AvaxNews

Fact Emma Hack Takes Body Art

Adelaide-based artist, Emma Hack, has been exhibiting extensively throughout Australia since 1999. Through a combination of painting on canvas, body painting and studio-based photography, Emma's works evoke a rich array of visual narrative and magical realism.

Details

10 Oct 2012 08:19:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Real-life Rapunzel – Natasha Moraes

Nicknamed “Rapunzel” by her schoolmates, Natasha has not cut her hair – which at 5 feet, 2 inches long was only one inch shorter than her petite frame – since she was a baby.

And while Natasha currently sleeps in a tiny, windowless room, she got R$9,000 (about £3,000) from selling the hair for extensions which she has put towards a new home for her family.

Details

24 Nov 2012 17:05:00,post received 0 comments

Fact CHIP House Powered by Solar Energy

CHIP is a prefab, net-zero solar-powered house designed and built by a student-run team from two Southern California schools: Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The house is the team's entry for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 competition.

Details

13 Dec 2012 11:35:00,post received 0 comments

Wow A Street Cat Named Bob

James, a once homeless recovering heroin addict, met Bob the ginger cat during a very dark period, and credits the feline with giving him a purpose in life.
It has been Bob, who over the past five years, has helped give James the strength to stay off drugs, driven him to earn money and get his life back on track.

Details

20 Dec 2012 14:41:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Batmobile Replica Spotted in Sweden

A Swedish guy built it from a 1973 Lincoln Continental. It took him over $1 million USD and 3.5 years to complete, or some 20.000 hours of work.
It features a lot of gadgets like satellite navigation, voice recognition, reversing cameras, a DVD player, a plasma TV...

Details

21 Dec 2012 13:27:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Dinagyang Festival 2012

The Dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on the fourth Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog In Cebu and the Ati-Atihan in Aklan. It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Atis. wiki

Details

07 May 2012 04:18:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Integrated Safety and Security Exhibition 2012

Ural-63099 armored vehicle

Photo report from 5th Anniversary International Exhibition Integrated Safety and Security Exhibition 2012 (ISSE-2012). From 22 to 25 May in Moscow almost 454 companies from 18 countries demonstrated their achievements of the safety and security ensuring at ISSE-2012 exhibition.

Details

01 Jun 2012 11:08:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Rally Masters Show 2012

There has been a huge work to be done on the basis of the 1st Rally Masters Show. Organizers have put a lot of efforts to make this great event even more attractive for the participants & spectators. Following the last year’s tradition we will find a pleasant surprise for every Rally Masters Show guest. Invitations for participation in this competition will be sent to the leading Russian & foreign rally crews.

Details

13 Jun 2012 04:54:00,post received 0 comments