Topic: food - on March 25, 2008 at 12:15:00 PM CET
World’s Most Expensive Foods
The world of the rich and famous is fascinating for many of us. They lead the life many of us want and they do what we only dream of us. Being a food fanatic, this time we’ll have a look at the most expensive foods in the world, most expensive drinks, deserts or spices.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 25, 2008 at 12:11:00 PM CET
LSD Helped Forge Alex Grey's Spiritual, Artistic and Love Lives
Alex Grey paints souls. His work shows human bodies — rendered with medical-illustration precision — wrapped in layers of sacred energy. Whether you believe Grey's work depicts the reality of divine auras or a particularly vibrant artistic license doesn't much matter. His paintings have an uncanny effect on viewers, making them sense — or at least consider the possibility of — the subtle energies that surround us and how these personal force fields might change depending on our intention, actions and moods. They are modern-day religious icons and mandalas for 21st century Westerners.
Grey, 55, lives and works in New York City with his wife, the painter Allyson Grey, and their daughter, actress Zena Grey. The Greys host regular full and new moon all-faiths-welcome gatherings at their Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, a sanctuary and art gallery where selected paintings of Grey's are on permanent display. I spoke to him by phone about art's power to transform, Tibetan Buddhism and the danger of chasing many rabbits but catching none.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 25, 2008 at 12:09:00 PM CET
Why cocaine traffickers praise the Euro.
For decades, the Drug Enforcement Administration has measured the price and purity of illicit drugs. Its methodology is cryptic, but the dea says it's a reliable way to spot trends.
And it says it has spied one: The cost of pure coke rose 44 percent in the United States between January and September 2007. The dea credits its own efforts, of course, along with increased Mexican and Colombian cooperation, for the downturn in supply it says caused the price hike.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 25, 2008 at 12:07:00 PM CET
New Yorks neuer Gouverneur gesteht Drogenkonsum
Erst wenige Tage ist David Paterson im Amt. Doch New Yorks neuer Gouverneur, der kürzlich den wegen eines Call-Girl-Skandals geschassten Eliot Spitzer ablöste, überrascht mit immer neuen Geständnissen - erst außereheliche Affären, jetzt Drogenkonsum.
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Topic: FUN - on March 25, 2008 at 12:06:00 PM CET
21 Amazing Alternate Uses for Vodka
If you’re a fan of vodka, you know that its smoothness and versatility make it the perfect drink to pair with pretty much any mixer. There’s no end to the praises to be sung about this uniquely intoxicating alcohol, but did you know that there are plenty of other uses for vodka? It turns out that it’s actually a pretty handy substance to have around.
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Topic: ART - on March 25, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM CET
HDR Photography of Graffiti
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Topic: ART - on March 25, 2008 at 11:57:00 AM CET
RUDE Magazine Ausgabe 3 erschienen
Das russischsprachige RUDE PDF-Magazin ist in der 3. Ausgabe erschienen. Diesmal wieder mit vielen Fotografie, Artworks und Illustrationen. Das 28 MB große Magazin braucht allerdings einige Zeit zu laden.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 25, 2008 at 11:52:00 AM CET
Happy 70th Birthday Holger Czukay!
He was born on March 24, 1938 in Danzig, "the true nephew of William Tell". He studied under Stockhausen from 1963-1966, then threw it all over to help create Can, whose fans included a bemused David Niven. (I Want More. Hunters and Collectors. Moonshake.) You may know him best as a pioneer of the found/stolen/ethno mashup later popularized by Brian Eno and David Byrne. (Cool in the Pool. Persian Love.) But sometimes he just gives us a sweet little pop song. He's the bloody Energizer Bunny of Krautrock. So Happy 70th Birthday, Holger Czukay, you daft and awesome German uncle I never had. (Hey, why not go over to his MySpace page and give him your regards?)
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 25, 2008 at 11:51:00 AM CET
Beatles fixer and friend takes secrets to the grave
Neil Aspinall, who died yesterday aged 66, was one of only two people of any importance in the Beatles saga who never told their story. Which is strange, when you think we've had a thousand Beatles books these last 40 years, from people who never met them, to lawyers who did in passing, chauffeurs who once drove them and scruffs who stood outside their offices hoping for autographs.
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