Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit

Photos of Miss Universes performing in swim suit show for the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss Uruguay 2010 Stephany Ortega

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss Spain 2010 Adriana Reveron

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss Peru 2010 Giuliana Zevallos

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss Jamaica 2010 Yendi Phillipps

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss Ireland 2010 Rozanna Purcell

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss Ghana 2010 Awurama Simpson

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss China 2010 Tang Wen

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss Japan Maiko Itai and Miss Panama Anyoli Abrego

Miss Universe 2010 Swimsuit
Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell, Miss Curacao Safira de Wit, and Miss Puerto Rico Mariana Paola Vicente

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Lei Lei the Michelin Baby

A Chinese baby has become so chubby he now weighs the same as a six-year-old child.
Ten-month-old Lei Lei has been nicknamed the ‘Michelin Baby’ after tipping the scales at a whopping 20kg (3.1 stones).

Lei Lei the Michelin Baby

Lei Lei the Michelin Baby

Lei Lei the Michelin Baby

Lei Lei the Michelin Baby

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

World's Largest Clock - Abraj al-Bait Clocks

Saudi Arabia is hoping that the debut of what is said to be the world's largest clock in Islam's holiest city of Mecca will help establish the city as an alternative time standard to the Greenwich meridian.

World's Largest Clock - Abraj al-Bait  Clocks

The new four-faced clock, which looms over Mecca's Grand Mosque and is perched atop what is expected to be the world's second tallest building when completed, is to enter a three-month trial period this week -- the first week of the holy month of Ramadan.

World's Largest Clock - Abraj al-Bait  Clocks

Situated in the heart of the massive Abraj al-Bait complex -- comprising hotels, shopping malls and conference centers -- the clock will run on Arabia Standard Time, three hours ahead of the Universal Time standard. Each of the clock's four faces are 151 feet in diameter and will be illuminated by 2 million LED lights, along with huge Arabic script reading: "In the Name of Allah." Another 21,000 white and green colored lights, fitted at the top of the clock, will flash to as far as 19 miles to signal Islam's five-times daily prayers.

The clock reflects a goal to replace the 126-year-old Universal Time standard, also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is seen as "colonial" by some Muslims. "Putting Mecca time in the face of GMT -- this is the goal," Mohammed al-Arkubi, manager of one of the hotels in the complex, told The Telegraph.

World's Largest Clock - Abraj al-Bait  Clocks

With the global population of Muslims growing at a rapid rate, the building project is part of the Saudi government's plan to enable Mecca to accommodate as many as 10 million pilgrims each year. And for Mecca residents, the plan already seems to be successful.

"Before, we heard and saw famous clocks in the West," Ahmed Harleem, an Egyptian living in Mecca, told AFP. "But today, we can as Muslims be proud of this giant project ... it means an honor for a place, and time for me."

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Naked Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga covers the September issue of Vanity Fair, and inside she takes her clothes off and talks about bad romances, doing coke, hitting rock bottom and being drunk at Yankee Stadium.

Naked Lady Gaga

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Golden Yellow Lobster

It's not made of gold, but a yellow lobster pulled from Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is very rare.

Lobsterman Denny Ingram says he found the lobster in one of his pots the bay's East Passage last week. It is golden on the top and bright yellow on both sides.

Golden Yellow Lobster

Experts say the genetic feature is very rare, occurring in about 1 in 30 million lobsters.

It's also apparently good luck for this lobster, who will not be heading to anyone's dinner table.

Ingram says he plans to keep the yellow lobster on display at the fishermen's co-op at the State Pier in Newport.

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