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  • 'Bachelor' Sean Lowe proposes, and the lucky bride

    Catherine Giudici, a goofy, nerdy, 26-year-old graphic designer, has won the heart of “Bachelor” Sean Lowe.

    The handsome fan favorite proposed in Thailand on the “The Bachelor” finale, after reading a note from the Seattle native, part of which read: “I know neither one of us is perfect, but I truly believe we are perfect for each other.”

    “This has been a crazy journey,” Sean told an obviously nervous, shaking Catherine, who was wearing a shimmery, gold gown. “I knew from the very beginning that you were someone I wanted to be around. I miss you every time I have to say goodbye. I don’t want to say goodbye anymore.”

    “I want to spend the rest of my life telling you I love you and making you feel like the most special, beautiful woman in the world,” Sean said beaming, as he got down on one knee. “Catherine, will you marry me?”

    - Catherine Guidice accepts her proposal

    “Yes! Ohmygod!” Catherine squealed as the Neil Lane diamond slid onto her finger.  “Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, is this for real?”

    “I love you so much. I’m gonna tell you every day,” Sean said.

    And it gets better. An elephant whisked them away into the sunset. No, really.

    The day wasn’t all sunshine and roses, though. Before proposing to Catherine, Sean first had to break up with Lindsay Yenter, a 24-year-old substitute teacher from North Carolina, who infamously showed up the first night dressed in a wedding dress and got veeeeery tipsy. 

    Sean told a stunned Lindsay that letting her go was the “toughest thing” he ever had to do. 

    “I want to give you my heart so bad, but my heart is somewhere else,” he said. “I’ve been so confused, and have been searching and praying for clarity. I think I’ve finally gotten it.”

    Kelly Osbourne leaves the hospital after treatment for seizure

    Five days after she was hospitalized for a seizure, Kelly Osbourne has left the hospital and is expected to be just fine. The TV host's doctors have determined that she is unlikely to have future episodes and can therefore get back to her life.

    The strange situation began on Thursday (March 7) when Osbourne suffered a seizure during a taping of her E! show, "Fashion Police." She was quickly rushed to the hospital, where doctors examined her to determine whether or not the seizure had been caused by epilepsy or some other disease.

    Now, according to a report from E! News, the doctors think Osbourne will be just fine. A statement from her rep to the news outlet stated that "Kelly Osbourne has returned home and has been given a clean bill of health by her doctor... Doctors ran numerous tests and determined that this was most likely a onetime episode of which there are no conclusive results."

    This is certainly good news for Osbourne. Despite the scary situation, she managed some humorous tweets during her time in the hospital. On Tuesday (March 11), for example, Osbourne tweeted:

    "My life is now like an episode of House = the impending fight against death and the look of fear in everyones faces!"

    Conde Nast launches slate of original programming

    Conde Nast is launching a slate of original Web series, continuing the publisher's push to expand its stable of magazines into multimedia programming.

    Conde Nast will debut on Tuesday online channels on YouTube and other video destinations for Glamour and GQ. The digital programming is just the start of plans for Conde Nast to spin off video series from many, if not all, of its magazines — even, potentially, The New Yorker.

    In 2011, Conde Nast launched Conde Nast Entertainment to develop and produce movies, TV shows and Internet offerings based on its magazine brands. Dawn Ostroff, formerly president of entertainment for the CW network and an executive for Lifetime Television, came aboard to spur the multimedia expansion.

    "This is by far one of the most exciting parts of what we're working on at CNE because it really is the future," says Ostroff. "It extends the reach of our brands, it really allows us to tap into a new audience, and we have the opportunity to be one of the first innovators in this space."

    The four Glamour series include four- or five-minute-long shows like "Elevator Makeover," in which hosts Jessica Harlow and Theodore Leaf quickly remake a girl's appearance in a long elevator ride. Among the four GQ shows are a workout guide called "Fighting Weight" and "The Ten," in which celebrities share the 10 items they can't live without.

    "This is just our first step, but clearly as we go forward, video is going to be a huge part of what we do here," says Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive. She also stars in one of the videos, one that tracks her during a day of covering Fashion Week. "In the future, this will be a huge part of what my staff — the brand staff — does."

    Earlier this year, one of Ostroff's initiatives met some backlash after contracts with Conde Nast writers were reworked to grant the company "first-look" rights to any adaptations of published articles. Compensation rates for writers were also locked in. Some agents and writers protested that the terms were unfair.

    But with steady decline throughout the industry in print magazine circulation, Ostroff and Conde Nast are intent on capitalizing from the sometimes lucrative entertainment possibilities in its magazines. The best-picture winner "Argo," for example, was partly based on an article published by Conde Nast's tech magazine Wired.

    The company says that 850 of its writers have since signed the new deals. Conde Nast Entertainment has several film projects in development.

    Anne Hathaway’s PDA-Packed Coffee Date

    Two weeks after the “Les Miserables” star took home her first Oscar, she and actor/jewelry designer hubby Adam Shulman were spotted locking lips at a coffee shop in Brooklyn on Sunday.

    The happy couple certainly wasn’t shy about smooching in public – or for the cameras, for that matter – since they were sitting smack in front of the café’s window. They might have just had a lot of extra energy thanks to all the caffeine, but Hathaway, 30, has made it clear in past interviews that she’s simply smitten with her man, whom she married last September.

    “He’s a good man. He’s beyond intelligent. He loves fearlessly. His beliefs are beautiful. He’s my best friend. I love him,” the actress told Glamour of Shulman, 31, in January. “I just feel that I have the greatest husband in the world for me.”

    She may have the greatest husband now, but she almost didn’t. The New Jersey native spent four years in a serious relationship with Italian businessman Raffaello Folleri, who, in 2008, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for defrauding investors. The two broke up right around the time he was arrested and Hathaway began dating Shulman later that year.

    After their weekend kissing session, the spouses took a bundled-up stroll around the 'hood, with Shulman donning a shearling jacket and his wife wearing a navy trench coat, skinny jeans, and a retro headband. But it looks like Anne interrupted their romantic outing by taking a cell phone during their walk.

    Holly Madison to Her Baby Name Haters: I Don’t Care What You Think!

    Holly Madison is so ecstatic over motherhood that she's thumbing her nose at the haters who have criticized her baby name selection.

    The new mom, who welcomed daughter Rainbow Aurora on March 5, dismissed her critics in a brief but succinct blog post she published over the weekend.

    "There are a lot of smug haters out there who bag on my choice of a name, but I don’t care about what they think," wrote the 33-year-old, who welcomed the baby with her party promoter beau, Pasquale Rotella. "I want my daughter to be proud of who she is and learn to speak up and stand up for herself at a young age. I spent most of my life being a people-pleaser who worried about what other people thought or thought was cool and I don’t want that for her."

    Madison went on to talk about how she picked the name Rainbow, noting that she didn't invent it. It was actually the name of a girl she knew when she was growing up.

    "I have always loved the name Rainbow," shared Madison, who was born Hollin Sue Cullen. "There was a girl in my school a few years younger than me named Rainbow and I was so envious of her name because it was so pretty and unusual. She was a perfectly normal, well-adjusted, sporty girl, by the way, so I’m not worried about my daughter being 'traumatized' by having an unusual name."

