1. Artworks by Rembrandt and Raphael sell for £50m

London, December 9 (MIA) - A record-breaking auction in London saw two works of art, a Rembrandt and a Raphael, sell for almost �50m. The drawing by Raphael, Head of a Muse, sold for �29.2m, a world record price for any work on paper to go under the hammer, Christie's said. It was also a world record price for the artist. The Rembrandt painting, entitled Portrait of a Man, Half-Length, With His Arms Akimbo, fetched �20.2m, a record price for the artist at auction. Christie's Old Masters and 19th-century art sale on Tuesday night fetched a total of �68,380,250 from 28 lots sold. The auction house said it was the highest total for an auction of Old Masters. Raphael's Head of a Muse was drawn as a study for a figure in Parnassus, one of the series of four frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican which was commissioned by Pope Julius II and which was executed between 1508 and 1511. The drawing, which was offered at public auction for the first time in more than 150 years, had been expected to sell for �12m to �16m. It was bought by an anonymous client on the telephone. The previous record price for a work on paper was Danseuse au repos, a pastel by Edgar Degas, which sold in New York in November last year for US dollars 37,042,500. Benjamin Peronnet, from Christie's, said: "Raphael is universally recognised as one of the greatest artists in history, and we are extremely excited to have sold a beautiful drawing by his hand which played a major part in the execution of one of the masterpieces of European art. "This truly exceptional drawing offers us a glimpse into the working mind of a genius. "The drawing is not only a work of genius in its own right but is also related to one of the artist's great frescoes in the Vatican and has come down to us in remarkable condition." Rembrandt's painting went under the hammer for the first time since 1930, when it sold for �18,500 - a noteworthy sum at the time. Before the pre-sale exhibition the late portrait had not been publicly displayed for 40 years. It was also bought by an anonymous client bidding by telephone. The previous world record price for a work by Rembrandt sold at auction was �19.8m.

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2. ЖЕНА ИЗЕЛА 78 ПАРЧИЊА ПРИБОР ЗА ЈАДЕЊЕ

ЖЕНА ИЗЕЛА 78 ПАРЧИЊА ПРИБОР ЗА ЈАДЕЊЕ Жена која е опседната со приборот за јадење, морала да подлегне на хируршки зафат со цел да и бидат извадени 78 виљушки и лажици кои што ги изела.  Margaret Daalmans (52), секогаш ја остава храната во својата чинија, а наместо тоа го јаде приборот. Кога отишла во болница да се пожали на болки во стомакот, рендгенот покажал дека нејзината утроба е преполна со виљушки и лажици.  -Имав неверојатна потреба да го јадам приборот. Не можев да одолеам, вели таа. Сепак, Маргарет не може да објасни зошто никогаш немала потреба да јаде ножеви.  Докторите ја дијагностицирале нејзината состојба како еден вид на психичко пореметување и веднаш и препишале соодветна терапија. 

Sunday, 01 November 2009 | 270 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

3. Famous People - Rare Pictures

Andy Warhol and Candy Darling (she was born James Lawrence Slattery) Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac Hunter S. Thompson (the author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) Bob Dylan, Cher and Sonny Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe Bebe Buell And Steven Tyler Bebe Buell And Steven Tyler Elvis Presley Bonnie and Clyde Stanley Kubrick Goldie Hawn Jack Nicholson Clint Eastwood with his first wife Maggie, 1965 Salvador Dali Iggy Pop and Blondie Johnny Depp, Kate Moss, Iggy Pop Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, David Bowie Mick Jagger, 1967 Elton John John Lennon, George Harrison John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Andy Warhol Marlon Brando Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow Kurt Cobain Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate Charles Manson Che Guevara Alain Delon and Romy Schneider Kurt Vonnegut and Tom Wolf Henry Miller and his hot model Young Charles Manson Elvis Presley and Sophia Loren Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola shows Akira Kurosawa his new polaroid Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Lauren Bacall Jayne Mansfield and Anton LaVey Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon Iggy Pop, 1970 Manson Family Bruce Lee Brooke Shields and Diana Ross Salvador Dali Dennis Hopper Sean Connery Jack Nicholson John Travolta Jane Fonda Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith David Bowie David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder Johnny Depp and Kate Moss

