Wakey wakey ... best of friends
A brave pig cuddles up to her tiger cub chum. But the friendly meat-eater - instead of making a pig of himself - just yawns as he wakes up next to his porky pal.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Woman calls 911 over lack of shrimp in fried rice
Another one from the "You're an idiot" Department:
A woman called 911 to report she didn't get as much shrimp as she wanted in her fried rice at a Texas restaurant.
Man decides to clean with gasoline while smoking
Bus driver accused using brake to discipline kids
A bus driver accused of slamming on the brakes to discipline children on her bus when they misbehaved was arrested.
Horses with hair-extensions
Hilarious (and utterly pointless), but after the previous post I can deal with that.
Sometimes things don't have to have a point - they just have to make you smile. And these images of horses with hair extensions do just that.
Mother executes son at firing range
This is the chilling moment a deranged mother held a revolver to her unsuspecting son's head at a shooting range and pulled the trigger, killing him before turning the gun on herself.
Warning: the piece shows the actual moment she puts a bullet into her son's head and then into her own.
Drunk teen drives while breastfeeding baby
An Australian teen faces a multitude of charges after being stopped for breastfeeding her child while driving drunk.
AP Issues Takedown Notice to AP Affiliate for Embedding AP YouTube Videos
AP recently announced that it was going to "develop a system to track content distributed online to determine if it is being legally used." As we know from last year's dust-up over fair use of AP articles, AP doesn't really understand the word fair. And it appears, AP doesn't understand the word affiliate, either (or YouTube, for that matter).
Homeward Bound
Dog Returns After 1,000-Mile Odyssey
ToBoi made a triumphant return home after spending three years and 1,000 miles away from his family.
Duo accused of trying to steal restaurant grease
Two Detroit-area men face larceny and trespassing charges after authorities say they tried to steal used restaurant grease.
Universe lit by dust-swaddled galaxies
A diffuse infrared glow that pervades space has been traced to individual dusty galaxies, thanks to a balloon-borne telescope called BLAST.
Universe lit by dust-swaddled galaxies
For example:
Credit: NASA, ESA and W. Harris (McMaster University)
Latest victims of climate change
Across Europe, increasing temperatures will expose pets to new infectious diseases spread by ticks, fleas and mosquitoes.
Pets may become latest victims of climate change
Batteries grown from 'armor-plated' viruses
Genetically engineered viruses that assemble into electrodes have been used to make miniature rechargeable batteries for the first time.
Batteries grown from 'armor-plated' viruses
Spies penetrate U.S. electrical grid
Cyberspies appear to have left behind programs that can disrupt America's electrical system.
Spies penetrate U.S. electrical grid
Also:
Megamouth
Fisherman in the Philippines snared an extremely rare megamouth shark, one of only 40 or so known to be left in the world. Then they ate it.
From the AP:
From the AP:
The 1,100-pound, 13-foot megamouth died while struggling in the fishermen's net on March 30 off Burias island in the central Philippines. It was taken to nearby Donsol in Sorsogon province, where it was butchered and eaten, said Gregg Yan, spokesman for WWF-Philippines.
Yan said a WWF Donsol Project Manager Elson Aca took pictures of the megamouth and tried to dissuade the fishermen from eating it. Shark meat is the main ingredient in a local delicacy.
Fujimori Gets 25
Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru, was convicted Tuesday of "crimes against humanity" and received a 25 year sentence for his role in murder and kidnappings committed by death squads in the government's campaign against leftist "Shining Path" guerrillas.
Human rights groups call the ruling a precedent-setting verdict that upholds the internationally-recognized principle that violent abuses must not be committed in the name of fighting terrorism.
From the Washington Post:
Many people in Peru admire Fujimori for largely defeating the Shining Path insurgency and ending a two-decade war that left about 70,000 people dead. But the tribunal found that Fujimori was guilty of creating and authorizing a military intelligence death squad that killed innocent people.(...)Fujimori's trial focused on two episodes of killings: a 1991 raid in which 15 people, including an 8-year-old boy, were killed at a barbecue in Lima where the military intelligence unit was looking for Shining Path suspects. This raid, which became known as the Barrios Altos massacre, was followed by the 1992 abduction and killing of nine students and a teacher from La Cantuta University, also by the Colina Group.
Fujimori was also accused of ordering the kidnappings of journalist Gustavo Gorriti and businessman Samuel Dyer in 1992.
One of the arguments Fujimori partisans sometimes offered was that the dead had been terrorists and that their deaths were, therefore, justified. But the tribunal wrote in the summary of the 711-page sentencing document that none of the 25 people killed in the two massacres had been members of the Shining Path.
Exercises you can do in your bed
Fitting in a fitness routine may be simpler than you think.
