| Kerry Katona’s husband tells lover: marriage is all about the money
A woman, Samantha Riaz, has claimed she had a brief affair with former taxi driver Mark last summer but only found out he was married after the relationship came to an end. However, she told the Sun, his wedding vows - and the fact Kerry is currently heavily pregnant with his child - didn't stop Mark from calling her again last week. Samantha told the newspaper that she then asked him directly about his marriage and after initially denying it, she asked specifically about Kerry and he replied: "It's not like that. She's alright, but, she's not my cup of tea. It's about the money, innit? Forget her." Mark is also said to have had a fling with a barmaid shortly before marrying Kerry last February, just weeks before the I'm a Celebrity… star gave birth to their daughter Heidi.
IAF finally gets Hawks to train pilots
After an agonising wait of 27 years during which over 200 air crashes blotched its flight safety record, the IAF finally inducted the British Hawk-132 advanced jet trainer (AJT) at the Bidar airbase on Saturday. Hawks will simplify the conversion of fledgling fighter pilots from subsonic Kiran trainers to supersonic fighters such as Su-30 MKI, Mirage 2000 and different MiG variants. The IAF has inducted eight Hawks and another 58 will join its fleet by 2010. Once that happens, rookies will no longer train on the unforgiving MiG-21, whose infamous crash history has earned it epithets such as ‘widow-maker' and ‘flying coffin'. Dedicating the Hawks to the nation, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said the government has plans to acquire 40 more Hawks. Group Captain Michael Fernandez, the chief instructor at Bidar, the cradle of fighter pilots in India, remains loyal towards the primitive Iskra trainer he flew in the early 1980s as a rookie.
Jathedars put off parallel meetings in ‘Panth’s interest’
As per the news-item reported in The Tribune, dated February 5, a special leave petition has been filed before the Supreme Court against the orders. Since the Supreme Court is now seized of the mater, it will not be justified and proper for us to adjudicate on this criminal miscellaneous application. The same is adjourned sine dine till a final decision is taken on the special leave petition pending before the Supreme Court, the judges added. The court, on December 11, had handed over the investigations of the matter to the CBI after taking suo motu cognizance of news-reports carried in these columns. A public prosecutor contended that the order was liable to be modified as "the core issue regarding the jurisdiction of the High Court to refer a matter for investigation to the CBI without the consent of the state government was pending consideration before a larger bench of the SC.
Will's Web Watch: Tuning in to YouTube
About six months ago an email landed in my inbox from a friend with a link to a video clip. The URL pointed to YouTube.com. I'd not heard of it before then and thought nothing of it, given it seemed just one of many websites out there hosting video clips. But now just half a year later there can't be many people on the internet - or the planet - who aren't familiar with YouTube. The site was officially launched in December 2005 by Steve Chen and Chad Hurley having started it initially in mid-2005 as a means to share videos between friends. YouTube was intended to do for video what Flickr had done for photography and to provide the web 2.0 generation with a place to post and view user-generated content. Since then things have sky-rocketed. In July the site served more than one hundred million videos in a single day.
Mike Breunling's Blog
Keep up the good work. Thank you for the kind comments...I am pleased to be associated with BBBS...in the future I will front special news stories about the organization... as far as the winter conditions are concerned... we'll all have to wait until the big change kicks-in! mike you are a good weather teller. Thank you! HAPPY NATIONAL WEATHER DAY MIKE LIKE WATCHING YOUR WEATHER BROADCAST, ENJOY THE DAYDEB IN DANCY (TOWN OF BERGEN)Thank you Deb...I eally appreciate that you watch! My son loves the Captain Stormy commericals. He wants to be captain for Halloween. Job well done on the commericals.smo, Stevens pointThanks! Captain Stormy is a great Halloween costume idea! Mike, I love your Captain Stormy character and images!!! What fun to see a local weatherman take part in something fun, worthwhile and entertaining! Keep up the great work and expand on your Captain Stormy character! brk Thanks for the kind comments...
Flashback: How could you possibly call the Pistons 'Bad' Boys?
