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How Sad.

2012-01-24T22:27:00.002+01:00

"curious cows": Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - July 11, 2011

2011-07-12T16:33:00.001+02:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

paul roberts

CAPTION

curious cows

TAGS

VIEWS

801 times

RATINGS

10 ratings, 5.30/7 average

EXPOSURE DATE

2011-06-29

UPLOADED DATE

2011-07-01

EQUIPMENT

CAMERA	NIKON D7000

CUSTOM FIELDS

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Exposure Date: 2011:06:29 13:50:31;
Make: NIKON CORPORATION;
Model: NIKON D7000;
ExposureTime: 1/200 s;
FNumber: f/8;
ISOSpeedRatings: 250;
ExposureProgram: Shutter priority;
ExposureBiasValue: 1/-3;
MeteringMode: Pattern;
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode;
FocalLength: 55 mm;
Software: Aperture 3.1.2;

MANIPULATED?

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"traditional umbrella, membuat payung fantasi": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - May 2, 2011

2011-05-05T18:04:00.000+02:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

Rarindra Prakarsa

CAPTION

traditional umbrella, membuat payung fantasi

TAGS

color colour craft indonesia old umbrella

VIEWS

11739 times

RATINGS

44 ratings, 6.32/7 average

UPLOADED DATE

2009-10-16

LOCATION

City: Jakarta
Country: Indonesia

EQUIPMENT

CAMERA	CANON 5D
LENS	TAMRON SP 28-75MM F/2.8 XR DI LD ASPHERICAL

CUSTOM FIELDS

MANIPULATED?

Unknown or Yes (Read this for more information)

"Defying time": Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - February 28, 2011

2011-03-01T14:16:00.000+01:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

Marianna Safronova

CAPTION

Defying time

TAGS

colosseum italy photography rome travel (click to update tags)

VIEWS

3240 times

RATINGS

40 ratings, 6.45/7 average

UPLOADED DATE

2011-02-15

EQUIPMENT

UNKNOWN

CUSTOM FIELDS

MANIPULATED?

Unknown or Yes (Read this for more information)

"Old Court House": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - February 21, 2011

2011-02-23T18:08:00.002+01:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

Robert Charity

CAPTION

Old Court House, St. Louis

TAGS

VIEWS

2164 times

RATINGS

24 ratings, 6.00/7 average

UPLOADED DATE

2011-01-18

EQUIPMENT

CAMERA	NIKON D200
LENS	SIGMA 15MM 1:2.8 EX FISHEYE

CUSTOM FIELDS

MANIPULATED?

Unknown or Yes

"The Embracement": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - November 16, 2010

2010-11-18T12:52:00.003+01:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

Gabi B

CAPTION

The Embracement

TAGS

VIEWS

4086 times

RATINGS

31 ratings, 6.39/7 average

UPLOADED DATE

2010-11-01

EQUIPMENT

UNKNOWN

CUSTOM FIELDS

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows;

MANIPULATED?

Unknown or Yes (Read this for more information)

"girls and pearls": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - November 8, 2010

2010-11-09T16:56:00.002+01:00

Photographer

Tiffany Brook

Caption

girls and pearls

"Isabella B.": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - September 20, 2010

2010-09-22T12:46:00.001+02:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

Ararat Ari Chinaryan

CAPTION

Isabella B.

TAGS

beauty child color kid model portrait (click to update tags)

VIEWS

3490 times

RATINGS

29 ratings, 5.90/7 average

UPLOADED DATE

2010-09-12

EQUIPMENT

UNKNOWN

CUSTOM FIELDS

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows;

MANIPULATED?

Unknown or Yes (Read this for more information)

"Starfish Swirl": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - July 26, 2010

2010-07-30T12:09:00.002+02:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

Kah Kit Yoong

CAPTION

Starfish Swirl

VIEWS

6622 times

RATINGS

42 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.50/7 Originality: 6.48/7

UPLOADED DATE

2010-06-08

EQUIPMENT

CAMERA	CANON EOS 5D MK II
FILTER OR FILTERS	SINGH-RAY 77MM LB CIRCULAR WARMING POLARIZER, SINGH-RAY GALEN ROWELL GRADUATED NEUTRAL DENSITY 2 STOP, HARD
LENS	CANON 16-35MM 2.8L EF USM

CUSTOM FIELDS

MANIPULATED?

No (Read this for more information)

"Collecting Salt": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - June 28, 2010

2010-07-01T14:31:00.000+02:00

Photographer Riepko Krijthe
Caption Collecting salt
Tags ghana (click to update tags)
Views 4534 times
Ratings 22 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.14/7 Originality: 6.45/7
Exposure Date 2010-04-09
Uploaded Date 2010-04-10
Location

City: Elmina

Country: Ghana

Equipment

Camera	Canon Powershot G9

Custom Fields

Manipulated? Unknown or Yes (Read this for more information)

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - May 18, 2010

2010-05-18T17:05:00.000+02:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

Pantis Sorin

CAPTION

TAGS

VIEWS

887 times

RATINGS

6 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.00/7 Originality: 6.17/7

UPLOADED DATE

2010-05-10

EQUIPMENT

CAMERA	NIKON D700
LENS	NIKON AF-S 24-70MM F/2.8

CUSTOM FIELDS

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows;

MANIPULATED?

Unknown or Yes (Read this for more information)

"Madonna": Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - May 11, 2010

2010-05-12T13:15:00.000+02:00

PHOTOGRAPHER

Jose A Gallego

CAPTION

Madonna

TAGS

canon ef 17-40 f40 l canon eos digital rebel xt 350d madonna

VIEWS

28432 times

RATINGS

90 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.71/7 Originality: 6.64/7

EXPOSURE DATE

2006-07-23

UPLOADED DATE

2007-09-24

LOCATION

Country: Spain

EQUIPMENT

CAMERA	CANON EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT / 350D
LENS	CANON EF 17-40 F4.0 L

CUSTOM FIELDS

TECHNICAL DETAILS

f4 1/250seg iso 100

MANIPULATED?

Unknown or Yes (Read this for more information)

"Window": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - March 23, 2010

2010-03-26T12:13:00.002+01:00

Photographer Tom Wiggins
Caption Mount Saint Michel - Window
Views 2985 times
Ratings 14 ratings, Aesthetics: 5.21/7 Originality: 5.21/7
Exposure Date 2009-04-24
Uploaded Date 2010-02-20
Location Country: France
Equipment Camera Olympus E510
Technical Details
Exposure Date: 2009:04:24 07:42:39; ImageDescription: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA; Make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.; Model: E-510; Exposure Time: 1/50.0 seconds s; FNumber: f/4.0;ISOSpeed Ratings: ISO 400; ExposureProgram: Other; ExposureBiasValue: 0 MeteringMode: Other; Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode; FocalLength: 14.0 mm mm; Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Windows;
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

"Dog Walker at Sunrise": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - February 2, 2010

2010-02-02T10:46:00.001+01:00

Photographer Tim Holte
Caption Dog walker at sunrise
Views 1462 times
Ratings 11 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.09/7 Originality: 5.82/7
Exposure Date 2009-11-28
Uploaded Date 2009-12-02
Location City: Milwaukee State: Wisconsin Country: USA
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Copyright Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs on photo.net are copyrighted by the photographers, whose permission is required for any usage.

