london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- karma caught up with former culture club singer boy george on friday when a court sentenced the star to 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort , a court spokeswoman said . george o'dowd , also known as boy george , arrives at snaresbrook crown court , in east london . full details of the sentence were n't immediately clear . a jury unanimously found the pop star and dj , whose real name is george o'dowd , guilty of the charge last month after a seven-day trial at snaresbrook crown court in northeast london . the jury determined o'dowd , 47 , had chained male escort audun carlsen to a wall at his apartment in london 's hip shoreditch neighborhood . carlsen had also said the singer beat him with a metal chain . watch as boy george arrives at court '' o'dowd , who maintained his innocence , came to court friday sporting a multicolored tattoo on his bald head , none of his trademark makeup , and a black winter coat . the star quit culture club in 1987 after a string of hits with the group , including `` karma chameleon , '' `` do you really want to hurt me ? '' and `` church of the poison mind . '' he has since become a dj and revived his singing career , releasing a single last year called `` yes we can , '' inspired by barack obama and featuring clips of the u.s. president-elect . o'dowd is no stranger to the law . in august 2006 , he spent five days cleaning the streets of manhattan as part of a community service sentence for falsely reporting a break-in at his new york city home . police in new york say a man seriously burned himself when he covered a rental car with alcohol to kill bedbugs and then lit a cigarette inside the car . scott kemery , 44 , was rushed by helicopter to stony brook university hospital on long island with first and second degree burns after accidentally setting himself on fire on tuesday . he has also publicly battled drug addiction . police said that kemery , who is from bridgehampton , started the blaze with his ill-timed cigarette break in the parking lot of the king kullen supermarket in eastport . by . mark prigg . scientists have uncovered a mysterious structure that surround the earth rather like a giant zebraprint jacket . the strange structure has never been seen before , and initially baffled scientists . stripes extend through the inner radiation belt , moving as the earth rotates . scene : scott kemery gave himself first and second degree burns after he set fire to himself by mistake in the parking lot of the king kullen supermarket in eastport on tuesday . kemery , told police that he rented the car in florida and drove north to the hamptons and discovered the car had bedbugs . he said that a friend had explained to him the best way to kill bedbugs was to douse them in alcohol . inspired , kemery did just that . scroll down for video . the stripes that surround earth : two giant belts of radiation surround earth . the inner belt is dominated by electrons and the outer one by protons . the radiation belts are dynamic doughnut-shaped regions around our planet , extending high above the atmosphere , made up of high-energy particles , both electrons and charged particles called ions , which are trapped by earth 's magnetic field . radiation levels across the belts are affected by solar activity that causes energy and particles to flow into near-earth space . scientists discovered the new , persistent structure in one of two radiation belts surrounding earth . nasa 's twin van allen probes spacecraft spotted the pattern , which that resembles slanted zebra stripes . the structure is produced by the slow rotation of earth , previously considered incapable of affecting the motion of radiation belt particles , which have velocities approaching the speed of light . scientists had previously believed that increased solar wind activity was the primary force behind any structures in our planet 's radiation belts . however , these zebra stripes were shown to be visible even during low solar wind activity , which prompted a new search for how they were generated . ` it is because of the unprecedented resolution of our energetic particle experiment , rbspice , that we now understand that the inner belt electrons are , in fact , always organized in zebra patterns , ' said aleksandr ukhorskiy , lead author of the paper at the johns hopkins applied physics laboratory , or apl , in laurel . chelsea manager jose mourinho believes he is improving in every aspect of his job but insisted his one problem is that he can not help but be truthful when he addresses the media . the 52-year-old has won league titles in all four countries that he has managed - portugal , england , italy and spain - and insists he continues to get better as a manager . but mourinho regularly finds himself in hot water with the football association regarding his comments to the media . because of the tilt in earth 's magnetic field axis , the planet 's rotation generates an oscillating , weak electric field that permeates through the entire inner radiation belt . the stretching and folding process results in the striped pattern observed across the entire inner belt , extending from above earth 's atmosphere , about 500 miles above the planet 's surface up to roughly 8,000 miles . jose mourinho watches from the touchline during chelsea 's 2-1 win against stoke last weekend . mourinho believes he is getting better and better in every aspect of his job . the former real madrid manager was fined # 25,000 earlier this season after claiming there was a clear campaign against his side after being riled by a number of refereeing decisions . he amassed a similar amount in fa fines last season after being charged for three separate incidents and mourinho admits his frankness in front of the press is is one weakness . ' i think i have a problem , which is i 'm getting better at everything related to my job since i started , ' mourinho told the telegraph . ` the rbspice instrument has remarkably fine resolution and so it was able to bring into focus a phenomena that we previously did n't even know existed , ' said david sibeck , the mission scientist for the van allen probes at nasa 's goddard space flight center