Belgian ISPs Ordered To Block The Pirate Bay

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6 October 2011
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A court has overturned a 2010 ruling which said that blocking The Pirate Bay at the ISP level was disproportionate. The Antwerp Court of Appeal sided with the Belgian Anti-Piracy Federation in their quest to force two ISPs to block subscriber access to the world’s most famous torrent site. Belgacom and Telenet must now implement a DNS blockade of the site within 14 days or face fines.

After the founders of The Pirate Bay lost their 2009 trial, the Belgian Anti-Piracy Foundation (BAF) began pushing two ISPs — Belgacom and Telenet — to block subscriber access to the famous torrent site — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Bletchley Park lands £4.6m restoration bonanza

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Wartime codebreakers HQ Bletchley Park has won a grant of £4.6m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The much-needed funds will be used to build a visitor centre at the historic WWII number-crunching centre as well as carrying out restoration work on other buildings at the facility — once matched funding of £1.7m from private-sector donations has been raised.

Bletchley Park has launched an Action This Day campaign to raise the required private funding — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Paris-style train plan for city

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6 October 2011
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Rail services on the north shore, inner west, Bankstown, Hurstville and north-west lines would operate as single-deck, high-frequency metro-style trains under a plan being drawn up by Transport NSW.

The plan would convert about a third of the CityRail network to metro services similar to those in Paris or London. They would have far fewer seats than they have now but offer greater frequency — via redwolf.newsvine.com

GPS Inventor Joins EFF in Fight Against Warrantless GPS Tracking

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5 October 2011
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The principal inventor of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other leading technologists have joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in urging the US Supreme Court to block the government from using GPS tracking without first getting a warrant, arguing that the massive collection of sensitive location data should require court oversight — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Dressing for a new start

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Wear for Success was established by a small, well-connected group of Melbourne women including Nicholls, Helen Shingler and arts philanthropist Bettie Kornhauser.

Kornhauser, particularly, is a renowned persuader, known for coaxing some of Melbourne’s better-dressed women to empty out their cupboards, as she puts it.

Consequently, the charity’s regular fund-raising sales of excess clothing — including one this weekend — are also renowned for their peppering of silks, cashmeres and designer brands.

Wear for Success is affiliated with New York-based charity Dress for Success, established in 1996 to help disadvantaged women by styling them with good career-worthy clothes, but it is rare for also assisting men — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Cast Silver Knitting And Crochet Jewellery / Ashley Stevens

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Brooklyn-based artist, Ashley Stevens, creates stunning pieces of jewellery by casting knit and crochet stitches in silver.

These are solid sterling silver castings of handmade knitting. I knit each model piece to attain my desired shape before it is cast in silver. These are not cut from found fabrics. Many have hand-fabricated elements after they are cast in metal, such as forged ear wires with hinges and clasps and further shaping of the metal. Most are blackened and brushed or polished to accentuate the texture of the knit stitches.

I can imagine these earrings and bracelets would be at the top of any knitter or crochet enthusiast’s gift wish list — via CRAFT

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Welcome to Hoxford / Julien Mokrani

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5 October 2011
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Welcome to Hoxford, the fan film from Julien Mokrani on Vimeo.

Directed by Julien Mokrani.
Written & Artistic Coordination by Samuel Bodin
With Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher & Arben Bajraktaraj
Adapted from Ben Templesmith’s comic published by IDW

contact : welcometohoxford@gmail.com
website : www.welcometohoxford-thefanfilm.com

Raymond Delgado is no ordinary prisoner…

On a good day he’ll take the time to tell you he’s the son of Zeus before he tears out your jugular. On a bad day, you won’t even have a moment to call out for help.

After a yet another incident Raymond has been transferred to Hoxford, a correctional facility and mental institution known for its radical methods.

At Hoxford, Raymond’s not the only predator…

Come nightfall, under a full moon, bloodcurdling screams pierce through the darkness of the prison courtyard. It’s hunting hour!

As the other Hoxford prisoners huddle in the obscurity of their prison cells trembling in fright, Ray cracks a smile. He thrives on confrontation.

Lock a human beast in a cage with a legendary monster and, in your opinion…

Who will devour? And who will be devoured?

Welcome to Hoxford is copyrighted and TM by IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW).

This film is a non-profit fan film for private use only, and is not intended for sales of any sort. The content of the film could not be sold, rented or used for any commercial enterprise in any way, shape or form. This film is produced solely for the personal, uncompensated enjoyment of ourselves and other Ben Templesmith fans.

Jazzmaster Slim / Hamilton

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4 October 2011
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Hamilton, of course, started as an American company 120 years ago, and today finds themselves located in Switzerland. This lends to a wonderful combination of American heritage and Swiss technology in the designs they bring forth, and this Jazzmaster Slim is a great example of this melding.

A timeless and classic combination of black and polished steel. The 40mm wide case should look at home on just about any wrist — and given the fact that it’s only 8mm thick, it’ll fit under just about any shirt cuff. This sliver of a watch case is held on your wrist by a 22mm strap (also available with brown leather or stainless steel bracelet) — via Wrist Watch Review

How Andrew Bolt should be punished

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4 October 2011
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The messages started early. Some on Twitter. Some emails. A couple of phone calls. All of them sourced back to one news item. The conviction of Andrew Bolt under racial vilification laws. Everyone assumed, rightly, I’d be champing at the bit to hook into the issue of m’unlearned colleague. But probably not in the way you’d expect.

