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Hot Pakistani Girls in Austrailia Beach
Cute Pakistani girls are having fun. These girls sent us some pictures of them and according to them they live in the Austrailia, but they love to visit their homeland Pakistan on different occasions. The girls told us that on weekends they use to go to the local Pakistani resturants to have desi style food, which they like alot.
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Hot Pakistani Girls in Austrailia Beach
Cute Pakistani girls are having fun. These girls sent us some pictures of them and according to them they live in the Austrailia, but they love to visit their homeland Pakistan on different occasions. The girls told us that on weekends they use to go to the local Pakistani resturants to have desi style food, which they like alot.Pakistani Gilrs Smiling faces in Marriage
On weddings and other function, Pakistani girls love to wear mang tikka or bindiya. Mang tikka is a part of eastern outfits like choori dar, shalwar kameez, gharara or lehnga etc. To bring the complete eastern look in these dresses, girls must wear mang tikka. Here are three ladies enjoying at some family function, they dressed up in traditional style shalwar kameez of beautiful colors. The girls have also put on the round shaped mang tikka. These are Pakistani girls with cute smiling faces and nice clothing.
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Sana Raza Danceing In Collage Party
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Sana Raza Danceing In Collage Party
Girls are busy in the preparations of farewell party. Farewell and welcome parties held by the students and teachers in colleges are the source of enjoyment and fun. These parties could help students and teachers to understand each other and is also a good refreshment for students to bring better performance in their studies.
The girls in the picture are enjoying the preparation of the party. Girls can easily manage these type of activities as they are in habbit of decorating their houses for different functions. Here, the girls are
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Sana Raza Danceing In Collage Party
Girls are busy in the preparations of farewell party. Farewell and welcome parties held by the students and teachers in colleges are the source of enjoyment and fun. These parties could help students and teachers to understand each other and is also a good refreshment for students to bring better performance in their studies.
The girls in the picture are enjoying the preparation of the party. Girls can easily manage these type of activities as they are in habbit of decorating their houses for different functions. Here, the girls are
Angelina Jolie “Wanted” Posters Banned UK
According to recent reports, Angelina Jolie latest movie “Wanted” promotional posters are banned in the UK. Two posters have been banned by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority after the public interest group received seventeen complaints from citizens taken aback by several promotional posters that featured a Angelina Jolie glamorize gun violence.
Read More!We considered, that because the ads featured a glamorous actress, action poses, several images of or related to guns and aspirational text, they could be seen to glamorize the use of guns and violence.
- the authority claims -
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Guinness World Records have released their annual celebrity lists for 2009 with Hollywood Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as the Most Powerful Actors In Hollywood, taking over the place that belonged to Tom Cruise and Jennifer Aniston last year. The singer Britney Spears is replacing Paris Hilton as the Most Searched Person on the Internet, while Actor Christopher Lee was named the ‘Most Connected Living Actor.’
The 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records will be available on September 17th. Celebrities Gossip
Angelina Jolie's Archives Angelina Jolie’a Breastfeeding Cover Photo for W Magazine November 2008 posted by admin in October 9th, 2008 in Angelina Jo
According to recent news, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation has made a $2 million donation to the Global Health Committee to open a clinic in Ethiopia treating children affected by tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Statical, tuberculosis represents a major problem because it is the lending cause of death for children worldwide. The Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie famously known for his altruism by donating large amounts of money to good causes.
Read More!Our goal is to transfer the success we have had in Cambodia to Ethiopia where people are needlessly dying of tuberculosis, a curable disease, and HIV/AIDS, a treatable disease.
- Angelina Jolie said in a statement -
Angelina Jolie’s Changeling Movie Poster
The poster of the Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie starring as Christine Collins in Clint Eastwood’s period thriller Changeling has been revealed. Angelina’s character it’s like a true extract form that time as she underwent extensive wardrobe and makeup routines for her role.
The Changeling is about a mother whose son is kidnapped but when finally the boy come back in her arms she realizes that it’s not hers! Angelina Jolie’s son in the movie is played by 12-year-old actor Devon Gearhart (Warm Springs and Little Men).
In the movie, which opens in theaters this Fall, also stars actors like Riki Lindhome, Amy Ryan, Devon Gearhart, and Kelly Lynn Warren.
