The day is celebrated in the memory to commemorate the event when the Muslim League adopted the Pakistan resolution at the Minar-e-Pakistan (lit. Pakistan Tower) that called for establishing an independent federation comprising provinces with Muslim majority located in north-western and north-eastern region of British controlled territories in India (excluding autonomous princely States) on 23 March 1940. Since then, the day is celebrated annually at the national level as a public holiday. The Armed forces of Pakistan commonly hold a military parade for the celebration of the event.
Valentine's Day waits right around the corner, and about now the inevitable panic sets in: What the heck am I supposed to do for Valentine’s Day?
And
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We do our best to give you real-time updates, the lowdown on the best beauty looks and celeb sightings from
NYFW. Sometimes, though, we miss the candid behind-the-scenes moments
that make fashion week so interesting—the coffee breaks, the
walk-throughs, the fittings with mega-models.
Luckily, Julia Haart, creative director of La Perla,
captured the raw moments we missed leading up to one of the most
anticipated shows of fashion week. We get to see what it's like to throw
a runway show in the middle of snow storm, show production, working
with Kendall Jenner and Naomi Campbell—all from Julia's perspective.
WASHINGTON
— President Donald Trump, fresh off patching up ties with China,
reassured Japan’s leader Friday that the U.S. will defend its close
ally. Together, the pronouncements illustrated a shift toward a more
mainstream Trump stance on U.S. policy toward Asia.
Welcoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House with a hug,
Trump said he wants to bring the post-World War II alliance with Japan
“even closer.” While such calls are ritual after these types of
meetings, from Trump they’re sure to calm anxieties that he has stoked
by demanding that America’s partners pay more for their own defense.
Abe, a nationalist adept at forging relationships with self-styled
strongmen overseas, was the only world leader to meet the Republican
before his inauguration. He is now the second to do so since Trump took
office. Flattering the billionaire businessman, Abe said he would
welcome the United States becoming “even greater.”
He also invited Trump to visit Japan this year. Trump accepted, according to a joint statement.
Other leaders of America’s closest neighbors and allies, such as
Mexico, Britain and Australia, have been singed by their encounters or
conversations with Trump.
But the optics Friday were positive. After a working lunch on
economic issues, the two leaders boarded Air Force One with their wives
for a trip to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida. Trump and Abe are
scheduled to play golf Saturday.
Their Oval Office meeting came hours after Trump reaffirmed
Washington’s long-standing “one China” policy in a call with Chinese
President Xi Jinping. That statement will similarly ease anxieties in
East Asia after Beijing was angered and other capitals were rattled by
earlier suggestions that he might use Taiwan as leverage in trade,
security and other negotiations.
Although Japan is a historic rival of China, Trump said that his long and “warm” conversation with Xi was good for Tokyo, too.
“I believe that will all work out very well for everybody, China,
Japan, the United States and everybody in the region,” Trump said at a
joint news conference with Abe.
Stepping carefully into Japan’s longstanding territorial dispute with
China over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, Trump said the
U.S. is committed to the security of Japan and all areas under its
administrative control. The implication was that the U.S.-Japan defense
treaty covers the disputed islands, which Japan which calls the Senkaku,
but China calls the Diaoyu.
Beijing opposes such statements, but Trump’s wording allowed for some
diplomatic wiggle room. The joint statement released later was more
explicit, however, in spelling out the U.S. commitment.
Abe has championed a more active role for Japan’s military. He has
eased constraints imposed by the nation’s pacifist post-war constitution
and allowed forces to defend allies, even if Japan itself is not under
attack.
As a candidate, Trump urged even greater self-reliance, at one point
even raising the notion of Japan and South Korea developing their own
nuclear weapons as a deterrent to North Korea.
He made no similar remark Friday, instead thanking Japan for hosting
nearly 50,000 American troops, which also serve as a counterweight to
China’s increased regional influence. He said freedom of navigation and
dealing with North Korea’s missile and nuclear threats are a “very high
priority.”
There was less agreement on economics.
One of Trump’s first actions as president was to withdraw the U.S.
from a 12-nation, trans-Pacific trade agreement that was negotiated by
the Obama administration and strongly supported by Tokyo.
