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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Dwaine Caraway Mayor of Dallas

Dwaine Caraway Mayor of Dallas - The mayor of Dallas says he did not sanction giving a quarter of the Philadelphia Eagles Michael Vick a “Key to the City.” Vick has won The Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year last season, his second in the NFL since his post 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting operation. Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway featured on the button during a ceremony in Dallas last week.

In a statement released Monday, Mayor Tom Leppert his distance from the donation. “The measures taken have not been sanctioned by my office and was not an honor ceremony on behalf of the City of Dallas,” he said.

He said the mayor presents “key official of the city” or an elected official appointed by the mayor and is reserved for “an elected official international status.”

“Clearly, this was not the case in this situation and without my knowledge or approval,” he said.

Olivia Wilde and Tao Ruspoli have separated

Olivia Wilde and Tao Ruspoli have separated - The House star has separated from Tao Ruspoli, her husband of eight years, sources confirm to People.

"They have been living apart after trying for quite some time to make their relationship work," an insider reports.

Wilde and Ruspoli, an Italian prince, eloped when the actress was only 18 years old.

Mark Zuckerberg is Pradeep Manukonda

Mark Zuckerberg is Pradeep Manukonda - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a stalker. The situation got so intense that Zuck went to a judge to request a restraining order against 31-year-old Pradeep Manukonda.

A formal hearing is scheduled for February 22 at Santa Clara County courthouse. The legal filing alleges that the man tried to “follow, surveil and contact Mr. Zuckerberg using language threatening his personal safety.”

Barry Schnitt, a director at Facebook said: “We’re confirming that the restraining order was granted, but not providing any additional details.”

Pradeep has appeared several times at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, reportedly asking for money. He also showed up at Zuckerberg’s home on January 24 and was turned away by security personnel just as he was about to walk up the front steps of the residence.

Despite verbal warnings, Manukonda continued to badger the CEO, sending flowers and a message to Zuckerberg’s sister with an additional message to her brother that included the line: “I am ready to die for you. These are not just words … these are coming from my heart. Please understand my pain.”

J. Paul "Aileen" Getty Balthazar III Dies

J. Paul "Aileen" Getty Balthazar III Dies - J. Paul Getty III Dies at 54 and born into one of the world's richest oil families, was a kidnap victim at 16. J. Paul Getty III grandson of American oil magnate J. Paul Getty, died Saturday in Buckinghamshire, England, at the age of 54. In 1973, Getty was abducted by the mafia, from a piazza in Rome. When his grandfather refused to send the requested ransom, Getty's kidnappers severed his right ear. He was released after four months in captivity. Perhaps the most disturbing part of the story: Getty's grandfather eventually ponied up a portion of the ransom and charged his son — J. Paul Getty II — interest for the remainder of the ransom.

A decade after the kidnapping, Getty fell into drugs and alcohol addiction, and suffered an incapacitating drug-induced stroke. His died Saturday after a long illness, and is survived by his two children, one of whom is actor Balthazar Getty.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Anderson Cooper is Attacked in Egypt

Anderson Cooper is Attacked in Egypt - Anderson Cooper got up close and personal with the political upheaval in Egypt this week. A bit too up close and personal, it turns out.

While reporting from Cairo - where demonstrators loyal to embattled President Hosni Mubarak were protesting - Cooper and his camera crew were "pushed and shoved and punched in the head" by attackers, CNN reports.

Anderson Cooper and his CNN news crew claim they were punched, kicked and shoved by a violent mob of pro-Mubarak supporters in Cairo early this morning.

Cooper claims he and his team were trying to get to a spot in between the two sides of protesters in Tahrir Square -- when they were attacked.

Cooper claims the mob tried to break his team's camera -- because they didn't want to be on film -- when the violence escalated and men began to punch members of the news crew in the head.
Anderson explained, "The instinct is try to punch back ... but in a situation like that you really can't because that just inflames the crowd all the more ... so all we could do is just try to walk as quickly as possible, stay together and seek a safe location which is where we are now."