    The reality TV star concluded by writing, "I couldn’t be more blessed to have such a perfect daughter and have never been happier than I am now!"

    Kim Kardashian’s Vampire Facelift Does It Work?


    The 32-year-old reality star, always up for looking "young," underwent a so-called vampire facelift on Sunday's episode of her show "Kourtney and Kim Take Miami." The procedure is the same one that Oscar attendees received via a gift certificate in their swag bags last month. So, what is it and, more importantly, does it really work?

    Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, a board certified plastic surgeon practicing in Boston, has performed the procedure "periodically" in the last five years, and tells omg! that people who like the latest and greatest treatments tend to ask for it.

    Here's how he describes it: "What you do is you take out from a person's arm about two teaspoons full of blood - a standard blood draw, like you would get when you go to the doctor — and add some chemicals, spin it down, and separate it a certain way, and you end up with some fluid that can be injected into the face," Spielgel explains. "It's similar to — if you ever scraped your knee, that kind of yellowy stuff that you see oozing out of you - it's like that. So then you inject this back in into the area where there are wrinkles. The thought is that the natural body products that you inject in are going to stimulate your body to produce more collagen, provide some volume in itself, perhaps it contains stem cells that are gonna help - the goal is to get a much better appearance using your own body's blood."

    He estimates the cost is about $1,000, which is comparable to that of proven fillers like Juvaderm or Restylane. However, he says it might not be that much of a bargain if the results don't last.

    "For a little while, you will sees an improvement because you just put an injection in," Spiegel says. Still, he's not so sure the effect will last.

    Neither is celebrity esthetician Reneé Rouleau.

    "It just sounds more about sensationalism than it is about really driving a proven result," she says. "I've been in the skincare industry 25 years, and there's always things that come and go. It's kind of like this: Anything that is really a miracle, everybody will know about it. And this blood facial's been around already for a couple years and it's not a household name, so that right there tells you it's not being embraced. And if it's not being embraced, it's not that effective. There are always trends with ingredients, but the ones that are really proven are the ones that stay around."

    Dr. Spiegel admits that he understands why the vampire treatment appeals to some. Technically, you're just moving blood from one place to another.

    Erik Spoelstra Steps Out With His Girlfriend

    The coach of the defending NBA champion Miami Heat has presided over his squad's 18-game winning streak, the longest in franchise history and in the league this season.

    And, as if things couldn't get any more exciting for Spoelstra, the famously private coach recently stepped out with his girlfriend for the first time.

    The Miami Herald reports that the 42-year-old coach is dating 24-year-old Nikki Sapp, a Miami native and a former Heat dancer.

    Apparently Spoelstra has been dating Sapp for nearly two years, but the couple only recently made their relationship public. Sapp is now a director at the Guy Hepner art gallery in West Hollywood, Calif., and so she splits her time between Miami and Los Angeles.

    Spoelstra and Sapp have attended a few charity events together -- the Miami Heat Family Foundation night of "Motown Revue" and a fundraiser for Lauren's Kids, a group that works on preventing the sexual abuse of children.

    Tapsee’s satire on movie Buffs Photo

    Delhi babe Tapsee was known for her glam doll roles and modern attires onscreen. Even the critics and general audience have branded her as an actress who fits best in roles which require actors to look glamorous.

    However, Gundello Gadari is gonna change the mindset of audience and the way they look at our sexy lady.

    Tapsee was seen sporting tradition outfits in the film and her makeover was very much appreciated by the film lovers right from the morning shows on March 8th (Yesterday).

        Thrilled with the response she has been getting, Tapsee comment, ‘For everyone who thought I’m all about playing a modern glamorised character please do watch Gundello Godari. Will help u to rethink’ .

    What made Tapsee say all these words? Is it her growing confidence or a sign of success gone to head? Let’s wait for few more days to get judgemental!

    Katrina Kaif shows the Essentials Photo

    The bare essentials that make many hot women look more gorgeous at right places is what our hot Kat wants to teach this time. Throwing her pulsating looks at the camera, this hot Bollywood starlet shows what all she can to melt mountains.

    Katrina Kaif posed to perfection after hanging that checker coat on her shoulder and giving a nice glimpse of that white soft bra, an essential for hot women. One gets exhausted to scan through the outlines of those cute shapely assets.

    We can actually figure out that new hour glass shape of Kat’s waist too. With plenty of hotness on display, she best explains why she is the most deserved beauty for Indian youths

    Chris Brown Rant: Singer Goes Off About How To Talk To A Woman

    The singer, 23, went off at Emerson Theatre in Hollywood early Thursday a.m., wildly ranting to the crowd about how to treat a woman -- and it was all caught on tape. In a video exclusively obtained by TMZ, Brown interrupts the DJ, grabs the mic and starts explaining how he keeps Rihanna where he wants her.

    Be prepared, this is NSFW and pretty foul.

        "Every guy in this building has said one thing to their female ... If you're not an insecure n----, and you let her have fun with her friends, I applaud you. But you gotta say that one thing to her, and I made this s--t up. [sings] Don't make me have to tell you again, that that's my p---y baby! It is mine, baby, babe, mine. So you better not give it away!"

    Brown continued by telling the men in the crowd to heed his advice and make sure their "b---hes" know who's boss.

    "So every person in this motherf----- building, if you got a bad b---h you better say that to her. Cause she might f--k another n----."

    Rihanna's on-again love has been trying to make a conscious effort to assure people that he's deeply sorry for the now infamous 2009 Grammys incident, where he beat Rihanna and tarnished his image. Brown recently told the Mirror that night is "the deepest regret of my life, the biggest mistake."

    Mark Hunt Steps In to Face Junior dos Santos at UFC 160

    Mark Hunt will face former UFC heavyweight champion Junior do Santos at UFC 160 on May 25 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

    MMAFighting.com  first reported the news, and UFC officials later confirmed the match.

    The announcement comes days after UFC president Dana White said Hunt had turned down the fight with dos Santos.  A phone conversation between Hunt and White seems to have been what made the fight happen.

    dos Santos was originally scheduled to face Alistair Overeem on the UFC 160 card, but a quadriceps injury in training forced Overeem out of the bout.

    Hunt (9-7) is on a four-fight winning streak and is coming off of a knockout win over Stefan Struve at UFC on Fuel TV 8 on March 3.  dos Santos (15-2) is coming off of a loss to Cain Velasquez at 155 in December, where he lost the heavyweight title.

    UFC 160 is headlined by a rematch between Velasquez and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.  Hunt vs. dos Santos will be the co-main event.

    Nation’s most expensive rental may be most famous for ‘Godfather’ horse head

    The billiard room contains a massive stone fireplace mantel that Hearst brought from San Simeon.Last month, we brought you the nation's most expensive home for sale, Dallas' $135 million (or so the owner hopes!) Crespi-Hicks estate.

    Not to be outdone, the Beverly House in Beverly Hills, Calif., is muscling its way into the stratosphere with what is believed to be the most expensive rental home in the nation: a staggering $600,000 a month.

