War Lord's Desserts

Charles G Taylor the former president of Liberia was convicted of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone during the 90's. "The ruling, announced by Presiding Judge Richard Lussick, said Mr. Taylor was guilty of involvement in crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, rape, slavery and the use of child soldiers. The court, however, said the prosecution failed to prove that Mr. Taylor had direct command responsibility for the atrocities in the indictment." Taylor still claims he is innocent, and will hear his sentence in coming weeks. There is no death penalty, and any jail term will be served in a British prison. No african president has been convicted by an international "tribunal." Charles is not the first to be convicted of war crimes thankfully, eight others have already been sentenced for their atrocities. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/world/africa/charles-taylor-liberia-sierra-leone-war-crimes-court-verdict.html?ref=world

Harvard Sex Week

Sex week at Harvard is a student operated program of lectures about "...all things sexual." Even though contraception has been a debated topic recently, the students "...veered away from politics..." and revolved more around if the education received from school actually prepared them for the event."Unlike typical student-run college programs in the decades following the discovery of H.I.V./AIDS, the campus events go beyond instruction on safe sex, rape prevention and sexually transmitted diseases to giving advice on how to feel more comfortable and fulfilled sexually, all, at least in theory, in a judgment-free atmosphere that embraces all lifestyles." These lectures and discussions are dissipating perceptions and rumors about sex. Some of the topics discussed included "...the ethics of pornography; sex and religion; kinky practices like bondage; and gay and lesbian sex." These are normally awkward or touchy subjects which were discussed, and people were educated. "Organizers of these events say that college students today face a confusing reality: At a time when sexuality is more baldly and blatantly on display, young people are, paradoxically, having less sex than in generations past, surveys indicate." Where did this idea come from? Yale was the first college to have a Sex Week, although it started as a purely jewish event, but others wanted to be involved, and so it became a campus wide event and is still continued at some colleges such as Harvard, Brown, Northeastern, the University of Kentucky, Indiana University and Washington University. All of these have held some version of sex week in recent years. Although education about sex is something to be approved of, these Sex Weeks also have a different side which has caused protest wherever they've happened. As vibrators are raffled off, contraception is sold at stands, some believe that this week promotes sexual promiscuity and disagree with it.  “Education does not mean giving everybody every choice they could make, it’s giving people the right information on how they should be pursuing relationships and sexual choices. It’s not a buffet.”

Fuzzy Dinos

In north eastern China fossils were found of bus sized dinosaurs with feathers like chicks. There were three mostly complete 125-million-year-old fossils.The adult was at bare minimum 30 feet long and weighed 2500 lbs. The two smaller ones were only a half ton each. Paleontologists are saying it's “direct evidence for the presence of extensively feathered gigantic dinosaurs.” The species was named Yutyrannus huali, which means “beautiful feathered tyrant” because it's the largest dinosaur ever found with feathers. The feathers were like the feathers of a chick, not like the down feathers of an adult. the feathers could not be used for flight and were most likely used for insulation. This discovery has made scientists think that maybe more meat eating carnivores used to have feathers, more so than even in the past 20 years. 

Steve Jobs Imperfect Immortality

Steve Jobs AKA The Master

Many people have come to believe the lie that Steve Jobs passed away recently. LIES. Steve Jobs achieved immortality. He knew his time was up soon, so he put together a machine to give him immortality. He now lives in the game Soul Caliber V. Above is a picture of Steve Jobs AKA The Master. he has been undefeated since his debut in Soul Caliber V. Even though his opponents have magic powers and incredible physical abilities, he gave himself a few upgrades as well. His basic fighting style involves his ipod app which summons a lightsaber or fires lazers rapidly. But he also gave himself a few upgrades. Not only did he make himself the fastest most ranged and powerful character, his moves are unblockable and his critical strike is an instant 100% chance hit-kill. When he gets bored of slaughtering enemies he turns to his upgraded physical abilities and far superior intelligence to punch, kick, and smash his enemies to their feet. He is sure to win all the upcoming tournaments in this game as he is the only one smart enough or powerful enough to get into the game without requiring a player. In a recent  interview with the newly powered up and animated Steve Jobs he said that he had always dreamed of being the most powerful super god in a fighting game. The only regret he has is that he will most likely not be carries over into other installments of the game in the future, leading to a lonely eternity within the realm of Soul Caliber V.

Jack The Ripper

A new "Jack the Ripper" has surfaced in the UK. The name jack was written in blood on the downstairs wall of a butcher's shop. Over twenty pieces of choice meat were shredded and gnawed on. This terrible affront to the human race was committed in five butchers shops around the UK in just this last month. At every scenario the only clue left was "Jack" written in the blood of the ripped meat. But there is hope! The last attack on the butchers shop left a witness. The picture above is a sketch done by a professional veteran police sketch artist in accordance to the witness testimony. This person is apparently 10-12 feet tall, weighs between 750-1000 pounds, and has glowing green eyes. If you see this person do not be afraid, attack unarmed as one punch to the chest should be enough to take him down. If he does however manage to escape or kill you in the fight, feel free to then alert the police to his presence. 

$100 Billion

Apple reached 100 billion dollars in cash at the end of last year, an unprecedented amount of money. the nearest company is Microsoft floating around half of that amount. This led to the announcement Apple made stating that "it would at last return some of its cash pile to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks, at a cost of more than $10 billion a year for the next three years." In history such a move is usually done by large companies running out of technology and expansion, but this is not so with Apple. Apple continues to ""pump out" new technological hits, the perfect example being "late Monday, Apple said it had sold three million of its new iPads since they were introduced on Friday." Apple said it would pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share beginning in its fiscal fourth quarter which starts July 1. Apple's board had authorized a $10 billion share buyback starting september 30th. Apple expects to spend about $45 billion over three years.This also opens doors for more investors as some could not or would not invest without a dividend being returned. In short, Apple is still growing like a new company.

Afghan Massacre

A veteran Army staff sergeant, a married father of two only recently deployed in Afghanistan, left his base to massacre at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children. He is 38 years old, has served 3 tours in in Iraq and was deployed in Afghanistan in December. He has served for eleven years. This decimation of defenseless people led to a "moment of unity to three major Afghan factions: civilians, insurgents and government officials." Villagers said aside from just killing them this man set fire to eleven bodies, four of them girls under the age of six. and at least five others were injured. He is to face charges under the military justice system and is currently suspended and in custody. The Afghan parliament stated, “We urge the United States government to punish the culprits and put them on trial in an open court so that the rest of those who want to shed our innocent people’s blood take a lesson from it.” Aside from just these horrible killings, five American soldiers were killed in the months of january and february.