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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Weekend Randomness
Why white people should stick to gymnastics
It's a trap!
Catholicism - Staying true to the game
Everyone loves Justin
Check for finger prints
It's a trap!
Catholicism - Staying true to the game
Everyone loves Justin
Check for finger prints
Friday, March 30, 2012
Meanwhile on Guam... (Facebook is Real!!!)
Man allegedly beats wife over FB messages
Via Marianas Variety
THE impact of social networking went a little too far when an argument between a couple over Facebook messages wound up getting physical.
Joshua Haruzi Tenorio, 25, was charged in the Superior Court of Guam with family violence and aggravated assault as third degree felonies. According to court documents, Tenorio allegedly beat up his wife on Sunday after they became embroiled in an argument over messages on Facebook.
Medics had to transport Tenorio’s wife to the hospital after the incident.
Although the court declaration doesn’t indicate the details of the argument, the victim informed police on Wednesday that Tenorio had beat her and during the course of the beating, “she became very dizzy and the room was spinning around and she almost lost consciousness,” court documents stated.
Tenorio meanwhile admitted to police that he got mad at his wife, pushed her down on the bed and straddled her chest with his leg. He also admitted to striking her in the face numerous times and struck her in the chest area with a closed fist. Read more here via Marianas Variety
Via Marianas Variety
THE impact of social networking went a little too far when an argument between a couple over Facebook messages wound up getting physical.
Joshua Haruzi Tenorio, 25, was charged in the Superior Court of Guam with family violence and aggravated assault as third degree felonies. According to court documents, Tenorio allegedly beat up his wife on Sunday after they became embroiled in an argument over messages on Facebook.
Medics had to transport Tenorio’s wife to the hospital after the incident.
Although the court declaration doesn’t indicate the details of the argument, the victim informed police on Wednesday that Tenorio had beat her and during the course of the beating, “she became very dizzy and the room was spinning around and she almost lost consciousness,” court documents stated.
Tenorio meanwhile admitted to police that he got mad at his wife, pushed her down on the bed and straddled her chest with his leg. He also admitted to striking her in the face numerous times and struck her in the chest area with a closed fist. Read more here via Marianas Variety
Web Digging: Ol' Dirty Bastard movie to star 'Boardwalk Empire' actor Michael K. Williams
Via Inside Movies
As the deadly stick-up man Omar Little on The Wire and the fearsome bootlegger Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire, actor Michael K. Williams has played his share of tough SOBs. Now he’s going to take on a bastard.
An Ol’ Dirty one.
EW has learned exclusively that Williams, 45, will star in an upcoming film about the legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper and all-around troubled soul Russell Jones, a.k.a. Ol’ Dirty Bastard, whose impressive mic skills and outrageous showmanship were eclipsed by his erratic offstage behavior, assorted arrests, and an early death.
Joaquín Baca-Asay, the cinematographer on We Own the Night, Roger Dodger and Jay-Z’s video for 99 Problems, is also joining the project, making his feature directorial debut.
The movie is based on the final years of ODB’s life — a true story that is nonetheless stranger than fiction.
Titled Dirty White Boy, the film focuses on the offbeat friendship between the Wu-Tang Clan co-founder and Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 production assistant who through a lot of hustle (and the occasional lie) talked his way into becoming the rapper’s manager when Jones was serving a three-year stint in prison in the early 2000s.
Despite Weisfeld’s inexperience, and having a client whose talent was undermined by addiction and mental illness, the novice manager engineered an unlikely comeback — only to have it cut short by the star’s fatal drug overdose in 2004 at age 35.
Dirty White Boy is being produced by Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, whose Beginners won Christopher Plummer an Academy Award last month. The screenplay is by Brent Hoff, who worked at VH1 and met Weisfeld and ODB when they were working on a reality show there.
The role of Weisfeld has not yet been filled, though the part may be particularly attractive now that it includes the chance to act opposite the acclaimed Williams. (Another movie about ODB, apparently penned by his cousin Raeshawn, is also in the works, with Eddie Griffin and Tracy Morgan being considered for the lead role.)
Although Williams is older than ODB ever would be, anyone who has seen his work knows his skill at bringing complicated, charismatic, and disturbed characters to life — often with surprising tenderness. The only question is what will become of the actor’s distinctive facial scar. Should the filmmakers try to cover it up, or simply use dramatic license to make it a part of the character, even though ODB had no such mark?
And who should play the eponymous dirty white boy? One look at Weisfeld in this screengrab of him with ODB from that VH1 documentary he was working on calls to mind Shia LaBeouf, or maybe The Social Network‘s Andrew Garfield (soon to be seen as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man). Jonah Hill’s recent Oscar-nominated turn in Moneyball showed off the actor’s dramatic chops and could put him in the running.
Weisfeld, now of the literary management and production company Objective Entertainment, is cooperating with the project, along with ODB’s mother, Cherry Jones. The film will be produced through Knudsen and Van Hoy’s Parts & Labor company in partnership with producer Todd Hagopian’s Ocean Size Pictures. Williams is represented by Sam Maydew and Matt Goldman at The Collective, while Baca-Asay is represented by CAA. The independent film is being financed by K5 International.
Since the film is clearly a mix of tragedy and surreal comedy, the role of Weisfeld demands someone who can balance both. So who would you put in the role, Inside Movie readers? Maybe it should be an actor who, like Weisfeld himself, emerges from out of nowhere Read more here via Inside Movies
As the deadly stick-up man Omar Little on The Wire and the fearsome bootlegger Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire, actor Michael K. Williams has played his share of tough SOBs. Now he’s going to take on a bastard.
An Ol’ Dirty one.
EW has learned exclusively that Williams, 45, will star in an upcoming film about the legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper and all-around troubled soul Russell Jones, a.k.a. Ol’ Dirty Bastard, whose impressive mic skills and outrageous showmanship were eclipsed by his erratic offstage behavior, assorted arrests, and an early death.
