Sunday, October 26, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
South Side Priyamani
Priyamani Won prestigious the National Film Award, for Best Actress (2006) for her role in tamil movie Paruthiveeran. She also won .....
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PSP 2 by Tai Chiem
Sony just barely updated the PSP but designer Tai Chiem is already thinking about the next iteration. His design calls for a ........................
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
World Oldest Mother
Grandmother Omkari Panwar has given birth to twins at the age of 70.
She was utterly determined to have a son.The fact that to do so would make 70-year-old Omkari Panwar the world's oldest mother didn't even cross her mind.Her resolve was matched by her husband Charan Singh Panwar, 77. more images after the break...
She was utterly determined to have a son.The fact that to do so would make 70-year-old Omkari Panwar the world's oldest mother didn't even cross her mind.Her resolve was matched by her husband Charan Singh Panwar, 77. more images after the break...
Proud parents: Omkari Panwar, 70, with her husband Charan, 77
Omraki Panwar recovers in hospital after delivering her twin via Caesarean section
The world's oldest mum, who gave birth to twins at 70 after IVF, proudly showed off her son, then admitted: 'Now I've got another daughter to feed too.'Omkari Panwar, and her husband Charan Singh Panwar, 77, underwent IVF all for the sake of producing a male heir to take over the family's smallholdings.The elderly Indian couple, who already have two daughters in their thirties, and five grandchildren, are near destitute after mortgaging their land, selling their buffalo and taking out a loan for the £4,400 fertility treatment.
Omkari and her twins (a boy with white hat and a girl) on the day after they were discharged from hospitalNow the pensioner parents will rely on family handouts and the charity of fellow villagers to bring up the little boy they so wanted, and the little girl they didn't.But the Panwars, who live in a tiny community in Uttar Pradesh, North India, were delighted to finally see and hold their two babies, now weighing a healthy 4lbs, six weeks after they were born on June 27.'We have not been able to see or hold them all this time," said frail Omkari. "They had to stay in the hospital because they were so small.'We could not afford to stay there, so we had to leave them.' And she added: 'We paid all this money to the doctors for a son, but now we have the extra burden of another daughter as well.' Boys are cherished in India because daughters are not allowed to inherit property but leave to marry and become part of their new husband's family.The twins were born at 34 weeks by emergency caesarian section at a hospital in the nearest town of Muzaffarnagar.They weighed just 2lbs each and had to be rushed to the Jaswant Roy Speciality Hospital which has a neonatal intensive care unit.
The twins were born at 34 weeks by caesarian section and weighed just 2lb eachOmkari, who saw her babies just once, a week after their birth, said: 'I could only just touch them lightly with my fingers.'They were so tiny, they would have fit into the palm of my hand.' The Panwars had to scrape together a further £500 to pay for part of their children's medical care and are now almost penniless.Their little boy is now likely to take over a tiny piece of land with a large mortgage still to pay on it.But Charan insists the cost was worthwhile, after he became a laughing stock in his village because he had no son to carry on the family name.'I've finally got what I wanted and I can die a happy man now,' said Charan.'My wife will look after the babies when I am gone, and after she dies my other daughters will care for them.'It will be an honour for them to raise their new brother.'Now my daughters will have a family home to return to on religious days and special occasions.' It is tradition for sons to remain in the parental home with their wives. On festival days the daughters of the family come to visit with their own husbands and children.Villagers welcomed the jubilant pair back to the village, which lies 20km from Muzaffarnagar, with numerous gifts for the new babies.The twins will be named at a special Hindu ceremony next week when the whole community will celebrate their arrival into the world.'It is customary to name the babies after two weeks," said Omkari, who does not have a birth certificate, but insists she is 70-years-old.'We have not seen the babies all this time, so we haven't been able to hold the naming ceremony.'Now, we can arrange one, but cannot reveal their names until that day.' Omkari suffered a personal heartbreak more than 40 years ago as a much younger woman, when she miscarried a baby boy.'For more than 40 years I have thought God did not think I was fit to produce a boy,' she said. 'But fate works in funny ways. It must have been meant to be that I waited all this time.' The couple do not even understand the fertility procedures carried out to allow Omkari to give birth so long after going through the menopause.It is likely donor eggs were used to allow her to carry a child, but the Panwars simply do not know what happened when they went to a fertility clinic in Meerut last year.Omkari, who remembers being nine when India gained independence in 1947, said: 'We saw a doctor at the Baby Shastri Nursing Home and I was given treatment.'Later we were told I was carrying twins, a boy and a girl.' Screening embryos to discover the sex of the baby is illegal in India, following the outlawing of female foeticide - the aborting of girls - more than 10 years ago.The couple do not even know such medical techniques exist and they do not think anything was specifically done to ensure they would have a boy.'We just count ourselves blessed that we have a boy. We prayed for it to happen,' said Charan.'We don't know how. We're just glad the doctor was right, and we do have a son.' The world's previous oldest mothers were Romanian Adriana Iliescu, who gave birth to a daughter, aged 66 and 320 days in May 2005, and Spanish woman Carmela Bousada, who was 66 and 358 days old when her twins were born in December 2006.Omkari does not care that she has broken the world record and said: 'If I am the world's oldest mother it means nothing to me.'I just want to be with my new babies and care for them while I am still able.'
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Bhairavi Goswami
Bhairavi Goswami - don't know her? Yeah, not your problem - after we could take eyes off her pictures, we went to research on this lady and her probable work in entertainment world.03 more images after the break...
