Come, wash your sins off! Every 12 years, the Maha Kumbh Mela (mass Hindu pilgrimage) in Haridwar, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Ganges some 200km from Delhi, affords that opportunity to believers among Hindus.
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Seeking salvation in Ganga waters (Asia News Network)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Seeking salvation in Ganga waters (Asia News Network)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Come, wash your sins off! Every 12 years, the Maha Kumbh Mela (mass Hindu pilgrimage) in Haridwar, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Ganges some 200km from Delhi, affords that opportunity to believer …..
Toying Around: Celebrity Action Figures (Local 10 Miami)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Brad Pitt is the latest celebrity to join the ranks of plastic immortality. See photos of the star as action figures compared to the roles they are based on.
Same Phantom, Different Spirit (New York Times)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Andrew Lloyd Webber’s belated sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera” feels as eager to be walloped as a clown in a carnival dunking booth.
OSCAR 2010 (The Telegraph)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010At some point on the road to screen immortality, in between pining for Cybill Shepherd in The Last Picture Show and hurting for Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart , Jeff Bridges transformed from an all-American pretty boy with effortless c… |
THE COOLEST DUDE (The Telegraph)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010At some point on the road to screen immortality, in between pining for Cybill Shepherd in The Last Picture Show and hurting for Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart , Jeff Bridges transformed from an all-American pretty boy with effortless charm to a weathered veteran with bottomless soul.
UConn women top own win-streak record (video) (New Haven Register)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010HARTFORD — A funny thing happened on the UConn women’s basketball team’s methodical march toward immortality. Notre Dame decided it grew tired of playing the role of the Washington Generals to the Huskies’ Harlem Globetrotters.
‘ Twilight ‘ stars have no separation anxiety (Chicago Sun-Times)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010He is happy to shun immortality. She is thrilled to shun him — at least on the big screen. On Friday , Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson from ” Twilight ” take new bites out of the box office–this time, separately. She stars in the drama “The Yellow Handkerchief.” He stars in “Remember Me.”
Toying Around: Celebrity Action Figures (KSAT San Antonio)
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Brad Pitt is the latest celebrity to join the ranks of plastic immortality. See photos of the star as action figures compared to the roles they are based on.
UConn women top own win-streak record (video) (New Haven Register)
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010HARTFORD — A funny thing happened on the UConn women’s basketball team’s methodical march toward immortality. Notre Dame decided it grew tired of playing the role of the Washington Generals to the Huskies’ Harlem Globetrotters.
Inter domination: Blacks A Fake paces into equine immortality (Brisbane Times)
Monday, March 8th, 2010BLACKS A FAKE smashed a world record and raced into the ranks of the nation’s greatest racehorses with a historic fourth Inter Dominion win at Menangle yesterday.
A brush with immortality (Guardian Unlimited)
Saturday, March 6th, 2010How would you cope with this deal? A couple of questions from a deal that occurred many years ago in the Lederer memorial trophy. First, what is the best play to make four tricks without losing one from this combination of cards: Second, is it possible to avoid losing more than two tricks if this is your trump suit: These questions were relevant because when the deal was played, the contracts …
Wescott to appear on Wheaties box (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
Friday, March 5th, 2010Back-to-back Olympic gold medals probably ushered Seth Wescott to the doorstep of athletic immortality, anyway. But now the Farmington native has truly made it. He’s coming to a cupboard or a continental breakfast buffet near you.
R.I.P.: Open Casket Funeral for Internet Explorer 6 (Tom’s Hardware)
Thursday, March 4th, 2010“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.” Business – Funeral Products – Wal-Mart – Death – Casket
Oscar’s ‘In Memoriam’ segment is touching to watch, painful to make (USA Today)
Thursday, March 4th, 2010The Kodak Theatre goes quiet as the big screen at center stage begins flashing images of actors and filmmakers who have died. A photo of Heath Ledger or Paul Newman might move the audience to spontaneous applause. Other images inspire deep sighs, as viewers reflect on the entertainers who have touched our lives.
Cuthbert’s call strikes a chord (The Globe and Mail)
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Announcer assured of Foster Hewitt-like immortality after Canada’s golden goal on Sunday
What’s behind Barbara Walters’ decision to dump famous Oscar show (New York Post)
Monday, March 1st, 2010A funny thing happened to Barbara Walters on her way to show biz immortality — she got to be a bigger star than the people she interviewed. That’s likely why Walters’ annual Oscar night special has, for some years now, felt uncomfortable. The big dog doesn’t interview the…
Nicky Henderson has faith in young pretenders heading for Cheltenham (Times Online)
Monday, March 1st, 2010Half a lifetime ago, Nicky Henderson was a bit part player in the fiercest rivalry of jump racing, a duel between neighbours that would culminate each year at Cheltenham. Now, only the man he then regarded as the foe “over the wall” stands between him and Festival immortality.
Revolutionary Martyrs Enjoy Immortality (Korean Central News Agency)
Monday, March 1st, 2010Pyongyang, February 28 (NCNA) — Foreigners who visited the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong were deeply moved to witness the great loving care shown by President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il with the revolutionary sense of obligation for the revolutionary martyrs.
Americans, Canadians carve indelible images (USA Today)
Monday, March 1st, 2010When Hannah Kearney won the first American gold of the 2010 Olympics, she confessed a hope for digital immortality.