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Caliphate of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Caliphate of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt - is an Islamist transnational movement and the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. The group is the world's oldest and largest Islamic political group, and the "world's most influential Islamist movement." It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and Sufi schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna.

The Brotherhood's stated goal is to instill the Qur'an and Sunnah as the "sole reference point for ... ordering the life of the Muslim family, individual, community ... and state". Since its inception in 1928 the movement has officially opposed violent means to achieve its goals with some exceptions such as in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or to overthrow secular Ba'athist dictators in Syria where they were routinely massacred (see Hama massacre). Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East editor, says "Unlike the jihadis, it does not believe it is at war with the West. It is conservative and non-violent," and "untested in government and poorly understood - especially in the West". This position has been questioned, particularly by the Nationalist Secularist NDP Egyptian government currently headed by Hosni Mubarak, which accused the group of a campaign of killings in Egypt after World War II to oppose British rule.

The Muslim Brotherhood is banned in Egypt, and members have been arrested for their participation in it. As a means of circumventing the ban, supporters run for office as independents.

The Brotherhood condemned terrorism and the 9/11 attacks, but whether or not it has ties to terrorism is a matter of dispute.Its position on violence has also caused disputes within the movement, with advocates of violence at times breaking away to form groups such as the Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (The Islamic Group) and Al Takfir Wal Hijra (Excommunication and Migration).

Among the Brotherhood's more influential members was Sayyid Qutb. Qutb was the author of one of Islamism's most important books, Milestones, which called for the restoration of Islam by re-establishing the Sharia and by using "physical power and Jihad for abolishing the organizations and authorities of the Jahili system, which he believed to include the entire Muslim world. The book also reveals that Qutb no longer held the Brotherhood's ideas and that he was closer to the ideas of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is concluded in the introduction and dedication of the book". While studying at university, Osama bin Laden claimed to have been influenced by the religious and political ideas of several professors with strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood including both Sayyid Qutb and his brother Muhammad Qutb. However, once Al Qaeda was fully organized, it denounced the Muslim Brotherhood's reform through nonviolence and accused them of "betraying the cause of Islam and abandoning their 'jihad' in favour of forming political parties and supporting modern state institutions".

The Brotherhood is financed by contributions from its members, who are required to allocate a portion of their income to the movement. Some of these contributions are from members who live in oil-rich countries.

Channel of Chicago Milwaukee BLizzard Weather

Channel of Chicago Milwaukee BLizzard Weather - Various advisories and watches are hoisted for much of southeast Wisconsin including Milwaukee and Waukesha counties Monday through Wednesday.

It is becoming more evident that a long duration and significant snowfall accumulation event is going to take shape over the next 3 days in parts of southeast Wisconsin.

A winter weather advisory is in effect from Monday morning through mid-afternoon Tuesday for southeastern Wisconsin.

The first round of snow will arrive in earnest Monday afternoon or evening and last into Tuesday. This first intial round is showing the potential for 3-7" of accumulation with the greatest totals along the lakeshore. An east/northeast wind flow will help to create lake effect snow showers along with lake enhanced snowfall as the first system moves through.

Then on Tuesday, lake effect snow showers are possible with the potential to drop a few more inches of snow to areas impacted by the snow bands.

It should be noted lake effect snow is extemely difficult to forecast given the narrow and banded nature, impacting only localized areas.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Monument of Georgia Guidestones

Monument of Georgia Guidestones - The Georgia Guidestones is a large granite monument in Elbert County, Georgia, USA. A message comprising ten guides is inscribed on the structure in eight modern languages, and a shorter message is inscribed at the top of the structure in four ancient languages' scripts: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian hieroglyphs.

The structure is sometimes referred to as an "American Stonehenge."[1] The monument is almost 20 feet (6.1 m) tall if the buried support stones are included, exactly 18 feet (5.5 m) otherwise[2], and made from six granite slabs weighing more than 240,000 pounds (110,000 kg) in all.[3] One slab stands in the center, with four arranged around it. A capstone lies on top of the five slabs, which are astronomically aligned. An additional stone tablet, which is set in the ground a short distance to the west of the structure, provides some notes on the history and purpose of the Guidestones. In June 1979, an unknown person or persons under the pseudonym R. C. Christian hired Elberton Granite Finishing Company to build the structure.[3] One popular hypothesis is that the patron's pseudonym may be a tribute to the legendary 17th-century founder of Rosicrucianism, Christian Rosenkreuz.

