Roland Sands Design built the Triumph Scrambler 900 for the Tony Hawk Foundation, and on Monday it sold for $32,500. It went under the hammer at a charity auction to raise money to build free public skateparks in low-income areas — via Bike EXIF
A copyright law expert says there is nothing stopping film companies from suing illegal downloaders in Australia, but he does not think the approach offers a solution to the problem of film piracy.
In the US and Europe, film companies have long pursued illegal downloaders individually; finding their details, sending out letters of demand
, and settling for a sum of money, usually somewhere between a few hundred and a few thousand dollars.
So far this approach hasn’t been taken in Australia, where copyright owners have instead focused their legal action against internet service providers (ISPs) themselves for facilitating the illegal activity, as in the ongoing legal battle between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and iiNet.
But that could all be about to change — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Mixing regional vernacular, local climate needs and a curved contemporary look [Aamer Architects], this award-winning residence addresses its client desires architectural mandates with an amazing dynamism but strong sense of balance — via Dornob
Fictional news stories ought to be exceedingly rare. But they are not – and where Muslims are concerned, they represent something of an emerging genre.
British journalists Peter Oborne and James Jones catalogue several examples of such stories, drawing on a study performed by the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. Here are a couple of examples from an edited summary published in The Independent — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Gang warfare doesn’t always involve drugs, tattoos and disagreements over rap lyrics. Police in Ohio are investigating an outbreak of violence between rival factions of the Amish community suspected of breaking into homes and cutting off each other’s hair.
A series of incidents across four rural counties have seen large groups of men barge into properties and drag the occupants into the street. They are then held down and attacked with scissors — via redwolf.newsvine.com
US actor Charles Napier, who portrayed a succession of movie tough guys, has died at the age of 75.
The square-jawed former paratrooper made his film debut in sexploitation director Russ Meyer’s Cherry, Harry and Raquel! in 1971.
He went on to play a country singer in The Blues Brothers and acted opposite Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs.
Napier died at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and leaves three children — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Madagascar Gold Dust Day Gecko licking nectar from a young noni fruit in Kailua, Hawaii. These geckos were living all around the hale’ we were staying in, enjoying the noni and basking on the railing and sunny steps to our place. They were very shy mostly, except this one must have enjoyed the nectar so much as to let me get a shot of their favourite activity. They seemed to tend the noni very attentively throughout the day — via National Geographic
I’m delighted to see this great tutorial for learning how to design a simple fabric repeat. It makes designing a complex fabric much less intimidating! Now to see about that spare time… — via CRAFT
Members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) have announced their intention to protest at the funeral of Steve Jobs, in a Twitter message sent via an iPhone.
The group, best known for their rainbow God hates fags
signs and web page, are claiming the action is in response to Jobs not using his wealth to promote their interpretation of the bible and for Apple being consistently voted one of the most gay-friendly employers. The group’s grievances, and its original protest plans were posted from iPhones, something the Twittersphere has been quick to point out — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Singapore has embarked upon the excavation of an underground oil reserve, expanding the city’s industrial port beneath the floor of the Pacific Ocean. It is no ordinary construction site
, the BBC tells us, but an elaborate project of engineering and infrastructure currently underway several hundred feet underground, below the seabed in Singapore
— via BLDGBLOG
An arms race is underway on the internet and the cyber criminals are way out in front, a national police symposium has been told.
Identity theft and internet attacks on our bank accounts are part of the modern existence, but one expert is more concerned about highly sophisticated attacks against big business.
Graham Ingram is the general manager of AusCERT, the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team, a private group housed at the University of Queensland.
He told Wednesday’s session of the National Identity and Hi-Tech Crime Symposium on the Gold Coast that attacks are now being launched very successfully against the internet infrastructure of big corporations and government agencies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
US scientists for the first time have used a cloning technique to get tailor-made embryonic stem cells to grow in unfertilised human egg cells, a landmark finding and a potential new flashpoint for opponents of stem cell research.
The researchers were trying to prove it is possible to use a cloning technology called somatic cell nuclear transfer, or SCNT, to make embryonic stem cells that match a patient’s DNA.
The achievement, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, is significant because such patient-specific cells potentially can be transplanted to replace damaged cells in people with diabetes and other diseases without rejection by the immune system — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Apple co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs died today, Apple said. He was 56.
Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives,
Apple said in a statement. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.
Jobs had been suffering from various health issues following the seven-year anniversary of his surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer in August 2004. Apple announced in January that he would be taking an indeterminate medical leave of absence, with Jobs then stepping down from his role as CEO in late August.
Jobs had undergone a liver transplant in April 2009 during an earlier planned six-month leave of absence. He returned to work for a year and a half before his health forced him to take more time off. He told his employees in August, I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
It seems that there are no shortage of companies today turning out flieger-inspired watches — but I believe this is the first time that I’ve come across a Canadian company making them. Today’s example is brought to us by Archer Watches.
What drew me to the Aero II was the layout of the dial. On the outer track, you have the minutes taking the main stage; in a smaller dial closer to the center of the watch, you have an hour track — via Wrist Watch Review
Alicia Rosello, a blogger for DMC Spain, posted about her visit to the DMC embroidery floss factory in eastern France. The pictures and information are fascinating. I have to admit, my heart started to race just looking through them. I now officially have a new item added to my Bucket List: Must visit the DMC Embroidery Floss Factory! The post is in Spanish, but is easily translated with a quick visit to Google Translate. Enjoy! — via CRAFT
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
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
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
Jorge Hrdina Architects have designed the Lilypad house in Sydney, Australia — via CONTEMPORIST
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