Month: February 2010

Hoover Dam Bypass

Hoover Dam, lying on the border between Nevada and Arizona, was the biggest hydro-electric power plant and the largest concrete structure of the world, when it was built on 1936. It was surpassed later on by several dams across the world.

Hoover Dam Bypass Project is simply a bridge on the Colorado River, which will span the Black Canyon and connect two sides of the dam. When completed in late 2010, it will be the largest concrete-arch bridge in the western hemisphere. Bridge will be 580 meters long, and 275 meters above the river.

The bridge will include a pedestrian walkway (hence, here comes a new bungee jumping spot).

Euro 2012

Euro 2012 qualifying draw is made a few hours ago, and we picked an interesting combination in Group A.

İşte 2012'deki rakiplerimiz

All 3 Turkic teams are in the same group, facing 3 Western European teams. Looks like a clash between the East and the West.

The obvious thing is, the big audience advantage that we have. Probably we’ll have the majority in Germany, Austria and Belgium aways. That means we’re playing all 10 games at home.

An important point to note: Armenia and Azerbaijan first fell in the same group. Due to the political conflict and respective UEFA procedures, the group was rearranged. That’s why we got Kazakhstan in our group, otherwise Armenia would be our opponent.

London Calling

When you visit London, it’s a tradition to mention “London Calling” or “London Baby!” via at least one social media (FB, twitter, blog, etc.). I always choose the good old The Clash masterpiece.

This city is behaving so friendly to me, or I’m very lucky. On both times I’ve been here, the weather was astonishingly nice, in spite of the terrible cold in Amsterdam.

Does it mean anything? Is it a divine intervention that asks me consider moving to this city? I don’t know, probably not.