South Africa’s largest hospital group has admitted it received millions of dollars for illegal kidney transplant operations performed at one of its facilities — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The new title for world’s biggest testicles (relative to body weight) goes to the tuberous bushcricket, a type of katydid, according to a new study — via redwolf.newsvine.com
$335,000 purchase in Entropia Universe breaks record for largest-ever ransaction.
EntropiaPlanets, a fansite dedicated to the world of MMOG Entropia Universe, reports that one of the games’ users, Jon Jacobs, has sold a number of in-game properties to another user, John Foma Kalun — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This fortress-like residential project is home to many remarkable opposites. The stone masonry base of this luxury beach house is carved right into the rock of a jutting cliff top, while the ultra-modern upper stories stretch and bend against the organic confines of their natural surroundings — via Dornob
Opinions are divided over whether the High Court’s ruling on South Australia’s anti-bikie laws will have implications for other states with similar legislation — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The right question is this: why is public Wifi
always synonymous with unencrypted WiFi
? Encryption has been a basic component of WiFi technology since the first versions of 802.11 were approved. I wouldn’t suggest we go back to using WEP like we did in the early days, but even WEP is an improvement over nothing.
While Facebook and other companies should be providing us secure methods of connecting to their services, those companies kind enough to provide us with free internet access at cafes, airports and other public places are also part of the problem.
I propose standard adoption of WPA2 and a default password of free
. Whenever you wish to connect to complimentary WiFi, you select Courtyard Marriott
or Starbucks
like you always have, but you are then prompted for a password.
Just type free
. It’s not hard. In fact, operating system vendors could even program your PC to automatically try the password “free” before prompting you for a password on the assumption that you might be selecting a free service — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A US court has heard that a couple conned at least $6 million from the great-grandson of an oil industry tycoon after he brought his virus-infected computer in for repair — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The dwelling is located in Les Neyres, a hamlet situated on the slopes above Monthey where the vineyards stop and the chestnut woods start – a situation that is neither plane nor mountain. That said, the planning requirements dictate an alpine vernacular in an area zoned for chalet-style building. In its composition of volumes and use of materials, the project engages with the requirements by reinterpreting the characteristic image of an Illiez Valley chalet. The lines of the angled roof are incorporated within the volume of the house. The plan takes the form of a deformed hexagon — via ArchDaily
Nashville-based musician Matt Glassmeyer sent us photos of this adaptive use roof built with unplayable old vinyl records. Glassmeyer said in an email that he used his own collection and records collected via Craigslist. After designing the patio roof, he put a dab of caulk in the record hole and nailed each disc down in an overlapping pattern using large washers and roofing nails. And there’s been no leakage even in heavy rains — via Jetson Green
Knithacker posted a link to an awesome radio amigurumi from flickr user, patribanez, this morning. As I was checking it out, I noticed her related
link to this fantastic sewing machine amigurumi by the same artist. I love this combination of two awesome crafts in one project! — via CRAFT
Fat Monkey is a sculpture by Florentijn Hofman made of flip-flop sandals made as part of the Sao Paulo art and design conference Pixelshow. A little digging on Flickr reveals this in-progress shot, showing the underlying inflatable structure — via CRAFT
Australia’s deadly red-back spider has established itself in New Zealand, posing a significant risk to humans as it threatens to colonise major cities, researchers have found — via ABC News
A resolutely original approach to short-time measurement lends the Bulgari Papillon Chronograph a truly distinctive face. The exceptional arrangement of the various items of information on the dial, as well as their actual read-off, endows it with an exclusive style bearing no relation to customary chronographs — via Watchluxus
Calling this a tricky site to work with would be something of a understatement. The lot is compressed toward the front, sandwiched by two buildings that run right up to the buildable border and leave a wide enough area for the main house only in the very back — via Dornob
Zoo Zoo
is filled with too much content of reptiles’ exhibition hall, Crocodile Theater, Lion Theater, Sea Lion Theater, etc within a relatively small size site. It might be required four times of current size to accommodate all kinds of programs on the zoo. In spite of this limited condition, this zoo is always crowded with elementary students in Seoul and Geonggi-do area visit this zoo to have an experience of touching animals. The site is located near by the river and the site have a very high chance of flood during the raining season due to the low site level — via ArchDaily
Judge John Sutula was conducting his usual screening session with prospective jurors last week when he asked a question everyone in the jury pool must handle: Has anyone you know ever been convicted of a crime?
After some routine answers about relatively minor crimes, the question was put to John Backderf, better known as Derf, the cartoonist and graphic novelist who draws The City
for a number of alternative newspapers, including Cleveland Scene.
I had a close friend in high school who killed 17 people,
he said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Anyone else reminded of a chocolate-and-vanilla swirl ice-cream cone? In isolation, this stairwell looks like a work of art – a winding multi-story sculpture composed of rhythmic wood steps and a sweeping white curve. More remarkable than the staircase and handrail, though, are the way they wind into the rest of this interior design — via dornob
The Somali gang members, with nicknames like Fatboy
, Forehead
and Pinky
, passed the girls around like chattel for sex with other gang members or with paying customers. One girl they sold for liquor. Another they pimped for a blunt. Sometimes, they picked the girls up from school, to have sex in apartments or abandoned garages or even in a restroom stall in a suburban shopping mall.
Twenty-nine people, mostly from the Twin Cities, are accused of running an interstate human trafficking ring that sold Somali girls — one as young as 12 — into prostitution. In a federal indictment made public in Nashville on Monday, officials accused gang members of running a decade-long prostitution business that included credit card fraud and burglary totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. Their alleged crimes crossed state lines, as investigators say girls were driven from the Twin Cities to Nashville and Columbus, Ohio. Another victim was allegedly sexually assaulted in Seattle — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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