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Friday, April 29, 2011

Windsor issues carbon challenge

Key independent MP Tony Windsor has challenged industry leaders to come up with an alternative to the government's proposed carbon tax if they do not like it.BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers has warned that Australia's bid to put a price on carbon from next year - before other nations make a similar move - will be a 'dead weight' on high-polluting industries.Mr Kloppers, who this week appeared with Prime Minister Julia Gillard at a Beijing function to launch scholarships, last year backed Australia leading the way on a carbon price.But he told The Australian newspaper that 'in the absence of a global scheme, any carbon taxes you impose...

Lara Logan Opens Up on Her Horrific Assault:

No one could have imagined the horror that Lara Logan experienced as she was sexually assaulted by a mob in Cairo the night Hosni Mubarak's government fell in February.But now, the 60 Minutes correspondent has decided to open up and talk about that horrendous night.Hear what she had to say...MORE: Five things to know about Lara Logan"There was a moment that everything went wrong," she recalled.The New York Times reports that Egyptian colleagues who were accompanying Logan and her camera crew as they covered the events overheard men in the crowd saying they wanted to take Logan's pants off."Our local people with us said, ‘We've gotta get out of...

Boots Launches U.S. E-Commerce Site

I was formally introduced to Boots last year at a beauty bloggers event in New York City. But unbeknownst to me, I've been surrounded by colleagues who have been treating their skin and getting pretty with staples from the UK health and beauty brand for years.And thanks to founder John Boots developing Ibuprofen back in 1961, aches and pains are just a pill away. But I digress.While makeup artists, skin care specialists and British women have been hip to Boots for quite some time -- and lucky enough to shop the brand on their side of the pond -- U.S. fans were forced to scoop up the goodies while visiting Europe until Boots' recent debut in Target...

E-mail fail: Yanks leak personal info of 20,000 ticket holders

Thousands of current season ticket holders for the New York Yankees got a surprise in their inbox on Monday, giving them an unexpected glimpse into the lives of their fellow fans.Yes, someone in the Yankees front office unwittingly unleashed a spreadsheet containing the names, account numbers, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of every single current non-premium season ticket holder — 21, 466 names in all — to a select list of recipients. The spreadsheet was an attachment to an email and has since spread all over the web.That means if you subscribe to any sort of ticket plan with the Yankees and you don't sit inside the premium...

Political Punch

Panetta, Petraeus, Allen, Crocker: President Obama Orders National Security Team ReshuffleSources tell ABC News that President Obama will nominate CIA director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The president will nominate Gen. David Petraeus to serve as director of the CIA.The president will also nominate Marine General John Allen to replace Petraeus as ISAF commander in Afghanistan, and Ryan Crocker as US Ambassador to Afghanistan, replacing Karl Eikenberry.The announcements are formally expected tomorrow. An announcement for the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman will likely not be part of this announceme...

Political Punch

Sources tell ABC News that President Obama will nominate CIA director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The president will nominate Gen. David Petraeus to serve as director of the CIA.The president will also nominate Marine General John Allen to replace Petraeus as ISAF commander in Afghanistan, and Ryan Crocker as US Ambassador to Afghanistan, replacing Karl Eikenberry.The announcements are formally expected tomorrow. An announcement for the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman will likely not be part of this announceme...

Prince Harry has reportedly converted three rooms at the Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that plans are already being drawn up to ensure that second in line to the throne (or spare king) prince Harry marries a woman from a demographic not already represented by Princess Catherine.A source said: “Let’s be honest. Kate’s the sort of pretty without being a supermodel nice girl that most families would be delighted to see their sons bring home. Unfortunately, there’s a whole chunk of British society that can’t identify with that. So the palace feels that Harry needs to reach out and find someone from that other section of society. Ideally, the sort of girl who glows orange on camera, can be found unconscious...

Prince Harry to host all night post-wedding party

Prince Harry has reportedly converted three rooms at the Buckingham Palace into a nightclub for VIP guests to party through the wedding night. The 26-year-old, who is calling his part of the Royal wedding planning 'wedmin', is said to be heavily involved with arrangements and wants to give his brother Prince William and his bride, a party to remember.Three of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace has been converted into a nightclub and Harry, who is the best man, has organised for the DJ to play into the early hours, while caterers have been briefed to prepare bacon sandwiches and fry-ups for those guests still standing at the end of the night,...

