change

Oil Change instructions for Women

1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change.
2. Drink a cup of coffee. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.
Money spent Oil Change $24.00 Coffee $1.00 Total $25.00


PS cine nu stie engleza, sa-l traduca in franceza sau romana ( danke)
SB
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Infinitul e mare, mai ales catre sfirsit.
(W. Allen)

Ai vorbit ca un tarabostes; nu-mi ramine decit sa adaug cele de mai jos.
SB

> This will get you fired up!
>
>
>
> I wonder how many people are aware of this information. Love him or
> loath him, he nailed this one right on the head
>
> By Rush Limbaugh:
>
> I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the
> September 11 casualty and those who die serving the country in Uniform
> are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you
> just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11.
>
> Well, I just can't let the numbers pass by because it says something
> really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this country.
>
> If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you're going to
> get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of
> $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million.
>
> If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed In
> action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half
> of which is taxable. Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are
> the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry.
>
> And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When
> the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.
>
> Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting an average of
> $1.185 million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough.
> Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong
> place at the wrong time. Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL
> OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.
>
> We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the
> Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same
> deal that the September 11 families are getting. In addition to that,
> some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for
> compensation as well.
>
> You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel
> of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just
> really sad.
>
> Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they usually receive
> next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in combat in the
> Middle East while their families have to survive on food stamps and live
> in low-rent housing. Make sense?
>
> However, our own U.S. Congress just voted themselves a raise, and many
> of you don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to
> receive a pension that is more than $15,000 per month, and most are now
> equal to being millionaires plus. They also do not receive Social
> Security on retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system.
>
> If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an
> E-7, you may receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people
> who placed you in harm's way receive a pension of $15,000 per month. I
> would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks
> before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and
> daughters who are now fighting.
>
> "When do we finally do something about this?" If this doesn't seem fair
> to you, it is time to forward this to as many people as you can.
>
> If your interested there is more............
>
> This must be a campaign issue in 2004. Keep it going. SOCIAL SECURITY:
> (This is worth the read. It's short and to the point.)
>
> Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our
> Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security. Many years
> ago they voted in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no
> congressperson has felt the need to change it. For all practical
> purposes their plan works like this:
>
> When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die,
> except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments.
> For example, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives
> may expect to draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven Million, Eight Hundred
> Thousand), with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of
> their lives. This is calculated on an average life span for each.
>
> Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. These little perks they
> voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick up the tab for
> this plan. The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from
> the General Fund--our tax dollars at work! From our own Social Security
> Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid) into --every payday until we
> retire (which amount is matched by our employer) --we can expect to get
> an average $1,000 per month after retirement. Or, in other words, we
> would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for 68
> years and one month to equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits!
>
> Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made.
> And that change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from
> under the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security
> plan with the rest of us and then watch how fast they would fix it.
>
> If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted
> and maybe good changes will evolve. WE, each one of us... can make a
> difference..
>
>
.

Pas de "Kaliningrad sur la mer Noire"
par Daniel Vernet

LE MONDE | 27.02.04 | 14h23 • MIS A JOUR LE 27.02.04 | 16h58

A la traditionnelle conférence sur la sécurité qui s'est tenue a Munich au début de février, le ministre russe des affaires étrangeres, Igor Ivanov, a menacé de ne pas ratifier le traité dit CFE, sur les forces classiques en Europe. La menace n'a pas ému grand monde, le texte faisant un peu figure de relique. A tort, car elle est significative d'une nouvelle attitude russe dans ses relations avec les Occidentaux. Le Kremlin veut, en fait, garder des avant-postes militaires dans son "étranger proche" pour faire contrepoids a l'expansion de l'Alliance atlantique, qu'il n'a pas été en mesure d'empecher.

Négocié dans les années 1980 et signé a Paris en 1990, le traité CFE était le complément dans le domaine conventionnel des accords de contrôle des armements nucléaires. Il visait a assurer un équilibre entre les forces de l'OTAN et celles du pacte de Varsovie. Apres la disparition de l'Union soviétique et de son glacis, il a été remanié, et c'est ce texte, qui tient compte de la nouvelle situation créée en Europe par l'indépendance des ex-Républiques soviétiques et l'élargissement de l'OTAN, que Moscou remet en question.