    You probably know the house without even realizing it: Remember the scene from "The Godfather" where a Hollywood mogul finds a horse head in his bed? That was filmed at the Beverly House. But the home has an illustrious history beyond that, too: William Randolph Hearst left San Simeon -- the California setting of his never-finished Hearst Castle -- to move into the Beverly House, which paramour Marion Davies bought for him in 1946. And John F. Kennedy honeymooned at the Beverly House with Jackie.

    Plus, the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston vehicle "The Bodyguard" was filmed there.

    Some vital statistics: The 50,000-square-foot estate, at 1011 North Beverly Drive a few blocks above Sunset Boulevard, has 17 bedrooms and 29 bathrooms on 3.7 acres. The compound includes a guesthouse over an eight-car garage, a security cottage, a separate two-bedroom apartment, a four-bedroom gate lodge, two projection rooms, spa facilities and even an Art Deco nightclub. An outdoor terrace seats up to 400. The billiard room contains a massive stone fireplace mantle brought from San Simeon.

    Curbed recently mapped the 10 most expensive rentals on the market, and the next closest competitor appears to be Pierce Brosnan's Malibu spread at less than half the price -- a mere quarter-million a month.

    Afghan leader alleges US, Taliban are colluding

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave as planned by the end of next year.

    Karzai said two suicide bombings that killed 19 people on Saturday — one outside the Afghan Defense Ministry and the other near a police checkpoint in eastern Khost province — show the insurgent group is conducting attacks to help show that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace after their current combat mission ends in 2014.

    "The explosions in Kabul and Khost yesterday showed that they are at the service of America and at the service of this phrase: 2014. They are trying to frighten us into thinking that if the foreigners are not in Afghanistan, we would be facing these sorts of incidents," he said during a nationally televised speech about the state of Afghan women.

    There was no immediate response from the U.S.-led military coalition, which is gradually handing over responsibility for securing the country to Afghan forces.

    Karzai is known for making incendiary comments in his public speeches, a move that is often attributed to him trying to appeal to those who sympathize with the Taliban or as a way to gain leverage when he feels his international allies are ignoring his country's sovereignty. In previous speeches he has threatened to join the Taliban and called his NATO allies occupiers who want to plunder Afghanistan's resources.

    His latest remarks come as his government is negotiating a pact with the U.S. for the long-term presence of American forces in Afghanistan and just days after an agreement to transfer the U.S. prison outside of Kabul to Afghan authority fell through. His comments also came while U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is making his first visit to Afghanistan since becoming the Pentagon chief.

    Karzai said in his speech that any foreign powers that want to keep troops in Afghanistan need to do so under conditions set forward by Afghanistan.

    "We will tell them where we need them, and under which conditions. They must respect our laws. They must respect the national sovereignty of our country and must respect all our customs," Karzai said.

    Karzai offered no proof of coordination, but said the Taliban and the United States were in "daily negotiations" in various foreign countries and noted that the United States has said that it no longer considers the insurgent group its enemy. The U.S. continues to fight against the Taliban and other militant groups, but has expressed its backing for formal peace talks with the Taliban to find a political resolution to the war.

    Watch Tiger Woods’ golf ball get stuck in a palm tree at the WGC-Cadillac Championship

    It didn't seem there was a single golfer in the field at the WGC-Cadillac Championship that was going to stop Tiger Woods, but a tree? Sure, that could do it.

    On the 17th hole in the third round at Doral, Woods pushed his tee shot right of the fairway, and it looked like it would be fine until the ball never landed on grass. Sure enough the ball got stuck in the top of a palm tree, and lucky for Woods he was able to identify it was his ball, taking a drop by the tree instead of having to go back to the tee to hit his third shot.

    Woods would make bogey, follow it up with a clutch birdie on the 18th hole to keep his four-shot lead over Graeme McDowell. Tiger's record isn't too shabby when leading by three shots or more on the PGA Tour; he's never lost. Take that, palm tree.

    Update: Kurt Stelzer was the man to climb the infamous "Tiger Tree" and snag the golf ball after everyone finished on Saturday.

    Sexist Men Like Big Boobs? Male Attitudes May Predict Breast Size Preference, Says Study

    It seems cliche, but it just might be true. The more sexist a man is, the more likely he is to be into big boobs.

    A recent study from the University of Westminster, published in February in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, showed that men's attitudes toward women influence their attitudes about ideal breast size. The researchers interviewed 361 white, heterosexual men, ranging in age from 18 to 68. (Since ethnicity has been previously shown to impact how individuals perceive breast size, the researchers decided to pull participants from just one self-identified racial category.) Each man was shown five different 3-D models of women, each with a different breast size, and then asked to record which "woman" he found most physically attractive.

    Afterward, the participants were given surveys which measured each man's level of hostility toward women, his attitudes about relationships between men and women, benevolent sexism and how much he objectified women.

    The researchers found that the largest percentage of participants (32.7 percent) rated medium-sized breasts as "most attractive," followed by large (24.4 percent), very large (19.1 percent), small (15.5 percent) and very small (8.3 percent). However, a preference for large and very large breasts was significantly correlated with overt sexism, benevolent sexism, female objectification and hostile attitudes toward women. This connection was strongest when it came to benevolent sexism. In other words, men who tend to idealize "traditional" femininity and perceive women as meek and weak, are also the most likely to prefer big boobs. "It is arguable that benevolently sexist men perceived larger female breasts as attractive because larger breast size on a woman is associated with perceived femininity," wrote the researchers.

    Danielle Fishel 'Maxim' Cover Story: 'Boy Meets World' Actress Shares Bob Saget Coke Story

    Danielle Fishel is the "Maxim" cover girl for April 2013 (check out the full cover and more images below) and the "Boy Meets World" alumna is sharing some strange '90s TV secrets.

    The actress, who likely last appeared on the glossy page of "Teen Beat", talked about her early years as Topanga, a role she'll reprise in Disney's "Girl Meets World" spinoff, and a time the entire T.G.I.F. gang ("Full House" and "Family Matters" folks included) flew together.

    "One time we were all on a private jet going to Disney World, and my mom, dad, and brother were also with me. We had these four seats facing each other with curtains," Fishel explained to Maxim. "We were trying to take a nap, and all of a sudden ['Full House's' Danny Tanner] Bob Saget walks down the aisle, rips open our curtain, and shouts, 'Do you guys have any coke?!' Then he looks my dad in the eye, laughs, and closes the curtain."

    Though Fishel may not be hanging out with Saget on private jets these days, she has been getting together with her "Boy Meets World" co-star Ben Savage, who will also reprise Cory Matthews for "Girl Meets World." "Ben and I call each other hubby and wife," Fishel told EW in February. "Eighteen years of my life I’ve known Ben, and for all of those years he’s been lumped together with me as being my partner in crime, my husband. The same for Ben, he doesn’t go anywhere without people asking about Topanga and I don’t go anywhere without people asking about Cory ... You know we’re very close. We talk very openly. I think we share a lot of similar characteristics to a couple that’s been together for a long time. We know each other so incredibly well and we love each other and it’s just the best."

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    FBI to investigate hate crime reports at Oberlin College

    The FBI has opened an investigation into possible civil rights violations after reports of hate speech at Oberlin College in Ohio, one of the first U.S. schools to integrate black and white students, a school spokesman said on Friday.

