Veteran actress and singer Doris Day has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the LA Film Critics Association (LAFCA).
The organisation’s president, Brent Simon, described Day as the biggest female star of the 1960s
.
Doris Day is still arguably the template to which Hollywood turns when trying to quantify and capture ‘girl next door’ appeal,
he added — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Fancy building your own secret Bond villain’s lair? Well, between you and me, we have the perfect location — Ailsa Craig island on the outer Firth of Craig, Scotland.
You can get there via private boat or there’s room to land a helicopter. You’ll probably have both if you do turn it into a villain’s lair. According to the agent, it is for sale for the first time in many generations
, although the price might restrict the number of buyers. That price is £2,500,000 — via WowHaus
Britain’s largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network, transmitting a signal that allows authorities to shut off phones remotely, intercept communications and gather data about thousands of users in a targeted area.
The surveillance system has been procured by the Metropolitan police from Leeds-based company Datong plc, which counts the US Secret Service, the Ministry of Defence and regimes in the Middle East among its customers. Strictly classified under government protocol as Listed X
, it can emit a signal over an area of up to an estimated 10 sq km, forcing hundreds of mobile phones per minute to release their unique IMSI and IMEI identity codes, which can be used to track a person’s movements in real time.
The disclosure has caused concern among lawyers and privacy groups that large numbers of innocent people could be unwittingly implicated in covert intelligence gathering. The Met has refused to confirm whether the system is used in public order situations, such as during large protests or demonstrations — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two managers of a Domino’s Pizza restaurant in Lake City have been charged with arson in connection with a fire that gutted a Papa John’s Pizza location.
Late Friday, police said they were still looking for an ignition device that the men claimed they made but did not use to start the fire. Instead, the possibly still active device may be lying alongside Interstate 75, police said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A former factory worker from the British Midlands may be the last living master of the centuries-old Sikh battlefield art of shastar vidya. The father of four is now engaged in a full-time search for a successor.
The basis of shastar vidya, the science of weapons
is a five-step movement: advance on the opponent, hit his flank, deflect incoming blows, take a commanding position and strike.
It was developed by Sikhs in the 17th Century as the young religion came under attack from hostile Muslim and Hindu neighbours, and has been known to a dwindling band since the British forced Sikhs to give up arms in the 19th Century.
Nidar Singh, a 44-year-old former food packer from Wolverhampton, is now thought to be the only remaining master. He has many students, but shastar vidya takes years to learn and a commitment in time and energy that doesn’t suit modern lifestyles — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Caterpillar, originally uploaded by Ana Maria Rincon.
— via BrickHut
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Chilling with the Cone of Shame, originally uploaded by Red Wolf
If the Camera app and Photos app on your iPhone disagree about the contents of your camera roll, you may find yourself needing to get under the hood
of your iPhone to fix the issue. Fortunately, you can do this without having to jailbreak and hopefully without losing any pictures — via The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Wind turbines have, in recent times, attracted negative publicity in Australia with a number of people living near wind farms reporting health problems as a result of the constant low level noise emitted by the three-bladed turbines. Consequently a number of anti-wind farm groups have been formed to oppose their construction. See here for a report in The Australian over an ongoing court case, which details typical allegations raised over this divisive issue.
However a radically new Australian design called the Eco Whisper Turbine has been developed with increased efficiency and reduced noise in mind. Rated at a 20kW capacity, the turbine is 23 metres high with 30 blades extending out from a 6.5 metre radius from the hub — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Christian groups have drawn up plans to protect protesters by forming a ring of prayer around the camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral, should an attempt be made to forcibly remove them.
As the storm of controversy over the handling of the Occupy London Stock Exchange demonstration deepened on Saturday, Christian activists said it was their duty to stand up for peaceful protest in the absence of support from St Paul’s. One Christian protester, Tanya Paton, said: “We represent peace, unity and love. A ring of prayer is a wonderful symbol.”
