Actress Denise Borino-Quinn of "The Sopranos" fame is dead at the age of 46. She died on Wednesday after suffering for quite some time from liver disease. She had recently lost her husband, Luke Quinn, Jr. when he passed away in March.
According to MSN, Denise Borino-Quinn had no acting experience whatsoever, but attended an open casting call for "The Sopranos," and impressed producers and directors of the show. She had attended the casting call to lend support to an actress friend who was trying out as well; never imagining she had the tiniest chance of even getting a call back.
Borino-Quinn initially thought someone was playing a joke on her when she received a phone call saying she had been chosen for a role on the TV show that would be featured on HBO.
This kind of positive experience rarely takes place when inexperienced actors try out for major roles. It simply worked out perfectly that Denise Borino-Quinn, who worked in a law office when she wasn't on "The Sopranos," had exactly what the directors and producers were looking for.
Denise Borino-Quinn played the role of Ginny Sacrimoni, who was a mafia wife with a serious weight problem. She became a favorite with fans of "The Soprano."
It is especially sad for family members that both Denise Borino-Quinn and her husband Luke Quinn, Jr. have both passed away within such a short span of time. To lose two loved ones in less than a year's time has got to be a serious emotional blow.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Denise BorinoQuinn
Time Change Fall 2010
What is DST? It is a practice of temporarily adavancing clocks for the miximum use of day light.Near the start of spring clocks are adjusted forward on hour are backward in fall.This is being done primarily to save the energy and maximum use of sunlight.
Now as the fall is approaching, when is Daylight saving time? For all residents of USA and Canada sunday, November 7, 2010 is the day when clocks fall back to standard time. The official change will occur at 7.30 PM IST (6 AM EST). During Standard Time, clocks are turned backward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from evening to morning. Daylight Saving Time will return on March 14, 2011 in the US and Canada.
It is important to note however that some US states and territories, including Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas, do not observe Daylight Saving Time.
In the UK, the clocks fall back to Standard Time effective Sunday, October 31, 2010. The official change will occur at 6.30 AM IST (1.00 AM GMT). Daylight Saving Time will return on March 28, 2011 in the UK.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Vivek Oberoi and Priyanka Alva marriage pictures
Vivek Oberoi and Priyanka Alva were married on Friday at the Alva farmhouse in Bangalore. We present some wedding photos from the Vivek - Priyanka marriage.
Vivek's baarat arrived with a band-baaja complete with dhols and firecrackers. The 34-year-old actor was dressed in a heavily embellished maroon sherwani and a turban. He then mounted a mare and rode around the venue like a true-blue dulha.
The wedding was solemnized according to Hindu rites amid the chanting of verses from Holy Scriptures.
Priyanka is the daughter of former Karnataka minister late Jeevaraj Alva and reputed dancer Nandini. At the wedding she gifted Vivek a sword with a jewel-studded sheath.
PETN
The parcel contained explosive pentaerythritol trinitrate ( PETN) in a printer cartridge, police said. PETN was the material used in a failed plot to bomb an airline over the U.S. in December 2009.
"The parcel was prepared in a professional way where a closed electrical circuit was connected to a mobile phone SIM card hidden inside the printer," the statement said.
"This tactic carries the hallmarks of methods used previously by terrorist organisations such as al Qaeda."
The bomb also contained lead azide, which is used in detonators. Dubai police experts defused the device, the statement said.
Police were tipped off "via international communication channels" on the possibility that a package coming from Yemen through FedEx (FDX.N) contained hidden explosive materials.
Along with the statement, Dubai police also released pictures showing the contents of the parcel including a book on management and an English novel, as well as Yemeni souvenirs.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that two parcels with explosives that were sent from Yemen and intercepted in Britain and Dubai had been bound for "two places of Jewish worship in Chicago".
Suspicion has fallen on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which operates out of Yemen and claimed responsibility for the December 2009 plot to blow up a U.S. plane headed for Detroit on Christmas Day.
Canon s95
. Many changes are included in the Canon S95, so now people will start buying the new model.