Joaquín Baca-Asay, the cinematographer on We Own the Night, Roger Dodger and Jay-Z’s video for 99 Problems, is also joining the project, making his feature directorial debut.
The movie is based on the final years of ODB’s life — a true story that is nonetheless stranger than fiction.
Titled Dirty White Boy, the film focuses on the offbeat friendship between the Wu-Tang Clan co-founder and Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 production assistant who through a lot of hustle (and the occasional lie) talked his way into becoming the rapper’s manager when Jones was serving a three-year stint in prison in the early 2000s.
Despite Weisfeld’s inexperience, and having a client whose talent was undermined by addiction and mental illness, the novice manager engineered an unlikely comeback — only to have it cut short by the star’s fatal drug overdose in 2004 at age 35.
Dirty White Boy is being produced by Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, whose Beginners won Christopher Plummer an Academy Award last month. The screenplay is by Brent Hoff, who worked at VH1 and met Weisfeld and ODB when they were working on a reality show there.
The role of Weisfeld has not yet been filled, though the part may be particularly attractive now that it includes the chance to act opposite the acclaimed Williams. (Another movie about ODB, apparently penned by his cousin Raeshawn, is also in the works, with Eddie Griffin and Tracy Morgan being considered for the lead role.)
Although Williams is older than ODB ever would be, anyone who has seen his work knows his skill at bringing complicated, charismatic, and disturbed characters to life — often with surprising tenderness. The only question is what will become of the actor’s distinctive facial scar. Should the filmmakers try to cover it up, or simply use dramatic license to make it a part of the character, even though ODB had no such mark?
And who should play the eponymous dirty white boy? One look at Weisfeld in this screengrab of him with ODB from that VH1 documentary he was working on calls to mind Shia LaBeouf, or maybe The Social Network‘s Andrew Garfield (soon to be seen as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man). Jonah Hill’s recent Oscar-nominated turn in Moneyball showed off the actor’s dramatic chops and could put him in the running.
Weisfeld, now of the literary management and production company Objective Entertainment, is cooperating with the project, along with ODB’s mother, Cherry Jones. The film will be produced through Knudsen and Van Hoy’s Parts & Labor company in partnership with producer Todd Hagopian’s Ocean Size Pictures. Williams is represented by Sam Maydew and Matt Goldman at The Collective, while Baca-Asay is represented by CAA. The independent film is being financed by K5 International.
Since the film is clearly a mix of tragedy and surreal comedy, the role of Weisfeld demands someone who can balance both. So who would you put in the role, Inside Movie readers? Maybe it should be an actor who, like Weisfeld himself, emerges from out of nowhere Read more here via Inside Movies
Web Digging: China's death row TV hit: Interviews Before Execution
Via BBC News
In Henan Province, in central China, millions of people have been tuning in every week to watch an extraordinary talk show called Interviews Before Execution, in which a reporter interviews murderers condemned to death. The show ran for just over five years, until it was taken off air on Friday.
Every Monday morning, reporter Ding Yu and her team scoured court reports to find cases to cover on their programme. They had to move quickly, as prisoners in China can be executed seven days after they are sentenced.
To Western eyes the show's format may seem exploitative, but Ding disagrees.
"Some viewers may consider it cruel to ask a criminal to do an interview when they are about to be executed.
"On the contrary, they want to be heard," she says.
"Some criminals I interviewed told me: 'I'm really very glad. I said so many things in my heart to you at this time. In prison, there was never a person I was willing to talk to about past events.'"
Continue reading the main story
Interviews Before Execution was first broadcast on 18 November 2006 on Henan Legal Channel, one of 3,000 state-owned TV stations in China. Ding interviewed a prisoner every week until the programme was taken off air.
The move follows a handful of reports about the show in foreign media, which were triggered by a documentary to be screened on the BBC tonight and on PBS International in the near future.
The aim of Interviews Before Execution, the programme-makers say, was to find cases that would serve as a warning to others. The slogan at the top of every programme called for human nature to awaken and "perceive the value of life".
In China, 55 crimes carry the death penalty, from murder, treason and armed rebellion to bribery and smuggling. Thirteen other crimes, including VAT fraud, smuggling relics and credit fraud, were only recently removed from the list of capital offences.
Interviews Before Execution, however, focused exclusively on cases of violent murder.
It never interviewed political prisoners or cases where the crime was in question, and the team received the Henan high court's consent in every case.
"Without their consent, our programme would end immediately," Ding told the BBC documentary team.
Broadcast every Saturday night, the programme was frequently rated one of Henan's top 10 shows, with nearly 40 million viewers out of the 100 million who live in the province. Read more here via BBC News
In Henan Province, in central China, millions of people have been tuning in every week to watch an extraordinary talk show called Interviews Before Execution, in which a reporter interviews murderers condemned to death. The show ran for just over five years, until it was taken off air on Friday.
Every Monday morning, reporter Ding Yu and her team scoured court reports to find cases to cover on their programme. They had to move quickly, as prisoners in China can be executed seven days after they are sentenced.
To Western eyes the show's format may seem exploitative, but Ding disagrees.
"Some viewers may consider it cruel to ask a criminal to do an interview when they are about to be executed.
"On the contrary, they want to be heard," she says.
"Some criminals I interviewed told me: 'I'm really very glad. I said so many things in my heart to you at this time. In prison, there was never a person I was willing to talk to about past events.'"
Continue reading the main story
Interviews Before Execution was first broadcast on 18 November 2006 on Henan Legal Channel, one of 3,000 state-owned TV stations in China. Ding interviewed a prisoner every week until the programme was taken off air.
The move follows a handful of reports about the show in foreign media, which were triggered by a documentary to be screened on the BBC tonight and on PBS International in the near future.
The aim of Interviews Before Execution, the programme-makers say, was to find cases that would serve as a warning to others. The slogan at the top of every programme called for human nature to awaken and "perceive the value of life".
