April 28, 2008
Miss Universe Canada
http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/index.htm
Toronto, April 28th, 2008
Samantha Tajik was crowned the 57th annual Miss Universe Canada
Other Iranians among the contestants:
Mona Nikkhah
Pauline Ranjbar
Sahra Khoshnavazi
Tanya Razi
An ecstatic Tajik, 25, outshone more than 60 delegates from across the country to capture the crown before hundreds of black-tie supporters at the Winter Garden Theatre, on Yonge St.
"I want to thank my family and friends for all their support," she said. "I look forward to the Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam."
Outgoing Miss Universe Canada 2007, Toronto's Inga Skaya, 22, said, "It's been a life-altering experience for me."
Tajik will represent Canada at the July 14 Miss Universe 2008 pageant in Vietnam, and has won the use of a car for a year, jewellery and trips.
Montreal, March 11th to 22nd, 2006
23 year old Sanaz is in her last year at the University of Toronto, double majoring in Economics and Art History. Upon completion of her Honours Bachelor of Arts degree she plans on pursuing a Doctoral degree in Museum Studies. Sanaz holds a second degree Black Belt in karate, is an international instructor and competitor, and is currently ranked as the 7th top female karate competitor in the world.
Sanaz spends her free time painting, volunteering as a docent at the Bata Shoe Museum and dedicating her time to raising funds and awareness for the Canadian Breast Cancer Fund, the YMCA of Greater Toronto and for the United Way.
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September 24, 2007
Degree Confluence Project
http://www.confluence.org/
The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures, and stories about the visits, will then be posted here.
The project is an organized sampling of the world. There is a confluence within 49 miles (79 km) of you if you're on the surface of Earth. We've discounted confluences in the oceans and some near the poles, but there are still 11,037 to be found.
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September 07, 2007
Chinese woman's needle ordeal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6983435.stm
Doctors in China have discovered 26 sewing needles embedded in the body of a 31-year-old woman.
They think they were inserted into Luo Cuifen's body when she was a baby by grandparents upset she was not a boy.
Some of these needles have penetrated vital organs, such as the lungs, liver and kidneys. One has even broken into three pieces in the woman's brain.
The needles were discovered only when Ms Luo went to hospital complaining of blood in her urine.
She was given a routine X-ray, which revealed the needles. Up until then she had been in good health.
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July 30, 2007
Miss Iran in Sweden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEFA8FGH3LE
Miss Iran 2003
Dokhtar-e Shayesteh
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May 22, 2007
Shahi, Sarah
http://blackdcc.net/page47.html
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Alumna Sarah Shahi
New York Magazine: Tony Soprano’s Fear and Loathing–style swing through Vegas on May 13th episode introduced America to the character of Sonya Aragon, representing what’s sure to become a new male-fantasy archetype: the gorgeous stripper with a heart of gold and a mound of peyote. (Of course, Sonya is stripping her way through college -- which Chris Rock has dismissed as “the stripper myth”!) The character left men (and not a few women) with one question in their minds: Who was that girl? It’s Sarah Shahi, a 27-year-old former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Sarah’s birth name was Aahoo Jahansouzshahi.
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April 16, 2007
Agyeman, Freema
http://www.freemaagyeman.com/
Freema Agyeman has landed the role of Dr Who's assistant on BBC TV. Her mother is Iranian and her father Ghanaian.
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March 01, 2007
Portable Potty
http://www.hamrahcom.com/
Mobile Persian toilet and Mobile persian penis pumb
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November 15, 2006
Animation Pictures
http://web.mit.edu/~salman/Public/weblog/Collection/
See Also: Animation Videos
Alfi,
Annette,
Bachehaye Madreseye Walt,
Bamse,
Baner,
Barbapapa,
Belfi and Lilibit,
Belle and Sebastian,
Bolek i Lolek, Chobin,
Dehkadeye Heyvanat,
Dore Donya dar 80 rooz,
Droopy,
Fredy,
Footbalistha,
Gooril Angori,
Haach,
Hadi o Hoda,
Hamine,
Hana Dokhtari dar Mazrae,
Huckleberry Finn,
Jacki Jil,
Jafari,
Jangal-e Sabz,
Khanevadeye Dr. Ernest,
Lucky Luke,
Malavane Zebel,
Marco Polo,
Maya,
Moorche va Moorchekhar,
Mosafere Koochooloo,
Mr Hiccup,
Nell,
Perrine,
Pesare Mobtaker,
Pesare Shojaa,
Pink Panter,
Pinocchio,
Profossor Balthazar,
Rascal,
Sandbad,
Serendipity,
Tennessee Tuxedo,
Tom Sawyer,
Watoo Watoo
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November 13, 2006
Inverted Jenny Stamp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6143218.stm
A rare stamp worth as much as $200,000 (£155,473) may be on an envelope sealed in a ballot box after the US mid-term elections, poll officials say.
Officials in Broward County, Florida, say they saw a famous "Inverted Jenny" stamp while reviewing postal ballots.
About 700 of the stamps were mistakenly printed in 1918 with an upside down illustration. Just 100 went on sale.
But it will be 22 months before laws will permit the box with the envelope to be reopened and the stamp checked.
