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Indonesia volcano erupts again after 400 years

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An Indonesian volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted in western Indonesia early Sunday, causing thousands of people to flee their homes. Their abandoned homes and crops were blanketed in heavy, gray soot, and the air was thick with the smell of sulfur. Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra had been inactive for more than 400 years. It had been classified as inactive by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation. Around 30,000 people were send into temporary camps as authorities ordered everyone within a six-kilometre (four-mile) radius to leave.


The Volcano spewing smokes up to over 2,000 meters high, potential to disturb international flight, Volcanology Agency and Meteorology Agency said. Spokesman of Transport Ministry Bambang Ervan said that the eruption is potential to diturb aviation. Ervan said,

"It will depend on the direction of wind blow. Should it direct to the north, it will hamper international flight because most of international flights to the main airport in the province and other airports in the island come from north and if the wind blow direct to the east, it will disturb domestic flight ."
Government volcanologist Agus Budianto said: "The volcano continues to spew smoke and ash but the cloud is only 50 metres high compared to 2,000 metres yesterday. Visually, its activities have significantly reduced.
"But our instruments have recorded continuous tremors in the volcano, which means that there is magma trying to push upward."

Officials said about 7,000 people had returned to their villages Tuesday but those from within the evacuation zone were not being allowed to go home.
"People are asking us if they can go home to tend to their animals and guard their homes but they're not allowed to leave the camps," disaster response official Mohammad Agus Widisono said.
The rumbling started a few days ago and the minor eruption early Sunday morning had mostly stopped. Mount Sinabung last erupted in 1600, so observers don't know the volcano's eruption pattern and are monitoring it closely for more activity. Evacuations on the volcano's slopes started Friday at the first signs of activity. Meanwhile, relief workers are now providing shelter and medical aid to the villagers who have been affected by the volcano's eruptions. The government has distributed thousands of face masks to refugees and set up public kitchens so people can cook food, said Priyadi Kardono, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency.

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The Annual Tomato Throwing Festival of Spain

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La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. This year tens of thousands of revellers from around the world pelted each other with ammunition from a pile of 150,000 ripe tomatoes in a food fight for charity. La Tomatina en Reno began at 3 p.m. Sunday, lasting about 30 minutes and sparing no one in the City Plaza area. The participants, who each paid $10 and signed a waiver,wore a variety of costumes and protection.
"There was just a huge pile of tomatoes, and we just dove right into the center," said Victoria Sanderson, 18, a student at the University of Nvada, Reno. The festival frenzy drew thousands of people raising an estimated $20,000 for the American Cancer Society.
The festival is taking place since 1945 and has become one of the much awaited event of the year. thr origin of the festival is still mystery, some people believe it started as a food fight in the group of friends which turned into the huge festival. Another popular theory is that on this day people of Bunol attacked the councilmen with the tomatoes, since then it has become the tradition. It takes place on the last Wednesday of every August. Tens of metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown at each other in the streets during this day. The week-long festival features music, parades, dancing, and fireworks among other things. On the night before, participants of the festival compete in a paella cooking contest. It's estimated, up to 500,000 tourists come to the town each year to throw tomatoes for a week.

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Tsingy: A city of limestone towers

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The Bemaraha National Park(lacally known as Tsingy), situated in the west of Madagascar,is home to an unusual type of “forest” made of otherworldly rocky spires. This 666 square kilometer region has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990 because of its unique, breathtaking geography and preserved mangrove forests. From Morondava it took us 10 driving hours in a 4x4 vehicule , over punishing roads, to reach Bekopaka the door to the the strange mineral forest of Bemaraha's Tsingy. Tsingy de Bemaraha Nature Reserve comprises karstic landscapes and limestone uplands cut into impressive 'tsingy' peaks and a 'forest' of limestone needles.

This geological formation, called karst, is the result of erosion, as acid rains have gradually dissolved the stone of the chalky plateau and carved out sharp ridges that can rise to heights of 30 m. The Tsingy rise up to 70 meters from the ground. At these heights, the tops are bare and razor sharp. At lesser heights, one gets to see vegetations with roots tens of meters below.

The formation of these unusual rocks actually began some 200 million years ago when layers of calcite accumulated at the bottom of a Jurassic lagoon, forming a thick limestone bed. Later tectonic activity elevated the limestone, and as sea level fell during the Pleistocene ice ages, even more of the limestone was exposed. Eventually, the ancient sediments were carved by monsoon rains, finally creating what we see today.