"1": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - January 4, 2010

2010-01-07T17:44:00.002+01:00

Photographer Micu Angelina
Caption 1
Views 9366 times
Ratings 34 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.18/7 Originality: 6.15/7
Exposure Date 2009-02-17
Uploaded Date 2009-12-22
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? No

"Gubbio": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - December 22, 2009

2009-12-22T14:56:00.004+01:00

Photographer Salvador Sabater
Caption Gubbio
Views 2013 times
Ratings 37 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.14/7 Originality: 5.97/7
Exposure Date 2009-08-15
Uploaded Date 2009-08-20
Location Street: carmen, 2 - 4 City: Sant Feliu de Guixols Zip code: 17220 Country: Spain
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

"Joshua Tree National Park": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - December 8, 2009

2009-12-11T17:30:00.001+01:00

Photographer Steve Sieren
Caption Joshua Tree National Park
Views 7329 times
Ratings 46 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.54/7 Originality: 6.46/7
Exposure Date 2009-11-19
Uploaded Date 2009-11-24
Location State: California
Equipment Camera Canon EOS 5D Mk II Lens Canon Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Technical Details Multiple exposure 892 secs f4 iso 100 shadow fill 30 secs f8 iso 500
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

"Fireworks": Photo.net's Photo of the Day - November 16, 2009

2009-11-22T14:11:00.002+01:00

Photographer Paolo De Faveri
Caption Fireworks
Tags bergeggi bolt bolts cloud clouds coast island isle italy lightings lightning liguria ligurian ocean rain sea spotorno storm thunderstorm water
Views 22126 times
Ratings 77 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.75/7 Originality: 6.60/7
Exposure Date 2009-11-06
Uploaded Date 2009-11-08
Location City: Bergeggi, Liguria Country: Italy
Equipment Camera Canon EOS 50D
Lens Carl Zeiss Planar 1,4/50 T*
Technical Details Five images stacked. 15" f11 each.
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

"Autumn in Poland": Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - September 28, 2009

2009-10-03T17:01:00.002+02:00

Photographer Przemyslaw Kruk
Caption Autumn in Poland
Views 14515 times
Ratings 45 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.16/7 Originality: 6.20/7
Exposure Date 2008-11-11
Uploaded Date 2009-09-16
Location Country: Poland
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

"Turrimetta 23-04": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - July 20, 2009

2009-07-27T01:31:00.004+02:00

Photographer Jeff Grant
Caption Turrimetta 23-04
Views 3719156 times
Ratings 113 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.64/7 Originality: 6.42/7
Exposure Date 2006-04-23
Uploaded Date 2006-04-24
Location City: Sydney Country: Australia
Equipment Camera Hasselblad 503 CW, Film / Media Fuji Astia 100F, Lens Hasselblad 120mm
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

ABRUZZO NEEDS US.

2009-04-08T15:44:00.002+02:00

ABRUZZO NEEDS US.

https://www.niaf.org/relief/Relief_info.asp

http://www.mediafriends.it/progetto/progetto_64.shtml

Photos: www.latimes.com

www.examiner.com

www.diariohoy.net

Hamster Jackets Harness Wheel-Running Power

2009-03-10T01:14:00.002+01:00

Photographer: Zhong Lin Wang

Wheel Power This image show an experimental test of piezoelectric nanowires that harness a hamster's wheel-turning energy into usable power. Fifty nanowires bundled together would be about the width of a single human hair. Discovery News Video

Source: www.discovery.com

by Eric Bland, Discovery News

March 9, 2009 -- Hamsters can seemingly run forever inside their little wheels, and scientists from Georgia Tech are finally helping them get somewhere.

To harness hamster power, the scientists sewed electricity-generating threads one-fiftieth the width of a human hair into a yellow jacket worn by the hamsters as they ran. A human-sized jacket, capable of powering an iPod, could be ready in as little as three years.

"This can totally be scaled up," said Zhong Lin 'ZL' Wang, who co-authored a paper describing the research in this month's issue of Nano Letters. "This is just the first step. The idea is that we would harvest energy from any body movement, from walking, breathing, from any kind of vibration."

The jacket's tiny threads are really nanowires made of zinc oxide, the same white stuff smeared on the noses of lifeguards. When the nanowires are flexed, a small amount of electricity is generated.

A zinc oxide wire is one micron wide and 50 microns long. One wire sewed into the hamster jacket generates about 0.1 volts of electricity. According to Wang, this is the world's first example of an animal producing power using nanopiezoelectrics -- a field of research that aims to capture tiny amounts of energy from movement and vibration, and transform it into usable power.

A bundle of 50 nanowires one human hair wide would be able to generate more than enough energy to power sensors that could monitor temperature and other conditions.

Powering an iPod would require hundreds of nanowires, covering an area equivalent to several human hairs. A thousand hamsters wearing the current jacket could charge a cell phone. Campbell's Dwarf, one of the hamster test runners, was able to generate one-twentieth the power of an AA battery.

But don't rush out to the pet store for your own personal rodent power plant yet. Wang estimates that it will be at least three years before his team can create enough nanowires to create a piece of fabric capable of powering a personal electric device.

"It's not something that you can immediately use for specific applications," said Min-Feng Yu, a scientist at the University of Illinois who creates piezoelectric nanowires but was not involved in the Georgia Tech study. "It's the combination of voltage and current."

Getting large voltages out of the piezoelectric nanowires is only half the battle. Scientists also have to generate large, continuous currents to directly power electrical devices. A battery could store any power generated from the tiny wires when they aren't moving but would complicate the current set up, adding weight and complexity.

Linking a shirt to an iPod is just one possible application for the new technology, said Wang. A whole range of tiny biological or environmental sensors could be created using the technology as a power source.

"Current power sources are large or antiquated to be implanted into biological systems and don't take advantage of the low power consumption," said Wang. "But if you can harvest that energy from the environment or body movement, you can have a self-powered nano system, providing not only energy for itself but for other devices as well."

"Water Dragon": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - March 9, 2009

2009-03-10T01:07:00.003+01:00

Photographer Christopher Schlaf
Caption Water Dragon
Tags "canon 40d" "canon ef 180 35l usm macro" dragon water
Views 4022 times
Ratings 65 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.78/7 Originality: 6.63/7
Uploaded Date 2009-01-28
Equipment Camera Canon 40d Lens Canon EF 180 3.5L USM Macro
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes
All Images Copyright © Christopher Schlaf

"Paper and Marbles": Photo.net's Photo of the Week - March 2, 2009

2009-03-03T20:06:00.002+01:00

Photographer Barry Walthall
Caption Paper and Marbles
Tags "canon eos digital rebel" dallas marbles "other 256 mb" paper
Views 2979 times
Ratings 35 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.54/7 Originality: 6.51/7
Exposure Date 2009-01-13
Uploaded Date 2009-01-27
Location City: Dallas State: Texas
Equipment Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel, Film / Media
Other 256 MB
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

"Saying Good-by": Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - February 16, 2009

2009-02-19T00:52:00.003+01:00

Photographer Juan De Santa Anna
Caption Saying good-by
Views 82631 times
Ratings 63 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.54/7 Originality: 6.59/7
Uploaded Date 2006-01-03
Equipment Unknown
Technical Details Mamiya, Acros film, window light
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Heaven & Hell

2009-02-15T14:36:00.002+01:00

HEAVEN IS WHERE:

The Police are British,
The Chefs are Italian,
The Mechanics are German,
The Lovers are French
and
It's all organized by the Swiss.

HELL IS WHERE:

The Police are German,
The Chefs are British,
The Mechanics are French,
The Lovers are Swiss
and
It's all organized by the Italians.

Source: http://www.fortogden.com/foslog.html

Inside the House of the Future

2009-02-07T00:48:00.003+01:00

Green technology, wireless connectivity, and less ostentation

are just some of the newest home-building trends

By Christopher Palmeri

Source: www.businessweek.com

When the homebuilding industry descends on Las Vegas on Jan. 20 for its annual trade show, a highlight as always will be a project called the New American Home. This model house—a new one gets built each year—serves as a showcase for the industry's latest technology and trends. The massive four-bedroom, five-bath structure popping up in suburban Las Vegas this year may seem a little out of touch with the times as the nation suffers through the worst housing slump in decades. But out in the real world, architects and builders are busy trying to figure out how to put some of the same design features into new homes. Such trends are worth noting: Having amenities that appeal to buyers a decade or more after your house is built will help it hold its value. We list below some of the most important new design features you'll see in homes.

Indoor/Outdoor Living Just since 1992 the number of U.S. homes built with patios or porches has doubled. The New American Home in Las Vegas has a giant backyard that features a covered area with a flatscreen TV and pool table as well as a detached "rejuvenation room" for relaxing. New homes in warmer climates are being built with courtyards that provide a connection to the outdoors but also give shelter from wind and privacy from neighbors. This is critical as builders try to cram larger houses onto smaller lots to keep land costs down. And there's a history to them, notes Newport Beach (Calif.) architect David Kosco: "The courtyard goes back to Roman times."

The Return of the Basement With lot sizes limited, builders are looking for space underground. Once a typical feature of homes in the Northeast, basements are rising in popularity nationally as a way to create extra space. New technologies in insulation and waterproofing are allowing builders to add basements in any climate. They can serve as game rooms for kids, home theaters, or just the "man-cave" for Dad. Builders are even creating underground garages for homes and townhouses to free up space for living areas above, notes Irvine (Calif.) architect Rick Emsiek.

