөө орон нутагт өвчлөл ихээр нэмэгдэж байгаа ч хотынхон улсын хүн амын тал нь гэдгээр 5000 вакцинаа авахыг санаархаж байгаа юм шиг байна. Ямар ч байсан өнөөдөр албаны хүмүүс дахин хуралдаж, 5000 вакцинаа яах ийхээ шийдэхээ бололтой. Гэхдээ хурлын үеэр дахин хэрүүл гарахыг үгүйсгэх аргагүй. Энэ хэрүүл дараагийн ээлжийн 55 мянга, тэрний дараагийн 170 мянган хүн /тун вакцин ирсэн үед л нэг юм намжих байх даа.

5000 хүн/тун вакцин дээр ”алалцаж” байна

In the PLoS study, mathematician Lauren Ancel Meyers of the University of Texas, Austin, and colleagues analyzed patterns of flu transmission under different assumptions about how likely a carrier is to infect other people. Using data on household size, age distribution and other factors, they compared a strategy that targets infants and the elderly with one targeting those most likely to catch flu: school-age kids.

For moderately contagious strains, says Prof. Meyers, the optimal strategy is to vaccinate the kids. "This severs the transmission chain," she says, thereby indirectly protecting the old. For very contagious strains, it is better to vaccinate those most likely to die if they catch flu, such as the elderly. "Highly contagious strains can find their way around this buffer of immunized schoolkids," she explains.

If We Must Ration Vaccines for a Flu, Who Calls the Shots?

Here is a question I will be asking my freshman seminar this week:

You are a utilitarian social planner. You have a limited number of H1N1 vaccines. How do you allocate them? Do you (A) give them to specific groups, such as high-risk populations, or (B) sell them to the highest bidder and rebate the revenue lump-sum to everyone? If you choose (A), do you allow those individuals allocated the vaccine to sell their dose to someone else? Be sure to specify the economic environment as carefully as possible. And remember: Your goal is to maximize total utility.

Mankiw's Question for Class Discussion

Коллэжид Суралцах Боломж

Энэ жил дунд сургуулиа төгсөж байгаа хүүхдүүд болон Монголын их дээд сургуулиудаас гадаадын их дээд сургуулиуд руу шилжиж liberal arts чиглэлээр BA (Bachelor of Arts) авахыг хүссэн оюутнуудад Герман улсын Бэрлин хот дахь European College of Arts сургуульд бүтэн тэтгэлэгтэй суралцах боломж байгааг дуулгая.

Value Studies гэсэн ерөнхий нэртэй энэхүү баклаврын програмд философи, урлагийн түүх, утга зохиол, улс төр, кино урлаг, театр зэрэг хүмүүнлэгийн ухааны олон салбарыг нэг багц болгон заах юм (эндээс бүх хичээлүүдийн каталогийг үзээрэй). Хичээлүүд бүгд Англи хэл дээр бөгөөд голцуу нэг ангидаа 8-10 оюутнуудтайгаар семинар хэлбэрээр явагдана. Багш нар нь ихэнхидээ Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Columbia, Cambridge, University of Chicago зэрэг сургуулиудаас PhD-гээ авсан (эндээс багш нарын жагсаалтыг үзэж болно). Багш оюутны харьцаа 1:8. Сургууль нийтдээ 15 орноос ирсэн 50 орчим оюутантай, бүгд нэг дор амьдарна.

Сургалтын төлбөрийн хувьд ойролцоогоор жилийн €15,000 ($22,000) боловч сургуулийн need-based санхүүгийн тусламжид хамрагдсанаар хүн бүр зөвхөн боломжийнхоо хэрээр төлөх боломжтой (иймд ерөнхийдөө ихэнх оюутнуудын төлбөрийг сургууль бүpэн даадаг). Энэхүү төлбөрт замын зардлаас бусад хоол, байр, сурах бичиг, хот доторх тээвэр, музэйн үзвэр, Италийн Флорэнс руу хийх танилцах аялал, 3 дахь жилд гадаадын өөр оронд суралцах гэх мэт бүх зардлууд орно. Үүний дээр кампус дээрээ ажил хийх боломжтой.

