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Francis Cabrel

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Francis Cabrel is a famous French singer, songwriter and guitarist: www.franciscabrel.com

Making of a Digital Portrait

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Francis Cabrel is a famous French singer and songwriter: http://www.franciscabrel.com

Jean Sarkozy

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Jean Sarkozy (23 year old) is the son of the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy (right-wing) from his first marriage, to Marie-Dominique Culioli. Jean is a regional councillor in the city of Neuilly-sur-Seine, France and (still) registered as a 1st year Law student at Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 2007.

In 2009 Jean was offered to become head of Epad, the development agency for La Défense, just west of Paris. La Défense is an important office center, with 43 high-rise buildings, and its development agency controls an annual budget of more than 1 billion euro. French and many international newspapers reported this as a new case of nepotism. Much criticism has been made about the obvious lack of academic qualities and professional experience for such a high position. An online petition against the nomination has been diffused in all of the major news outlets and receives some 10,000 signatures a day. In October 2009, a survey found that 64% of French people oppose the arrival of Sarkozy at the Epad.

The controversy prompted various ironic comments from the international press. The Daily Mail noted that "when asked whether the President's son might be a bit young for such a relatively prestigious job, [EPAD's current president] responded using the traditional French political foil of quoting classic literature: 'In souls nobly born, valour does not depend upon age". The Times calls the nomination an "astonishing act of nepotism by Nicolas Sarkozy" and reminds that "[Jean], who is repeating his second year of undergraduate law at the Sorbonne, after having repeated the first year. was elected to a Neuilly seat on the notoriously sleaze-ridden departement council last year. He was immediately given the job of heading Dad's Union for a Popular Movement on the body."

The President of Medef replied to these criticisms saying she believed it was "fantastic that a young and motivated man" may want to be at the head of the largest business district in France. Likewise, Nicolas Sarkozy defended his son by saying that "it's never good when someone is attacked in an excessive manner for no reason", not long however after having been mocked by some French medias for having fiercely underlined during an unrelated speech on high school reform that "what matters in France to succeed does not anymore relate to birth privileges, rather, to succeed, it is important to work hard and to have demonstrated significant skills at school, at work." Jean Sarkozy said he is not going to give up the position, and demanded on French television not to be judged on his name, but on his acts. He received the support of David Douillet, a former champion of the world of Judo, newly elected as a député under the flag of UMP.

Happiness is What Matters Most

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I took a photo of these plugs in Montreal a few days ago, I just painted smiles to make them look better... :) Let's electrify ourselves with happiness and love!

Happy Halloween

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Street Art

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I took this photo a few days ago in Montreal, Canada

Angela Merkel

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:)

Love her

High resolution for printing purposes, 8000 x 9008 pixels, 300 dpi, full quality, available at this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/4020038058/sizes/o/

Ben Heine by Junior Lopes

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Junior Lopes is a Brazilian artist, this is his blog: www.juniorlopesillustrator.blogspot.com/ (he is also on ToonPool!!!) :)

Pablo Picasso

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Minotaur Seeker

Bob Marley Smoking

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Africa Unite

By Bob Marley

Africa, unite
cause were moving right out of babylon
And were going to our fathers land

How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and man, yeah
To see the unification of all africans, yeah
As its been said already let it be done, yeah
We are the children of the rastaman
We are the children of the higher man

Africa, unite cause the children wanna come home
Africa, unite cause were moving right out of babylon
And were grooving to our fathers land

How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and man
To see the unification of all rastaman, yeah

As its been said already let it be done, yeah
I tell you who we are under the sun
We are the children of the rastaman
We are the children of the higher man

So, africa, unite, africa, unite
Unite for the benefit of your people
Unite for its later than you think

Unite for the benefit of your children
Unite for its later than you think
Africa awaits its creators, africa awaiting its creators
Africa, youre my forefather cornerstone
Unite for the africans abroad, unite for the africans a yard
Africa, unite

Mircea Eliade

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Mircea Eliade ( 1907 – 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. As a tool for interpreting religion, his theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved a far more widely applicable than the older term theophany, which denotes the manifestation of a god. His most enduring and influential contribution to religious studies was possibly his theory of Eternal Return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but, at least to the minds of the religious, actually participate in them. In academia, the Eternal Return has become one of the most widely accepted ways of understanding the purpose of myth and ritual. His literary works belong to the fantasy and autobiographical genre; the best known are the autobiographical novels Maitreyi (La Nuit Bengali or Bengal Nights), the novella Domnişoara Christina (Miss Christina), and the short stories Secretul doctorului Honigberger (The Secret of Dr. Honigberger) and La Ţigănci (With the Gypsy Girls).

Early in his life, Eliade was a noted journalist and essayist, a disciple of Romanian far right philosopher and journalist Nae Ionescu, and member of the literary society Criterion. He also served as cultural attaché to the United Kingdom and Portugal. Several times during the late 1930s, Eliade publicly expressed his support for the Iron Guard, a fascist and antisemitic political organization; since the 1970s, his position at the time was the frequent topic of criticism.

