Online porn: the facts and the fantasy | Bertie Brandes
Did watching The Truman Show aged eight leave me a paranoid, arrogant, obsessive maniac? Of course it did. For about a week, until A Bug’s Life came out and I decided I wanted to be an ant instead of a reality TV star.
I was reminded of my younger flips last week when a report was published into the effect pornography has on teenagers’ understanding of sex. Do they now consider the relentless, submissive and aggressive nature of pornography normal practice? Pretty worrying if so and the study released by the Children’s C [...]
Police arrest 30 at gay pride rally in Moscow
Russian police arrested at least 30 activists in central Moscow on Saturday at a gay pride rally to mark 20 years since homosexuality was decriminalised.
Police officers pounced on the gay campaigners moments after they unfurled banners and rainbow-coloured flags outside the State Duma, Russia‘s lower house of parliament, on Saturday afternoon. Several protesters were attacked by Orthodox Christian vigilantes. The arrests were made outside the Duma and the Moscow mayor’s office where the rally ended. Activists chose to rally [...]
Dundee ‘require investment soon’
Keyes Capital say the chance to bring Dundee straight back to the Scottish Premier League may be missed if their investment offer is not accepted soon.
The Texan group are hoping to put £1.5m into the Dens Park club, who have been relegated to the First Division.
“Next year is our best to get back up into the SPL,” said Keyes’ John Nelms.
“Year two, I’m assuming that the boys from Glasgow [Rangers] are going to be there and that’s going to make it much more difficult proposition.̶ [...]
Apple 1 breaks auction record, goes for $671,400
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Breker)
One of what’s believed to be only six still-working Apple 1 computers set a record at auction Saturday, selling for $671,400 in Germany.
The machine, built by Steve “The Woz” Wozniak in Steve Jobs’ parents garage back in 1976, was sold along with the original owner’s manual and a signed letter from Jobs to original owner Fred Hatfield.
Breker, the German auction house that handled the sale, sold another Apple 1 in December for $640,000, a substantial jump in price from the Apple-1 sold by S [...]
150 years after Gettysburg, drummer to recreate reunion march
By Jeffrey B. Roth
PITTSBURGH |
Sat May 25, 2013 12:22pm EDT
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest of the U.S. Civil War, a survivor of that fight marched 200 miles from Pittsburgh to the site of the battle for a reunion attended by both Union and Confederate veterans.
On Sunday, another veteran, Jim Smith, 70, of Hempfield, Pennsylvania, will start out on the same trek as part of the observation of Memorial Day, when Americans honor their war dead. By a stroke [...]
48 rescued as island boat hits rock
25 May 2013
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Barrie Yelland, Milford Haven Coastguard: ‘The vessel had started to sink quite rapidly’
Nearly 50 passengers, including children, have been rescued from a boat after it struck a rock and started taking in water off Pembrokeshire.
The Lady Helen had been sailing from Martin’s Haven to nearby Skomer Island.
A mayday was sent out and a [...]
Leicester 37-17 Northampton
Leicester won a tempestuous Premiership final to secure their 10th English title against a Northampton side who had
captain Dylan Hartley sent off.
The England hooker saw red for abusive language just before half-time.
His side were 13-5 down by that point after Niall Morris crossed for Tigers and Stephen Myler scored for Saints.
Ben Foden and Lee Dickson touched down either side of Graham Kitchener’s score but Tigers finished off with tries from Manu Tuilagi and Vereniki Goneva.
More to follow.
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GOP strategist cut gun-group ads
The ads that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun group has run defending Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and criticizing Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) were cut by GOP strategist Mike Murphy, sources familiar with the spots said.
Murphy’s ads come on the heels of DCI Group leading the work for Mayors Against Illegal Guns’s spots against Democratic Senators.
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A MAIG spokeswoman confirmed Murphy shot the anti-Pryor spot POLITICO reported on this week. Sources familiar with the ads said Murphy, who worke [...]
Austrian overcomes fear of heights to aim for slackline record
Sat May 25, 2013 12:30pm EDT
FRANKFURT, May 25 – An Austrian man tip-toed along a line strung 185 meters (607 feet) off the ground in Frankfurt on Saturday, attempting to set a new world record for “highlining” despite his fear of heights.
Reinhard Kleindl, 32, used only his arms to balance as he walked twice along a 30-metre-long polyester rope anchored to the two wings of Frankfurt’s U-shaped skyscraper Tower 185 above hundreds of cheering supporters.
Kleindl said he was trying to set a new [...]
54 loaded guns seized at airports last week
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American widow of Boston bombing suspect wants his body released to his Russian family
Swedish riots spark surprise and anger
The pace of the neighbourhood watch suddenly picks up. “Here’s the fire we’ve been waiting for,” grins Samiy, an Iraqi in a bulky jacket.
It’s half past two in the morning and Samiy, along with dozens of others from local Islamic groups and community organisations, has spent the night patrolling the streets of Husby, the suburb at the centre of riots in Stockholm.
Soon there’s an acrid stench of burning plastic, and flickers become visible around the footbridge that the group is now jogging towards. A d [...]
Sport picture of the day: Mexican splash
The riot of colour around the pool and the use of motion blur turns a shot of a pair of synchronized divers into something altogether more abstract