Hot Blog: November 2007

Friday, November 30, 2007

New York Tops Thre City with Most Candy Stores

Halloween is just 2 days after and trick-or-treaters around the country will hop house to house filling bags with pounds of candy – leaving pediatric dentists to fill their teeth. According to data provided by Superpages.com®, New York City takes the sweet spot at No. 1 for city with the most candy stores and the most pediatric dentists.*

Top 10 Cities with Most Candy Stores:

Top 10 Cities with Most Pediatric Dentists:
1. New York, N.Y. 1. New York, N.Y.
2. Brooklyn, N.Y. 2. Houston, Texas
3. Chicago, Ill. 3. Miami, Fla.
4. Los Angeles, Calif. 4. Atlanta, Ga.
5. Philadelphia, Pa. 5. San Diego, Calif.
6. Pittsburgh, Pa. 6. Philadelphia, Pa.
7. Bronx, N.Y. 7. San Antonio, Texas
8. Houston, Texas 8. Brooklyn, N.Y.
9. Portland, Ore. 9. Honolulu, Hawaii
10. San Diego, Calif. 10. Austin, Texas

“We’re wondering if it’s any coincidence that five of the cities with the most candy stores also have the most pediatric dentists,” said Robyn Rose, vice president of marketing for Superpages.com. “But whether you’re trying to find a place to satisfy a sweet tooth or someone to fix an overindulged one, Superpages.com is the go-to source for local information

New York Tops Thre City with Most Candy Stores

Thursday, November 29, 2007

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

New York Tops Thre City with Most Candy Stores

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Australian News anchor Charmaine Dragun commits suicide

Charmaine Dragun.

Australian News anchor Charmaine Dragun has committed suicide. The described "beautiful and bubbly" Charmaine Dragun jumped to her death at The Gap - a notorious suicide location in Sydney's East section. Dragun was a top primetime news anchor for the Australian Channel 10.

At 29, she had a great family, a relationship and an equally great job.

Police have confirmed that several witnesses spotted a woman sitting on the cliff before finding her body. Dragun was due to present the 5pm news for Perth and Ten Late News on the day she died. Staff in Perth and Sydney were only informed of her death 15 minutes before the programme was due to air.

"It can be surprising why someone who seemingly has so many things ahead of them would do such a thing," says Associate Professor Michael Baigent, clinical adviser on depression. "They can often put on a brave front until it's too late, which is the tragedy of it all .... They don't let on (that they need help); it makes them feel weaker."

Charmaine began her career as a radio journalist. She worked as a reporter and news reader for Perth radio stations 6PR and 96FM," the bio reads.

"After making the move to television, she rose through the ranks at Ten News, covering everything from entertainment, to stories of major, national significance.

"She soon found her niche in court reporting and went on to cover some of the biggest cases WA has seen in recent years."

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Monday, November 19, 2007

Earthquake Strikes Chile

An earthquake has struck Northern Chile causing strong after affects in santiago, the capital of Chile.The quake's epicentre was thought to be nearly 40 miles underground in the Andean village of Quillahua, 60 miles to the west of the city of Calama. The US geological survey measured the quake at 7.7 on the Richter scale.

The quake, which struck at 10:40 EST (15.40 GMT), was also felt strongly in neighbouring Peru and Bolivia.

A spokesman for the Chilean president said initial reports indicated there had been "no injuries, but some damage had occurred, apparently not serious".Power was cut in and around Santiago to prevent damage due to electrocution.

Calama, near the Licanbur volcano, is home to close to 150,000 people. The surrounding land is one of the driest areas in the world and sparsely populated.

The National Emergency Office told Chilean national TV there had so far been no reports of injuries.

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru but Chilean authorities ruled out the alert because the quake was inland.

source: Guardian.co.uk

Tragedy stuck in the qualifying race for the US Olympic Marathon ,when Former US marathon champion Ryan Shay collapsed and died on Saturday during a qualifying race for the US Olympic marathon team.

The 28-year-old collapsed some nine kilometres into the 42.195km race in Central Park and even though he immediately received medical attention he could not be saved.

The head of New York City marathon Mary Wittenberg and the head of the US athletics federation Craig Masback said they were very saddened about Shay's death.

Ryan Shay, who won a total of five US championships, was one of the favourites to qualify for the 2004 Olympics, but an injury during the race forced him to withdraw.

A 2002 graduate of Notre Dame where he was an All-American, Shay went on to become the 2003 US marathon champion.His wife Alicia is also a professional runner.