in greenbelt , md. . mourinho says his problem is that he is not a hypocrite when he faces the media . however , he then made the near fatal mistake of getting into the car and lighting his cigarette , thereby igniting the alchol and setting himself on fire . bedbugs : mr. kemery had been reliably informed by a friend that the best way to kill bedbugs was to douse them in alcohol . he did not think not to light a cigarette in his car afterwards was a bad idea . the chelsea boss said there was ' a campaign ' against his side after his side 's game against southampton . ` there has been evolution in many different areas -- the way i read the game ; the way i prepare the game ; the way i train ; the methodology ... i feel better and better . authorities said that they did not believe the fire was criminal in nature and that they were not going to pursue an investigation . ` but there is one point where i can not change : when i face the media , i am never a hypocrite . ' ` better yet , we have a great team of scientists to take advantage of these unprecedented observations : we could n't have interpreted this data without analysis from strong theoreticians . ' police told newsday that two other cars were heavily damaged from the flames of the fire .
former culture club singer jailed for falsely imprisoning a male escort . the victim , audun carlsen , claimed he was also beaten with a chain . boy george , whose real name is george o'dowd , has battled drug addiction . he spent 5 days cleaning the streets of manhattan in 2006 on community order .
london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- karma caught up with former culture club singer boy george on friday when a court sentenced the star to 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort , a court spokeswoman said . george o'dowd , also known as boy george , arrives at snaresbrook crown court , in east london . full details of the sentence were n't immediately clear . a jury unanimously found the pop star and dj , whose real name is george o'dowd , guilty of the charge last month after a seven-day trial at snaresbrook crown court in northeast london . the jury determined o'dowd , 47 , had chained male escort audun carlsen to a wall at his apartment in london 's hip shoreditch neighborhood . carlsen had also said the singer beat him with a metal chain . watch as boy george arrives at court '' o'dowd , who maintained his innocence , came to court friday sporting a multicolored tattoo on his bald head , none of his trademark makeup , and a black winter coat . the star quit culture club in 1987 after a string of hits with the group , including `` karma chameleon , '' `` do you really want to hurt me ? '' and `` church of the poison mind . '' he has since become a dj and revived his singing career , releasing a single last year called `` yes we can , '' inspired by barack obama and featuring clips of had explained to him the best way to kill bedbugs was to douse them in alcohol . inspired , kemery did just that . scroll down for video . the stripes that surround earth : two giant belts of radiation surround earth . the inner belt is dominated by electrons and the outer one by protons . the radiation belts are dynamic doughnut-shaped regions around our planet , extending high above the atmosphere , made up of high-energy particles , both electrons and charged particles called ions , which are trapped by earth 's magnetic field . radiation levels across the belts are affected by solar activity that causes energy and particles to flow into near-earth space . scientists discovered the new , persistent structure in one of two radiation belts surrounding earth . nasa 's twin van allen probes spacecraft spotted the pattern , which that resembles slanted zebra stripes . the structure is produced by the slow rotation of earth , previously considered incapable of affecting the motion of radiation belt particles , which have velocities approaching the speed of light . scientists had previously believed that increased solar wind activity was the primary force behind any structures in our planet 's radiation belts . however , these zebra stripes were shown to be visible even during low solar wind activity , which prompted a new search for how they were generated . ` it is because of the unprecedented resolution of our energetic particle experiment , rbspice , that we now understand that decisions . he amassed a similar amount in fa fines last season after being charged for three separate incidents and mourinho admits his frankness in front of the press is is one weakness . ' i think i have a problem , which is i 'm getting better at everything related to my job since i started , ' mourinho told the telegraph . ` the rbspice instrument has remarkably fine resolution and so it was able to bring into focus a phenomena that we previously did n't even know existed , ' said david sibeck , the mission scientist for the van allen probes at nasa 's goddard space flight center in greenbelt , md. . mourinho says his problem is that he is not a hypocrite when he faces the media . however , he then made the near fatal mistake of getting into the car and lighting his cigarette , thereby igniting the alchol and setting himself on fire . bedbugs : mr. kemery had been reliably informed by a friend that the best way to kill bedbugs was to douse them in alcohol . he did not think not to light a cigarette in his car afterwards was a bad idea . the chelsea boss said there was ' a campaign ' against his side after his side 's game against southampton . ` there has been evolution in many different areas -- the way i read the game ; the way i prepare the game ; the way i train ; the methodology ... i feel better and better . authorities said that they did not believe the fire was criminal in nature and that they were not going to pursue an investigation . ` but there is one point where i can not change : when i face the media , i am never a hypocrite . ' ` better yet , we have a great team of scientists to take advantage of these unprecedented observations : we could n't have interpreted this data without analysis from strong theoreticians . ' police told newsday that two other cars were heavily damaged from the flames of the fire .
