New Zealand Shocker: Agency Wants to Know Why 16-Year-Old Model Zippora Seven Appeared Topless in Australian Magazine

Say what? You remember the uproar that was caused when 15-year-old pop star Miley Cyrus appeared topless (but with a sheet covering her chest) recently? Well, down under they have an actual 16-year-old model, one Zippora Seven (New Zealand's answer to Kate Moss apparently) who somehow appeared topless in a spread for an Australian magazine and the biggest concern seems to be--"Oops! how did that happen?" In the US, there would be crowds with torches and pitchforks outside the publisher's office demanding blood. At right, a safe for work version of the infamous bathtub shot of Zippora.
Here's more from Stuff:

A New Zealand modelling agency says it supports the decision of of one of its 16-year-old models to appear topless in an Australian magazine.
Auckland model Zippora Seven - described as New Zealand's answer to Kate Moss - is shown topless in a bath in one of photos in the 18-page spread from lifestyle and fashion magazine Russh Australia. The picture shows Zippora and 16-year-old male model Levi Clarke in the bath together, with four bottles of champagne also visible. In another, Zippora is again topless while riding a horse.
Earlier reports said modelling agency Red Eleven - which manages Zippora - had been shocked and disappointed with the pictures. But Amanda Betts, a Red Eleven director who discovered Zippora said the agency was surprised, but not disappointed, with the topless pictures.
"That's a misquote. I think it's a really beautiful shoot - I love Russh. But that's my personal opinion, which I really want to keep to myself," she said. She said all the models Red Eleven represented were taught to research each proposed photo shoot, and to discuss the details with family members.
"Making an educated decision is the most important thing - once they make those decisions we back them," she said. Russh Australia has been contacted for comment.
A spokeswoman from the Australian Classification Board said it had contacted Russh Australia's publisher about the shots. The classification code prohibits the depiction of sexualised or gratuitous nudity involving minors under the age of 18. "It's not just the nudity itself - for example there are nature magazines that might show naked children - it's the manner in which it is depicted," she said.

Strip Badminton?

We're not really sure what's going on in this video (we think it's Japanese) but apparently two very attractive young women are playing badminton and when one of the gals makes a mistake, she has to take off an article of clothing. Don't worry, she only gets down to her underwear in the clip, but it does make you worry about this guy's coaching techniques.

Topless Miley Cyrus Picture in Vanity Fair Threatens Disney's Hannah Montana Empire?

We all thought that EVENTUALLY the career of Miley Cyrus (aka Disney's Hannah Montana) would crash and she'd end up posing topless for Playboy or Penthouse, but we thought she would at least wait until she was 18. Heck, Britney didn't even start flashing her privates around until she was over 21. For some reason, Cyrus must have thought that posing topless while grasping a sheet to cover her chest would be "artsy" and maybe help her reach a broader audience. Then again, maybe parents of impressionable tweens will just turn her show off and burn all of the merchandise with her name on it. At right is the cover of Vanity Fair along with the controversial photo of Miley Cyrus topless.
Here's more on the story from the New York Times:

Fifteen years old, topless and wrapped in what appears to be a satin bedsheet in the June issue of Vanity Fair. Did Miley Cyrus, with the help of a controversy-courting magazine, just deliver a blow to the Walt Disney Company’s billion-dollar “Hannah Montana” franchise?
Some parents reacted with outrage over the weekend when the television program “Entertainment Tonight” began showing commercials promoting a scoop: Ms. Cyrus, the star of the wholesome Disney Channel blockbuster “Hannah Montana,” had posed topless, albeit with her chest covered, for the Vanity Fair photographer, Annie Leibovitz.
Screen grabs of the photo quickly popped up online, sparking a blogosphere debate. “Bonfire anyone?” wrote Lin Burress on her marriage and parenting blog, Telling It Like It Is, referring to the mountain of Hannah Montana retail items — makeup, shoes, clothes — in the marketplace. “Parents should be extremely concerned,” Ms. Burress said in an interview. “Very young girls look up to Miley Cyrus as a role model.”
It is doubtful that one photograph — especially one that is tame in the context of an Internet awash in nude photographs of other starlets — could dent the Hannah Montana machine, said several Wall Street analysts. Retail sales for the franchise are expected to total about $1 billion in 2008. A motion picture is in the works for 2009 and Ms. Cyrus signed a seven-figure book deal with the Disney Book Group last week.

Experts: Trading Nude Photos Via Mobile Phone Now Part of Teen Dating

Is this good news or bad news? Either way, it's nude news and we have to cover it. Here's more from FOX News:

Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves. The instant text, picture and video messages have become part of some teens' courtship behavior, police and school officials said. The messages often spread quickly and sometimes find their way to public Web sites.
"I've seen everything from your basic striptease to sexual acts being performed," said Reynoldsburg police Detective Brian Marvin, a member of the FBI Cyber Crime Task Force of Central Ohio. "You name it, they will do it at their home under this perceived anonymity."
Westerville Central High School senior Jerome Ray said he's received such unsolicited messages, including one from a classmate while he was sitting with his girlfriend. "A lot more girls are aggressive," said Ray, 18. "Some girls are crazy and they are putting themselves out there." Candice Kelsey, a teacher from California, said some teenage girls think they have to be provocative to get boys' attention. As a result, they will send photos they hope their parents never see.
"This happens a lot," said Kelsey, author of Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence. "It crosses every racial socio-economic group. Christian kids are doing it. Jewish kids are doing it."
A study last year found teens are placing more of an emphasis on image and fame than in the past. Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who studies young people's trends, found that teens are more confident and assertive than ever before.

Naked Woman Reflected in Vice President Dick Cheney's Sunglasses?

The current VP is better known for his hunting exploits, but apparently now he's getting in trouble for fishing. A photo of Dick Cheney on vacation was released by the White House this week showing him in a hat and sunglasses. But reflected in the sunglasses appear to be something that looks, sorta like, a naked woman. Way to go Dick! See regular photo below, and then an enlargement from our friends at the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

On closer inspection, it looks like a hand on a fishing pole . . . or maybe that's NOT a fishing pole and this whole thing gets a lot creepier.
What do you see?

Stock Doubling Robot Scam? Web Geeks Claim to Know How to Beat the System

Got this email today:

I was searching through my favourite forum yesterday when I came across a post. The post was by a user who goes by the username "chronus".

But what he said in his post was very interesting. Braggingly he talked about how he stumbled across a website 2 weeks ago. The website was about a newsletter called "Doubling Stocks."

This newsletter has been running for years and the average return of each stock is 105.67%. "Chronus" went on to explain how he'd invested in the last 3 stocks recommended and had so far earned $1937.24

He told everyone, on Sunday evenings he: Opens his emails, Downloads the latest stock recommendation... then watches as his investment doubles in the next few days.

Other users of the forum, asked him of the web address where they could subscribe to this service. He declined.

He also posted again saying how he was luckily in the last 500 subscribers allowed. And how only 86 spaces were left as he posted. But he said he wouldn't let go of this secret.

Without high expectations I emailed him through the forum. Unlike others in my email I was calm and pleasant. I didn't demand the address of this website. Within a few hours of talking to him over emails, we had started to forge a friendship. He honestly is a very nice guy.

In one of his emails he told me there were only 54 places left to be a newsletter subscriber. And right there under that sentence was the link.

Hallelujah!

I immediately clicked onto the website, still 39 places left, I signed up and awaited my first stock pick.

Thank God He Told Me...
DoublingStocks Is A Goldmine.

Right now I've got $867.98 in my Scottrade account, after an initial investment of $300.00. This newsletter is awesome. I then rang round all my friends and loved ones, telling them to get to the nearest PC and subscribe for their own place.

Next I decided I would email you guys. The stickler is my email list (you) has nearly 50,000 subscribers. And guess what? There are only 24 places left to become a subscriber as I write this.

Which means there is a very very slim chance, you can actually get your hands on this. So if you can bare it click on the below link and scroll to the bottom. It should say in big black letters how many subscriber spaces left. If it's above 0, you're in luck. I'd advise you to scroll to the top of the page and read it all at DoublingStocks.com .

Then sign up, place your first trade, and start living!

This site looks good and their story is compelling, but will it work? (They also claim to be giving out $50 in seed money in online trading accounts, but only to a limited number of people.) Check out the site and post your comments below (subject to approval by you favorite blogger, of course.)

Man Arrested for Directing Traffic Naked - Boise

We're not sure if a civilian can direct traffic, but you can be darned sure you can't do it naked! More from KTVB:

A Garden City man wanted for attempted kidnapping was later arrested on Fairview Avenue naked.
Lowell Rudlaff, 44, is charged with felony attempted kidnapping and burglary.
According to Boise Police, Rudlaff went to an assisted living facility on North Patton Street Monday morning and claimed he was going to take a male juvenile. When police were called he left. Rudlaff was spotted a short time later by drivers as he stood nude at the intersection of Fairview Avenue and Liberty Street directing traffic.