Prince William and Kate Middleton

Smiling widely – and without a date on her arm – Chelsy Davy quietly slipped through the doors of Westminster Abbey to take her seat.It's the strongest sign yet that her on-off romance with Prince Harry has blossomed once again.The vivacious blonde looked dazzling in a gorgeous turquoise dress by Alberta Ferretti, which she paired with a discreet headdress. Chelsy has apparently been helping Harry with his best man speech in the last few weeks as she has been present on many of their nights out.She will change into a second outfit - a one-shoulder midnight blue crepe satin gown with a cut out detail on the back, for the evening reception.Other...

Prince William and Prince Harry arrive at Westminster Abbey

Prince William and his brother Prince Harry left Clarence House in a Bentley for Westminster Abbey, where William and Kate Middleton will wed this morning, a little after 5:10 a.m. ET. Prince William is wearing an “Irish Guards Mounted Officer’s uniform in Guard of Honour Order with a Forage Cap,” according to the royal wedding Web site. Prince Harry is wearing a “Blues and Royals officer’s uniform in Dismounted Review Order, with a Forage Ca...

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Here comes ... the mother of the bride.Carole Middleton chose a designer beloved by the late Princess Diana for her daughter's big day: Catherine Walker.Middleton arrived at Westminster Abbey sporting a pearly blue wool crepe coat dress with matching satin piping and braiding at the waist and cuff over a sky blue silk shantung day dress.She also wore a hat by Berkshire-based milliner Jane Corbett, and was accompanied down the aisle by her son, James.Walker is responsible for many of Princess Diana's iconic looks – and the late princess was buried in a black dress designed by Walker.In a statement, the design house said: "We are delighted and...

Meet the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Kate Middleton will become Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge when she marries Prince William on Friday, Buckingham Palace announced in a statement. Meanwhile, Prince William has received the title of the Duke of Cambridge, one of three titles bestowed by his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II to mark his marriage to Middleton at Westminster Abbey. The titles, which also apply to Middleton, were officially announced prior to the couple's wedding ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey. The title of duke is the highest rank below that of monarch in the British nobility. The prince also received the titles of Earl of Strathearn...

Royal Wedding Fashion:

David Beckham showed up to impress…and did NOT disappoint us in a Ralph Lauren suit, looking utterly drop-dead gorgeous. Victoria looked equally nice, even in her stripper shoes, wearing a modified version of her autumn/winter 2011/12 collection with a pill box hat from Philip Treacy, who also does Camilla’s headwear.Now onto the utterly ugly. Chelsy Davy, who’s supposed to be Prince Harry’s date, looked horrible in her Alberta Ferretti. What makes it worse is the awful hair and fascinator. Did she even TRY to put something together? So far the best comment about her look comes from my friend where she said “She came in very early sporting...

Royalty rubs shoulders with celebrity at wedding

Beckham, his hair swept back and with a medal awarded by the Queen on his lapel, chatted with film director Guy Ritchie before the ceremony in Westminster Abbey.John waved to the crowds and gave a thumbs-up as he arrived with his partner David Furnish for the wedding of Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, and Kate Middleton.The singer performed in the abbey in 1997 during the funeral of Princess Diana, William's mother.Former Prime Minister John Major was also among early arrivals at the Abbey. Major, a Conservative, was prime minister from 1990 to 1997. His two Labour successors Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were left off the guest list.Prime...

David & Victoria Beckham Wedding

Among the earliest arrivals at the Royal Wedding – and both cutting dramatic figures – were David and Victoria Beckham. The couple were initially spotted walking into Westminster Abbey around 9 a.m. London time, and TV cameras caught them sitting in their proper pew not long after.They were not hard to miss. A ponytailed Victoria, 37, was sporting a navy Philip Treacy pillbox hat of her own design (just as she designed her own dress, also blue and svelte), while an exceedingly well-groomed David, 35, in a Ralph Lauren gray suit with matching tie of a lighter shade, had his Order of the British Empire pinned to his jacket lapel. He also carried...