his ill-timed cigarette break in the parking lot of the king kullen supermarket in eastport . by . mark prigg . scientists have uncovered a mysterious structure that surround the earth rather like a giant zebraprint jacket . the strange structure has never been seen before , and initially baffled scientists . stripes extend through the inner radiation belt , moving as the earth rotates . scene : scott kemery gave himself first and second degree burns after he set fire to himself by mistake in the parking lot of the king kullen supermarket in eastport on tuesday . kemery , told police that he rented the car in florida and drove north to the hamptons and discovered the car had bedbugs . he said that a friend had explained to him the best way to kill bedbugs was to douse them in alcohol . inspired , kemery did just that . scroll down for video . the stripes that surround earth : two giant belts of radiation surround earth . the inner belt is dominated by electrons and the outer one by protons . the radiation belts are dynamic doughnut-shaped regions around our planet , extending high above the atmosphere , made up of high-energy particles , both electrons and charged particles called ions , which are trapped by earth 's magnetic field . radiation levels across the belts are affected by solar activity that causes energy and particles to flow into near-earth space . scientists discovered the new , persistent structure in one of two radiation belts surrounding earth . nasa 's twin van allen probes spacecraft spotted the pattern , which that resembles slanted zebra stripes . the structure is produced by the slow rotation of earth , previously considered incapable of affecting the motion of radiation belt particles , which have velocities approaching the speed of light . scientists had previously believed that increased solar wind activity was the primary force behind any structures in our planet 's radiation belts . however , these zebra stripes were shown to be visible even during low solar wind activity , which prompted a new search for how they were generated . ` it is because of the unprecedented resolution of our energetic particle experiment , rbspice , that we now understand that the inner belt electrons are , in fact , always organized in zebra patterns , ' said aleksandr ukhorskiy , lead author of the paper at the johns hopkins applied physics laboratory , or apl , in laurel . chelsea manager jose mourinho believes he is improving in every aspect of his job but insisted his one problem is that he can not help but be truthful when he addresses the media . the 52-year-old has won league titles in all four countries that he has managed - portugal , england , italy and spain - and insists he continues to get better as a manager . but mourinho regularly finds himself in hot water with the football association regarding his comments to the media . because of the tilt in earth 's magnetic field axis , the planet 's rotation generates an oscillating , weak electric field that permeates through the entire inner radiation belt . the stretching and folding process results in the striped pattern observed across the entire inner belt , extending from above earth 's atmosphere , about 500 miles above the planet 's surface up to roughly 8,000 miles . jose mourinho watches from the touchline during chelsea 's 2-1 win against stoke last weekend . mourinho believes he is getting better and better in every aspect of his job . the former real madrid manager was fined # 25,000 earlier this season after claiming there was a clear campaign against his side after being riled by a number of refereeing decisions . he amassed a similar amount in fa fines last season after being charged for three separate incidents and mourinho admits his frankness in front of the press is is one weakness . ' i think i have a problem , which is i 'm getting better at everything related to my job since i started , ' mourinho told the telegraph . ` the rbspice instrument has remarkably fine resolution and so it was able to bring into focus a phenomena that we previously did n't even know existed , ' said david sibeck , the mission scientist for the van allen probes at nasa 's goddard space flight center in greenbelt , md. . mourinho says his problem is that he is not a hypocrite when he faces the media . however , he then made the near fatal mistake of getting into the car and lighting his cigarette , thereby igniting the alchol and setting himself on fire . bedbugs : mr. kemery had been reliably informed by a friend that the best way to kill bedbugs was to douse them in alcohol . he did not think not to light a cigarette in his car afterwards was a bad idea . the chelsea boss said there was ' a campaign ' against his side after his side 's game against southampton . ` there has been evolution in many different areas -- the way i read the game ; the way i prepare the game ; the way i train ; the methodology ... i feel better and better . authorities said that they did not believe the fire was criminal in nature and that they were not going to pursue an investigation . ` but there is one point where i can not change : when i face the media , i am never a hypocrite . ' ` better yet , we have a great team of scientists to take advantage of these unprecedented observations : we could n't have interpreted this data without analysis from strong theoreticians . ' police told newsday that two other cars were heavily damaged from the flames of the fire .
