Since 1884, the first Monday in September has been a holiday in the US, as a tribute to workers. Canada has the same, while many other countries have International Workers Day – May Day – instead, commemorating struggles for workers’ rights. This year’s Labor Day falls on Monday, September 3rd. To most people in North America, however, Labor Day is above all the last-blast…
A. Celebrations What is Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee? The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee marks 60 years since her accession in 1952. Royal Jubilees celebrate significant periods in monarchs’ reigns and national life. In 2012, The Queen will become only the second UK monarch to mark 60 years on the throne. Celebrations were previously held for Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 and Golden Jubilee in…
US President Barack Obama had a busy day yesterday as he appeared at not just one, but two A-list fundraising events in Manhattan – raising a total of $4.5 million. However, Barack Obama’s re-election campaign will not have to pay the full cost of his jaunt to New York City, because he combined the trip with an official event which will be charged to the taxpayers. Before the fundrais…
…picnic lunch in small or larger groups. This event is being organised by the Big Lunch. Find out more. The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant: This event will take place on the Thames and consist of up to 1,000 boats assembled from across the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will travel in the Royal Barge which will form the centrepiece of the flotilla. Fi…
…recorded a message of thanks to the nation ahead of a star-studded concert at Buckingham Palace on Monday. The two-minute message, filmed in her private apartments at the palace, will be broadcast at 18:00 BST on radio and television in the UK and across the Commonwealth. Crowds have started building up outside St Paul’s and Buckingham Palace, which the Queen will leave at 10:15 BST in her…
Abraxane plus gemcitabine achieved a median overall survival of 12.2 months in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, study reports. Patients with high-SPARC biomarker achieved significantly higher overall survival. Celgene International Sàrl announced on October 6 that results from a clinical study of Abraxane (paclitaxel albumin-bound particles for injectable suspension) in combinatio…
Several events across the world are marking today the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, including the ship’s birthplace Belfast. A Titanic Memorial Garden – with the names of 1,512 victims etched on five bronze plaques – is being opened close to where the liner was launched. A service is being held in Southampton where the voyage to New York began. And at the Nort…
…ge control as officials carefully debated via email which details U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice should highlight when she went on talk shows five days later to discuss the September 11 assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House on Wednesday released 99 pages of emails and a single page of hand-written notes made by Petraeus’ deputy, Mike Morell, after a meet…
…rooklyn or New Jersey for Black Friday deals at IKEA. JC Penney Check out the many in-store deals at JC Penney on Black Friday. Shop at JC Penney on Black Friday and you can also win prizes including 100 great American vacations. Macy’s Brave the crowds to score major Black Friday bargains at Macy’s. Old Navy At Old Navy, the doors open at midnight on Black Friday and there will be…
During the key points in his life, Richard Burton kept a private record of events, writing on and off until just a year before his death, at the age of 58, in August 1984. Now, for the first time, his widow Sally has agreed for it to be published in full. The bulk of the diary focuses on the tempestuous years when he was married (twice) to Elizabeth Taylor. It was written knowing Elizabeth Taylor…
…celerate improvements at its Lincoln, Nebraska facility, Novartis Consumer Health has temporarily suspended operations as well as shipments from the site A one-time charge currently estimated at USD 120 million related to the recall and improvement efforts will be taken in the fourth quarter of 2011 by Novartis Consumer Health Inc. Novartis is fully committed to maintaining high quality standar…
The West Indian American Day Parade & Carnival celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2012. The party starts on the Thursday before Labor Day, August 30th, and doesn’t end till around 6 p.m. on the following Monday, September 3rd. 1. Monday September 3, 2012: WEST INDIAN CARIBBEAN AMERICAN LABOR DAY PARADE The parade starts at 11 a.m. and winds its way down Eastern Parkway, in a glorious di…
…action not only t the venues but in some streets and roads in and around the capital where trials in some events will be taking place such as cycling. The Olympic Games start on 27 July and run until 12 August 2012. The Paralympic Games begin on 29 August 20012 and close on 9 September 2012. During the London 2012 Olympic Games top sportsmen and women from across the world will be competing in 26…
