Largest Utah Earthquake In 18 Years Rattles Homes, Causing Only.
RANDOLPH, Rich County Shannon Butler was cooking at a restaurant in Randolph Thursday when the earth started shaking and knocked her into a nearby counter.
It shook us pretty good, said Stacey Showalter, who also works at the Gator Drive-In and Game Room. Some things came off the shelves, the cupboards popped open and pictures came off the wall.
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake was reported at 5:59 p.m. five miles northeast of Randolph, near the Utah-Wyoming border Thursday the largest earthquake in Utah in 18 years.
Only minor damage was reported from the quake that occurred in a relatively shallow depth of just over a quarter mile along the Crawford Fault, according to readings at the seismic network operated by the University of Utah.
U. seismologist Relu Burlacu said the earthquake is small, especially compared with recent quakes that have cost hundreds of lives, including a 6.9 magnitude quake in China on April 13.
The 4.9 quake is the largest to hit Utah since St. George experienced a 5.9 earthquake in 1992.
The amplitude of the event in 1992 was 10 times bigger, and in energy that event was 30 times larger, Burlacu said.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.9 quake is generally strong but likely to cause only light damage. Thats how Randolph residents described it. It shook buildings and caused pictures and other items to rattle and crash to the floor.
One Randolph resident said the shaking lasted about 40 seconds.
Laura Smith, who lives right across from the police station, said she was sitting on the floor when the quake struck, knocking her Coca Cola collection off the shelves.
I got hit with a hard jolt, another jolt and a rolling. I realized it was an earthquake, Smith said. And I thought I left California because of the earthquakes.
Randolph teenager Dixie Jones described the shaking ground as similar to standing on a trampoline. The quake shattered a large mirror in her bathroom but caused no other damage at her home.
Rich County sheriffs dispatchers said many people called in about the quake but no serious damage was reported.
Colburn Williams was watching TV about 35 miles away from the epicenter in Logan when he felt the rattling. He said 15 minutes later, the liquid sauce in a dish his wife had prepared for dinner was moving back and forth for at least three minutes in what he believes was an aftershock.
This wasnt his first quake. Williams, whos lived in Logan for 54 years, said he remembers one early morning in 1962 when the earth shook. That quake, which was reported as a 5.7 magnitude, knocked grocery products onto the ground at a nearby store.
Shannon Engemann: Larry King’s Affair?! Right Tv
Meet Shannon Engemann, Larry Kings affair and sister in law! Well, that is what reports are claiming anyway! Now King and his wife Shawn are divorcing. Get the details here along with photos and video!
Shannon Engemann is the sister if Shawn King, Larry kings wife. The couple filed for divorce today after spending 13 years together, sighting irreconcilable differences.
The National Enquirer reported that Shannon and King were having an affair in December of last year, saying that he dinned on her with lavish gifts including a luxury car.
However, according to Shannon there is no hanky panky going on.
This is so ludicrous. Shes singling me out, but Larry has been nothing but generous to our entire family, including me. Shawn has left me threatening messagesShawn left me a message If you dare sue the Enquirer I will pull out every last receipt that proves you had an affair with Larry.Im tired for taking the rap for things. I did not have an affair with Larry. Hes been like a father to me.
As far as any biography info on Shannon, here is what we know. She is 45, 5 years younger than Shawn. She is gorgeous with long blonde hair and has blue eyes. It is unclear what she does for a living, but judging from these pictures, it looks like she has modeled.
Could this just be some sibling rivalry after a tabloid printed a not so nice, untrue rumor? I guess only the parties involved know!
Do you think Shawns sister could have really slept with her brother in law? Or do you think this is just being blown out of proportion and is a reason to end the marriage?
Leave your thoughts on Shannon Engemann, Larry Kings affair (allegedly) in the comments below after checking out pictures of Larry and his wife along with video. Dont they look so happy! What a bummer after all these years!
Pretty Wild’s Alexis Neiers Arlington Bio, Photos And Lingerie.