london, england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- karma caught former culture club singer boy george on friday when a court sentenced the star for falsely a male escort, a court spokeswoman. george o'dowd, also boy george arrives snaresbrook crown court, in east london. full details of the sentence n't immediately. a jury unanimously the pop star and dj, george o'dowd the charge last after at snaresbrook crown court northeast london. the jury determined o'dowd, 47 had chained male escort audun carlsen at london 's hip shoreditch neighborhood. carlsen had also the singer beat with a metal chain. watch as boy george arrives court '' o'dowd, who maintained, came friday sporting multicolored tattoo his bald head none his trademark makeup black winter the star quit culture club in 1987 a string hits with, including `` karma chameleon, '' do you really hurt? '' and `` church of the poison mind. '' he has since become a dj and revived, releasing called yes we, '' inspired barack obama featuring clips the u.s. president-elect. o'dowd is no stranger the law. in august 2006, he spent cleaning the streets manhattan as a community service sentence falsely his new york city home. police in new york seriously burned when covered a rental car alcohol to kill bedbugs then lit inside. scott kemery, 44 was rushed by helicopter stony brook university hospital on long island with after accidentally setting tuesday. he has also publicly battled drug addiction. police said that kemery, bridgehampton started the blaze with his ill-timed cigarette break the king kullen supermarket eastport. by. mark prigg. scientists uncovered a mysterious structure surround the earth rather like a giant zebraprint jacket. the strange structure has never, initially baffled scientists. stripes extend through the inner radiation belt, moving as. scene : scott kemery gave himself first and second degree burns after set himself by mistake the king kullen supermarket eastport on tuesday. kemery, told police rented florida north the hamptons and discovered bedbugs. he said a friend explained kill bedbugs douse alcohol. inspired, kemery did just that. scroll. the stripes that surround earth : two giant belts radiation surround earth. the inner belt is dominated electrons the outer one. the radiation belts dynamic doughnut-shaped regions around our planet, extending high made both electrons charged called ions trapped earth 's magnetic field radiation levels across the belts are affected solar activity that causes energy and particles flow near. scientists discovered the new, persistent structure one two radiation belts surrounding earth. nasa 's twin van allen probes spacecraft spotted the pattern, which that resembles slanted zebra stripes. the structure is produced the slow rotation earth, previously considered incapable affecting radiation belt particles which have velocities approaching scientists had believed increased solar wind activity the primary force any structures our planet 's radiation belts. however, these zebra stripes shown visible even during low solar wind activity which prompted a new search how generated ` it because the unprecedented resolution our energetic particle experiment, rbspice now understand the inner belt electrons, always organized zebra patterns ' said aleksandr ukhorskiy lead at the johns hopkins applied physics laboratory, or apl, laurel. chelsea manager jose mourinho believes improving but insisted his one problem can not help truthful addresses. the 52 has won league titles all four countries that managed - portugal, england italy spain insists continues get. but mourinho regularly finds the football association regarding to. because the tilt in earth 's magnetic field axis, generates an oscillating, weak electric field permeates through the entire inner radiation belt the stretching and folding process results the striped pattern observed across the entire inner belt, extending above earth 's atmosphere about 500 up. jose mourinho watches chelsea 's 2-1 win stoke last. mourinho believes getting in his job. the former real madrid manager was fined # 25,000 earlier season after claiming there a clear campaign against his side after being riled a number. he amassed a similar amount fa fines last after for three separate incidents and mourinho admits his frankness front is one weakness. ' i think, which i 'm getting better everything related since, ' mourinho told the telegraph. ` the rbspice instrument has remarkably fine resolution so was able bring into a phenomena previously n't, ' david sibeck the mission scientist the van allen probes at nasa 's goddard space flight