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Winners of the World Press Photo contest, which recognizes excellence in photography, were released Friday. The winners were selected from more than 100,000 entries submitted by more than 5,200 photographers, according to the World

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When a word is so new it doesn’t even have its own Wikipedia page (unlike this word, or this one, or even this one), you know it’s not yet part of the common lexicon. Planking - the art of lying face-down in unusual public spaces and capturing it on camera - is the favourite new pursuit of Brisbane electrician Richard Litonjua. And it won’t be flying beneath the radar for too long if Mr

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Image is part of the exhibition: On Lighter The opening will roll during the Meeting Photo of Mato Grosso in 2011 and will be this Friday (19/08) at 19h. "The brighter day" is held in partnership with Leading Publishing and has the support of the State Secretariat of Culture of Mato Grosso (MT-SEC). The 20 images shown were obtained using a Nikon camera - D40x, changed in a workshop in the

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Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, died Saturday. She was 70. Evora, known as the "Barefoot Diva" because she always performed without shoes, died in the Baptista de Sousa Hospital in Mindelo, on her native island of Sao Vicente in Cape

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Malaga, November 23, 2011. The Automobile Museum Malaga finalizing the details of an initiative to position in the fashion map and sustainability to Malaga. Since opening its doors, the Museum has been very committed to mother earth. A commitment that is manifested in its educational program Ecomuseum, for students of all ages to acquire habits and uses environmentally friendly. Also, the

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The photograph of a blue shark taken off the island of Faial in the Azores was worth to Nuno Sá an honorable mention in the prestigious photography contest Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011. Then, in 2008, have receipt an honorable mention in the contest Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year with his work "Orcas at Sunset", Nuno Sa is again

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 Marina Art Gallery in Albufeira United Photo Press presents International Photography Exhibition "Prevention and Road Safety" at Marina Gallery in Albufeira. Sponsored by the racing driver Filipe Albuquerque, exhibition meets the selection of works of photographers from United Photo Press in the world and was designed specifically in order to alert the prevention and road safety. The

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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2011 is awarded to the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer;“because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality”. Stockholm: The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded Thursday to Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet whose surrealistic works about the mysteries of the human mind won him acclaim as one of the most important

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Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple, died Wednesday in Palo Alto, Calif., at age 56. The New York Times is asking readers to share a picture that illustrates the impact of his life and legacy. How did Mr. Jobs’s life affect you? The death of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs prompted an outpouring of comments and tributes from political, technology, entertainment and business

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The Anima Mundi Magazine talk about the International Photographer from United Photo Press and biologist. "This is our best issue yet, featuring the debut on our pages of Brazilian biologist Edelcio Muscat (with a story about an amazing tarantula-mimicking moth!)." Muscat, is one of the volunteers from  DACNIS, a ONG works to defend the Atlantic Rainforest and its inhabitants in the

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 Barack Obama reading the names at memorial World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial for 10th Anniversary. A decade after 9/11 the vision of what will be at Ground Zero in Manhattan is becoming a reality. And while the Twin Towers in fact never be replaced. Ten years after the attacks against the World Trade Center, after much controversy and struggles, the reconstruction of the towers is finally

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International Photography Exhibition of United Photo Press  "Prevention and Road Safety" for the first time in the Municipality of Nelas. The United  Photo Press in partnership with Active Civilization, presents the international exhibition of photographs entitled "Prevention and Road Safety", with the support of City Hall In them, the opening of the twentieth Dão Wine Fair. The

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Lamark Martins Cardoso, 9 years. Member from Photo Solidarity Project The photographer of United Photo Press,  Paulo Sézio de Carvalho is developing a photography project "Solidarity Photography" focused on youth in supportive countries in Latin America and Africa. The goal is to give these young people, learning conditions and improvement in photographic techniques as a means of

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Carlos Alves de Sousa President of United Photo Press Congratulations to all members of the United Press Photo by World Photography day ... Imagery in the world quite like ours is today, the picture is present at all times. Be the cameras, digital, mobile phones and other gadjets, the image became a central element in this world mediatized, which is nothing more than a "global

