The owner of Pakistans first luxe sleepwear, SlumberGram, speaks to us about what fashion is to her

The owner of Pakistans first luxe sleepwear, SlumberGram, speaks to us about what fashion is to her

Understanding your body is the key to looking good and a trait found amongst all impeccably dressed fashionistas. While people shy away from talking about their bodies, these brave souls explain how they work their anatomies to their advantage

How would you describe your body type?

I would describe it as curvy and petite. I have defined collarbones and shoulders, but at the same time 39 of curves!

Has your body changed over the last five years?

Not drastically, but yes a few pounds here and there.

How has your style changed over the years?

Style is something that is personal and defines your individuality. I feel that mine hasnt changed, but actually just improved.

In your opinion what is the most troublesome area?

I wouldnt call any part of my body a troublesome area as such, but yes sometimes my thighs can be troublesome. Especially when Im buying a new pair of jeans or pants.

How do you dress your body according to your body type?

My all-time favourite look is slim-fit jeans with a slightly loose top. I try my best to wear clothes that dont make me look too short.

In your opinion what is the biggest mistake a person can make while dressing here?

The biggest mistake would be to blatantly imitate the style of other people without considering your own body type and personality.

Which silhouettes suit your body the most?

Anything well tailored suits my body. I dont restrict myself from wearing anything in particular, if it fits well and looks nice, thats good enough for me.

What do you shy away from wearing and why?

Im very experimental when it comes to my clothes, but Im definitely not a fan of revealing my legs and knees.

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Style Anatomy: Urooba Khuro - The Express Tribune

He arrived for an unplanned Saturday night visit, after a flurry of phone calls between Martens Corbett and her parents, despite being expected at work on the Monday morning. What was discussed on the phone remains unclear.

2. Molly's screams/no injuries

Martens claims he woke in the middle of the night to find Mr Corbett strangling his daughter. However, she refused a medical assessment at a nearby hospital after police arrived. A witness told the court that Martens Corbett was "rubbing her neck in a scrubbing motion". A paramedic attending the scene said they saw light redness on her neck but no abnormalities.

3. Trazodone sedative

The district attorney's office revealed that traces of a powerful sleep medication, trazodone, were found in Mr Corbett's blood stream. A nurse, Katie Wingate-Scott of the KPC health centre, confirmed to the trial that Martens Corbett was prescribed Trazodone in 50mg doses on July 30 - three days before her husband's death.

4. The brick

A brick Martens Corbett used to hit her husband was shown to jurors. It was covered with blood on both sides. A forensic expert told the court it was used to strike Mr Corbett more than once with excessive force. Martens Corbett said she had kept the brick on her night stand before the attack but did not say why it was in the bedroom.

5. The baseball bat

Martens said he struck Mr Corbett with a baseball bat he brought to the house that evening: "I hit him until he couldn't kill me." It was in the guest room where he was sleeping before he brought it upstairs after hearing a loud noise. The black 'Louisville Slugger' bat was 28 inches long and made of aluminium. Martens brought it to the house as a gift for Mr Corbett's son but it was not given to him. It had previously belonged to his own son, Stewart.

6. Bloodstains on Jason's bed

Forensic expert Stuart James told the court that bloodstains on the bed sheets showed Mr Corbett was struck there. He found blood spatters on the inside of the quilt on the bed, in addition to blood saturation marks inside the mattress. "It may well be where the bloodshed first occurred," he said.

7. Blood spatter

An analysis of the blood spatter patterns around the bedroom showed Mr Corbett was struck on the head while falling and while he was on, or close to, the ground. Stains found on the inside hem of Martens's boxer shorts were said to have travelled upwards and indicated that Mr Corbett was below them when he was struck on the head. Similar patterns were discovered on Martens Corbett's pyjamas.

