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The man must be an art connoisseur... A "pouring and dripping" paint work by Jackson Pollock appeared on this blog yesterday... today it looks as if a new one had appeared ! And yet, peer at the illustration closely : can't you see the signature ?? 
"The Connoisseur" Cover for 'The Saturday Evening Post' (January 13, 1962) Norman Rockwell's signature is next to the man's umbrella. We see the back of a man who is contemplating the (fake) Pollock canvas : the man must be an art connoisseur visiting a museum.
> > > NORMAN ROCKWELL was an American 20th century painter and illustrator. He created everyday life scenarios for the covers of 'The Saturday Evening Post'.
Like all the covers Rockwell made for the Post, the illustration is very realistic : it nearly looks like a photograph.
A collection of Rockwell's illustrations... enjoy !
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... also Spaces & Exchanges
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom : rankings map (2008)
Every year, RWB establishes a ranking of countries as for their freedom of the press.
The Worldwide press freedom index list is based on surveys sent to journalists that are members of partner organisations of RWB, as well as related specialists such as researchers, jurists and human rights activists.
These surveys ask questions about direct attacks on journalists and the media, or other indirect sources of pressure on the free press (e.g. pressure on journalists by non-governmental groups).
RWB points out that the index deals with press freedom and not with the quality of journalism.
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30 juillet 2009
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Today, July is nearly over
Let's travel back into time : the year is...
1965 : President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law
In December 1945, Truman had been the first president to propose national health insurance : at the time, the initiative 
was opposed by Congress.
- Medicare is a health insurance program for elderly Americans : the Medicare program provides hospital and medical insurance for Americans age 65 or older. It is entirely funded by the federal government and partly paid for through payroll taxes. The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), was signed in December 2003.
- Medicaid is a state and federally funded program offering health coverage to certain low-income people. (1)
HCFA (= the Health Care Financing Administration, created in 1977), later renamed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. Its headquarters are in Baltimore (Maryland).
(1) : Public Domain illustration by Arturo PORTILLA
1932 : The United Artists Studio released Walt Disney's first cartoon
Some may find it a little namby-pamby.< < <
Yet, bear in mind we are now living in the 21tst century. while the cartoon was created before the WWI !
Anyway, I enjoy the second part most (when the forest is on fire) : the dancing flames for instance, or the birds stooping through the clouds as if they were bombs... Besides, don't you think the trees are expertly personified all along the cartoon ?
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29 juillet 2009
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(1)
Sometimes...
we really don't know how to pronounce an unknown English word !
> > > "PRONOUNCE" is an interesting "add-on" (= a tool you can add onto Firefox)
which gets you to hear the word pronunciation :
> select the unknown word
> right-click
> click 'Pronounce'...
... thanks to Firefox (and services on the Merriam-Webster site),
now you can hear it :o)
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(1) Illustration kindly shared by Assbach under a CC BY-NC-SA License :
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28 juillet 2009
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A baby's staring at us...
... while the voice of a black man starts listing the various situations
when his skin does not change colour.
Sometimes publicity targeting have no commercial goal... And it happens to show smart adverts like this one :
it was part of an anti-racism campaign in the football field.
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ADVERTISING
27 juillet 2009
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Do you remember the parody of "The Matrix" ?
Here is another parody : unlike the futuristic background of "The Meatrix",
in this animation the scene is set in present times.
Chances are you will recognize the film which inspired the animation below :o)
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23 juillet 2009
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BREATHINGEARTH.NET
As soon as you click on > > > BREATHINGEARTH the simulation starts.
You can visualise people's birth and death rates all over the world..
The simulation also shows the carbon dioxyde emissions
of every country in the world.
You have to remember that this Breathing Earth simulation is only... a simulation.
Though all of the data used for the simulation come from reliable sources,
data measuring on such a massive scale can never be 100% accurate.
Note that the CO2 emission levels shown on the planisphere are likely to be too low
rather than too high....
And if you wish to have more details about it, remember to scroll down the screen
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22 juillet 2009
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