The Death of the Living Room The kitchen, living, and dining areas are continuing to merge into a great room or family room. In a 2007 study conducted by the National Association of Home Builders, half of those surveyed said they would do without a formal living room if it meant a larger family gathering space. In some cases this is a refection of the connection to the outdoors as well, as home buyers want fewer walls and unobstructed views out into the backyard, says Craig Delahooke, director of custom development for John Laing Luxury Homes.

The Home Office No longer just a spare bedroom, the home office is evolving into an entirely separate structure such as a casita in the backyard or even a separate wing near the garage. Having a separate entrance for the home office allows today's increasingly mobile workforce to receive work-related visitors or hire an assistant at home without having these people traipse through the main house.

Wireless, but not Cordless With wireless laptops allowing people to carry their computer to any room, that little computer nook that was popping up at the top of the stairs in many new homes is starting to disappear. Instead you're likely to see a charging station or "Mom's Desk," a little space, typically in the kitchen, where cell phones, laptops, and other devices can be charged.

The Soft Loft The industrial look with concrete floors and exposed brick is over. Thousands of these pseudo SoHos popped up even in cities such as Dallas and Houston that lacked an industrial past. Downtown lofts have seen some of the steepest price declines in this bust. "Architects love to show these wide-open floor plans, but the reality is people want some privacy," says Los Angeles architect Jonathan Watts. He says new condos are returning to more traditional floor plans. Lofts are adding hardwood floors, sliding doors, even wall-to-wall carpeting to warm them up.

Say Bye to Bling As befits this economy, homes are getting less ostentatious. That means less ornate wood, stone, and iron work. No more grand entrances with curved-marbled staircases. The stairs are shifting to the side of the home and back to their utilitarian purpose. Even fireplaces are flickering. Only 46% of all new homes came with one in 2007, according to the U.S. Census. That's down from 59% in 1996.

The Green Badge of Honor It almost goes without saying, but green continues to be in, despite the latest slide in gas prices. Even the giant New American Home promises to use "net-zero energy" thanks to devices such as solar panels and designs that let in natural light. Home buyers used to love wowing their friends with the size of their McMansions. Now, says Sean Degen, vice-president for architectural services at home building giant Pulte Homes, "you're going to see more people having a green badge of an honor."

Aging in Place Builders say it's rarely something they overtly try to sell, but consumers are responding to features such as wider doors that can accommodate a wheelchair or walker, master bedrooms on the first floor, and tasteful looking handrails in the shower—amenities that will help baby boomers stay in their homes as they grow old.

Palmeri is a senior correspondent in BusinessWeek's Los Angeles bureau.

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - February 2, 2009

2009-02-04T00:12:00.003+01:00

Photographer bohamdan bohamdan
Caption In My Eyes
Views 52899 times
Ratings 35 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.40/7 Originality: 6.46/7
Uploaded Date 2006-09-01
Location Country: Qatar
Equipment Lens Canon 100mm f2.8 macro USM
Technical Details with my old 20D & one of my best photographic work

(one picture no PS been used effects on the refelection)

natural reflection on eye with a macro lens.
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Photo.net's Photo of the Week - January 26, 2009

2009-02-01T21:37:00.003+01:00

Photographer Amanda Radders
Caption The Kiss
Views 17652 times
Ratings 59 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.56/7 Originality: 6.46/7
Exposure Date 2008-12-20
Uploaded Date 2008-12-30
Location Country: Australia
Equipment Unknown
Technical Details available light, Nikon D700

Exposure Time = 1/400" F Number = F4 ISO

Speed Ratings = 640 Focal Length = 75mm
Manipulated? No

Photo.net's Photo of the Week - January 19, 2009

2009-01-24T21:32:00.003+01:00

Photographer Selina De Maeyer
Views 23392 times
Ratings 55 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.49/7 Originality: 6.47/7
Location Country: Belgium
Equipment Camera Nikon D200
Manipulated? No

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - January 12, 2009

2009-01-16T18:29:00.002+01:00

Photographer David Orias
Caption Golden Wave
Views 11316 times
Ratings 45 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.51/7 Originality: 6.47/7
Exposure Date 2007-08-25
Location City: Santa Barbara State: California Country: United States
Equipment Camera Canon 1Ds MK2 Lens Canon EF 600 4.0L IS USM
Technical Details 1/8 second f/16
Manipulated? No

Games People Play (Field of Dreams)

2009-01-07T14:12:00.005+01:00

And everybody`s talking about the crisis. Yes.

Source: Time Magazine of June 30 - July 7, 2008 / Summer Journey Double Issue

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - January 6, 2009

2009-01-07T00:24:00.002+01:00

Photographer Kenvin Pinardy
Caption dancing underwater
Views 10266 times
Ratings 20 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.20/7 Originality: 6.50/7
Exposure Date 2007-08-29
Location Street: jakarta City: jakarta Country: Indonesia
Equipment Camera Canon EOS 50D
Technical Details eos 5d + housing sea and sea + lens 16-35mm f2.8
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

The Office Gift Guide

2009-01-03T01:20:00.010+01:00

When it comes to giving and receiving, the workplace can be hazard-filled.

by Kate Bonamici Flaim, Beth Kowitt, and Chloe Lieske

Source: Fortune Magazine of December 8, 2008 / Europe edition

100 Days In Photographs

2008-12-30T13:40:00.003+01:00

Very happy to have it, thanks to my father.

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - December 29, 2008

2008-12-30T10:07:00.004+01:00

Photographer Ceslovas Cesnakevicius
Caption Visiting winter
Views 30348 times
Ratings 34 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.29/7 Originality: 6.38/7
Equipment Unknown
Technical Details Olympus C730, PS
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Apple: The Genius Behind Steve Jobs

2008-12-01T22:44:00.004+01:00

For Apple fans.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/09/technology/cook_apple.fortune/index.htm

Source: Fortune Magazine online (CNNMoney.com)

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - December 1, 2008

2008-12-01T22:39:00.003+01:00

Photographer David Clapp
Caption We Have Been Waiting for You
Views 3964 times
Ratings 0 ratings, Aesthetics: None Originality: None
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - October 13, 2008

2008-11-28T11:20:00.002+01:00

Photographer Giedrius Neturiauskas
Views 14507 times
Ratings 79 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.47/7 Originality: 6.58/7
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - August 18, 2008

2008-08-20T09:47:00.002+02:00

Photographer Tuan Trinh
Caption Being Protected.
Views 4769 times
Ratings 49 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.55/7 Originality: 6.59/7
Exposure Date 2006-05-20
Location Street: Vietnam City: Dalak State: Texas Zip code: 75081 Country: Vietnam
Equipment Camera Canon 20d Lens Canon 28-135 F3.5-5.6 IS USM
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Who Will Rule The New Internet?

2008-07-12T14:30:00.001+02:00

Apple, Google and Facebook all want to build the next great platform. Inside the struggle for Web supremacy

by Josh Quittner/San Francisco

Source: Time Magazine of June 16, 2008

WWF For A Living Planet

2008-07-12T14:14:00.001+02:00

Source: Newsweek Magazine

Wimbledon In The Past

2008-07-12T14:11:00.002+02:00

Source: Newsweek Magazine

Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive

2008-07-12T14:08:00.001+02:00

Source: Newsweek Magazine

Pelè For Aspire

2008-07-12T14:03:00.002+02:00

Source: Newsweek Magazine

Agassi For Longines

2008-07-12T14:00:00.003+02:00

Source: Newsweek Magazine

Travolta For Breitling

2008-07-12T13:57:00.001+02:00

Source: Newsweek Magazine

Woods For Accenture

2008-07-12T13:42:00.001+02:00

Source: Newsweek Magazine

Dimitrov - The Boys` Champion

2008-07-09T19:43:00.003+02:00

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria secured the 2008 boys' singles title with victory over his Finnish doubles partner Henri Kontinen.

Source: http://www.wimbledon.org/

Grigor Dimitrov beat Henri Kontinen of Finland in straight sets on No.1 Court to win the boy’s singles title and become the first player from Bulgaria to lift the prestigious title.
And it felt pretty good, he said after his 7-5, 6-3 victory. “I didn’t expect it. I’m proud I could fight through the match – it was the biggest court with the most people I’ve played on. Perfect.”

His opponent, the Helsinki born but Florida based Kontinen, ousted the favourite and top seed Bernard Tomic in the semi-finals in what was the biggest upset of the boys event. As such, the 17-year-old arrived in the final with a giant-killing reputation but still very much an unknown quantity having never gone past the second round in his previous Grand Slam appearances.