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Emmy winners 2010

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Primetime Emmy Award 2010 Winners Revealed on Aug 29, 2010. The stars from different drama series were present at this huge event. All the celebrities were gathered in unity to
wait for their rewards for the performances they had done throughout the whole year. For the first time ever, the Emmys were shown live in Los Angeles. NBC recognized they were up against very stiff competition this year. This years Emmy Award was a diverse group with quite a few brand new additions to the list. With the all new shows in the running, older Emmy winners had a more difficult time, with the additional competition. With the varied mix of nominees for the Prime Time Emmy, everyone knew it would be an interesting night. The ceremony itself opened with a big, Glee-style opening number set to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born To Run” featuring the cast performing with Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, Betty White, Joel McHale, Kate Gosselin, Jorge Garcia, Tim Gunn, and Randy Jackson. And much like Glee, this set the stage for an entire night of musical numbers substituting for actual jokes, as seen in Jimmy Fallon’s later impressions of Elton John and Billie Joe Armstrong.

In one of the true upsets of the night, Modern Family took Best Comedy away from fellow
freshman Glee after also nabbing trophies for Best Supporting Actor and Best Writing. But
don’t feel bad for Glee: Jane Lynch took home her first Emmy for playing Sue Sylvester, likely setting her up to be the next perennial nominee in the Jeremy Piven or Christine Baranski mold, while Ryan Murphy grabbed one for Best Directing.Mad Men won Best Drama again. Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston won Best Actor again. Cranston’s co-star Aaron Paul took Best Supporting Actor in another of the night’s surprise (and most deserved) wins. Both shows thanked AMC profusely and basically called it the only network with any balls. Finally, the stranglehold that The Amazing Race has held over the Best Reality Show category was broken. It was a triumphant moment—except for the poor staff member who tripped on her way to the podium and ensured she would be mentioned in just about every Emmy wrap-up.

Here is a list of the major winners for the 62nd Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards

Outstanding Drama Series - The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding Writing Team - The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding Directing Team - General Hospital
Outstanding Lead Actor – Michael Park as Jack Snyder on As the World Turns
Outstanding Lead Actress – Maura West as Carly Tenney Snyder on As the World Turns
Outstanding Supporting Actor – Billy Miller as Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Supporting Actress – Julie Pinson as Janet Ciccone on As the World Turns
Outstanding Younger Actor – Drew Tyler Bell as Thomas Forrester on The Bold and the
Beautiful
Outstanding Younger Actress – Julie Marie Berman as Lulu Spencer on General Hospital
Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show - The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Outstanding Informative Talk Show - The Doctors
Outstanding Talk Show Host - Mehmet Oz on The Dr. Oz Show
Outstanding Morning Program - The Today Show (NBC)
Outstanding Lifestyle Program – Martha

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More than 100,000 Americans gathered at the ""Restoring Honor"" rally

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Tens of thousands of conservatives and advocates of the Tea Party movement attend at the Lincoln Memorial On Saturday, at the ""Restoring Honor"" rally. The event was led by right-wing icons such as Fox News conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. Conservative favorite Sarah Palin joined Beck, telling the tens of thousands who stretched from the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the grass of the Washington Monument that calls to transform the country weren't enough.

"We must restore America and restore her honor," said the former Alaska governor, echoing the name of the rally, Restoring Honor.

Glenn Beck’s much larger “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. — which drew criticism for being held on the 47th anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Reverend Timothy McDonald of the First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta urges people to prevent "'the radical religious" from attempting to "'redefine history and redefine the freedom movement'". By choosing August 28th for its rally, McDonald believes that right-wing conservatives are misusing the 1963 march "to give [false] credence to their cause" and to distract society from the ideas that Martin Luther King Jr. fought for.

Tom Seaver of Kimball Township, who attended the rally said,
“It’s all about restoring the values that our country was founded on, and the sacrifices that our Founding Fathers made. Martin Luther King was mentioned several times as one whose values we should emulate. Every time he was mentioned, there was a tremendous ovation. This was definitely not a racist rally.”

Another person Mr. Miller, a resident of Port Huron area who traveled hundreds of miles to join the huge rally said,
“You go to these types of events and somehow, politics enters the picture.No one did that. What they’re talking about is restoring the honor of this country, and what we can do as individuals in bringing this country back to greatness.”

