一：NFL Streaker
二：Snooker Streaker
三：U-20 World Cup
四：Show Us Your Ball Skills
五：Streaker gets owned
November 30, 2008
November 29, 2008
November 27, 2008
“树人”
Living in a remote village in the wilderness of Indonesia, 36-year-old father-of-two Dede has stunned medical experts. Most of his body is covered in growths which have become so large and thick they look like twisted tree roots growing out of his skin. Dede says his worst fear is that the cruel disorder will kill him before doctors have a chance to save him. “I am scared that it will grow across my face and end up covering it all up,” the former construction worker says. “I’m so afraid I won’t be able to see, that I won’t be able to eat.”Dede grew up in a tiny hamlet near Bandung, south of Jakarta, the capital of the volcanic island of Java. He enjoyed a completely normal childhood, but just after he turned 15 he cut his knee in an accident on a building site. The injury - not deemed to be at all serious at the time - was to change his life forever. Within weeks, a huge growth had emerged from inside his wound. He says at first he was not unduly worried, believing it was a wart which would eventually drop off. But it didn’t. And shortly afterwards, horrific welts started to spring up all over his body. “The first one was cut off in an operation, but that didn’t stop it. Instead it just grew back faster. “Then it started on my foot, then my arms, then my other foot and then on my head,” says Dede. By the time he had reached his early 20s, he could no longer hold a tool and struggled to complete basic tasks. He was fired and has remained unemployed since. His wife also left him, leaving him to raise their two children, Entis, now 18, and Entang, 16, on his own. “I feel sad because my wife left me,” says Dede. “And with my condition I cannot look after my kids. I miss working very much. But unfortunately I just can’t do it.”
Unable to work or earn a regular wage like his friends, Dede has been crippled financially ever since the shocking condition first took over his body. And as a single father, he knows he is not only responsible for himself. But just washing and getting dressed in the morning have become virtually impossible for Dede. He has been helped by his brother-in-law Imun, his parents and his close friends, who club together to make sure Dede has enough money to feed himself and his teenage kids each month. But his support network of friends and family have provided him with more than just money to survive. Each morning, family members take turns to put his specially designed trousers on over his sprawling feet and help him lift a fresh shirt over his body. Someone must be around if needs to go to the toilet. Friends have even designed a huge stool so he can reach his food - but even this has to be spoon-fed to him twice a day. Only smoking - he gets through 30 a day - can be enjoyed on his own, with a special cigarette holder.
Indonesian doctors tried to help him when he was younger with a series of painful operations, but to no avail. “When I was in hospital I had some of my growths burnt off and I was injected several times. I was also given some pills. “But everything kept growing back after the operations, like just three weeks later. And they would grow back faster,” he says. Now medical experts in America say they may be able to help Dede by producing a cure specifically for him. Dr Anthony Gaspari, chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the US, is fascinated by Dede’s condition. “I was absolutely stunned,” said Dr Gaspari. “I’d never seen anything like this before. “I’ve become really interested in his case because it’s so absolutely unusual. The growths he has are just something we don’t encounter in clinical medicine.” Dr Gaspari took samples of Dede’s growths and has now been able to diagnose his condition. He believes Dede has an extremely rare genetic disorder which means his immune system does not function properly. This is why his body was never able to recover from the initial outbreak of the growths, which are actually warts, caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). Dr Gaspari is now working on developing a unique cure for him. But Dede says: “I worry that this disease will be passed to my children.” And despite previous disappointments, Dede is hopeful that this time doctors can help him. “I’d love to be cured,” he says poignantly.
November 25, 2008
世界上最昂贵的15幅画
In 2006, media mogul David Geffen sold Jackson Pollock’s masterwork, No. 5 1948, for $140 million. This made Pollock’s work the most expensive painting in modern history, leading a list of the world’s most highly acclaimed artists. From Pollock to Picasso, Renoir to Van Gogh, famouse fine art fetches an other-wordly price on today’s market. In celebration of their masterworks and the riches now behind them, here is a list of the 15 most expensive paintings in the world.
To round out this list, we’ve arranged these paintings by an adjusted price in 2008 dollars. The U.S. dollar has inflated quite a bit since 1987, when Van Gogh’s Irises sold for $53.9 million. Today, that $53.9 million is worth roughly $102.3 million.
Number Fifteen: Yo, Picasso by Pablo Picasso
Jackson Pollock’s 1948 painting entitled No. 5 1948 was arguably his greatest masterwork, the most vivid expression of the painter’s unique style. When it was sold by David Geffen in 2006, it became the world’s most expensive painting in history at a price-adjusted $149.70 million dollars.
- Artist: Jackson Pollock
- Year: 1948
- Year of Sale: 2006
- Sale Price: $140 million
- Currency Adjusted: $149.70 million
Number Three: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt
Once the world’s most expensive painting, Gustav Klimt’s portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer took three years to create in oil and gold. The painting was commissioned by a Swiss sugar magnate, a fan of Klimt and the husband of the painting’s subject.
- Artist: Gustav Klimt
- Year: 1907
- Year of Sale: 2006
- Sale Price: $135 million
- Currency Adjusted: $144.4 million
Number Thirteen: False Start by Jasper Johns
The lone contemporary piece in the top 15 was among a large collection of art sold by media mogul David Geffen in 2006. If you’re like us, you might just be scratching your head about the pricetag on this one…
- Artist: Jasper Johns
- Year: 1959
- Year of Sale: 2006
- Sale Price: $80 million
- Currency Adjusted: $85.6 million
Number Fourteen: A Wheatfield with Cypresses by Vincent Van Gogh
One of two Van Gogh landscapes in the top 15 is A Wheatfield by Cypresses, an idyllic nature scene with the artist’s signature swirling skies. Wheatfield was owned by philanthropist/diplomat Walter Annenberg until his death in 2002, and is now a part of his estate.
- Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
- Year: 1889
- Year of Sale: 1993
- Sale Price: $57 million
- Currency Adjusted: $85.1 million
November 24, 2008
维多利亚的秘密--- 十八个时刻(下)
13:Brooklyn Decker
14:Izabel Goulart
15:Stephanie Seymour
16:Jarah Mariano
17:Daniela Pestova
18:Kim Smith
14:Izabel Goulart
15:Stephanie Seymour
16:Jarah Mariano
17:Daniela Pestova
18:Kim Smith
November 23, 2008
维多利亚的秘密--- 十八个时刻（中）
7:佩特拉·内姆科娃(Petra Nemcova)
8:蕾蒂西娅·卡斯特(Laetitia casta)
9:丽贝卡·罗梅恩(Rebecca Romijn)
10:吉赛尔·邦辰(Gisele Bundchen)
11:卡罗莱娜·科库娃(Karolina Kurkova)
12:提拉·班克斯（Tyra Banks )
8:蕾蒂西娅·卡斯特(Laetitia casta)
9:丽贝卡·罗梅恩(Rebecca Romijn)
10:吉赛尔·邦辰(Gisele Bundchen)
11:卡罗莱娜·科库娃(Karolina Kurkova)
12:提拉·班克斯（Tyra Banks )
November 22, 2008
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