The sun shines on Spain’s happiest bride, Cayetana, Duchess of Alba, whose radiance on her wedding day made even the most hardened observer slightly harder.
Just look at that pure joy! This was just after they said “I do.” Doesn’t it just make you melt?
After the ceremony, the not-so-blushing bride kicked up… er, shuffled on the dance floor in an exuberant display of octogenarian glee.
Outside of the palace, vendors sold souvenirs in her likeness.
Wakako Tsuchida (pronounced “Wakako Tsuchida”) of Japan accepts the trophy after winning the Women’s Wheelchair Division of the Boston Marathon on Monday.
Yesterday, I took my recycling downstairs to the bin.
One of the best young people I know, John-Clark Levin, and his friend Joe Luchsinger are about to shake hands in Times Square. For a long time. They’ll be competing against teams from around the world on January 14.
Levin has broken the longest handshake Guinness record twice; in May 2009 and October 2009. The two will shake to benefit Teach for America (USA), an innovative program which brings outstanding recent college graduates to teach in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged schools. Event details here. (And please share this on your Facebook page using the handy button at the bottom.)
John-Clark has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Claremont Independent and won the prestigious 2010 Eric Breindel Award for collegiate journalism, which included a writing internship at the Wall Street Journal, writing for their Op-Ed pages.
A native of Ojai, California, Levin is majoring in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics and Linguistics at Claremont McKenna College. He has talked of a career as a spiritual leader.
Luchsinger is a Physics, Neuroscience and Psychology major at Baldwin-Wallace University. He performs neuroscience research as a Senior Associate at the Baldwin-Wallace neuroscience lab. He has performed lung research at the Columbus Children’s Hospital for the past two years and recently participated in an archaeological dig in southern Ohio. A native of Bexley, Ohio, Luchsinger is an avid athlete, focusing on strength training and extreme sports, such as mountain climbing, skydiving and scuba diving.
The competition serves to raise funds and awareness for causes such as the Teach for America, the Auckland Down Syndrome Association and the Women’s Foundation of Nepal. The last team still shaking wins a majority of the proceeds of the event for the charity it’s competing for. That’s where you come in. Donate, cheer them on and spread the word. By pledging only $1 per hour that the shake goes on, you can help to bring books to girls in the Himalayas and hope to America’s inner city youth. Let your friends know that you are supporting this. They can watch the event live at shakinghistory.com from anywhere in the world.
Now in its 22nd year, World AIDS Day is about raising money, increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. The World AIDS Day theme for 2010 is “Universal Access and Human Rights.” World AIDS Day is important for reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.3 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2009 some 2.6 million people became newly infected with the virus and an estimated 1.8 million people died from AIDS.
Denver’s own Mondo Guerra, 32, won his third challenge on last night’s “Project Runway,” with a dazzling high-waisted pant based on a personally designed fabric that revealed his secret: he’s been HIV positive for ten years.
And he didn’t win it with pity — his clothes were again the best of the lot, and the judges had clearly made up their minds before his disclosure.
In an emotionally contained reveal, the brave young man told his story in a plaintive tone that was both touching, inspiring and valiant. That tiny thing wearing those frivolous short pants and high socks is one brave dude.
Sometimes the biggest sissies are the most macho men.
A graying President Obama greets a young fan at a July 4th event on the White House Lawn for families of military service members. The president called for the nation to celebrate civil rights and the spirit of America, but said nothing of the civil rights of gays and lesbians to serve in the military and marry.
