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Turysta nagrał niezidentyfikowaną istotę!
Ten wypad w Tatry odmienił życie Piotra Kowalskiego z Warszawy. Na Kasprowym Wierchu zobaczył wielkiego, owłosionego potwora, który wyłonił się nagle zza skały. Pan Piotr nie ma wątpliwości. To był Yeti.
Piotr Kowalski, 27-latek z Warszawy, podczas wędrówki na Kasprowy Wierch spostrzegł na stoku kozę. Postanowił sfilmować zwierzę. Nagrał coś jeszcze. Istotę człekokształtną, która wyłoniła się nagle zza skały. Turysta jest pewien, że widział Yeti.
Tego mitycznego stwora można było do tej pory spotkać w wysokogórskich rejonach Himalajów i Syberii. Pan Piotr, miłośnik gór, nie wierzył w historie o niezidentyfikowanej istocie. Do czasu, gdy sam nie zobaczył jej na własne oczy. Kiedy turysta zorientował się co udało mu się nagrać, przestraszył się. “W końcu niecodziennie nagrywa się coś takiego” – opowiada z przejęciem mężczyzna.
W tej historii jest wiele niejasności. Przede wszystkim nie wiadomo czy nagranie jest prawdziwe, czy nie jest to jedynie głupi żart. Sprawę badają specjaliści od niewyjaśnionych zjawisk z Fundacji Nautilus. W Polsce jest to pierwszy taki przypadek. Według specjalistów autor nagrania powinien udać się jak najszybciej w miejsce, gdzie potwór się pojawił, ponieważ mógł zostawić jakieś ślady.
Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino says he feels naked when people watch his movies because the scripts of his movies are always “extremely personal”.
If you know me and you read my scripts, I am rather revealed. In fact, I am very naked. All my movies are extremely personal, femalefirst.co.uk quoted Tarantino as saying.
But the 46-year-old, known for his ultra-violent films like “Pulp Fiction”, “Kill Bill” series, denies that his blood-lust loaded movies are due to an unhappy childhood.
The fact that I’ve always returned to a lot of things that I loved in my childhood for inspiration means that I was probably quite invigorated during that time. So I don’t think that I had an unhappy childhood, Tarantino explained.
Tarantino, who is single right now, is planning both – a baby and retirement in the next 15 years.
I will retire from films when I turn 60. It’s a good age to stop making movies. I could start writing novels and film criticism and become a man of letter. And then I could finally have a family.
There was a time, about five years ago when I did have baby fever. I really wanted to have a child. Now I still want to be a father but I don’t have baby fever. Right now, I want the work to be the most important thing, he said.
Three Americans “tourists” are on their way home from Cambodia Monday after being arrested in an ongoing federal sex tourism investigation.
The arrests are part of “Operation Twisted Traveler,” an effort by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify and prosecute American sex tourists in Cambodia.
The suspects — Jack Sporich, 74, Erik Peeters, 41, and Ronald “John” Boyajian, 59 — are all convicted child sex offenders who have served time in U.S. prisons.
After their release, investigators say, the three headed to the most destitute neighborhoods in Cambodia, itself one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia, where it is believed they once again sexually assaulted young boys and girls.
FOX News was given exclusive access to the suspects and video of their arrest.
Click here to see video.
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for ICE John Morton stressed that Operation Twisted Traveler is still very much ongoing.
“Boarding a plane to a foreign land is no protection,” Morton said. “If you molest children overseas and we find out, we will investigate you and we will seek to bring you back here to face justice. The arm of the law is long, it’s determined, and it’s looking for you.”
Peeters bought a 13-year-old Cambodian boy from his parents for $2 and a bag of rice, and raped him five times, a federal affidavit alleges.
Investigators say the 41-year-old from Norwalk, Calif., thought he could get away with his crime by escaping to Cambodia, the capital of the billion-dollar sex tourism trade in Southeast Asia, where he is one of thousands of Western pedophiles who travel there to prey on children.