Read More!Angelina Jolie Covers Harper’s Bazaar UK December 2008
The Hollywood most loved actress Angelina Jolie is covering the December 2008 edition of British Harper’s Bazaar, despite her busy life. It is know that Angelina Jolie has said that she would give up work in order to be able to take care of her six kids (at least for now). She is now gracing the December 2008 cover of UK’s Harper’s Bazaar called Pure Glamour and it is most likely that Angelina is talking about her big happy family of which she is part of.
Angelina Jolie at “Kung-Fu Panda” DVD Party
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie was quite an appearance on the red carpet for the animation “Kung Fu Panda” and “Secrets of the Furious Five” co-DVD release party. Angelina Jolie was joined by her co-star Dustin Hoffman at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, bringing the black mini dress which emphasis her body shape, loosing a lot of weight since she gave birth to twins Vivienne and Knox.
Kung Fu Panda was produced by DreamWorks Animation’s studio in Glendale, California and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film stars the voices of Jack Black as the panda, Po, along with Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, and Ian McShane. The good news is that Dreamworks is working on a sequel to Kung Fu Panda!
Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell in Vogue Magazine
Supermodels of the Catwalk, Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss posed together for the February 2008 cover of Vogue Magazine Paris. In French issue of Vogue magazine you can see more photos of Kate and Naomi’s photoshoot.
In other celebrity news, Naomi Campbell is no longer starring in a film. The British model had signed up to be in Spike Lee’s latest film Miracle At St. Anna but has now been replaced due to “scheduling conflicts”. The film is a World War II drama but Naomi Campbell was unable to commit to time to learn to shoot and has been replaced by Kerry Washington.
Kate Moss plans gypsy-themed engagement party?
ccording to British reports, the supermodel Kate Moss, 34, is planning a very special party to celebrate her engagement to Jamie Hince. As you probable heard the 39-year-old guitarist, popped the question while got down on one knee under the Eiffel Tower on a romantic break in Paris recently. Kate Moss and Jamie Hince, who have been dating since last summer, are reportedly planning the wedding for a September date.
Kate Moss promotes Velvet Hour perfume, loses hair extension
The supermodel Kate Moss was in Berlin, Germany recently in order to promote her new fragrance, “Velvet Hour”. The 34-year-old Kate Moss arrived at Hotel de Rome at Bebelplatz Square in a grey tweed dress ready and happy to launch “Velvet Hour,” her new perfume.
Continuing her duties, Kate Moss felt embarrassed on the red carpet in Germany after one her blonde hair extensions fell out on the ground. She was at a Berlin club for the launch party of her new fragrance, Velvet Hour, wearing a black minidress and a pair of T-bar heels.
Pete Doherty Plans Tell-All Autobiography Focusing Kate Moss
According to recent reports, the musician Pete Doherty has revealed that he will tell all about the life of sex, drugs and wild party life with supermodel Kate Moss in a new autobiography. Pete won’t be along in this new plan as he will co-author the work with writer Sean Boru and the book will have sections focusing on his relationship with the supermodel, Kate Moss.
The whole premise of the book is Pete talking about Kate Moss and the sex and drugs and rock’n'roll lifestyle they shared. I wrote to Pete when he was in jail about my experiences when I was a drug addict and we built a relationship. He knows I understand where he is coming from and this is the first book that properly details his private life with Moss - which is what everyone wants to read about.
- Boru tells the Daily Telegraph -
Kate Moss Vogue Magazine August 2008 Cover Photo
The American Vogue has selected a nice snapshot of supermodel Kate Moss for the issue of August 2008. Kate Moss graces the August cover of Vogue magazine talking about her partying lifestyle, her daughter, and becoming a designer. Here are some highlights from the interview:
Read More!Kate Moss’ Topshop In U.S.A
According to recent news, British supermodel Kate Moss’ exclusive clothing line is now on sale in the U.S. also. Kate has finally launched a U.S. website featuring items from her Topshop Autumn collection. The first U.S. customers will get a free exclusive Kate Moss charity T-shirt, benefitting the Starlight Children’s Foundation, an organization that helps seriously ill children and their families.Victoria Beckham: lovely in black
Celebrity Hairstyle: Lindsay Lohan
On Wednesday afternoon (May 6), Lindsay Lohan stepped modeling for a Marilyn Monroe style photo shoot for Spanish Vogue in Los Angeles, California. The “Mean Girls” starlet looked unique spotting a curly blonde wig.
