PAVING THE WAY Photograph by Billy Nungesser/WWL What you see above isn’t a rural gravel road. It’s a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life — a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. Fish kills are fairly common along the Gulf Coast, particularly during the summer in the area…
When the Tiger Woods scandal broke, it was utter mayhem. Every media outlet covered the story trying to put their own spin on the situation. Unfortunately the event already occurred and everyone had the same pool of limited information. There were police reports, interviews with neighbours and plenty of speculation. But with no footage of…
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, or by justifying or rationalizing them. It is one of the most influential and extensively studied theories in…
LIGHT UP THE SKY LIKE THE FOURTH OF JULY Photograph by Steve Kelley Stunning photograph from 2009 of Macy’s annual Fourth of July Fireworks in New York City via Mudpig on Flickr Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’…
ANARCHY IN THE UK CANADA? Photograph by Ann Hui / The Globe and Mail A crowd of black-clad protesters at the G20 Summit in Toronto were out damaging property along the way. Several police cruisers were vandalized and two were lit ablaze as flames and black smoke billowed into the air. TTC streetcars were abandoned…
FIRST! Photograph by Alan Porritt (AAP) Australia appointed its first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard, who vowed on Thursday (June 24th, 2010) to end division over a controversial mining tax, resurrect a carbon trade scheme and call elections within months. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd made an emotional and ignominious exit, quitting just before the…
GOOD NIGHT FRANCE Photograph by NASA Goddard Photo and Video After a disgraceful and embarrassing World Cup tournament, France left South Africa on a coach-class flight home. Read about their disastrous performance here. About the photograph: City Lights at Night along the France-Italy Border. The brightly lit metropolitan areas of Torino (Italy), Lyon, and Marseille…
The storyline dominating the 2010 World Cup has not been the play on field, but the incessant drone of the traditional South African horn, the Vuvuzela. Close your eyes and you might mistake the deafening sound for a swarm of bees. Drowning out newscasts, cheers and all other chants and songs typically associated with the…
LET THE MADNESS BEGIN! Photograph by REUTERS/Daniel Munoz Australia’s Lucas Neill is reflected in the water as he jogs with the team during a training session at Ruimsig Stadium in Roodepoort, just outside of Johannesburg June 7, 2010. South Africa was selected as the host six years ago, and has been preparing ever since, building…
HOLE-Y CRAP! Photograph by Gobierno de Guatemala Do not adjust your eye sockets. For once, this is not some kind of Photoshop tomfoolery, nay, this is a sinkhole in the Zone 2 of Ciudad de Guatemala. The Flickr account is property of the Government of Guatemala so I’ll go on a limb and say it’s…
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