Chicago Weather Channel 10 Day Forecast

Chicago Weather Channel 10 Day Forecast - Ginger's Sunday Morning Forecast NBC CHicago Web Weather, Sunday Jan 29 Morning' is categorized as 'local'. This video was licensed from Grab Networks.

Chicago Weather 10 Day Forecast, The major Windstorm can hit the Chicago as The National Weather Service said the storm is expected to start in the Rocky Mountains for much of the Plains and Midwest, reaching the area especially hard on Tuesday and Wednesday before making its way to the East Coast. Bitterly cold temperatures are forecast in the wake of the storm.

By early Monday, but the drizzle of slippery roads in northwest Missouri, causing cars to slide off the road in Buchanan County and led authorities to cancel classes in public and private schools in the area. Freezing rain and fog caused some flight delays at the airport Sunday in Rapid City, SD.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Steve Harvey ex-wife Mary Harvey

Steve Harvey ex-wife Mary Harvey - Posted three videos this weekend in which she went on the attack, calling her former spouse a habitual cheater, who took their son Wynton and left her with nothing.

In one of the videos (posted below), Mary Harvey claims, “He took my Wynton from me; he turned my son against me; had me evicted; thrown out.”

The former Mrs. Harvey says the comedian, who’s written books on relationships, including “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,” was a serial cheater who had an affair with Marjorie Bridges while they were still married.

Steve Harvey and Mary Harvey divorced in 2005, and then two years later the “Family Feud” host wed Bridges.

Harvey’s attorney, Bobbie Edmonds, calls Mary’s allegations, “False, misleading, derogatory, disparaging, malicious, explicit and slanderous,” and notes that there are court orders prohibiting both parties from “discussing and releasing information [about their divorce] on the Internet and to the media. We are taking the necessary legal steps to rectify this matter to the full extent of the law.”

Mary Harvey says she’s only speaking now because her ex-husband recently sued her, alleging she was “responsible when Oprah did not give him a TV show.”

She also claims she’s being vocal because her name keeps popping up in stories about her famous ex. “To keep seeing my name referenced when talking about his life – that part of it, I don’t understand,” she says.

Boxer Jeff Lacy’s Brother Hydra Lacy Suspect

Boxer Jeff Lacy’s Brother Hydra Lacy Suspect - First off what type of name is Hydra? Is he part of COBRA?

You may recall Jeff Lacy was an up and coming fighter with big star potential, an undefeated record until he ran into Joe Calzaghe who was realivtely unkown in the states at that time.

Lacy was big favorite, but was embarrassed and beat down by Calzaghe in a virtual shut out. He was never the same after that and his star fell as quickly as it rose.

It got so bad for Lacy, he lost to Roy Jones Jr (the old washed up version).

Things aren’t looking up in the Lacy family as his brother is now a suspect in murdering two police officers while a third officer is in critical condition.

Hydra Lacy, the 39-year old brother of former super middleweight titlist Jeff Lacy, is suspected of shooting three police officers this morning in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Reports say that Lacy is currently at home and being surrounded by authorities.

The local Fox affiliate MyFox reports that Lacy has a criminal past, having been arrested in 1988 for grand theft auto, aggravated assault and resisting arrest. Lacy was in prison for three years, before having a 15-year stint for sexual battery and kidnapping.

Oprah's Secret Sister

Oprah's Secret Sister - The internet has been buzzing about Oprah’s “family secret” she’s set to talk about this afternoon on her hit daytime talk show. Well we finally know what is going down, and it seems Oprah has just discovered that she has a half-sister she never knew about.

Oprah Winfrey revealed on her television show Monday morning that she has a half sister she knew nothing about.

