Bb. Pilipinas 2010 Pre - Pageant Swimsuit Competition HD 03/28/10
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Binibining Pilipinas ('Binibini' is a Filipino word which means "woman," "miss" or "young lady") is a beauty contest held annually in the Philippines. Binibining Pilipinas is an entirely different pageant from Miss Philippines or Miss Philippines Earth, a rival contest of Binibining Pilipinas, which promotes environmental awareness and sends its winner to the international Miss Earth beauty pageant. Winners of the event will compete in the international beauty pageant, such as Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International. In the past, the organization has established skills training and educational workshops for the indigents. BPCI has participated in a relief operation in Central Luzon during the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991. Binibining Pilipinas past and then titleholders visited the ash-laden town of Porac, the Tent City in Pampanga, and other refugee camps, to distribute food, medicines and other basic needs to the affected residents that included ethnic tribes that lived on the volcano slopes. The annual pageant is the main source of funds. BPCI has been an official national franchise holder of the Miss Universe Organization since 1964. Stella Araneta is a former Miss Colombia, who became a Miss Universe semi-finalist and the winner of the first Miss International beauty pageant in 1960. The organization has produced two Miss Universe winners (Gloria Diaz in 1969 and Maria Margarita Moran in 1973) and three Miss International winners (Aurora Pijuan in 1970 ...
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India - 2009 World Culture Folk Dance Competition
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Division: Youth Group Team Name: 'PRANITI KUDRE' Dance: UDE GA AMBE Represent: India From: Jacksonville, FL, USA
NTD Martial Arts Competition Preliminary Rounds Heat Up
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ANCHOR: Now over to Taipei for a look at this week end's preliminary rounds of NTD's Traditional Chinese Martial Arts or Wu Shu Competition. The competition is part of NTD's global competition series... STORY: Here at Taiwan's national university of technology contestants are warming up for the preliminary round of New Tang Dynasty's Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Competition. And there is a lot to play for. Contestants have to impress a panel of expert judges, and the spirit of honour and comradeship that traditional martial arts are famous for was certainly present. A wide variety of Kung fu styles were displayed, and contestants came from different age ranges as well as ethnic backgrounds. The winners of each category will go through to the semi-finals and then finals in New York city. This is NTD Taipei
Beyond Pain: The Role of Pleasure and Culture in the Making of Foreign Affairs (Praeger Studies on Ethnic and National Identities in Politics)
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Beyond Pain: The Role of Pleasure and Culture in the Making of Foreign Affairs (Praeger Studies on Ethnic and National Identities in Politics)
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Breslin demonstrates that, for two millennia, states in East Asia, Europe, and America have successfully used pleasure to protect themselves and advance their interests, at a small fraction of the cost of militarized policies. Indeed, the Chinese demonstrated that pleasure-based policies primed a stream of highly profitable foreign trade and bolstered the state. Pleasure was feared because it was effective as both an offensive and defensive strategy. The colleens of Ireland and the bibis of India showed how inexorably effective pleasure could be in confounding militarily stronger invaders. In contrast, resorting to violence and pain generally undermined aggressive states. Cultural factors have shaped the choice of pleasures used. Food-centered China has used food, as well as sex and tourism, as tools in its foreign relations. Rome used wine; Byzantium, precious metals, banquets, and public spectacles; Venice, sex, money, and art; England, money and education. America has used sex, money, education, music, and tourism. Breslin's provocative text is based on a wide reading of secondary sources and some primary sources as well as a quarter century of teaching the history of foreign relations. ...Read more |
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