Just two months before nationwide Congressional elections, which could cost U.S. President Barack Obama's Democrats their majority in the House of Representatives and perhaps the Senate as well, Beck's rally becomes only the latest symptom of rampant political partisanship that is splitting the country and drowning out voices of moderation.

President Barack Obama told that he didn't watch any of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally on the National Mall on Saturday. But he said he doesn't find it surprising that "a Glenn Beck can stir up some of the people."

The crowd - organizers had a permit for 300,000 - was vast, with people standing shoulder to shoulder across large expanses of the Mall. The National Park Service stopped doing crowd counts in 1997 after the agency was accused of underestimating numbers for the 1995 Million Man March.

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65th Anniversary Of Hiroshima Atom Bombing: US Attends for the First Time

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On Friday, Hiroshima marked the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing in World War II . A U.S. representative participated for the first time Friday in Japan's annual commemoration of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in a 65th anniversary event that organizers hope will bolster global efforts toward nuclear disarmament. Although President Barack Obama was not present, Washington sent John Roos, US Ambassador, to the annual memorial located at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.Representatives from France and Britain, US allies during WWII, were also present as a symbolic gesture. It's hard to imagine that 65 years ago, these countries were, along with the US, were aligned against Japan, and today, they pay their respects. At Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park, where Friday's ceremony was held, leftist groups in trucks blared anti-U.S. slogans to the crowds.

"The bombing of Hiroshima was totally unnecessary," said one group. "U.S., take your nukes and go home."

According to Wikipedia, After six months of intense strategic fire-bombing of 67 Japanese cities the Japanese government ignored an ultimatum given by the Potsdam Declaration. By executive order of President Harry S. Truman the U.S. dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945, followed by the detonation of "Fat Man" over Nagasakion August 9.On Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. About 140,000 people were killed or died within months when the American B-29 “Enola Gay” bombed Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, about 80,000 people died after the United States also bombed Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II. To this day, the bombings remain the only time nuclear weapons have been unleashed. The decision in the Hiroshima bombing was purely a strategic one that would tip the scales of the war in the US's favor. Hiroshima was a large city with a dense population. To the military, it was a prime target for bombing due to it being a communications hub for operations and the second command center for the Japanese Military. In the final analysis, the 65th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagaski and the dropping of the first atomic bomb was pivotal during the nations unrest. Lives were lost, ways of life would change, and the allure of building more weapons of mass destruction would define the "unthinkable".

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Be alert about taking diabetes drugs

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Would you like to become diabetes-free but have a heart ailment instead? Unless you have suicidal tendencies, or would like to “get the better” out of your insurance policy, I think with a sane mind you would not. Diabetes treatment medications Avandia (rosiglitazone) and Actos (pioglitazone) were found to have the same risks of heart attack, heart complications, and death. The study found the risks for both diabetes drugs to be approximately 4%. The new study was published in the latest issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. Over 36,000 diabetes patients using one of the drugs took part in the study, and researchers found that 602 Avandia patients suffered from a heart attack, heart failure, or died, and 599 patients taking Actos suffered the same outcomes; 217 patients reportedly died from each drug group.
"This study provides patients and their doctors with another source of information about rosiglitazone and pioglitazone as they determine the best therapy for diabetes patients," said Debra Wertz of HealthCore, Wellpoint's research arm.

Glaxo’s once blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia, has been under constant fire for more than three years because of links to heart problems. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican who has become the bane of drugmakers, and the Senate Finance Committee (of which Grassley is ranking member) have been investigating Glaxo and Avandia for over two years, and in February released dozens of internal Glaxo documents relating to those potential cardiovascular risks. The committee sent copies to the FDA.

Glaxo has always said that it’s provided all safety data to the FDA in a timely fashion and Avandia is safe when used appropriately. But FDA reviewer Robert Misbin, an expert on diabetes drugs, isn’t so sure. Misbin became very concerned about Avandia when, in late 2006, he saw data provided to the agency by Glaxo suggesting a 31% increase in heart attack risk associated with use of the drug. So the FDA shouldn’t have waited so long to alert doctors and patients about the potential risks of the drug.