    The investigation by the FBI's Cleveland office follows Oberlin's decision to suspend classes and activities for the day on Monday and hold campus-wide discussions after a report that a person wearing a Ku Klux Klan costume was seen near its Afrikan Heritage House residence hall.

    "Based on the college's ongoing conversations with them and the evolution of our investigation, the FBI is initiating an investigation of the bias incidents that have occurred on the campus," Oberlin spokesman Scott Wargo said in an email.

    A school-wide Peace Week had just begun when Oberlin canceled classes for the day.

    School officials said in a letter to parents on Monday that they were investigating incidents of hate speech on campus over the last several weeks, "including racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic defacing of posters that were advertising events and programming."

    The letter to parents also said offensive postings had appeared via untraceable accounts on popular social media sites.

    Wargo said Oberlin was "cooperating closely with the FBI in its investigation."

    FBI Special Agent Vicki Anderson said she could not confirm or deny any ongoing investigations because of the agency's policy.

    Man gets back class ring 40 years after losing it

    MyFoxAtlanta.com reports that Richard Hale lost his prized ring in 1972, when he was a recent high school graduate. Hale initially gave the ring to his then-girlfriend and now-wife Betty Ann to wear. "I was scared I was going to lose it," she told MyFoxAtlanta.com. "So I gave it back to him, and he loses it."

    Hale said he accidentally tossed the ring from his car in 1972 and hadn't seen it since. Until now. His brother apparently saw the ring on Facebook and passed on the information to Hale.

    Ellen Ramey had found it all those years ago. She told MyFoxAtlanta.com that she had always hoped to get the ring back to its owner. "My mother had a class ring," Ramey said. "I wore it to school and lost it, and it just stayed in my mind that it was important that these people get their ring back."

    Ramey and Hale connected on Facebook, and now the ring is back with Hale, who puts it on at night when he gets home from work.

    'Ignition (Remix)' White House Petition Demands Obama Change National Anthem To R. Kelly Hit

    R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" turned 10 recently, and a group of intrepid fans have found quite the way to celebrate the occasion: Change the national anthem of the United States to the timeless party tune.

    That's the notion behind a White House petition filed on the administration's website. Full text and a screenshot of the petition is available below, but essentially the "undersigned" are asking Obama to "recognize the need for a new national anthem, one that even a decade after its creation, is still hot and fresh out the kitchen."

    "Ignition (Remix)" was released on Jan. 22, 2003 and begins with Kels telling the listener that he "doesn't normally do this" before memorably noticing that "it's the freaking weekend" and accordingly "having [him] some fun."

    At the time of this writing, the petition had nearly 2,000 of the 100,000 signatures it needs to reach by its April 2 deadline. If it reaches that number, the White House is semi-technically obligated to respond, though the administration has been known to ignore some that seem to be making a mockery of the system.

    On Monday, a White House official responded to a petition that asked for cell phone unlocking to be legal. The official expressed his support for the idea.

    Previous petitions have included a government-commissioned Death Star and other off-the-wall requests. The administration did respond to the Death Star request, citing fiscal impracticality as among the reasons a Death Star will not be made.

    No Pants For A Year: One Woman Tells Her Pantsless Story

    We all have our own sense of style, which changes and evolves as we get older. One woman told us her tale of the year in which she wore tights as pants.

    Most of my clothes came from thrift stores in high school. I went through a massive growth spurt and felt like a praying mantis and to compensate for all the changes happening to my body, I tried to hide under layers of baggy clothes. As I became more comfortable with my changing shape, and felt more and more inspired by the hard-core rock bands that I was listening to (think T-Rex and The Locust), I started to wear tighter pants.

    At the same time I became more and more aware of my mother's very distinct style and tried to distance myself from what I knew would one day be my sartorial destiny. She wore outfits that included gold lamé jackets and baggy leather pants, and the woman was not afraid of shoulder pads. I knew I would one day dress just like her, but for as long as I could avoid it, I would do so by dressing the exact opposite.

    My style became even more extreme when I went to college at McGill University in Canada. I felt liberated and accepted and very much inspired by the people surrounding me. My neighbors were a DJ and a MAC makeup artist, and their influence rubbed off on me. Eventually, through alcohol and confidence, I stopped wearing pants.

    At first it started with transparent crinoline skirts that looked like '80s prom castoffs. The grunge aesthetic was still alive and Courtney Love was an inspiration. Then I stopped wearing the skirts and was only wearing tights, paired with a skeleton shirt. I was the epitome of the gothic punk aesthetic.

    In some way, not wearing pants allowed me to push the boundaries of what was sexual. My style was sexualized but in a way that was on my terms. There are so many ways in which our culture directs us to be sexy or sexual, and this was a way that I could own it and feel very comfortable with it. I was never the bubble-gum cheerleader girl, but this was sexy to me. This was not a look that would appeal to the typical audience, but that was never who my style was aimed at.

    Kate Middleton Baby Girl? Pregnant Royal Reportedly Hints At Sex Of Child

    Kate Middleton may have let the sex of her unborn child slip today as she greeted well-wishers in Grimsby, England. As the Telegraph reports, the duchess was chit-chatting with fans when one woman handed her a teddy bear. Kate reportedly replied, "Thank you, I’ll take that for my d..." then stopped herself.

    According to Us Weekly, another bystander asked her if she had meant to say "daughter," to which the royal replied, "We're not telling." Not telling or don't know? Because another bystander heard her say, "No, we don't know." The plot thickens...

    Either way, this is exciting because we can finally start envisioning how amazing it would be if Kate and Will had a girl. No offense to baby boys, but think of the fashion potential!

    In addition to inheriting a great sense of style, Catherine's baby girl would also inherit the throne. This year, the British parliament moved forward with legislation to end the principle of male primogeniture, so that Kate and William's first child regardless of gender. Yes, Kate's first born might one day become queen.

    But we probably won't know the baby's sex for a while. The British royal family's longstanding tradition is to not announce the sex of the baby until after the birth. Instead, a note is put on the gates of Buckingham Palace that announced the child's arrival, thus revealing the details to the world.

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    Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU) is inviting Applications from Graduates Indian citizens for Filling Application form of  Pre Teacher Education Test (PTET 2013). PTET 2013 Exam will be held on 05th May, 2013. Candidates who are interested in
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    Exam Date : 05 May, 2013


    Eligibility Criteria for PTET 2013 :

    Educational Qualification : Candidates must possess Graduation Degree from any recognized University. General Candidates should have Graduate degree with min 50% marks and Remaining Category candidates should have 45% marks.


    Final Year Candidates can also apply and should have degree on 01 July, 2013.


    Application Fee : Candidates are required to pay Rs. 400 in form of  Bank challan.


    How to Apply : Interested Candidates can apply only through Online mode from Official website from 28th February, 2013 to 21st March, 2013. Candidates are required to upload Scanned photograph and Signature Carefully.


