text:
Seth Rogen, Michelle Monaghan, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Wilmer Valderrama, Maria Menounos, Max Weinberg, Hilary Duff, Luke Perry,
Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Anne Murray, Brenda Song and Mike O'Malley
Make Guest Appearances in All-New Episodes
This February, FOX fuels up with major television events, all-new episodes and big guest stars, including the landmark 850th episode of COPS Feb. 2; all-new episodes of THE FOLLOWING beginning Feb. 4; a brand-new NEW GIRL in which Jess and Nick's relationship takes a turn when they both attend a marriage convention Feb. 5; the start of the Hollywood Rounds of AMERICAN IDOL Feb. 6; a special two-hour Season Two premiere of TOUCH Feb. 8; a brand-new THE SIMPSONS, featuring the return of guest voice Zooey Deschanel Feb. 10, which is part of a full night of Valentine's Day-timed ANIMATION DOMINATION episodes; a Valentine's Day-themed episode of GLEE on Feb. 14; a KITCHEN NIGHTMARES two-part episode that features the most arrogant restaurant owner Chef Ramsay has ever met Feb. 15 and Feb. 22; a primetime NASCAR race Feb. 16; an all-new, can't-miss episode of THE MINDY PROJECT, featuring guest star Seth Rogen Feb. 19; the start of the all-new Las Vegas Semifinalist Round of AMERICAN IDOL Feb. 20; and all-new episodes of BONES, RAISING HOPE, NEW GIRL, THE MINDY PROJECT, AMERICAN IDOL, GLEE, KITCHEN NIGHTMARES, TOUCH, COPS, THE CLEVELAND SHOW, THE SIMPSONS, BOB'S BURGERS, FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD throughout the month.
Here are the highlights, night by night, for this February on FOX:
Monday, Feb. 4
BONES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Doll in the Derby"
Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) investigate the death of a female roller derby skater whose body was dismembered, and enlist Angela (Michaela Conlin) to go undercover as a derby skater. Meanwhile, Cam (Tamara Taylor) tries to uncover the details behind Booth's secretive hospital appointments.
THE FOLLOWING (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Poet's Fire"
A new follower is found in Rick (guest star Michael Drayer), who is on a determined path to follow through on Carroll's orders. Hardy (Kevin Bacon) and the FBI attempt to predict Rick's course of revenge, which leads to a surprising outcome. Meanwhile, Paul's (Adan Canto) jealousy over Emma (Valorie Curry) and Jacob's (Nico Tortorella) relationship leads to a breaking point, and the origin of Hardy and Carroll's (James Purefoy) relationship is revealed.
Monday, Feb. 11
BONES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Shot in the Dark"
When Brennan is shot while working late at the Jeffersonian lab, she is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. While there, she struggles with visions of her mother (guest star Brooke Langton) that defy her usual logic. Meanwhile, all evidence suggests that Brennan's attacker may be linked to the Jeffersonian.
THE FOLLOWING (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Mad Love"
Maggie (guest star Virginia Kull) devises a plot to put an end to Hardy. Tension rises as Paul reveals a secret that Jacob has been keeping from Emma, and Hardy and Claire's (Natalie Zea) past relationship is explored.
Monday, Feb. 18
BONES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Friend in Need"
The Jeffersonian team investigates the remains of a 15-year-old boy. Although his mother and a few close friends saw him as intelligent with poor social skills, the team discovers that this seemingly innocent boy was actually involved in illegal activity and had attended a high school party two weeks prior where drugs were present.
THE FOLLOWING (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Siege"
When Claire receives a phone call that may lead her to her son, Joey (Kyle Catlett), Hardy and the FBI set their next move into motion, causing panic at the followers' hideout. Meanwhile, Carroll seeks a lawyer (guest star Renee Elise Goldsberry) from his past to send a message that has deadly results.
Monday, Feb. 25
BONES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Fact in the Fiction"
When extremely educated new intern Dr. Oliver Wells (guest star Brian Klugman) starts working at the Jeffersonian, his enthusiastic personality and eccentric but undeniable observations get under Brennan's skin and cause her to try to be more open-minded about scientific questions. But Booth worries she may have gone too far when she accepts the possibility of time travel as a factor in a murder investigation.
THE FOLLOWING (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Fall"
Carroll's true intentions are revealed through a new follower, Charlie (guest star Tom Lipinski), and as Hardy learns of Carroll's plans, he tries to stall Emma, Jacob and Paul by taunting them in hopes of turning them against each other. Meanwhile, Emma makes a shocking decision.
Tuesday, Feb. 5
RAISING HOPE (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Yo Zappa Do, Part 2"
In the first of two back-to-back episodes, Hope (Baylie/Rylie Cregut) is recruited as an actress on "Yo Zappa Do." Then, Jimmy (Lucas Neff) signs on as an extra to help her through her scenes, but the show's star, Trevor (guest star Camden Garcia), makes his life miserable on set. Meanwhile, Burt (Garret Dillahunt) tries to pitch a new landscaping design to the studio chief (guest star Brian Doyle-Murray), and Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman) settles an old debt with her late ex-husband.
RAISING HOPE (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Sex, Clown and Videotape"
Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder, former "Yes, Dear" co-stars, reunite with "Yes, Dear" and RAISING HOPE creator Greg Garcia. When Burt and Virginia (Martha Plimpton) discover that their storage locker is up for auction, they also realize they have misplaced a personal and incriminating home video that has fallen into the hands of another couple (guest stars O'Malley and Snyder). Meanwhile, Sabrina (Shannon Woodward) tries to get to the bottom of Jimmy's epic sleepwalking habit.
NEW GIRL (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) - "Marriage"
The gang attends an Indian marriage convention, where Cece (Hannah Simone) hopes to find a prospective husband - even as Schmidt (Max Greenfield) hopes to win her back. Meanwhile, Winston's (Lamorne Morris) mojo returns, and Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson) get put in a compromising position in front of Dr. Sam (guest star David Walton).
THE MINDY PROJECT (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Harry & Mindy"
Mindy (Mindy Kaling) tries to solve her new boyfriend Jaime's (guest star BJ Novak) attachment to his best friend Lucy (guest star Eva Amurri Martino) by pairing Lucy up with Danny (Chris Messina) on a Valentine's Day double date. Meanwhile, on his way to his hot Valentine's hook-up, Jeremy (Ed Weeks) helps Morgan (Ike Barinholtz) with his pickup skills.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
RAISING HOPE (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "If a Ham Falls in the Woods"
Melanie Griffith, Wilmer Valderrama and Leslie Jordan guest-star in an encore that sees Jimmy and Sabrina attend a marriage retreat with Virginia, Burt, Sabrina's mom (guest star Griffith) and her young lover, Ricardo (guest star Valderrama), all tagging along.
NEW GIRL (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Models"
In an encore episode, Jess must fill in for Cece at a car show, and the guys question what defines male friendship after Schmidt buys Nick a cookie.
FOX News offers special network coverage of President Obama's State of the Union address, live in all time zones.
Tuesday, Feb. 19
RAISING HOPE (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Arbor Daze"
Luke Perry guest-stars as the Ghost of Arbor Day Past, Present, and Future, who pays a visit to Sabrina in the middle of the night, after she takes a stand against the way the Chance family celebrates Arbor Day.
NEW GIRL (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Fluffer"
In an encore episode, Nick and Jess address their relationship-without-benefits. Then, hoping to date a beautiful Republican, Schmidt pretends to be one of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's sons.
NEW GIRL (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) - "Parking Spot"
When Schmidt discovers a previously unknown, yet highly-coveted parking spot, Jess and the roommates battle it out to see who will get to use it. Meanwhile, Winston has a hard time finding a condom when he gets an impromptu invitation from Daisy (guest star Brenda Song).
THE MINDY PROJECT (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "The One That Got Away"
Mindy reunites with her "first kiss," Sam (guest star Seth Rogen). The pair reminisce about their time at Jewish summer camp, and soon rekindle the sparks of their teen romance.
Tuesday, Feb. 26
RAISING HOPE (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Making The Band"
In the first of two back-to-back episodes, it's a "My Name is Earl" reunion as the Chances throw a birthday party for Hope. Jason Lee reprises his guest-star role as former rock star Smokey Floyd, and is joined by guest stars Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Nadine Velazquez, and Eddie Steeples as Natesville locals who all band together to save the party.
RAISING HOPE (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Old Girl"
Sabrina is excited to introduce her new friend Rachel (guest star Hilary Duff) to the family, but Virginia and Burt are shocked when she turns out to be Jimmy's ex-girlfriend who broke his heart as a teenager.
