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La chasse à l'ange

2012-01-21T18:30:00+01:00

Francis Cabrel - Mademoiselle l'aventure...

2012-01-01T04:05:00+01:00

Merci à toi notre ange.

2011-12-11T18:08:49+01:00

Tu es parti trop rapidement.

Tu étais notre rayon de soleil, toujours le sourire aux lèvres et des éoiles dans les yeux.

Il te manquait "l'ouie et la parole" mais tes yeux parlaient pour toi. Tu nous as appris la tolérance, et l'amour de l'autre. Tonton tu as rejoins les tiens là haut et de la où tu es j'espere que tu nous surveilles, tu laisses une femme, des enfants, des ptits enfants, ...

Nous te garderons à jamais dans notre coeur et nos pensées.

Tonton, je t'aime.

Cette chanson est un message pour toi :

Savoir Aimer par eXsistenZ1968

TOUT LE MONDE Y SONGE

2011-11-14T19:52:00+01:00

TOUT LE MONDE Y SONGE

Tout le monde y songe

Les hommes, les anges, les vautours…

Les hommes suffoquent d’angoisses rances et cherchent des réponses

A toutes ces initiatives malheureuses qu’ils n’expliquent pas

Et dont ils empoisonnent l’univers, au fil abyssal de leurs bassesses.

Eux qui prétendaient avoir soif à pleurer d’un monde moral

Se sont toujours employés à ne vivre que de refus réitérés.

Leur patente sottise qui a nourri de cruauté les jours chagrins

Les a incité à se hisser au sommet de la montagne obscure

Pour qu’enfin, dansant sur le bord béant d’un gouffre d’avenir,

Ils perçoivent l’évidence d’avoir déjà perdu ce qu’il n’avait pas encore trouvé.

Les anges eux, n’habitent qu’un agréable oubli du corps

Et semblent, dans leur défi à l’être même, ne souffrir de nulle part.

Ils sont d’énergies différentes, on les discerne sans vraiment les situer,

Beaux minéraux éthérés sur le blond d’une plage

Ou fragments d’émeraudes au cœur de grands espaces arborés.

Tout ce qui les transporte est halo de lumière vive

Permettant d’espérer encore à l’existence vraie d’un palais de l’amour.

Où trouvent-ils la force de chanter encore à l’oreille du mal

Que tout ce qui n’est pas bien n’est pas foncièrement désespérant?

Les vautours enfin, s’avèrent écrasés par la fatigue du temps

Après avoir longuement tournoyé dans le vent asséché de poussières.

Les pattes agriffées sur les reliefs acérés du sol lunaire,

Ils paraissent s’être absentés dans d’infimes strates de perceptions,

Le regard figé, scrutant nous devinons trop bien quoi.

Ils observent avec acuité les dégâts indignes de l’intelligence,

Et leur immobilité est celle d’un bien compréhensible mépris

Lorsque d’obscures flammes animent l’impossible mystère

Qui suinte de la mort. Et déjà s’esquisse en creux le sourire du diable.

Tout le monde y songe

Les hommes, les anges, les vautours…

Triade d’entités parfaitement dissemblables d’une même galaxie

Avec cependant, ancrée au tréfonds de chacun, la même taraudeuse interrogation:

Se peut-il qu’il y ait vraiment quelqu’un qui m’aime… quelque part?

P. MILIQUE

Le bossu et le fardeau

2011-11-14T09:25:00+01:00

LE BOSSU ET LE FARDEAU.doc

Mi ange mi démon…

2011-11-07T02:42:00+01:00

Mi ange mi démon… et le cœur brisé !
(à moins que…)

Graffiti vu au dos d'un siège du métro de Lyon.

photo © kl loth 2011

L'ALLUMEUR D'ETOILES

2011-11-04T00:48:08+01:00

L'ALLUMEUR D'ETOILES

Dans le rouge vitrail de sa pensée,

Une paix ange de douceurs tombe, profonde.

Il est temps de rallumer les étoiles

Qui, sous ses paupières de marbre scellées,

Confinent les démons dans un passé de glace.

Le réveil, au soleil levant des étincelles de vie,

Brille de mille feux pleins de promesses inconnues

Aussi majestueuses et puissantes qu'aux cimes

Éternelles dans l'instant, d'un cèdre du Liban.

P. MILIQUE

L'Heure-Frontière

2011-10-14T23:45:00+02:00

Dans la nuit brûlent quelques lumières
Comme des morceaux de pluie
Où des mains puisent de nouveaux rêves
Et d'autres versent d'étranges fruits

Voici l'heure-frontière
Où les anges m'ouvrent leurs ailes
Voici l'heure-frontière
Où s'échangent démons et merveilles

Plus la ville sombre, plus je dérive
Dans tes neiges éternelles
Je suis la proie, l'ombre captive
De ton âme sentinelle

Voici l'heure-frontière
Où s'éclairent les eaux profondes
Voici l'heure-frontière
Où se lève le matin du monde

You can't deal with your fears
You can't rely on your mind
You can't deal with feelings
You can depend on a sign
You can't deal with memories
You can't rely on a guide
You can only rely on this :
In my heart and soul, I need you to get by

(Philippe Pascal, Philippe Pascale, 1994)
(Acrylique : Violette Prems, Ange, 21/01/2010)

Cupidon

2011-09-14T21:42:00+02:00

Hello!!

Tiens, ce soir je vais vous montrer une petite carte réalisée pour une occasion très spéciale!

Une de mes amies s'est mariée ce week-end, cette même personne qui m'a permis de faire mon bonheur... puisque c'est grâce à elle que j'ai rencontré ma moitié ;-)

J'ai gardé le souvenir de petits anges qui décoraient de façon récurrente son appartement lorsque nous étions étudiantes et j'ai souhaité faire un petit clin d'oeil!

Alors est née la petite carte suivante qui, j'espère, aura su séduire cette jeune femme (et son époux;-)):

J'ai voulu une réalisation sobre, relevée uniquement d'une touche de rose soutenu.

J'ai utilisé un papier irrisé pour matter un calque à fin motif. J'ai ensuite mis en avant un napperon de papier que j'ai tamponné. Pour finir, j'ai ajouté un petit ange et quelques perles adhésives... ainsi qu'une touche de couture, bien entendu!

J'en profite pour vous annoncer que ma 1ère réa dans le cadre de la DT C&S est visible sur le blog ici.

Vous pourrez également découvrir les pages faites par Nathaly et Mathilde qui répondent à un combo automnal...

Merci de m'avoir lue et bonne soirée!

A très vite!!

Les grands classiques de la chanson française ...autrement (4)

2011-08-27T00:10:00+02:00

"Il n'y a plus d'après" de Guy Béart
On connait tous la version de Juliette Gréco. Mais qui se souvient de celle d'Anthony Perkins, en français ? Mais oui, il ne chantait pas que sous la douche... !
http://youtu.be/s4SA-RIIH4Y

Juliette Gréco, justement, reprenant "Ca va le diable !" de Brel, pour lequel elle reçu le prix citron de la chanson la plus acide de l'année 54.
http://www.musicme.com/Juliette-Greco/albums/Juliette-Greco-5397001010820-02.html?play=04

Gréco toujours avec "Chanson pour l'Auvergnat", que Brassens lui avait offert en 54 avant qu'il ne l'enregistre lui-même.
http://youtu.be/mcZ100TdAZQ

"Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" de Louis Aragon, mis en musique par Brassens, interprété ici par Françoise Hardy :
http://youtu.be/A6_bpX1cmC4

"Mathilde" par Claude Nougaro : http://www.deezer.com/listen-1124592

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Changeons de style !

"Déshabillez-moi" ...de Juliette Gréco ...par Mylène Farmer :
http://www.deezer.com/listen-2157303
ou là en concert en 2006 : http://youtu.be/_WBpk2nbZVQ

"Ces Gens-là" par le groupe Ange, qui ne reprend pas le couplet avec Frida, "on ne voulait pas te la prendre, Grand Jacques" :
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3m4nm_ange-ces-gens-la_music
ou http://www.deezer.com/listen-2420944

Ange - CES GENS LA

”L'appel de l'ange” de Guillaume Musso

2011-08-18T11:36:31+02:00

Jonathan est un chef français qui a réussit aux Etats-Unis, Madeline est, elle, une fleuriste parisienne. Jonathan et Madeline ne se connaissent pas, se bousculent à l'aéroport et se retrouvent en possession du téléphone portable de l'autre. S'apercevant de cette erreur, ils se contactent, se font passer les derniers messages et jettent un oeil aux photos et autres documents de l'autre. C'est ainsi qu'ils vont tomber sur leurs secrets les plus enfouis et se rendrent compte que le destin les as réunit !

Voici mon roman "no prise de tête" de l'été ! Bah oui, de Musso ça se lit toujours vite et bien !
Cette fois ci, Guillaume Musso nous plonge dans un roman à la limite du policier, et s'éloigne un peu de son genre habituel où l'on retrouvait toujours une part de paranormal ! ça change et des fois ça fait du bien !
J'aime le côté "nouvelles technologies" et je serais aussi curieuse que les personnages si je trouvais un téléphone portable qui ne serait pas le mien !

Et comme d'hab avec Musso ou Levy, je note toujours plusieurs citations ^^

Petites citations pour la route : "Chaque homme a dans le coeur un vide, une entaille, un sentiment d'abandon et de solitude."