    Important dates for PTET 2013 :
    Opening date for filling Online Application form : 28th february, 2013
    Closing date for filling Online Application form : 21st March, 2013

    Last date for documents submission : 22nd March, 2013


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    Selena Gomez Rocks Retro Swimsuit While Filming Music

    Selena Gomez recently teased fans with the news they'll be hearing her new tunes in the near future, and judging by the fact that she was spotted shooting a new music video, it looks like they'll be hearing those songs sooner, rather than later.

    The 20-year-old former Disney star was transformed into a 60's queen, as she donned a red, retro-style swimsuit, vintage shades, kitten heels, and big blown out hair, while filming in Palmdale, Calif. on Monday afternoon.

    Which song she's filming the video for seems to be top secret at this time, but we can tell you the video includes a couple of costume changes, and each outfit seems to be in line with Gomez's newfound fondness for a sexier, more sophisticated style.

    Darby Township boy, Bailey O'Neill, dies after school fight

     A 6th grader from the Darby Township School has died, two months since his altercation with another student.

    One day after he turned 12 years old this weekend, the parents of Delaware County 6th grader Bailey O'Neill took him off life support.

    "No more phone calls from him. No more hanging out. No one to say 'Daddy.' It's the worse feeling," father Rob O'Neill said.


    The Darby Township School student was placed into a medically induced coma in January after having violent seizures.

    Days before, Bailey's father says he was the victim of a bully and got into a school yard fight suffering a broken nose and concussion.

    "He didn't want to fight that day. He wanted to walk away. And that's it. He wanted to walk away. It shouldn't have ever happened," Rob said.

    Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan says at the least there could be possible simple assault charges against one of the two students involved.

    He's working to find out if bullying was a factor and he's waiting on autopsy results to figure out what killed this seemingly healthy boy.

    "I would hate to see anyone rush to judgment before really knowing the complete story of what occurred," Whelan said.

    Bailey's story renewed the call for action against bullying.

    His father has received support on his Battle for Bailey Facebook page and he's received calls from all over including the Philadelphia Flyers.

    Local nonprofit Teach Anti-Bullying says the statistics are staggering but under reported. 34 percent of US students say they've been bullied during school.

    "The dialogue has to be collaborative and those key players are your law enforcement in the community, your educators from the school board to the teachers in the classroom and the parents," Caludio V. Cerull of Teach Anti-Bullying said.

    The Delaware County District Attorney's Office says it has opened an active criminal investigation.

    Southeast Delco School District officials have said the district is cooperating with the investigation.

    On Friday, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., there will be a public visitation for Bailey at the Cavanagh Funeral Home in Norwood.

    The following is a statement from the Southeast Delco School District:

    Dear Southeast Delco School Community,

    Late yesterday, we were informed about the death of Bailey O'Neill. Bailey was a sixth grade student at Darby Township School. Our school community is deeply saddened by this loss. Our condolences are with Bailey's family and friends during this very difficult time.

    Surrogate offered $10,000 to abort baby

    Crystal Kelley ran through the calendar once again in her head.

    It was August, and if she got pregnant soon, she could avoid carrying during the hot summer months -- she'd done that before and didn't want to do it again. There was no time to lose.

    But there was one problem: She had no one to get her pregnant.

    Kelley picked up the phone and called a familiar number. What about the nice single man who'd inquired before -- would he be interested? No, the woman told her. She hadn't heard from him in weeks.

    Disappointed, Kelley asked if there was anyone else who would hire her. She'd had two miscarriages herself and wanted to help someone else with fertility problems. Plus, she really needed the $22,000 fee.
    Surrogate mom offered $10K to abort baby

    Hold on, the woman said, let me see.

    Yes, she said, there was a couple who wanted to meet her. Was she ready to take down their e-mail address?

    Absolutely, Kelley answered.

    A playground meeting

    Most surrogacies have happy endings, and this one should have too -- with a couple welcoming a new baby into their home and Kelley enjoying her fee, plus the satisfaction that she'd helped another family.

    Instead, it ended with legal actions, a secretive flight to another state, and a frenzied rush to find parents for a fragile baby.

    After speaking with the surrogacy agency, Kelley, then 29, arranged to meet the couple at a playground near her home in Vernon, Connecticut, a suburb of Hartford. When she arrived, she liked what she saw. The couple was caring and attentive with their three children, who were sweet and well-mannered and played nicely with her own two daughters. The couple desperately wanted a fourth child, but the mother couldn't have any more babies. Yes, Kelley told them right then and there. Yes, I will have a child for you.

    CNN made several unsuccessful attempts to contact the couple by phone and e-mail.

    The couple had conceived their children through in-vitro fertilization and had two frozen embryos left over. Doctors thawed them out and on October 8, 2011, put them in Kelley's uterus.

    About 10 days later, a blood test showed she was pregnant -- one of the embryos had taken.

    Kelley and the parents were thrilled, and over the next few weeks, the mother was attentive and caring. When Kelley had morning sickness the mother called every day to see how she was feeling. She gave Kelley and Kelley's daughters Christmas presents. When Kelley couldn't make rent, the mother made sure she got her monthly surrogate fee a few days early.

    "She said, 'I want you to come to us with anything because you're going to be part of our lives forever,' " Kelley remembers.

    'There's something wrong with the baby'

    "Congratulations! You made it half through!" the mother emailed Kelley on February 6.

    It was one of the last friendly e-mails between Kelley and the woman who'd hired her.

    A few days later, Kelley, five months pregnant, had a routine ultrasound to make sure the baby was developing properly. The ultrasound technician struggled to see the baby's tiny heart and asked her to come back the next week when the baby would be more developed.

    At that next ultrasound, the technician said it was still hard to see the heart and asked Kelley to go to Hartford Hospital, where they could do a higher-level ultrasound.

    Apparently, there was more to it than that.

    As Kelley was driving home, her cell phone rang. It was the baby's mother.

    LIC AAO Recruitment 2013 Assistant Administrative Officer Jobs Online Application form Download

     LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India is latest released jobs recruitment notification of LIC AAO Recruitment 2013. Recruit to filling up 750 AAO Assistant Administrative Officer Jobs through this Notification. Life Insurance Corporation of India LIC is one of the biggest Insurance Company in Under Govt of Indian. This vacancies complete details are official published at LIC official online website www.licindia.in . In the same way LIC is invited Online Application form for AAO Jobs filling purpose, the online application form invited from who were interested and eligible candidates. The Candidates are first of all mainly fallow the LIC official online website www.licindia.in to download the AAO Assistant Administrative Officer Jobs Online Application form, the Online Application form duly filled and submitted before on closing date. The AAO jobs Online Application form closed on April 1st 2013. So, Candidates are can applied before on closing date. We are some important and valuable details given below like Age, No of Posts, Salary and How to apply this Recruitment etc. details are given below. (More LIC Jobs Recruitment 2013)

    LIC AAO (Assistant Administrative Officer) Jobs Recruitment 2013 @ www.licindia.in
    01     Name of the Job     AAO Assistant Administrative Officer
    02     No of Posts     750
    03     Age     21-30 years
    04     Salary     17240-32640/-
    05     Qualification     Bachelor Degree
    06     Fee     500/-
    07     Selection Process     Written Test and Interview
    08     official website     www.licindia.in

    www.licindia.in LIC AAO Recruitment 2013 Assistant Administrative Officer Jobs Online Application form Download

    Age :- The Applied Candidates are born between 02-03-1983 to 01-03-1992 the required age is 21 years to upper age 30 years as on 01-03-2013. The Upper age relaxation available as per Government Rules like SC/ST Candidates 05 years, OBC candidates 03 years, PWD Candidates 10 years (Any more clarification please direct fallow the official recruitment notification).

