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This species of gazelle's habitat is the Sahel and sub-Sahara region
of Africa. Fewer than 500 animals are believed to exist in the wild.
of Africa. Fewer than 500 animals are believed to exist in the wild.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
$150 million (US Dollars)
The widow of the late (90210) producer Aaron Spelling is selling The Manor for $150 million. Candy Spelling states she does not know the exact number of rooms.
She estimates 123 rooms, 16 to 26 bathrooms. Including bowling alley, a wine cellar and tasting room, a China room, a library, a gym, a humidity-controlled silver storage room, a screening room, a barber shop, a beauty salon, and a gift-wrapping room. Of course, you've also got your traditional pools, tennis courts, and space for more than 100 vehicles. The Manor is located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California.
She estimates 123 rooms, 16 to 26 bathrooms. Including bowling alley, a wine cellar and tasting room, a China room, a library, a gym, a humidity-controlled silver storage room, a screening room, a barber shop, a beauty salon, and a gift-wrapping room. Of course, you've also got your traditional pools, tennis courts, and space for more than 100 vehicles. The Manor is located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
New gaming system: OnLive
OnLive boasts a small console, no download time, and frequent updates. The Palo Alto based comany has signed deals with EA Sports and Ubisoft. Plug it into your TV, PC, or Mac and home broadband connection.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Black Art History: James Van Der Zee
James Van Der Zee was an African American photographer best known for his portraits of black New Yorkers. He was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
James Van Der Zee was born June 29th 1886 in Lenox, Massachusetts. His parents were John and Elizabeth Van Der Zee. James was the second of six children. As a child he learned piano, violin, and art. Van Der Zee received his first camera at the age of 14. His interest with the toy camera led him to getting a slightly better camera with which he took hundreds of photographs of the town and his family. He was only the second person in Lenox to own a camera. This early start led him to a vast and prolific career documenting each decade in his unique style.
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By the age of 29 Van Der Zee moved to New York. He worked as a dark room technician at Gertz Department Store in Newark, New Jersey. He substituted as a photographer when his employer was unavailable. This encouraged him to open his own studio called Guarantee Photography. In 1932, he outgrew his first studio and went on to open the larger GGG Studio, with his second wife as his assistant. Many visual techniques were employed using props, architecture and costumes in the tradition of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. So much time was taken in posing his subjects that most of the time he could only do three shoots a day.
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Van Der Zee sometimes combined several photos in one image in order to present the scene as he thought it should have been. He did not limit himself to the studio, and photographed street scenes, funerals, parades, and children. National recognition was given to him at age 82, when his collection of 75,000 photographs spanning a period of six decades of African-American life was discovered by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
James Van Der Zee was born June 29th 1886 in Lenox, Massachusetts. His parents were John and Elizabeth Van Der Zee. James was the second of six children. As a child he learned piano, violin, and art. Van Der Zee received his first camera at the age of 14. His interest with the toy camera led him to getting a slightly better camera with which he took hundreds of photographs of the town and his family. He was only the second person in Lenox to own a camera. This early start led him to a vast and prolific career documenting each decade in his unique style.
By the age of 29 Van Der Zee moved to New York. He worked as a dark room technician at Gertz Department Store in Newark, New Jersey. He substituted as a photographer when his employer was unavailable. This encouraged him to open his own studio called Guarantee Photography. In 1932, he outgrew his first studio and went on to open the larger GGG Studio, with his second wife as his assistant. Many visual techniques were employed using props, architecture and costumes in the tradition of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. So much time was taken in posing his subjects that most of the time he could only do three shoots a day.Van Der Zee sometimes combined several photos in one image in order to present the scene as he thought it should have been. He did not limit himself to the studio, and photographed street scenes, funerals, parades, and children. National recognition was given to him at age 82, when his collection of 75,000 photographs spanning a period of six decades of African-American life was discovered by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
16 dead in German school shooting
STUTTGART, Germany: A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black
opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany
today, killing at least 15 people before police shot and killed him.
After the attack, the suspect fled the Albertville high school towards
the town of Winnenden where police tracked him down. The teenager
graduated from the school last year.
This is Germany's worst shooting since another teenage gunman killed
16 people and himself in another high school in 2002.
Monday, March 9, 2009
New
New stuff from me. The pic above is the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
The shot below is Elite model Alison. Check out her music here.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
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