No. I don't believe them either, but, I'd LIKE to.
What a cute cat
Saturday, 30 July 2011
We'll make you love water, ads for blumarea dive school.
Friday, 29 July 2011
Top 10 summer trends men hate
Rex Features
10. Too short shorts
The summer trend is to wear shorts so short that the pocket lining pokes out the bottom. We love this catwalk trend but according to our poll, there is a line - the bottom line. Men prefer your denims a little longer - the thighs the limit - not your buttocks. Ladies it's time to step away from gynaecological chic...
via style.uk.msn.com
Don't wear your shorts too short girls!
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Music world mourns Amy Winehouse - News | MSN Music
Singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her north London flat
Fans, friends and family are mourning the death of Amy Winehouse after her body was found in her flat.
The 27-year-old singer had been troubled by drink and drugs problems throughout her career and news of her death was quickly followed by suggestions that it could be related to one or the other.
The troubled Back To Black artist cancelled all tour dates and engagements last month after a series of erratic public appearances. But news that she had been found dead at her north London home just before 4pm on Saturday came as a shock to many.
Her father, taxi driver-turned jazz singer Mitch Winehouse, was returning to the UK from New York where he had been due to give a concert on Monday.
A spokesman for the soul star said: "Everyone involved with Amy is shocked and devastated. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. The family will issue a statement when ready."
via music.uk.msn.com
Amy Winehouse RIP
Friday, 22 July 2011
Alexander Calder
Alexander “Sandy” Calder was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania, on July 22, 1898. His father, Alexander Stirling Calder, was a well-known sculptor who created many public installations, a majority of them in Philadelphia. Calder’s grandfather, sculptor Alexander Milne Calder, was born in Scotland and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1868. He is best-known for the colossal statue of William Penn on top of Philadelphia’s City Hall tower. Calder’s mother, Nanette Lederer Calder, was a professional portrait painter who studied at the Académie Julian and the Sorbonne in Paris from around 1888 until 1893. She then moved to Philadelphia where she met Alexander Stirling Calder while studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Calder’s parents were married on 22 February 1895. His older sister, Margaret “Peggy” Calder, was born in 1896. Her married name was Margaret Calder Hayes, and she was instrumental in the development of the UC Berkeley Art Museum.
via psdmate.com
American sculptor Alexander Calder born 113 years ago today.
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
AKA Gregor Johann Mendel
Born: 22-Jul-1822
Birthplace: Hynice, Czechia
Died: 6-Jan-1884
Location of death: Brno, Czechia
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Central Cemetery, Brno, CzechiaGender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Scientist, Botanist, ReligionNationality: Czechia
Executive summary: Discovered the laws of inheritanceTeacher, priest, and scientist Johann Mendel was born in 1822 in what was then Austria (now Czechia). His parents were farmers, and as a boy working on the farm he became fascinated with fruit trees and gardening. He was a brilliant student in grade school, and his family struggled to pay his tuition to high school and, later, the Olmutz Philosophical Institute. When he could not afford to attend university, he instead joined the Augustinian monastery, becoming a priest and adopting the new Christian name Gregor. He twice failed the exams required to become a high school science teacher, but still taught on a part-time basis. He was also assigned work as a hospital chaplain, but found it frustrating and difficult, and soon returned to the monastery.
At the monastery Mendel tended the garden, and beginning in 1856 he conducted extensive experiments with pea pod plants, tracking some 28,000 individual plants over several years and focusing his attention on seven basic characteristics of the plants. In his experiments, Mendel crossed peas of different varieties — tall, short, various seed shapes and colors, etc. — and kept detailed records of how these characteristics were seen or vanished in subsequent generations. He conducted similar experiments on other plants and on mice, and having been educated in mathematics, Mendel noticed recurring ratios in his analysis of how traits were inherited, ratios which could only be explained through dominance and segregation of genes.
via nndb.com
189th Birthday of Gregor Mendel who was an Austrian scientist and father of genetics
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Delete Ruthlessly
If I were to only be allowed to share one bit of photography advice it would be: Shoot what you love and share it with others.
If allowed to share a second bit of advice, it would be: Then delete ruthlessly.
