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Monday, May 13, 2013

Arrests in Belgian diamond heist are a jeweler's best friend (+video)

Police arrested 31 people in three countries in a Europe-wide manhunt, after $50 million in uncut gems were stolen at the Brussels airport in February. Jewelers in Belgium are sighing in relief.

By Sara Miller Llana,?Staff writer / May 8, 2013

Baggage carts make their way past a Helvetic Airways aircraft from which millions' of dollars worth of diamonds were stolen on the tarmac of Brussels international airport, in February. Police on Wednesday arrested 31 people in three countries in a Europe-wide manhunt, after $50 million in uncut gems were stolen in a daring assault at the Brussels airport this February.

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Police have netted 31 people in three countries in the past 24 hours in a Europe-wide manhunt, after $50 million in uncut gems were stolen in a daring assault at the Brussels airport this February.

It?s a plotline that is worthy of a movie (it is probably being written at this very moment).?And it gripped the Belgian public. Perhaps no group more so than the jewelers across town who always face a certain vulnerability, simply because of the value of the goods behind their glass counters.

?Everyone was fascinated, but of course the jewelry workers are the most interested,? says a woman at an antique jewelry shop in a famous covered gallery in historic Brussels who wished not to share her name.

The Belgian prosecutor?s office said that on Tuesday that seven were arrested, including six people in Switzerland and one man in France, who could be a mastermind of the robbery. And in the early dawn today, some 200 police fanned across Belgium and detained two dozen more suspects, many of them criminals known to the Belgian justice system.

"We believe the man arrested in France is one of the authors of the robbery," said Jean-Marc Meilleur of the Brussels prosecutor's office.??"It's the only person that we can say at this stage they could have participated in the events on the tarmac. Among those arrested in Belgium, at least 10 are known to the court, including for armed attacks. They are part of the Brussels criminal underworld."?

Smooth operation

The robbery occurred on the evening of Feb. 18, 2013. As passengers buckled up and the plane got ready for takeoff, eight men in police uniform in two cars drove?through the fence of the Brussels airport and raced, with police lights flashing, across the runway.

Driving up to the plane, which had just been loaded with the gems, they held up the crew and forced open the cargo hold, loaded their vehicles with 120 packages totaling an estimated $50 million, and sped through the fence. No one was hurt. And it was so fast and precise that passengers are said to have not even been aware of what happened until it was over ? and their flight was cancelled.

This isn't the first time Belgium has been the scene of a diamond heist. Antwerp, a diamond capital, is just a thirty minute drive away from Brussels. But the events of this one captivated the globe. When a security guard was asked at a higher-end Brussels jewelry store ? where customers are attended to one by one and treated to champagne as they peruse fine jewels ? if he had followed the news, he said ?of course,? surprised by the question. He wasn?t authorized to share his name ? or to even talk (instead he was busy looking at the customers filing in).

Back at the antique store, the owner says her store has been held up twice in 20 years; the diamond store just in front of them was held up six months ago, she says. ?We are relieved they were caught,? she says, ?to know [the thieves] aren?t out there and ... the police are working and are not involved in it.?

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Hubble tells a tale of galactic collisions

May 12, 2013 ? When we look into the distant cosmos, the great majority of the objects we see are galaxies: immense gatherings of stars, planets, gas, dust, and dark matter, showing up in all kind of shapes. A new Hubble picture registers several, but the galaxy catalogued as 2MASX J05210136-2521450 stands out at a glance due to its interesting shape.

This object is an ultraluminous infrared galaxy which emits a tremendous amount of light at infrared wavelengths. Scientists connect this to intense star formation activity, triggered by a collision between two interacting galaxies.

The merging process has left its signs: 2MASX J05210136-2521450 presents a single, bright nucleus and a spectacular outer structure that consists of a one-sided extension of the inner arms, with a tidal tail heading in the opposite direction, formed from material ripped out from the merging galaxies by gravitational forces.

