The Analyst, with Capital A
Horațiu Dediu (Horace for the pronounciation-challenged), a Romanian blogger, was named the world’s best analyst covering Apple for the second consecutive year, topping legions of investment bankers wrestling with the subject every day.
““Public information to me are secrets in plain sight”, Apple analyst and Asymco.com blogger Horace Dediu told me last week. “Private information on the other hand has no insights and can also lead to wrong deductions.” I am pretty sure many on Wall Street would disagree. Then again, Dediu couldn’t be further away from Wall Street, despite having being called the most accurate analyst covering Apple by Bloomberg.”
All yer Techies and Followers Of The Big Bitten are welcome to read the full commentary quoted above on Gigaom.com here and the article on Bloomberg here.
Thanks A. for the link.
From the natural world
A Romanian photo was selected among the best 50 photos from the natural world by boston.com. It shows a bird in flight over a Danube Delta canal. (UNESCO world heritage landscape)
Congratulations, Daniel Mihăilescu!
The entire series is worth a look. Or more. Here – enjoy. And thanks V. for the link.
First Knight
George Iacobescu is the first Romanian Sir.
“Romanian businessman George Iacobescu, president and executive director of the Canary Wharf has been named a Knight Bachelor in UK, according to Romania’s Embassy to London. The has been given the title for contribution to charity, to the community and the financial services industry. He is the first Romanian who has received such a title from Queen Elisabeth the II-nd. It allows Iacobescu to use the noble title Sir.”
The whole article here. (Thanks to V. for the link). An interview from 2008 with the Canary Wharf boss here.
Frosty Christmas at the ice hotel
We wish you a merry Christmas, cold outside, but warm at heart!
On that note, BBC just announced the opening of Romania’s first ice hotel, on Christmas Day. It’s located at Bâlea Lac, a superb glaciar lake at 2000m above sea level in the heart of the Carpathian Mountains, around midway through the Transfăgărășan, the road Top Gear gents named the best driving road in the world. Nowadays however the lake and the road are invisible under meters of snow[boarding paradise].
50 courageous Brits already reserved a spot, a wedding is announced.
The short BBC report here. The tripadvisor page for the ice hotel is here. More details on the ice hotel, here. Finally, breathtaking Bâlea Lac in images, here.
Have fun folks, enjoy the holidays and have a good slide (literally) into the New Year!
Wiki loves Romanian monuments
“Wiki loves monuments” is a photography contest organized by the Wikimedia foundation. It “started in 2010 as a photo competition in one country (Netherlands) and turned into a European competition in 2011. 18 countries participated in the organization and over 165.000 photos were contributed by over 5000 (mostly new) users. Of these 160.000 photos 169 finalists were selected for the European jury.” (source:http://wikilovesmonuments.eu)
The jury selected 11 runners up and 1 winner to be bundled in a calendar. The winner is from Romania, is called Mihai Petre, and the picture shows the Chiajna Monastery at the outskirts of Bucharest.
Congratulations Mihai!
The full jury report with the top-26 and the reasoning of the jury is available here, on Wikimedia Commons.
The competition website is here and the article about the winner here.
A different agenda
Moin Khan, a 24 years old Pakistani, is on his way from San Francisco to Lahore, on his (sports!) motorcycle. Unnerved by the overwhelmingly negative bias his home country “enjoys” in international news, he decided to undertake this journey to show the world that not all Pakistani are terrorists (we hear you, mate 
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After successfully cruising up the West Coast, into Canada, the then crossing the USA, the Atlantic (his bike on a ship) and most of Europe, he got stuck in… Romania, where else. Pretty nasty accident, shortly after entering the country. He had (of course) heard worrying things about Romania, so even as he was transported in an ambulance with broken bones and hearts, he worried about his even more severely damaged bike.
But guess what. Local bikers picked up his trail; Dan Popescu, the president of the Romanian Moto Association himself took to the “case” of helping the wanderer. (You may find, for example, this video inspiring.)
The bikers took care of him and especially his bike, rallied up friends and acquaintances to find missing pieces while keeping young Moin entertained by involving him in various wicked initiatives, like for example the Bikers’ Mountain Party With A Twist.
Long story short, Moin is up and riding again, having left Romania this morning. Have a good ride, kid, take care and reach da motherland safe!
You can follow him on his facebook page, website or youtube channel.
Small country, great people
Graffitti BBDO launched a country image campaign, smarter than most seen so far.
The only thing to pick on (if you’re really really picky) would be that it’s not that small of a country in the European context – 7th in the European Union in terms of population and 9th largest in area, out of 27. But – cool idea.
And… of course they’re great people. They’re all vampires 
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See all ads on this website.
Sometimes, a bat is just a bat
”There’s really nothing creepy about the countryside in the foothills of Romania’s Southern Carpathians, where snow-capped mountains tower over a rolling landscape dotted with flocks of sheep.
But for fans of the Twilight series and other devotees of the bloodsucking undead, there’s a draw that’s stronger than the natural beauty.
The crashing, creaking sounds of a haunted house greet pilgrims on their way to the main attraction — Dracula’s castle. Actually, it’s Bran Castle, perched high, overlooking the town of Bran, and its connection with Dracula is tenuous at best.”
Read the whole article or listen to the NPR news broadcast in question here.
Thank you Oana L. for linking to this article on our facebook page. And kudos, hi5 and a bow to Carmen Pavel, who shows up in the story wearing an ”All Romanians are Vampires” T-shirt. Awesome .
Nadia at… well, ageless.
“Don’t pray for an easy life. Pray to be a strong person.” Nadia Comaneci
Happy Birthday, Nadia!
Count on Transylvania
Like our friend the Maverick noticed, there are people in England who seem NOT to believe that all Romanians are vampires. While we will be working at converting the confused, here is a quote and a link to her report of the encounter:
“Transylvania conjures up images of moonlit Gothic castles and lost-in-time villages and has been shrouded in mystery for centuries. But the visits of Prince Charles to the region and his recent revelation that he can trace his lineage back to Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula, has catapulted Transylvania somewhat unexpectedly into the spotlight.”
Read the whole article here.
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