The original stamps bear a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 plane, known as a Jenny, which was used for training pilots in World War I and later became an airmail plane.
In October 2005, a block of four Inverted Jenny stamps sold for $2.7m (£1.52m) at auction.
Maynard Guss, president of the Sunrise Stamp Club, told the Associated Press news agency that a cancelled [postmarked] Jenny would likely sell for $20,000 (£15,547) to $100,000 (£77,736).
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November 06, 2006
Robot Snakes and more
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/technology_robot_menagerie/html/1.stm
In 1972 Professor Hirose was the first person to develop a functioning “snake robot”.
Flexible snake robots are useful because they can slither and manoeuvre through tight spaces, making them suited for search and rescue operations, for example.
He had to follow the first prototype with a trolley holding its batteries, as the power units were too large to incorporate into the body.
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October 26, 2006
105 year old Iranian becomes US citizen
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-naturalize26oct26,1,1155692.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Iranian-born Sona Babai was among 7,000 others who became U.S. citizens at ceremonies in Pomona. She joined family here six years ago.
Los Angeles Times: Sona Babai counts good health, a loving mother-in-law and 10 children as the biggest blessings of a long and fruitful life. But there was one more thing she wanted: American citizenship. So the native of Iran placed her hand over her heart, pledged allegiance to the flag and Wednesday became one of the nation's newest citizens to be sworn in. At 105 years old, she is also one of the oldest... America is a big umbrella that lets a lot of people underneath to be safe," Babai said in her native Azari language, which was translated by her son, Antoine Babai. "Because of the good hearts of American people, I want to be part of them."
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October 14, 2006
Burning Man 2006 Album
http://www.chekonim.com/zpic00.htm
100 Pictures
Black Rock City
Click on image below or > for next one.
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October 12, 2006
Brad Templeton - Panoramas
http://pic.templetons.com/brad/pano/
Panoramic Photography by Brad Templeton
I shoot a lot of photographs, but my favourite type of shot is the stitched panoramic shot. These are made by taking a series of overlapping shots and using special software to join and blend them together seamlessly. You can shoot anything from high-res non-distorted wide-angle shots to full 360 degree wrap arounds.
Posted by chek at 11:37 AM | Comments (0)
October 04, 2006
Mid-Air Collision Survival Story
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/business/03road.html?ex=1160020800&en=f5d5acade5f07b0a&ei=5087%0A
With the window shade drawn, I was relaxing in my leather seat aboard a $25 million corporate jet that was flying 37,000 feet above the vast Amazon rainforest. The 7 of us on board the 13-passenger jet were keeping to ourselves.
Without warning, I felt a terrific jolt and heard a loud bang, followed by an eerie silence, save for the hum of the engines.
And then the three words I will never forget. “We’ve been hit,” said Henry Yandle, a fellow passenger standing in the aisle near the cockpit of the Embraer Legacy 600 jet.
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September 22, 2006
Orkideh Ensemble
http://naderdavoodi.com/?cat=futurehit&id=67
Orkideh pop ensemble, including eight young and hyper Iranian girls, performed on the 8th and 9th of December 2005 in Vahdat Hall. This event had only women as audiences due to restrictions.
Posted by chek at 12:05 PM | Comments (0)
August 23, 2006
Anwar, Gabrielle
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800154407&cf=gen
Gabrielle Anwar
Posted by chek at 12:15 PM | Comments (0)
Amini, Elizabeth
http://www.elizabeth-amini.com/
Elizabeth Amini
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August 21, 2006
Lynx, Claudia
http://www.claudialynx.com/
22 year old, Claudia Lynx was born on June the 8th in Tehran, Iran to father Bijan, and mother Sherry.
Music Album: Shaghayegh
Photo Gallery and Magazie Covers
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July 16, 2006
World Body-painting Championships
http://www.bodypainting-festival.com/
World Body-painting Championships
Seeboden, Austria
Jul 16 - 23
180 artists from 40 nations will compete with brush, sponge and airbrush to create the best designs in front of an audience of 25,000.
Posted by chek at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
July 09, 2006
Soccer Babes
http://www.forum-for-football.com/football-babes/index.php
The World Cup is over but we'll always have the soccer babes !
Posted by chek at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
July 07, 2006
India Skull Man
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5151612.stm
Doctors say a section of electrician Sambhu Roy's skull fell off on Sunday, months after he suffered severe burns.
"When he came to us late last year, his scalp was completely burnt and within months it came off, exposing the skull," surgeon Ratan Lal Bandyopadhyay told Reuters.
"Later, we noticed that the part of his skull was loosening due to lack of blood supply to the affected area, which can happen in such extensive burn cases."
"When the skull came off, I thought he will die," the doctor told Reuters, "but we noticed a new covering on his head forming and that might have pushed the 'dead skull' out."
Posted by chek at 02:36 PM | Comments (0)
Mozart's Widow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5157200.stm
Constanze Weber, at age 78, still shows signs of beauty. She died two years later.
The photograph, a copy of the original daguerreotype, was taken in 1840 in the Bavarian town of Altoetting.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at the age of 36 in 1791, when Constanze was 29. She later married a Danish diplomat.
