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11/23/09 12:21 pm
NEW Things That Stick in my Craw - Drive Thru Etiquette (and thank you to those who contributed): http://thingsthatstickinmycraw.com/2009/11/things-that-stick-in-my-craw-drive-thru.html
11/23/09 10:03 am
If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope it's a good one for you!
I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .That'll distract them for sure
Trapped thief drops trousers in bungled burglary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_nm/us_portugal_trousers_odd
He wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break into a supermarket in Portugal stayed stuck fast in a tiny window until he was rescued by police and the fire brigade.
"Apparently he dropped his trousers as he was trying to free himself by wiggling," Capt. Santos, local police chief in Loule in southern Portugal, told Reuters Monday.
He said the slim 22-year-old Romanian man had spent about 11 hours stuck in the window, including the two hours it took police and the fire brigade to get him out Sunday morning.
"Once he got his upper body inside, there was nothing there to find support on, so he was stuck at his waist ... It's not uncommon for thieves to get inside and then not be able to get out after a burglary, but this was quite unusual," Santos said.
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Doctor cleared of sexual harassment sues Internet provider for info on blog author - 11/23/09
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091123p2a00m0na014000c.html
A doctor cleared of sexual harassment charges has filed a lawsuit demanding an Internet provider hand over information on a blog author, saying his reputation was damaged in an online post after the ruling.
Women warned off no-strings sex sites - 11/22/09
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/11/22/women-warned-off-no-strings-sex-sites-91466-25223807/
LONELY Welsh women are turning to sordid internet sites to find no-strings thrills, Wales on Sunday can reveal.
The lovelorn browsers could become targets for stalkers and kidnappers, experts believe, as the so-called casual encounter forums could act as a magnet for dangerous predators.
Erin Andrews' lawyer to federal judge: Accused stalker preyed upon a second woman - 11/22/09
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/hotelcheckin/post/2009/11/erin-andrews-lawyer-to-federal-judge-accused-stalker-preyed-upon-a-second-woman/1
According to the New York Daily News, ESPN's Erin Andrews wasn't the only woman that her accused stalker preyed upon. When suspect Michael Barrett made his first appearance in federal court on Friday, Andrews' lawyer, Marshall Grossman, read parts of a five-page statement from an Arizona woman who claims the same man had stalked her, the Daily News reports.
Girl, 12, driven to suicide attempt by text messages - 11/21/09
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2009/11/21/stcharles/news/1122stc-pokin0.txt
On Tuesday a mother and her 12-year-old daughter sat on opposite ends of their living room sofa and did their best to explain to me why the daughter, a seventh grader, tried to end her life earlier this month.
Networking sites can fuel criminal obsession - 11/21/09
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/opinions/columnists/x441550798/Richard-Meehan-Networking-sites-can-fuel-criminal-obsession
Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin and Twitter have created platforms for friends, business colleagues and often strangers to connect. Users can post pictures, videos, comments and messages.
Marshwood Middle School parents told 58 of 60 kids accepted unknown Facebook friend - 11/21/09
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20091121-NEWS-911210335
Marshwood Middle School parents were shocked to learn from Internet expert Jayne Hitchcock Thursday evening that 58 of 60 middle school honors students accepted her as a friend on Facebook without knowing who she was.
Cyberbullying and ‘sexting’ - 11/21/09
http://hudsonreporter.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Cyberbullying+and+%E2%80%98sexting%E2%80%99-As+harassment+moves+online-+schools+try+to+adapt-++%20&id=4599137-Cyberbullying+and+%E2%80%98sexting%E2%80%99-As+harassment+moves+online-+schools+try+to+adapt-++&instance=secondary_stories_left_column
The U.S. Secret Service came to Secaucus High School/Middle School on Nov. 13 to give a presentation on “Hazards of Electonic Medium,” which included a discussion of cyberbullying, online social networking, texting, “sexting,” and online safety for young people, addressing issues that have made national headlines.
