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Saturday, March 31, 2007
History of Piracy Author: Krzysztof WilczyĆski
The history of piracy dates back more than 3000 years, but its accurate account depends on the actual meaning of the word ‘pirate’. In English, the word piracy has many different meanings and its usage is still relatively new. Today, some uses of the word have no particular meaning at all. A meaning was first ascribed to the word piracy sometime before the XVII century. It appears that the word pirate (peirato) was first used in about 140 BC by the Roman historian Polybius. The Greek historian Plutarch, writing in about 100 A.D., gave the oldest clear definition of piracy. He described pirates as those who attack without legal authority not only ships, but also maritime cities. Piracy was described for the first time, among others, in Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. For a great many years there remained no unambiguous definition of piracy. Norse riders of the 9th and 11th century AD were not considered pirates but rather, were called "Danes" or "Vikings". Another popular meaning of the word in medieval England was "sea thieves". The meaning of the word pirate most closely tied to the contemporary was established in the XVIII century AD. This definition dubbed pirates "outlaws" whom even persons who were not soldiers could kill. The first application of international law actually involved anti-pirate legislation. This is due to the fact that most pirate acts were committed outside the borders of any country.
Sometimes governments gave rights to the pirates to represent them in their wars. The most popular form was to give a license to a private sailor to attack enemy shipping on behalf of a specific king – Privateer. Very often a privateer when caught by the enemy was tried as an outlaw notwithstanding the license. Below we tried to outline a selective history of piracy, selective and arbitrary because there is so much that can be said about piracy and it is impossible to tell all. We hope that even this brief introduction will show the spirit and truth about the piracy the way we see it.
The history of piracy dates back more than 3000 years, but its accurate account depends on the actual meaning of the word ‘pirate’. In English, the word piracy has many different meanings and its usage is still relatively new. Today, some uses of the word have no particular meaning at all. A meaning was first ascribed to the word piracy sometime before the XVII century. It appears that the word pirate (peirato) was first used in about 140 BC by the Roman historian Polybius. The Greek historian Plutarch, writing in about 100 A.D., gave the oldest clear definition of piracy. He described pirates as those who attack without legal authority not only ships, but also maritime cities. Piracy was described for the first time, among others, in Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. For a great many years there remained no unambiguous definition of piracy. Norse riders of the 9th and 11th century AD were not considered pirates but rather, were called "Danes" or "Vikings". Another popular meaning of the word in medieval England was "sea thieves". The meaning of the word pirate most closely tied to the contemporary was established in the XVIII century AD. This definition dubbed pirates "outlaws" whom even persons who were not soldiers could kill. The first application of international law actually involved anti-pirate legislation. This is due to the fact that most pirate acts were committed outside the borders of any country.
Sometimes governments gave rights to the pirates to represent them in their wars. The most popular form was to give a license to a private sailor to attack enemy shipping on behalf of a specific king – Privateer. Very often a privateer when caught by the enemy was tried as an outlaw notwithstanding the license. Below we tried to outline a selective history of piracy, selective and arbitrary because there is so much that can be said about piracy and it is impossible to tell all. We hope that even this brief introduction will show the spirit and truth about the piracy the way we see it.
ps. zazmurite i za trenutak slusacete walkman :), citacete Bravo i lepiti slicice po sveskama..Jedini problem bice kako skupiti novac za novu kasetu DD i Madonnu... Izlazicete ispred zgrade, ponosno noseci svoj novi 501..
