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Sunday, April 27, 2008
The rabbit as an Easter symbol seems to have its origins in Germany, where it was first mentioned in German writings in the 1500s. The first edible Easter bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s, and were made of pastry and sugar. The Easter bunny was introduced to American folklore by the German settlers who arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 1700s. The arrival of the "Oschter Haws" was considered "childhood's greatest pleasure" next to a visit from Christ-Kindel on Christmas Eve. The children believed that if they were good the "Oschter Haws" would lay a nest of colored eggs. The children would build their nest in a secluded place in the home, the barn or the garden. Boys would use their caps and girls their bonnets to make the nests. The use of elaborate Easter baskets would come later as the tradition of the Easter bunny spread through out the country.
Rabbits and hares
Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are fertility symbols of extreme antiquity. Since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth to large litters in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth at the Vernal Equinox.
The saying "mad as a March hare" refers to the wild caperings of hares as the males fight over the females in the early spring, then attempt to mate with them. Since the females often rebuff the males' advances before finally succumbing, the mating behavior often looks like a crazy dance; these fights led early observers to believe that the advent of spring made the hares "mad.`This bold behavior makes the hares, normally timid and retiring animals, much more conspicuous to human observation in the spring.
Rabbits and hares are both prolific breeders. The females can conceive a second litter of offspring while still pregnant with the first. The two litters are born separately[citation needed]. This phenomenon is known as superfetation. Lagomorphs mature sexually at an early age and can give birth to several litters a year (hence the sayings, "to breed like bunnies" or "multiply like rabbits"). It is therefore not surprising that rabbits and hares should become fertility symbols, or that their springtime mating antics should enter into Easter folklore.
Eggs
Eggs are, by their nature, obvious fertility symbols. As for rabbits laying eggs, several explanations have been proposed.
According to Bede of Jarrow, the etymology of the English word "Easter" comes from the Germanic month "Eostur-monath" which was the month of the year in which it was celebrated. Bede also said that the month was named for a goddess whose cult had died out named "Eostre." However, that statement from Bede is the only ancient mention of any goddess named Eostre, and the sum total of information about her. Because of the lack of any corroboration, many scholars believe that Bede was simply mistaken, and that no cult of any such goddess ever existed.
The precise origin of the ancient custom of coloring eggs is not known. Greeks to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red, the color of blood, in recognition of the renewal of life in springtime (and, later, the blood of the sacrificed Christ). Some also use the color green, in honor of the new foliage emerging after the long dead time of winter.
German Protestants wanted to retain the Catholic custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, but did not want to introduce their children to the Catholic rite of fasting. Eggs were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of Lent, which was the reason for the abundance of eggs at Easter time.
The idea of an egg-laying bunny came to the United States in the 18th century. German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhas," sometimes spelled "Oschter Haws." "Hase" means "hare," not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare, not a rabbit. According to the legend, only good children received gifts of colored eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets before Easter In 1883, Jakob Grimm wrote of long-standing similar myths in Germany itself. Noting many related landmarks and customs, Grimm suggested that these derived from legends of Ostara.
The German and Amish legends were most likely rooted in European folklore about hares' eggs which seems to have been a confusion between hares raising their young at ground level and the finding of plovers' nests nearby, abandoned by the adult birds to distract predators. Hares use a hollow called a form rather than a burrow. Lapwings nest on the same sort of ground, and their nests look very similar to hare forms. So in the Spring, eggs would be found in what looked like hare forms, giving rise to the belief that the hare laid eggs in the spring.
Easter Bilby
In Australia, the fecundity of introduced rabbits made them a major environmental pest, and feral rabbits are still a problem. There have been moves in recent years to popularize the endangered native bilby as an alternative to the Easter Bunny through the promotion of chocolate Easter Bilbies.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Plavooka lepotica, zvezda filma „Transformers“, Megan Foks proglašena je za najseksepilniju ženu na svetu po izboru magazina za muškarce FHM. Dvadesetjednogodišnja glumica ostavila je iza sebe Skarlet Johanson, Džesiku Albu i Evu Longoriju u izboru 100 najpoželjnijih žena u 2008. godini. Skandalozna Britni Spirs je na poslednjem mestu. - Megan je zasluženo dobila FHM titulu. Ona je mlada, zgodna, zvezda u usponu i njen seksepil je definitivno uneo promene u ovogodišnju listu. Budućnost je pred njom - izjavio je urednik američkog FHM-a Dž. R. Futrel.
U protekle dve godine Megan je polako napredovala na ovoj listi; 2006. zauzela je 68. poziciju, a naredne godine bila je 65. Megan svoj iznenadni uspon duguje seksi ulozi u filmu o robotima „Transformers“. Crnokosa lepotica misterioznog pogleda poreklom iz Tenesija započela je karijeru modela sa 13 godina, a američkoj publici najpoznatija je iz TV serije „Hope and Faith“. Za svoju neobičnu lepotu mlada glumica može da zahvali mešavini irske, francuske i indijanske krvi, pa se zbog toga često nalazila na naslovnim stranama magazina „GQ“, „Arena“, „Maxim“... Megan obožava tetovaže i ima ih čak pet, jedna od njih je i slika Merilin Monro na desnoj ruci.
