Monday, May 31, 2010

Wild animals

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By Donald Ker




When motorcycles sucks ...
Donald Ker, an Englishman living at Gilku, in Northern Nigeria, recently introduced the motorcycle as a mount for his hunting trips in the Sudan.




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Harley bobber

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Shakira, Shakira

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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, known professionally as Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing.

Shakira, es una cantautora y productora colombiana del género pop rock en español e inglés. En 1996 debutó con éxito en el mercado discográfico hispanoamericano después de que se publicara su álbum Pies descalzos. Su fama creció a nivel mundial cuando en el año 2001 lanzó el álbum Servicio de lavandería. La artista ha vendido al rededor de 50 millones de discos en toda su carrera discográfica.





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Scarification

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Facial Scarification in Africa in the early 1940s by John Atherton

John is an old retired vegetarian male hermit. In the past he was an archaeologist for a long time and an anthropology professor for over 20 years.




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1937 Flathead

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1937 UL Flathead Engine. Engine is complete minus the carburetor and generator. This engine has been professional rebuilt and has never been ran. It has 1938, 11 fin cylinders. Good VIN number and matching belly numbers with clear Ohio title. No known damage or repairs to the cases. The heads do have a few broken/chipped fins. Intake is included without any gaskets.




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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Dennis Dennis

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Yesterday veteran Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper died, he was 74.




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Saturday, May 29, 2010

1919 Indian

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1919 Indian Daytona racer with racing Flexi side car,from the Steve McQueen's estate.




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Cleveland Motorcycle

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Vietnam

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Top Essentials to Know About the Vietnam War
By Martin Kelly

1. Domino Theory

With the fall of North Vietnam to the Communists in 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower explained America's stance in a press conference. As Eisenhower stated when asked about the strategic importance of Indochina: "...you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the 'falling domino' principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly...." In other words, the fear was that if Vietnam fell completely to communism, this would spread. This Domino Theory was the central reason for America's continued involvement in Vietnam over the years.



2. Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Over time, American involvement continued to increase. During the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, an event occurred that resulted in an escalation in the war. In August 1964, it was reported that the North Vietnamese attacked the USS Maddox in international waters. Controversy still exists over the actual details of this event but the result is undeniable. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that allowed Johnson to increase America's military involvement. It allowed him to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack...and to prevent further aggression." Johnson and Nixon used this as a mandate to fight in Vietnam for years to come.




3. Operation Rolling Thunder

In early 1965, the Viet Cong staged an attack against a Marine barracks that killed eight and injured over a hundred. This was called the Pleiku Raid. President Johnson, using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution as his authority, ordered the air force and navy forward in Operation Rolling Thunder to bomb. His hope was that the Viet Cong would realize America's resolve to win and stop it in its tracks. However, it seemed to have the opposite effect. This quickly led to further escalation as Johnson ordered more troops into the country. By 1968, there were more than 500,000 troops committed to fighting in Vietnam.



4. Tet Offensive

On January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched a major attack on the South during Tet, or the Vietnamese New Year. This was called the Tet Offensive. American forces were able to repel and seriously injure the attackers. However, the effect of the Tet Offensive was severe at home. Critics of the war increased and demonstrations against the war began to occur across the country.



5. Opposition at Home

The Vietnam War caused a great division among the American population. Further, as news of the Tet Offensive became widespread, opposition to the war greatly increased. Many college students fought against the war through campus demonstrations. The most tragic of these demonstrations occurred on May 4, 1970 at Kent State University in Ohio. Four students staging a protest demonstration were killed by national guardsmen. Antiwar sentiment also arose in the media which further fed the demonstrations and protests. Many of the popular songs of the time were written in protest to the war such as "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," and "Blowing in the Wind."



6. Pentagon Papers

In June 1971, the New York Times published leaked top-secret Defense Department documents known as the Pentagon Papers. These documents showed that the government had lied in public statements about how the military involvement and progress of the war in Vietnam. This confirmed the worst fears of the anti-war movement. It also increased the amount of public outcry against the war. By 1971, over 2/3 of the American population wanted President Richard Nixon to order troop withdrawals from Vietnam.



7. Paris Peace Accords

During most of 1972, President Richard Nixon sent Henry Kissinger to negotiate a ceasefire with the North Vietnamese. A temporary ceasefire was completed in October 1972 which helped secure Nixon's reelection as president. By January 27, 1973, America and North Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Accords which ended the war. This included the immediate release of American prisoners and the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam within 60 days. The Accords were to include the end of hostilities in Vietnam.


However, soon after America left the country, fighting broke out again eventually resulting in victory for the North Vietnamese in 1975. There were over 58,000 American deaths in Vietnam and more than 150,000 wounded.





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Pocahontas

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Bridges in New York City # 4

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Henry Hudson Bridge

The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek. It connects the Spuyten Duyvil section of The Bronx with the northern end of Manhattan to the south. On the Manhattan side, it touches Inwood Hill Park.

High Bridge (New York City)

The High Bridge is a stone masonry arch bridge, with a height of 140 feet over the Harlem River, connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.

Kosciuszko Bridge (New York City)

The Kosciuszko Bridge is a truss bridge that spans Newtown Creek between the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, connecting Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Penny Bridge, Queens. It is a part of Interstate 278, which is also locally known as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Macombs Dam Bridge

Macombs Dam Bridge is a swing bridge that spans the Harlem River in New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx near Yankee Stadium. It is the third-oldest bridge in New York City and was designated an official landmark in January 1992. The bridge is operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT).




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Friday, May 28, 2010

Mabel Normand

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Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892 – February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors.




