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'Jersey Shore' Cast to Reunite for MTV Hurricane Sandy Fundraiser
Those humanitarians on the cast of the 'Jersey Shore' are known for saving the world one drunk and disorderly at a time, but when Hurricane Sandy struck and destroyed much of the East Coast — including their beloved Seaside Heights — the gang put aside their GTL routine to actually do something philanthropic.
(They'll know what that means once they look it up.)
Besides tweeting their thoughts and prayers to those affected, the cast promised to help with the rebuilding effort, and it looks like those vows are already coming to fruition. Although with less manual labor than expected.
Partnering with the non-profit group Architecture for Humanity, which assists in construction projects after natural disasters, the heavily-bronzed group is reuniting for a live show to help the residents of Seaside Heights (where, of course, 'Jersey Shore' was filmed).
Set to air live on MTV on Thursday, Nov. 15, 'Restore the Shore' will feature the entire cast and a slew of other celebrities who have yet to be announced.
And since it'll also be simulcast on mobile devices and over the internet, you'll have no excuse not to tune in.


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The stakes have been raised in Ryan Leslie's million-dollar reward debacle. The singer, who was previously ordered to pay $1 million for his recovered laptop, will have to add an interest payment to the pot.
He will now have to pay an extra 180K for the interest the money would have accumulated since the laptop has been returned, according to reports.
In 2010, singer/songwriter Ryan Leslie posted a $20,000 reward for his lost laptop that was left behind on a trip to Germany. When he found no takers, he later increased the bounty to $1 million.
Leslie particularly was interested in recovering several unreleased tracks he was sure would be turned into hits, which he says were not returned or accessible when the computer was returned.
As CBS Local previously reported, a 54-year-old auto repair shop owner returned the computer, but he didn't receive what he said was promised.
In November of 2012, a judge ordered Leslie to pay up the full $1 million reward. While Leslie contested the judge's decision, he later explained how the legal woes inspired his music.
"Black Mozart starts at the moment that I walk out of the courthouse," he told VIBE of his new album. "I wrote the entire album in the two days following the verdict, so the album is written and will be recorded in layers with the strings, horns and potentially a choir in the royal conservatory in Vienna, Austria, one of the homes of some of the most classical music ever written."
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Pusha T Says Cheese For Terry Richardson
King Push is the latest subject to pose for the camera gawd Terry Richardson. The G.O.O.D. Music bar-thrower did the traditional Terry pose with glasses and two thumbs up before letting his braids and all black attire take centerstage. Watch Pusha Ton say cheese and cop his fiery debut My Name Is My Name on iTunes here.
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Colbert sister: No PAC help from bro
In her first national interview, Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch said that she won't be getting any money from her comedian brother Stephen Colbert's super PAC.
"The answer is, 'No,'" Colbert Busch said Wednesday night on MSNBC's "The Last Word." "Before I announced the campaign, Stephen decided to distribute the fund for the super PAC."
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"So he blew the money before you needed it, is what you're saying?" quipped anchor Lawrence O'Donnell.
"Yes, he gave to very worthy causes," Colbert Busch said.
Colbert Busch is running for Congress in South Carolina. She is the favorite to win the March 19 Democratic primary and will likely face former GOP Gov. Mark Sanford, who is eying a political comeback after fallout from an extramarital affair.
( PHOTOS: Mark Sanford's career)
During the last presidential election cycle, her brother Stephen Colbert — host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" — raised nearly $800,000 for his Americans for a Better Tomorrow Tomorrow super PAC to jokingly explore the influence of money in politics. He announced last December that he donated the money to charities, including Habitat for Humanity and Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
Just as she did in an interview with POLITICO published earlier this week, Colbert Busch did not criticize Sanford during her interview with O'Donnell, instead saying she was focused on winning the primary.
While Colber Busch won't receive funds from her brother's super PAC — she is scheduled to be fundraising with him in the coming days in South Carolina and New York.


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David Beckham Pictures After Dinner With Obama and the Queen
David Wraps Up a Royal Trip to London as Victoria and the Kids Enjoy Idol's Big Night
David Beckham hopped on a flight home to LA from London this morning. He was in the UK for just a few days, first joining his good friend Gary Neville for a final game with Manchester United on Tuesday before moving back to the capital for a very special occasion. He joined other famous Brits like Colin Firth and J.K. Rowling at a black-tie dinner thrown by Queen Elizabeth for the president and first lady last night. The meal capped off the Obamas' official visit to the United Kingdom, which started with a warm welcome from newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton earlier this week. Back home in Hollywood, David's kids and wife Victoria were having some fun of their own. They went out to see the star-studded American Idol conclusion and Victoria tweeted afterward, "Beyonce blew me away at the Idol finale! What a performance . . . and stunningly beautiful, I am loving the blonde hair!"


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The SYNC
system, which is powered by Microsoft software, has been a huge hit for
Ford. Back in May 2009, the company announced that it had delivered
its one-millionth vehicle equipped with SYNC. That one-millionth vehicle, a
blue Ford Fusion Hybrid went to none other than boisterous Microsoft CEO Steve
This week, Ford is announcing that it has crossed
the three million mark with SYNC installations. The Dearborn,
Michigan-based company also noted that SYNC, which is a $395 option, has a take
rate of roughly 80 percent. Ford also tossed around some other statistics
including the fact that 80 percent of SYNC users would recommend the option to
others and nearly 70 percent of SYNC users regularly use the voice recognition
capabilities of the system.
"Not only is it proving to differentiate our products from the
competition, SYNC is becoming a key point of satisfaction," said Ken
Czubay, Ford's vice president of U.S. Marketing, Sales and Service.
"When we introduced SYNC, we were committed to making voice
recognition a highly useful tool for the driver, and this research confirms
we're on track," added Ford's Jim Buczkowski, Ford Electronics and Electrical
Systems Engineering, Research and Advanced Engineering Director. "Ford remains
committed to being the company that will continue to raise the bar on voice recognition
as the primary user interface – giving customers the connectivity they want
while helping them keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel."
Late last month, Ford announced the addition
of SYNC AppLink to the subcompact Ford Fiesta. SYNC AppLink allows drivers
to control their smartphones via voice commands and will soon be expanded to
additional Ford/Lincoln vehicles.
In other Ford news, the company has announced that it will
show the Ford Focus EV and it even posted a teaser
picture of the vehicle on Facebook. As its name implies, the Focus EV
ditches the gasoline powertrain for an electric motor and a generous
lithium-ion battery pack. Ford says that the vehicle will have a driving
range of 100 miles. Nissan's all-electric
Leaf is priced at around $32,000 before a $7,500 tax credit, so it should
be interesting to see how Ford prices its Focus EV. Production for the vehicle is scheduled to gear up later this year.