In China, 55 crimes carry the death penalty, from murder, treason and armed rebellion to bribery and smuggling. Thirteen other crimes, including VAT fraud, smuggling relics and credit fraud, were only recently removed from the list of capital offences.
Interviews Before Execution, however, focused exclusively on cases of violent murder.
It never interviewed political prisoners or cases where the crime was in question, and the team received the Henan high court's consent in every case.
"Without their consent, our programme would end immediately," Ding told the BBC documentary team.
Broadcast every Saturday night, the programme was frequently rated one of Henan's top 10 shows, with nearly 40 million viewers out of the 100 million who live in the province. Read more here via BBC News
Friday Randomness
Truth be told... You came from balls.
They found Mario Batali's stash. Pink Crocs... F*CK YA!!!
Everyone loves Justin Bieber
Sarah Jessica Parker photo bomb
Andy is all grown up now, he has adult sex toys now.
They found Mario Batali's stash. Pink Crocs... F*CK YA!!!
Everyone loves Justin Bieber
Sarah Jessica Parker photo bomb
Andy is all grown up now, he has adult sex toys now.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Web Digging: Michael Bay Tells Teenage MUTANT Ninja Turtles Fans To Chill Out!
Via Perez Hilton
Producer Michael Bay recently announced he's ruining remaking Teenage MUTANT Ninja Turtles into a live-action movie…but he wants to turn them into edgy ALIENS!
Huh?!?
Bay, amid fans' (and original voice-actors) growing concerns and outrage, took to his website, saying:
“Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of ‘Ninja Turtles’ to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world."
Take a breath and chill?! This is our CHILDHOOD we are talking about here, buddy!
This "richer world" better include Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello eating piles of pizza all while crime-fighting, or consider us disinterested!
How do U feel about the TMNT origin switch-up? Via Perez Hilton
Producer Michael Bay recently announced he's ruining remaking Teenage MUTANT Ninja Turtles into a live-action movie…but he wants to turn them into edgy ALIENS!
Huh?!?
Bay, amid fans' (and original voice-actors) growing concerns and outrage, took to his website, saying:
“Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script. Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of ‘Ninja Turtles’ to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world."
Take a breath and chill?! This is our CHILDHOOD we are talking about here, buddy!
This "richer world" better include Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello eating piles of pizza all while crime-fighting, or consider us disinterested!
How do U feel about the TMNT origin switch-up? Via Perez Hilton
Web Digging: Tomko Transceiver for iPhone
Via 7Gadgets
Use this awesome transceiver as a speaker! You can play music, pause, skip forward, go back and adjust the volume all with the touch of a button! Well, and a volume dial on the side. You will be surprised at the amazing sound that comes out of this little device!20.00 USD
Other than using it as an alternative for playing music, you can also use the Tomko Transceiver as an alternative for talking on your phone. Just hold the top button down when you receive a phone call and you can use the Tomko Transceiver to talk just like an old-school radio transceiver! Read more here via 7Gadgets
Use this awesome transceiver as a speaker! You can play music, pause, skip forward, go back and adjust the volume all with the touch of a button! Well, and a volume dial on the side. You will be surprised at the amazing sound that comes out of this little device!20.00 USD
Other than using it as an alternative for playing music, you can also use the Tomko Transceiver as an alternative for talking on your phone. Just hold the top button down when you receive a phone call and you can use the Tomko Transceiver to talk just like an old-school radio transceiver! Read more here via 7Gadgets
Thursday Randomness
Lucky Dog
Head?!?! Where???
Gotta Catch them all James.
Merica... F*ck ya!!!
Father of the year nominee
OFOSHO.net staffer, Brandon, "Someone burnt their toast."
Head?!?! Where???
Gotta Catch them all James.
Merica... F*ck ya!!!
Father of the year nominee
OFOSHO.net staffer, Brandon, "Someone burnt their toast."
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Meanwhile on Guam... (Down, Set... Hut!)
Women's Tackle Football League kicks off April 14
Via Pacific Daily News
The Bud Light Guam Women’s Tackle Football League issued its inaugural season schedule today.
The four-team league includes the 76 Steel Blazers, Circle K Island Stunnerz, SPPC Lady Spartans and Team Legacy.
The season kicks off April 14 at Eagle Field in Mangilao. Team Legacy and the Lady Spartans will play the very first organized women’s tackle football game in Guam history at 1 p.m. The Steel Blazers and the Stunnerz face off at 3:30 p.m.
The teams will play a six-a-side format and after each plays the other three teams, there will be a playoff on May 5 with the championship to follow on May 12.
Following a one-month break, the teams will resume play using an eight-a-side format. The league’s championship game will be held June 30 at Eagle Field.
The GWTFL is the first affiliate league under the International Women’s Football League. Linda Salas is the GWTFL president. Read more here via Pacific Daily News
Via Pacific Daily News
The Bud Light Guam Women’s Tackle Football League issued its inaugural season schedule today.
The four-team league includes the 76 Steel Blazers, Circle K Island Stunnerz, SPPC Lady Spartans and Team Legacy.
The season kicks off April 14 at Eagle Field in Mangilao. Team Legacy and the Lady Spartans will play the very first organized women’s tackle football game in Guam history at 1 p.m. The Steel Blazers and the Stunnerz face off at 3:30 p.m.
The teams will play a six-a-side format and after each plays the other three teams, there will be a playoff on May 5 with the championship to follow on May 12.
Following a one-month break, the teams will resume play using an eight-a-side format. The league’s championship game will be held June 30 at Eagle Field.
The GWTFL is the first affiliate league under the International Women’s Football League. Linda Salas is the GWTFL president. Read more here via Pacific Daily News
Web Digging: Panasonic EW-NA11 Neck Refre Massager Cordless low-frequency wave massaging device
Via Japan Trend Shop
Panasonic just seem to know exactly how to make the most stylish and innovative beauty devices, and lead the local electronics market in this field. It's no surprise when you see products as good as this one, the EW-NA11 Neck Refre, a chic but compact massager for neck pain and stiff muscles. Just slip it on and let it work its magic. The low-frequency wave treatment is so good that it has even been officially registered as a medical device by Panasonic.
