Topic: WEB - on September 13, 2009 at 6:49:00 PM CEST
If You Printed The Internet …
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on September 13, 2009 at 6:44:00 PM CEST
Charles Darwin film 'too controversial for religious America'
Creation, starring Paul Bettany, details Darwin's "struggle between faith and reason" as he wrote On The Origin of Species. It depicts him as a man who loses faith in God following the death of his beloved 10-year-old daughter, Annie.
The film was chosen to open the Toronto Film Festival and has its British premiere on Sunday. It has been sold in almost every territory around the world, from Australia to Scandinavia.
However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on September 13, 2009 at 12:08:00 PM CEST
The Story of Creation
A great "forward" to fellow infidels and religious adversaries, this animated satire is a fresh new look at the familiar, biblical account of Creation:
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 13, 2009 at 12:03:00 PM CEST
Just What the Doctor Ordered: LSD and The Strangest Player in Major League History
How many hits did Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis have to contend with on June 12th, 1970? Depending on your interpretation of the question it was several or none. In an amazing story that is rarely in any baseball highlight reel, Ellis pitched the only LSD induced no-hitter in the history of major league baseball. Let's see Barry Bonds or Alex Rodriguez enhance their game on psychedelics (no really, let's see it!). Dock Ellis was baseball's first true king of performance enhancing drugs. Ah, but wait... there's more. Dock Ellis is probably the only player in history that intentionally tried to injure his opponents during the event usually so full of jocular goodwill, the annual All-Star game. He's one of the few (the only?) to be pepper sprayed by stadium security upon arrival. How many other major leaguers spent their off-season cruising through the ghettos of Haiti in a borrowed jeep in order to find zombies? These are all amazing, yet typical anecdotes from the life of one of baseball's great eccentrics.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 13, 2009 at 11:53:00 AM CEST
Cannabis statt Rente
Der 69-jährige Rentner und seine 59-jährige Gattin wurden von Drogenfahndern auf ihrer Cannabis-Plantage bei Bad Rodach im Landkreis Coburg auf frischer Tat ertappt. Der 69-Jährige wurde an Ort und Stelle festgenommen, seine Ehefrau flüchtete zunächst, stellte sich aber in der Nacht zum Freitag der Polizei. Inzwischen hatte die Polizei die Plantage mit 160 Hanfpflanzen abgeerntet und rund 7 Kilogramm Marihuana sichergestellt.
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Topic: EU - on September 13, 2009 at 11:52:00 AM CEST
Pensioner stockpiles 1,000 banned lightbulbs so she can read for rest of her life
A pensioner has defied an EU ban by hoarding more than 1,000 traditional light bulbs - enough to see her 'into the grave'.
Valerie Hemsley-Flint, 62, has spent more than £500 of her pension money stockpiling the old-style 100-watt bulbs.
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Topic: WEB - on September 13, 2009 at 11:51:00 AM CEST
First Botnet of Linux Web Servers Discovered
The Register writes up a Russian security researcher who has uncovered a Linux webserver botnet that is coordinating with a more conventional home-based botnet of Windows machines to distribute malware.
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Topic: born rich - on September 13, 2009 at 11:44:00 AM CEST
Cheap Australian Islands
Many people dream of owning their own tropical island, but for most it remains just a fantasy. Now, though, a slice of paradise has become almost affordable in Australia, with dozens of islands on the market and the global financial crisis driving down prices.
Off the Queensland coast alone, at least 11 islands are up for sale, with price tags reduced by nearly a half compared with a year ago. Some offer not only powdery-white beaches and crystal-clear waters, but all the accoutrements of a jetset lifestyle: mansions, swimming pools, twin-engine aircraft.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on September 13, 2009 at 11:42:00 AM CEST
Loveparade für Bürgerrechte
Der antikapitalistische Block schwenkt rote Fahnen und skandiert Parolen gegen die BRD, weiter hinten stehen die Jungen Liberalen mit einem blankpolierten gelben Fahrzeug. Hans-Christian Ströbele, Geheimdienst-Experte der Grünen, schiebt sein Fahrrad vorbei - es ist eine bunte Mischung, die sich am Samstag am Potsdamer Platz in Berlin gesammelt hat. Hier, zu Füßen das Bahn-Towers, wollen die rund 20.000 Menschen protestieren, unter dem Motto "Freiheit statt Angst".
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