Updates and Photos of CPAC 2012 from day 1

Updates and Photos of "CPAC 2012" from day 1

Cain compares self to Bible’s David

In the most anticipated address of the day on Thursday, Herman Cain compared himself to the biblical David, who slew Goliath.

Cain said he dropped out of the presidential race because he values his family, and then offered the strong analogy.

“There were two reasons I dropped out of the race – gutter politics and, No. 2, I chose to put family first,” he said. “And in making that decision, I knew that we together could change Washington, D.C., from the outside and from the bottom up even if your David didn’t make it to the White House.”

The crowd didn’t immediately seem to know which David that Cain was referring to, but later in his comments, it became clearer that his reference was to the Bible.

Cain also took time out of his speech to recognize Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. “Joe the Plumber,” who is waging a quixotic campaign for Congress in a very tough Ohio district.

“Some of us choose to get off the sidelines, and I admire that,” Cain said. “I don’t regret the move that I made, but there’s more than one way to skin a cat.”

Perry plays off ‘halftime in America

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign may not have panned out, but he was in his element at CPAC today, and he had one of the lines of the conference so far.

Referring to the controversial Clint Eastwood Chrysler commercial during the Super Bowl over the weekend, Perry said the metaphor might actually be apt — but that it’s time for a change in the lineup.

“If it’s halftime in America, I’m fearful of what’s going to happen in the second half if we let the president start at quarterback,” Perry said.

Perry also signaled that he will be a national voice in the years ahead and that he will continue to be a big advocate for states’ rights and fiscal conservatism.

Of his presidential campaign, he joked that he didn’t lose, he “just ran out of time” — a famous Vince Lombardi line.

Boehner preaches earmark purity

A theme at this year’s conference seems to be Republicans not playing by the old Washington games, and the GOP leaders of the Senate and House both touched on it in their remarks Thursday.

“It’s not easy to pass bills when you don’t have goodies to hand out,” House speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said, arguing that while it’s harder to pass legislation without earmarks, it’s also the right thing to do.

Boehner also addressed recent polling that shows Congress’s approval rating reaching a new low.

“No one loves Congress, but I can tell you the House is a different place than it was a few years ago,” Boehner said, referencing the GOP’s control and the earmark ban.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), meanwhile, berated Democrats for buying votes for Obama’s health-care bill with favors like the so-called “Cornhusker Kickback.”

The 10 States to recieve No Child left behind waivers "Obama" Sed

Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma need action by their state legislatures or boards of education, Duncan said, or their waivers will be revoked.

An additional 28 states, including Virginia and Maryland, as well as the District of Columbia, have indicated that they intend to apply this month for a second round of waivers.

After states applied for waivers, their plans were read by peer reviewers, and the administration suggested changes.

“There’s a huge gap between what the states asked for and what they ended up with,” said Michael J. Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank. “The states asked for a mile, and the administration is giving them an inch.”

But some said the administration might be giving too much leeway. Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust, an advocacy group that seeks to close the achievement gap, said she is concerned that plans submitted by Indiana and Oklahoma don’t do enough to hold schools accountable for educating Latino, African American and other minority children.

When Congress passed No Child Left Behind in 2001, it was a bipartisan effort to hold schools accountable to parents and taxpayers and a federal commitment to attack student achievement gaps.

For the first time, the law required schools to test all children annually in grades 3 through 8 and at least once in high school and report results by subgroups — including race, English learners and students with disabilities — so it was clear how every student was faring.

But administrators and teachers complained that the law unfairly labeled schools as “failures” if just one subgroup failed to meet annual goals and that it focused too much attention a single high-stakes test as opposed to student academic growth over the school year.

According to the Center on Education Policy, 48 percent of the nation’s schools were “failures” last year under No Child Left Behind.

States that receive waivers will still test students annually, but in September, their schools will no longer face the punitive measures outlined in No Child Left Behind, such as firing half a school’s staff members, removing the principal or even shutting down a school altogether.

Whale shark hauled onto Pakistani Pier

40-foot-long threatened animal, hauled onto Pakistani pier

Fishermen discovered a massive whale shark unconscious offshore 10 days ago, the 40-foot-long, seven-ton fish was finally pulled out of the water in Karachi on Tuesday, CBS News reports. At least five cranes were used to lift the giant carcass, as a crowd of curious onlookers stood by. The shark was later sold for its meat for 1.7 million rupees, the equivalent of $18,000.




