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Gica Manescu – Deontologia medicala. Examinari diverse fara rost?

Posted on December 28, 2011 by admin

Gica Manescu este medic pensionar. Din experienta sa in profesie dar si ca pacient ne povesteste in aceasta noua postare pe care o impartaseste si cu cititorii blogului.   ————— Un cuvant pe care l-am auzit abia in timpul studentiei … Continue reading →

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Separation Wall (Film: La Zona – Rodrigo Plá, 2007)

Posted on December 27, 2011 by admin

In a world subjected more and more to violence, with the established societies not able to provide appropriate answers to social and political conflicts, ordinary people try to protect their normality by building walls. Tall, barbed wired walls, with armed … Continue reading →

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Andrei Berar – NU ESTE TOTUL PIERDUT

Posted on December 26, 2011 by admin

Andrei Berar este un vechi prieten. Ne-am cunoscut in ultimii ani de liceu, la Sfantul Sava (a.k.a. Balcescu in acea vreme). Am devenit prieteni in vremea studentiei si am colindat impreuna cateva creste de munti cu corturile in spate. Drumurile … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Catcher!

Posted on December 25, 2011 by admin

Christmas Day is also the anniversary of The Catcher in the Sand. I started it two years ago, as an experiment with this format of communication on the Internet and as a way of sharing feelings, experiences, and information with … Continue reading →

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A Hell of a Retirement (Film: RED – Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman, 2010)

Posted on December 24, 2011 by admin

When actors who played spies in action movies get older they have an option. They can start playing roles of retired spies in action movies. At least the best and the luckiest of them. Same is true for westerns or … Continue reading →

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NU ESTE TOTUL PIERDUT ( leapșa de sărbători )

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

Ce poate fi mai potrivit in aceasta perioada de sarbatori decat o leapsa? Ma alatur deci leapşei iniţiate de Lucia Verona (http://luciaverona.blogspot.com/2011/12/nu-este-totul-pierdut-leapsa-de.html.), continuată de Horia Gârbea (http://horiagarbea.blogspot.com/2011/12/nu-este-totul-pierdut.html), de Andrea Hedeş (http://andreahedes.blogspot.com/2011/12/nu-este-totul-pierdut-leapsa-de.html), si last but not least de prietenul meu rim … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – La Bella Italia

Posted on December 22, 2011 by admin

Doctorul Gica Manescu mi-a permis preluarea unui articol recent al sau care impartaseste amintiri dintr-o calatorie in Italia. Unele locuri le-am vazut si eu, altele nu. Ii multumesc pentru aceasta noua impartasire. ————— Acum  cativa ani, mica mea familie de … Continue reading →

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Al Green – Searching his Soul in Gospel

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

I am using these days of vacation to catch back with a huge log of reading books and seeing films accumulated during the year. I will of course be able to clear up only a fraction of them. Among these … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah Rocks!

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

  As the whole Jewish world prepares to light tomorrow night the first candle of the Hanukkah festival, I searched the net as I always do for the traditional round of significant clips, songs, images related to the holiday to … Continue reading →

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Vaclav Havel (1936 – 2011)

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Vaclav Havel died today, at the very time when the people in Eastern Europe celebrate 20 years since the empire of the Soviet Union fell apart. These are certainly not easy times, but there are very few people – I … Continue reading →

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