Exercises you can do in your bed, bathroom
Also:
Clever schemes pay off for cash-strapped towns
Two-person, two-wheeled vehicle unveiled
A solution to the world's urban transportation problems could lie in two wheels not four, according to GM and Segway executives.
Two-person, two-wheeled vehicle unveiled
Adults Retain Baby Fat
You still have some of the baby fat that researchers have long thought melted away after childhood.
Jump in the water's fine
Geothermal - nice! Og like!
One of the best ways to stay warm has been know since Og was a little caveboy but we have neglected it for far too long. Jump in the water's fine!
No offshore Drilling
From TreeHugger:
photo: Davide Restivo via flickr
Santa Barbara County has reversed its support for offshore oil drilling. By a 3-2 vote the County Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution opposing offshore oil exploration in the County:
Headlines
Headlines for April 8, 2009
- Death toll in Italy earthquake climbs to 260
- Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 3 in Pakistan, officials report
- Gunman shoots 4 and kills 1 at Christian retreat in California
- Fidel Castro asks U.S. lawmakers how he can help Pres. Obama
- Israeli Jews bless the sun in prayer said only once every 28 years
- Surgeons cite increase in plastic surgery among job seekers
- How to spot and dispute costly hospital billing mistakes
- Somali pirates hijack ship; 20 Americans aboard
- Iran charges American journalist with espionage
- Death toll in Italy quake reaches 260
- 100,000 Thais protest, criticize king's adviser
- North Korea holds massive pro-rocket rally
- Iranian president welcomes 'honest' talks with US
- Obama wins praise from many Muslims
- No injuries in 2 overnight carjackings
- Woman linked to wreck has 19 tickets
- Three to be laid to rest after weekend accident
Worst sandwiches
Some of these catastrophes cram almost a day's worth of calories between two slices of bread.
Worst sandwiches and healthier alternatives
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Commercial Ape Bushmeat Trade Twice as Bad as Subsistence Hunting
From TreeHugger:
photo: Liam K via flickr
In another wrinkle in the ongoing saga of the bushmeat trade in Africa and declining ape populations, a new report published in the Journal of Biological Conservation shows that commercial hunters from urban centers have a greater impact than subsistence farmers on apes:
States where taxes are the highest
Hawaii may look like paradise, but it's also one of the most painful places for taxpayers.
Highest taxes
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Privacy Claim Based on Republication of Web Posting Is Rejected
Those assholes who threaten others with 'copyright violations' might want to take heed ... 
Comments posted on a publicly accessible website are not private and the poster cannot sue for invasion of privacy when the comments are republished, according to a California appellate court.
California’s 5th District Court of Appeal last week affirmed a Fresno Superior Court judgment, which rejected a claim from a UC Berkeley student, whose MySpace.com page included a phrase that she “despise[d]” her hometown of Coalinga.
The case is of significant interest because it emphasizes the obvious in the court of law: Anything one posts can and will be used against them.
Cynthia Moreno posted her 700-word “Ode to Coalinga” on her MySpace page after visiting the town of 19,000 residents midway between Sacramento and Los Angeles.
She began by saying “the older I get, the more I realize how much I despise Coalinga,” and then made several negative comments about the town and its inhabitants.
The entry was posted only six days but was long enough for Roger Campbell, principal of Coalinga High School, to find the story and forward it to the editor of the Coalinga Record. Her ode was published in the newspaper’s letters section.
Local reaction was harsh, according to the suit, and included death threats and a gunshot fired at her family’s home.
Her father’s 20-year-old business — which wasn’t identified in the complaint — lost so much money that it was closed, the suit claimed, and the family moved out of town.
Moreno and her family sued Campbell, the Coalinga Record and the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, alleging invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The publisher was dismissed from the suit, and eventually Fresno Superior Court Judge Adolfo Corona sustained demurrers dismissing the complaints against the remaining defendants.
In Thursday’s decision, 5th District Court of Appeal Justice Bert Levy wrote that “once posted on MySpace.com, this article was available to anyone with Internet access.”
“The facts contained in the article were not private,” ruled Levy, who noted that Moreno’s “potential audience was vast.”
“Cynthia’s affirmative act made her article available to any person with a computer and, thus, opened it to the public eye,” Levy wrote. “Under these circumstances, no reasonable person would have had an expectation of privacy regarding the published material.”
Levy said that her comments to be republished did not constitute intentional infliction of emotional distress because it was not outrageous conduct as a matter of law.
Copyright works the same way on a publicly accessible website.
Comments posted on a publicly accessible website are not private and the poster cannot sue for invasion of privacy when the comments are republished, according to a California appellate court.
California’s 5th District Court of Appeal last week affirmed a Fresno Superior Court judgment, which rejected a claim from a UC Berkeley student, whose MySpace.com page included a phrase that she “despise[d]” her hometown of Coalinga.