Il est vrai que, pour se conformer au traité CFE, les Russes devraient évacuer les bases militaires qu'ils conservent en Géorgie et en Moldavie (dans la province de Transnistrie). Ils s'y sont engagés a plusieurs reprises sans pour autant passer a l'acte. La situation en Transnistrie, province rattachée a la Moravie par Staline pour contrôler les Bessarabiens, illustre parfaitement l'attitude russe. La Transnistrie est en état de quasi-sécession depuis l'indépendance de la Moldavie en 1991. La 14e armée, commandée a l'époque par le célebre général Alexandre Lebed, y a "défendu la minorité russe" les armes a la main et est restée sur place pour garantir le pouvoir du président moldave autoproclamé Igor Smirnov et de son clan politico-mafieux qui n'obéissent pas au gouvernement central de Chisinau (la capitale).

Au cours d'un séminaire qui s'est tenu pres de Munich - a l'initiative de la Société pour l'Europe du Sud-Est, du ministere allemand des affaires étrangeres et du pacte de stabilité pour l'Europe du Sud-Est -, des experts européens, américains et moldaves se sont penchés sur ce conflit. La situation est un peu plus compliquée encore par les rapports de force politiques en Moldavie meme, oule gouvernement du communiste Vladimir Voronine hésite entre un retour dans le giron russe et un engagement en direction de l'Union européenne...

Un diplomate allemand ne cache pas que Chisinau donne parfois "l'impression d'etre plus intéressée par les fonds européens que par les valeurs européennes". Le ministre moldave des affaires étrangeres, AndreiStratan, n'a pas dissipé cette impression en réclamant la constitution d'un "fonds d'aide au choix européen" de la Moldavie. Ce pays est le plus pauvre d'Europe, derriere l'Albanie. "C'est votre droit de choisir un partenariat stratégique avec Moscou, a insisté un autre participant allemand, mais ce choix est incompatible avec le choix européen. On ne peut a la fois vouloir adhérer a l'UE et faire partie d'une zone de libre-échange avec la Russie, le Kazakhstan, la Biélorussie et l'Ukraine." Chisinau a, par exemple, demandé une aide européenne pour adopter le systeme douanier russe.

L'ambiguité de la position officielle moldave, condamnée par l'opposition démocratique qui a été balayée aux dernieres élections, a été soulignée par l'accueil réservé a une récente proposition russe de solution de la crise. Alors que trois médiateurs ont été désignés (l'Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe -OSCE-, la Russie et l'Ukraine), Moscou a présenté unilatéralement, a la fin de l'année derniere, le "mémorandum Kozak", du nom d'un conseiller de Vladimir Poutine, Dmitri Kozak. Dans ce texte, la Russie proposait la création en Moldavie d'une fédération "asymétrique" dans laquelle les autorités de Transnistrie (en fait Moscou) auraient eu un droit de veto sur toutes les affaires moldaves. "En contrepartie", le Kremlin aurait retiré ses troupes... en 2012 ou 2020. Dans un premier temps, le premier ministre Vladimir Voronine a accepté le "mémorandum Kozak" avant de revenir sur sa décision, sous la pression amicale des Européens et des Américains. Les Occidentaux rappellent les engagements pris par la Russie, réitérés en 1999, au sommet de l'OSCE a Istanbul, par le président Eltsine, de se retirer de Moldavie avant la fin 2003 !

UN COUP DE BLUFF

Selon Moscou, il n'y aurait plus que 1 280 soldats russes en Transnistrie. Les Occidentaux pensent qu'ils sont en réalité 1 800 ou 2 000, la différence tenant au fait que les soldats russes "démobilisés" vont grossir les rangs de l'"armée" de Transnistrie. Celle-ci serait maintenant plus importante que l'armée moldave elle-meme. De plus, les Russes insistent pour maintenir une présence militaire en Moldavie, meme apres un reglement, sous le couvert d'une force internationale de maintien de la paix. Enfin, ils demandent une aide occidentale pour démanteler ou transférer les énormes dépôts de munitions qu'ils conservent en Transnistrie. Le cout de l'opération serait de 3 milliards a 8 milliards de dollars.

Meme si le "mémorandum Kozak" n'a été qu'un ballon d'essai ou un coup de bluff, les conditions mises par les Russes au respect de leurs engagements rendent les observateurs perplexes quant aux objectifs fondamentaux de Moscou en matiere de sécurité.

Obligée d'abandonner, apres 1991, les positions transitionnelles de la diplomatie tsariste puis soviétique, la Russie cherche a maintenir des abces de fixation pour contrôler sa périphérie. Sa présence en Transnistrie lui permet, notamment, d'exercer une pression sur le flanc sud de l'Ukraine.

