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    Only 5 percent of women have the type of body we see on billboards and in TV commercials.

    The "Expose" project wants you to see the remaining 95 percent.

    Blogger and activist Jes Baker teamed up with photographer Liora K to showcase women's bodies just as they are -- unfiltered, un-Photoshopped, and totally amazing.

    "When was the last time you opened up your browser and saw a beautiful image of a body shape that looked just like yours?" Baker asked in a blog post introducing the series.

    Ninety-six women, recruited on Facebook, gathered in Tucson, Arizona to disrobe in front of total strangers in the name of body love. This is the second time Baker and K have shot images for this project.

    In a blog post about the shoot, photographer Liora K explained how she stressed the beauty and uniqueness of every participant during the process:

        What I really wanted the women to get out of our time (how ever brief) together was that they were IMPORTANT. That their bodies deserved to be seen, that what they perceive as faults are simply THEM, and are neither right nor wrong. That showing their bodies won’t innately cause them harm. That their breasts won’t cause damage to those around them, or their bellies or thighs either. That their nudity, while making them vulnerable, does not make them at fault. And that lastly, their bodies are their vehicles through life, and to treat them with kindness. I hope that came across.

    Kylie Jenner Shaves The Back Of Her Head

    Out of all the ladies in Kardashian/Jenner clan, Kylie Jenner is certainly the most experimental when it comes to hairstyles. Whether she's dying her hair blue, green, blond or chopping it off, you can always count on the 17-year-old to switch it up with her locks.
    This time, Jenner took it to a whole new level when she shaved the back of her head. The reality star posted an Instagram picture of the freshly buzzed cut on August 11: Though it seems like a pretty bold move to buzz your head, we suspect that the rest of her locks cover up the freshly missing pieces. Jenner shared another photo the following day where the missing hair went totally unnoticed:

    Honey Singh: India’s Raw Stars are better than me

    Star Plus and India's biggest youth sensation, Yo Yo Honey Singh have come together to launch this first of its kind, unconventional singing reality show, which is all set to redefine the genre. This weekly show will launch on Sunday, August 24 at 7 pm on Star Plus. Contenders from across the country with their unique singing styles will battle it out to become India's Raw Star. Yo Yo Honey Singh will be a friend, mentor and guide of the contestants. The show will be hosted by the gorgeous Gauahar Khan, who is also a huge fan of Yo Yo Honey Singh.

    "These are not just any contestants. They are already stars because of their immense talent. I feel they are all original performers, and are already better than me!" says Yo Yo Honey Singh who now begins his quest to find India's Raw Star.

    Unlike all other reality shows, where the audition process involves standing in long queues, India's Raw Star conducted the first ever digital only auditions. People from all over the world sent in their video entries, which were personally scanned by Yo Yo Honey Singh and his team. The show won't have the standard 3 member judging panel, nor a Jodi of funny hosts and definitely no contestants who only know how to rehash popular Bollywood songs. Everything about this show will surprise you!
    The look and feel of the show will be a visual treat for the viewers. They will also for the first time get to watch these performers sing original songs, which have been composed and written by them.

    For the first time ever, an Indian singing show will introduce the concept of music choreography! Star Plus has roped in international choreographer Michael Schwandtl who has worked with artistes such as Katy Perry and Lady Gaga on their performances. He will work with the contestants to visually enhance their singing performance and make it a delight for viewers to watch. The show also has the celebrated Ashish Manchanda on board who will be heading the sound team. Ashish is the only Indian sound engineer to have worked with Michael Jackson and has worked on a number of international music shows.

    Produced by Gajendra Singh's - Sai Baba Productions, India's Raw Star is on the lookout for the ultimate performing artist who can create their own inimitable style of singing, and is an all-round performer irrespective of the language of singing or the genre of music.

    Speaking about the show, Gaurav Banerjee, General Manager, Star Plus said, "Star Plus has always been at the forefront of creating benchmarks. With India's Raw Star, we are trying something unique in the singing reality show genre. The attempt is to reach out to the youth of this country and who better than the biggest youth icon, Yo Yo Honey Singh to take this ahead. This show will change the visual and music grammar of singing reality shows in India. All the 10 performers are very talented and Yo Yo Honey Singh has handpicked them so that the audiences get to see pure & raw talent."

