Topic: DRUGS - on October 11, 2013 at 3:52:00 PM CEST
2013 Amsterdam High Times Cannabis Cup: Fires Up November 24
Are you ready for the 2013 Amsterdam High Times Cannabis Cup? First cultivated back in 1987 by Steve Hager, the High Times Cannabis Cup is the EU’s marijuana aficionado main event, fired up each November in Amsterdam…
What are the dates for this year’s Cannabis Cup? The HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup is always held in Amsterdam during the week of Thanksgiving. The 26th Cannabis Cup will be held from November 24-28, 2013.
Where will the music and the expo take place? The expo will take place at Amsterdam Roest, doubling last year’s Expo trade show space. The Historic Roest is located near Central Station in downtown Amsterdam. Night time concerts @ Melkweg.
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 11, 2013 at 3:50:00 PM CEST
NY 41×41, Infinite Zoom Illusion Video of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 11, 2013 at 3:49:00 PM CEST
French farming hit by a suicide every two days
Suicide is the third-highest cause of death among French farmers, after cancer and cardio-vascular diseases, a report by the French health institute INVS revealed on Thursday.
In a three year period between 2007 and 2009, 485 farmers took their own lives, which represents a suicide every two days on average. The rate of suicides among farmers is 20 percent higher than among the French population as a whole.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 11, 2013 at 3:47:00 PM CEST
Editors on the NSA files: 'What the Guardian is doing is important for democracy'
On Thursday the Daily Mail described the Guardian as 'The paper that helps Britain's enemies'. We showed that article to many of the world's leading editors. This is what they said
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 11, 2013 at 3:46:00 PM CEST
Freedom of Information
At eight-thirty on the morning of June 21st, Alan Rusbridger, the unflappable editor of the Guardian, Britain’s liberal daily, was in his office, absorbing a lecture from Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister David Cameron. Accompanying Heywood was Craig Oliver, Cameron’s director of communications. The deputy editor, Paul Johnson, joined them in Rusbridger’s office, overlooking the Regent’s Canal, which runs behind King’s Cross station, in North London. According to Rusbridger, Heywood told him, in a steely voice, “The Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, the Attorney General, and others in government are extremely concerned about what you’re doing.”
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