The sister, Patricia, had been kept a secret by Oprah’s mother who put her up for adoption at birth.

“For the most part my life has been an open book,” Oprah said. “I thought nothing could surprise me but I was wrong.”

Winfrey said she chose to make the announcement herself so the media would not exploit it. Her sister, Patricia, spoke about being put up for adoption at birth, spent time in foster care and longed to be reunited with her foster mother.

By 17 she was a single mother, Patricia said, and six years later she had another child. When she was 20, she sought out information about her birth mother and then let it go until years later, Patricia said.

The agency contacted Patricia in 2007 with the news that her birth mother did not want to meet her on the same day she saw a local news story that had an interview with Oprah’s mother which gave her information that matched up with what Patricia knew about her birth family.

“We realized that Oprah could be my sister,” Patricia said.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Bengals Carson Palmer

Bengals Carson Palmer - Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer wants out of Cincinnati, according to Chris Mortensen on ESPN. Palmer wants out by either being released or via a trade and has threatened to retire if he doesn't get released or dealt.

Carson Palmer #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a pass during the NFL game against the San Diego Chargers at Paul Brown Stadium on December 26 2010 in Cincinnati Ohio. The Bengals 34-20.

According to ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen, Carson Palmer wants out of Cincinnati. If he's not dealt, Palmer might retire, if he doesn't get released or dealt. Palmer used to be considered one of the young emerging QB's and many felt he was a Top 5 quarterback in the league. Palmer however has been struck with injuries since tearing his ACL against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs a few seasons ago. I have no idea what it would take to get Palmer in a trade, but the Jaguars do have an extra fourth round pick obtained from the Saints during last year's draft.

Until a new CBA is in place however, players cannot be traded. Hypothetically speaking, if one is in place come draft time, would you favor the Jaguars giving up a 3rd or 4th round pick for Carson Palmer?
No, it is not Terrell Owens or Chad Ochocinco but Carson Palmer. There is also the looming NBA All-Star game. Who was left out of the mid-season classic? Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer wants out of Cincinnati,

What is Hyperbaric chamber?

What is Hyperbaric chamber?

The type of hyperbaric chamber used for HBOT was a hard shelled pressure vessel. It can be semi-portable, one-patient unit to multi-patient units which can treat eight or more patients.

Does anyone have any info on the use of a hyperbaric chamber please? Anyone with first hand experience? How does it work and what effect does it have.

A South Florida clinic where a hyperbaric chamber explosion killed a woman and her grandson has reopened.

Gerri Williams climbs into a soft-cloth hyperbaric chamber in her family room where daughter, Sydney, 8, waits. After years of deteriorating health.

By the time Scott and Gerri Williams brought their two young children to see Dr. Zahangir Khaled at his Methodist Medical Group Pediatric Gastroenterology practice in 2007, their lives were unraveling rapidly. Khaled was the fourth GI doctor the family had seen. “Austin and Sydney had been typical, non-complicated pregnancies. But when Austin was 1.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Roger Ebert now and after

Roger Ebert now and after - Roger Ebert would make a demonstration of his prosthetic face this weekend at the launch of “Roger Ebert in this movie” on PBS. Ebert has lost his jaw about two years ago for thyroid cancer. See site for 10:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 23, on WHRO HD. Film critic Roger Ebert has a new show making its first race this weekend on PBS, which will also debut its new television face. Ebert has lost much of its jaw thyroid cancer that made him unable to speak. It uses various technologies to text-to-speech for her voice. The prosthesis has given him a new face. He told CNN he was a two-year process to craft the silicone prosthesis and adapt it to his face and features. Dr. David Reisberg led the work. Ebert wrote on his online blog, the creators of the prosthesis “have done a wonderful crazy enough.”
It’s been a while since we saw Roger Ebert discuss the big screen on the small screen, but then the Pulitzer Prize winning film critic will be making a comeback on television this week with the launch of its new show – and its new face! For more information on the new gig Roger Ebert and the chin again, keep reading after the jump!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Salvatore Vitale Rats on Luigi Manocchio

Salvatore Vitale Rats on Luigi Manocchio - Updated hourly by plugged-in parents from the blogosphere, Strollerderby tracks breaking parenting news, adding dynamic discussion and insightful commentary.

