The inspiration behind this collection comes for the art of Pakistan’s pre-eminent artist Saeed Akhtar. His latest work centers around tribal women, who he has given the most captivating aura in his paintings…I was able to design a whole collection based on their strangely beautiful faces and the energy in their form and movement. Quite simply, I can vividly imagine these gazelle like females gliding across the desert or reclining on the branch of a tree wearing one of the outfits from Élans PFW collection and being one with their surroundings. The collection is what I absorbed from his paintings primarily and then built upon by researching sub-continental tribal and desert landscape and culture.”

Khadijah Shah’s bring her brand Élan to fashion week with a complete collection of both Eastern Prêt a Porter and Haute Couture inspired by the artist Saeed Akhtar and his latest works. The Élan collection colour palette consists of olives, ochre’s, burgundies, crimson, deep hues of pink, burnt oranges and the essential black and gold. Indeed to the designer, these colours represent those of the sand, trees, sun, the evening desert sky and the colours in which tribal women are most often found. Expect ethnic embellishment with an emphasis on glass, maroori, zardozi and sitara work and fabrics including hand loom silks and chiffons.

Élan is a relatively young fashion label having been launched six years ago by Khadijah Shah. She is respected for her combination of intricate embellishments, flattering silhouettes and attention to detail in the construction of each outfit. Indeed each collection is conceived with glamour, elegance and versatility in mind. Khadijah Shah inherited her design aesthetic from her mother Aneela Shah, who had a small atelier and a loyal clientele for years before Élan was formerly launched. In a short span of six years, Khadijah has formalised and expanded this atelier and created an effective and influential place for her label in the Fashion Industry.

Iowa Appliance Rebate Program, And you thought Cash for Clunkers was dead. Come March 1, a home appliance version of the stimulus program that provided cash to car-buyers trading in their old models is scheduled to start.

Designed to save consumers money for buying energy-efficient clothes washers, dishwashers, freezers and refrigerators, nearly $5 million in federal stimulus funding is designed to help Minnesota households save up to $200 for replacing their aging appliance with a qualifying Energy Star model.

The Minnesota Trade-in & Save Appliance Rebate Program, operated through the Minnesota Department of Commerce’s Office of Energy Security (OES), could enable up to 25,000 Minnesota households buy Energy Star appliances.

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In the world of energy, the Holy Grail is a power source that’s inexpensive and clean. Lesley Stahl gets an inside look at one inventor’s “energy machine.” 60 Minutes, Sunday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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Bloom Energy Press Conference, Calif.-based Bloom Energy holds a press event Wednesday morning where the company is unveil details on its Bloom Box product.

The event is being held at eBay’s San Jose, Calif., headquarters, which has been running a test batch of Bloom Boxes for the past nine months. Former secretary of state and currentBloom Energy board member Colin Powell is slated to speak, along with Bloom Energy founder K.R. Sridhar and venture capitalist John Doerr, who currently sits on President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

Three people were killed and one wounded in shootings at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, and a suspected shooter was in custody, a university spokesman and police said.
We have three confirmed people who are dead, one injured. The police have secured the building. The shooter is in custody, UA-Huntsville spokesman Ray Gardner told local television. Huntsville police confirmed three people were dead. Gardner said the suspect in custody was a female and that authorities had placed the campus in lockdown. The shootings occurred just before 4 pm (local time) at the university’s Shelby Center, local media said. I heard three shots and screaming, an engineering student at the campus told. She was near the exit of the Shelby Center when the shootings happened and she said the sound of the shots appeared to come from the third floor, where a biology faculty meeting was taking place.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle threatened new sanctions against Iran, saying that Tehran has the right to make peaceful use of nuclear power, but must refrain from any nuclear armament.

If Iran continues to refuse talks, then talks at the United Nations is inevitable, and we’ll have to talk about new measures, said Westerwelle. He made the statement as Iran announced that it began to produce 20-percent enriched uranium. On Sunday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) to start work on enriching uranium to a purity of 20 percent. Ahmadinejad also said that Iran is still ready for the exchange of nuclear fuel with world powers. Iran handed over a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) informing the UN nuclear watchdog about the Islamic Republic’s plan to produce 20-percent enriched uranium, provoking fresh warnings by western nations of new sanctions.

VIENNA: A senior Iranian envoy says he has formally told the U.N. nuclear agency that his country will enrich uranium to higher levels.

Ali Asghar Soltanieh says Tehran will start enriching up to 20 percent from its present stock of lower enriched uranium.

Soltanieh is Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency. He told the newsmen Monday that the production is meant for fuel for Iran’s research reactor, which produces medical isotopes. World powers fear higher enrichment could ease the way for the production of nuclear weapons.

Iran has ignored five U.N. Security Council resolutions that it freeze its enrichment program.

Topper Shutt Real Name Latest news updates :- Topper Shutt real name has been questioned for decades.  Topper Shutt is the Chief Meteorologist at WUSA Channel 9 in Washington, DC and a forecaster for WHUR-FM.  The Topper Shutt real name has been a mystery for years.

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Classic rockers The Who performed at the Super Bowl 44 halftime show. Many fans no doubt asked themselves just how old are The Who? So how old are the Who? Lead singer Roger Daltrey is 65. Guitarist Pete Townshend is 64. The other two original members of the Who are deceased. Legendary drummer Keith Moon died in 1978 at the age of 32. Bassist John Entwistle died in 2002 at age 57. The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend huffed and puffed as they tried to match the energy and bravado of songs originally recorded more than 30 years ago Sunday in their showcase slot as Super Bowl halftime headliners.
These gruff, grizzled rock ‘n’ roll lifers gave it a good go as they chased past glories. At least Daltrey and Townshend weren’t lip-synching as they struck poses amid the lasers and pyrotechnics. Townshend in shades and porkpie hat swung through windmill chords, Daltrey bellowed and blew through a harmonica solo, and drummer Zak Starkey (yes, Ringo’s son) wore a union-jack shirt for the occasion, evoking the band’s earliest publicity photos from Britain’s Mod era.

Illinois Lottery Results, The Illinois Lottery has received a fair amount of attention in recent years, from its connections to disgraced former governor Rod Blagojevich to the state’s controversial plan to sell the lottery to private investors. Now, for the holiday season the Illinois Lottery has launched a new ad campaign using the Christian hymn “Joy to the World” to flog its scratch-off games, a move that has led at least one Christian to complain to the Chicago Sun Times:

In Monday’s paper, columnist Lewis Lazare notes that Energy BBDO has created a series of holiday television commercials using the song “Joy to the World” to sell—of all things—lottery tickets! The new lyrics and retro music may be captivating and clever, but are the people at BBDO familiar with the original words to this Christmas hymn? Or do they care?

Or is Linus the only one who still understands what Christmas is all about?

Dan McGuire, Bensenville

It’s a paradigmatic case of cultural appropriation, with one community’s traditions used to promote ostensibly contradictory values. And as MultiCultClassics observes, the campaign doesn’t stop there–”It’s gone from blasphemy to Black clichés.”