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For your health Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:49PMMake a commitment - Make a personal commitment to become stronger in at least one area. Perhaps you want to get fit enough to go on a hiking expedition or learn a new work skill. Write it down. Then break it down into achievable steps that require specific actions within a specific time frame. read more
UK's Piers Morgan Replaces Larry King on Primetime Show Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:28PMBritish TV host and journalist, Piers Morgan, most known as a judge on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” will replace Larry King on his primetime CNN show come January, the Time Warner -owned (NYSE:TWX) network said Wednesday.
Interview: Project Runway's Tim Gunn Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:21PM"The advice I give most often is to ‘make it work.’ That’s not just a catchphrase. It’s a philosophy I’ve followed my whole life,” says Tim Gunn, mentor and resident cautionary sounding board for the dueling designers on Project Runway . In his new book Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work , Gunn shares eighteen tried-and-true principles for “making it work” in an age ...
Pirates seize ship with Georgian, Turkish crew off Somalia Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:11PM(BRUSSELS ) - Pirates on Wednesday hijacked a Malta-flagged cargo ship carrying a crew of 15 Georgians and three Turks in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy mission said.
EU upset over Israeli bid to scan NGO funds Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1:11PM(STRASBOURG ) - The European Union, the world's leading donor to Palestinians, on Wednesday railed against a draft Israeli law to force NGOs to detail all funds donated by foreign governments.
Angelina Jolie is more than a pretty face for Pakistan flood relief Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:29PMAngelina Jolie, a veteran of humanitarian work, has traveled to more than 20 countries. Pakistan’s crisis was greater in scope than any she had ever witnessed, Angelina Jolie said.
Czech Pilsen picked as Europe's capital of culture for 2015 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:11AM(PRAGUE ) - The European Union's selection panel has picked the western Czech city of Pilsen (Plzen) as Europe's capital of culture for 2015, its head, Sir Robert Scott, told reporters in Prague on Wednesday.
Turkish reform referendum 'step in right direction': EU Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 9:11AM(BRUSSELS ) - A referendum on constitutional reform in Turkey this weekend represents a "step in the right direction," but only if "vigilance" is applied in weak areas, the European Union has told Ankara.
New EU rules on animal testing ban use of apes Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 9:11AM(STRASBOURG ) - Europe banned the use of great apes in animal testing Wednesday as part of drastically tightened rules to scale back the use of animals in general in scientific research.
Log on to www.postcardsfromuniverse.org to send e-postcards from space to family, friends Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 3:11AMWashington, Sep 8 : Visitors to the website of a book that features articles from astronomers around the world about the hottest astronomical topics of the moment can now send an electronic postcard from space to family and friends—the only postal service that makes light-speed deliveries.
The Disneylandia Story Part One Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:03AMWade looks at Walt's idea for a portable miniature Disneyland.
Telluride Diary: Best of the Fest Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:34AMOffering just two new dozen feature films over five days, the Telluride Film Festival is a carefully curated event. Which is another way of saying that it's programmers have idiosyncratic taste. Fest heads Tom Luddy, Gary Meyer and Julie Huntsinger clearly have favorite filmmakers who seem to return to the festival with each new movie. But, that's part of the festival's charm. To find the small ...
Book blames Churchill for famine that killed millions Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:03AMBritish prime minister Winston Churchill deliberately let millions of Indians starve to death, the author of a new book has claimed, alleging he was motivated in part by racial hatred.
Rachel Whiteread: Drawings, Tate Britain, London Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:23PMAs a sculptor, she is best known for casts of what are often called "negative spaces". What are these? They are the spaces that objects – tables, houses, etc – either displace or disguise by their physical presence. Have you ever thought about the space beneath the very table – that roughly cube-shaped (or circular perhaps) weight of air – at which you are sitting? Is not the idea of that shape ...
Business Diary: HR Owen boss is well-qualified Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:10PMAt first sight, the appointment of Andy Duncan, the former Channel Four as the new chief executive of HR Owen, the posh motor dealer, looks a little curious. From television studio to car showroom is an unusual career move. Still, at least Mr Duncan's personal choice of motor won't embarrass him in front of his new colleagues. Our spies tell us he drives a rather swish Audi S5 turbo cabriolet ...
