Heart Of SA

This year's Sarajevo Film Festival had shown 157 films, and cevapi and cheep cabs were enjoyed by the stars such as Jeremy Irons (president of the Competition Features Jury), Michael Moore ('Sicko'), Juliette Binoche ('Breaking and Entering', 'Flight of the Red Balloon'), Steve Buscemi ('Delirious, 'Interview')...

US were presented by 18 movies, UK 1, Sweden 2, Spain 3, Norway 3, Ireland 3, Germany 18, France 24, Denmark 4... Canada 0.

The reputation of the Festival is growing exponentially. Plan your next visit to ex-Yu in mid-August so you can enjoy it, too!

A "Dylan" Movie

I'm Not There is the title of an experimental movie inspired by life of Bob Dylan, and is starring the likes of Christian Bale /The Freewheelin’ phase/, Cate Blanchett (?) /Blonde on Blonde phase/, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger /John Wesley Harding phase/, Ben Whishaw all playing Dylan in particular stages of his life. Watch for it at the Toronto Festival...
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New Aliens in Atlantic

It looks like the evil twin brother of the Alien from the 1979 sci-fi classic film, but this creature has just been discovered in a remote stretch of the Atlantic.
The Chauliodus Sloani was found, along with a never-before-seen shrimp, by a British research team during a five-week expedition.

Dala

La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf

Francuski biografski film sa Marion Cotillard u glavnoj ulozi (A Good Year, sa Russel Croweom) ce svakako da izbaci ovu glumicu u zvjezdanu orbitu.
Edith Piaf, kci barske pjevacice i ulicnog akrobata dio djetinjstva je provela u bordelu sa svojom bakom. Sa 16 godina dobila je djevojcicu koja je umrla od meningitisa. Pocela je da nastupa sa 20 godina u nocnom klubu Louisa Lepléea (Gerard Depardieu), za cije ubistvo je poslije bila i optuzena. U ratu je krijumcarila lazirane pasose i pomogla nekoliko francuskih vojnih zatvorenika da pobjegnu...Najveca ljubav, bokser Marcel Cerdan (Jean-Pierre Martins) je poginuo u avionskoj nesreći. Udavala se jos dva puta. Zivjela je na morfiju, da bi umrla u 47. godini zivota na isti dan kada i njen prijatelj Jean Cocteau.(!)
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FIFA ranking August 2007

1. Brasil
2. Argentina
3. Italy
4. France
5. Germany
6. Croatia
7. Netherlands
8. Spain
9. Czech Republic
10.Portugal
11.Mexico
12.England
13.Romania
14.Greece
15.Ukraine
16.Cameroon
17.USA
18.Serbia
19.Sweden
20.Poland
21.Uruguay
22.Turkey
23.Scotland
24.Russia
25.Bosnia-Herzegovina
26.Nigeria
27.Northern Ireland
28.Cote d'Ivoire
29.Bulgaria
30.Denmark
31.Paraguay
32.Colombia
33.Israel
34.Morocco
35.Norway
36.Tunisia
37.Republic of Ireland
38.Finland
39.Slovakia
40.Egypt
41.Japan
42.Guinea
43.Ghana
44.Iran
45.Switzerland
46.Senegal
47.Chile
48.Mali
49.Australia
50.Korea Republic
51.Saudi Arabia
52.Costa Rica
53.Canada
...
67.FYR Macedonia
...
94.Slovenia
...
203.Monte Negro
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208.Aruba

Treasure in Italy

One of Italy's first and most mysterious civilizations, the Etruscans (Etrurians) lived north of Rome in regions of Tuscany and Umbria. Their civilization lasted for about 1,000 years, reaching its height roughly from the 7th to the 6th century B.C., before its cities were replaced by Roman settlements.
Archaeologists have just discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasured artifacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people. The tomb probably dates from between the 1st and 3rd centuries B.C., when Etruscan power was in decline. The main burial room was completely intact. Inside the tomb, a narrow corridor led to a small burial chamber. It housed about 80 objects including vases and mirrors in bronze and ceramic.

James & Luciano !!!!

Essential Facts (!)