Panasonic EW-NA11 Neck Refre Massager
Coming in three colors, there are also three different 15-minute courses to choose from, or you can go for the automatic course that will ease out your aches and pains through a nine-cycle treatment session. Being battery-powered and cordless too, you can transport the Refre easily and will find it super comfortable to wear. You can even keep it on while in the office, doing housework or traveling somewhere, relaxing while your own personal masseur gets to work.
The Panasonic EW-NA11 Neck Refre Massager features:
Three colors: pink, green, silver
Size: 12.4 x 10.8 x 3.8cm (4.9 x 4.3 x 1.5")
Weight: around 48g (1.7 oz)
Power: lithium battery (CR2032)
Includes pouch, 2 pads, tester CR2032 battery
Read more here via Japan Trend Shop
Panasonic just seem to know exactly how to make the most stylish and innovative beauty devices, and lead the local electronics market in this field. It's no surprise when you see products as good as this one, the EW-NA11 Neck Refre, a chic but compact massager for neck pain and stiff muscles. Just slip it on and let it work its magic. The low-frequency wave treatment is so good that it has even been officially registered as a medical device by Panasonic.
Panasonic EW-NA11 Neck Refre Massager
Coming in three colors, there are also three different 15-minute courses to choose from, or you can go for the automatic course that will ease out your aches and pains through a nine-cycle treatment session. Being battery-powered and cordless too, you can transport the Refre easily and will find it super comfortable to wear. You can even keep it on while in the office, doing housework or traveling somewhere, relaxing while your own personal masseur gets to work.
The Panasonic EW-NA11 Neck Refre Massager features:
Three colors: pink, green, silver
Size: 12.4 x 10.8 x 3.8cm (4.9 x 4.3 x 1.5")
Weight: around 48g (1.7 oz)
Power: lithium battery (CR2032)
Includes pouch, 2 pads, tester CR2032 battery
Read more here via Japan Trend Shop
Web Digging: New Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream to Celebrate Gay Marriage
Via Ben and Jerry's
Social justice is at the core of our values. Since our humble beginning 34 years ago, Ben & Jerry's has been an advocate for equal rights. (Did you know we were one of the first companies in the US back in 1993 that widened our health & employment benefits umbrella to recognise unmarried domestic partners regardless of their sexual orientation?)
In 2009 we renamed our legendary flavour Chubby Hubby to 'Hubby Hubby' to celebrate gay marriage legalisation in our home state of Vermont, in the US. This March as the UK government debates whether to legalise same sex marriage, we've partnered with gay rights organisation, Stonewall, to raise awareness about the importance of marriage equality by renaming our Apple Pie flavour, Apple-y Ever After, in Scoop Shops around the country.
If you think that Civil Partnership is the same as marriage, think again! Show your support and help convince members of parliament that it's time to say 'I do' to same sex marriage!
You can help support this campaign by "marrying" someone of the same sex through our Facebook App or by writing to your MP using this template. (Because everyone is equal and deserves to live Apple-y Ever After!)
Read more here via Via Ben and Jerry's
Social justice is at the core of our values. Since our humble beginning 34 years ago, Ben & Jerry's has been an advocate for equal rights. (Did you know we were one of the first companies in the US back in 1993 that widened our health & employment benefits umbrella to recognise unmarried domestic partners regardless of their sexual orientation?)
In 2009 we renamed our legendary flavour Chubby Hubby to 'Hubby Hubby' to celebrate gay marriage legalisation in our home state of Vermont, in the US. This March as the UK government debates whether to legalise same sex marriage, we've partnered with gay rights organisation, Stonewall, to raise awareness about the importance of marriage equality by renaming our Apple Pie flavour, Apple-y Ever After, in Scoop Shops around the country.
If you think that Civil Partnership is the same as marriage, think again! Show your support and help convince members of parliament that it's time to say 'I do' to same sex marriage!
You can help support this campaign by "marrying" someone of the same sex through our Facebook App or by writing to your MP using this template. (Because everyone is equal and deserves to live Apple-y Ever After!)
Read more here via Via Ben and Jerry's
Happy Humpday Wednesday
Electrical Tape: You're doing it right
Lucky Kid
And knowing is half the battle
And now some Olivia Wilde. Camera one, camera two
Upsy Daisy
My lovely lady lumps
Lucky Kid
And knowing is half the battle
And now some Olivia Wilde. Camera one, camera two
Upsy Daisy
My lovely lady lumps
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Meanwhile on Guam... (Still Keeping Calm)
'Didn't want to die': Man dragged by vehicle for about 50 feet
Via Pacific Daily News
Dededo resident Michael Castro said yesterday he's lucky to be alive.
Around 7 p.m. on March 9, while he was driving a moped, he was hit by a car while traveling on Bello Road to go to the Circle K/76 gas station nearby. The impact tossed him into the path of a car, causing him to be dragged on the road about 50 feet, he said.
The car fled the scene and Castro hopes that, by telling his story, anyone who may have information about the car and its driver will come forward and help police solve the case.
The Dededo resident's neck has a big gash, and surgery was done on his leg to remove pebbles that became embedded in his skin when the car dragged him. His back, legs and feet are healing from road rash. His injuries, especially the gashes on his leg, leave him in constant pain, he said.
All he remembers of the suspected vehicle, driven by a male, was that it looked like a hatchback, possibly blue in color. It was getting dark so he's not certain. The Guam Police Department was unable to provide an update on Castro's case yesterday.
Castro said his neck got caught underneath one of the car's parts while the vehicle was starting to reverse, causing him to start feeling choked.
"I didn't want to die, so I was praying to God, 'Don't let me die like this,'" Castro said, adding: "All I can say is God is on my side," because he managed to move "just enough to get my neck out from under the car."
He said the car reversed "and took off."
Run over
The day of the accident also was his daughter's birthday, and his family was barbecuing at the house and waiting for him to arrive. He never made it.
"On my way up (to the gas station), there was a vehicle going out of (Mindioca Street). (The vehicle) didn't stop; he just kept going out and I was already ... past the intersection at that point, and he kept going and I couldn't avoid him," Castro said yesterday at his Dededo home, while sitting in a wheelchair.
"He just kept going and ran me over," the tow truck driver and father of eight children said. He likened the incident to someone who accidentally runs over a dog and tries to get the animal free from underneath the car. Read more here via Pacific Daily News
Cameron conquers Challenger Deep
Via Marianas Variety
STARTING his descent at 5:16 yesterday morning, Hollywood film director James Cameron became the first person to return to the Challenger Deep since U.S. Naval Officer Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard did so 52 years ago aboard the Bathyscaphe Trieste. It was the fulfillment of a seven-year dream for the famous National Geographic resident explorer.
In a video clip provided to the media by National Geographic, Walsh, now 80 years of age and moments before the hatch closed, reached out his right arm and shook hands with Cameron and said, “Above all, have fun and I’m glad it’s you that’s taking back the record.” Cameron, already half-way into the sub, replied, “I’ll be happy to share it with you.”
Originally slated to perform the epic plunge on Sunday, uncooperative weather played the role of “Terminator,” pushing the dive date back a day, leaving the NatGeo/Rolex-funded expedition to the world’s deepest ocean on hold.
According to an article posted in the news section of National Geographic’s website, Cameron, once arriving on the sea floor (at 7:52 a.m.), 35,756 feet below the surface of the ocean, communicated to his support crew aboard the Mermaid Sapphire via computer: “All systems OK.”
After Cameron’s reported two-hour-and-36-minute descent to the Challenger Deep, his first mission, according to the NatGeo news article, was to locate a “lander” dropped several hours before. “Using sonar, I'm going to attempt to rendezvous with that vehicle so I can observe animals that are attracted to the chemical signature of its bait."
The article goes on to state: “He'll later follow a route designed to take him through as many environments as possible, surveying not only the sediment-covered seafloor but also cliffs of interest to expedition geologists.”
Harvesting
After spending three hours harvesting geological, biological and water samples, along with capturing continuous 3D video footage, Cameron, most known for directing the blockbuster films "Titanic" and "Avatar," re-surfaced.
According to a NatGeo news release, “After a faster-than-expected 70-minute ascent (6 mph), Cameron’s ‘vertical torpedo’ sub exploded up through the surface of the western Pacific.” It was about noon Monday, Guam time.
Witnessing the historic event and credited with providing one of the first known photographs of Cameron’s submersible returning to the ocean’s surface, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, presumably from aboard his super yacht “Octopus,” provided expedition updates by way of Twitter ‘tweets.’ Allen’s yacht, which was in Apra Harbor Friday, is reportedly the 12th largest private luxury yacht in the world.
Providing both logistical and scientific expedition support, University of Guam Marine Lab Director Dr. Laurie Raymundo commented: “James Cameron is a true explorer – thoughts of Lewis and Clark come to mind. His decision to use Guam as a home base is not only of historical significance, but also reminds us of what treasures the people of Guam have in our own backyard. Guam sits on top of one of the few places left on this earth that have remained – until now – relatively unknown. I have high hopes of what will be uncovered on his trip to the Trench, and that of the unmanned vehicles launched by the scientists who accompany him. I think they will uncover many wondrous things.”
At this time, there is no word on whether Cameron and crew will hold a press conference and brief an eagerly-awaiting world on some of Earth’s best-kept secrets of the deep. Read more here via Marianas Variety
Via Pacific Daily News
Dededo resident Michael Castro said yesterday he's lucky to be alive.
Around 7 p.m. on March 9, while he was driving a moped, he was hit by a car while traveling on Bello Road to go to the Circle K/76 gas station nearby. The impact tossed him into the path of a car, causing him to be dragged on the road about 50 feet, he said.
The car fled the scene and Castro hopes that, by telling his story, anyone who may have information about the car and its driver will come forward and help police solve the case.
The Dededo resident's neck has a big gash, and surgery was done on his leg to remove pebbles that became embedded in his skin when the car dragged him. His back, legs and feet are healing from road rash. His injuries, especially the gashes on his leg, leave him in constant pain, he said.
All he remembers of the suspected vehicle, driven by a male, was that it looked like a hatchback, possibly blue in color. It was getting dark so he's not certain. The Guam Police Department was unable to provide an update on Castro's case yesterday.
Castro said his neck got caught underneath one of the car's parts while the vehicle was starting to reverse, causing him to start feeling choked.
"I didn't want to die, so I was praying to God, 'Don't let me die like this,'" Castro said, adding: "All I can say is God is on my side," because he managed to move "just enough to get my neck out from under the car."
He said the car reversed "and took off."
Run over
The day of the accident also was his daughter's birthday, and his family was barbecuing at the house and waiting for him to arrive. He never made it.
"On my way up (to the gas station), there was a vehicle going out of (Mindioca Street). (The vehicle) didn't stop; he just kept going out and I was already ... past the intersection at that point, and he kept going and I couldn't avoid him," Castro said yesterday at his Dededo home, while sitting in a wheelchair.
"He just kept going and ran me over," the tow truck driver and father of eight children said. He likened the incident to someone who accidentally runs over a dog and tries to get the animal free from underneath the car. Read more here via Pacific Daily News
Cameron conquers Challenger Deep
Via Marianas Variety
STARTING his descent at 5:16 yesterday morning, Hollywood film director James Cameron became the first person to return to the Challenger Deep since U.S. Naval Officer Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard did so 52 years ago aboard the Bathyscaphe Trieste. It was the fulfillment of a seven-year dream for the famous National Geographic resident explorer.