Мөн түүнчлэн одоогийн сурч буй сургуулиа дуусгах сонирхолтой хүмүүс болон дээд сургуулиа нэгэнт төгсчихсөн хүмүүст зориулсан нэг жилийн Academy Year болон Project Year гэсэн програмууд бий.

ECLA-гийн талаар товчхон танилцуулахад ийм байна. Admissions-ийн талаар http://www.ecla.de/admissions/how-to-apply/ хаягаар орж дэлгэрэнгүй мэдээллийн аваарай. Ирэх admissions deadline Feb 15, 2010. (Facebook ашигладаг хүмүүс энэ хаягаар орж одоогийн болон өмнө нь суралцаж байсан оюутнуудаас мэдээлэл авч болно).

Хэрвээ хичээл болон application-ий талаар биечлэн асууж тодруулах зүйлс байвал коммэнт хэсэгт үлдээх, эсвэл над руу шууд tuvshinred@yahoo.com гэсэн хаягаар и-мэйл бичээрэй.

Боломжтой бол цааш нь энэ талаар сонирхсон хүмүүст нь дамжуулна уу. Баярлалаа.

An Afternoon Ride

Photo courtesy of Narka

A late-afternoon ride in Prenzlauer Berg with Narka

Waltz of the Day

Манжуурын Толгод via Tyler Cowen

Энэ вальс төрсөн түүхийг Гүндэгээгийн бичсан нийтлэлээс дууны үгийн орчуулгын хамтаар уншаарай + a must see scene from Mikhalkov's Urga

Parag Khanna on (ahem...) Mine-Golia

Ireh Purev garagt suuliin uyed shuugiulaad baigaa "wunderwonk" Parag Khanna end lekts unshih yum baina. Gants gem ni namaig sign up hiih gej uhantsaar baital suudal ni duurchihej; deerees ni lektsiig zohion baiguulj bui American Academy haa baisan hotiin nuguu zahad tul tiisheegee zuglehees "zalhuurav" (daraagiin Baasan garagt boloh Robert Shiller-iin lekts bas duurchihsen gene). Yutay ch negent ene nuhriin tuhai bodol bolson tul interneteer lektsiig ni sonsoj horhoigoo darahaar shiidvey. Sanasniig bodvol ovoo muu gar baina: Charlie Rose deer yariltslaga ugsnuus gadna bur TED deer hurtel yaria hiij. Yurunhiiduu bol minii deehne blog deeree profile hiisen Robert Kaplan-arhuu nuhur yum uu daa (medeej arai iluu academic - minii sonssonoor bol odoo LSE-d PhD hiij baigaa yum baih). Khanna-giin yariltslagaas harahad Kaplan-ii negen adilaar sudlaachdiin tudii l toodogguy bolovch manaih shig "chuhal" ornuudad ooriin bieer ochij, humuustey uulzaj, baidliig gazar deer ni medehiig chuhalchildag bololtoy. Gehdee Mongoliig yag her tuhtay sudalsan yum bol buu med. Yamartay ch TED deer hiisen yaria deeree Mongoliig ingej tailbarlaj baih yum (04:00 deerees ehlene):

[...] Mongolia, or as some call it, Mine-Golia. Why do they call it that? Because in Mine-Golia, Chinese firms operate and own most of the mines - copper, zinc, gold - and the truck the resources south and east into mainland China. China isn't conquering Mongolia. It's buying it. Colonies were once conquered. Today countries are bought. [...] That's what I call globalization Chinese style.

Yag hen unshihaas deerh quote-iig uur uuruur huleej avna baih l daa. Gehdee nadad lav zarim heseg deeree asuudliig het hyalbarchilj harsan yum shig sanagdlaa. Nuhduud yu gej bodoj baina?

