Friday, 20. September 2002

MUSEUM OF TOILETS


Ever wondered what a museum dedicated entirely to the history of toilets would be like ? If that peculiar question ever crossed your mind-seek professional help ! But if you really want to know, you can visit Sulabh in New Delhi, India or just browse this section of our website where we bring the museum onto your screens, virtually.


¬><a href="www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org"target="_blank"> MUSEUM

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CYPERWAR


How Terrorists Could Defeat the U.S., and Why They Won't
WARNING: The information contained in this document is intended for educational purposes only. Anyone who attempts to undertake what is described in the "Possible Terrorist Scenario" section will be commiting an act of war against the states involved.

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Minuteman III Air Force Test Missile Out West


The colorful contrail was seen soon after the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off at 7:36 p.m. from an underground silo at the Vandenberg military base north of Santa Barbara. "The smoke went up in spirals as the sun was setting and turned into an orange, amber color. It was like a flower going into bloom pretty quickly," said Simon Cox, who saw it from a restaurant terrace in Santa Barbara.


¬><a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank"> AP

Primary function: Intercontinental ballistic missile
Contractor: Boeing Co.
Power plant: Three solid-propellant rocket motors; first stage, Thiokol; second stage, Aerojet-General; third stage, United Technologies Chemical Systems Division
Thrust: First stage, 202,600 pounds (91,170 kilograms)
Length: 59.9 feet (18 meters)
Weight: 79,432 pounds (32,158 kilograms)
Diameter: 5.5 feet (1.67 meters)
Range: 6,000-plus miles (5,218 nautical miles)
Speed: Approximately 15,000 mph (Mach 23 or 24,000 kph) at burnout
Ceiling: 700 miles (1,120 kilometers)

¬> MEHR UEBER DAS TEIL

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Israelis wreck Arafat's HQ


Israeli forces besieging Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been systematically destroying buildings at his West Bank compound.


¬><a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank"> BBC

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OSTRICH BACK RIDERS THE BAND


THE "OSTRICH-BACK-RIDERS" WERE FORMED PURELY BY ACCIDENT DEEP INSIDE A SECRET SONG LABORATORY BELONGING TO A FREAKY DUDE BY THE NAME OF "THE OVERDUBBING IDIOT"

¬><a href="artists3.iuma.com"target="_blank"> DON'T TAKE A BUS IN TEL AVIV mp3 4.13MB

¬> HOMEPAGE

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Ostriches brands hatched


MADCAP chariot racers towed by OSTRICHES make a dash for the finishing line — egged on by 10,000 spectators.


¬><a href="www.thesun.co.uk"target="_blank"> SUN

¬> OOOOH!! AAAAH! OSTRICHES RACE

¬> How to ride an ostrich

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Break-up looms for KirchMedia


KirchMedia's creditors have approved the partial break-up of the bankrupt group by allowing separate bids for the broadcasting rights to the 2006 World Cup.

¬> GUARDIAN

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Feeling Lucky, Punk?


The music industry’s in a slump, but Vagrant Records is on the rise with rock for teens bored by Britney.
You can’t run a record label without being a bit of a rock star yourself, and Rich Egan is playing the part. It’s 11 a.m. and Egan, whose Vagrant Records could be incubating the next Nirvana, has overslept his interview.

¬> NEWSWEEK

¬><a href="www.vagrant.com"target="_blank"> Vagrant Records

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And now, Hitchhiker the movie


Cult novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is to be turned into a Hollywood movie. The scriptwriter for Chicken Run, Karey Kirkpatrick, is to complete the script from a draft version written by author Douglas Adams before his death last year.


Zaphod Beeblebrox in the BBC TV version
¬><a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank"> BBC

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EXTREME IRONING World Championship


TEAM GREAT BRITAIN
The squad has been announced:

Steam - Rowenta GB1 Starch - Rowenta GB1 Basket - Rowenta GB1 Fe - Rowenta GB2 Short Fuse - Rowenta GB2 Iron Matron - Rowenta GB2 Tirony - Rowenta GB3 Hotplate - Rowenta GB3 Safety Setting - Rowenta GB3 Travel Iron - Rowenta GB4 Powercord - Rowenta GB4 Ironside - Rowenta GB4

Worum es sich´s dreht?
¬> BRITAIN TEAM


¬> TEAM AUSTRIA

¬> World Championship Friday/Saturday, September 20/21 2002

¬> OLDER SHIT

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Sex and drugs and ex-communists


Germany's ex-communist PDS party is enticing young and first time voters with the lure of sex and drugs on the Internet ahead of Sunday's general election.

¬> REUTERS

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Austrian town divided on 80ft steel Schwarzenegger statue


The 80ft statue in the centre of Graz will be a tribute to local boy Arnold Schwarzenegger and will tower over more traditional statues of Mozart and the Austrian Emperor Kaiser Franz Joseph.


¬><a href="www.ananova.com"target="_blank"> ANANOVA

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