CELEBRITIES ::: Last night, police were called to the Palomar Hotel in Dallas, Texas by an employee per Nicki Minaj’s request following a scuffle at the hotel’s pool. Grapevine sez Nicki got into a verbal tiff with an unidentified male she was staying with. The row moved to her hotel room where NM told police the man smacked her in the lower lip. When police arrived the unknown man had already left the premises and Nicki asked to not file charges on the attacker whom she stated was not in a relationship with.

via TMZ

Pablo Andrés Rivero shares [es] a slideshow by photographer Patricio Cooker with music by rapper Ukamau y Ke: “The pictures reflect everyday life in El Alto, one of the most sui generis cities in Latin America, because of its rapid growth and its peculiar social, economic, and political dynamics.”

BLOG COMMENTING ::: “1 New Comment.” That line is one of the most exciting things a blogger can read and can make his day. It shows that someone out there is actually reading his blog, and taking some time off to comment on his article. It is like a gold star on the workbook of a preschooler, applause after a recital or a medal after a competition. For those who spend their time isolated in their homes and chugging away in front of the computer, this is their way of socializing and meeting new people. After all, that is what blog comments are about – it’s an online conversation... supposedly... Nikki Romero explains...

FOOD ::: The refreshing and delicious watermelon salad recipe.

China Media Project highlightsanother food scandal. A tofu workshop in Lanzhou added chemicals and shampoo into Tofu to create a sticky texture.

•Oiwan Lam

Xiaxue as a Live Mannequin for Essential

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Lainey speaks! IT'S NOT A BLOG!
“i’m not a blogger. i never was, never will be. i’m just a girl with a twitter account. & a dumpsite where i randomly toss stuff into & hopefully will one day compile this heap of piffles & i don’t know maybe turn it into a book”

Zayna Daze posts Photo Diary: Yarah Bravo

Facebook now has 750 million members worldwide

ZDNet (blog)

From a TV news site: "FLASH MOB" robs a Walgreen's store.

chinaSMACK

Torrential Rains Flood Beijing, Subways, and Forbidden City - Stunning photos & video of heavy rainfall causing widespread flooding throughout Beijing!

Yuka Yoneda serves up fashion in a new blog!

TechCrunch

Angry Yahoo Shareholder Confronts Bartz And Asks For Her Head (Audio Clip) - Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz got an earful yesterday at the tail end of the company's annual shareholder meeting.

RIP ::: Peter Falk Dead

Washington Post Twitter account suggests you buy paper instead of reading Twitter

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The Skin Shop offers a wonderful line-up of beauty products, which are exported to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, USA, Malaysia, Australia... the brand proudly supplies to Chain Stores in China.

The Skin Shop offers a wide range of products, including the wildly popular BB Cream. One of my favourites to give as a gift is Saffron Real Massage cream, great after a workout at the gym! Ladies truly love The Ultimate Solution in artistic skin make-up by The Skin Shop. My friend Saki Tumi favours Lavendar Hand Cream, which includes Chamomile and Shea Butter among its ingredients.

Today the buzz is all about The Skin Shop! The extensive line of cutting-edge beauty products (too numerous be included all in one post) have emerged as "cosmetics of choice" across Asia! (Check 'em out on facebook!)

Enhanced beauty through cosmetics dates back over four thousand years to North Africa. The culture usually associated with the use of innovative beauty aids is that of ancient Egypt. Good looks and personal hygeine were very important to the Egyptian people. They believed that physical appearance had a direct juncture with the well being of the spirit. They attempted to always appear neat, and smell agreeable.

The quest for enhanced beauty continued down through the ages. The very idea "BEAUTY" has evolved over time to include women and men of all shapes, sizes and skin colours.

Want to see proof that The Skin Shop products ehance beauty? Have you seen the beautiful Skin Shop models?
Their names are Park Min Jung, Lee Ji Eun, Park Ga Jin, Joo Min Sun: Korean Girl Group JQT, the girls will be holding recording sessions for their new album in both the United States and Korea. JQT will be working with producer Melvin Brown (CEO of Konvict Muzik LTD) and hit producing duo Ray & Renny (producers of Akon, Lady GaGa). The plan is currently for them to release their first single in the US and worldwide this coming December. Their first album will be released in January 2012.


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Now, I wonder what Tavi Gevison would think of this?


Scott Schuman, aka the Sartorialist, tossed a few hater words toward girliebloggers when interviewed for Style.com:

Now all it takes is a digital camera for anyone to become a blogger—even if her only subject is herself.
I’m not really a fan of personal style blogs—you know, the ones [on which] these girls just shoot their outfits and all this stuff. I haven’t seen one that I really like or that draws my attention every day. The good and bad of that is that most these girls only have a limited wardrobe; they don’t have many clothes to shoot and I don’t think most of them have come up with looks that are that interesting, that draw me.

However, I do think that it will leave a great social document for 100 years from now. A lot of these girls are just everyday girls from cities all over America and all over the world, and it will be great to be able to look back and say, “Wow, this is how real girls were kind of into that thing, dressed at that time.” And then maybe historically they’ll be able to pull out similarities. It seems like every girl, everywhere in the world, has a pair of denim cutoff shorts… but I don’t think it’s so much of a contemporary thing but what it will mean historically.

I immediately became aware of the similarities in blog style that Mr. Sartorialist and Ms. Gevison share: clean, elegant, lots of white space. Seriously, what's wrong with striving to be fashionable, stylish and beautiful?

So... if you were designing a new blog (or maybe switching templates) should you not consider a more simple, elegant style? Michael certainly did!

Tags: Tavi Gevison, the Style Rookie, Sartorialist, style



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salon.com profiles Egyptian protestors

monaeltahawy via twitter ::: I spoke with Michel Martin on NPR's Tell Me More about women and #Egyptian revolution http://bit.ly/eeeYJ9 (and my phone rang)

Muslim girl, 14, lashed to death after rape by 40-year-old cousin...

Why are Netizen Internet Posse's DANGEROUS? Ask Maya Gilsey!

Data Scraping = Cheap Dates! 'Dating' Site Imports 250,000 FACEBOOK Profiles, Without Permission...

Meet the lady behind Mami Afrika designs ::: "SisterPreneur" Wawi Amasha.

Check out the pic Tavi posted of freaky little Guatemalan worry dolls and kids under nets...

Elisabeth Röhm’s Blog ::: Revamping My Daughter’s Diet.

Mens Luv Wimmins! Check out the comments on CNY newsblog about a restaurant being shut down by the local Health Department, including this one: "Wow, that's rough. I've eaten there! By the by, there was this really hot bartender named Sonja that worked there. Anyone know what happened to her?"

NYMag posts a controversial article ::: “I wouldn’t mind if they said ‘Send me a picture of you.’ But it’s like the way they ask for it. Naked?” An after-school conversation with girls about sex and the Internet.

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