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Escaped convict embarrasses cops with Facebook updates
An inmate who went on the run from a Suffolk jail has embarrassed the police by regularly posting updates on his Facebook page.
Craig Lynch, 28, escaped from Hollesley Bay Prison, where he was serving a 7 year sentence for aggravated burglary, in September. Since then he has kept his 199 Facebook friends informed with his day to day activities.
Details posted to the social networking site include his forthcoming attendance at a New Year's Eve party in Lowestoft and another party in Norwich in February.
Lynch has been linked to Middlesex and north-east London and as a result Suffolk Constabulary is liaising with other forces in their efforts to find him.
Lynch's recently posted messages include:
:: "Craig 'Lazie' Lynch needs to get up and get motivated too many things to do today!"
:: "Craig 'Lazie' Lynch Is thinkin, which lucky girl will be my first of 2010!!"
:: "Craig 'Lazie' Lynch mmm i just had a 12lb venison steak. Roasted veg and chips, bangin meal. I feel stuffed but still got room for the j.d's . Hope you enjoyed the meal babe's. We'll have to eat here again. Now to drive home in this s*** weather. Hope we make it cos i'm ready to get in bed and un wrap somethin for afters x x"
:: "Craig 'Lazie' Lynch just nearly wrote my motor off again. F***** ice everywhere i went round the corner and ended up halfway on someones driveway!!"
Should any information Lynch made public on Facebook lead to his capture, it is safe to assume that he will be the one that is embarrassed.
Suffolk Police would like anyone with information regarding Lynch's whereabouts to call their direct line (01473 613500) or alternatively contact their nearest police station.
Evel Knievel's son to recreate London bus jump
Robbie Knievel, 47, will attempt to jump over 16 buses at London's Wembley Stadium riding a Harley Davidson XR-750.
The original stunt, performed in 1975 in front of 90,000 fans, almost ended in disaster for Evel Knievel as his rear wheel clipped the last bus in the row and he somersaulted onto the ramp - with the bike landing on top of him - breaking his pelvis.
"Although my dad's jump ended with broken bones and a lot of pain, I'm confident he'll be smiling down on this one," Mr Knievel said.
"Daredevils are a dying breed. I'm proud to have been raised by one and to be one myself."
"I can never fill the shoes of my father because he was the greatest stunt guy in the world - the greatest daredevil," he said.
Robbie & his HarleyHis son shot to fame in 1989 by successfully jumping 150ft (45m) over the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
So far, Robbie has completed more than 350 professional jumps and broken 20 world records.
Mr Knievel said he was "looking forward" to his attempt at making the jump which narrowly defeated his father.
"Whether I make or miss it, at least I gave it a shot."
Source: BBC
Britain's most influential Twitter users
Cashmore, CEO of the trendsetting social media blog Mashable, has over 1.8 million users following his Twitter feed - making him one of the most popular individuals on the microblogging site.
In order to calculate the 'influence rating' of twitter users INQ Mobile took into account the number of times they tweeted, how good they were at re-tweeting other people's posts and the frequency with which their messages are re-tweeted by other users.
The 20 most influential British Twitter feeds are:
- Pete Cashmore, CEO at Mashable
- Stephen Fry, All-round entertainer
- Russell Brand, Comedian and TV presenter
- Dougie Poytner, McFly band member
- Tom Fletcher, another McFly band member
- Eddie Izzard, Actor and Comedian
- Zee M Kane, Editor-in-Chief of The Next Web
- Jonathan Ross, Entertainer
- Richard Bacon, DJ and TV/Radio presenter
- Peter Andre, Celebrity/Singer
- Andy Murray, Sportsman
- Calvin Harris, Musician
- Suzi Perry, Presenter on the Gadget Show
- Sarah Brown, Wife of the Prime Minister
- Imogen Heap, Musician
- Ian Poulter, Sportsman
- Tom Watson, Member of Parliament
- Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
- Darren Bent, Sportsman
- Steven Gerrard, Sportsman
Army bishop praises Taliban's 'conviction to their faith'
Bishop Venner initially suggested that it would be difficult to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict if the insurgents were portrayed too negatively and that the West has adopted an overly simplistic view of the Taliban.
