Topic: NATURE - on February 24, 2007 at 1:52:00 PM CET
Rare Upside-Down Rainbow
No, this isn't an upside-down rainbow, and the photographer hasn't faked the picture. It's an unusual phenomenon caused by sunlight shining through a thin, invisible screen of tiny ice crystals high in the sky and has nothing at all to do with the rain.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on February 24, 2007 at 1:04:00 PM CET
Swarovski's Crystal Curtain for the Academy Awards
While the full design concept of the Oscar set will remain a secret until the live telecast on Sunday, February 25th, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences and Swarovski unveiled today a first glimpse of the stage set for the 79th Annual Academy Awards - a sparkling Swarovski Crystal Curtain - an illuminating tapestry of cascading crystal and light.
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Topic: TESLA - on February 24, 2007 at 1:00:00 PM CET
Tesla Coils
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 24, 2007 at 12:44:00 PM CET
Golden Earring - Radar Love
"Radar Love" was the worldwide breakthrough hit by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. The song is considered by many to be among the greatest "driving songs" ever due to its lyrics about driving all night, its up-tempo beat, and its catchy sing-along chorus.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 24, 2007 at 12:35:00 PM CET
What is INDIE?
Welcome to the website for the documentary film "What is INDIE?". The film features interviews with indie music experts including Panos Panay (Founder of Sonicbids), Derek Sivers (Founder of CD Baby) and Suzanne Glass (Founder of Indie-Music.com), as well as with 20 artists including Ember Swift and Paul Cargnello.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 24, 2007 at 12:34:00 PM CET
Ministry of Sound quits trade body in protest over EMI bid
Europe's largest independent record label, dance music imprint Ministry of Sound, has resigned from the UK independent music trade body in protest at its decision to back Warner's possible purchase of EMI.
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 24, 2007 at 12:32:00 PM CET
Jail for man who smuggled cocaine hidden in doors
A former public schoolboy who masterminded a £3m plot to smuggle wooden doors impregnated with liquid cocaine into Britain was jailed yesterday for 18 years. Paul Sneath, 24, of Guildford, Surrey, came up with a "unique" plot using sheets of plywood, liquid cocaine, industrial solvent, and cheese graters.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 24, 2007 at 12:27:00 PM CET
KFC Rats Quickly Become Stars Of Village Nightlife
They have become the Britney Spears of the fast food world. The rats that ran wild on Friday morning in a Greenwich Village KFC/Taco Bell have become the talk of the town.
"They are not afraid at all of people," Margo McGuire said. "They own this sidewalk, it would seem."
Caught on CBS 2 cameras early Friday were more than a dozen rats scurrying across the tile floor, leaping between chairs and onto the same tables customers eat on. One was even perched on the ATM right by the front door.
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Topic: food - on February 24, 2007 at 11:19:00 AM CET
Unusual Restaurants In The World
Molecular cooking is pure physics, Nicolaus said.
"People nowadays want to experience new things," he said. "They want to discover new tastes and it happens that science brings the possibility for new products like, for example, jellies or chemicals."
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Topic: food - on February 24, 2007 at 11:15:00 AM CET
German Cuisine Gets Molecular Makeover
Molecular gastronomy champions unconventional tastes and textures and the revolutionary way of cooking is showing up in German restaurants as chefs use unconventional methods to invent unusual food.
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Topic: FUN - on February 24, 2007 at 11:13:00 AM CET
3 Year Old Solves the Rubiks Cube In Under 2 Minutes
This is incredible to watch. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for this child.
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Topic: ROBOT - on February 24, 2007 at 10:55:00 AM CET
Spyke the spybot gets a price and release date
n case you were still wondering when you could get your hands on one those Erector Spyke bots, and for how much, we've got word that the bot will be hitting for £200 on April 9th, at least in the UK. That's about $390 in real people money, quite steep for what you're getting: a remotely accessible WiFi-enabled bot which can drive around your home, sense intruders, and shoot video to you over the internets. Oh, and R2-D2 bleeps and bloops, can't forget those. There's an action vid after the break.
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