But local police and U.S. investigators had him under surveillance.
Now, he and two other California pedophiles are returning to Los Angeles on a jet departing from Tokyo.
Another of the men onboard was Jack Sporich, a 74-year-old that police call the ‘Pied Piper of Pedophiles.” He spent nine years in a California prison for molesting as many as 500 boys during camping trips.
After his release from Atascadero State Hospital, where he refused treatment, records show he traveled to Southeast Asia at least eight times, where sources say he rode his motor scooter through the poorest neighborhoods of Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, dropping a trail of American dollar bills to lure young boys back to his home where they were allegedly sexually assaulted.
The final passenger, 59 year-old Ronald Boyajian, was convicted of 18 counts of sexual intercourse with minors in 1995 in Menlo Park, Calif. He was caught molesting a 10 year-old Vietnamese girl in an area called Kilo 11, a haven of child brothels 11 kilometers outside Phnom Penh.
“Cambodia in particular has been known for some time as a pedophile haven because there’s been a broken justice, no rule of law, and actually no laws on the books that would have been enforceable against these types of activities until recently,” said Jeff Blom, an investigator with International Justice Mission.
“We need to change the fear equation, make pedophiles fear going to jail.”
Cambodian police say other victims were believed to be given $5 or $10 after each sexual act and the children were photographed naked. Mothers of two of the abused boys lived on the street and sold their boys for up to $100 because, they said, “they needed the money.”
Investigators say all three sex offenders lived in or just outside the capital city of Phnom Penh while on their multiple trips to the Asian region in the last few years.
In the U.S. the men face charges under the Protect Act — a 2003 law that provides life terms for child sex offenders with prior convictions, a much longer sentence than offenders would get abroad.
Investigators say the men are part of a thriving billion-dollar sex tourism business. After a crackdown in Thailand on child sex, the industry has moved primarily to Cambodia where pedophiles molest Vietnamese girls and Cambodian boys with little risk of being caught.
ICE hopes the arrests, done in conjunction with federal prosecutors in Los Angeles, Cambodian police and two anti-child trafficking organizations, International Justice Mission and the human rights organization Action Pour Les Enfants, will send a message that police are watching. Since 2003, ICE has arrested 70 international sex offenders under the Child Protect Act.
An 18-year-old woman told a Westmoreland County jury on Tuesday that she became intimate with a New Stanton man over a three-month period in 2007, even though he claimed to be six years older than the teen.
In reality, James Crise was then 25. The girl was 15 at the time of the alleged sexual assaults.
The woman testified she and Crise engaged in numerous sexual encounters.
“It made me feel closer to him,” she told jurors.
Crise, now 28, faces charges of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related offenses in his relationship with the teen.
She testified she encountered Crise over the Internet and their friendship grew into a sexual relationship. Crise told her he was 21 years old, she said.
A traffic stop in Greensburg on July 2, 2007, alerted police to Crise’s relationship with two girls.
For nine months, the teen denied she had an intimate relationship with Crise, because he told her to lie, she said. But she eventually told a school guidance counselor in Feb. 27, 2008, because she had tired of lying, she told jurors.
Neither side addressed the witness’ visible pregnancy. The witness is not pregnant to Crise, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Richard Powell, 32, testified yesterday that on Feb. 24, 2008, Crise told Powell he had sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl.
Powell, who faces charges of theft and receiving stolen property, said Crise made his admission while they were confined at the county prison.
Crise, who is acting as his own lawyer, contends his accuser is lying about the sexual relationship.
He challenged prosecution witnesses, including several police officers, about the veracity of their investigation.
During that investigation, police seized two laptop computers containing photographs of Crise and his accuser kissing, and two pictures of the naked girl.
Judge Rita Hathaway admonished Crise about his questioning of witnesses, suggesting he was leading police officers to disclose information to the jury about unrelated evidence found on his personal computer.
That evidence, according to Assistant District Attorney Kelly Hammers, included pictures of Crise having sex with his aunt and “hundreds” of pornographic photographs of unidentified young girls.