The Central Lake, Michigan native was married on July 7 to two-time NCAA champion and collegiate 10,000-metre record-holder Alicia Craig, who he met in 2005 at the New York City marathon.

It is the second running death within a week in the US. A week ago a hobby runner collapsed and died during the Chicago marathon.

Alicia Craig the NCAA and Pac-10 Champion in the 10,000 meters ... Broke a 21-year-old school record in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Championships with a time of 32:40.03.

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Google Phone Unveiled at last .. Almost

Confirming its long-rumored move into the cell-phone market, which was known to ordinary masses as Google Phone, the Search powerhouse announced that it's finishing up a mobile-software package that will include an operating system and applications that would be .. yes... free.Thirty-four companies have will join the Open Handset Alliance, a multinational alliance that will work on developing applications on the Android platform. Members of the alliance include mobile handset makers HTC and Motorola, U.S. operator T-Mobile, and chipmaker Qualcomm.

But Google is refusing to call its creation the "Google phone.Instead, the project is called Android, after the start-up company that Google gobbled up in 2004 for its mobile software, and Google won't be making or marketing any phones itself.

"This is going to bring the Internet into cell phones in a very cool way," Android co-founder Andy Rubin, now Google's director of mobile platforms, said at the announcement.

Google Press Release posted at its site says

A broad alliance of leading technology and wireless companies today joined forces to announce the development of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and others have collaborated on the development of Android through the Open Handset Alliance, a multinational alliance of technology and mobile industry leaders.

By providing developers a new level of openness that enables them to work more collaboratively, Android will accelerate the pace at which new and compelling mobile services are made available to consumers.

Android (also known as the Google Phone or gPhone) is a Linux based smartphone software platform .The Android platform is free software, available under the Apache open source licence.

The Android platform consists of an operating system, middleware, a user-friendly interface, and applications. Consumers should expect the first phones based on Android to be available in the second half of 2008.

You can know more about Android and openhandsetalliance here

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Tucker Chapman sold tapes of his dad

A day after do chapman's controversy the Hawaii-based reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" has been suspended after the show's star, Duane "Dog" Chapman, made repeated racial slurs in a tape-recorded phone conversation. it was learnt that his son Tucker chapman had sold the audio tapes on his father Duane Dog Chapman

According to Brook Hartman, ”Dog” Chapman’s lawyer, Tucker Chapman sold the tapes of his father using the “N” word to the National Enquirer.

Hartman told the Associated Press Tucker Chapman received a “large” amount of money for selling the tapes to the tabloid.

"I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner," attorney Brook Hart told The Associated Press.

Tucker Chapman could not be reached for comment; no one answered the telephone at a Honolulu number listed under his name.

The National Enquirer on Wednesday posted on its Web site a clip of a conversation in which Duane Chapman, star of the hit A&E series "Dog the Bounty Hunter," repeatedly used the N-word in reference to Tucker's girlfriend.

Chapman later apologized to his son and the woman, then learned about how the tape got into the tabloid's hands, Hart said.

A&E has suspended production of the series, saying the network takes the matter seriously

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Lakshmi ,The girl with 8 limbs and 2 Bodies being Operated upon

Lakshmi Tatma, who was born with eight limbs, with her mother Poonam and father Shambu

Lakshmi with her mother Poonam and father Shambu

They wanted to build a temple for her. Lakshmi , who was born recently at Araria village in Bihar, was treated as a goddess thanks to the fact that she has two bodies united at the pelvis.

However, for the doctors she is an ischiopagus conjoined twin. One of the twins is headless and has two pairs of arms and legs.Lakshmi is in Bangalore and a 40-hour surgery on her has just commenced at the Sparsh hospital.

Just after she was born, news of her peculiar body spread across the village and people rushed to see her with garlands.

Lakshmi Tatma is joined to what is known as a "parasitic twin" which stopped developing in the mother's womb.Lakshmi Tatma, who was born with eight limbs, with her mother Poonam and father Shambu.

The operation to correct the rare condition - known as isciopagus - is expected to take up to 40 hours.The £100,000 operation will require differently skilled teams of more than 30 surgeons to work in eight-hour shifts to separate Lakshmi's spinal column and kidney from that of her twin.

After attempting to transplant the shared kidney wholly into Lakshmi's body, another team of surgeons will gradually close up her pelvic girdle while re-orientating her bladder and genital systems.

Plastic surgeons will then graft skin to cover her wounds while an "external fixator" will be attached to close her pelvis gradually over a three-week period.

