This image of President Obama, which is going viral on the net and Twitter, is becoming a big hit with football (soccer) and sports fans arond the world in the last 24 hours.
It shows the reaction of both England's former captain David Beckham and President Barack Obama after England's keeper Rob Green made that horrible blunder against the U.S. in Saturdays, June 12, 2010 first round match in South Africa 2010.
What are your thoughts of Obama smiling in this picture?
Here are the wives and girlfriends of seven of the top footballers in the world in a photo session for the Umbro World Champions Collection for the upcoming 19th FIFA World Cup, South Africa 2010. Each one of these seven girls and the jerseys they are wearing represents all the current and former World Cup champions in the history.
Football Shirt Culture wrote - "The wives and girlfriends of seven international football stars have been shot by legendary photographer Rankin for a stunning global advertising campaign to promote Umbros new World Champions Collection.
Abbey Clancy, the girlfriend of England striker Peter Crouch, has joined six other women who, like her, currently or previously have either dated or married an international footballer. And to make it even more relevant to this summers event, each girl represents one of the seven countries that have ever won the worlds biggest football tournament - Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy and Uruguay.
The striking image Rankin has produced is based on an iconic campaign run by Umbro in 1967, which famously featured girls cheekily wearing football shirts as dresses. For 2010, the campaign has been brought right up to date with the girls modelling the Umbro World Champions Collection. This truly inspired football range has been designed in collaboration with some of the hottest international artists, each hailing from the same country as each model. The twist in the brief to them was to base their design on the tailored silhouette of the Umbro England home shirt. I thought the idea of creating a modern interpretation of the Umbro advert from the sixties was an interesting concept. The girls in the campaign all look stunning and they were a pleasure to work with. Im extremely pleased with the results, says Rankin.
Rankin spent two days photographing these beautiful women. Argentina is represented by Luli Fernandez and has been designed in collaboration with Buenos Aires based record label, ZZK Records. Brazil is represented by the wife of Julio Cesar, Susana Werner, wearing a shirt designed by Fernando Chamarelli, an illustrator, visual artist and tattoo designer from Sao Paolo.
Model and TV presenter, Abbey Clancy, wears the England shirt. Abbey is striking in a shirt with a crest designed by Ben Eine, one of Englands most prominent street artists and graffiti pioneers. I loved the shoot with Rankin and the opportunity to be a part of recreating the famous Umbro advert from 67. The crest design is a really fun take on a traditional, regal crest, said Abbey.
Charlene Suric, girlfriend of France & Arsenal left back Gaël Clichy, is wearing the French shirt, designed in collaboration with Andre, the Paris based graffiti artist and international fashion authority.
Germany is represented by Julia Godicke. Julias shirt has been designed by Marok, Berlins legendary magazine mogul and cultural icon. Alice Bregoli is married to Alberto Gilardino, the Italian and Fiorentina player, and will be featured wearing a shirt designed in collaboration with Italian comics author, illustrator and artist, Tanino Liberatore.
Finally, Uruguays inaugural 1930 and legendary 1950 World Cup wins are represented by Zaira Nara, who dates Uruguay and Atletico Madrid striker, Diego Forlan. Zairas shirt crest was designed by Martin Albronoz, a mixed media artist from Montevideo.
Trevor Cairns, Chief Marketing Officer from Umbro explains why the brand took this direction. Looking back through our imagery archives, we discovered that Umbro used girls to promote their shirts in the World Cup year of 1966. We have used the wives and girlfriends of players who represent the Champion nations to model our new shirts. This is an irreverent, fun and Umbro way to showcase these great products, to celebrate global football culture in a World Cup year and to give a nod to our own history and heritage.
The Umbro World Champions Collection of football shirts and T-shirts is available from leading independents. RRP £70 for the Limited Edition box (including poster of all the crests signed by the artists, the shirt, story booklet about the inspiration behind each design and a crest pin badge), £50 for shirt, £25 for T-shirt. nike football shirt culture adidas puma umbro"
via rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response captured an amazing satellite photo of Great Britain covered in snow on December 7, 2009.
"Quantum of Solace" is the 22nd edition of EON Productions and Ian Fleming's British secret agent - 007 James Bond. This current edition showcases exotic locations in Italy, Baja California Mexico, Panama, and Austria. But almost half the movie was shot at Atacama in Northern Chile, South America (not in Bolivia as the movie indicates). Atacama is a large desert between Peru, Chile, and Boliva - it is the driest desert in the world, it has never rained in recorded human history!!!
The movie was originally scheduled to have spectacular scenes filmed at the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, Peru. But due to bad weather this past March, the Cuzco filming were canceled.
Quantum of Solace has a predominantly South American theme in film locations, storyline, and music with three Peruvian fusion songs in the movie's soundtrack.
English actor Daniel Craig, the current James Bond, speaks a little Spanish and has indicated in a recent interview with an Argentine newspaper that he wants to visit Peru.
Diario Correo - Daniel Craig: Me gustaría ir a Perú
From The Sunday Times of London, England - Luxury locations: Quantum of Solace
007 Quantum Of Solace - In U.S. Theaters Friday, November 14, 2008
007 James Bond - Quantum Of Solace Behind The Scenes 1 of 2
007 James Bond - Quantum Of Solace Behind The Scenes 2 of 2
From Peru - The record/album of Jaime Cuadra in the new James Bond movie. "Desde Peru - EL Disco De Jaime Cuadra En Nuevo La Pelicula De James Bond."
