No Butts About It, Cheeky Goalie Ejected
Hockey goalie rides his stick like a horse, drops pants and moons crowd during game
NORTH LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 21, 2007
(AP) A University of Southern California hockey goalie put on a show, but it had nothing to do with stopping shots. Mickey Meyer rode his stick like a horse, dropped his bulky pants,
mooned the crowd and slapped his buttocks during a game against Brigham Young University, police said.
He was ejected and ticketed for lewdness, a misdemeanor, after an officer who was working security at the rink said he witnessed the scene Saturday.
"I had my fill of these refs," Meyer said on an Internet broadcast of the game, according to The Herald-Journal of Logan.
It will be up to prosecutors whether to pursue a case against him.
"This is a small town," North Park police Sgt. John Italasano said. "This was a college team playing and hockey's a wild game. Sometimes things get out of hand."
Meyer's antics occurred while play was stopped and referees were trying to sort out penalties in the third period of a consolation game in the ACHA West Regional tournament at Eccles Ice Center.
The junior from Clinton, N.Y., was "riding his hockey stick like a horse and slapping his butt," North Park Officer Mike Stauffer said in a report.
After pulling down his pants, Meyer slapped his bare bottom several times, Stauffer said.
Rink manager Floyd Naegle was unhappy.
"We don't treat this as a funny incident," he said Tuesday. "We're a family oriented business. It's a one-time incident and we try to do what we can to protect ourselves."
The Trojans lost the game against BYU, 6-4. The night before, they'd lost 3-1 to Utah State. USC volunteer hockey coach Mark Wilbur said the incident highlights the frustration that can come with playing tournament consolation rounds early in the morning after a loss far from home.
"All you're doing is asking for seniors to do stupid stuff," he said.
If the season's over, he'd just like to pack up the team gear and go home, he said.
Wilbur said he had no specific policy for dealing with publicly bared bottoms.
"I sure as hell don't condone it on any level," Wilbur said.
Prosecutor Scott Wyatt laughed when told about the incident Tuesday at the state Capitol, where he is a member of the Utah House. He declined to say whether he would press charges. The maximum penalty is six months in jail.
"Well, that's my call, but I haven't seen anything" from police, Wyatt said.
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Researcher says anorexia may be genetic, HEALTH
TULSA, Okla. - A researcher at a Tulsa clinic says a decade-long study into anorexia nervosa is beginning to reveal that those who suffer from the disease might have a genetic predisposition toward it.
The study, known as the Genetics of Anorexia Nervosa collaboration, is being done in eight cities in North America, including Tulsa, and two European cities.
It is funded by the Researcher Craig Johnson said that if a person has a family member who has had anorexia nervosa, she or he is 12 times more at risk of developing the illness.
"Genetics loads the gun. Environment pulls the trigger," said Johnson, the director of the eating disorders unit at Laureate Psychiatric Hospital in Tulsa and one of the study's principal researchers
People with anorexia nervosa — most of them young females — develop a strong aversion to food and have a distorted body image. Johnson said the research has helped to identify groups most at risk of developing the disease, such as girls ages 11 to 14.
The study, known as the Genetics of Anorexia Nervosa collaboration, is being done in eight cities in North America, including Tulsa, and two European cities.
It is funded by the Researcher Craig Johnson said that if a person has a family member who has had anorexia nervosa, she or he is 12 times more at risk of developing the illness.
"Genetics loads the gun. Environment pulls the trigger," said Johnson, the director of the eating disorders unit at Laureate Psychiatric Hospital in Tulsa and one of the study's principal researchers
People with anorexia nervosa — most of them young females — develop a strong aversion to food and have a distorted body image. Johnson said the research has helped to identify groups most at risk of developing the disease, such as girls ages 11 to 14.
Recording industry targets colleges
Recording industry targets colleges
WASHINGTON - Cracking down on college students, the music industry is sending thousands more complaints to top universities this school year than it did last year as it targets music illegally downloaded over campus computer networks.
A few schools, including Ohio and Purdue universities, already have received more than 1,000 complaints accusing individual students since last fall — significant increases over the past school year. For students who are caught, punishments vary from e-mail warnings to semester-long suspensions from classes.
The trade group for the largest music labels, the Recording Industry Association of America, identified at the request of The Associated Press the 25 universities that received the most copyright complaints it sent so far this school year. The group long has pressured schools to act more aggressively against online pirates on campus.