Hackers 'expose global warming con': Sceptics claim that leaked emails reveal research centre massaged temperature data - 11/21/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1229740/Hackers-expose-global-warming-Claims-leaked-emails-reveal-research-centre-massaged-temperature-data.html#ixzz0XgxGzSTm
One of the world’s leading climate change research centres has been accused of manipulating data on global warming after thousands of private emails and documents were leaked.
Hackers targeted the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit and published the files, including some personal messages, on the internet.
Pirates find easy new pickings in open waters of e-book publishing - 11/21/09
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6925926.ece
Digital pirates, who for years have tormented the music and film industries, have found a new source of plunder in e-book publishing.
With the words “dan brown lost symbol torrent” and a few clicks, anyone can download the American author’s latest bestseller free via any of hundreds of web links.
From cinema screens to illegal DVDs in the same day - 11/21/09
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6925919.ece
Online piracy has moved from a niche problem carried out by tech-savvy file-sharers to a mass movement, according to the music and film industries.
Paramount Pictures said that pirated versions of Star Trek were downloaded more than 5 million times in the four months after its release.
False information about minister leads to cyberstalking charge - 11/20/09
http://www.gastongazette.com/news/minister-40700-cyberstalking-mount.html
A Mount Holly woman faces a cyberstalking charge for allegedly e-mailing false information about a minister to church leaders.
Mussolini's 'brain and blood for sale on internet' - 11/20/09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8371171.stm
The granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has said that blood and parts of his brain have been stolen to sell on the internet.
Fake medicines seized as websites are shut down - 11/20/09
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6924265.ece
The public are being warned of the dangers of buying unlicensed medicines on the internet. The alert comes as hundreds of websites are being shut down for selling fake or illicit drugs around the world.
Stalker who tricked nurse to send nude pics blames religious upbringing - 11/19/09
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26374030-3102,00.html
A GOLD Coast radiographer who tricked a hospital nurse into sending him nude photos of herself has blamed his crime on a strict religious upbringing and an addiction to pornography.
Dangers of Technology: Cyber-bullying, stalking can have damaging effects - 11/19/09
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Dangers-of-Technology-Cyber-bulling-stalking-can-have-damaging-effects-70539877.html
These days school bullies are not like many parents remember them.
The next generation is using popular social networking sites to attack your kids.
Glassed woman tracks down attacker on Facebook - 11/19/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1228863/Glassed-woman-tracks-attacker-Facebook-police-say-help.html
When police drew a blank in the hunt for the woman thug who nearly blinded her in a vicious nightclub attack, Jennifer Wilson did not let the matter rest.
Dog abuser gets internet justice - 11/19/09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2737171/Dog-abuser-gets-internet-justice.html
DISGUSTED internet users joined forces yesterday to hunt down a mindless thug filmed throwing a dog off a busy bridge. The vile Lithuanian man was videoed by his pals joking that "dogs can fly" before hurling the helpless pup into a dried-up ravine.
Dubai court gets first Facebook libel case - 11/18/09
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/dubai-court-gets-first-facebook-libel-case-1.528875
A business partner has admitted cursing and defaming his former employee on Facebook during the first-of-its-kind trial involving the worldwide electronic social networking tool.
This is believed to be the first court hearing, which involves suspects abusing Facebook for unlawful acts, to be highlighted in the media.
Spam's new flavours - 11/18/09
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/18/spam-new-flavours
When Luis von Ahn gives talks on his work fighting spam, he likes to start by asking the audience a question. "How many of you have had to fill out one of those web forms that asks you to read a distorted sequence of letters or a word?" he asks. "How many of you found that annoying?"
'So I called her dumb, blonde and decorative? That's not an insult' - 11/18/09
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/so-i-called-her-dumb-blonde-and-decorative-thats-not-an-insult-1822399.html
Joking about dumb blondes, topless women and sex is a perfectly reasonable way to behave at work, a wealthy financier has insisted.
In Mark Lowe's high-octane world of hedge-fund management, risqué comments and e-mails about women, lady-boys and sheep are just part of the wallpaper.