Meanwhile, an insider tells People magazine that the twosome may get back together… again, after Lindsay sleepover at ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson’s house.
Enjoy the pictures of Lindsay Lohan out shooting for Vogue.“Sam might eventually take Lindsay back … It wouldn’t surprise anyone. It’s a cycle that can go on forever. Now that things have died down a little and Lindsay is behaving herself and showing Sam what she wants to see, Sam’s strength to stay away eases up.”
“Sam knows in her head, life is truly better off without Lindsay – even if her heart sometimes says otherwise.”
Katy Perry: in a funky yellow minidress
On Wednesday (May 6), Katy Perry hit up at the People Magazine Music Lounge party in her honor. The “I Kissed a Girl” songstress looked cute in a a funky yellow minidress covered in mini-tassels teamed with sliver heels.
In related news, Katy talks about her new single “Waking Up in Vegas,” saying:
Enjoy the pictures of Katy Perry at the Manhattan shindig.“We took all the pictures with the minister, with the fake cake, in the fake chapel and got a fake marriage certificate. We went and bought a wedding dress and a suit at a thrift store, and scanned the pictures and the certificate to my family members, my manager at the time [and] totally freaked the s— out of them.”
Vanessa Hudgens: take-out treat
On Sunday (May 10), Vanessa Hudgens was spotted bringing her mom and family some take-out for a mother’s day treat.
The “High School Musical” hottie looked lovely in a black dress as she carry bags of food from Daily Grill out to her black Audi, getting help from a restaurant worker along the way.
Meanwhile, Vanessa chatted about her upcoming movie, “Bandslam”, saying:
“It’s so much fun. She’s a lot darker and introverted. Sa5m, the 5 is silent. I actually come out with a Flying V. I get to rock out on the guitar. I learned how to play for the part. Unfortunately though, the song I do in the movie is still the only song I know how to play.”
And, talking about her appearance at the Academy Awards a few months back, Miss Hudgens said:
Megan Fox: LAX Airport sexy
On Saturday (May 9), Megan Fox was spotted preparing to board a flight at LAX Airport in Los Angeles. The “Transformers” babe was a bit camera shy, sporting a stylish brimmed hat, walking into the terminal entrance with the help of a airport staffer.
Meanwhile, Megan told Esquire magazine about her sex status symbol, she said:
Enjoy the pictures of Megan Fox.“I don’t want to have to be like a Scarlett Johansson—who I have nothing against—but I don’t want to have to go on talk shows and pull out every single SAT word I’ve every learned to prove, like, ‘Take me seriously, I am intelligent, I can speak.’”
“I don’t want to have to do that. I resent having to prove that I’m not a retard — but I do. And part of it is my own fault. I’m just really confident sexually, and I think that sort of oozes out of my pores,” she adds. “It’s just there. It’s something I don’t have to turn on.”
Celebrity Fashion: Natalie Portman
On Saturday night (May 9), Natalie Portman attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington and revealed a little more skin than usual as her dress slipped down farther than it should have.
Enjoy the pictures of Natalie Portman at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
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Celebrity Fashion: Anne Hathaway in a sleeveless green scaly dress
On Monday (May 18), Anne Hathaway attends the 54th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards at Webster Hall in New York City.
The “Rachel Getting Married” hottie looked cute in a sleeveless green scaly dress with black stockings and black heels.
Meanwhile, in the film “Rachel Getting Married,” Anne told press:
Enjoy the pictures of Anne Hathaway in a a swanky night out. Read More!“Well, I’m trying to remember that there is nothing real to focus on yet. It’s a lovely compliment and it’s lovely to feel that people are anticipating good things for you, that people are cheering for you, but I have to look around at where I actually am, and where I actually am is a wonderful place I’ve been nominated for a Golden Globe and the Independent Spirit Award and I also just got the National Board of Review and I’m so pleased all of them that I don’t think I could be any happier. I just have to keep telling myself that it really shouldn’t get better and that all of this is more than enough.”
