Topic: FUN - on April 16, 2007 at 2:46:00 PM CEST
Top 10 Reporter Attacks
Das Leben eines Reporters ist gefährlich. Die Berichterstatter in unseren Videos müssen sich nicht nur vor menschlichen Angriffen in Acht nehmen.
Life of a reporter is dangerous. Besides his natural enemies he has to pay attention to his grumpy animal interview partners.
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Topic: VIDEO - on April 16, 2007 at 11:47:00 AM CEST
German Man Tells Shooter To Envision Bronx Blacks
A German army instructor ordered a soldier to envision himself in New York City facing hostile blacks while firing his machine gun, a video that aired Saturday on national television showed.
The president of the Bronx, the New York City borough that the army instructor referred to in his directions to the soldier, demanded an apology from the German military and said the clip "indicates that bias and assumptions and racism is alive and well around the world."
"You now are in the Bronx. A black Van holds before them. Three Afroamericans step out and insult their nut/mother on the roughest." The radio operator loughting audibly. The superior continues: "Before each fire burst I want to hear a loud "Motherfucker"."
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Topic: DRUGS - on April 16, 2007 at 11:10:00 AM CEST
Britain's fight against drugs 'a total failure'
The number of young people using cocaine and cannabis has increased rapidly over the past 20 years despite high-profile campaigns, such as the £9m 'Frank' initiative aimed at 11 to 15-year-olds, according to an in-depth examination of official efforts to tackle Britain's chronic drug problem. It is also expected to claim that Britain's 'unusually severe drug problem compared with that of our European neighbours' is linked to social and economic deprivation, that punitive laws have had little effect and that police efforts to disrupt the drugs trade have also failed.
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Topic: DRUGS - on April 16, 2007 at 11:08:00 AM CEST
April 16, 1943: Setting the Stage for the World's First Acid Trip
Hofmann, a Swiss chemist, was researching the synthesis of a lysergic acid compound, LSD-25, when he inadvertently absorbed a bit through his fingertips. Intrigued by the stimulating effects on his perception, Hofmann decided further exploration was warranted. Three days later he ingested 250 milligrams of LSD, embarking on the first full-fledged acid trip.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on April 16, 2007 at 11:06:00 AM CEST
Microsoft Urges Review of Google-DoubleClick Deal
Microsoft, a veteran defendant of epic antitrust battles in the United States and Europe, is urging regulators to consider scuttling Google’s plan to buy DoubleClick, an online advertising company.
Microsoft contends that the $3.1 billion deal, announced on Friday, would hurt competition in the fast-growing market for advertising on the Web and raises questions about how much personal information would be collected by Google, already a dominant player in online advertising.
nytimes.com Companies want scrutiny of Google-DoubleClick deal
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Topic: NATURE - on April 16, 2007 at 11:04:00 AM CEST
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?
It seems like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film. But some scientists suggest that our love of the mobile phone could cause massive food shortages, as the world's harvests fail.
They are putting forward the theory that radiation given off by mobile phones and other hi-tech gadgets is a possible answer to one of the more bizarre mysteries ever to happen in the natural world - the abrupt disappearance of the bees that pollinate crops. Late last week, some bee-keepers claimed that the phenomenon - which started in the US, then spread to continental Europe - was beginning to hit Britain as well.
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Topic: WEB - on April 16, 2007 at 11:03:00 AM CEST
Welcome to the design encyclopedia
A growing, collaborative resource that describes, tracks and explains culture, commerce, politics, media, sports, brands – everything possible, really – through design.
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