Druga na ovogodišnjoj listi najseksipilnijih žena sveta takođe je glumica Džesika Bil, a odmah iza nje i buduća mama Džesika Alba. Četvrto mesto zauzela je Eliša Katbert, kanadska glumica koja se proslavila u američkoj seriji „24“, u kojoj glumi pored Kifera Saterlenda, a peta je Skarlet Johanson. Od ostalih holivudskih zvezda koje se redovno nalaze na ovakvim listama našle su se Lindzi Lohan kao 16, Kameron Dijaz na 18. mestu, pevačica Bijonse je 20, „očajna domaćica“ Eva Longorija je tek 59. a razmažena bogatašica Paris Hilton 77, dok je kraljica skandala Britni Spirs na poslednjem, stotom mestu. Blic
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Mada je mrtav već više od pedeset godina, još uvek ima hrpu pristalica širom Evrope, Amerike, u Rusiji, Indiji, Africi, Aziji, Latinskoj Americi i na Dalekom istoku... Ali, da su njegovi sledbenici znali kako je njegov seksualni život bio patetičan, perverzan i dostojan žaljenja, teško bi održali to strahopoštovanje. Ovo čitamo u poglavlju "Hitler se zabavlja", u knjizi engleskog pisca Najdžela Kotorna "Ljubavni život velikih diktatora".Kotorn zaključuje da je teško imati bilo kakvo poštovanje prema čoveku koji voli da puzi po podu nag, dok ga žena šutira, ili doživljava vrhunsko seksualno zadovoljstvo u tome da neko po njemu vrši malu ili veliku nuždu. Nekoliko njegovih ljubavnica izvršilo je samoubistvo - toliko su bile šokirane njegovom izopačenošću.Hitlerovi urlatorski, hipnotički govori često su dovodili žene do orgazma. Neki čovek, koji je u Minhenu radio kao čistač, kaže da su ponekad gubile kontrolu nad bešikom, te bi tlo ispod celog prvog reda slušalaca bilo natopljeno urinom. Hitleru bi se to dopalo...Homoseksualci su bili uvereni da je Hitler homoseksualac, otkriva Kotorn. U starim filmskim žurnalima može se videti kako su njegove kretnje i hod prilično feminizirani - sve dok Leni Rifenštal, velika filmska glumica, reditelj i, moguće, Hitlerova ljubavnica, nije počela da ga snima iz donjeg rakursa, kako bi naglasila njegovu moć i ukazala na mitski status ovog čoveka.Posle rata, Rifenštalova je govorila da nije bila njegov tip: "Ja sam previše jaka, previše pozitivna. On je voleo meke žene, kravljih lica, poput Eve Braun."Hitler je upoznao Evu Braun 1929. godine, a postali su ljubavnici u proleće, tri godine kasnije. Evini dnevnici pokazuju da ga je obožavala, ali da ju je istovremeno i mučio. Njihove seksualne odnose ne opisuje detaljno, osim: "Potrebna sam mu, iz posebnih razloga. Drugačije ne može da bude." Šta god da su radili, nju to nije činilo srećnom. Prvog novembra 1932, izvela je prvi od nekoliko pokušaja samoubistva...
V. novosti (preuredjeno)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_sexual_orientation
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Donald Trump were bewitched by the model-turned-singer. And now it seems the French president has fallen under her spell.You know you are getting old when the President of France is going out with Mick Jagger's ex-girlfriend. Carla Bruni, 39, the supermodel-turned-pop-singer and lover of, among others, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Donald Trump, is the new woman in the life of Nicolas Sarkozy.
For once, the world's media do not have to pussyfoot around the French law which prohibits invasion into people's private lives. The happy couple went to Disneyland Paris together at the weekend and posed radiantly for the paparazzi photographers who followed them to the theme park. If you want to hide your love away, you don't go to Disneyland on the weekend before Christmas. Among the "people" magazines which will publish the photographs this week is Paris Match, owned by M. Sarkozy's friend Arnaud Lagardre. In other words, this is an official, prince-meets-princess fairy tale, even if the Elyse Palace refused to comment yesterday.
Since he and his wife, Ccilia, divorced in October, M. Sarkozy has been linked by internet and tabloid gossip to a string of beautiful women in the worlds of media or showbusiness. Most of those stories appeared to have been exaggerated but this one is different. The 52-year-old President is said to have met the Italian-born, French-raised Mme Bruni at a semi-political gathering three weeks ago. They were seen together in the grounds of the Palais de Versailles the weekend before last. On Saturday, like scores of other divorcees, they took their respective children to Disneyland. According to the news agency Agence France Presse, the couple and the children spent the night at the Disneyland Hotel, 10 miles east of Paris.
Christophe Barbier, editor of the respected news magazine L'Express, is a friend of Mme Bruni. He said yesterday that he telephoned the former model before breaking the news of her romance with M. Sarkozy. "She confirmed the relationship," he said. "She said publicity did not bother her because this was now going to be a public love affair."
Colombe Pringle, the editor of Point de Vue magazine, which will publish photographs of the couple today, said: "Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni wanted people to know. Otherwise, I don't know why they would have gone to Disneyland to look at the Mickey Mouse parade."
