Stories around the fire

Not alot of time to write todays blog so thought id post a couple of interesting stories from today campfire style.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/13/bbc-television-centre-for-sale
The BBC Television Centre (BBC HQ) is being sold in attempt to aid major cost cutting program. "Fortunately" for us that means they can fund an extra 30 hours of "high"-quality drama each year. Yeah...

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/866222-jaws-style-shark-attack-in-cornwall
A fishermans boat has been attacked off the coast of cornwall by a suspected 'Oceananic whitetip shark'. Global warming is suspected to be the reason for the typically warmer watered dweller (often seen off the coast of Spain and Portugal) to travel further North. Fucking foreigners...

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/06/10/jack.white.divorce/
That guy from the White Stripes is throwing a party to celebrate the divorce from his now ex wife.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jun/13/uk-mother-agrees-donate-womb-daughter
Mother agrees to donate her womb to her daughter who cannot have children due to a genetic birth defect. Seems fair.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/228331.php
A third of britons suffering from diabetes supposedly keep the illness a secret. Well their obviously not doing a good enough job, slackers.

Hackers broaden their horizons.. mabye

Seems like all thats in the news lately is "anonymous" hackers hacking stuff, first sony then codemasters then epic games then the NHS.. the list goes on.

CAPTION THIS:    ... yes thats an adult diaper filled with money...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386780,00.asp
The international monetary fund has been hit by a 'serious' cyber attack. There is at this time no indication as to what the hackers have managed to obtain however according to the New York times so called computer experts have labeled the attack "large".  The 'IMF' is not an unexpected target however, their database contains a wealth of confidential financial information related to various fiscal dealings amongst national. Potentially released/obtained information includes countries bailout programs as well as international communications between countries financial leaders.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jun/10/law-scandal-financial-investigation-christopher-grierson
Scandal has broken in the city of London as a number of prominent lawyers are to face investigations into alleged financial 'irregularties'. One of the most prominent suspects is 'Christopher Grierson' who was until recently one of the most respected lawyers in the entire country and runner up for the prestigious 'Laywer of the Year' award in 2010. If claims hold true Grierson was also busy amassing over £1 million in false expenses over a four year period. Methods included booking high expense flights, claiming the value of the tickets back from his firm and then proceeding to cancel the flight... Seems like a smart dude.

Its public interest!

Blogs have been at fairly irregular intervals as of late, just trying to find out the best times to post. Suggestions are welcome so do please tell me in the comments when you would like your daily update of newsyblogystuff to arrive.

CAPTION THIS:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13712377
The "anonymous" hackers claiming to have been behind the infamous Sony network hack have contacted NHS administrators revealing that they have supposedly found a way to breach the service's network. The hackers state they their intentions are not to steal data but rather "help" fix tech issues. The Department of Health responded that "this is a local issue affection a very small number of website administrators"... id be careful, discrediting "Lulz Security" from a breach of national security to a "minor tech issue" which didn't really matter at all could cause the reformed White Knights into full blown crack addicts once more... No patient issue was ever at risk.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/09/fred-goodwin-judge-affair-public-interest
Sir Fred Goodwin - Former Chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland - has been told by "Mr Justice Tugendhat" that due to his pubic figure status there would be the public interest in his relationships, and such he will not be granted a privacy injunction from the court. Which apparently doesn't apply to Ryan Giggs. (sadly no that is not his real name... :( looked it up and apparently judges are stylized with Justice in legal writing... should have asked solsby kid http://solsbylawyer.blogspot.com/ )

Since this Fred Goodwin looks blond/grey haired in the picture i figured id feature a joke today instead of a video seeing as over on http://how-to-tell-a-joke.blogspot.com/ "BigMike" today's special was coincidental on Blond jokes.


Q: Why did the blonde scale the chain-link fence?
A: To see what was on the other side.