Some people feel those dreams more keenly than others, of course. They can't ignore the prodding of their aspirations and feel compelled to follow them. And they'll do just about anything to make their dreams come true...
COMMENT to let us know what you think of this extreme transformation!

Nannette has always loved Barbie. When she was young, she owned more than 50 of the dolls.

We've been told for a long time that kids would look to Barbie as an ideal image, but few would have guessed how far some girls would take it.
So what did it take to transform Nannette into a real-life Barbie?

Terrified Bethany Hazell suffered three sex attacks at the hands of vile James Hunt when she was just 15 and 16 with the second leaving her pregnant.

She said supermarket worker Hunt chillingly told her: “Dad did it so I have done it now.”
Hunt was jailed for eight years in 2013 for the attacks – and raping another woman – after boasting of his crimes to a pal who was a PCSO.
The 21-year-old followed in the footsteps of his father Neil Hunt, 47, who was jailed for 12 years raping a woman on the street.

He is proud that he is like his dad
Bethany Hazellrape victim

He sprang from his car, threw her to the ground and violently raped her before driving home and slipping into bed beside wife Heather.
His son, then 12, watched TV reports of the trial at Winchester Crown Court which ended in his dad’s conviction in July 2007.

Bethany, 21, of Cosham, Portsmouth, is now bringing up daughter Teagan-Hope, three, she had as a result of the second rape.
She said: “It looks like he is proud that he is like his dad. It’s like he thinks it’s a cool thing. It just makes me feel so sick. It is disgusting.”
Bethany and Hunt met at a district Scouts camp in 2010 when they were both just 15 but things quickly took a sinister turn.

I was scared. Warning bells rang but I just really loved him.
Bethany Hazellrape victim

She recalled: “I felt like I was in love with him – that it was going to be forever – but it was only three or four months into the relationship that things got nasty.
“We were arguing about something – I can’t remember what – and he went to punch me but at the last second he punched the wall directly beside my head.
“I was scared. Warning bells rang but I just really loved him.
“He apologised and he seemed genuine about it – it was only once and he didn’t actually hit me.”

Six months into the relationship Hunt committed the first rape when he demanded sex for the first time and she said she wasn’t ready.
He ignored her protests and pinned her down and repeated the crime ten months later.
The third rape happened at her family home when Bethany was 20 weeks pregnant – while her parents were downstairs.
Bethany, who has waived her anonymity, said: “James isn’t bothered by what he’s done. He was like, ‘Oh well, dad did it so I have done it now.’

Andressa Damiani, 23, from Blumenau, Brazil has a 20-inch waist, wears a size
32F bra and has huge eyes and long legs – however she states that her
appearance is surgery free and insists that does not starve herself to be
skinny.
The Barbie girl first found fame in her native country when people in the
street calling her ‘Elsa’ because of her striking resemblance to the
Disney’s Frozen character.

Andressa said: “People don’t believe me when I say I have never had any
plastic surgery and they think I starve myself because I’m so thin. They
call me a liar.
“For as long as I remember I have always looked like a doll. I hardly wear any
heavy make-up on a daily basis, I don’t diet and I walk my dogs for
exercise.
“I like resembling a doll and I receive many lovely messages from fans.”
Andressa does however admit to wearing blue contact lenses to exaggerate the
size of her eyes and says that she achieves her doll-like look without
surgery – instead relying on beauty aids such as with hair extensions to get
her long flowing locks.

To look even more like a ‘doll’, Andressa uses white eyeliner pencil on the
waterline of her eyes to draw them wider; she then uses three different
shades of eyeshadow followed by a dark purple shade to add depth.
To create further depth and the illusion of bigger eyes, dark brown shadow is
applied under the eye and the lower lashes are glued on below the natural
lash line.

The cartoon-like eyes are then finished by applying winged eyeliner and false
eyelashes on the top line.
She then finished her make-up with girly pink lip-liner and lippie.
One of her most popular with one videos demonstrates a how to achieve her
‘Elsa’-style makeup – and has had more than one million views.