“That is still being investigated,” Hammers told the judge, while jurors were out of the courtroom.
Last month, Crise was convicted of possessing child pornography involving the photographs of the girl in this case and a 13-year-old girl. Crise was convicted of taking pictures of the girls while they were bikini wrestling. He is awaiting sentencing on those offenses.
Crise called his former fiancee to testify yesterday.
Heather Safran, who said she broke off with Crise three weeks ago, said Crise had a platonic relationship with the 15-year-old in 2007.
“You were like a big brother to her,” Safran testified.
After Hammers showed the witness the naked pictures of the girl, taken from Crise’s computer, Safran conceded they were not indicative of a relationship between siblings.
Crise told Hathaway he will testify when the trial resumes this morning.
Громадянина Німеччини, який розбещував неповнолітніх й фільмував це на відеокамеру, затримали правоохоронці у місті Щолкіно в Криму, повідомив Департамент зв`язків з громадськістю МВС України.
За оперативними даними, іноземець упродовж чотирьох останніх місяців підшукував серед неповнолітніх для сексуальних утіх. Чоловік неодноразово приїздив до Криму. Допомагав знаходити секс-партнерів місцевий хлопчак, свого часу розбещений іноземцем.
“За сеанс плотських втіх чоловік розплачувався із доставленими своїм помічником дітьми 200-гривенною купюрою. Саме ця, украй низька порівняно із Євросоюзом, “ціна питання” і стала головною перевагою у маршруту секс-туру на релаксовій мапі”, – говорять в МВС.
Із близько десятка об’єктів сексуальних втіх іноземця поки п’ятеро визнані потерпілими – батьки намагаються зробити все можливе, аби їхні діти не фігурували у справі, резонанс якої зростає.
При затримані у іноземця вилучили відеокамеру і кілька CD-дисків, на яких були зняті його статеві акти з неповнолітніми.
Допоки йому пред’явлено обвинувачення у розбещенні неповнолітніх. Питання щодо можливої відповідальності за розповсюдження порнопродуції наразі вирішується – нині активно шукають докази, що він через Інтернет-канали тиражував зняте ним в Україні відео.
До справи, ймовірно, може долучитися Інтерпол: необхідно перевірити, чи був раніше чоловік причетним до подібних інцидентів.
Sie wirken noch genauso frisch wie damals im Morgentau der Mulde-Wiesen. Einziger Unterschied: Heute erregen die Land-Schönheiten von einst keinen Anstoß mehr – und werden sogar mit einer Sonder-Schau in der Denkmalschmiede Höfgen geehrt.
Die Vorgeschichte:
An einem Samstag im August 1979 trafen sich die renommierten Fotografen Günter Rössler (83), Roger Rössing (1929-2006), Eva Mahn (62) und Volkhard Wilhelm (1944-1986) an der Mulde. Mit dabei: Birgit, Sylvia und die anderen Mädchen.
Was dann passierte, ging als „das Akt-Pleinair“ in die Geschichte ein und gilt als Geburtsstunde der künstlerischen Akt-Fotografie in der DDR: blanke Brüste in Schwarz-Weiß, abgelichtet in freier Natur.
Ein Skandal! Kuratorin Kristina Bahr (42): „Die Werke durften damals teilweise nicht veröffentlicht werden, wurden teilweise sogar verboten.“
Als Rössler seine holden Schönen im Herbst 1979 in Grimma zeigen wollte, prüfte vorher eine Kommission die Werke auf sittliche Unbedenklichkeit: „Ein Foto musste daraufhin entfernt werden.“ Und eine Ausstellung an der Ostsee wurde ganz abgesagt.
Ab heute werden die Bilder, die damals für Furore sorgten, wieder gezeigt. 50 bis 60 Arbeiten, die an jenem Tag bei Grimma entstanden, sind in Höfgen zu sehen, aber auch neue Aktfotografien – schließlich sollen auch moderne Positionen gezeigt werden. Zur Ausstellungseröffnung kommen Günter Rössler und Eva Mahn.
