Teach Me How to Dougie – Rduece (freeverse) Dolly Parton – “Applejack” – Live at Dollywood – March 2011 Jolene – Ukulele cover – Timmy Jay sparkle_palace: Celebrity Big Brother 2 // Week 5 Day 30, The Head of Household competition was eventually won by George Hamilton, beating out Clay Aiken and Dolly Parton . He nominated Dolly Parton and Travis Barker, telling them that they were huge threats in their own unique ways and … Backwoods Barbie | Flying V Guitar That is Dolly Parton’s first true mainstream release in 18 years and also the girl first disc by herself label. All I can say is BRAVO !!! This set will definitely please the woman’s diehard fans as well as surely gain her some new ones … A Little Bit Of Wisdom In Every Box…: 10 songs off my ipod. Dolly Parton – 9 to 5. I actually love Dolly – I don’t have many heroes, but Dolly is definitely one of them. She’s a long-time philanthropist and all-round (boy, is she all round) good egg and the lady can sing. … Alexis Dziena Hairstyle 2011 | Iklan jual beli Dolly Parton Hairstyle articles. Rihanna Rocks New Wild Hair Style. Fans and the media just can’t get enough of the ever surprising and pleasantly shocking makeovers of the … Related Tags: Dolly Parton Hairstyle. Search for: … All Things Archie: Smokey Mountain MEMORIES 3 years ago today! Miss this!♥ David sang Smokey Mountain Memories for Dolly Parton week back in 2008 (: Posted by Allie at 9:00 PM · Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz … togoxs says: Dolly Parton Statue, Seveir County TN courthouse: Dolly Parton Statue, Seveir County TN… http://goo.gl/fb/0tl47
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Naoto Kan visiting tsunami zone as officials try to plug crack that may be leaking radiation into sea Japan’s prime minister, Naoto Kan, will tell workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to hold firm in the belief that disaster can be averted, as highly radioactive water continued to seep into the sea. Nuclear officials’ discovery of a crack in a concrete pit at the number two core could offer an explanation for the flow of contaminated water that has jeopardised the operation to calm the reactors and raised fears about radiation finding its way into the sea and soil near the facility. Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) said it would pour concrete into the pit, where radiation measuring 1,000 millisieverts per hour has been recorded, in an attempt to seal the eight-inch long crack. Two feet away from the pit radiation levels dropped to 400 millisieverts. Workers have taken samples of the water in the pit and seawater and are analysing them to determine the level of contamination. Experts said that while the leakage was a cause for concern, radiation would be quickly diluted in the ocean. “With radiation levels rising in seawater next to the plant we have been trying to confirm why that’s happening, and [the crack] could be one source,” Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for Japan’s nuclear and industrial safety agency (Nisa), told reporters. The plant, 150 miles north of Tokyo, will continue to leak radiation until four of its six reactors have been reconnected to cooling systems that were knocked out by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami. An artificial “floating island” is being towed to the plant to store the contaminated seawater, samples of which have shown radiation levels 4,000 times the legal limit. The vast tanker could store about 10,000 tonnes of water, Tepco said; an estimated 13,000 tonnes of contaminated water has built up beneath some of the reactors. “We are trying to employ as many measures as possible to regain control of the situation,” a Tepco official said, adding that he had “high hopes” for the storage vessel. Radiation levels in the plant and its vicinity have reached such high levels that Tepco is looking to hire special workers who are prepared to enter contaminated areas to perform essential tasks before rushing out to avoid prolonged exposure. In return for their bravery the “jumpers” are reportedly being offered up to $5,000 a shift, Japanese media has reported. Kan on Sunday is visiting an evacuation centre in the coastal town of Rikuzentakata, which was engulfed by the tsunami. Most of its 23,000 residents were killed or injured. He will then enter the 20km zone around the Fukushima plant from which 70,000 people have been evacuated. He will be telling Tepco workers, troops and firefighters: ”I want you to fight with the conviction that you absolutely cannot lose this battle.” Police said more than 11,800 people had been confirmed dead in the disaster, while more than 15,540 people remained missing. More than 165,000 people are living in shelters. Japan disaster Japan Nuclear power Energy Nuclear waste Justin McCurry guardian.co.uk
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Former director general of BBC says politicians should work harder to win support as celebrities launch Yes to AV campaign MPs would be denied “jobs for life” through holding safe seats if Britain switched to the alternative vote system in next month’s referendum on the electoral system, Greg Dyke, the former director general of the BBC, said. Dyke and a host of celebrities, including comedian Eddie Izzard and gold medal winner Kriss Akabusi, today helped launch the Yes to AV campaign in London, just five weeks before the referendum. Dyke argued that the voting changes will make MPs work harder by needing to win 50% of their constituency’s support. “In constituency after constituency, what matters is not getting the electorate to support you but getting the party to nominate you,” said Dyke, who resigned from the BBC in 2004 and is now chair of the British Film Institute. He said: “Once nominated you’ve got a job for life in seat after seat, which is why we’ve got rather average politicians. AV will begin to change that.” “Politicians are going to have to work harder to get our support and work harder to keep it. You don’t get jobs for life in anywhere else in Britain today, so why should you in politics?” He was speaking on an intentionally politician-free platform with Izzard, writer Rowan Davis, Akabusi, war correspondent and former MP Martin Bell and ethical fashion designer Amisha Ghadiali. The yes campaign is working hard to generate a trend towards younger people supporting the campaign against a political establishment led by right-wingers. Organisers said over 100 campaign events had been arranged across the country with banner drops in 60 cities. Dyke said those opposing the campaign were “old hack politicians” and had become “complacent” about their jobs. Citing opposition to the proposed changes from Conservative and Labour MPs, he said: “It’s time for the politicians to keep quiet. This is not about them – it’s about us. They are our servants, it’s not the other way round.” Izzard, a Labour supporter, said the Yes to AV campaign is “pushing for civilisation”. The proposed system, to be voted on in a referendum on 5 May, would see voters rank candidates in order of preference. Candidates who get fewer votes have their votes distributed to others, until one candidate has 50%. The electoral commission will this weekend send out a massive mailshot to the electorate in an attempt to explain the alternative vote. Izzard said the model is “as simple as one-two-three” and would end tactical voting. “People do want more choice. Politics is not black and white and grey. It’s multicoloured. This is the first time we’ve been given the chance to choose. If we don’t take this chance on 5 May we won’t get another chance for 100 years,” he said. Bell, who ousted Conservative MP Neil Hamilton as an independent candidate in 1997 on a “sleaze-busting” platform, said the campaign was a “movement against the political classes”, adding: “We cannot have our MPs being elected by a minority of their constituents and then still try preaching about democracy to the rest of the world. Let’s first put our own house in order.” David Cameron continued yesterday to make his claim that AV is un-British, undemocratic and likely to favour extremists. He said: “It is a system so undemocratic that your vote for a mainstream party counts once, while someone can support a fringe party like the BNP and get their vote counted several times. “It’s a system so obscure that it is only used by three countries in the whole world: Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. I’m not making it up, three countries in the whole world. Our system is used by half of the world.” Akabusi, a Conservative voter and former Olympic sprinter, said “never in a month of Sundays would the BNP get in”. But he added: “If in a fair and democratic election, 50% of the people voted for the BNP, I’d be proud to be in that country. Because democracy also has to have unpalatables. You can’t just have it the way you want it.” AV – the alternative vote Greg Dyke Electoral reform Eddie Izzard David Batty guardian.co.uk
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Click here to view this media Bill Maher gave both parties some hell for when and if they’re willing to “shove something down” Americans’ throats in his New Rules segment this week.
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Delegates report ‘huge number of bodies’ from week of tribal clashes as fighting continues over disputed presidential election Rival forces in Ivory Coast are continuing their battle for power as it emerged that more than 800 people were killed this week in inter-ethnic violence in the town of Duekoue. Soldiers backing the country’s UN-recognised president, Alassane Ouattara, clashed with forces loyal to the voted-out president, Laurent Gbagbo, in the country’s main city and former capital, Abidjan. The International Committee of the Red Cross has said at least 800 people were killed in intercommunal violence in Duekoue believed to have taken place on Tuesday, the day after the town in the west of Ivory Coast was taken by the pro-Ouatarra fighters. It is not clear what prompted the killings and whether Ouattara’s forces were involved but they have blamed any killings on the retreating Gbagbo fighters. Red Cross spokeswoman Dorothea Krimitsas said delegates from the Ivorian Red Cross had visited Duekoue on Thursday and Friday to gather evidence and saw a “huge number of bodies.” “We have information that at least 800 persons were killed on 29 March in Duekoue in intercommunal violence,” Krimitsas told Reuters. “Our colleagues saw hundreds of bodies. We strongly suspect that was the result of intercommunal violence. Since Monday or so tens of thousands of people have fled the area. This is not the first time there has been intercommunal violence in Duekoue.” The head of the ICRC delegation in the country, Dominique Liengme, said in a statement: “This incident is particularly shocking in its size and brutality. “The ICRC condemns direct attacks on civilians and reminds the parties to the conflict to make sure that people in the territory under their control must be protected under all circumstances.” The ICRC said tens of thousands of women, men and children had fled fighting in Duekoue since Monday. Gunfire and the sound of heavy weapons fire rang out across Abidjan as the country’s former rebels pressed an offensive to oust Gbagbo, who is refusing to leave office. Pro-Ouatarra fighters met with resistance from Gbagbo fighters around strategic locations like the presidential palace, the state broadcaster RTI and military bases. Residents said they heard loud explosions near the Agban base, the city’s largest, in the Adjame neighbourhood near Cocody where Gbagbo has his official residence. “Mortar fire has been heard since late last night around the gendarmerie. It is very loud and we’re taking shelter in our homes,” said local resident Jules Konin. “The gendarmes from the camp are fighting the insurgents,” said another resident, Adi Saba. Ouattara was internationally recognised as president last year after the electoral commission declared him the winner of a November run-off vote. But Gbagbo also claimed victory. Sanctions have failed to dislodge Gbagbo. The four-month standoff since the election has killed nearly 500 people, according to UN figures, although the real toll is probably far higher. Around 1 million people have fled Abidjan alone and 122,000 more have crossed into Liberia, according to the UN. Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo David Batty guardian.co.uk
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Click here to view this media Although the military’s discriminatory gay ban is still in effect, at least one sailor will be keeping his job. The Navy Administrative Separation Board Thursday recommend that 26-year-old Petty Officer Second Class Derek Morado not be fired even though he disclosed that he was gay on his MySpace page. “I’m very very relieved,” Morado said in an interview with KPMH . “That’s my initial reaction.” “My personal life will continue to be my personal life,” he told The Bay Citizen . “But now I don’t have to hide, I don’t have to struggle.” “We did it!!” GetEQUAL Director Robin McGehee declared . “With your help, Derek gets to not only save his career, but walk prouder — without the burden of discrimination on his shoulders.” “This is good news for a few reasons — it shows the power of grassroots efforts to apply pressure and the reality that, when we expose the truth and stand up for our dignity, we win. We don’t know how many other servicemembers are facing discharge, but we will not rest until all Americans — LGB and T — are free to serve their country freely, openly, honestly, and without danger of discharge,” she added. The four-hour Navy hearing happened 100 days after President Barack Obama signed the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” into law. The policy remains in effect until 60 days after the president, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the Joint Chiefs of Staff all agree that the military’s ability to fight won’t be adversely affected by ending the ban. That’s expected to happen later this year. Attorney Mark King told KMPH last year that it was still perfectly legal for the Navy to continue to pursue separations for sailors who admit they are gay. “There is nothing illegal about what the Navy is trying to do,” he said. “If someone does something in January that by June is no longer a crime, there’s nothing unconstitutional about prosecuting them in September over what happened in January.” “We have to treat them all with dignity and respect,” Navy Commander Danny Hernandez said. “At the same time, there is a law and we have to maintain that law.”
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PM says alternative vote is unBritish and likely to favour extremists as Tory chairwoman is accused of ‘Goebbels-like’ lies David Cameron has stepped up his attack on the alternative vote backed by Nick Clegg, describing the system as crazy and reminding voters that his deputy once regarded the reform as a “miserable little compromise”. He did so as the yes campaign prepared today for a celebrity-backed launch and a poster campaign beginning on Monday designed to argue the voting changes will make MPs work harder by needing to win 50% of their constituency’s support. The comedian and Labour supporter Eddie Izzard and European and world championship gold medal winner Kriss Akabusi today launch the yes campaign, with the referendum five weeks away. Other celebrities to come out in favour of the yes campaign include broadcaster Jonathan Ross, actors Nick Hoult and David Schneider, and comedian Chris Addison. The yes campaign is working hard to generate a trend towards younger people supporting the campaign against a political establishment led by right-wingers. The no campaign, which in contrast still refuses to list its donors, insists it is a genuine cross-party alliance and has the support of nearly half of Labour MPs. The electoral commission will this weekend send out a massive mailshot to the electorate in an attempt to explain the alternative vote. Cameron continued to make his claim that AV is unBritish, undemocratic and likely to favour extremists. He said yesterday: “It is a system so undemocratic that your vote for a mainstream party counts once, while someone can support a fringe party like the BNP and get their vote counted several times. “It’s a system so obscure that it is only used by three countries in the whole world: Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. I’m not making it up, three countries in the whole world. Our system is used by half of the world.” Cameron stopped short of repeating the claim by the Conservative chairwoman, Lady Warsi, that AV will lead to mainstream parties having to pander to rightwing extremists. Her claim prompted the Liberal Democrat energy secretary, Chris Huhne, to accuse Warsi of indulging in Goebbels-like lies, an indication that relations between the yes and no campaigns will get very bitter in the next few weeks, with potential long-term consequences for relations inside the coalition. Cameron argued that the system is so unfair the person who comes third will win. Speaking at the party’s Welsh conference, he said: “Just think forward to the Olympics. Usain Bolt powers home in the hundred metres but when it comes to handing out the gold medals they give it to the person who comes third. You wouldn’t do it in the Olympics, we shouldn’t do it in politics, we’ve got to vote no to this crazy system.” But David Mowat, Conservative MP for Warrington South, indicated he may be the first Tory to break with his party’s support for first past the post and back AV in the referendum. He told the Liverpool Daily Post: “I think the existing system tends to benefit the Labour party. If we did have AV, and we put Lib Dems second and they put us second, it would be very likely to give us a better result than we might achieve under first past the post.” AV – the alternative vote David Cameron Electoral reform Eddie Izzard Sayeeda Warsi Nick Clegg Chris Huhne Patrick Wintour guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …PM says alternative vote is unBritish and likely to favour extremists as Tory chairwoman is accused of ‘Goebbels-like’ lies David Cameron has stepped up his attack on the alternative vote backed by Nick Clegg, describing the system as crazy and reminding voters that his deputy once regarded the reform as a “miserable little compromise”. He did so as the yes campaign prepared today for a celebrity-backed launch and a poster campaign beginning on Monday designed to argue the voting changes will make MPs work harder by needing to win 50% of their constituency’s support. The comedian and Labour supporter Eddie Izzard and European and world championship gold medal winner Kriss Akabusi today launch the yes campaign, with the referendum five weeks away. Other celebrities to come out in favour of the yes campaign include broadcaster Jonathan Ross, actors Nick Hoult and David Schneider, and comedian Chris Addison. The yes campaign is working hard to generate a trend towards younger people supporting the campaign against a political establishment led by right-wingers. The no campaign, which in contrast still refuses to list its donors, insists it is a genuine cross-party alliance and has the support of nearly half of Labour MPs. The electoral commission will this weekend send out a massive mailshot to the electorate in an attempt to explain the alternative vote. Cameron continued to make his claim that AV is unBritish, undemocratic and likely to favour extremists. He said yesterday: “It is a system so undemocratic that your vote for a mainstream party counts once, while someone can support a fringe party like the BNP and get their vote counted several times. “It’s a system so obscure that it is only used by three countries in the whole world: Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. I’m not making it up, three countries in the whole world. Our system is used by half of the world.” Cameron stopped short of repeating the claim by the Conservative chairwoman, Lady Warsi, that AV will lead to mainstream parties having to pander to rightwing extremists. Her claim prompted the Liberal Democrat energy secretary, Chris Huhne, to accuse Warsi of indulging in Goebbels-like lies, an indication that relations between the yes and no campaigns will get very bitter in the next few weeks, with potential long-term consequences for relations inside the coalition. Cameron argued that the system is so unfair the person who comes third will win. Speaking at the party’s Welsh conference, he said: “Just think forward to the Olympics. Usain Bolt powers home in the hundred metres but when it comes to handing out the gold medals they give it to the person who comes third. You wouldn’t do it in the Olympics, we shouldn’t do it in politics, we’ve got to vote no to this crazy system.” But David Mowat, Conservative MP for Warrington South, indicated he may be the first Tory to break with his party’s support for first past the post and back AV in the referendum. He told the Liverpool Daily Post: “I think the existing system tends to benefit the Labour party. If we did have AV, and we put Lib Dems second and they put us second, it would be very likely to give us a better result than we might achieve under first past the post.” AV – the alternative vote David Cameron Electoral reform Eddie Izzard Sayeeda Warsi Nick Clegg Chris Huhne Patrick Wintour guardian.co.uk
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Today marks a significant transition for The Huffington Post Media Group, as we introduce digital subscriptions for employees of The New York Times. It’s an important step that we hope you will see as an investment in The Huffington Post, one that will strengthen our ability to provide high-quality journalism to readers around the world — and especially to our readers inside The New York Times. The change comes in two stages. Last week, we rolled out digital subscriptions to our readers in Winnipeg, Canada, which enabled us to fine-tune the customer experience. Plus, they’re Canadians, eh? Today, we will begin offering digital subscriptions to employees of The New York Times. If you don’t live in Winnipeg or are not an employee of The New York Times, you will continue to have full and free access to our news, information, opinion, and the rest of our rich offerings. If you are an employee of The New York Times, this is what you will be greeted with when you visit our site (click to enlarge): This is how it will work, and what it means for you: • On HuffingtonPost.com you can view the first 6 letters of each word at no charge (including slideshows of adorable kittens). After 6 letters, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber. You may choose to subscribe to see the rest of each word individually, or choose a package to access all words of more than 6 letters. This is an example of what you will see: “Today the Obama admini-[click here to continue word for a small fee] said that the interv- [click here to continue word for a small fee] in Libya would contin-[click here to continue word for a small fee] indefi [click here to continue word for a small fee]…” • Times employees who come to The Huffington Post through links from search, blogs, and social media will be able to freely access certain articles. For instance: If you come in through Facebook, you’ll be able to access for free all stories involving animals born with extra limbs. If you come in through Twitter, you’ll be able to access for free words that contain more than six letters, but only those that refer to antiquated transportation machines (i.e. “funicular”). If you come in through Google, you’ll be able to access stories of criminals who break into people’s houses and then do strange things, such as take a shower or eat a snack. If you come in through Digg, you’ll be able to read for free all stories that refer to TV’s Erik Estrada. • Slideshows and videos of adorable kittens (our signature offering) will be available for free only to one very senior New York Times employee. And, of course, stories that aggregate falsehoods to support an administration’s efforts to take the country into a disastrous, decade-long war based on lies will always remain free. Thank you for reading The Huffington Post, in all its forms. Sincerely, ARIANNA HUFFINGTON President and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post Media Group
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Milan judge rules there is not enough evidence to support accusations against the Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana will no longer have to worry about what to wear in court. Italian fashion’s most powerful design duo have been told they will not stand trial for an alleged €1bn (£880m) tax dodge after a judge in Milan threw out the case against them at a preliminary hearing. The pair have built one of the world’s largest fashion brands, beloved of celebrities such as Madonna and Kylie. They were accused of fraud of around €1bn as part of an inquiry into reports the company had failed to declare €840m in revenues. Both designers, Dolce’s brother Alfonso and three other senior members of the company were accused but all denied the charges. Judge Simone Luerti ruled there was not enough evidence to take the Milanese designers to trial, and closed the file on other people who had been under investigation as well. The reported allegation was that Dolce & Gabbana created a company in Luxembourg in 2004 and 2005 which was given control of the group’s two brands – the main label and its younger line D&G – so avoiding Italian taxes. It is unlikely that sales of their brand of “molto-sexy” clothes will have been affected by this near brush with scandal. Dolce and Gabbana are a superstar partnership – there are stores in 34 countries – who have masterminded an instantly recognisable high-end Euro-look. They are central to the Milanese fashion notion of “more is more”. Alongside super-sexy ads, the brand’s success has been based on its ability to sell well-tailored suiting and glitzy party dresses alongside more affordable branded items including T-shirts, jeans, perfume, sunglasses and makeup. This is not the first controversy Dolce and Gabbana have weathered. Three years ago, they came under fire over an advertisement that was accused of exalting gang rape: it showed a woman being held down on the ground by a man while other men looked on. In 2009, Giorgio Armani accused the couple of having copied a design for quilted trousers – a charge Dolce and Gabbana contemptuously dismissed. Dolce & Gabbana Fashion Italy Europe Imogen Fox guardian.co.uk
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