Lundi 27 juin 2011

James Bond, Rachel Weisz Secretly Get Straight-Married

Max Read — Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig tie the knot. Crystal Harris tries to sell her ring. Jennifer Aniston gets a tattoo. Sunday gossip is wearing a slip to a party.

Hoping to get their straight marriage in before gay marriage becomes mandatory in the state, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz wed in a small ceremony in New York on Wednesday. Really small: The only guests were Craig's daughter, Weisz's son, and "two friends." Best of luck to the inhumanly good-looking couple.

Horrid blonde woman Crystal Harris, having successfully parlayed her fake relationship with elderly creep Hugh Hefner into something resembling celebrity, is now attempting to sell the gaudy, diamond-encrusted engagement ring that symbolized not just their mutual desire for publicity but also the necrotic tissue around the no-longer beating heart of western culture. She was so far unsuccessful.

Jennifer Aniston, having successfully stolen a man, has gone bad. She got a tattoo! It's an iron cross. Kidding! It's a swastika. Kidding! It's her dog's name: Adolf Hitler.    I still don't really understand Paz de la Huerta, like, conceptually, but every time I hear a story like this I think I am getting a little bit closer: "

sauntered around the room in barely-there black dress — which she insisted was not underwear. 'It looks like a slip, but it's really a dress,' she purred to us, pulling down the hemline to lengthen what there was of the garment."  

Prince William and Kate Middleton met with families of British soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan. Kate wore a nice navy dress, and William wore a suit of armor under an Ed Hardy t-shirt.

Ameriie got married to record executive Lenny Nicholson on Anguilla on Saturday. "1 Thing" is such a great song, so, best of luck to her.

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Internet Archive's In-Library Lending Program Signs 1,000 Libraries

The In-Library Lending program—started only three months ago by the Internet Archive—has been experiencing exponential growth, according to Brewster Kahle, the archive's founder."Today, we now just got our one thousandth library joining in six countries to join into this movement," he announced Saturday to a packed room at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans during the American Library Association's annual conference.The project, a kind of virtual consortium for the lending of ebooks, began in March with only 150 participating libraries."We've been doing this at scale, and it's working. This is a good thing for all of us," explained Kahle, a last minute addition to a panel about the impact of ebooks on library services.

New participants in the program include the Colorado Public Library Consortium; the state library of Kansas, whose director, Jo Budler, signed up all the public libraries in the state; the state libraries of California and North Carolina; and libraries in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, China, and Colombia.

These libraries contribute in-copyright, out-of-print titles that are scanned and go into a pool of available works. Individual libraries, not the Internet Archive, determine lending rights for in-copyright works, and the libraries choose what books they wish to include. A patron can borrow up to five titles from the 100,000 books in the collection for two weeks at no charge.

The Open Library, another Internet Archive project where users can read more than one million ebooks without restriction, hosts the ebooks. Patrons can choose either an in-browser version, or a PDF or ePub version, managed by the Adobe Digital Editions software.

Kahle also said that the books can be accessed either through the Open Library website but also through the catalog of a library whose IP address has been turned on.

"You can either download the 100,000 MARC records and add them to your collection-or probably better yet is to go back and use the API to go and display exactly what its version is now," he said. Some of the catalog integration is still being worked on.

"We see this as a way through the thicket to get to millions of books where there are lots of winners and no centralized points of control," Kahle said.
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Jeudi 23 juin 2011

'Jackass' Star Ryan Dunn Was Intoxicated When He Died

At the time of his fatal car accident earlier this week, "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn was intoxicated, a West Chester, Pennsylvania, police official confirmed to MTV News. The skater and stuntman had a blood alcohol level of .196 when he got behind the wheel on Monday; the legal limit in Pennsylvania is .08.A police official also confirmed that Dunn had been driving his Porsche upward of 130 mph when he crashed and died, along with his passenger, Zachary D. Hartwell. No other substances were found in his body.On Tuesday, police said the investigation into the crash that killed Dunn, 34, and Hartwell, 30, revealed that Dunn's Porsche may have jumped a guardrail and crashed into a ravine before bursting into flames after the two men left the bar Barnaby's of America in West Chester. A coroner's report revealed that both men died of blunt force trauma from the impact of the wreck and burns from the resulting fire.While toxicology results may prove otherwise, an employee of Barnaby's told MTV News earlier this week that, the night before the crash, Dunn "didn't seem intoxicated. He seemed like he was having a good time, hanging out with his friends." The Barnaby's worker further noted that Dunn "only had a couple beers here. As far as we're concerned, the biggest thing, our hearts go out to the family and friends, and his loss is a big loss to our community. The biggest thing we're worried about is his friends and family."

Dunn's longtime pal Bam Margera tearfully spoke to a Fox affiliate in Pennsylvania near the scene of the accident, saying, "I've never lost anybody that I care about; he's my best friend.