Description of the video below: "Cholo Soy", Peruvian Waltz Chill Out. From the Quechua of Peru, this is a popular song in Peru and the rest of South America about being "Cholo" which expresses a strong sense of cultural pride among people who are predominantly of indigenous stock or race in South America, especially the Andean countries.
Jaime Cuadra and his music have been a huge sensation in Peru since 2006, when he released "Cholo Soy," which mixed creole music, vals (waltz, Peruvian style), festejo (Afro Peruvian) and marinera (Northern Peru & Lima-based music) with electronic chillout tracks.
Jaime Cuadra (born in Lima, Peru on November 26, 1970) musician, producer and Peruvian audiovisual communicator. In October 2008, 3 songs from his album Cholo Soy, Peruvian Waltz Chill Out, were included in the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace.
New York Post Nov 12, 2008 - Peruvian Musician Scores Three Songs In New James Bond Flick
Pictures & Posters of 22nd release of 007 James Bond in "Quantum Of Solace":
Dramatic Scene From The New 007 Movie!
Hey international food lovers,
As many of you known from my previous posts about the introduction to the United States of Peruvian celebrity chef Gaston, and his much publicized grand opening in the food press of La Mar (The Sea) in Francisco this Fall. And the other post about how Peruvian Cebiche will dethroning Japanese Sushi. The fine dining and upper-end seafood establishment in San Francisco and the rest of the U.S. should take notice of the following news coming out of England and Spain.
From The Times of London, England on June 27, 2008 - Cebiche: The New Sushi
A recent 2-month world-wide internet poll concluded last Friday, August 15, 2008, by a major Spanish online newspaper "20 Minutos" in Madrid declared that the "Peruvian Cebiche" is the best traditional dish in the world! It received by huge margin, the most votes from their very knowledgeable and discriminating core food critics, their readers and users in Spain and abroad.
(All the top traditional dish finalists from around the world and the final vote count is in the last link of this post.)
Reports, video, and pictures of the winner in the links below in English and Spanish.
Peruvian Cebiche labeled Best Traditional Dish in the World
Report from LP News by Israel J. Ruiz - July 16, 2008.
After over 7 million people around the world choose their favorite flag through a Spanish news website, the site's users have organized a new contest: The Best Traditional Dish in the World.
This competition is an unofficial one with no monetary reward and is not recognized by any special organization.
Despite this, hundreds of thousands of Internet users take pride in selecting a traditional dish from their country in hopes that it will gain one of the top spots.
With over 95,000 points, cebiche, Peru's most famous gastronomical dish, is currently ranked number 1.
It is ahead of other international dishes such as tacos, pizza, sushi and paella.
Since the contest began in late June, many dishes have been eliminated, leaving only 15 to choose from.
Participants will have until July 28 to vote for their favorite dish.
On this date, the three best dishes will be announced and voting will commence once again. Participants will then have until August 15 to choose The World's Best Traditional Dish.
Castellano/Español:
NOTICIERO - CEBICHE PERUANO EL MEJOR PLATO DEL MUNDO!
Noticias Trome - 15 de Agosto, 2008:
El cebiche gano a los tacos y la pizza.
"El cebiche peruano gano ayer en la votación final como el mejor plato típico del mundo, en la encuesta que se realizó en la página web del diario español '20 Minutos'. Ahora va primero en la competencia por la elección del potaje más delicioso del universo.
Al popular plato peruano, que ha recibido un total de 280 mil 458 votos, le siguen en la lista los tacos mexicanos (93,524), la pizza italiana (71,943), el sushi japonés (55,689) y las pastas italianas (55,460).
El asado argentino, la paella española y la hamburguesa americana, entre otros platos famosos en el mundo, habían quedado relegados de la final de la competencia. El cebiche lidera ahora la encuesta por el potaje más exquisito del mundo, seguido por la pizza."
Pictures (fotos) of three different types of classic style "Cebiche Peruano":
Final result on August 15, 2008 - World-wide internet poll Declared Peruvian Cebiche As The Best Traditional Dish In The World!
PS. Peruvian Cebiche is not like Japanese Sushi - they are two completely different types of cuisine. The fish and the seafood in Cebiche is actually cooked by the acidic properties of the lime juice, regardless if the juice used is Peruvian Lime, Key Lime, Mexican Lime, or Chinese Lime. Eating Peruvian Cebiche is safer and healthier to consume compare to Japanese Sushi because the fish and seafood is not raw. The acidic properties of the lime juice will kill and destroy any bacteria or worms in the dish. There have been numerous reports in the news lately that eating completely raw fish and seafood (Sushi) may not be too healthy.
As for me, as long as it is fresh, clean, and save; I'll still eat Japanese Sushi. But Peruvian Cebiche is better.....YUMMY!!!
London, England entertainment report: "Rolling back the years - Jagger turns 65 today"
Jagger in 1963 with the Rolling Stones:
Mick Jagger's Tribute Birthday:
Jagger in 1973:
Jagger's Morphing through the years:
Jagger with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ron Wood on Sept 27, 2006 in New York City:
Jagger in 2007:
