Google is marking its 10th anniversary by offering 10 million dollars to back world changing ideas.

Google promises to divvy up the cash between the five best ideas that spring from its Project 10 to the 100th, a reference to the numerical sum "googol" from which the Internet powerhouse took its name.

"Our company's very name expresses our goal of achieving great results through smart technology that starts small and scales dramatically over time to have a tremendous long-term impact," Google said in a website posting.

The deadline for submitting ideas to Google is October 20. A panel of Google employees will pick 100 top submissions to be announced on January 27, 2009.

Google users will then vote to determine 20 semi-finalists, from which a Google advisory board will select five winners.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080925/ttc-us-it-internet-history-company-googl-0de2eff.html

This is funny and amazing. She does not look like 82. Has good figure too !
I sure like her to go few more rounds as she is really a born comedian.

"Alas, Cloris Leachman won't win another Emmy, or most likely this competition, for all her efforts. Though the hosts of reality fare got an Emmy category this year -- "DWTS' " Tom Bergeron lost to Jeff Probst of "Survivor" -- the competitors who make these shows so irresistibly watchable are not Emmy eligible."

Catch the video here:

http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2008/09/cloris-leachman.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE48N04S20080924

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After years of dodging questions, former "American Idol" singer Clay Aiken will acknowledge he is a gay man in an interview with People magazine set to run on its Web site Wednesday, according to media reports.

Celebrity site Perezhilton.com on Tuesday published a photo of the cover of People magazine's upcoming issue on which Aiken cradles his new son, Parker Foster Aiken, in his arms.

The caption reads "Yes, I'm Gay," and underneath is a quote from Aiken on his decision to come out of the closet that says: "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things."

In August this year, Aiken's friend, music producer Jaymes Foster, gave birth to the baby fathered by Aiken. A spokeswoman for People would neither confirm nor deny that Aiken told the magazine he is gay. But the magazine issued a statement saying, "We can confirm that Clay Aiken and his son appear on the next cover of People.

For the complete story, visit people.com at 7 a.m. (EDT Wednesday) (1100 GMT) morning." Aiken, 29, gained fame as a contestant on the No. 1-rated U.S. TV talent show "American Idol" in 2003. He was the runner-up that season but went on to build a solid singing career on his own. He currently appears on Broadway in "Monty Python's SPAMALOT."

For years, Aiken has dodged questions about whether he is homosexual despite persistent rumors on the subject. He has said, generally, that his sexuality was nobody's business but his own.

In 2006, ABC television's Diane Sawyer asked Aiken and he shot back that it was a "really rude" question. He also dodged it in a previous interview with People magazine saying that readers "are going to believe what they want."

Taken from http://www.reuters.com/


American Idol Season 2’s runner-up and my former high school classmate Clay Aiken, 29, became a father this weekend. Aiken’s best friend, Jaymes Foster (age roughly estimated as 50) gave birth to a boy named Parker Foster Aiken at an unnamed hospital in North Carolina (Aiken’s home state). Foster is the sister of music producer David Foster, who often appears on Idol and has worked on past Aiken albums. Parker is the last name of Clay’s mom, Faye Parker, who gave an exclusive scoop about the birth to Raleigh TV station WRAL. Little Parker was born at 8:08 AM on 8/8/08, making him probably the most lucky kid ever. [Trivia: Princess Beatrice–daughter of Andrew and Fergie–was born on 8/8/88].

Aiken, a devout Christian who dodges questions about his sexuality, is romantically involved with Foster and fathered the child via artificial insemination. He plans to be a fully-involved parent. And, as everyone knows, the best way to prove you’re straight is to artificially inseminate a chick who is 20 years older than you. (I am sorry but I very disappointed in him who claim is a devout Christian yet .......................)

Looking forward to the new season. Been watching past 2 and loved it !

May-Treanor has been such a compliant student -- rehearsing constantly and allowing Chmerkovskiy to choose the moves, the music and the costumes -- that he just might lose his hardheaded reputation.

"I know what I'm doing and I feel like, with her, I don't have to prove it," Chmerkovskiy says. "She trusts that my best intention is for her to do the best she can."

She'll be competing with singers Lance Bass and Toni Braxton; TV personalities Brooke Burke and Kim Kardashian; actors Cloris Leachman, Cody Linley, Susan Lucci and Ted McGinley; comedian Jeffrey Ross; chef Rocco DiSpirito; NFL star Warren Sapp and fellow gold medalist Maurice Greene. The first couple will be eliminated Tuesday.
(Chmerkovskiy, however, is confident enough that he has already ordered up five weeks' worth of costumes from wardrobe.)

