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Taken At Perfect Moments - 12 Pics

2011-08-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

Taken At Perfect Timing - 13 Pics

2011-08-20T07:16:00.000-07:00

Very Naughty Animals - 20 Pics

2011-08-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

ADS GONE COMPLETELY WRONG - 12 Pics

2011-08-18T18:54:00.000-07:00

The Most Surprising Pictures of 2010- 18 Pics

2011-02-09T07:05:00.000-08:00

Yushu County, Qinghai Province, China

Photograph by Ni Yuxing / EPA

An ethnic Tibetan monk throws the body of a child onto a funeral pyre in a ditch in Jiegu Town of Yushu County, Qinghai province, after an earthquake registering 7.1 on the richter scale hit the area. April 19, 2010. Over 1,400 people died in the disaster.

Madrid, Spain

Photograph by Alberto Simon / AFP / Getty Images

Spanish Bullfighter Julio Aparicio is gored in the throat by a bull during a bullfight at the San Isidro Feria at the Plaza de Toro las Ventas bullring in Madrid, May 21, 2010. The bull's horn went though Aparico's tongue and penetrated the roof of the mouth, fracturing the jawbone. His life was saved after two operations. The bull, however, was quickly killed by other matadors.

Gadabedji, Niger

Photograph by Marco Di Lauro / Reportage by Getty Images

Entrails of dead animals hang in Gadabedji, Niger, where meat traders buy the animals' dead bodies to cook on the spot and send to Nigeria, June 27, 2010.

Grand Terre Island, USA

Photograph by Benjamin Lowy / Reportage by Getty Images

Crude oil washes ashore following the sinking of the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on Grand Terre Island, LA., June 7, 2010.

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Photograph by Bruce Gilden / Magnum Photos

This temporary shelter on the site of a tent city in Port-Au-Prince, was constructed from various materials, plywood, metal, sheetrock and bedsheets. A number of these huts contained televisions powered by electricity drawn from the nearby presidential palace, February, 2010.

Karachi, Pakistan

Photograph by Akhtar Soomro / Reuters

An arrested member of the outlawed militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is presented to the media at the Police Crime Investigation Department in Karachi, March 29, 2010. Police had earlier arrested three members of the outlawed Sunni militant group and seized up to 60 kg (132 lbs) of explosives and detonators.

Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Photograph by Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters

Graffiti left behind by Taliban fighters remains on the walls of a compound now used as a command center for the U.S Marine Corps's First Battalion, Eighth Marines at Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan's Helmand provinceNovember 10, 2010. An important battleground in the war against Taliban insurgents and the narcotics industry, Musa Qala has changed hands several times, most recently in December 2007 when Afghan and international forces retook the town from the Taliban. Artwork by British and American troops stationed at the command center now sits alongside that of their Taliban foes.

Azakhel, Pakistan

Photograph by Mohammad Sajjad / AP

A Pakistani child displaced by flooding sleeps in a makeshift tent at a roadside camp near Nowshera, Aug. 15, 2010. Photographer Sajjad recalls "I have taken a lot of pictures of children, including those wounded by bombs, but I have never seen a boy in such bad shape. You can imagine one, two, three or even five flies sitting on someone's face, but so many flies on a small face, that was my first ever experience."

Castel Gandolfo, Italy

Photograph by Osservatore Romano / Reuters

Pope Benedict XVI watches the movie Pius XII, Under the Roman Sky, at his residence south of Rome, Apr. 13, 2010. Starring James Cromwell as Pius XII, the film explores Hitler's treatment of the Jews in Rome and his attempt to kidnap the Pope.

Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

Photograph by David Guttenfelder / AP

Air Force pararescuemen ride in the back of a medevac helicopter with the bodies of two U.S. soldiers killed in a roadside bomb attack in Kandahar Province, October 10, 2010. Photographer Guttenfelder describes the scene: "When the pararescue guys were covering the bodies, they only had two flags with them. The wind was shipping through the open window...and the wind caught it and it blew out the window and they lost it. So they only had one flag. (But) one of the pilots had a flag that he kept behind the plate of his flak jacket, one that he'd kept with him for every deployment he'd ever done: Iraq, Afghanistan. He flew over Washington DC with it, his children had kissed it. He took it out and passed it to the back of the helicopter and that was one of the flags they used to cover one of the guys. The family of the soldier who died, who was covered by the donated flag, has reached out to me to ask for a contact for the pilot. They are hoping to give the flag back to him."

Dover Air Force Base, USA
Photograph by Steve Ruark / AP
A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Claudio Patino IV at Dover Air Force Base, Del, June 25, 2010. According to the Department of Defense, Patino, 22, of Yorba Linda, Calif., died June 22 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province. In 2009, the Pentagon lifted a ban that forbade members of the news media from covering the dignified transfer of the remains of U.S. servicemen and women at Dover Air Force Base. On April 5th, 2009 right after the ban was lifted, around 40 reporters and photographers were present for the return of the remains of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers of Hopewell, Virginia. But these days, Photographer Steve Ruark a freelance photographer with the Associated Press is often the only member of the news media present. He has been to Dover for dignified transfers more than ninety times.

