Monday, March 18, 2013
Man charged over alleged sex with pig named Michael Jackson
A man charged with having sex with a pet pig called Michael Jackson on
an island in Australia's Northern Territory has appeared in a Darwin
court.The 35-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sat in the dock at Darwin Magistrates Court charged with having sexual intercourse with an animal and indecent behaviour in public in November last year.
Michael Jackson had to be shot following the incident at Alyangula, on Groote Eylandt.
The court was told the man's mental health was a live issue, with his defence counsel asking for the charges to be dismissed. But the case was adjourned until later this month for hearing.
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German Cops Issued A Parking Ticket To A Car Made Of Snow
Traffic wardens in Germany left a parking ticket - on a full-sized snow sculpture of a Volkswagen Beetle. PranksterThe wardens eventually realised they'd been had when they tried to scrape the snow off the number plate and found there was no plate, just snow. A police spokesman said: 'We can take a joke as well as the next person and it was a very convincing prank.'
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Verizon pricing plan could make cult programming less valuable
Verizon has proposed that it only pay channel providers when viewers
actually watch a show. It’s not clear what effect this would have on
pricing for consumers, though TV industry skepticism means it may well
only be a hypothetical debate.At the moment, most US cable and satellite firms pay channel providers a fixed monthly fee for each subscriber who can receive a channel in their particular package. Verizon believes it’s getting stiffed on that system because it’s having to pay for channels even when few people are watching them.
Although Verizon hasn’t said this publicly, there’s an implication that some TV companies can benefit by forcing cable and satellite firms to pay for less popular channels in order to get access to the more popular channels without which they’d struggle to get subscribers.
Terry Denson, who is in charge of negotiating to bring channels to Verizon, says he’s already started talking with some TV firms about a tweak to the system. It would mean the fees wouldn’t be based on the number of subscribers with access to each channel, but rather than number who watched the channel for at least five minutes during the month. This would be worked out by the actual data recorded on Verizon set-top boxes, rather than the Nielsen ratings that extrapolate from a sample.
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Man jailed for burgling house to satisfy underwear fetish
A man who has a sexual fetish for stealing underwear was jailed for two years and ten months after admitting burglary. Allan Bartlett, 39, of Newport, south Wales, entered the home of Leon Spargo in Newport on August 26 last year, searching for items in the washing-machine and in a washing basket.But after being disturbed and chased by Mr Spargo, Bartlett ran away from the property, slipping twice as he did so and causing underwear and other various items he had stolen to fall to the floor. Bartlett, who has a number of previous convictions for burglary, appeared via video link at Cardiff Crown Court for sentencing, having pleaded guilty to burglary. He had originally denied the charge but later changed his plea.
Prosecuting, Ieuan Morris said Bartlett has a sexual fetish for stealing underwear and had entered the home at around 5.30am. After opening the washing machine and searching in a basket for items, he ran off when Mr Spargo became aware of movement in the house and heard plates crashing to the floor. Mr Spargo chased Bartlett, who was also carrying a pair of jeans, but was forced to stop the chase after he himself slipped.
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Man jailed for threatening to shoot bailiffs with toy lizard
A man has been jailed for eight months after he pointed a toy lizard at
two bailiffs and threatened to shoot them. Shane Burton picked up the
nearest thing to hand and threatened the men from a window of his flat
when he saw them clamping his Land Rover Freelander, Nottingham Crown
Court heard. He shouted: "Get away from the car, get away from the car
or I will shoot you".Bailiffs Christopher Heath and Ricky Knight, who had a warrant to clamp the car for unpaid parking fines, saw a square object, which they believed to be a handgun, being pointed towards them by Burton. Jim Metcalf, prosecuting Burton, said the bailiffs were shocked and scared. "They took the clamp off and they drove away," said Mr Metcalf. "As they drove off, the defendant came out of the flats, got into his Land Rover and followed them." Burton, 45, of Sneinton, Nottingham, was arrested after the bailiffs reported the matter to police. A search of his home revealed he had lawfully-held imitation firearms and knives.
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Five Of The Greatest On Screen Robots/Androids Of All-Time
Robots and androids are a huge part of science fiction. Yes, I know.
Call me Captain Obvious. They are intelligent, occasionally evil, and
sometimes human in appearance or in feeling. The human vs. machine
conflict is classic as is the internal struggle of a mechanical life
form to find humanity within itself. I’ve thought about some of the
robots I’ve seen on screen and I came up with five of the ones most
memorable to me.R2-D2 is at the top of the list. He bleeps and bloops in an adorable fashion, and he’s loyal to a fault. He’s able to think outside of his programming, and he saves the live of our heroes across the films (and in The Clone Wars) time and time again. He proves to be more reliable than silly humans.