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The Winner of Miss Universe 2010 : Jimena Navarrete

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A 22-year-old woman from Mexico, Jimena Navarrete won the Miss Universe 2010 pageant. Navarrete - who's been modeling since she was 15 - is Mexico's second Miss Universe. Lupita Jones of Mexico won the title in 1991. Navarrete replaces Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela. First runner-up was Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps, while second runner-up was Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell.

"Her triumph is a source of pride and satisfaction for all Mexicans, who see in her the fruits of perseverance," Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in a statement.

"I want the whole world to know about my country and my people," the Guadalajara native said after beating 82 competitors for global bragging rights at the pageant in Las Vegas. She donned a flowing red dress, strutted confidently in a violet bikini.

The Olympic gold-medal figure skater Evan Lysacek asked her that how she felt about unsupervised Internet use, Navarrete said the Internet is important but parents need to be careful and watch over their kids. Another question that was asked to Miss Universe was about the pageant itself. We all wonder what it is like to be in a high stress environment where there are many expectations and many conditions yet the end result means one could win big. According to Miss Universe, the biggest difficulty about the pageant had to be not enough sleep. Up early, the ladies have to get going to make sure they are ready for the day. Getting to bed later (not because of partying but because of work and excitement) they don't get as much sleep as they would have in other times.

Around the world fans from about 190 countries watching on television and keeping tabs on Twitter, Navarrete and her competitors introduced themselves while wearing over-the-top national costumes. They then danced in silver and black dresses for the show's opening number before the top 15 finalists were announced.

Jimena Navarrete won a package of prizes including an undisclosed salary, a luxury New York apartment with living expenses, a one-year scholarship to the New York Film Academy with housing after her reign, plus jewelry, clothes and shoes fit for a beauty champion.


Biography of Jimena Navarrete:

Jimena Navarrete Rosete is a Mexican model. She was born on February 22, 1988. She was crowned Nuestra Belleza Jalisco in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on July 16, 2009, and Nuestra Belleza México on September 20, 2009, in Mérida, Yucatán.Born and raised in Guadalajara, Navarrete studied nutrition prior to her participation in beauty pageants. After winning her state pageant, she competed against thirty-three other contestants in Nuestra Belleza México 2009, where she obtained first place. She is the second consecutive winner from Jalisco, following Karla Carrillo, the outgoing titleholder. Navarrete won the Miss Universe 2010 pageant, the second representative of Mexico to win the title, after Lupita Jones in 1991.




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Chile miners rescue operation could take up to four months

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Facing one of the most difficult rescue operations ever attempted, Chile is looking to space and the ocean depths for survival tips to help 33 miners endure months underground awaiting rescue.The miners have a general idea how long the rescue will take but they have not been given specific details, Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter revealed.
"I hope that nobody commits the imprudence of telling them something like this," he said.
"We have asked the families to be careful in the letters they write.

The government has also asked Nasa and Chile's submarine fleet for tips on survival in confined conditions to help ease the physical and mental pressure during the gruelling wait. Commodore Ronald von der Weth Fischer, head of Chile's Submarine Fleet, thinks the men should be told the timeline.

"It's always good to know, I'd recommend keeping communication flowing, so that they are connected to the outside world. They should hear the news, know what's going on with their
favourite soccer teams,to create a feeling of normalcy." he told Reuters from aboard a submarine in the port city of Valparaiso.Rescuers will drill a shaft wide enough to lower a cage and pull the miners out one at a time from the dusty, humid, poorly ventilated tunnels where they are trapped.

Chilean officials have been giving the advice to the miners who became trapped nearly half
a mile below the surface in a collapse on August 5 and they were found alive on Sunday, 17
days after a cave-in at a small gold and copper mine in Chile's remote north. Doctors have
recommended the miners do exercises to keep their fitness up and avoid muscle atrophy as
they wait to be extracted.


Officials are splitting the men into two shifts so one group sleeps while the other works or has leisure time. Doctors have given the men advice about how to keep their limited living space clean: Portions of a 1-meter-high (3.3 feet), 40-meter-long shaft (131 feet) are being used as a latrine. It is connected to the main 50-square-meter cabin, which is being used for sleeping, washing and praying. The men's sole lifeline to the outside world is a tube approximately 8 centimeters (3.2 inches) in diameter, through which food, water, clothing, video and radio equipment and whatever else is needed are stuffed.

Earlier, officials had said the men were adopting various roles to help them through their
ordeal. A shift leader at the San Jose copper and gold mine is fulfilling a leadership role
and another man with nursing experience is carrying out basic medical and psychological
tests.