Kate Middleton Named Duchess of Cambridge

LONDON -- It’s no more Prince William and Kate. Britain woke to the news on Royal Wedding day that the Queen has conferred the bride and groom with the new titles of William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. The Duke and Duchess, as they will now be known, also retain titles that connect them to Ireland and Scotland, but will not take the titles of Prince and Princess until the current Prince of Wales becomes King. The announcement came as excitement about the ceremony reached fever pitch in London as guests began arriving at Westminster Abbey from 8.15 am GMT Friday morning. Despite the...

Trafalgar Square crowd in love with Prince William and Kate

In a packed Trafalgar Square for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Angela Cavalieri of Minnesota was wild with excitement on Friday."Where else would you want to be in the world?" the 31-year-old medical student cried. "I love the whole historical scene, the happily-ever-after romance."Her "gal pal," 28-year-old hairstylist Haly Wildson, has a British boyfriend and is moving to London. "We love the whole royal scene," she said. "We don't have this back home, there's no wedding that would be like this. ... I think Kate and William keep the whole romance of the royal family going."Trafalgar Square was packed since early morning...

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Westminster Abbey

Kings and queens have been significant benefactors of the Abbey, beginning with King Edgar (reigned 959–75) who gave the original monastic community at Westminster substantial lands covering most of what is now the West End of London. Almost a hundred years later King Edward (later Edward the Confessor) established his palace close to this monastic community and built for it a large stone church which became his own burial place. In the mid-thirteenth century Henry III rebuilt the Confessor’s church, providing the Gothic building we have today. Henry’s own burial here in 1272 established Westminster as the principal royal burial place for the...

Royal Wedding Guest List Confirmed

The official guest list for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding has been released. Among the 1,900 confirmed invitees are celebrities including David and Victoria Beckham, Elton John, Guy Ritchie, Rowan Atkinson and Joss Stone. Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe and photographer Mario Testino were also invited. Testino shot the couple’s official engagement portrait. The rest of the extensive guest list features hundreds of foreign dignitaries, statesmen, religious leaders and members of Parliament. William has invited his entire search-and-rescue unit to the affair. The wedding, of course, takes place this Friday in front of a worldwide...

Westminster Abbey gets cell phone jammers for royal wedding

Now those of you living Stateside will probably be kicking up a fuss as to why there is so much coverage on news channels concerning the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, never mind that their lavish union will probably be the third most expensive one in the history of mankind (Prince William’s parents’ wedding, of course, takes the cake after being adjusted for inflation). To make sure that the solemn yet joyous ceremony will not be interrupted by the indignity of a Justin Bieber ring tone, cell phone jammers will be installed throughout Westminster Abbey. This means you can forget about receiving Twitpics or tweets, Facebook...

Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress Will NOT Be Made By Bruce Oldfield

Bruce Oldfield has broken his silence on Kate Middleton's royal wedding dress, finally confessing to Women's Wear Daily that he won't be making it.The designer told the fashion newspaper, "It has been such a subject of rumor and speculation over the past months, but I am not designing it. We will all know [on Friday] -- and I thought I'd duck out of the 'possibles list' to give everyone 24 hours to place their final bets!"***For more royal wedding news, visit our Royal Wedding page.***Oldfield was, at one point, the bookies' favorite with the odds 1-3 that he'd be making The Dress. In fact, Irish bookie Paddy Power put betting on hold thanks...

A 'Delicious' debut

Orlando Bloom and Mark Ruffalo shared a warm bro-hug Monday at the Sunshine Cinema, where they preemed "Sympathy for Delicious." Ruffalo, who makes his helming debut with the Maya Entertainment pic, said Bloom was an easy cast."He came to me and said he wanted to play the part," Ruffalo said. "He really needed to do it, to have this experience for his acting. He was feeling really empty as an actor, for his soul and his heart.""I would be a rock star in a heart beat," said Bloom, who plays one in the film. Co-stars Laura Linney, Christopher Thornton and Noah Emmerich all came out to support Ruffalo's debut.Linney, who plays a band manager in...