"Pourtant, il était incapable de se plier à la voix de la raison. Madeline avait fracturé son coeur pour y instiller le poison du manque."

"Ils avaient nourri une obsession l'un pour l'autre, pénétrant leurs secrets les plus intimes, leur fragilité, leur ténacité, découvrant des forces et des faiblesses qui semblaient se faire écho."

"La certitude vertigineuse d'être enfin face à la personne capable de combler leur vide, de faire taire leurs peurs et de guérir les blessures du passé."

”Hush Hush” de Becca Fitzpatrick

2011-08-04T13:42:43+02:00

Nora Grey habite, depuis la mort de son père, avec sa mère souvent absente à cause de son travail. Sa meilleure amie Vee et elle sont toujours fourrées ensembles sauf pour le cours de bio où le prof place Nora à côté de Patch, un ténébreux et mystérieux élève. Malgré elle, Nora se sent étrangement attiré par lui... Pendant ce temps, plusieurs choses étranges arrivent : en effet, Nora est traqué par l'Homme au masque de ski ! La confiance de Nora envers ses proches semblent soudain ébranlé ...

J'ai été complétement absorbé par cette histoire puisque je l'ai lu en a peine deux jours (en vacances bien sur ^^), je pourrais même dire qu'il s'agit d'un petit coup de coeur ! Bien entendu, cette histoire a quelques rapprochement avec la saga Twilight, même si ici il ne s'agit pas de vampires mais d'anges déchus !
D'ailleurs le personnage de Patch est pour moi le meilleur du livre par son côté "on ne sait pas grand chose de lui mais bon dieu qu'est ce qu'il est attirant ^^". Par contre, j'ai détesté celui de Vee, trop superficielle et assez énervante à mon goût !
La couverture est vraiment magnifique et attire l'oeil !
Enfin, j'ai hâte de lire le tome 2 "Crescendo" mais je pense attendre sa sortie en poche !

Je le recommande aux lecteurs fan de Twilight et de Bit Lit !

LE JOURNAL DE PERSONNE 48

2011-06-27T09:19:20+02:00

Ne passez pas à côté de cet époustouflant talent!

Femme magnifique à l'intensité hors-norme.

Superbe et talentueuse... Écriture riche et précise.

Il est important de ne pas passer à côté!

Ne manquez pas de vous rendre sur son site: c'est une mine!

http://www.lejournaldepersonne.com/

Ou sur sa chaine Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiAdm6sSFE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Boehner and Obama Play War Powers Brinksmanship

2011-06-16T23:02:50+02:00

released on Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) issued President Obama a not-so-friendly reminder that the clock is ticking on his Libya mission: The 1973 War Powers Resolution says the president can only deploy U.S. military troops for a maximum 90 days without congressional authorization, Boehner noted, and those 90 days are up in Libya on Sunday. If Obama doesn't plan on seeking approval from Congress or withdrawing U.S. troops, the Speaker added, he must lay out the administration's legal justification for the mission by Friday. What are analysts saying about Boehner's move and how the showdown will play out?

Boehner's Reacting to Growing House Opposition: 's Russell Berman notes that while Boehner said two weeks ago that the administration wasn't "technically" violating the War Powers Resolution, he now has to scramble to prevent passage of a measure that would require U.S. forces to withdraw immediately. Indeed, Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) isagainst the war later today, and his opposition is gaining traction among Republicans too. "Boehner has to contend with a Republican Conference that is highly skeptical of the U.S. mission in Libya and the constraints of the role of the speaker,"notes. The Hill adds that the Speaker "moved closer to the position of lawmakers who have argued the Libya operation is illegal" in Tuesday's letter. It's less clear where the Senate stands on support for the mission.

Maybe JB thinks a court battle over the War Powers Act would be politically useful? It'd certainly underscore the perceptions of Obama among some lefties and libertarians as a lawless Bushian cowboy, eager to protect his kingly prerogative to wage war without anyone's approval. But it'll also bolster the perception among hawks that he's a stronger-than-expected C-in-C who's unwilling to let Congress pull the rug out from under airmen eager to complete their mission. And of course, a legal battle also risks polarizing Republicans on the constitutionality of the War Powers Act.

Obama Will Probably Meet Boehner's Deadline: The 's Donna Cassata explains that while the White House initially dismissed a House resolution demanding answers about the Libyan operation by this Friday, it now says it will provide the House and Senate with "extensive information" on the U.S. mission in Libya--including legal analysis regarding the War Powers Resolution--prior to the deadline. Want to add to this story? .

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NAACP Under Fire in New York Charter-School War

2011-05-28T18:49:16+02:00

New York parents are slamming the civil-rights giant for its role in a turf battle that could put 7,000 eager students out of classrooms. John Avlon on why the group is on the wrong side of history this time.

It was an inspiring sight: a protest rally 3,000 strong in the heart of Harlem. Students, parents, and teachers wielding signs and slogans, all standing up for their right to pursue a quality public-school education.

But the target of their anger was unexpected: the NAACP.

In a role reversal, the esteemed civil-rights organization—which helped secure equal access to education a half-century ago in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education—is now decidedly on the wrong side of history.

This past Friday, the New York chapter of thewith the United Federation of Teachers to stop the expansion of 19 charter schools across the City of New York. The alleged injustice? The failure of the charter schools to equitably share building space with traditional public schools when it came to facilities such as time in the gym. But instead of trying to solve the scheduling problem, the lawsuit simply seeks to stop the expansion of these schools, making them—and 7,000 students already accepted for the fall 2011 school year—functionally homeless.

As Geoffrey Canada, the Harlem charter-school pioneer featured in the hit documentary , explained, “A bunch of us in the charter world honestly believe the UFT is not interested in charter schools becoming a permanent part of the landscape in New York City. And the way they think they can stop that from happening is to block access to public-school buildings—which we need if we're going to grow.”

Leadership Prep Ocean Hill parent Kathleen Kernivan went straight to the heart of the issue while addressing the crowd:

“My child cannot be told that she's not going to get to go to her school in September,” she said. “I cannot look her in the eye, as a parent, and tell her, ‘Well, the problem is that this group of people that Mommy told you about during Black History Month, that did all those great things a long time ago—they want to stop you from doing great things.”

With the crowd roaring its approval, she : “NAACP, please, don't turn your back on my little girl. Turn your back on this lawsuit instead.”

These parents of charter-school kids are passionate about their child’s education—and the students are excited about the prospect of learning in a way that is positively idealistic compared to the inner-city dropout factories that are their alternatives.

Here’s Harlem Success Academy parent—and NAACP member—Tasha Keys explaining her enthusiasm for her daughter’s charter school: “We do have a very thick homework package and the uniform policies are very strict, but it makes the kids feel united. I’ve chaperoned a lot of field trips, and all the other schools look at us in wonderment because our kids are all in uniform and they’re all in silence together. We have little clapping codes that we do to get everybody back to attention. The school is the best, and the kids love it. They live to go to school every day.” You can’t make this stuff up. It should soften the heart of the hardest cynic and give you hope for the future.

But New York NAACP President Hazel Dukes—who pleaded guilty to stealing $13,000 from a friend and co-worker suffering from cancer while serving as —has dismissed the commitment of pro-charter-school protesters in arch terms without a hint of historic irony,they “can march and have rallies all day long… We will not respond.”

It’s rare to have athat is both cutting edge and really clear. This is not an issue of right versus left—it is a matter of right versus wrong.

“I cannot look her in the eye, as a parent, and tell her, ‘Well, the problem is that this group of people that Mommy told you about during Black History Month, that did all those great things a long time ago—they want to stop you from doing great things.”

Education reform is a civil-rights fight for our time. It pits a bureaucracy focused on byzantine work rules and pay packages against parents and students working to get an equal a shot at the American dream through quality education.

The status quo is both unfair and unsustainable, separate and unequal—kids divided by accident of birth and income, sentenced to failing schools that wealthier parents can bypass. Charter schools are oneto alleviate that inequality of opportunity.

That’s why there are 50,000 parents on the waiting list for charter schools in New York City. They are powerfully expressing their dissatisfaction with the status quo—and who among their critics would honestly be willing to trade places? School-overcrowding arguments don’t hold water as a way of keeping out charter schools, because there are 130,000 empty seats in public elementary and middle schools alone.

We know that more money is not the answer to the stagnation in public education. It is innovation and individual attention. In every aspect of American life we have learned that competition inspires improvement because it creates accountability, while monopolies resist it. Education is no exception.

The national NAACP should intervene and stop the group's illogical participation in this lawsuit before a miscarriage of justice occurs in their name, tarnishing its hard-won reputation for fighting on behalf of the rights of minority families. Rather than opening itself up to accusations of hypocrisy—and putting political interests over individual people – the NAACP should listen to the words chanted at the rally: “NAACP—Don’t Divide Us—Unite Us!”

With the new school year just three months away and 7,000 dreams hanging in the balance, Geoffrey Canada said he still hopes that cooler heads will prevail: “I think this could be settled in good faith by us sitting down together. But deciding to do a lawsuit is ratcheting up the rhetoric on this issue and making some children in the city seem like they are second-class citizens,” he said. “And I don't care whether it's public-school kids or charter-school kids - none of our children should ever be put in a position of feeling like they're second-class citizens.”

