Eric Gov asked:


Think straw hats are for those who cannot afford real hats? Guess again. Several Hollywood celebrities have been spotted recently wearing a wide array of straw hats. From Panama hats to straw cowboy hats, straw is all the rage!

With many straw hats priced at $50 or less, they have become one of the trendiest fashion statements on the market. Not only do straw hats look cool, but they also help protect the delicate skin on your face from harmful UVA and UVB rays, the main component in skin cancer. As awareness of skin cancer continues to grow, you should definitely be seeing a hat to shade your facial skin from the harsh UVA and UVB rays that the sun emits. Not only does this prevent wrinkles, but it also helps prevent sun exposure that can lead to skin cancer. In fact, the American Cancer Society recommends wearing a hat on sunny days in addition to sunscreen.

Straw hats are comfortable to wear, contain completely natural materials and allow your head to breath so that overheating is not an issue. On top of the protective nature these hats provide, a straw hat is also completely fashionable and trendy. If you get caught in a rainstorm, it really doesn’t matter because straw repels water. Don’t worry about looking uncool! Even the celebrities are wearing straw!

Britney Spears and Jon Bon Jovi have both been out and about in straw cowboy hats. Lightweight and durable, straw cowboy hats are more popular than the real thing because they allow air to circulate ending that sweaty head feel that cowboy hats have been known for.

Leonardo Dicaprio and Hugh Jackman have both been spotted in trendy straw hats. Two very sexy men take what looks like a standard straw hat and turn it into a must-have accessory!

Paris Hilton has been seen around town in a huge straw hat. It definitely provides ample shade from the sun, something those with pale skin need!

With durability and price being the two main factors for many men and women, straw is the answer. Straw is water resistant in most cases. It is definitely lightweight and breaths better than felt or cotton

Straw is totally an organic product. It is made from a plant and is great for the environment! There are few different types of plants straw products are made of. Buntal is the best known raw material that is used in fashion accessories and apparel. The straw material used for fashion item is very different than the one that is used in the ropes and mats manufacturing process. Buntal material is a high quality, beautifully golden colored and durable. It is widely used in various fashion items - fashionable designer handbags and purses.

Straw hats are fashionable and fun. This is a winning combination for those who want to start wearing a hat to protect them from the sun but worry about how a hat will look. Celebrities are wearing straw, so why shouldn’t you?

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Attila Jancsina asked:


Maine, a northeastern state in the United States of America, is home to a number of famous and remarkable people. Among these famous people are writer Stephen King, actress Liv Tyler and songwriter Dan Fogelberg.

Dan Fogelberg

The late Daniel Fogelberg was born in Peoria, Illinois, but lived in Deer Isle in Maine until his death on December 15, 2007. Dan Fogelberg is known for his classic songs like Leader of the Band, whose lyrics talk about a son’s appreciation of his father’s training him both in the family and in music.

Dan Fogelberg was born on August 31, 1951 to parents of musical backgrounds. His father, Lawrence Peter Fogelberg, was a high school band director for Peoria Woodruff and Perkin High Schools. His mother, Margaret Young Fogelberg, was a classic pianist.

As a child, Dan Fogelberg was a self-taught pianist and slide guitarist. When he reached the age of 14, he joined a Beatles cover band called The Clan. 2 years later, he would join another cover band, The Coachmen. As part of The Coachmen, Fogelberg released two singles entitled “Maybe Time Will Let Me Forget” and “Don’t Want to Lose Her.” By the 1980s, he was part of Frankie and the Aliens, who occasionally covered songs by Cream and Muddy Waters.

Fogelberg’s solo effort was not without failures, despite the success of later releases. His 1971 debut album was not received warmly, but in 1974 he bounced back with his second album “Souvenirs” which helped make him an instant hit. After Souvenirs, he released several other successful albums up until the 1980s.

In 2002, Fogelberg was one of 10 people inducted into the Performers Hall of Fame at the Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

Fogelberg found out he was afflicted with prostrate cancer at an advanced stage after an examination in May 2004. Although it was too late to eliminate the cancer, it was stopped from spreading through therapy. After three years, he died of prostrate cancer with his wife by his side.

Stephen King

A successful writer of horror fiction novels, Stephen King is a man born and continuing to live in Maine. He was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine, just after World War 2. King was raised by his mother after his father Donald Edwin King left them in 1949.

People thought King’s apparent witnessing of a friend’s death under the tracks of a train was the catalyst for the dark nature of his novels. However, King dismisses this - he doesn’t remember the event - and says the cover art of an H.P. Lovecraft short story collection (a monster within a cavern found under a tombstone) sparked the light bulb in his head for the type of stories he wanted to write.

King’s first successful novel was Carrie, which was released on Mother’s Day in 1973. Published by Double Day, Carrie is the story of a girl with psychic powers. It earned King US$400,000, with US$200,000 of the figure going to Double Day.

The success of Carrie earned King a positive reputation. All his other novels were commercial successes and were adapted into films. Two of these novels were Pet Sematary and The Green Mile, with the latter made into a film starring award-winning actor Tom Hanks.