"It's something we feel we have to do," RIAA President Carey Sherman said. "We have to let people know that if they engage in this activity, they are not anonymous."
The top five schools are Ohio, Purdue, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Tennessee and the University of South Carolina. The RIAA complained about almost 15,000 students at those 25 universities, nearly triple the number for the previous school year.
"They're trying to make a statement," said Randall Hall, who polices computers at Michigan State University, seventh on the list with 753 complaints. Michigan State received 432 such complaints in December alone, when students only attended classes for half the month.
Hall meets personally with students caught twice and forces them to watch an eight-minute anti-piracy DVD produced by the RIAA. A third-time offender can be suspended for a semester.
"I get the whole spectrum of excuses," Hall said. "The most common answer I get is, 'All my friends are doing this. Why did I get caught?'"
At the University of Massachusetts at Amherst — which received 897 complaints — first- and second-time offenders receive escalating warnings about piracy. After a third complaint, the school unplugs a student's Internet connection and sends the case to a dean for additional punishment.
Each complaint represents an accusation that a student was identified sharing a single song over the campus network. Egregious offenders, who make available hundreds or thousands of songs to other students online, are targeted by the RIAA in expensive civil lawsuits. Unlike lawsuits, formal complaints are typically sent to colleges every day by e-mail.
The music group said each university should set its own penalties for stealing songs and said campuses are rife with such thefts. "When we look at the problem, it's particularly acute in the college context," RIAA chief executive Mitch Bainwol said.
The music group said popular software programs it has targeted at schools include AresWarez, BitTorrent, eDonkey and other programs that operate on the Gnutella and FastTrack services.
Under federal law, universities that receive complaints about students illegally distributing copyrighted songs generally must act to stop repeat offenders or else the schools can be sued. The entertainment industry typically can identify a student only by his or her numerical Internet address and must rely on the school to correlate that information with its own records to trace a person's real-world identity.
Some schools aggressively warn students after they receive complaints. Others don't. Purdue, which has received 1,068 complaints so far this year but only 37 in 2006, said it rarely even notifies students accused by the RIAA because it's too much trouble to track down alleged offenders. Purdue said its students aren't repeat offenders.
"In a sense, the (complaint) letter is asking us to pursue an investigation and as the service provider we don't see that as our role," spokesman Steve Tally said. "We are a leading technology school with thousands and thousands of curious and talented technology students."
By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer
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WASHINGTON - Cracking down on college students, the music industry is sending thousands more complaints to top universities this school year than it did last year as it targets music illegally downloaded over campus computer networks.
A few schools, including Ohio and Purdue universities, already have received more than 1,000 complaints accusing individual students since last fall — significant increases over the past school year. For students who are caught, punishments vary from e-mail warnings to semester-long suspensions from classes.
The trade group for the largest music labels, the Recording Industry Association of America, identified at the request of The Associated Press the 25 universities that received the most copyright complaints it sent so far this school year. The group long has pressured schools to act more aggressively against online pirates on campus.
"It's something we feel we have to do," RIAA President Carey Sherman said. "We have to let people know that if they engage in this activity, they are not anonymous."
The top five schools are Ohio, Purdue, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Tennessee and the University of South Carolina. The RIAA complained about almost 15,000 students at those 25 universities, nearly triple the number for the previous school year.
"They're trying to make a statement," said Randall Hall, who polices computers at Michigan State University, seventh on the list with 753 complaints. Michigan State received 432 such complaints in December alone, when students only attended classes for half the month.
Hall meets personally with students caught twice and forces them to watch an eight-minute anti-piracy DVD produced by the RIAA. A third-time offender can be suspended for a semester.
"I get the whole spectrum of excuses," Hall said. "The most common answer I get is, 'All my friends are doing this. Why did I get caught?'"
At the University of Massachusetts at Amherst — which received 897 complaints — first- and second-time offenders receive escalating warnings about piracy. After a third complaint, the school unplugs a student's Internet connection and sends the case to a dean for additional punishment.
Each complaint represents an accusation that a student was identified sharing a single song over the campus network. Egregious offenders, who make available hundreds or thousands of songs to other students online, are targeted by the RIAA in expensive civil lawsuits. Unlike lawsuits, formal complaints are typically sent to colleges every day by e-mail.
The music group said each university should set its own penalties for stealing songs and said campuses are rife with such thefts. "When we look at the problem, it's particularly acute in the college context," RIAA chief executive Mitch Bainwol said.
