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A brand new cast was chosen for the upcoming Taiwan drama, “Jiu Xiang Lai Zhe Ni”. A press conference was held at GTV station today. It attracted many reporters and fans who support their own idols acting in the drama. The limelight was focused on Jerry Yan, ex-member of F4 and Ella Chen from S.H.E. Jerry Yan was labeled as the “Drama King” while Ella Chen was known as the most popular actress. Also starring in the drama are Michael Zhang Xunjie, Xiao Xian, Amanda Zhou Xiaohan and Paoming Ku.

The plot follows the modern Cinderella story. Besides the beautiful scenes in Taipei, the crew is going to film at the famous city in China, Hangzhou.

Jerry Yan plays the role of a  lawyer who is a critic. He would have to be able to speak fluently and quickly without any glitches. Jerry Yan had to attend speech classes to brush up on his speech. On the other hand, Ella Chen was mistaken as a lesbian in the show. She declared that she fell in love with the script when she read through it. “It was amazing and I think the plot is really interesting,” she continues.

What will happen to this brand new couple? Some sparks of chemistry or something more? The reporters pressed on to ask what does Ella Chen feels about cooperating with Jerry Yan? “Well, this was my “first” to collaborate with such a megastar, in the past the actors who collaborated with me were not megastars initially,” she joked.

The scene became lively immediately.Jerry Yan commented that he was glad to act in the drama together with Ella Chen. He feels that Ella Chen is a nice girl and very outgoing.

Flashes blinked throughout the whole conference. Xiaoxiaobing, one of child actor in the show, was unafraid of the numerous flashes despite facing the media for the first time.

Jerry Yan, Ella Chen and the two child actors looked like a family on stage during the photo shoot.

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New Delhi, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s admonition has evidently got under Union Minister Jairam Ramesh’s skin. Having been asked to speak in Hindi, the latter stuck to the language for an entire day.
Mulayam Singh had asked Ramesh to speak in Hindi, saying “this is the Lok Sabha, not London”. At a press briefing the same afternoon, Ramesh – whose mother tongue is Telugu – started reading out long numerals in Hindi in response to a question from a journalist in a Hindi newspaper.

Then he got stuck at the number 47. “What’s 47 in Hindi?” Ramesh asked the official sitting next to him, quickly adding: “I hope Mulayamji is not listening in!”

A bit later at the same press conference, another journalist from a Hindi newspaper asked a question in English, and Ramesh immediately responded. “You are from a Hindi newspaper,” he told her in the national language, “Why are you asking a question in English? Shall I tell Mulayamji?”

Taken aback, the journalist could only mutter: “There’s no ban on asking a question in English, is there?”

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The return of Sanjaya Baru

Having been a journalist, would Sanjaya Baru like to set the facts straight? The rumour mills have certainly been on an overdrive ever since the former media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was seen in Delhi last week.

Many are talking about his imminent return for a new assignment in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). It’s believed that Baru met Manmohan Singh just before the prime minister left for France and Egypt for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.

This time around Baru will play a different role. According to knowledgeable sources, he is expected to head the newly constituted Delivery Monitoring Unit in the PMO. The unit will monitor flagship programmes, fast track iconic projects and report on their status publicly.

Baru, who is currently a visiting professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, a position he took up last August, is expected to return next month.

Though his second innings with the prime minister is expected to be vastly different, many insiders still believe Baru will also be roped in to finetune the PM’s speeches.

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Cool woman power looms over boisterous men?

She is the first woman speaker of the Indian parliament, and Meira Kumar is slowly yet surely coming to grips with a house that can, at the slightest provocation, turn boisterous and even unmanageable. But she might just have an edge.

Unlike her predecessor, the avuncular Somnath Chatterjee who often had to coax, cajole, chide MPs and at times threw up his hands in exasperation, Meira Kumar is using what MPs describe as “woman power” to conduct the proceedings.

Many parliamentarians believe she has a psychological advantage over male MPs in the house and this has worked to her benefit. The softspoken Meira Kumar has occasionally raised her voice but has so far not lost her cool. How long this will last in a fractious Lok Sabha is anybody’s guess.

