Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:42:15 AM CET
Army Shoots Down Artillery Shell with Laser
The U.S. Army used a high-energy laser to shoot down an artillery shell in mid-flight on Tuesday in a defense industry breakthrough, the Army and the manufacturer said. The Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser (MTHEL) is being developed by TRW for the Army and the Israeli Defense Ministry. Lasers have been used in past tests at the range to shoot down slower Katyusha Rockets similar to those fired at Israel by militant guerrilla groups in neighboring Lebanon.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Reuters ¬> BBC ¬> MSNBC
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:32:27 AM CET
Lightning in Brazil sets shocking record
Tropical Brazil is the country most struck by lightning in the world and it suffers the highest death toll and serious economic damage from electric thunderstorms, new research showed Tuesday. Osmar Pinto, a researcher of Atmospheric Electricity Group with the Brazilian Institute for Space Studies which mapped lightning incidence using satellite data, said the country was struck by 70 million lightning bolts a year, or between two and three electric discharges per second.
¬> <a href="www.cnn.com"target="_blank">CNN
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:28:57 AM CET
MARIJUANA MYTHS
ICLU Drug Task Force
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Marijuana causes brain damage
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Marijuana damages the reproductive system
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Marijuana is a "gateway" drug-it leads to hard drugs
etc.
¬> <a href="jiglet.net?"target="_blank">ICLU
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:22:47 AM CET
Male viewers don't take in the news if the newscaster is attractive
Male television viewers do not take in the news when it is delivered by an attractive female newscaster, according to a new survey.
Researchers checked the attention levels of 1,500 male Italian viewers during news programmes and discovered it changed in relation to the attractiveness of the newscaster.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:19:56 AM CET
First Interview with Saddam Hussein in 12 years
The Egyptian opposition weekly Al-Usbou' published yesterday an interview with Saddam Hussein. According to Al-Usbou', which has a very strong pan-Arab orientation, this was the first interview given by Saddam to any media outlet in the last 12 years.(1) In a lengthy preface to the interview, Sayyid Nassar, the Al-Usbou' journalist who conducted the interview, noted: "not everything a journalist hears is reported, he reports what is allowed and what does not harm the national Arab security. Therefore, I ask the readers forgiveness for not reporting part of the interview."
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:15:56 AM CET
Make Windows Work Better
104 Windows Tips
There's a lot you can do to make Windows faster, easier, more reliable, even more fun. We've got 104 tips for Windows users to help you get the most out of your computer.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:12:53 AM CET
Concorde hit by engine drama
Panic broke out among passengers on board an Air France Concorde flight when engine trouble caused the plane to drop thousands of metres. Air France told BBC News Online the plane, which was flying from New York to Paris, dropped to subsonic speed and reduced altitude by 7,000 metres (22,000 feet).
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:08:48 AM CET
IX 529 Sea Shadow
Builder Lockheed Martin
Power Plant Diesel electric
Length 164 feet (50 meters) Overall Length
118 ft Waterline Length
Beam 68 feet (20.7 meters) Extreme Beam
58 ft Waterline Beam
Draft 14.5 feet (4.4 meters)
15 ft Maximum Navigational Draft
15 ft Draft Limit
¬> Stealth ship
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 11:49:02 PM CET
"We got 250 joints out of 3 ounces!"
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How many joints can be rolled from 3 ounces of marijuana? "That's the greatest visual thing we have, because people are actually amazed at the amount of 3 ounces of marijuana," Heverly said. "It was worth the effort of all the hours it took to roll those joints."
The Nevada referendum is being bankrolled by a Washington-based group called the Marijuana Policy Project, whose chief benefactor is former Progressive Auto Insurance CEO Peter Lewis. He and two other like-minded men, philanthropist George Soros and University of Phoenix founder John Sperling, are the deep pockets behind more than a dozen successful drug liberalization votes since 1996.
¬> search this site for Nevada + legalize
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 11:38:41 PM CET
Cannabis drugs pass testing 'milestone'
Cannabis-based drugs could be prescribed in the UK as early as 2003, following successful final-stage trials in patients with multiple sclerosis. Compared with standard treatments alone, the drugs significantly improved symptoms of MS and reduced pain caused by other types of nerve damage, GW Pharmaceuticals has announced. The company is the sole UK holder of a licence to cultivate and supply cannabis for medical research.
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 11:27:52 PM CET
Just kidding Osbournes will do two more seasons
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Tactics by j.haider
On Monday, ABC released a transcript of Barbara Walters' interview with Sharon, which is to air Wednesday on ''20/20,'' in which Sharon says the combined pressures on her family of life in a media fishbowl and her own colon cancer treatment are too much for the Osbournes, and that they'll pull the plug on the show after the coming season. But late in the day, Sharon and MTV contradicted the interview, with Sharon issuing a statement saying the Osbournes would live up to their contract to shoot at least two more 10-episode seasons. ''I have every intention of fulfilling our commitment to MTV for a full 20 episodes,'' she said in a statement. ''I love my MTV.''
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