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I remember this being reported some time ago: about scanning machines which can "see" underneath clothing. And now, they've been installed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York (JFK). "For now, the scans will also be voluntary. Flyers selected for a secondary screening after passing through the metal detectors will have the option of stepping into the wave scanner, rather than undergoing a physical pat-down." I would rather get the pat down instead of having to step into this machine. Who knows what the long term effects are of having been exposed to these waves? Also what about people's privacy? Personally I've been used to pat-downs. While traveling in the Philippines, for years they have already been patting down everyone at the airport (I remember being searched at least four times before I stepped into the aircraft) and they also pat down people when you enter in any of their shopping centres or their public trains (Yep, you get patted down and your belongings looked at before you enter a train station.

"I am not selling sex! I am selling condoms with free demonstration." It's all a matter of perspective. Call it smart marketing.

Image details: A prostitute or an "escort" is being talked to by a policeman - obviously 'street walking' is illegal and the officer is questioning a blonde woman wearing a short pink dress. Her response to his questioning: "I am not selling sex! I am selling condoms with free demonstration."

I have reservations about eating out now. After watching a few episodes of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (aired on Channel 9 - yeah we're behind again Australia) I feel sick. How can we trust restaurants? How can we trust that the kitchen is up to scratch? I'm not even sure if the amount of people sitting and eating within the restaurant is a good measure of how clean the back is (although it is a good indication that the food is good to eat since it attracts a lot of people). Men's health has an interesting article: "16 Secrets the Restaurant Industry Doesn't Want You to Know" which talks about the calories that restaurants (fast food and sit down restaurant chains) are pumping into our bodies. Is it even safe to eat out anymore? Has it ever been safe? "Bloody hell" (as Chef

Here are the upcoming movies and the movies being shown in Australian cinemas now...

I'll definitely watch these movies when they come out:

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, starring Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf
• The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian, starring Ben Barnes and Georgie Henley
• Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow

I saw an interview on TV about Untraceable, starring Diane Lane and Dan Callahan... looks like a thriller movie about the Internet... kin of like the updated version of "The Net" with Sandra Bullock done made than a decade ago.

Movies in the Cinema Now:

Forgetting Sarah Marshall, starring Jason Segel and Kristen Bell
Street Kings, starring Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker
The Painted Veil, starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts
Gone Baby Gone, starring Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman
The Spiderwick Chronicles, starring Freddie Highmore and Sarah Bolger
Step Up 2 The Streets, starring Robert Hoffman and Briana Evigan