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 Ron Garan NASA astronaut Ron Garan, who's currently aboard the International Space Station, wowed his 61,000 followers on Sunday with an incredible picture of a shooting star taken during the Perseid meteor shower.Discover Magazine's Phil Plait writes that at the time the photograph was taken (7:17 p.m. UT, or 2:17 p.m. EST) the International Space Station was above the border of Mongolia

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As Matador, the Audi Azzurra Sailing Team finished their 2010 season on these Cagliari waters on a high note, winners of the Region of Sardinia Trophy ahead of Jochen Schuemann and Seb Col’s Audi A1 powered by ALL4ONE. Despite some lacklustre overall finishes so far this season the Audi Azzurra Sailing Team approach this third regatta of the season buoyed by a level of confidence because

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Jose María ‘Pichu’ Torcida returns to the Audi MedCup Circuit at the helm of Iberdrola looking for the top prize in the new 40 Series. The renowned Cantabrian born skipper has an impressive track record in one-design racing, winner of the J80 world championships, as well as three MedCup Circuit seasons: 2006 as helmsman of Bribón, and 2007 and 2008 steering Tau Ceramica Andalucia. This year he

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The Mistral won the day but Germany’s Container won the regatta. The infamous strong NW’ly wind, kicking up big, awkward seas on the course area and at the entrance to Marseille harbour, meant the one final showdown race scheduled could not be run today leaving Udo Schuetz’s Container team victorious in the 52 Series Marseille Trophy, and Spain’s Ibedrola Team winning the 40 Series Marseille

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The stage is set for the one final race of the Audi MedCup Circuit's Marseille trophy. Across the 40 Series and 52 Series fleets there are five likely winners. In the 40 Series it is most probably between series leader Iberdrola (ESP) and the South American visitors on Patagonia by Negra (ARG/URU) who are just three points apart, while in the 52 Series Container have a lead of 1.5 pts to defend

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A Sunday showdown for the Marseille Trophy is in prospect for the 52 Series after an emphatic coastal race win today by Udo Schuetz’ Container ensures they go into the one scheduled race of the Audi MedCup Circuit’s second regatta of the season with a lead of just 1.5 points ahead of world champions Quantum Racing. As Container (GER) today overhauled Quantum Racing’s (USA) regatta lead, now with

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If a preview on Monday was any indication, a pledge by organizers of the 2013 America's Cup race that their San Francisco racecourse will challenge the world's best sailors could very well come true. Oracle Racing crewmember Shannon Falcone suffered dislocated rib cartilage when he was thrown from a capsized AC45 catamaran at about 3 p.m. during a demonstration by two of the team's

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After a windy opening to the season of five regattas in Portugal, France, Spain and Italy, Marseille’s famous Rade Sud and Nord race courses in June are widely expected to offer a greater range of wind conditions than the blustery Portuguese season opener. While the Marseille Trophy was officially launched today in France’s second city, on the water next week hopes will be shared between the

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The Soto 40 fleet made an enthralling European debut at the Cascais Trophy regatta, the first event of the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit. Of the five Soto 40’s representing four different nations which competed in the testing series of eight windward-leeward races contested in winds which averaged over 20 knots, four different boats won races. The racing proved very tight, rewarding smooth and

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An Italian porn star named Natasha Kiss has claimed that she had sex with Dominique Strauss-Kahn but insists that he behaved like a gentleman, not "a drooling dog". Miss Kiss, whose real name is Michelle Conti, claims to have met the former head of the International Monetary Fund on several occasions in a private club in Paris four or five years ago. She said she decided to speak out in his

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A new chapter of their green revolution was completed on the fierce blue waters of the Atlantic off Cascais, Portugal when Quantum Racing and Iberdrola won the Cascais Trophy for the TP52 and the Soto 40 series respectively, the opening event of the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit. Green flashed hulls and sails are not the only common theme which the winning crews have in common. Both successful