E! television has seemingly captured reality show lightning in a bottle with Pretty Wild, a show focusing on the lives of former Playboy model Andrea Arlington and her two children Alexis Neiers Arlington and Gabby Neiers as well as their friend Tess Adler Taylor. The premise of the show, set to premiere Sunday, March 14 at 10:30 PM, may seem rather mundane, but throw in the fact that while filming the show Alexis was arrested in connection with the high-profile Burglar Bunch, who robbed the houses of numerous celebrities in the Los Angeles area, and youve got ratings gold!
Alexis and Tess are the troublemakers of the bunch and the center of drama on the show, loving to live it up with constant parties, hot dudes and the occasional celebrity break-in. Actually, Tess hasnt been connected to the Bling Ring burglaries, and Alexis claims her involvement in the theft of over $500,000 worth of items from Orlando Blooms home was purely involuntary and that she was drunk at the time. Detective Brett Goodkin interviewed Alexis (with her lawyer present) and says she admitted to being in Blooms house at the time of the robbery. She reportedly rode with Nick Prugo, but claims she was drunk at the time and wasnt aware why they were going to Blooms residence.
Alexis told another detective that when she saw the others pilfering things from the house she got ill and had to step outside where she puked and peed in the bushes. She has not admitted to taking anything.
Four members of the Burglar Bunch on security camera at Orlando Blooms house.
The other members of The Bling Ring are Nick Prugo (19), Rachel Lee (19), Diana Tamayo (19), Courtney Ames (19), and Roy Lopex (27). Of all those arrested, Rachel Lee is the only one who plead guilty.
Although throwing up and peeing in the bushes is a great resume filler when aspiring to become a reality show celebutant, its not all Alexis brings to the table! The 18-year-old hottie is an aspiring model and hopes her presence on the show will help jump start her career. She has a profile on ModelMayhem.com with 19 example photos and the following specs:
Height: 5 6
Weight: 108 lbs
Measurements: 34-24-33
Shoe size: 7
Hair color: Brown
Hair length: Long
Eye color: Blue
Ethnicity: Other
Skin color: Tanned
Experience: Experienced
Compensation: Depends on Assignment
Want to photograph Alexis? She lists her experience as well as what she will and wont do as far as nudity and posing alone:
My Name is Alexis Arlington I am a model and actress fortunate to live in beautiful Los Angeles California. I am currently a pilates and pole dance instructor which I love. I have been trained in many types of dance including ballet hip hop and tap. I was fortunate to have been trained by the most artistic and best pole dancers in the world. I am currently going to college for business and fashion and design. Always looking meet and chat with new people so feel free to message me!
I do NOT do nudes but WILL do implied
I require my personal assistant with me at all shoots. If you feel uncomfortable about them being there then they will wait outside of the shoot please let me know before hand.
I am open for all types of shoots location or a studio please let me know if you have a cool idea for an upcoming shoot and I would love to work with you!
10 Facts You Should Know About Alexis from the E! website:
1. I once was almost kidnapped while in Paris.
2. I have a secret talent for singing opera.
3. I think Tim Burton is incredible. Sean Penn and Johnny Depp are my acting idols. Night at the Roxbury is my fave movie.
4. Cartel is my favorite band, but I like everything from rap to hip-hop to rock to jazz to the blues, particularly from the 1940s.