I’ve noticed something lately with regard to my 3-year-olds. They tattle on each other. And, to be honest, I’m not sure how I feel about it. Usually whatever I’m told is inconsequential and I respond with my standard line: “Don’t worry about him (or her). You just worry about yourself.”

But every now and then, the information I get pertains to a matter I’m glad I found out about. Whenever that happens, I can’t help but to feel conflicted. After all, had the tattler followed my standard line, I wouldn’t have found out about behavior which I’m eager to discourage.

Recently mobster Salvatore Vitale provided authorities with countless leads in a nationwide Mafia sting which led to several arrests, including Luigi Monocchio’s. And in so doing, he gave this father of four an idea pertaining to all this tattling.

2011 Eddie Aikau

2011 Eddie Aikau - Legend has it that Eddie Aikau is always at night. And it may well happen that in Waimea Bay on the night of Wednesday 19 to Thursday, January 20, 2011 (count 11 hour time difference from Hawaii to 21 hours with us, it was not until 10 am there). All lights are flashing and the organizers are on a war footing in case of waves over 20 feet in favor of big wave riding would be to go tomorrow morning (tomorrow night for us).

But it is not enough of a “mammoth swell” off to Waimea wakes. It is necessary that this wave be well positioned with a northwest. If the swell is “too western”, it is mitigated by the island of Kauai which absorbs some of its passage. This is what happened to the session last Sunday in Waimea, where the waves were much leaner than expected. It is also particularly important that the winds are favorable. It has happened in the past that swell enough to launch the Eddie is tempered by an unfavorable wind.

Jesse James and Kat Von D Are Engaged

Jesse James and Kat Von D Are Engaged - Only six months after they first confirmed their relationship to the press, Jesse James and Kat Von D have gotten engaged, PEOPLE reports.

The tattooed twosome, who were first spotted canoodling at Las Vegas hotspot N9NE in mid-August, fueled engagement rumors at Monday night's Art of Elysium charity gala, when the 'LA Ink' star showed up sporting a diamond stunner on her ring finger.

James, whose divorce from wife Sandra Bullock was finalized in June 2010 following reports of his infidelity, has openly professed his love for Kat. "Baby? You make it so easy to do everything I can to show you how Amazing you are. I see it as clear as a bell. My other half," he tweeted over the weekend.

The former 'Jesse James Is a Dead Man' host says of his fiancee, "I have never met anyone so kind and loving and committed to making the world a better place every day. My love for her is beyond description. So honored that she said 'yes.' Growing old with her is going to be a f----n' blast!"

The marriage will be the second for Von D, who divorced husband Oliver Peck in 2007, and the fourth for James.

Von D, who owns High Voltage Tattoo in Los Angeles, where her TLC show is shot, says of her husband-to-be, "There is no one else for me. He's the one."

Despite their wedding plans, relocation is not the first priority for Von D, whose betrothed currently resides in Austin, Texas.

"Having two places we call home will be good for now," she says. "In the end, home is where the heart is, and my heart's with him."

While James' cheating made national headlines as a list of alleged mistresses came forward, Von D says she isn't concerned about his commitment to her. "I've made mistakes too," she told the Kevin & Bean show in August. "People have a hard time letting go of that you know? For me, I've got a lot of respect for Jesse and how he handled it."

90 Teens Pregnant At Memphis

90 Teens Pregnant At Memphis - Eleven percent of the student body at a Memphis, Tennessee, high school are parents.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy - Square Enix's absurdly named Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy will bring the Final fight to retail on March 22, 2011, with an asking price of $29.99. The North American release of the game comes only a few weeks after the Japanese launch.

The publisher also announced that the PSP fighter will feature voice work by Rachael Leigh Cook as Tifa, Keith David as Chaos, Steve Burton as Cloud Strife and George Newbern as Sephiroth. All those FF characters in one game and not one with the pipes of Nolan North? It's hard to imagine.