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While Niklas and Catherine Zennstrom and the crew of Ràn, newcomers to the Audi MedCup Circuit this season, scored their first win from today’s 38.5 miles coastal race which carries the 1.5 points bounty, second place for Quantum Racing ensures the TP52 world champions enter the final day of the Cascais Trophy with a lead of 5.5pts over Audi Azzurra Sailing Team. And as the 40 Series fleet

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The first coastal course of the season has the potential to be one of the most spectacular of the season as the Cascais Trophy, the first event of the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit takes the TP52 fleet up the River Tejo towards Lisbon. Carrying a bounty of 1.5 points there is no room for early mistakes which too often prove difficult to come back from on the longer course. Course distance in total

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Not for the first time on the Audi MedCup Circuit, and likely not for the last time this season the common hue of the leading teams is green, and the complexion of those who are chasing in pursuit might already be a similar shade. In the 52 Series at the Cascais Trophy it is the newly launched green machine of Quantum Racing which today proved they are already well into in the straps for the

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A quiet morning with the flags hanging limply around the race dock belies the prospects for the third day of racing at the Cascais Trophy where there are forecasts of breeze up to 25 knots from much the same direction as the first racing days. Regular steady results are the target again for the top groups in both the TP52 and the Soto 40 Series, but in both fleets yesterday proved that only

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Cascais revealed perfect racing conditions for the debut of the Soto 40 class in Europe delivering 14-20 knots of NW’ly winds, bright sunshine and a moderate swell rolling in from the Atlantic. Just as the weather and sea state were to order for the exciting one new design fleet, so too they were equally ideal for the second day of racing for the TP52’s . Spain’s Iberdrola Sailing Team fulfilled

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Yesterday was the big day for the 52 Series fleet but today is an historic one for the Audi Med Cup Circuit and for the S40 fleet as they contemplate their first races as a class in Europe. It looks like they have been blessed with potentially great conditions with predictions os 9-14 knots of N-NW’ly wind. As yesterday, racing will be round on the westerly, offshore Race Area 2. In fact the

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It was one of the Audi MedCup Circuit’s TP52 debutants, Udo Schutz’s famous Container team from Germany, which proved the most consistent performer across the two races which opened the 2011 season at the Cascais Trophy in Portugal. A pair of well earned second places, behind the Synergy Russian Sailing Team in the first heat and Italy’s Audi Azzurra Sailing Team, was enough to give Markus

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In some ways, last weekend was not especially remarkable for the New York Police Department’s Special Victims Squad. About 30 new cases came in, typical for the citywide unit of 190 specially trained investigators and supervisors. But of those cases — among the 6,000 sex-based cases that the squad handles each year — none carried the notoriety of the one that accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the

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It is Race Day 1 of the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit in Cascais and the one unwanted visitor has been the overnight rain which has persisted into the morning, with showere still doing their best to dampen spirits. But the mood is very upbeat. Some of the teams are confident that today’s two TP52 races will be a chance to simply deliver what they have been doing in training, others know that it

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Cascais has proven in the past that it is a sailor’s venue, one which favours the simple principles of reading windshifts and wind pressure changes rather than necessarily respecting any inherent order of advanced design or technology. So it proved again for today’s TP52 official practice race, the warm-up prelude to Wednesday’s first races of the Cascais Trophy will raise the curtain on the

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With a low pressure centre due to settle to the north west of Lisbon it looks like slightly changeable conditions will be the order of the day for the official Practice Day for the TP52's at the Cascais Trophy, while most of the Soto 40 fleet are expected to go on the water for informal training. The mood around the dockside off the Club Navale Cascais is a strange mix of quiet anticipation and

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The rhetoric ends Tuesday. Never before has the Audi MedCup Circuit seen such a high proportion of new build boats set to take to the first start line of the season. Six new TP52’s to three different designs from two different design houses are expected to take to the start line for Tuesday’s first official practice race of the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit season. And while there may have been any

