Topic: SEX - on March 20, 2009 at 12:11:00 PM CET
The Year Playboy Died
The year Playboy symbolically died was 1969, when, for the first time, the gentleman rabbit was omitted from all twelve covers of the magazine. With the disappearance of the rabbit, the reader also vanished from Playboy’s magazine and corridors. The rabbit figure became increasingly more cryptic, until it was totally forgotten. Eventually it was replaced by that oxymoron, the female bunny. The image of the rabbit may still be part of Playboy’s culture, not least in the logo, but the totem has been reduced to an uninspiring mascot.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 20, 2009 at 10:29:00 AM CET
Mexican Reporter: ‘Standing Up To Drug Lord Is Suicidal’
It took some time, but the border drug wars are finally on the nation's radar.
Congressional hearings are taking place about the subject, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Mexico next week.
A Mexican reporter close to the issue for decades told 10News that winning the drug war is not that simple.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 20, 2009 at 10:26:00 AM CET
Video: Lawmaker wants taxes from marijuana legalization
California State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano told CNBC’s Melissa Francis that California could collect up to $1.5 billion in taxes each year from the legalization of marijuana.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 20, 2009 at 10:22:00 AM CET
DEA - Microgram
The DEA's Office of Forensic Sciences publishes a monthly newsletter called the Microgram Bulletin, which features news and photos about unusual drugs and drug smuggling techniques.
I like reading the newsletter for two reasons: first, it's filled with examples of human ingenuity (the August, 2008 issue has photos of fake kidney bean made to smuggle heroin). Second, it's mind-boggling to see the weird drugs that people like to take: Butanediol? Nandralone? Boldenone? Trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine? Sceletium tortuosum? N,N-dimethylamphetamine? Testosterone cypionate? Bromo-Benzodifuranyl-Isopropylamine Hydrochloride? I've never heard of thse. Apparently, the world is filled with connoisseurs of esoteric inebrients!
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 20, 2009 at 10:20:00 AM CET
Micky Maus hört Polizeifunk
Seit 58 Jahren erscheint "Micky Maus" in Deutschland und jeder weiß, wer im Comic-Heft auf Ärger mit der Polizei abonniert ist: die Panzerknacker natürlich. Doch nun hat "Micky Maus" im realen Leben selbst Ärger mit den Ordnungshütern. Die Hamburger Kripo ermittelt, weil mit einem kleinen Radio, welches dem aktuellen Heft beiliegt, der Polizeifunk abgehört werden kann.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 20, 2009 at 10:15:00 AM CET
Underwater Volcano Eruption
The eruption began Monday after a series of earthquakes near Tonga, a 170-island archipelago between Australia and Tahiti, residents told the Associated Press. There were magnitude-5.0 quakes there Sunday night and Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Though the Wellington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) issued an advisory for the area, the plume isn’t engendering island residents and so far hasn’t hurt fish or other animals, according to the AP.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 20, 2009 at 9:22:00 AM CET
Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009
A Graphical User Interface (GUI for short) allows users to interact with the computer hardware in a user friendly way.
Over the years a range of GUI’s have been developed for different operating systems such as OS/2, Macintosh, Windowsamiga, Linux, Symbian OS, and more.
We’ll be taking a look at the evolution of the interface designs of the major operating systems since the 80’s.
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Topic: PHOTO - on March 20, 2009 at 9:20:00 AM CET
Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon
Proving that you don't need Google's billions or the BBC weather centre's resources, the four Spanish students managed to send a camera-operated weather balloon into the stratosphere.
Taking atmospheric readings and photographs 20 miles above the ground, the Meteotek team of IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia completed their incredible experiment at the end of February this year.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 20, 2009 at 9:18:00 AM CET
The Woodstock Death Count
This might be a tad morbid, but that’s the way it goes sometimes…
A friend recently sent me an email containing a link to a news story about the death of a 1960s musician. Well, he was probably a musician later in life as well, but was most famous during the ‘60s.
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