sambata de aprilie

Stire proaspata: un proiect de lege pentru a permite portul de arme.
Se precizeaza ca acestea pot fi folosite doar in locuinta proprie, pentru aparare, evident.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/1/2004/April/8095.shtml

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Ce-o mai face domnu' Melcu?

Iata ca BOR e iar "persecutata" (din banii publici):


"PSD ridica biserici electorale (ziarul 'Romania Libera', Marti 27 Aprilie 2004 )


Dupa adidasi, miel, oua si bani aruncati in multime, PSD vrea sa cumpere acum si bunavointa lui Dumnezeu numai sa castige alegerile! Ministrul Culturii si Cultelor, Razvan Theodorescu, prezent ieri la grupul PSD din Senat, a anuntat ca pentru fiecare comunitate mai mare de credinciosi anul acesta se va acorda cate o jumatate de miliard de lei, iar celor mai mici o suta de milioane. Acestia sunt bani solicitati de multa vreme pentru construirea sau repararea de lacase de cult, dar acordati abia inaintea alegerilor. Aceste sume sunt alocate "peste" miliardele de lei distribuite prin Legea bugetului de stat bisericilor din circumscriptiile electorale ale parlamentarilor PSD. Ministrul Culturii a gasit in acest an electoral bani si pentru alte obiective culturale. De pilda, patru miliarde de lei pentru reamenajarea monumentului de arta de la km 0 (de langa Biserica Sf. Gheorghe), unde: "vom ridica un gard cat mai inalt cu tepuse cat mai ascutite"!

O alta explicatie ar fi ca in aceasta perioada (aprilie-mai-iunie) sunt destul de multe concursuri de fotografie: Mihai Dan Calinescu, Romania plus, Romania intre clisee si realitate, Fotogeografica, Photo Graphie, Premfoto (3 chiar au deadline in decurs de 4 zile). Pentru majoritatea fotografiile trebuie trimise in format 20*30. Pentru cei care nu au imprimanta acasa o fotografie in acest format costa 40,000 lei. Daca se trimit maximum de 4 fotografii vorbim de un cost de 160,000 lei, la aceasta suma adaugandu-se in unele cazuri si taxa de participare. Si aceasta in cazul in care nu incerci sa faci fotografiile special pentru aceste concursuri, altfel se mai adauga pretul filmului/elor si developare.
Deci poate fi si un motiv strict financiar... si atunci esti nevoit sa faci o selectie. Pacat ca aceste concursuri sunt organizate cam in aceeasi perioada. Din punctul meu de vedere.

Sunt plecata de 7 ani din tara si tot nu siu unde imi este locul,adica unde ma simt acasa.
Merg regulat in romania si de fiecare data inainte de plecare sunt emotionata si bucuroasa ca o sa ajung in acel loc unde mi-am petrecut cei mai frumosi ani din viata.
La vama romana insa imi piere deja putin din bucurie cand ii vad pe graniceri cum se comporta si cum controleaza bagajele in speranta ca vor gasi ceva ce nu este in regula ca sa imi sopteasca sa bag 20 euro in pasaport ca sa trec cu cele 20 de pungi de cafea ....
Prima oara am inceput sa discut cu ei dar nu am ajuns la nici un consens.Au inceput sa imi citeze legile x si paragrafele y si lumea din autocar a inceput sa creada ca din cauza mea stau atat de mult in vama si mi-au spus sa-i dau omului banii ca altfel vom ramane peste noapte acolo.I-am dat.Ce era sa fac?Daca n-o faceam si ne tinea acolo cred ca ma linsau ceilalti calatori!!!!!
Oricum,am invatat ceva!Cand am "prea multa" cafea in bagaje pregatesc deja banii in pasaport si pana acum nu au fost refuzati niciodata.
In fine...asta e!
Dupa nenumarate ore ajung si eu acasa si ma bucur cand vad casa mea,vecinii,camera mea si uit de calatoria stresanta.
Din pacate aproape toti prietenii mei sunt plecat din tara,unii muncesc pe vas altii cu alte contracte prin toata lumea.Atunci imi pun intrebarea ce caut de fapt acolo!Incep sa ma gandesc cu ce sa ma ocup in urmatoarele doua saptamani.Mama imi spune cine mai e in tara sau cine e venit in vizita si ma apuc sa dau telefoane.In final dau de cateva cunostiinte si prieteni si imi dau intalnire cu ei la o cafenea din oras.
Ajung seara la cafenea si imi salta inima de bucurie cand ii vad.Imi sunt dragi.Iau un loc langa ei la masa si raspund la intrebarile standard ca de ex cum e in germania,ce muncesc si cat castig pe luna.Nu-mi plac intrebarile de genul acesta dar nu am cum sa le evit.
Dupa "interviu" aud de la toti comentarii de genul "pai atat castigam noi aici intr-un an" si "noi nu avem din ce trai" si "ne ajung banii numai de mancare" si incep sa ma simt prost.
Dupa cateva minute se trece la alte subiecte si ma simt usurata.
DAR:Cand ma uit pe masa vad ca fiecare are ultimul model de telefon mobil si prefer sa nu il scot pe al meu pe masa ca sa nu aud comentarii de genul "am avut si eu acelasi telefon...dar acum 2-3 ani".....
Pentru mine nu conteaza telefonul.Important e ca merge.Nu imi trebuie te-miri-ce-telefon cu camera si cu wap....!!!!Dar pentru ei e important.Ma simt pierduta.Nu mai inteleg nimic.
Candva o intreb pe o tipa de unde si-a luat pantofii ca imi placeau.Mi-a spus magazinul de unde i-a luat si ca au costat 5,5 milioane.O gramada de bani si pentru mine.Dupa 5 minute imi spune tipa ca are probleme cu banii,ca le-a taiat curentul luna trecuta ca nu a avut bani sa-l plateasca.Acum chiar ca nu mai inteleg nimic!!!!Am mai ramas pe post de ascultator la masa si am aflat de niste cluburi din zona unde costa 300.000 intrarea si o sticla de Jack Daniels 1.800.000 si unde se merge in fiecare vineri si sambata.Nu mai suport sa stau si le spun ca merg acasa ca sunt obosita.
Nu stiu cum le merge la altii dar toleranta mea scade la 0 cand vad ca lumea se plange si dupa aceea vorbesc de bani de parca i-ar avea cu sacii acasa.
Eu nu castig rau aici dar orice om care sta in occident stie ce inseamna sa platesti o chirie de +500 euro,curentul,telefonul,impozitul si asigurarea la masina.Nu imi permit sa ies in fiecare weekend la discoteca.Nu-mi permit sa imi cumpar pantofi care costa mai mult decat castig intr-o luna....nu am ultimul tip de telefon....!!!!!
Duc o viata normala si ma bucur de ea si sunt fericita pentru orice zi fara probleme majore.
Nu as vrea sa mai traiesc acolo.Nu suport superficialitatea oamenilor.Nu vreau sa spun ca sunt toti asa,siu ca exista oameni care chiar au probleme financiare si nu vreau sa-bag pe toti in aceeasi oala!!!!
Ma refer doar la experientele mele personale.

NEWS
Committee to Protect Journalists

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, MAY 3, AT 00:01 GMT (For Monday's Newspapers)

CPJ Names World's Worst Places to Be a Journalist

New York, April 30, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is marking World Press Freedom Day, Monday, May 3, by naming the World's Worst Places to Be a Journalist.
The list of 10 places represents the full range of current threats to press freedom.

At the top of the list is Iraq, where 25 journalists have died since the U.S.-led war began in March 2003. A brutal crackdown launched last year in Cuba by Fidel Castro's government has left an unprecedented 29 journalists behind bars, serving lengthy prison terms of up to 27 years. Last year saw the biggest blow to Zimbabwe's beleaguered press when authorities closed the country's only remaining independent daily. CPJ also placed Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, China, Eritrea, Haiti, the West Bank and Gaza, and Russia on the list of Worst Places to Be a Journalist.


"In all of these places, reporting the news is an act of courage and conviction," said CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper. "Journalism is essential in helping all of us understand the events that shape our lives, and our need and desire for information cannot be eliminated by violence and repression."


WORLD'S WORST PLACES TO BE A JOURNALIST:

IRAQ

More than a year after the war in Iraq began, the country remains the most dangerous place in the world to work as a journalist. Twenty-five journalists have been killed in action in Iraq since March 2003. Twelve have been killed in 2004 alone-all of them Iraqis.

