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Hong Kong action superstar Jackie Chan has been awarded an honorary professorship by an American art school, Savannah College of Art and Design. Chan accepted the honor at a ceremony held in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Sina.com.cn reports. The purpose of crowning him an honorary professor is to commend his contributions to education and charity work worldwide, the report says. Chan will sponsor the

And this beauty is my award and the distinction of Honorary Pony Cousin! Yippee!Cayay! I won this fine award from the Saddle Mountain Rider at Middle Of The Road by attempting to guess correctly which Pony Cousins won their rodeo, 1st, 2nd & 3rd. Of course I didn't get it quite right, but I was close. So I'd like to thank Saddle Mountain Rider for allowing us to play such a fun game! And havi

I imagine there are a few starving students who feel slighted to see their dream degree handed to a rock star. After they’ve spent eight years of their youth laboring over research and dissertations, they should have just partied like they wanted to, found some way to get famous, then waited thirty years

Bontang, E Kalimantan - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had been installed as honorary member of the Indonesian Marine Corps in appreciation for his undivided attention to and care for the development and growth of the Navy`s elite force. The installation was conducted by Navy Chief of Staff Fleet Admiral Sumardjono on board the warship KRI Soeharso-990 [...]

Anyone who claims to know anything about Hollywood should be able to tell you that one of the most important person in Hollywood city is not an actor but it’s honorary mayor - Johnny Grant.Johnny Grant’s work in Tinseltown has earned him the honorary status having enthusiastically contributed to the Hollywood community and industry for over half a century. He is not important just because he

FIDE Honorary President honoured by GAISF At the 42nd GAISF General Assembly in Athens on June 6th 2008, Florencio Campomanes, FIDE Honorary President, was presented with the GAISF ‘Spirit of Sport’ award.The General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) membership comprises all the Olympic Sports Federations, all IOC recognised and some non-recognised sports federations plus

Malawi is reportedly making Madonna an honorary citizen. The nation thinks it’s a fitting way to pay tribute to all the great things Madge has done for the country. Madonna has provided funds to several orphanages in the land and has helped feed and educate thousands of youngsters across the country. She’s also set to open a girls’ school [...]

Akshay Kumar recently received an Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree from Assumption University in Windsor, Canada for his immense contribution to Indian cinema and his generous social work. Akshay Kumar is an international superstar and social worker. The Khiladi recently received an Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree from Assumption University in Windsor, Canada for his [...]

Akshay Kumar has many reasons to celebrate. The man had four releases last year and all the films were superhit at the Box Office. This year, his first release Tashan failed to create the same magic but Akshay did walk away with loads of praises for his performance. The actor will soon be making his appearance on the small screen as well by hosting a reality show called Fear Factor- Khatron Ke Khiladi. And if this was not enough, Akki will now be receiving an honorary doctorate from a Canadian University.“The University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, will bestow Akshay with an honorary doctorate on May 9. It’s basically for all the social work that he has done in Canada. The University called him up to present him the doctorate,” says Akshay’s spokesperson.In the recent past,

Akshay Kumar has many reasons to celebrate. The man had four releases last year and all the films were superhit at the Box Office. This year, his first release Tashan failed to create the same magic but Akshay did walk away with loads of praises for his performance. The actor will soon be making his appearance on the small screen as well by hosting a reality show called Fear Factor- Khatron Ke Khiladi. And if this was not enough, Akki will now be receiving an honorary doctorate from a Canadian University.“The University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, will bestow Akshay with an honorary doctorate on May 9. It’s basically for all the social work that he has done in Canada. The University called him up to present him the doctorate,” says Akshay’s spokesperson.In the recent past,

Akshay Kumar has many reasons to celebrate. The man had four releases last year and all the films were superhit at the Box Office. This year, his first release Tashan failed to create the same magic but Akshay did walk away with loads of praises for his performance. The actor will soon be making [...]

Washington University in St. Louis is set to give an honorary degree to anti-gay, anti-feminist activist Ms. Phylis Schlafly who is scheduled to speak to the graduating class at the May 16 ceremony in St. Louis, Mo. Schlafly, founder of the Eagle Forum (a right-wing anti-Queer think tank) has been an opponent of LGBT rights and feminism. She has dedicated her life to being an anti-gay advocate pushing against equal rights legislation and Queer visibility within Washington U. her alma-matter.Email the Washington University in St. Louis to let them know that having a bigot receive an honorary degree is inappropriate.Click Here to take action on the issue!