NEW GIRL (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) - "TinFinity"
Jess catches the eye of a professional football player (guest star Steve Howey, "Shameless"), with whom Winston is trying to land an exclusive interview for his radio station. Meanwhile, Nick and Schmidt argue over the planning of their "TinFinity" party celebrating their tenth anniversary of living together, and Cece gets a surprise offer.
THE MINDY PROJECT (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Mindy's Minute"
Maria Menounos ("Extra") makes a cameo appearance in an all-new episode in which Mindy gets offered to host her own medical segment on the local news and counts on the entertainment broadcaster to help her prepare for her new gig. Meanwhile, Beverly (Beth Grant) returns to the office as an administrative assistant, but has trouble keeping up with hip culture and modern technology.
Wednesday, Feb. 6
AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Hollywood Round, Part 1"
The contestants who impressed the judges in their respective audition cities will head to Hollywood where some dreams will come true and others will come to an end. The intensity of the competition heats up as hopefuls chosen from around the nation try to move forward in the competition.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Hollywood Round, Part 3"
The ultimate singing stage test resumes in Hollywood as the contestants vie for a coveted spot in the semifinals.
Wednesday, Feb. 20
AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Semifinalist Round, Part 1"
In a new twist, the competition moves to Las Vegas, where the Top 40 semifinalists will be split into guys and girls. Starting tonight, 10 of the 40 semifinalists will perform and the judges will be faced with the tough decision of choosing which five will stay and which five will be sent home. Watch to find out if your favorite singers make the cut.
Wednesday, Feb. 27
AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Semifinalist Round, Part 3"
The tough singing semifinals continue as another ten performers sing for the judges in hopes of keeping their coveted spot on the show.
Thursday, Jan. 31
AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Auditions #6"
The search continues on the new season of AMERICAN IDOL, as the judges attend the final auditions to find America's next singing superstar. Don't miss the tryouts that everyone will be talking about.
GLEE (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Naked"
The glee club puts together a calendar photo shoot to raise money. Meanwhile, Rachel (Lea Michele) wins a part in a student art film, but the role poses a moral dilemma.
Thursday, Feb. 7
AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Hollywood Round, Part 2"
The tough Hollywood Round continues as judges Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban narrow down the contestants. Some will leave with shattered dreams, while others will proceed in the competition.
GLEE (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Diva"
Finn (Cory Monteith) challenges the glee club to find their inner powerhouse for "Diva Week." Meanwhile in New York, Kurt (Chris Colfer) can no longer take Rachel's arrogant attitude and calls her out, causing tension between the two friends. Also, Emma (Jayma Mays) is in a whirlwind preparing for her upcoming wedding to Will (Matthew Morrison).
Thursday, Feb. 14
AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Hollywood Round, Part 4"
In the final Hollywood episode, the judges reveal the Top 40 contestants - 20 males and 20 females - who remain in the competition. See which contestants shine and which ones crack under the pressure.
GLEE (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "I Do"
Will and Emma's wedding is finally here, and lands on the day of romance and love: Valentine's Day. The former and current members of the New Directions reunite in Lima to celebrate.
Thursday, Feb. 21
AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Semifinalist Round, Part 2"
The grueling semifinals continue as another 10 of the 40 semifinalists take the stage to perform for the judges. After they perform, the judges will be faced with the tough decision of choosing which five will stay each night and which five will be sent home. Find out if your favorite singers make the cut.
Friday, Feb. 1
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Levanti's Italian Restaurant"
Chef Ramsay travels to the town of Beaver, PA, and to the family-owned Italian restaurant Levanti's, which is barely being held together by a brother and sister who spend most of their time arguing. Find out if Chef Ramsay can help work through a sibling rivalry to save this sibling eatery.
THE FOLLOWING (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Chapter Two"
In an encore of the second episode of THE FOLLOWING, Ryan Hardy, Agent Mike Weston (Shawn Ashmore) and FBI Specialist Debra Parker (Annie Parisse), who is brought in to lead the investigation into Joe Carroll and his followers, dive deeper into the history of Carroll's psyche with the help of Carroll's ex-wife, and Hardy's former love, Claire Matthews. Meanwhile, Emma, Jacob and Paul keep Claire's son, Joey, at a house in the country as they prepare for their next move.
Friday, Feb. 8
TOUCH (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Event Horizon/Closer" - Season Premiere
Season Two of TOUCH picks up where Season One left off - with Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) on the run with his son, Jake (David Mazouz). Martin is determined to keep Jake safe from those who want to exploit his supernatural abilities, but Jake is on a mission of his own - to find the elusive Amelia (Saxon Sharbino). When Jake leads Martin to Los Angeles, and to Amelia's mother, Lucy Robbins (Maria Bello), these three form an ad hoc family, searching for the girl who may be the key to understanding Jake's abilities. Factoring into the unfolding equation is the genius of Aster Corps, Calvin Norburg (Lukas Haas), who's on the verge of making a career-defining discovery, as well as the extreme religious zealot Guillermo Ortiz (Said Taghmaoui), who stops at nothing to attain his vision. As ominous connections appear, Martin remains determined to uncover a global conspiracy in order to protect his family and save the lives of the innocent.
Friday, Feb. 15
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Mill Street Bistro, Part 1"
Chef Gordon Ramsay travels to Norwalk, OH, to visit Mill Street Bistro in the first part of a special two-part episode of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES. Located in the heart of farm country, Mill Street Bistro is run by Joe, the most pretentious restaurant owner Chef Ramsay has ever met. Joe claims his restaurant is farm-to-table, but the so-called bistro proves to be anything but. On top of it, Joe runs his staff like a dictator and has trouble listening to any views aside from his own. From his hostile attitude toward the staff and customers to the overpriced and tasteless recipes being served, Chef Ramsay has his work cut out for him with this stubborn owner.
TOUCH (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Enemy of My Enemy"
Martin's mission to uncover clues and expose the potentially sinister Aster Corp. has global consequences when an Aster Corps employee crosses the border in Pakistan. Meanwhile, ruthless religious zealot Guillermo continues to track down the "36" Righteous Ones, and Jake leads Lucy to a woman with alarming connections to her missing daughter, Amelia.
Friday, Feb. 22
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Mill Street Bistro, Part 2"
In the second part of a two-part episode, Chef Ramsay is back in Ohio farm country, hoping to snap restaurant owner Joe out of his state of denial. Joe has remained defiant and defensive, taking great pride in deflecting the advice Ramsay has to offer, which drives Ramsay to contemplate leaving the restaurant. Even with a total revamp of the menu and décor, there are bigger problems at play. Can Chef Ramsay fix them?
TOUCH (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Perfect Storm"
Unforeseen developments at Aster Corp. force Martin to make a nail-biting decision and strike a deal with someone unexpected. Meanwhile, Lucy visits the police with new information about Amelia's kidnapping, and Avram (guest star Bodhi Elfman) spots Guillermo in New York and warns Martin and Jake that he's on the hunt for them.
Saturday, Feb. 2
COPS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Liar, Liar #6" - Milestone 850th Episode
The Atlanta Police Department responds to an officer assistance call after a suspect flees from the police, and upon further investigation, they discover that the suspect's vehicle was stolen. Then, officers from the Kansas City Police Department confront two teenagers in possession of concealed weapons. Finally, officers from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida interrogate two occupants of a car for suspicious drug activity after they discover a large amount of prescription pills in the vehicle.
COPS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Busted #2"
Officers from the Newport News Police Department in Virginia stop a man riding his bike and discover a concealed weapon in his possession. Next, officers from the Broward County Sheriff's Office in Florida respond to a burglary in progress call after the homeowner's eldest son punched several windows in an attempt to break into the home. Finally, following a domestic disturbance call in Palm Beach, FL, a man is taken into custody for evaluation after he denies firing bullets in his residence.
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine"
In an encore episode, Chef Ramsay travels to the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA, to help a desperate retired special education teacher, Jean, who put her entire life's savings into her failing restaurant, Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine.
HELL'S KITCHEN (11:00 PM-Midnight ET/PT) - "18 Chefs Compete"
An encore broadcast of the Season 10 premiere begins with 18 aspiring restaurateurs braving Chef Gordon Ramsay and his fiery personality and competing to win the life-changing grand prize: a head chef position working under Executive Chef Kevin Hee at Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas.
