Topic: WEB - on October 13, 2009 at 10:04:00 AM CEST
The shadowy company behind The Pirate Bay
Dutch copyright holders this week filed documents in court alleging that The Pirate Bay's mysterious owner, Reservella, is nothing more than a front for The Pirate Bay administrators, who have been in legal trouble for years. Pirate Bay spokesperson Peter Sunde calls the document a forgery.
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Topic: ART - on October 13, 2009 at 9:58:00 AM CEST
Nazi Garden Gnomes Invade German Town
Visitors to the Bavarian town of Straubing will be startled at the sight of a mass of black gnomes standing in military formation and doing the Hitler salute this week. It is a temporary art installation by a German sculptor who wants to portray the little figures as "symptoms of a political disease."
A total of 1,250 gnomes with their little arms outstretched in the Hitler salute will be placed in a Bavarian town square this week as an art installation. Made of black plastic, they will stand to attention in tight military formation on Ludwigsplatz square in the town of Straubing from Oct 15 to 19.
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Topic: Space - on October 12, 2009 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
50 Years of Space Exploration
Don’t miss the original version (3861×1706px)
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Topic: POLITIK - on October 12, 2009 at 11:36:00 AM CEST
Merkel macht das Fingerkaro
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Topic: TV - on October 12, 2009 at 11:35:00 AM CEST
Closet Story
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 12, 2009 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
Bhutanese ganja finding way to state markets
After marijuana from Manipur hit the pot in northern India, marijuana grown in the wild in Bhutan is finding its way to Indian markets again after a brief lull in illegal trade of the contraband.
In the past, we had made seizures of 1500 kg and 3,000 kg of Bhutanese marijuana in Udalguri.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 12, 2009 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Cannabis on the syllabus: Entrepreneur trains caregivers on issues of medical marijuana
Nick Tennant intends to cash in on what he believes is literally a booming “green” growth industry: medical marijuana.
Tennant is the founder and president of Southfield-based Med Gro Cannabis College, a new trade school offering training courses for adults interested in becoming state-qualified caregivers under the medical marijuana law.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 12, 2009 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
Pot legalisation moves into a higher gear in California
Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalisation measures on the ballot in 2010 in California, setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over US drug policy.
At least one poll shows voters would support lifting the pot prohibition, which would make the state of more than 38 million the first in the nation to legalise marijuana.
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Topic: BILDER - on October 11, 2009 at 11:16:00 AM CEST
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 11, 2009 at 11:14:00 AM CEST
The rise and rise of legal highs
Good trip? A personal investigation into the £10m-a-year market in legal drugs
How can you get high without breaking the law? A survey of friends and colleagues. "Smoke nutmeg," said an actor. "Find a dodgy Starbucks barista who'll sell you the nitrous oxide cans they use to whip cream," said a banker. "Ask around for something called Methedrome, or Mephedrone, or Mephedrome," advised an account manager. "Lick a newt," texted a doctor, "and don't ask me things like this again." One PR directed me towards news stories about Spice, an over-the-counter smoking mixture that was reported to have effects similar to cannabis; a web developer directed me to a recent issue of Mixmag, announcing the new popularity of "analogue drugs" such as Mephedrone (aha!) in British clubs. Something known as "that purple drank" was a favourite of American rappers in the 1990s, an A&R man told me: "I think it was a mixture of cough syrup and Sprite and it made everything move very slowly." A teacher remembered that a fistful of ProPlus worked when he was younger. A civil servant had tried snorting Dreft detergent, to no effect.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 11, 2009 at 11:13:00 AM CEST
Weather Geeks Champion New Armageddon-Worthy Cloud
In hill country from Iowa to the Scottish Highlands, sky-gazers have reported some strange, ominous-looking clouds of late. Dubbed undulatus asperatus (turbulent undulation), the atmospheric anomaly could be headed where only 80-odd clouds have gone before: into the International Cloud Atlas. If it makes the cut, asperatus will be the first new addition in more than 50 years.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on October 11, 2009 at 11:09:00 AM CEST
Winzige Atombatterien liefern hunderte Jahre Strom
Forscher der Universität Missouri haben eine winzige Radionuklidbatterie vorgestellt, die über Millionen mal mehr Leistungskraft verfügt als herkömmlichen Batterien. Die Atombatterie kann praktisch ewig verwendet werden, die etwa münzengroßen Energiespeicher weisen eine Laufzeit von bis zu mehreren hundert Jahren auf. Die Erfindung des Forscherteams um Jae Kwon soll vor allem in Mikrosystemen (MEMS) und noch kleineren nanoelektromechanischen Systemen (NEMS) zum Einsatz kommen.
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