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The interwebs is wondering what the man on the hill is doing. UPDATE: The Secret Service says the man is one of their agents who is watching the unfenced wooded area behind the stage.

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Fair skin is highly prized among some Chinese women, who consider it a sign of aristocracy. The above full-face masks have become a minor fad among female beach goers.

“I’m afraid of getting dark,” said the mask-wearer, Yao Wenhua, 58, upon emerging from the seaweed-choked waters of this seaside city in China’s eastern Shandong Province. Eager to show why she sacrificed fashion for function, Ms. Yao, a retired bus driver, peeled the nylon over her forehead to reveal a pale, unwrinkled face. “A woman should always have fair skin,” she said proudly. “Otherwise people will think you’re a peasant.” For legions of middle-class Chinese women — and for those who aspire to their ranks — solar protection is practically a fetish, complete with its own gear. This booming industry caters to a culture that prizes a pallid complexion as a traditional sign of feminine beauty unscathed by the indignities of manual labor. There is even an idiom, which women young and old know by heart: “Fair skin conceals a thousand flaws.”

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Gothamist has the story:

The world record in human tower building was SHATTERED yesterday when a team of brawny Catalonian tower builders climbed on top of each other at the rooftop lounge at 230 Fifth. Human tower building, it seems, is a time-honored tradition in the Catalonian region, where people have built multi-story human towers called "castells" for over three centuries.

The ones at the top are children!

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Andre Noel Denny, the suspected murderer of Canadian gay activist Raymond Taaval, reacted to cameras last night as he was led to his arraignment. Local activists are calling for the killing to be prosecuted as a hate crime as witnesses heard Denny shouting "Faggot!" as he repeatedly smashed Taaval's head into the pavement. Denny has a history as a violent mental patient. (Tipped by JMG reader Murray.)

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I was only in there to get directions on how to get away from there! Source.

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Lesbian mommy blog Mombian reports:

The White House photostream now includes a photo of First Lady Michelle Obama with Andrea and Logan Smith (10 months). Andrea is the executive director of Green Florida and wife of Equality Florida executive director Nadine Smith—and their son is absolutely adorable. (It’s all about the cheeks. Or maybe the eyes. Total cuteness either way.)

Photo Of The Day - Afghanistan Pride Flag

Just posted to the Wipeout Homophobia page of Facebook with the caption: "hubbie in afghanistan raising a gay pride flag." I'm still in meetings at the journalists conference in Houston, so I'm hoping my flying monkeys can track down the back story behind this photo. (Tipped by JMG reader David)

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The Boston Globe has posted a Part 2 in its Big Pictures Of 2011 series. Lots more at the link.

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AmericaBlog tips us to today's hilarious shot of Crazy Eyes in the Washington Post. Could this be even better/worse than her infamous Newsweek shot? Get ready for the wingnuts to attack WaPo for "purposely selecting an unflattering photo."

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The Village Voice's Steven Thrasher notes that the half-built One World Trade is (for the moment) providing New Yorkers with a spooky flashback as viewed from uptown with the Trump Soho tower.

Of course, these towers are much lower than the original twin towers. The Trump SoHo is only 46 stories, and it's not even that close to the WTC site. But for the next couple of weeks, while One World Trade stays at this height, the scale of the two of them next to each other is quite reminiscent of what we recall the old World Trade Center looking like from this intersection a decade ago.

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Photo description: "On Saturday over 1000 Americans laid their bodies down on a San Francisco beach to spell out “TAX THE 1%.” This protest was just the latest, and possibly most spectacular yet, in the wave of protests that have swept the nation since protesters occupied Wall Street, launching the “We are the 99%” movement." (Tipped by JMG reader Andrew)

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ABOVE: Wearing t-shirts that say "I don't want to live in a gypsy country," members of Bulgaria's far-right Attack Party joined demonstrations as the nation continues to be roiled by anti-Roma rioting.

Photo Of The Day - Dubya Visits Gay Gym?

Bilerico reports that Bush II dropped in for a work-out at DC's popular-with-the-gays Vida Fitness.

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Photo Of The Day - Canadian Aurora

Via NASA's Astronomy Photo Of The Day:

September's equinox arrives today at 0905 UT. As the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south, spring begins in the southern hemisphere and autumn in the north. And though the seasonal connection is still puzzling, both spring and autumn bring an increase in geomagnetic storms. So as northern nights grow longer, the equinox also heralds the arrival of a good season for viewing aurora.

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