Caster Semenya Photos

This is the caster semenya photos before her (or his) winning. The Caster Semenya photos are sought as questions about her gender continues. The South African runner who won the Women’s 800M at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Berlin are now facing controversy which may involve ambiguous genitalia.

Is she really a he? To me she looks a bit like a he, but that is my opinion. For all we know she might be a she.

Check Caster Semenya photos again before casting your vote or we can all wait for the verdict in a few weeks time.

This Is A Painting!

This is a painting! The artist is Alyssa Monks.

Alyssa's paintings are of a representational narrative genre. She portrays a specific place and time with simultaneous empathy and detachment.

Check out more of her painting here

http://alyssamonks.com

Ramadan In USA

"In the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation. That is why I am committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill zakat," President Obama said in June.

As Ramadan nears, Muslims plan to donate

By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY

Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and prayer, begins at sunset Saturday, and many believers are already planning a key observance: zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam.
Often translated as "charity," it requires believers to give 2.5% of their cash assets (even including the value of their jewelry or stocks) to the Muslim needy and poor.

Zakat might be given at any time in the year, but Ramadan's focus on compassion and introspection often prompts a greater outpouring.

After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Muslims in the USA struggled to be sure the charities they chose supported human welfare without financing violent political efforts.

Websites such as Global Giving, which was created in 2003 to support projects around the world, will highlight Islamic charities to make it easier for Muslims to give to reputable groups within legal guidelines, says program officer Saima Zaman, who created a Ramadan portal at the site in 2006.

It directs a small but growing number of Muslim donors to 40 suggested charities, such as organizations that offer clean drinking water in Morocco, meals for girls in Burkina Faso, and education and health services for girls in Afghanistan, she says.

Ramadan is also when critics of Islam step up. The website Middle East Forum features an essay on the "dark side of zakat" by associate director Raymond Ibrahim, who is not Muslim. Though he writes about potential misuse of charity money, he said in a phone interview, "I have no doubt there are American Muslims who give zakat for positive or neutral reasons. I would even say the majority."

Muslims account for less than 2% of the U.S. population. At the website Charity Navigator, which helps donors find philanthropic groups that meet high operating and ethical standards, the big rush is the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas season.

But, says spokeswoman Sandra Miniutti, "we do get e-mails from Muslim givers asking for giving tips around Ramadan."

Many Muslims choose to give to concerns close to home. Fatemeh Fakhraie, founder and editor of an international Muslim women's website, Muslimah Media Watch, says, "I donate to my local food bank every Ramadan; some people give (zakat) to the mosque to distribute."

Article was originally published in www.usatoday.com

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds is the latest film by Quentin Tarantino that will premier on 21 August 2009.

The Synopsis

During World War II a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

The Cast

Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, BJ Novak, Til Schweiger, Melanie Laurent

Go to the official movie website

Britney Spears On Letterman

Britney Spears presented the Top 10 Tuesday night on "Late Show with David Letterman." Her topic: "Ways the Country Would Be Different if Britney Spears Were President":

10. I'd be the first president to wear eye shadow since Nixon.

9. We would only invade fun places like Cabo.

8. Free pie for everybody.

7. My situation room would be a cabana at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas.

6. I'd lure Osama out of hiding with the irresistible scent of my new fragrance "Circus Fantasy."

5. Every presidential news conference would feature costume changes.

4. America might have a more coherent fiscal strategy.

3. Challenge U.S. to put nightclub on the moon by the end of the decade.

2. Three words: Vice President Diddy

1. Finally the media would pay some attention to me.

I am sad to say this, but her younger body is better.

Michelle Obama Shorts Too Short?

The above is a Michelle Obama photo coming down Air Force 1. According to examiner.com, she was wearing shorts this past weekend, when she and her family which include President Obama and a pack of secret service agents and reporters went on a vacation to the Grand Canyon.

The question is, is it appropriate for her to wear shorts going to the Grand Canyon? There are many who are angry with her, but hey, it’s a free country.

Doesn't she has the right to wear whatever she likes? I don't understand what is all the fuss about? Just let her be. Just let go of everything that has to do with Michelle Obama shorts.

The Death Of Jasmine Fiore - Jasmine Fiore Playboy Pics

Former Playboy model Jasmine Fiore has been found murdered in Buena Park, California. She was found strangled and stuffed in a suitcase. Fiore was 28-years old. Her husband Ryan Alexander Jenkins is being held by police as the primary suspect in the death of Fiore.

Police have named Jenkins, 32, as a “person of interest” and say he may be headed to his native Canada. ABC’s Los Angeles affiliate KABC reported today that authorities put out an alert asking people to keep an eye out for either his black BMW X5 with Canadian plates HLY275 or Fiore’s missing car — a white 2007 Mercedes.

Fiore’s entertainment resume was rather thin, but she had done work as a bikini model and some work with Playboy magazine.

Fiore had worked as a Las Vegas bikini model and had appeared in advertisements for radio personality Howard Stern. KABC reported that Fiore was working as a representative for Playboy’s “Girls of Golf” when she disappeared.

Fiore had recently moved to Los Angeles and was last seen at a poker game in San Diego with Jenkins. He had reported her missing the same day that the suitcase was found.

Jenkins had recently competed in the VH1 show ‘Megan Wants a Millionaire’. The reality television show has yet to air.