The changes that include in this new model are that the new one is a bit heavier than the s90 and it is slimmer than it also. The S95 looks better than the previous one because it’s a bit slim and slim cameras do look good and the others. The new Canon S95 is also having a tactile coating on it this will help the person holding the camera feel safer when it’s in his hands. This tactile coating is a good addition and it will prevent the camera from slipping from the hands of the user while holding it.
The controls of the camera are almost all the same as the previous S90; there is also a selection ring now available that is present on the lens barrel. The video mode is now proved; the new camera is now having an option for the 720p HD video recording. This is a very good addition to the series; the users will no be available to record good quality video with their S95.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Free Halloween Music
If you’re throwing your own Monster Mash this weekend, you’ll need a soundtrack. But let’s be real: Who wants to pay for songs you’ll enjoy only this year? Amazon has got you covered—they’re offering 16 free, Halloween-themed mp3 downloads. You can preview them, download them for free, and have some wildly appropriate background music to your sugar coma.
Happy Halloween!
Check out the Amazon downloads HERE
Halloween Quotes And Sayings
Here are some of our favorites:
Rodney Dangerfield – “On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me!”
Erma Bombeck – “A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween”
George Carlin – “There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”
Conan O’Brien – “This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.”
Loretta Lynn – “We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween.”
Henry David Thoreau - “I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than sit on a crowded velvet cushion.”
Mark Twain - “Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody.”
Linus Van Pelt – “There are three things I’ve learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and The Great Pumpkin.
River Phoenix – “Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.”
We’d love to hear any funny Halloween quotes and sayings that you know of!
Halloween Math Worksheets
You can create memorials for dead loved ones or someone you want to celebrate, including family, friends, pets and celebrities. You can put flowers on their graves and send virtual personal prayers and messages. Cemetery pocket is a positive way to treat pain and keep the memory of their loved ones near death. Colorful icons that pumpkins, ghosts, witch’s hat and other images. You can see samples of these available as Halloween Math Worksheets for free download.
Monster Mash Song
The Monster Mash Song is one of my absolute favorite things about Halloween (followed closely by nonstop playings of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and of course the candy). The song by Bobby “Boris” Pickett was released in 1962 (listen closely, and you hear him say at one point, “Tell them Bobby sent you”), and it has become one of the world’s most beloved Halloween songs for kids.
Pickett was actually an aspiring actor who improvised the “Mash” bit at a performance while doing a Boris Karloff impression. It was such a hit that he developed it into its own song.
Read on for links to the song plus three fun “Monster Mash” videos.
Listen to a preview of the song on Last.fm, where you can also buy an MP3, and check out the lyrics here – but for the best Halloween fun, check out these three videos. The first one is great for little kids. The second one is a bit scarier, perhaps for tweens. And the third is probably best for teens.
Halliburton,
Not every large corporation is irresponsible, of course, but plunderers that get away with it gain a competitive advantage over the more responsible, and thereby lead a race to the bottom.
Case in point: The staff of the presidential commission investigating the BP oil spill has just revealed that Halliburton executives knew the cement it was using to seal BP's Deepwater Horizon oil well was likely to be unstable but didn't tell BP or act on the information.
In a letter to the commission's seven members, the staff found that the failure of the cement was a key factor in the blowout that caused millions of barrels of crude oil to escape into the Gulf of Mexico. (Not the sole factor, of course; most of the blame for the disaster, says the staff, still rests with BP and Transocean, the company BP hired to drill the well.)
Halliburton has not exactly sat out this election. Last May, as Congress began investigating its role in the disaster, its political action committee made 14 contributions -- 13 to Republicans and one to a Democrat. Many were involved in the investigation; others had responsibility for overseeing oil drilling in the Gulf. It was the biggest donation month for Halliburton's PAC since September 2008.
