Birch Tree Juice

Birch tree juice drinking and harvesting is an old tradition in Russia

SSLC Karnataka - SSLC 2009

SSLC Karnataka Results 2009

The results of the March 2009 SSLC results will be announced on May 2. As many as 8.58 lakh students appeared for the examinations this year. Of these, 4.64 lakh are boys and 3.94 lakh are girls. These students wrote the exam in 2,762 centres across the state. (Times Of India).

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Homes On Wheels

Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez: First Pics!

Selena Gomez and Taylor Lautner have been on several dates in Vancouver, where they are both filming movies, and the teen superstars were spotted grabbing an early dinner together at the Cactus Club restaurant on Saturday afternoon before heading to see the new Beyonce flick, Obsessed.

Lainey Gossip has pictures of the couple leaving the restaurant, and it looks like Selena can barely keep her hands off of him. And can you blame her?

Shia LaBeouf's New Film?

It looks like Shia LaBeouf really may be able to conquer Hollywood single-handedly.

In addition to the ongoing, hugely successful Transformers franchise and his upcoming role in the John Grisham adaptation The Associate, EW.com reports that he's in talks to play a young stockbroker in the sequel to the 1987 classic Wall Street.

Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures

Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures


Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures


Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures


Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures


Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures


Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures


Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures


Cheryl Cole Hairstyle Pictures

Bronx Mowgli Does New York

Pete and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz made the new parent pilgrimage to New York's FAO Schwarz, where 6-month old Bronx Mowgli was the center of his parents' attention. Mom and Dad helped him "ride" a life-size plush pony in the store, and baby Bronx was so eager to read books that he tried to turn the pages himself. The musical mom and dad picked out a Stack & Pull toy, a Sporty stroller and Barefoot books with sing-a-long CDs for their little rocker.

Slumdog Stars Confirmed as a Couple

After much speculation about the nature of the relationship involving Slumdog Millionaire stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, Patel's mother Anita has confirmed to a British newspaper that the pair are very much a couple.

"First it was the film and now everything else seems to have slotted into place," Mrs. Patel is quoted as saying in Monday's Daily Mirror.

"Life can't get any better for him. Freida is really beautiful, and I am really happy for them."

Her comments come just days after Patel, 19, jetted to Israel to spend a whirlwind date with the Mumbai beauty, 24. "Yes, we knew he was flying to Israel to see her," said Patel's mother.

Chace Crawford and 50 Cent On set Of New Film

Gossip Girl pretty boy Chace Crawford and rapper/bullet magnet 50 Cent were spotted together in New York on Monday, taking a break from filming their big-screen collaboration, Twelve.

The story of a young drug dealer whose high-rolling life unravels after his cousin's murder, the flick also stars Keifer Sutherland, Ellen Barkin, Julia Roberts' niece Emma Roberts and Macaulay Culkin's brother Rory Culkin.