John Avlon's most recent bookis available now by Beast Books both on the Web and in paperback. He is also the author ofand a CNN contributor. Previously, he served as chief speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and was a columnist and associate editor for The New York Sun.

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Visite privée...

2011-05-25T09:17:10+02:00

Déambuler dans un espace fermé au public...

Se sentir privilégié(e)(s)...

Et tomber nez à nez avec ce tableau

pour lequel j'ai eu un vrai coup de coeur...

Mademoiselle Duclos dans le rôle d'Ariane

par Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746)

Le mois d'avril s'est achevé dans une infinie tristesse...

2011-05-02T06:39:00+02:00

... un enfant et un ange s'en sont allés...

Global Private Tutoring Market to Exceed $100 Billion by 2017, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, In

2011-04-28T18:50:50+02:00

s future through supplemental education, particularly in view of the inadequacies of the formal education system.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) April 27, 2011

Education is among the top-ranked industries in the world, and tutoring is a key constituent of the global education industry. The private tutoring industry’s growth is primarily attributed to the inability of the standard education system to address the unique needs of each student. As each student differs from the other in terms of comprehension, caliber and ability, existing education system in various countries are unable to offer the individual attention required for such students. Private tutoring has assumed enormous significance, as the approach provides an individual, innovative, and personal education system to students.

Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States accounts for a lion’s share of the revenues in the global private tutoring market, as stated by the new market research report on . Private tutoring is a thriving industry in Asia-Pacific, particularly in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, India, and China. The demand for private tuitions in several of these countries is driven by the fact that competitive entrance examinations are critical for gaining admission into leading universities and colleges. Lack of adequate funding for public schools and education systems in developing countries compel students to seek additional knowledge and competence through private tuitions. The increase in school tests and scholarship exams proves to be beneficial for small tutoring services providers. In addition, major developing countries such as Brazil and several Eastern Europe countries are witnessing rapid growth of private tutoring market.

In the United States, the growing significance of private tutoring is driven by the increasing adoption of new technologies in various educational practices and the Federal government’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act offering supplemental educational services, which contributed to enhanced spending on services such as tutoring, test preparation, educational assessment, and technology integration. Aging school infrastructure, shortage of teaching staff, and rising student enrollments are enhancing the need for additional educational services, which is being partly addressed by private tutors.

is emerging as a popular form of private tuitions for students across the world, owing to the convenience and multi-utility features of the medium. The increasing number of nuclear households and the growing proportion of dual income families implies that parents find little time to spend on their children’s education. The need for supplemental education is also rising in view of the intensifying competition faced by students in gaining entrance into schools and colleges of their choice. Online or e-tutoring allows students to use computers at home or school to login to a tutoring system. India has emerged as a key player in the outsourcing of online tutoring services, with the US emerging as a major market for outsourced online tutoring services from India.

Major players profiled in the report include Club Z! Tutoring Services, Daekyo Co. Ltd., Educomp Solutions Ltd., Huntington Learning Centers Inc., JEI Corporation, Kaplan Inc., Kids R Kids, Kumon, LearningRx, Mathnasium LLC, The Princeton Review Inc., Sylvan Learning, Tutoring Club Inc., TutorVista Global Pvt. Ltd., and Woongjin Thinkbig Co Ltd.

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Obama's Facebook Town Hall: Complicated Already

2011-04-26T23:47:52+02:00

town hall" meeting on the economy live from Facebook headquarters. For the major U.S. papers, it's a time to re-examine Obama's relationship with the social networking giant, and everybody's got a different take.

depicts the town hall as a bid to "galvanize supporters" for his 2012 re-election. The paper notes that Obama sent invites to his 19.3 million Facebook friends on Monday and about 22,000 have signed up thus far. That earned the article awith the value-added spin: "Less than 1% of 'friends' sign up for Obama Facebook event." Over at , Obama's new partnership with Facebook is described as a liability. "Political consultants and brand managers say politicians and companies put themselves at risk when they become linked in the public eye. Think Dick Cheney and Halliburton. George W. Bush and Enron. Hillary Clinton and Wal-Mart. And, increasingly, Obama and Google." Meanwhile, looks at how the town hall is just the latest example of Facebook making friends in Washington. "Until lately, Facebook has spent very little money in Washington, even by Silicon Valley's frugal standards," writes the Journal. The company only spent $351,000 on lobbying last year but it's gearing up now with a new Washington office as it faces questions about privacy and censorship abroad. In an interesting tidbit, the Journal gets a surprisingly candid quote from a Facebook lobbyist who says "maybe we will block content in some countries, but not others. We are occasionally held in uncomfortable positions because now we're allowing too much, maybe, free speech in countries that haven't experienced it before."

The event will be live-streamedat 4:45 p.m. Check back with us then for an update on the talk.

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Digital Content by Subscription Now a Reality with Content Shelf Service by DigitalContentCenter.com

2011-04-21T05:36:30+02:00

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FAIR CEO to Congress: One-Third of a $Trillion?? Is it Time to Cut HIV/AIDS Funding?

2011-04-20T23:04:12+02:00

s CEO, Dr. Richard Darling, is calling on Congress to examine if the President’s 2012 HIV/AIDS budget request of $28 billion should be included in Congress’s basket of cuts that will be required as our legislators work toward reducing federal spending. Darling points out that US taxpayers have spent well over one third of a trillion—yes, trillion—dollars on HIV/AIDS with stunning success resulting in its plummeting death rate, including a 99 percent decline in California’s newly infected HIV patients.

Palm Desert, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) April 19, 2011

Dr. Richard Darling, President & CEO of the FAIR Foundation, is asking Congress to examine if HIV/AIDS funding should be included in our legislators’ basket of cuts that will be required as they work towards reducing federal spending. He is also asking if some of those funds should now be redirected to other illnesses.

Darling states, “We taxpayers have spent well overon HIV/AIDS nationally, including over $3,000 per HIV/AIDS patient on bio-medical research versusfor virtually all other illnesses, including 6,000 orphan (rare) illnesses and diabetes, which kills more Americans than AIDS and breast cancer combined. But that’s not the whole story:

"Billions more are spent annually on HIV/AIDS by others, including the 50 states, pharmaceutical companies and non-profit organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Elton John’s AIDS Foundation and amfAR.”

Darling points out that the Department of Health and Human Services has one HOPWA program that has spent billions providing housing to patients. He asks, “Do you think HOPWA stands for ‘Housing Opportunities for Patients with Alzheimer’s’? No, the lucky beneficiaries of this federal program are AIDS patients.”

How successful has all this funding been? The plummeting HIV/AIDS death rate nationwide is exemplified by thein California’s newly infected HIV patients from almost 10,000 deaths in 1994 to less than 200 now.

Darling states, “Amazingly, Anthony Fauci, MD, the government's top HIV/AIDS researcher and the man who oversees the $3 billion HIV/AIDS bio-medical research budget, validates those who believe HIV funding should be decreased. Faucithat his success is 'breathtaking' with HIV patients who “look and feel well, who are leading very productive, very gratifying lives.”

Darling continues, “Even HIV activist Elton John publicly stated on the TV show American Idol that HIV ‘is not a life-threatening disease anymore’ and rock star Bono, while asking for more money for , states that HIV patients need to take just two pills a day to stay alive; two pills that cost only 40 cents. John also exhorted HIV patients to use the simple solution to preventing HIV infection, inexpensive condoms.”

Is it time to add the HIV/AIDS industry to those in need of drastic cutbacks by our Congresspersons during these tough budgetary times with some of HIV's overflowing treasure chest, including President Obama’s , going towards helping patients and research for illnesses other than HIV?

Dr. Richard Darling is the Founder, President & CEO of thewhose missions are equitable funding for bio-medical research, new organ-donor policies to reverse America’s organ-donor crisis, promotion of organ donation and preventive health education to reduce the need for donor organs. FAIR’s Board of Directors includes 29 transplant surgeons, medical directors and patient advocates.

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Objectif lune

2011-04-17T16:14:00+02:00

La programmation de la Maison de l'université brille par son éclectisme. Le mois dernier, en association avec les rôlistes rouennais, la "MDU" avait organisé "le rendez vous du jeu vidéo", trois jours pendant lesquels les afficionados ont pu célébrer ce média autrefois sous-estimé, aujourd'hui incontournable (il se murmure qu'en terme de budget, le jeu vidéo rivalise désormais avec le cinéma). L'occasion de retoucher ) des consoles que l'on croyait disparues à jamais (la NES, la Megadrive mais aussi des raretés comme la Saturn et la Dreamcast), de visionner un film estampillé GEEK injustement boycotté en France ("Scott Pilgrim VS the world", adaptation de la bande dessinée du même nom) et surtout, d'assister à un concert de BLEEPSHIT, un artiste qui officie dans le chiptune. Comment vous ne connaissez pas le chiptune!?? Rassurez vous moi non plus, du moins pas avant cette merveilleuse initiative de la MDU. Le chiptune est un style musical qui se base sur des sonorités empruntées aux jeux vidéos, vous pourrez vous faire une idée en écoutant quelques titres de Bleepshit ici: http://bleepshit.bandcamp.com/album/bleeps-remixes.