Postwar Iraq is fraught with risks for reporters: Banditry, gunfire, and bombings are common. Insurgents have added a new threat by systematically targeting foreigners, including journalists, and Iraqis who work for them.
At least six Iraqi media workers have been murdered, and several more have received threats. Armed groups have abducted some eight journalists in 2004, though all have been released.

U.S. forces pose an additional threat to working journalists: at least seven-and possibly as many as nine-journalists have been killed by gunfire from U.S. forces. Other journalists-mostly Arab or Iraqi-have been detained and suffered mistreatment at the hands of U.S. forces.

CUBA

The arrest and long-term imprisonment of 29 journalists in 2003 has decimated Cuba's fledgling independent press. A year after the government of President Fidel Castro Ruz launched a massive crackdown against the press and the political opposition, the imprisoned journalists and their families are harassed and exposed to humiliating prison conditions and psychological torture. They have denounced inadequate medical attention, have been placed in solitary confinement, and have complained about receiving foul-smelling and rotten food. The journalists, who are held in maximum-security facilities, went on hunger strikes several times to demand better conditions. Those journalists who were not imprisoned continue to face routine police intimidation and harassment and are careful about what they write. They say they have been visited by state security officials and issued warnings to stop writing or face the consequences.

ZIMBABWE

For the last four years, Zimbabwe's government has pursued a relentless crackdown on the private press through harassment, censorship, and restrictive legislation. Last year saw the biggest blow to press freedom yet, with authorities closing the Daily News, Zimbabwe's only independent daily and the country's most popular paper. The country's Media and Information Commission (MIC), whose board is government-appointed, refused to register the newspaper despite two court orders to do so. And in February 2004, the Zimbabwean Supreme Court upheld legislation requiring journalists and media outlets to be licensed by the MIC, making it a criminal act to practice journalism without government approval. Those who fail to register face fines and up to two years' imprisonment.

Zimbabwean officials have proven particularly sensitive to coverage of political unrest and the country's severe economic problems. Journalists who reported on pro-democracy rallies were arrested by police and attacked by ruling party supporters. Last year, authorities deported the last foreign reporter based in Zimbabwe, the U.K. Guardian's Andrew Meldrum, whom officials called an "undesirable inhabitant."

TURKMENISTAN

Because political dissent is not tolerated by Turkmenistan's totalitarian regime, independent journalism is practically non-existent.
President-for-life and self-proclaimed "father of all Turkmen,"
Saparmurat
Niyazov, maintains strict control over all newspapers, radio, and television stations by personally appointing editors, and his office approves news reports before they are published or broadcast.

One of the only independent media outlets that penetrates this system of control is the reporting broadcast from abroad by the Turkmen service of the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). And again this year, RFE/RL was subjected to intense official harassment. In September 2003, National Security Service (MNB) agents detained an RFE/RL stringer based in the capital, Ashgabat, for two days, threatened him with 20 years in prison for betraying his country, and injected him multiple times with an unknown substance. More recently, in February 2004, MNB agents arrested two RFE/RL freelancers after one smuggled 800 copies of his banned novel into Turkmenistan. Both were released from prison in March after CPJ and other press freedom groups protested. However, the journalists still face charges of slander and instigating social, ethnic, and religious hatred and have been pressured to sever all ties with RFE/RL.


BANGLADESH

Crime, corruption, and lawlessness make Bangladesh the most violent country for journalists in Asia. Reporters routinely face threats, harassment, and often brutally violent physical attacks in retaliation for their reporting.
Despite promises from government officials to apprehend those responsible for assaults, the majority of attacks on journalists go unpunished. Deep political divisions in the country and within the journalism community also contribute to the climate of fear.

CPJ has documented dozens of violent attacks against Bangladeshi journalists during the last decade, including the murders of seven journalists in the last eight years. Journalists working outside the capital, Dhaka, are particularly vulnerable. Veteran journalist Manik Saha was killed in January
2004 in the southwestern city of Khulna when unidentified assailants threw a homemade bomb at him. In December 2003, a group of thugs affiliated with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party tried to kill Shafiul Haque Mithu in the southwestern town of Pirojpur after he wrote a series of articles exposing local officials' abuse of power.

CHINA

During the last year, the newly installed government of President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao has escalated an assault on the burgeoning independent-minded media in China. Authorities have arrested high-profile editors, closed publications, and imposed news blackouts on politically sensitive events.

The crackdown reached an apex in early 2004, when officials arrested three popular and respected editors from the pioneering Southern Metropolis News for alleged corruption. The charges came after the paper published a series of reports on the resurgence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, local police violence, and other sensitive topics. Chinese journalists have called the arrests the "darkest moment" in 20 years of media reform in China.

Forty-one journalists are now imprisoned in China, making it the world's leading jailer of journalists for the fifth year in a row. Independent writers and commentators on the Internet are particularly targeted for prosecution. The arrest of prominent and outspoken commentator Du Daobin in late 2003 sent a clear message to all Internet writers that free expression online will not be tolerated.

ERITREA

Eritrea has been Africa's foremost jailer of journalists since September 2001, when the government banned the entire private press and detained independent reporters. Seventeen journalists are now in secret jails across the tiny Red Sea nation, almost all of them held incommunicado. President Isaias Afewerki and top government officials have accused independent journalists of espionage, spreading disinformation, and "endangering national unity." Authorities continue to insist that the private press also operated without proper licenses, and that independent journalists routinely evaded the compulsory National Service Program. Despite these allegations, no formal charges have been brought against any of the journalists, and the government has given no indication that it intends to prosecute them.

The ruling party has a firm grip on the state media, whose employees are censored and also practice self-censorship. Afewerki has been unfazed by persistent international denunciation of his human rights record and continues to dismiss foreign critics as enemies of Eritrea.


HAITI

Press freedom conditions have seriously deteriorated in Haiti since September 2003, when the murder of a notorious gang leader sparked nationwide violence. From January to March 2004, journalists became targets during the uprising that led to the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29. While hostility against Haitian journalists is common, foreign correspondents were also attacked while covering the two-month rebellion. In March, a Spanish television correspondent was killed and a U.S. photographer was wounded by gunfire. Several radio stations were torched around the country. Investigations into the 2000 and 2001 murders of two prominent Haitian journalists have shown no progress. The Haitian judicial system's failure to prosecute these crimes has perpetuated a climate of impunity, forcing dozens of journalists to go into exile or seek political asylum.

THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

The West Bank and Gaza Strip remains one of the most unpredictable and potentially dangerous assignments for journalists. At least three journalists have been killed there since April 2003-each by Israeli army gunfire. Israeli troops often harass or attack Palestinian journalists, and Israeli authorities enforce tough restrictions on their freedom of movement.
Palestinian journalists are vulnerable to the increasing lawlessness in the Occupied Territories.

Palestinian militias and armed groups have frequently threatened and assaulted reporters and in some cases have ransacked news offices. In 2003 and 2004, Palestinian gunmen raided two television news offices and a newspaper in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, attacked a correspondent on the street in Gaza, and assaulted a reporter in Ramallah.

RUSSIA

President Vladimir Putin's "managed democracy," which includes using various branches of the state bureaucracy to rein in the independent media, is making the practice of independent journalism in Russia more and more tenuous. A shift from blatant pressures to more subtle and covert tactics, such as politicized lawsuits and hostile corporate takeovers by businessmen with close ties to Putin, has allowed the Kremlin to stifle criticism of the president and reports on government corruption and human rights abuses committed by Russian forces in Chechnya.

In advance of the December 2003 parliamentary elections and March 2004 presidential elections, the Kremlin tightened its legal and bureaucratic controls over the domestic press. Russian press groups criticized the Central Election Commission for failing to sanction the state-run national television channels for improperly promoting Putin and pro-Kremlin parties during the campaigns.

Journalists in Russia's provinces continue to be murdered with impunity.
In
October 2003, the editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper in the Volga River city of Togliatti was stabbed to death because of his paper's coverage of organized crime and government corruption. He was the paper's second editor-in-chief to be murdered in 18 months.

The Committee to Protect Journalists is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide.