Halliburton, in case you've forgotten, is not exactly a model citizen. It has evaded U.S. taxes and export bans through foreign subsidiaries; admitted to bribing foreign officials (a subsidiary paid $2.4 million to a Nigerian government official in exchange for favorable tax treatment); conceded in an internal memo (leaked to the Wall Street Journal) its cost controls for government contracts in Iraq were "antiquated" and its procurement "disorganized; was found by Pentagon auditors to have overcharged estimated at $27.4 million for meals served to American troops at five military bases in Iraq and Kuwait (in one camp billing for an average 42,000 meals a day but serving only 14,000).
The list of Halliburton's crimes goes on and on. And yet, somehow, Halliburton goes on piling up profits. How? Because of its deep connections to Washington.
Dick Cheney hadn't had any experience in the oil business when he became Halliburton's CEO in 1995. But he did have experience in government -- as George H.W. Bush's Secretary of Defense. And those military ties were invaluable to the company. Under his reign, Halliburton rose from 73rd to 18th on the Pentagon's list of top contractors, and the money garnered from government-sponsored agencies (such as the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Export-Import Bank) soared from $100 million in the five years prior to Cheney's arrival to $1.5 billion a few years after.
As vice president to George W. Bush, Cheney made sure Halliburton's stunning performance would continue (Cheney continued to receive checks from the company). According to congressional inquiries, Cheney's vice presidential office was instrumental in forcing the Environmental Protection Agency to remove sections on climate change from reports in 2002 and 2003 (a process Christine Todd Whitman, then the E.P.A. administrator, subsequently described as "brutal.") The Bush-Cheney administration also sought to control or censor congressional testimony about climate change by federal employees, and tampered with other reports in order to inject uncertainty into the climate debate.
Which brings us back to the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Halliburton's executives knew the cement it used to seal the well was filled with mud -- but Halliburton said nothing presumably because doing the job correctly would have cost too much. And, hell, Halliburton is in business to make money.
Halliburton isn't on the ballot next Tuesday, but it might as well be.
Gigantic pile of Gold
As it stood at the end of 2009, the People's Bank of China held $371 billion in "monetary gold" as shown on this chart:
China currently owns 1054 tonnes of gold (3389 million Troy ounces), up from 600 tonnes in 2003. By comparison to its foreign currency reserves, China's gold holdings are relatively small making up only about 1.6 percent of their total reserves. This ownership places China in fifth place among gold-owing countries in the world. Here's a list showing the reserve holdings of the top 5 countries and the European area along with some other countries of interest and their placement effective Q1 2010 (data from the World Gold Council website):
1.) Europe - 10793 tonnes
2.) United States - 8133 tonnes
3.) Germany - 3409 tonnes
4.) IMF - 2981 tonnes
5.) Italy - 2452 tonnes
6.) China - 1054 tonnes
8.) Japan - 765 tonnes
9.) Russia - 664 tonnes
11.) India - 558 tonnes
17.) United Kingdom - 310 tonnes
78.) Canada - 3.4 tonnes
In the case of China, an additional 3000 tonnes of gold are held privately by individual investors.
As a Canadian, the rather insignificant amount of gold reserves held by the Bank of Canada shocked me, especially in light of the fact that Canadian gold mining companies are particularly well known to investors around the world, specifically, Agnico Eagle, Barrick and Goldcorp.
Let's take a look at which countries mine the most gold. China is the largest gold producing country in the world, producing 300 tonnes of gold in 2009, up over 62 percent since 2001. Here's a list showing the top gold producing countries and their 2009 gold production volumes:
1.) China - 300 tonnes
2.) Australia - 215 tonnes (peak production in 1998)
3.) United States - 215 tonnes (peak production in 1998)
4.) South Africa - 210 tonnes (down from 402 tonnes in 2001)
5.) Russia - 185 tonnes
6.) Peru - 180 tonnes (15.5 percent lower than the peak in 2005)
7.) Indonesia - 100 tonnes (down 23 percent from 2001)
8.) Canada - 95 tonnes (down 43 percent since 1991 despite having half of the world's gold mines)
Both Russia and China are now producing at their peak rate; many other countries are experiencing dramatic declines in production rates as noted above.