Panjshir Province, Afghanistan
Photograph by Ahmad Masood / Reuters
A donkey transports ballot boxes to villages unreachable by vehicles north of Kabul, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan held parliamentary elections on September 18. Voter turnout was lower than in any of the four national elections held in post-Taliban Afghanistan, with violence keeping voter numbers low. Widespread allegations of fraud tainted the final results.

Nupur, Iceland
Photograph by Brynjar Gauti / AP
Farmers team up to rescue cattle from exposure to toxic volcanic ash at a farm in Nupur, Iceland, Apr. 17, 2010. The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier kept much of Europe land-bound for six days in April, with the ash disrupting world air travel and stranding thousands of passengers.

Luliang, China
Photograph by Yang Yingbo / ChinaFotoPress / Zuma Press
A fish is encased in dried mud at Dege reservoir in Luliang county, Yunnan province of China, Mar. 31, 2010. The worst drought to hit the country in a century affected a total of approximately 7.75 million hectares of arable land and left more than 24 million people short of water.

Racoon Island, Louisiana, USA
Photograph by Andy Levin / Polaris
A Carcass of a dead pelican lies in the oily sand of Raccoon Island, Jul. 21, 2010. Rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina and located on the far west tip of Terrebonne Parish, the island is the largest Pelican rookery in Louisiana. Before the Gulf oil spill it was home to over 60,000 pelicans, but in the spill's aftermath hardly one mature pelican could be found on the day photographer Levin took this picture. Instead there were thousands of dead birds as well as numerous emaciated and abandoned juvenile and baby birds, some walking around as if in a daze.

Elwood, Illinois, USA
Photograph by Evan Vucci / AP
President Barack Obama walks off stage in the rain after urging the crowd to go to their cars, Monday, June 31, 2010, during a Memorial Day ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois.

Batac, Ilocos Norte Province, Philippnes
Photograph by Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos kisses the glass coffin of her husband, late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, March 26, 2010. The former Philippine leader has remained unburied since his death in 1989. Imelda replaced her son, incumbent Rep. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., who is running for Senator, as she won her bid for congress for the northern province of Ilocos Norte in this year's Philippine election.

San Diego, California, USA
Photograph by Jorge Duenes / Reuters
A U.S. border patrol vehicle, seen from the Mexican side of the border, drives near Otay Mountain on the outskirts of San Diego, California, June 6, 2010. In response to spiralling drug violence in northern Mexico, where cartels are battling for smuggling routes, President Barack Obama announced he would send 1,200 more National Guard troops to the region and ask for an additional $500 million to secure the almost 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.

My first haircut -Disappointed Kids - 35 Pics

2010-09-05T02:36:00.000-07:00

Lovely photos of twins - 17 Pics

2010-09-05T02:26:00.001-07:00

Funny unusual toilet paper holder - 20 Pics

2010-09-04T08:03:00.000-07:00

17 Fantastic Logos With Hidden Images And Meanings

2010-09-03T06:08:00.000-07:00

We see some of these logos very often but I believe most of you didn’t realise that there are some hidden images or meanings in the logos. If you like “optical illusion” stuff, you probably will like this post as well because there are many logos need you to spot the hidden images. Enjoy!

Amazon

This logo doesn’t seem to hide much at first sight, but it gives you a little insight in the philosophy behind the brand. First of all, the yellow swoosh looks like a smile: Amazon wants to have the best customer satisfaction. The swoosh also connects the letters a and z, meaning that this store has everything from A to Z.

Toblerone

Toblerone is a chocolate-company from Bern, Switzerland. Bern is sometimes called The City Of Bears. They have incorporated this idea in the Toblerone logo, because if you look closely, you’ll see the silhouette of a bear.

Tostitos

If you look at the center of this logo, you can see two people enjoying a Tostito chip with a bowl of salsa. This logo conveys an idea of people connecting with each other.

Formula 1

At first, this logo might not make much sense. But if you look closely, you’ll see the number 1 in the negative space between the F and the red stripes. I also love how this logo communicates a feeling of speed.

Milwaukee Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers is a professional baseball team from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (well, duh). Their logo is actually made up of the letters M (on top) and B (below the m). These two letters also form a baseball glove.

Northwest Airlines

This simple looking logo actually carries a lot of information. First of all you can see the letters N and W, the first two letters of the brand name. But what most people don’t see is the compass that points to the Northwest, another reference to the brand name.

Baskin Robins

The old logo of Baskin Robbins had the number 31 with an arc above it. The new logo took this idea to the next level. The pink parts of the BR still form the number 31, a reference to the 31 flavors.

