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China's Michelle Obama? First Lady Peng Liyuan inspires fashion frenzy
As President Xi Jinping and his wife tour Africa, China?s fashion world is scrutinizing Peng Liyuan's wardrobe - and Chinese stock markets are keeping a close eye, too.
If you want to make a killing on the stock market, here?s an unusual tip: Identify the fashion house behind the clothes that Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan is wearing at her next public appearance and buy shares in that company, fast.
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Ms. Peng, currently touring Africa with her husband, the new Chinese President Xi Jinping, is proving a smash hit back home and inspiring fashionistas to replicate her look.?
So when a news story on Tuesday identified the pearl earrings that Peng was wearing as coming from the city of Zhuji, the stock price of all the pearl producers in Zhuji rose on the news. One company?s stock rose so far so fast that market regulators capped its price rise on Wednesday.
Peng has captured the Chinese imagination as a stylish and modern face for her country, most of whose first ladies have ranged recently from dowdy to invisible. And the state-controlled press is playing the story for all it is worth, with front page photos and breathless coverage.
?Peng Liyuan Opens the Door for Chinese Fashion and Confidence? read the enthusiastic headline of an editorial in Wednesday?s edition of Global Times, a tabloid published by the ruling Communist Party.
In a world where China is more often seen as a threatening potential enemy than as a friend, according to a number of recent international opinion polls, Peng is a more useful weapon for Beijing?s image-makers than an aircraft carrier.
She was already massively popular before her husband became president earlier this month; indeed, as a nationally famous singer of patriotic and military songs, she was better known than Mr. Xi until he was tapped five years as next in line for the top job. And then she dropped out of sight.
Recently she has quietly begun doing first lady-like things, such as becoming a World Health Organization ambassador in the fight against HIV-Aids. She is ?widely viewed as a tremendous element of China?s soft power,? wrote leading foreign policy pundit Shen Dingli in an opinion piece for the ?Global Times? earlier this week. ?Now ? it is time to present such soft power on the world stage.?
Peng has not opened her mouth in public yet, but has used her fashion sense to project China?s soft power. Everything she wears is Chinese made and designed, and sometimes clearly designed in the oriental style. That is a marked contrast with the sense of style that prevails among most wealthy Chinese women, which tends towards well known Western brands.
Such brands are bad news in China at the moment, too closely identified with corrupt officials and their wives at a time when Xi has promised a crackdown on corruption.
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Arkansas to probe Exxon Mobile spill
2 April 2013
Last updated at 22:27 ET
The US state of Arkansas has launched an investigation into the rupture of an Exxon Mobil oil pipeline that spilled thousands of barrels of crude.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel asked the company to keep all documents pertaining to Friday's spill.
The rupture in Mayflower prompted the evacuation of 22 homes, with police enforcing a blockade around the spill.
The spill has renewed debate over a proposal to build another pipeline from western Canada to the US Gulf Coast.
Also on Tuesday, the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued an order preventing Exxon Mobile from restarting operations on the affected segment of the pipe until it had signed off on the repair work.
In the wake of Friday's release of between 3,500 and 5,000 barrels of oil from the Pegasus pipeline, black crude was seen soaking lawns and streaming down residential streets in the community north of the state capital, Little Rock.
'Future litigation'"This incident has damaged private property and Arkansas's natural resources," Mr McDaniel said. "Homeowners have been forced from their homes."
He said the request that Exxon Mobil keep records on the spill was the "first step in determining what happened and preserving evidence for any future litigation".
The oil company has said it will co-operate with any investigation.
Exxon Mobil says it plans to dig up and replace the broken part of the 65-year-old line that runs from the state of Illinois to Texas.
But rain forecast for Tuesday afternoon could hamper the clean-up by carrying oil sheen towards nearby Lake Conway, a popular destination for bass, catfish, bream and crappie fishing.
Local responders have built barriers of rock and dirt to stop the oil from contaminating the lake, and Exxon Mobil put booms into the lake as a precaution.
The oil company said it was putting together a plan to enable residents return home. Until then, Mayflower police were accompanying them as they retrieved personal belongings from their houses.
Separately, Canadian oil company TransCanada has proposed building a 1,700-mile (2,735km) pipeline called Keystone XL to carry crude from Alberta, Canada's tar sands region to refineries in Texas.
The project has encountered stiff opposition from environmental groups.
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Ryan Gosling stands up for cows to milk producers
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? He's not milking his fame, but Ryan Gosling is lending his name to the cause of cows.
The 32-year-old actor sent a letter this week to the National Milk Producers Federation urging the group to advocate against the industry practice of removing calves' horns. He asks that they help stop what he calls a "barbaric practice" by requiring farmers to breed naturally hornless cattle.
The letter was released Wednesday by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Gosling has worked with the group before in its campaign urging KFC to adopt more humane methods of slaughtering chickens.
A spokesman from the National Milk Producers Federation said Wednesday that cows' horns are dangerous and de-horning reduces injuries to both cows and people.
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The Croods Wii Game + iTunes Gift Card Giveaway (2 winners ...
Earlier this year I was invited to fly out to LA to get the inside scoop of the new movie, The Croods.?Unfortunately? I had to pass on the invite due to things going on at home. 
The?Croods?is a fun 3D comedy adventure that follows the world?s first modern family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always been their home is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the?Croods?are rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts as they discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures ? and their outlook is changed forever.
If you have not seen it with your kids yet, you should.
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And after seeing the movie, if you just can?t get enough of the Croods on screen then you can also play the iOS game on your mobile.?The Croods by Rovio Entertainment is available on iOS and Android. In the game you use the characters to build your world using trees, fruits, and more. You also capture and tame adorable little animals along the way.
If you love games like the SIMS you will love this one. Check out the clip below for more on the game.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Hubble sees J 900 masquerading as a double star
Apr. 2, 2013 ? A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Jonckheere 900 or J 900, a planetary nebula -- glowing shells of ionized gas pushed out by a dying star. Discovered in the early 1900s by astronomer Robert Jonckheere, the dusty nebula is small but fairly bright, with a relatively evenly spread central region surrounded by soft wispy edges.
Despite the clarity of this Hubble image, the two objects in the picture above can be confusing for observers. J 900's nearby companion, a faint star in the constellation of Gemini, often causes problems for observers because it is so close to the nebula -- when observation conditions are bad, this star seems to merge into J 900, giving it an elongated appearance. Hubble's position above the Earth's atmosphere means that this is not an issue for the space telescope.
Astronomers have also mistakenly reported observations of a double star in place of these two objects, as the planetary nebula is quite small and compact.
J 900's central star is only just visible in this image, and is very faint -- fainter than the nebula's neighbor. The nebula appears to display a bipolar structure, where there are two distinct lobes of material emanating from its center, enclosed by a bright oval disk.
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