With senior officials at St Paul’s apparently intent on seeking an injunction to break up the protest, the director of the influential religious thinktank Ekklesia, Jonathan Bartley, said the cathedral’s handling of the protest had been a car crash
and predicted more high-profile resignations from the Church of England.
The canon chancellor of St Paul’s, Dr Giles Fraser, and the Rev Fraser Dyer, who works as a chaplain at the cathedral, have already stepped down over the decision to pursue legal action to break up the camp — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Designed by Canadian architects and interior designers, Wendy and James Potts, this five-bedroomed house in Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset goes for the period route, with modernism just about winning the day.
Only just though, as I can see some art deco and midcentury inspiration too, not to mention a large chunk of the modern era (it was built in the 1990s). It’s a mixing pot, that’s for sure.
Of course, postcode and finish mean this isn’t cheap — £1,295,000 is the asking price — via WowHaus
Three Sumatran Tiger cubs — two male and one female — were born at Taronga Zoo in the early hours of 20 August. They came into the world one hour apart, to mother Jumilah
and father, Satu
, as zoo keepers monitored the labour from nearby. These babies are a valuable boost to this critically endangered species, seeing as there are as few as 400 left in the wild — via ZooBorns
For the past few weeks aquarists at the Tennessee Aquarium have been monitoring an egg mass which was laid by a cuttlefish pair born and reared at the Aquarium. Shortly after the eggs were removed from the exhibit and placed into a holding tank, tiny cuttlefish began hatching. Carol Haley, the Aquarium’s assistant curator of fishes, said, The first day about 42 hatchlings appeared. Another 40 or so appeared the following day.
The hatchlings, called cuttlets, are tiny replicas of their parents. Each individual is small enough to fit inside a quarter teaspoon. Once they emerge from the egg sac, they begin hunting. They have a pretty big appetite and are ready to use their tentacles to snare the live mysid shrimp we feed them,
said Haley — via ZooBorns
In a show of good faith today, Google touted the fact that it has refused to cooperate with local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. who requested the removal of YouTube videos of police brutality and criticisms of law enforcement officials. Google cited its transparency report from the first half of this year, but to mention it today is telling. With violent crackdowns at Occupy Oakland this week, citizen media like YouTube have been a vital channel — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Vallejo authorities had to cut the world’s biggest — and oldest — baby out of a child’s swing at a local park this weekend.
An unidentified 21-year-old man allegedly made a $100 bet with his friends that he could fit in a child’s swing at Blue Rock Springs Park, police said.
After lubing himself with liquid laundry detergent, he shimmied into the swing and its two leg holes at about 9.00pm Friday, said Mark Libby, spokesman for the Vallejo Fire Department
He promptly became stuck, and further swelling and circulation issues made it impossible for him to get out on his own, said Vallejo police Sgt Jeff Bassett.
And then his friends left him.
It wasn’t until a groundskeeper heard him screaming for help at about 6.00am the next morning — nine hours later — that authorities came to free him — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers at Edinburgh University in Scotland have announced that they believe the type of artificial blood they are working on could be ready for testing in humans in as little as two or three years. Made from growing stem cells taken from adult human bone marrow, the blood they create would be of the rare type O-negative
that some 98% of people in need could use — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A US company that makes Internet-blocking gear acknowledges that Syria has been using at least 13 of its devices to censor Web activity there — an admission that comes as the Syrian government cracks down on its citizens and silences their online activities.
Blue Coat Systems Inc of Sunnyvale, California, says it shipped the Internet filtering
devices to Dubai late last year, believing they were destined for a department of the Iraqi government. However, the devices — which can block websites or record when people visit them — made their way to Syria, a country subject to strict US trade embargoes — via redwolf.newsvine.com
As a result of a series of contests promoted by the Town hall of Huelva for the arrangement of a series of free spaces of the City. Appears this project [Cerrejon Arquitectos] which poses to value the archaeological patrimony of the city, ordering a space which will enhance the image from the new highway access and at the same time, it will become the gateway to the campus Carmen
of the University of Huelva — via ArchDaily
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