Digital photography’s nearly limitless capacity for storing photos is both a boon and a curse. As I mentioned in a previous post, there are many unseen pitfalls to having massive amounts of storage at the ready for any person getting into the art. To help avoid the pitfalls, it is important to delete ruthlessly. I speak from the experience of having started shooting digital 10 years ago (not as long as some, I know, but eons in the age of digital photography).
I often get asked, “How many pictures do you have?” or, more to the point, “How much space do all your shots take up?” The correct answer to both is: too many. Many of us have this problem. When digital first came to the masses and out of the hallowed halls of photojournalists and sports photographers (whose employers could afford the highly expensive gear) its novelty was that you could shoot, oh, I don’t know, maybe 80 pictures on a single card!
Some tips on digital photography - delete ruthlessly
Monday, 18 July 2011
Liz Hurley Pulling a Face
Rex
How pretty lol!Liz Hurley pulls a face on her first day at work on the set of Gossip Girl. The lucky lady filmed scenes alongside Chace Crawford.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Sir George Gilbert Scott - Victoria and Albert Museum
Sir George Gilbert Scott was the leading architect of the Gothic Revival, a man of phenomenal energy, influence and success.
Detail from an original design for the Albert Memorial, watercolour by George Gilbert Scott, England, about 1863. Museum no. E.2601-1962
George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) was born in Buckinghamshire in 1811. His father, the Reverend Thomas Scott, was an amateur architect. In 1827 Scott moved to London to begin formal training with the architect, James Edmeston, who later complained that Scott 'wasted his time sketching medieval buildings'. In the early 1840s Scott began to take a serious interest in the medieval Gothic style of architecture. Travelling around Europe he studied medieval art first hand, finding inspiration in both architecture and in metalwork shrines and reliquaries. His first Gothic-style building was the Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford, built in 1840.
The term 'Gothic Revival' applies to the 19th-century use of designs based on the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Designers drew on Gothic architectural features such as pointed arches, trefoils, quatrefoils and naturalistic foliage. During the 1860s fashion favoured the 'Reformed Gothic style' which was based on 13th-century French models. Scott particularly admired French Gothic architecture, notably the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris of about 1241-8 with its brilliantly painted interior, stained glass and delicate tracery.
via vam.ac.uk
Sir George Gilbert Scott, born 200 years ago today!
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Beckhams welcome new baby girl - Celebrity News and Gossips | MSN Celebrity UK
David and Victoria Beckham are the proud parents of a baby girl
Victoria Beckham has given birth to a baby girl - the first daughter for the former Spice Girl and her husband David.
The baby, weighing 7lb 10oz, was delivered on Sunday morning at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.
The Beckhams, who married in 1999, already have three boys - Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, five.
Their spokesman Simon Oliveira announced the happy news on Twitter.
"David & Victoria Beckham are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter," he wrote. "Happy and healthy she arrived at 7.55am this morning at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles and weighed 7lbs 10oz."
New Baby Beckham and it's a girl!
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Feeding Wild Birds Blog | Wild Bird Feeding
It has been a very good year for wild birds, at least it has in our garden. Earlier on the birds were very busy flying around and collecting leaves and twigs for their nests. Now their efforts have paid off and our garden is filled with the sound of baby birds squawking and crying to their parents for food.Baby Birds and Starlings.
The starlings have done particularly well and every day we have visits from a large starling family with all their baby chicks at different sizes of development. They are so funny to watch as they strut around the garden looking for food.
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Friday, 1 July 2011
Kate Moss wedding: 'Glastonbury meets the Ritz' as supermodel prepares to marry Jamie Hince - Telegraph
7:32AM BST 01 Jul 2011
The celebrations will reportedly feature trapeze artists, 6ft 5ins transvestites and, undoubtedly, a slew of paparazzi photographers.
The ceremony will be held at a 12th-century church near her country home in Little Faringdon, near Lechlade, in the Cotswolds, according to The Times.
Among the expected guests are the fashion designers Stella McCartney and Dame Vivienne Westwood. Dame Shirley Bassey is due to perform, according to other reports.
Mario Testino, the photographer, is understood to have been commissioned to document the event.
via telegraph.co.uk
Kate Moss is getting married!
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