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Google pays price for unintentional Wi-Fi snooping
Google will pay $7 million in penalties in the US for a pattern of
drive-by data nabbing across 38 states. While the money isn’t much for
the search giant, it has also agreed to long-term work to prevent it
happening again.The settlement is part of a long-running international saga involving the Street View mapping system. Somebody at Google came up with the idea that while the vehicles used to take photos were driving around, they could scan for Wi-Fi networks and make a note of their locations. This data could then act as an additional way for phones to figure out their location.
The problem was that the way the scanning was set up meant that the devices on the vehicles weren’t just noting locations but were grabbing tiny chunks of data being broadcasted over the network.
That’s where the laws of large numbers came into play. A tiny chunk of data multiplied by a whole load of scanning (five cycles per seconds) equals a huge amount of data that Google collected. A huge amount of data multiplied by the proportion of people that don’t encrypt their transmissions equaled an estimated 600GB of unencrypted data.
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How the Aurora Borealis Nearly Started World War III
In 1962, at the height of Cold War tensions, Air Force Captain Charles Maultsby flew a U2 spy plane on Arctic missions to collect high-altitude air samples that the military would test to determine what other countries were testing nuclear weapons. His October 27 mission was supposed to take him to the North Pole and back, but his navigation by the stars was disrupted by the Aurora Borealis. So he decided to turn back. His return did not go as planned.By 8 a.m., though, Maultsby was starting to get worried. He should have reached Barter by then but his radio remained silent. He also noticed that Orion wasn’t where it ought to be.
Suddenly, the crackling voice of a rescue pilot came over the radio.Concerned that he didn’t have a visual on Maultsby, the rescue pilot started firing signaling flares before asking the U-2 pilot to identify stars. Maultsby radioed that he saw Orion 15 degrees to the left of his nose. A quick check of his own star charts had the rescue pilot instruct Maultsby to turn 10 degrees to the left, but this advice was immediately contradicted by another voice ordering him to turn 30 degrees to the right. Maultsby had no reason to distrust either order; both had used a correct call sign.
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22-ton Bridge Stolen
The 22-ton bridge, which was 25 meters long, was in a village in Kocaeli's Gölçük district and was regularly used by villagers to cross a creek to reach their orchards. The villagers were astonished to discover the disappearance of the bridge on Monday morning as they were making their way to the orchards and immediately alerted the police.
Police arrived at the scene and determined that the bridge had been cut apart and loaded onto a truck by the thieves. They believe the bridge was stolen for scrap metal. Its worth was an estimated TL 20,000.
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Newborn baby fell onto road after woman on motorbike gave birth without noticing
A newborn baby fell from a motorbike in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday
morning, reportedly after the rider gave birth without noticing – and
without stopping to pick up the baby.Fortunately a passenger in a bus behind the motorbike noticed the baby falling to the ground, and alerted the bus driver to stop – and the newborn was reportedly reunited with its mother by the police.
The bus passenger, Ancharee Mookta, said she was sitting on the front seat of the bus, when she saw something from the motorbike had fallen on the ground. She told the bus driver to stop, and ran from the bus to find the naked baby with blood and fatty residue covering its body. The baby was still alive, and it was taken urgently to Bangkok’s Wachira hospital by a volunteer on a motorbike.
Police told a reporter that the baby’s mother had felt pain as she was about to give birth, and so she had decided to ride her motorbike to get to the same hospital. But the baby was born during the motorbike ride, with the mother apparently not aware that she had given birth. Police say they will investigate further to find the exact cause of this incident.
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BRACE YOURSELVES: The Iron Throne Blonde Ale is Coming!
Ommegang brewery - based in Cooperstown, New York - is hoping to cash in on the medieval fantasy show's popularity by releasing the Game Of Thrones 'Iron Throne Blonde Ale.'
The beer, which has been made in partnership with HBO, was released in time for the start of the third season of the series which begins on March 31.
Iron Throne Blonde Ale is understood to be just the first of a range of Game of Throne-themed ales in the pipeline from the brewery. But the tipple does not come cheap, with a suggested retail price of $8.50 a bottle.
HBO Global Licensing said the partnership with Ommegang will focus 'on developing truly unique beers that directly tie into themes, characters and nuances of the series of the medieval-like fantasy realm of Westeros and surrounding kingdoms,' the Chicago Tribune reports.
Iron Throne Blonde Ale is available on draft and in 750ml bottles.
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Man banned from all the libraries on the face of the earth for alleged lewd behaviour
Tyree S. Carter, 20, was in court on Thursday after he was reportedly caught openly masturbating in the Racine Public Library. The employee who reported the behaviour said Carter was on the second floor and was “standing in the open, not trying to conceal the act,” according to his criminal complaint.