The cast is the largest ever assembled for the ABC show, and it boasts the youngest (Linley, 16) and oldest (Leachman, 82) contestants in its history.



http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/22/tv.dancing.with.the.stars.ap/index.html

Articles from Sin Chew :

These days there were so many shocking news. Its best for all of us to sit down and wait and not to over spend. You will never know what will happen next year. As of now Singapore will be feeling the pinch. By 2009 more financial companies will close, smaller manufacturing companies especially those exporting to Western Countries like US, UK and Europe will be affected. Companies are starting to cut cost and laying off people.

First its political unstability, Thailand, Malaysia and now financial crisis. Let's all pray that things will turn better.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080918/tts-stocks-world-c1b2fc3.html

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080917/tts-stocks-world-c1b2fc3.html

I am rather shocked Malaysia being voted country with worst Taxi Drivers. I know and acknowledge Malaysia has many illegal taxis (Ba Wang Taxi) but as I hardly take cab I do not know the taxi rate has gone up so much. Tourists were being over charged by as much as 5-10 times the original price. I thought Bangkok Taxis are terrible. This is really unbelievable and embarassing for the country and Malaysians. There are many types of cabs in Malaysia I can say at least half of them are in pretty bad condition and old.

Read more:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080918/tap-malaysia-transport-taxi-0193655.html

Video of performance, thanks to qq.

http://2008.qq.com/a/20080909/000136.htm

本地视障歌手陈伟联受邀担任“第13届残疾人奥运会”帆船比赛开幕式表演嘉宾。他与青岛歌手孙亚君，为现场数千名参赛选手及嘉宾演唱了歌曲《同在蓝色星球上》。

提前三天到达青岛　　
第13届残疾人奥运会帆船比赛，上周日在中国青岛国际帆船中心举行了盛大的启动仪式，陈伟联是受邀的唯一海外歌手。他带领60名小朋友和60名大朋友的合唱团，穿着整齐统一的水手套装在台上演出时，获得热列掌声。　　
为了这次的演出，陈伟联特地提前3天到达青岛进行严谨的彩排工作，力求演出做到尽善尽美。　　

陈伟联周一刚返回新加坡，他前天接受本报访问时说：“第一次在那么盛大的活动带领合唱团演唱，非常开心、兴奋！”最大的收获，陈伟联认为是“让更多人认识我，提高我的曝光率。”　　

在青岛举行的帆船比赛项目，共有80名来自25个国家与地区的运动员代表参加，新加坡派出了两名运动员参加。陈伟联知道现场有新加坡的选手后，非常开心，请工作人员为他引见，为参赛者打气。新加坡代表团的成员见到陈伟联后非常惊喜，还跟他合照。运动员说，陈伟联在新加坡参加《绝对SuperStar》比赛时，就有很多人被他这种努力追梦的精神所打动，他们互相勉励，祝愿大家在不同的领域中都获得很好的成绩。

伟联也给新加坡帆船团队打气
青岛尝啤酒烤猪腰　这趟去青岛，陈伟联也顺道品尝了当地著名的青岛啤酒，他说：“我们有到酿酒工厂喝青岛啤酒，我不是很会喝酒，但也喝了两三杯，口感很醇厚很清甜，可以喝到麦的味道。”　

食物方面，陈伟联尝到当地的月饼，“跟新加坡的不同，月饼皮比较硬，馅料有干果。”他特别喜欢青海的烧烤，“尤其是烤猪腰，有点辣，味道很特别。”
目前，陈伟联正在筹备新专辑，估计明年推出新作品。


http://www.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200809111229-45564.html

2 video snapshots:

北京残奥会帆船比赛青岛扬帆
http://www.sdtv.com.cn/news/shipin/xinwenlianbo/200809/134821.htm

特写：温暖相聚　让爱起飞

http://news.qingdaomedia.com/content_tv.asp?id=139982

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,176154,00.html

THE Yellow Sea was behind him, the cool sea breeze caressing his face.

Standing in front of a choir on stage, blind Singaporean singer Kelvin Tan Weilian crooned the Olympics song Tong Zai Lan Se Xing Qiu Shang (Mandarin for On The Same Blue Planet).

The occasion: The opening ceremony of the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Regatta in Qingdao, China, on Sunday.

Kelvin, 27, was the only singer representing Singapore, performing alongside other artistes from China.

His name was submitted to the Olympics committee by his record label Warner Music a few months ago, and he was picked over a list of other disabled artistes.

