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On April 28, 2009,
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Woody Allen has reportedly won a legal round in his battle against clothing firm after a judge ruled that does not have to prove his claim that adverts by the clothing firm are “sleazy”. Mr. Allen is suing the US firm for $10 million in damages after it used his likeness on billboards without his consent.
The Oscar-winning film-maker began legal action last year after the firm launched an advertising campaign using images of him, including one from his 1977 film Annie Hall in which he was dressed as a Hasidic Jew with a long beard and black hat.
In a legal document last year, Allen called American Apparel’s advertising campaigns “sexually gross, in a witless and infantile way”.
The clothing company had demanded that Allen back up his claim by identifying which of its ads he meant.
However, a judge in New York reportedly ruled yesterday that Allen had already shown that “he would not have voluntarily agreed to endorse” American Apparel’s products on two unauthorised billboards two years ago. “There is no reason to require him to identify specific advertisements that he finds distasteful,” the New York Post reported Manhattan federal Judge Thomas Griesa as saying.
American Apparel said earlier this month that Allen could not sue the firm for damaging his reputation in its adverts because he has no reputation left to ruin.
Allen’s lawyers have said that the use of his image falsely implied he endorsed American Apparel’s “low-end” products and damaged his reputation.
But American Apparel’s lawyers are attempting to turn the tables by claiming Allen ruined his own reputation by having an affair with his stepdaughter, Soon-Yi Previn.
The trial is scheduled to begin on 18 May.
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This is sad. Nearly 90 percent of koalas in Japan are infected with koala retrovirus (KoRV), a virus similar to HIV in humans, according to the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA). KoRV is spreading throughout wild koala populations in northeastern Australia, and there are concerns that it could be killing many koalas in Japan.
Kyoto University’s analysis of blood tests conducted on 50 koalas in captivity in Japan and 39 born in northeast Australia and their offspring, and 11 born in southeast Australia and their offspring and showed that all those from the northeast and four originating from the southeast were infected with the virus.
KoRV, which cannot be transmitted to humans, attaches itself to the host’s chromosomes and can induce lymphatic leukemia and infection by weakening the immune system.
Koalas in Japan have shorter life spans than their native Australian counterparts, with many dying from leukemia and other diseases. However, a connection between the virus and the shortened life spans has not been confirmed.
“I hope the analysis results will help the prevention and treatment of diseases,” said Kyoto University Associate Professor Takayuki Miyazawa.
There were 60 koalas at nine zoos across Japan as of August last year, including the Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo’s Hino and Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya.
Shrinkage is never fun in whatever occasion it comes up but help may be on its way. Introducing the a new product Rooster Booster a $25 lycra bathing suit with a pocket in the crotch.
In the pocket, a guy inserts a breathable foam padding. The manufacturer claims it not only guards against shrinkage, it also keeps a man warm in a spot where he never wants to feel ice cold.
“No one wants to look at the frightened turtle when a guy gets out of the water,” designer Michael Yarwood tells my friends at Flash News. ”Every girl will tell you, a wet male crotch dressed in lycra in not attractive.”
While some will dismiss the Rooster Booster as nothing more than the latest example of male vanity, Yarwood says its no different than a padded bra, and like a padded bra, it “enhances and shapes” a very important part of your body.
One other advertised benefits: It cuts down on the potentially embarrassing moments when a man steps out of the pool and “no adjustment” is required.
On April 16, 2009,
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In Massachusetts, a young man by the name of Christos Kokkalis, 19, allegedly was doing 65 mph in a 30 mph zone and was charged with assault for reacting badly to a pedestrian’s hand gesture suggesting he slow down. According to a police report, Kokkalis swerved across a street into the man’s path, drove by, turned around and did it again. The report said Kokkalis denied fault, claiming that his car “turns on its own” because of an “alignment” problem. The case is still pending and will the case will be heard next week.
On April 15, 2009,
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In Spokane, Washington, The Finch Arboretum is being overrun by ground squirrels, and Spokane Parks and Recreation is bringing in some special artillery. The agency is using a special machine called the Rodenator Pro to detonate some of the estimated 100 to 150 squirrels tearing up the grounds.
The Rodenator Pro pumps propane and oxygen into the tunnels of squirrels, then sends an electric spark that causes an explosion. The shock waves kill the squirrels and collapse their tunnels – but in a humane way, the agency said.
The parks department is warning area residents that it plans to blast squirrels all week, and to not be alarmed by noises that sound like gun shots. Parks officials said police have already been called to the arboretum by people who heard the explosions.
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On April 11, 2009,
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I thought Man Coulter should send a positive message this time around from an unlikely source. I seem to over react on certain occasions but what a great forum to do it in.
I’m heartbroken.
If you are only given a voice and nothing else what does that leave you? Just a voice? What about if circumstances leave you just that? Words. It’s satisfying in a sense that beauty doesn’t really factor in. You must use imagination. The conversation must sparkle.
The visuals are vivid. Just images of what your mind perceives. Things you conjure up. In a world where visual stimulation is so prevalent there was/is an actual connection, at least, in my mind, my voice, which is now silent, is/was there. It was a feeling. That feeling was important. Is important. I rather not use past tense but as things spiraled/spirals out of control what can one do? Outside forces deliberately sabotaging something that was not yet tarnished. Putting pressure when there was no need to put pressure. I guess when you are miserable you got to spread it around. Their persistence’s was/is key. Congrats to these forces, you know who and what you are. Pox shall be sent. Not by me but my karmic forces.
As one gets older beauty does fade and more important factors arise. Conversation. Humor. Debate. Things in common. The list can go on and on. If this “circumstance” happens to be done I shall scrape myself up as I always do and move on a with a clearer conscience and a thankful heart and wit. Things have opened up. Awaking for the first time. There is only one person I can thank for that. A special thank you to my invisible friend. I may not be able to see you in present but you are felt. Felt more than you know. So, I’m putting it out there. To the universe. My true intentions. You will get them sometime my invisible/imaginary friend if Eckhart Tolle is true to his word. Hopefully, sooner than later.
On April 9, 2009,
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