8. The 911 call

Prosecutors claimed a 911 call after the killing was delayed and said Martens Corbett and her father engaged in fake CPR efforts. The dispatcher who took the call said she was surprised at how calm Martens was as she talked him through performing CPR and chest pumps. "There was no panting, no gasping. He wasn't out of breath," she added.

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Photo Brittany Ferrells activism in Ferguson, Mo., is a focal point of the documentary Whose Streets? Credit Autumn Lin/Magnolia Pictures

Whose Streets?, a documentary about the unrest and activism in Ferguson, Mo., in the wake of the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, is choppy, sometimes unfocused, and in every respect the opposite of slick. Its directors, Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis, are novice filmmakers, true; but I also suspect this movies form is deliberate, part of its message. This is direct and frequently powerful filmmaking that doesnt much care about meeting my aesthetic standards.

A preview of the film.

Whose Streets? takes off from the night Mr. Brown was shot. One of the movies subjects is David Whitt, a resident of the apartment complex on the street where the shooting took place, who is moved to take his video camera onto the streets to record police action as rioting started. Another thread follows Brittany Ferrell and Alexis Templeton, a couple navigating parenthood and school, and putting themselves at considerable risk as they lead and participate in demonstrations like one in which they formed a human chain to block traffic on a highway.

The movie is punctuated with quotes by black historical figures Martin Luther King Jr.s observation that a riot is the language of the unheard is particularly resonant. Much of the footage is from low-resolution video cameras and cellphones; the most professional-looking material here is from a television interview with Officer Darren Wilson, who shot Mr. Brown, in which he says, You cant perform the duties of a police officer and have racism in you. This is shown in the same section that features on-the-fly shots of off-duty St. Louis police officers puffing their chests at activists at a town hall meeting. Another wrenching scene shows a protester trying to address a black female officer, the only person of color in a defensive line of cops; she holds her position even as tears fill her eyes.

Whose Streets?

Directors Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis

Stars Brittany Ferrell, Tef Poe, Kayla Reed, Tory Russell, Alexis Templeton

Rating R

Running Time 1h 30m

Genre Documentary

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Review: Anatomy of Ferguson, From a Shooting to Activism - New York Times

MARC HINTON

Last updated05:00, August 13 2017

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Tom Walsh wasn't the strongest in the world champs shot put field, but he did throw the furthest legally.

It was Jake the Muss in the iconic Kiwi movie Once Were Warriors who brutally encapsulated the delicate balance between "too much weights and not enough speed work". Tom Walsh may just have taken that theory to another level with his world championships shot put triumph in London.

Walsh tipped the shot put form book on its head when he knocked over the heavily favoured American duo of Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs to claim his first IAAF World Championships title, and continue his groundbreaking ways.

These are good times to be Tom Walsh, a part-time builder from Christchurch (by way of Timaru) who is laying some impressive foundations as an athlete. Last year he became the first Kiwi male to win a world indoors title; then followed that up by claiming New Zealand's first men's field event Olympic medal (a bronze) in Rio; and also becoming the first bloke from these parts to claim an overall Diamond league crown.

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Tom Walsh throws in the men's shot put final in London.

Now with his world championship triumph early Monday (NZT) at London's Olympic stadium, Walsh has struck a further blow for blokedom, becoming the first Kiwi male to make the podium at the global event. The US$60,000 (NZ$82,000) bonus he achieved for doing so was just a delicious icing on the cake.

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It wasn't easy for Walsh in London as he had to suck up an agonising groin tear on the eve of the event and compete through gritted teeth, and then survive multiple protests from both Crouser and Kovacs in the aftermath that left the final outcome in doubt right up until just minutes before the medal ceremony the next evening.

But the protests were all eventually thrown out and Walsh was able to limp on to the podium to receive a richly deserved gold medal that was a blow not just for the underdog, with Crouser and Kovacs owning the year's 10 biggest throws between them, but also for the comparative "little guy".

Yes, Walsh, at 1.85 metres and around 124kg is pretty damn big to be anyone's idea of small. But these things are comparative.