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April 13, 2006
Tehran
http://webfolder.ccinet.com/gallery/slideshow.php?set_albumName=Bahar
95 pictures from Tehran
Eyd, Charshanbe Soori, and more ...
Posted by chek at 12:13 AM | Comments (0)
April 11, 2006
One Giant Rabbit
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060407/photos_od_afp/16cb250292f67925f8d748ea9a1e0094
German rabbit breeder Karl Szmolinsky presents his giant male breeding rabbit 'Robert' in Eberswalde, eastern Germany, February 2006
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April 06, 2006
Juliette Binoche in Iran
http://www.sharghnewspaper.ir/850117/html/index.htm
Oscar winner, French actress, Juliette Binoche, (Blue, The English Patient, Chocolat) to play in Kiarostami's latest movie.
ژوليت بينوش بازيگر مطرح سينماى فرانسه و جهان، برنده جايزه اسكار، قرار است در تازه ترين ساخته كيارستمى بازى كند. به همين خاطر كيارستمى به همراه مترجم هميشگى اش توفان گركانى به فرودگاه مهرآباد آماده است.
هواپيماى خطوط هوايى ايرفرانس ساعت ۳۰/۲۰ دقيقه به زمين مى نشيند. ژوليت بينوش به شكل ناخودآگاهى مسكوت بودن ماجرا را بيشتر رعايت كرده است. لباس اش آنقدر ساده و حجابش آنقدر معمولى است كه اگر در آن جمعيت، عاشقان پروپاقرص كيشلوفسكى هم حاضر بودند نمى توانستند تشخيص بدهند آن خانمى كه به فرانسه با عباس كيارستمى خوش وبش مى كند، بازيگر فيلم آبى است.
شايد ۹ سال پيش (۱۹۹۷)كه بينوش جايزه جهانى فدريكو فلينى(يونسكو) را به خاطر ساخت فيلم «طعم گيلاس» به عباس كيارستمى مى سپرد هيچ كس تصور نمى كرد كه چند سال بعد در ايران قرار است اين بازيگر روبه روى دوربين او ايفاى نقش كند.
برخلاف حضور شان پن در انتخابات سال گذشته حضور ژوليت بينوش مانند يك سكانس سانسور شده از يك فيلم آغاز مى شود.
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March 23, 2006
Micro Art
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4836662.stm
Jing Ying Hua (China) - Panda painted onto single hair.
Valeriy Dvoryanov (Russia) - Titanic, on a 2mm long mineral silver.
Willard Wigan - Muhammad Ali fighting Sonny Liston on a pin head.
Posted by chek at 01:00 PM | Comments (0)
March 02, 2006
Paris by Night
http://framboise781.free.fr/Paris.htm
Posted by chek at 11:01 AM | Comments (0)
March 01, 2006
Don't Spit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4762436.stm
Beijing clamps down on spitting
Posted by chek at 12:34 PM | Comments (0)
Ahmadinejad Playing Soccer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/sport/story/2006/02/060228_mv-sport-news.shtml
آقای احمدی نژاد پس از حضور در تمرين تيم ايران و گفتگو با بازيکنان و کادر فنی اين تيم با پوشيدن لباس ورزشی با ملی پوشان تمرين کرد.
Posted by chek at 12:19 PM | Comments (0)
February 28, 2006
Big Foot
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4650388.stm
The government of the Malaysian state of Johor says it is to organise an attempt to track down a legendary ape man reputed to roam its jungles.
Big Foot is known in local legend as Hantu Jarang Gigi - ghosts with widely spaced teeth.
In November three fishery workers claimed to have seen a Big Foot family that left footprints up to 45cm long.
Conservationists say that damage to branches suggested that the creatures could have been up to 3m tall.
The chief minister of Johor, Abdul Ghani Othman, is setting up two teams, one of which will scour likely locations, including the densely forested Endau Rompin National Park.
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Giant Squid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4756514.stm
One of the biggest and most complete giant squids ever found is on display at London's Natural History Museum.
Measuring a monstrous 8.62m (28ft), the squid was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands by a trawler.
Giant squid, once thought to be sea serpents, are very rarely seen and live at depths of 200-1,000m (656-3,281ft).
They can weigh up to a 1,000kg; the largest ever spotted measured a vast 18.5m and was found in 1880 off Island Bay in New Zealand.
8m : London Bus
13m : Giant Squid
15m : Sperm Whale
??m : Colossal Squid
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February 25, 2006
Carnival, Brazil, Feb
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4759980.stm
Amid beating Samba drums, Mayor Cesar Maia handed over the keys to the city to the Carnival King or Rei Momo.
The Sambadrome, a 700-metre avenue, in the capital, Rio de Janeiro, hosts the country's grandest celebrations and parades on Sunday and Monday.
The government is promoting safe sex during the next five days of revelling and is distributing 25m free condoms.
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February 11, 2006
Mardi Gras, Feb 11-28
http://www.mardigras.com/
New Orleans Beads, Pictures, BourboCAM, uncensored webcam and parades and Mardi Gras Highlights
Posted by chek at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
February 07, 2006
SI Swimsuit Collection
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/swimsuit/collection/
SI.com - Swimsuit Collection
Body Painting
Underwater Photos
Video Collection
Virtual Reality
and a lot more ...