The image is a combination of exposures taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, using near-infrared and visible light.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Woman Almost Dies After 40 Hour Gaming Session - Kotaku

Traveler's Thrombosis, or deep vein thrombosis is an affliction that is often associated with flying. However in China, it appears that it is more commonly associated with video gaming than it is with air travel, especially now that after a young woman developed the condition after a 4o hour gaming session.

The People's Daily reports that a 20 year-old female gamer was taken to the hospital in Fujian province after complaining about leg pains. The gamer, Xiao Han (a psuedonym), was diagnosed with the possibly life threatening ailment Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) at the hospital. After a gruelling treatment of surgery and medicine, Xiao Han is now fine.

When doctors asked what Xiao Han was doing prior to her leg pain, she explained that she had been playing an online game. Unfortunately the doctors didn't specify which online game, but they told the People's Daily that Xiao Han had spent the over 40 continuous hours sitting down playing.

DVT is a condition when blood clots in a deep vein of the leg. It causes mild to extreme pain and has the possibility of leading to death. Basically, the clots occur in the leg, depending on time and luck the clot breaks off and travels through the blood stream and flows into the lungs (or other organs). When it reaches the lungs it can cause severe issues which can lead to death. Symptoms of DVT are often swelling and redness of the legs.

DVT is commonly associated with air travel other activities of long sitting such as playing video games. According to the US Federal Aviation Administration, DVT is known to "occur in 1 out 1000 people in the general population" from various causes. Last year a young man in Taiwan died in an internet cafe as developing DVT during a long gaming session.

The People's Daily article was kind enough to point out methods to preventing DVT. It recommends that gamers should take breaks, get regular exercise and drink lots of water. Of course it failed to mention that gamers should be careful when they partake in ridiculous gaming marathons.

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

German court to hear case against ESM, ECB bond-buying in June

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Sen. Lindsey Graham Says We Should Deny Bombing Suspect's Constitutional Rights (Little green footballs)

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Owners pass 2 rules changes

PHOENIX (AP) ? Concerned with how it will be officiated, NFL owners delayed voting Tuesday on a rule change that would ban offensive players from using the crown of their helmets against defenders in the open field.

After approving two other rule changes to enhance player safety, they stalled on the more contentious issue. NFL senior vice president of football operations Ray Anderson said the owners plan to vote on it Wednesday before the meetings end.

The owners outlawed peel-back blocks anywhere on the field; previously, they were illegal only inside the tackle box. A player makes a peel-back block when he is moving toward his goal line, approaches an opponent from behind or the side, and makes contact below the waist.

The penalty will be 15 yards.

"... really under no circumstances will you be permitted to block low below the waist when you're blocking back towards your own end line," said Rams coach Jeff Fisher, co-chairman of the competition committee.

Also banned is overloading a formation while attempting to block a field goal or extra point. Defensive teams can now have only six or less players on each side of the snapper at the line of scrimmage. Players not on the line can't push teammates on the line into blockers, either.

The alignment violation is a 5-yard penalty. The pushing penalty is 15 yards for unnecessary roughness.

"There were injuries, yes," Fisher said. "Talking to coaches and the players, it's just not something they look forward to doing. It's like, 'Oh, we scored again? We have to go out there and protect, kick an extra point or try?'"

But the potential change that has drawn the most attention ? yes, even more than eliminating the infamous tuck rule, which seems to be a foregone conclusion and will be voted on Wednesday ? is prohibiting ball carriers outside the tackle box from lowering their helmets and making contact with defenders with the crown.

New York Giants owner John Mara, a member of the competition committee that has recommended the change, said there was "a chance" a vote could be tabled until the May meetings in Boston.

"There was a spirited discussion," Mara said.

Many coaches have said they are concerned about officiating such a new rule.

"In all fairness it's going to be tough on the officials, it's going to be tough to make that determination at live speed with one look," said John Harbaugh of the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.

Harbaugh noted that in the competition committee's examination of one week of play last season, it found five instances where a ball carrier was not protecting the ball or himself and lowered his helmet to make contact with a defender.