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4. How To Survive A Hostage Situation

How To Survive A Hostage Situation

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5. The submariners’ secret town - Bechyovinka

There is a secret town in Kamchatka. One can get here only by sea or a helicopter. The town’s name is Bechyovinka (in the name of Bechyovinsky bay) or Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54 (in accord with the last figures of the postal code). We do not need it anymore. It’s ordered to abandon the town! To leave the guardhouses! To leave the control panels! To leave the medicine chest! To play big – abandon all the hospital! Leave the laundry! To scatter carbonic oxide! To leave the savings bank! To abandon the school with cherished birches! To abandon the shop with egg trays! To leave the nursery with toys! To leave the bathroom with romantic breakers! To leave the bread box and the slippers! To leave the kitchen! Leave the stove! Asshole, who throws the stove this way? Abandon all the houses! To leave the atom bomb! And to leave the honour of the officer! To leave the boiler room and 50 tons of black oil! To abandon the secret warehouses in the hills! To abandon the ship! To leave the ship diesel and other scrap metal! Don’t digress! To leave all the boxes with carbon-dioxide absorbers for submarines! To abandon the submarine! And to abandon the town! To leave everything to sea lions! Full speed ahead! Keep it up!

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6. Lamborghini Ankonian

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7. 14th anniversary of Dayton

14th anniversary of Dayton [21/11/2009] In Bosnia and Herzegovina today marks the 14th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement, a legal act which ended the war in the country, which killed about 100 thousand persons and that the country is divided into two entities - Republika Srpska and the Federation BiH.

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8. 114-year-old woman dies in NY nursing home

Williamsville, November 18 (MIA) - A 114-year-old woman believed to be the oldest native-born American and the third-oldest person in the world has died at a New York nursing home. Olivia Patricia Thomas died Monday in the St. Francis Home of Williamsville, near Buffalo. She had lived there since 2004. She’s being remembered as a dedicated gardener who loved to travel the world. The Gerontology Research Group tracks supercentenarians and says Thomas was the oldest person born in the United States. She was born June 29, 1895. The oldest person in the world is believed to be Kama Chinen of Japan, who was born one month and 19 days before Thomas. Mary Josephine Ray is one week younger than Chinen. She was born in Canada and now lives in Manchester, N.H.

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9. Madonna raises $11 mln for Malawi charity

Madonna raises $11 mln for Malawi charity Rio de Janeiro, November 17 (MIA) - Madonna has raised 11 million dollars from Brazilian millionaires for her Raising Malawi Foundation, the daily Rio O Dia reported on Monday. The US pop star, who visited Brazil to stroke the country's wealthy into giving, notably won an unspecified pledge from the country's richest man, mining magnate Ike Batista, who has an estimated fortune of 7.5 billion dollars. Madonna, 51, was accompanied during her fund-raising by 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus de Luz, whom US and British gossip pages have referred to as her "toy boy". Her Raising Malawi Foundation, started in 2006, finances humanitarian projects in Malawi, the southern African country where Madonna has adopted two children.

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10. Jackson's "This Is It" passes $200 million worldwide

English / Lifestyle Jackson's "This Is It" passes $200 million worldwide Los Angeles, November 16 (MIA) - Michael Jackson's concert movie "This Is It" has taken more than $200 million at box offices worldwide in the first two weeks of release, the studio behind the movie said on Thursday. Sony Pictures Entertainment said the movie had grossed $61 million in North America and more than $140 million internationally. Japan ($27.2 million) and the UK ($14.3 million) were particularly strong markets. The movie is now the 22nd biggest grossing movie worldwide of 2009, according to industry tracker boxofficemojo.com "This Is It", distributed by Sony Corp-owned Columbia Pictures, was compiled from footage of Jackson rehearsing for a series of planned comeback concerts before his sudden death in June. Sony paid concert promoters AEG and Jackson's estate about $60 million for the right to make and distribute the movie. The $200 million plus gross is almost three times more than 2008's "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour" -- a movie some box office watchers had used as a benchmark for "This Is It." The Jackson film opened on October 28 for a planned two week run but has since been extended until early December.

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