Divers look daft: Check out hilarious mid-air faces pulled by aquatic acrobatic athletes These divers are gurn-a put on quite a show at London 2012 With the London Olympics just a few short months away, athletes from all over the world for each discipline should be looking to be hitting top form soon. And nowhere else does that apply more readily than with the competitors currently taking part in the FINA Diving World Cup. As you can see, they’ve already got their best Games faces on. Reuters Taking place at the Aquatic Centre - London’s Olympic swimming venue - the tournament could be seen as a dry (or rather, sopping wet run) for the Games this summer. To clarify, the people seen on this page are all divers – despite their obvious talents for facial gymnastics. Captured mid-air, their expressions are pretty similar to holiday swimming pool enthusiasts after they complete colossal bellyflops. No matter how they place on the podium later this year, they certainly all deserve medals for all their hard s-training. They are, after all, gurning for gold.
Heaven On Earth (8 Pics) For more fun facts, click HERE. I think we all need something like this. Do you agree? Color Psychology & Infoplease.com - StumbleUpon by David Johnson Like death and taxes, there is no escaping color. It is ubiquitous. Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. Black Black is the color of authority and power. White Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. Red The most emotionally intense color, red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. The most romantic color, pink, is more tranquilizing. Blue The color of the sky and the ocean, blue is one of the most popular colors. Green Currently the most popular decorating color, green symbolizes nature. Yellow Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter. Purple The color of royalty, purple connotes luxury, wealth, and sophistication. Brown Solid, reliable brown is the color of earth and is abundant in nature. Colors of the Flag In the U.S. flag, white stands for purity and innocence. Food for Thought While blue is one of the most popular colors it is one of the least appetizing. Green, brown, and red are the most popular food colors.
11 Colorful Phrases From Ancient Roman Graffiti When the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were suddenly consumed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., many of their buildings were so intimately preserved that modern archaeologists can even read the graffiti scribbled onto their ancient walls. See if any of these remind you of a twenty-first century bathroom. 1. "Phileros is a eunuch." 2. “ Lucius Pinxit .” " Lucius wrote this." 3. “Apollinaris, doctor to the emperor Titus, had a good crap here.” 4. “Oppius, you’re a clown, a thief, and a cheap crook.” 5. “We have wet the bed. 6. “Virgula to Teritus: You are a nasty boy.” 7. "Epaphra, you are bald." 8. “If only similar swindling would dupe you, innkeeper: you sell water, and drink the undiluted wine yourself.” 9. “The petty thieves request the election of Vatia as adele.” 10. “Celadus makes the girls moan.” 11. “I wonder, O wall, that you have not yet collapsed, so many writers’ clichés do you bear.”
Why So Grumpy, Chicken Hat Man? Aug 5th 2010 By Bonnie Biess During our reportage of the Great British Beer Festival , we came across many different characters; but there was one man so superior that we couldn't stop thinking about him. Who is this grumpy man in a chicken hat? And why is he so unhappy while surrounded by all that beer? Maybe they ran outta Newcastle ? Either way, we decided to make our own attempts to cheer up Grumpy Chicken Hat Man. Double rainbow ? Woodstock does nothing for Grumpy Chicken Hat Man. Look, GCHM -- it's puppies! It's the happiest place on Earth, man! Not even a slave Leia pillow fight can make him crack a smile. Whoopi and the gang -- and he's even got his own coffee mug! Comparing birds with Ernie on " Sesame Street ." Playboy bunnies just depress him. A giant ice cream sundae might as well be a big bowl of taxes to Grumpy Chicken Hat Man. OK, this one we just thought looked strangely apropos.
Silent summer: No wolf pup yips heard on Isle Royale On the largest island in Lake Superior, scientists gather year after year to study the dynamics between wolves and moose. For forty years, the scientists have come to take part in this iconic predator-prey study, and for forty years the sound of high-pitched yips have greeted their ears, heralding a new generation of wolf pups. That is, until last summer. It was a summer without yips. Aerial surveys supported the implications of that silent summer—the wolves of Isle Royale did not produce pups. As the wolf population has declined to eight individuals, all closely related, their ability to survive and reproduce has declined as well in a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. Physical abnormalities had already been witnessed in the wolves. The situation has left conservation biologists to ponder whether or not they should intervene. A genetic rescue would not only be for the sake of the study of these wolves but for the island as well.