Beyonce Knowles: amazing as she took the stage
On Tuesday (May 19), Beyonce Knowles was spotted performing in Madrid, Spain, , sporting a sexy gold sequined ensemble with some blinged-out earrings and matching heels.
Meanwhile, Beyonce confessed that while she likes to stay in shape, she doesn’t want to look unnatural.
She said:
Enjoy the pictures of Beyonce Knowles out in Madrid.“To me, it’s sexier when it doesn’t look like you go to the gym. If you look like you’ve been spending a lot of time in the gym, then it just looks like you spend a lot of time in the gym. (laughs) So I never want to get to that point where it’s not natural. I think it’s important to feel like a woman, as well as look like a woman.”
Beautiful Islamabad Girl
Here is Arooj Qaisar from Islamabad. She has re-submitted her photo for publishing. She tells that I have made so many sincere friends in few days through eindiangirls.com but its not enough I have need many more friends.
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Islamabad Girl Mehak Naz
Mehak is our new contributor, some people like weekends while some hate Sundays because of the looming Monday workday. Mehak likes music, her food, and is somewhat of a gourmand. However, not all eateries can boast of quality buffets, and this is something she realizes.
Mehak says that nevertheless, a laid back Sunday brunch is a good opportunity to chat with friends and watch the world go by. Mehak likes to make new friends, so contact with smart Islamabad girl in comments box.
Read More!Celebrity Fashion: Anne Hathaway in a sleeveless green scaly dress
On Monday (May 18), Anne Hathaway attends the 54th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards at Webster Hall in New York City.
The “Rachel Getting Married” hottie looked cute in a sleeveless green scaly dress with black stockings and black heels.
Meanwhile, in the film “Rachel Getting Married,” Anne told press:
Enjoy the pictures of Anne Hathaway in a a swanky night out. Read More!“Well, I’m trying to remember that there is nothing real to focus on yet. It’s a lovely compliment and it’s lovely to feel that people are anticipating good things for you, that people are cheering for you, but I have to look around at where I actually am, and where I actually am is a wonderful place I’ve been nominated for a Golden Globe and the Independent Spirit Award and I also just got the National Board of Review and I’m so pleased all of them that I don’t think I could be any happier. I just have to keep telling myself that it really shouldn’t get better and that all of this is more than enough.”
Alicia Keys MySpace Backup Singer Search
One of the most talented R&B singers Alicia Keys is looking for a few new backup singers so, gifted female singers, between twenty-one and thirty can make an audition, via MySpace. Alicia needs the backup singer for a gig on her “As I Am” tour and the search will end Monday, May 5th. Hurry up! Submit a video of thirty seconds singing acapella to Alicia’s MySpace page and be ready to dance and sing next to Alicia Keys
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Alicia Keys To Retire From Music Industry In Three Years
According to contactmusic.com, the one and only talented R&B singer Alicia Keys has decided she wants to retire by the age of 30 from music industry. The 27-year-old Celebrity plans to spend the rest of her life travelling the world and enjoying her time. As a recall, Alicia Keys back in 2006, exasperated by the pressures of fame, she took a break from music and traveled to Egypt to recuperate discovering the power of the nature. Read More!
Alicia Keys Apologizes to Fans for Tobacco Ads
The BBC reports that multiplatinum-selling Grammy winner Alicia Keys has apologized to fans in Indonesia after finding out that an upcoming concert was sponsored by tobacco company Philip Morris. Anti-smoking organization Tobacco Free Kids criticized Alicia Keys when billboards promoting her concert were having a logo for the A Mild cigarette brand.
The R&B singer apologized to fans in Indonesia and said that the tobacco company had subsequently withdrawn their sponsorship.
Read More!I apologize for any misleading advertising initially associated with the show. I’m an unyielding advocate for the well-being and health of children around the world and do not condone or endorse smoking. I look forward to bringing my music and message to my wonderful fans in Jakarta.
