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Bike thief get caught

CheeserLand — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:28:59 +0800

Guy finds stolen bike on Craigslist 160 miles away, sets up home-made sting, confronts the thief and gets his bicycle back, thief gets felony arrest.

Update: The bike was locked up with a mid-range Kryptonite U-Lock, the thief broke the lock. The lock was never recovered.

We called the cops just before Simon started talking with the thief. It took Seattle PD 45 minutes to get there. Simon decided to confront him when they neglected to show up. Once he did, however, they rolled up as you can see in the video.

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Tune in to Olympic Closing ceremony

CheeserLand — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:32:05 +0800

Tune in here

http://www.youtube.com/user/olympic

Recap of Spice girls

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cant wait for 2012 olympic closing ceremony

emma bunton baby spice <3

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2012/08/1...ny.html?cmp=rss
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-21...e_news_rss_feed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/...ritish-pop.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/11/n...tm_hp_ref=media

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British rock stars are seizing the stage to close the Olympics with an extravaganza that promises to keep a worldwide audience entertained well into the night — and dancing all the way to Rio.

The Who, the surviving members of Queen and the Spice Girls were expected to headline a fun and frivolous closing ceremony, celebrating the remarkable crop of pop icons the host country has given the world for decades.

The show is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. local time (4 p.m. ET) on Sunday.

Soccer captain Christine Sinclair was named Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony after scoring an Olympic-record six goals in the women's tournament to lead her team to a bronze medal.

Join the conversation in our live chat beginning when the show starts at 4 p.m. ET.

Artistic director Kim Gavin has promised "the best after-show party that's ever been," and as details of the lineup leaked in the British press days ahead of time, there was no reason to doubt him.

The ceremony had something for everyone, from tween girls to 1960s hippies. George Michael, Muse, Fatboy Slim and the One Direction, the British cotton-candy boy band of the moment, were all expected to perform.

The best seats were for the 10,800 Olympic athletes, set to march in as one and form what Gavin has described as a human mosh pit on the field. Queen Elizabeth II, who made a memorable mock parachute entrance at the opening ceremony, will be on hand.

Eight minutes have been turned over to Brazil, host of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, which promises an explosion of samba, sequins and Latin cool. Following tradition, the mayor of London will hand the Olympic flag off to his Rio counterpart.

There will also be speeches by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge and London organizing committee chief Sebastian Coe, and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame.

What a way to end a games far more successful than many Londoners expected. Security woes were overcome, and traffic nightmares never materialized. The weather held up, more or less, and Britain had its biggest medal haul since 1908.

The United States edged China in both the gold medal and total medal standings, recapturing the gold-medal title it lost four years ago, but Britain will finish third in golds.

And while the Games may have lacked some of the drama and grandeur of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, there were some unforgettable moments.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became an Olympic legend by repeating as champion in both the 100-metre and 200-metre sprints. Michael Phelps ended his long career as the most decorated Olympian in history.

British distance runner Mo Farah became a national treasure by sweeping the 5,000- and 10,000-metre races, and favourite daughter Jessica Ennis became a global phenomenon with her victory in the heptathlon.

Female athletes took centre stage in a way they never had before. American gymnast Gabby Douglas soared to gold, the U.S. soccer team made a dramatic (and controversial, Canadians might add) march to the championship. Packed houses that turned out to watch the new event of women's boxing. And women competed for Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei took part for the first time.

And then there was Oscar Pistorious, the double-amputee from South Africa running on carbon-fibre blades, who didn't win a medal but nonetheless left a champion. And sprinter Manteo Mitchell, who completed his leg of the 4x400 relay semifinal on a broken leg, allowing his team to qualify and win silver.

All of it took place in the coming-of-age of the Twitter era, with athletes posting their every thought, from drunken celebrations to royal crushes to frowned-upon shout-outs to sponsors.

"It was a dream for a sports-lover like me," Rogge said of the two weeks of competition.

Coe refused to anoint the Games "the best ever," in the phrase former IOC chief Juan Antonio Samaranch used to describe almost every Games. But he declared himself "very, very pleased."

He said the closing ceremony didn't aim to be profound, not even the irreverent romp through British history offered by Danny Boyle's $42-million US spectacle on opening night.

The theme for the close, Coe said, could be summed up in three words. "Party. Party. Party."

In a switch from opening night and what appeared to be a concession to its vocal critics, NBC decided to stream the ceremony live online, in addition to broadcasting it during prime time.

London organizers tried to keep the ceremony under wraps, but photographs opf their rehearsals, in an old car plant in east London, made the British papers almost daily.

The show will include performances of 30 British hit singles from the past five decades — whittled by Gavin from a list of 1,000 songs.

Gavin said Saturday the show would open with a tribute to the "cacophony" of London life, with a soundtrack ranging from late Edward Elgar, composer of the Pomp and Circumstance march, to The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset. Frontman Ray Davies is expected to perform the 1960s song, a love letter to London.

While creators of the opening ceremony could rehearse for weeks inside the stadium, Gavin and his team had less than a day between the end of track and field competition and Sunday's ceremony. Not a lot of time to practice a show with multiple sets, pyrotechnics and 3,500 volunteer performers.

Some athletes who skipped the opening ceremony in order to rest for upcoming competitions said they wouldn't miss the closing extravaganza for the world.

"I am so excited," said American teen sensation Missy Franklin, who took home five swimming medals, including four golds. "I think it is the perfect way to end the entire journey."