China and India are both large consumers of gold. Interestingly enough, according to the World Gold Council Gold Demand Trends August 2010 publication, gold bar hoarding by Chinese retail investment demand led to a 29 percent increase up to 96.3 tonnes during the second quarter of 2010. China noted an increase in retail gold investment of 121 percent year over year to 36.3 tonnes, with the demand for bars and bullion coins more than doubling despite the massive price increases. Total consumer demand for jewellery and retail investment for the 12 months ended Q2 2010 for Greater China (includes Hong Kong and Taiwan) was 532.1 tonnes, up 22 percent year on year. China's consumer demand for gold is second highest in the world with India having the highest level of consumer demand. In the same 12 month period as noted above, India's consumer demand reached 755 tonnes, also showing a 22 percent year on year increase. To put these numbers into perspective, United States consumer demand was 247 tonnes, down 13 percent year on year. Canada does not even make the list of consuming nations.
In conclusion, China is consuming all of its gold production and twice the level of Canada's annual production. In addition, China has asked the International Monetary Fund to sell its entire reserve of 3217 tonnes. In February 2010, China purchased 191.3 tonnes of IMF gold when the IMF announced its intention to sell 403.3 tonnes of gold in September 2009. Most of the balance, 200 tonnes, was purchased by India.
We can see that China and its citizens consider gold to be a relatively important part of their overall assets. Perhaps there is something that we can learn from the East as both individuals and as governments, especially in light of the massive sovereign debt levels being accrued by the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Pumpkin Carving Designs
Pumpkin Faces: Free Pumpkin Carving Design Ideas – There are a lot of ways to celebrate Halloween. Various trick or treat events for kids and Halloween parties for teenagers and adults are all over the place. Aside from those Halloween costumes which symbolizes the event, jack-o-lanterns are in demand during Halloween events.
We know that Halloween will not be complete without the traditional pumpkin which seems to be the icon and symbol of Halloween celebration specially in the United States. Here are some pumpkin carving patterns, stencils, design templates and ideas for everyone.
For those who are inspired by President Barack Obama, here is a pattern which you can use to carve your pumpkin.
Those who are thinking of various ways to style their Halloween pumpkin here are some ideas.
Here is another pumpkin idea for Halloween which is quite interesting.
The key to making your pumpkin is to really be creative and just do what you think will be acceptable and presentable. Advance Happy Halloween!
GWAR
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon might be in season number 3 but it’s still in the discussion as one of the top Celebrity Talk shows on TV today and the latest episode ‘Jason Hawes & Grant Wilson / GWAR’ should build on that. Today on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon the host welcomes Jason Hawes & Grant Wilson / GWAR. The show will also have the usual comedy bits, stand up, and a variety of other interesting elements that are sure to keep viewers entertained. It certainly looks promising but will it look as good on TV as it sounds on paper.
Official site info to watch Late Night with Jimmy Fallon online video content
Some of you might be looking for ways to watch Late Night with Jimmy Fallon online if you won’t be able to catch the show on TV and we’ve outlined 3 legal alternatives below.The first is through popular online website Amazon. The second option to stream Late Night with Jimmy Fallon video online is through the official website http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com.
Jimmy Fallon, Writes, and Celebrities will try to put on a good show today on NBC at 00:35 ET – so make sure to tune in if you want to watch Late Night with Jimmy Fallon season 3 episode October 28 2010.
Puma Punku
The ruins of Puma Punku are said to defy logic, and they pose questions that nobody is able to answer. The structure, itself, when it was still standing does not seem to have any historical records and so, there’s no one alive who can say who built the structure. And that’s not all. The purpose of the structure and the period that it took to construct it can not be easily known, too.
Soy Tu Duena Capitulo 139
Soy tu dueña Chapter 139 is now available over the Internet and anybody who wishes to see Valentina and her dramatic life can watch, at their own pleasure.
Read more: Soy tu Dueña Capitulo 139 – Watch It Now On The Internet | JackTimes.com
Jessica Simpson Pregnant
Earlier, lots of news has spread regarding Jessica Simpson pregnancy. Recently, she has been dating with NFL player, Eric Johnson and both are spending much time together.
