WATCH THIS! Futuristic ROBOCOP in Soweto/Joburg
YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS. It’s worth the wait while it downloads. Some of you may have caught this clip at the RESFEST film festival in 2003, it’s an amazing commercial for a Police Robot called Tetra Vaal that is on patrol in Johannesburg sorting out crime. Look closely you will recognise Soweto and Baragwanath Taxi rank. Amazing life-like movement. I love the way he jumps ove…r the roof’s of taxi’s and houses. Check it out at DAILY...
African plant may help fight fat!
In amongst the hordes of junk mail we receive was one with the eye-catching subject “Miracle plant from Africa fights fat!”. What with it being winter and the bulge blatantly making itself felt yet again, we thought we’d investigate this mystery plant and see if it’s all a lot of hot air or not. Now the question is where on earth do we find this stuff? The Kalahari of course! Typical …– there had to be a catch! Oh well, we will just have another chunk of cheese. From CBS news: Each year, people spend more than $40 billion on products designed to help them slim down. None of them seem to be working very well. Now along comes hoodia. Never heard of it? Soon it’ll be tripping off your tongue, because hoodia is a natural substance that literally takes your appetite away. It’s very different from diet stimulants like Ephedra and Phenfen that are now banned because of dangerous side effects. Hoodia doesn’t stimulate at all. Scientists say it fools the brain by making you think you’re full, even if you’ve eaten just a morsel. Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports. ——————————————————————————– Hoodia is a bitter-tasting cactus-like plant. 60 Minutes was told that if it wanted to try hoodia, it would have to go to Africa. Why? Because the only place in the world where hoodia grows wild is in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. For more click here. From Hoodoba: The History Of Hoodia No one can say for sure, but it is believed the indigenous San People used Hoodia for most or all of the 27,000-plus years they lived in the Kalahari. It was not until 1937 when a Dutch anthropologist studying their customs and noticed that they munched on the stem to stifle the fierce hunger pangs they endured during long hunting trips that Hoodia first came to the attention of the west. Apparently, without realizing its true potential the Dutch researcher observed what was then and remains today the plant with the most powerful natural appetite-suppressant known to man. Intriguingly enough, Hoodia sat on the back shelf in a lab for almost thirty years until South African scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) began studying it and discovered that Lab animals fed the flesh of the succulent lost weight and suffered no ill effects. This Hoodia plant with an appetite-suppressing effect greater than that of any other is credited for the endurance and survival of the hardy San people whose heritage can be traced back to rock paintings 27,000 years old has taken center stage. Realizing that Hoodia stops hunger and...
TINKER TOWN closing down SALE – Move it!
Tinker Town has been the kind of shop that I have always loved to visit – I could never really afford anything in there but being a retro freak I love going there to drool over the 60’s kitch classics. One could class it as an institution – an institution of incredible DECOR and TASTE. It’s the perfect place for lovers of retro high-brow design, filled with bits and pieces from forgotten …era’s – all in amazing condition. Nothing “cottage” about these antiques – they are to die for darl… The sad news is that Tinker Town owner Matthew Fisher is off to foreign lands and is closing both the Furniture side and the vintage clothing side known as the Department Store. THe good news (if one can see it like that) is that most of the shop is on a MAJOR SALE… Starting from 30% and moving on to 50 and even the odd 70% off on furnishings, lighting, smalls and homeware. Most prices are still high but if you fish around you may just find a special retro something that you can afford… One day you will be able to say “It’s a Tinker Town dahhhling”. The VINTAGE CLOTHING shop the Department Store is filled with a plethora of colourful vintage clothing and accessories… if you love vintage clothing get there soon before it’s all gone. The sale started on the 20 June and keeps on going till it’s all gone. Tinker Town Corner Jan Smuts and Bolton...
THREE HOT REPRESENT FASHION TIPS
For followers of fashion and those that like to be in the know – in a new feature, the Fashion Guru’s at REPRESENT give you a three-in-one TIP on three fashion hotties….Trust us on these. 1) Turquoise aka Marine Blue – This colour and any slight deviation from it is the next black… Look around and you’ll see it all over the shops and selling slowly – that’s b…ecause noone else knows about it’s imminent eminent desirability – you do now though – so go and buy it! 2) Sparkling shirts, make sure to buy tops, t’s and blouses with a sparkle in them… or just sew on your own. GOLD AND SILVER are both blingingly hot so accessorise with SILVER ballet style shoes or a GOLD hand-bag 3)B’s are hot stuff = BOLERO’s and BERMUDA’s are both back! These B-words may remind you of gross 80’s habits, but the BOLERO’s are much more glam and the BERMUDA’s are sexier and better shaped than before… We know it’s still winter and that means cold, but accessorise the B’s with Winter gear and do it...
SKYPE – Free internet telephone – it really works!
If you have friends that live overseas or even in another province- and you’d like to chat to them for free… download SKYPE – it’s amazing! We use it to chat, make phone calls and keep in touch with friends all over the world and country! What do you need for SKYPE? PC running Windows 2000 or XP or a MAC 400 MHz processor 128 MB RAM 15 MB free disk space… on your hard drive Sound Card, speakers and microphone Internet connection. Any broadband connection or minimum 33.6 Kbps dialup. GPRS is not supported for voice calls. Results may vary on a satellite connection. SKYPE has also just launched their latest version which enables VIDEO CHAT – so u can see your friend, in real time, talking to you… now if that’s not amazing! Get it...
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