Diverting from Trump’s stance that the Trans-Pacific Partnership is
bad for America, Abe stressed the importance of a “free and fair common
set of rules” for trade among the worlds’ most dynamic economies.
“That was the purpose of TPP. That importance has not changed,” Abe
said through an interpreter, though both leaders held out the
possibility of a future bilateral, U.S.-Japanese deal.
Trump has also criticized Toyota Motor Corp. for planning to build an
assembly plant in Mexico and has complained Japanese don’t buy enough
U.S.-made cars.
But Abe told U.S. business leaders Friday that “a whopping majority”
of the Japanese cars running on American roads are manufactured in the
U.S. by American workers. That includes 70 percent of Toyotas. Abe said
Japanese business supports some 840,000 jobs in the United States.
That may not be enough for Trump, who is highly sensitive to U.S. trade deficits.
Japan logged the second-largest surplus with the U.S. last year,
behind only China, and there had been some expectation Abe would use the
visit to propose new Japanese investments to help Trump spur American
job growth. There was no such announcement Friday.
WATCH: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Daughters Are All Grown Up
"We
drove from Nashville to California. Just the two of us," Faith
revealed, sharing a photo from the trip where Maddie saved a turtle on
the road. "She is an animal lover, she has saved things her entire
life."
Faith and Tim are family pros at this point, and talked to ET last
October, where they opened up about their upcoming tour just before
celebrating 20 years of marriage.
"The memories we have created
every time we have gone out have been the best memories of our career,"
Tim said. "And we have two kids in college, what else are we gonna do?"
If they get chilly here’s a garment to consider: Kim Kardashian’s famous naked photo with which she broke the Internet the first time has inspired a line of Christmas sweaters:
The Red Devils best league run this season has been two wins on the trot.
But they have been buoyed by positive results and performances with a 3-1 win in the FA Cup over Derby last week and a 3-0 home victory over Stoke on Tuesday.
Schneiderlin wants Manchester United to go on a good run
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“We are all very
determined. We know this is a big month for us and we want to do well in
all the competitions we’re in, so every game will be massive for us
“Every game is a big game for this football club, especially in our position now.
“We need to look at each game as a cup final and to win every one until the end of the season.
“We can see that the gap is getting a bit bigger but it (the title) is not impossible.
“For
the second part of the season we want to improve our game and win as
many matches as we can to be a contender for the title and be in the
Champions League, because that’s very important to this club.”
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If they can play like they did against Mark Hughes’ Stoke side
every week there is every chance they can do that but there have been
false dawns before under Van Gaal.
At least they have found their scoring boots again as they prepare to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
United captain Wayne Rooney in particular is on a hot run with seven goals in seven games.
Schneiderlin
said: “He has proved throughout his career that he’s one of the best
players in the world. He has scored so many goals and he has the
(Premier League) record for scoring the most for one club.
“He
always has confidence. Footballers can have some spells without scoring –
everyone has it, even Messi and Ronaldo, so it can happen to anyone.
French ace believes Old Trafford faithful deserve better
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“It doesn’t mean they have lost their talents, it can just happen in life.
Now he’s back scoring goals and he works so hard for the team in every game and has that winning mentality, which is priceless.”
Schneiderlin believes United fans are yet to see his best and he is determined ther do between now and the end of the season.
He
said: “I’m very critical of myself. I want to do a lot better and I
know I can do a lot better, because I think there are things that I
haven’t shown yet.
“I’m working hard every day to improve and I’m
confident I can show my qualities. I had a good spell in October and
November then I had an injury, but I feel better and better as the weeks
go on.
“The expectations here are to be the best and at 100% in
every game and that’s something I relish. I love it. It helps you become
a better player and that’s what I want.”
Shay Given has been trying his best to put a positive spin on his three previous trips to Wembley when it dawns upon the Aston Villa goalkeeper that he is kidding nobody as he dances around a question about whether the stadium actually holds any happy memories for him. “It was a politician’s answer, wasn’t it,” Given says, laughing.