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Hi guys!
So, I've been coming across a lot of posts about the arsenal we saw on Madara's wall and thought I'd dig a little deeper into it.
In Japan, weapons are more than just tools and each have a very intriguing history behind them. I don't know if said thing applies to Madara and the reasons why he chose these specific weapons, but I'll just let you decide on that.
Here we go:
- The giant shuriken on the wall
First of all, they're not shuriken (手裏剣). They are called hira shuriken (ひら手裏剣) or shaken (車剣) which is a subcategory of shuriken.
Back in the day the shape of the hira shuriken were used to identify the school they belonged to.
To make it a little clearer, below, you can see the different shapes of a variety of shuriken (many of them hira). The differences between them helped to identify the region and school they came from.
Madara's giant hira shuriken belongs to Kouga Ryuu (甲賀流), which is an actual school of ninjutsu that originated from the Shiga prefecture (滋賀県) in Japan around the year 1550.
Here is an actual replica of the Kouga hira shuriken.
I don't know if any of you are interested in Japanese history, but another ninja clan, Iga Ryuu (伊賀流) that originated in the Mie Prefecture (三重県) has been depicted as the rival of the Kouga Ryuu throughout history.
Lookie here, the symbol of the Uchiha police force. A hira shuriken in the Kouga style.
Fun fact; the Iga Ryuu divided their ninjas into three classes.
Guess what they are?
Yup! From high ranking to low; jounin, chuunin and genin!
- The chain aka meteor hammer
It's not a simple chain and it's definitely not the same chain Tobi used against Minato.
The one Tobi used was just a regular kusari (鎖) that was cuffed to his wrists. The use of it was to phase through the enemy and capture said enemy using the chain. Nothing more.
The one Madara has on his wall is a kusarifundo (鎖分銅) which is also known as manrikigusari (万力鎖).
It's basically a chain with weights on each side, a long range combat weapon. It's not uncommon to attach a scythe or a sickle (surprise surprise!) to one end and use it as a kusarigama (鎖鎌).
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Also, guess what, it's a very common weapon of the Kouga clan teached under the name of kusarigamajutsu (鎖鎌術).
- The war fan
It's called gunbai (軍配), gunbai uchiwa (軍配団扇) or dansen uchiwa (按司団扇).
As many of you already know Uchiwa, romanized as Uchiha, means fan. So there's one reason for Madara to carry a gunbai.
It's original purpose was to aid communication on the battlefield. Very much like how aircraft marshalling works nowadays.
There are many folk tales about war fans in general, but the gunbai has a few prominent ones.
For example, it's said that at one of the battles of Kawanakajima (川中島の戦い) Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄) took on Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信) with his gunbai.
Kenshin had parried through Shingen's entire army, sword in hand, but Shingen stood there with his gunbai.
He deflected Kenshin's attack, hence, the gunbai began being regarded as a high ranking deflective and defensive weapon.
This story might have something to do with how Madara's gunbai seems to effortlessly withstand and deflect even the most OP attacks. :shrug:
- The scythe/sickle
It's called kama (鎌) in Japanese and it's considered to be a very versatile weapon.
It can either be used on it's own or it can be attached to a chain and used as a kusarigama (鎖鎌).
As I've mentioned above, kusarigamajutsu (鎖鎌術) was a well practiced branch of ninjutsu of the Kouga clan.
The kama was an easily concealed weapon of the ninja due to many farmers carrying one on them, so it was nearly impossible to accuse someone of having an ulterior motive whilst wielding one.
Besides, same as the hira shuriken, it could be used to determine the clan the ninja was from because of it's rarity. Only six clans included kusarigamajutsu or simply kamajutsu (鎌術) in their teachings, the pioneers being Kouga Ryuu and Shindou Muso Ryuu (神道夢想流) .
- The swords
The tachi (太刀) seems to be the same sword that pierced Madara in his battle against Hashi.
But yet again, I might be wrong, because I noticed something else.
In his earlier battles, Madara is seen to have a vast array of weapons, including a sword or two. The two swords just might be his old weapons, I don't think they have much of a significance though...
And just if you're wondering, the other sword on the right end side could be anything from a yoroi toshi (鎧通し) to a shinobigatana (忍刀).
They are usually straight, relatively short swords that accompany a tachi. Their main purpose is to pierce opposed to tachi whose main purpose is to cut. Both of them on one sash make quite a tag team.
- As a last note, I found something. Madara's gunbai, kama and kusari combo!
I stated above that kamas were usually wielded attached to a kusari which turned them into kusarigamas.
Well, lo and behold, Madara has taken it a step further and combined them both with his gunbai.
In the top left side of the first panel you can see Madara's gunbai and kama attached with his kusari.
So that might explain the kusarifundo on the wall. He might just mix and match the three weapons to his taste and additionally wield his two swords that are tucked in his sash whenever he wants.
Anyways, that's all for now, cheers!


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My dad sent me an email this morning to let me know about yet another Tylenol recall (there was a huge one in January too). This one involves "all lots that have not yet expired of certain over-the-counter (OTC) Children's and Infants' liquid products." The products include Children's and Infants' Tylenol and Motrin. A full list of the affected products is at the McNeil web site. It also looks to me like McNeil isn't offering any compensation, but I'll contact them once I determine how many bottles I have to toss – while I know I didn't pay full price for them, I usually don't get them completely free either so there's some out of pocket cost on my part.
The reason for the recall is disturbingly broad: " Some of the products included in the recall may contain a higher concentration of active ingredient than is specified; others may contain inactive ingredients that may not meet internal testing requirements; and others may contain tiny particles."
That sounds like such substantial quality control issues that it'll be a long time before I buy liquid medication made by McNeil.


text: backWest Point history professor to discuss the misperception of war2.22.2013Eugenia Kiesling, professor of history at the United States Military Academy at West Point, will be speaking at Illinois College on Monday, February 25, at 11 a.m. in Rammelkamp Chapel.The topic of Kiesling's speech is "The Truth that Military Historians Do Not Tell: How Language Shapes our Thinking about War." She will discuss the ways in which Americans have a misperception of the nature of war, and how that misperception is rooted in the failure of military history adequately portraying the true costs of war. Kiesling has a Ph.D. in history from Stanford University, a Master of Arts from Oxford University and a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University. This presentation is free and open to the public. About Illinois CollegeFounded in 1829, Illinois College is a residential liberal arts college fostering academic excellence rooted in opportunities for experiential learning while preparing students for lifelong success. The college is located in Jacksonville, Ill. With an enrollment of about 1,000 students, the college offers over 50 undergraduate programs and a Master of Arts in Education degree program. In 1932 the society of Phi Beta Kappa established a chapter at Illinois College, and it remains one of only 11 in the state.Illinois College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.Visit www.ic.edu or call 217-245-3467 for more information.Media Contact InformationOffice of Marketing and CommunicationsAmy RourkeWriter and Public Relations Manager217.245.3419back


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just the kissing at the beginning was HOT! AND the rest? OMG!!
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The girl on the couch had sexy cotton panties on but they was probably a thong. She should remove the hair around a different way or put baby oil after she shaves. I was waiting to see what the other girl had on under her top and dungarees and then when she was nude.
videos like these make me want to become lesbian. i have a boyfriend but i want to lick a girl out like that so hot
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Hot babes and scorching sex, but... how on earth is this video tagged as anal and rim?!
It's weird. It sounds like it was sound designed. Like everything is just too clear and perfect to be real. Like a foreign softcore film from the 70s.
I especially liked her pussy!!
Cameron is simply the best porn lesbian even when she doesn't use that sexy accent of hers. She is like a force of nature when she starts in on a young female's body.
Cameron is a great pussy eater!!!
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fucking love sweetheart videos, finally something that caters to lesbian and bisexual women that isnt fake!
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caramba! the "older" woman is hot as hell! i want her to do the same to me.
i m interested
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WOW What a show
yuck...i hate when pussies have super thin/wrinkled lips that are all twisted/scrunched up...sorry but it looks gross
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i want to fuck girl so im hurny.
on seeing this, i also wish to become lesbian, was anybody ready?????
wat kiss and wat a great nipples she has
god that was immense. the girls in vivs videos always seem to have real orgasms too. so hot
the lady in jeans is so perfect in all video thatt she have BRAVISSIMA
how hot she is....wat a nipple she has i want 2 suck that nipple
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I like the older bird, she has caused a lot of orgasms in my flat.
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A few months back Kermi made a thread because he wanted some member's to make him an avatar. Suprisingly he used mine for a while (hehe got kermi?).
Well i am pretty crappy with PS, and i need an RoD avatar or something to that extent. Anyone mind giving it a shot? I'll put credits in my sig or something, i'd appreciate it.


