Topic: NEWS english - on February 11, 2007 at 6:11:00 PM CET
Truck Spills 165,000 Eggs on Va. Highway
Drivers on their way to breakfast in northern Virginia on Saturday found it all over the road after nearly 165,000 eggs spilled out of an overturned tractor-trailer on the Capital Beltway.
"It looked like a large omelet," said Michael Karbonski, of the Virginia Department of Transportation.
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Topic: WEB - on February 11, 2007 at 5:24:00 PM CET
Wikipeda could shut within 3-4 months
In a rather extraordinary example of begging for money, Florence Devouard, Chairwoman of the Wikimedia foundation has told an audience at the Lift07 conference that Wikipedia has the financial resources to run its servers for another 3-4 months, and that without further funding Wikipedia “might disappear”.
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Topic: STRANGE - on February 11, 2007 at 4:52:00 PM CET
10 Most Bizarre People on Earth
Ngoc: three decades without sleep Bhagat: had his twin brother on his stomach Yokoi: spent 28 years hidden after WWII Mehran: lives at the Airport since 1988 Mitsuo: a japanese Jesus Christ Bihari: most officially dead person Icke: our salvation from Reptilian Humanoids Bawden: the self-elected Pope Michael I, from Kansas Nakamatsu: photographed and analyzed every meal for 34 years Lotito: mister eat-it-all
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 11, 2007 at 4:36:00 PM CET
Make Fire From Water
Wow. Just... Wow. This Aqueon fireplace by Heat & Glo actually uses regular water to create fire. Ordinary tap water (preferably distilled) is supplied to the fireplace through a pipe or tank, a 220 volt electrical service then separates the hydrogen and oxygen atoms through electrolysis, the Aqueon ignites the hydrogen, and ta-dah, fire!
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Topic: ART - on February 11, 2007 at 4:20:00 PM CET
Weird art
Today is a very weird day. So we have decided to make a compilation of really weird artists.
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 11, 2007 at 4:19:00 PM CET
Drug War Clock
Money Spent on the War On Drugs this Year
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 11, 2007 at 4:18:00 PM CET
The war on drugs is the stupidest war on earth
Last week Nato defence ministers met in Seville to review the coming spring offensive in Afghanistan. It was like Great War generals dining in Versailles to discuss the trenches. The new Nato commander, US General John Craddock, asked for 2,000 more troops. Just one more push and the Taliban would be defeated, the Afghan army readied to fight, the opium dealers arrested and more aid committed to reconstruction. It was as simple as that. Anyone for paella?
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 11, 2007 at 4:17:00 PM CET
Pot Prisoners Cost Americans $1 Billion a Year
The latest numbers are out: nearly 800,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges in 2005. When will the insanity stop?
American taxpayers are now spending more than a billion dollars per year to incarcerate its citizens for pot. That's according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Topic: ART - on February 11, 2007 at 2:20:00 PM CET
Nathan Ota
Enjoy the beautiful artworks by Nathan Ota, including categories such as paintings, illustrations, and sketchbook.
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Topic: TV - on February 11, 2007 at 2:14:00 PM CET
WHATEVER IT TAKES - The politics of the man behind “24.”
The office desk of Joel Surnow—the co-creator and executive producer of “24,” the popular counterterrorism drama on Fox—faces a wall dominated by an American flag in a glass case. A small label reveals that the flag once flew over Baghdad, after the American invasion of Iraq, in 2003. A few years ago, Surnow received it as a gift from an Army regiment stationed in Iraq; the soldiers had shared a collection of “24” DVDs, he told me, until it was destroyed by an enemy bomb. “The military loves our show,” he said recently. Surnow is fifty-two, and has the gangly, coiled energy of an athlete; his hair is close-cropped, and he has a “soul patch”—a smidgen of beard beneath his lower lip. When he was young, he worked as a carpet salesman with his father. The trick to selling anything, he learned, is to carry yourself with confidence and get the customer to like you within the first five minutes. He’s got it down. “People in the Administration love the series, too,” he said. “It’s a patriotic show. They should love it.”
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Topic: born rich - on February 11, 2007 at 2:09:00 PM CET
Millionaires fly to Bangkok for US$25,000 dinner
Beluga caviar, truffles and Dom Perignon sorbet were on the menu Saturday for a night of fine dining in Bangkok that chefs, wine experts and organizers have dubbed the meal of a lifetime.
Some of the world's wealthiest food lovers have flown in for the dinner, which carries a price tag of US$25,000 a head.
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Topic: SEX - on February 11, 2007 at 2:04:00 PM CET
Elle MacPherson 'crazy' at two-year sex drought
Elle MacPherson hasn't had sex for two years.
The Australian supermodel and lingerie designer says she doesn't have much luck with men.
She told Esquire: "It's crazy but, apart from a brief romantic intermission last summer, I have been single and celibate for two years. How boring is that?"
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