The music group said popular software programs it has targeted at schools include AresWarez, BitTorrent, eDonkey and other programs that operate on the Gnutella and FastTrack services.
Under federal law, universities that receive complaints about students illegally distributing copyrighted songs generally must act to stop repeat offenders or else the schools can be sued. The entertainment industry typically can identify a student only by his or her numerical Internet address and must rely on the school to correlate that information with its own records to trace a person's real-world identity.
Some schools aggressively warn students after they receive complaints. Others don't. Purdue, which has received 1,068 complaints so far this year but only 37 in 2006, said it rarely even notifies students accused by the RIAA because it's too much trouble to track down alleged offenders. Purdue said its students aren't repeat offenders.
"In a sense, the (complaint) letter is asking us to pursue an investigation and as the service provider we don't see that as our role," spokesman Steve Tally said. "We are a leading technology school with thousands and thousands of curious and talented technology students."
By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer
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iRiver 8GB PMP Lasts A Very Long Time
iRiver makes nice MP3 and portable media players (PMPs) and its latest is another worthy addition. The X20 PMP comes in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB versions and lands in Japan first next month before making its way to the rest of the planet - eventually.
The X20 measures 33 x 73.9 x 16.6 mm and weighs in at 73g. It sports a very nice 2.2in display, capable of 260,000 colours and 320 x 240 resolution playback of MPEG-4 and WMV video files. Even better, the company claims that the lithium-ion battery can manage 22 hours of MP3 playback on a single charge, which is great.
It also boasts an FM radio and a microSD expansion slot. If you don’t fancy waiting months and months, it could be time to find a reputable Asian gadget exporter that doesn’t care what colour your cash is.
Prices in Japan, for the 2GB, 4GB and 8GB versions will be around £80, £100 and £130. You can safely assume they will cost at least 40-50% more by the time they get here. Jump now for another photo.-Martin Lynch
Bat-like demon blamed for attacks
Bat-like demon blamed for attacks
Men in parts of Tanzania's main city, Dar es Salaam, are living in fear of a sex attacks from a bat-like demon.
The attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called Popo Bawa, meaning winged bat, reports the BBC.
Some men are staying awake or sleeping in groups outside their homes. Others are smearing themselves with pig's oil to repel Popo Bawa.
Reports of the demon's existence have been common for many years in Zanzibar, where locals claim it originated.
Mbaruku Ibrahim, from Zanzibar, says the story of the demon is common there and people in his village on Pemba island sleep beside a huge fire outside their houses whenever it is said to appear.
The story goes that the bat is able to transform itself into a man at night and it has also been blamed for rapes of women.
Belief in witchcraft and superstitions is widespread in Tanzania, especially in rural areas.
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Men in parts of Tanzania's main city, Dar es Salaam, are living in fear of a sex attacks from a bat-like demon.
The attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called Popo Bawa, meaning winged bat, reports the BBC.
Some men are staying awake or sleeping in groups outside their homes. Others are smearing themselves with pig's oil to repel Popo Bawa.
Reports of the demon's existence have been common for many years in Zanzibar, where locals claim it originated.
Mbaruku Ibrahim, from Zanzibar, says the story of the demon is common there and people in his village on Pemba island sleep beside a huge fire outside their houses whenever it is said to appear.
The story goes that the bat is able to transform itself into a man at night and it has also been blamed for rapes of women.
Belief in witchcraft and superstitions is widespread in Tanzania, especially in rural areas.
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AOL tacks ad to bottom of e-mail
AOL tacks ad to bottom of e-mail
Short text for AOL products, services being sent from some accounts
DULLES, Va. - Short text advertisements touting AOL products and services are now being tacked to the bottom of e-mail messages sent from some AOL accounts.
The change, which began Tuesday, affects e-mails sent from AOL accounts using the internet provider's AOL 9.0 software, which is available to AOL's 13 million paid subscribers and others who have downloaded the program.
E-mails sent through AOL's Webmail service, which is available for free on the company's Web site, have had the ads attached for about eight months, said AOL spokeswoman Anne Bentley.
The 34-word tag suggests readers check out free AOL services at the company's Web site.
Bentley said the ad is a reminder to people, especially those paying for AOL service, that many products like e-mail are now available for free. She said the current plan is to use the ads to promote AOL services.
She said AOL received "a smattering of e-mails" complaining about the ads but said the company plans to continue using them.