Le 13 avril il n'était plus question de jeux vidéos à la MDU mais de rock progressif! Le groupe rouennais ECHOES, un habitué des lieux, se produisait en compagnie de GENS DE LA LUNE, un groupe franc-comtois mené de main de maitre par Francis Décamps. Ce dernier était l'une des têtes pensantes du plus grand groupe de rock progressif français, ANGE! Très célèbres dans les années 70, ils avaient rencontré le succès avec une reprise de Jacques Brel, "Ces gens-là" (vous pourrez la retrouver sur leur album de 1973, "le cimetière des arlequins"). Ils se sont même produits à l'étranger (au festival de Reading notamment, où un certain Steve Hogarth les aurait vu au milieu d'une foule de 30 000 personnes) et ont enregistré plusieurs albums jusqu'à la tournée d'adieu de 1995. Christian Décamps, frère de Francis et chanteur de son état, a ressuscité ANGE en 1999 mais il est encore aujourd'hui le seul rescapé de la formation d'origine...

Francis Décamps quant à lui, après avoir produit plusieurs artistes, s'associe dès 2006 à l'ancien batteur d'ANGE, Gérard Gelsch, et au chanteur Jean-Philippe Suzan pour former GENS DE LA LUNE. Il s'agit d'un nouveau groupe qui reprend à peu près la même formule qu'ANGE, à savoir un rock aux accents symphoniques prononcés avec des paroles complètement ésotériques... La composition du groupe a un peu changé depuis 2006 (l'excellent Cedric Mells remplace notamment Gérard Gelsch) mais GENS DE LA LUNE continue de tourner et d'enregistrer. Après un premier album auto-produit en 2008 (excellent mais relativement difficile à trouver), GENS DE LA LUNE a commencé l'enregistrement d'un second opus qui devrait sortir d'ici peu (le titre annoncé est "Alors joue!"). Le 13 avril dernier, le groupe a principalement joué des titres de son premier CD mais aussi quelques chansons destinées à leur futur album et des reprises du groupe ANGE ("jour après jour" et "fils de lumière"). Le son était très correct mais le public était plutôt restreint et réservé. Il faut dire que la musique de GENS DE LA LUNE est tout sauf conventionnelle... Leurs textes tissent un univers étrange où se côtoient légendes et histoires bizarres, le jeu de scène de Francis Décamps et de Jean Philippe Suzan venant accentuer ce délire collectif. Francis tout particulièrement semble habité par son personnage de "lunien" et s'agite comme un fou furieux derrière ces 4 claviers (!!). Il faut le voir rigoler comme un savant fou entre deux anecdotes étranges ou éructer des phrases dans une langue inconnue ("le guide") pour le croire!

Musicalement parlant, la formation assure méchamment et ce ne sont pas les différents soli qu'ils ont interprêté ce soir là qui viendront me contredire. La seule ombre au tableau, c'est qu'il faut parvenir à rentrer dans leur univers pour apprécier pleinement leur prestation. En effet le chant en français peut en dérouter plus d'un (le rock progressif est plutôt l'apanage de nos amis anglo-saxons) et du coup, un concert de GENS DE LA LUNE peut apparaitre comme une comédie musicale sophistiquée dans laquelle les niaiseries habituelles auraient laissé place à un univers déjanté, presque malsain par moment. Personnellement, même si je ne suis fan de tous leurs titres, j'adhère et je vous recommande GENS DE LA LUNE! D'autant plus que backstage il s'agit de gens charmants et passionnés.

PS: Un mot sur la prestation d'ECHOES. On retrouve dans leur musique tous les éléments qui ont fait le charme du rock progressif dans les années 70. En les écoutant on pense à des noms comme Genesis (ces lignes de clavier...), Pink FLoyd (cette guitare...) et Camel (cette flûte...), il y a pire comme référence! J'ai trouvé leur prestation très correcte et en parfaite adéquation avec les vidéos projetées en arrière scène, néanmoins j'ai préféré, et de loin, les titres instrumentaux. Il faudrait que j'écoute leur opéra-rock, Rachel, pour me faire une idée plus précise.

Obama first to put tax increases on budget table

2011-04-13T03:07:23+02:00

Higher taxes have been missing from the fierce budget battle that nearly shut down the federal government. But President Barack Obama is about to put them on the table — at least a modest version that he had pushed before and then rested on the shelf.

Most economists and budget analysts say a comprehensive mix of spending cuts and tax increases is essential to any viable deficit-reduction plan. Yet few players in the negotiations have gone there.

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Tax elements of Obama's broad deficit-reduction plan, to be laid out in a speech Wednesday, seem likely to revive his earlier proposals.

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However, he did renew the bid earlier this year in his budget for the 2012 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

Any comprehensive deficit-reduction plan must include a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, experts argue from both sides of the political spectrum.

"There's no alternative, and I don't know of anybody who has seriously looked at this problem who thinks there is," said William A. Galston, a White House domestic policy adviser during the Clinton administration. "You're going to need to put together tough packages of programmatic cuts and revenue increases."

Still, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, denounced Obama's tactics ahead of the president's speech. "Tax increases are unacceptable and are a nonstarter," Boehner said Tuesday in a statement. "We don't have deficits because Americans are taxed too little, we have deficits because Washington spends too much."

Boehner's shot across the bow underscored the difficult road Obama has ahead of him in pushing any tax increases, even ones limited to the wealthiest Americans.

With a presidential election just around the corner and voters demanding cuts in government spending, few politicians seem eager to climb out on a higher-taxes limb.

Even Obama's bid to end Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans — bitterly fought by Republicans — would just take tax rates on them back to where they were in the 1990s, a decade of strong economic growth.

A sweeping Republican proposal laid down by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin proposes trimming more than $5 trillion from deficits over the next decade, but it does so almost exclusively on the spending side of the ledger, including a drastic reshaping of Medicare and other federal safety-net entitlement programs.

The Ryan plan doesn't only fail to propose major new tax increases, it advocates lowering the top tax rates for both corporations and individuals to 25 percent from the current 35 percent.

This comes amid disclosures of low tax payments by some of the nation's biggest companies, including General Electric Co., which made $14.2 billion in worldwide profits last year, but paid no U.S. corporate taxes in 2010.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday that the plan Obama will outline on Wednesday at George Washington University would contain both spending cuts and tax increases. "The president believes there has to be a balanced approach," Carney said. He declined to elaborate.

Carney said that the GOP plan drafted by Ryan is unbalanced "through it's rather drastic reform of Medicare and Medicaid...That's not the approach the president believes is the right way to go...The burden has to be shared by everybody."

Meanwhile, the budget deal negotiated by the White House and Congress to avert a government showdown — scheduled to be voted on Thursday — was drawing criticism from some conservative Republicans. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who chairs the influential Republican Study Committee, said he'll be among those voting no. "Americans want us to reach higher, act bolder and remember the job we were sent here to do," Jordan said.

Heavy pressure from the tea party wing of the Republican Party, with its insistence on smaller government and strong opposition to new taxes, has complicated efforts by Republican leaders, especially Boehner, to find common ground with the White House.

Democrats aren't exactly crying out for raising taxes now either. Not with approaching national elections and a restive electorate unhappy with levels of federal spending.

Obama's proposal to let the Bush tax cuts expire for families making over $250,000 or individuals earning above $200,000 will be woven into the upcoming presidential election. In emphasizing it now, rather than later, Obama all but assured that outcome.

Obama also is expected to call for other changes in the tax code, which he contends benefits the rich.

"Every corner of the federal government has to be looked at here," senior White House adviser David Plouffe says. "Revenues are going to have to be part of this." "Revenues" has always been Washington code for more taxes.

The bipartisan deficit-reduction commission appointed by Obama, led by Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson, called late last year for slashing about $4 trillion from budget deficits over the coming decade.

Roughly two-thirds of that would come through program cuts and one-third through increased taxes. Although overall tax rates would decline, dozens of popular tax breaks would be scaled back or eliminated, including the child tax credit, mortgage interest deduction and deduction claimed by employers who provide health insurance.

Obama praised the panel for its work but embraced few of its recommendations and none of the major ones on new taxes.

About the same time, another bipartisan panel headed by Republican Pete V. Domenici and Democrat Alice Rivlin came out with its own plan that would go even further — getting roughly half of its deficit reductions from tax increases and half from spending cuts.

Rivlin, a former Federal Reserve vice chairwoman and budget director in the Clinton administration, says there's no other way than a mix. "It cannot be all on the spending side," she said.

Panels recommending tax increases haven't fared very well. When then President George W. Bush's tax-code overhaul commission, chaired by former GOP Sen. Connie Mack of Florida, recommended big cuts in the cherished home mortgage deduction and other popular tax breaks in 2005, Bush gave it a cold shoulder.

Ever since Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale famously said in 1984 that, if elected, he would reluctantly raise taxes — and promptly got clobbered in President Ronald Reagan's re-election landslide — advocating tax increases has been dangerous territory for politicians of all stripes.

Reagan's "supply side" economics, the notion that tax cuts can pay for themselves and that lower taxes mean higher revenues, remains Republican gospel. No matter that few mainstream economists totally subscribe to that theory, or that Reagan proposed tax increases in every one of his eight years in office except the first.

"It's gotten much worse since then," suggests Bruce Bartlett, a domestic policy adviser to Reagan and a Treasury official under President George H. W. Bush. Bartlett cited the growing influence of unrelenting anti-tax advocates like Americans for Tax Reform and some within the tea party movement.