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn to appear in New York court over alleged sex attack on hotel maid Photo: AFP/GETTY The head of the International Monetary Fund, who is alleged to have sexually attacked a Manhattan hotel maid, has delayed appearing in court after agreeing to a medical examination. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF's 62-year-old managing director, was due to face a judge at New York City

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The Atlantic waters off Cascais were sparkling in the Spring sunshine today Sunday as the majority of the fleets of TP52’s and new Soto 40’s took advantage of the near perfect training conditions to continue their work-up to the start of racing for the Cascais Trophy. A glittering start to the season is assured when two of the newest TP52’s are formally launched on Monday at midday. Italy’s

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Two Portuguese teams will represent home hopes when the new Soto 40 class competes for the Cascais Trophy as the class debuts in Europe as the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit raises the curtains to an exciting season. Pedro Mendonca’s popular Bigamist team will not only be on waters they know well, but having competed on the MedCup Circuit since 2006 there is little chance of this laid-back but hard

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The demands of a five month season which offers no discards at all and aggregates points from each and every race means that hitting the start line of the first race of the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit with boat and crew at the highest level of competitiveness is absolutely paramount. At such a level the age old maxim that ‘you can’t win the top Trophy at the first event of the season but you can

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President Obama praises those Americans who carried out the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, tells the families of the victims of September 11, 2001 that they have never been forgotten, and calls on Americans to remember the unity of that tragic day.

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Today's Royal wedding will have a distinctly Irish feel. Prince William will be married in red — wearing the famous tunic of an Irish Guards officer rather than his RAF uniform. He holds the honorary rank of Colonel of the Irish Guards and will honour the regiment by walking down the aisle with his bride in the dashing scarlet uniform. He will also be wearing his Garter sash and star, Royal Air

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With one month left until the first start guns fire to open an exciting 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit, the Circuit organizers and the race teams are finalizing preparations to unfold the seventh successive year of Circuit racing, one which will see regattas returning successively to Cascais, Marseille, Cagliari, Cartagena and with the season’s finale in Barcelona. As did the Portuguese jewel last

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On the day they celebrated the 50th anniversary of man's first journey to space, astronaut Cady Coleman and musician Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull staged the first musical duet (the flute) between Earth and space. SEE THE VIDEO

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The 2011 Audi TP52 World Championships will be hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda on the famous waters of Sardinia's Porto Cervo. 
 The world renowned waters of Sardinia’s Porto Cervo will be the venue for the 2011 Audi TP52 World Championships as the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) hosts to the regatta from the 2nd to the 8th of October The last time that the TP52 World Championships

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Good news! The Congolese government says it won't allow British oil companies to explore Africa's oldest national park, and home to almost a quarter of the Earth’s last remaining mountain gorillas. The more then 26,000 signatures in our petition were crucial for this win. Thank you to all of you who participated! However, we can't relax just yet because the decision to protect Virungu National

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The study was focused primarily in six countries, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and Portugal, which are considered key target markets by World Sailing Management, the marine division of Grupo Santa Mónica Sports. Even giving consideration to the economic uncertainty, the Audi MedCup Circuit improved on the estimated media impact value of 24,9 million euros in 2009, 2010 still

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The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in at least 100 years unleashed walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats like toys. Local media reported at least 32 deaths, with more casualties feared. And the 8.9-magnitude quake, which struck at 2:46 p.m., prompted the U.S. National Weather Service to issue a tsunami

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With just under 12 weeks until the first Trophy regatta of the season the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit is taking final shape and is set to feature no fewer than 11 brand new build boats across the well established TP52 Series Class and the new Soto 40 class. “We are just delighted with the response that we have had from owners and potential owners for this coming season. When we set up the

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With confirmation this week that Iberdrola will campaign a Spanish entry, the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit are looking forward to an inaugural season for the Soto 40 class starting with at least six boats representing six different nations at the first regatta of the season in May. Iberdrola’s Soto 40 will be skippered by past J80 World Champion Jose María “Pichu” Torcida, and is due to take its

