From Queen E and now the Vatican, Najib's book gaffe triggers sniggersTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:57AMOn no! Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has done it again. At the top international circles, where understatement is de rigueur rather than bombast and self-aggrandizement, Najib's latest gaffe in presenting a book about himself to the Pope could not but raise a round of giggles and rude snorts. It looks like the Malaysian leader could have taken a lesson or two in subtlety from the British ...
E Models Asia on the rampMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:05PMread more
Hillard, 99, plans for 100th birthdayMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:15PMEvelyn Hillard celebrated her 99th birthday with a reception Friday at Hillside Terrace, where she has lived for the last 17 years and with other parties and visits from relatives. She says she’ll celebrate her 100th next year. After that, no celebrations, except for possibly her 105th year.
Blue and Gray Ball to feature period music, dancing, foodSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:54PMThe event, where the public can interact with Civil War-era personalities at the Harris Pavilion, is part of the many activities planned for the 150th commemoration of the First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run.
An upbeat singalong with Taylor SwiftSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:44PMAt a packed Toronto show, the pop star sang of happy endings
BBC launches 'British Mad Men': The inspiration for the show's smouldering beauty...Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:47AMThe main character from upcoming TV show The Hour is based on Grace Wyndham Goldie, a pioneering executive who was a major force in British television.
Dealing with being ‘on call’Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:18AMDear Miss Manners: I have taken a job in which I must spend one out of three weeks “on call” 24 hours a day.I work with computers in a context that has life-or-death consequences, so when I am paged, I must drop everything and work immediately, usually for an hour or more at a time.
Students apply classroom knowledge to projects in developing countriesSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:32PMHollidaysburg Area Senior High School junior Jared Wood was as baffled by buildings eerily burnt and pocked from weapons fire as he was awestruck by machete scars on the dark arms of his jovial, Santa Claus-like host, Pastor Alfred Gatabazi.
On the cutting edgeSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:03PMHER STYLE has already found favour with the career woman, but people viewing designer Karen Brathwaite’s new Shilishai line at this year’s Barbados Manufacturer’s Exhibition, BMEX, loved the fusion of fabrics, textures and techniques she employed in a range of new styles, suggesting her designs do have wider appeal.