Dean Blandino, recently promoted to vice president of officiating, noted that five in 16 games was significant enough to consider banning the act.

Added Fisher:

"We want to make a serious attempt to get the shoulder back into the game. We are not saying the ball carrier cannot get small. We are not saying the ball carrier cannot protect the football, because if he is going to go down to cover the football, if the shoulder goes down, we know the head goes down, we understand that.

"Protecting the football is OK, providing you do not strike with the crown of your helmet, and that is what we are trying to differentiate."

Blandino said the league wants flags thrown only on the obvious calls. He also said in cases where a player is not penalized, he could still be subject to a fine if video review after the game determines he made contact with the crown.

The penalty will be a spot foul for 15 yards.

New senior director of officiating Alberto Riveron said if the offensive and defensive player are both committing the foul, it would be an offsetting penalty and the down replayed.

Riveron said the key to officiating the play is in showing the officials more plays that are legal.

"That will be a great way to train because as we know it, most of the shots we have seen are legal, most of the contact is legal," he said. "We are trying to get that one individual situation where the head is lowered ? and you can see on the field, you can see a player put his head down ? and the contact is with the crown and you can see it."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/owners-pass-2-rules-changes-185849490--nfl.html

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Monday, March 18, 2013

This Is the Pirate Bay's Oldest Torrent

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Pope Francis breaks tradition on first Sunday as head of church

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus prayer from window his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square Vatican Sunday March 17 2013. (AP

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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VATICAN CITY ? Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis delivered off-the-cuff remarks about God?s power to forgive instead of reading from a written speech for the first Sunday window appearance of his papacy.

He also spoke only in Italian ? beginning with ??buon giorno? (Good day) and ending with ??buon pranzo? (Have a good lunch) ? instead of greeting the faithful in several languages as his last few predecessors had done.

His comments and humor delighted a crowd of more than 150,000 in St. Peter?s Square, drawing cheers and laughter.

In just five days, Francis? straightforward, spontaneous style has become immediate hallmark of his papacy.

Earlier Sunday, he made an impromptu appearance before the public from a side gate of the Vatican, startling passers-by and prompting cheers, before delivering a six minute homily ? brief by church standards ? at the Vatican?s tiny parish church.

Before he entered St. Anna?s church to celebrate Mass, he heartily shook hands with parishioners and kissed babies.

After Mass, Francis put his security detail to the test as he waded into the street just outside St. Anna?s Gate. As the traffic light at the intersection turned green, Francis stepped up to the crowd, grasping outstretched hands. The atmosphere was so casual that several people even gripped Francis on the shoulder.

A few minutes later as the traffic light turned red, Francis ducked back inside the Vatican?s boundaries to dash upstairs for the window appearance from the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace.

The studio window was opened for the first time since Francis? predecessor, Benedict XVI, gave his last window blessing on Sunday, Feb. 24. Four days later, Benedict went into retirement, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.

Francis, the first pope from Latin America, was elected on March 13. He has been staying in a hotel on the Vatican?s premises until the papal apartment in the palace is ready.

Hundreds of extra traffic police were deployed Sunday morning to control crowds and vehicles, for it was also the day of Rome?s annual marathon.

Bus routes were rerouted and many streets were closed off in an attempt to channel the curious and faithful up the main boulevard from the Tiber river to St. Peter?s square.

Giant video screens were set up so the huge crowd could get a close-up look at Francis, and dozens of medical teams were on hand for any emergencies.

After the Mass, the pope stepped out jauntily from St. Anna?s Church and waved to a crowd of hundreds kept behind barriers across the street, and then greeted the Vatican parishioners one by one. One young man patted the pope on the back ? an indication of the informality that has been evident from the first moment of his papacy.

?Francesco! Francesco!? children shouted his name in Italian from the street. As he patted one little boy on the head, he asked ?Are you a good boy?? and the child nodded.

??Are you sure?? the pope quipped.

In his homily, Francis said the core message of God is ?that of mercy.? He said God has an unfathomable capacity to pardon and noted that people are often harder on each other than God is toward sinners.

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Daniela Petroff contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.suntimes.com/18914054-418/pope-francis-breaks-tradition-on-first-sunday-as-head-of-church.html

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Bobby Brown sentenced to jail over DUI charges

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By Bruna Nessif and Claudia Rosenbaum, E! Online

Bobby Brown's getting put away.?Los Angeles City Attorney Spokesperson Frank Mateljan tells E! News that the singer was sentenced to 55 days in jail after pleading no contest Tuesday to driving under the influence and to driving on a suspended license (the license is suspended due to a prior conviction for driving under the influence.)

But that's not all.

Bobby Brown pleads not guilty to latest round of DUI charges

In addition to his jail time, Brown was placed on 48 months of summary probation, ordered to pay a $500 fine plus penalty assessment, complete the an 18-month alcohol program and comply with standard DUI conditions for his first charge.

On the second count, the he was placed on 36 months of summary probation, ordered to pay a $300 fine plus penalty assessment, install an ignition interlock device -- an alcohol Breathalyzer that prohibits the driver from starting the car if they blow above the limit.

Brown, who was not present in court today but represented by his attorney Tiffany Feder, will report to jail on March 20. As a condition of his surrender terms, he is to attend three AA classes a week.?

Bobby Brown slapped with multiple DUI counts

In November, the "Every Little Step" singer pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court to the multiple DUI charges resulting from his drunken driving bust the month prior, E! News has learned.

Brown was pulled over around 1 a.m. on Oct. 24, 2012, for driving carelessly near the city of Tarzana, Calif., and officers discovered he was behind the wheel without his court-mandated dashboard Breathalyzer.

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

No Wi-Fi, No Problem ? Restaurant Waitlisting App For iPad NoshList Comes To Smartphones

NoshList appsNoshList, the restaurant waitlisting app for iPad launched just over a year ago, is today making its way to smartphones, including both the iPhone and Android devices. Although possibly not the ideal form factor for the job, the mobile app allows restaurants to test the NoshList experience on devices they likely own, before making an investment into a tablet (or multiple tablets) to run the full-screen version. In addition, the new mobile apps can serve as backup if the restaurant's Wi-Fi connection ever goes down, as they'll maintain connectivity, whereas the more affordable, Wi-Fi only iPads would have lost their signal.

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Three injured in shooting at Ohio temple

By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News

Two people are injured and a suspect is in custody following a shooting in the parking lot of a Mormon temple in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon, NBC affiliate WCMH reported.

The shooting took place in the parking lot of the Columbus Ohio Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at about 4:45 p.m.

Columbus police told WCMH they have a male suspect in custody.

He and one of the victims were transported to Riverside Methodist Hospital in critical but stable condition, according to WCMH.

A second victim was taken to Mount Carmel Hospital West also in critical but stable condition.

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European Commission invests ?50 million into 5G research with a 2020 target

EU invests 50 million euros into 5G cellular research with a 2020 target

You're still waiting to get 4G? That's old hat: the European Commission is already thinking about 5G. It's investing €50 million ($65.3 million) into research with the hope that the next-next-generation cellular technology will be a practical reality by 2020. About €16 million ($20.9 million) of that is headed toward METIS, an Ericsson-led alliance hoping to develop wireless with 10 to 100 times the capacity, a similar increase in speed and just a fifth of the lag. Like a UK parallel, though, there's only so much technology talk the Commission can offer at this stage. The funding is as much for regional pride as progress -- officials want 5G to be a Europe-led affair after Asia and North America took center stage on 4G.