Addendum: Mungutey bolhooroo The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order nomiig ni olj avahaas... :P + Parag Khanna: Embrace the Post-American Age + The foreign policy specialist—who has provided expert opinion to Barack Obama's campaign—talks with Andrew Coyne

A Letter to the Editor of the FT

Ungursun buten sainii FT-iin dugaar deerees iim zahidal olov :P

From Mr Paul Surtees.

Sir, Your correspondent Dietmar Klein (Letters, October 24) commented on the necessity to take barrow-loads of banknotes to be weighed at pre-war German banks.

Only a few years ago, I had a similar experience when living in Ulan Bator in Mongolia. Changing a few hundred pounds into the local currency, tugrik, I was astonished to be given two large plastic bags to contain the Mongolian currency. The bank only had notes of small denomination.

To make it the more disconcerting, these bags that I carried on to the street were transparent! On the other hand, the driver of a taxi that I hastily caught was very pleased to accept a single US dollar as the fare.

I see that a million tugrik are now worth about *425, so it seems that their inflation, sadly, continues apace.

Paul Surtees,
Hong Kong

Making a splash in Ulan Bator

Quote of The Day

Монголчууд бид өнгөрсөн түүхээ харсан ч, өнөөгийн амьдралаа бодсон ч өнгөтэй, өөдтэй бүхний маань эх ундрага ариун цэнгэг нэг л булаг дээр тулж очдог. Энэ бол монголчууд бид хамтрахаас өөр зам үгүйг ухаарах ухаарал, энэ ухаарлынхаа үндсэн нэгдэх, хамтрах, хамтарсан тэмүүллээр урагшлах чадвар хоёр юм [...]

Tиймээс хамтрах, нэгдэх энэ ухаан, энэ чадвараа ямар ч тохиолдолд хадгалж үлдэх нь амин чухал байнаа. Ээлж халаатай Ерөнхий сайд байхад, эвдэрч хазайдаггүй эвийн бат суурьтай үлдэх нь монгол төрийн оршихуйн үндэс мөнөөс мөн.

С.Баярын УИХ-ын чуулганы нэгдсэн хуралдаан дээр хэлсэн үг

Bayar bol Mongoliin uls turd garsan tsoo shine phenomenon bailaa. Daraa daraagiin yurunhii said nar tuuntey egnegt haritsuulagdah huvi tavilantay baih ni damjigguy.

P.S: Some people might miss his green tie more than anything...

This and That

Цаг заваа үр бүтээлтэйгээр үрэхийг хүссэн хүмүүст:



Michael Sandel-iin Harvard-d zaadag aldart Justice hicheeliig PBS-iinhen uneguygeer online tavij baigaa yum baina. Neg talaaraa enehuu hicheeluud baruunii tom surguuliudad hicheel yaj ordogiig (yalanguya Socratic Method-iig herhen heregledgiig) taniltsuulah bol nuguu talaaraa Socrates-aas ehleed hun turulhtnii huvid munhiin asuudal baisaar irsen justice hemeeh uhagdahuuniig (Mongoloor shudraga yos gechihvel utga ni dutuu buugaad baih shig) iluu gunzgii oilgohod duhum uzuulne. Tovchhondoo bol ene hicheel alivaa yos zuin asuudald herhen zuv shiidver gargah, chingehed yamar yamar songoltuud baij bolohiig bidend taniulah yum - Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning with Michael Sandel

+ The Reith Lectures 2009: A New Citizenship + Ethics and Politics Podcast by Marianne Talbot from Oxford Faculty of Philosophy Podcasts

George Soros-iin CEU-d yag odoo (Oct 26-30) unshij bui tsuvral lektsuud. Yur ni nas neleed yavsanaas ch bolson uu ih setgeliihee ugaas yarisan mundag lektsuud baina. "Reflexivity", financial markets, open society, politics, economics, capitalism, ter baitugay Hyatadiin tsaashdiin delhiid ezleh bair suuri geed tuund yur ni hunduuguy chuhal sedev alga - Soros Lectures on Financial Times

