Topic: MUSIK - on March 14, 2007 at 4:12:00 PM CET
HIP-HOP: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES
is a riveting documentary that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through ... all » the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique” from a self-proclaimed “hip-hop head,” Hurt examines issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today’s hip-hop culture.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 14, 2007 at 4:09:00 PM CET
Police rescue 91-year-old man glued to roof
Passers-by were so shocked to see the elderly handyman working on the roof they first thought he was planning to commit suicide, according to police in the eastern city of Magdeburg.
"In fact he was just re-coating the roofing with bitumen. But then he slipped," said a spokesman for police.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 14, 2007 at 4:07:00 PM CET
Anti-Bush protesters clash with Mexican police
The US president, George Bush, is due to address the Mexican people today following a night of unrest in which hundreds of demonstrators clashed with riot police at the US embassy in Mexico City.
Several hundred protesters marched on the embassy yesterday, tearing down barricades and attacking police with metal bars and firecrackers.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on March 14, 2007 at 11:59:00 AM CET
Woman calls cop to ask for drugs
In what appears to be this season's latest hot trend, a woman telephoned a police officer to tell him about the drugs she was planning on buying.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 14, 2007 at 11:53:00 AM CET
FBI Slips Demand Patriot Act Cuts
A national security letter, or NSL, is a special request for records that (unlike a search warrant) is never seen by a judge. Under the expanded powers granted by the USA Patriot Act, any FBI field supervisor can lawfully issue an NSL and serve it on libraries, telephone companies and businesses to get records on anyone in the country. All that's required is an FBI certification that that the records are "sought for" or "relevant to" an investigation "to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities." There is no judicial or Department of Justice review, and the agency can keep the information it obtains forever.
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Topic: ART - on March 14, 2007 at 11:00:00 AM CET
Eric Elms
In a niche market, artistic warriors create powerful pieces of creative might that visually explode before the eyes of supporters with diaphanous expectations – if it looks good jock it, right? Eric Elms is an artist from Brooklyn, New York and the only transparent characteristic of Elms, is, clearly, his talent for design.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 14, 2007 at 10:53:00 AM CET
Man steals $28 million in diamonds from bank
Prosecutors say the suspect broke into safety deposit boxes in an ABM Amro bank in the city’s diamond quarter last week. He made off with diamonds weighing 120,000 carats, police said.
Police believe he may have carefully planned the robbery, becoming one of several trusted diamond traders with access to the vault. The suspect had been a regular customer at the bank for the past year, giving the name Carlos Hector Flomenbaum from Argentina.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 14, 2007 at 10:49:00 AM CET
Killer Frogs Threatening Pond At Golden Gate Park
It's like something out of an animal horror movie -- killer frogs take over peaceful pond, then after terrorizing and eating everything alive, start eating each other.
Only it's no movie. It's really happening in Golden Gate Park's Lily Pond, near the California Academy of Sciences. And after watching the frogs chew through everything in sight over the past several years, the city finally wants to do something about it.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 14, 2007 at 10:47:00 AM CET
Antarctica
New, zoomably-cool Landsat satellite mosaic image of Antarctica.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 14, 2007 at 10:44:00 AM CET
Color of my sound
An interesting project to test the connections between sound and color and how these feelings will overlap from person to person.
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Topic: ART - on March 14, 2007 at 10:39:00 AM CET
19th Century Shipping Posters
A wonderful collection of 19th century shipping posters on Flickr.
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Topic: ART - on March 14, 2007 at 10:35:00 AM CET
Helvetica Film
Helvetica, a documentary film by Gary Hustwit, looks at the typography, graphic design, and global proliferation of the Helvetica typeface
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