In a video clip provided to the media by National Geographic, Walsh, now 80 years of age and moments before the hatch closed, reached out his right arm and shook hands with Cameron and said, “Above all, have fun and I’m glad it’s you that’s taking back the record.” Cameron, already half-way into the sub, replied, “I’ll be happy to share it with you.”
Originally slated to perform the epic plunge on Sunday, uncooperative weather played the role of “Terminator,” pushing the dive date back a day, leaving the NatGeo/Rolex-funded expedition to the world’s deepest ocean on hold.
According to an article posted in the news section of National Geographic’s website, Cameron, once arriving on the sea floor (at 7:52 a.m.), 35,756 feet below the surface of the ocean, communicated to his support crew aboard the Mermaid Sapphire via computer: “All systems OK.”
After Cameron’s reported two-hour-and-36-minute descent to the Challenger Deep, his first mission, according to the NatGeo news article, was to locate a “lander” dropped several hours before. “Using sonar, I'm going to attempt to rendezvous with that vehicle so I can observe animals that are attracted to the chemical signature of its bait."
The article goes on to state: “He'll later follow a route designed to take him through as many environments as possible, surveying not only the sediment-covered seafloor but also cliffs of interest to expedition geologists.”
Harvesting
After spending three hours harvesting geological, biological and water samples, along with capturing continuous 3D video footage, Cameron, most known for directing the blockbuster films "Titanic" and "Avatar," re-surfaced.
According to a NatGeo news release, “After a faster-than-expected 70-minute ascent (6 mph), Cameron’s ‘vertical torpedo’ sub exploded up through the surface of the western Pacific.” It was about noon Monday, Guam time.
Witnessing the historic event and credited with providing one of the first known photographs of Cameron’s submersible returning to the ocean’s surface, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, presumably from aboard his super yacht “Octopus,” provided expedition updates by way of Twitter ‘tweets.’ Allen’s yacht, which was in Apra Harbor Friday, is reportedly the 12th largest private luxury yacht in the world.
Providing both logistical and scientific expedition support, University of Guam Marine Lab Director Dr. Laurie Raymundo commented: “James Cameron is a true explorer – thoughts of Lewis and Clark come to mind. His decision to use Guam as a home base is not only of historical significance, but also reminds us of what treasures the people of Guam have in our own backyard. Guam sits on top of one of the few places left on this earth that have remained – until now – relatively unknown. I have high hopes of what will be uncovered on his trip to the Trench, and that of the unmanned vehicles launched by the scientists who accompany him. I think they will uncover many wondrous things.”
At this time, there is no word on whether Cameron and crew will hold a press conference and brief an eagerly-awaiting world on some of Earth’s best-kept secrets of the deep. Read more here via Marianas Variety
Music: Yasiin Bey "Formerly Mos Def" – Sunshine Screwface (Produced by J Dilla)
Yasiin Bey recently touched down in Paris to promote his upcoming show with Talib Kweli at La Bataclan on March 9. As previously reported, the acclaimed rapper paid a a visit to Nova radio during his stay in the French capital and laced the airwaves with some impressive wordplay while clutching his patented red Unidyne microphone in doing so. It also should be noted the beat belongs to the late great J Dilla; peep above and see how it stacks up to his recent live versions of this record.
Web Digging: Semen-Tainted Yogurt Gets Anthony Garcia 2 Years In New Mexico Prison
Via Huffington Post
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A grocery store worker accused of handing out a semen-tainted yogurt sample has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Anthony Garcia pleaded guilty in the case in October, admitting he contaminated a sample of the yogurt he was handing out at an Albuquerque Sunflower Market in January 2011. He was sentenced Thursday.
Garcia also admitted putting some of his semen on a plastic spoon that he placed with the yogurt. The 32-year-old then approached a female customer and offered her a sample.
The woman told police that after tasting the sample, she spit on the floor several times and wiped her mouth on the garment she was wearing to get the taste out of her mouth.
Federal prosecutors called the allegations "sickening and appalling."
Garcia had faced up to three years in prison. Read more here via Huffington Post
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A grocery store worker accused of handing out a semen-tainted yogurt sample has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Anthony Garcia pleaded guilty in the case in October, admitting he contaminated a sample of the yogurt he was handing out at an Albuquerque Sunflower Market in January 2011. He was sentenced Thursday.
Garcia also admitted putting some of his semen on a plastic spoon that he placed with the yogurt. The 32-year-old then approached a female customer and offered her a sample.
The woman told police that after tasting the sample, she spit on the floor several times and wiped her mouth on the garment she was wearing to get the taste out of her mouth.
Federal prosecutors called the allegations "sickening and appalling."
Garcia had faced up to three years in prison. Read more here via Huffington Post
Web Digging: Harmless Hunter "Killshot"
Via Kick Starter
This product will allow people of all ages to get outdoors, explore, and discover a recreational pastime that has exisited throughout our history. Hunting has become a very popular recreational sport. This product not only will serve as a hunting safety training aide, but will also give the experience of hunting without harming wildlife. Adults who like to hunt but don't like the "kill" can go hunting. You can hunt year round! Millions of people play Cabela's Big Game Hunter video game. This product will simulate the same thing! Even better, it will be an actual hunt, not a simulation. The "KillShot" becomes a digital photo trophy instead of the body part of an animal being kept as a trophy. The crosshairs will show on the photo where the shot would have been, the background will show if the shot was safe or unsafe by allowing you to see what was beyond the target. It will teach gun safety, ethical shot placement and the sport of hunting all in one! You will be able to post "KillShots" on a website that will come with the Rifle. Share photos, talk about hunts, and tell the story of how you managed to capture your photo. Read more here via Kick Starter
This product will allow people of all ages to get outdoors, explore, and discover a recreational pastime that has exisited throughout our history. Hunting has become a very popular recreational sport. This product not only will serve as a hunting safety training aide, but will also give the experience of hunting without harming wildlife. Adults who like to hunt but don't like the "kill" can go hunting. You can hunt year round! Millions of people play Cabela's Big Game Hunter video game. This product will simulate the same thing! Even better, it will be an actual hunt, not a simulation. The "KillShot" becomes a digital photo trophy instead of the body part of an animal being kept as a trophy. The crosshairs will show on the photo where the shot would have been, the background will show if the shot was safe or unsafe by allowing you to see what was beyond the target. It will teach gun safety, ethical shot placement and the sport of hunting all in one! You will be able to post "KillShots" on a website that will come with the Rifle. Share photos, talk about hunts, and tell the story of how you managed to capture your photo. Read more here via Kick Starter
Tuesday Randomness
Bitch please
Freddy lives!!!