"He was the happiest person, the smartest guy with so much talent," Margera continued. "He had so many things going for him. ... It is not right. ... It was the worst phone call I ever got in my life."

MTV News also traveled to Dunn's adopted hometown of West Chester PA, and found many who remembered the "Jackass" star not for his celebrity status, but rather for his ability to remain modest despite living in the limelight.

"He was real," said Sam Ford, who was celebrating her 25th birthday at Barnaby's, the last place Dunn was seen before his crash. Brock Jackson, 31, who said he grew up playing Little League with Bam Margera says Dunn had "truly kind eyes" and "a heart and a half." He was especially impressed by the well-known resident's memory, saying, "He remembered every time he met somebody."
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The big spending, bad Bruins

Turns out the Boston Bruins really are big and BAD.The Stanley Cup champions really let loose after their victory parade through Boston on Saturday morning, partying into the night at the Shrine nightclub at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.And when it was over, the Bruins had racked up an astonishing four-hour bar tab that totalled $156,679.74 U.S., which included a $100,000 bottle of Ace of Spades "Midas" champagne and a built-in tip of $24,869.80 for a server named Danielle (according to a photograph of the bill).

The Boston Globe and boston  reported that nightclub owners Ed Kane, Joe Kane and Randy Greenstein hand-delivered the 30-litre "Midas" bottle, believed to be one of six in existence.The bottle was twice the size of the 15-litre Ace of Spades brut that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban purchased for his team after its NBA championship a little more than a week ago. The Mavericks actually outspent the Bruins at their party, running up a tab of nearly $200,000.Some other highlights on the Bruins' tab: 35 Jager Bombs totalling $525, three bottles of Captain Morgan rum at $300 each, nine Grey Goose Magnums at $600 a pop and 136 Bud Lights totalling $680.
The "Midas" bottle, which was signed by every Bruins team member in attendance, will be on display at High Rollers at Foxwoods and will be raffled off at a later date to benefit the Bruins' charitable foundation.

According to the Globe, "before anyone could sample the Champagne, it had to be opened - and that proved difficult. Zdeno Chara tried, but the 6-9 defenceman couldn't do it. Finally, after a few failed attempts, the cork was removed, and the Champagne was poured into the Stanley Cup."

The newspaper said that while Chara, wearing jeans and an Ed Hardy T-shirt, proved he could dance, "no one kicked it like Brad Marchand and rookie Tyler Seguin, who spent much of the night on top of the bar, shirtless, and spritzing the crowd with champagne.

"They were occasionally joined by teammates, some of whom seemed to be using these postseason parties to perfect their Dougie, the dance made famous by Lil' Wil. Even the team's oldest player, 43-year-old Mark Recchi, jumped up on the bar and busted a move."

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Lacoste, Coach and Nike sneakers found in bust

Authorities seized over $100,000 in Lacoste, Prada, Ed Hardy and Louis Vuitton fake goods in St. Petersburg, Florida yesterday. High-end Nike sneakers, Coach purses, and Coogi clothing knock-offs were confiscated by the police at Shoe Fashion, a retail clothing business, on Fifth Avenue N. after receiving an anonymous tip about the counterfeit sales.Merchandise priced as if realTampa Bay Online reports that all the counterfeit goods were marked down from similar high prices that customers might expect of the genuine articles. Prada jeans at $975 and a Louis Vuitton shirt at $420, both counterfeit and marked down to giveaway, unrealistic sale prices.
The search warrant revealed the famous logo Lacoste shirts, Ed Hardy fake clothing, Coogi, and over 780 pairs of shoes, including the coveted Nike sneakers. Who wouldn't want a real Lacoste alligator shirt for $10?

Knock-offs sold for a pittance

Consumers beware, if designer purses or Nike sneakers are selling at a price that is 'too good to be true,' the business is likely selling fake goods, made out of the country, probably China. Counterfeit merchandise has been a major problem on many online auction sites like Ebay for years.

"For instance, a pair of Nike Jordan sneakers sells for $125, a pair of Nike Air Max for $100, and a pair of Nike Air Force 1 for $80, police said. But at Shoe Fashion, each pair cost $20, and a customer could get three pairs for $50."

Some consumers think selling fake goods is okay

Investigators at the scene said they are trying to send a message that selling counterfeit goods is against the law and competes directly with legitimate business. When consumers buy knock-off goods, they don't realize the trickle-down effect their purchase plays directly to diminish the economy. And the same economic theory applies when consumers hire illegitimate workers. It puts small business owners out of business.

Shop's owner nowhere in sight

Shoe Fashion owner, Alam Shikdar, was not found and no one has been charged as yet in the case. The shop was allowed to remain open and sell the remaining unconfiscated merchandise.
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