In the past year AOL has moved away from its traditional business model of subscription fees for Internet access and content in favor of providing free services supported by online advertising.
Dulles-based AOL is a division of Time Warner Inc.
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Short text for AOL products, services being sent from some accounts
DULLES, Va. - Short text advertisements touting AOL products and services are now being tacked to the bottom of e-mail messages sent from some AOL accounts.
The change, which began Tuesday, affects e-mails sent from AOL accounts using the internet provider's AOL 9.0 software, which is available to AOL's 13 million paid subscribers and others who have downloaded the program.
E-mails sent through AOL's Webmail service, which is available for free on the company's Web site, have had the ads attached for about eight months, said AOL spokeswoman Anne Bentley.
The 34-word tag suggests readers check out free AOL services at the company's Web site.
Bentley said the ad is a reminder to people, especially those paying for AOL service, that many products like e-mail are now available for free. She said the current plan is to use the ads to promote AOL services.
She said AOL received "a smattering of e-mails" complaining about the ads but said the company plans to continue using them.
In the past year AOL has moved away from its traditional business model of subscription fees for Internet access and content in favor of providing free services supported by online advertising.
Dulles-based AOL is a division of Time Warner Inc.
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2 HD disc formats play but at a price
2 HD disc formats play but at a price
Buying new tech gear when there's a format war going on is always dicey. For anyone trying to decide between the two new high-def DVD formats, LG Electronics has a $1,199 answer.
The LG Super Multi Blue Player Model BH100 I've been testing is billed as the world's first dual-format high-definition disc player. It handles Blu-ray and HD DVD, though it does much better with Blu-ray.
LG Super Multi Blue Player Model BH100.
The player launches at a time when the success of neither format is assured. Most people seem perfectly satisfied with the picture quality of conventional DVDs. I'm frankly not convinced even many HDTV owners are clamoring for something better than DVD.
Moreover, there are still relatively few titles and no clear-cut technological winner between Blu-ray and HD DVD.
Super Multi Blue's arrival at Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA and other stores this month may mean you no longer have to choose. Give LG credit for attempting to broker the peace. But I'm hard-pressed to recommend any DVD player that costs $1,199, especially given its shortcomings. Heck, it doesn't even play regular CDs.
LG claims the price isn't totally out of whack compared with some of the current HD DVD and, especially, Blu-ray players on the market. But in making a buying decision, I think most consumers are more likely to compare the LG player with a conventional DVD player.
A closer look at the LG machine:
•Performance. LG readily admits that HD DVD is the weaker technology in this machine.
The company started producing a Blu-ray player and added HD DVD capabilities later. So while it can handle all of Blu-ray's functionality, the LG player does not support interactive features available on many HD DVD titles. In fact, the FBI anti-piracy warning and MPAA rating frames you see before an HD DVD movie plays is generated by the machine and not the discs themselves.
Movie fans who appreciate DVD "extras" may be frustrated at times with HD DVD on this player. Without intuitive menus, I initially had problems finding the theatrical trailer, interviews and other bonus features on The Sting. Same on The Departed and Hollywoodland, each a combo title with regular DVD and HD DVD versions on different sides of the same disc.
High-def movies looked good in both HD DVD and Blu-ray. But the leap between those formats and regular DVD is nowhere near as dramatic as the advance between VHS tape and DVD.
In the middle of one Blu-ray title, the Adam Sandler comedy Click, the speaking voices sporadically dropped out, forcing me to hit pause and rewind to hear what I'd missed. Fortunately, I didn't encounter any hiccups on such Blu-ray titles as All The King's Men, Memento, Superman Returns and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, or any of the other HD DVD or regular DVD scenes I took in.
•The basics. There's nothing particular sexy about the look, which resembles, well, your basic black DVD player. Still, LG has provided some nice tactile and audio feedback. Buttons on the top beep for a moment and light up when you touch them. The intuitive remote control has decent-sized, well-laid-out buttons. One handy feature for parents: You can press a "lock" key on the remote to prevent junior from operating the buttons on the player.
A display window shows what kind of disc you are watching, as well as the usual info about elapsed time, chapters, etc.
You'll also find the resolution, up to what geeks refer to as 1080p (the top of the digital TV food chain if your TV can handle it). LG says the machine "up-converts," or improves, the quality of regular DVDs to 1080i resolution. I doubt average users will detect a major difference.
