"Nous allons faire passer une loi contre la bordellerie. Des camerounaises donnent trop le mauvais exemple ici à Genève".

Reçu sur Twitter, cette photo de jeunes femmes envoyée par Chantal Biya, notre première dame, qu’elle a identifié comme étant de nationalité camerounaise qui se balladent dans les rues de Genève. Ne pouvant pas vérifier avec certitude cette information, tout porte cependant à croire que nos soeurs sont prêtes à tout pour gagner leur pain quotidien. Que pensez-vous de ces tenues? Doit-on, comme le suggère la première dame d’Etoudi, voter une loi contre la “bordellerie”?

Some observers, particularly women, might have winced in sympathy or, alternatively, wondered where she’d bought stilettos. But the three researchers, men who study the biomechanics of walking, were struck instead by the scientific implications of her passage. “We began to consider what might be happening at the muscle and tendon level” in women who wear heels, Dr. Cronin says.

How shoes affect human gait is a controversial topic these days. The popularity of barefoot running, for instance, has grown in large part because of the belief, still unproven, that wearing modern, well-cushioned running shoes decreases foot strength and proprioception, the sense of how the body is positioned in space, and contributes to running-related injuries.

Whether high heels might likewise affect the wearer’s biomechanics and injury risk has received scant scientific attention, however, even though millions of women wear heels almost every day. So, in one of the first studies of its kind, the Australian scientists recruited nine young women who had worn high heels for at least 40 hours a week for a minimum of two years. The scientists also recruited 10 young women who rarely, if ever, wore heels to serve as controls. The women were in their late teens, 20s or early 30s.

The scientists asked the heel-wearing women to bring their favorite pair of high-heeled shoes to the lab. There, both groups of women were equipped with electrodes to track leg-muscle activity, as well as motion-capture reflective markers. Ultrasound probes measured the length of muscle fibers in their legs.

All of the women strode multiple times along a 26-foot-long walkway that contained a plate to gauge the forces generated as they walked. The control group covered the walkway 10 times while barefoot. The other women walked barefoot 10 times and in their chosen heels 10 times.

It was obvious, as the scientists had suspected watching the woman during their coffee break, that the women habituated to high heels walked differently from those who usually wore flats, even when the heel wearers went barefoot. But the nature and extent of the differences were surprising. In results published last week in The Journal of Applied Physiology, the scientists found that heel wearers moved with shorter, more forceful strides than the control group, their feet perpetually in a flexed, toes-pointed position. This movement pattern continued even when the women kicked off their heels and walked barefoot. As a result, the fibers in their calf muscles had shortened and they put much greater mechanical strain on their calf muscles than the control group did.

In that control group, the women who rarely wore heels, walking primarily involved stretching and stressing their tendons, especially the Achilles tendon. But in the heel wearers, the walking mostly engaged their muscles.

That biomechanical distinction is important, says Dr. Cronin, who is now a researcher at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. “Several studies have shown that optimal muscle-tendon efficiency” while walking “occurs when the muscle stays approximately the same length while the tendon lengthens. When the tendon lengthens, it stores elastic energy and later returns it when the foot pushes off the ground. Tendons are more effective springs than muscles,” he continues. So by stretching and straining their already shortened calf muscles, the heel wearers walk less efficiently with or without heels, he says, requiring more energy to cover the same amount of ground as people in flats and probably causing muscle fatigue.

The obvious question raised by the findings, though, is so what? Does it fundamentally matter if a woman’s calf muscle fibers shorten and she neglects her tendons while walking, especially if she loves the looks of her Louboutins?

That question is difficult for a biomechanist to answer, Dr. Cronin admits. Aesthetics are outside the realm of his branch of science. But the risk of injury is not. “We think that the large muscle strains that occur when walking in heels may ultimately increase the likelihood of strain injuries,” he says. (This risk is separate from the chances that a woman, if unfamiliar with heels, may topple sideways and twist an ankle or bruise her self-image, which is an acute injury and happened to me only the one time.)

The risks extend to workouts, when heel wearers abruptly switch to sneakers or other flat shoes. “In a person who wears heels most of her working week,” Dr. Cronin says, the foot and leg positioning in heels “becomes the new default position for the joints and the structures within. Any change to this default setting,” he says, like pulling on Keds or Crocs, constitutes “a novel environment, which could increase injury risk.”

It should be noted, he adds, that in his study, the volunteers “were quite young, average age 25, suggesting that it is not necessary to wear heels for a long time, meaning decades, before adaptations start to occur.”

So, if you do wear heels and are at all concerned about muscle and joint strains, his advice is simple. Try, if possible, to ease back a bit on the towering footwear, he says. Wear high heels maybe “once or twice a week,” he says. And if that’s not practical or desirable, “try to remove the heels whenever possible, such as when you’re sitting at your desk.” The shoes can remain alluring, even nestled beside your feet.

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | January 25, 2012 | NY TIMES

Last year FLOTUS opted for simple chic in a Rachel Roy sheath dress, but she’s worn Barbara Tfank before, including this printed green number and the mint green frock Mrs. O wore while meeting the Duchess of Cambridge.

