Be trendy, marry a president.

Une tendance qui semble s'affirmer.

You are an ex-top model ? Marry a president !
Look around you, there are still many left.













- Bruni, former top model, then singer, then the Elysée...

- Campbell, former top model, then journalist and then... Miraflores?

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A few funny & corrosive drops from Corine Lesnes'blog (LeMonde US).

Philippe Starck talks at Monterey... so funny!

[TEDtalksDirector on Dec. 4/ 2007]
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Read the transcript and more on Philippe Starck.

Traitement des ordures à l'Italienne.

Prodi : "L'emergenza rifiuti è una vergogna..."

Mais entretemps un autre ferry-poubelle est parti pour Olbia (Sardaigne) où l'accueil sera
sans doute aussi chaleureux qu'à Cagliari et un autre chargement est prévu vers la Sicile.
A Cagliari, les opposants à ce type de livraison ont assiège toute la nuit la villa du président
de la Région autonome sarde, Renato Soru, qui affirme ne pas avoir eu peur.
Je suppose toutefois qu'il a eu chaud...

(sebastiangring)
Sightseeing tour in Naples or "see Naples and die".

(servantes07)
An attractive idea: visit Naples by night !

Poubelles en partance pour une croisière sans escales.

(alexerra)
Accueil à Cagliari, par une foule en liesse, des camions fraîchement débarqué du ferry.

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"Coup de Cœur" at 4 am...

... because a friend's friend invited an Inuit family to spend 1 month in Paris.
The two daughters will probably sing traditional throat songs, katadjak, in my fief,
maybe at "La Locandiera" (145, rue Oberkampf, Paris XI) - If it snows...
which is possible this winter.


(Johnxxx20000)


(Isuma Prod)

Katadjak, or throat-singing, is a form of vocal-verbal art common to many (but not all)
Inuit (Eskimo) cultures.
Inuit throat-singing is done in the following way (click...).
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Selenite is a many splendoured crystal

The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico
and the Crystal Cave of Giants.

(Images : (c) Javier Trueba, Madrid Scientific Films).

In April 2000, brothers Juan and Pedro Sanchez
were drilling a new tunnel when... (read).

Giant Crystal Cave's Mystery Solved
National Geographic - April 7, 2007
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