In the beginning of this month, Jessica Simpson vomited during her show in the U.S. and there is news that she is revealing the facts regarding her pregnancy with Eric Johnson.
Few days ago, Jessica Simpson states that she is looking to start family with Eric Johnson and trying to give birth for a baby with Eric Johnson.
Jessica Simpson Pregnant
“I’ve never really been in such a healthy relationship. I’m like, ‘Something’s going to go wrong. Is he going to trip me or something?’” Jessica said on Tuesday.
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson have been dating since May and both are spending much time together. Recently, the pair has gone to Italy for Jessica Simpson 30th birthday celebrations.
Eric Johnson was divorced with his ex wife, Keri in this October. Jessica Simpson married Nick Lachey on October 26, 2002, at age 22 and on June 30, 2006, the couple got divorce.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Eu Yan Sang
Eu Yan Sang was founded in 1879 with the mission of "Caring for Mankind" (仁泽众生), and has been listed on the Singapore Exchange as Eu Yan Sang International Limited since 28 July 2000.
As a progressive, global healthcare company with a strong foundation in Traditional Chinese Medicine, we manufacture and retail traditional Chinese medicine and herbs in Hong Kong, Macau, China, Malaysia and Singapore. We also operate clinic services in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
Solitaires
SolSuite is a high-quality collection of 504 fun and easy solitaire card games with more than 9 trillion possible games for each solitaire!
All your favorite solitaires are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Four Seasons, Carpet, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Monte Carlo, Spider solitaire… and more!
Games – How many
Total games – 506
Spider variations – 20
FreeCell variations – 16
Klondike variations – 26
Other games types – 259
Solitaire for Children – 15
Original solitaires – 165
Monday, October 25, 2010
eBay To Merge Buying And Selling iPhone Apps; RedLaser For Android On The Way
In a conversation with Yankovich, he told me that eBay will soon consolidate its buying and selling iPhone apps. Currently, eBay has a separate iPhone app for sellers, that allows users to quickly take photos of items and post them on eBay. This is all planning to take place ahead of the holiday shopping season, which for eBay (and most online retailers) is a extremely lucrative and trafficked time period. And Yankovitch says the company will be releasing a dedicated eBay Motors app, which he expects to be very popular with consumers based on the traffic the site sees.
Yankovich also said that RedLaser, the barcode scanning iPhone app that eBay acquired from Occipital in June, will soon be extended to Android phones. eBay has seen considerable success with RedLaser, adding 3 additional million downloads of the app since June. Last week, eBay announced that it would be populating the iPhone app with product results with eBay Marketplaces and Half.com listings, and also adding QR codes to the app.
While QR Codes aren’t as widely adopted as the standard bar code, says Yankovich, he believes the technology will one day be used much more frequently by consumers. One advantage of QR codes he explains, is that any store or brand can create their own unique code with varying information. And he wants eBay’s app to be the catalyst for making QR codes a more mainstream technology.
Regardless, barcode scanning is big. Amazon recently added barcode scanning to its main iPhone app. And eBay will soon be incorporating RedLaser’s technology into its main iPhone app as well, says Yankovich.
Whether through a QR Code or a barcode, online retailers are able to give consumers who are shopping in brick and mortar stores the ability to find the item online, at perhaps a more discounted price. It’s very much a traffic play, and way to take product interest offline back online. Moreover, QR Codes, can unlock rich, contextual information to products, including reviews, or even coupons for a particular product.
And as the holiday shopping season comes upon us, eBay is certainly ready to capitalize on the possible cash-cow that mobile could bring. One question is whether the number of downloads of its app can actually translate into sales. But currently, eBay is set on pace to reach a whopping $1.5 billion worth of goods sold via its mobile apps in 2010.
Over the past year, eBay has launched iPad, Android and Windows 7 apps for its auction business, a new Half.com app, and a Fashion-focused app. And PayPal’s mobile offerings should also help contribute to eBay’s potential holiday success, considering the million-plus downloads its iPhone app has seen.