The Post’s Juliet Eilperin, author of the book “Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks,” said it is unusual for an injured whale sharks to wash up on shore. But Mote Marine Laboratory scientist Robert Hueter wrote in an e-mail Wednesday that young whale sharks do show up swimming off the coasts of India.


Whale shark hunting is banned in many countries in Southeast Asia, and yet the giant fish continues to be highly sought after. TRAFFIC International recently placed Pakistan as 12th among the shark exporting countries in the world.




Whale sharks “play a game of Russian Roulette passing through ... the waters of nations like Bangladesh, where they are still not protected and ruthlessly hunted,” a scuba diver who swims with whale sharks noted recently on his blog.


Although whale sharks may seem imposing, they are a gentle fish that do not strike divers who swim alongside them.


Whale sharks have also increasingly been found mutilated with their fins cut off, left by their hunters to die. In October, Eilperin reported on newly released photos by the Pew Environment Group, which showed rows and rows of fins in Taiwan, as far as the eye could see. The photos “suggest that Taiwan, which reports the fourth-largest shark catch in the world, is an even greater player in the international shark trade than previously thought,” Eilperin wrote. Whale sharks are known as “tofu fish” in Taiwan because of the taste and texture of their flesh.

Philippine earthquake survivors

The 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck at 11:49 (03:49 GMT) at a depth of 20km, according to the US Geological Survey.

 

The rescue efforts are continuing after Monday's powerful earthquake in the central Philippines that left dozens of people dead or missing.

Army teams were carrying out search operations, said Ver Neil Balaba, operations officer at the regional Office of Civil Defence, and police had been deployed to prevent looting.

"The most urgent needs now are water, tents and food," he said.

At 17:00 local time, the Office of Civil Defence put the number of dead at 21 people, with 71 others reported missing and 52 injured.

The death toll includes two children, according to the government's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

One local report on Monday put the number of dead at 43, including many people killed in a landslide in the badly-hit coastal area of Guihulngan.

But this report has not yet been confirmed by the central authorities. Telecommunications have been cut in many areas.

A series of aftershocks followed the initial quake, one of them registered a magnitude of 6.2 at the epicentre.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued a tsunami alert for the area, but had lifted it by 14:30.

'Trapped inside'

On Tuesday, public schools and two universities in Negros Oriental province were closed.

Regional officials and an administrator from Manila had also arrived in the area and were assessing damage and needs, said Mr Balaba, who is based in Cebu.

Damaged roads and bridges added to challenges faced by rescue workers and the transport of aid and supplies.

In the town of Guihulngan, about 90km north of Dumaguete, reports said some houses had been completely buried by landslides, and the market and court house were also damaged.

The town's 42-strong police force, joined by army personnel and volunteers, had been searching for survivors and clearing debris, said Inspector Alvin Futalan, police chief of Guihulngan.

"The army (troops) had to walk about 50km from the last stop reachable by vehicle to reach us," he told the Agence France Presse news agency.

Nine bridges were damaged in Negros Oriental, with four no longer passable, said Governor Roel Degamo.

The quake also caused a landslide in the mountain village of Solongon in La Libertad town, in the same province.

Goodbye Ben Gazzara and Zalman King

Two of cinema’s most proficient, actor Ben Gazzara and filmmaker/writer Zalman King have left us for the multiplex in the sky.
Gazzara, 81, probably best known to readers as the villain in Swayze ‘gem’ “Roadhouse” (1989), succumbed to Pancreatic cancer. His many other film and television credits include “Anatomy of a Murder”, “The Strange One”, “Run for Your Life” and “The Big Lebowski”.
Bloody great actor. Big-ass loss.

