Tuesday, 10. April 2007

Heavy seas


Ocean liner in stormy weather

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Goodbye Prozac, Hello Magic Mushrooms!


Scientists are to investigate a hallucinogenic chemical in "magic mushrooms" as a possible new treatment for depression, anxiety and drug dependence.

Magic Mushrooms

24dash.com Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance

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Two tons of cannabis seized off Motril coast


The drugs were on a French catamaran boarded as part of a routine control

Two men are under arrest after a drugs haul which took place ten miles off the coast of Motril on Sunday.

typicallyspanish.com

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Mexican Drug Cartels Leave a Bloody Trail on YouTube


Bloody bodies -- slumped at steering wheels, stacked in pickup trucks, crumpled on sidewalks -- clog nearly every frame of the music video that shook Mexico's criminal underworld.

Posted on YouTube and countless Mexican Web sites last year, the video opens with blaring horns and accordions. Valentín Elizalde, a singer known as the "Golden Rooster," croons over images of an open-mouthed shooting victim. "I'm singing this song to all my enemies," he belts out.

washingtonpost.com

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David Beckham’s stolen car used as an official government vehicle


A year ago, David Beckham’s BMW X5 was stolen from his home in Madrid. The car was estimated at £70,000. Now his stolen car is used as an official government vehicle in Macedonia.

topspeed.com

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Coke finds Jesus movie scene hard to swallow


An Italian film showing Jesus Christ drinking Coca-Cola has sparked such strong protest from the soft drink giant that it blocked the film's Easter weekend premiere.

The film 7km from Jerusalem is about an Italian advertising executive who is soul searching after losing his job and marriage. He flies to Jerusalem where he runs into Jesus.

aqbc.net.au

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Cracked HD-DVD and Blu-Ray app keys revoked


A next-generation DVD security group has responded to hack attacks that allow unfettered access to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD content by pulling the encryption keys of PC applications associated with the attack.

theregister.co.uk Hollywood hinders HD DVD, Blu-ray hack

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Kazuhiko Kawahara


Kazuhiko Kawahara - called Palla - is an artist from Osaka. He originally studied architecture and worked as an architect for 10 years but then gradually got more and more into photographing architecture and transforming these photos to reveal the patterns hidden in modern cities. Palla started his weblog Pallalink.net in 2002 where he posts his pictures, layering and shifting them under the influence of his online audience’s comments - a journey into rich cityscape structures. Visiting his website and browsing around his archives is a must! Here are some of his most beautiful images, some comments on the projects he is currently working on and moreover how he creates those stunning compositions.

Kazuhiko Kawahara

pallalink.net pingmag.jp

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Dave Hill


Über die Motive von Dave Hill lässt sich ja vielleicht noch streiten aber die Looks der Bilder sind zweifellos außergewöhnlich. Die Shots erinnern auf Surreale Weise an eine Mischung aus Ölgemälde und tatsächlichem Foto.

Dave Hill

davehillphoto.com

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KONONO N°1


KONONO N°1 was founded over 25 years ago by Mingiedi, a virtuoso of the likembé (a traditional instrument sometimes called "sanza" or "thumb piano", consisting of metal rods attached to a resonator). The band's line-up includes three electric likembés (bass, medium and treble), equipped with hand-made microphones built from magnets salvaged from old car parts, and plugged into amplifiers.

crammed.be Konono N°1 Collaborate With Björk & Timbaland

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Björk & Timby


Björk's first single from Volta, "Earth Intruders," produced by Timbaland with additional percussion by Konono Nr. 1, is apparently her militant response to our crappy president and kinda boring.

thefader.com [Audio]

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Googling your date


Dating used to be largely a matter of spending time with a love interest, discovering the good, the bad and the ugly in person. If you were lucky, friends helped fill in some of the blanks.

These days, the Internet -- and the ability to check people out before they ever meet up -- has forever changed the rules.

cnn.com

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