Friday, July 10, 2009

Sweet Smile Cute Dogs

MAN...I'M GETTING SO FAT

I CAN HARDLY SCRATCH MY OWN BACK!!

THESE MORNING WALKS ARE KILLING ME!!!!

WHAT PART OF QUIET DIDN'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

OK, NOW DON'T MOVE FOR ABOUT A WEEK!

SORRY MOM, I'M NEW AT THIS!

I hate it when this happens!

I'M SO CUTE, THEY WONT CARE IF I SHRED THIS!!

I REALLY NEED TO GET GOING, BUT JUST CAN'T SEEM TO
GET MOTIVATED............

H ey..gimme my BALL back!!

I said, Go to sleep!!

Nice doggie...GOOD boy

A little power nap...

Sleeping in again

WHAT PETS DO WHEN WE'RE AT WORK


Brushing Time....


Intelligent CAT



Let me take a nap.....


Ooops, i'm stuck here...


Wots up buddy. Wwwaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzbbbiiiii


Nothing is left for me.



Barber Cat, Wanna get a shave!!!!



Yeeeaiiiikssss



Hmmmmmm, I love mice..



FIght me..

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Iraq bans visits to Saddam grave


Iraqi schoolgirls visit the tomb of Saddam Hussein (2008 image)
Local schools would often organise trips to visit the site

The Iraqi government has banned all organised visits to the grave of former leader Saddam Hussein.

Hussein, hanged in 2006 after being convicted for crimes against humanity, is buried in his home village.

Loyalists still regularly visit the site of the grave in Awja, where he is buried alongside his two sons.

The government took the decision after schools near his former stronghold arranged trips for their pupils to visit the site.

In a statement, the government said it had sent instructions to the education ministry and local authorities banning them from organising visits to the tomb of the former president.

The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse, in Baghdad, says the tomb - near Saddam Hussein's former stronghold of Tikrit - remains a place of pilgrimage for his supporters.

Thousands have visited the site since his execution on 30 December 2006.

Source : BBC

The witch job that earns £50,000





Witch statue at Wookey Hole
Wookey Hole is currently witchless

A Job Centre is advertising a "witch" vacancy with tourist site Wookey Hole, in Somerset, for £50,000 a year.

The witch, who has to live in the site's caves, is expected to teach witchcraft and magic.

Wookey Hole staff say the role is straightforward: live in the cave, be a witch and do the things witches do.

The advert for the post, placed in the local press as well as job centres, says applicants must be able to cackle and cannot be allergic to cats.

The job has come up after the previous witch retired from the role.

"We are witchless as the moment so need to get the role filled as soon as possible," said Daniel Medley from the tourist destination.

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Source : BBC

Young slumdog moves into new home

Young slumdog moves into new home

Azharuddin Ismail prepares to pose for a photo outside his newly allocated apartment in central Mumbai on July 4, 2009.
Azharuddin's mother says she is happy they have "a roof over our heads"

One of the child stars of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire has moved from his Mumbai (Bombay) shanty dwelling into a new home in the city.

Azharuddin Ismail, who played the youngest version of the main character's brother Salim, will now live in an upmarket suburb nearby.

He said his new home was "really nice" but he would miss his old friends.

A trust set up by the film's producers bought the property after Azharuddin's

family was made to leave the slums.

The Jai Ho Trust, named after the film's sound track, says it is still looking for a new home to buy for co-star Rubina Ali.

'Roof over our heads'

Azharuddin, nine, and his family moved into the property in the Santa Cruz area of Mumbai after being given the keys on Friday.

The block of flats where Ismail will live
Danny Boyle set up a trust which is supposed to look after the child stars

"I like it here, it is really nice," Azharuddin told Reuters news agency. "But I will miss my old friends back in Bandra. Maybe I will go and visit them once in a while."

His mother said: "We have lived on the road for so many years. I had never dreamed that we would have a roof over our heads."

Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars in February and has made more than $200m (£140m) in box office takings around the world.

Film director Danny Boyle has strongly denied charges of exploitation.

The Jai Ho Trust bought the property on Azharuddin's behalf and it will become his when he turns 18 and finishes his education.

There was uproar in May when the family's corrugated iron hut in the Gareeb Nagar area of Bandra was torn down for being illegal. Rubina Ali's suffered a similar fate but she has yet to be rehoused.


Source : BBC

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Hummer to be sold to Chinese firm


Hummer
GM bought the Hummer brand in 1999

General Motors is to sell its Hummer brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery for an undisclosed amount.

It is part of GM's plan to reinvent itself by concentrating on fewer brands following Monday's bankruptcy filing.

GM says it hopes the deal will save about 3,000 jobs in the US. Hummer will remain based in the US.

Tengzhong specialises in making equipment for the road, construction and energy industries.

It is based in China's Sichuan province.

Hummers were originally built as military off-road vehicles by a company called AM General.

GM bought the Hummer brand in 1999. Its sales have suffered as the gas-guzzling performance and military image have become less popular.

When it began the sale process a year ago, GM had hoped to make more than $500m (£302m), but analysts say that it is likely to have made about $100m from the sale.


Source : BBC