Bartlett said he's "enough of a libertarian" to wish that the nation's budget woes could indeed be solved by spending cuts alone. "But I just don't see how that's humanly possible, giving the aging of our society, the wars we're involved in and various other things."

This year's budget deficit is expected to be a record $1.6 trillion.But that's just for one year. Added to previous years' deficits, it brings the national debt to a shade under $14.3 trillion. Annual deficits are expected to decline as the economy recovers from the worst downturn since the 1930s, but then climb again as millions of baby boomers qualify for government Social Security and Medicare benefits.

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De véritables drames...

2011-03-29T11:53:00+02:00

Ce sont ceux qui sont vécus par des personnes qui souffrent de la solitude, notamment par celles qui ont perdu leur conjoint. Normalement, un croyant ne devrait jamais se sentir seul, d’autant que Dieu lui a donné un compagnon, l’Ange Gardien, qui l’assiste continuellement, certes, non pas d’une façon sensible, cependant perceptible en bien des cas. Je sais qu’affirmer cette vérité, aujourd’hui, fait sourire… Nous ne sommes plus au Moyen Âge, voyons!…

Les Papes contemporains, de Pie XI à Paul VI ont réaffirmé la doctrine de l’Église sur les Anges, citant, quelquefois, leur propre comportement à l’égard de ce compagnon céleste. L’Écriture Sainte est toute remplie du rôle, des interventions des Anges, et la vie de nombreux saints témoigne de leur présence active auprès d’eux. Combien de chrétiens fervents l’expérimentent chaque jour! Que l’on se souvienne, par exemple, de Padre Pio!

Mais, dans ce domaine, comme dans tous ceux qui concernent la foi, ce n’est pas à l’opinion des gens qu’il faut se référer, elle est mouvante, comme les sables du même nom, sur lesquels on n’ose s’aventurer. La Parole de Dieu est le fondement, plus solide que le rocher, sur lequel repose notre croyance. En plusieurs passages de l’Écriture, il affirme entourer les hommes de la protection des Anges. Il ne peut mentir, il nous faut prendre ses paroles à la lettre, et recourir souvent aux célestes gardiens qu’il nous a donnés. Il est évident que si nous ne les sollicitons jamais, si nous ne suivons pas les inspirations qu’il nous envoient souvent , nous ne bénéficierons pas de leur assistance, ni ne ressentirons les bienfaits de leur présence.

La cause la plus fréquent de nos défaillances face aux adversités de la vie, c’est la faiblesse de notre foi , nous oublions que le bonheur ne se trouve pas sur cette terre, mais en l’au-delà où Dieu nous attend.

Où il est question d'anges et surtout de faës

2011-03-23T20:00:23+01:00

Commençons ce billet par Fallen (Damnés en VF). J'avais envie d'une lecture agréable dans la langue de Shakespeare et malgré les avis mitigés, la magnifique couverture a fini par me convaincre. Je suis donc partis à la découverte de la saga de Lauren Kate et ce fut un joli plaisir.

Lorsque Lice entre à Sword & Cross, un lycée d'éducation surveillée, elle est d'emblée attirée par le ténébreux Daniel. Dans cet endroit sinistre où les portables sont interdits, où les élèves ont un passé lourd et où des caméras surveillent les moindres faits et gestes de chacun, Daniel devient une obsession. Mais le jeune homme évite Luce, qui est aussi courtisée par Cam, un beau brun aux yeux verts. Malgré sa fascination pour Daniel, Luce n'arrive pas à résister à Cam. Ce dilemme perturbe la jeune fille, déjà déstabilisée par la présence incessante d'ombres, qui la poursuivent et l'inquiètent depuis l'enfance. Tout est conçu pour que l'ordre règne à Sword & Cross, pourtant ce lieu deviendra le théâtre de drames troubles et mystérieux...

Fallen est un excellent début je trouve: les personnages sont bien développés au fil des pages. On les découvre tout en finesse et en surprises surtout. J'aime vraiment le personnage principal Luce, je la trouve très courageuse. Bien sûr, on reste intrigué par Daniel qui peut se montrer froid et attachant à la fois. Mais les personnages secondaires ne sont pas en reste pour autant, ils ont tous des personnalités très excentriques ce qui enrichit beaucoup le récit. L'histoire n'est pas à couper le souffle par son suspens mais le récit est agréable et je me suis surprise à le dévorer. Romance, secret et intrigue se mêlent avec finesse. Une lecture agréable que je compte renouveler puisque le deuxième tome, Torment est déjà disponible et que le troisième Passion va paraitre.

Restons dans le fantastique avec Fièvre noire de Karen Marie Moning qui est un véritable coup de foudre! Cette série crée un monde à la fois tout à fait effrayant et merveilleusement convaincant. Elle allie l'émotion humaine avec des créatures fantastiques et horribles à souhait.

Le monde ordinaire de Mac est soudainement plongé dans l'extraordinaire à cause d'un seul appel téléphonique. Un message vocal laissé par sa sœur avant de mourir va bouleverser le cours de sa vie pour toujours. Prête à tout pour trouver des réponses et comprendre, Mac part en Irlande et immédiatement elle se rend compte que les apparences peuvent être trompeuses. Sa vie est vite menacée et les créatures de ses cauchemars prennent forme dans la réalité. Mac fait pourtant une rencontre décisive: Jericho Barrons, un libraire qui se révèle être un autre mystère. Pas sure qu'il est là pour l'aider ou l'entraver, Mac n'a pourtant pas d'autre choix que de lui faire confiance...

Ce livre contient une intrigue très complexe et des rebondissements qui m'ont laissé sans voix. De plus, les relations que Mac tissent avec tous les personnages secondaires prennent vite en profondeur. Un roman bien construit et des dialogues percutants, sans oublier le charme incontesté de Jericho: voila la recette qui rend ce livre source d'addiction. Mac est une héroïne forte et très sympathique. Derrière sa façade girly, elle est très intelligente et pleine de bons sens. Mais surtout, elle voit au-delà des apparences, derrière la façade humaine que prenne les faës pour piéger les humains. En effet, elle est une sidhe-seer, une humaine capable de voir la vraie nature des faës. Plus qu'une enquête, c'est une vraie découverte d'un autre monde que l'on découvre à ses côtés.

Un mystère autour d'un meurtre se mêle ici avec délice à une une histoire sombre, séduisante et énigmatique au caractère incertain, dans un monde terrifiant. Je meurs d'envie de dévorer les autres livres!! Je recommande mais attention c'est additif. Vous voilà prévenu ^^

PLATO Learning Courses Named in District Administration Top 100 Products

2011-03-04T19:07:00+01:00

choice awards cite new courses and platform enhancements.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) February 28, 2011

PLATO Learning online courses have been named in District Administration magazine’s 2010 Readers’ Choice Top 100 Products. District Administration, the most read and most preferred publication in its industry, is read by over 73,000 K-12 school district leaders across the country and a record number of them participated in selecting the 2010 Top 100 Products winners. Other 2010 winners include Apple’s iPad, Google Apps for Education, and The ActivClassroom from Promethean.

According to the magazine’s Kurt Eisele-Dyrli, “Many readers described their district’s limited budgets and reduced resources in their nominations, while simultaneously praising the products that helped them maintain a high quality of instruction, offer new educational opportunities to students, streamline complex administrative tasks, and do more with less.” PLATO Learning courses were specifically cited for new collaboration features, including digital drop boxes and threaded discussions, as well as for new Advanced Placement courses.

“We are very gratified to be included in this year’s Top 100 Products,” said Jamie Candee, vice president of product and marketing at PLATO Learning. “It is a reflection of the commitment we share with the readers of District Administration to improve student achievement. PLATO courses deliver real results through high quality content and the ability to adapt to the many ways in which students learn and educators teach.”

About PLATO Learning, Inc. PLATO Learning is a leading provider of online instructional solutions for elementary through adult learners, offering curricula in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and life and job skills. For more information on PLATO Learning, visit , or contact Mary Schneider at mschneider(at)plato(dot)com.

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Gov't drops defense of anti-gay marriage law

2011-02-24T01:08:02+01:00

In a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said Wednesday it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.

Attorney General Eric Holder said President Barack Obama has concluded that the administration cannot defend the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. He noted that the congressional debate during passage of the Defense of Marriage Act "contains numerous expressions reflecting moral disapproval of gays and lesbians and their intimate and family relationships — precisely the kind of stereotype-based thinking and animus" the Constitution is designed to guard against.

The Justice Department had defended the act in court until now.

The move quickly drew praise from some Democrats in Congress but a sharp response from the spokesman for Republican John Boehner, the House Speaker.

"While Americans want Washington to focus on creating jobs and cutting spending, the president will have to explain why he thinks now is the appropriate time to stir up a controversial issue that sharply divides the nation," said Boehner's spokesman Michael Steel.

Gay groups, which had long pressured the administration to take a step like this, were pleased. Ron Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called the policy change "a tremendous step toward recognizing our common humanity and ending an egregious injustice against thousands of loving, committed couples who simply want the protections, rights and responsibilities afforded other married couples. We thank the Obama administration."

Obama's move may position him politically at the forefront of rising public support for gay marriage. Polling results can vary rather significantly depending on what words are used to describe gay marriage, but there is a gradual trend in public opinion toward more acceptance of gay marriage.