UNITED PHOTO PRESSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842863043258323956.post-32008576911914924242011-02-12T19:02:00.000-08:002011-02-12T19:06:05.622-08:00

The photographer and distributor of films Gérard Castello-Lopes, who died today, Saturday in Paris victim of prolonged illness, was also a film critic, having been initiated into the world as self image. Castello-Lopes was born in Vichy (France) in 1925 but lived in Lisbon, Cascais and Strasbourg, where he joined the diplomatic corps of the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the Council of Europe.

UNITED PHOTO PRESSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842863043258323956.post-63444021100452558202011-02-12T07:34:00.000-08:002011-02-12T07:36:05.732-08:00

 Photograph courtesy Jodie Bieber, Institute for Artist Management, shot for Time A portrait of 18-year-old Afghan Bibi Aisha, whose nose and ears were cut off by the Taliban husband she'd fled, is the subject of the World Press Photo organization's 2010 Photo of the Year. South African photographer Jodi Bieber's picture, made for Time magazine, became controversial when it appeared on

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The Franco-German team, managed by Jochen Schümann, becomes “Audi Sailing Team powered by ALL4ONE”, following a new three-year agreement reached with title partner Audi. The team have confirmed the build of a new TP52 in Sydney, with which they aim to finish among the podium positions on both the Audi MedCup Circuit and at TP52 World Championship. ALL4ONE introduce both a new name and a new

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The new Container, owned by Udo Schütz from Germany, will debut in the world’s leading monohull class, the TP52 Series on the Audi MedCup in 2011. She will compete with an experienced, professional crew led by Markus Wieser, a European Champion and World Championship runner-up in the Dragon Class. Wieser is also experienced match racer and has frequently sailed in the afterguard aboard TP52s.

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Carlos Castro / Photo: Caras Portugal Two sisters of the Portuguese journalist found slain and sexually mutilated inside a Times Square Hotel arrived in the city Tuesday to claim their dead brother's body. The weeping women exited the gates at Newark Airport and were met by other friends and family of Carlos Castro. Then they made the sorrowful trek to New York. Renato Seabra, 20, was charged

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The multifunctional Konica Minolta Bizhub C35 received the award for "Best Feature Rich A4 Color MFP" assigned by the lab BERTL. The BERTL - Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories Inc. is an independent laboratory that tests, evaluates imaging equipment, printing and workflow solutions in an objective, unbiased and do comparative analysis of them. Among the strengths of the bizhub C35

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Dear members, colleagues, friends and colleagues in general During 2010, once again you were companions of our daily tasks. In the balance of the days we could count on the strength and support of each one of you be attending our activities, is helping us in spreading our various actions. We can not always thank one by one the way as you or deserve, but I would note that these almost 20 years

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Jacques Menassa Lebanon Jacques Menassa, photographer and political scientist, sets out in Lebanon, a collection of photographs on the Amazon. The show is being held from November 25, the showroom of the Central Library of the University Saint Esprit. The exhibition opening was attended by the Ambassador of Brazil in Lebanon, Paulo Roberto Tarrise of Fontana and the ambassadors of Colombia,

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National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big Picture.

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The photographer from United Photo Press, Alex Burgaz are in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries. Both by area and population, the

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This past week, it opened in Vallbona de les Monges (Lerida,Spain), the book "The Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona", a work held by the renowned writer Josep Maria Sants and Trave, historian, writer and director of the national archive of Catalunya. The inauguration was also attended by Deputy Prime Catalan Josep Lluis Carod Rovira, and mother Anna Maria Camprubi. The book claim it is a

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This summer, the photographer from United Press Photo,  Paulo Sézio, conducted an expedition to the Andes, documenting a way too common among backpackers in South America and other parts of the world, especially Europe, which runs from La Paz to Machu Picchu. Were 12 days of work, over 1800 photos taken in 50 different locations, a distance of 892 km, all of it done by land. On the way visit to