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Elevi romani, premiati de NASA


Flaviu Birsan si Andrei Costea, doi dintre constantenii care i-au uimit pe americani




Maria Petrean
Leila Florescu
Sambata, 08 Mai 2004


Flaviu Birsan si Andrei Costea, de la Liceul “Ovidius” din Constanta, si Carmen Sigovan, de la Colegiul National “Mircea cel Batrin”, sint cistigatorii marelui premiu pentru crearea unei statii orbitale independente, oferit de NASA. In concursul initiat de Agentia Spatiala Americana s-au inscris 122 de proiecte, realizate de 444 de elevi si studenti din tari cu experienta in activitatea spatiala, printre care SUA, Japonia, Germania si Rusia.
La inceputul anului, Agentia Spatiala Americana (NASA) lansa un concurs pentru tinerii cu virste intre 11 si 18 ani, din toata lumea, al carui subiect era proiectul unei statii orbitale. Absolut din intimplare, trei elevi din Constanta, olimpici la fizica si matematica, inscrisi la Centrul de Excelenta, navigau pe Internet in cautarea unor concursuri care sa le testeze cunostintele si l-au descoperit pe cel lansat de NASA. Cei interesati aveau la dispozitie trei luni sa elaboreze proiectul unei statii orbitale. Flaviu Birsan si Andrei Costea, ambii de la Liceul “Ovidius” din Constanta, si Carmen Sigovan, de la Colegiul National “Mircea cel Batrin”, au inceput atunci activitatea de cercetare pentru participarea la competitie. Timp de doua luni au consultat peste 60 de surse de informare, de la literatura de specialitate la paginile web, apoi a urmat o luna de concepere a proiectului, cu munca asidua, cite 12 ore zilnic. Coordonati de profesorul Ion Bararu, directorul Centrului de Excelenta Constanta, cei trei tineri - toti elevi in clasa a XI-a - au reusit sa imagineze o statie orbitala care sa se sustina independent de Pamint. Ei au numit proiectul LEDA, dupa nimfa din mitologie care lua forma unei lebede, dar si ca o prescurtare a numelui statiei, Life sustaining Environment Designed for Artificial habitats si plecind de la premisa ca statia imaginata de ei are forma unei lebede. Copiii spun ca partile cele mai complicate au fost imaginarea modelului matematic dupa care sa functioneze statia si redactarea proiectului in limba engleza, in termeni de specialitate.
Dupa ce au trimis proiectul LEDA, constantenii au asteptat raspunsul, dar, dupa cum sustin chiar ei, nu se asteptau la marele premiu deoarece in concurs s-au inscris 122 de proiecte, realizate de 444 de elevi si studenti din tari cu experienta in activitatea spatiala: SUA, Canada, Japonia, Germania, Franta si Rusia. Dintre toate proiectele inscrise in concurs, LEDA a fost apreciat drept cel mai bun si recompensat cu marele premiu. Flaviu, Andrei si Carmen vor fi invitati la sediul NASA, unde vor petrece zece zile la Centrul de Cercetari AMES. Acolo isi vor prezenta si proiectul, in cadrul unor sesiuni stiintifice. Pentru a ajunge in Statele Unite le trebuie insa bani de drum, NASA asigurindu-le doar sumele necesare cheltuielilor de cazare, masa si transport intern.




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

Prietenul Schroeder il loveste pe Nastase


"Adi, ramii cu bine!" pare sa spuna premierul bulgar Simeon




Gelu Trandafir
Sambata, 08 Mai 2004


Cancelarul german spune ca Bulgaria nu trebuie sa sufere din cauza altor tari in procesul integrarii Bulgaria ar putea incheia negocierile inainte de 30 iunie 2004, a afirmat Schroeder
Aderarea Bulgariei la UE nu trebuie sa fie afectata de intirzierile altor state, respectiv Romania, a declarat joi, la Berlin, cancelarul german Gerhard Schroeder, in timpul intrevederii cu premierul bulgar Simeon de Saxa Coburg-Gotha. Liderul german l-a asigurat pe omologul sau de la Sofia ca Germania sustine eforturile Bulgariei de a adera la UE, estimind ca negocierile cu aceasta tara s-ar putea incheia luna viitoare.

“Sintem de acord sa oferim ajutor Romaniei pentru a-si atinge obiectivul. Dificultatile care mai exista trebuie depasite, dar, pe de alta parte, Bulgaria nu trebuie sa sufere din cauza altor tari”, a subliniat cancelarul.

http://www.expres.ro/politica/?news_id=154076&print=1


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

Fotografierea cu stenopa este fotografierea fara lentila si fara obiectiv, pe principiul camerei obscure; o cutie cu o gaurica intr-un perete si material fotosensibil pe celalalt perete.
Cu minimum de mijloace se pot face opere de arta uluitoare:

(group show), 'Slow Vision'
North Norwegian Artist Centre
8310 Svolvær, Norway
DATES: Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Tuesday, May 25, 2004
DETAILS: http://www.pinhole.com/events/index.php?id=662


Tom Baril, Mabel Odessey, Ilan Wolff, 'Private and Imaginary Worlds: Architecture and the Elements.'
Lonsdale Gallery
Toronto, Canada
DATES: Saturday, May 01, 2004 - Sunday, May 30, 2004
DETAILS: http://www.pinhole.com/events/index.php?id=837


David Chick, Amy Bates, Patrick Girgen, 'Phorgotten Photography'
Forgotten Works Gallery
Seattle, WA, United States
DATES: Thursday, May 06, 2004 - Tuesday, June 01, 2004
DETAILS: http://www.pinhole.com/events/index.php?id=828


Alexandre Lopes, Bernardo Magalhães, Cleber Falieri, Leone Soares, Ludmila Loureiro, Luiz Guilherme, Paula Fortuna , 'Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day'
Primeira Fotogaleria
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
DATES: Sunday, April 25, 2004 - Friday, June 04, 2004
DETAILS: http://www.pinhole.com/events/index.php?id=834


Diana Hooper Bloomfield (group exhibit), 'Old Is New Again: Alternative Processes in Photography'
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, NC, United States
DATES: Friday, January 23, 2004 - Sunday, June 06, 2004
DETAILS: http://www.pinhole.com/events/index.php?id=670


Monica Gotz, Scott MacLeod, 'Central Park: Two Views'
Arsenal Gallery, Central Park
New York, New York, United States
DATES: Thursday, April 29, 2004 - Thursday, June 10, 2004
DETAILS: http://www.pinhole.com/events/index.php?id=849


Diana Hooper Bloomfield, 'Landscapes: Through The Pinhole'
Theatre Art Galleries
High Point, NC, United States
DATES: Thursday, May 06, 2004 - Friday, August 06, 2004
Reception: Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 05:00 PM
DETAILS: http://www.pinhole.com/events/index.php?id=844

Si Craica va intra in Europa, nu-i asa?


Peisaj din Craica. Calea ferata functioneaza inca




Fotoreportaj de Petrut Calinescu
www.petrut-calinescu.com
Sambata, 22 Mai 2004


Si Craica va intra in Europa – foto 1 (format jpg) – foto 2 – foto 3 – foto 4 – foto 5 – foto 6
Cartierul tiganesc Craica, de la marginea orasului Baia Mare, nu are o istorie diferita fata de alte asezari tiganesti din tara. Majoritatea rromilor de aici locuiau in apartamente date de stat, dar acumularea datoriilor la intretinere si neplata lor i-a facut sa ajunga in strada. Primaria a inchis ochii si, treptat, ei s-au apucat sa-si construiasca niste maghernite la periferia orasului, intre piriul Craica si calea ferata. Acum sint vreo 50 de case in care locuiesc peste 300 de oameni. Chiar daca e mic, cartierul e organizat dupa toate regulile. Exista un bulibasa, un “centru” de tatuaje, unde un pusti si-a facut mina pe jumatate din locuitorii de aici, console de jocuri pe televizor si antene parabolice.




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SB

vesti bune :) ma bucur s-aud ca totul e "sub control"
eu nu ma dau cu barca da' incerc sa prind un pic de soare de cate ori am ocazia, desi sambata trecuta am cam exagerat, mi-era dor de soare si am vrut sa-l iau pe tot intr-o zi ... n-are rost sa-ti povestesc consecintele ;)
in rest, eu n-am "la tara" fiindca unde stau e ca un fel de valea prahovei asa ca eu zic ca stau la tara, iar de capsuni si alte trufandale in gradina proprie nici nu vine vorba fiindca le mananca caprioarele si ratonii inainte sa se coaca
spune-i lui jimmy c-o invidiez, intotdeauna mi-am dorit sa vad egyptul....
un sfarsit de saptamana placut la amandoua, mai palavragim saptamana viitoare :)

"limbut e din nascare si are mestesug / sa nu spuie nimica, vorbind cu mult belsug. / discursurile-i vaste n-au nici un inteles, / se-aude numai zgomot si sunet gol si des. [...] orisice lucru poate sa fie stramb sau just, / dreptatea-i chestiune de varsta si de gust."(Mizantropul, Moliere).