There's a typical complement of ports and inputs on the back of the unit, including an HDMI port for a cable that delivers high-def digital video and audio at its best. To keep the overall price down, however, LG makes you spring for your own HDMI cable (about $20 on up, depending on length and quality). Leaving the cable out is one of those seemingly minor decisions by a manufacturer that drives me nuts.
•The technology. Inside are two lasers. The "blue" laser handles both Blu-ray and HD DVD; the "red" handles conventional DVDs. Internal lenses sense the type of disc you've inserted.
LG may address the HD DVD deficiencies of its player in a future model. That, coupled with a steep price drop, will have to happen before I plunk down my own money.
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Digital clock table: Always have dinner on time
Take a look at this table. No, you're not in some bad '60s sci-fi serial about shrinking to the size of a bug so that digital watches appear huge. You're looking at the Time Table (oh-ho!), the entire top surface of which is a digital clock. The digits are illuminated by electroluminescent film, keeping the tabletop a mere 2.4 inches thin. Also included are an alarm (for those mornings when you zone out while sipping your coffee, presumably) and a timer for automatically switching off the digits at night. Personally, I'd like to see the color of the digits change with your mood.
On the minus side, the Time Table is filed under the "Ideas" section of designer Ross McBride's site, so it appears to be a concept right now and not a real product. I'm sure the interior decorators at CTU are crushed.
Warez leader faces 10 years in jail
After spending nearly 3 years in a detention center fighting his extradition from Australia, a leader of notorious warez group ‘DrinkorDie’ was yesterday arraigned before a U.S. District Court to face charges of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and one count of actual criminal copyright infringement. If found guilty he faces 10 years in jail & a $500,000 fine.
Founded in Moscow in 1993, DrinkorDie (DoD) was a major underground warez network who, amongst many other achievements (including the release of their own DVD ripper) embarrassed Microsoft by pre-releasing Windows95 2 weeks before its official launch. DoD consisted mainly of university undergraduates and was heavily supported by employees of software houses, whose role would be to leak copies of software to the group.
Considered by many to have reached their peak before the dawn of 1997, DoD remained firmly on the FBI’s radar. In 2000, U.S. Immigration and Customs began their investigation into DOD and other warez networks such as RiSC, RAZOR1911, RiSCISO, Request To Send (RTS), ShadowRealm (SRM), WomenLoveWarez (WLW), and POPZ. In 2001 DoD was busted during US Customs co-ordinated raids as part of Operation Buccaneer.
More than seventy search warrants were carried out globally across 12 countries, including raids in the US, Australia, Great Britain, Finland, Norway and Sweden with the subsequent arrest of 65 people.
The investigation claimed to have revealed two leaders of DoD. The first, 28 year old US citizen John Sankus Jr from Philadelphia aka ‘eriFlleH’ was convicted and sentenced in 2002, receiving 46 months in a federal prison (along with co-conspirator, Barry Erickson, who was sentenced to 33 months). At the time, US Attorney Paul McNulty said “John Sankus and his techno-gang operated in the faceless world of the internet and thought they would never be caught. They were wrong. These sentences, and those to follow, should send a message to others entertaining similar beliefs of invincibility.”
The second leader is claimed to be 44 year old Hew Raymond Griffiths, a British national and previous resident of Bateau Bay, Australia. After fighting extradition to the US from an Australian detention center for the last 3 years, Griffiths finally lost his battle in the Australian courts and yesterday was brought before Magistrate Judge Barry R. Poretz sitting in U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va.
According to the indictment, it is claimed that Griffiths, aka “Bandido,” was an established leader of DrinkOrDie and a major player in the ‘warez’ scene. It is claimed that he also held important positions in other warez groups including Razor1911 and RiSC.
“Griffiths claimed to be beyond the reach of U.S. law, and today, we have proven otherwise,” said Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher. “This extradition represents the Department of Justice’s commitment to protect intellectual property rights from those who violate our laws from the other side of the globe.”
“Our agents and prosecutors are working tirelessly to nab intellectual property thieves, even where their crimes transcend international borders,” said U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg.
The Court claims that prior to its dismantling, DrinkOrDie was estimated to have enabled the illegal reproduction and distribution of more than $50 million worth of pirated media including software, movies, games and music.
However, its is worth noting that it has never been proven that any member of DoD profited financially from their activities. Indeed, at the trial of other DoD members in the UK in May 2005, Bruce Houlder QC, prosecuting, said he acknowledged that the defendants were not involved in the software piracy scene to make money but rather they saw themselves as latter-day Robin Hoods, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
For many in the warez scene and beyond, this is how DoD will be remembered.