The awful would-be pastor, who may or may not still be friends with Barack Obama, has had his degree revoked by the president of his university (Hat tip: Ironic Surrealism): Northwestern University President Henry Bienen has rescinded the university's offer to bestow an honorary doctorate of sacred theology on Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose fiery comments on race and America have caused trouble

This is delicious news! It went down great with my morning coffee. Oh yeah! Northwestern withdraws Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s graduation invite, honorary degree offer Graduation invite off table at Northwestern (Chicago Tribune) Northwestern University President Henry Bienen has rescinded the university’s offer to bestow an honorary doctorate of sacred theology on Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose fiery comments [...]

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One former Notre Dame football player from each of the last six decades will serve as honorary coaches for the 2008 Blue-Gold Spring Football Festival, presented by Home Run Inn Pizza, Irish head coach Charlie Weis announced Wednesday. Jim Morse (1950s), Terry Hanratty (1960s), Terry Eurick (1970s), Allen Pinkett (1980s), Bryant Young (1990s) and Ryan Grant (2000s) accepted invitations from Weis

First of all let me say congratulations to Trent Cherry. He announced on his blog today that he and his wife are pregnant. You can see his posting here. Also if you did not know, Krissie’s Korner has a new edition. Krissie Newman talks about her and Ryan’s time off over the Easter [...]

My funny emo thought for the day:Desires are not for those who cannot handle disappointment.a.p.a (also phrased as) The key to happiness is to find joy in shattered dreams.I found this recent ad quite nicely done and funny - I don't understand exactly what is being said except for the "Life is hard" bit, but the expressions on her face are priceless. They have a clearer version on youtube but they

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Sydney, Aug 6 (IANS) Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef, back home in India after 25 days in Australian police custody for “recklessly supporting” terrorism, would like to meet Prime Minister John Howard and ask for “honorary citizenship”. (more…) International, Latest India News

Leeds, June 9 (IANS) Indian film veterans Amitabh Bachchan, Yash Chopra and Shabana Azmi were awarded honorary doctorate degrees by Leeds Metropolitan University here Saturday morning. The awards function was held at the newly restored Great Hall on the university’s Headingley campus. The university has recently forged close links with India and the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) and has several students from India. Bachchan has also received an honorary doctorate from De Montfort University, Leicester. Prominent among those present during the occasion Saturday were members of the Bachchan family - his son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya and daughter Shweta Nanda. During the ongoing IIFA weekend, the university also awarded honorary doctorate in Business Administration to India’s Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel. Patel said after receiving the doctorate: “It’s with great humility that I accept this award being conferred upon me, both as an ind

JUSTIN Langer said overnight Australia "would love" to have England's Kevin Pietersen in its side. The South Africa-born batsman enhanced his growing reputation with 226, his maiden Test double hundred, in England's crushing innings victory against West Indies at Headingley this week. Only Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, widely regarded as the greatest Test batsman of all time, has scored more runs in his first 25 Tests than the 26-year-old Pietersen's 2448. Former Australia opening batsman Langer was on the opposite side when Pietersen scored the first of his eight Test hundreds - 158 at The Oval - to wrap up a draw that secured England's 2005 Ashes series win. Langer, who retired from Test cricket after Australia's 5-0 Ashes whitewash earlier this year, was on hand to see Pietersen again score 158 in the Adelaide Test of that campaign. "From an Australian's point of view the greatest compliment we can give an opposition player is that we don't really like

Frankfurt am Main / Germany. The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) has elected the Cuban Dr. Hilda Molina in its honorary board of directors on its annual meeting, that took place on the 30th of March 2007 in Koenigstein/Germany. Dr. Molina is representing the ISHR in Latin America and especially in her home country Cuba. The doctor and her destiny are hardly known in Germany. Only a few years ago Dr. Hilda Molina was Chief neurosurgeon. In 1988 Dr. Molina founded the International Center for Neurological Restoration in Cuba. She became a leading figure in the development of Cuba’s state run health-system. Dr. Molina’s center had a world wide reputation. She was hailed in the official press in Cuba as a great scientist and photographed repeatedly with Fidel Castro. Castro admired and respected Dr. Molina’s work and he appointed her to the Cuban National Assembly. Already in her youth, Molina has been a convinced socialist and joined the communist party of Cuba very e