Mme Bruni has long been listed among the world's most beautiful women. With what she once called her "kitty eyes" and her high, wide cheekbones, she bears a startling resemblance to... Ccilia Sarkozy. Like the woman who decided, after five months, that she did not want to be the Premire Dame of France, Mme Bruni is also celebrated for her emotional hand-brake turns. She had an on-off affair with Mick Jagger in her 20s and became famous as part of the first generation of supermodels, which also included Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss. She abandoned modelling in her early 30s to re-invent herself with some success as an international pop star. Along the way, she dated an unlikely crowd of rich and famous men, including the US billionaire Donald Trump, film star Kevin Costner and British rock musician Eric Clapton.
Seven years ago, while living with the French publisher, Jean-Paul Enthoven, she fell in love with his son, the philosopher Raphael Enthoven, who was 10 years her junior. They married after he divorced his wife, Justine Lvy, the daughter of a better known French philosopher, Bernard-Henri Lvy. Mme Lvy took her revenge in 2004 by writing a successful novel loosely based on the stealing of her husband, called Nothing Important.
Mme Bruni did not appear to care. She had a success of her own to celebrate. Her first album of songs, Someone Told Me, appeared in the same year to cackles of amusement from the French music press. Too insubstantial, they said. Too folk. Too old-fashioned. But the disc gained a word-of-mouth following and became a cult hit with more than two million sales in Europe. One British critic hailed it as "deliciously languorous".
Mme Bruni's second record, featuring her musical arrangements of the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Dorothy Parker, W H Auden and W B Yeats, appeared earlier this year. She attributes her love of English poetry to the "lessons" from her friend and "professor", the English singer Marianne Faithfull.
In an interview with The Independent in May, Mme Bruni was at pains to point out that she never fitted the public prejudice that supermodels are thick as well as thin. "Even when I was having my hair and make-up done backstage at a fashion show, I would sneak in a
copy of Dostoevsky and read it inside a copy of Elle or Vogue," she said. "But it would be pretentious of me to say I was more intelligent than the other supermodels of that era. I was always just curious about everything." She also revealed that, as a child, she took part in "sing-a-longs" at her parents' home with family friends such as Maria Callas and Herbert von Karajan. As a young woman, however, her musical hero was Joe Strummer of The Clash.Mme Bruni is a daughter of one of the wealthiest industrial families of northern Italy, the Bruni Tedeschis. Her sister, Valeria, is an actress and film director. Their grandfather founded Ceat, which became the second-most important Italian rubber company after Pirelli. Her mother, Marysa Borini, was a celebrated concert pianist. Her father, Alberto, sold the family business in the 1970s and moved to France to escape the wave of murders and kidnappings of politicians and industrialists by the Red Brigades terrorist group.
"Music was the most sentimental thing in my parents' lives," Mme Bruni said in another Independent interview in 2004. "Although I was rather indifferent to technique, I definitely absorbed their tremendous passion for it. My mother always said that she could love a man who wasn't handsome or physically strong, but that she could not love a man who didn't love music. I agree!"
Nicolas Sarkozy is known to be a great fan of the perpetual French rocker, Johnny Hallyday. Otherwise, music does not appear to feature greatly in his busy schedule. Explaining her choice of men, Mme Bruni once said: "Desire is not very precise in my case, so I never choose. The one thing all the men I've loved have in common is a strong feminine side. I find feminine men very virile and macho men very fragile. Machismo is a defence mechanism." Oddly enough, one of Ccilia Sarkozy's implied criticisms of her former husband is that he was too driven and lacked a feminine side to his character.
Mme Bruni's friendship with the centre-right President is unlikely in several other respects. She has previously been regarded as leftish in her politics and, before she met him, publicly criticised M. Sarkozy's attempts to crack down on illegal and family immigration to France and select "useful" migrants.
From the President's point of view, such a glitzy relationship has advantages and disadvantages. Mme Bruni's previous romances do not suggest she will be willing, any more than Ccilia was, to play the role of calm helpmate to his own highly-charged personality. After all the gossip surrounding the demise of his marriage, it might seem that the last partner President Sarkozy needed would be an entertainment celebrity with a string of past high-profile conquests.
On the other hand, President Sarkozy's opinion poll ratings are starting to melt. The collapse of his marriage tarnished his all-conquering reputation, especially among French men. A mediagenic love affair with one of the world's most beautiful women might seem to be not such a bad idea. The centre-right newspaper, Le Figaro, a loyal promoter of all the President's activities, published a rather beautiful front-page photograph of Mme Bruni yesterday and proudly announced her as the "President's girlfriend". The centre-left newspaper Libration said, more grumpily, that
the President had evidently foresworn his previous promise to keep public and private lives separate, and had deliberately chosen to live a "paparazzi idyll".It remains to be seen how long the idyll will last and whether Carla Bruni finds life with the perpetual motion President as interesting as life with the Rolling Stones. As Mick Jagger's girlfriend, she would sometimes tour with the band in the early 1990s.
"It was fun and emotional," she once told the Italian magazine, XL. "I learnt from all of them, or rather absorbed things. They are special people, these creative types, but they conquered me with the simplicity and discipline with which they work. If I had not learnt anything from them, I would have been no better than a groupie."