- said Alicia Keys -
Jack White and Alicia Keys For “James Bond:
Multiplatinum-selling Grammy winner Alicia Keys will team up with White Stripes rocker Jack White to perform “Another Way To Die,” the theme for the 22nd James Bond movie, the Quantum of Solace, which hits theatres in November. According to a report from Billboard Magazine, Jack White wrote and produced the song and “Another Way To Die” will be the first theme to feature a duet in James Bond history. The soundtrack to James Bond: Quantum of Solace will be released via J Records on October 28th, 2008. Read More!
Alicia Keys at Singfest Music Festival
The multiplatinum-selling Grammy winner Alicia Keys was among the international stars to perform for Singfest Music Festival. The two-day outdoor festival was organized by Midas Promotions, over the weekend at Fort Canning Green and drew a staggering 17,000 people, compared to 9,000 at its inaugural show.
American R&B queen Alicia Keys was among other stars line-up for the music festival including: pop singer Jason Mraz and rock band OneRepublic, as well as Scottish pop-rockers Travis, Welsh rockers Lostprophets and Canadian pop-punkers Simple Plan and the raunchy Pussycat Dolls, who used pre-recorded music.
Read More!Alicia Keys Says Fame Brings A Lot Of Emptiness
Everyone wants to be famous but the multi-Grammy winner Alicia Keys says her fame can make you “a ghost of yourself” and “can bring a lot of emptiness”. That’s not such a good news? Isn’t it? The 27-year-old singer, who sold over 23 million albums and winning over 80 major awards - including 11 Grammys, says fame can really make you lose yourself and living each day on the edge.
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NY Congressman Wants to Import Models - American Girls Not Hot Enough for the Big Apple
What is even sadder is that these poor starving and pouting girls are regularly beat out for H-1B visas by nerdy scientists and engineers eager to come to American and make this a better place as opposed to make everyone wish they looked better.
A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would create 1,000 new visa slots for foreign fashion models. Democrat Anthony Weiner said the measure would boost New York's fashion industry.
Overseas models currently compete for so-called H-1B visas, which are intended for highly skilled foreigners who may be computer experts or doctors. The models have not done well, with only 349 slots going to models out of the 85,000 available, the reported.
New York's tabloid newspapers said Weiner, 43, is currently dating Huma Abedin, a Hillary Clinton aide who has posed for Vogue magazine.
Sometimes its just too bad that the founding fathers of the United States didn't draft a clause into the Constitution that would enable the removal of idiots from office. We could get a BOGO with Congressman Weiner (D) and George W Bush (R).
By the way, there is no word on whether or not GW would support this measure would it actually go anywhere at all, but Bill Clinton probably would jump on this bandwagon, slide trombone in hand.
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Since you called my response petty, allow me to say this… your entire article was nothing but an internalization of patriarchy which oozed out every single word you wrote. Tell me why is the Turkish headscarf- who you referred to self righteously as being more deserving of attention- some how less representative of patriarchy?
You know full well that you article was crap .. check out the picture on my women’s day post for example… so at the very least your claim that PTH promotes just one kind of woman is just a lie and you know it. But then again objectivity, honesty etc are not your top priorities.
If anything PTH has not defined anything in the framework of veiled v. high heels… only a dishonest crook will claim that. The real problem you have is with your own confusion vis a vis sexuality, gender image etc… now I support your right to be anything you want boy… but you should have the humanity to learn to tolerate the fact that it is the women who own their bodies and they have the right to wear whatever they want not you and I.
Ok? Kapeesh? And yes this article is not about women’s liberation etc… but it is not about commercialism either. It is about putting little Mullahs like you in your place.
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A straight man would obviously want women to ‘harness their femininity’, not for them to define themselves outside of the patriarchal construction of femininity.
This post, which is a petty response to the one on my blog , is informed by a bad judgment on my analysis. My analysis emphasized women’s agency, and criticized ideologies, including the ‘liberal feminist’ ideology which is often hijacked by imperialist agendas.
The article also talked about how the women question cannot be addressed within the narrow framework of ‘oppressed veiled woman’ versus ‘liberated modern woman in high heels’.
This post here has nothing to do with women’s cause – it’s only eulogizing commercialism.
Khan’s is Pakistan’s na…
Just something I picked up from the previous post on the same topic. To one of the comments, Mr. Hamdani has said that his views are his alone and not representative of PTH. So, Im just wondering how is it that this post by him can claim to tell the reader, what is it that PTH will indulge in or not?