Solar power revolution in Rajasthan

The desert state is on course to become the biggest producer of solar energy in the world with top Indian companies making a beeline for setting up solar power plants.The die has been cast. The Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd (RRECL), the state nodal agency for promoting and developing nonconventional energy sources, has received 32 proposals to set up 900MW solar power plants. The rush for setting up solar plants is due to incentives offered by the state as well as central government. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) would set up a 5MW solar power plant at Khinwsar in Nagaur district which would start production by December 2009. The company has signed the power purchase agreement with Jaipur Discom, the state-government-owned power distribution company, to sell power for a 10-year period. Par Solar Ltd, a Mumbai-based company is all set to establish another plant at Jodhpur. According to RRECL, CMD, Rajiv Swaroop, Indiabulls (45MW), Acme Tele Power (100MW), Videocon (5MW), AES Solar (10MW), GVK (100MW) and Essar Power (45MW) are some of the players who have registered with RRECL to set up plants at Jaisalmer, Nagaur, Barmer, Jodhpur and Bikaner districts. Swaroop said that the solar power producers would use the solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technology to produce power from solar energy. Rajasthan has been assured of an investment of Rs 18,000 crore in this environment-friendly power industry. “International experts feel that by the next century, solar energy would become the major source of producing power as all other fossil sources for producing power would either exhaust or deplete. Rajasthan would become the world’s biggest solar power house as it basks in an average of 320 days of sunshine in a year often receiving up to 6.4KW per hour of solar energy per square metre everyday which is the highest in the world. The solar plants would only capture this energy to produce electricity,” said Swaroop. But this solar power would be very expensive to produce because of high cost of technology. But the state and the Union government are encouraging the solar power production by offering incentives. RIL has already assured of getting Rs 15.78 per unit through the sale to the Discom. But this amount would not be borne by Discom alone. The Discom would pay in the first year Rs 3.67 paise per unit only and four paise per unit would be increased each year. The Discom, under the directive of the power regulatory commission, would further pay RIL 78 paise per unit more. Under a scheme of Centre’s Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, RIL would get Rs 11.33 per unit from this body as incentive for promoting non-conventional energy source. The amount of Rs 11.33 per unit incentive would decrease by four paise per unit each year. According to scientists earth receives 4,000 trillion kilowatt of electromagnetic radiation per hour from the sun which is 100 times the world’s energy consumption needs. Rajasthan Energy Development Agency (REDA) has planned to declare a Solar Energy Enterprise Zone (SEEZ) across a 15,000-km land in Rajasthan. The concept of SEEZ was drawn up on the lines of a zone in Nevada in the US. In the past 12 years, power companies like Amoco Enron, Energen Corp of Sri Lanka, Germany’s Schailac Bergermann and India’s Sun Source made bids to produce power from solar energy. They quoted a price of Rs 2.12 per unit, which would have marginally increased each year. It was estimated that even if 1% of the vast desert stretch was used to install solar collectors, 6,000MW hours of electricity could have been generated. But because of the dearth of proven technology and the high capital cost involved to produce solar energy in large quantity came as a hindrance. However, with the incentives offered on per unit basis there is sudden attraction for this project and the investors are ready to come to the state. In the past Sun Source had to abandon their project at Barmer due to lack of technology. Similarly, Amoco Enron and Schailac Bergermann also withdrew.

Rihanna, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson Enjoy Barbados

Miley Cyrus On The Jonathon Ross....

Check out Miley's Very Energetic Interview below....

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Miley Cyrus dazzles at London premiere for Hannah Montana: The Movie

Tween idol fever gripped London last night as hordes of Miley Cyrus fans clamoured to get close to the 16-year-old superstar at the UK premiere of Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Country singer Billy Ray’s daughter didn’t disappoint her Hannah hordes as she signed autographs wearing a £2,400 Hervé Léger dress that made her look every inch the pop princess she plays in her screen double life as schoolgirl Miley Stewart.

Demi Lovato is All Business in London

The beautiful Demi Lovato left Madame Tussauds wax museum in London on Wednesday wearing a paint-splattered top and carrying a tie-do-for black Prada purse.

The actress/singer, who just announced her first headlining summer tour, is currently in England to promote her album and new single, "Don't Forget." Could this trip to Madame Tussauds mean there's a wax Demi figure in the near future?

Miley Cyrus Tweets About Miss USA Contestant Carrie Prejean

Miley Cyrus and Miss USA contestant Carrie Prejean don't see eye to eye on the issue of gay marriage—and the Hannah Montana actress is making the distinction known via the magic of Twitter.

Though she lost the Miss USA competition on Sunday, Miss California Prejean made headlines this week, due to her answer to a judge's question about the legalization of gay marriage.

"In my country, and in my family, I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," Prejean replied.


Now Cyrus has reached out to that particular judge, letting him know that—despite her own devotion to the Lord's teachings—she sits on the opposite side of the fence from the beauty-pageant contestant when it comes to the topic of gay marriage.

"That's lame!" Cyrus wrote in a series of tweets that began yesterday morning. "God's greatest commandment is to love. and judging is not loving. thats why christians have such a bad rep. "

Later, she added, "Jesus loves you AND your partner and wants you to know how much he cares! That's like a daddy not loving his lil boy cuz hes gay."