...should be all around. Skoro sam srela jednu osobu koja nije nikada gledala ovaj film?? Za mene, to je vise nego neverovatno! Film je sve ono sto vi mislite o njemu :) znaci divan, relaxing, vraca nadu u sve oko vas, pravi H. Grant movie, samo sto je ovde pomognut svim ostalim glumcima koji su ga doveli do apsolutnog savrsenstva! http://www.loveactually.com
Friday, March 30, 2007

The Divine language spoken in the film is an artificial language with only 400 words, invented by director Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich. In an interview with Jovovich included in the bonus feature "The Adventure and Discovery of a Film: The Story of the Fifth Element" on the DVD release of The Fifth Element, Jovovich stated that she and Besson wrote letters to each other in the Divine Language as practice. The first part of Leeloo's name, "Leeloominai" means "precious stones", and the latter "Ekbat De Sebat" is an honorific that is never defined. No meaning is given for "Lekatariba" or "Lamina-Tchai". "Leeloominai" is the only word in her name that appears in Luc Besson's published dictionary. -Wikipedia

E, onda je vreme da se totalno zbunite, jer imate 1000 pitanja koja vas muce. Da li cu osvojiti nedostiznog (bar za one date), da li treba da cekam pravog, dokle, da li cu moci jednog dana da pokazem svoj novi ves nekome...? U slucaju da vam se pruzi ikakva sansa od strane Mr. Big-a u ovom slucaju sa realnijeg evropskog nivoa, potpuno postajete dostupni I u stanju ste da 1. sve trpite, 2. cekate satima i danima poziv, 3. budete vise puta dobro ponizeni i 4. i kada se licno uverite da to nije to I da vas zaista npr vara, jos uvek negde duboko zelite da mu pruzite jos jednu sansu. Uzas. Za njegov slobodan termin od i 5 minuta dali bi ste sve, zar ne, jer on je lep, savrsen i vas bar tih 15 minuta. On kao ljubavnik moze biti i ocajan ali vi to ne primecujete jer ste sa njim. Razum naravno ne postoji, a vi postajete uzasno slepi za sve usputne znakove okoline I savete prijatelja. Hej, pa vi ste na krovu sveta kad imate njega-dok ga imate, naravno. Pad I kraj, koji je uvek bio jako prisutan samo ga vi niste videli je tu. Bolja, lepsa, mladja, savrsena kao I on je tu za njega, a vi se pretvarate (u stvari, ruku na srce, uvek ste I bili ) bolna s*x sema beskrupuloznom lepotanu. Bridget je poletela I kao sve mi, bar jednom u zivotu, razbila se vec posle prvog zamaha. Daniel je bio uzasan. Prosto je mucno gledati scenu kada ON kao svevisnji upravlja zivotima I njenim I svoje trenutne zanimacije, koju uspesno krije u kupatilu. Obe ga imaju I obe ga gube a ON ostaje ultimativni nezenja. U ovim slucajevima ponekad se desava da takvi muskarci mogu svojim dobro uvezbanim osmehom, iz svojih prvih svalerskih dana, da odobrovolje suprotnu stranu. E, onda nastaje poseban haos u nasim glavama jer mi pocinjemo da se preispitujemo da li zaboga gresimo I da li smo mi te koje smo surove, neosetljive….Naravno, onog drugog-pravog , I dalje ne primecujemo, do jednog trenutka kada nam realnost otvori oci. Nazalost put do tog trenutka je dug. Muskarac koji je dostupan nije poseban, nije zanimljiv. Muskarac koji nije nasrtljiv uglavnom I ne dobija. Muskarac koji nas odbija, dobija sve kada nam posveti svoju cenjenu paznju na bar 2 minuta...
Bridget is one of us...Nema nikog, ima sve, mamu i tatu koji polako izlaze iz klimaksa, godine koje odzvanaju, zanimljiv posao, par pravih ponuda i jednu koja je nepristojna ali se ona bas za tu vise puta (kao po pravilu) odlucuje... Krug prijatelja, njihove probleme, svoje probleme...i to sve uvijeno u RP English i smesteno u sam centar Londona ...dakle, Brigde je uvek poucna za ponovo videti :))
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Neprikosnoven...Ponekad se pitam, kada vidim ponovo neku scenu na nekom od kanala, sta bi Kilmeru da ga onako odlicno skine??
Do you know the warm progress under the stars?
Do you know we exist?
Have you forgotten the keysto the Kingdom?
Have you been borne yet& are you alive?
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