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Minister’s mango tango with scribes

New ministers can’t seem to stop celebrating the sweet taste of success. And Salman Khurshid, the minister in charge of minority and corporate affairs, did it too – though a little differently. He threw a mango party!

Khurshid had the choicest of alphonso, langda, chausa, daseri and totapari mangoes brought in from Uttar Pradesh – the state that houses his Farrukhabad constituency – and other parts of the country for journalists to feast on at his South Avenue residence.

And it sure tasted good on a hot July afternoon. Many scribes skipped the rest of the lunch and just gorged on the succulent king of fruits kept in huge aluminium cans filled with ice-cold water. Needless to say, some journalists hung around for over two hours.

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Congress poster boy persuades Metro man

An accident that killed six people at a Delhi Metro site prompted its chief E. Sreedharan to submit his resignation and he refused to withdraw it. But it was a phone call from Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi that finally made him stay.

A slew of bigwigs, from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to Lt.Governor Tajender Khanna to Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy had called up Sreedharan, popularly called Metro man and tried to persuade him not to resign.

Finally it was Rahul Gandhi – he wants to ensure that the 2010 Commonwealth Games conclude without any hiccups – who prevailed. “Please don’t (resign). We are all behind you” is what Gandhi told the Delhi Metro boss.

Now Sreedharan has decided not to quit till Phase II of the Metro work is complete and the Commonwealth Games concludes in October next year.

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Political greenhorn gets along – with a little help

The corridors of power can be quite overwhelming. First time MP Ravneet Singh, known for his flamboyant dress sense, looks a bit forlorn and lost in the parliament galleries despite trying to exude confidence.

Singh, the 33-year-old grandson of late Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, used to distribute press releases to mediapersons in Punjab until last year. But then lady luck smiled when he was elected president of the Punjab Youth Congress.

Because of his political lineage and the backing of former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, he contested from the Anandpur Sahib constituency this year and stunned everyone by winning.

But even now he finds comfort by talking to journalists from his state. Last heard, he was asking a scribe for help about which parliamentary committee he should join.

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A different minister, a different environment

Things have turned around drastically since Jairam Ramesh took charge of the environment and forest ministry. Until a year ago, officials would saunter in casually to office, enjoy extended tea breaks and take life easy. But not any more.

There’s a new work ethic in place in Paryavaran Bhavan with Ramesh cracking the whip and making it amply clear that the casual administration and tardy ways that many were accustomed to will just not do. Insiders say Ramesh is constantly buzzing in and out of office at the Central Government Offices complex off Lodhi Road.

From climate change initiatives to changes in environment clearance formats, Ramesh is whipping up a storm. He gives short notices and then the job simply has to be done. In fact, he is doing some long-term planning and in preparation for the Copenhagen summit on climate in December, the ministry is holding regular press briefings on India’s position.

Did Bill Cosby Die: latest news about update, news , Did Bill Cosby Die, bill cosby dead, bill cosby died, bill cosby, bill cosby died today, probably pulling , goofy face, 72-year-old comedian, bill cosby dead 201, Actually, it would be more appropriate to put the phrase in quotes. “Bill Cosby Dead.” Thanks to an internet hoax, Google Trends is reporting that this keyword went “volcanic” on SaturdaThere’s no reason to despair, however, as the 72-year-old comedian is alive and kicking (as far as anybody knows). It is unclear where or why the prank originated, but fans may take comfort in knowing that the Cos is still out there, possibly wearing a bulky, multi-colored sweater, probably pulling a goofy face,y, 6 February, just after 1 AM EST.

Bill Cosby Dead, Scene: up market house, interior, morning. BILL COSBY walks into the room, brushing crumbs from his shirt front and yawning. He sits at a computer and turns it on. BILL: Let’s see if that article about how I’m a “sprightly 72 years young” has appeared in the Washington City Paper yet.
BILL opens a Google search page and types his own name, and scans through the results, mumbling as he reads each one. BILL: No I don’t want no Wikipedia article on me … dammit, I want the story on me being seventy two. Seventy TWO. BILL changes the Google search to be ‘Bill Cosby 72′. BILL: Now we’re getting somewh ~ aw dammit, what’s this.
BILL clicks on the first link on the page.
Scene: busy hospital emergency ward. Lots of noise and movement. Two paramedics hurriedly push BILL COSBY through the ward strapped to a gurney. He has an oxygen mask strapped onto his face and is struggling feebly and moaning in pain. He seems barely conscious. An ER doctor rushes to his side.