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It's 2:30 am where I am. I'm drunk. Go Raptors!
First move a sweet left over Sanders for JV.
It's 2:30 am where I am. I'm drunk. Go Raptors!
First move a sweet left over Sanders for JV.
Rudy Gay misses a dunk after a rebound....why Rudy? How Rudy? I started to raise my fist in triumph but it just turned into a facepalm
Sweet Jesus, the last Raptors rookie of the month was Jamario Moon. That's unfortunate
It's funny how often you hear guys scream "And1!" on their shots
Watching Derozan is so frustrating. Pass it to JV!
Demar really doesn't pass to Jonas.
it just shows how low his bball iq is....
Officials screwed Milwaukee on a couple of calls. I don't know why they didn't give continuation on the goaltend. The foul was on the shot.
So tired of Leo. I know this gets beaten to death. Still though, with Leo doing so many recent games, it's getting to be a bit much.
Man, Ross took off from far on that dunk
Man this game feels so outta reach
Raptors playing like they're making a bid to be a new D league team.
The Refs really messing this game up.
51-33 ... Im embarrassed
Such a garbage game.
What an insult to Garbage games ...
Man If I had a Ilyasova poster in my room. I'd wet the bed every night.
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ArtsWatch: Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Korea
The Recording Academy actively represents the music community on such issues as intellectual property rights, music piracy, archiving and preservation, and censorship concerns. In pursuing its commitment to addressing these and other issues, The Recording Academy undertakes a variety of national initiatives. ArtsWatch is a key part of an agenda aimed at raising public awareness of and support for the rights of artists. To become more involved, visit Advocacy Action @ GRAMMY.com and sign up for Advocacy Action E-lerts.
On Oct. 12 Congress passed long-pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. The following day President Barack Obama hosted Korea's President Lee Myung-bak for a whirlwind schedule of events, which drew the comment "the carpet does not get any redder than that" from The New York Times. The Entertainment Industry Coalition For Free Trade spelled out the creative community's many reasons to celebrate the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement last December, and the MPAA and RIAA thanked Congress for passing the three agreements. Similar to the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that Korea and the United States signed on Oct. 1 that is now awaiting ratification, these agreements promise a harmonized international environment for intellectual property protection and enforcement. Korea's entertainment marketplace presents a less predictable road ahead, filled with cultural and commercial opportunities, particularly for digital media distribution. In addition to being one of the world's most wired nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development last December named Korea "the leading country for wireless broadband subscriptions, with 89.8 per 100 inhabitants." Free trade enables the marketplace to create surprising winners and losers, but confidence seems warranted that U.S. entertainment's bottom line will come out ahead thanks to Korea. On the cultural side, it will be interesting to see what new flavors develop.
In letters mailed during the week of Oct. 7, the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus asked the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Association of National Advertisers and the Interactive Advertising Bureau to disclose details regarding their antipiracy efforts and to refrain from placing ads on infringing websites. IAB General Counsel Mike Zaneis told Cnet News that his organization was preparing a response, but also added, "It's difficult to police all of this on a real-time basis when you're talking about millions of websites." This past June, ad agency parent company GroupM launched a strict antipiracy policy, beginning with a blacklist containing 2,000 prohibited domain names. Hopefully others will follow its lead and start to tackle this daunting challenge with best efforts.
On Oct. 12 Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowksi announced an array of new broadband adoption and digital literacy initiatives, combining public, private and nonprofit efforts. With initial support from the Knight Foundation, the One Economy Corporation will manage a new umbrella organization, Connect 2 Compete, to help integrate these many efforts. Its partners include Best Buy, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, CareerBuilder, Common Sense Media, Discovery Channel, Microsoft, Monster, NAACP, National Council of La Raza, and Sesame Street, among others. Genachowski's vision of the challenge focuses on the disconnect between 100 million Americans who lack home Internet service and the 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies that only post their job openings online. There are also many employment categories in which there are as many job openings as applicants, and basic digital literacy training at home or in a library could equip millions of people with the skills they need to compete for these jobs. "We need to ensure that all of our population has at least those skills required for participation in our digital economy," said Genachowski.
After the FCC's Net neutrality rules were published in the Federal Register last month, many plaintiffs promptly sued the agency with a range of complaints including the regulations being too restrictive and not restrictive enough. These have all been consolidated before the U.S. Court of Appeals — D.C. Circuit, a venue selected randomly. Plaintiff Verizon is pleased and the FCC is unhappy that this is the same court that last year struck down the agency's claim it could regulate Comcast's selective data-throttling practices based on the FCC having "ancillary jurisdiction."
On Oct. 7 British Internet service providers BT and TalkTalk were granted leave to appeal their previously unsuccessful challenges to the Digital Economy Act. The UK's plans to send out warning letters to consumers accused of copyright infringement must now be further delayed until after the ISPs' appeal is resolved.
British think tank Demos released the report "Risky Business" on Oct. 10 at a media event led by UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey. The research-intensive report argues creative industries fall victim to a myth of being especially high-risk, which deters investors but is not reflected by a particularly high rate of business failure, especially compared to other risky businesses such as hotels and restaurants. The implications for quantitative treatment of the intellectual property-based economy are profound, especially with regard to government policy efforts.
Click on the "ArtsWatch" tag below for links to other GRAMMY News stories in this series.


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"It's not completely out of the question," said John Robinson, the warning coordinator meteorologist at the National Weather Service in North Little Rock. "It wouldn't absolutely surprise me if it happened over the weekend," particularly south and west of the capital.
While it often feels like it's over 100 in Arkansas, the state will have two or three years every decade when high temperatures never reach the triple-digits. "When its 98 or 99, it feels so miserable," Robinson said. The humidity makes the weather feels as though it's upward of 110.
Robinson said the bigger worry was a lack of rain. Stressed trees are already putting on shows that make it appear like autumn and grass that had been green is wilting.
"I was always told ... until the grass begins to turn brown, don't bother forecasting it to be 100," Robinson said. Some portions of Arkansas have had 100 degree readings as late as October.
It hasn't reached 100 yet at North Little Rock this summer and dry air has allowed temperatures to drop into the 50s and 60s already this year. Robinson likened the pattern to that of a desert, where dry air cools rapidly and heats rapidly.
Depending on what farmers have in their fields, the lack of rain is either beneficial or harmful. Cattlemen could use rain on their pastures, as could soybean farmers who planted late this year due to a wet spring, said Brian Haller, the White County extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas' Division of Agriculture. Row crop farmers could use dry conditions as they begin to harvest.
"For rice and corn, they're trying to get out," Haller said. "Probably if you gave them the choice, they'd want it just like this: dry air and no humidity."
Arkansas wet spring and a round of rain in July helped some hay farmers take a third cutting. A fourth would almost translate into a perfect year.
"You probably have some with more hay and more grass than they know what to do with," Haller said.
Because many people sold cattle during a drought last year, they have a surplus of hay and nowhere to sell it.
"I've had a lot of calls from people with hay for sale but there's not a lot of major drought going on so the hay market is pretty low," Haller said.
He predicted more hay bales would be available for Halloween decorations next month.


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Police Officer Accused of Using Law Enforcement Database to Find Facebook Account of Female Motorist He Fancied
Prosecutors in New Jersey have accused Voorhees police officer Jeffery Tyther of abusing his power after he allegedly used a law enforcement database to learn personal information about a passing female driver so he could stalk her on Facebook.
"He was on patrol and apparently a female motorist drove past him in her vehicle and in a marked police cruiser he pulled up behind her and then pulled up next to her and waved at her," Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason McLaughlin told Philly's FOX 29.
Looking to track the 20-something woman down, the 44-year-old patrolman plugged her license plate number into the classified state database. "Through that got her personal information and then attempted to contact her through facebook," McLaughlin said.
After the woman turned down Tyther's friend request, he emailed her to make sure she knew he was the police officer who waved at her. It was then that the victim informed a co-worked of Tyther's unwelcome advances, and together they notified the police.
"I think she thought it was creepy", said McLaughlin.
Following a ten-month long investigation into the incident, prosecutors officially charged Tyther with second-degree computer theft and a fourth-degree charge of violating the Motor Vehicle Record Law.
Tyther is currently suspended without pay and faces up to 10 years behind bars if found guilty.