Next thing you know, we'll have to wear eyepatches to the Silverdome and carry knives between our teeth.
Now, I have spent a lot of time in the Pistons' locker room. And I never have had to carry a weapon. A footstool, maybe. Never a weapon. They seem like OK guys to me.
But, hey. Maybe I'm missing something. So I called Bob Neal, the TBS announcer, who said that yes, he has been calling Detroit "the team people love to hate" on national broadcasts since late last season.
"It's the image they have around the country now," he said. "I think people relate to Detroit as a tough, blue-collar, hardball town -- and now Detroit basketball fits the mold literally.
"You got players like Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn. When Laimbeer comes to town, there are signs saying "LAME-beer." In Atlanta, a guy dresses up in a villain's mustache and wears Laimbeer's number, and when he stands up, everyone boos.
Insider's Guide: Employee Health Benefits
Here's her advice and what's worked well for her firm. 1. Choose providers carefully. Ms. Trott says she chose a broker with a good reputation in the industry who had represented some of Quantum's clients. Why did someone in the health-care industry need a broker? The company was too small to negotiate directly with the insurance company, and executives were too busy running its business and didn't have a human-resources manager. But even larger employers that don't need to rely on a broker's potentially greater negotiating power can benefit from outside assistance. A broker can help them learn what's available, think through their specifications and put together a program, Ms. Trott says. Keep in mind that brokers often are paid on commission by the insurance company, which could be reflected in the premiums.
C.U. Republicans Call for New Gun Policy
In the wake of last week's tragedy at Northern Illinois University and last April's massacre at Virginia Tech, the seemingly endless series of school shootings has incited debate over the safety of college communities across the country. Yesterday, the Cornell College Republicans placed about 20 signs on the Arts Quad that publicized their stance on the increasingly polarizing issue of the concealed carry of weapons. They have joined the approximately 12,000 students nationwide who are part of a grassroots effort that is advocating for concealed weapons license holders to be able to carry their weapons on campuses. Although prevalent on the Arts Quad during the morning hours, the removal of many of the signs by the afternoon conveyed a sense of disapproval from some members of the Cornell community who support the University's “gun-free zone" policy.
Sound Studio 3.5
The Mac has more than its share of capable sound editors, but until now, not one has stood out to me as a go-to tool for everyday tasks. The free Audacity can be buggy and feels unintuitive, while Bias's Peak ( ) and Apple's Soundtrack ( ) are powerful, but with steep learning curves and hefty price tags. Falling squarely in between those products, Sound Studio 3.5.5 finally fills the role of the long abandoned and much loved Macromedia SoundEdit 16 (which never made it to OS X). Sound Studio is an easy-to-use program for recording, editing, and applying effects to digital audio that can be used for everything from podcasting to digitizing those old cassette tapes and vinyl records you have lying around in the basement. Sound Studio 3 records audio in either stereo or mono and takes advantage of Apple's Core Audio to provide low-latency recording.
Starbucks to temporarily close this evening
Beware: If you normally get your caffeine fix on the way home from work today, don't go to Starbucks for your double latte. Starbucks will temporarily close its 7,100 stores across the United States for three hours starting at 5:30 p.m. today to improve workplace morale and the quality of drinks, according to CNNMoney.com. .
Iron Mountain stand-off ends
Is it fair to judge people,to tell people like Mr.N. to grow up or put Christ in his life.Isn't that God's job to judge. Why don't we direct our thoughts and prayers to the young gentleman who got himself the this sad situation in the first place. To MR. North, I think your writing is brilliant,you should do it for a living! — ki petro, up north all said and done I think that the police did fine. They did what they had to and no one got hurt, but that also makes it seam like the lock down was unnecessary. Not only that but the school decided to give us all pizza. The distribution of which was as thus: most students got at least one. Some students had more, but doesn't it seem like a big expenditure that could be put to a better use. Not to mention that no one got hurt, yet all of the Iron Mountain High School students who had a first block vocational class were sent home (something we had all hoped for by the second hour in the same classroom).
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