Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 10:07:56 PM CEST
Why are snowflakes symmetrical?
How can ice crystallizing on one arm 'know' the shape of the other arms on the flake?
Snowflakes are symmetrical because they reflect the internal order of the water molecules as they arrange themselves in the solid state (the process of crystallization). Water molecules in the solid state, such as in ice and snow, form weak bonds (called hydrogen bonds) to one another. These ordered arrangements result in the basic symmetrical, hexagonal shape of the snowflake. In reality, there are many different types of snowflakes (as in the cliché that 'no two snowflakes are alike'); this differentiation occurs because each snowflake is a separate crystal that is subject to the specific atmospheric conditions, notably temperature and humidity, under which it is formed.
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 9:42:43 PM CEST
If You Read You’ll Judge
Preview of Kurt Cobain's journals
I like punk rock. I like girls with weird eyes. I like drugs. (But my Body And mind won’t allow me to take them). I like passion. I like playing my cards wrong. I like vinyl. I like to feel guilty for being a white, American male. I love to sleep. I like to taunt small, barking dogs in parked cars. I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance. I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity ... I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.
¬> <a href="www.observer.co.uk"target="_blank">Observer ¬> Pictures from Kurt Cobain's journals
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 9:34:19 PM CEST
The Scales of Good and Evil
Below is a list of the "Top Ten" evil people of all time followed by a list of the "Top Ten" good people of all time -- sorted in order of evilness and goodness. Please add your votes. Who would you like to see added to the list? What alterations would you make to the list or the ordering? Do the scales of good and evil balance? If I may have permission to quote you in a manuscript, please give permission in your note to me.
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 8:59:46 PM CEST
Sniper Still At Large
Law enforcement officials believe the sniper who has terrorized the Washington D.C. area is still at large, CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart reports. Stewart said the officials "feel confident" that neither of two men being questioned in connection with the shootings is the sniper. The men in custody after the seizure of a Plymouth van at a gas station in Richmond, Va., Monday are believed to have made a call to a phone number connected to the sniper case, but they are not thought to be the perpetrators.
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 5:51:34 PM CEST
Kleintransporter bei Tankstelle umzingelt
Bei der Jagd auf den mysteriösen Heckenschützen von Washington richtet sich die Aufmerksamkeit der USA jetzt auf Virginia: Dort hat die Polizei am Montagmorgen (Ortszeit) einen Mann festgenommen.
Wie der Fernsehsender CNN berichtete, wurden nahe der Stadt Richmond eine Telefonzelle und ein weißer Kleintransporter an einer Tankstelle von der Polizei umzingelt, bevor der Mann in Haft genommen wurde.
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 5:46:27 PM CEST
Police take two men into custody in Virginia
Police looking for the sniper who has terrorized the Washington area for nearly three weeks picked up two men for questioning Monday, a federal law enforcement source said. The first man was in a white minivan -- described by a witness as a Plymouth Voyager -- that had pulled up to a pay phone at a gas station in Henrico County. The second man was picked up "in the vicinity," the source said.
¬> <a href="www.cnn.com"target="_blank">CNN
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 5:29:06 PM CEST
Police Apprehend Suspect in Sniper Case
Authorities in Virginia have taken a suspect into custody in what may be a development related to a series of sniper shootings in the Washington DC area. Police surrounded an outdoor phone at a service station in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, some 25 kilometers south of where a sniper struck Saturday. One person was detained and his car was taken away.
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 3:36:13 PM CEST
Das Cannabis Archiv
Laufend aktuelle Drogen News gibts beim Cannabis Archiv. <br><br><center><font color="#0000FF"> ¬> </font><a href="http://cannabis-archiv.de/news/index.php"target="_blank">Hier gehts ins Cannabis Archiv
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 3:25:08 PM CEST
Wild gewordenes Eichhörnchen verletzte zwei Jugendliche
Fachleute rätseln über das aggressive Verhalten des Tiers.
BOCHUM (ag.). Ein wild gewordenes Eichhörnchen hat am Wochenende auf einem Bochumer Spielplatz zwei Jugendliche angefallen und schwer verletzt. Das Tier sei den beiden 14-Jährigen unter die Pullover gekrochen und habe ihnen den Rücken aufgekratzt, berichtete die Polizei am Montag.
21.10.2002 Quelle: Online-Presse
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 8:10:14 AM CEST
Finnish police on elk alert
Finnish police are adopting a policy of zero tolerance towards speeding drivers after a record number of collisions with elks this year. With an adult animal weighing some 200 kilograms (440 lb), the crash can be fatal for both elk and driver.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 8:07:19 AM CEST
The Lego museum of horrors
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 7:56:08 AM CEST
Hamburg Cell Provides Terror Insight
They arrived in Germany as students, and departed as terrorists. The transformation of eight Arab men from devout Muslims into Islamic terrorists underlines a pattern that still troubles law enforcement authorities around the world as they confront the continuing threat of terror attacks.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Associated Press
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