An Associated Press-National Constitution Center Poll conducted last August found 52 percent of Americans saying the federal government should give legal recognition to marriages between couples of the same sex, while 46 percent said it should not. In polling by ABC News and the Washington Post, support for the legalization of gay marriage has climbed from 37 percent in 2003 to 47 percent in February 2010.

Holder's statement said, "Much of the legal landscape has changed in the 15 years since Congress passed" the Defense of Marriage Act. He noted that the Supreme Court has ruled that laws criminalizing homosexual conduct are unconstitutional and that Congress has repealed the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said Obama himself is still "grappling" with his personal view of gay marriage but has always personally opposed the Defense of Marriage Act as "unnecessary and unfair."

Holder wrote to Boehner that Obama has concluded the Defense of Marriage Act fails to meet a rigorous standard under which courts view with suspicion any laws targeting minority groups who have suffered a history of discrimination.

The attorney general said the Justice Department had defended the law in court until now because the government was able to advance reasonable arguments for the law based on a less strict standard.

At a December news conference, in response to a reporters' question, Obama revealed that his position on gay marriage is "constantly evolving." He has opposed such marriages and supported instead civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. The president said such civil unions are his baseline — at this point, as he put it.

"This is something that we're going to continue to debate, and I personally am going to continue to wrestle with going forward," he said.

On Wednesday, Holder said the president has concluded that, given a documented history of discrimination against gays, classifications based on sexual orientation should be subject to a more heightened standard of scrutiny than the department had been applying in legal challenges to the act up to now.

The attorney general said the department will immediately bring the policy change to the attention of two federal courts now hearing separate lawsuits targeting the Defense of Marriage Act.

One case, in Connecticut, challenges the federal government's denial of marriage-related protections for federal Family Medical Leave Act benefits, federal laws for private pension plans and federal laws concerning state pension plans. In the other case in New york City, the federal government refused to recognize the marriage of two women and taxed the inheritance that one of the women left to the other as though the two were strangers. Under federal tax law, a spouse who dies can leave her assets, including the family home, to the other spouse without incurring estate taxes.

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Police: 7 Pa. H.S. students arrested for bullying

2011-02-01T03:59:54+01:00

UPPER DARBY, Pa. – Police in a Philadelphia suburb say seven teenagers have been arrested in connection with an assault in which a 14-year-old student was kidnapped and hung from a fence post, but not seriously hurt.

Upper Darby Township Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says the students were arrested Monday for an assault that happened in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Jan. 11.

The Delaware County Daily Times reports officers arrived at Upper Darby High School early Monday. Chitwood says the students arrested are ages 16 and 17.

Chitwood says the bullying involved the victim being kidnapped and at one point hung from a fence post. He says the student did not suffer serious physical injuries, but did suffer "extreme mental anguish."

Police say they have video of the incident and are cooperating with school officials.

Toutes les vies de Benjamin

2011-01-31T08:05:00+01:00

Toutes les vies de Benjamin
Ange
Editions Syros, collection Mini Syros Soon, janvier 2011, 2,95 €

Cela commence par des références bien connues, l’école Bradbury est en visite dans un centre scientifique. On se dit que cela va être gentillet ! Nous sommes en 2022. Benjamin s’ennuie. Lui le garçon timide, souffre douleur de sa classe et notamment des deux pestes Lucie et Capucine, qui viennent une fois de plus de l’humilier s’est éloigné du groupe. Il n’assiste donc pas aux explications du scientifique de service qui explique que le centre explore les Univers Parallèles : en fonction des choix que l’on fait, la vie et le temps ne sont plus les mêmes. Alors qu’un incendie se déclenche et que la panique gagne le centre qui est évacué en urgence, Lucie s’affole de ne pas retrouver Benjamin. Prise de remords, elle part à sa recherche et va le retrouver installé sur un fauteuil, un casque sur la tête et va avoir bien du mal à le récupérer. Le rythme s’accélère peu à peu et le défilé des vies testées par Benjamin est une réussite. C’est très bon à découvrir.

Côme.

Snowstorm wallops Northeast, piling on the misery

2011-01-27T22:29:07+01:00

NEW YORK – A storm that had been predicted for days tore through the East Coast with lightning, thunder and tons of wet snow, stranding thousands of road, rail and air travelers, and leaving more than 300,000 customers around the nation's capital without power Thursday.

The storm had been forecast as dumping up to a foot of snow on parts of the region but far surpassed that in spots. New York got 19 inches, Philadelphia 17. Public schools closed for a second day Thursday, including the nation's largest system in New York City, and motorists were warned to stay off slick roads.

"What a mess," said Andy Kolstad, a 65-year-old federal statistician from Silver Spring, Md., who had to walk half an hour uphill to his local Metro subway station to travel to Washington because there was no bus service. "There was no point in staying home because I couldn't have breakfast in the dark," he said.

The region has already been pummeled by winter not even halfway into the season. Nineteen inches of snow fell on New York City atop the 36 inches it had already seen so far this winter; the city typically sees just 21 inches for the whole season.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it was the "snowiest" January since the city started keeping records, besting 27.4 inches set in 1925. The accumulation was about twice the amount that had been predicted, he said.

Virginia Sforza, 61, shoveling her sidewalk in Pelham, in New York's northern suburb said, "My biggest fear is if it continues like this all winter, we won't have a place to put it and we'll never get our cars out and we won't even be able to go to the stores."

"The prospect of this continuing is disgusting," she added.

At his home in Gap, Pa., 45-year-old Chuck DeSeantis lamented what lay ahead of him after a treacherous commute Thursday: shoveling cars out of snow at the Nissan dealership where he's a sales manager.

"Normally it is a 15-minute commute; now it will probably take an hour to hour and a half to get there," he said. "I'll dig out my three cars here, and then I'll dig out 350 cars at the dealership."

In Massachusetts, travel was made trickier with high winds. Gusts of 46 mph were reported in Hyannis, 45 mph in Rockport and 49 mph on Nantucket early Thursday. In Lynn, Mass., heavy snow collapsed a garage roof and briefly trapped two men inside before they were rescued safely. Some other workers escaped.

New York declared a weather emergency for the second time since the Dec. 26 storm, which trapped hundreds of buses and ambulances and caused a political crisis for the mayor. An emergency declaration means any car blocking roads or impeding snowplows can be towed at the owner's expense.

The city shuttered schools and some government offices, and federal courts in Manhattan closed. Even the Statue of Liberty shut down for snow removal. New York's Long Island Rail Road, the nation's largest commuter rail line, operated on a reduced schedule. At busy Penn Station, about half the trains listed on the Amtrak departure board were delayed or canceled.

Two major New York-area airports, Newark and Kennedy, closed for snow removal but began taking flights at 10 a.m. Hundreds of flights were canceled at both airports. LaGuardia Airport had 168 cancellations. About 1,500 passengers were stranded overnight at Philadelphia International Airport, according to spokeswoman Victoria Lupica.

Flights also resumed at airports in the Washington region after overnight runway closures and flight cancelations that left hundreds of travelers stranded.

Northeast of New York in New Canaan, Conn., a Metro-North commuter train ran off the tracks, suspending service. Its two passengers and crew members were not injured.

Residents hunkered down as the storm brought snow, sleet, and then more snow, accompanied by lightning and thunder in a phenomenon called "thundersnow."

The Philadelphia area's transit agency, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, suspended nearly all bus service, and road crews worked through the night to gets tons of snow off major arteries.

Nine passengers spent the night on board a bus that got stranded in the city's West Oak Lane neighborhood, spokeswoman Heather Redfern said.

"I imagine they thought they were better off staying on the warm bus rather than getting off, since they didn't have a place to stay," Redfern said. The passengers had all disembarked by 7:30 a.m.

More than 15,000 people lost power in the Philadelphia area, with thousands more in the dark in New Jersey and the New York area. Over 80,000 were without power in parts of Maryland.

Crashed, spun-out or disabled cars littered highways. More than 250 cars were disabled on New Jersey highways since Wednesday. Officials in the mid-Atlantic region worked to remove dozens of cars and tractor-trailers abandoned by motorists at the height of the storm.

Maryland State Highway Administration spokeswoman Kim Frum said crews plowed around abandoned vehicles and got tow trucks to move them. Firefighters in the Washington area warned that the heavy snow was bringing down power lines.

After arriving in Washington from Manitowoc, Wis., President Barack Obama couldn't fly on the helicopter that normally takes him home to the White House from a nearby military base. Instead, a motorcade had to snake through Wednesday evening rush hour traffic already slowed by snow and ice.

One person died after a tree fell on a pickup truck in Washington. Several others in the truck were injured. On New York's Long Island, there were two weather-related fatalities. One woman was killed when a plow truck backed into her in a parking lot. In the other incident, a motorist slid into oncoming lanes of traffic, slamming into two vehicles before hitting a snowbank. The other two drivers were treated for injuries.

In Delaware, state police were investigating the death of a woman who was struck and killed Thursday by a state Department of Transportation snowplow.

In Somers, Conn., a horse had to be euthanized after part of a barn collapsed under the weight of snow. Two other horses that got trapped were freed.

Since Dec. 14, snow has fallen eight times on the New York region — or an average of about once every five days. Much of the Northeast is in a similar boat, resigned to repeated storms as a weather phenomenon off the coast called the North Atlantic Oscillation creates older air and drops more snow than usual.