Deehne Bill Gates-iin Cornell University-gees erhiig ni avsan Richard Feynman-ii lektsuud. Leuffi-giin heldgeer Feynman-ii physics-iig iim hyalbar, sonirholtoygoor tailbarlasnii daraa dund surguuliin bagshdaa uur ch hureh shig... Project Tuva: The Character of Physical Law lectures by Richard Feynman

Bas neg suuliin uyed zav zaigaaraa uzehiig oroldoj bui hicheel: The American Novel Since 1945 with Amy Hungerford. Uran zohioliig iluu gunzgii oilgohiig hussen humuusiin zaaval uzeh yostoy lekts! Yalanguya Pynchon, McCarthy, Kerouac-iin tuhai lektsuud bol jinhene Amerikiig oilgoh gaihamshigtay tulhuur.

This and That

What is considered normal for a person to feel in any place at any point is liable to be an abbreviated version of what is in fact normal, so that the experiences of fictional characters afford us a hugely expanded picture of human behavior, and thereby a confirmation of the essential normality of thoughts or feelings unmentioned in our immediate environment.

from Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life--a highly recommended book for those who want to uncover the pleasures--and sorrows--of the Proustian world.

Yur ni bolomj oldvol de Botton-ii nomuudiig zaaval olj unshaaray. Yalanguya Architecture of Happiness bol classic! Architecture-iin jinhene amtiig endees l avna (hervee sanaj baigaa bol ene nom 500 Days of Summer deer gol inspiration source boldog). Deer ni nemeed sayhan garsan The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work neleed sain review avsan. Daan ch nimgen turiivchtey minii bie nomiin delguurt heden huudsiig ni erguulj uzsenees tsaashguy. Hervee zavtay bol Monocle deer garsan video excerpt hiigeed de Botton-ii Tyler Brule-tey hiisen Q&A-iig uzeerey + an hour long podcast. Tegeed bur horhoi chini hurvel "philosophy of everyday life"-iin talaar bichigdsen busad nomuudiinh ni talaar website-aas ni olj unshina biz dee.

Current film: L'Heure d'été: Deer Larry Kasdan-ii lecture deer suuj baihad ene kinonii talaar yarij baisan. Haij yavsaar uchigdur shunu olj uzev. What a brilliant movie! Generation hoorondiin yalgaa, adil tal; yuruusuu amidral herhen uragshildag talaarh asar mundag ergetsuulel!

Current album(s): Ryan Adams-iin Ludwigshafen-d togloson concert-iin bichleg. Endees uneguy tataj avaaray (Magnolia Mountain!).
Stars - Heart: The album just spoke to me--and Life Effect as the culmination of the whole experience.

Addendum: Compare the abovementioned quote of de Botton to Nabokov's passage from Good Readers and Good Writers:

So what is the authentic instrument to be used by the reader? It is impersonal imagination and artistic delight. What should be established, I think, is an artistic harmonious balance between the reader’s mind and the author’s mind. We ought to remain a little aloof and take pleasure in this aloofness while at the same time we keenly enjoy—passionately enjoy, enjoy with tears and shivers—the inner weave of a given masterpiece. To be quite objective in these matters is of course impossible. Everything that is worthwhile is to some extent subjective. For instance, you sitting there may be merely my dream, and I may be your nightmare. But what I mean is that the reader must know when and where to curb his imagination and this he does by trying to get clear the specific world the author places at his disposal. We must see things and hear things, we must visualize the rooms, the clothes, the manners of an author’s people. The color of Fanny Price’s eyes in Mansfield Park and the furnishing of her cold little room are important.

