Olympic Fever

A supporter of traditional Chinese medicine inserts an acupuncture needle with a miniatureThai national flag attached to it into his head during a photo opportunity in Guangzhou.













A girl wears sunglasses decorated with the Olympic mascots as she poses outside the National Stadium at the Olympic Green in Beijing, on Saturday, July 26, 2008.














Russian Olympic team members walk in Cathedral Square of Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, after a prayer at the Assumption Cathedral, seen behind. The Olympic team gathered for a religious service at the Assumption Cathedral after a meeting with Pesident Dmitry Medvedev.















A train attendant stands next to the Chinese-made high-speed CRH3 train upon its arrival at Tianjin Railway Station. The train will be put into use just before the Beijing Olympic Games.Medvedev.














Performers take part in a procession outside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing on Thursday, July 31, 2008, ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.














Bold n bright: Performers wear colourful hats during a rehearsal of a show featuring the Olympic mascots in Beijing. The show is one of the Olympic themed cultural activities.




























Performers pose for photos ahead of the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in front of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing.

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A girl with her face painted with Olympic symbols at a school in Beijing.















A resident trims vines that were planted and arranged in shapes related to the Olympics at a residential community in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.














Pregnant women display paintings of Fuwa, the official mascot of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, during a body painting show in China's Shaanxi province.














Chinese tattoo enthusiast Liu Ming shows a tattoo of the Beijing Olympic rings at a tattoo shop in Beijing.













A man shows off his 2008 Beijing Olympics tickets in Beijing. Thousands of people waited overnight for a chance to buy tickets for the Summer Games.














Visitors look at a paper replica of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, displayed on the Olympic Green in Beijing.














Flowers bloom in a body of water near the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing on Thursday, August 7, 2008. Opening ceremonies for the Beijing 2008 Olympics will be held on August 8.













California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tries on an official US Olympic jacket as San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed (US flag tie), right, claps in front of Olympic athletes and officials in California.













Models display the costumes for hostesses during a ceremony to unveil the Beijing Olympics Award Ceremony Etiquette Apparel and Accessories in Beijing. These hostesses will carry the medals and wreaths during the medal ceremony for each sporting event.














People rest as they wait to buy Olympic tickets at a ticket office located near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing.













Meng Jie rides an Olympic Rings shaped bicycle in Beijing. Meng designed and refitted the bicycle as an attempt to promote the 2008 Beijing Olympics.













A performer takes part in a rehearsal of a show featuring the Olympic mascots in Beijing.













Pictogram sculptures of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are hanged to the construction site of an Olympic exhibit near the Monument to the People's Heroes on Beijing's Tiananmen Square.















A Chinese man wears shades designed to show the numbers 2008 outside the Olympic Green in Beijing.














Soldiers light candles to form a shape of Olympic rings during a photo opportunity at an army base in Taizhou, Zhejiang province on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. The event was to support the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games.

Comic Con ‘08 Cosplay Comedy!

Well Comic Con 2008 just wrapped up and while the main attraction might be the exclusive new video game footage, sneak peaks at next summer’s biggest comic book movies and a chance to get an autograph from Hacksaw Jim Duggan, the REAL stars are the cosplayers. Basking somewhere in the nebulous gray area between brilliance and depravity lies the art of dressing up like your favorite video game or comic book character and walking around in public. Cosplaying was invented in the year 1507 by Ferdinand Magellan as an excuse to explain his awkward cross dressing tendencies as he sailed the earth and ironically named a “Strait” after himself. That’s actually a total lie. Read on for more pictures of these costumed crazies.

EU Eiffel Tower Lighshow

EU Eiffel Tower Lighshowwatch the eiffel tower decorated like the EU and then have a seizure at 12AM on june 1 2008It was because of some eu confrence… the parliment had a cooler lightshow. anyways, go usa

Ford Kuga 20TDCi 4WD

Ford Kuga 20TDCi 4WD
The Ford Kuga is available from 25,500 to 31,215 € €. Price, tab and the full range of equipment. It is available only with a turbo engine of 136 hp and two equipment levels: “Trend” and “Titanium”.

Amanda Holden Recreates 1970s Tennis Poster

Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden put her cheeky side on display in a recreation of photographer Martins Elliotts' famous 1970s Tennis Girl poster.The actress flashed her derrière during a promotional shoot, but was thankfully more demure than the original model, who wore no underwear at all.

12 Creative Table Designs

Spice up your house with one of these creative tables!
BaObab Table
The BaObab desk, designed by Philippe Starck for Vitra, provides a refreshing approach to office furniture. It’s curved shape, created as a single piece, shields the user and provides a pleasant feeling of security. As a sculptural element, BaObab embraces the user, supports them in an unconventional manner in their work and ultimately gives the office a new feel. Its warm colors are inviting and its organic form challenges the conventional world of right angles and allows it to be positioned freely. $5,290.00 [link]


Marice Table
Bedside table in wengé with glass top. £129 [link]

WIRO Table
The beauty of WIRO is as much in the manufacture as it is in the clean, almost industrial, yet modern design. £375.00 [link]

Yo-Yo Table
The simple lines and lean-design of the Yo-Yo tables produce a sleek and attractive sofa/side table suitable for any space. The Yo-Yo tables feature curved, beech plywood lacquered in a variety of high gloss colors.
The Yo-Yo tables are offered in Beech plywood, high gloss lacquered in your choice of white, black or red. $1,418.00 [link]

Titan Table
Desk in black ash veneer and chrome base. £199 [link]

Cardboard Table
Cardboard Furniture by Leo Kempf. [link]

Plateau Coffee Table
The Plateau coffee table is a multi-functional piece that can serve as a coffee table, a comfortable seat, or an ottoman on which to rest one’s feet. For those wishing to sit low to the ground, the seat can even be removed and used as a stand-alone floor cushion. The rectilinear stainless steel legs and mitered joinery enhance the clean, pared-down lines of the piece. $3,950.00 [link]
Oval Table
Creative table designed and made by Burgess Zbryk and Rie Egawa. [link]
Kube Table
Coffee table in black glass. £99 [link]
Jigsaw Table
Made entirely from solid beech, the Jigsaw Puzzle Table consists of individual jigsaw shaped pieces that fit together to create a unique occasional table. £199.95 [link]

Yin Yang Table
Coffee table in fiberglass with inlaid lines, black/alu. £299 [link] Marsh Table
The Marsh is surprisingly practical, with a generous surface, and voids that provide space to display books (or hide remotes). The volume is crafted from 14-gauge steel, seamlessly welded and finished smooth. The piece is then finished with DESU bone white, architectural grade polyester powder coat. Each piece is handmade exclusively in our Brooklyn, NY studios and is signed and stamped with the DESU insignia. [link]