*The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
*Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
*Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves.
*Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
*Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
*Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.
*Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.
*Your nose and ears never stop growing.
*Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
*Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year for 1938.
*Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy people used to wear underwear.
*27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.
*Icelanders don't show up for work more than 1/3 of the time. Probably because they are buried in snow most of the time.
*In the 19th century, it was common practice for a Japanese woman to dye their teeth black. They believed that this enhanced sex appeal and maintained healthier teeth.

Willy DeVille

What's Behind Sportsmen Injuries

*Adam Eaton (baseball pitcher) apparently stabbed himself while attempting to open a DVD.
*Wade Boggs (baseball) missed several games for the Winston-Salem Red Sox after hurting himself putting on his cowboy boots.
*Dave Beasant (former England goalkeeper) ruptured his ankle ligaments avoiding a falling bottle of salad cream he had just taken out of his fridge. He was injured for two months.
*David James (England goalkeeper) pulled a muscle in his back when reaching for a TV remote control.
*Santiago Canizares (Spain's World Cup goalkeeper) missed the matches after he had dropped a bottle of cologne on his foot and injured it.
*Rio Ferdinand (England defender) injured a tendon behind his knee while watching TV with his foot up on a coffee table.
*Derek Pringle (former England cricketer) sat down to write a letter before a Test match and stretched back only to put his back out.
*Sam Torrance (former Ryder Cup golfer) fractured his sternum when he fell over a plant pot whilst sleepwalking.

Cigarete ipak koriste zdravlju (!)

Kinezi su poceli da obradjuju "lazne" cigarete (loseg kvaliteta pretrpane komadicima drveta) za ekstrakciju solanesola, sastojka duvana, koji se koristi za tretman kardio-vaskularnih bolesti. Ranije su se te cigarete palile do unistenja, sto je uzrokovalo zagadjenje zraka... Kilogram solanesola vrijedi oko $200 (30 tona lista duvana proizvede 120 kg).

Pusenje ili zdravlje - odlucite sami! (Kaj ce mi zdravlje bez pusenja...)

XYu - Radojka Sverko

LEGENDE BH & EX-YU SPORTA, Part 16.

Za popularisanje teniskog sporta kod nas sigurno je zasluzan Slobodan Zivojinovic, koji je najveci uspjeh zabiljezio kad je dogurao do polufinala Wimbledona gdje je izgubio protiv Ivana Lendla, a u parovima je sa Andres Gomezom uspio osvojiti i US Open. Bruno Oresar i Monika Seles bili su jedini Yugo teniseri koji su osvojili Orange Bowl iliti nezvanicno prvenstvo svijeta u tenisu. Monika je, naravno, jedno vrijeme bila i prva na ATP listi, jedino nikada ne osvojivsi Wimbledone. Moze tome da se zahvali opsesivnom obozavaocu Steffi Graf koji ju je napao nozem u Hamburgu. Goran Ivanisevic je dogurao do drugog mjesta na ATP listi.

Danas teniseri Hrvatske i Srbije, kao sto su Mario Ancic, Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic i Jelena Jankovic imaju respekt svjetske teniske poljane i cini se da je buducnost svijetla za ovaj sport sa balkanske tacke gledista...

FASCINATING PEOPLE, Part 16.

Ernest Holmes (1887-1960) founded Religious Science, part of the New Thought movement. Holmes had an immense influence on New Age beliefs, particularly his core philosophy that we create our own reality. He quit school at 15 saying: I didn't want to be taken care of, so l went to work. What I have gathered has been from reading, studying and thinking, working, experiencing. It is a long, laborious, tough method, but it pays off. I don't believe there is a real other method.
Excerpts from his work (The Science of Mind, Creative Mind and Creative Mind and Success):
*Strange as it may seem, the human thought can affirm only; it can never deny; for, even at the moment of denial, it really affirms the presence of that which it denies. We speak of denials and affirmations as though they were opposed to each other, but such is not the case. Fear and faith are but different ways of expressing positive beliefs about something. Fear is a positive belief that we will experience something that we do not wish to have happen, while faith is a positive belief that we will experience something that we do wish to have happen.
*What is evil?
Evil is the result of a lack of clear seeing, based upon a belief in two powers, and limitation and what we call sin is the result of man's struggle to find himself.
*The person who is to succeed will never let his mind dwell on past mistakes. He will forgive the past in his life and in the lives of other people. If he makes a mistake he will at once forgive it. He will know that so long as he desires any good, there is nowhere in the universe anything that opposes him. God does not damn anyone or anything; man damns everyone and everything.
*See only what you wish to experience, and look at nothing else. No matter how many times the old thought returns, destroy it by knowing that it has no power over you; look it squarely in the face and tell it to go; it does not belong to you, and you must know--and stick to it--that you are now free.
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The Pentangle