30 SECONDS TO FAME (Midnight-12:30 AM ET/PT)
Everybody's 15 minutes of fame begins somewhere, and 30 SECONDS TO FAME is ready to kick-start the clock. In an encore episode of this fast-paced, competitive talent show, viewers and audience members are treated to a wide variety of acts all competing to make the most of their short-but-sweet slice of national exposure by winning the ultimate stamp of approval from the audience and the weekly grand prize of $25,000.
Saturday, Feb. 9
COPS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Wild & Crazy #2"
Officers from the Las Vegas Police Department investigate a woman who refused to pay her taxi fare. Then, the Portland Police Bureau questions two men after officers receive two separate calls regarding a fight involving a knife. Finally, officers from the Broward County Sheriff's Office respond to a robbery-on-foot call involving a tourist chasing after a man who allegedly stole his gold necklace.
COPS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Caught in a Lie"
A suspect crashes his car into an innocent victim's vehicle, but when he flees the scene, officers from the Kansas City Police Department find drugs and a gun in the abandoned car. Next, the North Las Vegas Police Department responds to a domestic dispute call involving two roommates and an alleged physical altercation. Finally, the Chattanooga Police Department stops two men driving from the residence of a known drug dealer.
An encore airing of the Feb. 4 episode.
HELL'S KITCHEN (11:00 PM-Midnight ET/PT) - "17 Chefs Compete"
In an encore episode, Chef Ramsay pits the women against the men in another intense challenge and demanding dinner service.
Another encore broadcast of the game show.
Saturday, Feb. 16
FOX SPORTS SATURDAY: NASCAR 2013: SPRINT UNLIMITED AT DAYTONA (8:00 PM-CC ET live/5:00 PM-CC PT live)
The NASCAR ON FOX broadcasting crew of race announcer Mike Joy and analysts Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip takes viewers through the first race of the 2013 NASCAR season, live from Daytona International Speedway.
THE FOLLOWING (11:00 PM-Midnight ET/PT) - "Mad Love"
An encore airing of the Feb. 11 episode.
An encore broadcast of the game show.
Saturday, Feb. 23
COPS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Street Patrol #3"
A chase ensues after officers from the Portland Police Bureau attempt to make a traffic stop and the suspect runs on foot to his home. Then, officers from the Kansas City Police department respond to a call from a local convenience store about a man being chased by another man with a knife. Finally, officers from the Portland Police Bureau respond to reports about a man riding his bicycle naked, and later discover he was protesting global warming.
COPS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Street Arrests #3"
In an encore episode, COPS is on the trail of a suspect found hiding in his daughter's bed in Alameda, CA; three suspects sitting in a car with drugs hidden in between the seats in Newport News, VA; and a man who threatened to attack his girlfriend with a brick in Chattanooga, TN.
An encore airing of the Feb. 18 episode.
HELL'S KITCHEN (11:00 PM-Midnight ET/PT) - "16 Chefs Compete"
Chef Ramsay once again pits the women against the men for an intense challenge in which they must serve classic all-American fare to some very special diners in another encore broadcast of HELL'S KITCHEN.
Sunday, Feb. 3
BOB'S BURGERS (7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) - "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal"
In an encore of the series' first-ever Thanksgiving episode, Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) is determined to make it the most memorable Thanksgiving ever, but plans change when Mr. Fischoeder (guest star Kevin Kline) hires Linda (John Roberts) and the kids as his family and Bob as the cook to stage the perfect Thanksgiving dinner.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) - "A General Thanksgiving Episode"
In an encore episode, Cleveland (Mike Henry) hires Holt (Jason Sudeikis) to babysit Rallo (Mike Henry) while the gang opens a new airport pub. After Cleveland gets drunk and winds up flying an airplane, Holt and his estranged drill sergeant father, General Richter (guest voice Will Arnett), must work together to bring Cleveland back to safety.
THE SIMPSONS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Penny-Wiseguys"
In an encore episode, Homer (Dan Castellaneta) is shocked to discover that his bowling teammate Dan Gillick (guest star Steve Carell), is an accountant for Fat Tony and the mob.
BOB'S BURGERS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Mutiny on the Windbreaker"
Bob is invited to be a private chef on a docked cruise ship, so he brings the family along to witness his skills outside of the restaurant. Bob's big day goes awry when crazed cruise ship Captain Flarty (guest voice Jeffrey Tambor) shanghais Bob and his family in an encore episode.
FAMILY GUY (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) - "Into Fat Air"
Elizabeth Banks guest-voices in an encore episode that sees the Griffins climbing Mount Everest and getting stuck on the mountainside in the middle of a massive storm.
AMERICAN DAD (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "American Stepdad"
Stan's (Seth MacFarlane) mother (guest voice Swoosie Kurtz) comes to live with the family, forcing Roger (MacFarlane) to share his attic with her in an encore episode. But when Stan's mom and Roger quickly fall in love and get married, Stan finds himself struggling to accept his new stepdad.
Sunday, Feb. 10 - Special Valentine's Day-Themed Episodes
BOB'S BURGERS (7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) - "Full Bars"
In an encore of BOB'S BURGERS, Gene (Eugene Mirman) gets suckered into dating Courtney (guest voice David Wain), his first girlfriend ever. But the entire family wants him to break up with her when they decide she's totally annoying.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) - "Here Comes the Bribe"
Donna (Sanaa Lathan) drags Cleveland to marriage counseling after he botches their wedding vows renewal, but the counselor (voice of AMERICAN DAD creator/executive producer Mike Barker) makes it clear that Cleveland can swing the "treatments" in his favor - for a price. Meanwhile, Junior's (Kevin Michael Richardson) beloved refrigerator, "Perry," breaks, but Rallo finds a way to give it a second life as a hotel-style mini-bar.
THE SIMPSONS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Love is a Many Splintered Thing"
Zooey Deschanel, Benedict Cumberbatch, Max Weinberg and Robert A. Caro make guest-voice appearances in an all-new THE SIMPSONS. Bart's (Nancy Cartwright) heart strings are pulled once again when Mary Spuckler (guest voice Deschanel) returns to Springfield, but his failure to pay her enough attention strains their relationship. Marge (Julie Kavner), too, puts Homer in the dog house.
BOB'S BURGERS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "My Fuzzy Valentine"
When a heart-shaped pancake simply doesn't cut it, the kids convince Bob to let them skip school in order to help him find a Valentine's Day gift that will "wow" Linda. Meanwhile, in the spirit of the romantic holiday, Linda sets up a speed-dating event at the restaurant that doesn't go exactly as planned.
FAMILY GUY (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) - "Valentine's Day In Quahog"
Drew Barrymore, Jessica Biel and Cheryl Tiegs make guest-voice appearances. Love is in the air on Valentine's Day, when Meg dates a guy (Keir Gilchrist) from the internet, Stewie uses his time machine and falls for a girl in the '60s, Peter (Seth MacFarlane) and Lois decide to stay in bed all day, Brian's ex-girlfriends pay him a visit and Quagmire (Seth MacFarlane) gets in touch with his feminine side.
AMERICAN DAD (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Max Jets"
Roger announces that "Max Jets," a character of Roger's who enjoys showering the Smith family with money, is soon getting out of prison. But the Smiths' "inheritance" may be in trouble when Max falls in love with Gina (guest voice Michelle Monaghan), a gold-digging waitress.
Sunday, Feb. 17
THE SIMPSONS (7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) - "Moonshine River"
In an encore episode, America's favorite Midwestern family travels to New York City in search of Bart's long-lost love Mary Spuckler (guest voice Zooey Deschanel), with whom he has wanted to reconnect ever since she left Springfield and her hillbilly family there to reinvent herself in the Big Apple.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) - "When a Man (Or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie"
Cleveland's mom, Cookie (guest voice Francis Callier), runs away with George Clinton (guest-voicing as himself) and the P-Funk All-Stars, after Freight Train (guest voice Craig Robinson) misses their anniversary party. So, Freight Train and Cleveland (Mike Henry) go to find her. Meanwhile, Cleveland Jr. engages in an elaborate office fantasy during a visit to an office supply store.
THE SIMPSONS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "Hardly Kirk-ing"
Bart and Milhouse (Pamela Hayden) explore the perks of being an adult when a shaving experiment leaves Milhouse looking exactly like his father. Also, Marge desperately tries to save Maggie from the dangers of children's television. Plus a special broadcast of the Academy Award-nominated short film "Maggie Simpson in: The Longest Daycare," in which MAGGIE SIMPSON spends a day at the Ayn Rand Daycare Center, where her only friend is an all-too-fragile butterfly.
