George Seurat & Bridget Riley

 

by George Seurat

by Bridget Riley

These are two very famous paintings.

One of them is known as abstract art.

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Spurs 3-0 Werder Bremen

 

The team celebrate another victory

A really good victory for Spurs in the European Champions League, 3-0 against Werder Bremen (Germany).

The goalscorers were Kaboul (France), Modric (Croatia) and Crouch (England).

Now Spurs are sure to qualify for the last 16, and the games from now will be on a home and away knock-out basis.

It is a wonderful time for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

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Quick Quiz XXXVIII

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Do you recognise this lady?

Crocodile attacks an elephant

 

This is why elephants‘ noses are so long

This happened in an African river. The crocodile tried to pull the elephant into the water. But eventually the elephant pulled the crocodile onto the land and the crocodile released its bite and the elephant escaped.

Autumn leaves

From the same tree

Autumn/Fall is my favourite time of year.

The changing colours of the leaves look so good.

China map

 

Click map for larger version

For many different reasons China has been in the news a lot recently, and will probably overtake the USA as the number 1 world superpower sometime this century.

Big Bang

 

A photo of the start of the universe?

Not the big bang that started the universe, but a big bang from a firework, part of Fireworks Night held in the UK on the 5th of November to remember a failed attempt by Guy Fawkes and 12 others to kill the British king and members of Parliament in 1605.

Baby Giraffe

 

This is a Rothschild giraffe

This giraffe, which was born in a UK zoo, is less than one week old!

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

 

Found in the island of Borneo

It’s a bit different from the common kingfisher which darts up and down the river opposite my house, but it is equally bright and colourful

Spurs 3-1 Inter Milan

 

Rafael van der Vaart can't stop scoring

It must be very rare to get to play against the last two European champions in the space of 3 days, but that is what just happened with Spurs.

Last Saturday they lost 0-2 against Manchester United the 2009 European champions with a rather weak performance.

But last night they had one of the best results in Spurs’ history, as they beat the current European champions, Inter Milan (Italy) 3-1, a tremendous victory.

The goals were from van der Vaart (Holland), Crouch (England) and Pavlyuchenko (Russia), but it was a great team performance with outstanding performances from Bale, Modric and Gallas.

Spurs are now top of their group and a win in their next game will see them qualify for the knock-out stage.

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London Olympic venue

 

What olympic sport will be played here?

In the heart of London, surrounded by government buildings, and just a short walk from Downing Street, the home of the UK prime minister, and a short horse-ride from Buckingham Palace, the home of Queen Elizabeth, is this 2012 Olympic venue.

Yes, beach volleyball!