Founded in Moscow in 1993, DrinkorDie (DoD) was a major underground warez network who, amongst many other achievements (including the release of their own DVD ripper) embarrassed Microsoft by pre-releasing Windows95 2 weeks before its official launch. DoD consisted mainly of university undergraduates and was heavily supported by employees of software houses, whose role would be to leak copies of software to the group.
Considered by many to have reached their peak before the dawn of 1997, DoD remained firmly on the FBI’s radar. In 2000, U.S. Immigration and Customs began their investigation into DOD and other warez networks such as RiSC, RAZOR1911, RiSCISO, Request To Send (RTS), ShadowRealm (SRM), WomenLoveWarez (WLW), and POPZ. In 2001 DoD was busted during US Customs co-ordinated raids as part of Operation Buccaneer.
More than seventy search warrants were carried out globally across 12 countries, including raids in the US, Australia, Great Britain, Finland, Norway and Sweden with the subsequent arrest of 65 people.
The investigation claimed to have revealed two leaders of DoD. The first, 28 year old US citizen John Sankus Jr from Philadelphia aka ‘eriFlleH’ was convicted and sentenced in 2002, receiving 46 months in a federal prison (along with co-conspirator, Barry Erickson, who was sentenced to 33 months). At the time, US Attorney Paul McNulty said “John Sankus and his techno-gang operated in the faceless world of the internet and thought they would never be caught. They were wrong. These sentences, and those to follow, should send a message to others entertaining similar beliefs of invincibility.”
The second leader is claimed to be 44 year old Hew Raymond Griffiths, a British national and previous resident of Bateau Bay, Australia. After fighting extradition to the US from an Australian detention center for the last 3 years, Griffiths finally lost his battle in the Australian courts and yesterday was brought before Magistrate Judge Barry R. Poretz sitting in U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va.
According to the indictment, it is claimed that Griffiths, aka “Bandido,” was an established leader of DrinkOrDie and a major player in the ‘warez’ scene. It is claimed that he also held important positions in other warez groups including Razor1911 and RiSC.
“Griffiths claimed to be beyond the reach of U.S. law, and today, we have proven otherwise,” said Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher. “This extradition represents the Department of Justice’s commitment to protect intellectual property rights from those who violate our laws from the other side of the globe.”
“Our agents and prosecutors are working tirelessly to nab intellectual property thieves, even where their crimes transcend international borders,” said U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg.
The Court claims that prior to its dismantling, DrinkOrDie was estimated to have enabled the illegal reproduction and distribution of more than $50 million worth of pirated media including software, movies, games and music.
However, its is worth noting that it has never been proven that any member of DoD profited financially from their activities. Indeed, at the trial of other DoD members in the UK in May 2005, Bruce Houlder QC, prosecuting, said he acknowledged that the defendants were not involved in the software piracy scene to make money but rather they saw themselves as latter-day Robin Hoods, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
For many in the warez scene and beyond, this is how DoD will be remembered.
New Zealand Fishermen Catch Rare Squid
In this photo released by New Zealand Fisheries Department on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007,
shows an unidentified New Zealand fisherman with a giant squid believed to have been
caught in early February 2007 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. The creature, known as a
colossal squid (scientific name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) and is thought to be the
largest squid ever found anywhere in the world, weighing an estimated 450kg (990lbs),
150kg heavier than the next biggest specimen ever found.
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Porn DVD Screams Prompt Sword 'Rescue'
Porn DVD Screams Prompt Sword 'Rescue'
Wis. man who mistook porn DVD screams for rape charged with breaking into apartment with sword
AP) A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching.
"Now I feel stupid," said James Van Iveren, who has been charged in the case. "This really is nothing, nothing but a mistake."
According to a criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning Feb. 12, damaging the frame and lock.
"Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the sword at the neighbor, the complaint said. "Where is she?"
The neighbor told police Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as he repeated the question, insisting that he had heard a woman being raped. The complaint said that, with the sword pointed at him, the neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors to prove he was alone.
The neighbor later played for police the part of the DVD he believed Van Iveren heard downstairs.
Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was charged with criminal trespass, criminal damage and disorderly conduct, all while using a dangerous weapon, and is due in court March 5. Together, the misdemeanor counts carry a maximum sentence of 33 months in jail.
