Topic: SPORT - on April 15, 2004 at 2:48:00 PM CEST
Nasty Blast of Sparks
The TAILVIPER is a skateboard accessory that sticks discreetly on your deck and delivers a Nasty Blast of Sparks when you drag your tail. Sparks will vary with the amount of force applied, the length of dragging, and the coarseness of the skating surface.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 15, 2004 at 2:45:00 PM CEST
Hang the Tsar!
Robert Anton Wilson In Conversation With R.U. Sirius
In a smarter world, Robert Anton Wilson would be widely acknowledged as one of the most important writers and thinkers in America. Of course, there is a smarter world within this one, Robert Anton Wilson and Wilson has a huge following both nationally and internationally. Most of our culture, indeed, operates beneath or beyond the mainstream media�s radar.
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Topic: MUSIK - on April 15, 2004 at 2:39:00 PM CEST
Seit 50 Jahren Rock 'n' Roll
Von der Jugendrevolte zum Mainstream
Im April 1954 nahm «Schmalzlocke» Bill Haley und seine Band The Comets «Rock Around The Clock» auf, die «Hymne des Teenage-Terrors», wie Zeitungen schrieben. Haley war nicht bewusst, dass er damit zum Pionier der weltgrössten Musik- und Jugendbewegung wurde.
Als «Musik gewordene Unmoral», als «gefährlichen erotischen Verführer von Halbwüchsigen», beschimpften Sittenwächter den Rock 'n' Roll. Aufhalten konnten sie die Bewegung nicht. Die Zeit war reif. Rock 'n' Roll fachte das Aufbegehren an, von den USA bis hinter den Eisernen Vorhang.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 15, 2004 at 2:16:00 PM CEST
Anti-Barbie becomes Russian icon
An unglamorous schoolgirl has become a feminist icon in Russia after she was entered for an online beauty pageant by a friend as a prank.
Alyona Pisklova - not her real surname - got at least 40,000 votes, making her the runaway favourite to represent Russia in June's Miss Universe contest.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 15, 2004 at 2:00:00 PM CEST
Cat Survives 30-Day Trip in Shipping Box
A business owner opening a shipment of 400 bird cages sent from China got an additional order he didn't expect — a severely undernourished cat.
The female cat, named China by animal service staff members, tips the scale at just over 3 pounds after being trapped in the container for the nearly monthlong trip.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 15, 2004 at 1:55:00 PM CEST
Headbalancer and Strongman
John is featured several times in the Guinness World Records 2003 book. You can see a photo of his car balancing record on page 38, as well as a photo at the beginning of the book in the section explaining how to use their website. Check out the site at www.guinnessworldrecords.com where you can read more about John and get information, photos and videos of some of his record attempts.
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Topic: DRUGS - on April 15, 2004 at 1:51:00 PM CEST
Saudis said to net "biggest ever" hashish haul
Saudi Arabian police have foiled an attempt to smuggle in 5.2 tonnes of hashish which an official called the biggest haul in the kingdom's history, local newspapers reported on Tuesday.
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Topic: e-bay - on April 15, 2004 at 1:49:00 PM CEST
Defunct Concorde sold off online
"Yes, darling, that turbo jet engine would look wonderful next to the coffee table..." One of Britain's best-loved aircraft - the recently decommissioned Concorde - is going under the hammer online today, albeit in pieces.
British Airways is flogging off 150,000 items from the now defunct plane at an auction in Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Memorabilia-hungry flight fans who can't get to the site can listen to a webcast of the auction and bid by phone.
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Topic: SEX - on April 15, 2004 at 1:45:00 PM CEST
Fat penguins have more sex
"Happy penguins have more sex, and fat penguins have more sex," said penguin keeper Jane Tollini, 56, who has raised the entire colony. "They've been given names and treated like individuals. If they want to eat their fish tummy first, head to the right, they can."
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 15, 2004 at 1:37:00 PM CEST
Microsoft on a roll: 4 bulletins and 20 vulnerabilities!
This has got to be one of the biggest one-shot notification of vulnerabilities for Microsoft: 20 vulnerabilities, detailed in 4 bulletins issued yesterday.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on April 15, 2004 at 1:21:00 PM CEST
Giant Pig Stolen From Easter Seals Camp
A giant 24-foot inflatable pig was stolen overnight Wednesday from an Easter Seals camp in Sorrento, Fla., according to police.
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Topic: SEX - on April 15, 2004 at 1:17:00 PM CEST
Penis explodes during sex
Doctors in Romania are treating a 28-year-old whose penis exploded while he was making love to his girlfriend.
Ilarie Coroiu was taken to hospital in the Transylvanian town of Cluj after his girlfriend, Magdalena, 18, "felt something strange" and noticed that the bed was covered in blood.
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