But will Mme Bruni remain France's First Girlfriend? Or will she become France's first, foreign-born First Lady? On the whole, that seems unlikely. Much will depend on how much M. Sarkozy listens to his mother. In an interview two weeks ago, Andre Sarkozy, 80, said: "In his position, he is spoiled for choice. But I hope no one will think of marriage. I've had enough of brides."
23 April: a symbolic date for world literature for on this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. It was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity.
The idea for this celebration originated in Catalonia where on 23 April, Saint George's Day, a rose is traditionally given as a gift for each book sold. The success of the World Book and Copyright Day will depend primarily on the support received from all parties concerned (authors, publishers, teachers, librarians, public and private institutions, humanitarian NGOs and the mass media), who have been mobilized in each country by UNESCO National Commissions, UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations, Associated Schools and Libraries, and by all those who feel motivated to work together in this world celebration of books and authors.
Film „War, Inc.“ u kojem Sergej Trifunović glumi sa holivudskim zvezdama Džonom Kjuzakom, Marisom Tomei, Benom Kingslijem, Denom Akrojdom i Hilari Daf biće premijerno prikazan 23. maja u Americi. Film koji je režirao Džošua Seftel predstavlja političku satiru smeštenu u izmišljenu zemlju Turakistan, a na internetu se već može videti urnebesni trejler u kojem Sergej „maltretira“ Hilari Daf - ljubi je, hvata je za zadnjicu a zatim je 
mlatne po glavi... Radnja filma „War, Inc.“, čiji je radni naslov bio „Brand Hauser: Stuff Happens“, smeštena je u Turakistan, izmišljenu zemlju na Bliskom istoku, kojom faktički upravlja američka korporacija čiji je vlasnik bivši potpredsednik Amerike (igra ga Den Akrojd). Da bi eliminisala konkurenciju, korporacija unajmljuje problematičnog plaćenog ubicu Brenda Hauzera (Džon Kjuzak).Međutim, Hauzer neće imati lak posao. Ne samo da mora da se izbori sa ličnim problemima, u čemu mu pomaže novinarka Natali Hegalhuzen (Marisa Tomei), već mora i da izigrava producenta televizijskog šou programa „Trade Show“. A prvi zadatak mu je da organizuje venčanje lokalne pop zvezde Jonike Bejbijea (Hilari Daf) i njenog dečka, mladog „biznismena“ Oku-Mi-Faja Takunufmnija, kojeg glumi Sergej Trifunović.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Jermenska pevačica Sirušo je prvi album snimila kada je imala samo 13 godina, a u rodnoj Jermeniji, gde je neverovatno popularna, do sada je osvojila sve moguće nagrade. Sirušo, koja tvrdi da je Evrosong više od takmičenja, kao i da bi pobeda na Evroviziji imala istorijski značaj za Jermeniju, poznata je i po provokativnim spotovima, a zanimljivo je da će ona biti prva pevačica koja će predstavljati Jermeniju na Evrosongu. Marija Haukas Storeng, koja će predstavljati Norvešku na Pesmi Evrovizije, počela je da peva u petoj godini, a već u jedanaestoj je igrala glavnu ulogu u mjuziklu „Annie“. Marija je postala veoma popularna nakon što je 2004. osvojila šesto mesto u emisiji „Pop idol“. Trenutno sprema novi album koji će se najverovatnije zvati „More“ (Više). „Želim više od života, više muzike, iskustava, prijatelja...“, kaže simpatična Marija. Ukrajinka Ani Lorak je u svojoj zemlji poznata po glasu, a bogami, i po stasu. Godinama je već najpopularnija pevačica, a već sa 19 godina je dobila zvanje zaslužnog umetnika Ukrajine. Ani se slikala za najpoznatije muške magazine, a nekoliko puta zaredom je proglašavana za najseksepilniju Ukrajinku. Lorakova je do sada snimila deset albuma, a glumila je i u brojnim ukrajinskim filmovima. Morena, predstavnica Malte, karijeru je započela u grupi Spectrum, a pevačica koju iz milošte zovu „mediteranski vulkan“ iz drugog puta je uspela da se izbori za put na Evrosong. Naime, ona je prvi put učestvovala na malteškom izboru za Evroviziju i tada je osvojila deveto mesto. „Želim da se u Beogradu odlično provedem, i nadam se, da ću se, uz malo sreće, kući vratiti sa pobedničkim trofejom“, kaže Morena.
Na ovogodišnjem Evrosongu učestvovaće zaista šaroliki izvođači. Irsku će predstavljati lutka-ćuran Dastin, za Belgiju će pevati grupa Ishtar sa numerom „O Julissi“ napisanom na izmišljenom jeziku, Španiju će predstavljati vickasti komični lik Rodolfo Čikilikvatre, loša kopija Elvisa Preslija... To nije sve, u priču su se umešali i hevimetalci, Finsku će predstavljati bend Terasbetoni, dok će za Litvaniju pevati hevi metal pevač Jeronimas Milius...
