Thunderbike are making big waves on the custom scene at the moment. Granted, some of their builds are at the fluoro chopper end of the scale: German Harley-Davidson specialists are not renowned for their moderation. But this 1951 Harley has style and craftsmanship in equal abundance. FlyingPan
is a 1951 Harley-Davidson EL, which means it’s a Hydra-Glide with the high compression Panhead engine — via Bike EXIF
UNStudio have completed the Haus am Weinberg in the suburbs of Stuttgart, Germany — via CONTEMPORIST
A New York police officer was arrested on Wednesday after planning the kidnap, rape, torture and cannibalisation of a number of women, the FBI said.
Gilberto Valle, who has been an officer with the NYPD for six years, was detained after the FBI intercepted emails and instant messages showing that he conspired with others to abduct, cook and eat body parts of a number of women
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The criminal complaint cites numerous emails and instant messages that shed light on macabre planning of torture and cannibalism.
The FBI alleges that Valle, 28, met one of his potential victims for lunch, but did not follow through with the acts discussed in his electronic communications. The complaint shows that Valle was corresponding with two unnamed co-conspirators before his arrest — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Patience has paid off for fans at Zoo Antwerp. The lion cub born there on 29 August made its public debut this week. The cub spent the first month of its life indoors with its mother, Maouli, but is now enjoying time in an outdoor pen where it can be seen by visitors — via ZooBorns
An 82-year-old grandmother took on a bank robber who was armed with a gun and a home-made bomb, according to an Austrian newspaper report.
Hertha Wallecker is said to have ripped the thief’s mask off and snatched a bag containing cash he had stolen out of his hand, shouting: The money belongs to the bank.
The robber fled the bank in the village of Sankt Egyden, in the country’s east, empty-handed and was arrested later in the day — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two nerve clusters in the brain have been pinpointed as responsible for our ability to recognise faces, and which when damaged or impaired may be the cause of a condition known as face blindness
or prosopagnosia.
The researchers, from Stanford University in California, identified the clusters in the fusiform gyrus — an area on the left side of the brain long associated with face recognition. To do so, they used a painless procedure carried out on a patient with epilepsy who had electrodes temporarily implanted in his brain.
“Our research shows that there is a causal role of specific sites on the fusiform gyrus in the perception of faces. This suggests that impairment to these brain regions may affects people’s ability to perceive faces,” said senior investigator Kalanit Grill-Spector, who co-authored the research paper, published in The Journal of Neuroscience — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tate Studio Architects have designed the Pass Residence in Scottsdale, Arizona — via CONTEMPORIST
Tiger Airways has been found guilty of spamming its customers by Australia’s communications watchdog.
The Singapore Airlines-backed carrier has been fined $110,000 by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for failing to unsubscribe customers from marketing emails.
The news comes in the same month that restrictions imposed on the airline were lifted more than a year after its entire fleet was grounded over safety concerns — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The largest Giant Anteater group in the United States, located at the Nashville Zoo, just got a little bigger with the birth of a male baby on 19 September. The pup brings the total number of Giant Anteaters at the zoo to 12 — via ZooBorns
A turquoise octopus with light blue-green spots. This little charm is handmade out of polymer clay and comes on a black cell phone strap — via Etsy
Clients a retired professional couple with an existing holiday home adjoining the site acquired in the seventies. Pressure of children and grandchildren’s usage suggested the possibility of amalgamating and developing [Peter Legge Associates] two existing derelict cottages to create a separate retreat, accommodating living, kitchen, dining and relaxing spaces plus three bedrooms en suite — via ArchDaily
Keepers at The Netherlands’ Burgers Zoo were surprised by the early birth of a baby White Rhino. 12-year-old female, Kwanzaa, and her new calf Vince are stable and healthy, according to zoo officials. Of the five rhino species in existence, White Rhinoceros are the most social. They are listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List — via ZooBorns
Sewing leather is not the same as sewing fabrics. Skilled in sewing different kinds of fabrics, I realised that leather required me to take a bit different approach and practice some new skills. On the other hand, leather possesses unique qualities which enable new possibilities fabrics cannot — via PINEAPPLE
Red and grey tentacles wrap mysteriously around the front and back of this super comfy tee. This unique design couldn’t be more awesome and is sure to turn heads — via Shanalogic
LSL-Motorradtechnik occasionally transfers its attention to the Kawasaki W800—a bike closely related to the Bonneville in spirit if not metal. This stylish Clubman
is the latest W800 to roll out of the Krefeld factory — via Bike EXIF
Jimmy Savile, later Sir Jimmy Savile, was a radio DJ, television personality and tireless charity worker, raising many millions for causes like the storied children’s ward at Stoke Mandeville hospital. He was still best known for his TV show Jim’ll Fix It, where he made dreams come true for kids all over the country.
