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Chinese conglomerate that built these landmarks… …snags $705m contract for Singapore Sentosa theme park   Beijing’s National Stadium Beijing’s performing arts centre Deal goes to arm of state-owned group that built China’s steel industry   By Jessica Cheam  HIGH-PROFILE JOB: China Jingye will be in charge of general building works and an amphitheatre for the Singap

Snaps to Vogue Italia for it's upcoming all-black issue hitting the newstand in July. The much hyped issue will pay tribute to and celebrate black models in the fashion world. My absolute fave up and coming super model, Chanel Iman is confirmed as well as Alek Wek, Iman, Jourdan Dunn, Liya Kebede, Veronica Webb and Janeil Williams. No word on whether Naomi Campbell joining this group; however, wit

Open-source database vendor EnterpriseDB Corp. today said it has appointed a senior sales executive from Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. as its new CEO. Ed Boyajian will become president, CEO and a member of the board for Edison, N.J.-based EnterpriseDB, replacing co-founder Andy Astor, who will become executive vice president of business development.

Open-source database vendor EnterpriseDB Corp. today said it has appointed a senior sales executive from Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. as its new CEO. Ed Boyajian will become president, CEO and a member of the board for Edison, N.J.-based EnterpriseDB, replacing co-founder Andy Astor, who will become executive vice president of business development.

Sean Combs only likes to work with the best of the best, so it’s no shocker that he wants Leona Lewis to collaborate with him on his upcoming album. Oh, and the fact that she’s drop dead gorgeous probably offers some nice eye candy to the Puffy Diddy Puff (or whatever he goes by now) He [...]

Spa Week Offers Discounted Spa Treatments Year-Round For Savvy Shoppers, Spa Week’s Steals & Deals are the Must Haves of Summer New York, NY May 19, 2008— Summer is right around the corner, and let’s be honest-- this season is all about showing skin. A well-timed trip to the spa might be just what your epidermis ordered. But ‘alas, we have bikinis and designer sunglasses to buy… w

Planex DigiJuke NAS snags YouTube and BitTorrent video -- jams it down the Wii, Xbox 360, iPod... and throat of MPAAHere it is copyright bandits, the single biggest reason (besides silicone) to make a Hollywood studio notice you: the MZK-NAS02SG1T network attached storage device from Planex. The main selling point behind the ¥54,799 (about $524) 1TB Gigabit Ethernet block is the claim to 'universal access' for all your devices. That little trick comes courtesy of its DigiJuke browser for searching and tagging the BitTorrent and YouTube content you want downloaded in the appropriate PSP and iPod (MPEG-4), Wii (FLV), or TV (MPEG-2) format for in-home or on-the-go viewing. The NAS also streams audio and video to your iTunes laptops or desktops, DLNA TV, Xbox 360, or other compliant device in

Donald Pennington Snags a Texas Girl! Who Says Nothing Good Comes Out of Texas? Well, today is "April Lorier" Day, according to Donald Pennington! I feel like a celebrity! "Get me an iced tea, and make sure it has plenty of ice! Now, get to gettin'!" Oh, sorry. Got distracted for a moment. Now I was born and raised in Texas and New Mexico, and I always knew Texas was different. I mean you just

With all of this talk about Windows Vista, it seems like no one is paying attention to poor Apple. No one is asking them, “gee, how you’re doing?”. Well, because of this lack attention, Apple took over the PC market during February. But seriously, Apple made a strong showing in February. Because of the release [...]