Tfank also recently dressed Adele.

The First Lady’s hair and makeup looked perfectly elegant as well… and we’re dying to see some photos of her shoes.

Check out pics below! We’ll add more as they come in.

Huffpo| January 24, 2012 | Huffpo|

Tenez-donc. Lors du défilé de mode de Berlin le 19 Janvier 2012 à Berlin, la célèbre maison de couture allemande a présenté au public ce qui est jusqu’à ce jour la plus choquante des robes de mariée jamais vu. Une édifiante robe en G-String, mi-bikini, mi-maillot de bain, connectée par une simple bande à l’avant. et le modèle qui a arboré
cette ‘robe’ était couverte d’un simple voile.

Que dire? Sinon que sans la mode, la vie serait triste et ennuyante. Jetez un oeil sur les robes ci-dessous et dites nous si vous la porterez pour votre prochain marriage.

Webmaster| 24 Janvier 2012|

Lily Kuo| January 15 2012 | Huffpo |

Reports that Beyonce and husband Jay-Z welcomed their daughter, Blue, were confirmed Monday when the couple released an announcement (via E! Online’s Twitter account).

Hello Hello Baby Blue! We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012. Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven … it was the best experience of both our lives.”

The couple also revealed that Blue weighed in at 7 pounds and was delivered naturally, not by a C-section as previously reported.

The fiercely private couple’s announcement comes as a bit of a shock, considering it took years for them to confirm their marriage. Their statement also clears up any confusion over the child’s name and that it is, in fact, Blue Ivy — and not the other way around.

Earlier Monday, Jay-Z released a touching song, “Glory,” about his new darling daughter, with Blue allegedly making her recording debut at the end of the tune.

Huffpo| 1/9/2012| Huffpo|

Selon l’Associated Press, la chanteuse et son copain de longue date Willian ‘willie’ Wilkerson sont fiancés. La Reine de la Soul music, détentrice de plusieurs ‘Grammys’ de la chanson a annoncé dans un communiqué paru Lundi qu’elle et son copain se marieraient cet été, probablement à Miami Beach en Floride.

Franklin et Wilkerson se sont fiancées pendant les fêtes de fin d’années.
D’après la même source, la Chanteuse devrait se décider entre les couturiers Vera Wang, Valentino et Donna Karan pour le design de la robe de mariée.

Ce sera le deuxième mariage de la chanteuse de soul.

Cameroonwebnews.com | 2 Janvier 2012|

According to the celebrity website, Vanessa Bryant requested the custody of their two children 8-year-old Natalia and 5-year-old Gianna. However, She also said Kobe should have visitation right.

“He cheated too much”, Vanessa said to explain the reason of her filings. The couple has not prenuptial agreements, which means that she will have to share fifty percent of all Kobe’s fortune.

Kobe who filed a response minutes after the petition for divorce, agreed to pay spousal support. What’s more, the brother has built an empire, and he will not be broke anytime soon.

The NBA starts on December 25th, this is not the kind of gift you want for Christmas.

Cameroonwebnews.com | December 16, 2011 |

DKNY a fait équipe avec nul autre que le célèbre designer de bijoux Martin Katz pour sortir la bouteille de parfum “Golden Delicious”.
Qu’a t-elle de différente que les autres bouteilles de parfum? Question légitime. Eh bien, Cette unique création est entourée de 14 karats d’or blanc et jaune, 183 saphirs jaune, 2700 diamants blanc, et 2.43 carat de diamant jaune canari.

Le fameux parfum a déjà fait le tour de quelques pays dont La grande Bretagne, le Mexique, et la Malaisie pour être présenté au public, avant de finir sa course à New York Mardi 6 Décembre dans la boutique de DKNY, où Chanel l’a présenté au public venu voir le “Bling Bling!”.

Entourée de quatre gardes du corps tous portant des lunettes noires, Chanel est apparue portant une mallette pare-balles et anti-feu dans laquelle la bouteille de parfum la plus chère au monde était soigneusement rangée, avant de la monter au public curieux qui avait fait le déplacement.

Ne nous demandez pas quelle est l’odeur de cette fragrance, nous n’avons pas eu le privilège de la sentir. Ce qui est sur, c’est que la totalité des revenus de la vente
sera donnée à une oeuvre humanitaire qui lutte contre la faim en Afrique. Ah! qu’est-ce que l’occidental ne va pas faire pour nous pauvres âmes africaines?
Au moins nous avons fournis le plus gros des pierres précieuses…A quel prix?

Voici à quoi ressemble le parfum plus cher de la planète…

cameroonwebnews | 7 Decembre 2011 |

Ok, so we can’t see their faces — yet — but the photo is a great tease leading up to the big reveal of Moroccan and Monroe on ABC‘s “20/20″ this Friday.

We may not have seen much of the twins since their April birth, but we definitely got an eyeful of Carey during her seemingly never-ending pregnancy.

Check out the photo of the happy family — with Barbara Walters.

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