Some Rarities

Нөхдүүдэд сонирхолтой байж магадгүй гээд энэ зун найзаасаа олж авсан ховор бичлэгүүдээс ганц хоёрыг нь тавихаар шийдлээ. Эхнийх нь Халимагийн Окна Цаhан Замын хайлсан Жангар тууль. Ер нь манай Баруун Монголын соёлын энэ том өвийг манайхан ердөө тууль чигээр нь авч үзээд цааш судлаж олны хүртээл болгодоггүй нь жаахан харамсалтай (хэрвээ Барууны Great Books маягийн хичээлд хамрагдаж үзсэн бол Илиад, Одиссэйг ямар их цаг, анхаарал зарцуулж уншдагийг мэднэ байх). Юутай ч миний мэдэхийн хүн зоноосоо хамаарч Жангарыг газар бүр өөр өөрөөр дуулдаг. Гэхдээ тэдгээрийн дундаас Цагаан Замын дуулсан хувилбар бол яах аргагүй хамгийн мундаг нь. Өөр илүү гарах--ялангуяа амьд--хувилбарыг нь сонсож үзсэн хүмүүс байвал өөрсдийнхөө сэтгэгдэлээс хуваалцаарай.

Харамсалтай нь энэ бичлэг ердөө нэгхэн цагийн урттай. Миний сонссоноор бүтэн эхийг нь хайлбал хэдэн өдөр болдог юм гэсэн. Мэдээж эхэлж сонсч байгаа мань мэтэд энэ ямар хамаа байхав. Хамгийн эхлээд ямаршуухан зүйл байдгийг нь мэдээд авах л чухал.

Хэрвээ Жангарын бүтэн эхийг нь сонирхож байвал эндээс уншаарай (Халимаг дээр, гэхдээ хичээх юм бол утга нь бүрэн ойлгогдоно; даан ч Цагаан Зам яг хаанаас нь эхлээд хаана дуусаад байгааг олж чадсангүй). Үүний дээр Монголын Радиогийн сэтгүүлч Д. Чулуунцэцэгийн Бээжингээс бэлтгэсэн "Жангар хийгээд жангарчид..." нэвтрүүлгийг сонсч үзэхийг зөвлөе (энэ дээр дарж сонсоорой). Энэ нэвтрүүлэгт Халимаг, Торгууд хоёр залуу Жангарыг хайлахаас гадна төгсгөлд нь Цагаан Замын дээр дурьдсан хувилбар явна. Сонирхож байвал бас энэ Шинжааны Ойрад Монголчуудын хувилбарыг сонсоорой.

Окна Цаhан Зам - Җанhр (энэ rapidshare линкийг хэн нэгэн нь mirror хийх боломж байна уу?)



Хоёр дахь нь Тувагийн алдарт хөөмийч Ойдупаа Владимир Ойуны урьд өмнө нь хаана ч тавигдаж байгаагүй хувийн бичлэг (Англиар бол Bootleg recording юм уу даа). Түүнтэй нөхөрлөж байсан андын маань хэлснээр бол мань эр жинхэнэ "Mensch" гэж байгаа :P Харин Хашаагийн тодорхойлсноор бол "Tувадаа Ж.Ф.Кеннеди, Майкл Жордан, Элвис Преслиг нийлүүлсэн дайтай лут эр" Конгар-ол Ондараас мундаг нөхөр :))

Энэ бичлэг дээр Ойдупаа яг юу хийгээд байгааг нь нарийн мэдэхгүй юм. Миний ойлгосноор бол хөгжмийнхөө утсан дээгүүр Америкийн bluesman-ууд шиг төмөр гулсуулаад байх шиг байгаа юм--өөр ямар ч хөгжимчин тэгдэггүй гэнэ.

Үүний дээр хэрвээ сонирхож байвал түүний Divine Music From a Jail цомгийг upload хийж болж байна (мөн түүнчлэн Hun-Huur-Tu, Chirgilchin, Gennadi Tumat, Igor Koshkendey, Kongor-ol Ondar, Kaigal-ol Kovalyg гэх мэт олон хөөмийчдийн цомгууд бий).

Ойдупаа Владимир Ойун - Bootleg recording

Addendum: Journeyman Pictures on Tuvan Throat Singers

Photo of the Day

Ерөнхийлөгч Ц.Элбэгдорж Томас Фрийдманыг хүлээн авч уулзлаа

Music of the Day: Haydn Concerto No.1 C Major - Slava's superb, but I still think du Pré's version is unparalleled.