[ From left, actor Song Kang-ho, actress Jeon Do-yeon, director Lee Chang-dong attend the red carpet of the Asian Film Awards as part of the event at Hong Kong International Film Festival in Hong Kong on Monday. /AP ] Korean film "Secret Sunshine" by director Lee Chang-dong has once again earned recognition at an international film festival. The movie was honored at this year's Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong in three categories -- Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress. In the Best Film category "Secret Sunshine" went up against Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee's erotic espionage thriller "Lust, Caution." Actress Jeon Do-yeon who played the lead female role in "Secret Sunshine" grabbed the Best Actress award. Jeon also won Best Actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for her p

Growth in Apple's personal computer business continued to outpace the industry average last month, with Macs accounting for a 14 percent unit share and 25 percent dollar share of all US-based PC retail sales, according to market research firm NPD.read more | digg story

He's gaining by the minute. Obama Wins Mississippi (via MSNBC) NBC News declared Barack Obama as the projected winner in the Mississippi primary on Tuesday, the latest in a string of racially polarized contests across the Deep South and a final tune-up before April's high-stakes race with Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania. Obama was winning roughly 90 percent of the black vote but only about one-third of the white vote, extending a pattern that carried him to victory in earlier primaries in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana. I think, considering what Hillary Clinton's surrogate said about Barack Obama, This is just payback. I mean, Hillary, I believe is trying to cause division in the Democrat Party. I think it's immature and shows much about her. Senator Ob

An Example of The Power of PrayerAnd we're not even trying!What Hard Work and a Little Luck Can AccomplishDBKP has landed yet another award.This time, it's the coveted "White Supremacist" label from Newshounds, that thoughtful site that "Watches Fox So You Don't Have To".We're humbled and honored.We didn't have a speech prepared or anything. We hope "Ellen" will accept our grateful "thank you" and not hold our present tongue-tied state against us.Newshounds * White Supremacist2007 Award WinnerHard to put a price on Our winning entry "Fake Liberal Outrage: The Rehabilitation of Duane 'Dog' Chapman" featured excerpts from the one-and-only Snoop, from Political Party Poop.As we said then, Snoop's "More Fake Liberal Outrage: The Rehabilitation of Duane Dog Chapman" was powerful. But we had no idea it would garner us these accolades.The judge ("Ellen") was more than kind in her remarks.Ellen Not Too Popular With The White Supremacist CrowdReported by Ellen - Thu 2:43 AMIt take

Problems with writing have struck me again. This isn't as bad as it sounds, but here's an update anyway.The Lies of Venicia is on hold at the moment. I'm still writing it, but I'm needing to re-evaluate where I want it to go. I have two very different storylines going on and I've hit that point where I need a transitional period. I may try to add a fourth POV to the story, but that might extend the word count well beyond the 90,000ish word mark I was shooting for. I want it to be a relatively short, less-epic novel. I'll figure it out though, don't you worry.Asher is a short story I'm basically finished writing, but I mentioned having a problem with it. My girlfriend didn't get it. I'm thinking about either rewriting it or assuming that it is simply a 'she-doesn't-read-SF' problem, which means the story might still be good. I'm leaning somewhat in the latter direction, but again, if anyone reads a lot of SF that could read Asher and tell me their opinion I would

D.C. United's Luciano Emilio won Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player award, the league announced today. You've probably heard this by now--it was first reported by Steven Goff at Soccer Insider--but I'm on deadline at my dayjob on Thursdays and unfortunately do not have much time to tend to this blog. But the news itself is rather blah anyway, especially from a Red Bulls' perspective. Is Emilio more deserving than Juan Pablo Angel (who won the MVP vote on this Web site)? I don't know. Statistically, Emilio had (barely!) the better season--but he played in five games more than Angel.There shouldn't be a question that Angel was more valuable to his team, though. Obviously D.C. would have been a worse team without Emilio, but I think they still could have made the playoffs. The Red Bulls without Angel? I shudder to think about it. Angel did not only anchor this team, he carried it on his back. The dude is all class, too and seems really intelligent and well-spoken (and that