Une diplomate roumaine se félicite de l'indépendance de la Moldavie, qui épargne a son pays une frontiere commune avec la Russie. Mais, ajoute-elle, "s'il n'y a pas de sécurité sur le Dniestr -qui sépare la Transnistrie du reste de la Moldavie-, il n'y aura pas de sécurité sur le Prout -qui court entre la Moldavie et la Roumanie-". Or le Prout sera en 2007 une frontiere extérieure de l'Union européenne.

Cette diplomate émet la crainte que la Transnistrie ne se transforme en une sorte de "Kaliningrad sur la mer Noire", autrement dit en une enclave russe qui permette a Moscou de perturber le bon fonctionnement de l'Europe.

"Comment convaincre la Russie d'abandonner une conception soviétique de ses relations avec ses voisins ?", s'interroge un responsable de l'OSCE chargé du dossier moldave. La récente dégradation des relations russo-américaines et russo-européennes montre que la réponse a cette question n'a pas encore été trouvée.



http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3232,36-354669,0.html





SB
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Infinitul e mare, mai ales catre sfirsit.
(W. Allen)

>'Traim intr-o epoca a compromisurilor. Asa se spune. Mai mult. Toata lumea ne indeamna la compromisuri : politicieni, oameni de cultura, vedete'.

Eu nu cred ca este o epoca a compromisurile.

Lumea este intr-o continua miscare si dezvoltare si, bineinteles, ce a fost valoare in trecut azi poate nu mai este valabil.
Bineinteles ca au fost cei citiva la inceput care, poate, au fost considerati ca facind un compromis.

Ca si societatea, si eu cred ca pricipiile fiecaruia iau forme noi sa indeplineasca cerintele societatii- si vorbesc de o societate sanatoasa. Valorile, cred eu, trebuie intii sa se cristalizeze in tine insuti si cu experienta vietii devin parte din principiile dupa care iti conduci si raportezi viata. Nu poti sa ai principii de la inceput si dupa aia sa spui: De miine ma voi judeca dupa aceste...si cu asta basta.

Unde societatea este sanatoasa si nu are schimbari abrupte de valori, oameni nu sint expusi la necesitatea de a face compromisuri cu valoriile propri...decit daca sint fortati/nevoiti

De exemplu, in Romania cred ca s-au facut compromisuri dupa al doilea razboi mondial. Putem insa spune ca individul a compromis cu sine insuti in anii '80-'90 de exemplu? Eu n-am curajul.

Este destul de interesant cum fiecare dictionar defineste 'compromisul'.

In dictionarul englez actual 'compromise' are cu totul alt inteles...intelesul ca cel in romaneste nu exista, nu se poate descrie cu un cuvint- daca cineva a gasit, va rog luminati-ma.

Totusi cind am citit James Clavell- King Rat- Changi (scrisa prin '50 si ceva) 'compromise' a fost folosit pentru a descrie actiunea celor tinuti in lagar raportindu-se la viata si valorile de acasa.

Cu citva timp in urma am intrebat niste englezi daca inteleg 'compromis' ca si intelesul roman-am incercat sa le explic. Raspunsul a fost nu.

Cam atat deocamdata...ca sa nu ma compromit...:)
Florin si atat

Va salut!

Am urmarit emisiunea. Am spus-o imediat, pe lista
"Fotomagazin", http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fotomagazin.

Din pacate am reusit sa urmaresc doar a doua jumatate a
emisiunii. Nu am acces web bun asa ca nu pot vizita aceasta
pagina cum mi-as dori. Desi am pus un "change detector" in
pagina, mesajele de atentionare ca pagina s-a schimbat vin
cu mare intirziere. N-am aflat, astfel, din timp de emisiune.

Despre emisiune acum. Mi-a placut cum au vorbit invitatii,
impreuna cu dl. Lazar fiind in studio dl. Crisbasan. Scurt,
clar, concis, cu raspunsuri "la obiect".

Cind a fost vorba de galerii (spatii de expunere) si mode-
ratoarea a pomenit de cluburi banuiesc ca se referea la
club cu intelesul de... cafenea ;-) unde, prin fum si muzica,
vedem expuse diverse lucrari de arta. Dl. Lazar a inteles
"club" in sensul de asociatie ("Nufarul", "Orizont", s.a.m.d.).
Asa ca ne poate lamuri acum care este situatia cluburilor.
Care din ele expun permanent fotografie, este asta o alterna-
tiva sau sint cluburile ceva complementar galeriilor (consacra-
te).

