Lights off as ”Earth Hour” begins

HONG KONG: Australia’s Opera House was the first of many global landmarks to go dark on Saturday as “Earth Hour” got under way with hundreds of millions of people around the world set to switch off their lights.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris and the world”s tallest building in Dubai will also have their lights turned off for 60 minutes as part of the remarkable event in which people reflect in darkness about how to fight global warming.

“The amount of power that”s saved during that time is not really what it”s about,” Earth Hour co-founder and executive director Andy Ridley told in Sydney, where the movement began in 2007. “What it is meant to be about is showing what can happen when people come together.”

Ridley said a record 134 countries or territories were on board for this year”s event, which organisers have dubbed the world”s largest voluntary action for the environment.

Other landmarks going dark for the hour are Times Square in New York, Beijing”s “Bird”s Nest” stadium that hosted the 2008 Olympics, the London Eye Ferris wheel and Brazil”s Christ the Redeemer statue.

The lights were being turned off from 8:30 pm local time around the world.

The event kicked off in the Pacific, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia, and was then set to roll into Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas as it followed the descending sun.

In Australia, organisers said an estimated 10 million people, nearly half the population, took part, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge another of the landmarks to go dark.

Originally designed as a symbolic act to heighten awareness of everyday energy use, organisers this year asked people to also commit to an action, large or small, that they will carry through the year to help the planet.

As part of the longer-term commitment, Dalian city in northeastern China will spend 1.5 billion dollars planting 340 million trees and Chengdu city in the southwest will make up to 60,000 bicycles available for public rental.

Ridley said Earth Hour, organised by global environment group the WWF, this year would also focus on connecting people online so they could inspire each other to make commitments to help protect the environment.

Hong Kong”s neon waterfront dimmed, while in Singapore all decorative lights were switched off and non-critical operational lights lowered at Changi Airport for an hour. The airport said the effort would result in energy savings equivalent to the total amount of electricity consumed by a four-room apartment over three months.

In Japan, which is reeling from a huge earthquake and tsunami that struck this month, several thousand people and a hotel-turned-evacuation centre in the northeast marked Earth Day.

“People in Japan will have a special feeling this year when they turn the switches off,” WWF spokeswoman Hideko Arai told ahead of the switch-off. “We will not only think about climate change but also the people who need energy in the disaster-hit areas,” she said. (AFP)

Christmas lights switched on Les Champs Elysees

PARIS: Paris’s famous avenue, the Champs Elysees, was illuminated by Christmas lights on Monday, after they were switched on by the city’s mayor Bertrand Delanoe, and actress Melanie Laurent.

Flashing LED lights have been placed in the trees that line the famous avenue, creating a ‘snowing’ effect.

One of the tourists who had gathered to watch the lights being switched on said afterwards that “now we feel Christmas is coming.”

“Love is in the air,” she added.

French actress Melanie Laurent, who helped Parisian mayor Bertrand Delanoe to turn on the lights, is best known internationally for her appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film ‘Inglourious Basterds’. AGENCIES

Friday Nnight Lights Season 5

Friday Nnight Lights Season 5, The beloved, critically acclaimed but ratings challenged Friday Night Lights began its fifth and final season tonight on (interestingly) Direct TV. Hopefully this season will continue to deliver astounding performances, making fans in tears at the thought of bidding goodbye to Coach Taylor, Tami, Julie, Matt, and Landry. Season 5 will entail 13 episodes of, I suspect, heart-tugging story lines and evolving characters. Sadly, I lost track at some point even thought it is one of the best shows on television, so plan to watch the previous seasons before I delve into this one.

Following is a snippet of the premiere. Did you watch the entire episode, and if so, what did you think?

Obama cites ”obsession” on Afghanistan timeline

TORONTO: President Barack Obama says there”s been, as he calls it, “a lot of obsession” about the issue of when US troops will leave Afghanistan.

Obama says his focus right now is on making sure the US mission in Afghanistan is successful.

Obama reiterated Sunday that a plan to begin withdrawing troops a year from now doesn”t mean the US will, in his words, “close the door and shut off the lights” at that time.

He said a political solution is needed as well as a military one. He argued that the Taliban is a mix of hardcore ideologues and kids who sign up because it”s the best job they can get.

Obama spoke in Toronto as the G-20 summit wrapped up.

Friday Night Lights S04e10

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Friday Night Lights S04e06 was first posted on December 10, 2009 at 4:09 pm.

Watch Friday Night Lights Season 4 Episode 5

Watch Friday Night Lights Season 4 Episode 5 - Friday Night Lights S04E05 Online Son La Corriente. Friday Night Lights is here again with an episode of new construction with a good episode. Now is the time for the Friday Night Lights Season 4 Episode 5, which is schedule to air on Wednesday, 2 December 2009 09:00 PM in 101 channels. The title given to Friday Night Lights Season 4 Episode 5 is “The Son” and to ensure they do not want to be left behind to be an avid viewer of show!

In Friday Night Lights Season 4 Episode 5 “The Son Julie, Landry, coach, and rally around Tami Matt in a moment of crisis, jeopardizing their star football player Vince as by engaging in criminal activity in order to support his family, Becky and Tim grow. So do not miss it guys!

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Watch Friday Night Lights Season 4 Episode 5 was first posted on December 3, 2009 at 3:32 pm.

Janet Jackson “Make Me”

Janet Jackson “Make Me”, Official video for Janet Jackson’s new single , “Make Me.” Janet Jackson.

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