Elizabeth Jenkins: Novelist and biographer acclaimed for her lives of formidable women Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:09PMAt the noble age of 100, the novelist and historical biographer Elizabeth Jenkins published The View from Downshire Hill. She subtitled it modestly "A Memoir" but that word enshrines a host of recollections of time past. It was her 24th book. Her nephew, Sir Michael Jenkins, recalls in his fine introduction how he encouraged her to write it, he tells us, as being personally "rather like her ...
Marine’s film provides ‘Severe Clear’ view of Iraq War Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:35AMBY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer With a rifle over his shoulder and a video camera around his neck, former Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael Scotti went to Iraq. Several years later, with the help of director Kristian Fraga, this footage became “Severe Clear,” a documentary of Scotti’s experiences in the 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom. read more
Diary of a Recession Baby: Cost cuts squeeze, stress U.S. workers Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:16AMStressed at work? Your employer knows how you feel -- at least, some companies say they do.
European nations sign up for national budget peer review Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:26AM(BRUSSELS ) - European countries signed up on Tuesday to a plan for national budgets to be subjected to peer review in a bid to make sure EU partners avoid nasty shocks.
Barroso proposes European bond to finance big projects Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 3:41AM(STRASBOURG ) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso proposed on Tuesday the creation of a joint European bond to finance major infrastructure projects, an idea not shared by all EU members.
Warm up to healthy giving Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 12:15AMWhat message is fitness gift sending? Beware: A healthy gift may actually insult the recipient, experts say.
Federal Diary will return Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 11:00PMJoe Davidson is away. The Federal Diary will resume when he returns. United States - Government - Personalities - World War I - History
True-life material proves irresistible at Telluride Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 8:22PMThe dramatic features 'The King's Speech,' '127 Hours' and 'The First Grader' score at the film festival. — Truth can certainly be stranger than fiction. If you look toward the Telluride Film Festival, it might also be stronger.
Pavin's cards are not flush with aces Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 6:50PMGOLF/TOUR NEWS:COREY PAVIN has a couple of important items in his diary today: one, he will attend the New York Stock Exchange – ironic in its way given the straitened times being experienced by the USPGA Tour – where he will divulge his four “wild card” picks for next month’s Ryder Cup; secondly, and less importantly, he will perform the ceremonial opening pitch in baseball later in the day for ...
Attacks in Pakistan reaction to army's success: minister Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:41PM(LISBON ) - The recent wave of attacks in Pakistan are a reaction to the success of the army's anti-terror operations, foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Monday during a visit to Portugal.
Balts and Poles top EU potato-lover table Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 10:41AM(TALLINN ) - Residents of the three Baltic states and Poland are the biggest potato-lovers in the European Union, Estonia's statistics office said Monday.
Lohan bans dad’s planned sale Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:08PMLindsay Lohan's legal team have sent her father Michael a cease and desist order to stop him selling excerpts from her personal diary, Radar Online reports. Insiders claim Michael is looking to sell excerpts from a diary Lindsay kept while staying at the Cirque Lodge rehabilitation centre in 2007. In legal papers Lindsay's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, has called any sale of the diary...
Business Diary: Whole Foods in Solihull slip-up? Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:10PMThere have been false dawns aplenty with Whole Foods, the US organic grocer whose founder was a notable opponent of America's health reforms, but it seems that the company is finally ready to start work on its first new UK stores for more than three years. With five stores in London, those in the know say it is close to exchanging on two new ones, including the first outside the M25. Solihull ...
Corinne Day, 45, Dies; Her Photos Brought Fame to Kate Moss Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:12PMMs. Day, whose photos of Ms. Moss in the 1990s took a startling detour from the glossy world of supermodels, helped usher in a new era in fashion photography.
Lindsay Lohan Attempts to Stop Michael Lohan from Releasing Private Diary Excerpts Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:03PMLindsay Lohan's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, sent threatening letter to the actress's father Gina DiFalco A hopeful Lindsay Lohan was trying to make strides towards making her life better after serving jail and rehab sentences. However, the recent actions of her father – and her consequent attempt to halt them – are once again standing in the way. Michael Lohan has evidently got his hands on a ...
Lohan's father never tried to sell diary extracts Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:36PMLindsay Lohan's estranged father has fired back at reports he attempted to sell extracts from his daughter's diary while she was in rehab in Utah in 2007.
Manitoba judge, husband, law firm face lawsuits Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:28PMA Winnipeg judge, her lawyer husband and a law firm are being sued for a total of $67 million by a man who claims he was pressured to have sex with the lawyer's wife.
