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Famous Leap Day Birthdays

February 29, 2012 by · Comments Off on Famous Leap Day Birthdays 

Famous Leap Day Birthdays, For a day that comes rarely to the calendar, Google has doodled a rare two-in-one doodle that commemorates not only the leap day but also the 220th birth anniversary of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini.

Since the leap years and leap days are usually associated with frogs, the leaping ambhibians, the Google doodle on February 29 has a number of frogs, all four of them.

The doodle is inspired by Gioachino Antonio Rossini’s famous 1816 comic opera The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia), one of the most performed operas. Of the four frogs in the scene, one is at the piano and the soprano is the only one leaping. The barber frog is Figaro and the frog getting a shave is Count Almaviva (Characters created by French playright Pierre Beaumarchais and The Barber of Seville is one of the three Figaro plays penned by him).

Rossini’s other famous operas include William Tell (1829), Semiramide (1823) and Cinderella (1817). Gioachino Rossini was born on February 29, 1792 (died November 13, 1868). The possibility of someone’s birthday falling on February 29 is 1 in 1461 (as four years including a leap year have 1461 days in total) that in turn calculates to a mere 0.068 per cent chance.

The Gioachino Rossini leap year Google doodle is the third leap year doodle in Google’s history. The previous two were put up on 2004 and 2008. There was no leap day doodle in the year 2000.

By our calculations this is the 1314th Google doodle since the first ever on for the Burning Man Festival back on August 30, 1998.

Janet Jackson Named ‘Grinch’

December 29, 2011 by · Comments Off on Janet Jackson Named ‘Grinch’ 

Janet Jackson Named 'Grinch'Janet Jackson Named ‘Grinch’, The group honored the singer as they felt that she has exploited the well being of animals in her fashion choices more than any other celebrity in 2011. According to JAM, Jackson, who teamed up with company Blackglamma to debut her line of fur clothing accessories in November, topped the list ahead of director Cameron Crowe and reality TV star Kim Kardashian.

“While the holidays may be known as the season of giving and peace on earth, that’s not always the case for our animal friends,” the Nation quoted Peta spokeswoman Wendy Wegner as saying.

“When Janet Jackson had her infamous wardrobe malfunction during Super Bowl XXXVIII, at least what popped into view of 170 million onlookers belonged to her, unlike the animal skins she drapes herself in, which are as dead as her fashion taste and her career,” Wegner added.

Janet Jackson

December 22, 2011 by · Comments Off on Janet Jackson 

Janet JacksonJanet Jackson, Janet Jackson has revealed that she is the new spokeswoman for Nutrisystem’s Get It On program. The 45-year-old pop diva announced the news during an appearance on Good Morning America, where she told the audience: “I am so impressed by both the thought and the nutritional science behind the program.

There are millions of women like me who want to be successful but don’t have the tools to do it on their own. I hope I can help inspire them.”

Jackson is featured in the weight-loss system’s commercials, in which she explains: “I understand what it’s like to have weight issues. I’ve dealt with it all my life. I’m on it and I’m already seeing results.”

Jackson is the latest high-profile star to become a spokesperson for a weight-loss company, following in the steps of Jennifer Hudson for Weight Watchers and Mariah Carey for Jenny Craig.

Adam Dell

September 25, 2010 by · Comments Off on Adam Dell 

Adam Dell, Adam Dell may be inappropriate, but not his ex Padma Lakshmi, who accidentally showed his pictures of breastfeeding her daughter Thea Krishna Dan Peres and Bill Hader for download.

While Bill and Dan Peres were pleasantly surprised by the images of Krishna sucking milk from one breast Padma Lakshmi found nothing improper in these images. How could there be one, while the images were shown by accident.

Former model Padma Lakshmi, 40, is a single mother and gave birth to Krishna Thea in February this year, while Adam Dell is said to be the father of the child.

The company capitalist Adam Dell has not denied paternity. Adam Dell is the brother of Michael Dell, founder of Dell Inc will launch its Android Powered 7-inch tablet mirror and one wonders how the images would be in a splint for 7 inches.

Adam Dell has invested in several technology companies during his career as a venture capitalist and HotJobs.com to Connectify Ingenio Connectify to Buzzsaw.com.

Adam Dell teaches at Columbia Business School on Business, Technology and Innovation. Adam Dell is also a visiting professor at the University of Texas School of Law. Adam Dell gives lectures on the role of legislation on innovation in law school.

Adam Dell and Padma Lakshmi has negotiated access rights and Thea baby Krishna with Krishna spend so much time according to the terms decided.

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