Liv Tyler

Liv Tyler is famous in the public eye for her portrayals as Bruce Willis’ daughter in the science-fiction motion picture Armageddon, the elf Arwen in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy and for being the real-life daughter of Aerosmith’s vocalist Steven Tyler.

Although she was born and continues to live in New York City, Liv Tyler spent part of her childhood in Portland, Maine (http://www.topmainefsbo.com/) and attended three schools in the area. These schools are, namely, Congressional School of Virginia, Breakwater Elementary and Waynflete. At the age of 12, she moved back to New York City.

Ms. Tyler was originally surnamed Rundgren, as she was brought up to believe that Todd Rundgren was her biological after. According to her mother, Bebe Buell, she chose to hide Steven Tyler’s paternity because the Aerosmith frontman had a major drug abuse problem when Liv was born.

After discovering the secret, Liv then changed her surname to Tyler but keeping the Rundgren name as a middle name. She even appeared in the video of Aerosmith’s song “Crazy”. It could also be remembered that her father’s band wrote several songs featured in the soundtrack of Armageddon, her most successful movie next to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Aside from acting, Liv also models as part of IMG Models New York.

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Al Terry asked:


Getting La Lakers tickets would be a dream-come-true as they are hot in demand. LA Lakers is one of the star teams of NBA from the time it has joined them. This label has contributions from its players, records, awards, coaches and even star fans! It has had some of the greatest players in the history of the game, like Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Magic Johnson, on its rolls. At the end of 2005-06 season it recorded the most wins (2806), maximum finals appearances (28), second most championship winners (14) and also highest winning percentage (61.5). That’s the reason, they are considered as the most successful franchise in the NBA.

LA Lakers holds the record for the longest consecutive win streak of 33 in the country’s professional team sports. Forbes values them at $568 million, the second most valuable basketball franchise in the United States. Surely that explains why La Lakers tickets are not less valuable that gold. Not only that, 8 of 50 best players in the history, nominated by NBA in 1997, played significant portions of their careers with LA Lakers.

La Lakers also boasts of a glittery fan list from Hollywood including Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington, Leonardo Dicaprio, Dustin Hoffman, Pete Sampras, Andy Garcia, Sylvester Stallone, Ice Cube, Tobey Maguire, Edward Norton, Ashton Kutcher, Salma Hayek, Snoop Dogg, Dyan Cannon, Justin Timberlake, Demi Moore, Ray Lewis and Tyra Banks! You could join them too by getting La Lakers tickets.

There are some unique achievements too, like the 81-point performance by Kobe Bryant’s in 2006 was the second highest point total in League history. If you are a video game buff, then you can watch the video called “How to Stop the Lakers”. This was the result of their high popularity during 2000’s when the trio of Coach Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal brought three straight championships.

It was founded in Detroit before moving to Minneapolis. There they went on to win 5 league championships before relocating to Los Angeles where they were named LA Lakers, in reference to the large cargo-carrying ships that traversed the Great Lakes. The current arena of the team is Staple Center, located at Los Angeles, California, USA. They were the first team to join the Western Conference of NBA. Catch them on court with La Lakers tickets.

Today it has become one of the predominant teams in the NBA. The coordination between Coach Phil Jackson and star Kobe Bryant has led to many resonant victories for the team. Coach Jackson as a player was known as the ‘Zen Master’ of Chicago Bulls. One of the greatest coaches of all times, he was the one who popularized ‘The Triangle Offense’.

They finished 2nd place in the viciously spirited Pacific Division in the 2006-07 season and their fans are hoping to see the best. The Lakers strands always go packed out, in the anticipation of a game high on drama and adrenaline. So get your LA Lakers tickets today and see them in action, this 2007- 08 season! If you want to get your tickets from home, you can always go online. There are scores of online sites selling NBA tickets, but it is advisable to go in for an authorized online site only.

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NIHAL asked:


Imagine being able to walk your kids to school every morning….and never having to miss a school concert or a soccer game because you had to work. Imagine planning your work around your golf…instead of your golf around your work. Through Network Marketing this is possible.

Rapid growth of the Internet has given us the ability to make this all a reality through a level playing field. Many of us prefer to work from home, so whether it’s a part time or full time thing, you are bound to get worldwide exposure.

Network Marketing, also called MLM or Multi Level Marketing can actually make fortunes for you and me.

Let’s take the example of McDonald’s, they didn’t start off by having 30,000 plus restaurants all over the world, in fact they started with just one. The plan here is called, copycat a proven system and then duplicate it over and over again.

Duplicate your business model based around a proven product (like McDonald’s did). Record down what needs to be done in detail so that the model can be taught to somebody else. If this model is proven to work and can be copycatted by the average person, then it can be successfully franchised, but if it only depends on your personal talent (like a one-in-a-million ’star’) then it can’t be successful, because the ’star’ cannot be duplicated.

The reason why ‘Mel Gibson’ can command $50 million for acting in a picture is because he’s the essence of a star. You could never franchise the product ‘Mel Gibson’ because he’s not duplicatable.

