Topic: TV - on September 6, 2010 at 11:23:00 AM CEST
Punk’d, Iraqi-Style, at a Checkpoint
An Iraqi reality television program broadcast during Ramadan has been planting fake bombs in celebrities’ cars, having an Iraqi army checkpoint find them and terrifying the celebrities into thinking that they are headed for maximum security prison.
The show “Put Him in [Camp] Bucca” has drawn numerous protests but has stayed on air throughout the fasting month, broadcasting its “stings” on well-known Iraqi personalities.
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 6, 2010 at 11:04:00 AM CEST
Miles Davis Beer
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the original release of Bitches Brew, Miles Davis’ 1970 paradigm-shifting landmark fusion breakthrough, we’ve created our own Bitches Brew – a bold, dark beer that’s a fusion of three threads imperial stout and one thread honey beer with gesho root, a gustatory analog to Miles’ masterpiece.Featuring the album’s iconic artwork, created by the late Mati Klarwein, on its label, Dogfish Head’s Bitches Brew was unveiled at SAVOR, An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, June 5, 2010 at the National Building Museum, Washington DC.
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 6, 2010 at 11:02:00 AM CEST
A History of the Black Panthers and Music
Musicians don't often end up on FBI watch lists, but the Last Poets did, thanks to their links with the Black Panthers. Dorian Lynskey looks back at a time when pop and politics collided as never before.
One day last December, Umar Bin Hassan of the Last Poets attended a gathering in Chicago to commemorate local Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, who was shot dead by the police 40 years earlier. There were about 30 people, including the widows of Hampton and fellow Panther Eldridge Cleaver, and former members of radical groups such as Weatherman. "We laughed and drank wine and talked about what we all had been through," Hassan says. "I'm glad I made it. It was good to see a lot of those people still living, you know?"
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 6, 2010 at 11:00:00 AM CEST
DJs unite for Love Parade track
Three of the world's most successful dance DJs have joined forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.
Paul Oakenfold, Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk have created the track Remember Love, which will be released under the name DJs United.
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Topic: 404 - on September 6, 2010 at 10:56:00 AM CEST
35 Entertaining 404 Error Pages
“404 Not Found.” These three little words can make any Internet explorer an unhappy camper. After all, who hopes to click on a broken link or stumble upon a moved or deleted page while cruising around the web?
Luckily, some web designers have chosen to end the misery of encountering a 404 error page. Instead of letting their site readers bump heads with a nasty dead-end error message, they’ve managed to squeeze a little entertainment out of it.
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Topic: Green - on September 6, 2010 at 10:55:00 AM CEST
Tiny solar cells fix themselves
Researchers have demonstrated tiny solar cells just billionths of a metre across that can repair themselves, extending their useful lifetime.
The cells make use of proteins from the machinery of plants, turning sunlight into electric charges that can do work.
The cells simply assemble themselves from a mixture of the proteins, minute tubes of carbon and other materials
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