When the stalker is someone you trust - 11/17/09
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/2009111767504/news/national/when-the-stalker-is-someone-you-trust.html
OVER the past few weeks in our Women Reclaim the Web campaign, we have learned that 80 per cent of victims of cyber-stalking are women, and many have been the victims of ex-lovers, but although it seems relationships have a lot to do with online stalking it is not always men who are the stalkers. This week, we talk to a woman who was stabbed in the back by the person who she least expected.
Facebook threat ex is a free man - 11/17/09
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Facebook-threat-ex-free-man/article-1524281-detail/article.html
A MAN who left abusive messages on his ex-girlfriend's Facebook page and threatened to kill her and her family has walked free from court.
Lloyd Pearce, aged 22, insulted and threatened his former partner, her mother and uncle face to face, via the social networking site, by phone and text over a month.
Rage at Claudia hoaxer - 11/17/09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2732972/Rage-at-Claudia-Lawrence-hoaxer.html
THE parents of Claudia Lawrence were shattered yesterday after a vile hoaxer posed as the missing university chef on Facebook.
Furious cops were last night hunting the sicko, who left a message on the social networking website reading: "Hi everyone - I am OK and safe and sound."
11/21/09 10:30 am
On Thursday, I talked to students at Marshwood Middle School in Eliot, Maine. There were 565 of them and I went through the usual, cyberbullying, online predators, sexting and then I did my Facebook thing. I told them I have an alter ego who asked some students to be friends with them and then I said, "How well do you think you guys did?" You could hear a pin drop.
I was asked by the school not to show photos I found, even though I block out faces, so I obeyed, but I did find:
•60 were asked to be a friend of my alter ego
•58 approved my alter ego as a friend
•5 asked who I was, but 3 still approved me
•65% were boys; 35% girls
•25% list their cell phone number in their profile – this was evenly divided between boys & girls
–3 girls also listed their home phone
•65% list their AIM screen name
•All list an email address (sometimes two)
•3 boys & 1 girl listed their home address
•One girl had over 400 photos
•37% have videos
•One of the videos was taken in homeroom while students were playing basketball (no teacher in sight)
•Some also filled out surveys, revealing more info about themselves
•It didn’t matter if they put in a birthdate that wasn’t really theirs (one boy listed his as 1904) or that they already graduated from high school in 1989, it’s not that hard to find students at their school. Anyone can go to the local newspaper's web site, do a search for the school name + honor roll and come up with a list of student names, then plug those names into the search box at Facebook to ask students to be a friend.
Which is what I did.
Afterwards, I got some really good questions from the students. I don't usually get a lot, but these kids were great. Some had good comments as well. I was really pleasantly surprised.
My parent talk that night went great as well. I was happy.
This was until I went to my alter ego's FB profile when I got home to find some of the kids were on a witch hunt to find out who my alter ego was. They weren't even close. They thought it was one girl, whose photo did look photoshopped, and began harassing her on her wall. Then they found another girl and started bugging her. I actually contacted both of them on my Netcrimes FB account to let them know to just ignore, delete and block these kids. Both girls were grateful and thanked me.
I am just happy it is only a handful of students who are doing this. Which means I got through to over 500 of them.
What these kids who went on the witch hunt don't realize is that my alter ego (I have two, a boy and a girl) may not have been a girl and that alter ego may not be in their age group, or even on this side of the USA, or even in the USA. So they started attacking people they friended without doing what I suggested to them - go through your friends list and delete anyone who isn't REALLY your friend.
Of the 58 who did approve me, only four have deleted my alter ego. A bit disappointing, but not surprising. It's a big deal to have a lot of friends on FB and the more you have, the more popular you are. At least I can keep an eye on them and quite honestly, if I find something that needs to be dealt with, I will contact the school to let them know what's going on.
Let's hope my "words of wisdom" eventually get to that handful.
11/16/09 11:19 am
I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .Wow.
Mass. principal bans students from saying 'Meep!'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd__meep__ban
Who knew "Meep!" was a four-letter word? The utterance favored by bungling lab assistant Beaker of "The Muppet Show" has been banned at Danvers High School in Massachusetts after students said it to repeatedly interrupt school.
Principal Thomas Murray said the word was part of a disruption planned using Facebook.