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Cochise

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Shinya

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Picture via : The Vintagent



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Venus

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via :



So tennis whites can be a bit dull. And sports wear is not the most sexy attire around.
And Venus Williams was playing in the French Open in Paris... which might go some way to explain her bizarre choice of outfit in her first match of the tournament.
The 29-year-old player looked as if she had borrowed a negligee from a burlesque troop at the Moulin Rouge.




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The New York Central Terminal

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The New York Central Terminal in Buffalo, New York, USA, was a key railroad station from 1929 to 1979. The 17-story Art Deco style station was designed by architects Fellheimer & Wagner for the New York Central Railroad. After years of abandonment, it is in derelict condition, but is now owned by the non-profit preservation group, Central Terminal Restoration Corporation. The Central Terminal is located in what is called the Broadway/Fillmore district, (or Polonia District) of Buffalo.
During the late 19th Century, Buffalo had several railroad stations, and there were calls for a single union station. In 1889, a Union Station was proposed to be built on the site of the future Central Terminal, but it never happened.
The New York Central (NYC) had two stations in Buffalo in the early 20th Century: the Exchange Street Station and the Terrace Station. Both of these downtown stations were old—Exchange Street dated to before the American Civil War—and were plagued with downtown congestion.




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Osklen

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Osklen is a Brazilian sportswear clothing company, owned and created in 1989 by Brazilian entrepreneur Oskar Metsavaht.




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Martin Luther King

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon: King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.




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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Stefan's Le Mans

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Stefan kindly send me these pictures of his 850 Le Mans



This Guzzi Le Mans is his first bike and he always has it.
He little changes according to his taste: no plastic, two wheels, an engine and that's it. Stef is from Switzerland, has two English bikes (BSA Thunderbolt 650 and a Commando 850 Norton) and a few Italian (Ducati Scrambler 250, Mike Hailwood Replica 900 SS, 2 850/1140 Guzzi Le Mans, Galletto 175, Airone 250 ,V7 750 and a Griso 1200, an Aermacchi 350, 2 Gileras Nordwest 600, Aprilia Moto 650 2 an orange and black, a Vespa 125, 1 175 Settebello Morini, Morini 2 350 1 Morini 500 sei and one Monobike KTM 690.

Thanks Stefan for this pictures and feel free to send me more of your fantastic collection, ride safe and all my best
Frank




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Thor 1912

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1912 Thor ,chain drive single,battery model,good to use for the single class in the Cannon Ball Coast to Coast run,has been in inside storage for many years,has dual head lights,tandam rear seat with tee bar,orig.1915 lic.




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GIGN

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The National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, commonly abbreviated GIGN (French: Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale), is the French Gendarmerie's elite Special Operations counter-terrorism and hostage rescue unit; it is part of the military force called the Gendarmerie. Even if its members belong to the military, they are now charged with police duties outside urbanised areas. As such, GIGN units are closer to enhanced SWAT teams than to pure military units such as the British Army's Special Air Service. Its operators are trained to follow police regulations and include negotiation and investigation specialists.




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Hotel Nacional

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This is the National Hotel(Hotel Nacional in Portuguese) at São Conrado Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The company that owned the hotel bankrupted and the building wich is a Oscar Nyemeyer's project is now abandoned.




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Lena Horne

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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.
Horne joined the mike chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather. Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood.




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The Beauty & the Beast

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picture by : jbfrmca




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Kingston

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The government of Jamaica has declared a state of emergency in the capital of Kingston, as gangsters battled with police and security on May 23, 2010 to defend alleged drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who is wanted in the United States. Residents in West Kingston neighborhoods have set up barricades to prevent the police from entering the slums to execute the order.




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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Who is Jee Vice?

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Jee Vice is a new designer on the scene and already their sunglasses have been sported by celeb names such as Anne Hathaway and Lindsay Lohan. Jee Vice are strictly for women. Their mission statement is all about empowering women. They hope their influential designs will inspire and enhance passion and commitment in womens lives. Its like the all new re-vamped girl power for the elite 21st century woman. Already well established as a designer brand, Rhianna has even been spotted wearing a pair of large square frames.If theres one thing Jee Vice are, its Passionate and these frames reflect what Jee Vice is about down to a T.
Only established in 2003, Jee Vice has already achieved flagship status with independent women around the world. They absolutely bleed passion for what they are about which makes me even more intrigues and interested in this brand. What do I think? Expect big things.
via : the sunglasses-shop





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Killinger and Freund

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The Killinger and Freund Motorcycle was an attempt in 1935 by a group of five German engineers from Munich to design a more streamlined and modified version of the German Megola front-wheel drive motorcycle. The work took three years to complete but the result was impressive. The engine displacement stayed the same as the Megola at 600 cc but was much lighter and more simplified than a standard 100 cc motorcycle of the time.





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1931 Excelsior

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Circa 1931 Excelsior one-off racing engine. 21:35 cu.in. OHV single with dual port exhaust. Designed and built by legendary M/C racer, Joe Petrali for Ignatz Schwinn, owner of Excelsior-Henderson M/C Co. This engine was the 1931 El Centro National Championship winner in the one mile dirt track solo motorcycle race. It features a Schebler barrel valve racing carb and a German Bosch magneto ignition.




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Miami Dade

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The Dade County Courthouse, now known as the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, is a historic courthouse located at 73 West Flagler Street in Miami, Florida. Constructed over four years (1925-28), it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1989. The building is 360 feet (120 m) tall with 28 floors. When built, it was the tallest building in Miami and in Florida.
It is still in use as the main civil courthouse of Miami-Dade County.




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July 4 Rodeo

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July 4, 1888, became the birthday of professional rodeo when a group of Prescott, Arizona, merchants and professional businessmen organized the first formalized "cowboy tournament" and offered cash prizes. A cowboy named Juan Leivas walked off with rodeo's first professional title and was documented in the subsequent edition of the Arizona Journal-Miner.




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