Warner's marketing director James Kang said that Kelvin 'impressed' Chinese officials with his vocal powess when he toured China in May to promote his last album, I Weilian.

Chinese portal Chinanews reported that Mr Ning Xiaozhou, who directed the opening ceremony, said of Kelvin: 'Since joining showbiz, he has been showing an optimistic, self-confident and cheerful image.

'What he has displayed is exactly the same as the unyielding sporting spirit of our Paralympic athletes. That's why we invited him to perform at the opening ceremony.'

Kelvin's own take: 'The organising committee heard my album and felt I was suitable.

'Coincidentally I'm also blind so it was just nice.'

Before flying to Qingdao last Friday , he kept practising the Olympics song, which was originally sung by Hong Kong's Nicholas Tse and Joey Yung.
When it was time to go on stage, though, Kelvin said he didn't feel nervous at all.

'It's okay, lah. I've gone on stage so many times, I'm used to it,' he said over the phone from Beijing yesterday, while waiting for his flight home.
'But I'm not very well known in China so it's a good opportunity for me to get good exposure.'

On stage, Kelvin was joined by Qingdao singer Sun Yajun and a choir comprising both children and adults.

He recalled chatting with Yajun during the two rehearsals held over the weekend, and they held hands while making their entrance onto the stage.
Kelvin praised her good vocals and said he could sense she is a tall woman.
'But I don't know if she's pretty or not,' he added with a laugh.
When asked to describe the live ambience, he remembered the cool sea breeze.

'The air is fresher too,' he added.
As for the crowd response, he said 'they did cheer for me, but it sounded like a few hundred people and not like thousands.'
Well, he was wrong.

Reports say that more than 2,000 people attended the opening ceremony for the Paralympic Sailing Regatta, including 80 athletes from 26 countries.
Singapore also sent a team, and Kelvin met with some of the members on Sunday to cheer them on.

After his performance, the singer celebrated with his colleagues over a barbecue dinner and 'a few' glasses of Qingdao's famous beer, which he described as 'more fragrant' than other brands he has tried.
Did he get drunk?

With a laugh, he said: 'Do you think I'll get drunk so easily? I'm not a good drinker but I'm under control.

'Anyway, when I'm drunk, I just go to sleep, I won't get rowdy. I'm a menace only when I'm sober and talking non-stop.'

http://ent.ce.cn/main/yy/yyxw/200809/08/t20080908_16742044.shtml

http://www.xin.sg/article.php?article=23277

http://news.qingdaonews.com/content/2008-09/08/content_7916122.htm

“听到他的歌，就会抛开所有烦恼。”这是许多人对新加坡盲人歌手陈伟联的评价，昨晚这个天籁之音在浮山湾畔响起，陈伟联和来自青岛市歌舞剧院的孙雅君一同唱响了《同在蓝色星球上》。

27岁的陈伟联曾是新加坡的街头艺人，在新加坡的主要巴士转换站表演。2005年9月1日，他从4000人参赛的《绝对SuperStar!》中脱颖而出，成为总冠军，也成为新加坡家喻户晓的第一位“盲人歌手”，在新加坡的乐坛中有“盲侠”的称号，陈伟联也成为2005年新加坡残障意识公民教育大使与青年领袖。

插上爱的翅膀 梦帆拉开残奥帆赛启动仪式序幕2008-09-08 08:05 　
来源: 半岛网-半岛都市报 　http://news.bandao.cn/news_html/200809/20080908/news_20080908_697392.shtml

演出中，来自新加坡的盲人歌手陈伟联还与青岛市歌舞剧院歌手孙雅君合唱䊺?歌曲《同在蓝色星球上》，孙雅君自愿当起了引导者，之前并未见过几次靊?的他们合作很是默契。

我的心洒满阳光” 新加坡盲人歌手登台献唱2008-09-08 08:07 　来源: 半岛网-半岛都市报http://news.bandao.cn/news_html/200809/20080908/news_20080908_697393.shtml