5. My cant-live-without foods: cucumber rolls, miso soup and sorbet.
6. My secret celebrity love interest is Shannon Brown! Hottie!
7. I once had my fake ID ripped up while having a shot with Paris Hilton!
8. It would be cool to be a mermaidhalf fish, half sexy b*tch!
9. My favorite author is Deepak Chopra.
10. I love to flirtI could be addicted to hot boys!
The E! website for Pretty Wild says Alexis is caught in the squeeze of middledom, and that 18-year-old Lexis love/hate relationship with Tess stems from her jealousy of all the attention her older sib seems to get. But that could all change soon if Alexis Neiers continues to shoot sexy lingerie videos like this one for Issa Lingerie. Alexis comes in and introduces herself at about the 3:37 mark and her shoot lasts until approximately the 7:20 mark:
Here are a couple lingerie pictures from the shoot:
Im not sure at what point during the Pretty Wild season Alexis gets arrested, but it should be really entertaining to watch all the legal drama from behind the scenes, But, even without the Law and Order: Malibu element and although this might not be much more than Keeping Up With The Kardashians Lite, Im not opposed to watching three sexy women (younger sis Gabrielle is only 16) partying, creating drama and looking for reasons to wear next to nothing, so Ill be tuning in! Stay tuned for a similar post on Alexis Pretty Wild older sister Tess Taylor! She didnt stop at lingerie, baring it all on two separate occasions for Playboy! (Ill add a link here as soon as that post is up.) (And HERE IT IS, featuring safe-for-work Playboy photos and pole dancing videos as well as all sorts of info about the older sis!)
If youre looking for more personal info on Alexis, check out her Myspace page and her Facebook page!
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Hannah Kearney Wins Gold: American Beats Canadian Jenn Heil
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WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia Hannah Kearney waited four years to overcome her bitter disappointment. Canada will have to wait at least one more day before it can really let loose.
The 23-year-old from New Hampshire slashed through the rain and down the moguls Saturday night a remarkable run that gave America its first gold medal of the Vancouver Games and denied Jenn Heil the honor of becoming the first Canadian to win gold on home turf.
Heil came in as the favorite on paper winner of her last four World Cup events but this one really wasn't close. Kearney scored 26.63 points to win by .94 a wide margin in a sport often decided by tenths and hundredths.
She won in a blowout four years after coming in as the favorite but stumbling in qualifying for a 22nd-place finish that left her crying at the bottom.
Shannon Bahrke took bronze to add to her silver from 2002 and push America's medal total to three after the first full day of competition. Apolo Anton Ohno took silver in speedskating earlier.
But there was no bigger performer on this day than Kearney, who insisted she was more mature, more able to turn her brain off and simply ski than she was four years ago in Italy, when she came in as the defending world champion and was out of the running before she even reached full speed.
Not this time.
She pulled off a back flip on her top jump and a 360-degree spin on her second, her legs knitted tightly together on both, the perfect example of the form and function judges love to see when they're handing out Olympic gold.
Same scene as she tore through the slushy, rain-soaked moguls knees pointed forward and down the hill and hands moving in rhythm with the bumps.
Logging the fastest time 27.86 seconds didn't hurt anything, and when Kearney made it across the finish line, she knew it pumping her fists and waiting for the score that would prove to be a blowout over Heil, the defending Olympic champ.
It put a red, white and blue tinge on what was supposed to be a day for Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in the house to watch Heil, the top-ranked moguls skier in the world who was given a great shot at becoming the first to get 'O Canada' played at a medals ceremony in Canada.
Instead, she'll go down with figure skater Brian Orser, who lost the famous "Battle of the Brians" to Brian Boitano back in Calgary in 1988, settling for silver in what may have been Canada's last, best chance to take that gold on home turf.
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Countdown To Lost: ‘what Kate Does’ And ‘what Doc Missed’
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We are hours away from the arrival of the third episode of Losts last season, a Kate-centric affair entitled What Kate Does. Thats right, you heard me: third episode. Even though this is only week two, last weeks two-hour premiere counted as two episodes. Which means that after tonight, we will already be finished with 1/6th of the season. Holy Smokey! And it feels like the season only began last week. Waitwhat?!
My mind is still reeling in a good way from what we got out of LA X. The premiere inspired a wide range of reactions mostly positive, but with varying degrees of confusion (from severe frustration to just-rolling-with-it) or interest in the parallel world storyline the show has introduced this season, tracking the lives of a group of familiar characters who are actually profoundly different than the castaways we know, alterna-world people who landed safely in Los Angeles instead of crashing on an Island which, in their world, is actually sunk. One of my fave Lost bloggers, a very astute and very creative fellow who goes by the handle Fishbiscuit, has posted an insightful, well-researched and somewhat mixed assessment of LA X. I encourage you to read it. I dont share his opinion, but I respect and am greatly entertained by his engagement.
