Archive for October 2009
Actor Dennis Hopper diagnosed with prostate cancer
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 30, 2009
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Los Angeles, California — Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his manager Sam Maydew said Friday.
Hopper is being treated in a special program at the University of Southern California.
He was expected to appear at an exhibition of his photography at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne [...]
Girl, 9, laid to rest as murder suspect, 15, appears in court
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 30, 2009
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A 9-year-old girl was laid to rest Wednesday as a 15-year-old girl, described as an acquaintance, was in court on charges she carried out the younger girl’s murder
Elizabeth Olten was coming home from a friend’s house last week in St. Martins, Missouri, when she disappeared.
Distraught residents searched for days for Olten without luck, when the [...]
China invites Kim Jong Il to visit
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 30, 2009
China has invited reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to visit at his convenience, state media in both countries reported.
The invitation was extended as an official from North Korea’s Workers’ Party visited China and attended a Wednesday meeting, in which the countries pledged to strengthen ties, according to China Daily.
The two nations are celebrating [...]
Beyonce causing controversy in Egypt
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 30, 2009
Diva Beyonce Knowles strutting her stuff in the conservative Middle East?
Looks like it. Even though not everyone is looking forward to the show.
Beyonce’s worldwide, year-long “I am …” tour, which has taken her from Canada to China since March, is due in Egypt on November 6 at the Red Sea resort of Port Ghalib.
The single [...]
Mafia hit in Italy caught on tape
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 30, 2009
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A still image taken from a video released by prosecutors in Naples shows the May 11, 2009 killing of Mariano Bacio Terrasino, 53, outside a bar in central Naples.
A security camera in Naples captured a member of the mafia shooting another man outside a store.
When Tarracino falls on the ground, the killer finishes him off [...]
Google launches music search with Lala and iLike
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 30, 2009
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LOS ANGELES – Google Inc on Wednesday partnered with Web services Lala and MySpace’s iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet, expanding its music industry footprint.
The global Web search leader will provide users who want to sample a song with a pop-up box that will [...]
Chinese officials try to find parents of 60 lost children
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 30, 2009
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Beijing, China — In some of the photos, the young children are wearing bibs and slight smiles can be seen on their chubby faces.
But these are not your normal baby pictures.
The Chinese government is trying to find the parents of these 60 homeless children, some of them so young that they had not yet [...]
Tiësto – Just Be
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 30, 2009
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Known for creating hypnotic electronica in which fragments of airy female vocal melodies weave through pulsating layers of rhythms, Dutch DJ Tiesto is one of the most noted producers/remixers in progressive dance music. JUST BE continues Tiesto’s … Full Description forays into beat-based trance music, and his trademark sonic elements–floating vocals, eerie synth textures, and incessant, [...]
Luciano Pavarotti – La Donna È Mobile
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 29, 2009
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The “king” Luciano Pavarotti as Il Duca di Mantova in the screen movie “Rigoletto” (1983) based on Giuseppe Verdi’s opera with the same name (1851).
Original Italian
English translation
La donna è mobile
Qual piuma al vento,
Muta d’accento — e di pensiero.
Sempre un amabile,
Leggiadro viso,
In pianto o in riso, — è menzognero.
Refrain
La donna è mobil
qual [...]
Google drives into navigation market
Posted by: RAFAEL on: October 28, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO- Google Inc is adding Garmin Ltd and TomTom to its growing list of rivals as the Internet search giant weaves technology for driving directions into new versions of its smartphone software.
Google said its new Google Maps Navigation product will provide real-time, turn-by-turn directions directly within cell phones that are based on [...]
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