Nevertheless, Dimitrov, also 17 and seeded nine, was favourite, having not dropped a set en route to the final and having removed third seed Cesar Ramirez of Mexico in the quarter-finals.

Close friends and doubles partners – they lost in the first round here – the two finalists displayed very different approaches to the game, the Finn playing a classical grass court game against the more modern baseline style of the Bulgarian.

And in the blustery conditions following a delayed start, it was Dimitrov who always looked to be more in control, although he had to stave off two break points in the third game.
“We were both nervous and maybe I was a bit lucky in the first set,” Dimitrov said afterwards.

What followed was an excellent display of serve and volley from Kontinen and assured baseline tennis from Dimitrov, although the Bulgarian’s right shoulder required the trainer’s services for a problem picked up during his semi-final victory over Filip Krajinovic.

“The injury was quite serious,” Dimitrov revealed: “And I must thank the Japanese who gave me the therapeutic necklace. It helped me. The trainer was just relieving the pain.”

Whatever the problem, it did not seem to affect his movement or service action as he was rarely extended in the first set. He was able to increase the pressure on his unseeded opponent, raising the ante in the ninth game when Kontinen had to dig deep to hold serve.

With double faults and unforced errors mounting, it was not surprising that two games later, after 27 minutes of play, Dimitrov broke to claim the first set thanks to Kontinen’s sixth double fault of the match.

The two protagonists approached the second set with caution and for a brief moment Kontinen gained the advantage with a forehand pass down the line (confirmed by Hawk-Eye) to go 3-2 up.

But Dimitrov, runner up at the last year’s Orange Bowl, came storming back in the next game and levelled when a pass down the line hit the net cord and sailed over the Finn’s racquet for a winner.

Following some more treatment to his shoulder at the next changeover, Dimitrov returned to the attack and broke for 5-3 with another pass down the line leaving the incoming Kontinen stranded at the net.

With the title now well within his grasp, Dimitrov was not going to let the opportunity pass and he sealed the match at the first opportunity, a cross court pass attempt by Kontinen just nicking the net cord and skipping wide.

“I wanted to win it so much” he said. “It is a great tournament. To win Wimbledon is great, especially as I heard the winner gets a wild card into next year’s senior event.”

Unicorn-Deer Born in Italy

2008-06-12T17:25:00.003+02:00

Source: www.dsc.discovery.com

Marta Falconi, Associated Press

June 11, 2008 -- A deer with a single horn in the center of its head -- much like the fabled, mythical unicorn -- has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.

"This is fantasy becoming reality," Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, said. "The unicorn has always been a mythological animal."
The one-year-old Roe Deer -- nicknamed "Unicorn" -- was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence, Tozzi said.
He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns.

Calling it the first time he has seen such a case, Tozzi said such anomalies among deer may have inspired the myth of the unicorn.

The unicorn, a horse-like creature with magical healing powers, has appeared in legends and stories throughout history, from ancient and medieval texts to the adventures of Harry Potter.
"This shows that even in past times, there could have been animals with this anomaly," he said by telephone. "It's not like they dreamed it up."

Single-horned deer are rare but not unheard of -- but even more unusual is the central positioning of the horn, experts said.

"Generally, the horn is on one side (of the head) rather than being at the center. This looks like a complex case," said Fulvio Fraticelli, scientific director of Rome's zoo. He said the position of the horn could also be the result of a trauma early in the animal's life.

Other mammals are believed to contribute to the myth of the unicorn, including the narwhal, a whale with a long, spiraling tusk.

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - June 2, 2008

2008-06-03T11:12:00.002+02:00

Photographer Mike Curtis
Caption Round 'n Round
Views 1646 times
Ratings 27 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.33/7 Originality: 6.52/7
Exposure Date 2007-06-03
Location City: Rockingham State: North Carolina Zip code: 28379 Country: USA
Equipment Camera Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ20
Technical Details This is a picture of my daughter Alyssa as she is being spun around in the backyard. Exposure details. Shutter priority at 1/80 second f/2.8 with -1/3 Exposure Bias. No flash used. ISO 80. Post processing included slight crop and rotate, overall levels adjustment for contrast and then slight PWL. Also, overall saturation and color were boosted as well.
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In Love With The Bold...

2008-05-28T15:44:00.003+02:00

This love affair begins at http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrybold/

Meraviglia o terrore?

2008-05-19T13:31:00.003+02:00

In Italian only

Source: www.focus.it

Meraviglia o terrore? Quale delle due per la nuova scienza che progetta di costruire macchine delle dimensioni di una molecola, o più piccole, capaci di gareggiare con gli atomi? Macchine, e non per modo di dire: hanno motori, computer di bordo e strumenti per "fare qualcosa" (anche dentro di noi!). Tutto proporzionato, è naturale, e tutto in violazione alle comuni leggi della fisica: la gravità, la forza di van der Waals (attrazione intermolecolare), la seconda legge della termodinamica (il calore fluisce da un corpo caldo a uno freddo), la tensione superficiale... contano poco o nulla per un robot grande un atomo. È ANCORA FUTURO Il primo a sognare macchine così, nel 1959, è stato Richard Feynman (Nobel per la fisica 1965), quando ancora non esistevano né la parola "nanotecnologia" né gli strumenti per assemblare nanostrutture, come il microscopio a forza atomica (1986), uno dei principali attrezzi per l'osservazione e la manipolazione della materia in scala nanometrica (vedi "La scienza incontra l'arte"). A che punto siamo oggi? Per le idee rappresentate in queste pagine dai disegni di tre artisti è ancora piena fantascienza. Sono però "mondi possibili" e la nostra domanda è, di nuovo, sogno o incubo? Che cosa ne pensi? I MANGIA-LIPIDI Non c'è tempo da perdere: quest'arteria è ingombra di placche di grasso! Da smaltire, prima che succeda qualcosa di peggio. Una flotta di nanorobot rimuove il materiale lipidico e lo digerisce direttamente sul posto.

[Elisabetta Intini, 15 maggio 2008]

Photo.net's Photo of the Week - May 12, 2008

2008-05-14T21:26:00.003+02:00

Photographer Kevin McNeal
Caption A Rare Perspective Of San Francisco Under The Bay Bridge
Views 655 times
Ratings 25 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.72/7 Originality: 6.80/7
Exposure Date 2007-03-29
Location City: San Francisco State: California Country: U.S
Equipment Camera Canon Canon 5D
Technical Details I know this is an icon but I had never seen it ever from here until I saw a similar image. I owe this image to Ed Nunez who I had visited to shoot the Big Sur Coastline with. I wanted to get to this location but he told me it is almost impossible as this is on government property and has pretty tight security due to obvious reasons of late. I told him I had to have it for myself and I would do whatever it took. So we drive there as the sun set and he asked me to jump out the car without stopping and make my way down the steepest embankment of my life all the way down to the water. He could not stop as the police were constantly patrolling the area and I only had a matter of seconds to get out of sight. Once I finally got to the spot I could not setup my tripod due to the steepness; So I dug a deep hole to get my tripod legs into. I could not even put my bag down as it rolled down the hill. I know that a lot of people will disagree with this but when you are desperate to get a rare perspective you will do anything !!! Thanks again to Ed Nunez who made this possible. Thanks for looking ! Canon 5D 17-40L f/11 25 seconds ISO 100
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Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - April 28, 2008

2008-05-02T11:32:00.003+02:00

Biliana`s note: *W*O*N*D*E*R*F*U*L*

Photographer Don Paulson
Caption Japanese Garden ~ Royal Roads University
Views 54545 times
Ratings 34 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.09/7 Originality: 5.82/7
Exposure Date 1996-11-04
Location Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

In the Middle of a War Zone...

2008-03-27T11:44:00.002+01:00

... and an incredible artwork of Eric Feferberg.

Speechless.

Source: Time Magazine of March 24, 2008

If you see this dog in the street.... would you stop and help it?

2008-03-20T08:34:00.005+01:00

If you love animals, join the Animal Rescue Team.

