Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Oxalis pes-caprae (Soursob; Bermuda Buttercup)

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Oxalis pes-caprae (Soursob; Bermuda Buttercup)

Soursob, Sourgrass or Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae) t the Meikle Point Picnic Area in Werribee Gorge State Park near Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia. Altitude: 150 m amsl. Photographed on 24 August 2011.

Indigenous to south africa, it is a declared Noxious Weed in Victoria.

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man walking // la defense, paris

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Drum Majors

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A diptych from my day job. I can't pass up a good sky for silhouetting things

...also realized a bit after the fact that these would be easier to display if I had taken them in portrait orientation. Live and learn, I suppose...

I also did flash-filled foregrounds, but the silhouettes ended up looking more flickr worthy.

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Monday, August 29, 2011

5 Hairstyles Men Love

Men and women don't always see eye to eye — especially when it comes to what makes a lady look amazing. While you might find a blunt and structured 'do incredibly chic, there's a really good chance he just finds it weird. In an effort to demystify what guys find sexy, we polled a handful to find out which hairstyles men really do prefer.

Vivid Hues
"Good hair will get my attention from across the room. I really like warm, vivid colors. The style itself, and whether it looks good, will change with the times and who is wearing it, but a great color will always get me."
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Long and Simple
"Keep it simple! I like women with longer hair. It can be straight — slight curls are okay — but in general girls should keep it long and in good condition. I like it long because it looks more feminine."
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Classic Coifs
"I like the more classic hairstyles, like Christina Hendricks on Mad Men. Of course, that might also be my preference for redheads."
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Soft Layers
"I like long layers on a girl; it's more interesting than just straight hair. Blunt haircuts make girls look too harsh, and they're not contemporary — if her hair is too structured, it can be distracting and intimidating. Loose, wavy hair makes a girl look relaxed and approachable."
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Pixie Cut
"I love when a woman feels confident about her face to wear short hair. It's strong and powerful."
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Team 254 - Last checkpoint!

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The rare sight of snow flurries in central Wellington, on the corner of Bond and Victoria Streets.

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Friday, August 26, 2011

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Indian Government, Activist Near Deal

NEW DELHI—The Indian government and anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare appeared to inch closer to a deal Thursday afternoon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and parliamentarians appealed to the Gandhian activist to call off his fast.

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Anna Hazare addressed crowds during the tenth day of his hunger strike New Delhi, Thursday.

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Talks between Mr. Hazare's top aides and government officials had ended in acrimony Wednesday night. But as Mr. Hazare's indefinite fast -- demanding that Parliament pass his version of a new anti-graft bill -- entered its tenth day, Mr. Singh and a range of political parties repeated their request for him to quit, saying they all were committed to fighting corruption. At issue are various versions of legislation, including one put forward by Mr. Hazare and another by the government, to create a Lokpal, or ombudsman, agency to investigate official corruption.

"He has become the embodiment of our people's disgust and concern about tackling corruption. I applaud him, I salute him," Mr. Singh said of Mr. Hazare. "His life is much too precious and therefore, I would urge" Mr. Hazare to end his fast, he said.

A federal minister from the same western state of Maharashtra that is Mr. Hazare's home emerged Thursday as a potentially key interlocutor.

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Supporters of Mr. Hazare rallied in New Delhi Wednesday.

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Vilasrao Deshmukh, minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, met Mr. Hazare at his protest site in Delhi's Ramlila Grounds. The meeting was first direct official communication between the activist and the government. Until now, the government has been negotiating with Mr. Hazare's aides.

Mr. Hazare, 73 years old, told his supporters after his meeting with Mr. Deshmukh that he had passed along his concerns to the prime minister. He said he would give up his fast only after the parties in the Parliament reached agreement on the three sticking points that remain between his version of the Lokpal bill and the government's. "The protest will continue from this site till all our demands are met," Mr. Hazare added.

A spokesman for the federal Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs said the government has agreed to hold a discussion in Parliament starting Friday on all the versions of the bill including that of Mr. Hazare and his supporters. The government is now working on details of how the discussion should be held, he added.

The three key areas of difference between the two sides are instituting ombudsman offices in all states, including the entire bureaucracy from villages to federal ministries under new agency's purview and instituting a citizen's charter to redress public grievances. The government has sought to restrict the agency's purview to the higher echelons of the civil service.

Mr. Hazare said he was adamant on these three areas because "I am for the poor."