9月7日，新加坡盲人歌手陈伟联于下午3时许就早早到达了现场候场，这个从劰?靠听收音机自学成才的歌手已经在新加坡发行了好几张专辑，今年4月在中力?大陆也发行了专辑《i伟联》。“我是先天性全盲，也许从未拥有过一些东芥?，所以也就无所谓失去，从来没有为此产生过失落感。我觉得我们都一样＊?我的心里也洒满了阳光。”陈伟联和记者的交谈在一种坦诚而轻松的气氛中开始，他说他从小就喜欢唱歌，经常守着收音机边听边学。“我基本上算自劭?成才。”陈伟联笑着说，在两年前签约华纳之前，他已经在新加坡发行了奊?几张专辑，今年4月在中国大陆推出了全新的专辑《i伟联》。 在残奥帆赛启动仪式上，陈伟联和来自青岛市歌舞剧院的孙雅君共同演唱歌抛?《同在蓝色星球上》，这是一首专为奥运会创作的新歌。“这首歌还蛮有隊?度的。”陈伟联笑着说，副歌部分有很多高音，为此他还很是用心地苦练了一番。

http://news.bandao.cn/news_html/200809/20080907/news_20080907_697298.shtml


今天晚上，继奥帆赛之后，奥帆中心主题公园又将是一个欢乐的海洋。

本报记者 袁蒙 摄(资料照片) 当大家刚刚领略北京2008年残奥会开幕式的精彩，9月7日晚，残奥帆赛启动仪式又将精彩亮相。

昨天， 记者从残奥帆赛启动仪式新闻发布会上获悉，这场历时一个小时的开幕式包括一场以《让爱起飞》为主题的文艺表演，特邀两名残疾人歌手献歌，本市的500名残疾人代表将应邀到现场观看。 《让爱起飞》打动你的心 残奥帆赛启动仪式定于9月7日19：30在青岛奥帆中心主题公园举行，分为仪式前表演、仪式部分和文艺表演《让爱起飞》三个部分。在启动仪式正式开始之前，将有20分钟的仪式前表演和现场观众互动辅导。 19：30启动仪式正式开始，启动仪式将严格按照国际礼仪标准进行，包括升国旗奏国歌、展示25个参赛国家旗帜、升残奥会会旗、奏残奥会会歌。接下来是青岛市市长、奥帆委主席夏耕与北京奥组委有关负责人和国际残奥会执行委员马苏德·阿什拉菲先生致辞等内容。

文艺表演《让爱起飞》分为序《梦帆》、第一篇章《蓝色畅想》和第二篇章《爱心飞翔》三个章节。“表演不会再延续奥帆赛开幕式的宏大气势，而是以打动人心为特色。”启动仪式总导演宁肖周介绍说，演出将展现残疾人自强不息、顽强拼搏的精神风貌，力求打动人心。“届时，几百名武术队员用蓝绸把整个舞台装点成一片海洋，还会有舞蹈演员塑造出海底世界的美景，以展示青岛的城市魅力。”

500名残疾人代表到场 “这次表演时间较短，共计只有1小时，主要是考虑到残疾人运动员、观众的身体情况，压缩了时间。”市委宣传部副部长、市文化局局长姜正轩介绍说，启动仪式将有来自国际残奥委会、国际残帆联、北京奥组委、25个国家参赛代表团的运动员、教练员、技术官员和省内外嘉宾、青岛市各界代表约2000人到场参加。其中，还特别邀请了500名青岛市残疾人代表参加，让他们有机会在家门口感受到残奥会的氛围，体验到残奥帆赛带来的激情和欢乐。 除了表演时间压缩，对于残疾人观众，主办方还在观礼台和舞台的搭建上加以用心，场内处处设置了无障碍坡道，前三排座席上设置了轮椅座位和陪同人员的空间，轮椅人士最高可以到达6层观礼台。另外，训练有素的礼仪人员也将在现场随时随地提供帮助。

两名残疾人歌手献唱 此次残奥帆赛开幕式上，将有两名残疾人歌手现场放歌，用他们的歌声给现场的残疾人运动员加油，祝愿他们勇创佳绩。 其中，1999年凭借一首《窗外》迅速在歌坛走红的残疾人歌手李琛，将献唱一首《来吧》，这是他为残奥会专门创作的。下肢残疾的李琛昨天参加了残奥会圣火在北京朝阳公园的传递，为李琛推轮椅的是乒乓球前奥运冠军王涛，李琛将这对组合称为“残健同行，共享精彩”。北京残奥会开幕式前的垫场演出中，李琛还在鸟巢独唱了一首自己创作的歌曲。 火炬点燃还是个谜


