A man who set fire to more than 100 cars in Berlin, a wave of attacks blamed by some on political extremists, was motivated by envy and frustration, police who arrested him said on Sunday.
The 27-year-old told police that being jobless and in debt led him to set 67 luxury cars alight in one three-month run — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A woman is suing Australia’s big four banks for their alleged role in a $200,000 money laundering scam masterminded by her teenage son.
The woman, from the NSW south coast, has launched an action in the Supreme Court seeking damages and wants an apology from the Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Westpac and NAB for unconscionable conduct
after they allegedly handed her son dozens of bank accounts and debit cards without reasonable scrutiny
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In 2007, the then 14-year-old was selling fictitious products on eBay and, at one stage, earning more than $6000 a day — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A relative of serial killer Ivan Milat has pleaded guilty to murdering a teenage boy last year in the Belanglo State Forest, south of Sydney.
The teenaged accused appeared via video-link in the Campbelltown Children’s Court this morning over the death of David Auchterlonie in November last year.
Police had alleged he lured his friend to the forest to celebrate his birthday before killing him.
The 17-year-old was bludgeoned to death with an axe and then partially buried — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Where does 3D printing and species protection intersect? Hermit crabs, apparently. Makerbot Industries, who make do-it-yourself 3D printers, launched Project Shellter last Tuesday. Project Shellter intends to leverage the Makerbot community’s design talent and network of 5,000 3D printers to design and produce shells for hermit crabs who face a species threatening, man-made housing shortage. Hmm, sounds familiar.
Bre Pettis, a founder of Makerbot, explains on the Makerbot blog:
Hermit crabs don’t make their own shells. They scavenge their homes. And now, hermit crabs are facing a housing shortage as the worldwide shell supply is decreasing. With a shell shortage, hermit crabs around the world are being forced to stick their butts into bottles, shotgun shells, and anything else they can find. This is not acceptable. As a community, we can reach out to this vulnerable species and offer our digital design skills and 3D printing capabilities and give hermit crabs another option: 3D printed shells
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
A 13-year-old girl has lied to police about being abducted and undressed by two men on the NSW north coast.
Police appealed for calm in the Coffs Harbour area after it emerged the girl gave false information to police about the incident, which she said happened at 8.00am on Friday.
The teenager told police she was walking along a bush track when two men grabbed her and started to undress her.
She said an unknown man had intervened, allowing her to run away.
Police on Monday said a major investigation had been launched after the report, but it emerged the girl had not been telling the truth — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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Just got back from Washington, DC and on the plane to Burbank I sat next to a nice fellow who took an interest in my knitting. It took me two glasses of wine and about sixteen people gasping and asking the man for his autograph before it dawned on me he might be Someone. I did not know he was Someone, I just thought he was quite a character with his red boots and his salty language. He loved my knitting and he thought it would he high-larious for an ex-Marine such as himself to take up knitting as a hobby, proving once again that yarn unites everyone — via CrazyAuntPurl
A 33-year-old man has been charged over an attempted robbery at a shop in Queensland’s north-west after he returned for his weapon twice — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I had an design assignment for school. I could make what ever I wanted. Inspired by Mad Man I came up with a photo shoot in the style of the 60’s with products from this time.
Update: These are the original photo’s pre photoshop. I really like to photoshop.and this took me a couple of days. (Macbook couldn’t handle the pressure)
I also did the styling and set styling. My friend who is an amazing photographer made the photo’s
Oh and I got an 8 out of 10 for this… I wanted to slap the teacher
— via cherrushthestuffilove
You could call this style retro streetfighter
, and it’s the signature look of Tempe, Arizona based Helrich Custom Cycles. The shop is run by Dave Helrich and Jennifer Maa. Helrich’s latest bike is this 1973 Triumph 750 TR7/Tiger — via Bike EXIF
A man wearing a Spiderman mask was arrested in Onslow County for trying to rob a store around midnight.
According to the sheriff’s office, the robber was surprised when the store clerk resisted the holdup with a broom. The sheriff’s office told the media outlet, the woman clerk hit the Spiderman robber with a broom when he pulled out a real sword.
Another clerk joined in the fight and the robber escaped the store. As he ran away, he pulled off the Spiderman mask and part of his ponytail hair ripped out, according to the sheriff’s office — via redwolf.newsvine.com
After four years of research, development and testing, Bernard Richards and his team at Bernard Richards Manufacture have unveiled an extraordinary looking timepiece — the BRM Records-TB (or TB-10000 Tours
as stated on the BRM web site).
The basic idea with the Records TB
watch is that when placed flat on your arm, the dial and hands are readily visible with no need to rotate your wrist (let go of the wheel, etc.). The watch features a titanium and carbon fibre case (measuring roughly 44mm x 25mm) that looks like a dashboard instrument — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
This is setsuna22’s character Deniz. Who just happens to be an awesome Octopi woman! — via deviantART
Skycourt is an ambitious renovation project [Keiji Ashizawa Design] that involved transforming a Japan bubble era house into a modern home connected to the city and the sunlight. The house is located in a quiet residential area, a couple of blocks away from Tokyo’s business district. The original house plan was a dated two storey house with cramped bedrooms, small windows with no indoor/outdoor flow.
The clients, a working couple with two children, wanted to maximise the living space, create a backyard with privacy and develop a structure flooded with light. As the original house was part of a set of twin houses, the clients also wanted to decorate the facade in order to severe the link with the sibling. These requirements demanded bold renovations. Remodelling in Japan is a relatively recent phenomenon — via ArchDaily
Many custom motorcycles have a short shelf life. They’re a snapshot of a moment in time, or of a particular style. And a couple of years later, they look dated. But some bikes endure, and this is one of them. I missed the Steffano-Ducati Cafe9 first time round, back in 2007, but it still looks just as good today. And I’m not the only one that feels that way—earlier this year, the Ducati was invited to appear at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK.
It’s the creation of Robert Steffano, who runs the Windsor, CA based motorcycle fabrication company Kosman Specialties. The base machine is a Ducati 999, transformed into a 21st century café racer — via Bike EXIF
Omega really did create this watch to celebrate its presence in the world of golf — a new Green
Seamaster Aqua Terra, featuring a green Seamaster notation and minute markers around the edge of the dial. Okay, it’s a very fairly subtle modification change to a basic Seamaster Aqua Terra, but I must admit it looks pretty good. Green can be a very vibrant colour, so it is probably good that Omega used it in just a few places on the dial to achieve the desired visual effect. Omega uses orange on its Seamaster Planet Ocean watches in a similar manner — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
It could be home to a Japanese version of Doctor Who, this unusual space [Mizuishi Architect Atelier] that strangely looks larger from the inside than an outside view would have it appear.
300 square feet can pose a construction challenge on any plot of land, but is a particularly complex puzzle on one that is shaped like a triangle.
Every building code was scoured and rule bent to breaking to create this quaint little abode, bending and twisting in response to limitations of and opportunities allowed by rules and regulations of Tokyo, Japan — via Dornob
A human antibody has been shown to protect lab monkeys from the deadly bat-borne Hendra virus, US scientists say.
The Hendra virus has killed more than 20 horses in NSW and Queensland, but no humans, this year.
But four of the seven people known to have contracted the disease in the past have died — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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