Zalman King, 69, is a name most of our readers will recognize; he was the man who gave us our jollies throughout the ’80s and early ’90s with such soft-porn classics as “Nine and a Half Weeks” (he co-wrote the pic), “Two Moon Junction”, and TV’s “Red Shoe Diaries”. Some might also remember that King was an actor before he started concealing himself behind the lens, starring in films like “Galaxy of Terror”.
Though “Two Moon Junction” was obviously the high-point of King’s directing career, it’s “Wild Orchid” that probably received the most publicity. Aside from causing quite a ruckus and garnering lots of attention when it was screening at the Drive-In I worked at as a youngster (it’s rumoured barrage of 18+ sex scenes led to many asking if I could sneak them in), the movie got lots of attention because of how real Mickey Rourke and Carre Otis’s sex scenes were – it was said that they weren’t actually pretending to screw onscreen. That was the real thing. The movie was atrocious, but it certainly gained a reputation and quickly.
Both Gazzara and King, specifically for their work in “Roadhouse” and “Two Moon Junction”, respectively, played a big part in my cinematic diet back in the ’80s. Thanks for all your fun, hot, tight nights gentlemen.


source: www.moviehole.net

Manny Paquiao Next fight for 2012

Timothy Bradley

Timothy Bradley - 25-0, 11 KO - Junior Welterweight World Champion
Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley is an exciting, undefeated young junior welterweight and former WBO/WBC Junior Welterweight Champion. He fights out of Palm Springs California.


Amateur Career
Bradley was ranked third in the nation as an amateur before he turned professional. He had an extensive and dominant amateur career, fighting in over 145 bouts and losing only 20. Bradley won a Silver Medal in the 2003 National Golden Gloves Championships, losing to Andre Berto.


Early Pro Career
Bradley made his professional debut in August of 2004 where he knocked out Francisco Martinez in the second round. He won his first 12 fights in dominant fashion over particularly unimpressive opponents.


WBC World Junior Welterweight Championship Fight vs. Junior Witter - in 2008, Bradley was given the chance to take on Junior Witter in Witter’s hometown in the United Kingdom for the WBC Junior Welterweight Championship. Bradley was able to earn a hard fought split decision victory over Witter and earn the WBC title.


WBC/WBO Unification fight vs. Holt – On April 4th, 2009, Bradley fought Kendall Holt in an effort to unify his WBC light welterweight title with Holt’s WBO title. Although Bradley was knocked down in the first and twelfth rounds, he thoroughly out boxed Holt in the remainder of the fight, earning a unanimous decision victory and earning the title of WBC and WBO Junior Welterweight Champion.


Post Unification Controversy – This title did not last long. A few days after he earned the unification title, Bradley was stripped of his title for failing to take on Devon Alexander (his mandatory challenger) on time, making the title vacant. Devon Alexander then earned the title by defeating top contender Junior Witter.


On the same card, Bradley fought to a no decision against Nate Campbell. In this fight, a cut formed over Campbell’s left eye and he was forced to retire. Although at first, Bradley was awarded the TKO victory, it was later proved that the cut was caused by a clash of heads, making the fight a no decision.


Bradley recently improved his record to 25-0 with 1 no decision in very impressive fashion by winning a dominant unanimous decision over the previously undefeated Lamont Peterson.


source: www.proboxing-fans.com

Planned Parenthood

Planning for parenthood is a busy -- if joyful -- affair. There are cribs to pick out, names to select, books to read and classes to take. Amid the whirlwind of baby showers and ultrasounds, however, moms- and dads-to-be often overlook one of the most important steps of parenthood -- getting their legal and financial house in order.


"Finances tend to take a back seat, but the truth is that's a great time to step back and take a look at the big picture," says David Yeske, a certified financial planner with Yeske Buie in San Francisco. “Children aren’t just expensive for a year or two. They’re expensive for many decades. You need to plan for that.”


The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates it will cost middle-income families with a baby born last year (2007) $204,060 to raise their child through age 18 – in clothes, food, shelter, childcare, and other necessities.

So, here are 10 steps that will benefit your family.


1. Review jobs and income

Before you make a decision to quit or continue working after the baby arrives, calculate the cost of childcare and weigh that against your income. Don’t forget to factor in the intangible cost of one spouse quitting a job -- the loss of future promotions, loss of retirement contributions and the probability that they may reenter the workforce down the road at a lesser position. You may be able to arrange a more flexible schedule, or accept a part-time position instead, that would allow you to be home more with your child, continue earning a paycheck and keep your career intact.


