Nu Assis sur un Divan

Painting a picture of naked women, Italian painter Amadeo Modigliani's work is probably the most expensive painting. Although the picture is only a half-naked woman, the painting sold 68.96 million U.S. dollars at an auction at Sotheby's auction house, New York, USA.


Value of the auction, classified as a surprise because the same painting at auction earlier last sold only 16.8 million U.S. dollars.Age painting titled "Nu Assis sur un Divan" or "Seated Nude on a cot" that's enough almost 100 years old. This is one of the paintings of naked women who made Modigliani in 1917.


"This is an outstanding work, see interest bidders who have never amounted to now, the auction over the past few years," said Simon Shaw, senior vice president of Sotheby's, after the auction on Tuesday (02/11/2010) night.


When the auction starts, the atmosphere of actual participants in the room reportedly was not too enthusiastic. However, when painting a naked woman was contested five people suspected of Asia and Russia, the auction became more alive. Although a quarter of an auctioned painting failed to sell, Sotheby's managed to reap a total of 227 million U.S. dollars from the auction of paintings. Four paintings were sold at over 19 million U.S. dollars.


Now the paintings Modigliano, indeed highly valuable. However, ironically the painter died in poor condition at the age of 36 years in 1920 because of attacks tuberculosis and meningitis.


Amazing .... judging from the performance, this painting has a value that is very expensive. Indeed, works of art can not be viewed only from one side only, because works of art has value, the assessment is not always the same.

Brave, persistent and energetic

Cingino dam in the Italian Alps with a towering height of 48.76 meters. The walls are almost vertical 90 degree.

If it was not an ant or lizard, it was not possible to climb a steep field. But, there are also species of mammal that desperate: Alpine Ibex goat species.


Alpine Ibex are a species of wild goat, which lives in the mountains of the Alps, Europe. They do have a habit of sheltering on high ground to protect themselves from predators.

However, climbing the dam, was under-estimated. With full guts, Ibex walk sideways with four legs to climb the stone-walled dams.
With persistent, goat exploit crack rocks to climb, step by step. This scene is amazing, though Ibex never reach the top.


What makes the Ibex is reckless?Surely, they are not risking their lives for the sake of showing off. But to lick the stone wall of the dam that contains salt.


Wow ... amazing, to lick the salt water they came in such a persistent climb a very steep wall of the dam.What about us, humans? Whether for the sake of ideals, courage with FULL PERSISTENCE to get it?

World's longest tunnel

Alps - Switzerland has completed excavation of the world's longest tunnel which lies below the Alps.

Excavation last, for the 10-meter diameter tunnel through the rock had just finished, and was greeted with applause by the workers.Gotthard rail tunnel for this path, it will take 14 years and will be activated at the latest 2016.

This tunnel will be the first transportation revolution across Europe.The north and south will be connected with a network of fast trains that reach 250 kilometers per hour. The journey from Zurich to Milan will be taken only in one half hour.

Projects worth U.S. $ 10.3 billion will accommodate 300 trains per day, below the beautiful mountains. Its length will exceed two of the world's longest tunnel, Seikan in Japan (53.8 km) and the Channel Tunnel in England and France (50 km).

Meeting point of the tunnel was located 2,000 meters below the ground and broadcast live on Swiss national television. There are 2500 workers digging the tunnels and eight of them were killed. But this work should be completed considering Switzerland is an important transportation route.

Super-fast cooling

To be able to drink a cold beverage, we usually need to add a few boxes of ice cubes in our drinks, or put our drinks while in the freezer. But it turns out this way is considered too long. For this reason, created new tools that can cool the beverage in just a few seconds.


The tool is named Helter Skelter Drink Chiller, this tool can automatically cools the water with only about 5 seconds without having to add ice in our drinks. How it works is very simple tool, that allow water to flow through the metal side of this tool.

Metal side Helter Skelter Drink Chiller is made of special metal composition, which could cool the water automatically. This tool can even lower the water temperature to 10 degrees Celsius. This unique tool can be found in gadgetshop.com a price of 20 euros.

Adult movie and HIV

Los Angeles - More than six pornographic entertainment company worth billions of dollars in California to stop production because the actors are HIV positive.
Vivid Entertainment Group and Wicked Pictures among companies that announced to stop production as a precaution.


"From the perspective of Vivid, there is no question anymore when we hear this. We immediately shut down production and said, 'let's get the facts and evaluate them before we move forward'," said Steven Hirsch, founder of Vivid, one of the biggest adult film makerWednesday (13/10).


"Adult entertainment companies act responsibly. And no one wants to see other people with HIV positive during the test, if nothing they could do to stop it," he said.


Actors in the production of Wicked Pictures movies use condoms.But Steve Orenstein, president of the company said, had detained two production plans, it is highly dependent on further HIV test results from a clinic that serves this pornography industry.


PinkVisual Productions are also scheduled to stop production for at least several weeks. Adult Video News reported the cessation of production also occurs in Hustler Video, Digital Playground, Jennaration X Studios, girlfriends Films, and Kick Ass Pictures.


The identity and gender of the actors who are HIV positive has not been released by the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIM), who found the clinic case. The clinic is working to identify and test the on-camera actors partners.


Since its outbreak in 2004, a total of 25 cases of HIV have been found in the AIM clinic. "And at least eight of them are adult movie actress," said Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, director of Communicable Diseases from the Ministry of Public Health Los Angeles County.


Local Public Health Officials, has said the lack of widespread use of condoms in porn film set, has put actors at risk of contracting HIV and other diseases. Adult film producer said, viewers assume the use of condoms is distorted.


"We strongly feel that condom use should be requested in this industry. Like the construction worker will not go to the construction site without protective cap. A player must not make an adult film unsafe sexual acts without condoms," said Kim-Farley.


Last year, a woman tested positive for HIV after engaging in adult movies. And in 2004, the HIV outbreak that caused panic in some actors. The industry is forced to shut down production for a while in some studio in California.


In recent years, advocates and health officials have been arguing with a porn producer, and the proponents of free speech on the use of condoms in adult movies.


State officials to work safety in California, now is considering strengthening the rules designed to prevent transmission of disease by requiring the use of condoms in the movie.


The health and safety officials said they had asked the clinic shared work history record of a worker infected with HIV, but the clinics do not meet that demand. Attorneys for the San Fernando Valley clinic said that it was entirely in accordance with the laws of reporting and privacy.


HIV is spread most often not only through sexual intercourse, but is transmitted through sharing needles for drugs, blood products are infected, as well as babies who are breastfed by HIV-infected women.


HIV is the cause of AIDS, immune disease which gradually destroys the body's ability to fight disease.
"Within a month, Vivid spends an average of U.S. $ 250,000 to make four films, which require a total of 12-15 days of shooting," said Hirsch.


Currently, he said, the company has reserves of unreleased films.The coming months will take place without a new film production activities. "And this affects production Vivid film release schedule," he added.


Mark Kernes, senior editor at Adult Video News, said he expects several companies to stop production until the work is known which companies have a relationship with the actor who contracted HIV.


"It is unclear how the sales will be affected by the production schedule of stops, since many companies like Vivid able to maintain sales with a list of titles that have not been released," said Kernes.


Like any other entertainment industry, adult film producers are also affected by the impact of recession and growth of the Internet that allows people to free hijacked an adult movie.


Last year, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis asked for federal assistance amounting to U.S. $ 5 billion, because of DVD sales and rental of adult films fell 22%.