Monday, April 21, 2008
Као непосредан сведок целе турбулентне епохе у историји Балкана, она је још увек предмет огромног регионалног медијског интересовања. Са своје стране, Јованка се држи у екстремној повучености и ретко даје интервјуе. Већина мисли да њен повучен живот долази као последица великих проблема кроз које је прошла од смрти супруга када је цела њена имовина национализована и када је стављена у кућни притвор.
Извештено је да живи у релативном сиромаштву када је 2006. владина комисија открила да њен стан у Београду није одржаван од њеног хапшења. Сада сe чине напори да се побољшају њени услови за живот.
Јованка Броз 1971.
Како је тачно млада партизанка из Лике постала жена југословенског комунистичког вође није сасвим јасно.
Према једној верзији, одмах након завршетка Другог светског рата, министар унутрашњих послова Александар Ранковић је затражио од својих републичких подсекретара да му пошаљу групу проверених девојака за рад у Маршаловом кабинету. Од око 50 кандидаткиња, Ранковић је наводно одабрао пет девојака и лично их представио Титу коме се допала партизанка Јованка Будисављевић, стара 24 године. Ову верзију је потврдио генерал Ђоко Јованић, који је био на челу југословенске Контра-обавештајне службе, према којој је управо он одговорио на Ранковићев захтев и предложио Јованку за Титову сарадницу.
Друга верзија тврди да је Јованку одабран Иван Стево Крајачић, тадашњи повереник НКВД-а за Југославију, одакле вероватно потиче прича која приказује Јованку као совјетског шпијуна.
Следећа верзија, овог пута од бившег генерала ЈНА Марјана Крањца, каже да је Јованка додељена Маршалу већ 1945. као хигијеничарка задужена за контролисање хране и чистоће и здравља особља. После смрти велике Титове љубави Даворјанке Пауновић 1946, Јованка је, према Крањцу, постала Титова лична секретарица.
Почетак везе
Тако је шест година, до 1952. Јованка била члан Титовог окружења у недефинисаној улози љубавнице/секретарице/члана послуге, док је он обављао своје уобичајене послове који су повремено укључивали романсе са другим женама као што је оперска певачица Зинка Кунц.
Милован Ђилас, један од водећих чланова и идеолога комунистичког револуционарног покрета, даје више детаља о Јованки током овог периода у "Дружење са Титом". Према њему, односи са Титом су били изузетно тешки за њу.
Тачан датум њиховог венчања је такође предмет дебата. Оно што је неоспорно је да је за Јованку коначно откривено да је више од обичне секретарице, барем у ужем Титовом окружењу, током његове епизоде са жучном кесом 1951. Тајно венчање се десило кратко након тога у лепој вили Дунавка у Илоку са Александром Ранковићем као младожењеним кумом и генералом Иваном Гошњаком као младиним кумом. Међутим, њено званично откривање као прве даме се одиграло годину дана касније током државне посете британског министра спољних послова Ентонија Идна.
Према Ђиласу, Јованка није имала утицаја на Тита приликом доношења одлука и време је највише проводила бринући о дому и свом супругу. Међутим, генерал Крањц, тврди да је Јованка убрзо по склапању брака почела да сплеткари, те да је имала државничке амбиције, , иако није понудио доказе у прилог таквим оптужбама. Ни Ђилас није био без критика према Јованки, али су оне биле много мање озбиљније, а највише су се тицале њеног држања.
Брачни проблемиТито и Јованка са Пет и Ричардом Никсоном
Односи у брачном пару су почели да се нарушавају раних 1970их. Њихов однос је постао тема оштрих политичких расправа. Јованка је тврдила да је покушавала да заштити свог остарелог супруга од разних агената - сматрала је десет од једанаест његових државних секретара (министара) за некакве агенте. Њени противници су тврдили супротно, да је она та која ради против свог супруга.
Према извештају из 1988. написаног за Председништво СФРЈ, између 1974. и 1988, највиши југословенски форуми су на 59 састанака расправљали само о Јованци. Овај процес је започео сам Тито 21. јануара 1974. када је наредио Савезу комуниста Југославије да оснује специјалну комисију која ће проучавати "случај другарице Јованке". Комисијом је председавао Рато Дугоњић, а у њој су још били Стеван Дороњски, Тодо Куртовић, Фадиљ Хоџа, генерал Милош Шумоња, Џемил Шарац и Иван Кукоч.
Тих година је Јованка била оптуживана да је совјетски шпијун, за одавање државне тајне, шуровање са српским генералим, за постављање и смењивање највиших функционера, учествовање у завери против Александра Ранковића, планирање државног удара са генералом Ђоком Јованићем са циљем узурпирања Маршалове улоге...
Многи верује да је она жртва амбиција разних политичара који су успели да манипулишу остарелог Маршала против своје супруге. Према Иви Етеровићу, писцу и фотографу који је имао деценијски приступ владајућем југословенском пару главн кривци за разлаз Тита и Јованке су Стане Доланц и генерал Никола Љубичић.
Коначни разлаз
До половине седамдесетих, Јованка је постала још удаљенија од Тита, који је у том времену био скоро потпуно под утицајем Станета Доланца и Митје Рибичича.