When police arrived Carter was seated reading a book at a table and the officer asked Carter if he knew why police were called. He said he had no idea, the complaint said. But when the officer explained, Carter allegedly apologized and said it was his first time doing it in public.
Carter, who had been staying at the Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization of Racine, was transported to the Racine County Jail and his signature bond was set at $1,000. If convicted, he could face up to $11,000 in fines and a year of imprisonment. As a condition of Carter’s bond, he was told to “stay out of all the libraries on the face of the earth.”
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You Know Her Legend, Now Play Her Story
What if Nintendo made a Zelda game where you
played as Zelda, disguised as Sheik, during the seven years Link is
sleeping in the Temple of Time?Aside from Impa in Skyward Sword, there's not much we know about the Sheikah, retainers of the Hyrule Royal Family, and why they all disappeared. And what of Hyrule's "dark and bloody past" in the Shadow Temple? Could the Sheikah and their disappearance have anything to do with it? There's a whole chunk of lore and story and money to be made from such an idea!
-Stealth-action game complete with Sheik's gear and abilities from both OoT and the Smash games.
-Explore the secrets of Hyrule hidden by the Sheikah.
-Learn the ways of the Sheikah.
-Follow Zelda's quest as she copes with the loss of her kingdom, her own disappearance in her people's time of need, uncover Ganondorf's plans, and help set the stage for the Hero of Time's own work.
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Band of the week GWAR!
Gwar is the end result of two separate projects merged into one. Dave Brockie was the vocalist and bassist for a punk band named Death Piggy that often staged mini-plays and used crude props to punctuate their often ridiculous music. Bands would occasionally practice in a room at the Richmond Dairy, a deserted bottling plant that had been taken over by hippies. The hippies rented out interior areas to various artists and musicians. It was at the Richmond Dairy that Death Piggy met Hunter Jackson (Techno Destructo) and Chuck Varga (Sexecutioner), both attendees of Virginia Commonwealth University who had set up "The Slave Pit", a production space for Scumdogs of the Universe, a movie they intended to make.[4] Jackson would create props for Death Piggy to use on stage. Brockie had an idea to use the costumes made for "Scumdogs of the Universe" and have Death Piggy open for themselves as a barbaric band from Antarctica, playing nonsense songs while sacrificing fake animals. The name of the joke group was "Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh". The members of Death Piggy began noticing that more people were coming to see Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh and leaving immediately after the set. After several refinements, including shortening the band's name, Death Piggy was phased out in favor of band now named Gwar.
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Revolutionary Minds: Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies").Hoffman was arrested and tried for conspiracy and inciting to riot as a result of his role in protests that led to violent confrontations with police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, along with Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner and Bobby Seale. The group was known collectively as the "Chicago Eight"; when Seale's prosecution was separated from the others, they became known as the Chicago Seven. While the defendants were initially convicted of intent to incite a riot, the verdicts were overturned on appeal.
Hoffman came to prominence in the 1960s, and continued practicing his activism in the 1970s, and has remained a symbol of the youth rebellion of that era.
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Thoughts of Thomas Winter
I'm realizing a lot today. About my self, love, fakes, my past, my future, who and what I am, my dreams, everything and nothing. Its my world, my choice and I'm done being a victim of my own self indulgent need to play martyr. My heart is going cold as I build a wall of the mistakes Ive made and the people I have let hurt me. I'm done with all the bullshit. No more tears, no more fear. All of this has been my choice. Every heartbreak, bruise and betrayal has been caused by my own ignorance. It has made me cold and isolated but life behind the wall of fear has made me stronger and wiser than I could have imagined. Ive walked through hell and slept with the devil in disguise. Now I am free and nothing can stop me.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Man's porn collection included elephants and tigers
A man built up a collection of 405 images of women having sex with
animals - including horses, dogs, a snake a tiger and an elephant.
The elephant and tiger were both on top of different women.
Stephen Thresh, 47, was not interested in straight sex but told police
he did not have a problem.
Thresh of Lee Street, Hull, admitted five charges at Hull Crown Court of possession of extreme pornographic images and a sixth charge of possession of 405 indecent images which were found on his laptop computer. Thresh was caught after he downloaded a fake message: "Law enforcement authorities are have been informed," after searching for animal porn sites. Thresh believed it was true and handed his laptop into a police station ensuring his own conviction.
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Evil Dead 4 May Really Be Army Of Darkness 2
If you recall, Nerd Approved reported that Sam Raimi had said that he and his brother plan to work on an Evil Dead 4 script this summer and we’re all pretty excited about it.Well, thanks to Shock Till You Drop, we have more news thanks to an interview they did with Evil Dead producer Rob Tapert at SXSW:
“That would be Army of Darkness 2,” Tapert told STYD. “Everybody calls it Evil Dead 4 but Army of Darkness wasn’t called Evil Dead anywhere except by the fans.”