BOB'S BURGERS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "Lindapendant Woman"
Linda thinks Bob doesn't appreciate her and quits the restaurant to work at a grocery store. In her absence, Bob tries - and fails - to run the place on his own, and the kids are stuck in the middle of the marital mayhem. Plus, things get romantic for Tina (Dan Mintz) when she meets her potential soul mate (guest voice Ben Schwartz) while restocking the milk fridge.
FAMILY GUY (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) - "Chris Cross"
To buy new sneakers, Chris (Seth Green) steals money from Lois' (Alex Borstein) purse. When Meg (Mila Kunis) catches him in the act, she forces him to do all of her chores in exchange for keeping mum. But Chris finally tires of the pact and runs away to live with Herbert (Mike Henry). Meanwhile, Stewie (Seth MacFarlane) and Brian (Seth MacFarlane) become obsessed with singer Anne Murray (guest-voicing as herself), and visit her to find out the true meaning of "Snowbird."
AMERICAN DAD (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Naked to the Limit, One More Time"
Roger pretends to be Jeff's (Jeff Fischer) imaginary friend so he can freely roam naked around the house with no disguise. But when big-mouth Jeff figures out that Roger is an alien, Stan issues an ultimatum: either Roger or Jeff must be killed immediately. Meanwhile, Steve (Scott Grimes) becomes insecure about the shape of his rear end.
Sunday, Feb. 24
BOB'S BURGERS (7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) - "Tina-rannosaurus"
After Tina accidentally wrecks the car and gets the whole family involved with a slimy insurance agent (guest voice Bob Odenkirk), she worries that she's a "jinx" in an encore episode of BOB'S BURGERS.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) - "Die Semi-Hard"
In an encore episode, to help pass time while posing in a holiday nativity scene, Cleveland tells his family his own version of one of his favorite holiday stories, "Die Hard."
THE SIMPSONS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) - "To Cur With Love"
In an encore episode, when Homer throws out his back and stays home to recover, he gets distracted by "Villageville" - a super-addictive tablet game in which he is able to create his own virtual village - and loses the family dog, Santa's Little Helper.
THE CLEVELAND SHOW (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "'Tis the Cleveland To Be Sorry"
In an encore episode, Cleveland pretends to be homeless after discovering that the food served at the local homeless shelter is much better than it is at home, and a chauvinistic storeowner (guest voice Nick Offerman) hires Roberta (Reagan Gomez) as a Christmas elf, but requires her to don a sexy costume.
FAMILY GUY (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) - "Jesus, Mary & Joseph"
In an encore episode, Peter tells his own version of the Nativity story.
AMERICAN DAD (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Love, AD Style"
In an encore episode, Roger opens a crooner's bar in the Smith family's attic and recruits Hayley as his main entertainer. Soon, all of Langley Falls becomes enthralled by her singing voice - including Roger, who takes his crush on Hayley a bit too far. Meanwhile, Stan tries to assert his manhood by negotiating a good deal on a new car.


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Vehicle Licensing Reform overview
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Improvements to New Zealand's vehicle licensing systems will keep our roads and vehicles safe, while saving motorists and businesses time and money.
Changes already confirmed affect the Warrant of Fitness and Certificate of Fitness systems.
Improvements still under consideration would affect the following:
Read the Vehicle Licensing Reform Terms of Reference (PDF, 91KB)
Read Minister Brownlee's media release on signing rule changes for the Warrant of Fitness and Certificate of Fitness systems(external link)
Read the questions and answers about Vehicle Licensing Reform
Background information on Vehicle Licensing Reform
View documents and related links
Warrant of fitness
Changes made to the warrant of fitness system mean:
- after initial inspection, no further inspection until vehicles are three years old
- annual inspections for vehicles three years and older, first registered on or after 1 January 2000
- six-monthly inspections for vehicles first registered before 1 January 2000
- extra education and communication measures will be developed to encourage New Zealanders to keep their vehicles roadworthy
- extra Police enforcement activities
- Ministry of Transport and the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) monitoring to assess any effects on safety the changes may have (additional measures will be considered, if needed)
These changes took effect on 1 January 2014 for vehicles first registered anywhere between 2004 and 2008, and 1 July 2014 for vehicles first registered anywhere on or after 1 January 2000.
Also from 1 July 2014 new vehicles receive an initial inspection, another one when they're three years old, then annual inspections for the remainder of their lifetime.
Motorists don't have to do anything different in relation to getting their warrant of fitness inspection. When vehicles are inspected, the inspection agent will assign the appropriate date for its subsequent inspection.
More information is available here.
Certificate of fitness
The certificate of fitness package is:
- keeping the current default six-monthly inspection frequency but allowing NZTA to vary inspection frequency from three to 12 months depending on a transport operator's safety performance
- allowing vehicle owners and operators to have greater choice about where and from whom they get their vehicles inspected. This will include the flexibility to bundle service and inspection together, and possible accreditation for operators to manage the safety of their vehicles.
The introduction of a variable frequency for inspections took effect from 1 July 2014, and changes to allow a greater range of providers for certificate of fitness inspections took effect on 1 December 2014.
More information is available here(external link)
Annual Vehicle licensing
The Associate Minister of Transport will report back to Cabinet by 30 September 2013 with a detailed improvement package to:
- make it easier for motorists to pay on time by improving communication
- encourage on-time payment through the use of payment incentives such as late payment penalties
- use more targeted sanctions that better distinguish between those who are late to pay and those who are evading payment.
More information is available here
Read the one page overview of annual vehicle licensing (PDF, 378kb)
Transport services licensing
The transport services licensing system will be left in place but improvements can be made. The NZTA will report back to the Associate Minister of Transport by 30 September 2013 on:
- the implications of removing farmers and trades people who only use one goods vehicle of less than 15,000 gross vehicle mass, from having a transport services license
- ways to improve the process for entry to transport services licensing
- opportunities to better manage and exit unsafe and poor performing operators from transport services licensing
- whether the fees and charges for the regulatory activities should change to reflect the activities carried out for different sectors.
More information is available here
Read the one page overview of transport services licensing (PDF, 280kb)
Indicative timetable
|Indicative date
|Warrant of fitness (WoF)
|Consultation on amendment to Rule
|April/May 2013
|WoF changes implemented
|1 January 2014/ 1 July 2014
|Certificate of Fitness (CoF)
|Consultation on amendment to Rule
|April/May 2013
|CoF changes implemented
|1 July 2014/ 1 December 2014
|Annual Vehicle Licensing
|Report back to government on specific changes to Annual Vehicle Licensing
|30 September 2013
|Transport Services Licensing
|Conversation with industry about proposed changes
|Before 30 September 2012
|Report back to government on changes to Transport Services Licensing
|30 September 2013
Documents and related links
- Read more information about vehicle licensing reform on the NZTA website(external link)
- Read Minister Brownlee's media release on signing rule changes for the Warrant of Fitness and Certificate of Fitness systems(external link)
- Read questions and answers about Vehicle Licensing Reform
- Read frequently asked questions about warrant of fitness and vehicle safety
- Read about the project background and previously published information (external link)
- Vehicle Licensing Reform - Phone survey and focus group results
- Read the Cabinet paper on Vehicle Licensing Reform [PDF, 170 KB]
- Read the Regulatory Impact Statement on Vehicle Licensing Reform (PDF, 896kb)
- Read the Cost Benefit Analysis for certificate of fitness reforms (PDF, 3mb)
- Read the Cost Benefit Analysis for warrant of fitness reforms (PDF, 3mb)
- Read the Summary of Submissions (PDF, 346kb)
- Read the Vehicle Licensing Reform fact sheet (PDF, 156kb)


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AKRON, OHIO (Sept. 24, 1:30 p.m. ET) — A long-fiber reinforced plastic production record set by Ticona is featured in this week's Material Insights video.
Ticona sites in Minnesota, Germany and China produced LFRTs at a record pace in the third quarter. Officials with Ticona in Florence, Ky., said the firm is benefiting from demand growth in auto, industrial, electrical/electronic and consumer markets.
Alleged safety violations at a PVC plant in Delaware and a pair of expanded polystyrene plant closings in Asia also are featured in this week's video. Formosa Plastics Corp. USA is facing almost $150,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 16 alleged violations at its dispersion PVC plant in Delaware City. In Asia, BASF SE is closing EPS plants in Malaysia and India because of overcapacity for the material in that region.
The video wraps up with news that Solvay Advanced Polymers is increasing capacity for polyetheretherketone resin by 70 percent at its plant in Panoli, India. Officials with Solvay in Brussels said that demand for PEEK is coming from a variety of markets, including aeronautic and oil and gas exploration.