He said under India's landmark Right to Information act, passed in 2005, villagers were unearthing corruption in development projects like construction of canal but there was no agency where they could go to seek punishment for the corrupt.

Mr. Hazare exhorted his supporters that if the government doesn't agree to start the debate on the Lokpal bill in Parliament starting Friday, then they should start picketing the houses of their parliamentarians in Delhi and around the country.

Mr. Hazare's failing health has been a concern for the government, political parties and his supporters. Doctors treating Mr. Hazare have said he needs hospitalization, which he has denied.

In response to a call by Mr. Hazare's top aides, some protesters took to the streets in central New Delhi and police blocked most of the roads and thoroughfares leading to the prime minister's residence fearing large protesting crowds. They also closed four metro rail stations around the prime minister's residence.

Many traders in the city shut their shops in support of Mr. Hazare. And, in Mumbai, crowds gathered Thursday afternoon at the Bandra East local railway station and marched to an office of the Reserve Bank of India, the nation's central bank, at an industrial complex nearby. The crowd of a few thousand chanted slogans and brandished the Indian flag.

"We want the government to hold discussion on mainly three points of contention – inclusion of lower bureaucracy, Lokayukta at all states, and a citizen's charter," said Manan Gandhi, a student, who participated.

—Diksha Sahni in Mumbai contributed to this article.

Write to Krishna Pokharel at krishna.pokharel@wsj.com and Amol Sharma at amol.sharma@wsj.com

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Le Jour ni l'Heuere 3159 : autoportrait au petit carnet, Galerie nationale de Slovnie, Ljubljana (Laybach), mardi 23 aot 2011, 14:53:18

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Le Jour ni l'Heuere 3159 : autoportrait au petit carnet, Galerie nationale de Slovnie, Ljubljana (Laybach), mardi 23 aot 2011, 14:53:18

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Maldan River at River Edge Park

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Panorama Ridge- Day 4

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Photo taken on August 17th 2011 on a trip in garibaldi Provincial Park from August 14th to 20th 2011.

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Monday, August 22, 2011

2011-07-06 07-08 Kanada, Ontario 040 Waterloo

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Gunfire, Explosions Rattle Tripoli as Rebels Advance

ZAWIYA, Libya -- Fierce street fights broke out in several neighborhoods of Tripoli on Saturday night, according to Tripoli residents and rebel fighters, as rebels inside the capital took to the streets and clashed with heavily armed government forces.

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After six months of war, it appeared that the climactic final battle for control of the capital of two million residents, had at last begun. After over four decades in power, Col. Moammar Gadhafi's rule teetered on the brink of collapse just 12 days shy of the 42nd anniversary of his coming to power on September 1, 1969.

As reports poured in to rebel-held areas of Libya of Tripoli's budding uprising, Libyans poured into the streets to celebrate. In Zawiya, the coastal city 30 miles west of Tripoli which rebels cleared of Mr. Gadhafi's fighters on Friday night, jubilant residents paraded through the streets, honking car horns, screeching tires, and firing celebratory gunfire into the air.

In Benghazi, the rebels' de facto capital in eastern Libya and the city where the uprising against Col. Gadhafi's rule first began on Feb. 17, thousands of people poured into the seaside courthouse square.

Residents tracked Tripoli's developments minute-by-minute by phone calls from friends in the capital, and by news reports on Al Jazeera and the rebel controlled news network Libya Ahrar. Cellular phone networks in Libya were overloaded by the traffic.

"This is the happiest moment of my life, for the first time I feel free free free," 17-year-old Mohammed al-Gummati said as he celebrated in the streets of Zawiya.

In the streets, residents jumped up and down, chanting, "Ole ole ole ole, Gadhafi's going away."

Libya's rebels celebrate new advances and claim another high-profile defection from the pro-Gadhafi camp. Video courtesy of Reuters.

Residents inside the capital reached by telephone reported fierce fighting inside a number of Tripoli neighborhoods, apparently initiated by rebel fighters who had been laying low inside the capital waiting for the right moment to rise up. Residents reported widespread gunfire and frequent explosions.

Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told state television on Saturday night that "all of Tripoli is safe and stable."

The uprising in Tripoli comes on the heels of dramatic rebel gains to the east, west, and south of Tripoli, which has left the capital cutoff from the outside world. Earlier in the day on Saturday, rebels paraded through the streets of Zawiya, the strategic coastal city 30 miles west of Tripoli, proclaiming the city free of loyalist forces after a week of tough urban battle.