Mi-a mai placut (vorba vine) de tinara artista care a zis ca
abia acum apar primele generatii (promotii?) de artisti foto-
grafi. Pai se rasuceste-n mormint Aurel Mihailopol si nici
Dinu Lazar nu se simte prea bine... ;-(

Parca a mai zis ca la scolile de fotografie se face prea mul-
ta "tehnica" (discutia-i veche de cind lumea (fotografiei)).
Pai prea putine lucrari artistice se fac fara buna stapinire
a tehnicii.

Sa vad ce-mi mai amintesc.
Cu stima,
Dragos Bora

".....Ei profita la ora actuala de ajutorul mare oferit de USA si Occident(ajutor destinat, inca din 1990, controlului saraciei interne si prevenirii unor razboiale civile)...."
..........................................
Dar unde sint profiturile Rusiei, din ultimi ani, provenite din exportul petrolului la un pret atit de mare? Au fost greve prin Venezuela, OPEC a taiat din productie, iar ei au exportat "big time"...poate si contrar unor rezolutii ONU cu privire la IRAK (au fost prinsi, daca nu gresesc)
Da, Chelsea e doar un "pocket change".(LOL)

PS.
Cum as putea obtine o copie la casetele audio, d-na EMA?

God grant me the serenity to accept the things i can not change
Courage to change the things I can
and the Wisdom to know the difference.

si cu asta cred ca am spus tot.

PREGNANCY Q & A & more!

Q: Should I have a baby after 35?
A: No, 35 children is enough.

Q: I'm two months pregnant now. When will my baby move?
A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.

Q: What is the most reliable method to determine a baby's sex?
A: Childbirth.

Q: My wife is five months pregnant and so moody that sometimes
she's borderline irrational.
A: So what's your question?

Q: My childbirth instructor says it's not pain I'll feel
during labor,but pressure. Is she right?
A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might be called an air
current.

Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?
A: Right after you find out you're pregnant.

Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while
my wife is in labor?
A: Not unless the word "alimony" means anything to you.

Q: Is there anything I should avoid while recovering from
childbirth?
A: Yes, pregnancy.

Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?
A: Not if you change the baby's diaper very quickly.

Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to
feel and act normal again?
A: When the kids are in college.


SB
................................................................
it's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice !

Florin tu ma intrebi :

"Crezi oare ca avind un sistem bine pus la punct accidente tragice ca acesta nu se pot intimpla?"

"Nu prea inteleg ce legatura are acest caz cu cugetarile lui Tutea sau guvernantii actuali..."

Da cred ,intr-un sistem bine pus la punct,care sa vina in ajutorul cetateanului de rand...Accidente tragice, au fost si vor mai fi,tot respectul pentru profesia de medic.De aceea nici nu am condamnat "medicul',ci individul deformat, ce a mutilat o fiinta umana.
Ehehe!!! la cugetarile lui Tutea...acolo gasesti adevarul...in "ograda" celor sus pusi,care: "nu pot conduce nici o gara..."(Tutea)nu prea se mutileaza...nu se da spaga,(tu aminteai,ce ai patit ...intr-un recent comentariu...)si cate altele...
Ce aflam din presa romana:
Romania nu merita terorismul medical

Andreea Pora
Luni, 19 Iulie 2004


In ultimii 14 ani, 160 de profesionisti in domeniul medical din Marea Britanie au facut 267 de vizite in Romania sub auspiciile unei organizatii de caritate numite ? Medical Support for Romania?, al carei director este Patrick Colquhon. Concluziile au facut obiectul unui articol intitulat ?Romania nu merita terorismul medical?, publicat in numarul din mai al revistei ?For a change? si care se refera pe larg la practica omniprezenta a mitei. Patrick Colquhon a acordat un interviu postului de radio Europa libera, povestind experienta avuta in Romania.
Pacientii sint atit de terorizati de ideea ca nu vor fi bine tratati sau, mai rau, ca nu vor fi tratati deloc, incit mita este de la sine inteleasa. Lucrurile merg pina acolo incit unii medici isi conditioneaza pacientii de plicul cu bani, spune Patrick Colquhon, relatind istoria unei femei din Zalau care, acum sase ani, a fost amenintata de medicul anestezist ca daca nu ii da suficienti bani inainte de operatie nu o mai ? trezeste? dupa.

Cine se teme de suferinta...va suferi de teama.

Chiar il ascult in acest moment:

"Well I just got into town about an hour ago
Took a look around,see which way the wind blow,
Were the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows.

Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light
Or just another lost angel...City of Night
City of Night,City of Night,City Of Night,City of Night
Woo.c'mon.

