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 LOS ANGELESThe California man behind an anti-Muslim film that roiled the Islamic world was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison for violating his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction by lying about his identity.U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder immediately sentenced Mark Basseley Youssef after he admitted to four of the eight alleged violations, including obtaining a fraudulent California driver s license. Prosecutors agreed to drop the other four allegations under an agreement with Youssef s attorneys, which also included more probation.None of the violations had to do with the content of  Innocence of Muslims,  a film that depicts Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and womanizer.Anti-Islam filmmaker denies probation violationAnti-Muslim filmmaker jailed, reveals real namePakistan hit by deadly riots over anti-Muslim filmJudge won t force removal of anti-Muslim film clipHowever, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Dugdale argued Youseff s lies about his identity have caused harm to others, including the film s cast and crew. The mo stanley cup vie sparked violence in the Middle East, killing dozens. They had no idea he was a recently released felon,  Dugdale said Wednesday.  Had they known that, they might h stanley mug ave had second thoughts  about being part of the film.Youssef s attorney Steven Seiden said his clien vaso stanley t admits to being the film s scriptwriter but had no other involvement except what he described as being a  cultural adviser. Youssef, 55, was arrested in  Iffz Everything You Need to Know to Rebuild Civilization from Scratch
 I absolutely gurantee you ;ve admired the artwork of John Harris at some point, even if you never knew his name. And now, a new book collects some of his most eye-popping art featuring spaceships and alien worlds. And we ;ve got some exclusive images, with a stanley becher rtist commentary!     Top image: Quiet Night. Harris writes: Inside the Roche limit. Again this is about opposing emotions. The still air and the depiction of a sleeping city  my home town  highlight the violent cosmic event above, all occurring in silence, of which the residents are blissfully unaware  for now . General Practice. Says Harris:  One of a series of books by James White. I made it an opportunity to explore the theme of falling, and how the uprising plume of fire produces a contradictory sense of lift within the same picture. Earth Awakens. Says Harris: Another play on the theme of falling. Here, the difference between falling and diving is illustrated by the purposeful streak of the small fighter downwards across the path of the sedately falling carrier ship. Jupiter. Harris s stanley cup ays, The intimidating scale of the planet is emphasised by the minnow-like fighter escort for the approaching ship. Old Man   War. Harris writes, The first in the series by John Scalzi. This set the tone, creating a warm almost friendly feel in contrast to the martial nature of the content. T stanley en mexico he Ghost Brigades. Says Harris: 

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 LOS ANGELES - Atleast three Southern California fans have been taken to hospitals after theystormed the Coliseum field following the Trojans  20-17 upset victory over No.5 Stanford.USC spokesman Tim Tessalone says three fans were taken away.One fan had an injured leg, while another a blood pressure concern and a thirdhad a medical issue related to diabetes.Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Main says10 people were taken to hospitals from the Coliseum on Saturday night - five duringthe game and five more after the game. She had no immediate deta stanley cup ils on theinjuries or when they occurred, but said the injured were in fair condition.Thousands of fans flooded onto the field after the Trojansupset the Cardinal on a last-minute field goal.Andre Heidari kicked a 47-yard field goal with 19 seconds toplay, and USCrsquo  stalwart defense repeatedly came up big in a 20-17 upset of theCardinal on Saturday night.        Cody Kessler passed for 288 yards as the revitalized Trojans 8-3, 5-2 Pac-12  earned their fifth win in six games under the irrepressibleOrgeron, who replaced the fired Lane Kiffin in late Sep stanley polska tember.In our tight stanley cup -knit family, there was a belief that we weregoing to find a way to win the game, Orgeron said. Irsquo;m proud of our youngmen. This is something that theyrsquo;ve wanted for a long time now.USCrsquo  remarkable defensive performance included twofourth-quarter interceptions and a season-low 17 points from the powerfulCa Ugwn Alleged Ohio State Shooter Killed Self
 The Kepler space telescope may be dead in the water, er space, but the data it has collected over the years lives on. A new initiative is set to use this data in an effort to locate alien spaceships, Dyson spheres, and a galactic laser internet 鈥?and they ;ve been given $200,000 to make it happen.     The Kepler space telescope is spinning out of control  Spaceship art from Alexander Preuss aka Vampeta, winner of the CG Society   Grand Space Opera challenge. [via Concept Ships] The Templeton Foundation recently granted the money to Geoff Marcy, a NASA  stanley cup researcher for the Kepler mission. Marcy, who was recently appointed the new Watson and Marilyn Alberts Chair for SETI at the Univ cups stanley ersity of California at Berkeley, is a superstar when it comes to detecting planets outside of our solar system. His work has resulted in the discovery of over 100 exoplanets, including the first system of planets orbiting a distant star. https://gizmodo/meet-setis-new-boss-geoff-marcy-the-planet-hunter-5916758 And fascinatingly, he   going to use the same approach used to detect exoplanets to search for extraterrestrial artifacts like massive spaceships, Death Star-like objects, and Dyson spheres. By using the transi stanley cup t method, where the dimming of a star indicates the presence of an orbiting planet, Marcy hopes to detect artificial objects as well. https://gizmodo/want-to-find-alien-life-search-for-dyson-spheres-5918574 I do know that if I saw a star that winked out, then at so