"I just want the snow to stop. I want the sun again. I want to feel just a little bit of warmth," commuter Elliott Self said after leaving an elevated train in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

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Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Jessica Gresko in Washington; Angie Yack in Gap, Pa; Frank Eltman in Garden City, N.Y.; Jim Fitzgerald in White Plains, N.Y.; Jessica Gresko in Washington; Ula Ilnytzky and Eric Carvin in New York City; and Dave Collins in Hartford, Conn.

Mes commentaires | Le baiser de l'Ange

2011-01-16T04:24:00+01:00

Le baiser de l'Ange
Auteure | Elizabeth Chandler

Ma cote | SUPER BON

TOME 1
Je ne savais pas à quoi m'attendre de ce livre. En fait, je ne savais même pas si j'avais envie de le lire.

Toutefois, dès les premières pages, je me suis retrouvé dans le feu de l'action, se qui a attisé ma curiosité. Ensuite, c'est le retour en arrière et c'est là que j'ai découvert les personnages et que je m'y suis attaché. C'était inévitable, je le savais pour avoir déjà lu ces lignes. Au fond de moi, je ne voulais pas y croire. Vous non plus vous ne voudrez pas y croire.

Ce livre renferme une belle histoire d'amour et il est aussi empli de tristesse. En même temps, ce livre est intense. D'une certaine manière, je dirais de celui-ci qu'il est prévisible, mais tout à son opposé, il est imprévisible. Ce livre est génial! Il a su gagner mon coeur et je suis certaine qu'il en fera autant pour vous. C'est un bon livre qui se lit dans le temps de le dire et que j'aurais bien aimé qu'il soit plus long. Vivement le tome 2.

Bonne lecture!
Melimel, 7 septembre 2010

TOME 2
Tout comme le premier, il est impossible de le lâcher sans l'avoir terminé... Ce tome est vraiment génial. Je ne saurai vous dire se qui m'attire le plus dans ce livre, mais l'histoire est songé et elle est très bien tournée. De plus, celle-ci attise facilement notre curiosité... On croit détenir la clef, mais on est jamais certain du déroulement des choses.

La relation entre Tristan et Ivy est toujours aussi intense et ce, même avec le gouffre qui les sépares. Les personnages sont de plus en plus attachants... même Grégory semble, je dis bien semble s'adoucir. Le tout est visuellement parlant, un beau mélange.

Bonne lecture... Il en vaut vraiment la peine! Je suis certaine qu'il touchera plusieurs d'entre vous.
Melimel, 19 septembre 2010

TOME 3
J'ai vraiment hâte de l'avoir entre les mains... Je crois que l'avoir pu, je les aurais lu les 3, un à la suite de l'autre sans interruption...

Melimel, 19 septembre 2010

4 mois plus tard, je fini enfin par avoir ce livre entre mes mains.

C'est avec regret et le coeur gros que je termine le tome 3 et par la même occasion la série. ATTENTION, ne faite pas erreur sur mes propos, je n'ai pas regretté un seul instant de livre ce livre, mais seulement de l'avoir terminé. Ce livre, beaucoup plus actif que ces prédécesseurs saura vous garder en haleine.

Le tome 1, nous a permis d'être témoins d'une belle histoire d'amour, qui, malheureusement, c'est terminé en cauchemar. Le tome 2, quant à lui, nous a plongés dans un deuil profond. Pour terminer, le tome 3, nous permettra de voir la lumière au bout du tunnel. Ce dernier volume vous déboussolera par ces revirements de situation. Ce livre est prenant et touchant, j'en ai même versé quelques larmes.

Bonne lecture!

Melimel, 15 janvier 2011

Escusez-moi, moi qui croyait que c'était le dernier tome... He bien j'ai fait erreur car il y aura un tome 4. Melimel, 15 janvier 2011

TOME 3 | Le baiser de l'ange

2011-01-16T03:44:00+01:00

Auteure | Elizabeth Chandler

Ivy a échappé de peu à la mort. Tout le monde pense qu'elle ne se remet pas de la disparition de Tristan et qu'elle a tenté de se suicider. Ivy croit devenir folle car elle ne se souvient de rien. Et si son petit frère disait vrai& Et si elle avait bel et bien été sauvée par «l'ange Tristan»?

De son côté, Tristan n’a pas le choix. Il doit trouver un moyen de redonner la foi à Ivy pour enfin entrer en contact avec elle. Il sait que la vie d'Ivy est menacée et que son agresseur ne s'arrêtera pas tant qu'il n'aura pas réussi à la tuer...

ALLEZ VOIR MES COMMENTAIRES EN CLIQUANT À VOTRE GAUCHE SUR LE BAISER DE L'ANGE.

Oh mp3 albums

2010-12-18T18:06:50+01:00

Oh album info:

Artist name - Bo Dollar mp3
Album - Oh mp3
Year - 2005
Genre- rap

Tracklist:

You are
I'm Thinking of You
Throw this Dog A Bone
I Wish
Shes All that
Oh
Touch Me Again
You Bring out the Romantic in Me
Flow
I Believe in Love

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Oh, Bah « Whatever
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Former child star Melissa Gilbert has called out Miley Cyrus on her bong smoking controversy, claiming the teen queen wanted to get caught.

The Love You Save tracks

2010-12-17T21:45:28+01:00

The Love You Save album info:

Artist name - Joe Tex mp3
Album - The Love You Save mp3
Year - 1965
Genre- soul

Tracklist:

The Love You Save
Live for Yourself
Build Your Love
I Don't Trust Myself Around You
Funny Bone
A Sweet Woman Like You
I'm A Man
You Better Believe it Baby
Close the Door
If Sugar was as Sweet as You
Heartbreak Hotel
Don't Let Your Left Hand Know

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”Cartendrier” de l'Avent : 9 décembre

2010-12-09T11:47:00+01:00

C'une une Tilda (Magnolia) transformée en ange qui illustre la carte de ce jour...

Bonne journée !

”L'Ange de la lumière” 1894 Jean Delville né en 1867 et décédé en 1953 :

2010-12-07T16:12:00+01:00

"Les oeuvres d'art sont d'une infinie solitude, rien n'est pire que la critique pour les aborder. seul l'amour peut les saisir, les garder, être juste envers elles". R.M.Rilke

Symbolisme

Un billet de rattrapage

2010-12-01T17:50:00+01:00

Une angine plus tard, me voilà de retour. Triste constat quand même puisque j'ai un peu laissé en suspens cet espace et que j'ai des tonnes de billets en retard. Il me reste encore quelques photos de NY à vous montrer, des livres dont j'aimerais vous parler, une prochaine leçon de style en préparation (je sais ça faisait longtemps) et j'aimerais aussi vous parler d'un amour d'adolescence que je n'ai jamais abordé: les mangas :p

Je profite de ce billet pour vous parler de quatre romans que j'ai lu récemment. Commençons par une déception: La fille qui voulait être Jane Austen de Polly Shulman! La couverture rose et la quatrième de couverture m'avaient laissé enthousiaste et pourtant... Je ne me suis pas du tout senti concerné par l'histoire de Julie et Ashleigh. L'univers de Jane Austen n'y est que survolé. L'histoire n'est pas très prenante à mon goût. Bref, je suis complètement passé à côté. J'en attendais peut-être trop quand il s'agit de Jane Austen.

Heureusement, j'ai complètement adoré La déclaration de Gemma Malley! On y découvre Grange Hall, un orphelinat qui abrite les Surplus dont Anna, notre héroïne. On se trouve en 2140, l'homme a découvert un traitement contre la vieillesse. Pour éviter la surpopulation, les naissances sont régulés pour ensuite être interdites à moins de renoncer soi même à son immortalité. Les Surplus sont les enfants nés illégalement. On les traite, les éduque pour qu'ils servent les Légaux sans se poser de questions, acceptant leur sort sans rébellion. Une existence de dureté pour racheter la faute de leurs parents règne. Anne est résignée et docile jusqu'au jour où apparait Peter.... La réflexion sur la place de cette jeunesse sacrifié et de l'égoïsme des autres est très présente. Une grande partie du roman est vu du point de vue d'Anna, ce qui permet de comprendre ses réflexions, son questionnement, ses doutes. Le récit se construit tel que plus Anna ouvre les yeux, plus les anciens secrets refont surface. La fin est inattendu et laisse une page ouverte, pleine d'espoir.

Hush, Hush de Becca Fitzpatrick me laisse une impression plus mitigé. J'ai aimé ce roman mais pas de façon passionné. On fait la connaissance de Nora qui vit seule avec sa mère depuis la mort de son père. Lors d'un cours de biologie, elle fait la connaissance de Patch qui semble en savoir beaucoup à son sujet. Intriguée, elle se laisse entrainer dans son monde où règne une lutte entre anges déchus et Nephilim. Mais apparait un étrange homme masqué qui ne cesse de s'attaquer à elle. L'histoire est prenante de par le mystère qui entoure ses agressions, mais aussi par le développement des personnages qui ne tombent jamais dans la mièvrerie. Le dénouement est bien mené de plus. Pour me faire une idée plus arrêté, je pense me laisser tenter par sa suite, Crescendo, prévu en mars 2011.

Dernier roman dont je veux vous parler: La ballade de Sovay de Celia Rees qui est délicieux à lire!