Pooping - Level Up
Talk about a N.H.O.
When Oprah interviewed Raiden
Family portrait... Nailed it!
Looks legit
Freddy lives!!!
Pooping - Level Up
Talk about a N.H.O.
When Oprah interviewed Raiden
Family portrait... Nailed it!
Looks legit
Monday, March 26, 2012
Meanwhile on Guam... (Rape city, rape, rape city)
Navy sailor charged with rape of minor
Via Marianas Variety
A U.S. Navy service member is behind bars for allegedly raping a minor “for years.”
Bradford Laurence Lung, 30, was arrested by a Guam Police Department officer last Thursday after a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Unit turned Lung over to local authorities.
Lung was alleged to have raped a 10-year-old girl known to him since August 2010. Lung admitted to molesting the girl three to four times per week, court documents state.
The girl’s mother reported Lung to police after she observed Lung and her daughter “acting suspiciously.”
The 10-year-old told her mother that Lung had been “touching” her and forcing her to perform oral sex on him “for years.”
Lung was charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct as a first degree felony, second degree criminal sexual conduct as a first degree felony, and child abuse. He is being held on $75,000 cash bail. Read more here via Marianas Variety
Man allegedly rapes teenager inside vehicle
Via Marianas Variety
A MAN was allegedly caught in the act of raping a teenager inside his car at Eagles Field in Mangilao.
Anthony Phillip Gogo, 24, was charged with third degree criminal sexual conduct as a second degree felony, and child abuse.
According to court documents, a police officer noted a “suspicious” vehicle parked underneath a wood and tin structure at the sports field.
Upon closer inspection, the police officer saw what appeared to be a man and a minor “fornicating.”
During the interview, the 15-year-old accused Gogo of forcing her to have sex with him, court documents state. The teen told police that Gogo picked her up from school last Thursday and drove her to Eagles Field.
Gogo then allegedly asked the minor to have sex with him and began kissing her.
“Gogo told her not to worry and to trust him, then unbuttoned and unzipped her pants. [The minor] hesitated and told him she did not want to have sex, but Gogo was adamant and [the minor] finally consented,” court documents state. Read more here via Marianas Variety
Via Marianas Variety
A U.S. Navy service member is behind bars for allegedly raping a minor “for years.”
Bradford Laurence Lung, 30, was arrested by a Guam Police Department officer last Thursday after a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Unit turned Lung over to local authorities.
Lung was alleged to have raped a 10-year-old girl known to him since August 2010. Lung admitted to molesting the girl three to four times per week, court documents state.
The girl’s mother reported Lung to police after she observed Lung and her daughter “acting suspiciously.”
The 10-year-old told her mother that Lung had been “touching” her and forcing her to perform oral sex on him “for years.”
Lung was charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct as a first degree felony, second degree criminal sexual conduct as a first degree felony, and child abuse. He is being held on $75,000 cash bail. Read more here via Marianas Variety
Man allegedly rapes teenager inside vehicle
Via Marianas Variety
A MAN was allegedly caught in the act of raping a teenager inside his car at Eagles Field in Mangilao.
Anthony Phillip Gogo, 24, was charged with third degree criminal sexual conduct as a second degree felony, and child abuse.
According to court documents, a police officer noted a “suspicious” vehicle parked underneath a wood and tin structure at the sports field.
Upon closer inspection, the police officer saw what appeared to be a man and a minor “fornicating.”
During the interview, the 15-year-old accused Gogo of forcing her to have sex with him, court documents state. The teen told police that Gogo picked her up from school last Thursday and drove her to Eagles Field.
Gogo then allegedly asked the minor to have sex with him and began kissing her.
“Gogo told her not to worry and to trust him, then unbuttoned and unzipped her pants. [The minor] hesitated and told him she did not want to have sex, but Gogo was adamant and [the minor] finally consented,” court documents state. Read more here via Marianas Variety
Web Digging: Women Told To Cover Their Cleavage During Chess Tournament
Via The Mary Sue
The world can be an annoying place for women. It’s a sad state of affairs to be sure, but most of us have come to expect crude comments will be made toward us at least one point (if not countless) in our lives but there’s one place I never expected cat-calls would be a problem – a chess match. Turns out, I was very wrong. The European Women’s Championship in Turkey has installed new rules that ban cleavage. Part of the reason? To limit vulgar comments from those watching the matches. I don’t even…
According to the new rules, women chess players in the tournament may only leave two buttons open on their blouse.
“I heard many comments from spectators and coaches,” Sava Stoisavljevic, the European Chess Union General Secretary, told Chessbase News. “There is dress code in many different sports, and we decided to establish our rules as well.”
Dress codes for sports I can understand, dress codes for women players because spectators are being rude? That I do not understand. How about instead of policing the players for doing nothing wrong, you police the viewers and toss them out of the audience instead?
Short skirts are apparently also an issue but Stoisavljevis isn’t making rules for that yet. “It’s nice to see chess players with short skirts – they are very pretty girls. But I believe there should still be some limit,” she said. Although, “There are several special rules in some companies which put restrictions on the length of skirts and dresses.”