„Akt-Pleinair Höfgen 1979/2009“ Studiogalerie Höfgen in Grimma, Teichstraße 11/12; Vernissage heute 15 Uhr (Eintritt frei). Die Ausstellung geht bis 27. September.
In a shocking incident, a 9-year-old girl student was paraded naked Friday in the northern Indian city of Faridabad for failing to pay school fees, said police on Saturday.
A senior Indian police official said that the incident happened only 40 kms from the national capital.
“The girl, a student of three standard at Faridabad Model School, was paraded naked on the school premises after her family failed to deposit the tuition fees,” he said.
A probe has been ordered into the incident.
“It has shocked the whole country. We will soon take strict action against those responsible for the act,” the official said.
In a shocking incident, a Class III student in Faridabad was stripped off her top by her class teacher for not paying her tuition fee despite the fact that the child, a daughter of an autorickshaw driver, was entitled to full fee concession.
“I was forced to take off my T-shirt. When my teacher caught hold of my skirt, I told her not to do that. When I asked why she was doing it, she said it was the principal’s order. Then I was asked to stand half naked for a long time and when I tried to cover myself, she asked me to stand straight,” the nine-year-old victim said.
The victim’s mother said that she has a document to prove that her daughter is exempted from paying fees.
Taking note of the incident, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPR) has said stern action will be taken against the teacher if she is found guilty.
“If found guilty, we will take very strict action (against the teacher). Not only the teacher, school management and authorities are equally responsible,” Sandhya Bajaj, NCPR member said.
Playboy editors are so desperate to convince Lindsay Lohan to strip nude for the magazine, they’ve reportedly made the actress a new offer of $900,000 to flash her flesh.
The star was previously approached by editors at Hugh Hefner‘s men’s magazine to pose naked for Playboy‘s 55th anniversary issue last year for the sum of $500,000.
Lohan, who bared all for a provocative New York magazine spread early in 2008, turned down the big money offer, with her representative insisting, “If there’s nudity, the answer is no. She’s not going down that road again.”
But Playboy executives are refusing to give up and have almost doubled the money to try and entice the star to make a deal, according to online reports.
Lohan has yet to respond to the offer.
Wiggly-jiggly nakedness has gotten so much stage time of late, that it’s becoming, well, overexposed.
For the record, I’m a big fan of nakedness. And lots of other people are too, judging from the 50 people who lined up on a recent evening for the sold-out performance of Studio L’amour’s “Naked Girls Reading.” The show is pretty much what you would expect; a troupe of five women who are naked and — you guessed it — reading.
In a second-floor dance studio with high ceilings and exposed brick walls, a mixed crowd of couples on dates, fedora-wearing hipsters and three creepy-looking guys (front row, center) gathered to watch as five women — each clad in nothing but a pair of stiletto heels — perched primly on a Victorian-style sofa and read from a selection of erotic stories. I was willing to go along with the gimmick (they’re naked AND they read!) for the first 20 minutes of the show, through the passages by Anais Nin, Anne Sexton and Nancy Friday, but when one young woman, apropos of nothing, pulled out an ice cream churn and began to whip up a batch of coconut ice cream — yes, she was still in the buff, except for a white apron — I began to think that that all this nakedness had gone a tad too far.
So I’m just going to say it: All you naked performers out there, it’s time to put your clothes back on.
As much as everybody might love to see a little skin, full-on, in-your-face, wiggly-jiggly nakedness has gotten so much stage time of late, that it’s becoming, well, overexposed.
Consider for a moment that in recent years, you could barely swing a G-string without hitting some other naked theatrical performance in Chicago. We’ve seen “Naked Boys Singing!” (2001), “Barenaked Lads in the Great Outdoors” (2006), “Barenaked Lads Save Christmas” (2006), “Kama Sutra: The Musical” (2006), “The Fully Monty” (2008) and even — I am not making this up — “Puppetry of the Penis” (2003). Granted, some of these were great — or at least highly amusing — performances.