The 33 men trapped deep in a mine in Chile since August 5 sent a video message to their
families Thursday in which they expressed thanks for the efforts under way to free them and
displayed occasional flashes of humor and patriotism."We know what you've all been doing for us," said one man. "You haven't left us alone. We want to send applause to you."
The video footage shows the men in good spirits, singing the national anthem and chanting,
"Long live Chile, and long live the miners."The men shot the video with a camera sent down
to them through a small shaft drilled to their emergency shelter in the San José mine.

Despite advances in technology and increased emphasis on safety, at least publicly, mining remains a dangerous profession. Earlier this year, 29 miners died in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine. Since 2000, an average of 34 people have died every year in mining accidents in Chile, with a high of 43 in 2008, according to a review of Sernageomin data.


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This Time Google Offers Phone Calls via Gmail

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Google has launched a new a voice calling feature that brings instant VoIP calls to the Gmail interface. At a media event at its San Francisco office, Gmail product manager Todd Jackson, Google Voice product manager Vincent Paquet, and Google communications product manager Craig Walker recounted how Gmail has grown from an e-mail client into a communications hub that supports Google Talk instant messaging, video and voice chat, and now phone calls. The service essentially works like a regular phone call. Users can click the "call phone" button at the top of their chat list and enter a contact number. Users choose their own numbers, which can be applied to 6 different devices that can be set up to all ring at the same time or not at all. Calls are free to anyone in the U.S. or Canada, and 2-cent-per- minute calls to 30 select countries. Voice mails are transcribed into text, which are then forwarded as an e-mail to users' g-mail accounts.

At present only users of the Gmail system inside the US are being offered the service. Google hopes to make money from the service by charging for international calls - though  those will vary widely, even within the same country. It has a chart of rates. People also  will be able to receive calls on their PC if they obtain a free phone number from Google,  or already have one through its Google Voice service."We’ve been testing this feature internally and have found it to be useful in a lot of situations, ranging from making a quick call to a restaurant, to placing a call when you’re in an area with bad reception," the company said on the company blog.

The service will thrust Google into direct competition with Skype, the Internet telephone  
company, and with telecommunications providers. Google is also going to promote the service by setting up red phone booths in US universities and airports, letting them make free calls inside North America, and cheaper ones outside it.
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Bappi Lahiri and DJ Akhil Talreja's Splendid Performance In Dubai

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Bappi Lahiri, the legendary Bollywood music director and the most famous DJ Akhil set Dubai on fire with some breathtaking performances at the recently concluded at Mirchi Nite club, Last Saturday at Ramee Royal.It was truly one of the best stage live shows Dubai have ever experienced from Indian Singer and DJ Mixers. The Songs were mixed by DJ Akhil which made the crowd turning crazy and the Songs from Bappi Lahiri was treat to listen. After setting the disc on fire and people craving for more Bappi Lahiri made an appearance on the jamming stage and drove the crowd crazy with his voice and his classic nos like Tujhe zarurat mere jaise yaar ki mujhe zarurat tere jaise yaar ki jale jo usko aur jalao and naacho chamaa cham chamaa, Tamma tamma. Bappi Lahiri’s son Bappa Lahiri too joined in the action and entertained the crowd. A source close to DJ Akhil Talreja said, “This is surely a night he won’t forget and would cherish throughout his life. DJ AKHIL TALREJA and BAPPI LAHIRI also visited African pubs in Dubai where there were musicians performing live, the sounds from Africa.

Bappi Lahiri pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema with an Indian flavour. Most of his songs would be rendered by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. He launched Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar into the music industry. He also used Alisha Chinoy and Usha Uthup extensively for his compositions


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Swiss Family Robinson

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Swiss Family Robinson is a sparkling family film, full of imagination, adventure, great scenery and diverting animal stars, Swiss Family Robinson holds up beautifully, decade after decade. One of the best Disney live-action films, it will delight children and keep parents entertained as well.It was released in 1960 and it was based on Johann David Wyss’s novel Der Schweizerische Robinson. It’s the story of a shipwrecked family who starts living on an island. The family is going to New Guinea but due to storm and the pirates captain leave the family in an island. Its screen play was written by Lowell S. Hawley and directed by Ken Annakin.