L.A.woman,L.A woman
L.A woman sunday afternoon(3x)
Drive thru your suburbs
Into your blues,into your blues,into your blues,yeah
Into your blue-blue blues,into your blues,ooohh yeah.

I see your hair is burnin'
Hills are filled with fire
If they say I never loved you
You know they are a liar...
Drivin' down your freeway
Midnite alleys roam
Cops in cars,the topless bars
Never saw a woman ....so alone
So alone,so alone,so alone,so alone...

Motel Money Murder Madness
Let's change the mood from glad to sadness..

Mr. Mojo Risin'(4x)
Got to keep on risin'
Mr. Mojo Risin'(4x)
Got to keep on risin'
Gone risin',risin'
Well risin',risin'
I gotta,wooo.yeah.risin'
Woah,ohhh yeah

Well I just got into town an hour ago
Took a look around,see which way the wind blow.
Were the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows

Are you a lucky little lady in Yhe City Of Light
Or just another lost angel...City of Night
City of Night(4x),woo,c'mon

L.A woman,L.A.woman(3x)
...........................................................................................
Released in 1971,an instant hit on the charts for 38 weeks #1,triple platinum.The Doors are:

Lyrics+vocals+songwriter:JIM MORRISON
Guitar:ROBBY KRIEGER
Keyboards:RAY MANZAREK
Drums:JOHN DENSMORE

L.A.WOMAN
...............................................................................
LOVE&PEACE,
Ozzy

Dear Pisicutza,
Deci ai cam 19 ani,si eu am 19 ani,poate nici atat,eu cred ca am in jur de 16.
Evident pe pasaport reiese ca as avea ...48 ani azi ,dar nu -i adevarat.
Imi place chestia cu "I cannot change",suna pe undeva ca vorbele mele scrise prin cafenea, ori stiute pe aici de zeci de ani de cei ce ma cunosc,doar ca eu le zic mai dur...putin:"I am what I am and I don't give a damn."si in plus cu rima.

And something else girl:never ever try to be happy,but BE happy!Fi fericita in orice moment din viata,even if you're down and out and nobody gives a shit on you,smile the world is yours.

Stiu ca poti."Don't worry be happy"zicea Baba si mereu a avut dreptate.
La varsta ta e bine sa descoperi cat mai multe si sa cunosti cat mai multe.
Incearca sa fii zilnic fericita,mereu va fi o noua lume de explorat si de ce nu,visatTe opreste cineva?Deloc.The whole world is at your feet baby.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<

"My friends,how desperately do we need to be loved and to love."

Chief Joseph(Nez Perce)

>>>>>><<<<<<>>>>>><<<<<<<>>>>>>><<<<<<<<>>>>>>>><<<<<>
LOVE&PEACE,
Ozzy
Ps:And I really LOVE you ALL.You're the best!God bless you .

My boys & girls,

Here we go now,so just go fucking craaaazzzyyyy.What are you?
A bunch of dead people?Get up,I wanna see the roof falling apart,loud,loud,louder,louuudeeerr,I can't fuckin'hear you!What are you?Babies?So here we go now :

"Well people look and people stare
Well I don't think that I even care
You work your life away and what do they give?
You're only killing yourself to live
Killing yourself to live...

Just take a look around you,what do you see?
Pain ,suffering and misery
It's not the waythat the world was meant
It's a pitty you don't understand
Killing yourself to live.

You think that I'm crazy and baby
I know that it's true
Before that you know it I think
That you'll go crazy too

I don't know if I'm up or down
Whether black is white or blue is brown
The colours of my life are different somehow
Little boy blue's a big girl now.


So you think it's me who's strange
But you'vr never had to make the change
Never give your truist away
You'll end up paying'til your dying day...

>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>><<<<<<>>>>>>><<<<<<>>>>>><
Black Sabbath/Sabbath Bloody Sabbath/released in 1973
Lyrics+vocals=Ozzy Osbourne
Guitar=Tony Iommi
Bass=Geezer Butler
Drums=Bill Ward

My guys were about 23-24 yers old... when this great album was released.
Kids....but very talented!Asa cuceresti lumea!!!!!!!Prin TALENT my friends,restul...vine de la sine!