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* Interested In: Friends
* Member Since: Jan 2008
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Whitney Leigh has made my day
Shadow Hare and Dark Guardian ... just two of the masked men and women seeking to fight for justice and the American way.
It's certainly not a bird, or a speeding bullet, or a plane. It looks more like a guy in a silly lycra outfit.
Wearing masks and the full superhero get-up, a band of "real life superheroes" are patrolling the world's cities trying to clean up the streets.
So claim the comic book-like crime-fighters, a loose association of costumed do-gooders who say they are taking up the fight for justice for ordinary people.
Boasting names like Dark Guardian, Citizen Prime, and Green Scorpion, the mainly US-based characters say they need to wear outfits to protect their identities from the evil-doers they attack.
Most have MySpace pages where they reveal the philosophy of their superheroism.
Florida superhero Amazonia wrote why she was prompted to strap on the black Zorro-like mask and defend her city, Ocala:
"I finally had enough of seeing the gangs terrorizing the downtown section of my city. They would mug, beat and otherwise harass senior citizens and women.
"So I took up the mantle of Firebird and set out to do what I could to help others."
Many of the superheroes say they are armed with weapons such as stun guns, which can be legally carried in the US.
"Shadow Hare", a 1.7 metre, slight-of-stature 21-year-old Cincinnati resident who carries handcuffs, a stun-gun and pepper spray, boasts: "I've stopped many evil doers ... such as drug dealers, muggers, rapists, and crazy hobos with pipes."
Many of the superheroes' good deeds are of a civic nature - such as volunteering with charities or feeding the homeless.
But some make more bolder claims of actual crime-fighting.
Shadow Hare said he dislocated his shoulder two years ago while helping a woman who was being attacked.
He also said he was working with a San Diego-based superhero called Mr Extreme to "track down a rapist".
On his MySpace page, Dark Guardian writes of the moment he saw two men with baseball bats waiting to beat someone up outside their house late at night.
"I park across the street from them. I wait and watch them. I make sure they see me so they know someone is watching, soon after they leave.
"I didn't have to go and fight two guys with bats to stop a crime. I just made my presence known and they decided to stop what they were trying to do."
On another occasion he writes of confronting a deranged man trashing a store.
"I stood in front of him and made sure everyone got out of the store. I tried talking him down. The store had already called the cops.
"Once the police came he cooperated and was hauled away. If he came at me or anyone else this story would end differently and I would have been in court myself because I had my knife at the ready.
"Glad it ended the way it did."
Some superheroes also formed together under different banners to tackle crimes in unison, such as the Allegiance of Heroes.
One such group, titled the Justice Society Of Justice, claims to offer "twice the JUSTICE as the leading competitors!" Read More!Reon Kadena American Girls Pictures
TV host Josh Gates displays a sample showing what appears to be a footprint found in Nepal’s Khumbu region, where Mount Everest is located. The tracks will be analyzed as part of an investigation into tales about the legendary mountain Yeti, Gates told reporters in Katmandu on Friday.
Tales by sherpa porters and guides about the wild and hairy creatures lurking in the Himalayas have seized the imagination of mountain climbers going to Mount Everest since the 1920s. Several teams have searched for it and some have even claimed to have discovered footprints. But no reputable investigator has actually seen the creature, nor has it been scientifically established that the Yeti exists.
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the instrument of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in his first act after being sworn in this morning.
The Kyoto Protocol is a pact agreed by governments at a 1997 UN conference in Kyoto, Japan, to reduce greenhouse gases emitted by developed countries to at least 5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2008-12. A total of 174 nations have ratified the pact.
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- Electric Alloy Mesh Concept, using a seamless Shape Memory Alloy mesh to generate voltage-controlled mechanical counter-pressure. Pressure would be distributed by a viscous thermal-regulating gel layer. The gel layer moderated the high temperature of the SMA later and protected the body against impacts the skin directly, wicking away perspiration and absorbing body heat.
- Thermal Gel Suit Concept, using "smart" polymer gels which expanded at a threshold temperature to create mechanical counter-pressure. The smart gel was trapped in a quilted layer beneath a stretchless restraint layer. The restraint layer prevented outward expansion of the gel, directing the pressure inwards against the body.