Oops (I did it again)

Kanadski teniski savez uputio je Novaku Đokoviću službeno izvinjenje zbog gafa na proglašenju pobjednika Rogers Cupa u Montrealu. Nakon što je u finalu pobijedio Rogera Federera, Đokovića je na svečanosti proglašenja pobjednika službeni spiker predstavio kao hrvatskog tenisera (!) No, vrlo brzo “Tennis Canade” se izvinio navodeci da je do greške došlo slučajno (hmm!) Đokoviću se licno izvinio i dotični službeni spiker... -Priznajem grešku i biće mi drago ispraviti je sljedeće godine, kada Novak osvoji svoj drugi trofej na Rogers Cupu.

Nekoga potjeraju psi, a druge...

Izgubljen u divljini Queenslanda 53-godisnji australski stocar, povrijedjen u padu sa konja, u bijegu pred krokodilima popeo se na stablo eukaliptusa. Ondje je međutim morao ostati nedjelju dana dok ga nisu pronašli spasioci, jer su gladni krokodili gotovo neprekidno vrebali na svoju potencijalnu žrtvu. Samo u nekoliko navrata preko dana uspio se nakratko spustiti sa stabla kako bi uzeo vodu iz obližnje lokve. "Noću sam vidio samo parove svijetlih crvenih očiju direkno ispod mene", izjavio je. Spasio ga je pilot helikoptera koji ga je opazio na stablu. U nedjelji dana pojeo je samo dva sendviča koji su mu se našli u džepu.

Mamy Blue

Unfortunately, the best version of this song by Joël Daydé is not available in video format. Check discography of this fantastic French blues master here.

Zulfikar - Zuko Dzumhur

*Kasaba na granici: U svakom stotom ćepenku pod uvjerenjima i esnafskim pismima, uz tuce propisno poništenih taksenih maraka, pečalbari po jedan naš Tetovac, Gostivarac ili Bosanac, ubijajući godinama bijele dane za žute pare. Pečalbarski se štedi previše, živi premalo i razmnožava pretjerano.
*Putovanje po besmislu: Granice između civilizacije i varvarstva leže duboko zakopane u pijesku pustinje...

...Italijani bi na ovom svetom brijegu podigli crkvu, Amerikanci bazu, Francuzi hotel, a Libanci kockarnicu. Bugari bi ovdje sagradili veliki naučni institut za borbu protiv zagraničnog sujevjerja. Turci bi po običaju podigli karaulu, a Beograđani bi otvorili kafanu "Kod prvog greha". Arabljani nisu podigli ništa...

...Stare turske hanove po drumovima zamijenile su automobilske stanice na autostradama. Romantičnih drumskih razbojnika, koji su nekada napadali usamljene putnike i karavane, više nema. Zamijenile su ih velike međunarodne kompanije koje napadaju čitave narode. Hajdučija se polako sa carskih džada preselila u međunarodnu politiku...

...Čovjek nigdje tako intenzivno ne misli na neodjevenu ženu kao u pustinji.
*Zapisi pod gorom: Hotel je pun američkih nevjesta i đuvegija. Nedjelju provedu u maženju ili čitanju besmislenih romana. Njihove nevjeste su lijepe na neki naročiti način. U ljepoti američkih žena ima nečeg konfekcijskog. Svi ovi bogataši svijeta sve više liče jedni na druge. Svi oni pate od obilja istih poroka i od nedostatka istih vrlina. Izgleda da se među sirotinjom mnogo više održalo šarenilo svijeta.
*Trube u Jerohinu: Francuz je propjevao zbog žene, Italijan radi publike. Grk pjeva za bakšiš. Nijemac pjeva na komandu, a Srbin propjeva uz piće. Arapin je zapjevao od straha. Pustinja uplaši i junake i divove. Pustinje se jedino ne boje pjesnici...U pustinjama čovjek je propjevao da ne poludi. Možda se svaka poezija i svuda u svijetu rodila u pustinjama.