Jim’ll fuck it,
said this person I was with. Jimmy Savile’s a nonce.
If you had the misfortune to grow up outside God’s Own Country, nonce
is a term for paedophile.
Bullshit,
I said. Jimmy Savile’s been around forever. He would have gotten caught. Radio 1 Roadshows? Doing Top Of The Pops on TV since the dawn of fucking time?
What do you think the price of silence is?
What? How could he not get caught? He looks like a nutter. Dripping in gold chains, long silver hair, shiny tracksuits, gurning at cameras with his ‘now then, now then’ like he’s a fucking glam rock Yorkshire miner? Bollocks.
Well, of course he got caught. In a manner of speaking. Especially with the dead kids
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Bell & Ross is out with a couple new pieces in its Vintage
collection, the PW1 & WW1 Argentium. These watches feature a new, oxidant-resistant alloy of silver called Argentium. The PW1 Argentium (pocketwatch) harks back to the first timepieces with its pocket watch form, and is fitted with one of the most coveted complications in watchmaking: a minute repeater. The WW1 Argentium — in two versions, Silver and Ruthenium dials — echo the design of the PW1 and don a classic elegance to the wrist with their alligator straps — via Perpetuelle
It’s bad enough that when you buy
an e-book, you’re really only renting it, but now we hear that at least one e-book seller will, it has been alleged, wipe your device if it sees fit.
Norwegian writer Martin Bekkelund tells the story of a chum, called Linn, who claims to have had her Kindle remotely wiped by Amazon UK.
Linn not unreasonably asked Amazon what was up and was told via email by one Michael Murphy, Executive Customer Relations at Amazon.co.uk, that we have found your account is directly related to another which has been previously closed for abuse of our policies. As such, your Amazon.co.uk account has been closed and any open orders have been cancelled
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As for the remote wipe, Amazons T&Cs say, according to Mr Murphy, that Amazon.co.uk and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders at their sole discretion
. [our italics]
Bekkelund’s pal maintains she had no Amazon.co.uk account. Instead she says she used Amazon.com. But the British offshoot refused to accept this point — or provide her with any further details that might provide her with a way back to the content she claims she acquired legitimately — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Pedro and Daniel of Ton-Up Garage are both keen enduro riders, and they’ve long wanted to build a flat tracker. Gold Digger
started life as a 2004 Kawasaki W650. It’d already been lightly customised, but that didn’t deter the Ton-Up boys. They shortened the rear subframe and added a new seat unit and side panels. The bulky stock tank was swapped out for a slimmer, more rakish design — via Bike EXIF
If you want to keep a pet from going up your stairs you can certainly buy a commercial pet gate, but for a fraction of the price you can assemble a rectangle using PVC and cover it with fabric.
Household weblog Sew Many Ways covers making this pet gate after the author’s dog could no longer safely make it up the stairs. All that was needed was making a rectangle out of PVC pipe and elbow joints and covering that with whatever inexpensive fabric matches your home. You could also use this for a temporary baby gate but I’d look for a more secure way to attach the gate to your stairs in that case — via Lifehacker
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