Crouser, a giant of a man, stands 2.03m and tips the scales around 141kg. The more compact Kovacs is still a full 10kg heavier than Walsh. They are both power men. They muscle the shot put, rather than finesse it.

Brazilian monster Darlan Romani, who was fifth in Rio last year but failed to make the final in London, nudges the scales at 140kg and is reputed to be bench-pressing 300kg in his workouts.

"There are two major ways to throw," says Walsh. "You can be strong or you can be fast. I'm not overly strong and I'm not overly big either. I'm definitely the speed and rhythm kind of guy. Most of the guys are strength kind of guys get very strong in the gym and you'll throw far.

"Yes, I am stronger than probably 99 percent of Kiwis. But in terms of world shot put I'm not overly strong.

"Put it this way, if it was a strongman contest, I'd be way out the arse-end."

But it's not. The pre-throw whirly-gig routine in the circle is as important as the actual release of the 7.2kg silver sphere. And the 25-year-old Walsh is so very good at generating the low-to-the-ground speed that then transfers into power on the throw.

For a big man, he is remarkably light on his feet, and it's an attribute he has honed into a game-changing point of difference.

Not that Crouser, whose only quality throw in London was red-flagged (thus his protest, and then re-protest), can be surprised by what played out. Back in February, when he beat Walsh twice in meets in Christchurch and Auckland by throwing over 22 metres in both, he remarked about the difference in style.

"I'm bigger and stronger than I was last year, so I'm kind of muscling it out there," he said after throwing 22.15m to win the Auckland Track Challenge. "You see Tom is lot quicker and has a lot more finesse than I do, and he's definitely in cleaner form.

"He's an unbelievable competitor, and he's one of those guys you can have a big lead on and he can throw a monster when the pressure is on. You never really beat Tom till that last throw is done."

What Walsh has also become is the most consistent performer on the shot put scene. He had five of the top six throws in London with a series of remarkable quality: 21.38m, 21.64m, 21.75m, 21.70, 21.63m and, then, saving his best for last, 22.03m.

On a day when his rivals struggled to find their best stuff at least legally the smiling Kiwi was quite simply a man apart.

Walsh puts that down to his accent on technique, timing and speed, and a strong mindset that has been a big part of the work undertaken with coach Dale Stevenson and sports psychologist John Quinn.

"Mentally I was in a really good place. I knew exactly what I needed to do and I stuck with that. Dale and John and I always talk about sticking to what's been working in training, and what has been working in training is getting out and around at the back of the circle.

"That means flowing through the back of the circle in terms of acceleration, and then a strong left side. If I've got a strong left side, all my power goes into my left side and it pops up, and that keeps me in the circle."

Remember, the best throws of both Crouser and Kovacs in London (both would have won the gold medal if legal) were red-flagged. The sport is not just about chucking tin a long way. But doing it within the rules of the game.

Walsh does a lot of mental work now. It's something he's, well, got his head around.

"When you're young, you don't think it's important. You think physical attributes are important. I bombed out at the world juniors the year Jacko (Kiwi rival Jacko Gill) won. I went from throwing 20 metres in the warmup area to throwing 18 metres in the competition arena.

"I thought, 'well, what's the reason?'. From there, it's been a long and gradual process over the last seven years to get to where I am now. My routines are very structured and I know exactly what works for me."

The burly Kiwi is also a competitor. "It was great to come in when everyone was talking about those two (Crouser and Kovacs) and do the deed. No one was talking about me, and that was good. Kiwis compete well with a chip on their shoulder.

"It's a great feeling to know we've achieved what we set out to after Rio. We said we'll probably need to throw mid-22s to win in London. I got myself into that shape, but on the day no one managed to throw that far, and I took the cake."

Yes, the sweet taste of success went to not the biggest, meanest or strongest. But the man who figured out that if you don't get the balance between speed-work and weights, there is most definitely a price to pay.

-Sunday Star Times

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