Ubisoft has aquired the video game publishing rights to James Cameron’s Avatar, the first endeavor from the director since 1997’s Titanic. Avatar (the movie) is about the struggle of man torn between the alien culture he has come to embrace and the planet from which he hails, all amidst an oncoming of war. Insert spectacular special effects, courtesy of WETA and Cameron’s (usually) excellent directing skills and you have all the makings of a summer blockbuster. The game will launch alongside the movie in May of 2009. As of yet, there has been no definite mention on which platform(s) the game will arrive. However, Ubisoft’s multi-platform approach to releases speaks volumes. Unless, another one of those “brilliant” temporary exclusivity arrangements is the works. -David Patterson

San Diego just got a wee bit cooler Tuesday with the announcement of the 2007 Street Scene music festival to be held Sept. 22-23 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. It looks like Muse, The Killers and Panic! At The Disco will make some noise while leading the rest of the lineup. Other slated acts are Arctic Monkeys, Social Distortion, Fair To Midland, Air, Gym Class Heroes, Slightly Stoopid, Mute Math and Spoon.

Spotted @ DListed Ice-T's wife, CoCo, is making big moves. Apparently chick has her own fan magazine, CoCo Magazine. The magazine is purely plastic T & A some of which can be viewed below. CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL GALLERY!!

In Fact, Ah had to do a double take today when we were sent a press release from the Hodder Headline publishing house. April Fool's day is just over a week away and it was assumed that some were getting ahead of themselves. But no, it's true. Twenty has been given a deal that will see him placed on bookshelves up and down the country alongside literary greats such as Cecilia Ahern.In a way, it's no surprise that Ireland's most celebrated blogger has hit the big time. Anyone who writes consistently and with purpose will be successful, whether this means landing a book deal or simply having a following who look forward to reading the blog.Up until recently, very few people knew the person behind this nom de plume. His recent outing at the Irish Blog Awards meant that the public finally got a glipse of the face behind the blog. Many questioned his motivation for revealing himself. However, the spoken and unspoken rules of the night ensured that his photo remained unpublished. That was

Not a Crewe issue (this time) but something that could very easily affect Crewe Alexandra or any other football club. I'm talking FA red tape, men in grey suits hitting the small clubs (again) because "rules are rules" and all that.Bury have been booted out of the FA Cup for fielding a player not registered by the club to play in the famous old cup competition. It's one of those ludicrous situations, where Stephen Turnbull is allowed to go on loan from Hartlepool to Bury but the FA require an additional piece of paper saying that he can also play in the FA Cup. Obviously, this wasn't done. The poor old manager at Bury, Chris Casper, held his hands up and admitted that he'd forgotten. A simple error. Bury even admitted this to the FA. The result, IMO, a heavy-handed OTT reaction that has seen Bury kicked out and Chester (the side they beat in the last round) reinstated - all because Bury had a lad playing who wasn't properly registered.Ok, so rules are in place for a reason. But th

Recommended that you purchase your high speed power boat from reputed charter or manufacturing company to avoid these techincal design snags.. 1. Badly made deck-to-hull joints. Leading the pack of serious faults is badly made deck-to-hull joints. So much so that I have a dedicated article dealing with this rather complex subject. When buying a new or used boat, it pays to research this issue carefully. Read the article and you'll find out why. 2. Sealed off hull compartments. Meaning that the new trend in boat building is to eliminate all access to areas of the internal hull. This often results in compartments between stringers and bulkheads that are sealed off by the cabin sole. If water leaks into these compartments, this can result in filling up with water and cause deteriorat

Filed under: Cellphones April 14th -- just like we expected, that's the date T-Mobile subscribers will gain access to the WiFi totin' BlackBerry Pearl 8120. Unlike AT&T's offering, that's WiFi for voice and data thanks to T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home service. EDGE data, 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, 3.5-mm headphone jack, SureType ...

Filed under: CellphonesLooks like Hutchison (aka 3) snagged the iPhone for distribution in Hong Kong and Macau, which will be coming "later this year." Like the rest, this was another one liner un-announcement with no real info, but you probably wouldn't want to anger Steve before WWDC. Besides, in Hong ...