The Salem News reports that parents recently got an automated call about "Meep!" from Murray. He warned them that students who said or displayed the word at school could be suspended.
Murray says the warning was needed because students didn't heed his "reasonable request" to stop the meeping.
Danvers High sophomore Melanie Crane says it doesn't mean anything in particular.
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Cyberbullies hit primary schools - 11/16/09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8359780.stm
Cyberbullying is a growing problem in primary schools, according to the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
Online gangs cashing in on swine flu - 11/16/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091116/tc_nm/us_flu_antivirals_gangs
Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.
Brazilian police hunt lone blogger exposing 'unfaithful' wives online - 11/15/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1227785/Brazilian-police-hunt-lone-blogger-exposing-unfaithful-wives-online.html
Brazilian police are hunting a blogger who claims to be waging a lone crusade against unfaithful wives.
The man, from a small rural town of Lagoa da Prata, in Minas Gerais, has so far posted the name of 300 supposed cuckolds on a popular social networking site.
Trail of online suicides - 11/15/09
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/598074/Trail-of-online-suicides.html
A CHILLING series of deaths have been linked to bullying via social networking sites.
The victims - just like Matthew - were forced to endure the twin attacks of physical playground intimidation and internet threats.
Fake payslips bought on the web at the centre of mortgage fraud racket worth millions - 11/15/09
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/15/id-theft-internet-fraud-mortgages
All it took was a few clicks of the mouse and a payment of £35 for an Observer reporter to obtain a counterfeit payslip over the internet which would allow her to commit mortgage fraud worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Slaughterman executed mother with bolt gun in front of her daughters after she snubbed him on Facebook - 11/14/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1227577/Stalker-shot-dead-mother-bolt-gun-daughters-Facebook-snub.html#ixzz0X2KkTIUZ
A stalker was jailed for life yesterday for murdering a mother with a bolt gun used to slaughter livestock.
Fitness instructor Mary Griffiths, 38, had been due to meet police earlier that evening but her appointment to discuss the harassment had been put off until the following morning.
TN state trooper suspended over racially charged e-mail - 11/14/09
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091114/NEWS01/911140337/TN+state+trooper+suspended+over+racially+charged+e-mail
A Tennessee state trooper has been suspended for 15 days without pay and will be required to attend diversity training after he accidentally sent an e-mail proclaiming white pride to 787 state employees.
‘I’m coming to finish you off’ – attacker makes online threats to teenage victim - 11/14/09
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/11/14/i-m-coming-to-finish-you-off-attacker-makes-online-threats-to-teenage-victim-91466-25166346/
AN attacker has taunted his terrified victim on teenage website Bebo – saying: “I’m coming to get you.”
The youngster, 17, nearly killed schoolboy Daniel Davenport 16 months ago in a knife attack.
Spam Campaign Targets Payment Transfer System - 11/13/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20091113/tc_pcworld/spamcampaigntargetspaymenttransfersystem
A new spam campaign is targeting a financial transfer system that handles trillions of dollars in transactions annually and has proved to be a fertile target of late for online fraudsters.
Fake Verizon 'balance-checker' Is a Trojan - 11/13/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20091114/tc_pcworld/fakeverizonbalancecheckerisatrojan
Cyber-criminals have started preying on Verizon Wireless customers, sending out spam e-mail messages that say their accounts are over the limit and offering them a "balance checker" program to review their payments.
Gang jailed for £600,000 NatWest internet banking fraud - 11/13/09
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/crime-courts/gang-jailed-for-600-000-natwest-internet-banking-fraud-1.932330
A gang of internet fraudsters have been jailed for using a sophisticated computer virus to steal £600,000 from NatWest bank customers.
Wife snares paedophile husband by posing as online schoolgirl using computer in room next door - 11/13/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1227154/Wife-snares-paedophile-husband-posing-online-schoolgirl-using-room-door.html
A wife posed as a schoolgirl online to catch her husband using an internet chatroom to groom underage girls for sex.
Cheryl Roberts, 61, had become concerned about the amount of time her husband David spent at his computer.
