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Hosni Mubarak: from president to ring tone

Hello, I’m innocent

“Hosni Mubarak’s not-guilty plea has been turned into a ring tone that’s sweeping across Egypt,” reports Themarknews.com. “The few words uttered by the caged and bedridden former president at his murder and corruption trial have spawned at least two different ring tones, one that features the judge saying Mubarak’s full name before the deposed president responds, ‘That’s me, your honour,’ and the other featuring Mubarak saying, ‘I categorically deny all the charges."

Here's a gun, there is a gun

- An American woman accidentally shot his 12 year old daughter after the trigger of a revolver in miniature she had taken for a new lighter, the Los Angeles Times. Rachel Avila, 30, and her daughter spoke in front of their mobile home when Ms. Avila has spotted what she thought was a novelty lighter lying on the ground, officials said the prohibition, California, Police Department . Ms. Avila has picked up and tried to turn it on by pulling the trigger. The first time nothing happened, but his second attempt has released a.22-caliber bullet that struck the ground, ricocheted and hit her daughter in her arms.

- Free gift for a teacher in Florida, the name of a student of eight years was found to contain a loaded handgun .22 caliber, said the United Press International. When the teacher opened the gift, a box of toilet later that evening she found the gun at the bottom of the box. Grandmother of the student, who gave the gift, we do not think I knew the gun was in the box.

Portraits by art stars

“The portrait has long been a symbol of the relationship between an artist and a patron,” writes Ellen Gamerman in The Wall Street Journal. “Throughout most of art history, commissioned portraits ennobled their subjects – showing them surrounded by symbols of wealth and virtue, perched regally on a steed, or even transported into a New Testament scene. The artist, who depended on the patron for money and support, was typically happy to oblige any demands. Today, portraits may be deliberately ugly, filled with palpable angst or defiantly abstract. … These portraits reflect a shift in the power dynamic between collectors and artists. Contemporary art stars are wealthy and famous in their own right. Many of them view commissions as favours, not a necessary part of business.

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