Разлаз се одвијао у етапама. Током 1975. није била присутна на неким Титовим иностраним посетама, а почеле су да круже гласине да се често свађају. Априла исте године Тито је напустио њихову резиденцију у Ужичкој 15 и сам се преселио у Бели двор.
Јованка је задњи пут виђена у јавности 14. јуна 1977. на званичном пријему за премијера Норвешке. Касније тог лета је ухапшена под сумњивим околностима. Није било званичног објашњења за њено хапшење, које је наводно наредио сам Тито. Није се видела са Титом последње три године његовог живота. На кратко се појавила у јавности током Титове сахране почетком маја 1980. У свим државним објавама и новинским извештајима је била наведена као Титова удовица. Иако је стање између супружника споменуто, званичан развод се никад није десио.
Pisanje bloga ume da bude zabavno. Održavanje bloga može vam dati pune ruke posla, ako vas zanima da se time bavite. A ako blog piše, recimo, vaša prijateljica, redovno praćenje i komentarisanje tog bloga takođe vam može dati pune ruke posla - nekada i neželjenog.
Ima onih koje uopšte ne potresa ni ako im blog niko ne čita. Međutim, ima i onih blogera (i blogerki) koji se ponašaju kao ljudi s misijom: žele da budu čitani i komentarisani. To im je jako važno (neki od njih će zapisivati svaku misao koja im padne na pamet, ima onih koji će zapisivati svaku sitnicu koja im se desi u toku dana, računajući i šta su imali za ručak - to mnogima bude krajnje nezanimljivo za čitanje, osim ako spadaju u one koji obožavaju da zaviruju u tuđ lonac i tuđu intimu). A ako je neko takav vama bliska osoba, kao draga prijateljica, onda će od vas očekivati da redovno pratite i komentarišete njen blog.
Pa, ako vam je bliska prijateljica, i ako vas bar malo zanima ono o čemu piše, ne bi trebalo da vam bude problem da ostavite poneki komentar. Međutim, može da bude problematično ako ona traži stalno komentarisanje - a problem postaje još i veći ako očekuje da u tim komentarima na javnom mestu (što blog ipak jeste) izlažete sopstvene intimne detalje ili ako, još gore, ona piše o vašoj intimi i ostavlja to vidljivim svakom...
Ministarstvo Sjedinjenih Američkih država nominovalo je Anu za njihovu "Međunarodnu nagradu za hrabru ženu".
Nagradu je oformila Kondoliza Rajs, državni sekretar Sjedinjenih američkih država kako bi se odalo priznanje izuzetnim ženama širom sveta."Ovo je jedno veliko iznenađenje" kaže Ana. "Velika je čast i želela bih da se zahvalim što su mi uputili tako veliki komliment."Pored toga što je zauzela 2. mesto na svetskoj rang listi i završila dva Grend Slem-a kao drugoplasirana, prošle godine je postala ambasadorka UNICEF-a za Srbiju. Od njene inauguracije u septembru 2007, ona ne samo da je donirala značajnu sumu novca koja je omogućila 15 škola da se uključe u program "Škole bez nasilja", time je podigla svest o sigurnosti dece preko njenih aktivnosti van terena, koje ukljućuju pisanje novinske kolumne tokom Australia Open-a kao podrška UNICEF-u.Ova nominacija je poslednja u dugom nizu odličja kojima je dvadesetogodišnjakinja počastvovana u proteklim sedmicama. Prošlog meseca objavljena je senzacionalna vest da je Ana nagrađena "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's Karen Krantzcke” priznanjem za 2007 godinu, za fer sportsko ponašanje i istovremeno je dobila priznanje igračice koja je najviše napredovala u 2007. godini.Prošle sedmice, u Srbiji je izašla poštanska markica koja nosi Anin lik, dok je 2008. započela kao godina u kojoj je Ana je dobila titulu teniserke koja najbolje izgleda u istoriji tenisa od strane "The Age" novina u Australiji.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Prosle godine su imali nastup u Nisu pracen ovacijama. Zeljna je publika. Svojom specificnom ironicnom lirikom nude nam popusteno francusko vece, ali nam otvaraju mnoge teme, mnoga pitanja.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Glumica Branka Katić trenutno u Americi snima visokobudžetni triler „Public Enemies“, koji se bavi talasom kriminala tokom tridesetih godina prošlog veka, a naša glumica u filmu Majkla Mana, igra Anu Sejdž, fatalnu damu u crvenom, koja je čuvenog gangstera Džona Dilindžera „otkucala“ agentima FBI. Osim Katićeve, u filmu glume i Džoni Dep, Kristijan Bejl, dobitnica „Oskara“ Marion Kotiljar, Stiven Dorf i mnogi drugi. Snimanje filma „Public Enemies“, koji je zasnovan na istinitim događajima opisanim u knjizi „Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI“ Brajana Borousa, počelo je sredinom marta u Kolumbusu, a film koji režira Majkl Man bavi s etalasom kriminala u Americi koji su početkom tridesetih godina predvodili ozloglašeni gangsteri Džon Dilindžer, Bejbi Fejs Nelson i Priti Boj Flojd.