PARAMEDIC 1: It was touch and go but we have him stabilized. He had a massive myocardial infarction and went into ventricular fibrillation on the way here.

DOCTOR: Right, let’s get him onto NTG and something for the pain. I want ECG and EKG straight away. Wait, he’s trying to say something.BILL COSBY (feebly): They put me in … a gaping …. anus. An anus!! BILL COSBY collapses back onto the gurney and has a seizure. His eyes roll back into his head. PARAMEDIC 2: He’s seizing again!  Scene: the office of a large newspaper. There is a steady hum of busy editors and reporters, people typing on PCs. We cut to a closeup of a REPORTER who is taking a phone call. REPORTER: Oh my god. Thanks for telling me.
The REPORTER stands, a look of shock and anguish on his face. REPORTER: The internet has murdered Bill Cosby.

Todd Leary Arrested, The Associated Press is reporting that former IU player and basketball announcer, Todd Leary, has been arrested in connection with a real estate title scheme. Rebecca Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a more comprehensive story. Leary, 39, of Carmel, is accused of conspiring with [insurance broker Joseph] Garretson between July 2008 and February 2009 to commit a variety of felonies, including conspiracy to commit conversion or misappropriation of title insurance escrow funds, conspiracy to commit theft and conspiracy to corrupt business influence. The majority of the charges are Class C felonies, with penalties of up to four years in prison each.

Garretson is accused of [and is awaiting sentencing for] arranging mortgage refinancing loans for area clients and failing to use the money to pay off the initial loans, causing mortgage holders to default.
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According to court documents, Leary’s former teammate, Brian Evans, cooperated with state investigators to uncover the scheme.

Garretson claims that Leary pressured him on a number of occasions for more money, threatening to reveal Garretson’s misdeeds.

Leary played for IU from 1990 – 1994. Evans played for IU from 1991 – 1996.

Crimson Quarry offers these thoughts:

It’s hard to know what to say about this. Obviously, the allegations are very serious, and Leary’s career as an IU broadcaster probably is over. Still, it will be interesting to see the authorities’ rationale for making this arrest when and where they did. It seems like an effort to humiliate Leary and an effort to gain publicity for the allegations. Again, I don’t mean to downplay the serious allegations, but he is entitled to a legal presumption of innocence. That presumption of innocence doesn’t bind those of us who want to talk about it (i.e., we’re under no obligation to pretend that OJ didn’t kill his ex-wife), but it does bind the authorities.

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Competitors gain entry to the contest by completing eating stunts like consuming the “WIP vending machine in 24 minutes” (as one 2010 competitor did according to WIP’s website) or participating in an official Wing Off, where Wing-Bowl wannabees eat as many wings as they can in 10 minutes. As of 2009, professional competitive eaters are no longer allowed to participate in the Wing Bowl.

Akio Toyoda, Toyota ceo, toyoda, toyota president, prius 2010, prius toyota In a news conference early Friday, Toyota President Akio Toyoda apologized for his company’s global recalls and said he will head up a special committee to improve quality control. Toyoda also said the automaker is still deciding what to do to fix braking problems with the 2010 Prius. Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported yesterday that officials had told them there would be a recall in Japan and the U.S. of more than a quarter-million vehicles.

Secondo voi quanto può durare un incendio?
Forse un’ora? Una settimana? Un mese? No, può durare molto molto di più.
Esiste in Pennsylvania una città che una volta contava oltre 2000 abitanti, sette chiese, cinque hotel, ventisette bar, due teatri, una banca, un ufficio postale e quattordici alimentari. Quella città, oggi abbandonata, è stata completamente distrutta a causa di un incendio che dura da ben 48 anni.

Si tratta di Centralia, una città la cui storia è senz’altro la più bizzarra che abbia mai sentito.