Mai 1794, en Angleterre. Sovay Middleton a dix-sept ans et est la fille d'un riche aristocrate. Pour tester les sentiments de son fiancé qui l'a trompée, elle endosse les vêtements du Capitaine Blaze, bandit des grands chemins, et le confond. Au lieu de lui demander pardon, James accuse Sir Middleton de trahison envers le roi. Comme son père et son frère sont mystérieusement absents de la propriété familiale, Sovay doit prouver qu'ils ne sont pas coupables de traîtrise : si son père est arrêté, leur propriété sera confisquée au profit de Sir Royston, le père de James.Dans sa quête pour disculper sa famille, qui l'emmène de Londres jusqu'à Paris, elle est aidée par l'Américain Virgil Barrett, fils du régisseur et ami Gabriel Stanhope, le Capitaine Greenwood, Mr Oldfield, le notaire de la famille, et le Capitaine Léon, héros de la Révolution française. Ensemble, ils s'emploient à compromettre les plans diaboliques de Sir Robert Dysart, le 'maître espion 'qui tente de renverser le gouvernement anglais. Au terme d'une série d'intrigues et de rebondissements impliquant notamment la mystérieuse société secrète des Illuminati, Sovay et son père sont jugés à Paris et condamnés à la guillotine. Mais le même jour, Robespierre est arrêté ! Celia Rees transforme ici une simple chanson traditionnelle anglaise en un roman habité d'espions, de scientifiques fous et de révolutionnaires sanguinaires.

L'héroïne, une sorte de Lady Oscar, est très attachante. Elle n'a pas froid aux yeux et n'hésite jamais à défendre ce qui est juste à ses yeux. Tous les personnages secondaires qu'elle rencontre dans cette grande aventure sont intéressants et donnent de la richesse au roman. Le contexte historique joue un grand rôle et étoffe ce roman jeunesse. De trahisons en secrets, Sovay fait son chemin au fil des pages. Un livre que je recommande chaudement!

Je file au code et je reviens répondre à vos commentaires!

Alaska military base searching for overdue F-22

2010-11-19T09:51:56+01:00

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A search was under way Wednesday for an overdue Air Force F-22 fighter jet based at a military facility near Anchorage.

Corinna Jones, a spokeswoman at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, said the jet was on a training mission and lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday. The plane carries one pilot.

The aircraft is assigned to Elmendorf's 3rd Wing, Jones said. The Air Force has not released the pilot's name.

The twin-engine F-22 Raptor entered service in the mid-2000s and arrived at Elmendorf in August 2007. It's far more maneuverable and stealthy than earlier jets and can cruise at more than 1 1/2 times the speed of sound without using its afterburner. Its top speed is confidential.

Congress last year stopped production of the plane, built by Lockheed Martin Corp., by eliminating $1.75 billion that would have added seven F-22s to the Air Force's fleet.

An F-22 crashed in March 2009 near Edwards Air Force Base in California, killing the pilot.

QUEL COMBAT POUR JACOB ?

2010-11-11T12:34:00+01:00

Le chapitre 32 de la Genèse met d'abord en scène les préparatifs de la rencontre entre Jacob et son frère Esaü, Jacob a peur, il prie Dieu et prépare des cadeaux pour apaiser Esaü

Délivre-moi, je te prie, de la main de mon frère, de la main d'Ésaü! car je crains qu'il ne vienne, et qu'il ne me frappe, avec la mère et les enfants.... Il donna cet ordre au premier [serviteur] Quand Ésaü, mon frère, te rencontrera, et te demandera: A qui es-tu? où vas-tu? et à qui appartient ce troupeau devant toi? tu répondras: A ton serviteur Jacob; c'est un présent envoyé à mon seigneur Ésaü; et voici, il vient lui-même derrière nous. Gn 32, 11-18

Jacob se prépare à passer le gué lorsque il rencontre « un homme » avec qui il lutte

Il se leva la même nuit, prit ses deux femmes, ses deux servantes, et ses onze enfants, et passa le gué de Jabbok. Il les prit, leur fit passer le torrent, et le fit passer à tout ce qui lui appartenait. Jacob demeura seul. Alors un homme lutta avec lui jusqu'au lever de l'aurore.

Voyant qu'il ne pouvait le vaincre, cet homme le frappa à l'emboîture de la hanche; et l'emboîture de la hanche de Jacob se démit pendant qu'il luttait avec lui. Il dit: Laisse-moi aller, car l'aurore se lève. Et Jacob répondit: Je ne te laisserai point aller, que tu ne m'aies béni.

Il lui dit: Quel est ton nom? Et il répondit: Jacob. Il dit encore: ton nom ne sera plus Jacob, mais tu seras appelé Israël; car tu as lutté avec Dieu et avec des hommes, et tu as été vainqueur. Jacob l'interrogea, en disant: Fais-moi je te prie, connaître ton nom. Il répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Et il le bénit là. Jacob appela ce lieu du nom de Peniel: car, dit-il, j'ai vu Dieu face à face, et mon âme a été sauvée. Le soleil se levait, lorsqu'il passa Peniel. Jacob boitait de la hanche. Gn 32, 22-31

L'immense tableau (7,5 m x 4,5 m) d'Eugène Delacroix, peint entre 1859 et 1861 dans l'église St Sulpice à Paris, rend assez bien compte du texte : les troupeaux et la famille passent le gué, le soleil se lève et Jacob combat un personnage qui lui tord la hanche. Le fait que "l'homme" du texte devienne un ange est traditionnel et se justifie par le fait que "l'homme" dise "tu as lutté avec Dieu"

Le combat oppose un ange qui exerce une force tranquille, bien équilibré sur ses pieds, face à un Jacob qui semble au bout de son effort, arc bouté et donnant une dernière poussée.

C'est le moment où l'ange lui tord la jambe. Tricherie de l'ange contre Jacob, le tricheur invétéré, qui cette fois combat loyalement ?

Il combat loyalement, il est désarmé et dévêtu. Il a déposé ses armes au sol: flèches, épée et lance (toujours menaçante ?). Il a posé ses vêtements, dont les couleurs et le chapeau devaient le faire ressembler au cavalier de droite (est ce son double ? celui qu'il aurait pu être s'il n'y avait eu cet ange, lui barrant la route ?), couvert d'une peau de lion, est-il redevenu nu et sauvage ? ou est il un nouvel Hercule, celui qui lutte contre le mal pour sauver l'humanité souffrante ? une image quasi christique.

Le contraste entre lumière et ténèbres est saisissant. La voûte du ciel est noire, par les arbres, les ténèbres descendent jusqu'au sol, l'ange est du côté des ténèbres et ses ailes sont elles aussi, noires, à l'inverse la lumière de l'aurore inonde le gué où passent troupeaux et gens, au premier plan mais aussi au fond à gauche. La lumière soutient l'effort de Jacob, elle sembe le pousser en avant, pour repousser les ténèbres. Jacob combattrait-il les ténèbres ? un démon ? Delacroix dans son commentaire, dit simplement : " cette lutte est regardée, par les livres saints, comme un emblème des épreuves que Dieu envoie quelquefois à ses élus."

Rembrandt en 1659 donnait une image totalement différente de ce combat. (Staatliche Museum, Berlin)

Le contexte est complètement abandonné, l'ange est vêtu de blanc, il est féminin et il a les bras largement ouvert, de Jacob on ne voit que le dos, il a un visage serein , les yeux clos, dort-il ? rêve-t-il ? est-il en extase ? ou au contraire tellement tendu par son effort ?

L'ange et Jacob enlacés dans la lutte ? dans une relation qu'on pourrait voir comme amoureuse entre un homme et une femme, mais aussi entre une mère et un fils , comme Marie et Jésus lors d'une déposition de la croix ? une nouvelle Piéta ?

Le seul élément qui rappelle le combat est le mouvement de la jambe de l'ange contre la hanche de Jacob, c'est plutôt la fin du combat, le moment de la bénédiction. Jacob sort de l'épreuve grâce à la persistance de sa foi, la grâce de Dieu lui est accordée. Et nous ne sommes pas vraiment spectateurs, nous sommes placés derrière jacob, invités à le suivre dans son mouvement et sa démarche.

Avec cette aquarelle de Gustave Moreau (1879, Musée G.Moreau à Paris) nous sommes dans une toute autre posture. Jacob combat mais qui ? un être réel ou un fantôme ? lui même ou son démon intérieur? L'ange, figure féminine longiligne, le regarde avec indifférence ou sarcasme ? Est-elle prête à l'aider ou à le contrer ? la lumière ne vient pas de l'astre visible à droite, mais de la gauche, elle illumine l'ange et aveugle Jacob.

Jacob est un adolescent viril et fougueux, mais il porte aussi quelques objets caractéristiques: un grand chapeau, un manteau sur l'épaule, une calebasse qui sert de gourde, un bâton à ses pieds... tous les éléments du bon pélerin. Il est au sommet de la montagne, le lieu de la rencontre avec Dieu, son voyage s'achève-t-il par cette rencontre attendue ou surprenante ?

Trois façons de voir le combat de Jacob et de l'ange, chacune donne une dimension particulière à un texte qui ne s'épuise dans aucune interprétation.

D'autre images sont plus ou moins proches, vous pouvez en voir quelques unes dans l'album ci-contre.