A Perfect Gift

A surprise gift from a very special person. It was one of the most beautiful and inspiring books I've ever seen. Thanks a lot!
(Been very very busy lately, and going back to school in a week)

Addendum: The Sartorialist + "Step-By-Step Guide To Getting Shot By The Sartorialist" + My personal favourite

Poem of the Day

From William Blake's Auguries of Innocence:

A dog starv'd at his Master's Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
A Horse misus'd upon the Road
Calls to Heaven for Human blood.
Each outcry of the hunted Hare
A fibre from the Brain does tear.

Bishirmeer. 20-r zuunii tuuhiig Blake ter chigeer ni zugnuud harchihsan met--an augury?. Tovchhondoo bol:

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.

yum daa...

Blake-iig sonirhoj baigaa humuus baival Songs of Innocense and of Experience-ees ehelsen ni zuv baih (bolj ugvul Blake-iin uuriih ni engrave hiisen plate-tey edition-g olj avaaray). Tegeed hervee bur literary criticism ene terd horhoisdog bol Harold Bloom-iin commentary-g unshihiig zuvluyu--yalanguya Tyger deer hiisen tailbar ni lut.

Addendum: Harold Bloom's advice for college freshmen - Get Lost. In Books. (if you have time, read the entire series)

There is general agreement on the indispensable canon: Homer, Plato, the Bible, Virgil, Dante, Chaucer, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Milton. From the 19th century until now, keeping only to English and American authors, a slightly more arbitrary selection might include Blake, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens, George Eliot, Hardy, Yeats and Joyce in England and Ireland. Among the Americans would certainly be Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Hawthorne; and in the 20th century, Faulkner and the major poets: Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, T. S. Eliot, Hart Crane.

Photo of the Day

Дмитрий Анатольевич Монгол хүүхдүүдийг алаг үзэв :Д

Addendum: The reason why America didn't object Russia's effort to take control of Mongolian uranium mines:

Outside of Iran, the Russian business is supported by the United States as a productive use of Soviet legacy uranium enrichment plants in Russia. In Iran, the United States opposed the power plant’s construction but approved the Russian fuel shipments. By encouraging the commercial availability of Russian enrichment services, the United States deprives other countries of the rationale to have enrichment programs of their own.

Russian Power Company to Mine Uranium in Mongolia

Yaponii Shine Zamnal?

Yaponii shine yurunhii said Yukio Hatoyama-giin NYTimes-d hevluulsen mash sonirholtoy op-ed - A New Path for Japan. Hervee oiriin ireeduin Yaponiig yurunhii saidiinh ni helj bui shig barimjaalah yum bol neleed sonirholtoy dur zurag garch ireh ni. Uuntey uyaldaad manaih ch gesen gadaad bodlogodoo neleed uurchlult oruulah shaardlagatay boloh ni gartsaaguy.

On economy:

Our responsibility as politicians is to refocus our attention on those non-economic values that have been thrown aside by the march of globalism. We must work on policies that regenerate the ties that bring people together, that take greater account of nature and the environment, that rebuild welfare and medical systems, that provide better education and child-rearing support, and that address wealth disparities.

On Japan's new regional role:

[...] we must not forget our identity as a nation located in Asia. I believe that the East Asian region, which is showing increasing vitality, must be recognized as Japan’s basic sphere of being. So we must continue to build frameworks for stable economic cooperation and security across the region.

I believe that regional integration and collective security is the path we should follow toward realizing the principles of pacifism and multilateral cooperation advocated by the Japanese Constitution. It is also the appropriate path for protecting Japan’s political and economic independence and pursuing our interests in our position between the United States and China.

On new world order:

How should Japan maintain its political and economic independence and protect its national interest when caught between the United States, which is fighting to retain its position as the world’s dominant power, and China, which is seeking ways to become dominant?

This is a question of concern not only to Japan but also to the small and medium-sized nations in Asia. They want the military power of the U.S. to function effectively for the stability of the region but want to restrain U.S. political and economic excesses. They also want to reduce the military threat posed by our neighbor China while ensuring that China’s expanding economy develops in an orderly fashion. These are major factors accelerating regional integration.