Posted by chek at 04:51 PM | Comments (0)
Garden of Eden
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4688000.stm
An international team of scientists says it has found dozens of new species of plants and animals during an expedition to the Foja Mountains of Papua province, Indonesia.
One of the team leaders, Bruce Beehler, said the forest location, "was as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to find on Earth".
Posted by chek at 01:20 PM | Comments (0)
January 30, 2006
Iran Cartoon
http://www.irancartoon.com/INDEX.htm
The first information center of Iranian Cartoons on web
Collection of cartoons by the following artists:
Massoud Mehrabi, Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour, Mariom from Italy, Firouzeh Mozaffari, Ali Derakhshi, Amin Moayedi, Rahim Asghari, Amin Aghai, Ali Jahanshahi, Kambiz Derambakhsh, Javad Alizadeh, Mohammad Rafi Ziai, Mohammadali Baniasadi, Davood Shahidi, Kiumars Kiyasat, Touka Neyestani, Bahman Abdi, Mohsen Nouri Najafi, Hossein Niroumand, Massoud Shojai, Afshin Sabouki-Iran, Massoud Ziaei, Faez Alidousti, Kiarash Zandi, Ali Hashemi Shahraki, Alireza Karimi Moghaddam, Bahram Azimi/Iran, Jamal Rahmati/Iran, Hamid Bahrami, Hassan Karimzadeh, Alireza Tarkibi, Davoud Kazemi, Mana Neyestani, Soheil Danesheshraghi, Ali Radmand, Hadi Heydari, Abolfazl Mohtarami, Bahram Arjomandnia, Sepideh Anjomrouz, Mohammad reza Doustmohammadi, Sadegh Bagheri, Mahdi Karimzadeh, Mahdi Moatazedian
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January 27, 2006
Milani, Leyla
http://www.leylamilani.com/
The Official Website of Leyla Milani
Name: Leyla
Height: 5'6"
From: California
Career Highlight: Hosted Fox Sports Net's Celebrity Golf Tournament.
Posted by chek at 10:16 AM | Comments (0)
January 24, 2006
Sanaz, Bikini Shots
http://www.paulbuceta.com/images/photography/sanaz/index.html
SANAZ
1st - miss chin bikini
1st - swimmsuit Canada
1st - miss man show
1st - miss speederama london and toronto
Paul Buceta Gallery
See also: Sanaz - Interview with Naked News
Posted by chek at 06:12 PM | Comments (0)
January 19, 2006
Cookie Dough Records
http://www.cookiedoughrecords.com/main.htm
Movies & Music
by Dustball
Images, Albums, and News
Dustin McLean and friends have created very interesting, stop-motion and flash animation, and many fine photoshopped pictures.
Posted by chek at 02:59 PM | Comments (0)
January 13, 2006
Muslim Discovered America
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4609074.stm
A map due to be unveiled in Beijing and London next week may lend weight to a theory a Muslim Chinese admiral discovered America before Christopher Columbus.
The map, which shows North and South America, apparently states that it is a 1763 copy of another map made in 1418.
If true, it could imply Chinese mariners discovered and mapped America decades before Columbus' 1492 arrival.
Chinese characters written beside the map say it was drawn by Mo Yi Tong and copied from a map made in the 16th year of the Emperor Yongle, or 1418.
It clearly shows Africa and Australia, though the UK is not marked.
The book, 1421: The Year China discovered America, made the controversial claim that a Chinese admiral and eunuch, Zheng He, sailed around the world and discovered America on the way.
Zheng He, a Muslim mariner and explorer, is widely thought to have sailed around South East Asia and India, but the claim he visited America is hotly disputed.
The map is now being tested to check the age of its paper and ink, with the results due to be known in February.
But for some, this would still not make the Chinese admiral the first modern discoverer of the Americas, as they believe that Viking Leif Eriksson sailed to north America in the year 1000.
Posted by chek at 12:21 PM | Comments (0)
January 12, 2006
One-Eyed Cat
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060112/ap_on_sc/one_eyed_cat_3
Traci Allen, from Redmond in central Oregon, says the kitten she named Cy, short for Cyclops, was born the night of Dec. 28 with the single eye and no nose.
"Holoprosencephaly" causes facial deformities, according to the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health. In the worst cases, a single eye is located where the nose should be, according to the institute's Web site.
Allen said she stayed up all night with the deformed kitten on her recliner, feeding Cy a liquid formula through a syringe. She says she cared for the kitten the next day as well, until it died that evening.
Allen said she's keeping the cat's corpse in her freezer for now, in case scientists would like it for research.
See also: Two-headed Snake
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January 11, 2006
Miss Canada, 2005
http://www.pictorialtoronto.com/archives/2005/10/miss_canada.html
Miss Canada, 2007, 1st Runner Up (Photo)
Gala event at Casino de Montreal.
BBC article, Ramona in China
BBC article, Ramona is Miss World Canada
Semi-Finalists in Swim Suits
Miss World Semi-Finalists from the Americas
Miss Canada (Ramona Amiri) and Miss Mexico/Miss World Americas (Dafne MOLINA LONA)
Miss World Voting
The on-line voting process for Miss World pageant has begun. You may visit www.missworld.tv and vote for Ramona Amiri! (CANADA - Ramona Rina AMIRI) It's a dollar for a vote and the money will go directly to charity. Let's start a WAVE for our pretty Iranian-Canadian girl.