He then went on to say: "The Taliban can perhaps be admired for their conviction to their faith and their sense of loyalty to each other".
Out of context it is easy to see how such a comment could be seen as unpatriotic, particularly given the significant rise in casualties suffered by the British troops serving in Afghanistan during 2009.
Bishop Venner's apparent admiration for the 'conviction' and 'loyalty' of the Taliban could also be interpreted to mean that he sympathises with a group of Islamic fundamentalists responsible for the deaths of 237 British servicemen and women, simply because of their professed faith.
Secular and atheist individuals may be disturbed by the view implicit in Bishop Venner's statement, namely that devout conviction to a violent and oppressive form of faith is better than having no faith at all.
It is unlikely that moderate British muslims will appreciate the Bishop's respect for an extreme, violent and altogether unpleasant branch of their religion.
Col Richard Kemp, a former commander in Afghanistan, accused Bishop Venner of being naïve.
“We clearly need to understand our enemy but that is more of a military issue rather than a religious one,” he said.
“Elements in the Taliban do not act from a religious perspective and it is important to turn them around. But there are many others who will not be persuaded. Their central creed and ethos is about violent oppression."
Bishop Venner has since apologised publicly for the opinions put forward in the interview, yet his reputation will likely be damaged for some time yet.
Regardless of what message Bishop Venner intended to impart, the views expressed in his interview demonstrate a lack of media awareness. Public figures and the statements they make are subject to disproportionate scrutiny, especially regarding sensitive issues like the occupation of Afghanistan; consequently taking care to make statements that aren't wide open to interpretation should have been obvious.
Source: Press Association & Telegraph
Super Mario is Europe's top game star
Super Mario is Europes top game star, mario has sold over 222 million worldwide in 28 years.
This puts him in front of other game legends like Sonic, Pac Man and Lara Croft.
Mario is also rolling strong as the New Super Mario Bros Wii is performing very well.
Below is a video to remind us all why Mario is the top out of the lot and Europes top game star.
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Life is simple - life instructions
These are the instructions for life, not a lot just follow these four instructions to live a fulfilled life.
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Facebook exposes users after changes to privacy policy
Having told users that the change "makes it easier for people to find and learn about you", Facebook has effectively opened up the bottomless pit of personal data at their disposal to everyone on the web.
The motivation for this move is primarily to increase traffic to the site from search engines - inspired by growing competition from Twitter (its pages are fully indexed and searchable) - thereby increasing ad revenue.
As of now, when a current users logs on to Facebook they will be greeted by a popup asking them to review and update their privacy settings. Whilst it is relatively easy for users to choose to keep their old settings, it is the new settings recommended by Facebook that have come under close scrutiny.
If a user adopts Facebook's recommendations then details of the user's gender, location, friends and family, as well as all posted content and status updates, could be found on search engines like Google or Bing.
This represents a fundamental shift in Facebook's social media function; instead of disseminating pictures and information amongst a closed social circle it now broadcasts that information to the world.Many users who were initially drawn to the site by a desire to connect with friends and acquaintances from college, university, school or work - rather than a Twitter-esque desire to broadcast information to the world - may be dismayed by this news.
It is worth mentioning that under-18's using Facebook will be restricted to sharing info with friends, regardless of the options they select.
In a press statement the Electronic Front Foundation said: "These new 'privacy' changes are clearly intended to push Facebook users to publicly share even more information than before. "
It added: "Even worse, the changes will actually reduce the amount of control that users have over some of their personal data."
The US-based Electronic Privacy Information Centre (Epic) concurred with the EFF's early assessment before announcing that it would analyse the changes to see if they amounted to trickery.
Ultimately, the question all social networkers should (but probably won't) ask of themselves is: "How much personal information am I comfortable sharing with the world?"
Kim Jong Il's secret escape tunnels exposed
The North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has a vast network of underground tunnels linking Pyongyang with key locations across the country, according to a high level defector from within the regime.
Hwang Jang Yop, formerly North Korea's top political philosopher, spoke publicly about the existence of Mr Kim's tunnels for the first time this week, following his defection to South Korea in 1997.
