Archive for July, 2008
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A northern virginia spa by the name ‘Yvonne Hair and Nails salon’ has been offering fish pedicures that have become very popular among its clients. John Ho and his wife Yvonne Le are offering fish pedicures where ‘Fish Doctors’ (Garra Rufa) are used to nibble dead skin off human feet. This is very safe in comparison to using razors and blades for the same purpose. Fish pedicures are beginning to get very popular and are already widely offered in a number of asian countries. The ‘Garra Rufa’ or ‘Fish Doctor’ species of fish were first used in Turkey.
Starbucks is slowing down in the US and concentrating on international locations like china where the market to be tapped is still huge. Some days ago, Starbucks had announced that it will close up to 600 under performing stores in the US. Today a complete list of Starbucks Stores on the closusre list has been released. The list is a pdf file and is available on the Starbucks.com website. Real estate mess, rising oil prices, bank closures and now starbucks store closures are all a real indicator that the recession of the US economy is already here.
A mixed race couple in germany, Florence Addo-Gerth and Stephan Gerth welcomed a very rare set of twins to this world. Florence Gerth delivered twins – one black and one white. Florence is west african and stephan is german. Doctors are calling this a very rare occurence. The odds of this happening are one in a million. The twins have been named Leo (black twin) and Ryan (white twin).
Katrina Kaif is reaching new heights with her soaring popularity. After being voted the “Sexiest Woman Alive” by FHM Magazine, Katrina Kaif is now on the cover page of the world’s most expensive magazine, valued at more than $10,000 US. ITP Lifestyle owned ‘Kohl’ magazine is a popular women’s magazine in the middle east and is auctioning this special magazine for charity. Popular UAE based jeweller Damas was roped in to cover this special magazine with 91 grams of gold and 622 diamonds. The Charity auction will raise money for Rashid Pediatric Therapy Centre.
After playing small roles in big movies like “Ocean’s 13″ and still not getting anywhere in Hollywood, Amber Hay probably decided it was time to date someone who mattered, for her to become someone who matters. She started seeing Joe Francis, the dude who owns ‘Girls Gone Wild’ magazine. Amber Hay has now landed on the cover page of the ‘Girls Gone Wild’ August issue with nothing on her but a guitar!
Other films that Amber Hay has been part of include ‘Hell Ride’, ‘Beer Fest’,’Surfer Dude’ and ‘Walk Hard’.
Amber Hay also has her own website at amberhay.com/
Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu Religious and Cultural Center (in Chino Hills, CA) is currently under construction and being built by BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha.
The BAPS Sanstha is installing a a 60kW grid-tied solar power system manufactured by GoGreenSolar. The Sanstha is estimating that the 60KW system will fulfill the new cultural center’s energy needs and have extra power that will be sent to the local grid to bring in revenue for the Sanstha. This is a very good step in the right direction in embracing clean and environment friendly energy. Hindu Temples are installing eco friendly solar energy systems to meet their power consumption needs and could be a vital medium to educate the masses about global warming and its dangers. In a previous post, i had talked about the Tirumala Tirupathi Temple having the world’s largest solar cooking system.
Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu Religious and Cultural Center is also accpeting donations for the installation of the solar power system here. Donations can be made with paypal.
Here are some more images of the Cultural Center from their website
Katrina Hodge, nicknamed ‘Combat Barbie’, is a female soldier of the British Army who fought bravely in Iraq in 2005. She fought Iraqi insurgents and saved the lives of her regiment members.
They were held at gunpoint when their vehicle overturned but L/Cpl Hodge punched the gunman and took his rifles.
She said: “I was in complete shock at first. The force of the accident caused our vehicle to roll over three times and threw us off guard.
“As I came round, the Iraqi suspect was standing over us with the rifles. I knew if I didn’t act fast then our lives would be in danger.
“I punched him and the force startled him enough for me to retrieve the rifles from him.”
Hodge,also a part-time model, is now contesting the Miss England 2008 beauty contest and will take part in the Miss England 2008 Finals after she won the Miss Tunbridge Wells crown.
via : BBC.com
Time.com has an interesting article talking about how temples in India are going green and bringing in more revenue by going green. One of Hinduism’s holiest shrine, The Tirupathi Tirumala Temple, already has the world’s biggest solar energy powered steam cooking system and has been selling its carbon credits to a swiss company.
It is very interesting to see how religious institutions can make a big difference in environmental practices. It is a very effective way to educate people about the impact that our ever increasing green house gas emissions are having on our climate.
An inured monkey that made it into a farmhouse bleeding all over is now a major attraction in Palakkad, Kerala. The monkey was named ‘Mani’ by the farmhouse employees and brought back to good health. Mani now repays them by shepherding a lot of 100 goats and protects the goats by being on the look out for predators like wolves and jackals.
Workers at the Greenland Estate at Palakapandy vouch that Mani’s sharp eyes and ears can detect wolves or jackals that could spring from bushes or rocky clefts to feast on the kids.
If he senses some danger, the monkey will make a whistle-like sound to put the herd on high alert and to avoid the risk of walking into a trap.
When goats fail to reach tender leaves on trees Mani would jump on the branches and lower them by his weight so that the goats can eat to their heart’s content.
When the herd takes a breather under the cool shadow of trees, he comforts them by picking lice or fleas hiding in the their furry coats.
According to Martin, an estate employee, Mani was found by estate workers when the monkey was a toddler. His palm was injured and bleeding and they had looked after him for a few days, applying medicines on the bruised palm.
via : Times Of India & IBNLive
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