by bintangkecil on Saturday, March 20th, 2010 | News, World | No Comments

Girija Prasad Koirala, a former Nepal Prime Minister, died today at the age of 87 in Kathmandu. Koirala was the President of the Nepali Congress which is a key constituent of the ruling coalition, and had been “unconscious since this morning,” said Chiranjivi Nepal, an advisor to Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala, daughter of the veteran politician.

Koirala’s condition had deteriorated in the morning after a bout of diarrhea, three days after he was discharged from a city hospital in Kathmandu. Koirala had been on ventilator round-the-clock and a team of doctors were attending to him at Sujata’s house in Mandikhatar area. The veteran leader had a low hemoglobin level and was suffering from bronchitis and lungs problem.

Koirala was discharged on Wednesday from the Marty Ganga Lal Heart Centre at Bansbari in Kathmandu on Wednesday and since then he had been staying at his daughter’s house.

Thousands of supporters had gathered outside his daughter’s house where he was taken after being in hospital for several days.

Mr Koirala’s body will lie in state at the national stadium on Sunday, with his funeral later in the day at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple in Kathmandu, his aide Gokarna Poudel said, according to AFP news agency.

Top leaders of major political parties, including Maoist chairman Prachanda and CPN-UML’s Jhalanath Khanal, visited Sujata’s residence to enquire about Koirala’s health.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed condolences.

“Koirala spent his entire political life championing the cause of the people…” Mr Singh said.

“Koirala was a mass leader and a statesman, whose knowledge and wisdom guided the polity of Nepal in the right direction at critical junctures in the country’s history.”

Mr Koirala’s political career spanned seven decades.

Koirala’s Political Career

In 1948 Koirala founded the Nepal Mazdoor Congress, later known as the Nepal Trade Union Congress. Later, in 1952 he became the President of the Morang district Nepali Congress and held that office until he was arrested and imprisoned by King Mahendra following the 1960 royal coup.

Upon his release in 1967, Girija Prasad Koirala, along with other leaders and workers of the party, was exiled in India until his return to Nepal in 1979.

Koirala was General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party from 1975 to 1991. Koirala was actively involved in the 1990 Jana Andolan which led to the abrogation of the Panchayat rule and the introduction of a multi-party politics in the country.

In 1991 he became the first democratically elected Prime Minister since 1959, when his brother B. P. Koirala and the Nepali Congress party swept the country’s first democratic election.

He had been Prime Minister of Nepal four times, serving from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008; he was also Acting Head of State from January 2007 to July 2008. He had been active in politics for over sixty years and is a pioneer of the Nepalese labor movement, having started a labor movement in the Jute mills of his hometown Biratnagar.

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by bintangkecil on Saturday, March 20th, 2010 | News, Science | No Comments

2010 Vernal Equinox falls today on March 20, 2010.

The Vernal Equinox is also knows as the Spring Equinox or March Equinox. The Vernal Equinox is when the sun crosses the winter, signifying the end of winter and the official start of spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere. Vernal Equinox 2010 officially starts at 1:32 p.m. EST.

The name “equinox” is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, the night and day are approximately equally long. At an equinox, the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator (i.e. declination 0) and ecliptic intersect. These points of intersection are called equinoctial points: the vernal point and the autumnal point.

An equinox happens twice annually, in March and September (known as the autumnal equinox), when the sun shines directly on the equator and the lengths of day and night are equal all over the world.

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by bintangkecil on Friday, March 19th, 2010 | News, World | No Comments

A retired couple of Pennsylvania went snorkeling and snapped photos under the deep waters closer to Caribbean Island. The couple, John Muldowney and Patti have told that they found Natalie Holloway’s body in the form of remains during their snorkeling trip. John Muldowney stated that it was looking a body of someone.

The 18 years old Natalie Holloway was vanished on the 30th day of May 2005 when she went to visit Aruba with her high school trip. She was last seen leaving Carlos’ n Charlie’s night club on May 30, 1995 with three young men she had met and partied with that night.

One of the men, Joran van der Sloot, is the main suspect in Natalie’s disappearance. For most of the last five years, van der Sloot’s father, who was a judge in Aruba, used his clout to protect him from prosecution. Joran’s dad not only protected him in this case — even after a recorded confession — but also prevented authorities from prosecuting him for allegedly running a sex slave market. In that case, Joran was also caught on hidden camera, making arrangements to transport young Thai girls out of the country to work as indentured prostitutes.

