http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7695-Woman-accused-of-trying-to-sell-girl-s-virginity
A Salt Lake City woman has been charged with offering her 13-year-old daughter's virginity to a man for $10,000.
The woman, 32-year-old Felicia Rae McClure, was charged Monday in Utah's 3rd District Court with two first-degree felony counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child and two second-degree felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
If convicted, McClure faces a lifetime prison sentence for each first-degree felony and a zero to 15 year sentence for each second-degree felony.
In court papers, prosecutors allege that McClure had discussed letting her daughter perform oral sex and other sex acts with an adult male. The negotiated offer and an arrangement to exchange the teen's virginity for money were detailed in a string of text messages which were seen by McClure's boyfriend, who called police, court papers say.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista having MVP-like season
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7694-Blue-Jays-slugger-Jose-Bautista-having-MVP-like-season
"It feels like a dream and sometimes I can't believe it myself," he says.
But there was one description nobody wanted to utter — at least not publicly. Not Blue Jays executives, who admit they didn't see this coming when they acquired Bautista from the Pittsburgh Pirates for a minor league catcher in 2008. Not the scouts from other teams, still groping for a way to pitch the man who has transformed himself from bench player to dominant force through a reconstructed swing and a chance to play every day.
Finally, after Bautista launched three home runs at Minnesota's Target Field on May 15, teammate Corey Patterson couldn't contain himself.
"I've never seen anything like it other than Barry Bonds hitting," said Patterson, who has at least one hit in 12 of 13 games since he began batting directly ahead of Bautista. "It's impressive."
"It feels like a dream and sometimes I can't believe it myself," he says.
But there was one description nobody wanted to utter — at least not publicly. Not Blue Jays executives, who admit they didn't see this coming when they acquired Bautista from the Pittsburgh Pirates for a minor league catcher in 2008. Not the scouts from other teams, still groping for a way to pitch the man who has transformed himself from bench player to dominant force through a reconstructed swing and a chance to play every day.
Finally, after Bautista launched three home runs at Minnesota's Target Field on May 15, teammate Corey Patterson couldn't contain himself.
"I've never seen anything like it other than Barry Bonds hitting," said Patterson, who has at least one hit in 12 of 13 games since he began batting directly ahead of Bautista. "It's impressive."
All the Best New Features in Windows Phone Mango
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7693-All-the-Best-New-Features-in-Windows-Phone-Mango
Microsoft demoed a handful of the "500" new features Ballmer promised for Mango. First up, Groups. Groups is kind of like bookmarks for people, or like a buddy list. It'll let you filter all the social networking stuff for a particular group of people, so you can focus on the 4 or 10 people you actually care about. And it's got integrated group chat, through Facebook chat or Windows Live Messenger. (Microsoft compares it to BBM.) Also, there's now threading across services, a lot like webOS—you can start a conversation in SMS and pick it up in Facebook chat. You can (ugh, finally) bring all of your email accounts together in one view too—and there's full message threading, which looks pretty decent. Same for Calendars, which now supports Facebook events. Oh, and People now has Twitter. All good, all things it should be doing.
Microsoft demoed a handful of the "500" new features Ballmer promised for Mango. First up, Groups. Groups is kind of like bookmarks for people, or like a buddy list. It'll let you filter all the social networking stuff for a particular group of people, so you can focus on the 4 or 10 people you actually care about. And it's got integrated group chat, through Facebook chat or Windows Live Messenger. (Microsoft compares it to BBM.) Also, there's now threading across services, a lot like webOS—you can start a conversation in SMS and pick it up in Facebook chat. You can (ugh, finally) bring all of your email accounts together in one view too—and there's full message threading, which looks pretty decent. Same for Calendars, which now supports Facebook events. Oh, and People now has Twitter. All good, all things it should be doing.
Of the 51 Participants From Wrestlemania 7, a Staggering 14 Have Died Prematurely
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7692-Of-the-51-Participants-From-Wrestlemania-7-a-Staggering-14-Have-Died-Prematurely
It’s looking like perhaps Wrestlemania VII was cursed. It took place in 1991 (at a time I was just losing interest in the “sport”). It featured the reunion of Macho Man & Miss Elizabeth and the debut of the Undertaker (he beat Superfly Snuka). In all, 51 wrestlers took part. Fourteen of them are already dead. A list to make you queasy after the jump.“The Texas Tornado” Kerry Von Erich – died at 33 from suicide one day after he was “indicted on a drug charge for prescription forgery”
Dino Bravo – died at 44, shot to death in a hotel room
Andre the Giant – age 46, congestive heart failure
Joey Marella – died at 31; fell asleep at the wheel
It’s looking like perhaps Wrestlemania VII was cursed. It took place in 1991 (at a time I was just losing interest in the “sport”). It featured the reunion of Macho Man & Miss Elizabeth and the debut of the Undertaker (he beat Superfly Snuka). In all, 51 wrestlers took part. Fourteen of them are already dead. A list to make you queasy after the jump.“The Texas Tornado” Kerry Von Erich – died at 33 from suicide one day after he was “indicted on a drug charge for prescription forgery”
Dino Bravo – died at 44, shot to death in a hotel room
Andre the Giant – age 46, congestive heart failure
Joey Marella – died at 31; fell asleep at the wheel
Europe Has Immigration Problems on Steroids
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7684-Europe-Has-Immigration-Problems-on-Steroids
For all the problems we think we have with immigration, Europe's problems far exceed ours. The U.S. has always had a history of panic about new and alien groups pouring into our country (Irish, Italians, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and now Hispanics). But all of these groups came here to become American; they integrated and contributed.