The case is of significant interest because it emphasizes the obvious in the court of law: Anything one posts can and will be used against them.
Cynthia Moreno posted her 700-word “Ode to Coalinga” on her MySpace page after visiting the town of 19,000 residents midway between Sacramento and Los Angeles.
She began by saying “the older I get, the more I realize how much I despise Coalinga,” and then made several negative comments about the town and its inhabitants.
The entry was posted only six days but was long enough for Roger Campbell, principal of Coalinga High School, to find the story and forward it to the editor of the Coalinga Record. Her ode was published in the newspaper’s letters section.
Local reaction was harsh, according to the suit, and included death threats and a gunshot fired at her family’s home.
Her father’s 20-year-old business — which wasn’t identified in the complaint — lost so much money that it was closed, the suit claimed, and the family moved out of town.
Moreno and her family sued Campbell, the Coalinga Record and the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, alleging invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The publisher was dismissed from the suit, and eventually Fresno Superior Court Judge Adolfo Corona sustained demurrers dismissing the complaints against the remaining defendants.
In Thursday’s decision, 5th District Court of Appeal Justice Bert Levy wrote that “once posted on MySpace.com, this article was available to anyone with Internet access.”
“The facts contained in the article were not private,” ruled Levy, who noted that Moreno’s “potential audience was vast.”
“Cynthia’s affirmative act made her article available to any person with a computer and, thus, opened it to the public eye,” Levy wrote. “Under these circumstances, no reasonable person would have had an expectation of privacy regarding the published material.”
Levy said that her comments to be republished did not constitute intentional infliction of emotional distress because it was not outrageous conduct as a matter of law.
*****
Copyright works the same way on a publicly accessible website.
Pirates seize ship with 20 Americans onboard
The U.S.-flagged cargo ship is the sixth seized by Somali criminals this week.
Pirates seize ship with 20 Americans onboard
Brain decline reflected in patient's brush strokes
See paintings that mirror the brain changes suffered by a man with two neurodegenerative conditions.
Brain decline
Putting meat back in its place
LET’S suppose you’ve decided to eat less meat, or are considering it. And let’s ignore your reasons for doing so. They may be economic, ethical, altruistic, nutritional or even irrational. The arguments for eating less meat are myriad and well-publicized, but at the moment they’re irrelevant, because what I want to address here is (almost) purely pragmatic: How do you do it?
I’m not talking about eating no meat; I’m talking about cutting back, which in some ways is harder than quitting. Vegetarian recipes and traditions are everywhere. But in the American style of eating — with meat usually at the center of the plate — it can be difficult to eat two ounces of beef and call it dinner.
I’m not talking about eating no meat; I’m talking about cutting back, which in some ways is harder than quitting. Vegetarian recipes and traditions are everywhere. But in the American style of eating — with meat usually at the center of the plate — it can be difficult to eat two ounces of beef and call it dinner.
Read more here.
Cop beats and kills innocent man
A London cop charged Ian Tomlinson, an innocent bystander at the G20 demonstrations who was on his way home from work, who was walking peacefully with his hands in his pockets, clubbing him and throwing him to the ground without provocation. Shortly after, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Does anyone believe that Tomlinson was the only person who was attacked without provocation by the police that day?
Dramatic footage obtained by the Guardian shows that the man who died at last week's G20 protests in London was attacked from behind and thrown to the ground by a baton-wielding police officer in riot gear.Moments after the assault on Ian Tomlinson was captured on video, he suffered a heart attack and died.
Why women have a better sense of smell
The drive to find a mate may be behind women's superior sniffers.
Why women have a better sense of smell
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Cheery traders may encourage risk taking
Even a fleeting exposure to a smiling face makes people more likely to make risky investment decisions.
Encouraging risk taking
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Craicna, Dolj, Romania
Amsterdamn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Shjiazhuang, Shanxi, China
Buenos Aires, Buenos, Aires, Argentina
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London, England, United Kingdom
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
as well as Hong Kong, Scotland and the United States
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway
Strasbourg, Alsace, France
Valencia, Communidad Valencia, Spain
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cartegena, Amazonas, Colombia
Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica
Craicna, Dolj, Romania
Amsterdamn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Shjiazhuang, Shanxi, China
Buenos Aires, Buenos, Aires, Argentina
Tekirdag. Tekirdag, Turkey
London, England, United Kingdom
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
as well as Hong Kong, Scotland and the United States
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
Despite your humble nature, your exuberant personality may be intimidating people more than you realize. They value your critical eye, but may not be ready for the truth. Show them your warmhearted nature.
If I have to.
Despite your humble nature, your exuberant personality may be intimidating people more than you realize. They value your critical eye, but may not be ready for the truth. Show them your warmhearted nature.
If I have to.
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