However, Joran’s daddy died on February 11, 2010 and almost before his body was cold Joran began to talk — a lot — about Natalie’s death and what he did with her body.

While not the first time he’s confessed to disposing of Natalie’s body, during his confession on February 26, 2010, he knew he was being recorded by Dutch television station RTL-5, so he turned on the tears. In his most recent version of the story, Joran says Natalie fell off a balcony after doing cocaine and died from the accident, so he and an accomplice dumped her body in a swamp.

In 2008, he told interviewer Peter De Vries, who posed as a friend to get the scoop, that she had died on the beach after having sex with him. He casually explained that he then beat her body to try to revive her, and when that didn’t work he gave up on the “bitch” and called a friend with a boat for help with getting rid of her corpse. This candid taped confession was rejected as evidence and prosecutors believe his most recent confession is pure fiction as well.

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by bintangkecil on Friday, March 19th, 2010 | Entertainment, News | No Comments

According to SoCalGlamourGirls.com, Michelle “Bombshell” McGee Biography:

Age: 24

Height: 5′5

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Blue

She is working on her Masters Degree in Bio-Chemistry and she has a Bachelor’s of Science in biology. She also claims to have completed two years of medical school but goes on to say that she now loves affairs with doctors and offers a live anatomy show and tell.

She also states that she grew up in Montreal and is 3rd generation French Canadian and has lived in the South of France so she speaks French. This makes her ready for a ‘threesome’ apparently, according to her profile.

As the Jesse James cheating scandal heats up, there are more details have come to light regarding Sandra Bullock’s husband’s alleged mistress, Michelle “Bombshell” McGee.

Michelle McGee also stripped at Larry Flint’s Hustler Club before being fired.

She is currently a featured stripper (by the name Avrey) at San Diego’s Pure Platinum Kearny Mesa club, but has not been in to work in the last few days.

The tattoo model is also a mother of two grade school-aged children. “She was really quiet and a nice girl,” a former landlord of McGee’s reports. “She had two kids and she didn’t have a lot of visitors.”

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by bintangkecil on Friday, March 19th, 2010 | Entertainment, News | No Comments

Sandra Bullock (born July 26, 1964) married motorcycle builder and Monster Garage host Jesse James (born April 19, 1969) on July 16, 2005. They met when Bullock arranged for her ten-year-old godson to meet James as a Christmas present.

James has three children—a daughter and a son with his first wife, Karla, and a daughter with his second wife, Janine Lindemulder.

October 2009: Bullock and James entered into a custody battle with James’ second ex-wife, former adult film star Janine Lindemulder, who had been jailed for six months for tax evasion, sought to regain custody of her then five-year-old daughter with James, Sunny, after James had been granted sole guardianship of her. James sought to retain full guardianship, citing fear of the environment in which his daughter would be placed if returned to Lindemulder.

December 2009: James won custody, and Lindemulder was given weekly visitation rights during the daytime.

In March of 2010, tattoo model and stripper, Michelle McGee, claimed she had an 11-month affair with James while wife, actress Sandra Bullock, was on location filming The Blind Side.

March 18, 2010: James issued a public apology to Bullock amid rumors of infidelity. He stated “The vast majority of the allegations reported are untrue and unfounded” and declined to address specifics further. James declared that “There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me”. He further added “This has caused my wife and kids pain and embarrassment beyond comprehension, and I am extremely saddened to have brought this on them. I am truly very sorry for the grief I have caused them. I hope one day they can find it in their hearts to forgive me.”

In yet another story of Hollywood infidelity, Sandra Bullock is said to be filing for divorce from her cheating husband Jesse James.

According to a report, the “Proposal” actress has made up her mind to leave her motorcycle-building hubby and isn’t looking back.

An inside source told press, “Sandra is devastated. Jesse has tried to smooth things over with Sandra but she’s still leaving him.”

James’ mistress Michelle “Bombshell” McGee allegedly blabbed to her former boss Danielle Dee Madrano about the 11-month fling. “She told me that she and Jesse were together… this was around May, 2009, or just prior to that. She told me that Jesse’s marriage to Sandra Bullock was for publicity, and that’s why he did Donald Trump’s show, Celebrity Apprentice. He never called on Sandra for money or influence because their marriage was a sham, she said.”