Well, whatever you want to call it, Rob. We call it one thing. Groovy.
But what does Bruce Campbell think?
Sam threatens this every six months. I’ve heard this a thousand times, because in the back of his mind, he never wants to let go, because he loved making these movies. We all loved making them together. They were a nightmare to make, very difficult, but they lasted the test of time, so he’s not going to let that go, and I’m never going to say ‘no.’ It’ll be me and a walker fighting some other old guy. But that’s what he does and who knows? It may happen.
We really hope it does Bruce.
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Researchers Grow Teeth from Gum Cells
Researchers at King's College London were able to grow teeth from human epithelial cells taken from gums. They grew these teeth in the mouths of mice, which is a long way from growing them in humans, so don't expect to regrow your teeth if you're already on the way to losing them. In the latest study they took human epithelial cells from the gums of human patients, grew more of them in the lab and mixed them with mesenchyme cells from mice.
The mesenchyme cells were cultured to be "inducing" - they instruct the epithelial cells to start growing into a tooth.
Transplanting the cell combination into mice, researchers were able to grow hybrid human/mouse teeth that had viable roots, they reported in the Journal of Dental Research.
Unfortunately, we don't yet have a photograph of a mouse flashing his toothy hybrid mouse-human smile.
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Students made to strip for exams to prevent them from cheating
None of the pleas of the students - that they felt uncomfortable and unable to concentrate - were entertained. One student who was forced to appear shirtless for the exam said he felt humiliated by the treatment meted out and could not write his paper properly. “Not only our shirts, they also asked us to remove our shoes, socks and belt in the pretext of checking. While we were allowed to wear our shoes after the check, they kept our shirts and returned them only after the examination,” he said.
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Chipocrite Releases The Big Lebowski Tribute EP
For any of you that attended The Big Lebowski screening during the Lebowski Fest a couple years back, no doubt you remember the flippin’ amazing set that our boy Chipocrite opened up the show with.And just in time for the 15th anniversary of one of the Coen Bros. cult classic, Chipocrite has released a 6-song EP of songs from the film. In his signature Gameboy-powered style, 8-Bit Lebowski: 100% Electronic ) features covers of all your favorites including “Hotel California” (even if you hate the Eagles, man) and CCR’s “Lookin’ Out My Back Door.”
As Chipocrite said himself, this release really ties his discography together.
So slip on your bowling shoes and head on over to his site for the download, a mere $5 will get you this awesome chiptune collection. The Dude abides.
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8-Year-Old Boy Marries 61-Year-Old Woman
“This eight-year-old boy doesn’t look too pleased even though it was apparently his idea to ‘marry’ a 61-year-old woman at the behest of his ancestors. Little Sanele Masilela got hitched to Helen Shabangu, who also didn’t look too happy with her involvement in the ceremony. The older woman has five children and is already married but she is not in danger of breaking any polygamy laws because her latest union is just a ritual. ‘I’m married and have five kids of my own, but I know that this is what the ancestors wanted – and now they are happy,’ said Mrs Shabangu.” w/ photosClick Here For More
NIN On Tour!
Nine
Inch Nails are returning to the stage this year for a number of shows
worldwide including a US arena tour this fall. The lineup of the band
includes Eric Avery, Adrian Belew, Alessandro Cortini, Joshua Eustis,
and Ilan Rubin, along with Trent Reznor. The first shows will be this
summer. The tour page will be gradually filling in with dates and info. More details here.
Dead woman turned into a man
Zimbabwean villagers were left dumbfounded when the corpse of a woman
who died last week mysteriously developed a man's private part. The
corpse of Modester Gida (30), who was from Nyamweda area in Mhondoro
under Headman Mashingaidzwa's kraal reportedly left mourners
shell-shocked after the deceased woman's privates mysteriously
disappeared and was replaced with a man's private part. Modester died
last week after succumbing to some unknown illness. She was living with
her husband at Sadzaguru Farm in Beatrice before she went to stay with
her twin sister, Mandy Gida a 30-year-old Nyamweda villager. Mandy's husband, Ganyiwa Utete, said when his sister-in-law died, two female relatives who were present immediately washed the corpse and much to their surprise, they are said to have discovered that Moderster's womanhood had mysteriously turned into a manhood. It is believed that the manhood developed as the woman was breathing her last. Mandy and her elderly grandmother are the ones who washed the deceased's body soon after she died. "My sister-in-law came here accompanied by her husband after she had become critically ill. She however passed on that same day.
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