Syrian ambassador not welcome at royal wedding, UK says

London (CNN) -- Syria's ambassador to the United Kingdom is not welcome at the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Foreign Office announced Thursday, after saying earlier he had been invited. The reversal comes "in the light of this week's attacks against civilians by the Syrian security forces, which we have condemned," the Foreign Office said in a statement. "The presence of the Syrian Ambassador at the Royal Wedding would be unacceptable," Foreign Secretary William Hague decided, according to the statement. "Buckingham Palace shares the view of the Foreign Office," the statement added. Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, is marrying his college girlfriend Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London on Friday. The entire diplomatic corps...

China Knock-off : The Royal Wedding's

Bollywood-style dancing and Bhangra music will be among the many ways in which Britons will celebrate the royal wedding on Friday in thousands of street parties organised across the country.Street parties, a great British tradition for over a century, have also been organised by people who are opposed to the institution of monarchy.In the past, such parties have been linked with royal and other national events. A 'street party' is organised by and for residents on the street where they live, promoting a community spirit.Organised by people who cannot make it to London for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, street parties...

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Royal Wedding Weather Forecast

Despite earlier predictions that sun would shine on Kate and Will's big day, revised forecasts indicate a strong chance of thunder storms and brisk winds. "We wouldn't rule out the odd lightning strike as well," says Aisling Creevey, a forecaster at MeteoGroup. "At the moment we're waiting to see how much sunshine is going to come off that day. If there's more sunshine there's more of a risk of heavier showers."If rain does fall, a retinue of lackeys will cover the bride-to-be with over-sized umbrellas as she enters the Abbey—potentially denying well-wishers on the street a glimpse of Kate and the most talked-about dress of the century. Prince...

Kirk Herbstreit On Jim Tressel Scandal: Black Eye For Ohio State (VIDEO)

Former Ohio State football player and ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit weighed in on the Jim Tressel scandal and said that if this happened to his former coach John Cooper, he would have been fired. Herbstreit called the situation a "black eye" for the school and ripped the Buckeyes fan base for "blindly" supporting Ohio State and Tressel. "It's almost gotten to the point where he beaten Michigan, he wins 10 games, he goes to BCS bowl games and they'll support him no matter what he does as far as the fan base," he said. "If this would have happened to John Cooper, not only would they have fired him, they would have actually lined him up at a firing...

Salman is ‘Ready’

At the music launch of his upcoming comedy film Ready, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan charmed the film’s ladies, Asin and Zarine Khan, in his own unique way. On being asked if Ready will be a bigger hit than Wanted and Dabangg, Salman said, “We don’t make films thinking it should be the biggest flop, theatre mein ‘ek kutta bhi na aaye’.” Sallu never misses any opportunity to promote his Being Human cause. He was peeved to see some people at the event wearing fake Being Human T-shirts and told them not to buy fakes. Zarine Khan wore a Being Human shirt and Sallu too, was wearing a BH t...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Watch Live Sri Sankara TV Live Streaming

Sri Sankara TV Watch Live Sri Sankara TV Online at www.SriSankaraTV.Net Sri Sankara TV is a national spiritual multilingual well being satellite Television Channel guaranteed to attract and hold viewers. The creativity, quality and content of the programming will reset standards. Our concept is to provide enlightened entertainment in the modern context, which will allow audiences to revisit ancient Indian and world wisdom and tradition.Thus reviving spiritual values that bring harmony to the soul. V Anantha Nageswaran reviews the latest edition of Chennai’s December Music Festival. In case this captures your own feeling about the state of Carnatic...

MHADA Forms 2011 Declared

MHADA Application Forms 2011 Download starts from April 27th 2011 as Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) finally decided to release its MHADA Application Forms 2011 Download. And the lottery results for 4,034 houses of MHADA Maharashtra to declare on May 31st 2011. Click here to Download F...

Maroon 5 and Train Announce North American Joint Summer Tour Dates

The two bands are hitting the road on a joint outing around the U.S., M5 frontman Adam Levine announced in a special video message to fans. Opening for the first half of the tour will be soulful pop/rocker Gavin DeGraw, while the second half will be covered by Matt Nathanson. Adam says the band is “very excited” about the tour in general, which kicks off July 22 in Chula Vista, CA and wraps September 24 in The Woodlands in Texas, they’re especially amped about playing the Hollywood Bowl on July 25. “That’s one of those epic things you always dream about. Tickets go on sale for the Maroon 5 fan club on today (April 26), with the rest of the...