Džoni Dep igra Džona Dilindžera, gangstera koji se „proslavio“ brojnim pljačkama banaka. Dilindžer, koji je tokom svoje kratke karijere opljačkao više od 300.000 dolara, što je u vreme depresije bila ogromna suma, ubijen je 22. jula 1934. ispred bioskopa „Biograf“ u Čikagu. Ironijom sudbine, čuveni gangster je u bioskopu gledao kriminalistički film (!), a glave mu je došla Ana Sejdž, sa kojom je kratko bio u vezi, koju u ostvarenju „Public Enemies“ glumi Branka Katić. Sejdžova, poznata i kao dama u crvenom, čije pravo ime glasi Ana Kumpanas, u to doba je držala ilegalan bordel u Čikagu, a da bi izbegla deportaciju u rodnu Rumuniju, ona je pristala da sarađuje sa agentom FBI Melvinom Pervisom. Njih dvoje su smislili zasedu za Dilindžera, ali Ana ipak nije dobila ono što joj je obećano - 1936. je ipak deportovana u Rumuniju gde je umrla 11 godina kasnije. Premijera je zakazana za 1. jul 2009. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152836/
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Nicole Kidman opened up about the morning sickness that she has been experiencing.“I’ve had severe morning sickness,” the expectant actress, 40, told Access Hollywood on Monday – when she and husband Keith Urban hit the red carpet at the CMT Awards in Nashville.
Nicole, wearing a figure-hugging red dress that revealed a burgeoning baby bump, also admitted to wondering if the most difficult part is yet to come.
“I’m good actually, really good. Waiting for the third trimester,” she said. “Everyone says that is hard work.”
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
He apparently divorced his wife and plans to marry the 25-year-old Alina KabaevaFrench president Nicolas Sarkozy seems to have started a trend among heads of state around the world. After he divorced his wife of 11 years and married a younger model, now Russian president Vladimir Putin seems set to make a similar move. Russian press speculates that he already divorced his wife Liudmila Putina some two months ago and now the plan is set for a June wedding with former gymnast and current member of the State Duma, Alina Kabaeva.
Putin is 56 years old at the moment and Alina is only 25 but when Cupid's arrow strikes true, there's no messing about, is there? The Russian newspaper Moskovski Korrespondent says that things are already set, like the date and the location. They think the fortunate event is going to happen on June 15 in Sankt Petersburg, the birth place of the president.
These rumors were started by the fact that, on a recent visit to Soci where he met with G
eorge and Laura Bush, Putin wasn't accompanied by his wife. The fact that Putin, a former KGB agent, keeps his private life private is known among media outlets. Some people aren't aware of the fact that he has two daughters, one of whom is already married and living in Munchen.To spice things up, let's take a look at the possible bride-to-be. Uzbekistan-born Alina represented Russia in a couple of major sporting events and took the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens as well as bronze in 2000 in Sydney. In Russia, she is considered to be one of the most beautiful women in the country and, as of 2007, she entered politics siding with the pro-Kremlin United Russia party. As an interesting side-note, let it be known to the world that Alina Kabaeva, the rhythmic gymnast, is known for her extreme natural flexibility, with an emphasis on extreme. Enough said.
The Wife`s Bill of Rights
Preamble:We, the wives of America, love being married to the husbands of America. We know we have our faults, but with our ever-morphing roles these days, there's a lot of pressure on us to be superhuman. We care for our families, manage the home, keep ourselves attractive, and even bring home our shares of the bacon. We know we sometimes lash out, but we really do want to "live happily ever after" with you. Our mutual acknowledgement of these amendments can go a long way toward achieving that.
Amendment I
We have the right to dislike your buddies.We know it's important for you to have your guy friends, but you should know by now that we're not turned on by your stories of the good old days at college, your sexual exploits, or which relief pitcher the Red Sox should trade. Disappear for a while and be boys—it's OK, go chug beer and high-five—but please don't expect us to be happy when your friends come over and put their feet on our coffee tables or leave their beer cans on the floor.
Amendment II
We have the right to experience PMS in all its glory.Either give us our space or accept the consequences. We know it's unfair, but some of us just can't rein it in. You knew that before you married us. We may shout, cry, belittle, act irrationally. It lasts a few days each month, so please deal with it. Or even better: Bring home dinner, clear the dishes, and give us a big hug.
Amendment III
We have the right to demand you finish a household job.We're not your mothers, and we loathe having to act like them. If you wash the dishes, do them all and clean the sink, too. Don't just bag the trash, take it outside to the bin. If you start a load of laundry, put it in the dryer and fold it too. We don't like nagging any more than you like hearing it.
Amendment IV We have the right to an honest answer to "What's wrong?"We admit guilt in this area too, but "Nothing" says nothing. If we ask, it's not because we're trying to make casual conversation. It's because we love you and need an honest answer. If there truly is nothing wrong, then ask why we think otherwise. Yes, this could open a can of worms, but remember when we dated and talked about everything?
Amendment V
We have the right to keep our secrets.Not marriage-ending ones, just small secrets we choose to hide from others. If we don't want to speak our age or share our true hair color or reveal the cheesy TV shows we watch in private, it's not your place to reveal them to our friends, your business partners, or your ex-girlfriends/wives. We're not asking you to lie for us, but we would appreciate your discretion.