Facebook – the blue network – has been a prime contributor to the open source community. Over the years, they have managed to build various open source tools for different platforms. A new addition that has been made to their open source product list is OpenCellular. It is an open source wireless access platform developed by the minds at Facebook.
With their new OpenCellular system in action, Facebook eyes a cost-effective and dependable network solution for deployment in remote areas. Their system is flexible enough to provide multiple connectivity options ranging from the old 2G network to the 4G high-speed LTE network and even as a Wi-Fi access point. Well, I can call it the Optimus Prime of the cellular networks.
The hardware design and specifications of the OpenCellular platform will also be open sourced over time, says Facebook. They will focus on both the software and hardware front. The OpenCellular hardware is designed to withstand extreme weather conditions and operating situations. It’s no wonder you may be able to use the internet in the dense Amazon forests or the Himalayan peaks in the near future.Facebook is working very hard to make sure that the OpenCelullar hardware requires minimalistic repairs as the location might be inaccessible sometimes. “It’s important for the system to function without much maintenance or service overhead, especially if it’s located in a remote area where technical experts aren’t readily available. To this end, we are extending an existing open source, real-time operating system that is easy to monitor and run remotely. The system can also reconfigure itself and issue alarms when additional support is needed,” – writes Kashif Ali in his blog post.
The hardware could be used to deploy a cellular access point or a complete network-in-a-box – like the one built by Nokia Networks a couple of years ago — in the regions were a little to no network coverage is present. It will come handy in situations of natural disasters where the cellular networks get out of service. Facebook will work with Telecom Infra Project (TIP) for the selection of trail location for “further validation of technical, functional, and operational aspects of the platform.”
This is another Facebook mission to make the internet available for the world. The internet.org initiative launched by Facebook will be definitely benefitted by the OpenCellular platform. In fact, a large chunk of the world population doesn’t have access to the internet or even basic things like clean water and nutritious food. Facebook’s open source efforts will be beneficial for such people. It can be used to provide education in hard to access areas where internet connectivity is only a dream of the future.

NASA has recently released a total of 56 patented space and rocket technologies into the public domain. This step by NASA could be of much greater use for companies like SpaceX which are already into this industry for some time.
Some of the inventions that NASA shared into the public domains are impressive and a few of them include techniques for manufacturing carbon nanotubes, super-efficient rocket engine, and aerogels which can sustain harsh conditions in the space.
It should be noted that the NASA’s carbon nanotubes technology is almost 20 times cheaper than current techniques which are being used in the space technology.
On the other hand, aerogels are a diverse class of porous and solid materials with extreme materials properties. The futuristic version of aerogel is planned to capture comet dust in the space.
One of the most notable techniques which are opened up by NASA for the public is the ‘smart’ nozzle for turbine engines. The smart nozzle is known to improve the performance and efficiency of aircraft by a great degree.
All the above-mentioned technologies, which were released, were developed for the NASA’s space missions.
Speculations are high that some technologies like enriched baby food, portable cordless vacuums and memory foam mattresses might hit the commercial market soon.

Daniel Lockey, from NASA’s ‘Technology Transfer’ programme, says,
It is sure that these recently released technologies are surely going to help SpaceX, let’s wait and watch for the future.
If you are interested in knowing more about these awesome and cool technologies, here is the link to the patent portfolio from NASA.

At the sunset of his life, 21-year-old cat Tigger was left behind by his owner at a local veterinary clinic. Depressed and disoriented, he couldn’t comprehend why. But then Adriene Nicole showed up. She read his story on the Canton Neighbors page and chose to adopt him. She wished to provide him the love and care he deserved.
Unfortunately, Nicole shortly found out that Tigger had kidney failure and a tumor. But that didn’t hold Nicole back: “Though he has kidney failure and we found a tumor, he kicks it like a 12 yr old. We decided to create a bucket list full of random adventures [for Tigger],” she wrote on Facebook.
“Though it might not be much to others, all the little trips outside are a blast for him because he loves to be outdoors… the beach being his favorite so far,” she said. “The most important part is that Tigger’s story just shows how amazing it is to adopt a geriatric pet and give them the best remaining days! He has forever changed our hearts and will hopefully change the hearts of others when it comes to adopting older pets!”

---

 A former Stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman was sentenced to six months in jail because a longer sentence would have “a severe impact on him,” according to a judge. At his sentencing Thursday, his victim read him a letter describing the “severe impact” the assault had on her.

One night in January 2015, two Stanford University graduate students biking across campus spotted a freshman thrusting his body on top of an unconscious, half-naked woman behind a dumpster. This March, a California jury found the former student, 20-year-old Brock Allen Turner, guilty of three counts of sexual assault. Turner faced a maximum of 14 years in state prison. On Thursday, he was sentenced to six months in county jail and probation. The judge said he feared a longer sentence would have a “severe impact” on Turner, a champion swimmer who once aspired to compete in the Olympics — a point repeatedly brought up during the trial.
On Thursday, Turner’s victim addressed him directly, detailing the severe impact his actions had on her — from the night she learned she had been assaulted by a stranger while unconscious, to the grueling trial during which Turner’s attorneys argued that she had eagerly consented.
The woman, now 23, told BuzzFeed News she was disappointed with the “gentle” sentence and angry that Turner still denied sexually assaulting her.
“Even if the sentence is light, hopefully this will wake people up,” she said. “I want the judge to know that he ignited a tiny fire. If anything, this is a reason for all of us to speak even louder.”