LOVE&PEACE,
Ozzy

Dear Nicky,
Nu-mi pasa de ce crede lumea despre mine.Eu ma dezvalui in public asa cum sunt.Ca si cum ai merge la plaja de nudisti si dai totul jos de pe tine.
Lumea e invidioasa,geloasa,ar vrea sa fie ca mine dar NU pot fi...si sa stii ca am scris demult si admis ca pe vremuri nu am iubit femeia ci am folosit-o doar ca sex object. De cand cunosc pe Marilyn de 14 ani sunt alt om si la fel am mai scris si asta.Crezi ca nu te iubesc?

I love you girl! NU crede ca ma jignesti vreodata!NEVER!
Love is strange and hard to find and even when you change....you still can't find it 100%Believe an old fart like me...I've been thru thick and thin....woman?I LOVE her...I LOVE YOU ALL,te iubesc fara sa stiu cum arati pt. ca oare ma intereseaza trupul?Si iti multumesc din inima ca scrii cu toata dragostea.

Crezi ce vrei despre mine,eu stiu cine sunt!Pt.mine e de ajuns.

LOVE &PEACE,
Ozzy

publicata pe 7 iulie ;)

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change,
Courage to change things I can't accept
and the Wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off...

si din nou cred ca cu asta am spus tot ;)



~~~ I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!

Sint inflacarata si imes de mindra de conventia Republicanilor. Totodata imi pare bine ca printre Democrati mai exista oameni ca Zell Miller care poate face discernamintul intre bine si rau. Puterea cuvintelor lui din speech-ul de aseara puteti sa le cititi mai jos. Imi pare rau ca nu este tradus in Romaneste, ar putea politicienii din Romania sa invete ceva.

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Senator Zell Miller

Since I last stood in this spot, a whole new generation of the Miller Family has been born: Four great grandchildren.

Along with all the other members of our close-knit family -- they are my and Shirley's most precious possessions.

And I know that's how you feel about your family also.

Like you, I think of their future, the promises and the perils they will face.

Like you, I believe that the next four years will determine what kind of world they will grow up in.

And like you, I ask which leader is it today that has the vision, the willpower and, yes, the backbone to best protect my family?

The clear answer to that question has placed me in this hall with you tonight. For my family is more important than my party.

There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is

George Bush.

In the summer of 1940, I was an eight-year-old boy living in a remote little Appalachian valley.

Our country was not yet at war but even we children knew that there were some crazy men across the ocean who would kill us if they could.

President Roosevelt, in his speech that summer, told America "all private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger."

In 1940 Wendell Wilkie was the Republican nominee.

And there is no better example of someone repealing their "private plans" than this good man.

He gave Roosevelt the critical support he needed for a peacetime draft, an unpopular idea at the time.

And he made it clear that he would rather lose the election than make national security a partisan campaign issue.

Shortly before Wilkie died he told a friend, that if he could write his own epitaph and had to choose between "here lies a president" or "here lies one who contributed to saving freedom", he would prefer the latter.

Where are such statesmen today?

Where is the bi-partisanship in this country when we need it most?

Now, while young Americans are dying in the sands of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, our nation is being torn apart and made weaker because of the Democrat's manic obsession to bring down our Commander-in-Chief.

What has happened to the party I've spent my life working in?

I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.

It was Democratic President Harry Truman who pushed the Red Army out of Iran, who came to the aid of Greece when Communists threatened to overthrow it, who stared down the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by flying in supplies and saving the city.

Time after time in our history, in the face of great danger, Democrats and Republicans worked together to ensure that freedom would not falter. But not today.

Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator.

And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.

Tell that to the one-half of Europe that was freed because Franklin Roosevelt led an army of liberators, not occupiers.

Tell that to the lower half of the Korean Peninsula that is free because Dwight Eisenhower commanded an army of liberators, not occupiers.

Tell that to the half a billion men, women and children who are free today from the Baltics to the Crimea, from Poland to Siberia, because Ronald Reagan rebuilt a military of liberators, not occupiers.

Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. And, our soldiers don't just give freedom abroad, they preserve it for us here at home.

For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press.

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.

It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.

No one should dare to even think about being the Commander in Chief of this country if he doesn't believe with all his heart that our soldiers are liberators abroad and defenders of freedom at home.