The last passage reminds me of Baabar's latest article.

Tovchhondoo bol Hatoyama-giin Yapon neleed anti-capitalist handlagatay, bus nutgiin integration-g manlailahiig oroldson uls boloh ni. Harin uunii ur dagavar biden deer yaj tusah ve? Any opinions?

So Long, Teddy

Barag jil garangiin speculation-ii etsest Ted Kennedy urjigdar shunu nasan etseslev. Dan gants New England geltguy ulaan tsenher, har tsagaan Amerik dayaraa gashuudaj buig bodvol olon hunii amidrald ontsgoi nuluu uzuulsen hun baisan ni ilt. Gehdee ene olon tumnii hair tuund amarhan oldooguy. Uuriin aldaa hiigeed ger buliihniihee emgenelt huvi zaya deerees anhaaraltay suraltsaj asar ih tevcheer, hudulmur zutgel gargasnii ur dun yum. Nuguu talaasaa bidend tuunii bolon ah nariinh ni shudraga yos, erh tegsh baidliin tuluuh tsutsashguy temtslees ni suraltsah hiigeed uuriimshuuleh zuils ih bii.

Since I was a boy, I have known the joy of sailing the waters off Cape Cod. And for all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.

Remarks of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy during Harvard honors convocation

And always remember:

The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.

JFK's favourite quote from Dante (Baabar uuniig neg heseg uuruu Divine Comedy unshij baigaad olson yum shig l baahan ishilsen)

Update: Michiko Kakutani's brilliant review of Ted Kennedy's new memoir

At the end of his deeply affecting memoir, the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy writes about his grandson “Little Teddy” — the son of his son “Medium Teddy” who delivered such a heartbreaking eulogy at the senator’s funeral on Saturday — and his difficulties mastering the family tradition of sailing. The senator told the 10-year-old “we might not be the best,” but “we can work harder than anyone,” and Little Teddy stayed with it, grew eager to learn and started winning races. That, the senator writes, “is the greatest lesson anyone can learn”: that if you “stick with it,” that if, as the title of his book suggests, you keep a “true compass” and do your best, you will eventually “get there.”

An Analogy

[Cuparaque, Brazil] has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in remittances from abroad, making it a living example of one of the most talked-about development tools of recent years. But while private dollars have improved private lives, fundamental infrastructure is still badly lacking: Cuparaque, with a population of 4,300, doesn’t yet have a hospital, the drinking water system is faulty and the only way into town is a half-hour drive down a dirt road that becomes impassable in rain. And the influx of money brought few new jobs beyond house construction. Sueli Siqueira, a ­Brazilian ­sociologist who studies return migration to the region, has found that money earned by emigrants abroad has rarely generated ­sustainable employment opportunities.

How migration transformed Martha's Vineyard

Some Call Ships...

Some call ships, infantry and horsemen
The greatest beauty can offer;
I say it is whatever a person
Most lusts after.

Showing you all will be no trouble:
Helen surpassed all humankind
In looks but left the world's most noble
Husband behind.

Coasting off to Troy where she
Thought nothing of her loving parent
And only child but, led astray...

...and I think of Anaktoria
Far away...

And I would rather watch her body
Sway, her glistening face flash dalliance
Than Lydian war cars at the ready
And armed battalions.

by Sappho, translated by Aaron Poochigian; from Stung with Love

Addendum: Aaron Poochigian, Smartish Pace Poetry Reading

A Reason Why America is a Great Country

This morning my boss left this note at work:

Good Morning! The registers have been reprogrammed overnight to add the additional 1.25% sales tax the State passed into law effective Sat. 8/1. The prices for all of our goods have NOT changed; the additional $ is the additional sales tax ONLY.

Unhappy customers should call the Governor's office, Rep. Tim Madden, or Senator Robert O'Leary.

LOL!

Addendum:

GETTING ANGRY In 1786, poor farmers in Massachusetts rebelled when creditors came calling.