Monday, April 18, 2011

Kanye West Coachella 2011 Performance (Video)

Moments ago Kanye West closed the three day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with another solid and emotive performance.Despite rumours of a secret major guest appearance, Kanye mainly held down the main stage by himself with a live band and some wonderfully choreographed backing dancers (he was joined by G.O.O.D Music recording artist Pusha T for “Runaway”)Watch the FULL CONCERT below courtesy of Yard...

Syria to lift emergency law

Bowing to pressure from a popular uprising, Syria's president promised Saturday to end nearly 50 years of emergency rule next week but coupled his concession with a stern warning – that further unrest will be considered sabotage.The protest movement has been steadily growing over the past four weeks, posing a serious challenge to the 40-year ruling dynasty of President Bashar Assad and his father before him. A British-trained eye doctor who inherited power 11 years ago, Assad acknowledged Saturday that Syrians have legitimate grievances.But he warned there will no longer be "an excuse" for organizing protests once Syria lifts emergency rule and...

Japan Nuclear Crisis: Fukushima Plant

TOKYO — A blueprint for ending radiation leaks and stabilizing reactors at Japan's crippled nuclear plant drew a lackluster response Monday, as polls showed diminishing public support for the government's handling of the country's recent disasters.The plan issued by Tokyo Electric Power Co. over the weekend, in response to a government order, is meant to be a first step toward letting some of the tens of thousands of evacuees from near the company's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant return to their homes.Those forced to flee due to radiation leaks after a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on March 11 knocked out the plant's power and cooling...

Natalie Portman Body Double Controversy Continues

The 'Black Swan' ballet battle rages on.Sarah Lane, American Ballet Theatre star and dance double to Natalie Portman in "Black Swan," has again gone public with her accusations that she did most of the dancing for the part that won Portman an Oscar.Lane alleges that, after she spoke to Glamour Magazine about her part in the movie, she got a phone call from one of the film's producers ordering that she stay quiet."He asked if I would please not do any more interviews until after the Oscars because it was bad for Natalie's image," Lane told ABC News' "20/20." "They were trying to create this image, this facade, really, that Natalie had done something...

Marilyn Davenport Allegedly Sent Email With Altered Photo Depicting Obama As An Ape

Marilyn Davenport Allegedly Sent Email With Altered Photo Depicting Obama As An Ape LOS ANGELES — A Southern California Republican Party official was under fire Saturday after allegations she sent an email that included an altered photo depicting President Barack Obama as an ape.An e-mail reportedly sent by party central committee member Marilyn Davenport shows an image, posed like a family portrait, of chimpanzee parents and child, with Obama's face artificially superimposed on the child. Text beneath the photo reads, "Now you know why no birth certificate."Davenport, when reached by The Associated Press, said she would provide a written statement...

Climate Change Case Headed To Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration and environmental interests generally agree that global warming is a threat that must be dealt with.But they're on opposite sides of a Supreme Court case over the ability of states and groups such as the Audubon Society that want to sue large electric utilities and force power plants in 20 states to cut their emissions.The administration is siding with American Electric Power Co. and three other companies in urging the high court to throw out the lawsuit on grounds the Environmental Protection Agency, not a federal court, is the proper authority to make rules about climate change. The justices will hear arguments...

State Department cables reveal U.S. thirst for all things Iranian

WASHINGTON — At a November 2009 meeting, top Iranian security officials allegedly discussed staging a student takeover of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, much as students had seized the U.S. Embassy there three decades earlier, according to a State Department cable.But Ali Larijani, a powerful politician and speaker of Iran's parliament, urged caution as Iranian-Saudi tensions rose. Referring to the 1979-81 U.S. hostage crisis, Larijani told his colleagues that "one experience occupying a foreign embassy is enough — in fact we have not yet extricated ourselves from the last experience." The second-hand anecdote, related to a U.S. diplomat...

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