Her parents, who earn about 50p a day as casual labourers and are both in their twenties, were turned away by a government hospital when they asked for help to increase Lakshmi's chances of survival.

However, they were brought to Bangalore after Dr Sharan Patil, the consultant orthopaedic surgeon leading the operation, visited their village.

source: Telegraph.co.uk

Google Phone Unveiled at last .. Almost

"This is going to bring the Internet into cell phones in a very cool way," Android co-founder Andy Rubin, now Google's director of mobile platforms, said at the announcement.

Google Press Release posted at its site says

Android (also known as the Google Phone or gPhone) is a Linux based smartphone software platform .The Android platform is free software, available under the Apache open source licence.

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Lane Garrison Sentenced For Vehicular Manslaughter

Lane Garrison was sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison for the death of 17 year old Vaughn Setian last december.

He started his sentence immediately.Garrison could have received a seven year sentence.He'll also have to pay $300,000 in restitution to the victim's family.

This follows a wreck in which the 27 year old actor crashed his car, with Setian and two 15 year old girls inside.The girls survived the crash, but Setian did not.

Police say Garrison had been drinking and under the influence of cocaine at the time of the crash
Lane Garrison is best known for the role of David "Tweener" Apolskis on the television series Prison Break.

Garrison was driving a 2001 Land Rover on December 2 when he lost control and rammed a tree. The crash killed his passenger Vahagn Setian, a Beverly Hills High School student. Two 15-year-old girls in the car survived.

Police said the actor had a blood-alcohol content of 0.20 per cent, more than twice the legal limit for driving, and was under the influence of cocaine, according to police.

Before the ruling, Garrison apologized to the victim's family.

"I'm sick of my own behaviour that night," he said. "This remorse is genuine. I feel it every day."

Emergency in Pakistan

Pakistan is under martial law . Pakistan president Parvez Mussarraf today declared a state of emergency suspended the country’s constitution, and issued a new Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO)

The official announcement on the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) came within minutes of a high-level meeting at the President House (Aiwan-i-Sadr) which was chaired by the President and attended by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, senior security and intelligence officials.

Shortly before the official announcement all the private and independent news channels in the country were pulled off the cable network, leading to intense speculations of a possible emergency rule or martial law.

Rumors of pakistan's impending emergency was debated last month and many had believed that it was not a question of why, but when pakistan would be under martial law again

This is the second time in General Musharraf’s tenure that an emergency rule has been imposed, and PCO issued. First it was at the time when the military seized power on October 12, 1999. This time it was when President Musharraf had already ruled the country for eight long years, and was faced with a situation where there was a strong possibility that the Supreme Court may rule against his move to get himself elected for the second time as the head of the state.

According to some details of the new PCO made available to the media, the National Assembly, Senate, provincial assemblies, the prime minister, provincial chief ministers, federal and provincial ministers, governors and all those in the “government services” will continue to function normally.

A senior Pakistani official told CNN that the emergency declaration will be "short-lived," and will be followed by an interim government. Martial law is a way to restore law and order, he said.

The Supreme Court declared the state of emergency illegal, claiming Musharraf had no power to suspend the constitution, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry told CNN.

Shortly afterward, Chaudhry was expelled as chief justice, his office told CNN. Troops came to Chaudhry's office to tell him.The government appointed Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar as the new chief justice, according to state television.

Lane Garrison Sentenced For Vehicular Manslaughter

Lane Garrison was sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison for the death of 17 year old Vaughn Setian last december.

He started his sentence immediately.Garrison could have received a seven year sentence.He'll also have to pay $300,000 in restitution to the victim's family.

This follows a wreck in which the 27 year old actor crashed his car, with Setian and two 15 year old girls inside.The girls survived the crash, but Setian did not.

"I'm sick of my own behaviour that night," he said. "This remorse is genuine. I feel it every day."

Food Network Star Giada De Laurentiis Pregnant Is Pregnant

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Food Network Star and Italian American Chef Giada De Laurentiis is Pregnant.

Giada De Laurentiis, star of Food Network show 'Everyday Italian', is expecting her first baby with clothing designer husband Todd Thompson, whom she met in 1991, and wed in 2003.

Giada ,The Italian American chef, writer, TV Personality, and the current host of the Food Network programs Everyday Italian, Behind the Bash, Giada's Weekend Getaways, and Giada in Paradise. In addition to her regular shows, De Laurentiis has appeared on several Food Network specials and is the founder of a catering business called GDL Foods. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's Today.