Though Swiss Family Robinson received the mix reviews but most of the reviews were positive and it grossed $40,000,000. It was proved the ‘highest grossing film of the year.’ During the same year films Exodus, Psycho and Spartacus were also released but no one could break its record. The story was a somewhat preachy but still entertaining attempt to teach children values and self-reliance, and was written and rewritten over the years in many different versions and languages.
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The Ice Hotel of Sweden

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The Ice Hotel of Sweden is an ultimate place to chill. The Hotel is situated in the Swedish Lapland town of Jukkasjarvi. It opens every year in early December and closes at the end of April. Every year in October the artists and local villagers, most from the Sami tribe in the area, begin to build the new ice hotel, which opens in mid-December. Snow canons and front loaders start by forming the snow over the steel sections that are the main structure of the Ice hotel. Sections are moved around and replaced by ice pillars put in place to give support to the snow arches. blocks of ice taken from the frozen Torne River each winter and frozen for use the following year, the Hotel at the moment is in its twentieth re-incarnation and is as impressive as ever. It began meagerly 14 years ago - one room. The 2004 season boasted 50-rooms with 5,000 square metres built of 30,000 tons of snow and 4,000 tons of ice. 

Inside the Ice hotel, there is a reception area, hall of pillars, Iceart exhibition, Absolut Icebar, Ice hotel cinema and an Icechurch and of course there is a warmer option. The hotel also has cabin accommodation, a warm bar where the staff take great enjoyment in asking if you’d like ice with your drink with wry smiles all round.All water that is used in taps and bathrooms coming straight from the river Torne. Each person is given an ultra-warm sleeping bag and most people remark how "warm" they felt during the night even though the temperature is usually a steady five degrees below zero.

The Hotel also has a range of activities provided throughout the day while guests eagerly await night-fall in the hopes of catching a glimpse of those all too elusive Northern Lights. A trip by Snow Mobile is one option. After being taught to drive the equivalent of a jet-ski for on land use, the excursion follows tracks through the fir trees and along-side the frozen river before stopping for hot lingen berry juice (a local specialty), bread, cheese and smoked reindeer heart. Other activities include Hunting, Fishing, Snow driving, Horse Riding and Skiing. Most people stay at the Ice hotel for two or three nights, but you will only spend one night in the actual Ice hotel and the additional nights in the Scandinavian bungalows also on the property.
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Human mind reader computers are being developed by Intel

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 Can you imagine, you will be able to operate your pc simply by thinking? It is hard believe but the new technology will be capable of directly interpreting words as they are thought, according to researchers at Intel who are behind the roject. The scientists are creating detailed maps of the activity in the brain for individual words which can then be matched against the brain activity of someone using the computer, allowing the machine to determine the word they are thinking. 

 A senior researcher at Intel Laboratories, Dean Pomerleau said that currently, the devices required to get sufficient detail of brain activity were bulky, expensive magnetic resonance scanners, like those used in hospitals. Preliminary tests of the system have shown that the computer can work out words by looking at similar brain patterns and looking for key differences that suggest what the word might be. Turning brain waves into real-world tech action still requires some heavy decoding of brain activity. The Intel team has already made use of fMRI brain scans to match brain patterns with similar thoughts across many test subjects.Plenty of other researchers have also tinkered in this area. Toyota recently demoed a wheelchair controlled with brainwaves, and University of Utah researchers have created a wireless brain transmitter that allows monkeys to control robotic arms. So it is clear that humans are not restricted any more to just using keyboards and mice.
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PREVIEW of True Blood Season 3 Episode 11 "Fresh Blood"

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“True Blood” Season 3 Episode 10 was aired and like its previous episodes, this week also “I Smell A Rat” was able to receive wide response and attention from its audience. However, the immense craze and popularity of Bill-Sookie love saga has made the audience search for the online streaming of the next episode “Fresh Blood” which will be aired on HBO next Sunday, August 29. It seems that lot of mystery will be unfolded next week and the subtitle clearly promises more bloodshed in episode 11.