But don't waste your breath telling that to the leaders of my party today. In their warped way of thinking America is the problem, not the solution.

They don't believe there is any real danger in the world except that which America brings upon itself through our clumsy and misguided foreign policy.

It is not their patriotism - it is their judgment that has been so sorely lacking. They claimed Carter's pacifism would lead to peace.

They were wrong.

They claimed Reagan's defense buildup would lead to war.

They were wrong.

And, no pair has been more wrong, more loudly, more often than the two Senators from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry.

Together, Kennedy/Kerry have opposed the very weapons system that won the Cold War and that is now winning the War on Terror.

Listing all the weapon systems that Senator Kerry tried his best to shut down sounds like an auctioneer selling off our national security but Americans need to know the facts.

The B-1 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, dropped 40% of the bombs in the first six months of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The B-2 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, delivered air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Hussein's command post in Iraq.

The F-14A Tomcats, that Senator Kerry opposed, shot down Khadifi's Libyan MIGs over the Gulf of Sidra. The modernized F-14D, that Senator Kerry opposed, delivered missile strikes against Tora Bora.

The Apache helicopter, that Senator Kerry opposed, took out those Republican Guard tanks in Kuwait in the Gulf War. The F-15 Eagles, that Senator Kerry opposed, flew cover over our Nation's Capital and this very city after 9/11.

I could go on and on and on: Against the Patriot Missile that shot down Saddam Hussein's scud missiles over Israel, Against the Aegis air-defense cruiser, Against the Strategic Defense Initiative, Against the Trident missile, against, against, against.

This is the man who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces?

U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?

Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric.

Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside.

Senator Kerry has made it clear that he would use military force only if approved by the United Nations.

Kerry would let Paris decide when America needs defending. I want Bush to decide.

John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.

That's the most dangerous outsourcing of all. This politician wants to be leader of the free world.

Free for how long?

For more than twenty years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure. As a war protestor, Kerry blamed our military.

As a Senator, he voted to weaken our military. And nothing shows that more sadly and more clearly than his vote this year to deny protective armor for our troops in harms way, far-away.

George Bush understands that we need new strategies to meet new threats.

John Kerry wants to re-fight yesterday's war. George Bush believes we have to fight today's war and be ready for tomorrow's challenges. George Bush is committed to providing the kind of forces it takes to root out terrorists.

No matter what spider hole they may hide in or what rock they crawl under.

George Bush wants to grab terrorists by the throat and not let them go to get a better grip.

From John Kerry, they get a "yes-no-maybe" bowl of mush that can only encourage our enemies and confuse our friends.

I first got to know George Bush when we served as governors together. I admire this man.

I am moved by the respect he shows the First Lady, his unabashed love for his parents and his daughters, and the fact that he is unashamed of his belief that God is not indifferent to America.

I can identify with someone who has lived that line in "Amazing Grace," "Was blind, but now I see," and I like the fact that he's the same man on Saturday night that he is on Sunday morning.

He is not a slick talker but he is a straight shooter and, where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.

I have knocked on the door of this man's soul and found someone home, a God-fearing man with a good heart and a spine of tempered steel.

The man I trust to protect my most precious possession: my family.

This election will change forever the course of history, and that's not any history. It's our family's history.

The only question is how. The answer lies with each of us. And, like many generations before us, we've got some hard choosing to do.

Right now the world just cannot afford an indecisive America. Fainthearted, self-indulgence will put at risk all we care about in this world.

In this hour of danger our President has had the courage to stand up. And this Democrat is proud to stand up with him.

Thank you.

God Bless this great country and God Bless George W. Bush.