Celebrity homes Web site raises concerns - 11/12/09
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/2009/11/12/1112celebrityaddress.html
Suppose you could look at the pool in back of James Cameron's Malibu estate. Or admire the ornate garden on Haim Saban's Beverly Hills mansion. Or check out the tennis court at Tiger Woods' Florida home.
Should you?
Recently arrested NIU employee has history of similar offenses - 11/12/09
http://www.northernstar.info/article/9096/
How NIU screens potential employees differs depending on the position applicants are seeking.
Steve Cunningham, vice president of human resources, said background checks are done on security-sensitive positions, which are defined as having contact with minors, controlled substances, weapons, and hazardous materials, and having access to the residence halls, among other things.
Social Networking and the New Workplace - 11/12/09
http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202435367912&pos=ataglance
You are on the phone with a colleague and suddenly you feel as though you are speaking to yourself. You hear in the background the clicking of a computer keyboard, and you realize that you've lost the other person's attention. They are surfing the Internet or, more likely, checking their Facebook or Twitter account.
MPAA Shuts Down Town's Free Muni WiFi Over 1 Download - 11/12/09
http://consumerist.com/5403592/mpaa-shuts-down-towns-free-muni-wifi-over-1-download
The MPAA forced the town Coshocton, OH to shut down their entire free municipal WiFi network because of a single instance of a single user illegally downloading a copyrighted movie.
City worker frustrated over e-mail harassment - 11/12/09
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=4329
An openly gay staffer in the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office is expressing frustration with the pace of an investigation into a harassing e-mail sent to another gay employee.
WDCA hits out at cyber sledging - 11/12/09
http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/sport/cricket/wdca-hits-out-at-cyber-sledging/1674959.aspx
WARRNAMBOOL and District Cricket Association (WDCA) is breaking new ground by threatening to suspend players, officials and clubs which intimidate or degrade opponents by online sledging.
Porn star fake identity used to get nude nurse pics - court - 11/12/09
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26337992-3102,00.html?from=public_rss
A RADIOGRAPHER created an internet identity using photos of a female porn star to trick a nurse into sending him raunchy photos of herself, a court has been told.
Headteacher suspends pupils after being 'cyberbullied' by Facebook group attacking her dress sense - 11/12/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1227246/Headteacher-suspends-pupils-cyberbullied-Facebook-group-attacking-dress-sense.html
A headteacher has suspended three pupils after they set up a Facebook group attacking her dress sense.
Elizabeth Hitch was so incensed by comments on the social networking site that she threatened dozens of others at Beaumont School, St Albans, with disciplinary action.
I-Team: Former Weatherman Responds to Stalking Allegations - 11/11/09
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11488774
A well-known TV weathercaster says personal demons drove him to threaten a woman he met on a dating service website.
The I-Team broke the story about dozens of strange and menacing messages left by former Channel 3 Meteorologist John Fredericks -- messages which led to a report filed with Las Vegas police.
Facebook: Friend or Foe? - 11/11/09
http://www.stjamesnews.com/news/x870208850/Facebook-Friend-or-Foe
I recently read an article in the New York Times entitled “The Facebook Exodus.” Being a frequent Facebook user myself after I read the article I felt, well frankly, disturbed by it.
Family of missing woman getting threats - 11/10/09
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/111009-kesse-threats
In January of 2006 Drew Kesse’s daughter Jennifer Kesse vanished from her apartment near the Mall at Millenia. Now more worries for her father as police investigate death threats against him. After Jennifer Kesse disappeared, www.jenniferkesse.com was set up to help find the missing girl. For years people have posted well wishes, encouragement, even tips on where the girl might be. And every morning Drew Kesse reads the guestbook portion of the site.
The Facebook stalker - 11/10/09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2721574/Facebook-threats-of-spurned-creep.html
A SPURNED weirdo who sent a girl hundreds of sick Facebook messages has been branded one of Britain's worst cyber-stalkers.
Jason Smith, 23, targeted Alexandra Scarlett in an 18-month online hate campaign after she rejected him.
11/15/09 08:26 pm
I am doing an email collection for a holiday email, please check out this post if you want in:
http://ladyleo.livejournal.com/1041331.html
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