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Love of Hannover : in mind and on her back

July 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 pm » Comments (0)

This lady, Britta Oelschlaeger, a 33-year-old photographer, has tattooed map of Hannover on her back. She found a 1896 map of her hometown and etched it on her back. The tattooist took 7 hours to etch the outlines of that late 19th-century city plan on her back. But that is unfinished map, it will take [...]



Ultimate Highway Experience in Nepal

July 23rd, 2007 at 1:58 pm » Comments (0)

Nepal is a hilly country and road transportation leading to remote parts of Nepal is mostly a nightmare.
I read an article The Karnali Express: Bumping on for 52 Hours (Jumla to Surkhet) by Dinesh Wagle who happened to be traveling in the road because of the adverse weather condition in the Jumla airport. He had [...]



Swaminarayan Mandir : New Hindu temple in Toronto

July 23rd, 2007 at 11:35 am » Comments (0)

I don’t care much about religion or faith. But architecture of course is to be appreciated. A Hindu temple, Swaminarayan Mandir, located near Highway 427 and Finch Avenue West, Toronto, Canada is opened officially on July 22, 2007.
$40-million project involving more than 2,000 Indian craftsmen and about 400 volunteers from Toronto’s Hindu community worked on [...]



‘Corpse flower’ blooms at Zoo and it sure stinks

July 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 am » Comments (0)

The rare titan arum plant bloomed early Monday morning at Cleveland MetroParks Zoo.
Date: Monday, July 23, 2007
Height: 57 inches
Width: 32 inches
Cronus bloomed early this morning!
Because of its pungent smell the rare plant is also known as the ‘corpse flower’. The flower is native to the Sumatran rainforest. Thanks to the Zoo’s Rainforest, Clevelanders can get [...]



Condom Fashion Show in China

July 22nd, 2007 at 4:34 pm » Comments (1)

Condom fashion show was held at the Fourth China Reproductive Health New Technologies and Products Expo and organized by China’s largest condom manufacturer, Guilin Latex Factory, to promote the use of condoms in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Beijing July 11, 2007. It marked the World Population Day, organized annually by the U.N. Population Fund.
Models [...]



Girls in High-heel race in St. Petersburg

July 22nd, 2007 at 3:15 pm » Comments (0)

Walking on high-heels in itself seems troublesome to some ladies in the streets. Have you imagined what will happen if they were to run for a prize. Real race of girls on high-heels was witnessed in St.Petersburg on July 21, 2007 and as you can imagine lot of participants couldn’t complete the race.
Some 100 women [...]



11-year-old boy, Balgo gave young girls STD

July 22nd, 2007 at 8:25 am » Comments (0)

In a weird latest news, a 11-year-old was charged of transmitting STD to girls younger than him. Western Australian authorities however told that he will not be prosecuted.
Police yesterday confirmed that criminal charges would not be laid against the boy from Balgo, a troubled indigenous community in the northeastern reaches of the Great Sandy Desert [...]



Sajani Shakya reinstated as ‘Living Goddess’ in Nepal

July 21st, 2007 at 10:35 am » Comments (0)

A 10-YEAR-OLD girl, worshiped as a living goddess in Nepal has had her title reinstated after defying tradition and visiting the US. Temple authorities at her home town in Bhaktapur were quoted as saying that the visit had tainted her purity, and that they were beginning the search for a successor.
But yesterday they said she [...]



Pratibha Patil becomes India’s first female president

July 21st, 2007 at 10:22 am » Comments (0)

According to latest news, Pratibha Patil became the first female president of India. She described it as a “victory of principles, victory of right thinking” by the people. News as quoted from Hindustan Times:
India has got its woman president in Pratibha Patil who won one of the bitterest political campaigns to the top post in [...]



Lighthouse on sale for $1: property listed in National Register of Historic Places

July 21st, 2007 at 10:11 am » Comments (0)

Boston herald published a news last monday about a sale offer for a historic lighthouse, property surrounded by Long Island Sound off the coast of Fairfield. The only catch is that the owner should be able to able to cope with possible haunting.
Penfield Reef Lighthouse, in Long Island Sound, was built in 1874. The federal [...]



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