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Alpina F13 B6 6 series cabrio revealed earlyThis car will be making its debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show coming up in the next two weeks but Alpina decided to release a small handful of photos early. Nothing shocking here, same 4.4 liter twin turbo V8 motor with 507 horsepower as the B7. Alpina changes the turbos on the standard N63 V8 as well as the pistons and rods for a unique setup. Everything else is typical Alpina with the traditional wheels and subdued body work. We have to wonder though, why buy this when the M6 is right around the corner? Seems rather pointless as the B7 makes more sense since there is no M7 model from BMW.
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The subtle qualities of the Alpina are lost on people that think an M car is better. They adhere to the "Q-ship" philosophy. Alpinas interior alone is worthy of the price of admission. And then when you get to the suspension bit, the suspension engineers work "magic" with how the 5,6 & 7 work perfectly on all most all road surfaces in addition to a staggered 21" rim & tire package! BMW really needs to look into their suspension setup. They could use a little more visual drama though.And BMW does not need to make an M7 since they let Alpina do that, so to speak. But an M7 would ridiculously cool. Alpina is actually not a tuner, they are certified by the German government as a manufacturer.
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Cain, Giants experience rare home stumble
Righty allows five runs as San Francisco drops series
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' weekend performance against Cincinnati served as a reminder that though they've excelled at home, they're not infallible. San Francisco dropped two of three games to the Reds, who captured Sunday's finale, 5-2. The decision interrupted the Giants' stretch of nine victorious series in their last 10 at AT&T Park, including six in a row. The Giants, whose 38-18 home record remains the National League's best, hadn't lost a series by the bay since the Los Angeles Angels swept them in three Interleague games June 15-17. On paper, the Giants seemed to enjoy a considerable edge entering the series' rubber game. Matt Cain, their starter, was 6-1 with a 1.98 ERA at home, where he hadn't lost since May 2. By contrast, Cain's Cincinnati counterpart, Aaron Harang, had lost his last nine decisions. Moreover, the Giants had won nine of 11 games before this series, while the Reds had dropped eight of nine. That's why paper is so disposable. Cain (12-4) worked seven innings and surrendered all of Cincinnati's five runs, one more than the number of earned runs he had yielded in his previous seven home starts combined. Harang (6-13) allowed just two Giants to reach second base in the first seven innings. "It's a series that you think that we should win," Cain said. "We just didn't get it done. Our pitching let us down." In fact, the Giants lost both games started by their prized 12-game winners, Cain and Tim Lincecum, though the latter received no decision after departing Friday's encounter with a 5-3 lead. The Giants squandered a chance to gain ground on the Los Angeles Dodgers, whom they trail by 5 1/2 games in the National League West. San Francisco begins a three-game series against the first-place Dodgers at AT&T Park on Monday. Meanwhile, the Giants fell back into a tie with Colorado for the NL Wild Card lead. San Francisco also must dwell on the health of center fielder Aaron Rowand, who left the game after six innings with a tight left hamstring. Rowand made a spectacular diving catch of Brandon Phillips' fifth-inning line drive but felt discomfort as he pursued a fly ball hit by the next batter, Joey Votto. Warned by head athletic trainer Dave Groeschner that he could put himself on the 15-day disabled list if his hamstring popped, Rowand played just one more inning. "He said be smart about it," Rowand said. By the time Rowand departed, Cincinnati appeared to be in complete control with a 5-1 lead. Phillips' two-out home run in the first inning and Adam Rosales' two-run homer in the fourth highlighted the Reds' offense. Rosales, a rookie who entered the game batting .211, was an unlikely tormentor. But Cain said that the 2-1 pitch Rosales hammered "ran right back over the middle of the plate, kind of in his happy area." The two long balls equaled the number of homers Cain surrendered in his previous seven home starts. Wladimir Balantien also helped the Reds, singling and scoring in the fourth inning and singling again to drive in a run in the fifth. The Giants had isolated opportunities to change their fortunes. But Pablo Sandoval, their best all-around hitter, twice grounded into double plays at critical junctures -- with runners at the corners and nobody out in the sixth inning against Harang, then with the bases loaded and nobody out in the eighth against right-handed reliever Nick Masset. Give Sandoval a break, Giants catcher Bengie Molina urged. "What can you say about Pablo? When is he going to do that again? Probably never," Molina said. "That kid has been carrying us for so long. I'm sure he'll win the game for us tomorrow or the next day." Facing Masset as the potential tying run, Sandoval swung on the first pitch and grounded it to second base. Spectators groaned, but neither club's manager second-guessed the 22-year-old. "Most of the time that first pitch is going to be the best pitch to hit," Cincinnati's Dusty Baker said. "I have nothing bad to say about him swinging at the first pitch. This guy has had success doing that all year. That's why he's hitting .330-something." Said San Francisco's Bruce Bochy with an emphasis that prompted laughter, "I don't want Pablo taking anything. If there's something there he likes, that's Pablo. No way we're going to change that. We had the right guy up there, and he got out in front of [the pitch]."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Defense attorneys tried to shift the blame from their clients in closing statements Monday in the murder trial of three men accused of killing six people in a revenge slaying over an Xbox video game system.
Ed Mills, who represents Jerone Hunter, told jurors they should give little weight to the testimony of the other defendants, Troy Victorino and Michael Salas.
Victorino is accused of organizing the baseball bat attacks because one of the victims took his Xbox and some clothing from a house he was squatting in.
Mills said Salas "will fabricate any story to save his own neck."
Jeff Dees, who represents Salas, said, "Hunter and Victorino killed everyone in that house. I don't see the evidence that Mike Salas ever intended to kill anybody."
Salas and Hunter testified that they hit some of the victims, but their lawyers said their clients denied inflicting any fatal blows.
Both attorneys claimed their clients were intimidated by Victorino, a 6-foot-7-inch, 270-pound convicted felon and wouldn't have entered the house if they had not been threatened and coerced.
"Victorino is kind of a Charles Manson," said another Hunter attorney, Frank Bankowitz. "He had power over them. He could tell them what do. He could tell them when to be, where to be, how to be."
Jeff Dowdy, one of Victorino's attorneys, said his client was being unfairly blamed by the two other defendants.
"Their defense is: it's all Troy's fault. This is feeding frenzy, blame everything on Troy," Dowdy said. "We can accept the verdict. We're prepared to accept the verdict. But we do not want the verdict to be based upon people piling on Victorino. That's all we ask."
State Attorney John Tanner said it was unimportant who killed which person at the Deltona home.
"Who killed who? They killed them all," Tanner said.
Tanner disputed the claims by Salas and Hunter about fearing Victorino.
"They are not under his dominion," Tanner said.
The jury was expected to begin deliberations later Monday.
During seven days of testimony, jurors saw autopsy photographs and a video of the victims' bloodied and broken bodies at the crime scene. If jurors find the men guilty of first-degree murder, they will return later in the week to recommend whether they should receive life in prison or death by lethal injection.
Victorino denied even being at the home in Deltona on Aug. 6, 2004, when the massacre occurred. Victorino, 29, testified he was drinking with friends at a restaurant at the time of the killings. He denied involvement in the slayings.
However, evidence linked him to the scene. Crime analysts said DNA evidence showed a pair of Lugz boots stained with the blood of several victims belonged to Victorino. Bloody prints matching the boots were also found at the crime scene.
Prosecutors claim Victorino became angry when victim Erin Belanger, 22, took his belongings from her grandparents' vacant home. Belanger had Victorino evicted when she found him and others squatting there.
Victorino testified he had permission to be there and said he was not angry with Belanger.
In addition to Belanger, the victims were Francisco Ayo-Roman; Michelle Nathan, 19; Anthony Vega, 34; Roberto Gonzalez, 28; and Jonathan Gleason, 17.
A fourth defendant, Robert Cannon, 20, pleaded guilty in October to all the charges. But when he took the stand early in the trial, he refused to testify and said he wanted to withdraw his guilty plea because he was innocent. Chief Circuit Judge Bill Parsons hasn't decided whether he will allow the change.
The case was moved from DeLand to St. Augustine after Parsons determined he could not select an impartial jury because of intense news coverage.
After about an hour and a half of jury direction, the jury has begun to deliberate.
Previous Stories:
- July 24, 2006: Closing Arguments Begin In Case Of 6 Slayings
- July 20, 2006: Defendants Deny Killing Anyone In Video Game Slayings
- July 19, 2006: 'Ringleader' Of Xbox Murders Takes Stand In His Defense
- July 18, 2006: State: Victims' Blood On Defendant's Bat, Boots
- July 17, 2006: Investigator: 2 Defendants Admit Beating 6 People Who Were Killed
- July 14, 2006: Judge Denies Mistrial In Xbox Slaying Case
- July 13, 2006: Star Witness In Alleged Xbox Slayings 'Can Say No More'
- July 12, 2006: Prosecutor Details 6 Grisly Slayings In 'Xbox Murder Trial'
- July 5, 2006: St. Johns Jurors Being Chosen To Hear Xbox Murder Trial
- April 10, 2006: Judge Rules Suspect In Deltona Slayings Competent To Stand Trial
- March 2, 2006: Judge Says Deltona Slayings Trial Will Remain In Volusia County
- March 24, 2005: Judge Seals Crime Scene, Autopsy Photos From Deltona Massacre
- February 21, 2005: Accused Ringleader In Deltona Slayings Says He Was Passed Out
- January 7, 2005: Witness In Deltona Slayings Says He Wants to Testify At Trial
- September 29, 2004: Deltona House Where 6 Were Killed Is Up For Sale
- September 14, 2004: Last Of 4 Accused In Deltona Slayings Pleads Not Guilty
- August 9, 2004: Men Accused In Brutal Slayings Denied Bond
- August 7, 2004: Six People Found Dead In Deltona Home
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NCAA and the NFL team up to host coaching academy
NEW YORK Retired NFL players Andre Rison, Mark Brunell and Terrell Buckley are among 60 aspiring coaches who will attend training sessions next week on how to break into and move up the NFL coaching ranks.
The third annual NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy will run Sunday through Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C., the two organizations announced Wednesday. The program is one of several initiatives NFL officials hope will prevent a repeat of this offseason, when none of the leagues eight head coaching openings went to minority candidates.
Forty-five of the 60 attendees are African-American.
College Football
New rule will add ejections for an intentional high hit
NEW YORK Players who target and hit defenseless players above the shoulders will be ejected from games under a proposal unanimously approved by the NCAA Football Rules Committee.
Targeting will continue to be a 15-yard penalty. Committee chairman and Air Force coach Troy Calhoun said Wednesday that coaches, conference commissioners and officials want the ejection tacked on to send a message that intentional helmet-to-helmet hits wont be tolerated.
If the Playing Rules Oversight Panel approves the plan next month, the rule will go into effect for the 2013 season.
The rules committee also simplified the blocking-below-the-waist rule. Low blocks delivered from in front of the defender in typical line play would be legal, and low blocks from the side or back would not.
College Basketball
No. 1 NBA prospect is out for the season with torn knee
LEXINGTON, Ky. Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel is out for the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee.
Noel tore his anterior cruciate ligament Tuesday night when No. 25 Kentucky lost at Florida. Magnetic resonance imaging Wednesday revealed the injury.
The 6-10 forward, widely considered the top NBA prospect, will have surgery in two or three weeks. The projected recovery period is six to eight months.
USA women beat Scotland in Wambachs 200th match
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Abby Wambach scored on a diving header in the 51st minute, and the U.S. womens soccer team beat Scotland 3-1 on Wednesday night to give Wambach a victory in her 200th international match.
Wambach became the eighth American to play at least 200 games for the national team, and she served as captain for the game in honor of the milestone. Her teammates kept trying to set up the 2012 FIFA player of the year, and Wambach finally converted when Sydney Leroux passed to Wambach just in front for her 153rd career goal and 63rd on a header.
Megan Rapinoe and Christen Press also scored to help the Americans gave new coach Tom Sermanni his second victory in five days against his native Scotland.
USA draws Sweden at home for Fed Cup playoffs
LONDON The United States will host Sweden in the Fed Cup playoffs April 20-21, with the winner returning to the World Group in 2014.
The International Tennis Federations draw Wednesday also set up Serbia at Germany, Switzerland at Australia and Japan at Spain.
The winning teams will return to the competitions main, eight-team field next year. The losers will go into a lower-tier playoff in 2014.
The U.S. Tennis Association said it plans to announce in the next two weeks which city will host the matches against Sweden.
The United States has won a record 17 Fed Cup titles, with the most recent in 2000. The Americans lost 3-2 at Italy last weekend in the first round of the World Group.
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After my first brief taste of Nexon's Dragon Nest at PAX West 2011, I immediately knew I wanted more. The colorful MMORPG offered exactly what I'd been looking for—an addicting mix of the standard MMO tropes: quests, treasure, and friends, combined with an actual battle system. And like all of Nexon's offerings, the game was free to play. I quickly signed up for the beta test, and once my key arrived I happily spent the next few days ignoring all other real world business and engaging myself in this colorful fantasy world.
Unlike gritty Western games with grey and brown color palates or the off-putting neon light effects present in genre mainstay World of Warcraft, Dragon Nest offers a fun colorful world where even the darkest dungeon has a certain charm to it. The graphics are reminiscent of a children's storybook, with a bit of classic anime flair used to good effect. The visuals are obviously a bit rough, as would be expected of any game with town areas packed full of player characters. The blocky models have a definite level of charm, harkening back to colorful PS1 classics like Megaman Legends. As a big fan of the low-polygon aesthetic, I found the graphics awesome. All four of the character classes (Warrior, Cleric, Archer and Sorceress) are impressive to look at and smoothly animated, with the same holding true for the various baddies found within the game.
Perhaps the most exciting feature of Dragon Nest is the real-time battle system, which has players frantically hacking and slashing away at enemies with a level of involvement mostly unknown to the genre. The game features no lock-on, Archers and Mages have to actually aim their projectiles, and Warriors and Clerics are forced to dodge enemy attacks lest face defeat. The combat in Dragon Nest is leagues more exciting than the computer-assisted fights of other MMOs, each battle a frantic exchange of blows, a variety of dazzling special attacks taking down the legions of enemy monsters, sometimes twenty or more in number. Though the dungeon areas can be tackled alone, the most fun comes from putting together a full party of four adventurers and plowing through these levels with the murderous fury of a raging bull. In some of the more narrow areas, I couldn't help but feel bad for the various baddies facing us, as our team mashed away on special attacks that sent our enemies flying around the screen. A definite focus is on the frantic action this brawler-style gameplay offers, with the dungeon areas filled with a variety of destructible environmental objects. There's no real physics engine to speak of, bookcases or barrels exploding in a similar fashion to the last, though it's still a visual treat to see the petite anime characters destroying everything in sight. The game's combo counter is another obvious reminder of the game's frantic combat system, and it was a thrill to string lines of special attacks together in hopes of a 50+ combo.
Of course, the real addicting factor of all MMOs is the promise of loot, and Dragon Nest has no shortage of items to be plundered. Interesting is how the game distributes items among parties, with a very smart variety of options in regard to this. For most of my time with the beta, we employed the round robin system, where each item picked up was automatically given away in rotation. I'll admit there was a bit of metagaming here, as I attempted to quickly snatch up useless crystals when it wasn't my turn for an item, and scampering toward high-powered equipment when my character was due; however, it was definitely a lot more satisfying than the finders-keepers method of old. Additionally, the game was set up so if a truly rare item was found, then each player had the option to roll a 100-sided die, with the item awarded to the player with the highest roll. A bit disappointing to roll a 5 when vying for that Legendary bow, but again, a very smart system.
In addition to finding items within the dungeons, there are of course various sellers in-game, as well as a fun little mini-game following each completed dungeon, players choosing from among up to four treasure chests, with a mystery reward waiting inside. Then there's Nexon's cash shop, where players can exchange real currency for in-game items. This is how Nexon manages to offer their games for free, and though players would like to think they can resist the allure of the cash shop, the very impressive-looking armor options leave you drooling. Obviously the free-to-play model benefits Dragon Nest greatly. With a small client download, it's easy to invite friends to give it a try, with truly dedicated adventurers able to pony up a few bucks to deck out their character properly.
Besides the standard loot collecting and level grinding, there's an incredible wealth of additional features that complete the robust Dragon Nest experience. Adventurers can try to collect entire sets of armor for additional stat bonuses, improve the power of weapons and armor in the blacksmith's shop, learn new skills from the training guild, and eventually earn the ability to choose a secondary character class, unlocking the new skills and abilities that come along with it. There's long been the assumption that free games skimp on the features, but Dragon Nest is proving to be one that breaks the trend. The one true hang-up I had was the lack of character customization. The classes are all gender specific, meaning all Warriors and Clerics are male while all Archers and Sorceresses are female (I guess the term "sorceress" might've given that away already). With only a few small character options to choose from, most avatars are indistinguishable from each other, and I ran into exact clones of myself more than a few times. The game obviously hopes players will differentiate themselves from the pack by shelling out some cash for the aforementioned armor sets, but I'd at least hoped to choose some basics, like hair or eye color.
Despite my small reservations, I honestly loved my short time with the game, and though I wasn't able to grind toward level 16 and earn the special title being offered as part of the beta event, I still had a blast. Definitely keep an eye out for Dragon Nest when it launches sometime this fall.


