Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Amazing Race' Chick Takes Watermelon to the Face
This video is insane!!! Some chick on the "Amazing Race" was supposed to use a giant slingshot to launch a high-speed watermelon -- but the whole thing completely backfired ... on HER FACE!!!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Endeavour Shuttle Launch
A tail of smoke chases the space shuttle Endeavour as it lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 11, 2008.
Photograph by Robert Garrett
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
A Woman's True Beauty
Our world gives us a false perception of beauty. What does it mean to be beautiful? God made each of us in His own image, so how could we not be beautiful? May this video allow you to see yourself as beautiful. Because you are!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
9/11 in 2010, Remembrance and Rebuilding
People walk past the famous cross discovered in the rubble of Ground Zero prior to 9/11 commemorations outside the World Trade Center site on September 11, 2010 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A woman sits on a bench at the Pentagon Memorial prior to a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Arlington, Virginia on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. President Barack Obama called it "a day of remembrance, a day of reflection" after laying a wreath during the ceremony honoring the 184 government workers and airline passengers who died when hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the headquarters of the Defense Department nine years ago at 9:37 a.m. (Alex Wong/Bloomberg)
Sunday, September 12, 2010
In silhouette
A photography technique that frequently catches my eye is the use of silhouette - placing a subject directly between a primary light source and the camera. The effect can be painterly or haunting or evocative. It can break a subject down to basic ideas conveyed only by line and shape, where an individual might appear iconic. Collected here are a handful of recent photographs from around the world, where we can only see the outlines of the subject, our minds (and the captions) are left to fill in any details in the darkness.
1. A child plays with water in a fountain at a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
2. An Afghan horseman competes for the goat carcass during a game of buzkashi near the Band-i-Amir lakes outside the central Afghan province of Bamiyan on July 30, 2010, during a local annual festival aimed at promoting tourism in the central highlands. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Amazing Roger Federer trickshot on Gillette ad shoot
Federer knocks can off crew member's head during a Gillette / British Skin Foundation shoot
Monday, September 6, 2010
Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics
Singapore welcomed young athletes from around the world in a ceremony opening the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. This is the first ever Summer Youth Olympics, an event designed to be celebrated in the same tradition of the Olympic Games - the major difference being that the competitors are all between 14 and 18 years of age. This year, 3,500 athletes from more than 200 countries are competing in 184 events in 26 sports. Collected here are some photographs of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, which will run until its closing ceremony on August 26th.
1. Darren Choy of Singapore carries the Youth Olympic torch on his way to ignite the Youth Olympic Flame at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Youth Olympics at The Float at Marina Bay on August 14, 2010 in Singapore. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
2. On July 23, 2010, Greek actress Ino Menegaki lights the flame at Ancient Olympia, where the Olympics were born in 776 B.C., during the official ceremony of the lighting of the flame that will burn at the Singapore inaugural Youth Olympic Games on August 14. (TAKIS TAKATOS/AFP/Getty Images)
1. Darren Choy of Singapore carries the Youth Olympic torch on his way to ignite the Youth Olympic Flame at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Youth Olympics at The Float at Marina Bay on August 14, 2010 in Singapore. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
2. On July 23, 2010, Greek actress Ino Menegaki lights the flame at Ancient Olympia, where the Olympics were born in 776 B.C., during the official ceremony of the lighting of the flame that will burn at the Singapore inaugural Youth Olympic Games on August 14. (TAKIS TAKATOS/AFP/Getty Images)
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Same-sex marriage
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker published his decision on whether to uphold or overturn the California voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8 (or the California Marriage Protection Act) that would insert language into the state constitution saying that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." [Update: Proposition 8 was just overturned.] Walker's ruling is one of a number of recent decisions made by voters and governments around the world affecting the ability of same-sex couples to marry legally. Around the U.S., several states are challenging the 1996 Defense of Marriage act, both Washington DC and Mexico City legalized same-sex weddings last March, and on July 15th, Argentina became the first Latin American country to recognize same-sex marriage. Collected here are a handful of recent photos of couples in several countries, all in the process of getting married.
1. Argentine actor Ernesto Larrese (right) and his partner, actor manager Alejandro Vannelli, kiss each other after getting married in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 30, 2010. Larrese and Vanelli were the first gay couple to be married at the Argentine capital after President Cristina Fernandez signed a new law on July 21 making Argentina the first country in Latin America to legalize marriage for same-sex couples. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)
2. Actor Ernesto Rodriguez Larrese, left, and Alejandro Vanelli hold hands after getting married in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)
1. Argentine actor Ernesto Larrese (right) and his partner, actor manager Alejandro Vannelli, kiss each other after getting married in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 30, 2010. Larrese and Vanelli were the first gay couple to be married at the Argentine capital after President Cristina Fernandez signed a new law on July 21 making Argentina the first country in Latin America to legalize marriage for same-sex couples. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)
2. Actor Ernesto Rodriguez Larrese, left, and Alejandro Vanelli hold hands after getting married in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Austria, Club Cosmo: Summer in the city
Ein letztes Aufbäumen des Sommers findet derzeit zumindest in der Passage statt, denn da lautet das Motto des Club Cosmopolitan: Summer In The City!