Romeo Gacad: An international Figure
“Romeo Gacad majored in visual communication at the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines where he became a photographer for the Philippine Collegian.”
“Gacad joined Agence France-Presse in 1985 and covered three US wars: the 1991 Gulf War, the 2001 war in Afghanistan and the 2003 invasion of Iraq where he spent 41 days as an embedded photographer in the US Army 3rd Infantry Division. Gacad’s coverage of the 1988 Olympics, the 2001 war in Afghanistan and the 2003 Iraq war earned him Pulitzer nominations.”
“When not covering conflict or disaster, Gacad loves to shoot farms and nature. He produced his first book together with National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario in 1983, titled “Retrato at Recuerdos,” a black and white documentation of life in a peasant village in San Miguel, Bulacan. Gacad’s photographs have appeared in international publications and have graced the cover of Time and Newsweek magazines.”
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Japan: Minty Footwear & Loch Ness Monster
In the hopes of abolishing the smelly shoes and feet in Japan a Japanese shoe maker has developed a sponge that fits in a shoe and is imbued with mint at the heel, allowing the wearer to pump mint fumes in the shoe every time he or she walks. This is quite convenient as Japanese always takes off there shoes in entering houses or even restaurant.
The amazing rendition on the Loch Ness monster was obviously made to honor Nessie, the gigantic creature is believed to have originated from the prehistoric era. It all started when John McKay reported seeing a gigantic sea creature reminiscent of a dinosaur in Loch Ness in Scotland. Thereafter, dozens of references to earlier sightings of the alleged monster hadn‘t been made, but McKay‘s is the earliest for which there is a contemporary record. Left out of nearly every story about Nessie, though, is the fact that the lake is only about 20 miles square, and anything as big as the Loch Ness monster supposedly is would probably have to eat so much that it would empty the lake of nutrition every couple days.
(Information courtesy of http://www.reuters.com/)