Miss Canada, 2005
Miss World Canada 2005, Ramona Amiri, Iranian girl who lives in Vancouver, was elected last night. After that she told the audience: "Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one's watching." It's for the second time that an Iranian born girl is being elected as Miss Canada. Nazanin Afshar Jam - Miss Canada 2004 - was the first Iranian girl who got this title and now Ramona Amiri has got it for the second time.
Vote for Miss Canada (closed)
See also:
Miss World .tv
Miss World Wide Web
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January 04, 2006
Dejkam, Arash
http://www.dejkam.com/iran/
Iran Photo Gallery, Travel Iran, Iran Map
Posted by chek at 05:41 PM | Comments (0)
December 23, 2005
Car Plows into Bijan Bakery
http://www.bijanbakery.com/
According to police, a woman was pulling her black 2001 Honda Accord into a parking space in front of the Bijan Bakery & Cafe, 441 Saratoga Ave., at about 9:47 a.m. But she stepped on the gas instead of the brake, careening through the bakery's glass door and striking a customer and an employee.
The employee, a 20-year-old woman, suffered two broken legs, San Jose Police Sgt. Nick Muyo said. The customer, a 50-year-old man, had one leg broken.
The driver, 60, was alone in the car and was not injured. She was released to family at the scene pending review by the police department's traffic officers, Muyo said.
Posted by chek at 01:28 PM | Comments (0)
December 02, 2005
Ski in Dubai
http://www.skidubai.ae/index.htm
Snow comes to deserts of Dubai
Ski Dubai has 5 slopes that vary in difficulty, height and steepness, the longest run being 400 meters with a fall of over 60 meters. Test your skills on the world’s first indoor black run or practice your turns on the gentle beginner slopes. The Snow Park, at 3000 square meters is the largest indoor park in the world.
Built on what was previously desert sand, the slopes will be covered with manufactured snow all year round.
The indoor centre has green, blue, red and black runs, chairlifts and snow patrols, like any other ski resort.
The area under snow is the equivalent of three football pitches, with runs built inside a giant, slanting metal tube around 25 floors high.
All clothing and equipment is provided in the entrance price of $35, including black, knee-length padded coats for any Arabs who prefer to wear their traditional kandouras to visit the snow - but skiing in the robes will be banned.
The snow is made by shooting water at high pressure into an atmosphere maintained at around freezing point by coolers both below and above the slopes.
22,500m² covered with real snow all year round – (equivalent to 3 football fields)
Temperature maintained at a comfortable -1º to -2º
85 meters high (approximately 25 stories) and 80 meters wide
Full capacity of 1500 guests
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November 04, 2005
Eye
http://fun.drno.de/flash/eye.swf
Follows you, spooky !
Posted by chek at 01:46 PM | Comments (0)
cnYas
http://www.cnyas.com/tork.htm
Turkey
Posted by chek at 01:35 PM | Comments (0)
October 26, 2005
Grand Canyon Skywalk
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0826_050826_grandcanyon.html
August 26, 2005—Fear of heights? This is definitely no place for you.
The all-glass skywalk will extend over the edge of the Grand Canyon, 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) above the Colorado River.
The Skywalk is scheduled to open to the public in January 2006 as part of a new resort on the reservation. The resort, known as Grand Canyon West, is to include a re-created Indian village and a restaurant perched on the edge of the canyon. Tourism is the reservation's biggest source of income.
Grand Canyon West will be on the western edge of Grand Canyon National Park, about 120 miles (about 200 kilometers) from Las Vegas. But perhaps not even the Las Vegas Strip's over-the-top attractions will be a match for this glass-bottom walkway over the world's biggest gorge.
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October 25, 2005
Miss Europe, 2005
http://stockweddings.com/misseuro/01.htm
Miss Germany 2004 is Miss Europe 2005
36 beauties from all over Europe took part in the final of Miss Europe 2005 contest that was held in Paris on March 12.
Last year's Miss Germany, 22-year-old Shahrivar Shermine of Iranian origin has become the winner of the crown and 50,000-euro prize. The 174-cm-tall brunette (5'9'') who weighs 53 kg has just finished her university studies, speaks German, Farsi, English and French, and enjoys horse-riding and swimming.
Other finalists were Miss France, Miss Slovakia and Miss England.
Among the judges of the contest, broadcasted in more than 50 countries, were Slovak top-model Adriana Karembeu, fashion designer Paco Rabanne, singer Charles Aznavour, photographer Jean-Daniel Lorieux, former Miss France and Miss Europe Elodie Gossuin and president of modeling agency Metropolitan Michel Levaton.
See also:
Miss Canada (2005, and 2003)
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October 24, 2005
Magdeburg Water Bridge
http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/waterbridge.asp
An amazing water bridge in Germany.... What a feat!
Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.
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ZOHO Artform
http://www.zoho.nl/zoho2.html
ZOHO ARTFORMS is the brainchild and creation of artist and designer Mark Ho.
Transforming bronze and stainless steel into the physical realism of any human posture.