    Qualification :- The Interested candidates are must to be qualified any Bachelor Degree from any recognized University /Institutions with minimum 55% Marks score . This type candidates are eligible for this Assistant Administrative Officer jobs.

    Salary :- The LIC AAO Recruitment selected Candidates to paid monthly Salary Rupees 17240-32640/- approximately 33418/- per month.

    Selection Process :- The Selection based on two stages like 1) Written Exam and 2) Interview. The both tests qualified to selected the AAO Jobs.

    Fee Details :- The Applied candidates are must to be paid Application fee include Intimation charges Rupees 500/- paid through Online Banking /Bank (please see the official Recruitment Notification).

    How to apply this Recruitment :-  Who were interested and eligible candidates are first of all mainly fallow  the LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India official online website www.licindian.in to download the AAO Assistant Administrative Officer Jobs Online Application form, the Online Application form duly filled and submitted along with fee, the Online application form closed on 01-04-2013. So, Candidates are can applied before on closing date. We are Official Recruitment and Online website address is given below. The Candidates are this links also fallow.

    Link :- Click here to download LIC AAO Recruitment 2013 Notification

    Click here to download Assistant Administrative Officer Online Application form

    Source from :- www.licindia.in

    Important Dates :-

        Online Application form Started on :- 05-03-2013
        AAO Online Application submission last date on :- 01-04-2013
        Call Letter Download from :- 1st week of April 2013
        Online Examination conducted on :- 11-05-2013 & 12-05-2013 (Tentative)

    Any more details like Selection Process, Fee Paid details, Syllabus, AAO Written test Admit Card, Call letter download, Selection Candidates list and Marks Key and Latest updates for this Recruitment of LIC AAO Assistant Administrative Officer Jobs Recruitment 2013 details are available at www.licindia.in

    Directorate of Education Goa Recruitment 2013 for Primary Teacher Jobs Application from Download


    Directorate of Education Goa Recruitment 2013 for Primary Teacher Jobs Online application form Download
    Directorate of Education Goa Recruitment 2013 -  Directorate of Education Goa is released latest jobs Recruitment notification of Goa Primary Teacher Jobs Notification 2013. Recruit to filling up 143 Primary Teacher Jobs Notification through this Recruitment Notification No. 46/57/2012/Admn. II/Vol.I/666 Dated :- 26-02-2013 under Special Recruitment Drive for SC/ST/OBC Candidates. This Complete Recruitment details are official published at Directorate of Education Goa online website. In the same way Directorate of Education Goa is invited Application form for this Primary teacher jobs filling purpose, The Application form invited from who were interested and eligible candidates. The Candidates are first of all fallow the Official Recruitment notification, read carefully given instructions and checked your eligibility and qualification for this Primary teacher jobs purpose then applied this Recruitment. We are some important and Valuable details are given below like Age, Qualification, no of Posts and How to apply this recruitment etc. details are given below.

    Name of the Job :- Primary Teacher Jobs

    No of Posts :- 143 (SC-03, ST-108, OBC-32)

    Age :- Who were applied candidates, the candidates are must have upper age is 42 years. The Upper age relaxation as per Government Rules like SC/ST Candidates 05 years, OBC candidates 03 years, PWD Candidates 10 years.

    Qualification :- The Interested candidates are must have qualified in Higher Secondary School Certificate with have Diploma in Education (2) two years, OR Secondary School certificate with Diploma in Education along with knowledge in Konkani.

    Salary :- Selected Candidates to paid monthly Salary Rupees 9300 - 34800/- and Grade Pay 4200/-

    How to apply this Recruitment :- Who were interested and eligible candidates are This Directorate of Education Goa Primary Teacher Jobs Recruitment Notification applied through prescribed Application form, the application form duly filled and submitted before on closing date along with all relevant documents/certificates.



    Important Dates :-
    • Last Date of Application form Submission :- 15-03-2013
    Any more details like Selection Process, Selection Candidates list and Latest updates for this Recruitment of Directorate of Education Goa Recruitment 2013 for Primary Teacher Jobs details are available at this website www.recruitment-jobsonline.blogspot.com

    Fancy Touch Screen fails Against Cheaper Clickers

    The good: Sleek universal remote with beautiful-looking design; large color touch screen with custom virtual buttons and numeric keypad; recognizes limited gestures; Web-programmable via Windows or Mac PCs, but can edit commands without having to connect a computer; rechargeable via the included cradle; controls up to 15 devices.

    The bad: Much more expensive than the superior Harmony 650; poorly placed "transport" buttons; lacks dedicated forward and reverse skip keys; limited customization options for the touch screen; nonremovable battery; no RF compatibility.

    The bottom line: The Harmony Touch can't justify the high price of its touch screen compared with traditional multibutton universal remotes.
    A touch-screen remote at first glance seems like an obvious evolution over the button-festooned scepters of yore, but the Logitech Harmony Touch is a significantly worse remote than many traditional universal clickers, like the superb and much less expensive Harmony 650.

    The Touch evokes buttonless tablets and smartphones while still offering dedicated keys for the most important functions. Logitech's newest high-end remote sports a 2.4-inch color touch screen accompanied by 27 buttons, exactly half the number found on the Harmony 650. The $250 Touch features the same Web-based programming and activity-based controls (such as "Watch TV") that have made Harmony remotes so popular, but the focus is clearly on the touch screen, which takes up about a third of the length of the remote.

    The screen has its advantages, including more flexible customization, the capacity to display a bunch of channel icons at once, on-remote editing, and support for a few gestures. But its main disadvantage -- the fact that you have to look down at the remote to make sure you're pressing the right virtual button -- is a deal-breaker for me. Logitech could have minimized this issue with better placement and selection of the hard keys, using the discontinued Harmony One as a model perhaps, but instead it plopped the screen front and center. Throw in the exorbitant price and the fact that you can circumvent Logitech's arbitrary device limit (more about this later), and there's simply no good reason to buy a Harmony Touch instead of a 650.