Selena Gomez and Taylor Lautner: Canadian Lovebirds?

Lainey Gossip is reporting that New Moon hottie Taylor Lautner is secretly romancing Disney starlet Selena Gomez, who is also in Canada filming her new movie called Ramona and Beezus.

Sources reveal that the 16-year-olds have been on three dinner dates (including a trip to The Spaghetti Factory) and he's visited her for lunch at her movie set. Selena recently broke up with Nick Jonas.

Cristiano Ronaldo gets Wired for Speed

Cristiano Ronaldo’s new shoes:Mercurial Vapor Superfly
Nike’s latest product Mercurial Vapor Superfly is considered as the future generation in soccer shoes as of its specific design. Nike has applied a new FlyWire system which rolls over the top of the shoe making a stabilization force. The FlyWire connects at the top of the shoe and gets the same dimensions as a hanging bridge. This system allowes Nike to apply a lighter material and therefore producing one of the lightest soccer shoes of all time weighing only 185g.

Nike’s latest product Mercurial Vapor Superfly

Besides Cristiano Ronaldo Nike’s latest product Mercurial Vapor Superfly is to be worn by world soccer stars such as Didier Drogba,Zlatan Ibrahimović,Nicklas Bendtner, Robinho......

Here’s what Cristiano Ronaldo stated about his co-operation with the Nike development team to bring his dream soccer shoe to life.
“I give feedback about what I like best, what makes me feel good and things I’m accustomed to. Nike listens to my feedback and they improve the boots each time. This boot is very different to the one I’m using and I prefer these to my old boots. The Mercurial Vapor Superfly is much lighter and helps me attack faster.”.

Cristiano Ronaldo Nike mercurial icon

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IPL Score

IPL Score

Vodafone Subscribers have 3 options to receive IPL Score Updates

1. For Alerts dial *123*11# to activate the service, this service will cost you Rs 30 Per Month and updates will be sent

every 15 Overs (Not worth it)
2. Send an SMS: “ACT CKT” to 56789 for latest IPL Score. Each SMS will cost you 3 RS
3. Or Dial 56789 to listen to live IPL Scores this will cost you 6 RS per minute

Airtel Subscribers have 2 options to receive IPL Score Updates (Airtel offers are better than any other service)

1. For Alerts dial *646*60# to activate the service, this service will cost you Rs 30 Per Month and updates will be sent

every 6 Overs
2. Call a toll-free number 543212601 to listen to live IPL Scores

Reliance Subscribers have 2 options

1. Subscribe to Cricket Match Day Pack costs Rs 5 a day and sends updates every 6 Overs
2. Subscribe to Cricket Dana-Dan Pack which costs Rs 49 a month. In addition to getting updates every 6 overs you can call

the following tool free numbers for live commentary

* 51234202
* 51234123

Idea Cellular Subscribers don’t have many options:

* Subscribe to a service which costs Rs 50 a month and sends information every 6 overs and also offers live commentary.

Either SMS “SUB CRI” to 255456 to subscribe or just call 55274 from your Idea phone.

UMBRO SPRING 2009 SOCCER APPAREL ARRIVAL

We've received Umbro Soccer Gear for Spring 2009 today. Items include:

New England Home Jerseys 2009/10
Performance Long Sleeve/Short Sleeve Jerseys
Training Tops
Full Training & Warm Up Suits
Goalkeeper Gloves
Training & Match Balls
Vancouver Whitecaps 2009 Home & Away Jerseys
West Ham Home Jersey
Everton Home & Away Jersey
Sweden Away Jersey
Ireland Home Jersey
Ireland & Sweden Anthem Jackets
Training & Performance Shorts
Bootbags & Goalkeeper Glove Bags

...Umbro Soccer Footwear also included here. More details soon.

Visit us to see the new Umbro apparel for Spring 2009 or give us a call for more details at 604-299-1721!

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