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UK Tour Announced
Arctic Monkeys will undertake a UK arena tour in October/November 2013. Commencing in Newcastle at the Metro Radio Arena on Tuesday 22nd October and culminating at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on Saturday 2nd November, support comes from The Strypes.
Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 5th July via Gigs & Tours / Ticketmaster / Gigs in Scotland(Glasgow only).
Age restrictions are 16+ standing / 14+ accompanied by an aduly and must be seated. (For London 16+ standing / under 16's accompanied by an adult and must be seated).
Tues 22nd Oct Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Wed 23rd Oct Manchester Arena
Fri 25th Oct London Earls Court
Mon 28th Oct Liverpool Echo Arena
Tues 29th Oct Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Thurs 31st Oct Birmingham LG Arena
Fri 1st Nov Glasgow Hydro
Sat 2nd Nov Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
06.07.13 1:33 am
I Tried to get tickets at 9 AM I kept trying online Sheffield arena website it said try again later please add another date in sheffield
05.07.13 11:38 pm
So disappointed not to get tickets for Glasgow Hydro! Tried different browsers and different ticket websites from 9am without any luck. By 09.10am websites that sell on tickets (Viagogo etc) had tickets onsale for twice the price. What kind of fan buys tickets and within 10 minutes realises that they cannot attend? No fan that I have ever come across...
When is someone going to stop the ticket touts???? It's ruining live music for real fans!
05.07.13 11:06 pm
please please another Sheffield date so gutted tried so hard to get tickets all family very sad.
05.07.13 7:07 pm
05.07.13 7:06 pm
I'm with this feeling that you guys are going to announce another show in London in December, just to please all of the south american fans that you guys have who will only be able to go to the UK by December. The tickets from the October/November Tour are practically sold out, which means that there are a lot of fans who won't have the opportunity to go to one of you guys' concert. South-Americans, especially brazilians, are desperate to have the time of their lives simply by going to one of the Arctic Monkeys concert, what will only happen if you guys could perform in December.
05.07.13 5:55 pm
its not fair that the fake fans got them either...
05.07.13 5:54 pm
should do more uk tours as that's where you are from and the majority of where your fan base are.... you have done hundreds all over the world in the past two years so its silly doing only a few here then going off again. even if you did tripple the amount that you've done it would still all sold out... and it would still be like a tenth of what you did in america... really disappointed that's you only played Birmingham in the midlands too. What about Nottingham?!?!? we loved here last time you played.
05.07.13 4:20 pm
Does anyone think there will be another gig for sheffield.. gutted i didnt get tickets tried 2 phones and 2 computers just couldnt get tickets:-(
05.07.13 2:21 pm
I IA few years ago when you played at the Magna people had to preregister and then attend the gig if they were the ones who bought the tickets. It meant a lot of people still struggled to get tickets but there were hardly any been posted on ebay etc. I think presale was a great idea as it rewarded those of us signed up to here but that another Sheffield date would be great, especially as there are two in London. There are some of us who have followed you since your Leadmill days who missed out and see Viago etc selling tickets over the odds. Scummy people. Please play another date in Sheffield
05.07.13 2:13 pm
So disappointed at not been able to buy tickets for the Sheffield gig. Please put an extra date on.
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http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q82For non-taxpaying teams (again, they must be under the tax level after the trade), the salaries that can be acquired depend on the total salaries the team is trading away:
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$19.6 million and up/ 125% of the outgoing salary, plus $100,000
Taxpaying teams can take back up to 125% of their outgoing salaries, plus $100,000, no matter how much salary the team is sending away. For example, a taxpaying team trading away $10 million in salaries can acquire one or more replacement players making up to $12.6 million.
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text: NBC/Universal has decided to rebrand G4 as the Esquire Channel (in a partnership with Esquire Magazine) as a new upscale channel hoping to appeal to the "untapped metrosexual viewership." Cooking, travel, and fashion shows are being developed, as well as perhaps a new one for gaming (for you former G4 watchers). http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/08/g4-is-officially-becoming-the-esquire-channel


