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The Tab collar employs a small tab extending from the middle of each point, which is fixed together – usually with a hook-and-loop closure – behind the tie. This forces the tie forward and up, creating the "standing" look of more elaborate knots. This collar should never be worn without a tie, and can be used to hide ...
A clash of style and culture. Ankara fashion is not limited to "African" women, it also appeals to men and children of all races, shapes and sizes, for all occassions, and best of all; for all seasons.
It is an abbreviation of Magic straight perm. With heat-straightening irons, magic straightened-hair style keeps longer and shinier than normally straightened hair.
Santorini classically Thera (English pronunciation /ˈθɪrə/), and officially Thira ; is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. It forms the ...
One of the most photographed beaches in the world, the pale pink sands of Anse Source d'Argent unfurls across the island of La Digue, one of the 115 components of this archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The sands sparkle against a backdrop of towering granite boulders, worn by time and weather. The turquoise water is ...
Quantum of the Seas is the name of Royal Caribbean International's new cruise ship that is billed as the industry's first at sea to offer attractions like bumper cars, simulated skydiving and an observation capsule called The North Star, with a bird's eye view 300 feet (91 meters) above the water. It was designed as a ...
Designed by Charles Gwathmey, this residence in New York was completed in 1965. A modest but epochal three-bedroom residence, it boasts of a graphic composition featuring basic geometrical shapes that resemble a gathering of toddler building blocks.
In Canada, 64.8 percent of women have higher education compared to 63.4 percent of Canadian men. In 2006 and 2007, women made up 57 percent of all college enrollments and were also 62 percent of all university graduates in Canada. The female employment rate in Canada is relatively high at 70 percent.
Mount Erymanthos is a mountain range in the southern part of Achaea and the northeastern part of Elis. With an elevation of 2,224 meters, it is the fourth-tallest mountain in the Peloponnese peninsula. The summit is located on the boundary of Achaea and Elis. Historically, Mount Erymanthos was part of northwestern ...
A rigger assembles, installs, positions and secures working platforms, alluminium trussing, electric chain hoists, pulleys and winches used to undertake heavy lifting for concert staging purposes. In entertainment industry a riggir is usually positioned, by means of a climbing harness, on already set up metal frame of ...
An oblong metal ring with one spring-hinged side that is used in rigging as a connector and to hold a freely running rope. They are made from both steel and aluminum. They can have spring loaded gates, straight gates, can be auto-lockers and screw-lockers.
A climbing harness is a a climbing equipment consisting of a waist belt with leg loops, either sewn or tied from nylon webbing, which allows a climber to be comfortably and safely tied to a rope. A harness keeps a climber’s weight on his waist and hips when he falls, lowers, rappels, or hangs.