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Granada (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡɾaˈnaða]) is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. The city of Granada is placed at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, Beiro, Darro and Genil, at an elevation of 738 metres above sea level yet only one hour from the Mediterrean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearby

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The Campo Pequeno bullring (Portuguese: Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno, lit. "Small Field") is the bull ring of Lisbon, Portugal. It is located in the Campo Pequeno Square, by the Avenida da República. After a profound renovation, it re-opened as a multi-event venue in 2006, designed to be used for various events apart from bull fighting. It hosts a range of live acts and has seen many famous

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Within the Zapata Swamp are over 900 autochthonous plant species, 175 species of birds, 31 species of reptiles and over 1000 species of invertebrates. Some of the most notable are local endemics to Cuba, for birds it would include the Zapata Wren, Zapata Rail, and the Zapata Sparrow. The Zapata Swamp is also visited by 65 species of birds during their migration pattern from North America through

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Tunisia is the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas mountain range. The south of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil and 1,300 km of coastline. Both played a prominent role in ancient times, first with the famous Phoenician city of Carthage, then as the Africa Province which was known as the "bread basket"

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Fiesa 2010- the International Sand Sculptures Festival will be held in Pera from May until October 2010. It is the only event of its kind in the Iberian peninsula and given its dimensions is the largest in the world. Each year the festival is dedicated to a different theme. It occupies an area of 15,000 square metres and showcases the skilful and intricate work of artists of various nationalities

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Move.Inspire.Touch. Capture a source or moment of inspiration expressing emotion or passion. The Nikon Photo Contest International has been held by Nikon Corporation since 1969 to provide an opportunity for photographers around the world to communicate and to enrich photographic culture for professionals and amateurs alike. Entries for the 33rd contest will be invited into two categories, free

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 The world is full of secret and exclusive places that we either don’t know about, or simply couldn’t visit if we wanted to. This list takes a look at ten of the most significant places around the world that are closed to the general public or are virtually impossible for the general public to visit. So here, UPP compiled a list of some of the most secretive places on earth. These are the

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Belchite: ruins of the old village. After failed attempts to capture Brunete, the Republican military leadership decided to try a new series of offensives to slow down the Nationalist advance in the north. A new campaign was therefore planned for Aragon. The decision wasn't based on political as well as military considerations, as the government saw it as a way to decrease anarchist and POUM

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Inspired by a recent experiment in which scientists at Stanford University and Yonsei University in Seoul generated an electrical current from algae during photosynthesis, Netherlands-based designer Mike Thompson has created a prototype for an algae-powered lamp, Designboom reports. Thompson described the energy-efficient Latro lamp as a "living, breathing product," much like a pet. Algae needs

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When the Marseille Trophy starts in one week’s time it will be the third successive year that the Audi MedCup Circuit has raced off the historic port which is a Mediterranean jewel. Emirates Team New Zealand (TP52 Series) and Puerto Calero (GP42 Series) lead the Circuit after the season’s first event. While the first regatta of 2010, last month’s Portugal Trophy Cascais was contested on waters

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One week to go before the first start of the 2010 Audi MedCup Circuit and, at Cascais and venues nearby, the battle is on for TP52 Series and GP42 Series crews to be absolutely in the best possible shape when they hit the start line for the first races of the new season. The standard of the fleet for the 2010 TP52 Series is almost unprecedented for the World's Leading Regatta Circuit. While

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century A 1972 photo of a Georgian family picnicking near a medieval monastery, part of a series taken in this retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Rarely has the phrase “man of the world” been more aptly applied than to the protean photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, the subject of a handsome and large — though surely not anywhere near large enough —

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What’s new and interesting at Macworld 2010 from a photographer's standpoint. It's an exciting time for digital photographers. Apple released the latest version of Aperture this week, and even diehard Lightroom users are intrigued by some of its new features. Interestingly, it's the lighter additions like slideshows and easy book creation that are appealing to the professionals. With the iPad