nici nu stiu de unde ar trebui sa incep. cred ca cel mai bine ar fi sa atrag mai intai atentia celor care scriu aici ca atunci cand isi exprima o idee sa incerce sa o structureze in asa fel incat sa nu "ne duca pe noi in ispita" de a intelege gresit sau a nu intelege deloc ce vor sa spuna. credeti-ma ca stau de multe ori si recitesc unele mesaje pana imi dau lacrimi in ochi- nu de sentimentalism ci din dorinta de a intelege ceea ce citesc. insa unora se pare ca le face o reala placere in a ne baga si mai tare in nebuloasa prin folosirea persistenta de mesaje disparate si rupte din anumite contexte, de preferinta biblice.
sa o luam pe indelete. 1. "oamenii crestini sunt chemati sa isi serveasca stapanii pamantesti ca pe DUMNEZEU, iar nu ca si cum ar trebui sa placa oamenilor"? ce-ai vrut sa spui cu asta, ce corcitura de idee poate fi? dupa stiinta mea crestinii sunt chemati toti la a sluji pe unul Dumnezeu si nu oamenilor sau trupurilor lor- mai bine zis placerilor.
2. ei bine, asta cu ridicarea n-o pot inghiti asa cum ai enuntat-o matale acolo! prin ridicare se intelege CONLUCRARE intre Dumnezeu si om. Dumnezeu da putere de ridicare omului prin forte proprii, dar numai daca acesta vrea sau o cere in mod expres; altfel nu se baga cu de-a sila in viata ta si in nici un caz n-o sa te ridice din morti ca pe un sfant numai pt. ca ai apartinut unui anumit cult. iar in ce priveste sus-numita "lauda a lui Dumnezeu" sa avem pardon: "nu tot cel ce spune Doamne, Doamne va intra in imparatia lui Dumnezeu"! si din tot putina mea stiinta iti spun ca nu tot ce facem spre lauda lui Dumnezeu este automat si bun si necesar si perceput de El ca fiind bun. ia de pilda jertfele din VT care au devenit inutile odata cu venirea lui Hristos pt. ca S-a dat pe Sine jertfa.
3. mamma mia, ce rastalmacire de la adevaruri, de la realitatile istorice!... de unde stii ca filosofii au fost impotriva religiei crestine, cine ti-a spus asa o idiotenie? si cine a zis ca religia crestina nu e si filosofie in acelasi timp si ca s-a slujit sau/si se mai slujeste de unii filosofi? poate nu stiai dar majoritatea filosofilor antici au pregatit calea pt. implementarea culturii crestine, au fost un fel de premergatori(dar nu vizionari) ai crestinismului. de aceea pe unii pereti ai bisericilor din tara noastra, pereti mai vechi decat neo-protestantismul si ce a iesit din el, se gasesc incondeiati filosofi ca Platon si Aristotel. si nu sunt aratati ca niste sfinti, cu aura, ci doar ca simpli oratori- pastori de suflete. dealtfel arta oratoriei, de care exclusiv si in mod persuasiv se folosesc toate cultele asa-zis crestine, arta oratoriei o avem tocmai de la ei, de la acei 'inainte crestini'. asadar nu ei l-au respins pe Hristos ci cei care le-au scos oratiile din context- cam asa cum faci tu acuma.
4. "e frumos a scrie versuri cand nimic nu ai a spune"...(Eminescu, poate ai auzit de el) ati mai auzit voi, oameni buni, ca ar fi spus Hristos sa ne lipim inima de avutii si sa ne lasam condusi de placerile lumii acesteia? cum se poate una ca asta? adica ce, S-a contrazis pe El Insusi atunci cand i-a cerut tanarului bogat(care toata viata lui urmase legile si pazise cu strictete poruncile de la templu) sa-si imparta averea saracilor? oare n-a zis El, atragand atentia asupra pericolului care ne paste pe toti atunci cand avem bunastare, ca "f. greu va putea un bogat sa intre in imparatia lui Dumnezeu"? dar, in fine, poate nu ti-a explicat nimeni pana acum: saracia in sine nu este o garantie pt. castigarea raiului dupa cum bogatia nu este un impediment in sine. protestantismul a facut din invatarea pe de rost a citatelor biblice si explicarea lor disparata un scop. ortodoxia si catolicismul mai pastreaza inca ceva ce voi nu veti avea niciodata: TRAIREA. pt. ca in definitiv si la urma urmei nu dogmatica sau stiinta versetelor iti da viata ci urmarea intocmai a preceptelor continute acolo. fara suport din partea ta n-ai nici un merit sa intri in rai, nu crezi? iar cand spun suport exclud din start ideea ca daca te duci in lume sa faci prozeliti iti castigi comori in cer. asta nu pot sa cred fiindca nu vorbirea ne arata ca suntem crestini, ci faptele noastre de crestin. parca in aceeasi biblie scrie ca "LITERA UCIDE DAR DUHUL FACE VIU"!!!
6. drama ta cea mai mare, ca sa te arat si eu cu degetul asa cum o faci tu, drama ta cea mai mare e ca dai sfaturi altora fara a fi in masura sa discerni intre bine si rau si fara a cunoaste realitatile din biserica ortodoxa. am sa-ti spun si eu ce m-a deranjat nu cu prea multi ani in urma. intr-un sat oarecare, unde comunitatea ortodoxa era f. puternica, un batran senil a cazut prada unor sectanti si s-a botezat la ei. pana aici nimic neobisnuit, am spune noi. dar sa vedeti ce-au facut 'fratii'. s-au apucat de zidit o casa de adunare. si-au zidit, si-au zidit, zi si noapte, pana ce au terminat-o. cum credeti ca arata cladirea? cat un castel medieval! PT. O SINGURA PERSOANA! dar ce se gandisera ei: ortodocsii astia sunt niste pagani, ia sa-i invatam noi ce inseamna crestin si sa vezi cum ni se umple casa de...buzunare zeciuite! stop cadru. si ca sa para a fi niste sfinti, eleganti si lustruiti ca si reformatorii de la care si-au luat obarsia, si pt. a-si ascunde propriile minciuni si sumele fabuloase pe care le dirijeaza cum vor capii(pardon, pastorii) s-au gandit sa improaste cu noroi in biserica ortodoxa romana. le e mai la indemana. "dezbina si cucereste" este un dicton f. la moda in ziua de azi. pastrez si eu in suflet aceeasi sila fata de oameni care pastoresc pe credinciosi dar n-au nici in clin nici in maneca cu ortodoxia autentica. si totusi, daca nici Dumnezeu nu-i judeca(inca), eu ce, sunt mai presus de El si-mi pot permite sa o fac in locul Lui?
7. te arunci cu capul inainte si nu vezi ca ai sa ti-l zdrobesti de zid. pt. ca asta faci tu: incerci sa intimidezi pe cei nestiutori si-i ademenesti cu scheme ciudate de vorbire despre lucruri pe care le stii doar din auzite, nu si din experienta proprie. tu pui sub semnul indoielii chiar si pe cei cativa sfinti pe care-i recunoasteti pt. ca, sa-ti spun un mic secret, aproape toti marii sfinti au trecut macar o scurta vreme prin experienta Athosului. dar ce conteaza asta, noi credem in Isus- care scris asa, in limba aramaica inseamna "magar"! facem aici o mica observatie: stiati ca primii crestini mai erau numiti de romani si 'inchinatori la un cap de magar'?! tocmai de asta, ca ii ziceau Isus si nu IISUS.
8. nu vreau sa iau apararea nimanui la acest punct, doar iti atrag din nou atentia ca ceea ce faci tu se cheama judecata particulara.
9. adica a fuma si a bea nu sunt pacate... asta va spune voua pastorul la seratele voastre? pacatul lumii acesteia, cum ii zici, e ca are pacate. dar daca n-ar avea atunci nici n-am mai deosebi binele de rau, nu-i asa? nu-mi mai pomeniti voi de pacate la crestini cand voi insiva n-ati fost consecventi iar dupa revolutie ati dat navala in Romania strigand in gura mare ca sunteti fara de pacate. va cunosc, am fost acolo si am incercat atunci sa va fac sa intelegeti ca nu sunteti sfinti. dar voi nu, o tineati pe a voastra. acum nu mai e asa? liturghia ortodoxa nu era buna dar v-ati gandit de cativa ani incoace sa faceti ceva asemanator la intalnirile voastre de duminica/sambata. colindele noastre traditionale si pastrate de ortodoxie, pe cand voi nu erati nici macar in mintea celui rau care v-a nascocit pe urma, acele "bijuterii muzicale" cum le-a numit Breazul in cartea sa, ati inceput sa ni le furati si sa ni le deformati dupa bunul plac pe muzica ce dealtfel va caracterizeaza. nici nu puteati auzi de cruce cand ati venit la paganii de ortodocsi. apoi, spre stupoarea mea, intr-o oarecare zi pe care n-am s-o pot uita vreodata, un coate goale, un cizmar, un laptar sau ce-o fi fost el, venit de aiurea sa ne invete credinta, mi-a intins in fata o biblie de-a lui pe care lipise o cruce din hartie decupata!!! i-am cerut sa mi-o dea s-o studiez dar n-a vrut, a tras-o repede la spate. ce ordinarie... mai nou ati pus-o si pe unele case de adunare. nu pt. ca asta E bine ci pt. ca DA/ARATA bine si poate sa induca in eroare pe nestiutori. la inceput botezul nu se admitea decat pe la varsta de 16-18 ani, dar s-a revenit asupra deciziei si mai nou pot fi botezati copii chiar si cu 10 ani mai mici. nu mai continui ca am sa obosesc prin a enumera doar.
10. bai taticule/mamicule, sa stii tu ca primii protestanti s-au nascut in exact mediul care va sustine si astazi si care a sustinut cruciadele si inchizitia. putina istorie nu strica sa cunoastem. Biserica de Rasarit si cea de Apus s-au despartit dintr-o neintelegere la anul 1054. cea de Rasarit s-a numit Ortodoxa iar cealalta Catolica. mai tarziu, Luther, Calvin si Zvingli s-au rupt de biserica catolica prin marea si cunoscuta miscare a Reformei. stim motivele dar mai stim si ca ei insisi n-au vrut o transformare la nivel liturgic a slujbelor ci una de factura spirituala. asta si-au dorit. numai ca niste "zavorati in duh si adevar" le-au rastalmacit gandirea si dorintele spunand ca nu mai e nevoie de preotie, de simbolica in cult, de botez, de cainta, de smerenie si de toate celelalte. asa ca pana in zilele noastre s-a ajuns la un nr. de peste 5000 de secte, mai multe chiar decat statele lumii. ce crezi, acestia sunt pierduti sau se vor mantui? stii ce cred eu, ca cei care au dus la proliferarea sectarismului se fac direct vinovati de caderea acelora si ca vor fi aruncati in iad in locul lor. dar sa nu ma adeveresc prooroc mincinos.
in incheiere il indemn pe interlocutorul tau sa se lipseasca de binecuvantarile tale binevoitoare si lingusitoare.
ORTODOXIA NU FORTEAZA PE NIMENI SA RAMANA, SA CREADA SAU NU IN CEVA; PROTESTANTISMUL TE OBLIGA SA FACI CE SPUNE, ALTFEL ESTI EXCOMUNICAT. unde e liberul arbitru aici?
just me

