Crap alchemist jailed for poo-into-gold experiment

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21 October 2011
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A Northern Ireland man has been jailed for three months for causing £3,000 of damage to his flat after attempting to turn his own faeces into gold using an electric heater.

Paul Moran, 30, admitted arson and endangering the lives of others, the Belfast Telegraph reports. He will spend 12 months on licence upon his release.

The would-be Dumbledore apparently used an electric heater in his Enniskillen flat in his misguided attempt to turn his own crap and other waste products into a noble metal, in July last year, the BelTel reports.

However, rather than uncovering the secrets of transmutation, his experiment necessitated a visit from the fire brigade, and caused £3,000 of damage to his Housing Executive flat — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Muammar Gaddafi killed in Libya

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21 October 2011
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Libya’s ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after an assault on his birthplace of Sirte, officials say.

Acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril announced the death, saying it was the moment Libya was waiting for.

Mr Jibril gave few details of how Col Gaddafi died, but video footage emerged showing him captured alive. Other images apparently showed him being dragged through the streets.

Some fighters claim to have shot him, though it is not clear when he died — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Basque group ETA says armed campaign is over

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21 October 2011
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In a statement provided to the BBC, ETA called on the Spanish and French governments to respond with “a process of direct dialogue.

The declaration, if followed through, would bring an end to Eta’s campaign of violence, which has lasted more than 40 years and killed more than 800 people.

Spain’s PM said the move was a victory for democracy, law and reason — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Google+ to Support Pseudonyms

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20 October 2011
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Google+ will soon support pseudonyms and other forms of identity, says a Google executive.

During a conversation at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, SVP of Social Vic Gundotra revealed that Google will eventually support other forms of identity. While Google started with only allowing users to sign up if they used their real names, it will be adding features that will support other forms of identity in the next few months — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Everett woman arrested after husband attacked with saw

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20 October 2011
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An Everett woman was arrested for investigation of first-degree domestic violence assault after allegedly taking a sawzall power tool to her sleeping husband’s neck.

Police could hear a man accusing his wife of attacking him when they arrived at the home in the 1600 block of Hoyt Avenue late Friday night.

It was you, it was you, he shouted. You tried to cut my head off. You’re going to jail, according to a police affidavit.

A judge kept bail at $250,000 Monday afternoon in Everett District Court.

The woman, 43, told police that she had the reciprocating saw because there was an intruder who escaped out her daughter’s window.

Police didn’t believe her account — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Mysterious Directors of Movie Anti-Piracy Group Unmasked

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19 October 2011
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As previously reported, US film distributor Lightning Entertainment has been approaching Australian ISPs in an attempt to obtain the identities of individuals they say illegal shared the movie Kill The Irishman.

Of course, it’s the same old story. Threaten to sue individuals but get them to hand over cash settlements instead.

The front company carrying out this work are called Movie Rights Group but until this week the identities of the people behind this group were unknown. An article in The Age has just completely unmasked them.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, especially considering the industry’s efforts around Europe and the United States with similar schemes, the people behind Movie Rights Group (MRG) are rich pornographers — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Scientists See Promise in Vaccine for Malaria

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19 October 2011
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Preliminary results from the trial of a malaria vaccine show that it protected nearly half of the children who received it from bouts of serious malaria, scientists said Tuesday.

The vaccine, known as RTS,S and made by GlaxoSmithKline, has been in development for more than 25 years, initially for the American military and now with most of its support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The clinical trial is scheduled to continue through 2014 and will include tests on more than 15,000 children, from infancy on up. Early results released at a Seattle malaria conference on Tuesday showed that three doses protected 47 percent of the 6,000 children ages 5 months to 17 months from severe malaria. (The age group was chosen because newborns have some protection from their mothers’ antibodies) — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days PAM 422 / Panerai

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19 October 2011
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With SIHH right around the corner (Geneva, January 2012), it is time to the the 2012 pre-releases started. In keeping with recent trends, Panerai is again first out of the gates with one of its 2012 pieces, the PAM 422, aka the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days. According to Panerai, the PAM 422 is inspired by a rare model of the 1940s that represents an intermediate stage in the transformation from the Radiomir to the Luminor case — via Perpetuelle

Liberal MP spruiks Coalition on Australian Tea Party page

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19 October 2011
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Liberal MP Andrew Laming has used the right-wing Australian Tea Party’s Facebook page, which features comments encouraging violence against US President Barack Obama during his tour next month, to gather feedback and promote the Coalition.

The Australian Tea Party Facebook page contains anti-Gillard, anti-Obama and anti-Left rhetoric — one poster said: Burn in hell left wingers.

Posts on the page promise a warm Tea-Party welcome when President Obama visits Australia in mid-November but protest details are being kept secret.

Comments on the page include: I encourage you to throw things at obama when he steps off the plane in australia… bottles… rocks… fruit… veggies whatever you can find [sic]

Another says please take him on safari for salt water crocodiles while several others encourage the President and Julia Gillard to go on a walkabout in the desert and never come back — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery ‘a first’

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19 October 2011
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The UK mainland’s first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been uncovered in the north-west Highlands, archaeologists have said.

The site, at Ardnamurchan, is thought to be more than 1,000 years old.

Artefacts buried alongside the Viking in his boat suggest he was a high-ranking warrior.

Archaeologist Dr Hannah Cobb said the artefacts and preservation make this one of the most important Norse graves ever excavated in Britain.

Dr Cobb, from the University of Manchester, a co-director of the project, said: This is a very exciting find.

She has been excavating artefacts in Ardnamurchan for six years — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Brothers charged with stealing western Pennsylvania bridge

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19 October 2011
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Two brothers have been charged with stealing a western Pennsylvania bridge and selling the 15 1/2 tons of scrap metal for more than $5,000.

Police say 24-year-old Benjamin Arthur Jones and 25-year-old Alexander Williams Jones of New Castle used a blowtorch to break up the bridge in late September or early October. They face felony charges of criminal mischief, theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy.

Authorities say Alexander Jones told a recycling company employee that he had permission to carve the bridge for scrap and showed the employee cellphone photos of the bridge. The recycling company called police — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Future phones may rewire and reinvent themselves

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18 October 2011
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Future mobile devices may be able to reconfigure themselves to meet new demands, according to researchers that have developed a nanomaterial that can steer electrical currents. The discovery could lead to the development of smartphones and devices that can reconfigure their internal wiring and evolve into an entirely different and new device, to reflect the changing needs of consumers — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Can Eating Too Many Hot Peppers Kill You?

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18 October 2011
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In a contest that matches humans against some of the world’s hottest chilli peppers, no one wins. Last week, restaurant in Edinburgh, Scotland, held a competition to eat the extra-hot Kismot Killer curry. Some of the competitive eaters were left writhing on the floor in agony, vomiting and fainting.

According to reports, two British Red Cross workers overseeing the event at the Kismot Indian restaurant in Edinburgh but became overwhelmed by the number of casualties and ambulances were called. Half of the 20 people who took part in the challenge dropped out after witnessing the first diners vomiting, collapsing, sweating and panting.

So what exactly are the health impacts of eating really hot chilli peppers? Can eating too much of the spicy stuff kill you? — via redwolf.newsvine.com

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