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by bintangkecil on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | News | No Comments

In an act of civil disobedience, Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo have been arrested at the White House gates on Thursday while protesting the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

Following a Human Rights Campaign rally for DADT repeal in Washington earlier today, Choi and Pietrangelo led about 100 protesters to the White House, where the two then proceeded to handcuff themselves to the gates.

United States Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser told The Advocate that both men were taken to Park Police’s Anacostia station, where they were charged with failure to obey a lawful order. Choi and Pietrangelo will be held overnight and are scheduled to appear in D.C. Superior Court on Friday.

Choi was speaking at the HRC rally at Freedom Plaza when he asked the group’s executive director, Joe Solmonese, if he would also march to the White House. Pietrangelo was discharged from the military under DADT, while Choi’s discharge is pending. Choi is the founder of Knights Out, a West Point alumni organization supporting LGBT soldiers.

“You’ve been told that the White House has a plan,” Choi told rally attendees. “But we learned this week that the president is still not fully committed. … Following this rally, I will be leading [the protest] to the White House to say ‘enough talk.’ … I am still standing, I am still fighting, I am still speaking out, and I am still gay.”

Police officers had blocked the gates of the White House with yellow tape and pushed back the protesters, who were chanting DADT repeal slogans and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Kathy Griffin, who was in Washington at the behest of HRC to meet with members of Congress about DADT repeal, was also at the rally. When asked by Choi if she would march with him to the White House, Griffin responded, “Of course!” Neither Griffin nor Solmonese was seen at the White House protest, however.

The HRC has released the following statement on the rally: “Today more than 1,000 people showed up at a rally — 500 of which signed up to become more involved in the fight to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ Joe Solmonese along with [gay Iraq war veteran] Eric Alva and others felt it was important to stay and engage those at the rally in ways they can continue building the pressure needed for repeal. This does nothing to diminish the actions taken by Lt. Choi and others. This is the nature of social change and everyone has a role to play.”

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by wildcherry on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | News, World | No Comments

The government on Thursday announced a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they posed a fall hazard to children.

Potential Problem:

Injuries Reported: 24

Number of Units Affected: About 1.2 million in the United States and 35,000 in Canada

Dates Produced: November 2003 through December 2009

MSRP: $70 to $120

Models Affected: 3920BAN, 3920BAN2, 3920BEB, 3920BEBB, 3920COV, 3920DOH, 3920GEI, 3920GEIDSP, 3920GRN, 3920HMP, 3920IVY, 3920LAU, 3920PKR, 3930DDH, 3930DHO, 3935CAL, 3935OXB, 3935PKR, 3935PKRDSP, 3935SPM, 3935SPMDSP, 3935THR, 3935THR2, 3935THR3, 3940BIA, 3940BIADSP, 3940CAP, 3940CLE, 3940COT, 3940DRM, 3940HML, 3940MCH, 3940NGS, 3940SAV, 3940SLT, 3940SPT, 3940STA, 3940UNN, 3951CLO, 3951CLT, 3951COT, 3951ORC, 3951WLO, 3955WSR, 3960BGN, 3960CJG, 3960CNP, 3960GGG, 3980CNR, 3E00ABB, 3E00BAT, 3E00DCF, 3E00DCFDSP, 3E00DGP, 3E00DGPDSP, 3E00GPK, 3E01BDS, 3E01BDSCA, 3E01DNY, 3E01DNY1, 3E01ELP, 3E01ELPDSP, 1752404, 1755859, 1755860, 1757259, 1757412, 1760429

Solution:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall of the high chairs made by Graco Children’s Products, Inc., of Atlanta, Ga.

For a complete list of the recalled models and to order a repair kit, go to the Graco Baby site. Consumers can also called the CPSC recall hotline at 877-842-3206.

It’s the second recent recall of Graco products. In January, the company recalled about 1.5 million strollers after some children’s fingertips were amputated by hinges on the products.

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by bintangkecil on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | Business, News | No Comments

Honda has recalled 344,000 Odysseys and 68,000 Elements from the 2007 and 2008 model years over concerns of brake failure, according to several news reports.

Honda’s announcement is nothing in comparison to Toyota’s recall of 8.5 million vehicles. Although its part of a growing number of automaker concerns about the possibility of faulty brake systems.

