Topic: ART - on February 18, 2007 at 1:41:00 PM CET
Government purchases three Picasso oil paintings for eight million Euro
Two of the works, 'Retrato de Paulo con cuello blanco' and 'Retrato de Olga', will go to the Picasso Museum in Málaga, and the third, 'Mujer con gorro y con cuello de piel' to the Catalan National Art Museum, MNAC. Olga is Picasso’s wife a Koklova.
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Topic: FUN - on February 18, 2007 at 1:21:00 PM CET
Fine art/toon mashup photoshopping contest
It's clear that many of the great artists of the last century chose to work in the medium of cartoons. But what if they had decided to showcase their creations in classic paintings instead?
In this contest, you are asked to update an old painting, swapping in a cartoon character for the original subject. Use traditional, two-dimensional characters only: No Computer Generated Characters (Incredibles, Shrek, etc.)
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 18, 2007 at 1:20:00 PM CET
Man fined for playing with his toy car
A MAN has hit out after being fined £150 for playing with his toy car in Epping Forest.
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Topic: NEWS - on February 18, 2007 at 1:16:00 PM CET
Man wins $25,000 lottery two days in row
Raymond Snouffer Jr. won Saturday's Northstar Cash drawing, matching the winning numbers 11-14-23-26-31.
The odds were about 170,000 to 1. On Sunday, he stuck with 11 and switched to 3-7-19-28 -- and won again.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 18, 2007 at 1:15:00 PM CET
Mexican Businessmen Break Kebab Record
A group of businessmen in the northern Mexican City of Chihuahua broke a tasty record Friday, making a hunk of meat on a skewer big enough to serve 24,000 tacos.
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Topic: WERBUNG - on February 18, 2007 at 1:13:00 PM CET
Tourism official defends 'orgasm' ad
Tourism Victoria is defending a new advertising slogan that says "the search for your perfect orgasm is over".
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Topic: health - on February 18, 2007 at 12:54:00 PM CET
Viagra used to save baby's life
Viagra has been used by doctors on Tyneside as a last resort to save the life of a premature baby.
Lewis Goodfellow was born at 24 weeks weighing just 1lb 8oz. One of his lungs had failed and not enough oxygen was able to get into his bloodstream.
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Topic: NATURE - on February 18, 2007 at 12:48:00 PM CET
Girl With Two Heads
Abigail Loraine Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel were born on 7 March 1990, Carver County, Minnesota, United States and they are dicephalic conjoined twins. Brittany is the left twin, and Abigail is the right twin.
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Topic: PHOTO - on February 18, 2007 at 12:27:00 PM CET
Trey Ratcliff’s HDR Photography
Trey Ratcliff of Stuck in Customs is a fantastic HDR photographer.
stuckincustoms.com his photos on flickrArtist Bio - Trey Ratcliffvia
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Topic: CARS - on February 18, 2007 at 12:19:00 PM CET
Plug-in Has 3-Wheel Drive
What goes 0-60 in under 6 seconds, has 3 wheels, and costs $20,000? The Venture One from Venture Vehicles, which the company will supposedly start building in 2008.
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Topic: TV - on February 18, 2007 at 12:17:00 PM CET
1424
1424 is a parody of the 24 TV series, which sees Jack and the Los Angeles setting moved to medieval England in the 1400s. As big fans this is our tribute to the show and thought we would try something a little different. It was made for a college project with a few mates...and had to be shot quickly and cheaply, but was great fun to make. It has been split into 3 parts to keep small...
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 18, 2007 at 12:14:00 PM CET
The danger of Daylight Saving Time
If the fuss currently being made about Dubbya's attempt to save energy by making the US go to Daylight Saving Time a fortnight early reminds me of anything, it's the hype we had to endure eight years ago about the Millennium Bug.
At the time, we were told that computers hard-coded to accept only 19xx dates would be crashing here, there and everywhere - quite literally, in the case of those aboard airliners. A slew of companies touted everything from expensive consultancy to PC patches. Much FUD was spread, and a fair bit of money was made.
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