46 year old U2 singer Bono has accepted an honorary Knighthood at a ceremony at the British Ambassador’s residence in Dublin. Bono’s official title will be Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (KBE), although he is not entitled to be called Sir because he is not a British citizen. Bono joked, “You have permission to call me anything you want except Sir.” But he did suggest alternatives: “Lord of lords, your demi-godness.” At the ceremony a letter from Prime Minister Tony Blair was read out, which said, “I’ll leave it to others far more knowledgeable than me to talk about U2’s music - all I’ll say is that, along with millions of others right across the world, I’m a huge fan.” The letter also said that Bono was inspiration in the fight against global poverty. ---Related Articles at In Entertainment:American Idol signs up top music stars for charity special

Who? Guy Fieri, host of Food Network’s cooking show ‘Guy’s Big Bite’ has the dubious honor of being named our first official Kitchen Warrior. Before we go too far with this, lets be clear. 1) Guy has no idea he has received this honor if for no reason other than 2) I just made it up this afternoon and 3) there is as good a chance as any that even if he DID know about our award he wouldn’t want it. I know I wouldn’t. But it’s our award and we can give it to anyone we want. So why you ask not someone more obvious like say Alton Brown, my grandmother, your grandmother or my hillbilly friend who cooks 365 meals a year in a pressure cooker? Well first off as far as Kitchen Warfare goes (the concept, not the blog) Alton’s an icon. The dean, the godfather. His likeness is everywhere on campus. Calling Alton a Kitchen Warrior is like calling Emmit Smith a football player. We all already know it. Grandmothers are out, lest we be accused of nepo

This article had the following: In deciding not to give Bush an honorary degree, some faculty members cited concerns about Bush’s educational record in respect to the university. Some said his approval of three new medical schools has diluted resources. He also has been criticized for his “One Florida” proposal, an initiative that ended race-based admissions programs at state universities Doctors are in short supply. How do I know? Well, they're expensive which means they're in demand. I also know because many doctors in Los Angeles are from foreign countries and they obviously wouldn't go to a place where they weren't needed. And, far more people apply to medical school than can be accepted. Now, what happens when the supply of something goes up while demand remains constant? So, Jeb Bush is in a position to remedy the situation by expanding medical schools to increase supply and people complain. And he wants to end race-based preferences. So, he's rejec

Booted Navy officer launches 50-state tour of praying ‘in Jesus’ name’ A chaplain who was dismissed from the U.S. Navy when he refused to following orders to make his prayers “nonsectarian” and remove the name of Jesus from them now has been commissioned by the governor of Kentucky as an honorary “Kentucky Colonel.” Just one week after his dismissal from the Navy was completed, Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt also prayed “in Jesus’ name” on the floor of the Kentucky Legislature, where the state house then passed a unanimous resolution to honor Navy chaplains who pray in Jesus’ name. He prayed: Our Father in heaven, I come to you through my Lord Jesus Christ, and I ask that you be our only God today. Test the reins of our hearts, to see if there is any sin, any idol, or anything we’ll not give up for you. Remove from us every false thing we delight in, and everything we rely upon, so we may delight in and rely

This weekend I have been seriously thinking about becoming a card-carrying "Luddite". Here is what has happened this week:1. Wednesday: I finally got around to processing a service call on my laptop computer. The only problem was it needed 'jumper-cables' to get started. Even with a fully charged battery, it wanted the power cord plugged in before it would boot-up. After trying a new battery and running diagnostics on the device, Dell sent a new motherboard to arrive on Thursday (in the possession on an on-site technician).2. Thursday: The tech arrived and changed the motherboard. When I was checking everything out afterward, we discovered many new problems when it was on it's port replicator (docking station). Another call to Dell .. new motherboard and port replicator enroute.3. Friday: Return of the Dell tech, with new parts in hand. After short visit, all appears to be working fine!4. Saturday: Just before leaving town, my Pocket PC device locked up, which normally requir