Sa vezi ce mi sa intamplat intr`o seara cu baietii la un bar
Stateam noi linistiti vorbeam ,glumeam ,beam intr`o sambata era frumos ce sa zicem...dar sa vezi ca intra in bar un cioban "obosit" si comanda el acolo de vreo 200 mii lei bautura ..se imbata el si zice la barman ca ii vom plati noi bautura ca il cunoastem (sa nu mori)..cand sa plecam noi hopa se trezeste romanu` ca trebuie sa ii platim bautura consumata de baitzashu ala..ce sa facem am stat incercam sa il convingem pe barman ca nu il cunosteam dar el ce sa faca...a vrut sa cheme garda sa ne ia la sectie asta am mai vrut..i`am platit la om ... bun asa..era ceasu` vreo 2-3 dimineata mergeam spre casa..trecem noi printr-un parc si ce coincidenta ne intalnim cu baitzashu care a facut cheltuiala pe banii nostri ...il luam noi la intrebari "dar ce`s cu glumele astea pe tine ,chestii bla bla" am vrut sa`l ducem la sectie.El face ca merge acasa si ne aduce bani ca sa nu iasa cu scandal"cica statea aproape" ..ne`a lasat geanta cica sa fim siguri ca se intoarce ..bun..se intoarce el si sa vezi cu cine vine..cu politia vaaiii sa nu innebunesti face ca i`am furat geanta..ne`a dus la sectie sa lamurim problema ...apropo cel mai tare banc sec care l`am auzit vreodata...cica "avea un tzaran 2 turme de oi ..1 cu oi albe si 1 cu oi negre si era condusa de o oaie galbena..si i`a furat oaia" mmdea interesant bancu`"sec"..unde ramasesem ..Aha!! la sectie .ajungem noi acolo duscutam cum a fost treaba si politzistul a inceput sa il perchezitzioneze pe individu care ne`a tras tzeapa.... i`a luat geanta si s`a uitat sa vada ce are in ea...duamne sa vezi ce avea in ea nici nu`ti vine sa crezi..este prea de tot ...oaia galbena .. offf ....

de cand se traduce "jew" prin "jidan"(termen insultator)?

N-am intentionat sa jignesc pe nimeni si nu stiam ca "jidan" e un termen insultator; daca e imi cer scuze. Cum s-ar traduce atunci? --- ca n-am un dictionar englez-roman la indemina.

Dupa cite stiu eu: hebrew = evreu
israeli = israelian
jew = ? (eu credeam jidan---corectati-ma)
jewish = de religie ?

Citez mai jos pentru cei ce au timp sa citeasca din Oxford English Dictionary:

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Jew (d3(j)u:), sb. Forms: Sing. 3 Gyu, 4 Giu, Gyw, Iu, Iuu, Iuw(e, Ieu, Ieuu,
Ieu3, 4-5 Iwe, 4 (6 Sc.) Iow, 4-7 Iewe, 5 Ieue, 5-6 Iue, (Ive), 4-7 Iew, 7-
Jew. Plur. 2 Giwis, 3 Giws, Gius, Gyu(e)s, 3-4 Gywes, Giwes, Geus, 4 Iuu(e)s,
Iuwis, Iow(e)s, Ioues, Iewis, -ys, -us, 4-5 Iuwes, 4-6 Iues, 4-7 Iewes, 5
Iuys, 6 Sc. Iowis, Iouis, 4-7 Iews, 7- Jews; beta. 4 Iuen. [ME. a. OFr. giu,
gyu, giue, earlier juieu, juiu, jueu:-L. iudaeum (nom. -us) Jew (cf. Fr. dieu,
ebreu:-L. deum. hebraeum); in later Fr. juif, fem. juive. L. iudaeus was a.
Gr. iota-omicron-upsilon-delta-alpha-iota--omicron-sigma-, f. Aramaic y'hudai,
corresp. to Heb. y'hudi Jew, f. y'hudah Judah, name of a Hebrew patriarch and
the tribe descended from him. (The OE. equivalent was Iudeas Jews, Early ME.
Iudeow, Iudew: see JUDEW.)]
1 a A person of Hebrew descent; one whose religion is Judaism; an Israelite.
Orig. a Hebrew of the kingdom of Judah, as opposed to those of the ten tribes
of Israel; later, any Israelite who adhered to the worship of Jehovah as
conducted at Jerusalem. Applied comparatively rarely to the ancient nation
before the exile (cf. HEBREW sb. 1), but the commonest name for contemporary
or modern representatives of this group, now spread throughout the world. The
word `Jew' is also applied to groups, e.g. the Falashas in Ethiopia, not
ethnically related to persons of the main European groups, the Ashkenazim and
the Sephardim.
C. 1275 Passion our Lord 351 in O.E. Misc. 47 Pilates hym onswerede, am ich
Gyv penne? A. 1300 Cursor M. 3944 (Cott.) O sinnu etes neuer Iuu [v.rr. ieuu,
iew]. A. 1300 Cursor M. 11072 (Cott.) It halus bath Iu and sarzine. C. 1310 in
Wright Lyric P. (Percy Soc.) 100 Ich holde me vilore then a Gyw [rimes bowe,
trowe, now]. C. 1340 Cursor M. 4532 (Trin.) Therynne a iewes childe we fonde.
C. 1340 Cursor M. 18579 (Trin.) And namely leue herof no iwe For al pus dud
pei wip ihesu. 1387 TREVISA Higden (Rolls) VI. 385 Charles Grossus was
i-poysoned of a Iewe [v.r. Iuw]. A. 1400 Pistill of Susan 2 That was a Ieu3
ientil, and Ioachin he hiht. C. 1440 Promp. Parv. 266/2 Ive, judeus. 1530
PALSGR. 235/1 Jue a man of jurye, jvif. 1572 Satir. Poems Reform. xxxi. 173
Mair nor in Jurie dois the Jow. 1596 SHAKS. Merch. V. III. i. 61 What is the
reason? I am a Iewe; Hath not a Iew eyes? 1615 G. SANDYS Trav. 52 His mother a
Iew both by birth and religion. 1775 SHERIDAN Rivals II. i, She shall have a
skin like a mummy, and the beard of a Jew. 1820 BYRON Blues I. 77 You forget
Lady Lilac's as rich as a Jew.1940 AUDEN Another Time 116 He [sc. Sigmund
Freud] Was taken away from his old interest To go back to the earth in London,
An important Jew who died in exile. 1956 I. MURDOCH Flight from Enchanter ix.
126 `Of course, you realize that I could rescue you with my little finger,'
said Mrs Wingfield. `I'm as rich as a Jew!' 1970 R. D. ABRAHAMS Positively
Black iii. 76 The Englishman is arrogant and overbearing, the American is a
check-writing millionaire who doesn't mind the cost, the Jew tries to push
down the entry price into heaven. 1970 Times 28 Jan. 10/4 At the heart of the
matter lies the rabbinical definition of a Jew: a person born of a Jewish
mother, or a person who has converted to Judaism according to rabbinical law.
1974 J. R. BAKER Race xiv. 234 From the traditional religious point of view, a
Jew was a person born of a Jewish mother, but this formula suffers from the
defect that the defined word is included in adjectival form in the definition.
The same flaw occurs in part of the new definition enacted by the Israeli
Parliament in..1970, according to which a person is a Jew if he or she is the
offspring of a Jewish mother or has been converted to the Jewish faith by the
Orthodox Rabbinate or by the Rabbis of the Jewish Reform Movement or by the
Rabbis of the Jewish Conservative Movement.
plural. C. 1175 Lamb. Hom. 9 Alswa hefden pe giwis heore sinagoge. C. 1250
Old Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 26 Hi..askede wer was se king of gyus pet was
i-bore. C. 1250 Old Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc., 26 King of geus. A. 1300
Cursor M. 142 O pe Iuus [v.rr. iewes] and moyses. A. 1300 Cursor M. 19129
(Gott.) Thar badd pai iuen suld paim 3eme. A. 1340 HAMPOLE Psalter xxvii. 5
The iowes sloghe crist. 1387 TREVISA Higden (Rolls) VIII. 53 That he schulde
doo pe Iewes [v.r. Iuwes] out of Engelond. 1482 CAXTON Trevisa's Higden
(Rolls) IV. 369 The Iuwes accused Pilatus to Tiberius. 1533 GAU Richt Vay 30
Ve prech Iesu Christ crucifeit, sclander to the Iowis and folie to the
gentils. 1548-9 (Mar.) Bk. Comm. Prayer (Coll. Good Friday), Haue mercy upon
all Iewes, Turkes, Infidels, and heretikes. 1611 BIBLE 2 Kings xvi. 6 At that
time Rezin king of Syria..draue the Iews from Elath. 1619 SANDERSON Twelve
Serm. (1632) 2 In Rome there lived in the Apostles times many Iewes. 1710 etc.
[see FALASHA]. 1776 GIBBON Decl. & F. xv, The same..abhorrence for idolatry
which had distinguished the Jews from the other nations of the ancient world.
1968 L. ROSTEN Joys of Yiddish 142 Relentless persecution of Jews, century
after century, in nation after nation, left a legacy of bitter sayings: `Dos
ken nor a goy.' (`That, only a goy is capable of doing'). 1971 B. MALAMUD
Tenants 50 The Jews got to keep us bloods stayin weak. 1974 J. R. BAKER Race
xiv. 232 In various parts of the world today there are communities that
practise the Jewish faith in one form or another, but are ethnically distinct
from the Jews of Europe and North America.
gen. plur. A. 1225 Ancr. R. 394 Uorto acwiten ut his leofmon of Giwene
honden. A. 1225 Juliana 62 Ant poledest pinen ant passiun purh giwes read on
rode. A. 1300 Cursor M. 4532 (Cott.) Thar in a Iuen child [Trin. iewes childe]
we fand. C. 1300 Cursor M. 19289 (Edin.) The iuwin folc felune. C. 1300Cursor
M. 21696 (Edin.) Mang pe Iuwis lede. C. 1350 Childh. Jesus 616 (Matz.) Giwene
children feole..Him siweden. C. 1449 PECOCK Repr. III. iii. 291 If Cristen
preestis weren Iewen preestis. 1653 GREAVES Seraglio 150 In the Kings
Seraglio, the Sultana's are permitted to employ divers Jewes-women about their
ordinary occasions.
b Jew's eye: proverbial expression for something valued highly.
1592 G. HARVEY Pierce's Super. 85 A souerain Rule, as deare as a Iewes eye.
1596 SHAKS. Merch. V. II. v. 43 There will come a Christian by, Will be worth
a Iewes eye. 1833 MARRYAT P. Simple ii, Although the journey..would cost twice
the value of a gold seal, yet, that in the end it might be worth a Jew's eye.
1844 WILLIS Lady Jane I. 212 From dome to floor, Hung pictures..Each `worth a
Jew's eye'.
c Black Jew (see quot. 1967); also = FALASHA.
1807 C. BUCHANAN Jrnl. 4 Feb. in Christian Res. in Asia (1811) 192 The
resident Jews are divided into two classes, called the Jerusalem or White
Jews; and the Ancient or Black Jews. The White Jews reside at this place [sc.
Cochin]. The Black Jews have also a Synagogue here; but the great body of
that tribe inhabit towns in the interior of the province. A. 1817 T. DWIGHT
Trav. New-Eng. (1823) III. 174 The black Jews in Hindostan. 1822 Imperial Mag.
IV. 358 A copy of the Hebrew Pentateuch..found in one of the Black Jews'
Synagogues, at Cochin. 1843 J. C. MAITLAND Lett. from Madras xviii. 178, I
told him about the first preachers, the Black Jews, the Syrian Christians, &c.
1892 G. M. RAE Syrian Church in India x. 150 These black Jews are converts to
the faith from among the people of the land. 1907 I. ZANGWILL Ghetto Comedies
155 The black Jews..surrounded by all those millions of Hindoos. 1930 H.
NORDEN Africa's Last Empire 185 The black Jews among whom he works. 1964 [see
FALASHA]. 1967 D. T. KAUFFMAN Dict. Relig. Terms 77/1 Black Jews, in India,
term applied to brown-skinned Jews to distinguish them from a group known as
`White Jews'. Sometimes used also for Negro Jewish groups. 1974 J. R. BAKER
Race xiv. 232 The Falasha or `black Jews' of Ethiopia are members of the
Aethiopid subrace, a hybrid taxon.
d A ship's tailor. Hence also jewing vbl. sb. and ppl. a. Naut. slang.
1916 Chambers's Jrnl. May 278/2 They [sc. ships' tailors] were still known as
`jews'. 1916 Chambers's Jrnl., May 278/2 The term `jewing', as sewing is
still called. 1945 TACKLINE Holiday Sailor x. 102 There was the
`Jewing-bloke', who undertook tailoring repairs. 1945 TACKLINE Holiday Sailor,
x. 102 The `Jewing-bloke' had a rather ancient Singer sewing machine, bought
when ashore at Alexandria with..pay in his pocket. 1946 J. IRVING Royal
Navalese 100 A sailor-tailor is known as a `Jew'. 1962 GRANVILLE Dict.
Sailors' Slang 66/1 Jewing firm, ship's tailoring `firm' run by one or more
ratings who repair and make clothing.
2 a transf. and offensive. As a name of opprobrium: spec. applied to a
grasping or extortionate person (whether Jewish or not) who drives hard
bargains.
In medieval England, Jews, though engaged in many pursuits, were particularly
familiar as money-lenders, their activities being publicly regulated for them
by the Crown, whose proteges they were. In private, Christians also practised
money-lending, though forbidden to do so by Canon Law. Thus the name of Jew
came to be associated in the popular mind with usury and any extortionate
practices that might be supposed to accompany it, and gained an opprobrious
sense.
1606 Sir G. Goosecappe V. i. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 77 If the sunne of thy
beauty doe not white me like a shippards holland, I am a Iewe to my Creator.
1700 BP. PATRICK Comm. Deut. xxviii. 37 Better we cannot express the most
cut-throat dealing, than thus, You use me like a Jew. 1830 COLERIDGE Table-t.
16 May, Jacob is a regular Jew, and practises all sorts of tricks and wiles.
1844 D. KING Ruling Eldership II. i, It is undesirable..that he pass in the
commercial circle for what is there termed a Jew.1846 Swell's Night Guide
123/1 Jew, an overreaching fellow. C. 1861 E. DICKINSON Poems (1955) I. 160
'Twould be `a Bargain' for a Jew! Say-may I have it-Sir? 1906 J. M. SYNGE
Lett. to Molly (1971) 31 What have I done that you should write to me as if I
was a dunning Jew? 1920 T. S. ELIOT Ara Vos Prec 14 The jew is underneath the
lot. Money in furs. 1931 T. R. G. LYELL Slang 428 Why waste your time asking
him for a subscription? He's a perfect Jew where money's concerned. 1944
Britannica Bk. of Year 693 In March 1943 there were tirades from Bangkok radio
against the `Jews of Siam' (probably Chinese), who were accused of
profiteering. 1952 G. BONE Came to Oxf. xi. 34 There is a curious fallacy,
rather wide-spread, that a borrower of money is an innocent and hapless
person, while a lender is a shark, a harpy, a `Jew'. 1964 H. BROTZ Black Jews