Remarkable for his vast erudition, Eliade had fluent command of five languages (Romanian, French, German, Italian, and English) and less command of three others (Hebrew, Persian, and Sanskrit). He was elected postmortem member of the Romanian Academy.

The Dictators

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Let's just destroy all the dictators

Ludwig II of Bavaria

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This is an acrylic painting I made during an lnternational Sebastian Kruger Workshop some time ago...

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria was king of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his death. He is sometimes referred to in English by his detractors as 'mad' King Ludwig. There is ample evidence to prove that he was far from mad. In German, Ludwig is known by the far kinder description as 'the fairy-tale' King (der Märchenkönig). He is best known for his personal eccentricity and for the extravagant fantasy castles he constructed, such as Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee. Neuschwanstein Castle was used as the inspiration for Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle in the animated film Sleeping Beauty and also for the castles at the many Disney parks around the world. King Ludwig II left a large collection of plans for other castles that were never realised. One was to be called Falkenstein, another was to be built in the style of a Chinese summer palace and yet another in the style of a Byzantine palace.

Tony Katombe

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Anthony Katombe is a Congolese political essayist.

Madonna Erotica

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Erotica

Erotica, romance
My name is Dita
I'll be your mistress tonight
I'd like to put you in a trance

If I take you from behind
Push myself into your mind
When you least expect it
Will you try and reject it
If I'm in charge and I treat you like a child
Will you let yourself go wild
Let my mouth go where it wants to

Give it up, do as I say
Give it up and let me have my way
I'll give you love, I'll hit you like a truck
I'll give you love, I'll teach you how to ...

I'd like to put you in a trance, all over
Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body (repeat twice)
Erotic, erotic

Once you put your hand in the flame
You can never be the same
There's a certain satisfaction
In a little bit of pain
I can see you understand
I can tell that you're the same
If you're afraid, well rise above
I only hurt the ones I love

Give it up, do as I say
Give it up and let me have my way
I'll give you love, I'll hit you like a truck
I'll give you love, I'll teach you how to ...

I'd like to put you in a trance, all over
Erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body (repeat twice)
Erotic, erotic

Erotica, romance
I'd like to put you in a trance
Erotica, romance
Put your hands all over my body

I don't think you know what pain is
I don't think you've gone that way
I could bring you so much pleasure
I'll come to you when you say
I know you want me
I'm not gonna hurt you
I'm not gonna hurt you, just close your eyes

Erotic, erotic (repeat several times)
Put your hands all over my body
All over me, all over me

Erotica, [give it up, give it up] romance
I'd like to put you in a trance
Erotica, [give it up, give it up] romance
I like to do a different kind of
Erotica, [give it up, give it up] romance
I'd like to put you in a trance
Erotica, romance
Put your hands all over my body

Only the one that hurts you can make you feel better
Only the one that inflicts pain can take it away

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--> The lyrics appeared on http://www.lyricsmadonna.com

El Che

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Che Guevara in a wild style

Gianni Agnelli

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Giovanni Agnelli, better known as Gianni Agnelli, was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GNP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce, and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research.

Nicolae Iorga

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Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and politician. He served as a member of Parliament, as President of the post-World-War-I National Assembly, as minister, and (1931-32) as Prime Minister. He was co-founder (in 1910) of the Democratic Nationalist Party and was ultimately assassinated by fascist Iron Guard (legionnaire) commandos.

Mike Palecek

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"The Revolution Begins in the Heartland"

Mike Palecek is an American writer living in Iowa. Former federal prisoner for peace, Mike served time in county jails and federal prisons for civil disobedience at Offutt Air Force Base during the 1980s. He is a former seminarian and during the 1990s was a reporter for small-town newspapers in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.

In 2000, he was the Iowa Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, Fifth District, receiving 67,500 votes [29%]. Mike lives in Sheldon, Iowa with wife, Ruth, and two children. He works at group home for disabled adults.

For more information on Mike Palecek, visit his website http://www.newamericandream.net/

Nichita Stanescu

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Nichita Stanescu was a Romanian poet and essayist. He is one of the most acclaimed contemporary Romanian poets, beloved by the public and generally held in esteem by literary critics.

Collapse On Your Palm

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Kristine Buenavista is a poetess living in the Philippines.

Kristine Buenavista

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Kristine Buenavista is a poetess living in the Philippines.

Nowhere to be Found

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Newton Apple Tree

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Le Mont Saint Michel Revisited

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel (English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a rocky tidal island in Normandy, France. It's a huge monument with an abbey and a village.

It is located approximately one kilometre off the country's north coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches.

UNESCO has classed the Mont Saint-Michel as a world heritage in 1979 and this mecca of tourism welcomes more than three million visitors a year.