Contest Directions:Create images of something that happened in the news during January 2 - 8, 2012. The submission span for this weekly "News in pictures" contest are open for the whole 7 days - Monday through Sunday, followed by a day for voting (next Monday).
Now you can chop and submit news as soon as it happens, without waiting for a weekend.
News in Pictures contest now has double jackpots: 1st place: $10, 2nd place: $6, 3rd place: $4, 4th place: $2.
In the Creator's Comments, it is mandatory to link to a news story. You should use this format to make a link:
[URL="http://www.SomeNewsSite.com"]news title[/URL]
Keep the BLACK as is, replace GREEN with the link, and replace the RED with the news story title. [ browse best gallery pictures ] [ browse this contest gallery in high resolution ] Tag funny pix weekjanuary Jackpot: 1st place: $10, 2nd place: $6 , 3rd place: $4 , 4th place: $2 Started: 1/6/2012 5:00:00 AM, Ended: 1/9/2012 5:00:00 PM
Napoleon was engaged in his first two years in a program of consular reform: appeasement policy - with the final abolition of realistic motions Vendeans, Jacobin and royalist press, and with the guarantee of amnesty for all former revolutionary, provided that swear allegiance to the new Constitution; religious peace - with the signing of the Concordat with Pope Pius VII, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy of the suppression, the pontifical recognition of the right to consecrate bishops, but also confirming with the Organic Articles of the Catholic Cult of the French state control over the clergy, however, nationalized and paid by the state itself; reorganization of finances - with the creation of the National Bank, the withdrawal of paper money and the adoption of the franc of silver with its decimal subdivisions; reorganization of the tax system - with the establishment of a new system of indirect taxation on consumer goods; reorganization of higher education - with the nationalization of education and the establishment of high schools, university and polytechnic schools, and the establishment of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Paris, with the task of training teachers of high school; 's lower education is entrusted to the municipalities and the clergy.
Feature Films:Who's That Knocking at My Door-1968, Boxcar Bertha-1972, Mean Streets-1973, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore-1974, Taxi Driver-1976, New York, New York-1977, Raging Bull-1980, The King of Comedy-1983, After Hours-1985, The Color of Money-1986, The Last Temptation of Christ-1988, Goodfellas-1990, Cape Fear-1991, The Age of Innocence-1993, Casino-1995, Kundun-1997, Bringing Out the Dead-1999, Gangs of New York-2002, The Aviator-2004, The Departed-2006, Shutter Island-2010, Hugo-2011.
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