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Stati sa clarificam ceva: in ziua de azi, drepturile de autor nu sint pentru "autori".. Din cite inteleg eu, un scriitor vinde drepturile sale pentru o carte catre o companie. Din acel moment el nu mai are drepturi legate de cartea respectiva. Publisherul poate sa schimbe paragrafe, editeze etc. Poate chiar sa hotarasca sa nu publice cartea, blocind altii care ar fi vrut (s-a intimplat in muzica si in literatura). Comparativ cu profitul net obtinut de publisher, autorul primeste un "chump change" care de-abia-l ajuta sa traiasca pina la urmatoarea carte. Evident cu mici exceptii, asta se intimpla peste tot, si e mai rau in muzica (ca tot vorbim de mp3), unde artistii sint fortati sa vinda in avans citeva albume pe citiva ani inainte, si nu au posibilitatea sa ceara mai mult daca de exemplu, primul album devine foarte popular.

Din pretul unui CD vindut azi (17-20 de dolari, nu e ieftin), artistii primesc sub un dolar, din care platesc catre publisher tot felul de taxe pina ramin cu datorii. Contractele sint sclavie pura, practic esti fortat sa produci fara drepturi pe 7 (sapte) ani de zile. Aveam niste linkuri interesante despre asta, imi pare rau ca le-am pierdut, dar pot sa le gasesc daca e cineva interesat. Pretul de mai sus e artificial, e un caz clasic de "industry-standard" price fixing, si daca-mi aduc bine aminte in California au fost chiar gasiti vinovati de asta, si trebuie sa dea niste bani inapoi.

Sint multi artisti necunoscuti in ziua de azi, care nu pot sa-si publice muzica fara angajamente de genul asta, pentru ca cineva a hotarit ca nu vor vinde mai mult de 100.000 de albume asa ca n-are sens sa se incurce cu ei. Afirm, si sinteti liberi sa ma contraziceti, ca astia sint artistii adevarati. Nu Britney sau care o fi the latest boy band, exemple clare de music engineering, cintece calculate sa fie hituri, zi de zi si ora de ora inundind statiile de radio controlate de un singur conglomerat (ati auzit de Clear Channel ? daca nu, o sa).

At any rate, artistii de mai sus au slujbe, si pe linga slujbe fac si muzica, de placere, si tot ce vor e ca mai multa lume sa asculte muzica lor. Nu cred ca prea multi din ei isi inchipuie ca la un moment dat is vor permite sa traiasca la vila in Beverly Hills din asta. Internetul le ofera pentru prima data un mediu ieftin de distributie care nu e controlat de nimeni (inca). Dar nimeni nu stie de ei pentru ca toate mediile sint saturate cu top40 in mod continuu.

Legi ca astea doar mentin dreptul unora de a face bani la infinit (ati auzit ca copyrightul pe Mickey Mouse a fost extins inca o data de Congres, ca nu cumva sa piarda Disney asa o cash cow). Si produc aberatii de genul coafezelor amenintate cu inchisoarea pentru ca aveau un radio, sau pe plaiurile americane, girl scouts care nu pot sa cinte cintece populare fara licenta.

Este evident ca legislatia, peste tot in lume, a fost depasita de epoca tehnologica in care sintem. Sistemele pentru drepturi de autor, patente si trademarks au nevoie grabnica de niste revizii serioase. Companiile care nu vor sa se adapteze la nou nu ne lasa sa evoluam in pace, fortind legi peste legi care sa le garanteze dreptul de a scoate bani cu aceleasi metode din secolul XIX. E timpul sa ne trezim si sa le dam un brinci.

Merita sa cititi si pagina data de Catalin Francu ceva mai jos, si "The Right to Read" de Richard Stallman:

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html

Cind am citit-o prima oara (prin 98 cred ca eram inca in RO) am crezut ca e un sci-fi absurd, evident ca asa ceva n-o sa se intimple niciodata. Am recitit-o din nou anul trecut, acum in State, si m-am infricosat vazind cit de departe au ajuns. Cei care au urechi de auzit, sa auda.

cand ai stat de vorba cu Doamne - Doamne ultima data? am eu o prietena foarte buna , care e cu multe minute mai desteapta decat multi pot sa inteleaga, si scrise ea odata o rugaciune plina de adevaruri:

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change,
Courage to change things I can't accept
and the Wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off...


PS- cat despre povestea prietenei mele, ai pierdut exact esenta . citeste printre randuri si nu uita ca limba romana e satioasa, ea poate avea mai multe intelesuri. se pare ca nu ai intrat pe aceeasi frecventa cu sensurile date de mine cuvintelor mele... stop trying!
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Viata este timpul ce ne-a fost daruit, de la prima pana la ultima clipa!

Belle se vaitã de o anume raceala care o simti din partea la un robotsel. Ea zise pre limba ei cum ca:

"de trei ori am fost ieri pe-acolo si de fiecare data bantuiam de una singura, ca robotelul care-l pusesi tu ori dormea ori n-avea chef de vorba ;)"

Belle, fa o propunere la Iko sa faca un change la robotselul respectiv si sa-l transforme in loc de un egg-drop un ou de conversatie ( sint si din astia o gramada, mi se pare ca in spatiul vorbitor de limba româna cel mai vestit era "Garcea" de pe la Express acu ceva ani)
Sa vezi conversatii atunci:-))

Alex

Richard Branson (Virgin Airlines), s-a alaturat echipei din Mojave pentru a comercializa pe viitor iesirile in spatiul extraterestrial,... au ajuns chiar sa-i puna denumirea companiei "VIRGIN GALACTIC" cu un pret de 160 mii dollari pentru un pasager http://tinyurl.com/4ulyk Sint poate cei mai apropiati de marele premiu (doar un "pocket-change" pentru unii din echipa lor)...(LOL)

salutari,
sixpack

scuze copii da' n-am timp s-o traduc, da' stiu ca voi oricum stiti engleza :))

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