2. Review insurance


Now more than ever, you need to be sure your family has adequate insurance protection, covering life, disability and health.
As a rule of thumb, many financial planners recommend parents have at least five times their earnings in life insurance, plus enough to cover college costs. But Yeske says it’s best to establish your own financial goals and crunch the numbers accordingly. For example, do you want your policy to provide living expenses for your spouse for life – or only until your kids graduate college, at which time he or she could return to work? Do you want it to cover your kid’s education?


If you have health insurance already, make sure it’s still the one that best meets your family’s needs and register early in the pregnancy to take full advantage of maternity benefits including prenatal vitamins, ultrasounds and regular check ups.


3. Plan your estate


This means establishing or updating your will, naming a legal guardian to care for your child should anything happen to you and updating beneficiaries on your retirement plans. If your assets are significant, you may also wish to create a trust for college education or living expenses that spells out how much your child should receive and when. You would also have to name a trustee to distribute the money. An attorney can advise you on all of these fronts.


4. Tell Uncle Sam


Be sure to apply for a Social Security number as soon as your child is born. You’ll need it to claim exemptions and tax credits on your return and open savings and investment accounts on your child’s behalf.


5. Revisit your budget


It’s time to build extra expenses into your monthly budget. This step is particularly important if you’re going from a two-income family to just one. According to Yeske, you should factor in the cost of childcare (if relevant), food and diapers, projected medical expenses (higher insurance premiums and deductibles for well-baby check-ups), clothes, higher utility bills (if the baby is home all day with a parent or nanny) and any savings for college you’re able to set aside.


6. Save for college


As with retirement savings, the sooner you sock away money for higher education the better. Through the power of compounded interest, even small contributions can grow substantially. Assuming a 7-percent annual return, for example, you would be able to fully cover costs at a four-year public university (in-state) in 18 years by contributing just $328 a month to a tax-favorable account like a 529 savings plan. If there’s no money to spare at the end of each month, consider using any windfalls you receive (bonuses, raises, inheritance checks or tax refunds) for an education account.


These are not only tax-free gifts to your children, but the the earnings grow tax free (as long as the money is used for qualified education expenses.)


7. Explore FSAs


Ask your employer about any flexible spending accounts available through the standard benefits package. Many companies these days, particularly large ones , allow parents to set aside pre-tax dollars to cover childcare or healthcare expenses. It lowers your tax bill.


8. Maximize tax breaks


You should consult your accountant on this. At the very least, however, you’ll need to update your W-4 tax exemptions to reflect your new dependent. That reduces tax withholding and puts more money in your pocket to pay for diapers and formula. If your income is below certain limits, you may also qualify for a child tax credit of up to $1,000 per child. The benefit phases out as income rises. The IRS posts the most current info on its Website.


Lastly, if you and your spouse both work, your child is under age 13 and you pay for childcare, you may qualify for the child-care tax credit.


9. Continue financial planning


Just because you’re a parent now, doesn’t mean you should stop planning for your own short- and long-term financial goals. Sit down with a planner who can help you develop a strategy for saving and investing for the future. That may include a larger house down the road, a new car every five years or an annual vacation (without the kids!).


10. Teach money management


If you want your children to grow up with a healthy respect for saving, spending and investing you’ll have to tackle that job yourself. By modeling good financial behavior and giving your kids opportunities to develop money management skills (and learn from small mistakes while they’re young), you will arm them with the tools they need to become financially disciplined adults. And that’s one of the best gifts you can give.


There’s no doubt about it, bringing a child into the world is one of life’s greatest joys. But with the staggering expense involved, you’ll sleep better at night -- a feat of its own where newborns are concerned -- knowing you’ve laid the groundwork for a lifetime of financial security for your family.

Groundhog Day 2012

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow when he came out of his tree stump this morning in Pennsylvania. According to the legend, if Phil sees his shadow, we should expect six more weeks of winter weather. If Phil does not see his shadow, spring is just around the corner.




source:kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com

Poems and Poetries

I, Too, Sing America
by: Langston Hughes


I, too, sing America.


I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.


Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.


Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--


I, too, am America.




Phenomenal Woman
by: Maya Angelou


Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.


I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.


Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman


Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.


Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.






Where the Sidewalk Ends 
by: Shel Silverstein


There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.


Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.


Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.








If You Forget Me 
by: Pablo Neruda


I want you to know
one thing.