But now nakedness feels as if it has moved from creative to crutch. Last month brought us “Naked July: Art Stripped Down,” a monthlong festival of nudity at the National Pastime Theater. Next month will bring “Rollin’ Outta Here Naked” at Gorilla Tango Theatre. What’s more, all of those fleshy performances come amid a major resurgence of burlesque.
In Chicago, where few if any striptease and hootchy-kootchy shows were staged for the mainstream crowd a decade ago, you now have your choice among a dozen kinds of locally performed burlesque, including classic, neo, aerial, bump-and-grind, fan dance, fetish, queer and, for Halloween, even vampire.
We’ve been seeing so much skin that even some burlesque dancers are suggesting that it’s time to cover up. “As a performer, I have respect for anyone who is doing it,” said Angela Eve, owner of Eve’s Parlor and a trailblazer on local burlesque scene. “But some people think there is a bit of over-saturation, with not as much quality as before.”
David Zak — famed for staging very naked and very successful performances such as “Naked Boys Singing!" at the Bailiwick Arts Center — said that, in the gay community, naked or near-naked performances have become “sort of passe,” and “sort of been-there-done-that.”
Nevertheless, into this crowded field has stepped “Naked Girls Reading.”
The idea behind the show began about three years ago when the pale-skinned, raven-haired, curvaceous Michelle L’amour, 29, was lying naked on her sofa and reading a book. “I looked over, and I was like, ‘That’s an incredible image,’ ” recalled L’amour’s husband, Franky Vivid, 36. The pose on the sofa, he said, was “sexy but also intelligent.”
At the time, L’amour was teaching burlesque at a dance studio, and Vivid was managing L’amour’s regular burlesque shows. The two talked about the naked reading concept, but they weren’t sure how to make it work.
Fast forward to this spring. L’amour had opened her own dance space, Studio L’amour on West Randolph Street in the Fulton Market neighborhood, when she and Vivid hit on an idea. Why not stage “Naked Girls Reading” as a live performance?
L’amour recruited, from her burlesque classes, a half-dozen women willing to read and asked each to choose a few erotic passages. They are paid $40-$60 per performance.
The first show in March was a hit, so L’amour turned the concept into a monthly event, each with a different theme. (March, courtesans; April, bedtime stories; May, rock ‘n’ roll; June, poetry; July, freedom; August, erotica.)
On a recent Sunday evening, the crowd watched as five confidently naked women in their 20s and 30s who work day jobs such as retail clerk, veterinary tech and paralegal — read passages from BUST magazine, “The Best Women’s Erotica 2007″ and the book “The Sensuous Man” written by “M.” Some of the passages were crude; others were tender. One story about the out-of-the-way places a couple could make love — “the control cabin of a crane,” “on a tour cruiser down the Seine,” “on top of a haystack,” — drew gales of laughter from the audience.
But the Naked Girls were not professional performers and — though earnest and well-meaning — they read as well as you’d expect them to, speaking too quickly, without inflection and, oddly, without much passion. They seemed to put more thought into being naked, than into reading. (One exception: Ginny Fizz, a 35-year-old librarian, who delivered her passages in a seductive purr, giving us an arched eyebrow, a knowing smile and — at just the right moment — a sly wink.)
The titillation of nudity wore off in about 20 minutes, and yet the show went on for more than two hours. A malfunctioning air conditioner left the room hot and stuffy. A man in the front row, who wore his shirt fully unbuttoned (giving us a view of his fat, hairy belly), giggled and growled repeatedly, "Oooohhhh, yeah!" A dozen people headed for the door in the first half hour. By the end, only half the original crowd remained.
Would this concept work if the women weren’t naked? Not even close.
But still, L’amour is thinking of expanding. After the Sunday performance, she said she saw potential in a new concept, “Naked Girls Cooking.”
