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Today (2008-02-13), a GREAT MAN (at the age of 90) sailed to the other side - Henri Salvador - one of Sigalon's favorites.
See some of his creations at YouTube and DailyMotion



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The Greatest Achievement of Mankind
A Cheeseburger in a Can - Bloody Germans



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Uzès - THE ARTIST Jacques Bouthoorn
Worked as designer/illustrator in Amsterdam, Paris, New York and San Francisco where he has been drawing cats, dogs, birds, and other funny and not so funny things.
View some of His Great Drawings

Who Hired This Idiot?
A young executive was leaving the office at 6pm when he found the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in hand.
"Listen," said the CEO, "this is important, and my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?"
"Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I just need one copy."
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"A man accustomed to American food and American cookery would not starve to death in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die."
- - Mark Twain

"Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water." -- W.C. Fields
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Remember; 'even if you win the rat race ... you're still a rat'.
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Know your History - including the Holy Grail

From George Orwell’s 1984


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Dans une interview au Figaro, le président de la Société Générale, Daniel Bouton, livre son sentiment deux jours après le début de cette incroyable affaire du trader qui a fait disparaître 5 milliards d'euros. Et force est de constater que M. Bouton reste confiant. Trop?



Societe Generale - Jérôme Kerviel ----- The Latest

Other banks and the French taxman stand to make hundreds of million of dollars as Societe Generaleboosts its capital with a deeply discounted rights issue after rogue trading and U.S. subprime losses.An official at the bank said on Monday the company would have to pay taxes on a 1.4 billion euro ($2.04 billion) capital gain the trader in the eye of the storm, Jerome Kerviel, made in 2007 before the size of his unauthorized dealings came to light.SocGen posted a 4.9 billion net loss after it unwound Kerviel's positions over 2-1/2 days while world markets tumbled on recession fears.France's second-biggest listed bank and No. 12 in Europe launched on Monday a5.5 billion eur cash call. The prospectus shows it will pay 143 million euros in fees to banks (underwritten by investment banking powerhouses JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley) running the capital increase, or 2.6 percent of the amount while this is normally between 1.5 and 2 percent.When rival BNP Paribas raised 5.5 billion euros to pay for the acquisition of Italy's BNL in 2006, it paid a total of 86 million euros in fees or 1.6 percent.SocGen is also giving investors a hefty discount of nearly 40 percent on its rights issue -- compared to a 15.5 percent discount on the BNP deal in 2006.
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Hope you have a really great day!


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