ZOHO ARTFORM No. 1
Specifications
Height: 43 cm
Weight: 6 kg
Number of parts: 920 (101 pieces in each hand)
Number of mobile parts: 85
Material: bronze and stainless steel
Exclusivity: limited to 25 original handmade metal sculptures
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October 20, 2005
Bush's Permission to Pee
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4249646.stm
While talk at the UN world summit was focused on terrorism and internal reform, George W Bush appeared to have been caught short.
And, he is said to have turned to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for advice.
"I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible?" a Reuters news agency photographer caught him writing in a note to Ms Rice.
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July 18, 2005
Animation Show
http://www.animationshow.com/
Year Two of the "Animation Show" theatrical anthology series, showcasing more of the world's best animated short films: headlined by Don Hertzfeldt's "The Meaning of Life", also features Bill Plympton's "Guard Dog" Peter Cornwell's "Ward 13".
Also in the 2005 version
Fallen Art
Hello
Rock Fish from Blur Studio
Buy the DVD
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July 14, 2005
San Fermin, Pamplona, July
http://www.sanfermin.com
Fiesta de San Fermin
Running of the Bulls
For most of the year, Pamplona is just like any other Spanish provincial town. But in July Pamplona is transformed into the focus of a cosmopolitan bacchanal. The annual nine-day festival of San Fermin, which concludes today, draws the curious, the naive and the foolhardy from around the world to run through the streets pursued by six fighting bulls.
A rocket would signal that the bulls had been released, heralding an 850-metre charge through Pamplona's winding streets to the bullring.
. The San Fermin festival began in the 16th Century
. It is named after the patron saint of the diocese of Pamplona
. The bulls run through the streets in the morning and fight in the bullring in the afternoon
. Pamplona's population of 200,000 swells with up to two million visitors over the weekend
. Its all-night parties are as famous as its bulls
. Jumping off a fountain into the arms of waiting friends is a recent tradition
. The Cardinal bull run rule - when you go down, stay down
. There have been 13 deaths since 1924
San Fermin Travel Guide - English, Espanol, Euskaraz
Pictures
2006 Video
2005 Galeria
2005 bbc
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June 23, 2005
Babes of Confed. Cup
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/pgStory?contentId=3701216&pageNumber=1
FOXSports.com - SOCCER
Babes of the Confed. Cup
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June 20, 2005
Beever, Julian - 3D Illusions
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. He has worked in the U.K., Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, the USA and Australia.
The pavement drawings have included both renderings of old masters plus a wealth of original inventive pieces of work.
Anamorphic illusions drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint. The Portable Computer and the General Election drawings were commissioned by companies as part of a promotion and an event.
Other artists have annual street painting festivals in many places such as San Rafael, California.
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June 15, 2005
victory party pictures
http://www.iranian.com/NaderDavoodi/2005/June/Fans/1.html
Pictures from celebrations around Tehran for Iran's national soccer team qualifications to 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany.
More Pictures (06/15):
Iranian.com Victory Party Photos
Pictures:
1st set, 2nd set, 3rd set, 4th set
bbc
isna
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Sean Penn in Tehran
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000955320
Penn's Camera Confiscated in Iran
More pictures:
Yahoo News Photos
Iranian.com Photos
Sean Penn in new role at Friday Prayers in Tehran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Sean Penn, adopting the role of a journalist, scribbled in his notebook as Friday prayer worshippers in Tehran chanted "Death to America."
Penn, 44, in Iran on a brief assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle ahead of presidential elections on June 17, may be one of the best known faces in film, but he went unrecognized by the 6,000 faithful at Tehran University.
The actor, who visited Iraq before and after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 and wrote an account of his second trip for the Chronicle, told Reuters he had decided to come to Iran because of growing tensions between Washington and Tehran.
Text of Statement by Sean Penn at News Conference in Baghdad
Pictures:
Sean Penn in Iran
Sean Penn in Iraq
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June 09, 2005
Women in Azadi
http://www.nasiriphotos.com/blog/?id=1002700
Mansour Nasiri's Photoblog
عکس نوشتههای منصور نصيری
The story of 30 something women who made it inside the Azadi stadium to watch the Iran vs Bahrain match on the day Iran qualified for 2006 World Cup, Germany.
18 Khordad 1384 (June 8th 2005)
Congratulation to all Persian soccer fans for the Iranian National Soccer Team qualifying for Worldcup 2006
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June 02, 2005
Soccerwives & Girlfriends
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/pgStory?contentId=3216398&pageNumber=1
Pictures of Soccer Wives and Girl Friends
Wedding plans are over for Brazilian sensation Ronaldo and his former fiancee Daniella Cicarelli.
The gorgeous Simoneis Ballack watches the opening match of the new Allianz Arena in Munich where she hopes her husband Michael will win many trophies with Bayern Munich and Germany.
Former Miss Czech Republic Jana Kocurova on the arm of her Borussia Dortmund playmaker Tomas Rosicky before the 2004 European Championships.
Where do retired supermodels go? Apparently, to France, to marry eccentric French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, who now plays in the South of France.
Arsenal left back Ashley Cole's gal Cheryl Tweedy sings with her band, 'Girls Aloud'.
Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn at the opening of the new Allianz Arena in Munich with his girlfriend Verena Kerth.
Ilary Blasi, girlfriend of Italian striker Francesco Totti, sits in the stands during the Euro 2004 match between Denmark and Italy at the D. Afonso Henriques stadium in Guimaraes, Portugal.
Micahel Owen's fiancee accompanied him to the new grounds when Owen signed a contract with Spanish giants Real Madrid in the summer of 2004.
Bayern Munich youngster Bastian Schweinsteiger looks forward to meeting up with his girlfriend Daniela after his matches.
Former Czech model Adriana Karembeu is sizzling still as she escorts her now retired husband at an awards gala.
Mexican actress Adriana Lavat got the wedding she always dreamed of when she tied the knot with Mexico and FC Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez.
United States star Landon Donovan had a tough decision to make when he decided to return to Germany — leaving behind the beautiful actress Bianca Kajlich.
Schalke's Brazilian striker Ailton is more than willing to change nationalities to play in the World Cup, but he's a little more steady when it comes to his wife Rosseli Rodrigus.
No gallery would be complete without Posh herself. Victoria Beckham is never one to shy away from the cameras and she looks extremely fetching here at a premiere in Spain with her famous husband.
L.A. Galaxy and USA international Cobi Jones arrived at a Maxim party in Los Angeles with this lovely gal by his side.
Thierry Henry's girlfriend can't wait to get a reaction out of her famous French footballer.
U.S. international and all-round ruckus-maker Clint Mathis attends a film premiere in 2002 with guest Rachel Perry.
Oliver Kahn, seen here leaving a hotel with his new girlfriend, has endured a number of scandals revolving around his private life.
Wayne Rooney's young girlfriend Colleen McCloughlin couldn't help but grin from ear to ear when she found out her boyfriend would be playing for Manchester United.
Giovanne Elber experiences a homecoming in Munich with his wife at the Allianz Arena inaugural match in May, 2005.
Ashley Cole leaving a Super Bowl party in London with Cheryl Tweedy, one of five girls who make up the pop band 'Girls Aloud'.
The wives of French footballers Christophe Dugarry (left) and Zinedine Zidane take in a match while their men play the game.
Portuguese legend Luis Figo and his wife arrive at a Spanish premiere.
Nancy Dell'Olio, partner of England Football Manager Sven Goran Eriksson, attends a fashion party welcoming Hogan, a shoe and handbag retailer, at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm on April 22, 2004 in London.
Two of the Czech Republic's best players, Pavel Nedved (left) and Tomas Rosicky, attend an award show in Prague along with Nedved's wife (far left) and Rosicky's girlfriend, model Radka Kocourova.
Italy and Juventus striker Allesandro del Piero makes an appearance with girlfriend Sonia Amoruso in Turin.
Michael Owen's girlfriend Louise Bonsall strutting her stuff.
Real Madrid star Ronaldo and his now never-to-be wife Daniella Cicarelli enjoy a night out in Madrid at a GQ magazine party. The couple split in April of 2005.
Young France and Juventus striker David Trezeguet shows up with his gorgeous wife Beatrice.
Sweden star Henrik Larsson looks like he needs to focus more on his wife Magdalena and their daughter than his throngs of adoring Celtic Park fans.
Thierry Henry and his girlfriend Claire leave the Sheraton Hotel in Seoul after a lunch with the French squad during the 2002 World Cup.
Victoria Beckham attends a performance of Swan Lake at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Landon Donovan's girlfriend Bianca Kajlich attending another premiere in Hollywood in 2002.
Manchester United regular Phil Neville attends an awards banquet with his wife Julie.
Germany's second most famous libero Lothar Matthaeus is usually spotted with his beautiful wife Mariana.
Another shot of Christian Karembeu's gorgeous model wife Adriana, seen here doing a promotional photo shoot in Cannes.
German legend Andreas Brehme with his wife Pilar. Brehme scored the winning penalty kick at the 1990 World Cup Final to give Germany a 1-0 victory over Argentina.
Welsh winger Ryan Giggs looks as though he needs to make a few more purchases in London for his girlfriend before she changes moods.
Juventus star Alessandro del Piero gets a warm reception from his girlfriend Sonia Amoruso after a match that clinched the Serie A title at the Stadio delle Alpi in 2003.
Real Madrid stalwart Raul shows up at a Spanish premiere with his stunning wife in tow.
a playmaker Francesco Totti relaxes at an outdoor performance with his girlfriend, the lovely Ilary Blasi.
Legendary French defender Marcel Desailly looks like he needs to do a little defense on the home front as his wife Virginie follows him off the team bus.
Tim Howard of Manchester United poses with his wife at the annual United for UNICEF charity dinner.
