The Changing Culture of a New Guinea Village

The-Changing-Culture-of-a-New-Guinea-VillageThe intriguing country of Papua New Guinea is a remarkable natural wonder that offers great excitement for travelers to explore. The country is made up of a cluster of 600 islands that stretch in one long string along southeastern Asia. These islands are filled with wonderful natural surroundings that include jungles, water and amazing wildlife. Because of this vast offering and sprawling layout, Papua New Guinea is known for its tribal diversity, with some 700 languages being spoken there. While some may believe this overwhelming amount of diversity can be too much, it instead offers one of the most unique opportunities for visitors to examine the amazing culture of the country...

The White House are on Sale

The-White-House-are-on-SaleJust not the presidential one. This White House is just a scale-down replication by the presidential house. Them are located in suburban Atlanta. It is owner, an American-Iranian - Fred Milani, has lived in it for seven years but he accepts recently put it on sale as $9.88 million...

Opening ceremony of 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan

11th-Chinese-National-Games-in-JinanOne year after the hosting of the exceptional Beijing Olympic Games, the 11th National Games, billed as China's mini-Olympics, opened amid a splendid ceremony here Friday evening.
Chinese President Hu Jintao officially opened the Games at the ceremony held in the newly built Olympic Sports Complex in this capital city of east China's Shandong province.
With 55 of all 63 Chinese Beijing Olympic champions expected to compete, the quadrennial national meet is set to stage another sports gala for the country which just celebrated its 60th birthday.
Among those present at the ceremony are President of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge, who was re-elected at the 121st IOC Session held in Copenhagen just one week ago, and a dozen of IOC members.
When addressing the full capacity of 60,000 at the ceremony...

Pogo Stick Master Rises to New Heights

Pogo-Stick-Master-Rises-to-New-HeightsFred Crzybowski, a 20-year-old from Los Angeles, is known as “the Tony Hawk of the pogo world” for the extreme pogo-stick jumps he can perform.
Fred, who started using a pogo-stick at the age of eight, is the current record holder for the most consecutive backflips, which stands at nine. He has appeared in motion pictures like Mister Magorium’s Wonder Emporium and hopes he will get new gigs in television and movies...

Smoke Works by Mehmet Ozgur

Smoke-Works-by-Mehmet-OzgurTurkish born Mehmet Ozgur is an engineer by education and profession, Mehmet is also a masterly photographer. His work spans a substantial range of subject matter and technique, from the landscapes panorama to digital compositions and his amazing smoke works (seen here). Mehmet has mastered a technique where he can photograph tendrils of smoke and then combine them into recognizable shapes and figures through digital manipulation. All are executed with fine precision using differing photographic manipulation techniques to achieve the desired outcomes. Looking through his smoke works collection you will notice an enticing glow of transparencies mixed with the suggestive texture of flame - most in monochrome. His series includes Genies and bottles, surreal clocks, feather-like waterfalls, swirling swords, and misty ocean scenery...

Cool Artworks Surrounding the H1N1 Flu

Cool-Artworks-Surrounding-the-H1N1-FluThe swine flu, H1N1 flu or H1N1 influenza has caused some different responses around the world: panic, indifference, doubts, worries and sometimes simply nothing. But for some artists the swine flu became a theme, something new to explore and produce some cool pieces. You will see here lots of different styles of artworks surrounding the H1N1 flu (illustration, photography, graphic and so on), most of them are funny, others more serious, but they are all very cool...

Most Hairy Chinese

Most-Hairy-ChineseThree decades Chzhenhuan Yu (Yu Zenhuan) - very hairy chinese. 96% of his body covered with hair, yo, he leaves no hope to fix all this and get rid of the hair. Laser he vyzhgut majority of hair follicles on the body, and let him bye to Guinness World Records book, but will find a normal form...

Stunning Art Concepts by Andree Wallin

Stunning-Art-Concepts-by-Andree-WallinAndree Wallin is a digital artist from Sweden. He is currently working as a concept artist / mattepainter at RealtimeUK. Andree is very talented in producing amazing piece of concept art, mattepainting and illustration...