Siamo nel 1962 e cinque vigili del fuoco volontari della locale stazione vengono incaricati di ripulire la piccola discarica del paese appiccando il fuoco a dei cumuli di rifiuti incendiabili.
L’operazione era stata compiuta in precedenza altre volte senza incidenti. In quell’occasione però le ceneri ardenti furono ingenuamente depositate dai pompieri nell’apertura di una vecchia miniera a cielo aperto. Una miniera di carbone.
Le ceneri, penetrate in profondità, hanno dato origine ad un lento ma inesorabile incendio sotterraneo che dura ancora oggi.
I pompieri, che ebbero gran successo nell’appiccare le fiamme, fallirono poi nello spegnerle e decisero di rinunciare pensando che di li a poco si sarebbero estinte spontaneamente. Purtroppo così non fu.

Inizialmente nessuno si rese conto della gravità del problema che nei primi dieci anni si limitò alle emissioni di fumo e gas dal sottosuolo e alle consugenti ripercussioni sulla salute e sulla qualità dell’aria.
Le cose però cominciarono a peggiorare nel 1979 quando il benzinaio di Centralia si accorse che le sonde sotterranee inserite per misurare la quantità di benzina nelle taniche risultavano “calde”. Applicato un termomentro in una di queste la temperatura misurata risultò essere di quasi 80 gradi centigradi!
L’incendio sotterraneo diventava sempre più minaccioso soprattutto perchè in tutti quegli anni aveva lentamente eroso dall’interno il sottosuolo e quindi compromesso le strade e le case. Nel 1981 un cratere largo un metro e profono trenta si aprì improvvisamente sotto i piedi di un bambino che giocava in giardino.
La strada statale 61 che attraversava la città fu più volte distrutta e ricostruita fino al punto di deciderne l’interruzione e poi la deviazione.

Il governo decise di intervenire nel 1984 stanziando 42 milioni di dollari per trasferire tutta la popolazione ma diverse famiglie decisero di restare. Nel 1992 si procedette all’esproprio dell’intera città e nel 2002 le poste americane revocarono il codice di avviamento postale di Centralia, il 17927.
Oggi Centralia brucia ancora ed è diventata una città fantasma che conta solo 9 irriducibili abitanti. In alcuni punti (come vedete nel video) il suolo è caldo abbastanza da accendere un fiammifero al solo contatto. Alcune stime prevedono lo spegnimento dell’incendio tra 250 anni. Altre tra 1000.

Imperdibile la scritta “SHIT HAPPENS” che qualche genio ha scritto con la bomboletta lungo statale 61. Direi che appena finisce l’inverno un bel giretto in moto in Pennsylvania con sosta a Centralia è quantomeno obbligatorio.

Updates:
Centralia vista in un film del 1988 (molte delle case erano ancora in piedi)

Todd Leary,I was chasing this a bit after the game and couldn’t come up with anything, but the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette is all over the story. Todd Leary, a former Indiana player and current color analyst on radio broadcasts, faces 17 felony charges for his part in a scheme to misappropriate real estate title funds. This story is, as you’ll see, multi-layered. According to court documents, Leary’s former teammate, Brian Evans, cooperated with state investigators to uncover the scheme.

Leary played basketball for coach Bob Knight’s Hoosiers from 1990 to 1994; the team advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1992.

Leary once worked for former title insurance broker Joseph Garretson, who pleaded guilty this week in Allen Superior Court to conversion or misappropriation of title insurance escrow funds, corrupt business influence and unlawful loan origination activities in a scheme that court documents say totaled $2.7 million in losses.

IU police arrested Leary – an analyst for the Indiana University Radio Network – on Thursday evening, and he was booked into the Monroe County Jail in Bloomington about 6:45 p.m., 15 minutes before IU’s home game against Purdue.

Leary, 39, of Carmel, is accused of conspiring with Garretson between July 2008 and February 2009 to commit a variety of felonies, including conspiracy to commit conversion or misappropriation of title insurance escrow funds, conspiracy to commit theft and conspiracy to corrupt business influence. The majority of the charges are Class C felonies, with penalties of up to four years in prison each.

We’ll obviously have more on this story tomorrow. I believe Leary is actually an employee of Learfield Communications and not IU, but clearly the university has significant say in who broadcasts its games. They’ll be looking for a replacemen