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The European Parliament witnessed the signing of a Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Belgian Federal Ministry for Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment and IUCN Regional Office for Pan-Europe upon the occasion of the
event on the European Biodiversity Action Plan
co-organized by Countdown 2010 and the
EP Intergroup on Sustainable Development
Cooperation between IUCN and the Belgian Government goes back in the days when Belgium was among the founding members of the organization and the first IUCN Headquarters office was in Brussels. Also, Mr. Jean-Paul Harroy, the first Secretary General of the "International Union for the Protection of Nature" – as it was called at the time – was Belgian.
Sixty years later, the Belgian Government and IUCN come back together to strengthen once more their relationship. The Strategic Partnership Agreement covers a period of four years and envisages enhanced cooperation in several fields of activity, such as:
- Establishing a programme that develops and implements activities which contribute to the main international policy processes on biodiversity and thus supporting the definition of a post-2010 target;
- Supporting the activities of IUCN Regional Office for Pan- Europe and its Countdown 2010 initiative;
- Cooperating with the IUCN Protected Areas Programme and the World Heritage Convention on marine and forest issues;
- Supporting TEMATEA as a means to contribute to the 2010 target, and;
- Supporting the establishment of a Belgian Business and Biodiversity platform.
Tamas Marghescu, IUCN Regional Director for Pan-Europe, noted that "the newly-signed partnership is particularly significant since Belgium will hold the Presidency of the European Council in the second half of 2010". Close cooperation will seek to ensure that the adoption of a new post-2010 target on biodiversity – which will probably be accomplished at the meeting of Heads of State in New York in September 2010 – will be kept high on the EU Presidency agenda.


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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Ian Kinsler hit a winning RBI single with one out in the 13th inning and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 Sunday night after tying the game with three unearned runs in the ninth.
Texas had the bases loaded when Kinsler, one of eight Texas players headed to the All-Star game, hit a liner into the left-center field gap that bounced against the wall while his teammates stormed out the dugout to celebrate the team's second consecutive 4-3 extra-inning victory.
Scott Feldman (3-6), the eighth Rangers pitcher, worked the last two innings.
Along with extra innings in the last game before the All-Star break, there was a 46-minute delay in the fourth inning that started with a lightning bolt and a loud clap of thunder. Watch the video by clicking here.


