New Skyscraper In China Looks Like Giant Pants

British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese

It was billed as China’s answer to the Arc de Triomphe — a spectacular £445m British-designed skyscraper paying homage to the Asian country’s turbo-charged economic rise. But even before the 74-storey Gate to the East is complete it has come under attack from critics who compare it not to the famous Parisian war memorial but to a pair of “giant underpants”. The skyscraper’s unusual stance is attracting a different kind of international attention. Thousands have commented over the past several weeks saying that the structure looks like a pair of long-johns, boxers shorts, or even footed pajamas with the two base buildings on the bottom acting as feet.

 

 

 

PHOTOS AND TRIBUTE VIDEO: 11 Years Later...9/11

9/11 TRIBUTE VIDEO (11 YEARS LATER) (2012) [THE 20 MOST POWERFUL PHOTOS OF 9/11]

 

 

Remembering the tragic day of September 11,2001 exactly 11 years later.
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET

 

Video by: A-Lex (Nashville United Promotions 2012)

 

 

The Dangerous Side Of Facebook...Teenage Boy Stabbed To Death After Gatecrashers Stormed A Party That Had Been Publicized On Facebook

Crime Scene

 

The scene in Colchester where a seventeen year old boy has been stabbed to death while attending a house party

A promising A-level student was stabbed to death after a quiet house party spiralled out of control when gatecrashers spotted an invite on Facebook. Jay Whiston, 17, collapsed after being stabbed in the stomach during an altercation over a mobile phone at the party in a quiet suburb of Colchester, Essex.

Partygoers described how the well-behaved teenage gathering, at which the host’s parents were present, descended into chaos as a large number of uninvited guests turned up and began to cause trouble.

According to witnesses, Mr Whiston, who lived with his family in Clacton, was stabbed when he attempted to intervene in a row over a mobile phone.

Paramedics, who were called to Marlowe Way in Colchester shortly after 10pm on Saturday evening, rushed Mr Whiston to Colchester General Hospital but he was pronounced a short time later.

Facebook, as Jay’s tragic killing reminds us, is not a virtual Postman Pat who delivers letters, parcels and bills. No, Facebook is like standing in the street, megaphone in hand, yelling your message to neighbours and passers-by. If it is a bit of gossip, be prepared for everyone to spread it. If it is an invitation, be prepared for a mob to turn up.

In other words, no one really can control the website, which can seem like a foreign land to parents who remain uninitiated to its rules. Mike Butcher, the Europe editor of the online publication TechCrunch and a new media expert, explains: “If you create an event page in Facebook, say for a party, you may think this is a private space, but information can spread far wider than you ever intended. There is no control.”

A public place without boundaries, where everyone is linked: good friends with total strangers, drug dealers connected to vulnerable loners, gangs to innocent school children. No wonder alot of parents are now Facebook-wary. Indeed, the parents of Laura Guthercole, who hosted the party that ended so tragically for Jay Whiston, were also cautious and sensible. They stayed in their detached house to supervise proceedings, and Laura had sweetly handwritten notes to neighbours to apologise for any noise – but when 200 people turned up, events spiralled out of their control.









Source: Cristina Odone via Telegraph

Fans Pay Tribute To Late Actor Michael Clarke Duncan During Public Viewing Of Casket

A large crowd turned out Sunday for a public viewing of Duncan's casket.The four-hour, closed-casket celebration of his life was held at the Hall of Liberty in Hollywood Hills' Forest Lawn Park cemetery.
There was also a viewing on a screen of "The Green Mile," the film that made Duncan a star.
The private family ceremony will take place Monday.

Miss Nigeria Ireland 2012 Scheduled For The 22nd September

 

The fifth edition of Miss Nigeria Ireland is scheduled to take place on the 22nd of September 2012 at the Red Cow Hotel, Dublin.

Guest artistes and comedians like KAS, DJ Daley, Fabu D, Pop Dogg, Youngest Oldman and many others are expected to be there.