Taylor and Selena: Sweet BFFs
Taylor, 20, has been in the spotlight lately as fans and critics dissect the lyrics of her Speak Now album, which comes out Monday. Hanging out with a gal pal like Selena, 18, probably did her a lot of good! Meanwhile, the Disney cutie was in town for her Wednesday concert at the city's Hammersmith Apollo and to talk up her own new album A Year Without Rain.
In this month's issue of the U.K.'s Bliss magazine, Taylor dished about her relationship with the "Wizards of Waverly Place" star. When asked if she and Selena are as close as siblings, Taylor replied, "I'd definitely say we have a sister relationship. I've never had a sister, but I think if I did and I had this sweet, perfect younger sister, it would be Selena. I feel like she's my age, though. I forget she's 18."
Friday, October 22, 2010
Blizzcon
One easy way to go about BlizzCon would be to just follow one game, such as World of Warcraft, and attend all the relevant panels. If you're like most folks who play Blizzard games, however, you're probably a big fan of everything they churn out (you're looking at BlizzCon, after all), which means picking the best panel to attend can be a bit of a dilemma. Happy problems aside, if you didn't have to choose which stage to sit in front of -- like those of us who picked up the DirectTV stream -- what part of today seems the most exciting? Personally, I think I'd have to go for WoW quests & lore. Now that we're already at Cataclysm, I can't wait to see what they've got in store for us, story-wise. Is there anything you're really looking forward to today? Or are the cooler events (e.g., the class panel) happening tomorrow? What do you think Blizzard's got up its sleeve?
Jasmine Waltz
Cougar Town’s Cox and Arquette, through an issued statement last Monday have confirmed their amicable separation despite attending couple therapy. They have a six year old daughter named Coco.
As Life and Style further divulged, Waltz, a waitress and an aspiring actress is famously known for reportedly dating other celebrities like Ryan Seacrest, Jesse McCartney and even Paris Hilton’s former beau Doug Reinhardt. As a bartender, Waltz has also worked at nightclub Les Deux and an Italian restaurant called Bell.
The 28 year old Jasmine Waltz is also notoriously involved with the Las Vegas punching incident last summer concerning Lindsay Lohan during the celebration of LiLo’s birthday.
Rakta Charitra
As the story moves around the basic political turmoil, and how the protagonist, Vivek Oberoi, over comes each situation with a revengeful act. All this due to his bitter life experiences in the past.
As the film unfolds with a lot of bloodshed and the ultimate ugly path that politics can sometimes take one into, it becomes quite a gory experience for the viewer.
As is being said by many a reports, this film is certainly not for those who are interested in only dramatic family drama scenes in films, with almost all properties of a block buster full of the full time Bollywood theme, and the best of interiors, with the most expensive of interiors, and a great gorgeous looking heroine, this is a film with a completely tangent angle than this.
Thus, dirty politics, and absolute no frills for the protagonists clotheslines, and very meaningful dialogues, is quite an experience in itself!
So, the film is sort of a very realistic take on the political dealings, with some amazing performances actors, who all have the ultimate passion for acting it real.
The fact that the film revolves around the gory life of rural folks and the indirect area of political mileage does not make it a very staunch affair, rather, it is one of the most watchable films ever, by the RGV camp.
Phaedra Parks
“I want to enjoy the ride and what comes with it,” Phaedra tells us.
If you are wondering if we will get a showdown with Phaedra and castmate Nene Leakes, or perhaps Phaedra vs. Sheree, she’s not revealing.
“Everyone has strong personalities, its explosive,” she says. “I got to know each of the ladies in a different way and in different perspectives. I formed a relationship with all of them.”
The self proclaimed southern belle’s personal business has already been dragged through the press. She fell in love with an ex-con and everybody seems to have an opinion about it.
“People always talk, but I know who he is and I know who I am. I have a wonderful marriage with him and we have a wonderful family.”
She says people love to talk but that doesn’t change or stop them from loving each other.
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