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Sony Legacy Recordings
Rage Against the Machine was a musical Molotov cocktail: Guitarist Tom Morello's shredder-DJ fretboard mastery and effects manipulation was the fuse, renegade frontman Zack de la Rocha's Howard Zinn-approved lyrics and rebel conviction was the gasoline, and the flexible funk-metal acrobats of bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk were the glass bottle holding everything together. Thanks to these incendiary components, Rage Against the Machine still burns as one of the most important albums since 1990.
Rage Against the Machine – XX 20th Anniversary Box Set is a double-CD, double-DVD package ripe with early concert footage (where Morello uses a 'burst LP on "Wake Up"), seven raw demos of album material, and a 2010 show in Finsbury Park, London. Other unreleased material includes three new songs. "A Mindset's a Threat" has a slithering "Wake Up"-style riff that dances with de la Rocha's Rasta-rap delivery, "Auto Logic" bounces like "Killing in the Name" as de la Rocha spits venom. And "The Narrows" rhythmically navigates around Morello's screeching and scratching à la "Fistful of Steel." The DVD's coup de grâce is Rage's first concert complete with a lone slamdancer wearing a tucked-in polo.
The only negative of this nostalgic collection of must-have metal is the sober reminder that a band as historically impactful as Rage hasn't made new music in more than a decade. —Chris Kies
Must-hear tracks: "Auto Logic," "Freedom"


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VANCOUVER -- Leonardo DiCaprio's next role will send him into the lush wilderness of Beautiful B.C. in the coming weeks.
The Wolf of Wall Street has been sporting a scruffy, unshaven face in recent weeks, likely for his upcoming portrayal of a 19th-century fur trapper who is left for dead after a bear mauling in the North American wilds, according to reports.
Filming of The Revenant begins Sept. 29 in the Vancouver area, with local operations based at Mammoth Studios in Burnaby. They'll be shooting locally until late March.
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The flick will be directed by Oscar nominee Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Tom Hardy (Inception), Domhnall Gleeson (Harry Potter) and Will Poulter (We're the Millers) round out the cast.
The "revenge thriller" will also be filming in the Calgary area, where the casting of extras is already underway.
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Financial Planning Coalition to Testify Before House Committee on Financial Services Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2009... The Financial Planning Coalition will testify on the need to better protect consumers seeking financial advice on Friday, July 17 at 11 a.m. (EDT) at the House Committee on Financial Services hearing to examine financial services reform.
The hearing — "Industry Perspectives on the Obama Administration's Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals" — will look closely at President Obama's white paper titled Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation. The Coalition will be represented by Diahann W. Lassus, CFP®, CPA/PFS, Chair of The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), who will advocate for more rigorous standards for financial intermediaries who deliver financial planning advice. The Coalition is comprised of NAPFA, the CFP Board of Standards and the Financial Planning Association.
In the prepared testimony, Ms. Lassus will call for functional regulation of financial planners and the establishment of baseline standards for training, experience and competence. Lassus will also point to the need for an unambiguous fiduciary duty for all financial planners and advisors while also imploring Congress to avoid undermining the fiduciary duty already in place under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
"We are pleased that Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Ranking Member Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) and the members of the Committee are interested in the perspective the Coalition has on this pressing issue. We look forward to working with Congress to ensure consumers seeking financial planning advice are protected," said the Coalition in a joint statement.
The Coalition was formed in December 2008 to provide the financial planning profession with a strong, unified voice in anticipation of financial regulation reform. Its goal is to establish statutory recognition of the financial planning profession and enhance consumer protection by encouraging regulations that will help the public identify those competent, ethical professionals who should be subject to a fiduciary duty in the delivery of financial planning advice. The Coalition has also called for the establishment of a professional standards-setting oversight board for financial planners that would be subject to federal authority.
About CFP Board: The mission of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. is to benefit the public by granting the CFP® certification and upholding it as the recognized standard of excellence for personal financial planning. The Board of Directors, in furthering CFP Board's mission, acts on behalf of the public, CFP® certificants and other stakeholders. CFP Board owns the certification marks CFP® , CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements. CFP Board currently authorizes more than 59,000 individuals to use these marks in the United States. For more about CFP Board, visit www.CFP.net.
About FPA: The Financial Planning Association ® (FPA®) is the leadership and advocacy organization connecting those who provide, support and benefit from professional financial planning. FPA demonstrates and supports a professional commitment to education and a client-centered financial planning process. Based in Denver, Colo., FPA has close to 100 chapters throughout the country representing more than 29,500 members involved in all facets of providing financial planning services. Working in alliance with academic leaders, legislative and regulatory bodies, financial services firms and consumer interest organizations, FPA is the community that fosters the value of financial planning and advances the financial planning profession. For more information about FPA, visit www.FPAnet.org or call 800.322.4237.
About NAPFA: Since 1983, The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) has provided Fee-Only financial planners across the country with some of the strictest guidelines possible for professional competency, comprehensive financial planning, and Fee-Only compensation. With more than 2,000 members across the country, NAPFA has become the leading professional association in the United States dedicated to the advancement of Fee-Only financial planning. For more information on NAPFA, visit www.napfa.org.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- New York tried to resume its normal frenetic pace Thursday, getting back much of its vital subway system after a crippling storm, but was l slowed by gridlocked traffic.
Commuters lined up at Penn Station to board uptown trains at 6 a.m. Technology worker Ronnie Abraham was on one of them, hoping to get home to Harlem, a trip that is 20 minutes by train and 2 1/2 hours by bus.
"It's the lifeline of the city," Abraham said. "It can't get much better than this."
Ray Dunn, a paramedic, was trying to get work in the Bronx for the first time since the storm barreled up the East Coast, killing more than 70 people, devastating coastal communities and leaving millions without power from New Jersey to the West Virginia mountains.
"There's no way to get to work unless you drive," said Dunn, who doesn't own a car.
After reopening its airports, theaters and stock exchange, city officials hoped the subways would ease the gridlock that had paralyzed the city, forcing cars and pedestrians to inch through crowded streets without working stoplights. But television footage Thursday showed heavy traffic crawling into Manhattan, as police turned away cars that carried fewer than three people - a rule meant to ease the congestion that paralyzed the city earlier this week.
And the platforms weren't crowded; a dozen people at a time waited on platforms. An F train headed to a bus stop in Brooklyn rolled in near silence, with just a fraction of its normal load, then sat in a station for 15 minutes while the train waited for a space in the next station.
In Manhattan, the trains only ran north of 34th Street, unable to travel through flooded tunnels in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn. The stalled service didn't impress Yukun Yang, a college student who said his home city of Guangzhou, China, would have weathered the storm better than New York.
"We have hurricanes and subways in my city, and we handle it much better," he said. "Hurricanes are normal and they don't stop the subways."
The decision to reopen undamaged parts of the nation's largest transit system came as the region struggled to restore other basic services to recover from the storm. LaGuardia Airport opened Thursday morning for the first time since the storm, a day after the region's other two airports reopened.
Across the region, people stricken by the storm pulled together, in some cases providing comfort to those left homeless, in others offering hot showers and electrical outlets for charging cellphones to those without power. The spirit of can-do partnership extended even to politicians, who at least made the appearance of putting their differences aside to focus together on Sandy.
"We are here for you," President Barack Obama said in Brigantine, N.J., touring a ravaged shore. "We are not going to tolerate red tape. We are not going to tolerate bureaucracy."
Obama joined Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who had been one of the most vocal supporters of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, to tour the ravaged coast. But the two men spoke only of helping those harmed by the storm.
That was already beginning Wednesday, when masses of people walked shoulder-to-shoulder across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan for work, reversing the escape scenes from the Sept. 11 terror attack and the blackout of 2003. They reached an island, where many people took the lack of power and water and transportation as a personal challenge.
On Third Avenue, people gathered like refugees around a campfire. But instead of crackling flames, their warmth came from more advanced technology: a power strip that had been offered to charge cellphones.
At a fire hydrant on West 16th Street, 9-year-old Shiyin Ge and her brother, 12-year-old Shiyuan Ge, stood in line to fill up buckets of water. But unlike the adults, the two kids held plastic Halloween candy pails painted with grinning jack-o-lanterns.
"There's no water in our house," said Shiyin Ge, who had planned to dress up as a ladybug for Halloween.
Downtown Manhattan, which includes the city's financial district, Sept. 11 memorial and other tourist sites, was still mostly an urban landscape of shuttered bodegas and boarded-up restaurants, where people roamed in search of food, power and a hot shower.