Players who are in violation of the new rules will receive several verbal and written warnings before being forced to leave the competition if they still refuse to comply. Stoisavljevis said they had noticed a lot of improper clothing during tournaments and decided something needed to be done. She reiterated that players certainly looked attractive in the more revealed outfits but that it might be counterintuitive.
“I have to admit that the players I saw here with short skirts looked very nice. So, in a way they are making chess more attractive for spectators,” she said. ”On the other hand for many years I’ve been in the chess world as a player, an arbiter, etc. Once, when I was working as an arbiter, I warned one player, even though there were no any rules at that time, because she kept coming to the playing hall dressed like someone who was going to the beach. I think it’s good that we have started to do something with dress code, and it’s very important for the image of chess.”
She also mentioned that the new dress code would be more useful during men’s tournaments. “In general, women take care about their looks and what they wear. There is not a lot of trouble with women – and in fact and I’m sure there will be no trouble at all in the future as well. With men the situation is a little bit different.”
Stoisavljevis says that they looked to other organizations when deciding on the new rules, which also include banning of hats except for religious reasons. “This is the first European tournament where we are applying those regulations. I was here during three rounds and I’ve got an impression that we have to work much more on those regulations.”
The interviewer also asked whether or not the closed button rule was to help prevent men from being distracted when playing opposite women. “It’s a funny question and I don’t think it can be taken seriously,” she said. “We didn’t think about that while making the regulations.”
In large part, it seems as if the rules are just to match up the European Chess Union with other competitions but the fact that audience reactions come into play at all is ludicrous. Add in the, somewhat interesting logo for the championship’s website , as well as the secretary’s comments about how womens’ appearance can help chess, and you’ll see their messages aren’t entirely solid. Read more here via The Mary Sue
The world can be an annoying place for women. It’s a sad state of affairs to be sure, but most of us have come to expect crude comments will be made toward us at least one point (if not countless) in our lives but there’s one place I never expected cat-calls would be a problem – a chess match. Turns out, I was very wrong. The European Women’s Championship in Turkey has installed new rules that ban cleavage. Part of the reason? To limit vulgar comments from those watching the matches. I don’t even…
According to the new rules, women chess players in the tournament may only leave two buttons open on their blouse.
“I heard many comments from spectators and coaches,” Sava Stoisavljevic, the European Chess Union General Secretary, told Chessbase News. “There is dress code in many different sports, and we decided to establish our rules as well.”
Dress codes for sports I can understand, dress codes for women players because spectators are being rude? That I do not understand. How about instead of policing the players for doing nothing wrong, you police the viewers and toss them out of the audience instead?
Short skirts are apparently also an issue but Stoisavljevis isn’t making rules for that yet. “It’s nice to see chess players with short skirts – they are very pretty girls. But I believe there should still be some limit,” she said. Although, “There are several special rules in some companies which put restrictions on the length of skirts and dresses.”
Players who are in violation of the new rules will receive several verbal and written warnings before being forced to leave the competition if they still refuse to comply. Stoisavljevis said they had noticed a lot of improper clothing during tournaments and decided something needed to be done. She reiterated that players certainly looked attractive in the more revealed outfits but that it might be counterintuitive.
“I have to admit that the players I saw here with short skirts looked very nice. So, in a way they are making chess more attractive for spectators,” she said. ”On the other hand for many years I’ve been in the chess world as a player, an arbiter, etc. Once, when I was working as an arbiter, I warned one player, even though there were no any rules at that time, because she kept coming to the playing hall dressed like someone who was going to the beach. I think it’s good that we have started to do something with dress code, and it’s very important for the image of chess.”
She also mentioned that the new dress code would be more useful during men’s tournaments. “In general, women take care about their looks and what they wear. There is not a lot of trouble with women – and in fact and I’m sure there will be no trouble at all in the future as well. With men the situation is a little bit different.”
Stoisavljevis says that they looked to other organizations when deciding on the new rules, which also include banning of hats except for religious reasons. “This is the first European tournament where we are applying those regulations. I was here during three rounds and I’ve got an impression that we have to work much more on those regulations.”
The interviewer also asked whether or not the closed button rule was to help prevent men from being distracted when playing opposite women. “It’s a funny question and I don’t think it can be taken seriously,” she said. “We didn’t think about that while making the regulations.”
In large part, it seems as if the rules are just to match up the European Chess Union with other competitions but the fact that audience reactions come into play at all is ludicrous. Add in the, somewhat interesting logo for the championship’s website , as well as the secretary’s comments about how womens’ appearance can help chess, and you’ll see their messages aren’t entirely solid. Read more here via The Mary Sue
Web Digging: Gunmaker invents chilling double-barrel handgun
Via MSN
Are you zombie apocalypse ready? How convenient! Someone has finally invented a weapon that combines the killing power of a double-barreled shotgun with the portability of a handgun. After a decade of development, Arsenal Firearms is turning out a double-barreled .45 caliber, semi-automatic handgun that allows you to shoot two bullets at the same time, Gizmodo reports. The new gun, which can be ordered with one trigger or two, can hit a target the size of an orange 15 yards away and has the power to knock down a bull. As the James Bond-style villain breathlessly says in the over-the-top demo video, "That's performance." Read more and view the video here via MSN
Are you zombie apocalypse ready? How convenient! Someone has finally invented a weapon that combines the killing power of a double-barreled shotgun with the portability of a handgun. After a decade of development, Arsenal Firearms is turning out a double-barreled .45 caliber, semi-automatic handgun that allows you to shoot two bullets at the same time, Gizmodo reports. The new gun, which can be ordered with one trigger or two, can hit a target the size of an orange 15 yards away and has the power to knock down a bull. As the James Bond-style villain breathlessly says in the over-the-top demo video, "That's performance." Read more and view the video here via MSN