Lindsay Lohan - Lohans Father Never Tried To Sell Diary Extracts Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:04PMLINDSAY LOHAN's estranged father has fired back at reports he attempted to sell extracts from his daughter's diary while she was in rehab in Utah in 2007.Michael Lohan...
Father Of The Millennium Michael Lohan Tries To Sell Lindsay’s Rehab Diary Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:31PMRemember growing up how paranoid you were that your parents would read your diary and find out about your crush on Gambit from X-Men: The Animated Series (…just us, then)? Now imagine that actually happened, except instead of reading your diary your parents auctioned it off to the highest bidder, and also they are crazy. That’s the situation Lindsay Lohan currently finds herself in as her father ...
Ban decries attack on Israelis as bid to derail peace talks Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:26PM(UNITED NATIONS ) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned the killing of four Israeli citizens in the West Bank as a "blatant attempt" to undermine upcoming Middle East peace talks.
Bulgaria needs to boost use of EU aid funds: parliament Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:26PM(SOFIA ) - Bulgaria is making quicker use of its EU funds but further efforts are needed if it is to make the most of some 13 billion euros that are only available until 2013, a parliamentary report said Wednesday.
EU's Barnier 'shares fully' Sarkozy drive on commodities Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:56PM(BRUSSELS ) - The European Union commissioner responsible for writing new rules governing financial trading said on Tuesday he backs a French drive to rein in the scope for traders in raw materials derivatives.
Thomas Gladysz: The Secret Historian and the Silent Film Star: One Was Gay Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:23PMDid Samuel Steward, a secret historian of 20th century gay life, and Rudolph Valentino, the legendary silent film star, have a sexual encounter?
Denmark charges Kurdish TV for promoting PKK Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:56PM(COPENHAGEN ) - Prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged Roj TV, a Copenhagen-based Kurdish TV network, with supporting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terrorist group by the European Union.
BASF seeking EU green light for new potato Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:41PM(FRANKFURT ) - German chemical giant BASF said Tuesday it was seeking European Union approval for a new genetically modified potato six months after getting an EU green light for its Amflora spud.
‘A once-in-a-lifetime storm’ Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:38PMWhen Hurricane Katrina slammed Washington Parish with an unexpected, powerful force that left the landscape battered and largely unrecognizable, and the community stunned, shaken and in shock, Tommy Thiebaud, Director of Emergency Operations, was in charge.
Behind the scenes with the 'Pop Monstress' Lady Gaga Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:58PMLady Gaga's stylist and best friend, Nicola Formichetti, picks his favourite moments for V Magazine.
'Say It Ain't So': The Historic Scandal Rocking World Cricket Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:55AMCricket - England - Sport - Match fixing - News of the World
Day Light Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:37AMCorinne Day is credited with both discovering Kate Moss and inventing "grunge" fashion photography. In a rare interview she talks about her legacy, her return to fashion photography, her influences, and why she no longer wants to shoot sweaters with holes in them.
Communicating Translation Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:17AMThis month, the Johnson Museum opened it's new exhibit, Tarjama/Translation . Co-curated by Cornell interim Chair of the Department of Art, Iftikhar Dadi, Leeza Ahmadi and assistant curator Reem Fadda, the exhibit features a variety of artists from the Middle East, each dealing with issues of translation, culture and displacement. read more
Holly Cara Price: Kristin Hersh on Her New Book, Rat Girl Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:53AMSongwriter, musician, mother of four, and founder of the seminal art rock band Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh has pretty much been to hell and back...
Romanian lawmakers restore powers to anti-corruption body Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 12:42PM(BUCHAREST ) - Romanian senators voted in Tuesday a law restoring full powers to an anti-corruption body tasked with verifying the wealth of public officials, in accord with European Union recommendations.
EU clears Emerson's takeover bid of Chloride Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:56AM(BRUSSELS ) - The European Union's competition watchdog cleared on Tuesday a nearly one-billion-pound bid by US industrial technology company Emerson to take over British power systems group Chloride.
Small shoot to give Anne Frank tree new life Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 11:09AMAMSTERDAM — A shoot growing from the splintered trunk of a chestnut that cheered Anne Frank during her time in hiding could give the tree a new lease of life after a storm toppled it, a spokeswoman for a group that campaigned to save the tree said today.
Pee-wee Herman: Pee-wee Goes to Sturgis Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 10:38AMPee-wee Goes to Sturgis from Pee-wee Herman...