- Electric Gel Suit , using "smart polymer gels which expanded in an electric field to create mechanical counter-pressure. The smart gel was trapped in a quilted layer, between metallized fabric layers, beneath a stretchless restraint layer. Opposite charges applied to the metallized layers produced a small electric field sufficient to stimulated the expanding smart gel.
- Stretch Alloy Band Suit Concept using the super elastic properties of Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) to allow the suit's volume to expand enough for donning. Charge would then applied to the SMA band which pulled together the seam of a uni-directional stretch fabric layer, which was able to stretch longitudinally in order to allow flexion at the joints.
- Electric Alloy Zipper Suits using shape memory alloy strips to aid and control the application of mechanical counter pressure while manually zipping together seams in a uni-directional stretch fabric layer.
- Electric Alloy Remote Zipper Suit concept, as the previous concept, but instead of being zipped manually, tightened all at once by digital controls at the shoulders. This system assured uniformity of mechanical counter-pressure and ease of operation.
- Absorb concept, which would collect perspiration in a removable component within the suit, either a highly absorptive fabric layer similar to long underwear, or desiccant packs at critical locations.
- Vent-to-Atmosphere concept, which controlled perspiration by venting moisture directly to the outside environment. A selective, semi-permeable organic layer closest to the skin allowed perspiration to pass through at a moderate rate. Subsequent layers of the suit, including the mechanical counter-pressure layer, were also semi-permeable. The openings in the membranes were large enough to allow the suit to breath, but small enough to prevent unwanted fluid loss.
- Transport concept, using a layer of tiny tubes to channel perspiration away from the body to a remote collection point. These tubes might be manufactured or perhaps organic such as the aquaporin network in plant membranes. A partial vacuum at the collection end might moved perspiration through the tubes, or perhaps work would be done by tiny piezoelectric pumps powered by energy harvested from body motion.
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Taarik Furmie jokes that he's the Santa Claus of the internet.
As a seller of toys and games, Christmas is Mr Furmie's busiest time of year.
He's run off his feet checking stock, sending off orders, comparing the competitiveness of his prices and making sure his accounts are in order.
And he does it all without leaving the comfort of his home in Casula, in Sydney's western suburbs.
Mr Furmie is one of a growing number of Australians who are making a full-time living selling goods on internet site eBay.
In September this year, there were more than 17,500 Australians who used eBay as their primary or only source of income.
Another 94,000 eBay sellers had considered quitting their day jobs to sell full-time on the trading website.
Since it began in 1999, eBay has significantly changed the way Australians shop and opened self-employment opportunities for those who thought they'd always be bound to a nine-to-five desk job.
Mr Furmie worked in IT when his wife started selling old toys and games their children no longer used.
Soon, she was buying goods from second hand stores and garage sales and re-selling them for a profit on eBay.
When she had her third child, Mr Furmie took over the hobby and it flourished.
Four years ago, he left his job to focus full time on his toy business. He also moved from secondhand to new toys and games, sourced through local suppliers and manufacturers.
Now he competes with major department stores and has set up his own business name, Treasure Planet Toys.
"You will find that you are generally getting better prices on eBay, because I don't have the overheads that they (department stores) do," he told AAP.
"You find that a lot of people, especially today with the stress of modern day life, people are finding less time to get to the shop and when they do get there it's stressful.
"If you can sit in front of a computer and find the same item (and) it's going to be delivered to your door, you save yourself two hours and frustration."
Mr Furmie is coy about how much he makes, but says it's better than his previous job, although much of the money goes back into growing the business.
He is classed as an eBay PowerSeller - sellers who average a minimum of $2,000 in sales per month, over three consecutive months. Titanium PowerSellers - the top level - earn $300,000 a month.
Mr Furmie teaches people how to sell on eBay in an eight-hour course conducted at people's homes, but some institutes are now offering lessons on how to make the most of the trading site.
The Council of Adult Education (CAE) now has a one-day course, Buying and Selling Goods Through eBay, which teaches how to "make money and find that elusive item".
Victorians are some of Australia's biggest eBay users.