You know how this is
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.


Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.


If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.


If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.


But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine


The Road Not Taken by: Robert Frost


Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.






A Dream Within A Dream 
by: Edgar Allan Poe


Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.


I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?






There is another sky 
by: Emily Dickinson


There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;
Never mind faded forests, Austin,
Never mind silent fields -
Here is a little forest,
Whose leaf is ever green;
Here is a brighter garden,
Where not a frost has been;
In its unfading flowers
I hear the bright bee hum:
Prithee, my brother,
Into my garden come!






Messy Room
by: Shel Silverstein


Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!

Most Popular sites in World

Most Popular sites USA


In USA, Google.com is the most popular web site. Facebook and Yahoo holding the second and third position respectively. The following is the top 10 popular site list of UK

1. google.com
2. facebook
3. yahoo
4. youtube
5. wikepedia
6. myspace
7. blogger
8. ebay
9. live
10. amazon


Top 10 websites in china


Though there are lots of similarities in Internet site usage between the two major American and European countries, there are some interesting change of users’ interest clearly visible in Asia if one take a look at what Chinese are looking for in Internet-their most popular and visited site is baidu.com. The most visited top 10 websites in china are:

1. baidu
2. qq.com
3. google.cn
4. sina.co.cn
5. taobao.com
6. google.com
7. 163.com
8. soho.com
9. soso.com
10. youku.com

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by late 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and roll, the group later worked in many genres ranging from pop ballads to psychedelic rock, often incorporating classical and other elements in innovative ways. The nature of their enormous popularity, which first emerged as "Beatlemania", transformed as their songwriting grew in sophistication. They came to be perceived as the embodiment of ideals of the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.

Initially a five-piece line-up of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe (bass) and Pete Best (drums), they built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960. Sutcliffe left the group in 1961, and Best was replaced by Starr the following year. Moulded into a professional act by manager Brian Epstein, their musical potential was enhanced by the creativity of producer George Martin. They gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first single, "Love Me Do", became a modest hit in late 1962, and acquired the nickname the "Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year. By early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market. The band toured extensively around the world until August 1966, when they performed their final commercial concert. From 1966 they produced what many critics consider to be some of their finest material, including the innovative and widely influential albums Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles (1968) and Abbey Road (1969). After their break-up in 1970, the ex-Beatles each found success in individual musical careers. Lennon was murdered outside his home in New York City in 1980, and Harrison died in Los Angeles of cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain active.

The Beatles are the best-selling band in history, And over four decades after their break-up, their recordings are still in demand. They have had more number one albums on the UK charts and have held the top spot longer than any other musical act. According to the RIAA, they have sold more albums in the United States than any other artist, and they topped Billboard magazine's list of all-time Hot 100 artists in 2008. They have received 7 Grammy Awards from the American National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and 15 Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. They were collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people.

Wiki

Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and cross links between internal pages on the fly.

Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself.

Like many simple concepts, "open editing" has some profound and subtle effects on Wiki usage. Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users.

It is a website whose users can add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often created collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and notetaking.

Wikis may serve many different purposes. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access). For example, editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules may also be imposed for organizing content.

Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work." "Wiki" (pronounced [ˈwiti] or [ˈviti]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick".

Susan G. Komen

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Worst Plastic Surgery Disasters

Hang Mioku: the korean plastic surgery addict who injected cooking oil into her own face

One of the most famous cases of awful plastic surgery gone wrong, Hang Mioku, a 48 year-old woman from South Korea, became so addicted to plastic surgery that she was left unrecognisable after her obsession led her to inject cooking oil into her face. She had her first plastic surgery procedure when she was 28. Following operation after operation, her face was eventually left enlarged and disfigured, and the surgeons she visited refused to carry out any more work on her and one suggested that her obsession could be a sign of a psychological disorder. So Hang resorted to injecting cooking oil into her face. It became so grotesquely large that she was called "standing fan" by children in her neighbourhood - due to her large face and small body.


As Hang's notoriety spread she was featured on Korean TV, viewers seeing the report took mercy on her and sent in enough donations to enable her to have surgery to reduce the size of her face. During the first procedure surgeons removed 60g of foreign substance from Hang's face and 200g from her neck. After several other sessions her face was left greatly reduced but still scarred and disfigured, a true challenge for korean plastic surgery.