The airports and subways weren't the only transportation systems returning to the region. Suburban trains started running for the first time on Wednesday, and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor was to take commuters from city to city for on Friday for the first time since the storm.
From West Virginia to the Jersey Shore, the storm's damage was still being felt, and seen.
In New Jersey, signs of the good life that had defined wealthy shorefront enclaves like Bayhead and Mantoloking lay scattered and broken: $3,000 barbecue grills buried beneath the sand and hot tubs cracked and filled with seawater. Nearly all the homes were seriously damaged, and many had entirely disappeared.
"This," said Harry Typaldos, who owns the Grenville Inn in Mantoloking, "I just can't comprehend."
Most of the state's mass transit systems remained shut down, leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters braving clogged highways and quarter-mile lines at gas stations. Atlantic City's casinos remained closed. Christie postponed Halloween until Monday, saying trick-or-treating wasn't safe in towns with flooded and darkened streets, fallen trees and downed power lines.
Farther north in Hoboken, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, nearly 20,000 residents remained stranded in their homes, amid accusations that officials have been slow to deliver food and water. One man blew up an air mattress and floated to City Hall, demanding to know why supplies hadn't gotten out. At least one-fourth of the city's residents are flooded and 90 percent are without power.
The outages forced many gas stations across the state to close, resulting in long lines of people looking to fuel cars and backup generators. Darryl Jameson of Toms River waited more than hour to get fuel.
"The messed up part is these people who are blocking the roadway as they try to cut in line," he said. "No one likes waiting, man, but it's something you have to do."
On New York's Long Island, bulldozers scooped sand off streets and tow trucks hauled away destroyed cars, while residents tried to find a way to their homes to restart their lives. Joanne and Richard Kalb used a rowboat to reach their home in Mastic Beach, filled with 3 feet of water.
Her husband, exasperated by the futility of their effort, posted a sign on a telephone pole, asking drivers to slow down: "Slow please no wake."
Snow drifts as high as 5 feet piled up in West Virginia, where the former Hurricane Sandy merged with two winter weather systems as it went inland. Heavy snow collapsed parts of an apartment complex, a grocery store, a hardwood plant and three homes. The sixth person killed in the state was a candidate for the state House of Delegates, John Rose Sr., who was struck by a falling tree limb. His name will remain on the ballot on Election Day.
A few more inches might fall in West Virginia, but meteorologists said Sandy's days are numbered. The National Weather Service said Wednesday that the last remnants of the storm are in the Appalachian Mountains, and will be gone by the end of the week.
Contributing to this report were Verena Dobnik, Eileen AJ Connelly, Karen Matthews, David B. Caruso, Leanne Italie and Lou Ferrara in New York; Samantha Henry in Hoboken, N.J.; Wayne Parry in Mantoloking, N.J., Katie Zezima in Seaside Heights, N.J.; Frank Eltman in Mastic Beach, N.Y., Larry Neumeister in Long Beach, N.Y., and Vicki Smith in Elkins, W.Va.


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New multi-core OMAP 4 applications platform from Texas Instruments ushers in a new era of mobile computing performance Future-proof, high-performance, low-power platform makes the vision of the mobile tomorrow a reality
Texas Instruments (TI) has announced OMAP 4, a mobile applications platform that delivers multimedia-rich user experiences such as 1080p video record and playback, 20 megapixel (MP) imaging and approximately a week of audio play time. The company claims that he platform provides significant improvements in performance and play time compared to today's most popular Smartphones, with 10x faster Web page loading times, more than 7x higher computing performance, 6x higher video resolution, 10x better graphics performance and 6x longer audio play time.
At the heart of the OMAP 4 platform is a system-on-chip that aims at balancing power efficiency and high performance across four main engines: a programmable multimedia engine based on TI's C64x DSP and power-efficient, multi-format hardware accelerators; general-purpose processing based on the dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore supporting symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and capable of speeds of more than 1GHz per core; a high-performance programmable graphics engine; and an Image Signal Processor (ISP) for unparalleled video and imaging performance. The OMAP 4 platform also includes a software suite, power management technology and other supporting components, providing the foundation necessary to create devices with mobile computing performance at low power.
"For the past decade, TI has focused on providing an optimal balance of high performance and low power consumption in our OMAP product line to address our customers' needs to quickly and easily address new market trends," said TI's Greg Delagi. "The OMAP 4 platform will enable a new class of mobile devices that will redefine the boundaries of Smartphones and MIDs."
OMAP 4 platform highlights:
- Mobile computing performance and advanced multimedia. The combination of programmability and multicore performance provides flexibility to support new and emerging applications and standards. The first members of the family are the OMAP4430 and OMAP4440, with features including:
- Four powerful, high-performance processing engines: General-purpose processing leveraging the dual-core Cortex-A9 MPCore, supporting SMP; Programmable multimedia engine based on TI's C64x DSP and power-efficient, multi-format hardware accelerators; POWERVX SGX540 graphics engine; Dedicated ISP
- Full 1080p multi-standard HD record and playback; Digital SLR-like performance with 20 MP imaging; 3D user interfaces supporting life-like graphics, intuitive touch screens, large local displays beyond WSXGA and HDMI compatible external displays.
- Power management technology, delivering multimedia performance while maximizing battery life: 10+ hours of 1080p HD video playback, 4+ hours of 1080p HD record; 140+ hours of CD quality audio playback
- Support for mobile operating systems, and a software suite that is tested for real world-uses cases, accelerating time to market. The OMAP 4 platform will support Linux variants such as the Android Mobile Platform and LiMo, as well as Symbian OS and Microsoft Windows Mobile. Additionally, software for the OMAP 4 platform is tested and validated up to the application level.
- Open platform.


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In a bonus edition of HDNet Fights Video Vault, we take a look back at a recent Legacy Fighting Championships 7 headliner between lightweights Carlo Prater and Cameron Dollar.
The fight took place back in July and marked Legacy's debut on HDNet.
The bloody matchup pitted Prater, a former WEC fighter and Palace Fighting Championships titleholder, against Dollar, a cast member on "The Ultimate Fighter 8" who was on a career-best win streak.
Each week HDNet and MMAjunkie.com release a new and exclusive fight from
the ever-growing HDNet Fights video library. Stunning knockouts, slick
submissions, shocking finishes and legendary brawls are the norm for
this weekly feature.
Prater vs. Dollar is no exception.
Prater (27-10-1 at the time) looked to continue a career rebound following submission victories over Bryan Travers in Strikeforce and over Henrique Mello in his native Brazil. The Texas-based fighter faced a tough test in Dollar (9-2), who had won five straight fights via submission (which included wins over UFC vets Kit Cope and Alvin Robinson) since his time on "TUF 8."
So which big-show vet would get the victory?
Check out the embedded clip for the answer.
Additionally, be sure to catch HDNet's live presentation of Legacy Fighting Championships 8 this Friday at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT). Featured bouts include Pete Spratt vs. Jorge Patino and Eric Schambari vs. Andrew Craig.
Each week MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) and HDNet Fights (www.hdnetfights.com) team up for "HDNet Fights Vault," which offer a new and unique video from the organization's ever-growing fight library. The weekly feature is a continuation of a long-standing partnership between MMAjunkie.com and HDNet. For more information on HDNet, which broadcasts more MMA events than any other TV


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A Sudbury guide to telling stories well
A new guide released by a francophone Sudbury publishing group hopes to put the magic back into telling stories.
The Centre franco-ontarien de folklore (or CFOF, the Franco-Ontarian folklore Centre) has released Conter pour les enfants — les petits et les grands. (Storytelling for Children —Young and Old).
The 30-page practical guide has been created for parents of young children, early childhood educators and librarians, officials say.
"People sometimes hesitate when they want to tell stories, even though they continually share anecdotes and small experiences about their life on social media every day," Patrick Breton, executive director of the CFOF, said in a release. "Often, they believe they do not know any stories, they do not know how to go about telling them, or simply choose to read a story from a book.
"However, storytelling is nothing more than choosing a story one knows and telling it in one's own words. We decided to develop this simple guide to provide easy and efficient tricks one can use to start telling stories."
The tool has been developed by storyteller Jacques Falquet, as requested by the CFOF, to provide people interested in telling stories the tools to do so.
It offers practical advice to apprentice storytellers so that they may better choose the right story according to their audience, prepare adequately before telling a story, know how to tell a story and how to end a storytelling session.
