Saturday, 11. July 2009

The Art Site: IT LIVES!


Finally after what seems years of late nights and missed breakfasts (OK maybe one!) The art site is alive (and just in time for Tash’s birthday too). We’ve been all over the place to find the finest quality printers and finally settled with one who could reproduce to our very high, nit-picky standards.

www.derrenbrownart.com

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MC Escher lights on an Italian castle


Walls that are folded, battlements and flying rocks crumble. Apparati Effimeri is a collective of video artists is dedicated to Italians who make spectacles of light in different events.

APPARATI EFFIMERI Tetragram for Enlargment from Apparati Effimeri on Vimeo.

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West Midlands crackdown nets £2.6m drugs in a week


POLICE in the West Midlands seized nearly £2.6 million worth of cannabis, cocaine and heroin during a major drugs crackdown, they revealed today.

Throughout the course of the week, which formed part of a nationwide operation, officers in the region carried out 61 raids on suspected cannabis factories and crack houses.

birminghammail.net

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Bulgarian customs seize cocaine disguised as South American wine


The 714 litres of liquid cocaine came to the Black Sea port of Varna hidden in 1,020 bottles of the Bolivian Kohlberg wine, in a container sent to Europe from Chile.

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Bulgarien: Über 700 Kilo Kokain in Weinflaschen versteckt


Bulgarische Zöllner haben gestern 714 Liter verflüssigtes und hochkonzentriertes, in Weinflaschen abgefülltes Kokain beschlagnahmt.

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Die Albanische Drogen Mafia greift in der Preveso - Bujanovac Region mit Granatwerfer den Staat an


Durch diese Gegend läuft bekanntlich die zentrale Haupt Route für den Drogen Import aus Afghanistan über Mazedonien in den Kosovo.

Die Terroristen dort in der Region verteidigen mit allen Mitteln ihre Drogen und Mafia Routen gegen Polizei Patrollien. Heute kam es sogar zu einem Mörser Angriff auf dortige Polizei Patroillien.

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Prince of Pot Not Worried About Jail


The prince of pot took shots at the government and praised parenthood yesterday in his last words to Edmonton supporters before heading to jail this fall.

Alberta's capital was Marc Emery's latest stop in his farewell summer tour of Canada.

"I'm not repentant. I'm not trite. I'm proud of what I've done," said Emery before dozens at Beaver Hill House Park, 105 Street and Jasper Avenue.

cannabisculture.com

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Big Ben rings in 150th birthday


A giant birthday message is to be projected on to Parliament's clock tower to mark 150 years since the first ringing of Big Ben.

The Great Bell struck its first hour on 11 July 1859 and a year of celebrations is taking place for the anniversary.

The message reading "Happy Birthday Big Ben, 150 years, 1859 - 2009," will be beamed on to the tower after sunset.

bbc.co.uk

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