Topic: GINGER - on November 10, 2008 at 11:28:57 AM CET
Dean Kamen Combines Stirling Engine With Electric Car
The same day that Ford and General Motors announced catastrophic third-quarter losses, Dean Kamen was showing off his new electric car.
The prototype vehicle, a zippy two-seat hatchback designed with more than a passing resemblance to the Volkswagen Beetle, can go about 60 miles on a single charge of its lithium battery and with practically zero emissions.
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Topic: WEB - on November 10, 2008 at 11:18:56 AM CET
Now
Now is a widget that shows a whole lot of things going on right now. Like top words being used online, houses built now, people stuck in elevators, coffee cups being produced, babies being born, money being spend online, up to new cases of malaria.
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Topic: W A R - on November 10, 2008 at 11:16:18 AM CET
Israel war on Iran on the radar
A senior European Union diplomat says the perfect time for Israel to strike Iranian nuclear installations 'is between now and January 20'.
"A possible Israeli strike against Iran is not completely off the radar," Turkish paper Hurriyet quoted the diplomat as saying.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 10, 2008 at 11:13:20 AM CET
Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama
Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on November 10, 2008 at 11:11:45 AM CET
Indianer mit Schlag
68 Prozent der Jungwähler in den USA haben Obama gewählt. In Österreich haben knapp davor beinahe 50 Prozent aus dieser Gruppe für FPÖ und BZÖ gestimmt. Liegt's am Obama-Faktor? Oder eher am hiesigen Idioten-Faktor.
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Topic: History - on November 9, 2008 at 11:06:00 AM CET
Der Anfang des Holocaust - Reichskristallnacht - Novemberpogrome 1938
Vor 70 Jahren brannten in Österreich, damals Teil Nazi-Deutschlands, jüdische Geschäfte und Einrichtungen. "Reichkristallnacht" nannten die Nazis den Pogrom, den sie als "Ausbruch des spontanen Volkszorns" darstellen wollten. Allein in Österreich wurden in der ersten Nacht der Übergriffe gegen jüdische Mitbürger 30 Menschen getötet. Historiker sind sich heute einig: Vom 9. auf den 10. November begann der Holocaust, die systematische Vernichtung der Juden durch die Nazis. Bereits im November 1938 führte der Weg für über 20.000 Juden in die Konzentrationslager der Nazis.
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Topic: History - on November 9, 2008 at 11:04:00 AM CET
Germany remembers Kristallnacht
Germany is preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi-inspired Kristallnacht riots, amid warnings of a rise in far-right sentiment.
A ceremony will be held at Berlin's largest synagogue with a classical and pop concert held later in the day.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the country to fight racism and anti-Semitism "with determination".
bbc.co.uk guardian.co.uk Blueprints for Auschwitz camp found in Germany Kristallnacht [wiki]
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Topic: EU - on November 9, 2008 at 11:02:00 AM CET
Ban on votes for prisoners is illegal, says EU
The government must give prisoners the right to vote or the next general election will be illegal under European law, ministers have been warned by parliament's influential Joint Committee on Human Rights.
The committee's conclusion threatens a constitutional crisis for Labour, which has tried to bury the issue ever since the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2005 that inmates should have the vote. The committee, comprising six MPs and six peers, has written to the Ministry of Justice saying the government must urgently change the law so that the majority of Britain's 84,000 prisoners are given the right before the country next goes to the polls.
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Topic: ART - on November 9, 2008 at 10:58:00 AM CET
Splatter Exhibition in London
jCauty&SON are holding a Splatter exhibition at The Aquarium in London. The multi-media art show focuses on “the plausible impossibility of death in the mind of cartoon characters”.
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Topic: SPORT - on November 9, 2008 at 10:55:00 AM CET
Madonna’s Arms Declare Robo-Independence From Her Body
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Topic: PHOTO - on November 9, 2008 at 10:51:00 AM CET
Yosemite-17-Gigapixels - Gerard Maynard
An artist has released a 17-gigapixel image of Yosemite National Park that he says is the largest stitched-together panorama available.
Gerard Maynard, a New York based painter and photographer, put together the ultra-high resolution composite using more than 2,000 individual photos
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Topic: WERBUNG - on November 9, 2008 at 10:49:00 AM CET
Guitar Hero World Tour Heidi Klum commercial set
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