of Harlem iii. 54 Occasionally the Black Jews forget they are Jews when
complaining about the fact that `the Jews' own all or most of Harlem!
b A pedlar.
In this use not depreciatory.
1803 G. COLMAN John Bull III. ii. 32 Here is two poets, and a poll-parrot,
the best image the Jew had over his head, over the mantle-piece. 1963 E.
MCBAIN Ten Plus One (1964) iv. 42 There was a guy who used to come around to
the door selling stuff, and my mother called him `The Jew'... For her, `Jew'
was synonymous with pedlar. 1970 J. H. GRAY Boy from Winnipeg 43 For us,
however, `Jew' was just another generic word that often included the peddlers
who were Greek or Italian. When we scrounged bottles it was to sell to `the
Jew', who was anybody that came along buying junk.
3 attrib. and Comb. a attrib. or as adj. That is a Jew, Jewish, as Jew boy,
butcher, girl, man, pedlar, physician, trooper (such expressions now mainly in
offensive use but not originally opprobrious); of or relating to Jews, as Jew
bill, hatred, toll. b objective, similative, etc., as Jew-drowning, -hater,
Jew-dear, adj.; Jew-like adj. and adv., -looking adj.
1765 BLACKSTONE Comm. I. x. (1793) 375 Very high debates about the time of
the famous Jew-bill; which enables all Jews to prefer bills of naturalization
in parliament, without receiving the sacrament.
1796 P. COLQUHOUN Treat. Police of Metropolis (ed. 3) vi. 125 Jew Boys..go
out every morning loaded with counterfeit Copper, which they exchange for bad
Silver, to be afterwards coloured anew, and again put into circulation. 1817
M. EDGEWORTH Harrington iii. 45 Mowbray easily engaged me to join him against
the Jew boy; and a zealous partizan against Jacob I became. 1873 TROLLOPE
Eustace Diamonds II. liii. 361 You used to be very wicked, and say he was once
a Jew-boy in the streets. 1929 D. H. LAWRENCE Let. 10 Oct. (1962) II. 1208, I
do hate John's Jewish nasal sort of style-so uglily moral... Spring doesn't
only come for the moral Jew-boys-for them perhaps least. 1948 J. BALDWIN in
Commentary Oct. 334/2 Jules Weissman, a Jewboy, had got the room for me. 1954
Jewboy [see IKEY sb. and a.]. 1959 N. MAILER Advts. for Myself (1961) 50
Jewboy, blond Jewboy Wexler perched by the cellar window, tackling Japs with
machine-gun bullets. 1968 Daily Mail 9 Feb. 3/3 Angry viewers rang the BBC
last night to complain about an `anti-Semitic' remark on the TV programme
Softly, Softly. In last night's episode..the detective tells the man: `You
always were a great one for putting things in your wife's name, Bob, just like
a Jewboy heading for bankruptcy.' 1972 Observer 7 May, Mrs Lane Fox dismisses
what she calls the country set, who call their children `the brats', talk
about `thrashing them into shape', support Enoch Powell and still refer to
`jew boys'. 1974 New Society 3 Jan. 11/2 A car's desirability also creates the
opposite reaction, in that envy is easily turned to resentment and aggression
towards, for instance, the `jewboy', the `poser', the `toffee nose' and the
`business classes' who sport expensive and powerful cars.
1849 W. S. MAYO Kaloolah (1887) p. viii, Oil, garlic, salt fish, and Jew
brandy.
1613 PURCHAS Pilgrimage (1614) 213 Thus you see the Iew-butcher had need be
no botcher, but halfe a Physitian in Anatomizing.
1755 J. SHEBBEARE Lydia (1769) I. 274 [He] must have had this jew-craft
among his reasons for endeavouring to naturalize the Jews.
1899 A. WHITE Modern Jew 122 There are many instances of the drollery of
*Jew-drowning in the annals of monkish historians.
1796 E. WYNNE Diary 11 Dec. (1937) II. ix. 139 Before having ever seen us she
declared that we were all excepting the youngest, like little crows and Jew
girls. 1930 E. POUND XXX Cantos x. 45 Wives, jew-girls, nuns. 1971 B. MALAMUD
Tenants 50 Jewgirls are the best whores.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 18 Sept. 2/2 The nature of the wounds roused amongst the
*Jew-haters the old story of the blood sacrifice.
1898 Nat. Rev. Aug. 807 Outside Russia, Jew hatred is a matter with which
Governments have no direct concern.
1808 COBBETT Pol. Reg. XIII. 172 Through the means of a jew-like commerce
with the revolted slaves.
1905 JOYCE Let. 29 Oct. (1966) II. 127 For a Jewman it's better than having
to bathe. 1922 JOYCE Ulysses 336 I'll brain that bloody jewman for using the
holy name. 1938 W. B. YEATS John Kinsella's Lament in London Mercury Dec. 114
Though stiff to strike a bargain Like an old Jew man.
1771 SMOLLETT Humph. Cl. 20 Apr. Let ii, I was cheapening a pair of
spectacles with a Jew-pedlar.
1731 Gent. Mag. I. 403 Dr. Bass, a noted Jew Physician in St. Mary Axe.
A. 1680 BUTLER Rem. (1759) II. 84 And crucify his Saviour worse Than those
*Jew-Troopers, that threw out, When they were raffling for his coat.
c Special Combs.: Jew-bail, insufficient bail, `straw-bail'; 'Jew-baiting sb.
= Ger. Judenhetze, systematic harrying or persecution of Jews; so Jew-bait v.
nonce-wd., Jew-baiter, Jew-baiting a.; Jew-bush, a euphorbiaceous plant of the
genus Pedilanthus; Jew-cart (see quot.); Jew-lizard, a large Australian
lizard, Amphibolurus barbatus; Jew plum = OTAHEITE APPLE; Jew Tongo, a
language spoken among Bush Negroes in Surinam, possessing a structure largely
derived from West African languages and a vocabulary largely derived from
English.
1785 GROSE Dict. Vulg. T., Jew Bail. 1797 MARY ROBINSON Walsingham IV. 283
He..did the deep ones with Jew-bail, till they were up to the trick.
1892 Sat. Rev. 18 June 700/2 [He] is always going about Jew-baiting and to
*Jew-bait with pen or sword.
1883 Pall Mall G. 19 Nov. 3/1 [They] are now in full possession of the case
of the German jew-baiters against the Jews. 1907 I. ZANGWILL Ghetto Comedies
85 She's honest... She won't fall back on the old Jew-baiter. 1945 W. S.
CHURCHILL Victory (1946) 145 Julius Streicher, most notorious of Jew-baiters,
was captured by the Americans. 1960 C. DAY LEWIS Buried Day vi. 116 The same
herd instinct that produces Teddy Boys, Jew-baiters and Ku-Klux-Klansmen. 1974
G. MITCHELL Javelin for Jonah xi. 133 Benjy was unlucky enough to fall foul at
school of a ring of young Jew-baiters.
1883 Evening Post (N.Y.) 21 Apr., The Jew-baiting in Germany; the bloody
persecutions in Russia. 1898 Nat. Review Aug. 807 In the Empire of the
Tsar..Jew-baiting is a matter of high State policy. 1922 JOYCE Ulysses 202
Shylock chimes with the jewbaiting that followed the hanging. 1939 Ann. Reg.
1938 203 The brutalities began on April 23, and it was clear that the scheme
of Jew-baiting had been worked out in readiness for the `Anschluss'. 1969 J.
MANDER Static Soc. iii. 99 The American, however ugly, is no Jew-baiting
Gauleiter.
1830 LINDLEY Nat. Syst. Bot. 105 The Jew Bush, or Milk plant.
1840 MARRYAT Poor Jack xviii, Then we have what we call Jew Carts, always
ready to take [stolen] goods inland, where they will not be looked after.
1847 LEICHHARDT Jrnl. iii. 89 A small Chlamydophorus (*Jew lizard of the
Hunter [River]) was also seen. A. 1884 J. SERVICE Thir Notandums (1890) 205
From beneath a log the green Jew-lizard, or the iguana peeps.
1913 W. HARRIS Notes Fruit & Veg. in Jamaica 18 The Jew Plum..was
introduced to Jamaica in 1782 and again in 1792. 1920 W. POPENOE Man. Tropical
& Subtropical Fruits iv. 156 Jew-plum is another name for the ambarelle, used
in Jamaica. 1971 Caribbean Q. XVII. II. 14 Different name, same
referent..golden apple/Jew plum/pomme-citerre.
1933 L. BLOOMFIELD Lang. xxvi. 474 Two creolized forms of English are spoken
in Suriname (Dutch Guiana). One of these.., more divergent from ordinary
types of English, is known as Jew-Tongo. 1968 W. J. SAMARIN in J. A. Fishman
Readings Sociol. of Lang. 666 Amerindian pidgins... Saramakan (Jew Tongo,
Ningre-Tongo).
d Genitival Combs.: Jews' apple, a name for the Egg-plant or its fruit; Jews'
frankincense, a plant of the genus Styrax, or the resin obtained from it
(storax or benzoin); Jews' houses, name given to the remains of ancient
tin-smelting furnaces in Cornwall; Jew's letter, a text inscribed in Hebrew
upon a phylactery, regarded as the outward symbol or badge of a Jew; Jews'
lime, a synonym of Jews' slime (see below); Jews' mallow, a name for Corchorus
olitorius (N.O. Tiliaceae), one of the plants from which the fibre called jute
is obtained, used as a pot-herb in Egypt, Syria, and other countries; Jews'
money, a popular name for ancient Roman coins found in some parts of England;
Jews' myrtle, a name for Butcher's Broom, and for a variety of the common
Myrtle; Jews' pitch, Jews' slime, names for asphalt or bitumen (cf. Gen. xi.
3); Jews' thorn = Christ's thorn (see CHRIST 5); Jews' tin, name for lumps of
tin found in ancient smelting-furnaces (Jews' houses) in Cornwall.
1884 MILLER Plant-n., Solanum esculentum, Jew's-Apple, Mad-Apple... S.
Melongena,..Egg-plant, Jew's-Apple.
1760 J. LEE Introd. Bot. App. 315 Jew's Frankincense, Styrax.
1851 Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 162 In the reign of King John, the mines
[were] principally in the hands of the Jews..remains of furnaces, called
*Jews' houses, have been discovered, and small blocks of tin, known as Jews'
tin, have..been found in the mining localities.
1589 R. HARVEY Pl. Perc. (1860) 32 Iewes letter scrible scrable ouer the
Copurtenaunce of a mans countenaunce. 1598 FLORIO Worlde of Wordes To Rdr. A
vj, A fouler blot then a Iewes letter..in the foreheads of Caelius and Curio.
1731-3 MILLER Gard. Dict. s.v. Corchorus, Jews Mallow, ..sown in great
Plenty about Aleppo as a Pot-herb, the Jews boiling the Leaves of this Plant
to eat with their Meat. 1887 MOLONEY Forestry W. Afr. 289 `Jews' Mallow' or
`Jute' (Corchorus olitorius, L.)-Annual. This is one of the species that
affords the well-known fibre of commerce called `Jute'.
1577 HARRISON England II. xxiv. (1877) I. 360 Some peeces or other are dailie
taken vp, which they call Borow pence, Dwarfs monie..*Iewes monie, and by
other foolish names not woorthie to be remembred.
1856 N. & Q. Ser. II. I. 432/2 In some parts of Kent it [Ruscus aculeatus] is
called `*Jews' Myrtle'; and it is the popular belief, that the crown of
thorns..was composed of its branches.
1756 P. BROWNE Jamaica 40 Asphaltum, Jew's pitch. 1816 TINGRY Varnisher's
Guide (ed. 2) 1 Asphaltum..issues in a liquid form from the bottom of the lake
Asphaltis in Judaea; and hence the name of Jew's pitch.
1607 TOPSELL Four-f. Beasts 188 Iewes lime drunk in water..prescribed for a
remedy of this euill. 1639 HORN & ROB. Gate Lang. Unl. x. Sect.104 Salt-peter,
brimstone, Jew's slime, patrol, bole-armoniak,..are called mineral juyces.
1597 GERARDE Herbal Index, Iewes thorne, that is Christs thorne. III. xxvi.
1153 This shrubbie thorne Paliurus was the thorne wherewith they crowned our
Sauiour Christ.
1851 Jews' tin [see Jews' house].