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May 31, 2005
Miss Canada, 2003
http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/1/910
Gorgeous Nazanin crowned world's princess
Dec 8, 2003
North Van's Miss Canada crowned World's princess UBC (University of British Columbia) graduate Nazanin Afshin-Jam takes first runner-up at Miss World By Stuart Hunter
With a global television audience of two billion people watching, a Canadian beauty was crowned yesterday. But all North Vancouver's Nazanin Afshin-Jam, 24, wanted after being named first runner-up in the Miss World competition in the southern Chinese resort city of Sanya was a Krispy Kreme doughnut, said her beaming older sister 'Naz'. "We're really proud of her," said Naz, 29, the elder of the two children of 'Jaleh' and 'Afshin Jam', who flew to China to watch their youngest, nicknamed "Nini," as she scored the highest-ever ranking for a Canadian woman in the Miss World contest. "She accomplished a lot in her life to warrant where she is today. This is one of the best experiences of her life." Miss Ireland, 19-year-old Rosanna Davison -- the daughter of Lady in Red songsmith Chris De Burgh -- won the Miss World crown. Afshin-Jam took second-place honours. China's Guan Qi was third in the field of 106 contestants. Afshin-Jam won the Miss World Canada crown in October in Toronto. Born in Iran, Afshin-Jam fled her homeland with her family after the fall of the shah. Although fiercely proud of her Canadian nationality, the Kitsilano Secondary grad who graduated from the University of B.C. with a double major in international relations and political science, also remains a role model for Persian women. "She's had thousands of e-mails from Persian women from around the world telling her how proud they are of her," Naz said. "They are proud that a Persian woman can speak with such a strong voice." Not only is the five foot seven inch, brown-eyed beauty a model and actor, but Afshin-Jam has pilot licences for powered aircraft and gliders. She also holds the highest rank possible in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets and she speaks four languages -- English, French, Farsi and Spanish. She has training in singing, dance, public speaking and bush survival skills, and lists kayaking, sailing and go-kart racing as her favourite sports. She works with the Red Cross teaching kids about global issues such as poverty and child hunger. And, Naz adds with a laugh, her sister is single. Afshin-Jam is taking a year off from her broadcast journalism studies at the B.C. Institute of Technology to fulfil her role as Miss World Canada. In the future, she hopes to emulate one of her heroes, journalist Christiane Amanpour, as a foreign correspondent.
Afshin-Jam slated to return to B.C. today. And then there's the little matter of that doughnut. "She said she can't wait to have a Krispy Kreme," Naz said. "And she wants to meet Nelson Mandela." The Miss World pageant marked the first time China has hosted an international beauty contest. A $15.5-million tiara-shaped convention hall was built for the event, which China hopes will boost tourism in the palm-dotted resort city on the island province of Hainan. Contest judges included film star Jackie Chan and Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell. There were no disruptions at this year's event, unlike last year, when the contest had to be moved from Nigeria to London after deadly rioting between Muslims and Christians. MISS NINI Nickname: Nini Favourite junk food: Chocolate Lava Cake Favourite colour: Fuchsia Favourite smell: Vanilla Favourite soul food: "Too many choices" Favourite magazine: National Geographic Favourite music: Spanish-Arab fusion Favourite book: Mahatma Gandhi by Mahatma Gandhi Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Nelson Mandela
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May 02, 2005
Persian Models
http://www.bodazey.com/persian_models.html
A BODAZEY.COM exclusive PERSIAN MODELS AND SUPERMODELS ~ World's largest database and official home of Persian Models Fashion and Beauty featuring: Angylina, Catherine Bell, Sara Racey Tabrizi, Yasmin LeBon and many more
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April 20, 2005
Paper Money Gallery
http://www.kcshop.com/imagegallery/Iran.htm
Iran and world paper money image gallery.
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April 19, 2005
Great Wall from Space
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3505040.stm
China's Great Wall, highlighted orange in the picture, is not the only manmade structure visible from space. Many other things such as Egypt's pyramids and even various airports can be seen, too.
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April 04, 2005
Pope's Assassination in 1981
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/europe_pope_john_paul_ii/html/4.stm
Picture of Pope John Paul II's assassination attempt on 13 May 1981.
The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 has returned to prison, eight days after being freed.
The Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II almost 25 years ago has been released from prison.
Mehmet Ali Agca, served nearly 20 years in Italian jails for the attempted murder. In Turkey, he was jailed for bank robbery and another murder.
Agca, 48, shot the Pope in St Peter's Square in 1981, but has never explained why. The pontiff later visited him in jail and publicly forgave him.
Hours after Agca walked free, Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said he wanted to make sure there had not been any legal errors.
One of Italy's most respected magistrates in the 1980s, who probed the attack at the time, has warn that Agca's life is at risk because of the many secrets he knows.
Ferdinando Imposimato is convinced of Soviet bloc involvement. The Pope at the time was preaching a message that challenged Soviet communism's collectivist ideology.
"I think the Turkish government should guarantee Agca's security because he knows so many secrets and he may be killed," he said in an interview with Reuters TV on Wednesday.
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March 31, 2005
Tehran - Mega Capital
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/98910/index.html
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March 28, 2005
San Francisco from Space
http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/top10_2004/
Breathtaking bird's eye view of San Francisco taken by satellite. Extraordinary detail and clarity.
Posted by Chekonim at 07:40 PM | Comments (0)
Iran Cartoon
http://www.irancartoon.com
Collection of very funny cartoons from Iran and other countries.
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Iran Cartoon
http://www.irancartoon.com/2005/calendar/index.htm
Three very funny 1384 calendars full of interesting cartoons.
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March 18, 2005
Hot Or Not
http://www.hotornot.com/
note
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