Added Brenda Villa, a member of the gold-winning U.S. water polo team: "We just want to have fun and kind of put an end to this magical tournament."

Viva Forever! The Spice Girls were spotted rehearsing for their much-anticipated reunion ahead of the Olympics closing ceremony

Belting it out: Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Mel C and Mel B are sure to delight their millions of fans with the performance

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'Now for the afterparty': Olympics to be brought to a spectacular end with closing ceremony musical bonanza... including the Spice Girls, Queen and George Michael

Jessie J, Madness, Pet Shop Boys and Kate Bush among those performing
Organiser Kim Gavin says that if the opening ceremony was the wedding, tonight will be the 'disco after the marriage'

The 2012 London Olympics will come to a spectacular close tonight with one of the most magical and dynamic shows ever staged in the capital.

The Closing Ceremony – with top priced tickets costing £1,500 – is set to be every bit as gripping and eclectic as the amazing opening show two weeks ago.

Highlights will be performances from Queen, Jessie J, Madness, George Michael, One Direction, Pet Shop Boys and Darcey Bussell, while the Spice Girls will appear together again.

The three-hour-long ceremony, billed as a Symphony Of British Music and featuring 4,000 performers, begins at 9pm and a record worldwide TV audience of one billion is expected to tune in.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-21...l#ixzz23Lxh3qrM

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Woman who killed in Aurora shooting

CheeserLand — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:23:39 +0800

https://twitter.com/JessicaRedfield

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-21...wi-12-dead.html

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'I'm truly blessed for every second I am given': First victim named is aspiring young female sportscaster who escaped mass shooting in Toronto just weeks ago

Jessica Ghawi narrowly missed shooting at Eaton Mall on June 2
Moved to Denver from San Antonio, Texas last year to pursue TV dream
Tweeted about her excitement to see film just moments before shooting

An aspiring sportscaster who narrowly missed a fatal shooting in Canada in June was among the 12 victims gunned down at a Denver movie theatre during a late-night screening of the new Batman film.

Jessica Ghawi, who had moved from San Antonio to Denver last year, was shot after a gunman broke into the Aurora Mall cinema and fired at random 30 minutes into The Dark Knight Rises screening.

Just weeks earlier, Jessica had written a moving blog post after avoiding a deadly shooting in Eaton Mall, Toronto, where one man was killed and seven were injured on June 2.

And, in a further heartbreaking twist, she tweeted about how excited she was to see the Batman film just moments before Colorado gunman James Holmes, 24, broke in and fired at the audience.

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A young woman who was shot and killed while attending the Aurora, Colo., midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" had narrowly escaped a separate shoot-out in a Toronto mall last month.

Jessica Ghawi, an aspiring sportscaster, was killed when 24-year-old James Holmes burst into the movie house early this morning and methodically began shooting patrons, killing at least 12 and injuring at least 50.

Ghawi, who had recently moved from San Antonio, Texas, to Denver, had narrowly escaped a June 2 shoout-out at a Toronto food court that killed one person.

Ghawi attended the screening of the movie with her friend, Brent Lowak, and had been tweeting about the movie minutes before it began.

Lowak said he and Jessica were sitting in the middle of the theater when it filled with smoke from a device that was thrown into the crowd, according to an account of the shooting posted by Ghawi's brother, Jordan Ghawi, on his blog.

The friends dropped to a prone position to take cover from the spray of bullets.

"Brent then heard Jessica scream and noticed that she was struck by a round in the leg. Brent began holding pressure on the wound and attempted to calm Jessica. It was at this time that Brent took a round to his lower extremities. While still administering first aid, Brent noticed that Jessica was no longer screaming," Jordan Ghawi wrote.
PHOTO: Jessica Ghawi was among the victims killed at an Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting, July 20, 2012.
Courtesy Ghawi family
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Lowak "took what may have been his only chance to escape the line of fire" and exited the theater. Once safe, he contacted Ghawi's mother.

Six weeks ago, when the young sports writer had just missed getting caught in the Toronto food court shoot-out, she reflected on how lucky she was and how fragile life is in a blog post about the attack.

"I found out after seeing a map of the scene that minutes later a man was standing in the same spot where I just ate, and opened fire in the food court full of people. ... I would've been in the same place where one of the victims was found," Ghawi wrote.

After graduating from the University of Texas at San Antonio, Ghawi had been looking for a job in broadcasting. After interning with Mike Taylor, a sportscaster at San Antonio's Ticket 760, she got a new job in Denver, primarily covering hockey.

Taylor confirmed to ABC News that Ghawi had been in Toronto's Eaton Center mall at the time of the June 2 shootings.

"She was in Toronto, I think she was just there for vacation. She was having lunch in a mall in Toronto and there was a shooting in the food court where she was. She had just left," Taylor said.

On her blog, Ghawi described the harrowing experience of seeing the victims of gun violence.

"I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday. I saw the terror on bystanders' faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don't know when or where our time on Earth will end, when or where we will breathe our last breath. For one man, it was in the middle of a busy food court on a Saturday evening," she wrote.

Ghawi's brother, a firefighter in San Antonio, arrived in Denver this morning. Ghawi blogged that he'd received a "hysterical and almost unintelligible phone call" from his mother telling him Jessica had been shot while at the midnight show of "The Dark Night Rises."

Ghawi tweeted: "It appears that my sister has been fatally wounded in a mass shooting at a movie premiere in Denver. Well this could easily be the worst night of my life."