    Design and button layout
    You might be tempted to buy a Touch if appearance and feel were your only criteria. It's probably the nicest-looking remote I've seen, and it fits great in the hand. The glossy black face is a bit of a fingerprint magnet but no more so than a phone or tablet. It arcs gracefully down from back to front and sexy curves extend around the softly textured back, for an easier grip than with larger wands like the 650.
    source  :- http://reviews.cnet.com

    Rajasthan Panchayati Raj LDC Recruitment 2013 www.rajpanchayat.gov.in LDC Lower Division Clerk Online Application form


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        Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Recruitment 2013
        Lower Division Clerk Jobs
        Online Application form
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    Rajasthan Panchayati Raj LDC Recruitment 2013 www.rajpanchyat.gov.in LDC Lower Division Clerk Jobs Online Application form

    Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Recruitment 2013 - Rajasthan Rural Development  and Rajasthan Panchayati Raj is released latest jobs Recruitment notification of Rajasthan Panchayati Raj LDC Recruitment 2013 . Recruit to filling up 19515 LDC Lower Division Clerk jobs, through this recruitment notification. This Jobs vacancies details are official published at Panchayati Raj online website www.rajpanchayat.gov.in . In the same way Rajasthan Panchayati Raj is invited Online Application form for filling up Lower Division Clerk LDC jobs in around 33 Towns of Rajasthan State. The online Application form invited from who were interested and eligible candidates. The Candidates are fallow the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj online website www.rajpanchayat.gov.in to download the LDC Lower Division Clerk Recruitment Jobs Online Application form, the online Application form available from 18-02-2013 to 22-03-2013. So, Candidates are the online application form submitted before on closing date. We are some important and valuable details are given below like Age, Qualification, No of Posts, Salary, How to apply this Recruitment and Selection process etc. details are arranged. The Candidates are fallow the step by step details for Rajasthan Panchayati Raj LDC Lower Division Clerk Jobs Recruitment 2013 purpose.

    Rajasthan Panchayati Raj LDC Recruitment 2013
    Sl                           Location              No of Posts
    01                            Ajmer                  589
    02                             Alvar                  1005
    03                             Baran                  461
    04                             Bansawada           651
    05                              Barmer                797
    06                                Bharatpur           783
    07     Bhilwara     815
    08     Bundi     467
    09     Chittargorh     387
    10     Bikaner     625
    11     Churu     527
    12     Disha     475
    13     Dholpur     327
    14     Dungarpur     499
    15     Ganganagar     677
    16     Hanumanagarah     535
    17     jaipur     1005
    18     Jaisalmer     273
    19     Jalor     565
    20     Jalwar     533
    21     Zunzunu     613
    22     Jodhapur     723
    23     kota     337
    24     Nagar     971
    25     Pali     685
    26     Rajasamand     443
    27     Sawaimodhapur     419
    28     Sikar     695
    29     Sirochi     327
    30     Tonk     489
    31     Udaipur     987
    32     karuli     471
    33     Prathapgarh     329
    34     Total     19515

        Age :- The Applied candidates minimum and maximum age limit specified by the Government of Rajasthan for LDC Lower Division Clerk Recruitment 2013 between 18-35 years as on 01-01-2013. The Upper age Relaxation as per Government Rules like SC/ST Candidates 05 years, OBC Candidates 03 years, PWD Candidates 10 years. (Any more details pleased fallow the official Rajasthan Panchayati Raj LDC Recruitment 2013 Notification)


        Qualification :- The Interested candidates are must have qualified in Intermediate/12th Class/Secondary Board form any recognized university/Institutions with have good computer Knowledge for Rajasthan Panchayati Raj recruitment purpose.


        Salary Details :- Lower Division Clerk LDC Jobs selected candidates to paid monthly salary Rs. 5200 -20200/- with Grade Pay 1900/- paid after selections.


        Fee :- The Applied Candidates are must to be paid Application fee Rs. 500/- for General/OBC Candidates, 250/- for reservation candidates (SC/ST Candidates) and extra 40/- Payment Charges, the Application fee paid through E-Mitra OR CSC Kiosk.


        Selection Process :- The Applied candidates to selection based on merit list of Intermediate Marks, Experience  and Interview , the both tests are conducted concerned in Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Department authorities.

    How to apply this Recruitment :- Who were interested and eligible candidates are first of all mainly fallow the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj LDC Lower Division Clerk Jobs Online Application form, the Application form duly filled and submitted before on closing date. The Closing date and Online Application form link is given below. This link is also useful to applied candidates.


    Link :- Click here to download the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj LDC Recruitment 2013

    Click here to download Lower Division Clerk Online Application form

    Source from :- www.rajpanchayat.gov.in

    13 Year-Old Cartel Hitman Found Murdered, Tortured

    The body of a 13 year-old boy who had confessed to working for the Zetas Mexican drug cartel as a hired assassin was found alongside six others in the municipality of Morelos Thursday, CNN reports.

    Authorities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas confirmed that Jose Armando Moreno, four women, and one other male were found murdered execution-style on the side of a highway in the municipality of Morelos. The bodies showed signs of torture and it is believed the boy’s mother is among the victims.

    According to Univision, Moreno was arrested on Feb. 3 by the Federal Police. At the time, the boy admitted he’d been involved in at least 10 homicides, three of which he personally executed.

    "After being detained, he confessed to authorities that he had participated in at least 10 homicides and that he was somebody who was good at shooting with a high-caliber weapon," Arturo Nahle Garcia, state’s prosecutor in Zacatecas, told CNN.

    The boy was released in accordance to Mexican law which prohibits individuals under the age of 14 from being incarcerated or placed in correctional facilities. A similar case was brought to a Mexican judge’s attention in 2011; 14 year-old U.S.-born hitman Edgar Jiménez (“El Ponchis”) was sentenced to three years in jail after confessing to killing four people whose bodies were found beheaded and hanging from a bridge.

    "I participated in four executions, but I did it drugged and under threat that if I didn't, they would kill me," Jiménez told reporters after his arrest in 2010, according to Reuters.

    One of Most Polluted Neighborhoods Awaits Cleanup

     Just across the East River from midtown Manhattan's shimmering skyscrapers sits one of the nation's most polluted neighborhoods, fouled by generations of industrial waste, overflow from the city's sewage system and an underground oil leak bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill.

    It's easy to see - and smell - the filth in and around Newtown Creek, which runs through an area of working-class homes, warehouses and industrial lots straddling Brooklyn and Queens. The odor of petroleum mixes with the smell of sewage, particularly on rainy days when the city's treatment plants can't handle the volume and municipal pipes send trash and human waste straight into the creek.

    Oily, rainbow-slicked water is filled with soda cans, plastic bottles, raw sewage and decaying food. Ditched vehicles are stuck in the mud on the banks. And what was once a creek teeming with fish, surrounded by marshland, is now a dull gray waterway that cannot sustain life.

    "It's the byproduct of our society," says environmentalist John Lipscomb of the Riverkeeper clean-water advocacy group. "What was originally a watershed is now a sewage shed."

    After generations of neglect, the first, small steps are being taken in a multi-pronged cleanup that could take at least a dozen years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. But even the most hopeful officials acknowledge the watershed may never be clear of all pollutants.

    There was a time when Newtown Creek was the city's industrial mecca. The Rockefellers operated the nation's first modern refineries on its banks in the late 1800s. Others quickly sprang up.

    For much of the 20th century, the neighborhood teemed with commercial vessels and factories that made products as varied as fertilizers, chemicals, lumber and glue. Their oil and other hazardous waste was either dumped or leaked into the creek, bit by bit, accumulating at the bottom.

    The first sign of the looming ecological disaster came on Oct. 5, 1950, when petroleum gases from the hidden spill seeped into the sewer and caught fire, causing an explosion that blew dozens of manhole covers three stories into the air, shattering windows in hundreds of buildings and ripping a street open. Three people were injured.

    Liam Hemsworth Cheated On Miley Cyrus With January Jones?

    Would Liam Hemsworth really cheat on Miley Cyrus?