I don’t see the conviction of Bolt as a triumph.

Why?

Because Bolt is the sort of oxygen thief I revel in vilifying. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to wake up and find out that once again the champion of the overdog has disgraced himself in public and that Whacking Day is upon us.

Bolt is a gift to likes of me; a self parodying buffoon who rushed to blame the recent massacre in Norway on jihadi extremists, hours before the real perp was revealed to be the sort of unhinged, Aryan culture warrior who’d probably find Bolt’s columns about jihadi extremists to be a jolly engaging read.

People like Bolt do not need to be suppressed. They need — they desperately need — to be mocked. Mocked for their ignorance. Mocked for their paranoia. Mocked for their delusions of adequacy — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Backlogs of birth, death records prone to ID thefts

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Data processing backlogs at some government birth, deaths and marriages registries have left the door open for fraudsters to assume the identities of dead Australians.

The ability of a person involved in immigration fraud, tax evasion, social security rorts and even terrorism to obtain a legitimate birth certificate by using a dead person’s identity is still possible at these registries.

Sources told The Australian that registries were tight-lipped about revealing cases where identity thieves had taken advantage of antiquated recording systems. But some cases do make it into the public sphere, thanks to the courts. In August a Sydney court heard the case of a couple who trawled graveyards in Queensland, Victoria and the ACT to steal the identities of deceased children.

These names in turn were used to create false Medicare cards, birth certificates, drivers’ licences, bank accounts and credit cards. Forged documentation and identities were sold to criminals, including members of the Lone Wolf bikie gang, so they could apply for passports — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Improbable research: chicken bone injury leaves a fowl smell

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Four doctors in Wales rose to fame because of a man who pricked his finger and smelled putrid for five years.

The doctors were hit nose-on with one of the most baffling medical mysteries on record. It all started with a chicken. The case ended happily — yet mysteriously — half a decade later, the stink having vanished. The Lancet published an account of this called, accurately, A Man Who Pricked His Finger and Smelled Putrid for 5 Years.

The report, written by the relieved but puzzled physicians, ends with a plea: We ask assistance from colleagues who may have encountered a similar case or for suggestions to relieve this patient’s odour — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Dogs help schools lick bullies

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4 October 2011
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No More Bullies teaches, with dogs’ help, responsibility, compassion, self-control and integrity. Since its small launch five years ago, teachers and counsellors have become so convinced of the positive impact on kids’ behaviour that it’s booked into the 80-classroom maximum it can handle, and there’s a long waiting list of requests for next year.

The curriculum, developed by ex-teacher Jo Dean Hearn, humane education director at animal rescue group Wayside Waifs, is presented an hour a day for five days by trained volunteers — accompanied by irresistible canines.

The animals are the glue that helps the children stay focused and understand the message, says Hearn. Children can easily identify with an animal. And it’s easy for them to transition when we ask them to consider how an animal feels (if ill treated) to how the kid sitting near them feels (if poorly treated) — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Add an Animal Ear Hood to a Shirt / Tally

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4 October 2011
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There are few things more adorable than adding a pair of friendly animal ears to an otherwise boring shirt. This tutorial for making an animal ear hood from Tally at I Could Make That comes along just in time for both Halloween costume makers and snuggly hoodie season! Check out her site for the complete instructions.

Now, do you think my cats would be weirded out if I made one for myself? — via CRAFT

Alnwick Poison Gardens

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4 October 2011
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These plants can kill. These ominous words welcome visitors to the Alnwick Poison Gardens. The gardens were established on a small patch of a palatial estate in 2005 by the Duchess of Northumberland who’s affinity for the apothecary gardens of yesteryear inspired the collection of nearly 100 deadly and hallucinogenic plants. The Duchess is not the first royal to grow such a garden however. The nefarious Italian Medici family was infamous for its legendary poisonous botanical gardens, and for the sudden and mysterious death of their enemies — via Atlas Obscura

Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Set To Plague Australia

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3 October 2011
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After reaching more than 3.6 million targeted individuals in Germany, in excess of 200,000 in the United States and having planted the seeds of further extortion-like activities in Canada, Australia is the next target for the file-sharing settlement lawyers. According to a report from one of the country’s leading ISPs, thousands of Australians will soon be receiving pay-up-or-else letters for allegedly sharing movies using BitTorrent — via redwolf.newsvine.com

WW1-92 Military / Bell & Ross

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3 October 2011
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The differences between this watch — the Bell & Ross WW1-92 Military — and the WW1-92 Heritage — are minimal. Basically any B&R watch with the Heritage tag means that it will come with the B&R Heritage-style strap. This WW1-92 Military piece has more natural/suede-style strap and white numerals/dial markings — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog

Abandoned Underground Nuclear Submarine Base

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3 October 2011
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Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 Balaklava was one of the most secret towns in Russia. 10km south east of Sevastopol on the Black Sea Coast, this small town was the home to a Nuclear Submarine Base.

Almost the entire population of Balaklava could not visit the town of Balaklava without good reason and identification. The base remained operational after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 until 1993 when the decommissioning process started and the warheads and low yield torpedoes were removed. Then in 1996 the last Russian Submarine left the Base, and now you can go on Guided tours round the Canal System, Base and small Museum, which is now housed in the old weapons stowage hangers deep inside the hillside — via abandonedplaces

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