"When you start telling a story to a child, you share a magical moment, one which this child will never forget," Falquet said. "The words you impart to him nourish his or her imagination and thought processes, thus bolstering his or her confidence; moreover, it enriches your relationship with this child. The magic is therefore shared."
The guide has been published in collaboration with the Centre franco-ontarien de ressources en alphabétisation— Centre FORA (Franco-Ontarian Literacy Resource Centre), thanks to the financial assistance of Heritage Canada.
The guide will be available at a low cost and be of interest to a number of people, "The more people share stories — their stories — the better the CFOF plays its role in encouraging the dissemination of Franco-Ontarian heritage," Breton said.
The guide will be sold at the CFOF offices and on Centre FORA's website (www.centrefora.on.ca) for $5 each.


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Nike Reports Persistent Problems at China FactoriesBy Reuters - Print
Nike's difficulties with China highlight the deep
roots of some of the problems businesses face in manufacturing there, particularly at a time of sharply rising costs and a
stiffening legal environment.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Nike Inc (NKE.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's biggest sneaker and sportswear maker, said falsified documents, underage workers and unpaid wages were problems encountered at suppliers in China, despite what experts say is one of the top social compliance regimes in the industry.
The Oregon-based company's difficulties highlight the deep roots of some of the problems businesses face in manufacturing in China, particularly at a time of sharply rising costs and a stiffening legal environment.
In its first country-specific supply chain report, which it said focused on China because of the upcoming Beijing Olympics, Nike detailed the efforts it has been making to get suppliers to comply with its code of conduct and Chinese law, including a scheme to monitor Olympics-related suppliers this year.
"As China continues to develop we see progress and best practices emerging. But like our partners in any other country, the factories we contract with in China continue to face challenges as well," said the report, which was released earlier this month on Nike's Web site.
It listed several labor-related challenges, including falsification of factory documents, like payroll records, lack of effective grievance systems for disgruntled workers and hiring practices that did not ensure minimum age standards are met.
The report said China is Nike's largest single sourcing country, with some 180 manufacturers and about 210,000 employees.
Last year, Nike rolled out a scheme to check the identity of some 150,000 of its workers in China, and found 167 cases of people who were below minimum age standards when they were hired but were now 18 or older. Two people were found to be underage.
Wages in some places were not tracking government mandated raises, the report said.
"As multiple factors drive up the cost of business, we find that some contract factories try to avoid making changes to wages in a timely manner," it said.
In 2005 and 2006, Nike "secured" over 6.53 million yuan ($921,300) in back wages owed to workers in China. Last year, it said it recovered more than 500,000 yuan in back pay.
Experts say Nike has been an industry leader in corporate social responsibility. In 2005 it made public for the first time its entire supply chain.
But the problems the Nike report said it was trying to tackle were widespread in China.
Last year, a rights group reported that it had found children working at factories making Olympics bags, caps and stationary.
About one third of Nike shoes are made in China, as is much of the apparel and equipment it sells worldwide.
($1=7.088 Yuan)
(Reporting by John Ruwitch; editing by Kim Coghill)
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ACTIF is a regional trade body formed in June 2005 by the cotton, textile and apparel sectors from across sub-Saharan Africa to create a unified and recognized voice in both regional and global trade affairs.
Individual countries recognized the fact that they could no longer act in isolation or remain fragmented in the face of current and future challenges to the cotton and textile industry, hence the need for regional integration that would in turn lead to market discovery, increased business linkages, trade and investment.
ACTIF's mandate is to bring the disparate needs of the cotton, textile and apparel sectors into cohesive and consensus driven positions at regional and international trade and development forums.
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TFC represents over 200 world´s leading trade shows organized by world´s leading trade show companies such:
(TFEA, Nairobi / Kenya) is a subsidiary of Trade and Fairs Consulting GmbH within East Africa. In addition, Trade and Fairs East Africa Ltd. is the largest German trade show organizer for high quality events within the East and Central African region. All regional events consist of international conferences and matchmaking program.
This success is the impact of a long time experience in the leading exhibition and conference business as well as great relationship to important partners all over the world, important government bodies and international associations.


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In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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ABSTRACT Post Translational Modifications (PTMs) are a series of chemical modifications with the capacity to expand the structural and functional repertoire of proteins. PTMs can regulate protein-protein interaction, localization, protein turn-over, the active state of the protein, and much more. This can dramatically affect cell processes as relevant as gene expression, cell-cell recognition, and cell signaling. Along these lines, this Ph.D. thesis examines the role of two of the most important PTMs: glycosylation and phosphorylation. In chapters 2, 3 and 4, a 10,000 peptide microarray is used to analyze the glycan variations in a series lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from Gram negative …
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DWTS Mark Ballas Performs A Special Live Acoustic Performance At The Grove And Will Also Be Performing At 26th Annual Imagen Awards
Yesterday, Mark paid The Grove in Hollywood a little visit. He gave them an interview and sang. He talks of his three favorite dream partners for Dancing With The Stars again….Jennifer Aniston, Ellen Degeneres, and Pippa Middleton (this one always gets a lot of ewws and ahhs). He gives hints for his next single. He also promotes Pia Toscano and a possible collaboration (this is where it gets a little hard to stomach?). Anyway, Mark's performance isn't bad. I'll give him that. Check it out!
Thanks to Vin for sending this link to us!!!
Also, for those who are fans to Mark musically, he will be performing at the 26th Annual Imagen Awards on August 12th at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. He will also be presenting an award.


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Weight Loss Is Only Possible With The Correct Psychology
Losing weight is often a struggle but it is even more of a struggle without the right psychology. You can have all the information in the world about how to lose weight but without the right psychology to apply it, it is useless.
Weight loss is only achieved by having the correct information and using that information to take action.
Having the appropriate psychology is the most important element of weight loss but is usually overlooked and underestimated. The right psychology will give you motivation, commitment, and help you to overcome obstacles, temptations and distractions. The proper psychology can also make weight loss fun, easier, more exciting and develop changes towards a healthy new lifestyle and a better quality of life.
I will try to keep this article as simple as possible. I will avoid jargon whenever I can. I will not go into detail about how some of the processes work, as it is irrelevant. However if you would like more detailed information then feel free to contact me, my details are at the end of the article. During the article I use the term losing weight. When I say losing weight I am specifically referring to losing fat. Weight loss is all about fat loss. I want you to lose fat but keep the muscle.
What is the right psychology and why is it important? First off I will start referring to a person's psychology as a mindset. A mindset is important because it controls our behaviour, thoughts and actions. As people grow they develop habits and associations that govern their life. These habits and associations are controlled by our subconscious and people are usually unaware of them. A person's subconscious can also sabotage their weight loss efforts. The right mindset consists of using various techniques and strategies to control your behaviour by monitoring your actions and thoughts. This will help to replace your old habits and associations with new ones that will be more beneficial.
?Why do overweight people moan about losing weight but don't do anything about it?? - Jack Bauer, BPhEd
A colleague of mine Jack Bower couldn't understand why people moan about being overweight but wont exercise. I replied by saying that they don't have the correct mindset. You might think that they just lack the correct information but if they had the proper motivation then they would find it. Nothing can stop someone that has a powerful mindset. People like this will always find a way no matter what obstacles they face. People that don't lose weight have formed associations and habits that have taken control of their life and stopped them.
How do you get the correct mindset?
Developing the correct mindset is not an instant change. It will take time and constant and conscious awareness. By this I mean you will have to regularly monitor your progress and behaviour. Sometimes it will be easy and others it will require will power. On the good side there are strategies and techniques that are easy to apply. Using these techniques will give you motivation, determination, commitment and make you emotionally charged and driven to succeed. One such technique is the power of goal setting. This is one important technique that you could use to achieve your weight loss goals. Below I have listed simple guidelines to follow when goal setting.
? You have to write your goals down.
The best way to set a weight loss goal is to set more than one. Have one long-term goal and then break it down into smaller goals. Make some monthly and weekly goals.
You can only eat an elephant a piece at a time. This is a very simple and basic overview of goal setting. There are other strategies involved that will make goal setting more efficient and make you driven to succeed.
There are also other techniques and strategies apart from goal setting which will help you develop a powerful psychology including controlling your focus, having a critical action plan, forming new associations, developing new habits and controlling you internal dialogue and self talk. This might seem complicated and a bit overwhelming but the techniques are simple and easy to use.