    Lifetime to air 'The Brittany Murphy Story'

    Nearly five years after her death, Brittany Murphy’s story is getting the small-screen treatment.

    EW has confirmed that Lifetime will air The Brittany Murphy Story next month. Starring Amanda Fuller as Murphy and Sherilyn Fenn as Murphy’s mother Sharon, the film follows the young actress’ career, from her breakout role in Clueless to dealing with the attention that comes with being a part of Hollywood.
    According to the film’s description, “The relentless rumors and paparazzi coupled with Brittany’s insecurities about her appearance and desperation for approval wreaked havoc in her personal life. Through it all, Sharon remained her grounding force but her enduring love wasn’t enough to save Brittany from the dark side of life in Hollywood.”

    The Brittany Murphy Story premieres Saturday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. on Lifetime.

    FIGC, 18 ct in Council, and vice Series B

    The Federal Council of the Football Federation was convened for the 13 next Monday, August 18, at the headquarters of the Football Association, in Rome. The meeting will be chaired for the first time by the new federal president, Carlo Tavecchio. On the agenda: Election of Vice-Presidents; Communications from the President; nominations of competence; regulatory changes; order of the High Court of Justice n. 24 11/8/2014: action taken

    FIONA MAY TO THE ROLE OF ADVISER - Even Fiona May will be part of the team that the new president of the FIGC, Carlo Tavecchio, is drawing in these hours. The former athlete blue, as already anticipated by ANSA on Monday after the election of the new number one in Via Allegri, has reiterated today Tavecchio its willingness to assume the role of advisor to the integration and policies against racial discrimination. But it is not only a testimonial: May the work personally to the projects against discrimination involving schools and children.

    Australian among 11 hurt in Swiss Alps train derailment

    The severity of the woman’s injuries is not yet known and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is witholding further information until her family members have been consulted.

    “The Australian Consulate-General in Geneva is providing consular assistance to an Australian woman in relation to a railway accident in Switzerland,” DFAT said in a statement just after midday today.

    Swiss police have confirmed that five people were seriously injured while a further six sustained only slight injuries.

    One carriage slid down a steep slope, saved from a ravine only by large trees.

    The accident occurred in a deep wooded valley between Tiefencastel and Solis, southeast of Zurich in the canton (state) of Graubuenden.

    Police said about 140 people were on board at the time of the accident, about lunchtime. The landslide followed heavy rains over the past 24 hours.

    They injured included eight Swiss and two Japanese citizens as well as the Australian, police said.

    The train had set off from the ski resort of St. Moritz heading north toward Chur, Graubuenden’s administrative capital.

    Police initially said the train ran into a landslide on the track, but later revised their comments to say a landslide hit the train as it travelled between two tunnels along the side of a valley.

    One train car slid about 10 metres down the slope before being stopped by the trees.

    Air rescue helicopters helped with the recovery effort since the crash site was not near a road.

    Wheelchair user turned away from both Dart and bus

    A YOUNG wheelchair user was left stranded on her way to college after she was unable to board both a train and a bus in Dublin.

    Irish Rail has apologised after Aideen Horan (23), who is a student at UCD’s Blackrock campus, could not get on a train at Sydney Parade due to a lack of staff at the station to assist her.

    The business student left the station and tried to get a bus instead, but was left sitting at the bus stop after a driver told her the wheelchair ramp wasn’t working.

    Aideen, who has cerebral palsy, took to social media to express her anger.

    She claimed that services have deteriorated in the last few years as money troubles cause staff shortages in Dart stations.

    After her attempt to board a Dart was unsuccessful, she was left with no choice but to catch the bus.

    Aideen told the Herald that when it pulled up at the stop  the driver told her “ramp’s broken” and closed the door.

    “If a door on the bus was broken and people couldn’t get on, it wouldn’t leave the station but they’ll send one out with a broken ramp,” Aideen said. “I know we’re the minority but we still deserve to use the bus.”

    Aideen had to return home and ask her roommate to accompany her on the train.

    “I can’t rely on the goodwill of people and I shouldn’t have to,” she said, adding that last week’s incident was not a once-off.

    The Ballinasloe native said she has also lived in Germany and Spain and travelled the West Coast of America and that Dublin’s rating as an accessible city doesn’t measure up.

    “I love Dublin but for a capital city it’s not great for getting around,” she said.