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A renowned Vienna art museum has asked a "swingers" group to move into a Gustav Klimt exhibition to help gallery visitors confront their sexual inhibitions. During the day visitors to the Secession contemporary art museum walk among the mattresses and erotic paraphernalia of the "Element6" sex club to view masterpieces by Klimt, who once scandalised Edwardian Europe with his sexually explicit

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President Barack Obama yesterday finally met the Dalai Lama in the White House, an event set to test the US-China relationship in an already turbulent year. China says the meeting could damage "trust and co-operation" between the two countries. "We are in one of those moments where it is going to take maturity and calm on both sides not to have things unravel," says one former senior official.

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39th Annual National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners: "First Place, Mammals, Amateur - Subharghya Das, Mysore, India I'm always amazed at how beautiful and seemingly perfect nature seems to be. A large part of this feeling comes from photographers who capture nature at her best, sharing unbelievable images taken at unexpected moments. Collected here are the photos from the winners of the 39th

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's expected to be the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station. The space shuttle took flight before dawn, igniting the sky with a brilliant flash seen for miles around. The weather cooperated at the last minute; Sunday morning's

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Actress Marilyn Monroe is shown in this December 1961 photo taken in New York City in this photo released to Reuters February 5, 2010. NEW YORK: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe appearing relaxed and lounging around a New York apartment nine months before she died were unveiled on Friday after being held in a private archive for more than 45 years. Photographer Len Steckler shot the black-and-white

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Serena Williams successfully defended her Australian Open title with a 6-4 3-6 6-2 victory over Belgium's Justine Henin in a thrilling final in Melbourne on Saturday night. Top seed and world number one Williams wrapped up victory on her second match point, before falling to the ground in relief as she claimed her 12th grand slam singles title to tie fellow American Billie-Jean King for fifth in

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Ricardo Santos from Portugal secured his first win on the IGT after shooting another sub par round of 69 in his final round, with Irish amateur Noel Murray taking second spot. Under sunny skies and with a little breeze greeting the players at the start of the final round, the chasing players had the opportunity to put some pressure on Santos, but it was the amateur Noel Murray that mid way

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It is a great honor to present the winners of anthropographia Awards 2010. Anthropographia’s aim is to create new spaces for photojournalism; new spaces that encourage the promotion of human rights, expose social injustice and underline the multiple realities of our current world. The quality of the chosen photojournalism essays, selected by a prestigious jury, testifies to the undeniable

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On a warm but overcast day, Ricardo Santos shot a 1 under par 71 on day 2 to add to his opening round of 69, and take a 3 shot lead on 140 (-4) into the final round of the Pestana Gramacho IGT Open. Ricardo leads a group of 3 players tied on 143 (-1) which includes the 1st round leader Damaso Carrera who scored a 75, his countryman Gonzalo Vicente who shot a 71, joined by Antonio Sobrinho after

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Spain’s Damaso Carrera today shot a 4 under par 68, to lead a group of four players on 69 and take the 1st round lead on super windless day which made good scoring possible. Carrera, turned with 2 birdies at the 1st and 6th holes offset by a bogey at the 7th, in one under 35, and then added a further 3 birdies at the 12th, 13th and 18th holes against no bogeys to hand in a tidy round of 68.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Dazed and injured Haitians sat on darkened streets pleading for help Wednesday and untold numbers were trapped in tons of rubble brought down by the strongest earthquake to hit this poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years. Destroyed communications made it impossible to tell the extent of destruction from Tuesday afternoon's 7.0-magnitude tremor — or to estimate the

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Buddhist monk Shi Daoxin's daily routine is not about chanting scriptures, meditating or temple ceremonies - rather, he spends his time listening to different categories of music, updating his blog, exchanging messages and emails with fans, and granting interviews in addition to working on his music. A self-claimed "art monk", 28-year-old Shi shot to fame in 2008 for his strong resemblance to

