Spotlights On Our Global Village As A New Society
Fencer Mariel Zagunis Will Carry U.S. Flag In Opening Ceremony Mariel Zagunis has been named the U.S. flagbearer for the London 2012 Opening Ceremony. Here, Zagunis celebrates a win in the individual sabre final at the Pan American Games last year. Mariel Zagunis, the two-time gold medalist in sabre, has been named the…
Car Waiting There is a big difference between “shock and awe” and disruptive innovation. Shock and awe is a superficial and short-lived gut response. True disruptive innovation changes the course of the way we see, think or do things. The core of all art is expression of the deep self. If, in following your deepest…
Everyone loves smut, says Patty Marks of Ellora’s Cave, who turned kinky fiction into millions before E.L. James It might seem that women reading super-smutty romance novels is a new phenomenon, thanks to deafening buzz around the series whose name cannot be spoken. (Fine, “Fifty Shades of Grey.” There! I said it.) But to Patty…
What would you do for free food? More than 200 naked shoppers flocked to a German supermarket in hopes of snagging some free groceries last week. The store, located in the city of Süderlügum, offered to treat the first hundred shoppers to up to $276 worth of items if they came wearing only their birthday…
The sex on “Game of Thrones” has been the topic of much discussion throughout the first two seasons of the hit HBO series. It has sparked debate about gender roles and sexism on TV, inspired critic Myles McNutt to coin the term “sexposition” –- using sex as a backdrop for exposition about back story or…
Man with 100-pound scrotum REJECTS offers to perform $1 million corrective surgery for free because his giant organ has made him famous By Michael Zennie PUBLISHED: 18 June 2012 | UPDATED: 19 June 2012 A Las Vegas man who suffers from a rare condition that made his scrotum swell to 100 pounds is basking in…
NOTES FROM THE FIELD Date: June 6, 2012 Reporting From: U S A The big news out of New York City these days is Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s proposed ban on the sale of soda drinks over 16-ounces (about 1/2 liter) at restaurants, movie theaters, sports stadia, street carts, fast food chains, etc. Bloomberg stressed that we have a responsibility…
Op-Ed: Moroccan author and political scientist offers a subtle thesis: sexual repression is a gateway to corruption and political repression. Secret love in Marrakesh (Emanuele UbO) By Omar Saghi* LE SOIR/WORLDCRUNCH CASABLANCA – The link between sexual repression and political repression might seem like a stretch. And yet there is a clear connection between the…
Chinese Culinary Culture Economic Observer Online Never before in Chinese history has a documentary film aroused so much public enthusiasm. Everybody is talking about a new 7-part documentary called A Bite of China which was recently broadcast late at night on CCTV 1. The documentary depicts various gourmet items across the vast Chinese culinary landscape….
Untitled (Chakraman) is a rare example of Nepalese painting. Visually striking in its scale and colour, and rich with iconography, it illustrates concepts connected to Buddhism, Hinduism, tantric principles and yoga, while depicting a great number of deities and incarnations.