To lose weight you also need a nutrition plan and it is also important and highly advised to have an exercise routine. When obtaining a nutrition or exercise plan you have to make sure that the information is correct, suited for your needs and lifestyle, individualized specifically for you and your goals, is in your best interest and that the source of the information is trustworthy and creditable. Information is readily available, free and easy to obtain. However not all of this information is correct and the best. Make sure that you get your information from a trustworthy source and that they have some type of credentials or experience. If you can find this type of free information that is great but you will usually have to pay for it.
I wish you all the best with your weight loss goals and I know that if you develop a powerful psychology you will achieve your goals and success will be yours. So aim high, push the limits become all that you want to be and live the life that you want and deserve. We are not given the gift of dreams without the power to achieve them. I highly advise you to now take action and do something towards helping you achieve your weight loss goals. The sooner you start the sooner you will lose the weight. If you do not take action now to achieving your goals and developing a powerful psychology then you will put more weight on and not live the better quality of life that you deserve. TAKE ACTION NOW!! Do some goal setting, get some information or give me an email just do something.
Thank you for reading this and once again I wish you all the best. If you have any questions or want any advice then feel free to contact me.
?The sky is not the limit. There are no limits? ? Kereru Moses. BSc. Dipgrad.
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L. Lavalée's 'Sonothèque' or "sound library" was a "coded performance electronic instrument using photo-electric translation of engraved grooves". The instrument was capable of reading music and sounds encoded graphically with conductive ink sensed by a set of electrically charged brushes
Thomas LaMar Rhea. 'The Evolution of Electronic Musical Instruments in the United States' 1972


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There are so many types of apples that I often pick and choose mine by color, shine, and crunch.
I then slice and dice my apple, adding only a light dusting of cinnamon.
What About You?
Many of you may do the same, or may have something very specific in mind for your favorite apples.
After all there are pies and jams, and sauces to make.
There's cider, wine, strudel, apple oatmeal, maybe some apple waffles to create.
My beloved Mother used to make the best apple jelly, deep dish apple pie, and apple fry pie on the planet.
What about your Mom or Grandma?
Doesn't a warm apple muffin or some apple strudel sound delicious?
It does to me too, and if you ship, I'm happy to place an order for any of these you choose to make!
Apples are so healthy for us.
What are some of your favorite apples?
And, if you're in a real sharing mood, once you get them home, what are your plans for them?
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Celebrities, yachts, corruption charges mark bitter Democratic Senate primary in FloridaBy Brendan Farrington, AP
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Celebrities, attacks on mom? It's Fla.'s Dem race
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The level of political discourse in the Democratic Senate primary boils down to: Your celebrity friends are low lifes. Response: So's your mom.
Four-term Rep. Kendrick Meek and real estate billionaire Jeff Greene have been relentless in criticizing each other, and the vitriol is unlikely to end with Tuesday's primary.
Meek has called Greene a "bad man" who earned his wealth on the backs of the working class; Greene made his money forecasting that the mortgage market would collapse. Greene called the congressman corrupt and criticized his mother, former Rep. Carrie Meek, saying she got money and a Cadillac Escalade from a developer seeking federal money for a project.
"People in Florida need that money for important projects here in Florida, not to pay back some guy who's employing your mother," Greene said at one debate.
Even in Florida — home to hanging chads, a presidential deadlock, protests and a recount — the negative tone has hit a new low for some voters.
"All the things he's saying about Meek's mother? There's no facts to that. If there were, there'd be an investigation," said Brian Zarett, 44, of Delray Beach, who is turned off by "all the mudslinging."
The nomination was supposed to be a lock for Meek, a one-time Florida Highway Patrol trooper and son of the former congresswoman in the north Miami congressional district. But on the last day possible, Greene entered the race and immediately began spending millions on television ads.
Greene's entry cast a spotlight on his celebrity friends and high-flying lifestyle. The race quickly got ugly.
"I'm the outsider job creator, he's the failed career politician," said Greene, who moved to Florida two years ago from California.
Meek has the Democratic establishment behind him; former President Bill Clinton campaigned with the congressman Monday and President Barack Obama told a Democratic Party rally in Miami on Wednesday that Meek "has been a champion of middle-class families and somebody who has not been afraid to stand up to the status quo and special interests."
Recent polls show Meek in the lead.
"I can't tell you how many people walk up to me and say, 'I don't know much about Jeff Greene, but any man that attacks another man's mother for political gain, I have a problem with him,'" Meek said.
With the candidates remarkably similar on the issues such as the economy and health care, Greene's personal life has made more news. He dismisses the tales as sideshows.
Former boxing champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson was Greene's best man when he got married three years ago. Former Hollywood madame Heidi Fleiss was a houseguest for a year. Lindsay Lohan, the actress who has had repeated problems with drugs and alcohol, spent part of New Year's Eve with Greene in tony St. Bart's. Greene and director Ron Howard went to court after a luxury Southern California home that Howard rented from Greene turned out to be less than advertised. Greene lost the case.
And then there's Summerwind, Greene's yacht.
Belize officials say it caused extensive damage to a coral reef and left the Central American country before an investigation could be completed. Greene wasn't on the yacht at the time and claims the story was fabricated.
In 2007, Greene was on the yacht when it docked in Cuba for a few days, possibly in violation of the U.S. economic embargo against the communist country. His explanation of why changed several times. First, he said he wasn't on the yacht, then later said he "went to Cuba years ago on a Jewish mission." His latest story is the boat needed repairs after leaving Honduras and was forced to stop. Once there, Greene said he visited with members of Cuba's Jewish community.
Meek says such stories show that Greene doesn't have the character to be senator.
"Rape is not a misdemeanor … and if you're going to be the next U.S. senator you have to be the kind of person to lead by example and the people that you run with have to be people who are citizens in good standing," Meek said. "It's definitely not in the things-to-do if you want to run for office one day, to make this selection."
He says Greene will be "an embarrassment to Democrats and the people of the state of Florida."
Greene slams Meek, saying he's just another politician paying favors to donors. He repeatedly points out that Meek sought earmarks for a failed biomedical complex in a poor area of his Miami district. The developer, Dennis Stackhouse, is accused of stealing $1 million in government money.
While proposing the project, Stackhouse paid Meek's mother $90,000 in consulting fees and gave her the use of a Cadillac Escalade. He also provided Meek's former chief of staff $13,000 to secure a home loan.
"I'm going to look out for the people of Florida by not taking any special interest money. Kendrick Meek is looking out for special interests," Greene said. "I'm not going to be involved in any corruption scandals."
Meek calls himself the only true Democrat in the race, citing Greene's 1982 run as a Republican for a California congressional seat. Greene lost in the primary.
The winner will face Republican Marco Rubio and Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running as an independent after abandoning the GOP. Polls show both Meek and Greene trailing Rubio and Crist. The race is to fill the seat held by Republican Sen. George LeMieux, whom Crist appointed to fill out the term when Mel Martinez resigned last year.
(This version CORRECTS Corrects that the developer was seeking federal help for the project, not tax breaks.)
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BELPHEGOR Taps Former Bassist To Handle Vocals At EXTREMEFEST
Guitarist/vocalist Helmuth Lehner of the Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR, who underwent "a serious and difficult" operation last October, is still not fully recovered and will therefore be unable to handle lead vocals at the band's upcoming Extremefest appearances. Filling in for him until he is "able to do the vocals again and give 100 percent" wil be the band's former bassist, Bartholomäus "Barth" Resch, who is described by Helmuth as "our man behind the curtain since 1998." Helmuth adds, "[Barth] knows exactly how we roll."
Extremefest dates are as follows:
July 5-7 – Hünxe, Germany – ExtremeFest Germany
July 5-7 – St. Pölten, Austria – ExtremeFest Austria
July 5-7 – Z7 – Pratteln, Switzerland – ExtremeFest Switzerland
BELPHEGOR entered Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, MORBID ANGEL, CANNIBAL CORPSE) to begin laying down its as-yet-untitled new CD for a March 2013 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The recording sessions and the mixing/mastering process will be completed by mid-October.
Rutan previously stated about the upcoming CD: "I am very excited to be recording and mixing the new BELPHEGOR album at Mana. After many discussions with Helmuth and hearing some clips of new material, I know that the band is very focused and determined on making a harmoniously evil extreme masterpiece. We shall make one beast of an album that the fans have come to expect from BELPHEGOR!"
BELPHEGOR's last album, "Blood Magick Necromance", was released in January 2011 in Europe and February 2011 in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast Records. The album was produced by Peter Tägtgren (IMMORTAL, CELTIC FROST, HYPOCRISY, DIMMU BORGIR) at his Abyss Studios in Pärlby, Sweden and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren.