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Wintery Nest

With warmer weather predited the final ice and snow lingering in Olympic Park should soon disappear.

Lost: Evangeline Lilly Is Keeping Her Job

Rumors of Kate’s death on Lost have been greatly exaggerated!
As you probably heard, it was reported yesterday that original (and beloved) Lost castmember Evangeline Lilly was auditioning for fall pilots and therefore possibly leaving the show, which, of course, freaked out all us fans.
Evie’s rep told us the report was “absolutely false.”
More crucially, I [...]

The Largest Security Operation Since WWII

The Olympics in 2012 is turning out to be a security nightmare, presenting the Home Office with the largest peacetime security operation since the Second World War.There will be up to 10,000 officers policing the event, this accounts for around 7% of a…

Hot babe of the week: Megan Denis Fox – free videos – she is again single!

Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles on the television series Hope & Faith (2004) and in the 2007 live-action film Transformers.
Fox was involved with actor Brian Austin Green of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles fame for almost [...]

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• Images | Photographs of Beijing China – Temple of Heaven :: Beijing Visitor
  Images and Photographs of Beijing. View images of Beijing taken by on the spot professional photographers – Temple of Heaven.

Obama budget: Mammoth deficits but headed lower

President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama charted a dramatic new course for the nation Thursday with a bold but contentious budget proposing higher taxes for the wealthy and the first steps toward guaranteed health care for all — accompanied by an astonishing $1.75 trillion federal deficit that would be nearly four times the highest in [...]

Hong Kong Cruise

As the weather in Beijing continues to freeze, Hong Kong is pleasantly warm.

We recently took a short cruise in Causeway Bay to enjoy the spring weather.

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Michael Phelps’ Canadian speaking invitations rescinded

A promoter has flip-flopped on plans to bring U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps to events in Calgary and Vancouver in light of a photograph that surfaced of the Olympic gold medalist using a bong associated with smoking marijuana.
Power Within Inc., a Toronto-based company that organizes motivational speaking events and initially stood by the superstar’s involvement [...]

Recent snow not enough for this poor skier!

Rosneft pledges $180 mln for Sochi Olympics

Rosneft (ROSN.MM), Russia’s largest oil firm, pledged $180 million for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics on Tuesday, becoming the games’ third sponsor after the government scaled back spending on the event by 15 percent.
Rosneft will also build over 150 new gasoline stations ahead of the games, half of which will be spread across parts [...]