    A new report from Star magazine claims Hemsworth cheated on his superstar fiancee with "Mad Men" star January Jones at a pre-Oscar party this past weekend.

    RadarOnline reports that the 23-year-old "Hunger Games" star showed up to the Chateau Marmont hotel sans Cyrus and cozied up to the 35-year-old single mother, who is recently single after splitting with boyfriend Noah Miller in January.

    An eyewitness told the magazine the pair looked like they had some "hot chemistry," and "were all over each other -- and they even kissed."

    The source claims the pair made an effort not to attract attention as they left together, staggering their exits, but it didn't work since photographers snapped photos of both actors together in a car.

    Hemsworth and Cyrus became engaged in June, but sources told the magazine that when the 20-year-old pop star hit up Elton John's annual Oscar party on Sunday all by her lonesome, she was "all over the place" and "gave off the impression that she’s single." And when someone asked how Hemsworth was doing the insider claims Cyrus said she didn't care how he was doing.

    It's not the first time Hemsworth has been accused of cheating on his fiancee. Last fall, sources claimed they spotted the Australian actor getting "very cozy" with a hot blonde at the Samsung Galaxy Note II party in Los Angeles on Oct. 25.

    Requests for comment made by The Huffington Post to Hemsworth's rep have not been returned at this time.

    Woman Tracked Down and Busted for Using Restaurant's Customers-Only Bathroom

    When you gotta go, you gotta go. But sometimes, it’ll cost ya.

    That was the lesson one woman learned, in a major way, after making a bathroom pit stop at a local restaurant in Erin, Tennessee.

    More on Shine: What Can I do to Avoid Germs in a Public Restroom?

    The bizarre tale began when Patricia Barnes stopped into the Flood Zone to use the restroom, which she did, before leaving without making a purchase. Then, a few days after her powder-room visit, Barnes received a handwritten note—mailed to her home—saying she owed the restaurant $5.

    “I just feel like I’ve been violated,” she told WSMV-TV in Nashville, whose reporters broke the story last week after a several-month investigation (the incident occurred in late October). In addition, she said on the Today show Thursday, "I didn't feel it was a crime. I'd been in to plenty of restaurants here in this town, and other towns, and, you know, other states."

    Turns out the local sheriff helped track Barnes down by running her license plate, all as a favor to the owner of the restaurant. The owner was miffed that the non-customer ignored a sign about the bathroom being for customers only, and that non-customers had to pay $5 for the privilege.

    "She was one of these I'm-going-to-do-this-anyway kind of people," Flood Zone proprietor Lisa (who would not give her last name) told Yahoo! Shine. Barnes, she said, came into the restaurant, "looked up at the [wall] menu like she was going to order, said 'Let me just wash my hands,' stayed in the bathroom for, like, 20 minutes," and then left. Lisa explained that she'd only recently put up the sign about the $5 charge, and that it was in response to a broken toilet at the convenience store across the street sending "12 to 15 people a day" to her bathroom, which caused constant messes that no one had time to clean.

    More on Yahoo!: Commercial Restroom Trend: US Customers Desire More Privacy in Public Restrooms

    But Barnes, who could not be reached by Shine, told WSMV-TV that she had first asked permission to use the facilities. 

    Never Do This In A Hotel Naked Man's Debacle After Locking Himself Out Of Hotel Room

    Ah yes, the catastrophes that can be avoided simply by putting on a pair of shorts.

    Security footage posted to YouTube shows a naked hotel guest sneak out to the hallway to dispose of a dirty food service tray, only to find himself locked out of his room in the nude.

    The video, "Never Do This In Hotel," shows the nude dude awkwardly avoid guests outside of his room, hide his nether regions with dirty dishes, slip into an elevator, encounter a mother and child and plead with hotel staff to quickly produce a new room key.

    Sound familiar?

    "Comedy fans may recall that a similary fate once befell Rowan Atkinson’s TV character Mr. Bean," the New York Daily News points out.

    If this video turns out to just be a stunt, nobody -- your dear Weird News editors included -- will be surprised. Still, shameful and avoidable nudity is always good for a laugh.

    Emma Watson As Cinderella? 'Harry Potter' Star Circling Fairy Tale Adaptation

    Emma Watson may get fit for a glass slipper after all. Four years after Watson was loosely attached to star in a musical version of the classic fairy tale "Cinderella" for Marilyn Manson (file under: things that were real), Variety reports that Watson is in "very early talks" to play the role in a new film from Kenneth Branagh. Cate Blanchett would play Watson's evil stepmother.

    Fairy tale adaptations were all the rage after Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" exploded at the box office in 2010 (the film earned over $1 billion worldwide), but the recent adaptations have been hit and miss. Released last summer, "Snow White and the Huntsman" was a big success (nearly $400 million in global ticket sales), but other films like "Mirror Mirror" (based on Snow White) and "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" have failed to connect. "Jack the Giant Slayer," a new take on "Jack and the Beanstalk," is out Friday via Warner Bros., but the film is not tracking to earn much more than $30 million on opening weekend, a pittance compared to its massive budget.

    Watson has kept very busy since playing Hermione in the "Harry Potter" franchise. She was praised last year for her role in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and stars next in "The Bling Ring" from director Sofia Coppola. Watson also filmed a role for Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" (due in 2014) and is attached to play the co-title character in "Beauty and the Beast" for director Guillermo del Toro. That film would shoot this year.

    UP Basic Edu Teacher Recruitment 2012 - 2013 upbasicedu.gov.in @ Apply Online

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    2) 72800 Basic Teacher Jobs
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    UP Basic Edu Board issued latest recruitment notification " UP Basic Teacher Recruitment 2012 - 2013 " on November 2012 . UP Basic Edu Board recruit  Basic ( Primary ) Teacher Jobs in various govt schools in Uttar Pradesh through this recruitment notification . UP Basic Edu Board fill up 72800 Basic Teacher Posts UP Basic Edu Board publish the Assistant recruitment notification on www.upbasicedu.gov.in . UP Basic Edu Board invites online applications for this recruitment session 2012 - 2013 . Candidates submit their applications via online mode at www.upbasicedu.gov.in . Applicants apply online application form before 31-12-2012 .UP Basic Edu Board Primary Teacher Recruitment 2012 - 2013 notification details are as follows ....

    UP Basic Edu Teacher Recruitment 2012 - 2013
    01     Name of The Post     Basic Edu Teacher
    02     Vacancies                 72,800 Posts
    03     Age                         21 to 40 Years as on 01-07-2012
    04     Application Fee         Rs 500/-
    05     Salary                      Rs 7,300 /- Per Month
    06     Qualification             Degree + TET Qualify
    07     Help Line                 Click Here
    08     Selection Process      Written Exam
    Official Website     www.upbasicedu.gov.in

    How to Apply : Applicants are required to apply online only using the appropriate online application link available on UP Basic Edu Board official  website www.upbasicedu.gov.in .Candidates apply Teacher post  online application form before 31-12-2012 . Follow below link to apply UP Basic Edu Board Recruitment 2012 - 2013 online application form
    Link : up basic edu board teacher recruitment online application form apply
    Source :  www.upbasicedu.gov.in

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