Here within the halls of EW, our contingent of Lost fans had a variety of different reactions, too. Periodically through the season, Im going to be sharing their thoughts with you, so that together, we might be able to reflect back the Lost communitys varied responses to the final year of the show. Perhaps one of these fine folk speak for you. Consider:
WHITNEY PASTOREK: The revelation of Smokey Locke was cool, the alternate-universe plane stuff a real brain-buster, and Im glad Sayids not dead. But Im not sure we needed the introduction of yet another mysterious group of people, or more fake-looking ancient architecture. If they dont come up with some answers by the end of this season, Im gone. Oh, wait.
ADAM B. VARY: Despite all my concerns about a continuity-free reboot going into Season 6, what was most surprising and satisfying about the premiere was how completely engaged I was with the rebooted timeline after spending five seasons with these people, seeing (most of) them (mostly) back to their pre-crash selves was incredibly moving and resonant to me. And Terry OQuinns killer pimp acting kicked my keister five ways from Tuesday. But the writers really need to begin shifting gears away from answering mysteries with more mysteries. The New Big Mystery of the dual timelines is great, but the new small mysteries the Japanese dude and his superfluous translator, the dirty hot-tub and its all-important hour glass, etc. just felt tedious and unnecessary. The ground is already fecund with storytelling possibilities; theres no need to seed it with even more fertilizer.
DALTON ROSS: My biggest problem with the Lost premiere was this: Too much Kate, not enough Locke/Fake Locke. Never really cared about Kate as a fugitive, so it was kind of a bummer to be served a heaping helping of that yawner of a storyline. Im also worried that the flash-sideways trick wont carry the same emotional resonance as the flashbacks. In the flashbacks, the present and past were linked in that we saw how events that had already transpired forged the personality of a person in the here and now. The flash sideways, however, had no such connection and was instead merely a case of now youre here; now youre there. Oh, and the underwater scene looked like bad CGI from a SyFy channel movie starring Dean Cain and a posse of serpents. Im just sayin
SEAN SMITH: It was wonderful to see all these characters again, but an hour into the premiere, I found myself suffering from mystery-fatigue. This series has always been so brilliant about implanting new burning questions into our brains, and weve been soooooo patient, but now that were in the final season, Im ready for some f-ing answers already. So, okay, the Man in Black is the smoke monster and John Locke is really dead (and Terry OQuinn needs an Emmy, stat!), but now weve got these characters in two different locations in two different versions of reality, and we dont know why or which reality (Both? Neither?) is real, and whether Juliets really dead, or just dead on the Island. And if Sayid is alive on the Island, does that mean hes dead in Los Angeles? And why is it that no one on this series ever asks follow-up questions? These characters may be comfortable with not knowing, but Im increasingly not. Of course, Ill be sticking it out to the bitter end, but I have to say Im frustrated. We have five seasons of questions burning in our brains. Did we really need a whole set of new ones? I feel like my head needs a hug.
As for me well, you know what I think. All 8000-plus words of it. If you havent read my recap of LA X, feel free to read it now in preparation for tonights new episode. Then come right back, because as it happens, I somehow managed to miss some stuff. Can you believe that? Truth is, as much as I write about Lost each week, I can actually write even more. Yes, it is a sickness. Also, when Im blurry-eyed and blurry-minded at 3 AM, little things can slip my mind. Little things like Charlies entire storyline last week. (The shame, the shame) So beginning this week, Im going to post a list of Things Doc Missed as part of each Tuesdays Countdown To Lost PopWatch post. The title was inspired by two top-notch Lost bloggers, Vozzek (Things I Noticed) and Nikki Stafford (Things Nikki Noticed). Without further ado:
THINGS DOC MISSED: LA X
Desmonds got a wedding ring. But are Jin and Sun even husband and wife?