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Hey rap fans im new to this forum to
Hey rap fans im new to this forum to
So, I decided to start posting.
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It's about time that I joined.
Big fan of the website and the RR forums, finally stopped proacrastinating and just created a profile. I started my first thread today titled "I'm All In, An Idiot's Guide to Keeping Chris Bosh." Take a look and let me know what you think, is the proposal possible, would we even want to do that, and am I high?
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Northern New England awaits storm's arrival
PORTLAND, Maine -- Barely a year after Tropical Storm Irene roared through northern New England, cutting off entire communities in Vermont and leaving thousands of people displaced, residents braced again for more heavy rains, high winds and widespread power outages from another massive storm approaching the region.
Hurricane Sandy was headed north from the Caribbean and was expected to collide with a wintry storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic. The resulting megastorm was expected to arrive in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont on Monday, with sustained winds of 30-40 mph and gusts of 50-60 mph and higher.
Homeowners and business owners in Waterbury, Vt., were hopeful the megastorm wouldn't be a repeat of Irene, the most devastating natural disaster in the state since flooding in 1927, said Municipal Manager Bill Shepeluk.
Waterbury residents have been on edge awaiting the latest storm with the devastation from Irene still fresh in their minds. It was just 14 months ago when the Winooski River overflowed its banks there, chasing scores from their homes, closing businesses and most of the state offices, and forcing the state's hospital for the mentally ill to shut down.
"Clearly there has been a significant palpable level of anxiety among folks, especially those who were directly impacted last year," said Shepeluk, who was finalizing municipal insurance claims from Irene on Sunday.
Across Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, residents prepared Sunday for the massive storm approaching the region.
The region will get 1 to 3 inches of rain on Monday and Tuesday, with some areas getting 4 to 5 inches, said National Weather Service meteorologist Margaret Curtis in Gray, Maine.
Seas were expected to build to 15 to 25 feet off southern Maine and New Hampshire, and coastal erosion is expected, she said.
Officials said there were concerns of downed trees and power lines, and the potential for flash flooding and coastal erosion. After the storm's peak from Monday afternoon into Tuesday, the rain is expected to last for a couple more days, adding to the risk of flooding and high waters levels in streams and rivers.
Vermont was the hardest hit of the three states when Irene rumbled through region in August 2011. About a dozen Vermont communities were cut off and thousands displaced after raging rivers destroyed bridges and roads.
Gov. Peter Shumlin declared a state of emergency Sunday ahead of the storm's arrival to give Vermont access to National Guard troops and federal emergency response funds if needed.
To prepare for the latest storm in Waterbury, culverts and storm drainage basins have been cleared of debris, lagoons have been lowered at the wastewater treatment plant and stand-by generators are ready.
Residents were feeling a bit better Sunday with lowered rainfall predictions, but there's nothing much anybody can do if the Winooski River should happen to overflow, Shepeluk said.
"We're just hoping it goes somewhere else," he said about the oncoming storm.
Green Mountain Power, the state's largest utility, said it had secured more than 250 additional line workers and tree trimmers to assist Green Mountain crews to restore power to customers. Utility line crews from Canada were scheduled to arrive Sunday night, with others from as far away as Tennessee and Florida arriving in the overnight hours and into Monday.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed a limited emergency declaration Friday allowing power crews from other states and Canada to help with power restoration and waiving federal rules to extend the hours of service that repair crews can work.
In New Hampshire, Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, canceled speaking engagements in Derry and Manchester due to the storm. The Romney campaign said the campaign bus would be used for relief efforts throughout the East. Also, Vice President Joe Biden canceled a scheduled stop in Keene on Monday because of the storm.
Gov. John Lynch ordered the National Guard on Sunday to put 100 soldiers on state active duty by Monday morning to be prepared to assist with emergency response.
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Please join Mayor Steve Bach for his next Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, July 30, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Falcon Police Substation, 7850 Goddard St. (west of Chapel Hills Mall off Kelly Johnson Blvd, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920). This meeting will provide an opportunity for citizens to give feedback, offer ideas and contribute to the 2014 budget process.
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Maddon's menagerie helps keep players loose
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
ST. PETERSBURG -- Over the course of the homestand, the Rays have had in their clubhouse a DJ, a magician and, on Tuesday afternoon, a cockatoo named Mindy.
Manager Joe Maddon paraded around the clubhouse with the bird, who came to the park from nearby Sunken Gardens, on his left shoulder prior to going outside to conduct his pregame meeting with the media, also with the bird perched on his shoulder.
"A beautiful bird, and we're very fortunate to be permitted to have her out here today," Maddon said. "Just another little diversion. … I've always wanted one of these."
The Rays limped home following a 2-7 road trip but are 4-0 since returning. Maddon noted that part of the reasoning behind having the attractions in the clubhouse is to "lighten things up."
"I think a lot of times, it gets confused when things aren't going well. It's not because your guys aren't working hard enough or they don't care enough," Maddon said. "Sometimes it's just not working. Let's go and take the other road less traveled with a bird in the clubhouse."
Outfielder Matt Joyce noted that very little could surprise him based on what he's seen in the clubhouse during this homestand, but he allowed that there's a method to Maddon's madness.
"I guess you get so wrapped up in playing baseball ... that anything you can do to take your mind off the game and all the failure that surrounds the game is definitely a welcome change of mindset," Joyce said.
Not everybody in the clubhouse buys in to everything that is done in the name of remaining loose. There are times when players will roll their eyes at their manager's antics, but Maddon always follows through, regardless.
"I guess he understands that everybody is different," Joyce said. "So not everybody is going to think the bird is the coolest thing in the world, but there's going to be a couple of guys who really get a kick out of it. For those guys, maybe it means a little bit more than for some of the other guys. But we're also a team. Not everybody's the same; you kind of have to appease everybody."
Reliever Joel Peralta, a native of the Dominican Republic, teased that Maddon needed to take care of his Dominican players when entertaining.
"He needs to do something for [the Dominicans] or we're walking," said Peralta with a smile.
When told of Peralta's demands, Maddon noted that he had something planned for them during Spring Training but backed off.
"I should have done it in Spring Training," he said, though he declined to provide specifics.
Maddon leaked that he has a surprise in store for the players on Wednesday, saying only, "It will be another member of the animal kingdom."
Farnsworth earns kudos from Maddon
ST. PETERSBURG -- Veteran right-hander Kyle Farnsworth retired the Yankees in order in the ninth inning of Monday night's game, prompting praise from manager Joe Maddon.
"Don't overlook Kyle Farnsworth," Maddon said. "That was the best he's thrown in a long time. That was really fun to watch. Fastball back up to 94, with a real good cut. That is really encouraging. He's starting to feel it in a good way. So he's going to become a big force for us."
Farnsworth is 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA in six appearances.
"I still think I have a ways to go. I just have to get people out, that's all that matters to me," Farnsworth said.
When asked to elaborate on what he meant by "a ways to go," he said, "Just a mixture of everything."
"Just have to keep on going at it," added Farnsworth, who served as the Rays' closer in 2011. "It's a long season."
Lineup gets some input from Chamber of Commerce
ST. PETERSBURG -- On Tuesday, principal owner Stuart Sternberg, manager Joe Maddon, and players Ryan Roberts, Kelly Johnson and Jamey Wright visited the Tampa Chamber of Commerce luncheon, and for the third consecutive year, Maddon allowed the group to help piece together his lineup.
"I thought they did a really good job," Maddon said. "Two of the players in attendance are in the starting lineup, Ryan Roberts and Kelly Johnson. Had Shelley Duncan gone to the luncheon, he had a shot. So Kelly got the nod."
Of particular note: The Rays won the previous two times the Chamber picked the lineup.
Worth noting
• Evan Longoria has reached base safely (via hit, walk or hit-by-pitch) in 33 straight games, dating back to Sept. 19, which gives him the longest active streak in baseball and the third-longest streak in club history behind Johnny Damon (39 in 2011) and Ben Grieve (37 in 2001). He has reached in all 19 games this season, one of three Major Leaguers to do so this year, joining the Orioles' Nick Markakis and the Angels' Mark Trumbo.
• According to Elias, prior to left-hander Matt Moore, the last pitcher 23 or younger to start a season 4-0 with an ERA of 1.10 or better in his first four starts of the season was 20-year-old Fernando Valenzuela of the Dodgers, who started the 1981 season at 4-0 with a 0.25 ERA.
• Through the first 12 games of the season, the Rays scored 35 runs in 107 innings, batting .205 with five home runs. In the seven games since then, they have scored 38 runs in 60 innings, batting .267 with 15 home runs.
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The other day I attached the helmetcam for a journey up and over Boreas Pass (Gourmet lunch at the top sitting on a rock).
Boreas Pass offered the shortest train route from Denver to the lucrative mines in Leadville, crossing the Continental Divide twice. It was closed down in 1938. In 1952 a dirt/rock road was built over the train bed.
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Carrying a Torch in the Gulf
Little did Drew Wheelan '96 know when he arrived in Grand Isle, Louisiana, how much his new job—and life—would be consumed by the environmental nightmare unfolding offshore. Or that he would rise to national prominence because of it.
Last May, Wheelan moved from Wilkeson, Washington, where he was doing marine upholstery work, to become the American Birding Association's temporary Gulf Conservation Coordinator. Just three weeks earlier, the Deepwater Horizon rig had exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, releasing a gusher of oil that would flow unabated for the next four months.
Living mostly in his truck, on a shoestring budget, Wheelan worked diligently—many days from six in the morning until midnight (except when he got slammed by pneumonia)—to show the world what was happening on the impacted shorelines from Texas to Florida. He launched a multimedia blog for the ABA that quickly came to be regarded as one of the most credible sources of on-the-ground information about the disaster. In it, he chronicled the terrible consequences for Gulf Coast bird life and ecosystems, visited BP's Louisiana headquarters to demand the company stop using the toxic dispersant Corexit (and was harassed by local police), and documented the lack of environmental oversight associated with the cleanup. He also reported on the valiant efforts of activists and scientists who responded to the tragedy and helped protect endangered least tern nesting habitat from destruction by BP contractors. His work soon caught the attention of the mainstream media: he was interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper; his footage appeared on national news broadcasts; and he was mentioned and/or quoted in Wired, the San Francisco Chronicle, the London Review of Books and many other outlets.
Wheelan was recruited to the ABA position by another Greener, David Hartley '94, the birding organization's communications director. They found each other on Facebook after Hartley saw some of Wheelan's birding videos on YouTube. Wheelan's field research and travels have taken him across the United States and to South and Central America, South Africa and Indonesia. "David thought the flavor was good to bring a younger demographic into the fold," says Wheelan, whose Gulf reporting has drawn major attention to the ABA and bird conservation in general.
A native of Narragansett, R.I., Wheelan came to Evergreen to study ecology and agriculture and learn about organic farming, but says he "became distracted by birds." He worked closely with ornithology professor Steve Herman ("his ornithology class was a major epiphany for me," Wheelan says).
Before he took the ABA position, Wheelan—who is also a sewing whiz— was planning to start a company devoted to making clothing and footwear from recycled materials and a subscription-based journalism website called the "Vicarious Living Project."
It looks like his experience in the Gulf may now be moving him in another direction, though. This fall, he has numerous speaking engagements booked, including at the Ohio Ornithological Society's annual meeting, an ABA birding event in Providence, Rhode Island, and a meeting of the nation's oldest ornithology organization, the Nuttall Ornithological Club, at Harvard University. He will also lead a workshop at the annual conference of the Center for a Better South.
The ABA wants to bring Wheelan on staff permanently as the organization's director of conservation. "My charge will be to investigate and report on the most pressing conservation issues for North American birds," he says. The organization is actively seeking funding for this position, which he says, "looks hopeful, knock on wood." Because as he's already shown, Wheelan will certainly be knocking on the forces that make it harder for birds to survive.