center greenbelt md . mourinho says his problem a hypocrite when faces. however, he then made the near fatal mistake getting lighting, thereby the alchol and setting himself bedbugs : mr kemery had reliably informed a friend the best way kill bedbugs douse alcohol. he did think not light afterwards was. the chelsea boss said there ' a campaign ' against his side after his side 's game southampton. ` there has evolution many different areas -- the way i read the game ; prepare train methodology... i feel better. authorities said did the fire criminal going pursue. ` but there one point i not change : when face the media, am never a hypocrite. ' ` better yet, we a great team scientists take advantage these unprecedented observations : we could n't interpreted analysis from strong theoreticians. ' police told newsday two other cars heavily from the flames of.
had explained to him the best way to kill bedbugs was to douse them in alcohol . inspired , kemery did just that . scroll down for video . the stripes that surround earth : two giant belts of radiation surround earth . the inner belt is dominated by electrons and the outer one by protons . the radiation belts are dynamic doughnut-shaped regions around our planet , extending high above the atmosphere , made up of high-energy particles , both electrons and charged particles called ions , which are trapped by earth 's magnetic field . radiation levels across the belts are affected by solar activity that causes energy and particles to flow into near-earth space . scientists discovered the new , persistent structure in one of two radiation belts surrounding earth . nasa 's twin van allen probes spacecraft spotted the pattern , which that resembles slanted zebra stripes . the structure is produced by the slow rotation of earth , previously considered incapable of affecting the motion of radiation belt particles , which have velocities approaching the speed of light . scientists had previously believed that increased solar wind activity was the primary force behind any structures in our planet 's radiation belts . however , these zebra stripes were shown to be visible even during low solar wind activity , which prompted a new search for how they were generated . ` it is because of the unprecedented resolution of our energetic particle experiment , rbspice , that we now understand that decisions . he amassed a similar amount in fa fines last season after being charged for three separate incidents and mourinho admits his frankness in front of the press is is one weakness . ' i think i have a problem , which is i 'm getting better at everything related to my job since i started , ' mourinho told the telegraph . ` the rbspice instrument has remarkably fine resolution and so it was able to bring into focus a phenomena that we previously did n't even know existed , ' said david sibeck , the mission scientist for the van allen probes at nasa 's goddard space flight center in greenbelt , md. . mourinho says his problem is that he is not a hypocrite when he faces the media . however , he then made the near fatal mistake of getting into the car and lighting his cigarette , thereby igniting the alchol and setting himself on fire . bedbugs : mr. kemery had been reliably informed by a friend that the best way to kill bedbugs was to douse them in alcohol . he did not think not to light a cigarette in his car afterwards was a bad idea . the chelsea boss said there was ' a campaign ' against his side after his side 's game against southampton . ` there has been evolution in many different areas -- the way i read the game ; the way i prepare the game ; the way i train ; the methodology ... i feel better and better . authorities said that they did not believe the fire was criminal in nature and that they were not going to pursue an investigation . ` but there is one point where i can not change : when i face the media , i am never a hypocrite . ' ` better yet , we have a great team of scientists to take advantage of these unprecedented observations : we could n't have interpreted this data without analysis from strong theoreticians . ' police told newsday that two other cars were heavily damaged from the flames of the fire .
 The text appears to be discussing various scientific concepts and theories, including radiation belts, solar activity, and the structure of the Earth. It also mentions NASA's Van Allen Probes and their findings regarding the Earth's magnetic field. Additionally, it touches on the topic of bed bugs and how they can be killed using alcohol. Overall, the text seems to be a collection of unrelated scientific facts and information.