Here: www.worldsocietyprotectionofanimals.org

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - March 11, 2008

2008-03-12T21:11:00.001+01:00

Photographer filip bogdan
Views 20722 times
Ratings 140 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.49/7 Originality: 6.70/7
Location City: bucharest Country: roumania
Equipment Camera Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - February 25, 2008

2008-02-27T12:04:00.003+01:00

Photographer Max Billder
Views 70294 times
Ratings 120 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.62/7 Originality: 6.62/7
Location Country: Spain
Equipment Camera Canon EOS 30D, Lens Canon EF 70-200/2.8L IS USM
Technical Details iso100, 1/100, f22
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Where Hunger Will Hit in 2030

2008-02-01T15:10:00.000+01:00

Marshall Burke

Uncertain FutureA rice farmer in strolls in Bali, Indonesia. A new study looking at the effects of climate change on crop production suggests rice systems throughout Asia will likely suffer in future decades.

Source: www.dsc.discovery.com

Sarah Gofort, Discovery News

Jan. 31, 2008 -- Some of the world's poorest regions could face severe food shortages in the coming decades thanks to climate change, say researchers who have consulted the most sophisticated climate models to predict where crop losses are likely.

According to those models, the world's average temperature could rise by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit in the next 20 years. The difference may seem small in abstract, but coupled with changes in rainfall, it could have dramatic effects on the growing seasons of important crops.
Most of the world's 1 billion poor depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, points out David Lobell, lead author of a new paper on the predictions and a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Program on Food Security and the Environment (FSE).

"Unfortunately," he said in a statement, "agriculture is also the human enterprise most vulnerable to changes in climate."
To figure out which regions might be hit the hardest, Lobell and his colleagues used 20 climate models, focusing on poor regions in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Their findings will be published in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Science.

"We decided that a systematic look at the data might be helpful in identifying which crops and regions have the worst, or best, prospects," Lobell told Discovery News.
Though more rain -- and more crops -- are predicted for a few of those regions, the vast majority are drying up.

The researchers also compared the climate projections to past data on what people eat. Like a farmer's almanac, information on how temperature swings and rainfall patterns have affected growing seasons in the past gave them an idea of what to expect in the future.
The prospects are grim.
Their analysis revealed two "hunger hotspots" -- southern Africa and South Asia -- where regional staples such as maize and rice could drop by 10 percent or more.

Dealing with the problem could be cheap in some places, where farmers can plant earlier or later in the growing season. But the best solutions, said Lobell, require investment in technologies to pipe in more water and turn fallow land fertile.

Aid agencies, said Lobell, need advance warnings of potential hunger situations. To make this happen, the United States Agency for International Development has created a discipline-crossing program called FEWS NET (for Famine Early Warning System).

"Climate change is an opportunity to do the work we should have been doing all along, helping farmers to increase their agricultural productivity," said FEWS NET researcher Molly Brown, of the Biospheric Sciences Branch at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

In a paper accompanying Lobell's study in Science, Brown and co-author Chris Funk of the University of California, Santa Barbara, call for more attention to predictions like Lobell's.
"A changing climate will force the political and economic systems to change so that people can continue to live and work in semi-arid regions. We see it as an opportunity to improve the food security of the poorest and most vulnerable," Brown told Discovery News.

"The Lobell study highlights some very significant red flags in terms of global food production," said Funk, adding that his own work suggests an even "more pessimistic precipitation outlook" than Lobell's.

"On the other hand, I firmly believe that effective responses to these issues are possible," he said. "What will be needed, however, is real political commitment to change, both by the international community and by individual countries in the developing world."

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - January 14, 2008

2008-01-15T16:03:00.001+01:00

Photographer Aaron Brown
Caption A certain gleam in her eye
Views 1826 times
Ratings 43 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.12/7 Originality: 5.74/7
Exposure Date 2007-09-14
Location City: Cedar Park State: Texas Country: USA
Equipment Camera Canon EOS 30D
Lens Canon EF 100 f/2.8 USM Macro
ISO 100
Exposure Time 1/250 second
Time of Day 4:11 PM
f/stop f/6.3
Focal Length (mm) 100mm
Technical Details 2 studio strobes & a silver reflector :) Shot RAW, developed in Adobe Lightroom 1.3.1
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Buon Natale! Merry Christmas!

2007-12-25T23:06:00.000+01:00

Some images chosen for IL MIO AMORE.

Grazie per essere con me quando c'è sole e quando piove, grazie per abbracciarmi e farmi sentire che sei sempre con me.

*T*A*C*T*I*M*C*

Rest in Peace.

2007-12-18T16:09:00.000+01:00

In memory of Polly`s father.

Polly, please know you have friends who love you and are with you both in rain and sun.

Love,

Biliana

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - December 10, 2007

2007-12-12T15:30:00.000+01:00

Photographer foureyes .
Caption Yulong river
Views 8668 times
Ratings 64 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.56/7 Originality: 6.50/7
Location: China
Equipment Unknown
Technical Details canon 40D w 10-22mm lens
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - December 3, 2007

2007-12-04T16:10:00.000+01:00

Photographer Geir Kalvatn
Caption
Views 161399 times
Ratings 102 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.74/7 Originality: 6.65/7
Exposure Date 2006-01-08
Location Country: Norway
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - November 26, 2007

2007-11-27T16:44:00.000+01:00

Photographer charles jones
Caption deathvalleydune
Views 1536 times
Ratings 34 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.18/7 Originality: 5.91/7
Exposure Date 2006-03-03
Location California, usa
Equipment Camera Pentax 67 II, Filter or Filters Red filter Red #25 Lens Pentax Fisheye
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Claude Monet By Himself

2007-11-22T21:51:00.000+01:00

1886 Self-portrait

1860 - photo Carjat

In honor to my favorite artist of all time.

Source: www.intermonet.com

In 1900, Monet has become famous. On the occasion of an exhibition in Paris a journalist, Thiébault-Sisson, made him tell his life. On November 26, 1900 the newspaper "Le Temps" published this autobiography in which Monet builds himself his legend. The text is spicy but doesn't always reflect reality faithfully ...

My History

I am a Parisian of Paris. I was born there in 1840, under the reign of the good king Louis-Philippe which was an epoch centred on business interests and in which the Arts were regarded with real derision. As it was, my childhood was spent at the Havre where my father had settled in 1845 in order to better pursue his own business interests and as it happened, this childhood of mine, was essentially one of freedom. I was born undisciplineable. No one was ever able to make me stick to the rules, not even in my youngest days. It was at home that I learned most of what I do know. I equated my college life with that of a prison and I could never resolve to spend my time there, even for four hours a day when the sun was shinning bright, the sea was so beautiful and it was so good to run along the cliff-tops in the fresh air or frolic in the sea.

Up until the age of fourteen or fifteen, much to my father's great disappointment, I continued this very irregular but healthy way of life. Somehow, in between, I did acquire the rudiments of a basic education including some proficiency at spelling. My studies went no further and did not cause me too much trouble, as I was able to interweave them with a number of distractions. I ornamented the margins of my text books, I decorated the blue paper of my exercise books with ultra fantastic designs and represented in the most irreverant manner possible, the features of my masters - either drawingtheir faces in front view or in profile.

I became very quickly adept at this game. At fifteen, I was known by the whole of Le Havre as a caricaturist. My reputation was so well established that I was commissioned by everyone for these types of portraits. It was in effect, in consideration of the sheer number of commissions that I received as well as the insufficiency of the allowance that I received from my mother, that prompted the audacious decision that I made to charge a fee for my portraits. This of course, scandalised my family. I would charge ten to twenty francs depending on whether I liked the look of my clients or not and this method worked extremely well. In a month, the number of clients had doubled and I was able to charge a fixed rate of twenty francs without reducing in any way the demand. Had I continued this way, I would today be a millionaire!

Thus, by this means, I became someone of importance in the town. There, along the shop front of the only framers in business at Le Havre, were my caricatures, insolently sprawled-out in groups of five or six, to be seen in full in little gold frames, under glass like real works of art. Moreover, when I saw strollers gathering to gap at them with admiration and cry "It is so and so!", I was bursting with pride.

I should say, however, that there was a flaw to this otherwise perfect situation. There was often, in this same shop window, hanging just above my own works, a number of maritime scenes that I found, along with most of the inhabitants of the Havre, revolting. I was so vexed at having to endure this enforced contact, that I did not tary to slander this idiot who, thinking himself an artist had dared to sign his works "Boudin". For me, who had been used to Gudin's seascapes - with their arbitrary colourations, false touches and invented perspectives so much in use by fashionable artists at the time - Boudin's sincere little compositions with his correctly deliniated little figures, his pleasant boats, his ever so perfect skies and water, drawn and painted only from nature, held no artistic value for me. His fidelity seemed suspect. Hence, his paintings inspired me with a terrible aversion and without even having met the man, I disliked him intensely. Often, the framer would say: "You should meet Mister Boudin. Despite what is said about him, he is a professional who knows his work. He studied in Paris at the Academy Beaux-Arts. He could give you some useful advice."

But I resisted, dug my heals in . What could I possibly learn from such a ridiculous fellow?
Despite myself, however, the day did arrive when fate thrust me into Boudin's presence. He was at the back of the shop and I had not noticed him as I entered. The framer immediately took the opportunity to introduce me saying: "See here, Mister Boudin, this is the young man with so much talent for caricature!" Boudin immediately coming towards me, complimented me with his gentle voice and said: "I always look at your sketches with pleasure; they are amusing, animated, they seem to have been done with ease. You have talent, one can see that straight away. But you are not, I hope, going to keep doing the same thing. It is very good for starting off, but you will get bored with just doing caricatures. Study, learn to look, paint and draw. Do some landscapes. It is so beautiful the sea and sky, animals, people and trees just as nature made them, with their characters, their true essence of being, in the light, within the atmosphere, just as things are."

But Boudin's exhortations left no impression on me even if, after all, the man himself was agreable to me. He was convinced, sincere. I could feel it, but I could not appreciate his paintings and when he offered to take me with him to paint outdoors in the open countryside, I always found a pretext and refused politely. But when summer came, I was more or less free to dispose of my time as I wished and I had no feasible excuse left to give him and gave in. Thus it was, that Boudin - with his inexhaustable kindness - took it upon himself to educate me. With time, my eyes began to open and I really started to understand nature. I also leaned to love it. I would analyse its forms with my pencil. I would study its colourations. Six months later - not withstandings my mother's objections who was seriously becoming worried about my frequentations of a man like Boudin, I squarely announced to my father, that I intended to become a painter and was moving to Paris to learn.

"You will not get a penny!"
"I shall do without."

In effect, I was able to do without. I had already, long ago, managed to 'line my purse'. The sales from my caricatures had taken care of that. I had often been able to execute in one day , seven or eight commissioned portraits. At a "Louis" for each, my income had flourished and I had taken the habit from the start, to deposit the revenue with one one of my aunts, keeping for my pocket money only insignificant amounts. At sixteen, with two thousand francs, one believes onself to be rich! Armed with references acquired through admirers of Boudin who had connections with Monginot, Troyon and Amand Gautier, I promptly left for Paris without a care in the world.

To begin with, it took a while for me to find my feet. I went to visit the artists to whom I had been introduced. I received some excellent advice but also some appalling suggestions. Was it not the case that Troyon had tried to make me attend Couture's workshop? Needless to say, how vehemently I had refused that idea. It even had the effect of cooling my estimation of Troyon, at least for a short while. I stopped seeing him and associated instead only with artists who were looking for something. At that time, I met Pissarro who had not yet thought of being a rebel and was simply working in Corot's style. I felt this to be a good model to emulate and I followed suit. Having said this, for the whole duration of my four years in Paris - which was interdispersed with frequent visits to Le Havre anyhow - it was mainly Boudin's advice that I adhered to, even given my inclination to enlarge upon nature.

I reached my twentieth year and the time when I should be conscripted into the army was drawing near. This did not provoke fear in me nor did it worry my family. My escape had not been forgiven and if they had let me live my life as I wished for those four years, it was only because they hoped to bring me back to the fold once faced with military service. They assumed, that having had the opportunity to try and make my own way in the world, I would soon tire of it and return home, sensibly, getting-down to my family's business interests. If I refused, they would cut-off my allowance or should I turn-out badly, they would simply let me go.

They were wrong. The seven years which to many others seemed so difficult, appeared to me to be full of charm. A friend - who was a "chass d'Af" and who loved military life, had communicated to me his enthusiasm and suffused me with his sense of adventure. Nothing seemed more attractive than the endless trekking under the sun, the raids, the crackle of the gun-powder, the sabre-rattling, the nights spent under canvass in the desert and I imperiously waved aside all my father's objections. I was 'bad news' and I obtained, on demand, that I should be sent to a regiment in Africa and left.

I spent two really charming years in Algeria. There was always something new to see and in my spare time, I tried to capture what I saw. You cannot imagine the extent of what I learned and how much my ability to see improved. I was not immediately aware of this. The impressions of light and colour that I gained there were, to some extent, put aside later, but the kernal of my future researches came from them.

At the end of the two years, I became seriously ill. I was sent back home. My six months of convalescence were spent drawing and painting with renewed fervour. Seeing me thus, so determined despite the fact that I was very weak with fever, my father became convinced that nothing would sway me from my resolve and that no obstacle could stand in the way of my chosen vocation, so that as a result of both lassitude as well as fear of losing me should I go back to Africa (as the doctor had warned), he relented and decided towards the end of my leave, to buy me out.

"But, it must be well understood that you are to work seriously this time. I want to see you in a workshop, under the discipline of a well-known master. If you return to your previous independence, I will cut off your allowance without any concessions. Is that understood?" His plan only half satisfied me, but I was well aware that since my father was for once, prepared to consider things from my point of view, it was necessary not to refuse.
I accepted and it was settled that I should, in Paris, be under the artistic tutelage of the painter Toulmouche, who had just married one of my cousins. He would guide me and would provide regular reports on my work.

One sunny morning, I arrived at Toulmouche's with a pile of my sketches which he greatly appreciated. "You have promise but you will have to channel your impetus. You will be sent to Mister Gleyre. He is the kind of sedate and wise master you need." So I set up my easel, grumbling, in the studio that this famous artist ran for students. The first week, I worked there conscientiously and produced with as much application as dash, a life-drawing that Mister Gleyre corrected on the Monday.

The following week, when he passed in front of me, he sat down and squarely positioned on my chair, looked at my piece. I could then see him turn around, inclining his serious face with a satisfied air and I heard him say to me while smiling: "Not bad, not at all bad this, but it is too much like the real model. You have a stocky man and you depict him as stocky. He has enormous feet and you reproduce them. It is very ugly. Remember, young man, that when one executes a face, one should always think back to the Classical. Nature, my friend, serves well as a means to study but offers no real interest. Style is the only thing that matters."

I was flabbergasted. The truth, life, nature - all that provoked emotions in me - all that constituted for me the real essence and the unique "raison d'être" of art, did not exist for this man! I would not stay with him. I did not believe myself to have been born to follow his pursuit of lost illusions and other nonsenses. What was the use of persisting?

I did however, wait a few weeks so as not to exasperate my family. I did continue to attend but just stayed long enough to execute a rough sketch copied from the model and to be there for the correction. I then cleared out. I had in any case, found some companions that I liked at the studio. They had nothing superficial about their natures. These were Renoir and Sisley whom I would not from then on, loose sight of. There was also Bazille, who immediately became an intimate friend and would have made a name for himself, had he lived. Neither of them manifested any more than I did, any enthusiasm for an education, which both contravened their sense of logic as well as their temperaments.
I immediately preached revolt to them. Our exodus resolved upon, we left and took a studio which we shared, Bazille and I.

I forgot to tell you that I had recently made the aquaintance of Jongkind. It was during my convalescence-leave, one beautiful afternoon when I was working near Le Havre at a farm. A cow was grazing in a field and the idea came to me to draw the animal. But this animal was capricious and kept moving with every second that went by. With my easel held in one hand and my stool in the other, I would follow her in order to regain as best as was possible, my point of view. My antics must have been very funny to be sure, as I heard behind me, a great roar of laughter. I turned around and saw a giant bursting out with laughter. But this giant was a good sort. "Wait for me to help you", he said. The giant then, with enormous strides came up to the cow and got hold of its horns in order to contraint it to 'pose'. The cow, naturally, not being used to this sort of thing, resisted. This time, it was my turn to explode with meriment and the giant, crestfallen, let go of the beast and came over to me for a little chat.

He was an English man, just passing through, greatly in love with painting and very informed about what was going on in our country.

"So, you paint landscapes", he said.
"Well, yes."
"Do you know Jongkind?"
"No, but I have seen some of his paintings"
"What do you think about it?"
"It is very good"
"Too right, do you know that he is here?"
"Are you sure?"
"He lives at Honfleur. Would you like to meet him?"
"Certainly, I would. Are you one of his friends ?"
"I have never seen him, but as soon as I learned he was here, I sent him my calling card. It is a good opportunity and I am going to invite him and yourself, for lunch."

To my great surprise, the English man kept to his word and the following Sunday, the three of us had lunch together. Never was a meal so gay. It took place outdoors in a little country garden under some trees and the food was wholesome country fare. But, with a full glass of wine in his hand, sitting between two obviously sincere admirers, Jongkind did not quite feel at ease. The unexpected aspect of this meeting amused him but he was not accustomed to this sort of thing. His painting was too new and far too artistic to be appreciated in 1862 at his prices. Moreover, no one was as bad at making himself valued, as he was.

He was a straight-forward and simple kind of man, who could hardly speak bad French and was very shy. But he was very outgoing that day. He asked to see my sketches, invited me to come and work with him, explained the whys and wherefores underlining his work and thereby, completed the training that I had already received from Boudin. He became from this moment, my true master and it to him, that I owe the definitive training of my eyes.

I saw him again often in Paris. No need to say how much my painting improved. The progress that I made was rapid and three years later, I was exhibiting. The two seascapes that I had sent were received and given pride of place, hung high-up in good view. It was a great success. The same unanimous praise was given in 1866 for a large portrait that you saw at Durand-Ruel and which was there for a long time "The Woman in Green". The newspapers carried my name right to Le Havre and my family, at last, granted me some estimation. With this estimation came a renewed allowance. I was swimming in opulence, at least, for a while as we were to fall out again later. I was ready to recklessly hurl myself into the open.

It was a rather dangerous novelty. No one had attempted it, not even Manet, who innovated only later, after me. His painting was still very conventional and I still remember the contemptuous way in which he spoke of my beginnings. It was in 1867, my style had began to stand out, but for all that, it was far from revolutionary. I was still a long way off from my adoption of the principle of the division of colours - which turned so many people against me, but I was partially trying it out and would practice different effects of light and colour which contravened received ideas. The selection committee, which was all in my favour in the beginning, turned against me and when I presented my new painting to the 'Salon', I was shamefully rejected.

I did however, find a means of exhibiting, but elswhere. Touched by my entreaties, a dealer who had his shop at the 'rue Auber', did consent to show a seascape of mine which had been refused by the 'Palais de L'Industrie'. There were cries of indignation. One evening as I stopped in the road, joining a group of strollers to hear what was being said of me, I saw Manet arriving with two or three of his friends. The party stopped, looked and Manet shrugging his shoulders, cried-out contempteously: "Look at this young man who wants to paint from nature; as though the ancients had never thought about it!"

Manet held an old grudge against me. At the 'Salon' of 1866, the day of the opening, he had been met from the start, with acclamations. "Excellent, my friend, your picture!" Hand-shakes, 'bravos' and felicitations ensued. Manet - as you can imagine - was exultant. You can also imagine his surprise when he discovered that the canvas which was getting so much praise, was one of mine. It was "The Woman in Green". As fate would have it, just as he was trying to slip away, he stumbled on a group of people made up of Bazille and myself. "Ah, my friend, it is disgusting, I am furious! One is only complimenting me on a painting that is not even by me. One would think it is a hoax."

When, the next day, Astruc informed him that he had voiced his disatisfaction in front of the author of the painting and proposed to introduce him to me, Manet with a shrug, flatly refused. He retained the grudge for the bad turn I had played on him, entirely unwittingly. For once he had been praised for a masterly touch and this touch was not his. This was a bitter blow for someone which such sensitivity.

It was not until 1869 that I met him again, but this time, we became friends immediately. From the first meeting, he invited me to join him every evening in a café of the 'Batignolles' where he and his friends would gather to talk at the end of a day spent at their studios. I would meet there, Fantin-Latour and Cézanne, Degas - who arrived shortly afterwards from Italy, the art critic Duranty, Emile Zola who was just starting-off in the literary world and a number of others. I would take Sisley, Bazille and Renoir. There was nothing more interesting than these discussions with their perpetual differences of opinion. Our mind and souls were stimulated. We would encourage each other to make unbiased and sincere researches. We would nourish each other with enthusiasm which had the power to sustain us for weeks on end, until we were able to give definite form to the idea. One would always leave, all the better immersed, the will stronger, our thinking more defined and clear.

The war came. I had just got married. I went to England and found, in London, Bonvin and Pissarro. I also experienced poverty there. England did not want our paintings and things were hard. But as fate would have it, I met Daubigny who, in the past had shown some interest in me. At the time, he was doing views of the Thames which were very well liked by the English. My situation stirred his compassion. "I can see what you need. I will find a dealer for you", he said. The next day, I made the acquaintance of Durand-Ruel.

Durand-Ruel, became for us, our saviour. For more than fifteen years, my painting as well as that of Renoir, Sisley and Pissarro had no other market than through him. One day came when he was forced to restrain himself and buy from us less regularly. We thought ruin was facing us but it was success that was just about to come. Offered to Petit and the Boussod, our works found through them some buyers. They were judged not to be quite as bad as previously thought. At Durand-Ruel, they were not wanted, but once placed with others, confidence increased and people bought. The 'pendulum was in motion'. Today, everyone wants to know us.

Claude Monet

Presented by Thiébault-SissonPublished on November 26th 1900 in "Le Temps" newspaperTranslation by Louise McGlone

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - November 12, 2007

2007-11-13T20:48:00.000+01:00

Photographer Yuliya Shevchenko
Caption Untitled
Views 63329 times
Ratings 88 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.56/7 Originality: 6.61/7
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - November 5, 2007

2007-11-07T15:44:00.000+01:00

Photographer Vadim Onishchenko
Caption The Life Thirst
Views 13125 times
Ratings 60 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.38/7 Originality: 6.63/7
Location City: Africa Country: Africa
Equipment Camera Canon 1D MK3, Lens Canon EF 600mm F4 IS
Technical Details This shot i have take in lake Nakuru - Kenya. This very early in the morning, fog have be on all area of lake Nakuru, this hunting be very fast and unexpectedly. My Photo Safari Workshop Kenya 2007 Real Wildlife photography - African photo safari 2008 Join
Manipulated? No

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - October 29, 2007

2007-10-30T13:31:00.000+01:00

Photographer Tom Grubbe
Caption Salton Sea II
Views 1824 times
Ratings 37 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.30/7 Originality: 6.03/7
Exposure Date 2007-02-03
Location: California Country: USA
Equipment Camera Pentax 67 II
Film / Media Fuji Velvia ISO 50
Filter or Filters hoya 81B, hoya Cir-Polarizer
Lens Pentax SMC Pentax 55mm (6x7)
Technical Details I don't remember if I used an ND grad here or not. I think the sun was low enough so it wasn't necessary. This was shot from Bombay Beach on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea looking south.
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - October 8, 2007

2007-10-10T13:17:00.000+02:00

Photographer Marc Adamus
Caption Rainbow Falls
Views 28583 times
Ratings Critique Only
Equipment Camera Canon EOS 5D, Lens Canon 70-200 4L USM
Manipulated? No

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - August 27, 2007

2007-08-28T17:36:00.000+02:00

Source: www.photo.net

Photographer Haleh Bryan
Caption Trevasia-2
Views 93419 times
Ratings Critique Only
Exposure Date 2005-12-19
Location City: SF State: California
Equipment Camera Canon EOS 10D
Technical Details best seen larger.
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

YOUR SUPPORT IS WANTED. PLEASE LEND A HELPING HAND. ПОМОЩТА ТИ Е НЕОБХОДИМА. МОЛЯ ТЕ, ПОДАЙ РЪКА.

2007-08-17T08:44:00.001+02:00

GOOD NEWS! Things are under control!

Thank you all!

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От моята добра приятелка Поли /Павлина/, която е в Щатите и дори не може да пътува до България, в момента!

Моля, помогнете.
Благодаря ви от сърце!

Биляна

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Здравей, приятелю,

Пиша ти за нещо много спешно - татко е в болница в Пловдив, за последната година той премина през няколко операции, които засега не му помагат. Оказа се, че има рак на дебелото черво и нещата се влошават. Днес говорих с него, звучи много отчаян. Трябва да му се прелее кръв, но не могат да намерят в лабораторията. Той е кръвна група АB +.

Те питат за хора от семейството и приятели, които имат тази кръвна група, ако могат да дарят кръв за него. Моля те ако намериш някой, който може да помогне!!! Мобилния му телефон е 0886850196, а на Николина е 0888785503 /бел. Биляна: предполагам, че Николина е приятелката на Полиния татко/.