The cooking star with the big smile announced her blessing on the Nov. 5 episode of the 'Today' show.

De Laurentiis, 37, is also the granddaughter of legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis and Italian film star Silvana Mangano. Her mom is actress Veronica De Laurentiis, and her dad is actor-producer Alex De Benedetti.De Laurentiis is the current spokesperson for the pasta manufacturer Barilla.

De Laurentiis began hosting Behind The Bash, in October 2006, which explores the catering process behind big event extravaganzas such as the Grammys. On a November 2006 episode of Iron Chef America, she and Bobby Flay faced off against, and were defeated by Rachael Ray and Mario Batali. In January 2007, a third De Laurentiis-hosted show, the travelogue Giada's Weekend Getaways debuted on the Food Network.

Just after she was born, news of her peculiar body spread across the village and people rushed to see her with garlands.

Lakshmi Tatma is joined to what is known as a "parasitic twin" which stopped developing in the mother's womb.Lakshmi Tatma, who was born with eight limbs, with her mother Poonam and father Shambu.

After attempting to transplant the shared kidney wholly into Lakshmi's body, another team of surgeons will gradually close up her pelvic girdle while re-orientating her bladder and genital systems.

Plastic surgeons will then graft skin to cover her wounds while an "external fixator" will be attached to close her pelvis gradually over a three-week period.

Her parents, who earn about 50p a day as casual labourers and are both in their twenties, were turned away by a government hospital when they asked for help to increase Lakshmi's chances of survival.

However, they were brought to Bangalore after Dr Sharan Patil, the consultant orthopaedic surgeon leading the operation, visited their village.

source: Telegraph.co.uk

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Monday, November 12, 2007

Food Network Star Giada De Laurentiis Pregnant Is Pregnant

The cooking star with the big smile announced her blessing on the Nov. 5 episode of the 'Today' show.

Just after she was born, news of her peculiar body spread across the village and people rushed to see her with garlands.

Lakshmi Tatma is joined to what is known as a "parasitic twin" which stopped developing in the mother's womb.Lakshmi Tatma, who was born with eight limbs, with her mother Poonam and father Shambu.

After attempting to transplant the shared kidney wholly into Lakshmi's body, another team of surgeons will gradually close up her pelvic girdle while re-orientating her bladder and genital systems.

Plastic surgeons will then graft skin to cover her wounds while an "external fixator" will be attached to close her pelvis gradually over a three-week period.

Her parents, who earn about 50p a day as casual labourers and are both in their twenties, were turned away by a government hospital when they asked for help to increase Lakshmi's chances of survival.

However, they were brought to Bangalore after Dr Sharan Patil, the consultant orthopaedic surgeon leading the operation, visited their village.

source: Telegraph.co.uk

Australian News anchor Charmaine Dragun commits suicide

Charmaine Dragun.

At 29, she had a great family, a relationship and an equally great job.

Charmaine began her career as a radio journalist. She worked as a reporter and news reader for Perth radio stations 6PR and 96FM," the bio reads.

"After making the move to television, she rose through the ranks at Ten News, covering everything from entertainment, to stories of major, national significance.

"She soon found her niche in court reporting and went on to cover some of the biggest cases WA has seen in recent years."

BIG Brother Charley Uchea got a pasting this weekend when a mystery girl attacked her outside a nightclub.

The loudmouth,Charley Uchea who was one of the show's most unpopular housemates ever, got into a fight outside the trendy Embassy nightclub in Mayfair, London.

And for once, it was Charley who ended up on the receiving end of a pasting.

She was thrown to the ground in front of baying clubbers, and had her hair pulled by a girl who'd obviously taken a dislike to the ex housemate.

Despite trying to fight back, Charley was no match for her opponent and she ended up losing some of her beloved extensions.

One version is that Charley was minding her own business and was walking past a group of girls and they began to make remarks about her - then the trouble began!

Suddenly all hell broke loose, there was a fight between Charley and another girl and our heroine was on the floor and yelped as her hair was being pulled. Finally two brave men stepped in and Charley got to her feet screaming and shouting and had to be dragged away.

Her friend said, "It was really nasty and an unprovoked attack. They just jumped on her. One of them said 'let's do her'. She doesn't want to involve the police."

The 22-year-old Charley Uchea recently said that she was considering getting breast implants, to go from a C to an E cup size.She also claimed that she had "an entourage bigger than J-Lo", which made it difficult to go shopping.

Saturday, November 10, 2007