The truth is that Given is desperate for his luck to change in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool at Wembley. Given was in the Newcastle United team that lost 2-0 to Arsenal in the FA Cup final in 1998, dropped from the starting XI at Wembley the following year when Ruud Gullit’s side were beaten by Manchester United – a decision that still rankles with him – and an unused Manchester City substitute during their triumph over Stoke City in 2011.
It hardly makes for great reading and Given, who turns 39 on Monday, is not the sort of player to put a trophy alongside his name when his part in that final with City was confined to warming up with Joe Hart beforehand. “Not really,” the Republic of Ireland international says, when asked whether he considers himself an FA Cup winner. “I’ve got a winner’s medal at home – I don’t even know where it is, if I’m being honest. It was nice to be part of winning it with Man City but when you don’t play it doesn’t have the same value to it … you don’t really get that feeling that you’ve done anything.”
Angel Di Maria has told boss Louis van Gaal he is happy to stay at Manchester Unitednext term, writes Steve Bates in the Sunday People .
The £59.7million British record signing is in discussions about extending the lease on the city centre apartment he is renting.
Argentinian Di Maria was badly shaken in February, after his family were victims of an attempted gunpoint burglary at their £4m rented mansion in the Cheshire village of Prestbury, close to where skipper Wayne Rooney and several other Old Trafford stars live.
Di Maria was at home having dinner with his wife Jorgelina and daughter Mia, now two, when the armed thugs tried to break in.
The South American, signed from Real Madrid last summer, held discussions with Van Gaal and senior club officials after the incident amid fears he wanted to quit England.
Van Gaal recently refused to rule out allowing Di Maria to leave on compassionate grounds – but the star has told the club he is staying, despite only being a sub in yesterday’s title showdown with Chelsea.
The 27-year-old winger and his family have now settled into an apartment in central Manchester and are over their ordeal.
Di Maria has told friends it has been the toughest year of his career after also struggling with the physical demands and intensity of the Premier League.
The attacker has not scored a league goal since October 5, and his misery was compounded when he was sent off for pushing referee Michael Oliver in the 2-1 FA Cup defeat by Arsenal last month.
But despite being dropped Van Gaal has been impressed with his attitude, and is confident he will play a major role next season.
We've all lost our mobile phone at one point or another -- sometimes in our homes, sometimes in the car and sometimes out in the wild unknown. Now instead of searching everywhere to track it down, you can rely on Google for help.
Anew feature unveiled on Wednesdaylets you search for your Android phone ortabletusing Google's search engine on your PC, as long as you meet the right criteria.
Here's how it works:
First, you have to make sure you're logged in to the same Google account on your PC's browser that you use on your phone. You must also be sure to have the latest version of theGoogle app installed on your phone.
Now type the phrase "find my phone" into Google's search engine on your PC. In response, Google displays a map that attempts to zero in on the location of your device. Give it at least several seconds, and you should eventually see a location on the map that's accurate to a certain distance. For example, the map told me that the location of my device was accurate to 46 feet.
OK, that's fine. But what if your phone is lost somewhere in your home? Sorry, but Google won't tell you what room it's in. But it can ring your device so you can try to track it down yourself.
To pinpoint your device, click the icon or link for Ring on the map. Your device will ring at full volume for up to five minutes. Once you find it, simply click the power button to turn off the ringing.
But what if you own an Android tablet instead of a phone? You can still use the find feature. I used it to locate my Nexus 7 tablet, and it worked just fine. Google zeroed in on the slate's location. Clicking on the Ring icon fired up the ring sound on my tablet so I was able to locate it.
The Google search feature isn't the only way to track down a lost Android device. A similar feature, called Android Device Manager, can locate and ring your device. If you think your device has been stolen, you can also remotely lock it and reset the password or erase its data. To learn how to use Android Device Manager, check out this helpful how-to article from CNET.
EE announced its free portable charger scheme at the beginning of April and said it was "coming soon", but it is now available to all of its network and broadband customers. The EE Power incentive launches today to offer a free portable PowerBar charger to customers which can be swapped for a new full one in-store when depleted.