By and large, the same is true of Muslim immigrants to the U.S. today-particularly Iranians and Afghans. In Europe, however, many in the flood of Muslim immigrants are not integrating well-partly out of today's spate of Islamism but partly because ordinary Europeans find these immigrants adhere to an alien culture.
Europeans, after the horrors and genocides of World War II, made a commitment to open their doors to needy immigrants. England is awash with Pakistanis; France with North Africans; Germany with Turks from religious villages; and the Scandinavian countries have been the most generous of all, taking in Somalis, Iraqis, Moroccans, and others. All are creating trouble on two fronts: social integration and horrific welfare costs. The educated elites, who run Europe, have ideological notions that do not jibe with the realities faced by ordinary working Europeans who have not found these immigrants a benefit to their lives.
For all the problems we think we have with immigration, Europe's problems far exceed ours. The U.S. has always had a history of panic about new and alien groups pouring into our country (Irish, Italians, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and now Hispanics). But all of these groups came here to become American; they integrated and contributed.
By and large, the same is true of Muslim immigrants to the U.S. today-particularly Iranians and Afghans. In Europe, however, many in the flood of Muslim immigrants are not integrating well-partly out of today's spate of Islamism but partly because ordinary Europeans find these immigrants adhere to an alien culture.
Europeans, after the horrors and genocides of World War II, made a commitment to open their doors to needy immigrants. England is awash with Pakistanis; France with North Africans; Germany with Turks from religious villages; and the Scandinavian countries have been the most generous of all, taking in Somalis, Iraqis, Moroccans, and others. All are creating trouble on two fronts: social integration and horrific welfare costs. The educated elites, who run Europe, have ideological notions that do not jibe with the realities faced by ordinary working Europeans who have not found these immigrants a benefit to their lives.
Tacoma homeowner opens fire on burglars; 1 dead, 1 wounded
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7683-Tacoma-homeowner-opens-fire-on-burglars-1-dead-1-wounded
The incident happened around 4:40 a.m. Monday at a home in the 400 block of South 38th Street.
Neighbor Trudi Mann woke up to sounds of people arguing next door, then heard two gunshots.
"A little before four, I heard gunshots and at that point called police," she said. "It's scary. My kids are grown, but I told my son I'd be a little concerned. He keeps our garage really locked up."
Tacoma police said the homeowner was woken up by dogs barking. He had been a victim of burglaries recently and went outside to investigate.
The man spotted two burglars trying to break into his garage and home.
"He was armed, held them at gun point. And at one point while he was detaining them, both subjects charged at him. He fired at both and hit both of them, " said Mark Fulghum, Tacoma Police Department.
Officers said one of the suspects died at the scene. The other suspect was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The incident happened around 4:40 a.m. Monday at a home in the 400 block of South 38th Street.
Neighbor Trudi Mann woke up to sounds of people arguing next door, then heard two gunshots.
"A little before four, I heard gunshots and at that point called police," she said. "It's scary. My kids are grown, but I told my son I'd be a little concerned. He keeps our garage really locked up."
Tacoma police said the homeowner was woken up by dogs barking. He had been a victim of burglaries recently and went outside to investigate.
The man spotted two burglars trying to break into his garage and home.
"He was armed, held them at gun point. And at one point while he was detaining them, both subjects charged at him. He fired at both and hit both of them, " said Mark Fulghum, Tacoma Police Department.
Officers said one of the suspects died at the scene. The other suspect was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
T. Rex Leech & Titanic Bacteria Make Top 10 New Species List
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7681-T.-Rex-Leech-amp-Titanic-Bacteria-Make-Top-10-New-Species-List
A pancake-shaped batfish, a leech with titanic teeth found inside a human's nose and an iron-eating bacterium snagged spots on the Top 10 New Species list, announced Monday (May 23) by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of taxonomists.
This year's top 10 come from around the world, including Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar, the North Atlantic Ocean, Oregon, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa and West Africa
A pancake-shaped batfish, a leech with titanic teeth found inside a human's nose and an iron-eating bacterium snagged spots on the Top 10 New Species list, announced Monday (May 23) by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of taxonomists.
This year's top 10 come from around the world, including Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar, the North Atlantic Ocean, Oregon, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa and West Africa
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