    Aideen lodged a complaint with Irish Rail when she had similar problems last year.

    In their response, the company cited financial constraints as the reason for the lack of available staff to help.

    Irish Rail also directed her to a disability assistance helpline to arrange someone to help her at the station, but she said that solution wasn’t an option for her when she is on her own.

    Justin Bieber escapes jail sentence over alleged road race

    The 20-year-old pop star's plea deal with prosecutors, detailed at a court hearing, includes a 12-hour anger management course, a $50,000charitable contribution and fines. The deal allows Bieber to avoid a driving under the influence conviction.

    Singer Justin Bieber is photographed by police while in custody on January 23, 2014 in Miami Beach, Florida. Justin Bieber was arrested for driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving without a valid driver's license

    He was not present at the hearing before Miami-Dade County Judge William Altfield. Defence lawyer Mark Shapiro said Bieber had already given the money to a local children's charity.

    The singer was arrested early on January 23 in Miami Beach after what police described as an illegal street race between his rented Lamborghini and a Ferrari driven by R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff.

    Neither was charged with drag racing and there was little evidence they were even exceeding posted speed limits.

    Alcohol breath tests found Bieber's level below the 0.02 limit for under-age drivers, but urine tests showed the presence of marijuana and the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in his system.

    Bieber was also charged with resisting arrest after a profanity-laced tirade against police officers, as well as driving on an expired license.

    The urine test itself became a battle between media companies that sought access to video of it and Bieber's lawyers arguing it was an invasion of privacy.

    Ultimately, Mr Altfield ordered the video released with sensitive portions blacked out. Other police video depicted Bieber walking unsteadily during a sobriety test.

    In July, Bieber resolved another criminal case by pleading no contest to a vandalism charge for throwing eggs at a neighbour's house in Los Angeles. In that case, he agreed to pay more than $80,000 in damages and meet a number of other conditions.

    Bieber is also charged in Toronto with assaulting a limousine driver in late December. His lawyers have said he is not guilty in that case.

    Also in Miami, Bieber is being sued by a photographer who says he was roughed up while snapping pictures of the singer outside a recording studio.

    The Canadian-born singer shot to stardom at age 15. His career was overseen by two music industry heavyweights, singer Usher and manager Scooter Braun, after initially gaining notice through YouTube videos.

    Baby Gammy: Australian authorities track down couple who 'left Down Syndrome baby with Thai surrogate' and took twin sister

    Child protection services in Australia have made contact with a couple accused of abandoning a baby with Down’s syndrome with its surrogate mother in Thailand.

    There was international outrage when it emerged the Australian couple returned from Thailand with a baby girl born to the surrogate mother, but left her twin brother, Gammy, who has Down's, behind.

    Local media has since claimed court documents released by the Supreme Court of Australia show he was jailed in 1997 for a minimum of three years for sex offences involving three girls aged under 13.

    Child protection officers had been attempting to reach the couple for the past few days. Western Australia Child Protection Minister Helen Morton told Fairfax Radio on Thursday: "We've had telephone contact with the family and we're in the process of putting other arrangements in place.

    The surrogate mother Pattharamon Chanbua claims the couple asked her to have an abortion and left Gammy behind because of his disability. The couple denied this claim to Australian media, saying they did not know Gammy existed.

    But Ms Chanbua, 21, says the father met the twins but only took his healthy twin sister.

    Are you a lucid dreamer? If you are, you’re likely to be ahead of the game when you’re awake, too

    New research finds that those who spot the logical flaws of their dream-world are likely to show greater insight when awake

    You’re in a lecture hall giving the talk of your life, when you suddenly become aware of the fact that you aren’t wearing any trousers.

    Dr Patrick Bourke, Senior Lecturer at the Lincoln School of Psychology, says: It is believed that for dreamers to become lucid while asleep, they must see past the overwhelming reality of their dream state, and recognise that they are dreaming.The same cognitive ability was found to be demonstrated while awake by a person’s ability to think in a different way when it comes to solving problems.

    Not everyone experienced lucid dreamsIn order to investigate the connection between our sleeping and waking minds, the researchers examined 68 participants between the ages of eighteen and 25, ranging from frequent lucid dreamers to those who had never experienced the awareness of being in a dream state.
    Full Article Available At: Independent
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