A national survey last month found residents of Springvale, in Melbourne's southeast, were the country's biggest online traders, buying and selling at an average of $274 per member.
Second place was taken by nearby Dandenong, which averaged $173 per member.
Dandenong resident Rebecca Wilkin is an eBay convert.
The 28-year-old buys and sells goods on the website, particularly clothes and baby goods.
She recently decked out her daughter's nursery with brand new furniture for $500, including cot, change table and rocking chair.
"I do research before I buy anything, either at the shop or online as to how much the retail price is," she said.
"Nine times out of 10 I find I can get a really good bargain on eBay."
Ms Wilkin believes Dandenong and Springvale topped the national trading figures because of their low socio-economic demographic.
"Dandenong is predominantly a low-income area and you do find you get more for your money, if you know what you're looking for," she said.
"You've really got to make your money go further and you can get a bit of spare cash by selling things you don't need any more."
Ms Wilkin also thinks the language barrier could be a factor, as many migrants live in Dandenong and Springvale.
Consumer trends expert Bernard Salt, of KPMG, said many of the top-ranking eBay suburbs across the nation had high levels of migrant populations.
Three quarters of Springvale's 18,000 residents speak a language other than English at home.
"Perhaps Australia's newest residents prefer to buy their goods on eBay rather than have to negotiate the language barriers of traditional shopping centres," he said.
Leigh, of Boronia in Melbourne's outer east, says he'll never visit a chain store again.
He buys clothes on eBay for half what he'd pay in a shop and they're delivered to his door.
He also sells items he has lying around his house that he no longer wants.
He has sold an old Australian Airlines watch for $35 and T-shirts from car shows for $70-$80.
As a car collector and restorer, he also finds eBay useful for sourcing and selling cars and car parts.
"I've got a set of wheels lying around that you could take to the wreckers, but I'll put them on eBay. People are looking for stuff like that all the time," he said.
"If I want something cheap I will see if it's on eBay first. It's definitely a good money saver."
Leigh bought an XP Falcon Coup for $5,500 in Western Australia and a F150 pick-up truck from Queensland for $11,000.
Potential eBay buyers are warned to do their homework before they buy.
That includes checking the feedback on the seller and always using the PayPal facility.
"The majority of people on eBay are there to do the right thing, but you can lose money if you just don't take precautions," Mr Furmie said.
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Tall, gorgeous and sexy" - and still only a child. A new book aims to put girls straight about looking good, writes Natasha Hughes.
Think back to your school days when your hair was too flat or unblonde, your legs never quite brown or long enough and a pimple had the power to rule your every thought and movement for the length of time it reared its ugly head. Most of the time, teenage girls feel they look pretty hideous. The irony is that the rest of womanhood is frantically trying to look like teenagers: they're so fresh and firm.
But you can't tell them that. Teenage girls are obsessive about their looks. And they're getting a heavier message than we ever did. "They feel like they have to be tall, gorgeous and sexy at 11," says Melbourne writer and cartoonist Kaz Cooke. "They get hit by so many messages all saying, 'You're not good enough,' but, of course, they are. People do tend to dismiss the concerns of girls as trivial, but today they don't just need to be pretty, they need to be sexual. It's quite scary."
Cooke's book Girl Stuff (Viking, $39.95), is aimed, she says, at countering the hard-sell girls receive.
"The only information they really get about beauty comes from magazines, but I say, if you do what the magazines tell you to do, you'll spend $300 and look like a mad vampire. Have fun with it instead - play with make-up. If you want."
Cooke says magazines for girls suggest anything put on the face has to be corrective. "They list the 'eight essentials' when there are no essentials for teenagers except perhaps sunscreen and a lip balm. Most girls see advertising as a source of information. On TV they don't see anyone without make-up."
The book, which covers other issues such as work and friends, quotes from girls who responded to Cooke's website survey.
The book also takes a strong line that experienced make-up users may question. "Primer is invented simply to sell more make-up. A waste of time and money," writes Cooke. But we're not her target readership, though, as Cooke sees it, we'll be the ones buying it to give at Christmas.
Regardless of whether we do, teenage girls will continue to disregard facts such as smoking and sun exposure causing wrinkles. But, maybe at 30, they won't lament, as we feel we're entitled to, that "no one told me".
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