Sharper eyes than mine alerted me to the fact that Sideways Desmond was wearing a wedding ring on the airplane. Maybe hes living a happily ever after life with Penelope somewhere in the world. Last week in my recap, I speculated that perhaps Desmond found new love with the woman he got his sailboat fromLibby. (As expected, the DesPen/PenMond lobbyists are now calling for my censure.) As for Jin and Sun, I defer to this email I received from reader William Riedel: Doc, Nobody seems to be mentioning it, but it doesnt appear that Jin and Sun are married. You dont see a ring on either. Watch the scene with the customs again. The second customs lady asks Sun, Ms. Paik, do you speak English? Its very quick, but she uses her maiden nameThought it was interesting.
Charlies Story
I actually feel really horrible about this. Allow me to atone for that error right now, using the format I employed for the other characters:
ISLAND WORD: The ex-rocker went to Australia to talk his brother into reuniting their band Driveshaft. When he said no, Charlie got wasted on drugs and booze. On the plane, an altercation with Cindy the flight attendant caused him to flee into the bathroom and attempt the old drug-flush. Then CRASH!
SIDEWAYS WORLD: It was cool seeing Cindy, Boone (who went down under to bring Shannon back from a bad boyfriend; this time, she wouldnt go), and especially Charlie, though the Sideways circumstances were pretty grim for this particular iteration of Mr. Pace. Charlie tried to swallow his bag of H an apparent suicide attempt. His crisis gave Jack a hero moment that required him to improvise, which reminded of the early Lost stories in which the clever, unbeatable doc relied on wits and scraps to pull off life-saving procedures for his fellow castaways. Still, Sideways Charlie was embittered toward Jack for saving his life, embellishing Jacks status in castaways lives as the unwanted/pathological savior-fixer. But I would say Jack made the right call in helping Charlie. Itll be interesting to see if Jacks hard-charging hero act will play as a virtue or vice in this world.
Sayids Passport
Last week, I claimed Sayids Sideways storyline didnt appear to have any deviations from Island Sayids history. Thats not true. Sharper eyes that mine have pointed out to me that former Iraqi soldier and torturer had an Iranian passport. Id be surprised if its a continuity error. Does Sideways Sayid have a whole new nationality in the Sideways world? Might this be a fake passport for some manufactured identity hes using? Something to track.
Dogen
I neglected to mention last week that The Temples English-hating master continued Losts tradition of naming characters after notable deep thinkers. Dogen = Dogen Zenji, the 13th century Japanese Zen Buddhist master, founder of the Soto School of Zen. Im no Zen expert, but my understanding is that Dogen emphasized the practice of sitting in silent meditation. But he put even more emphasis on the idea that there should be no distinction between daily living and spiritual discipline, that they should be integrated in a kind of lifestyle/mindset of constant, moment-to-moment enlightenment seeking, or what Christians might call ceaseless prayer. In doing so, the Truth appears, there being no delusion. If you understand this, you are completely free How much of this might get reflected in the Lost matrix this season? We shall see.
A new name for Fake Locke
David Skidmore in Murfreesboro, TN writes: Please use the phrase Locke-ness Monster in your write up. Pretty please? My friends are trying to settle on a name for the Lockes beyond Flocke, Alterna-Locke, Beached Locke, etc. We have a contest going and if you validate this and give me a dash of credit it would be the checkmate I need. David, feel free to declare victory! From now on, Locke-ness monster it shall be! (But I must tip my hat to my Totally Lost pal Dan Snierson, who coined this phrase for me weeks ago.) Also a big shout out to Adam B. Varys father, from whom I am swiping dirty hot tub to label The Others polluted magic spring. Look for the new jargon to make their first appearances in my recap of What Kate Does, posting tomorrow morning.
In the meantime, if youre looking for other stuff to do in advance of Lost tonight, theres my Doc Jensen column, or the new episode of Totally Lost below, complete with guest appearances by Matthew Fox, Terry OQuinn, and Michael Emerson, whose cryptic comments about the Sideways storyline have had Lost fans buzzing all day. Check it outand come back here right after the episode to start the conversation about What Kate Does.
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