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Good evening to all present here tonight. We are grateful for the presence of every single individual. All these different individuals from UNITED PHOTO PRESS have their own values and norms, and together they form a multitude of Being, which is what we would like to discuss tonight. We would like to talk about welfare. What does welfare mean to each of you? What makes you feel prosperous at

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In 1976, Richard Avedon went to Washington to photograph Henry Kissinger. As Avedon was leading him to his mark, Kissinger said, “Be kind to me.” Artists have been making portraits of the mighty for centuries—from Velázquez’s Philip IV to Lucian Freud’s Elizabeth II—and the act of portrait-making can leave the royal or the tyrant, the President or the diplomat with a sudden feeling of

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The Bangladesh photographer Akash was the winner of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2009, with two portfolios. One of them (pictured above) travelers surfing on the train in Bangladesh. This was the first time a Bangladesh photographer won the award. The photo of the girl traveling at the junction between the two cars is also Akash. Thousands of photos were sent to the contest for

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On a 3rd consecutive day of glorious sunshine and temperatures in the mid twenties, Alberto Dónigo-Lara beat Ricardo Santos in a play-off at the 2nd extra hole, holding a 25 foot birdie putt at the par3 9th hole. Alberto shot a level par 72 crowned by a hole in one at the 214m par 3 14th hole. This fantastic shot brought him from 3 over par after 13 holes to 1 over for the round and into a tie

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The photographer of United Photo Press Marcelo Lima won the tender of photodocumentary 2009 in UNISA - University of South Africa in  the second category of the competition "African religions". PHOTO COMPETITION 2009 |DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND ARABIC The Department of Religious Studies and Arabic decided to award a second and third prize in the Category for General Religion and a

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The Huffington Post along with Hopenhagen.org is thrilled to announce our pick for the Hopenhagen Ambassador: scientist, environmental educator, and worldwide bike traveler David Kroodsma. David has won a week-long trip to Copenhagen where he'll be meeting with everyone from Al Gore to the Mayor of Copenhagen, doing interviews, writing blog posts and and making videos which will appear on

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Tiger Woods posted the following statement on TigerWoods.com yesterday: “As you all know, I had a single-car accident earlier this week, and sustained some injuries. I have some cuts, bruising and right now I’m pretty sore. “This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again. “

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The couple who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner are peddling their story to broadcast networks for hundreds of thousands of dollars, a television executive says. The executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the network does not publicly discuss bookings, said that representatives for Michaele and Tareq Salahi contacted networks to urge them to "get their bids in

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Off-line model reconstruction relies on an image collection phase and a slow reconstruction phase, requiring a long time to verify a model obtained from an image sequence is acceptable. We propose a new model acquisition system, called ProFORMA, which generates a 3D model on-line as the input sequence is being collected. As the user rotates the object in front of a stationary camera, a partial

UNITED PHOTO PRESSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842863043258323956.post-14064682813805992992009-11-17T15:03:00.000-08:002009-12-27T11:15:47.936-08:00

With the support of the Government of Viseu, Mayor of Viseu and Fnac, a United Photo Press and Civilization Active will be organised entitled "Prevention and Road Safety". The exhibition, which counts, at the inauguration, with the participation of various entities and stakeholders in the sector, aims to raise public awareness on the issue of prevention and road safety at national level. In

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The Dalai Lama has expressed “surprise” at China’s objections to his proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh, saying Beijing is politicising the visit too much. “I was surprised at China’s criticism. If my visit creates problem, I am very sad, that’s all,” the Tibetan leader, on a visit here, told journalists, implying that he intends to go ahead with his visit to a monastery in Tawang on November 8

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The dire consequences of the coming shift in global power. As an academic and journalist working throughout East Asia, Martin Jacques has had a front row seat for the past decade on China’s economic and political emergence. The British author’s latest book is titled When China Rules the World. Q: We in the West spend a great deal of time discussing China’s rise. But we seem to resist the next

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