Sony Vaio

Sony Vaio is a well known brand of laptops. But did you know that the name Vaio logo also had a hidden meaning? Well, the first two letters represent the basic analogue signal. The last two letters look like a 1 and 0, representing the digital signal.

Eight

I really love this logo: every letter is made of the number 8.

Carrefour

Carrefour is one of the biggest European retailers, and it’s also French for crossroads. The logo symbolizes this word via two opposite arrows. They also added the first letter of the name, because if you look closely you’ll see the letter C in the negative space between the two arrows.

ROXY

Roxy is a company that specializes in clothing and accessories for girls who love snowboarding and surfing. The company is actually a part of Quiksilver. The Roxy logo is made of two Quiksilver logos that form a heart.

Unilever

Unilever is one of the biggest producers of food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. They produce a huge amount of different products and they wanted to reflect this in their logo. Each part of the logo has a meaning. For example: the heart represents love, care and health – feeling good, a bird is a symbol of freedom. Relief from daily chores getting more out of life.

Hartford Whalers

This logo also uses a negative space to create the letter H. You can see three different parts: the letter H and W and a whales tail in blue.

Elefont

This logo might looks like a simple letter, but don’t be fooled: you can see a part of an elephant’s trunk in the negative space inside the letter e.

Sun Microsystems

The Sun logo is one of the most famous ambigrams in the world. You can read the brand name in every direction; both horizontally and vertically. This logo was designed by professor Vaughan Pratt of the Stanford University.

NBC

The NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is one of the biggest American television networks. I think most of you have already seen the peacock in this logo. The peacock has 6 different tail feathers, referring to the six divisions at the time that this logo was created. The peacock’s head is flipped to the right to suggest it was looking forward, not back.

GreenLabs

I know this logo looks like a simple, boring green tree, but if you look at the tree crown, you’ll see that it can also be interpreted as a brain. The logo lays emphasis on the strong intellectual capabilities of the company’s staff and also reflects green and labs parts of their name.

photographs that shook the world: omayra sanchez

2010-09-03T04:59:00.000-07:00

Many see this photo from 1985 as the beginning of what we nowadays call "media globalization", because Omayra Sanchez's agony was followed by television cameras from all over the world. Despite all the footage that was recorded by those tv cameras, it was this photograph, of a shocking reality and humanity, that went down in history as the first broadcast of the pain and death of a human being.

Omayra Sanchez, 13 years old, was the victim of volcano Nevado del Ruiz's eruption in 1985, that devasted the Armero village, in Colombia. Omayra was trapped for three days under the mud, clay and water that was left from her own house. When the paramedics, with scarce resources, tried to help her, they sadly realized there was nothing they could do, since to remove her from the deadly trap they would have to amputate her legs and the lack of a speacilist on the scene would result in her death.

According to the paramedics and the journalists that surrounded her, Omayra was strong until the last minute of her life. For the three days her agony lasted she thought only about going back to school, her studies and her friends. Photographer Frank Fournier took this photo of Omayra that travelled the world and generated a worldwide controversy about the indifference of the Colombian government before the victims of natural disasters such as this.

The photograph was published months after the girl's death and Frank Fournier was awarded the 1986 World Press Photo Premier Award for this picture.

Amazing Moments in Pics - 24 Pics

2010-09-03T04:20:00.000-07:00

Transportation oversized loads - 20 Pics

2010-09-03T04:07:00.000-07:00

Awesome Photoshopped smoke - 23

2010-09-03T04:03:00.000-07:00

A compilation of celebrity tongues - 28 Pics

2010-09-03T03:56:00.000-07:00

Creative Funny Shopping Bags - 9 Pics

2010-09-03T03:47:00.000-07:00

Auto Cakes - 26 Pics

2010-08-17T18:24:00.000-07:00

Only in Japan - 45 Pics

2010-04-05T19:42:00.000-07:00

Kiss a celebrity lip while drinking Japanese drink Zima - 15 Pics

2010-04-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

The lips are silicone copies of the actual models' lips, and are included with bottles of Zima wrapped in plastic.The silicone lips are then sealing in a printed plastic package along with an illustrated instruction manual that teaches the buyer "How to Kiss a Zima," because "Zima's taste is kissing taste". As the images show, the lips are supposed to be slipped onto the neck of a Zima bottle just below the top, so that they nudge up against the raised flange

Cars that not well designed - 60 Pics

2010-04-05T19:34:00.000-07:00

Abandoned super cars - 104 Pics

2010-04-05T19:29:00.000-07:00

Dynamic facade - Automated Building - 06 Pics+Video

2010-03-08T18:07:00.000-08:00

German architect Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner ZT has completed a modern office building of Harald Kiefer Metallbau GmbH in Steiermark, Germany. The building has a unique structures which its facade tend to change continuously, to adapt with its surrounding

Modern bikes - 11 Pics

2010-03-08T17:57:00.001-08:00