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Snaptee Gets $600K In Seed Funding To Turn Smartphone Users Into T-Shirt Designers

Snaptee logoWith just a few taps on the screen of your iOS device, Snaptee lets you turn your photos into a stylish graphic T-shirt. Ten thousand designs have already been created by the app's users since it went live in July and now the Hong Kong-based company's founders have secured $600,000 in seed funding from a group of Hong Kong and Singapore investors, including Yat Siu of Outblaze Management Team and Animoca, Chris Lee of 6waves, Mikaal Abdulla from 8 Securities (a Techcrunch Disrupt Beijing finalist), Singapore-based angel investor Emanuel R. Breiter and Hong Kong-based investor Tytus Michalski of Fresco Capital.

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Calif. female lawmakers condemn Oscar host

Host Seth MacFarlane, right, and actress Kristin Chenoweth perform a song dedicated to the "losers" during the finale of the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Host Seth MacFarlane, right, and actress Kristin Chenoweth perform a song dedicated to the "losers" during the finale of the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

(AP) ? Two female California state lawmakers have condemned Oscar host Seth MacFarlane's comments during Sunday's awards presentation as degrading toward women and asked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to use better judgment in the future.

Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal and Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, both Democrats who lead the Legislature's women's caucus, sent a letter to Academy President Hawk Koch on Tuesday, requesting that the organization disavow MacFarlane's behavior.

They objected to the comedian's focus on the physical appearance of several actresses and quips about nude scenes.

"Furthermore, there was a disturbing theme about violence against women being acceptable and funny," the lawmakers wrote. "From topical jabs about domestic violence to singing about 'boobs' during a film's rape scene, Seth MacFarlane crossed the line from humor to misogyny."

MacFarlane's performance has drawn multiple critics since Sunday's show. Blogs compiled highlights of his punch lines, which included a song that referenced leading ladies who have bared their breasts on film that were accompanied by reaction shots from those actresses.

He also made light of a domestic violence incident between rapper Chris Brown and singer Rihanna, and joked about the heavy accents of several Latina actresses.

"On Oscar night, when Hollywood seeks to honor its best, Seth MacFarlane's monologue reduced our finest female actresses to caricatures and stereotypes, degrading women as a whole and the filmmaking industry itself," the letter stated.

Lowenthal and Jackson, both Democrats, asked Koch to respond. Academy spokeswoman Toni Thompson had no immediate comment.

In their letter, the lawmakers noted the Violence Against Women Act currently under debate in Congress and a resolution that the Legislature passed supporting the act's reauthorization. Better judgment is needed in the academy's future decisions regarding its awards show hosts and their material, they said.

"This should be a celebration of artists in the filmmaking industry, not an offensive display of disrespect toward women that sets the fight for gender equality, dignity, and respect back decades," they wrote.

A repeat hosting performance by MacFarlane doesn't look likely. Asked Tuesday on Twitter if he would host the Oscars again, he replied, "No way. Lotta fun to have done it, though."

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Rick Springfield returning to 'General Hospital'

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Rick Springfield's Dr. Drake is returning to "GH"!

By Drusilla Moorhouse, TODAY contributor

For fans of Rick Springfield, this is just what the doctor ordered: The "Jessie's Girl" singer is returning to "General Hospital," reprising his role as Dr. Noah Drake.

Even better, reports People, he'll be joined by his son, Liam Springthorpe. (Springfield was born Richard Springthorpe.) The young actor-musician, who will play an undercover cop, isn't expecting to share scenes with his famous father.

Springfield debuted on the ABC soap opera in 1981 -- the same year "Jessie's Girl" topped the charts and earned him a Grammy award for best male rock vocal performance. Since we last saw Noah Drake in March 2012, Springfield says the good doctor has been "going to Doctors Without Borders and going around the world helping people."

"He lost his wife and became a drunk and regretted all these terrible, sinful ways and then cleaned his act up when he almost died from the alcohol," Springfield told People about the troubled neurosurgeon.

Noah Drake returns to Port Charles in April 2013.

"General Hospital" airs at 1 p.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET weekdays on ABC.

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Mac Miller Was 'Skeptical' About Doing 'Most Dope' TV Show

'To see my life as an MTV Show is kind of weird, but it's gonna be tight,' Mac says of his reality TV debut Tuesday on MTV2.
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