Van Iveren said Tuesday that he heard a woman "screaming for help," grabbed the sword, bounded up the stairs, kicked in the apartment door and confronted the man who lived there.
"I intended to hold it behind my back and knock. But I froze and instead, what happened happened," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Contesting his neighbor's account, Van Iveren said he didn't look anywhere in the apartment except the front room, and that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.
"I had the sword extended. But that was all," he said.
Van Iveren, who lives with his mother in the downstairs apartment, said he did not call police when he heard the noises because he does not have a telephone. He said he barely knew the upstairs tenant.
Police seized Van Iveren's sword, which he said was a family heirloom.
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Wis. man who mistook porn DVD screams for rape charged with breaking into apartment with sword
AP) A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching.
"Now I feel stupid," said James Van Iveren, who has been charged in the case. "This really is nothing, nothing but a mistake."
According to a criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning Feb. 12, damaging the frame and lock.
"Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the sword at the neighbor, the complaint said. "Where is she?"
The neighbor told police Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as he repeated the question, insisting that he had heard a woman being raped. The complaint said that, with the sword pointed at him, the neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors to prove he was alone.
The neighbor later played for police the part of the DVD he believed Van Iveren heard downstairs.
Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was charged with criminal trespass, criminal damage and disorderly conduct, all while using a dangerous weapon, and is due in court March 5. Together, the misdemeanor counts carry a maximum sentence of 33 months in jail.
Van Iveren said Tuesday that he heard a woman "screaming for help," grabbed the sword, bounded up the stairs, kicked in the apartment door and confronted the man who lived there.
"I intended to hold it behind my back and knock. But I froze and instead, what happened happened," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Contesting his neighbor's account, Van Iveren said he didn't look anywhere in the apartment except the front room, and that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.
"I had the sword extended. But that was all," he said.
Van Iveren, who lives with his mother in the downstairs apartment, said he did not call police when he heard the noises because he does not have a telephone. He said he barely knew the upstairs tenant.
Police seized Van Iveren's sword, which he said was a family heirloom.
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Customers Get Billion-Dollar Power Bills
(AP) Perhaps his $24 billion electric bill will teach Richard Redden not to leave the heat running. Thanks to a printing error, Redden and more than 1,300 Weatherford utility customers this week received billion-dollar electric bills marked as late notices.
Irving-bases DataProse, which prints customer bills for Weatherford Electric, said the company was embarrassed by the error.
"Obviously, this is not something we are pleased about," said Curtis Nelson, DataProse vice president and general manager.
Weatherford Electric spokeswoman Pam Pearson said customers can expect their correct bills later this month. She said the company's records were correct and showed the right balances.
"I know they raised the rates on kilowatt hours a little bit," Redden said. "I guess we shouldn't have run the heater quite so much this month."
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The Dallas Morning News, - http://www.dallasnews.com
Weatherford Democrat, - http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com
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Irving-bases DataProse, which prints customer bills for Weatherford Electric, said the company was embarrassed by the error.
"Obviously, this is not something we are pleased about," said Curtis Nelson, DataProse vice president and general manager.
Weatherford Electric spokeswoman Pam Pearson said customers can expect their correct bills later this month. She said the company's records were correct and showed the right balances.
"I know they raised the rates on kilowatt hours a little bit," Redden said. "I guess we shouldn't have run the heater quite so much this month."
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The Dallas Morning News, - http://www.dallasnews.com
Weatherford Democrat, - http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com
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Man mistakes porno for rape, tries to rescue...
Oconomowoc - Instincts took over, James Van Iveren says, when he rushed out his door to the sound of a woman being raped in an apartment above. "It was a woman screaming," he recalled Tuesday. "She was screaming for help."
Sword in hand, he bounded up the stairs, kicked in the door and confronted a man who turned out to be alone - watching a pornographic movie.
"Now I feel stupid," Van Iveren said.
Worse yet, police seized his sword - a family heirloom - carted him to jail and referred the case to a prosecutor who charged Van Iveren with three criminal counts.
"This really is nothing," Van Iveren insisted, "nothing but a mistake."
Van Iveren's "mistake" unfolded on the morning of Feb. 12 when Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was listening to music in the apartment he shares with his mother behind Red & Bunny's Diner on S. Main St.
Suddenly, according to Van Iveren, the distinct cries of a woman pleading for help could be heard coming from the apartment above him. He tried putting them out of his mind at first, but when they persisted, Van Iveren decided something had to be done.