12 Craziest IDs with Strange Names Lord Voldemort has been reincarnated. Now he's a student at Don Mariano Marcos Elementary. I bet he was conceived after a night of alcohol. The Wizard. Disney Landia! Taxi driver. Longest Brazilian name. This girl changed her name to help PETA's campaign to end the sale of foie gras at Fortnum & Mason. What a noble cause, what a weird ID. Good luck in school if your parents named you after Adolf Hitler. Customs officials worldwide are aware that South African passports, while perfectly genuine, often are issued fraudulently to illegal African migrants, criminals and terrorists, purchased from SA officials at the Home Affairs dept. Harry Potter, the real one. My name is Bond… James Coquinche Bond. The most electronic and modern name that could ever be applied.
Callanish Stones The Callanish Stones (or "Callanish I", Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais in Gaelic) are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle. They were erected in the late Neolithic era, and were a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age. They are near the village of Callanish (Gaelic: Calanais) on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Location[edit] The Callanish Stones (grid reference NB213330) are situated on a low ridge above the waters of Loch Roag with the hills of Great Bernera as a backdrop.[1] Management[edit] The Callanish Stones are managed by Historic Scotland. Description[edit] Map of the Callanish Stones Centre stone[edit] The central monolith stands 0.8 metres west of the true centre of the stone circle. Stone circle[edit] The stone circle consists of thirteen stones and has a diameter of 11.4 metres. Northern avenue[edit] The avenue connects to the stone circle from the north-northeast. Stone rows[edit]
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Arrive On Oscar Red Carpet 12 Hours Early LOS ANGELES—Stepping out of a chauffeured limousine just as dawn broke above Hollywood's Kodak Theatre Sunday morning, Brad Pitt and longtime partner Angelina Jolie arrived at the 84th Annual Academy Awards, taking their place on the red carpet a full 12 hours before the event was scheduled to begin. "Man oh man, Oscar Sunday! The day I've been waiting for all year has finally arrived, and what a thrill to actually be here in the flesh," said Pitt, adjusting his bow tie as a single city bus drove down the desolate Hollywood Boulevard. "Angelina and I were so excited, we bolted up out of bed at four this morning, got dressed, and had the car take us right over." "Heck, it's not like we would have been able to go back to sleep anyway," he added. An excited Pitt and Jolie stake out a good waiting spot to hang out at “until the stars arrive.” Added Jolie, "I wonder if we'll see George Clooney." "Make sure to take a lot of pictures," said Pitt to Jolie. "That's my favorite part," he added.
What Colors Mean in Different Cultures Colours in Cultures A Western / American B Japanese C Hindu D Native American E Chinese F Asian G Eastern European H Muslim I African J South American 1 Anger 2 Art / Creativity 3 Authority 4 Bad Luck 5 Balance 6 Beauty 7 Calm 8 Celebration 9 Children 10 Cold 11 Compassion 12 Courage 13 Cowardice 14 Cruelty 15 Danger 16 Death 17 Decadence 18 Deceit 19 Desire 20 Earthy 21 Energy 22 Erotic 23 Eternity 24 Evil 25 Excitement 26 Family 27 Femininity 28 Fertility 29 Flamboyance 30 Freedom 31 Friendly 32 Fun 33 God 34 Gods 35 Good Luck 36 Gratitude 37 Growth 38 Happiness 39 Healing 40 Healthy 41 Heat 42 Heaven Gray Yellow Silver Gold David McCandless & AlwaysWithHonor.com//v1.0//Apr 09 // InformationIsBeautiful.net
Female Body Builders: Martin Schoeller Captures A Different Face Of Beauty (PHOTOS) Toned, tanned and rippling with muscles, these body builders present a whole new face of female beauty. The eye-catching gallery is a collection of some of the world’s top female body builders, captured by photographer Martin Schoeller. He said: “‘I am trying to show the vulnerability that I see and feel in the subjects when I am with them, to get to the complex emotions behind a mask of extreme physical expression. “These women mirror our modern cultural hunger for size, aggression, and attention at any cost. We are in the age of Bigness." Schoeller has photographed Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie and George Clooney, among many others. For more on Schoeller's work visit here. SEE ALSO: Bodybuilders: As Jodie Marsh Takes Gold At INBF, Here's More Beefcake In Spandex (PICTURES) Loading Slideshow