Topic: ART - on July 31, 2013 at 12:56:00 PM CEST
Graffiti Attack at Wookey Hole Caves
Two sections of Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset were attacked by graffiti artists during the night.
A rope believed to be used by the raiders to abseil into the valley was left behind and mock cave paintings were produced deep inside the caverns. Elaborate drawings of a cave man and woman, a baby and a mammoth were also painted in the cave exit tunnel.
Wookey Hole owner Daniel Medley says he is trying to find out whether Bristol’s Banksy is behind the attack on the caves, which was carried out in the dead of night.
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Topic: CARS - on July 30, 2013 at 5:36:00 PM CEST
BMW's New Electric Car Is Just Like a Tesla, Only Much, Much Worse
I was ready to love BMW’s new electric car, the i3. Maybe I will, once I get the chance to drive it. I'd really like to love it, if only so I can stop raving about the Tesla Model S all the time and rave about a different car for once. But at first glance: yeesh. It has the range of a Chevy Volt and the looks of a Pontiac Aztek. And those aren’t even the most disappointing things about it.
The i3 is a big deal, or at least it was supposed to be, because it was designed from scratch to be an electric car, like Tesla’s Model S was—and because it’s a BMW, which implies that it’s well-built. It had been hailed, in fact, as BMW’s answer to the Model S. But it does not seem to be that.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 30, 2013 at 5:32:00 PM CEST
Bradley Manning trial: judge to read verdict – live coverage
Judge to rule on the case of Bradley Manning, accused of 'aiding the enemy' by leaking military secrets to WikiLeaks
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 30, 2013 at 5:05:00 PM CEST
Steinbrück to Students: Pot Should Be Decriminalized
Peer Steinbrück, the center-left Social Democratic Party's (SPD) candidate for chancellor, went all out to appeal to young voters with a recent visit to a student flatshare in Kreuzberg, a trendy district in the German capital. Not only did the party leave 48 bottles of beer in its wake, Steinbrück made an unexpected comment.
According to the daily B.Z. newspaper on Tuesday, no topic was off limits. Apparently, the student schmooze saw a jovial Steinbrück pull out the stops in an attempt to mobilize young voters -- by advocating the decriminalization of cannabis.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on July 30, 2013 at 4:53:00 PM CEST
Creating a $99 parallel computing machine is just as hard as it sounds
Ten months ago, the chipmaker Adapteva unveiled a bold quest—to create a Raspberry Pi-sized computer that can perform the same types of tasks typically reserved for supercomputers. And... they wanted to sell it for only $99. A successful Kickstarter project raised nearly $900,000 for the so-called "Parallella," and the company got to work with a goal of shipping the first devices by February 2013 and the rest by May 2013.
As so often happens, the deadlines slipped, but Adapteva has done what it set out to do. Last week, the company shipped the first 40 Parallellas and says it will ship all 6,300 computers ordered through the Kickstarter by the end of August. Anyone who didn't back the Kickstarter can now pre-order for delivery in October.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 28, 2013 at 6:29:00 PM CEST
Pepper Spray Cop Wants Worker's Comp for 'Psychiatric Injury'
The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker’s compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 confrontation.
John Pike has a settlement conference set for Aug. 13 in Sacramento, according to the state Department of Industrial Relations’ website.
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Topic: SEX - on July 28, 2013 at 6:28:00 PM CEST
Olympic committee: Russia says athletes, fans exempt from anti-gay laws
he International Olympic Committee on Friday said it had received “assurances from the highest level” of the Russian government that athletes and spectators attending the the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi are exempt from an anti-gay statue that outlaws “homosexual propaganda.”
The law, which was signed last month by Russian President Vladimir Putin, criminalizes public events that promote gay rights, as well as public displays of affection by same-sex couples, and has prompted calls for a boycott of the games by LGBT activists who warn it would be unsafe for gays to travel to Russia.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 28, 2013 at 6:26:00 PM CEST
R.I.P. JJ Cale
Der Welthit "Cocaine" stammt von ihm und viele bekannte Songs mehr, mit denen aber andere, berühmtere Musiker Erfolge feierten: Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Johnny Cash. Jetzt ist der US-amerikanische Sänger und Songwriter J.J. Cale mit 74 Jahren gestorben.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 28, 2013 at 6:10:00 PM CEST
Überwachungsstaat - Was ist das?
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 27, 2013 at 5:09:00 PM CEST
"Zu sexy" als Kündigungsgrund zulässig
Zu sexy für den Job: Ein Zahnarzt in Iowa feuerte seine Assistentin, weil er sie zu attraktiv fand und angeblich um seine Ehe fürchtete. Die Frau klagte dagegen - und verlor vor dem durchweg männlich besetzten Gericht.
Iowa City - Der Fall sorgte weit über die Grenzen Iowas und der USA hinaus für Aufsehen: Zehn Jahre lang hatte Melissa Nelson als Zahnarzthelferin für James Knight gearbeitet, in seiner Praxis in der Kleinstadt Fort Dodge im US-Bundesstaat Iowa. Nelson sei "die beste Assistentin" gewesen, die er je hatte, sagte Knight, doch von einem Tag auf den anderen feuerte er sie. Sein Geschäft, seine Ehe und das Wohl seiner Familie seien bedroht, Nelson sei einfach "unwiderstehlich".
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on July 27, 2013 at 5:04:00 PM CEST
New for 2013: An In-Depth Analysis of Kubrick's 2001: a Space Odyssey
Long time /. member maynard has written one of the most obsessively detailed and extensive analyses of Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Space Odyssey seen in some time. At more than 22,000 words, it contains still images, film clips, musical score selections and copious references, including by Piers Bizony, author of Filming the Future, Nietzsche, Foucault, Freud, and film theorists like Bazin, Kracauer and Zizek. It's already gained some notoriety, having been retweeted by Nicholas Jackson, former editor of the Atlantic Monthly and Slate. Anyone who loves the film or SF in general should find this an amazing read!
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Topic: ART - on July 26, 2013 at 6:33:00 PM CEST
Banksy graffiti disappears from wall in Tottenham
No Ball Games 'salvaged for restoration' by company behind sale this year of another Banksy piece removed from shop wall
Not so long ago the appearance of a work by the superstar graffiti artist Bansky was a source of curiosity and local pride. Now it seems it mainly spells a commercial opportunity.
For the second time this year a Banksy work sprayed on a shop wall in north London has disappeared, most likely to be sold at auction, to the consternation of residents and the local council.
A month after Slave Labour – a jubilee-themed mural depicting a child making union flag bunting – sold for more than £750,000 after being removed from the side of a Poundland in Wood Green, an even better-known work has gone from nearby Tottenham.
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