…litary workers for information as the tragic events unfolded. The recordings were originally organized for 9/11 Commission investigators, but never released to the general public. With the occasion of 10-year commemoration of the terror atrocity, the audio tapes provides jarring first-hand accounts of airport workers and the moment they phoned the military about scrambling fighter jets to find pla…
…th being re-elected than any other commander-in-chief of modern times. Brendan J. Doherty, who has compiled statistics about presidential travel and fundraising going back to President Jimmy Carter in 1977, found that Barack Obama had held 104 fundraisers by March 6th this year, compared to 94 held by Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton and George W. Bush combined…
…Lord Sebastian Coe has previously threatened to name and shame companies which do not use their tickets. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the Aquatic Centre during the morning session while 14-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Michael Phelps scraped through to Saturday night’s final of the 400 m individual medley. The number of empty seats was the only negative aspect of the ses…
9/11 10th Anniversary. Weekend of remembrance. 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero: first pictures revealed at 10th anniversary. Thousands of people, family members of the victims killed in New York on September 11 2001, gathered this morning at Ground Zero as United States began a sombre day of tributes to those who lost their lives during the terror attacks that shocked the world ten years ag…
…with the most original events, from tarot-card readings at Christian Louboutin to homemade charity cookies baked by model Karlie Kloss at DKNY. New York Fashion Week is followed by London on September 14-18, Milan on September 19-25 and Paris on September 27 to October 3. The semi-annual New York Fashion Week, branded Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in 2009, is held in February and September of each ye…
…; Earlier, athletes paraded around the Olympic Stadium, with Paralympics GB entering last to huge cheers. The opening ceremony, co-directed by Jenny Sealey and Bradley Hemmings, signalled the start of 11 days of competition by 4,200 athletes from 164 countries, including more than 300 athletes from the home nation. Queen Elizabeth II has declared the London 2012 Paralympics officially open, durin…
…Paralympic Games says a third of competitors with spinal injuries may be harming themselves to boost their performance Brad Zdanivsky turned to boosting when his spine was crushed in a car accident in 1994, because he didn’t want the injury to curb his passion for mountain climbing. “I tried several different ways of doing it. You can allow your bladder to fill, basically don’t g…
…ast implants replaced. “I thought it was such a great idea to film that,” Kris Jenner told Savannah Guthrie Tuesday morning. “The reason I went in and did that was because I had had my implants in for 152 years – you know, a long time, way longer than their shelf life.” And as Kris Jenner, 56, discussed her first breast operation since 1989 all the cable channels and CBS and ABC were broadca…
…last October in a report which accused him of running “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen”. All Lance Armstrong’s results from August 1, 1998 were expunged from the record books, including his seven consecutive Tour de France “wins” from 1999 to 2005, and he was banned from cycling for life. Up until now Lance Armstrong has refused…
Katherine Russell Tsarnaev’s lawyers released this statement on Tuesday morning at Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s widow request: “As you know from news reports, Katie married her husband in June of 2010. Since then, she has been living in Cambridge, raising her child and working long hours, caring for people in their homes who are unable to care for themselves. “Katie grew up in Rhode Island and ha…
…l be restricted for the next two days. London's Olympic Stadium will welcome the athletics events later in the day Only staff and Olympic ticket holders will be able to go into the centre between 10:30 BST and 17:00 as organizers seek to minimize congestion. Transport for London (TFL) said public transport services and roads to the Olympic Park would be exceptionally busy on Friday and urged…
…gents also uncovered messages revealing the affair between the biographer and David Petraeus. A friend claims the affair ended in July and agents interviewed Paula Broadwell during the week of October 14 and David Petraeus the week of October 21, CNN reported – just days before the Washington event. Paula Broadwell and David Petraeus did not sit together, but were seen speaking, sources told…
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