Archive for February, 2011
Moments and missives from our world
February
21
2011
The Colonel in Pretoria, 1999.
In 1999, world leaders descended upon Pretoria for South African President Thabo Mbeki’s inauguration. The ”Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Arab Libyan Popular and Socialist Jamahirya” received the most thunderous reception.
The Library of Congress lists the 32 most common spellings of his names:
(1) Muammar Qaddafi,
(2) Mo’ammar Gadhafi,
(3) Muammar Kaddafi,
(4) Muammar Qadhafi,
(5) Moammar El Kadhafi,
(6) Muammar Gadafi,
(7) Mu’ammar al-Qadafi,
(8) Moamer El Kazzafi,
(9) Moamar al-Gaddafi,
(10) Mu’ammar Al Qathafi,
(11) Muammar Al Qathafi,
(12) Mo’ammar el-Gadhafi,
(13) Moamar El Kadhafi,
(14) Muammar al-Qadhafi,
(15) Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi,
(16) Mu’ammar Qadafi,
(17) Moamar Gaddafi,
(18) Mu’ammar Qadhdhafi,
(19) Muammar Khaddafi,
(20) Muammar al-Khaddafi,
(21) Mu’amar al-Kadafi,
(22) Muammar Ghaddafy,
(23) Muammar Ghadafi,
(24) Muammar Ghaddafi,
(25) Muamar Kaddafi,
(26) Muammar Quathafi,
(27) Muammar Gheddafi,
(28) Muamar Al-Kaddafi,
(29) Moammar Khadafy,
(30) Moammar Qudhafi,
(31) Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi,
(32) Mulazim Awwal Mu’ammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi.
February
13
2011
Land Shark
The World Press Photo Foundation announced their recent contest winners, and one frame stopped me cold.
A dude carrying a shark. Yes, a shark. In Mogadishu. First Place in Daily Life? Of course it is! Well done Omar.
February
06
2011
From the archives:
GREEN BAY, WI – JANUARY 27 1997: Green Bay Packers fan Sue Heuer of McHenry, ILL, drinks a beer atop a snowbank outside Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI, 27 January, prior to a welcome home celebration. The Packers returned to Green Bay after defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI. About 60,000 fans braved nine degree Fahrenheit temperatures and a steady snowfall to greet the team.