The Tripoli uprising also appeared to coincide with reports on the rebel controlled satellite station that Col. Gadhafi had fled the country. Those reports could not be confirmed. Saturday's uprising in Tripoli also fell on the anniversary of the Muslim prophet Mohammed's conquering of Mecca in the seventh century.

There were conflicting reports about how the initial battles in the capital were playing out. Some reports suggested the uprising appeared to be spreading to additional Tripoli neighborhoods. One Zawiya resident said friends had told him that rebel flags flew from buildings throughout the neighborhoods of Tajoura and Souq al-Jomaa. The Al Jazeera news network reported that rebels were battling for control of a military airport in the city.

But other residents in Zawiya said their friends and family members in the capital were relaying discouraging reports that lightly armed and unarmed rebel fighters had been met in the streets by Col. Gadhafi's fighters using heavy caliber weapons and were taking a pounding.

"Gadhafi's soldiers are using heavy weapons and killing the people who came out into the streets," a Zawiya resident said after speaking with several friends in Tripoli. "They don't have heavy weapons so they can't sustain their fight for a long time."

Rebels in Zawiya said they had received urgent calls for help. Units of rebel fighters who fled Tripoli earlier in the uprising have been training for weeks to mobilize against the capital. Zawiya's rebels stand closest to Tripoli, less than 30 miles from the city, but they must battle through Mr. Gadhafi's forces to get there.

After being driven out of Zawiya, those forces now stand about 10 kilometers east of Zawiya, according to rebel fighters.

As fighting erupted in the capital, there were more signs that the regime appeared to be unraveling. Libya's top oil official, Omran Abukraa, arrived in Tunisia after a trip to Italy, declining to return to Tripoli in an apparent defection, Reuters reported.

On Friday night, a former senior aide to Col. Gadhafi, Abdel Salam Jalloud, defected to the Western Mountains. On Monday, Col. Gadhafi's minister of interior defected.

Write to Charles Levinson at charles.levinson@wsj.com

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Ouistreham

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10/08/11 - Mon ombre sur la plage avec le car-ferry normandie.

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Friday, August 19, 2011

Zajac surgery won't faze Lou

Lou Lamoriello says there's "no panic," since he has options to replace No. 1 center Travis Zajac, who will probably miss the first quarter of the Devils' comeback season following Achilles tendon surgery yesterday.

Several veteran unrestricted free agent centers remain on the market, including Kyle Wellwood, Mike Modano, Chris Drury and even ex-Devil John Madden.

Zajac, the franchise-record Iron Man whose streak of 401 consecutive games played will end come opening night against the Flyers, will be out until at least mid-November, probably missing some 20 games.

TORN UP: Top center Travis Zajac is expected to be lost to the Devils until mid-November after undergoing surgery yesterday to repair a torn Achilles tendon. Zajac suffered the injury while doing off-ice training in his hometown of Winnipeg.

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TORN UP: Top center Travis Zajac is expected to be lost to the Devils until mid-November after undergoing surgery yesterday to repair a torn Achilles tendon. Zajac suffered the injury while doing off-ice training in his hometown of Winnipeg.

"There's no panic. That's what we have depth for, and a minor league system," the Devils general manager said. "It had to be repaired, so (the Achilles tendon) was torn."

Lamoriello said he did not know whether the vital tendon in Zajac's left calf was severed.

The GM said Zajac suffered the injury in Winnipeg during off-ice training that involved jumping. The surgery requires a three-month recovery and rehabilitation period.

"It's a simple procedure, but it's three months," Lamoriello said. "He'll be back sooner than you think."

Zajac finished third in scoring for the Devils last season (13-31-44), playing all 82 games. The 26-year-old, who will be late starting his sixth NHL season, has 89 goals and 160 assists for 249 points in 408 NHL games. He was New Jersey's first pick, 20th overall, in 2004.

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Wellenbrecher

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0058 Irish Pub In Melbourne 5-10-2009

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Tower on a Hill

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After numerous attempts, we finally made our way to N Seoul Tower with its magnificent views of the Seoul Skyline. Of course, we had no idea which bus to take from the subway station so trudged up the hill in the Namsan district, even after a whole day of walking. The cable car to the top was a much needed respite from walking.

The area was serene compared to the rest of Seoul. It was nice to be up there, even with the hordes of tourists. It rained on the way back, the only day that it did.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Old neon motel sign

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Old neon motel sign

Old neon motel sign on South Tacoma Way in Tacoma, Washington

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What the Medal Count Means

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For the second straight Olympics, The Wall Street Journal's method of handicapping the medal count produced some strong results—and a few that were less than glowing.

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Biathlete Magdalena Neuner helped Germany live up to our lofty prediction.

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The Vancouver Olympics closed on Sunday with a spectacular finale of fireworks and a star-studded celebration. Video courtesy of AFP.

The results point to three conclusions about the Games: The U.S. had a serious breakthrough, the Austrian ski team may be in serious trouble and nobody suffered more for the lousy Canadian weather than the Canadians themselves.

Let's start with the good calls we made. The Journal's prediction of 10 gold medals for the U.S. was just one more than the final tally. Germany won 10 golds and 30 medals overall, which was nearly identical to our prediction of 10 and 29. Canada's haul of 14 golds, which broke the Winter Games record of 13 shared by Norway and the Soviet Union, came as a surprise to many—but it was only two medals more than our model had anticipated.

The Journal's predictions, which were compiled by assigning probabilities to medal contenders in each event and using them to perform computer simulations of the Games, showed Norway winning seven golds and 21 overall (they won nine and 23). It had China and Korea both winning five golds (China won five and Korea six). We had the Netherlands winning three golds and eight medals in total (they won four golds and eight overall).

The more instructive results were the ones we got wrong. We never foresaw France winning 11 medals (the model had them at five) but their biathletes came up big. Whoever is responsible for training that team deserves the Legion of Honor.

We remain furious with the Austrian ski team, which chose these games to show some alarming signs of weakness. We thought the legendary Austrian skiers would lead the way to six golds and 19 overall medals for their country, but they basically didn't show up at Whistler. They collected just four medals, only one of them gold, in what has long been considered the country's national sport.

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Alpine skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis underperformed for the Canadian Olympic team.

We weren't surprised that Canada and the U.S. cleaned up, winning 63 overall medals. In fact, we thought they would win 70. But we had the portions backwards: The Journal had Canada winning a Winter Games-record 37 medals, rather than the U.S. team, which actually did.

The U.S. surge came largely from breakout performances in several "traditional" Olympic sports like Alpine skiing, where the U.S. won a surprising eight medals. And in Nordic combined, the U.S. picked up three silvers and a gold largely from three athletes it has been developing for the better part of the past 15 years—Bill Demong, Johnny Spillane, and Todd Lodwick. In the end, the combination of granular snow, home-continent cooking and the familiar time zone and climate helped the U.S. own the podiums. "We just feel really comfortable here," said Andrew Weibrecht, the U.S. skier who won the bronze medal in the men's Super-G.

As for the Canadians coming up short, we'll stick with one of the larger themes of the Vancouver Games by blaming the weather. With little snow at Cypress Mountain in December and January, the Canadians couldn't get the sort of extra practice on the home freestyle skiing and snowboarding courses a home team usually gets.

It's always tempting to look at the results and make some ambitious declarations about the future. This time, the question seems to be whether 2010 heralds a new era of North American dominance in the Winter Olympics.

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History suggests something larger may be at work. Through the Cold War, the Soviet Union and East Germany came to dominate the Winter Games. But since the collapse of the Berlin wall, North America has been steadily gaining ground on Europe, with a slight hiccup in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.

In 1988 in Calgary, the last Soviet-era Games, the U.S. won two golds and six medals overall, tied for eighth place in total medals, while Canada captured no golds and five overall and tied for 10th. Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria and Netherlands all finished higher, despite their huge size disadvantages. By 2006, The U.S. totals had climbed to nine and 25, (2nd place) and Canada's were up to seven and 24, (3rd place).

Not surprisingly, Europeans don't necessarily see it that way.

Luciano Barra, the former Turin Olympics executive and a noted medals prognosticator, isn't buying the idea. "The Games were in North America," he said. "Do not forget that the snow condition and other elements were not in favor of Europe."

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, didn't see a trend developing, either. "You still have the same countries that are the powerhouses of winter sports," he said Sunday, noting the U.S., Canada, Germany and Norway had fared well.

"The games evolve around these very strong nations," he added. "There are always ups and downs. It's clear the Russian federation isn't very happy with their performance. It's not like in Athens, where we saw the rise of Asia. But I don't see a big trend here as a change. It's confirming what's happened before."

Write to Matthew Futterman at matthew.futterman@wsj.com

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Avalanche Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana

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Monday, August 15, 2011

le passage Thiaffait (Lyon)

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Boys Are Back In Town

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The Boys Are Back In Town

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Friday, August 12, 2011

Protesters Occupy Libyan Embassy in Sweden

STOCKHOLM—seven men were arrested on Thursday afternoon after breaking into the Libyan embassy building in Stockholm in an apparent protest at Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime, Swedish police said.

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Protesters hang a pre-Gadhafi Libyan flag from the Libyan Embassy in Stockholm Thursday after breaking into the building and tearing down images of Col. Moammar Gadhafi and throwing them out of the windows.

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Officers were alerted of the trespassing after an intruder alarm went off inside the embassy building in the eastern district of the capital. Some twenty police patrol units were dispatched to the location and officers sealed off the area. The embassy building has been unoccupied since February when the embassy staff walked out in protest over Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime and there were no staff on the premises apart from two security guards.

The protesters, who police said weren't speaking Swedish, threatened to jump out of the windows of the three-storey building. They had put up a sign written in English out of one of the windows saying: ""We will kill ourselves if you try come in." Stockholm Police Inspector Kjell Lindgren said the group had indicated that they were in possession of flammable liquid. Rescue personnel were at the location and had inflated safety mattresses outside the building.

Initially, police attempted to negotiate with the group but it later decided to enter the building by force.

"Shortly after, special forces entered the building and arrested seven men," Mr. Lindgren said, adding that the police task force used vehicles with ladders to enter through the windows of the building.

The men were taken to the Stockholm City police station for questioning. Police said that the arrested men are suspected of unlawful entry, arson and vandalism. None of the suspects were in need of medical attention.

Police declined to comment on exactly what the group had demanded. Prior to arresting the seven men, four people thought to be connected to the protest had been arrested outside the building.

The Swedish Foreign Ministry said they know of only one representative of Col. Gadhafi's government in Sweden but they have no information about his whereabouts. The Libyan Embassy receives protection under the Vienna Convention, though Sweden doesn't formally recognize representatives of either Col. Gadhafi's government or the opposition as legitimate, a Swedish government spokesman said.

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Behind the Waterfall

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

I Don't Think We Picked A Big Enough Boat For The Pacific Ocean...

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This photo was taken in Fort Bragg California, Noyo Harbor.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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The river Seljalands drops 60 metres over the original coastline cliffs creating the beautiful Seljalandsfoss waterfall.

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Monday, August 8, 2011

Must-Try Looks Before Summer Is Over

I have some good news and some bad news -- which do you want to hear first? The bad? Are you sure? OK. Here it is: Summer is almost over -- and school is just around the corner. (I guess if you're the parent that school part might not sound so bad.) Luckily, these comfy and stylish looks for class soften the blow a bit. All right, a lot. I mean, look how cute these tops are!

The good news? There's technically still a month of summer left. That's plenty of time to get a hot bikini body with these tips, so let's make this last month count. I'm definitely planning to take several last-minute beach trips before my schedule gets busy again. Not to mention a girls' night out, laying poolside, a romantic date or two ...

With so many different events, it's hard finding the perfect outfit -- not to mention hair and makeup -- to match each occasion. That's why I put together this summer style guide to end summer with a bang. (Even better? Most of these looks are probably on sale by now!) It includes everything from what makeup to wear to your BBQ to the best dress for your night out.

So, scroll through the gallery below for our best daytime and nighttime picks. Want specific tips? Just click on each category below to get the best hair, makeup and outfit choices for each occasion. Then, take this bonus quiz to find which summer style matches your personality.

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Hitting the park for a picnic or BBQ? You want to go for a "fresh, radiant and flawless" look, says makeup artist Marissa Nemes. Jennifer Aniston's sheer makeup provides just the right amount of coverage while keeping it casual and natural. Here's how Nemes says to get the look:

Face: Start by protecting your skin with a tinted moisturizer with SPF (try KORRES Watermelon Lightweight Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30, $28). Next, apply a gel blush like Tarte's cheek Stain in Tipsy, $30. The key is creating a fresh, dewy cheek that looks totally natural, says Nemes. Rub it into the apples of your cheeks and sweep it outward toward your temples with your fingers.

Eyes: To get a playful, sparkly look, apply a pretty cream shadow topped with a generous coat of mascara. Nemmes recommends using Nars Cosmetics Duo Cream Shadow in Summertime, $33 and Maybelline Great Lash Mascara in Black, $5.49.

Lips: Everyone loves a healthy-looking pout, especially in the summer. Use a rosy gloss like CoverGirl Wetslicks Amazemint Lip Gloss in Everything's Rosy, $5 to complete your look.

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