"I don't have a telephone," he said. "I couldn't call the police."
The cries seemed to be coming from the apartment of a tenant he barely knew, but that, Van Iveren said, didn't matter.
"It had nothing to do with him," he said. "I didn't even know if he was there. It was the woman. I thought there was a woman."
The woman, according to a criminal complaint, was on a DVD being watched by the neighbor, who later played part of the movie back for police to point out what he figured Van Iveren heard downstairs.
To Van Iveren, the neighbor's film sounded like a rape in progress.
"So I grabbed the cavalry sword and ran upstairs," he said. "I intended to hold it behind my back and knock.
"But I froze and instead, what happened happened."
According to the criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning, damaging the frame and lock in the process.
"Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the 39-inch sword at the neighbor, according to the complaint. "Where is she?"
The neighbor told police that Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as he repeated the question, insisting that he'd heard a woman being raped. With the sword pointed at him, the neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors to prove he was alone, according to the complaint.
Van Iveren said it wasn't nearly that dramatic.
"I walked in the front room and looked around," he said. "When I saw there was no woman, I left.
"I went downstairs and when I looked out the window, I saw the police had come, so I went out to tell them what happened."
Van Iveren insisted that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.
"I had the sword extended," he said. "But that was all."
The neighbor wasn't home when a reporter visited the building Tuesday, and he could not be reached by telephone.
For his effort, Van Iveren was charged with criminal trespass while using a dangerous weapon, criminal damage to property while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while using a dangerous weapon, all criminal misdemeanors that carry a maximum total penalty of 33 months in jail.
"All of them are going to be dismissed," he predicted. "They have to.
"This was all just a big mistake."
The prosecutor who issued the charges could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Van Iveren, who was released on a signature bond when he was charged last week, is due to appear in court March 5.
Sword in hand, he bounded up the stairs, kicked in the door and confronted a man who turned out to be alone - watching a pornographic movie.
"Now I feel stupid," Van Iveren said.
Worse yet, police seized his sword - a family heirloom - carted him to jail and referred the case to a prosecutor who charged Van Iveren with three criminal counts.
"This really is nothing," Van Iveren insisted, "nothing but a mistake."
Van Iveren's "mistake" unfolded on the morning of Feb. 12 when Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was listening to music in the apartment he shares with his mother behind Red & Bunny's Diner on S. Main St.
Suddenly, according to Van Iveren, the distinct cries of a woman pleading for help could be heard coming from the apartment above him. He tried putting them out of his mind at first, but when they persisted, Van Iveren decided something had to be done.
"I don't have a telephone," he said. "I couldn't call the police."
The cries seemed to be coming from the apartment of a tenant he barely knew, but that, Van Iveren said, didn't matter.
"It had nothing to do with him," he said. "I didn't even know if he was there. It was the woman. I thought there was a woman."
The woman, according to a criminal complaint, was on a DVD being watched by the neighbor, who later played part of the movie back for police to point out what he figured Van Iveren heard downstairs.
To Van Iveren, the neighbor's film sounded like a rape in progress.
"So I grabbed the cavalry sword and ran upstairs," he said. "I intended to hold it behind my back and knock.
"But I froze and instead, what happened happened."
According to the criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning, damaging the frame and lock in the process.
"Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the 39-inch sword at the neighbor, according to the complaint. "Where is she?"
The neighbor told police that Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as he repeated the question, insisting that he'd heard a woman being raped. With the sword pointed at him, the neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors to prove he was alone, according to the complaint.
Van Iveren said it wasn't nearly that dramatic.
"I walked in the front room and looked around," he said. "When I saw there was no woman, I left.
"I went downstairs and when I looked out the window, I saw the police had come, so I went out to tell them what happened."
Van Iveren insisted that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.
"I had the sword extended," he said. "But that was all."
The neighbor wasn't home when a reporter visited the building Tuesday, and he could not be reached by telephone.
For his effort, Van Iveren was charged with criminal trespass while using a dangerous weapon, criminal damage to property while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while using a dangerous weapon, all criminal misdemeanors that carry a maximum total penalty of 33 months in jail.
"All of them are going to be dismissed," he predicted. "They have to.
"This was all just a big mistake."
The prosecutor who issued the charges could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Van Iveren, who was released on a signature bond when he was charged last week, is due to appear in court March 5.
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