The issue is caused by air flowing into the hydraulic brake lines when the vehicle stability assist modulator performs a self-test on start-up. Once this air builds up, it makes brakes less responsive, requiring a harder push to get the vehicle to stop.

The problems with uncontrolled acceleration acceleration seem to not be limited to Toyota. As Bloomberg noted yesterday, American automakers may also have had brake issues.

U.S. regulators have tracked more deaths in vehicles made by Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Group LLC and other companies combined than by Toyota Motor Corp. during three decades of unintended acceleration reviews that often blamed human error.

The agency received 15,174 complaints involving unintended acceleration in the past decade and has run 141 investigations of the phenomenon since 1980, closing 112 of them without corrective action. NHTSA’s repeated conclusion that crashes occurred because drivers mistakenly stomped the accelerator became a policy position that caused investigators to take complaints of runaway vehicles less seriously than they should have, safety advocates say.

Honda will get letters out to owners by the end of April with additional information on the recall. Drivers experiencing the problem can take the vehicles into the dealership and have the lines bled, which will provide a temporary fix until parts are in.

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by bintangkecil on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | Business, News | No Comments

A Walmart store announcer tells black people to leave the store. The company apologized to the upset customers.

A male voice came over the public-address system Sunday evening at a store in Washington Township, in southern New Jersey, and calmly announced: “Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now.”

Shoppers in the store at the time said a manager quickly got on the public-address system and apologized for the remark. Many customers expressed their anger to store management.

“I want to know why such statements are being made, because it flies in the face of what we teach our children about tolerance for all,” said Sheila Ellington, who was in the store at the time with a friend.

Officials with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, Ark., said that the announcement was “unacceptable” and that they’re trying to determine who made it and how it happened.

“We are just as appalled by this incident as our customers,” the company said in a statement. “Whoever did this is just wrong and acted in an inappropriate manner. Clearly, this is completely unacceptable to us and to our customers.”

This is not the first time the retailer has faced such problems.

There have been several past instances of black customers claiming they were treated unfairly at Walmart stores, and the company faced lawsuits alleging that women were passed over in favor of men for pay raises and promotions.

In February 2009, the retailer paid $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in its hiring of truck drivers.

And the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the company in May 2009, claiming some Hispanic employees at a Sam’s Club subsidiary in California were subjected to a hostile work environment. That suit alleges managers failed to stop repeated verbal harassment, including the use of derogatory words, against employees of Mexican descent.

However, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has said the company has worked hard in recent years to show it cares about diversity.

Bill Mitchell, a former Walmart employee who was shopping Wednesday at the store, said that he was saddened to hear about the announcement but that “as a black man, I’ve heard worse things.”

As customer Sharon Osbourne, of Williamstown, left the store Wednesday, she called the announcement “appalling, stupid and sad.”

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by bintangkecil on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | News, Tech/Gadget | No Comments

Google Inc. is moving its technology quest into TV industry. Some big partners has lined up for this Internet’s giant move: Intel Corp, Sony Corp, and Logitech International SA.

The joint effort, which is in its preliminary stages, includes software to help users navigate among Web-based offerings on television sets and serve as a platform for other developers to target in creating new programs, these people say. The technology could be included with future TVs, Blu-ray players or set-top boxes, they added.

As expected, the new platform will be based on Google’s Android OS and will be opened up to outside developers to create apps that combine the Web with your HDTV via Google’s Chrome browser. The article speculates that Intel will use this as an opportunity to increase its Atom processor’s foothold in the home theater. Sony would presumably make use of the Google TV software and Intel’s processor know how for its TVs and connected home theater devices. And Logitech would be the provider of accessories for the new platform like Google TV-friendly keyboards and remotes.

The Wall Street Journal this month reported that Google is testing a new TV-search service with Dish Network Corp. that is designed to allow users to find shows on the satellite-TV service as well as video from Web sites such as Google’s YouTube. The March 8 article noted that Google has been talking to partners about adapting Android—the operating system it developed for cellphones—for TVs and set-top boxes.

Though none of the companies cited would officially comment for the story (which instead relies of anonymous sources “with knowledge” of the project), it says that the first devices running Google TV could be coming out as soon as this summer.

The Journal also reported that the company has begun to target the TV market with a nascent ad-brokering business called Google TV. Some participants in the effort are using that phrase to refer to the software platform for televisions, though it doesn’t appear that the technology has been formally named.

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