Amendment VI
We have the right to clean air.You may think it's funny, masculine, or natural to pass gas anywhere and anytime you please, but when the smell drives us to gag, it's uncool. There is something inherently wrong in the relationship if you must walk over to us and fart, or if you intentionally set a bad example for the kids. We fart too, but we do so discreetly for a reason. You may not like our potpourri and scented candles, but they're infinitely better than toxic and flammable methane.
Amendment VII
We have the right to keep and bear tons of girly bathroom products.You have your tools; so do we. These items are expensive and to be used sparingly. It brings no joy to see our $15 bath bar shrunk down to the size of a quarter after two passes on your chest and legs.
Amendment VIII
We have the right to speak to our girlfriends every day.About whatever we want, whenever we want. Please don't eavesdrop or criticize. We know you're not that interested in gossip or psycho-analytical interpretations of why some people do what they do, so we turn to our like-minded female friends for instant gratification. Yes, we do talk about you—a lot. It helps us work through issues. This keeps us happy, sane and, usually, off your case.
Amendment IX
We have the right to flirt.Not the kind that makes you jealous, but the healthy practice of connecting with another person on a non-sexual level. Light banter is fun, quick-witted, and encouraging to our self esteem. It might even remind you of why you feel in love with us. And if it gets us a smoking deal on that new furnace or a free stay for the family at a million-dollar ski chalet, so much the better.
Amendment X
We have the right to foreplay.A fine bottle of wine, soft music, deep looks into each other's eyes, compliments, holding hands, cuddling—these are all forms of foreplay, and we insist on them. Please don't reach for our crotch or breasts and expect us to melt into a porn kitten. It didn't work when we met, it most certainly doesn't work now. Sure, we women are strong and independent, and appreciate an inspired quickie when the moment strikes, but we also have an inner soft spot the size of Texas that needs squeezing and cherishing. We appreciate you more when you think about how it feels to us rather than how it feels to you.
The Husband's Bill of Rights
Preamble:
We, the husbands of America, do not claim to be perfect. We're far from it. While we love being married to the wives of America, we have a few things that we'd like to straighten out. We're not asking for the world here. We understand that things like following our college football team to every away game is out of the question, as are after-dinner cigars. However; there are a few minor things that we'd like to clear up to make our marriage a happy one.
Amendment I
We have the right to go out with our friends at least once a month.A man's relationship with his buddies is a bond that should never be broken. It helps keep us feeling young, connected and sane. It also helps us break the routine just like nights with the girls do for you. Even as we reach middle age, we like the fact that we still have a "crew."
Amendment II
We reserve the right to dislike your friend's husbands. We promise to give the guy a fair shot, but when he starts acting like a moron, we can no longer authorize events with that family. And yes, wives have the same freedom to blackball when the tables are turned. It doesn't mean we like your friend any less, it just means that in her haste to have a big, fancy wedding, she chose a jackass that we don't want to spend our rare time off with. Listening to stories about how "wicked" he was on the French horn in his bitchin' ‘80s band is just too much.
Amendment III
We have the right to have a few things of ours in the house.Everything we hold near and dear to us shouldn't all be in the garage. While we understand that our framed KISS concert poster might not make it on the living room wall, at least throw us a bone. The scene in "Juno" where Jason Bateman realized that everything he held near and dear was in a 200-square-foot room was a gut-shot to us all. 
Amendment IV
We have the right not to be scolded by you.We are your husbands, not your children. We don't mean to track dirt onto the carpet or get chips on the couch, but it's not like we just got a lap dance. Don't treat us like your children and we'll do our best not to act like them.
Amendment V
We have the right to teach our sons how to burp and fart.Sharing bodily functions with our offspring is as much about life as it is about jokes. It's also something that can help brings kids and dads together. Believe me, kids and guys always laugh at farts—that's how we're wired. And we're not talking about being totally gross and inappropriate. We vow to teach them that there is a time and a place for behavior like this—and that the early service at Church is not one of them.
Amendment VI
We have the right to teach our children how to defend themselves.Fighting is barbaric, terrible, and scary. But it's also part of growing up. We want our kids to be able to get out of a bad situation, not be bullied, and be able to take care of themselves. One of the plus sides of learning how to take care of yourself is that the more you know, the less you have to use it. Teaching our offspring how to defend themselves in a scary world is one of the basic duties of a father.
Amendment VII
We have the right to as much reading material in the bathroom as we need.Sometimes we're in there a while, we can't help it. And no, we're not hiding … most of the time.
Amendment VIII
We have the right to watch the big game. We care too much about our teams. We know it's not rational, but it's who we are. No one can explain the love men have for their teams, but you may as well embrace it because that love will not die. If you don't believe this, just remember the Boston Red Sox had the most loyal fans in sports and didn't win a World Series for 86 years.
Amendment IX
We have the right to the remote when we're on the couch. This is something that's in our DNA. We know it, and you know it. If there's any doubt, watch us surf at top speed while knowing if a show is worth watching after stopping on it for .2 seconds. It's a thing of beauty.
Amendment X
We have the right to still use chivalry.Yes … we know women are strong and independent, and we dig that. But allow us to open the door for you, or give up a seat and act like a gentleman once in a while. The world will be a better place because of it.
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