Jew, jew, v. colloq. [f. JEW sb. (sense 2).] trans. To cheat or overreach, in
the way attributed to Jewish traders or usurers. Also, to drive a hard
bargain, and intr., to haggle. Phr. to jew down, to beat down in price; also
transf. Hence 'Jewing vbl. sb.
These uses are now considered to be offensive.
1824 C. HARDING Diary 29 Apr. in Sketch (1929) 75 He is a country clergyman;
and, from his Jewing disposition, I should judge he had more taste in tithes
than pictures. 1825 Constitutional Adv. (Frankfort, Kentucky) 15 Dec. 3/1 We
hope, for the honour and character of the state, that neither the legislature
nor the people, will Jew the items of expence. 1833 L. DOW Dealings of God
(1849) 189 If they [sc. the Jews] will Jew people, they cannot flourish among
Yankees, who are said to `outjew' them in trading. A. 1845 BARHAM Ingol. Leg.,
Bro. Birchington lxv, Is it that way you'd Jew one? 1847 W. IRVING Let. 30
Apr. in Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 19 Some mode of screwing and jewing the world
out of more interest than one's money is entitled to. 1848 W. BAGLEY Let. 14
Mar. in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 279, I Jewed old Galloway down to
1.50 for ploughs. 1851 H. MAYHEW London Labour I. 368/1 Some of the ladies in
the squares..sets to work Jewing away as hard as they can, pricing up their
own things, and downcrying yourn. 1854 D. G. ROSSETTI in Rossetti Ruskin,
Rossetti, etc. (1899) 15 But as to his doings And jawings and jewings, William
brought me the news. 1870 Congress. Globe 7 July 5340/1 This bill supposes
that Congress..is ready to commence jewing down the pay of its General. 1872
Chicago Tribune 14 Oct. 8/2 The prices [for lodging] asked vary-the lodger
being generally asked as much as it is thought he will give. If he jews, he
will get it for comparatively little. 1883 G. M HOPKINS Let. 6 Dec. (1938) 195
You will I know say..that Jew is a reproach because the Jews have corrupted
their race and nature, so that it is their vices and their free acts we
stigmatise when we call cheating `jewing'-and that you mean that Disraeli in
1871 overreached and jewed his constituents. 1891 Daily News 2 Nov. 7/3 He'd
take care he didn't `Jew' him again.1897 [see HIGHLAND a. 2 b]. 1908 Dialect
Notes III. 324 Jew, to beat down the price. `I tried to jew him, but he
wouldn't jew.' 1926 Market Growers Jrnl. 1 July 3, I make my retail prices
about half way between grocery store wholesale and retail prices, and do not
stand for any `jewing' down. 1937 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 25 Thought we might get
the divorce a little under fifty dollars. Maybe we might jew the young man
down. 1939 A. POWELL What's become of Waring v. 140 Then we can meet again and
jew each other down. 1946 W. G. HAMMOND Remembrance of Amherst 121 Both here and at the mountain top we were unmercifully jewed for all the refreshments.
1947 L. Z. HOBSON Gentleman's Agreement i. 9 Now she was describing the large
new house she and Dick wanted to buy. `Did you close the sale on the old
place?' Mrs. Green asked. `Not yet. That cheap Pat Curran keeps trying to
Jew us down.' 1968 L. ROSTEN Joys of Yiddish 142 Just as some Gentiles use
`Jew' as a contemptuous synonym for too-shrewd, sly bargaining (`He tried to
Jew the price down,' is about as unappetizing an idiom as I know), so some
Jews use goy in a pejorative sense. 1970 R. LOWELL Notebk. 69 This embankment,
jewed-No, yankeed-by the highways down to a grassy lip. 1971 R. THOMAS Backup
Men xxi. 184, I say how much and he says this much and I say it's not enough
so we jew around with each other until we make a price. 1972 Harper's Mag. May
83 Jew the fruitman down for his last Christmas tree. 1972 New Society 11 May
301/1, I got jewed down..over the cheap offer.