Each of us are somewhat blessed with certain talents and gifts that makes us, one-of a-kind individuals. Some people are great singers, while others find it hard to even sing in their shower. To make both the people here equal, is to simply copycat. When it comes to copycatting, we’re all gifted and geniuses at it. So why don’t we copycat the way to creating wealth?

There is an old saying I would like share here : “If you continue to do what you’ve always done, you’ll eventually continue to get what you’ve always gotten”. This statement makes perfect sense, don’t you think so? So try copycatting the system that creates true wealth, duplicate it and try entering ‘different doors’ in order for you to get different results because if you choose to enter the same doors in life, you’ll end up right back where you started.

It’s your turn now, so break out of the pack and begin creating true wealth and total freedom. Happy Networking!

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Fletcher Mak asked:


The news is confirmed now. Madonna has entered into a global partnership with the Live Nation and is soon to become the founding artist in LN’s new Artist Nation division. Michael Rapino, the Live Nation president on 16th October made the deal public. The superstar will receive a combination of both cash and stocks in this multi-media group in return for the rights to sell three studio albums, license her name and promote concert tours.

According to Rapino, “The idea that an iconic artist like Madonna would pick a promoter to be a long-term partner with truly validates our business model”. The deal is for a period of 10 years and would encompass all the future businesses of Madonna, including music and music-related businesses, new studio albums, merchandising, fan clubs/Web sites, touring, television and film projects and other sponsorship agreements.

Michael Rapino further states that a lot of resources have been put in to build this Artist Nation division and that his team has been able to prove to Madonna the execution capacity at Artist Nation.

Valued in published reports as worth $120 million, the deal has had its share of detractors. But Rapino states that the Wall Street is yet not aware of the implication of such a global deal. Fogel, producer of Madonna’s last three worldwide tours, was the key broker in the deal. When asked about Madonna and her contractual obligations, Fogel says that Madonna is an immensely committed, creative and a competitive artist. She has delivered at all levels during her entire career and they are taking it forward from here.

According to the Diva herself, this deal is a very exciting one and will make her fans connect with her in unlimited and unprecedented ways. She further goes on to state that the paradigm shift in the music industry is acceptable to her and she’s ready to go on with the flow. She finished the discussion by further adding that “Live Nation has offered me a true partnership and, after 25 years in the business, I feel that I deserve that.”

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Tania Machowska asked:


At 14 years old, Moss was spotted while waiting for a flight at JFK airport in New York. The Croydon schoolgirl who disliked her studies and once admitted that she thought she “might’ve been a bank manager” would become one of the world’s most famous faces and it’s now almost impossible to imagine the British fashion industry without her.

Her Rise and Rise

At just 15, she was cast in John Galliano’s show as Lolita, which would be her debut catwalk appearance. She followed this by becoming the face of Calvin Klein, appearing nude for Obsession and fronting an underwear campaign with “Marky” Mark Wahlberg. Soon after, she made her debut appearance in British Vogue and her first cover followed two months later.

Heroin Chic

When Kate Moss appeared, supermodels such as Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer were known for their statuesque and curvaceous figures. However, Moss’s skinny frame was completely different, leading her to be labelled as an ‘anti-supermodel’ and launching a new look widely regarded as ‘heroin chic’. This look was extremely controversial, as many people believed it encouraged drug use and eating disorders. However, this scandal only succeeded in boosting Moss’s career.

A Glittering Career

Over her long career, Moss has graced most of the major catwalks for designers such as Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Versace, Chanel, Gucci, Robert Cavalli, Stella McCartney, Missoni and John Galliano. In recent years, she has chosen to grace the catwalk less and prefers to concentrate on lucrative advertising campaigns and magazine shoots. She is the face of Rimmel cosmetics and has previously fronted Calvin Klein’s campaigns, Burberry, Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle fragrance and many more. She has also appeared on over 300 magazine covers, including W, Vogue, The Face and Vanity Fair.

Unlucky in Love

Moss’s colourful romantic life is as well documented as her modelling career. She has dated Billy Zane, Leonardo DiCaprio, Evan Dando, Jake Chapman, Jesse Wood and most famously, Johnny Depp and Dazed and Confused editor, Jefferson Hack. Moss had a child, Lila Grace by Hack in 2002, before the couple split two years later. Since then, Moss has entertained a controversial on-off relationship with Pete Doherty, a British musician whose life is plagued by drug problems.

Cocaine Scandal

Doherty was partly responsible for a scandal that rocked Moss’s career in 2005. A British newspaper printed photographs of her, which appeared to show her snorting cocaine at a recording session for Doherty’s band, Babyshambles. The scandal led to a criminal investigation but charges were quickly dismissed due to a lack of evidence. However, it also led to a great deal of controversy, costing Kate a number of lucrative contracts with the likes of H&M and Chanel. Luckily, the controversy ultimately revived her career and she now earns more than she did before the scandal. She staged a spectacular comeback, snagging 18 major contracts and being crowned Model of the Year at the November 2006 British Fashion Awards.

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