In next episode 11,Bill wants to earn back the trust of Sookie, but once again brings her to the danger. Eric Russell seduces with “cherished dream vampire. Lafayette struggling with new demons. Jason tries to understand what he learned about Crystal. Sam pushes all, but Tara. Jessica and Hoyt to take their romance up a notch. 
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Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2010

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The gala event of Creative Arts Emmy Award 2010 which was held at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles.The awards show aimed at honoring those who work behind the scenes on television's most revered programming featured a red carpet full of on screen stars including Mad Men bombshell Christina Hendricks, comedian Kathy Griffin and actor Neil Patrick Harris. Mini series “The Pacific”, took home six Emmy Awards. The top network winner was HBO with 17 trophies, followed by ABC with 15 and Fox bagged 9 trophies.



The Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards winners are:


THE TUDORS

Best Costumes for a Series
Best Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series

MAD MEN

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series

GLEE

Best Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series
Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Neil Patrick Harris)

FLASHFORWARD

Best Stunt Coordination

LOST

Best Picture Editing for Drama Series


GREY’S ANATOMY

Outstanding Makeup For Single-Camera Series


And the much anticipated event of 62nd Primetime Emmy Award 2010 will take place at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. The star studded event will be graced by the veteran celebrities of American television industry. The Primetime Emmy Awards organizers have recently announced the first set of Emmy presenters. The media reports that they represent some of the most popular and most nominated shows of the year.
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'Zombie Ants' Created by Parasite Existed 50 Million Years Ago

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The oldest evidence of a fungus that turns ants into zombies and makes them stagger to their death has been uncovered by scientists. Evidence of the parasitism was found on a fossilized leaf that grew in the Messel Pit, located in Germany, and was discovered by the University of Exeter's Dr. David P. Hughes, who studies parasites that can take over the minds of their hosts. Hughes, along with Conrad Labandeira from the Smithsonian Institution and Torsten Wappler of the Steinmann Institute in Germany, noticed that the 48-million-year-old fossilized leaf had a scar similar to the leaf scars left by the today’s “zombie ants.”

The fungus, called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, makes ants leave their colonies and head for a leaf that provides the ideal conditions for the parasite to reproduce.

When the "zombie" ant gets there, it bites down hard on the major vein of the leaf in a "death grip," so when the ant dies its body remains, giving the fungus time to grow and release spores to infect other ants.

The death grip bite leaves a very distinct scar on the leaves, the researchers say, and they found clear evidence of it on a 48-million-year-old fossilized leaf specimen from Germany.

"This can happen en masse. You can find whole graveyards with 20 or 30 ants in a square metre. Each time, they are on leaves that are a particular height off the ground and they have bitten into the main vein before dying," said David Hughes at Harvard University. Scientists are not clear how the fungus controls the ants it infects, but know that the parasite releases alkaloid chemicals into the insect as it consumes it from the inside.
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Dr. Laura apologizes For offensive language

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Well-known conservative talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger went all Michael Richards on a caller who reached out to her for help regarding her interracial marriage.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger hadn't really made waves or angered too many people in some time. But she made up for it on Tuesday's show, when the African-American caller talked to her about her home life. The caller said that her white husband often had talks with his friends that crossed some racial boundaries.

This triggered the Dr. Laura n-word dissertation, as she talked about how black people use the term all the time. In fact, she said it herself three times, when she talked about how it is said all the time by comics on HBO. But the caller took umbrage with her use of it later on.

The Dr. Laura n-word discussion then took another wild turn, when the caller said she couldn't believe Schlessinger used it. In response, Schlessinger said she didn't "spew out the n***** word" - but when the caller said she hoped listeners heard it, Schlessinger said the word three more times.

"I articulated the N-word all the way out -- more than one time," Schlessinger said in comments from the opening of her radio show that she posted on her site.

The former vice-presidential nominee and ex-Alaska governor Sarah Palin tweeted her support for Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who said she'd quit her radio show after coming under fire for repeatedly using the N-word while on-air with a caller.
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More than 250 people sickened by Salmonella germ in U.S.A.

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The nationwide salmonella outbreak, which federal officials said was the largest of its type related to eggs in years, has sickened more than 250 people, according to news reports. A recall first announced last week was expanded from 228 million to 380 million eggs -- the equivalent of nearly 32 million dozen-egg cartons. Eggs from Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa, were linked to several illnesses in the three states. 

Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest said,
"This certainly has the potential to be a very large outbreak, both given the apparent number of reported cases so far and also the fact that many of these eggs may still be in consumer refrigerators," 

Salmonella can cause fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea and usually lasts four to seven days. Thoroughly cooking eggs can kill the bacteria. But health officials are recommending people throw away or return the recalled eggs.
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