Ако намериш някой, моля те обади им се и ги питай какво да правиш. Убива ме мисълта че не мога да си отида да го видя или да направя нещо повече за него. Моята кръвна група е B+ и не му помага изобщо.

Благодаря ти предварително
Павлина

QUOTES: Aristotle

2007-08-15T01:26:00.001+02:00

Source: www.brainyquote.com

Category: Philosopher

Year of Birth: 384 BC

Year of Death: 322 BC

Nationality: Greek

A friend to all is a friend to none.
A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - August 13, 2007

2007-08-15T00:13:00.001+02:00

Source: www.photo.net

Photographer saul santos diaz
Caption
Views 5013 times
Ratings 84 ratings, Aesthetics: 6.54/7 Originality: 6.40/7
Exposure Date 2007-08-04
Location City: Torres del Paine Country: Chile
Equipment Unknown
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

QUOTES: Woody Allen

2007-08-11T11:42:00.000+02:00

Source: www.brainyquote.com

Category: Movie Director

Date of Birth: December 1, 1935

Nationality: American

And my parents finally realize that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room.
Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'No.'
I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.
I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.
If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.
Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.
It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.

QUOTES: Isabelle Adjani

2007-08-11T11:34:00.001+02:00

Source: www.brainyquote.com

Category: Actress

Date of Birth: June 27, 1955

Nationality: French

I believe in angels, so it's simple.
I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings.
I want to work beyond external aggressions, forget that one has something to do for others if it's not for oneself.
I've suffered too much to hide my feelings.
In love, one should simplify, choose persons worthy of their promises and leave them if they don't keep them.
One cannot love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering.
One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time.
There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change.
You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high.

Team led by a Bulgarian, finds largest exoplanet yet

2007-08-11T11:21:00.000+02:00

The planet has a large radius but a low density.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

An international team of astronomers has discovered the largest known planet orbiting another star.

The "transiting" planet - meaning one that passes in front of its parent star as seen from Earth - is about 70% larger than Jupiter.

But the gas giant has a much lower mass than Jupiter - the biggest planet in our Solar System - making it of extremely low density.

The new exoplanet, called TrES-4, is located in the constellation of Hercules and was discovered by a team working on the Transatlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES). It is mostly made up of hydrogen.

TrES-4 circles the star GSC02620-00648, which lies about 1,435 light-years away from Earth. Being only about seven million km (4.5 million miles) from its parent star, the planet is also very hot, about 1,327C (1,600 K; 2,300F).

"TrES-4 is the largest known exoplanet," said lead author Georgi Mandushev, from the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, US.

Surprising size

It is so big, in fact, that its size is difficult to explain using current theories about superheated giant planets.

"We continue to be surprised by how relatively large these giant planets can be," says Francis O'Donovan, a graduate student in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) which operates one of the TrES telescopes.

"But if we can explain the sizes of these bloated planets in their harsh environments, it may help us better understand our own Solar System planets and their formation."

Its density of 0.2 grams per cubic centimetre is so low that the planet would, in theory, float on water.

By definition, a transiting planet passes directly between the Earth and the star, blocking some of the star's light and causing a slight drop in its brightness.
"TrES-4 blocks off about 1% of the light of the star as it passes in front of it," said Dr Mandushev.

"With our telescopes and observing techniques, we can measure this tiny drop in the star's brightness and deduce the presence of a planet there."

Planet TrES-4 makes a complete revolution around its parent star every 3.55 days, so a year on this planet is shorter than a week on Earth.

The TrES is a network of three 10cm telescopes in Arizona, California and the Canary Islands.
In order to accurately measure the size of the TrES-4 planet, astronomers used the 0.8m telescope at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, the 1.2m telescope at the Whipple Observatory, also in Arizona, and the 10m Keck telescope in Hawaii.

Safest Cars 2007

2007-08-09T09:51:00.000+02:00

Source: www.forbes.com

If you’re going to get creamed in a car, might as well make it an Audi A4.
That’s because it’s one of the safest cars on the road, according to data we consulted in forming this year’s list of most sound autos.
Joining it at the top? Acura's RL and Saab's 9-3. All three get the highest-possible marks for safety from three of the four most respected sources of such data: Consumer Reports, the Department of Transportation, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI).

What's more, all three vehicles carry CR's highest-possible rating for accident-avoidance capabilities. The Acura RL also has perfect crash-test scores from both the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and from the IIHS. The A4 and 9-3 have perfect IIHS crash-test scores, as well as substantially better-than-average (in this case, lower-than-average) frequencies of insurance injury-claim filings, according to HLDI.

Behind The Data

To earn a spot on our list, a vehicle had to have at least two of the following:
--CR's highest-possible rating for accident-avoidance capabilities. --Perfect NHTSA crash-test scores across the board. --Perfect IIHS crash-test scores across the board. --A substantially better-than-average (i.e. lower-than-average) frequency of insurance injury-claim filings, according to the HLDI.

We only looked at cars that the NHTSA and the IIHS have tested in all of their available categories: for NHTSA, two frontal-impact tests, two side-impact tests and a rollover-resistance test; for the IIHS, front, side and rear tests.

The difference between a good crash-test rating and a poor one is significant: A five-star NHTSA frontal-crash rating means a chance of serious injury of 10% or less in a head-on collision in which each vehicle is going 35 mph. A one-star rating means a chance of 46% or higher. NHTSA defines a "serious injury" as one that requires immediate hospitalization and may be life-threatening.

Safe Sex

Wondering if it’s possible to achieve safety and sex appeal?
Answer, please: Yes. Oh Yes.
Take the sporty BMW Z4 coupe. A two-seater, it accelerates from zero to 60 in 4.9 seconds and boasts a 6-cylinder, 3.2-liter engine. Rounded fenders and flat rear glass add a touch of class.
Or the Lexus SC convertible. It reaches a top speed of 149 mph thanks to a 4.3-liter V-8 engine.
Both also received Consumer Reports' highest-possible rating for accident-avoidance capabilities and a substantially better-than-average frequency of insurance injury-claim filings, according to the HLDI.
Think about that the next time you’re leaning more toward daring than dependability.

QUOTES: Douglas Adams

2007-08-07T23:44:00.000+02:00

Source: www.brainyquote.com

Category: Writer
Date of Birth: March 11, 1952

Date of Death: May 11, 2001

Nationality: English

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.
In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - August 6, 2007

2007-08-07T19:42:00.000+02:00

Photographer Bengt Ekelberg
Caption
Views 1284 times
Ratings 0 ratings, Aesthetics: None Originality: None
Equipment Unknown
Technical Details Rolleiflex SL66, Sonnar 4/150.
Manipulated? Unknown or Yes

Time`s Quote of Monday - "The truth is, I`m not human..."

2007-08-07T00:48:00.000+02:00

Source: www.time.com

"The truth is, I am not human — I am a man-god, son of Zeus, born to mortal woman."

- An entry on the blog THE SECRET LIFE OF STEVE JOBS

Daniel Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes magazine, was this weekend revealed to be the author of the blog, which has enthralled tech watchers with its lampooning of the Apple CEO

Journeywoman.

How Sad.

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Who Will Rule The New Internet?

WWF For A Living Planet

Wimbledon In The Past

Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive

Pelè For Aspire

Agassi For Longines

Travolta For Breitling

Woods For Accenture

Dimitrov - The Boys` Champion

Unicorn-Deer Born in Italy

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In Love With The Bold...

Meraviglia o terrore?

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In the Middle of a War Zone...

If you see this dog in the street.... would you stop and help it?

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Where Hunger Will Hit in 2030

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Buon Natale! Merry Christmas!

Rest in Peace.

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Claude Monet By Himself

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YOUR SUPPORT IS WANTED. PLEASE LEND A HELPING HAND. ПОМОЩТА ТИ Е НЕОБХОДИМА. МОЛЯ ТЕ, ПОДАЙ РЪКА.

**QUOTES**: Aristotle

Photo.net`s Photo of the Week - August 13, 2007

**QUOTES**: Woody Allen

**QUOTES**: Isabelle Adjani

Team led by a Bulgarian, finds largest exoplanet yet

Safest Cars 2007

QUOTES: Aristotle

QUOTES: Woody Allen

QUOTES: Isabelle Adjani

QUOTES: Douglas Adams