Jocelyn Wildenstein: a US$4 million monster

Known by the press by the nickname of "The Bride of Wildenstein" --a reference to The Bride of Frankenstein--, Jocelyn Wildenstein has allegedly spent almost US$4,000,000 on cosmetic surgery over the years, ending up as one of the worst and most famous cases of plastic surgery addiction. But who did that happened?


Once upon a time, in the late 70’s there was a beautiful women named Jocelyn Wildenstein. Jocelyn really had it made. She was a fresh-faced mother of two and married to an extremely rich art dealer. That is until she caught her husband in bed with a 21 year old Russian model. Now, any normal person would just leave her husband and take all of his money with her, right? Not Jocelyn Wildenstein! Instead she decided to win back her husbands love and make herself more beautiful by going under the knife. Well, her husband left her anyways, but Jocelyn will always have her plastic surgeon.




Michael Jackson: more than 10 nose surgeries

Does this really need to be explained? It’s incredible to forget how absolutely normal Michael Jackson looked back in the 70’s and 80’s, attractive even, before turning into the sideshow freak that he is today. He is rumored to have had more than 10 nose surgery procedures on his life.






Pete Burns: famous singer, spent almost all of his life savings on reconstructive surgery

Pete Burns, former frontman of the British band Dead or Alive --famous for their single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"--, has had extensive polyacrylamide injections into his lips, along with cheek implants, several nose re-shapings and many tattoos. He revealed in early 2006 that he had spent almost all of his life savings on eighteen months of reconstructive surgery after a procedure on his lips went horribly wrong.




Dennis Avner: the Catman

Dennis Avner, also known by "Catman" or his native american name of "Stalking Cat", has undergone incredible extensive surgery in order to look like his totem animal, the tiger. Modifications include extensive tattooing, transdermal implants to allow whiskers to be worn, subdermal implants to change the shape of the face and the filing and shaping of the teeth to make them look more like a tiger's.




Eric Sprague: the Lizardman

Born Eric Sprague in 1972, the Lizardman was one of the first people to have a split tongue and in some circles is seen to be wholly responsible for the recent popularity of this particular modification. This 37 year old man has transformed himself into a reptile via 700 hours of tattooing, five Teflon horns implanted beneath the skin of his eyebrows, filing down of his teeth into sharp fangs, bifurcation of his tongue, and stretching of his septum and earlobes.




Donatella Versace: a caricature of herself

Since taking over for her brother Gianni Versace, platinum blonde fashion designer Donatella Versace has gone through some drastic changes thanks to awful plastic surgery, turning herself into a caricature. Although nose jobs are usually done to make a nose smaller, Donatella’s has grown larger over the years. It is also wider and flatter and slightly crooked, indicating that at least one bad nose job took place. In addition to her big nose, Donatella also has large lips, like the trout pouts of the Hollywood divas the designer dresses. Although the fashion icon has always had big lips, the oversized upper lip indicates that fillers, like collagen, have been used liberally. For a 53-year old, Donatella’s skin is very firm, indicating a possible facelift. She probably also uses dermal injectables like Botox to eliminate wrinkles, even when she smiles. Her tight face is a strong contrast to the loose skin on the rest of her body. And yes, Donatella’s weight loss also revealed her breast implants. Anything left?




Jackie Stallone: facelift, brow lift, cheek implants, nose job...

The mother of famous actor Silvester Stallone, Jackie was also famous for claiming she can talks to dogs about the future, she also once set up a psychic hotline which would charge callers for advice. Now she’s relatively famous for what looks like a little too much plastic surgery, as she has tried everything: facelift, brow lift, cheek implants, nose job and, of course, lip jobs.




Amanda Lepore: world's most famous transexual

Once a poverty-stricken young boy, Amanda Lepore's countless surgeries have made her one of the world's most famous transexuals. She had her first plastic surgery at the age of 15, getting a sex change in her last year of high school, and countless surgeries after that.




Michaela Romanini: italian socialite, famous for her collagen abuse

Last but not least. Meet italian socialite Michaela Romanini. Another plastic surgery gone wrong, this lip collagen abuser is only 40 years old, and became famous after her many surgeries.