EE Power will keep EE's customers charged up all day with what seems like a great idea, as long as you can get to an EE shop for the swap when needed.
The EE Power Bar has a 2,600mAh capacity, built-in LED torch, lasts 500 charges and takes 4-hours to charge back to full.
The EE Power Bar is free to EE customers who are either on a 30 day, 12, 18 or 24 month mobile or broadband contract or to Pay As You Go customers who have been with EE for more than three months.
To get a Power Bar EE customers need to send a 35p text (send "POWER" to 365) which will tell them when their unit is ready to collect in an EE shop.
Once the Power Bar is used the owner can either keep charging it themselves and using it, or swap it out for a fully charged unit at an EE shop. This is free and can be done as many times as the person wants, says EE.
EE ran a similar scheme at Glastonbury last year. It must have been a big success for it to roll out the EE Power offering so soon after, on a national scale.
EE says that it's superfast 4G LTE is being used by more and more people to stream video, which is costly to battery. The result is EE Power which should allow its customers truly unlimited access to 4G data streaming – presuming they've paid for it in their contracts of course.
Through centuries and across cultures, the holiday's iconic customs have been built upon with the help of storytelling. And the cotton-tailed creature that leaves us chocolate and eggs has a longer tale.
1. Pagan Beginnings
The story of Easter is as much rooted in paganism as it is in Christianity. The holiday owes its name to Eostra, the Germanic goddess of spring and fertility.
The University of Florida's Center for Children's Literature traced Easter's origins to pre-Christian Germany. An Easter Bunny character first hopped up in the 8th century with the English monk Bede'sThe Reckoning of Time. CCL recounts the tale:
A little girl found a bird that was close to death and prayed to Eostra for help. Eostra appeared, crossing a rainbow bridge — the snow melting before her feet. Seeing the bird was badly wounded, she turned it into a hare, and told the little girl that from now on, the hare would come back once a year bearing rainbow colored eggs.
But because this legend is held up exclusively by Bede, Easter's namesake continues to be a contentious scholarly debate.
2. The Bunny Tale
Legends featuring bunny imagery associated to Easter continued to be written down in 1500s Germany and the first story about a rabbit hiding eggs in a garden was published in 1680. As many Southwestern German immigrants settled in America, the Easter Bunny lived on in Pennsylvania Dutch tales of the Bunny as the "Oschter Haws," where Germantown, Pa., children were gifted with eggs in their Easter bonnets that, today, are replaced by Easter baskets.
3. Cracking Open The Egg
Egg decorating is at least a 60,000-year-old activity, practiced by the likes of Egyptians, Persians, Greeks and Kalahari Bushmen, who engraved ostrich eggs. Before giving colored eggs found its way into the modern Christian tradition, early Mesopotamian Christians dyed eggs red to symbolize the blood shed by Christ during his crucifixion.
An "Easter egg," as it relates to hidden symbols or messages planted in a pop culture medium by its creator, was first coined by the Atari programmer Warren Robinett, who designed a secret room in the 1979 video game, Adventure.
4. Less Than Humane
It wouldn't be Easter if we didn't eat candy animals. Easter bunnies turned edible in 1800s Germany when they were first made of pastry and sugar.
Animal rights activists have protested against the ritual of coloring chicks by infusing dye into the embryo before it hatches.
5. For Peeps Sake
Speaking of dyeing chicks, one of the reasons Peeps keep coming back every year is because they are so resilient and multi-purpose. Unless you're gulping down the marshmallow birds for a challenge, a common practice is to microwave Peeps. If you think that's inhumane, some enthusiasts even take it further with Peep joustingtournaments.
Christians all over the world are busy with their holy week, which will end on the day after Easter. This year, the holy festival falls on 5 April.
The Friday in Easter week is known as Good Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday, Black Friday or Easter Friday. It is the day when Jesus Christ's crucifixion took place, leading to his death at Calvary.
Sunday is celebrated as the Easter Day as it is on this day that Christ resurrected. Christians believe, according to Scripture, that Jesus came back to life or was raised from the dead, three days after his death on the cross.