So, she is a model, socialite and a Bollywood actress. One gets to see her more in page3 parties in h0t dresses. Nothing much to tell about her bollywood adventures so far, but she does look h0t - what say people?
Bhairavi Goswami - don't know her? Yeah, not your problem - after we could take eyes off her pictures, we went to research on this lady and her ....
A Look on Diet Fitness
Many people nowadays are very much conscious about their own health and fitness. In addition to that, these people, and many others as well, are now having that desire to sculpt their bodies to ahieve that magazine-cover look. As a result, gyms, health spas and other fitness centers have proliferated all over to cater to the needs of the fitness buffs and afficionados.Even on television exercise machines, weight loss products, and other paraphernalia to improve fitness have more or less gained control over the airwaves and made their way into the households. But exerise is not the only way to build that body beautiful. It also entails certain amount of responsibility on the foods one chooses to eat. Being healthy and fit requires one to observe diet fitness.Diet fitness is as essential as exercise itself. Diet for fitness provides the essential nutrition one needs to .....Friday, October 10, 2008
Miss Teen World
A schoolgirl from Liverpool has beaten young beauties from 25 other countries to take the Miss Teen World title in Houston, Texas.
Amy Jackson, 16, from Knowsley Village, told the Liverpool Echo: 'I was completely shocked to win and so happy.
'I really thought I had not made the final five. But then I went on to take the title. I made lots of friends during the competition and may now be going to live in Texas for a year to promote the contest.'
'Shocked': winner Amy didn't think she'd made the final five
Personality and communication counted for a quarter of contestants' scores, with the other three-quarters going to their appearance in evening gown, swimsuit, and 'poise and beauty'.
In contrast to recent 'size zero' model healthcare scandals, Miss Teen World judges stressed health over size: 'Physical fitness should be an important part of everyone's life,' the judges said. 'We are looking for a winner that is in great shape with a healthy respect for her body.'
Amy reached the final after winning the Miss Teen Liverpool and Miss Teen Great Britain contests.
Amy's father, BBC Radio Merseyside presenter Alan Jackson, said: 'The contestants were asked to talk about their home town and obviously Amy was not short of things to say. She mentioned Liverpool FC, Capital of Culture, the Mersey – there is no shortage of things to say about Liverpool.
'We are very proud of Amy and the fact she has done so well in school too.'
Brains and beauty: Amy hopes to study law at university
Hardworking Amy hopes to go on to university and study law - after achieving nine GCSEs passes this summer, five of which were As.
But she will continue modelling in the meantime - with a new UK contract, which she hopes will lead to success in the industry.
Other contestants in the Teen Miss World competition came from countries including Canada, France, Mexico, Korea, South Africa, Russia and the USA.
Amy's prizes include a modelling contract in the USA, a wardrobe of appearance clothes and a years supply of cosmetics and shoes.
Amy Jackson, 16, from Knowsley Village, told the Liverpool Echo: 'I was completely shocked to win and so happy.
'I really thought I had not made the final five. But then I went on to take the title. I made lots of friends during the competition and may now be going to live in Texas for a year to promote the contest.'
'Shocked': winner Amy didn't think she'd made the final five
Personality and communication counted for a quarter of contestants' scores, with the other three-quarters going to their appearance in evening gown, swimsuit, and 'poise and beauty'.
In contrast to recent 'size zero' model healthcare scandals, Miss Teen World judges stressed health over size: 'Physical fitness should be an important part of everyone's life,' the judges said. 'We are looking for a winner that is in great shape with a healthy respect for her body.'
Amy reached the final after winning the Miss Teen Liverpool and Miss Teen Great Britain contests.
Amy's father, BBC Radio Merseyside presenter Alan Jackson, said: 'The contestants were asked to talk about their home town and obviously Amy was not short of things to say. She mentioned Liverpool FC, Capital of Culture, the Mersey – there is no shortage of things to say about Liverpool.
'We are very proud of Amy and the fact she has done so well in school too.'
Brains and beauty: Amy hopes to study law at university
Hardworking Amy hopes to go on to university and study law - after achieving nine GCSEs passes this summer, five of which were As.
But she will continue modelling in the meantime - with a new UK contract, which she hopes will lead to success in the industry.
Other contestants in the Teen Miss World competition came from countries including Canada, France, Mexico, Korea, South Africa, Russia and the USA.
Amy's prizes include a modelling contract in the USA, a wardrobe of appearance clothes and a years supply of cosmetics and shoes.
Halle Berry Magazine Scan
Halle Berry is the $exiest Woman Alive in the November 2008 issue of Esquire Magazine, on newsstands later this ......
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Nikon Wifi-enable Headphone
Nikon Corporation in Japan has introduced their latest Media Port UP. It is a wifi-enabled multimedia playback headset device. Nikon combine the display screen, headphones, mobile A/V player, Wi-Fi capability, high-capacity memory, and power source in one compact device. The device is priced around $587, available in the high performance UP300x and the basic UP300.
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Kareena Get Close to Ajay
For a change Saif Ali Khan is nowhere to be seen near Kareena Kapoor. While Bebo gets new look for Winter collection of Globus, she is also busy promoting her movie 'Golmaal Returns' with lead actor Ajay Devgan...06 More images after the break...
As a result, she is getting close with Ajay on the cover of latest issue of CineBlitz. Even with Ajay close, magazine cover scream 'Bebo still happy with Saif'. Checkout preview in images. source
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