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(Update 03 Dec 2010 00:02:29 GMT) ZURICH — Picture football fans partying where tanks and missiles paraded on Red Square in the Cold War's darkest days. Imagine high-tech air-conditioned stadiums chilled so players and spectators don't keel over in the sweltering desert heat of the Middle East. For all the allegations of corruption and rigged voting that have been leveled lately against FIFA, the much-maligned governing body of football certainly has a taste for adventure. In taking the World Cup to the uncharted lands of Russia in 2018 and tiny but oil-wealthy Qatar in 2022, FIFA — like the International Olympic Committee — is leading the charge for the argument that sports can reshape history and influence the destinies and the way people and nations are seen by the rest of the world. FIFA could have played it safe by going to the sport's motherland of England or to the ready-built stadiums of the United States. Both promised minimal worry and lots of cash. But the desire...

Our very own, Philippines former President Corazon Aquino made it to the list of 25 most powerful women of the past century. According to Time.com..."She became a unifying force against the autocratic President Ferdinand Marcos." "Her sudden ascension as the first female President of the Philippines was the battered islands' first step toward democracy". "Weathering both coup attempts and corruption charges, Aquino was unable to push through much of the social reform that her supporters had hoped for. But when she stepped down in 1992, she still stood tall as the people's choice". Source: Time.com Full List LEADING LADIES Jane Addams (1860-1935) Corazon Aquino (1933-2009) Rachel Carson (1907-1964) Coco Chanel (1883-1971) Julia Child (1912-2004) Hillary Clinton (1947-Present) Marie Curie (1867-1934) Aretha Franklin (1942-Present) Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) Estée Lauder (1908-2004) Madonna (1958-Present) Margaret Mead (1901-1978) Golda Meir (1898-...

Happy New Hijri Year 1432 to all our Muslim Brothers all over the world. Islamic New Year Islam has a lunar based calendar with 354 days. The New Year date also changes every year as the Islamic Calendar is 11 days. Maal Hijra or Islamic New Year is celebrated on the first day of Muharram (first Islamic month).  People welcome the New Year with peace and prayers. Islamic New Year’s Day New Year celebrated by Muslims is not a gala affair rather it’s a quite and sober celebration. People gather in mosques and dargahs to offer special prayers. Muslims celebrate this day to pay homage to Prophet Muhammad. The most important part is to tell the hijra. This story is also broadcast on radio. Maal Hijra or the Islamic New Year is spent on reflecting how one’s leading his or her life and their own mortality. The most important part is to tell the  hijra (Muhammad’s flight from Medina to Mecca). This story is also broadcast on radio. Maal Hijra or the Islamic New Year is spent...

MANILA, Philippines – November 30, Tuesday is Scotland's St. Andrew's Day. Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and St. Andrew's Day is Scotland's official national day. To mark this special occasion, several events are held, such as celebratory dinners and ceilidhs (traditional Gaelic social gatherings) around the nation. Located in the eastern part of Scotland, the town of St. Andrews celebrates its patron in style with a week-long St. Andrews Festival, incorporating music, arts, dance, and drama. This year, the Scottish Government has launched a poster competition for schools with the theme of Scotland's Food and Drink. As early as 2003, the idea of making St. Andrew's Day an official bank holiday was broached by Dennis Canavan, Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament for Falkirk West. Three years later, the Scottish Parliament proclaimed St. Andrew's Day as an official holiday. St. Andrew's Day is celebrated not only in Scotland but al...

DALLAS – Former President George W. Bush talked in a relaxed Facebook Live webcast about everything from the joy of spending time with his parents to some of the hard decisions he made as president. When Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg asked Bush Monday why he decided to appear on Facebook, Bush quipped: "Because you've got a lot of people paying attention to us, and I'm trying to sell books." In the hour-long chat webcast on Facebook's live video streaming channel, Bush stood by his vow to not criticize the current administration, but he did respond to a question asking what he thought the Obama administration had handled well. Bush said he thought they'd done well with Afghanistan so far. Bush's book, "Decision Points," was released this month.   — AP

Blessed are we to hear these words. The greatest speech ever given. Rather the greatest words ever spoken and ever heard. For centuries now, these words are being handed down from generation to generation . the power of these words to alter and shape the human consciousness. Pregnant with meaning - both earthly and mystic. 

NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook has moved a step closer toward trademarking the word "face" - at least in certain contexts. The company's 2005 application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office received a "notice of allowance" Tuesday, which means Facebook now has six months to show that it uses the trademark and pay a $100 fee, said Cynthia Lynch, administrator for trademark policy and procedure at the agency. Or, it can file for an extension for up to 36 months. Once that's done, the trademark can be approved or rejected. Even if it's approved, Facebook wouldn't have a trademark on "face" in every instance, only in online   chat  rooms   and electronic bulletin boards for the "transmission of messages among computer users in the field of general interest and concerning social and entertainment subject matter," according to the Patent and Trademark Office's database entry on the application. It oddly exempts uses "primarily...

I just learned about this event during the 'Black Friday Sale' in Mafia Wars facebook games. When they held an event last year where all ammunitions was sale from 25 Reward Points to as low as 5 Reward Points. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving in the USA and falls on the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November. It is a busy shopping day as many people do not have to work. Many start shopping for the upcoming Christmas season. What do people do? Many people have a day off work or choose to take a day from their quota of annual leave on Black Friday. Some people use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation. Others use it to start shopping for the Christmas season. In the United States, it is very popular to start Christmas shopping on Black Friday. Many stores have special offers with very low prices on some goods, particularly on electronics and popular toys. Traditionally, people bought these as Christmas gif...

I usually watch online videos from youtube, well maybe because it is the very first hit video sites. I believed it is like using a mobile of Nokia brand, when you get used to it, it's kinda hard to change a brand however only for quite sometimes since i'm already adjusted myself with the key functions of LG mobile...lol... According to netimperative here are the list of Top 10 online video sites: 175 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in October for an average of 15.1 hours per viewer, according to new data. Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property with 146.3 million unique viewers. Yahoo! Sites captured the #2 spot with 53.8 million viewers, followed by Viacom Digital, jumping 4 positions in October with 52.9 million viewers. VEVO secured fourth place with 47.6 million viewers, closely followed by Facebook.com with 47.4 million. Google...

Thanksgiving Day is a communal celebration marked as a sense of gratitude people feel for all the good things in life. This is done by offering prayers, gifting your near and dear ones. The fourth Thursday in the month of November is marked for the yearly celebration. The tradition of Thanksgiving continues till date in the form of Family Reunion and Feasting Family feast is an important tradition during Thanksgiving. The entire family sits at the table during dinner and offer prayer to the Lord Almighty for his continuous grace. It is also a time for relatives living in different places to come together and celebrate.   Tradition of Turkey The traditional stuffed turkey adorns every dinner table during the feast. Pumpkin pie, Cranberry sauce, Corns are some of the dishes cooked everywhere to mark the day. Though historians don't have an evidence to prove that turkey was eaten during the first Thanksgiving dinner, but the thanksgiving celebration will be incomplete without it. Par...

CAPE CANAVERAL , Fla. – Earthlings are seeing their planet in a whole new light, thanks to NASA and its astronauts aboard the Internet-wired space station. They're beaming down dazzling images and guess-this-mystery-location photos via Twitter and have even launched a game. Landlubbers the world over are eating it up. From schoolchildren to grown-up business entrepreneurs and artists, the public is captivated and can't seem to get enough. It's clear from the photos why orbiting astronauts rate Earth-gazing as their favorite pastime. "The Earth never disappoints," the commander of the International Space Station, Douglas Wheelock, said in a broadcast interview Thursday. Known to his nearly 68,000 Twitter followers as Astro_Wheels, Wheelock has been posting impressive photos of the Earth and some of his thoughts ever since he moved into the space station in June, five months after it got Internet access. "It's been a real thrill to be able to do that,"...

The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years as the various custom and tradition associated with the festival of Christmas were celebrated centuries before the birth of Christ. The exact day of the Christ child's birth has never been pinpointed. Traditions say that it has been celebrated since the year 98 AD. In 137 AD the Bishop of Rome ordered the birthday of the Christ Child celebrated as a solemn feast. In 350 AD another Bishop of Rome, Julius I, choose December 25th as the observance of Christmas.   The History Of Christmas can be traced to some of the popular festival celebrated by early civilization that gave way to Christmas.   Mesopotamian: New Years Many of these traditions began with the Mesopotamian celebration of New Years. The Mesopotamians believed in many gods, and as their chief god - Marduk. Each year as winter arrived it was believed that Marduk would do battle with the monsters of chaos. To assist Marduk in his struggle the Mesopotamians held a festi...