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This week my brother and his wife are visiting us here in Paris and since their visit coincides with the beginning of the cool weather I was able to get out one of my favourite toys to prepare them a "real" French dinner. In fact, this toy is such a versatile one that it actually allows you to prepare TWO authentic French specialities at the same time: raclette and pierrade.
Now in fact, these two dishes are never served at the same time in a French home. They are often packaged together in the same apparatus simply because they rely on the same kind of heating element, one cooking food above the heat and the other below it, but they are two distinct "dinners". We can never decide which we like best and see no need to deprive ourselves of either delight and so...being pigs, we generally use both at the same time.
As any good English/French dictionary and many a food reference book will tell you, the word "raclette" derives from the French verb racler, to scrape. This is related to the traditional way of eating raclette cheese: a heating element of some kind is applied to the block of cheese and you scrape off the cheese as it melts and eat it over boiled potatoes, ham or toasted dark bread. Perhaps in the dark cave-man ages of France the heating element was simply a hot log pulled from a fire. In a Savoyard or Swiss restaurant, you will generally find that the large round cheese is cut in half and placed in a special holder with a heating bar that can be lowered to a few inches above the cheese cut. (As a picture is worth a thousand words, I would suggest you follow the link to this photo to see what I mean.) If you are hoping to make the cheese at home, you will most likely invest in a machine like mine. It has six trays that fit underneath the heating element; you fill them with slices of cheese, slide them under the heater and pull them out when the cheese is liquid and bubbly. The scraping reference in the name is still honoured in that each tray comes with its own little wooden paddle for scraping the cheese out of the tray and onto your slice of ham or boiled potato or piece of bread. It's a delight. Raclette cheese is much more flavourful than most other hard French cheeses and it melts into a satisfying gooey mess. I have made it many times for first-timers and it is always a hit. The comparison with fondue savoyarde is of course inevitable, but the main difference for the cook is in the preparation; every cook has his or her favourite recipe for fondue, but the only way to prepare a truly wonderful raclette is to find a very good cheesemonger. If you aren't lucky enough to live in France, your best bet when visiting is to check the menu on any fondue restaurant you find: they often serve both raclette and fondue.
If you are planning on eating out or in, it is well to remember that raclette cheese (like all good French cheeses) has a season: you cannot find it in the hot summer months. You wouldn't want to heat up the table with the cheese-melting apparatus in the middle of a heatwave, but even if you did nature doesn't supply you with the ingredients at that time of the year.
Swiss or Savoyard? Actually, like cheese fondue both the Swiss and the French claim to have invented raclette. The French region of Savoie being a next-door neighbor to Switzerland, all you can really say is that it comes from that general region!
On a personal note, to accompany our raclette I boiled a kilo of potatoes, cut some bread and served ham from the Savoie. Because my Critic doesn't like his savoie ham raw, this brings me nicely to the second part of the dinner...
Pierrade refers to the stone which rests above the heating element on my machine. Pierre means stone, so a pierrade is a stone-like thing. This is definitely NOT a French monopoly in the food world: cooking your food on a hot stone slab. Still, it's a lot of fun and as you are heating up the machine for cheese-melting it would be a waste not to slap some meat on the top of the element, right? Cooking the meat is the responsibility of the guests: just lay the meat on the hot slab and remember to turn it over and remove it when done. Generally, one person is designated to keep an eye on each of the meats, making sure that more is put on the element as space becomes available.
In using the pierrade, a cook has a bit more scope for creativity. First, you can prepare a variety of meats and marinate them in sauces if you like. Secondly, you can come up with tasty sauces to accompany your meats.
This time I kept to a fairly simple meat selection: the Savoie ham, slices of beef and pieces of chicken with a touch of olive oil to keep them from sticking to the stone. The store had a good selection of the new fall mushrooms, so I bought trompettes de la mort, oyster mushrooms, some that looked a bit like shiitake (but weren't) and a new one to me: pieds bleus. I sauteed them in a bit of butter, garlic and thyme and added a spoonful of creme fraiche just before serving. (Not only was this delicious with the beef, but I ate the remainder tonight with some leftover raclette on toast and it went extremely well with the cheese too!) For the chicken, I sauteed a chopped shallot in butter, and added a little tarragon, mustard and creme fraiche. Other favourites in the sauce department are: peppercorn sauce, bearnaise, tomato and hot pepper...basically anything you can think of to go with meat will please your guests! As for the meat, I also often use slices of duck or pork. The duck can get a bit messy as it gives up more fat than the other meats, but it is truly delicious.
Serve all of the above, cheese and meats, with a nice thick red wine to help fight all the cholesterol you are taking on. It's well worth it!
I've enjoyed racletting for the past 20 years or so, and now my kids are also avid racletteers. This is great for children as it keeps their hands occupied for most of the meal. And for the adults, as you point out, lashings of red wine are necessary - but only for medicinal reasons, of course. Pass the plonk...........
We are looking to buy a "hot stone" (as we call it) for our daughter for Christmas. Do you know where we might find it in the US? We have one made by Sigg which was bought in Switzerland a number of years ago. We love it.
I would like to buy a pierrade, could you please let me know where I can buy one from
David, the official site for raclette (which I have recently discovered is a bit like Kleenex - used as a generic term when in fact it's a trademarked one) is http://www.pierrade.com/en/index.htm. They have information on the apparatus but seem to be selling mainly to professionals.
In France, the machine is officially called a pierre à griller and you can pick them up at Darty (www.darty.fr).
From the BT in your address, though, i'm assuming you are looking in the UK. I tried looking for a raclette machine on www.amazon.co.uk and found one that looked like it included the cooking top, but it wasn't clear if it was actually a stone. I also tried the Philips site (the brand of our machine) but wasn't able to find one currently being sold.
I'm sorry I can't be of more help! If you are in France or visit here, though, you should be able to find one easily at Darty or any major department store. For the UK, all you'll need is an adapter.
If I have it all wrong and you are in the US, this raclette machine on amazon.com has an optional stone accessory:
I hope that helps!
I purchased a raclette through Peppers here in Canada today as a matter of fact - it's made by Tefal - the model is Ambiance Pierrade
I have an old rock that I cook on, but I love the idea of the raclette and wish I had that type
I was given a Siggrillette made by Sprint from Switzerland as a gift ,but cannot use it USA .I cannot find an adapter anywhere . Can you help.I have been looking for three years,and no luck
I brought one home from France, no luck using either, could not get it hot enough. Just found one on the web, believe it was sausagemaker.com (65.00 plus shipping). I also have had mine for 3 years and finally decided to buy another. I've also inquired as to having re-wired and it apparently will not work. Thinking of shipping mine back to friends in France. I'm having trouble getting or finding meat sliced thin enough...any suggestions?
I brought one home from France, no luck using either, could not get it hot enough. Just found one on the web, believe it was sausagemaker.com (65.00 plus shipping). I also have had mine for 3 years and finally decided to buy another. I've also inquired as to having re-wired and it apparently will not work. Thinking of shipping mine back to friends in France. I'm having trouble getting or finding meat sliced thin enough...any suggestions?
I am interested in purchasing traditional pierrades (stones that are preheated in a oven, not electrical ) for my restaurant any idea where i can buy them ?
great article! I love raclette, and I am sooo excited to learn about the pierrade. I just got finished blogging about raclette. Here is the entry - called Vive La Raclette!
Oh Meg! The site you mentioned has next to nothing to do with raclette. A good site with lots of recipes, history and explanations to what is raclette is here: http://www.raclette.com.au/
Or simply look into wikipedia...
John, thanks for the links. I wrote this post over two years ago and I'm not sure that Wiki was the phenomenon it is today (or if it was already I was unaware). I'm glad to see that raclette is a bit easier to find on the web these days!
How can i find some full explained (ingredients and quantities) raclette + pierrade menù?
I wasn't able to find any dedicated site except commercial ones.
Thanx in advance,
Well, for the raclette part of the meal, the only ingredients you need are raclette cheese and potatoes and perhaps a few slices of ham per dinner guest. I believe 250 grams of cheese per guest is the usual amount of cheese and say 5-6 small potatoes per guest.
If you are making both meat and cheese, I would cut back to 200 grams of cheese per person and add perhaps half a chicken breast or half a steak per person.
It's not really a recipe per se, so much as a method of cooking a meal. And there are a number of tasty sauces to go with the meat side of the meal: peppercorn sauce or bearnaise or just some mushrooms sautéed with garlic and butter and parsley. Even A1 sauce can be nice in a pinch!
I hope that helps a bit? If you want to order true Raclette cheese in the US, there is a site I have used twice that seems pretty good (wasn't able to taste the cheese myself as it was a gift): http://www.fromages.com/
I am looking for a "potato bucket" used to store hot potatoes for raclette dinners. My mother-in-law purchased one many years ago in Switzerland. It is wood with a lid and 2 fixed handles on each side. The inside is insulated. Anyone know where I can purchase one?? Thanks
Susan, I've never seen the bucket you describe in France. That said, I usually boil my potatoes in a Le Creuset pot and after draining them return them to the still-warm pot and put the lid on. They stay pretty warm that way!
hallo. I have a Swiss bought pierrade with room for about 12 little shovel dishes underneath. I bouht it a number of years ago and canot remember what one should/could put in the little dishes apart from cheese! please clarify. thanks
I saw wooden potato buckets in La Clusaz last week but I have never seen them in Paris. You could probably call the La Clusaz tourist office or the mairie for the address of the store opposite the tourist office that carries this products.
Bob in Paris