WHO@ Newsletter - November 23, 2009
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_
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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NEWS TO USE AND PASS ALONG!
(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Doctor cleared of sexual harassment sues Internet provider for info on blog author - 11/23/09
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/200
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/w
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/communi
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/ar
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/opin
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/artic
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_st
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/arti
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.u
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.u
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/minis
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/83711
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_a
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/stor
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/Danger
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/arti
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/ne
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/c
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/20
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/ho
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/200911176
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/Fa
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/ne
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."
Trapped thief drops trousers in bungled burglary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_
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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Visit WHOA on the web at http://www.haltabuse.org
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NEWS TO USE AND PASS ALONG!
(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Doctor cleared of sexual harassment sues Internet provider for info on blog author - 11/23/09
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/200
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/w
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/communi
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/ar
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/opin
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/artic
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_st
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/arti
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.u
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.u
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/minis
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/83711
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_a
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/stor
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/Danger
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/arti
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/ne
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/c
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/20
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/ho
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/200911176
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/Fa
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/ne
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."
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