Mr Hwang claims to have travelled through at least some of the North Korean dictator's tunnels, describing what he saw to Radio Free Asia:
“There was fresh water and grass growing within an underground tunnel that linked Pyongyang to a nearby mountain [...] In particular, an ultra-deep underground tunnel was built to connect one of Kim’s residences in Pyongyang to [the port city of] Nampo.”
Since being devastated by intense UN/American bombing raids during the 1950-53 Korean War, the North Korean government has hidden much of its military strength using vast underground military bases - which include missile silos, aircraft hangers and even naval ports - according to US military intelligence and the South Korean government.
Source: The Times
So-called celebrities face animal cruelty charges
Gino D'Acampo, winner of ITV’s ludicrous Austrialian-jungle based popularity contest ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here’ and fellow contenstant Stuart Manning face criminal charges of animal cruelty after killing, cooking and eating a rat on the reality show.
The pair were part of an “exiled” group for part of the series and as such were only allowed tiny rations of rice and beans to eat. They asked the show’s production staff if they could kill and eat a rat to supplement their evening meal and were told that they were allowed to do so.
Following the rat killing, officials from the New South Wales Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said it would take action and the police recently issued “attendance notices” for D’Acampo and Manning to appear in court on February 3.
Chief Inspector David Oshannessy, of the New South Wales RSPCA, said it was unacceptable for an animal to be killed as part of a performance.
"The allegation is that an animal was cruelly treated on the set," he added. "It was a rat that was killed.
"There is a code of conduct in New South Wales that dictates how animals can be used. The killing of a rat for a performance is not acceptable."
A spokesman for ITV said: “Having sought health and safety advice, the go-ahead was given purely on this basis, when it became clear that there would not be any harmful effects of eating a properly prepared and cooked rat.
"The production was unaware that killing a rat could be an offence, criminal or otherwise, in New South Wales and accepts that further inquiries should have been made – this was an oversight.
"ITV apologises for this error, and to the celebrities concerned, and will put in place procedures for next year's series to ensure that this cannot happen again."
Source: Guardian
All men watch porn, according to Montreal Professor.
Researchers at the University of Montreal launched a search for men who had never watched pornography, to act as a control group for their study, were shocked when they realised they couldn't find any.
The research team was conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography with regular users, but the project was hampered by their inability to locate a single individual who hadn't been exposed to some form of porn.
“We started our research seeking men in their 20s who had never consumed pornography,” said Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse. “We couldn't find any.”
The study continued by examining the habits of young men who used pornography.
Though this above revelation may seem distressing to the more socially conservative amongst us, the study revealed that, according to Professor Lajeunesse, pornography hadn't damaged the men's sexuality.
“Not one subject had a pathological sexuality,” he said. “In fact, all of their sexual practices were quite conventional.
“Pornography hasn't changed their perception of women or their relationship, which they all want to be as harmonious and fulfilling as possible,” he added.
The study found that men watched pornography that complimented their own image of sexuality, and quickly discarded any porn they found offensive or distasteful.
Detroit's first 'Cannabis College' commences classes.
The newly opened Med Grow Cannabis College in Detroit is the first of its kind in Michigan following the state’s legalisation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The suburban college will offer courses in how to grow, use and profit from medical marijuana.
Med Grow’s founder, 24-year-old Nick Tennant, said: “This state needs jobs, and we think medical marijuana can stimulate the state economy with hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars.”
Tennant’s students will be taught recipes for cannabis butter, cannabis chocolate icing, and “greenies” (brownies with a special ingredient) as well as how to properly grow the plant and avoid potential legal pitfalls.
The 2008 Michigan Medical Marijuana Act has made growing marijuana for medicinal purposes legal within the state boundaries. Patients can buy the drug if doctors certify that they need it for a health problem.
Doctors in America’s medical marijuana states have prescribed the drug for a wide variety of illnesses including Alzheimer’s, diabetes, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, Tourette’s syndrome and also to alleviate the side-effects of chemotherapy.
Marijuana remains illegal under federal law but, since the Obama administration instructed federal prosecutors to igorne patients using marijuana for medical reasons and the dispensaries that supply them, there appears to be a growing trend in the USA towards acceptance of cannabis as a legitimate medicine.
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