另外，新加坡盲人歌手陈伟联将与青岛本地歌手孙雅君共同演唱奥运歌曲《同在蓝色星球上》。

“陈伟联是华纳公司旗下的一名歌手，自加入娱乐圈后，他一直给人一种乐观、自信和开朗的印象，再加上陈伟联的经历与残疾人运动员坚强不屈的运动精神如出一辙，因此邀他献声残奥帆赛开幕式。”宁肖周总导演介绍说。 最让人关注的残奥帆赛庆典火炬由谁来点燃，采用什么方式来点燃，目前还是个谜。参与发布会的主办方对这些问题都是一再强调保密，或者表示现在还不能确定。不过，姜正轩一再强调：“相信别具一格的残奥帆赛庆典火炬点燃方式，也会像奥帆赛一样给大家带来惊喜”。据介绍，火种来自北京残奥会的圣火火种灯，火种灯在6日晚残奥会开幕式结束后连夜送抵青岛，将于今天上午抵达。 晚8：30点火仪式结束后，奥帆中心将升起10分钟的高空焰火来祝兴，届时奥帆基地和沿海一线将成为欢乐的海洋。岛城市民可以在沿海一线观赏焰火，最佳地点是五四广场。

本报记者 任金梅 [编辑: 腾飞]

Good news to all Wei Lian's fans.

Currently WLFC is organizing WLFC 2008 Birthday Bash on 26th Sept 2008 (FRI) Dinner and Games. Venue will not be disclosed until registration is confirmed by payment 19th Sept.

Per person cost is SGD30 for buffet dinner and facilities. Fans are requested not to bring individual gifts to the party but to share costs (min SGD10 for students, SGD20 for adults) to get present for birthday boy. If you feel you do not want to contribute please take note this is base on own preference you are free to do so.

Those interested and can attend kindly email to me at patjlu@yahoo.com.sg ASAP as its strictly First come First serve.

Many have comfirmed attendance, kindly review and decide soon if you like to spend the night with fans for our Superstar !

This MV is touching, waiting for chance to see WL's opening performance not sure if able to catch it online :)

I always loved to see people dance and dance competitions saw these two they were both great. But my heart goes to George as his dance is more original and he dance solo and only 14 years old. While the duo the thinner Indian guy can dance MJ moves brilliantly but too much of a copy to win 1st prize.

Winner crowned



George Sampson Britain's Got Talent Final -




Britain's Got Talent Final - Signature - Suleman Mirza




3rd place winner with an angelic voice but too bad Paul Potts won it previously its nothing special and British fans looking for something different and dancers have their votes this time

日前，受邀参加第13届残疾人奥运会帆船比赛开幕式表演的新加坡籍盲人歌手陈伟联，为了在开幕式上有更加出色的表现，一向对自己的演唱功力自信满满的他，也特意进录音室练唱。

据悉，本届残疾人奥运会帆船比赛开幕式将于9月7日在青岛举办，当天将会有各国嘉宾、国际残奥委会、国际帆船联合会、北京奥组委和25个国家、地区参赛代表团的运动员、教练员到场参加，得知将要对着这么多来自世界各国的朋友演唱，陈伟联非常开心。

而其经纪公司华纳唱片的同事为了让他感受北京奥运的气氛，特别请人从北京带了一套小福娃给他。虽然看不到福娃的样子，但了解到五个可爱的福娃代表着传递友谊、和平、积极进取的精神，让陈伟联对北京奥运有了更深一层的认识。当被问到他最喜欢哪一个福娃时，陈伟联笑称每个都喜欢，但是最喜欢妮妮福娃，因为今年北京奥运会倡导举行绿色奥运，在新加坡，人们也是非常注重绿色城市的营造。为此在进录音室里练歌时，陈伟联更特意把妮妮带在身边，说要跟福娃一齐练唱。

http://www.xin.sg/article.php?article=23087

http://ent.ce.cn/main/yy/yyxw/200809/03/t20080903_16697785.shtml

Come upon this news about Lisa Wang recently was funny.

●王峰走得慢会影响现场节　

汪明荃被轰，当众呼喝正走上台的跳水队老大哥王峰说，“请你快点啦，我直播（指这是直播节目）！”，有失尊重。　
不过，她否认是在呼喝他。阿姐说：“我不觉得！当时问紧郭晶晶问题，郭晶晶不答我，要叫他（王峰）上台，作为主持是要问他问题，叫他快，走到慢吞吞咁，运动员又不是最大的，我都很紧张，因为TVB是直播，不可以没讲话，我没expect他走得这么慢，全村人等他，（他）不是不知吧？”

http://www.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200809011602-45095.html

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If music be the food of love, play on. This is a blog where I share with people about myself and my favourite Singaporean Singer Kelvin Tan Wei Lian. All who are my friends, colleagues and family are welcome to come to my blog and get update here. I am part of Kelvin Tan's FC who is named the Blue Angels since he won PSS1 in 2005

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