Easter is a holy festival, during which special prayers are sung in praise of Jesus Christ in church. It is then followed by an elaborate Sunday mass, with happy music being played in the background. People also decorate eggs as part of the celebration and they are known as "Easter Eggs".
Check out the above slideshow of Easter greetings and also look below for a few wishes to send to family and friends:
"May you feel the joy of the presence of Jesus. The Lord has risen to bless us this Easter. And I pray that the love of God is resurrected, reborn and renewed in your heart. Happy Easter."
"The story of Easter is the story of Gods wonderful window of divine surprise."
"The seasonal remembrance of resurrection is here again, and whole world is reminded of the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, son of God, saviour of mankind."
"The best thing about Easter Sunday is being with family and good friends. Happy Easter!"
"Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness."
Comedy Central is standing by Trevor Noah after he faced heavy criticism from the Internet community less than 24 hours after being named Jon Stewart's replacement as host of "The Daily Show."
Fans of the show scoured Noah's Twitter to learn more about the comedian and found several "offensive" tweets he wrote about overweight women and Jews.
Comedy Central defended NoahTuesday, saying, "Trevor Noah pushes boundaries; he is provocative and spares no one, himself included.
"To judge him or his comedy based on a handful of jokes is unfair. Trevor is a talented comedian with a bright future at Comedy Central."
(Reuters) - Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O), the largest U.S. cable operator, will form a company to invest in growth-oriented companies both in the United States and international markets, and it said its finance chief would leave his post and head the new company.
The new company will have total capital commitments of up to $4.1 billion, of which $4 billion will be invested by Comcast and at least $40 million by Chief Financial Officer Michael Angelakis.
Angelakis, whose resignation will be effective upon the earlier of the date on which Comcast’s new CFO commences employment or June 30, 2016, will also work with Comcast as senior adviser.
Comcast, which already owns and operates a venture capital arm through Comcast Ventures, said the newly formed company would begin operations in 2015 or early 2016.
Angelakis will receive annual compensation of $8 million in his role as the CEO, Comcast said in a regulatory filing. He will also receive $100,000 for his role as senior adviser.
Comcast's shares, which closed at $56.61 on Monday, were marginally up in premarket trading.
Kylie Jenner stepped out wearing a hot red dress this weekend.
The 17-year-old reality star got all dressed up, just to have lunch with a friend.
Typically, one might wear jeans and a T-shirt to lunch, but not Jenner. She decided to wear a short, tight red dress and some heels!
Cameras caught Jenner at lunch with a friend (who was actually wearing jeans and a T-shirt) in Calabasas, Calif. on Saturday, (March 28, 2015). This was one day before Jenner decided to strip down for bikini selfies. So, Jenner was basically showing a lot of skin this weekend.
One Direction was first plunged into crisis last week when pictures emerged of Zayn Malik cosying up to tattooed blonde Lauren Richardson in Phuket, Thailand.
He was granted a leave of absence from the band's On The Road tour for 'stress' as he flew back to the UK for crisis talks with fiancee Perrie Edwards before the 22-year-old announced on Wednesday that he had decided to leave the group for good.
And while fans are heartbroken, Lauren's father David admitted to MailOnline at the family home in Walthamstow, east London today that 'this is the worst case scenario'.
When asked how the attention had affected his family, he said: 'Try it some time, see how you feel.'
Zayn was holidaying in Phuket with fellow band member Louis Tomlinson when he was pictured holding hands and with 19-year-old girl, Lauren, last week.
Two pictures, including one that saw Zayn resting a hand on the same girl's midriff in an embrace and another of him leaving the Seduction nightclub with the girl, quickly went viral on social media.
As a result flew straight home for 'crisis talks' with girlfriend Perrie Edwards, who he has been engaged to just over a year.
Zayn tweeted about the most recent incident to publicly apologise for 'what it looked like' and declare his love for the Little Mix singer, shortly after the incriminating pictures surfaced.
It is all my fault! Someone from the BBC has to step forward and take the blame for all the Clarkson headlines of the last few weeks and months. I am that person. Centuries ago in media terms I gaveJeremy Clarksonhis break into television and first offered him the chance to be one of the presenters – albeit a junior one – on Top Gear. I certainly never expected Jeremy to become the worldwide phenomenon that he is today.
