Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Nocturnal Festival 2009

15th annual Nocturnal Festival 2009 is about to take place at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California. This years festival they are moving the event to 24 thousand square foot citrus. It's going to be one hell of a show for all friends and fans of electronic music.

This years line up consist of stars such as Roni Size and Dynamite, Pendulum, Planet of the Drums, Evol, Intent, TC, Simon Bassline Smith, Hazen, Subflo, and MCs Dino and Question Mark.

The first Nocturnal Festival event ever was held in the 1995. See you at the festival area!




Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Yellow Fever vaccinations for Ecuador visitors

The Ecuadorian Health Ministry is recommending travellers get yellow fever vaccinations if they intend to visit certain parts of the country.

Travellers to the provinces of Morono-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Zamora-Chinchipe and Sucumbios in the Amazon basin should all take note of this advice.

Yellow fever is a viral haemorrhagic illness that exists in many African and South American countries and is transmitted via the bit of Aedes mosquitoes.

The World Health Organisation estimates there are 200,000 estimated cases of yellow fever (with 30,000 deaths) per year.

There is no specific treatment and vaccination is highly recommended as a preventive measure.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises people to seek appropriate medical advice before travelling to Ecuador.

Source: Canada.com

Travel Cheap with Janaki Purushe

22-year-old Janaki Purushe graced CNN.com's front page today, lending the news site a rare hipster patina with her dayglo pink piped shorts, keylime flats and violet hoodie. But the real style icon was in the background: her bike.

Janaki Purushe is an iReporter-- a citizen journalist for CNN's participatory platform iReport. iReporters are like GroundReporters, except they don't get paid. GroundReport actually shares all revenues with its writers.

But iReport benefits from the huge traffic CNN-- and Janaki Purushe got a big taste of the influence when her photo was featured on the front page. Instantly her name shot to the top of Google's biggest search requests.

The iReport story looks at Janaki Purushe's decision to buy a $100 bike instead of drive a car. She bikes 10 miles a day she says, and enjoys it. Motivated initially by the rising oil prices in the economy, Janaki Purushe is now a bike convert. "When I'm riding my bike, I really pay attention to what's around me, and the weather's been great. I feel like I'm getting more out of my days."

She's beautiful, and clearly the bike rides are keeping her in shape as the CNN.com photo shows, but janaki Purushe is taken. Her public Facebook profile shows her holding up her left hand, displaying what looks like an engagement ring on her ring finger. Purushe is a 2007 Maryland graduate.

In addition, Janashe Purushe has a LiveJournal blog where she excitedly posted a screenshot of her photo on CNN.com with the headline "IM ON THE FRONT PAGE OF CNN". She should realize this may be just the tip of the iceberg.

Source: By Ground Report

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Orlando Brown gone missing!

Orlando Brown, the 20-year-old actor who appears on the television show "That's So Raven," was reported missing after leaving his manager's house early Tuesday morning, People reported.

Brown left the Studio City, Calif., house at 10:20 a.m. to make a fast trip to a 7-Eleven that was within walking distance, but has not been heard from since.

He didn't show up any of his scheduled meetings or appointments Tuesday in preparation for a photo shoot Wednesday, his publicist, Elayne Rivers, told People. Brown is not known to be out of touch for long, she added.

The actor's close friend and manager Ricky Romance has reportedly been posting MySpace bulletins and calling local hospitals in hope someone knows where Brown is.

Brown was in the talks to have his own "That's So Raven" spin-off, as well as release a second album featuring tracks with several top artists, People reported.

"That's So Raven" stopped production last year after a four-year run. Brown played the character Eddie Thomas on the show.

He's made appearances in a number of television shows and movies, such as "Family Matters," "The Jamie Foxx Show" and "Nash Bridges."

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352336,00.html

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Dr. Phil Ain't divorcing!

There's been a lot of talk on the Web this weekend that Dr. Phil McGraw is having marital problems with wife, Robin McGraw.

The report first surfaced from the Globe's Website which said:

"Dr. Phil Divorce Blow-up! TV shrink Dr. Phil makes a living dishing out advice to others - but now, he may be in need of some himself to save his own marriage - as insiders reveal he's flying into jealous rages over his wife Robin. GLOBE's sources bare the shocking details of Dr. Phil's marriage crisis."

We dug out our list of contacts and found a number to a close friend of Robin McGraw who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity.

We noted the GLOBE's story and immediately her initial response was laughter, "Are you kidding me? Now that's funny." The friend then telephoned the couple and confirmed that the divorce claims are false.

Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw have been married for 31 years. The couple has two sons Jay, 28, and Jordan, 21.


Thursday, April 10, 2008

teen accused of beheading and mutilating a man

The teen accused of beheading and mutilating a man in an alleged murder plot that has been described by Wayne County's prosecutor as a "thrill killing" was only acting in self-defense, according to his lawyer.

Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 18, never planned or even intended to kill Daniel Sorensen, but the 26-year-old bouncer from River Rouge pulled a gun on Orlewicz who fought back, his defense attorney told jurors today at the opening of the trial in Wayne County Circuit Court.

Panic followed Sorensen's death from a dozen stab wounds on Nov. 7, the lawyer said: The sawing off of his head with a hacksaw, burning his fingertips with a blowtorch in an effort to make him unidentifiable, calling a friend to help clean the murder scene, setting fire to the torso and dumping it in a vacant lot and tossing the severed head into the Rouge River.


Teen lifestyles of today -- its music, movies, video games and the Internet -- all contributed to the decision to hide the body instead of calling police, defense lawyer Joseph Niskar told the jury of 10 men and four women.

But Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Robert Moran said statements and the expected testimony of Orlewicz's co-defendant, Alexander Letkemann, 18, of Westland, and others will show Sorensen was lured into a well-planned death trap.

Moran said the weekend before Sorensen's death, Orlewicz told friends who will testify at the trial, "I wish I could get away with murder," and, "I don't like Dan. Maybe I should just kill him."

Letkemann, who told detectives that Orlewicz jumped the larger man from behind and slit his throat, pleaded guilty on April 1 to a reduced charge of second degree murder. The plea-bargain to testify against Orlewicz could get Letkemann out of prison after 20 to 30 years. Letkemann had faced the same charges of first degree murder and disinterment and mutilation of a corpse as Orlewicz and the same possible sentence of life without parole.

According to both sides, the two teens had linked with the older man in a strong-arm plot to extort money from another teen who had recently come into an inheritance. Sorensen, who has a criminal record and a self-promoted reputation for violence, had told friends about a plan to get about $3,000 in concert with his friend "JP."

The prosecution claimed Monday that the extortion target was a ruse to lure Sorensen to his death.

According to the defense, Sorensen got angry at Orlewicz and Letkemann when the extortion target failed to show for the meeting in Orlewicz's grandfather's Canton Township garage. The place had been prepared with windows covered, tarps spread on the floor and knives, a saw and cleaning materials ready.

"We are hearing some of these statements for the first time today," Niskar told jurors about his client who has remained silent since two days after Sorensen's death when police searched the room in his parent's upscale Plymouth Township home and found the victim's .38 caliber revolver.

Orlewicz also faces a charge of felony murder because it is alleged he told Sorensen to bring his gun to the meeting, and then stole it during the commission of the slaying.

Niskar accused the prosecution of wearing blinders to the truth and "flexing their charging muscles" in singling out Orlewicz while offering deals that have convinced the others to "change their stories."

"You are here because the prosecutor is able to craft and direct the evidence any way they feel fit," Niskar said.

Moran warned jurors that Letkemann, "will give you the inside version of the plan It's not going to be pleasant testimony. It's going to be gruesome and disgusting."


http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080407/METRO/804070409/&imw=Y