I should point out at the start that in 1987 – contrary to popular belief today – the original format of the programme already had more than 5 million viewers, and rising, and was often the top-rated show on BBC2. Those who say the show cannot survive without Jeremy conveniently forget that.
It had been a difficult ride. When I took over as executive producer in 1986 I was told by my local manager at the BBC’s studios at Pebble Mill in Birmingham that the show was on its last legs with six months to live. Things got even worse when Alan Yentob took over as controller of BBC2.
Programme producers were urged to make sweeping changes to the output with the inevitable danger of alienating loyal audiences. I preferred evolution to revolution: largely keeping the existing regular presenter line of William Woollard, Sue Baker and Chris Goffey. I also brought in specialists like Tiff Needell and rallying’s Tony Mason together with a new generation of younger reporters. Most importantly I encouraged female reporters to try to broaden the show’s audience appeal even further.
I’m a fan of One Direction’s music. It’s very efficient pop music that doubles as ecstatic, funny, and emotionally complex arena rock. Becoming a fan of One Direction’s music has inadvertently and perhaps inevitably drawn my focus toward the individual members of the band, my favourite of which was initially Zayn Malik, who has now left them in order to live the life of a “normal 22-year-old”.
Malik’s function in the band was in some ways obscure or invisible. He didn’t write for the band often, and when he did he usually appeared among a galaxy of co-writers on the group’s most gelatinous ballads (Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne are responsible for the majority of the group’s internal songwriting). His modesty and the economy of his expression gave him the reputation of the “quiet one” and the “mysterious one” among the boy band taxonomies.
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In the One Direction documentary, This Is Us, he features minimally compared to the rest of the group; when the band takes a break from their aggressive and interminable touring schedule, Malik is depicted in isolation, in a room he’s decorated entirely with graffiti. In another scene, he streams by the camera on a Segway. His smile seems to materialise slowly and almost imperceptibly across his face, composing itself atom by atom.
He’s also frankly gorgeous, all sculpted, glossy angles. When I look at the structure of his face I am reminded of a geometric prism, or the interior of a geode. These features were identifiable even early in their careers when the other four members appeared to be one elastic teenage face. His hair is also shapely, shimmering and kind of incandescently dark, as if permanently enhanced by a follow spot. Its styling never quite collapsed into the strange vertical animals emerging from the skulls of Tomlinson or Niall Horan. An enduring image of One Direction is of Malik in the Night Changes video, the soft and intricate cascade of his hair merging with a dense knot of spaghetti.
He was one of the more accomplished vocalists of the group, exhibiting the widest range. He mostly inhabited a silvery, full-bodied tenor, similar to but more sharp and precise than Harry Styles’ smoky warble. At one point in This Is Us, while on tour, he is extracted from sleep by songwriter/producer Julian Bunetta to record the bridge of Best Song Ever, into which Malik compressed a tenor and falsetto vocal. His solos, especially on the ballad You & I, could be dazzling, his voice moving with grace through impressive aerial designs, and he contributed body and dimension to the group’s choruses.
Colagrossi collapsed on Thursday after finishing a live report at the scene of a Queens, New York, house fire, according to a WABC-TV statement obtained by the New York Daily News. She had been in a news van en route to the station at the time.
She was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and admitted to the ICU, the Daily News reported. Colagrossi did not regain consciousness and was pronounced dead on Friday.
Colagrossi had worked for WABC-TV since 2001. Previously, she’d been an anchor at WKMG-TV in Orlando, where she won two local Emmy awards.
WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News paid tribute to Colagrossi on their website Saturday, calling the reporter an “ultimate pro” who was “smart, tough, and compassionate.”
“Thursday seemed like just another morning, with Lisa Colagrossi doing what she did so well, reporting live from the scene,” the tribute reads. “She was an amazing reporter, committed to Eyewitness News. She was dedicated to telling a story with honesty, a working woman, a hockey mom, she was gutsy and fearless.”
Colagrossi is survived by her husband, Todd, and her two sons, ages 11 and 14.
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