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Topic: LOST FOUND - on August 18, 2007 at 10:44:00 AM CEST

Pendant

Pendant to decorate in many different ways, for example with a potted plant. Shade in clear or frosted glass.

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on August 17, 2007 at 9:21:00 PM CEST

The CD turns 25!

On August 17, 1982 at a factory outside Hanover, Germany the Compact Disc was born - and that means that the CD is celebrating it’s 25th birthday today! We got a nice press kit from Philips (inventors of the CD) and we’re sharing it with you guys inside.

gadgets.fosfor.se reghardware.co.uk

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on August 16, 2007 at 9:17:00 PM CEST

10 Unsolved Mysteries Of The Brain

Of all the objects in the universe, the human brain is the most complex: There are as many neurons in the brain as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. So it is no surprise that, ­despite the glow from recent advances in the science of the brain and mind, we still find ourselves squinting in the dark somewhat. But we are at least beginning to grasp the crucial mysteries of neuroscience and starting to make headway in addressing them. Even partial answers to these 10 questions could restructure our understanding of the roughly three-pound mass of gray and white matter that defines who we are.

discovermagazine.com

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on August 10, 2007 at 9:33:00 AM CEST

Stelvio Pass road, 48 hairpin turns to the top of the Alps

The Stelvio Pass is one of the highest Alpine Passes of Europe with its 2758 m. There are 48 hairpin turns on the northern side of the pass. The original road was built in 1820-1825 by the Austrian Empire to connect the former Austrian province of Lombardia with the rest of Austria, covering a climb of 1871 m. Since then, the route has changed very little. The 60 hairpin bends, 48 of them on the northern side numbered with stones, are a challenge to motorists.

fogonazos.blogspot.com damncoolpics.blogspot.com

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on August 2, 2007 at 1:14:00 PM CEST

World's hottest chile is a ghost

The farmer, a quiet man with an easy smile, has spent a lifetime eating a chile pepper with a strange name and a vicious bite. His mother stirred them into sauces. His wife puts them out for dinner raw to be nibbled - carefully, very carefully - with whatever she's serving.

Around here, in the hills of northeastern India, it's called the "bhut jolokia" - the "ghost chile." Anyone who has tried it, they say, could end up an apparition.

denverpost.com

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on August 1, 2007 at 10:03:00 AM CEST

Obazda!

Ein leckeres bayrisches Rezept ist Obazda!

frag-mutti.de

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on July 16, 2007 at 11:07:00 AM CEST

The Freedom Fighter's Manual

In the 1980s, the CIA issued a small handbook called "The Freedom Fighter's Manual" to the anti-Sandinista Contras on how to screw over the government.

Presented here is the handbook in its entirety, with tips like "Show up late to work" and "Leave corral gates open on state farms," with English translations.

ballistichelmet.org

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on July 16, 2007 at 10:59:00 AM CEST

10 Greatest Alcohol Icons of All Time

A little reminder that there's more to life than wasting a night away on a bucket load of Castle followed by Captain's.

moderndrunkardmagazine.com

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on July 14, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM CEST

Magic Wheel - The Swiss Do It Again

There’s something about Swiss designers and weird transportation, something good. First we had the Bikeboard and now it’s the Magic Wheel - a unicycle / skatebaord kind of hybrid.

geekalerts.com

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on May 31, 2007 at 1:50:00 PM CEST

The $592 Million U.S. Embassy In Iraq

Construction of the U.S. embassy in Iraq, set to open in September, is projected to cost $592 million, with a staff of 1,000 people and operating costs totaling $1.2 billion a year. It will be a 104-acre complex, which is the size of approximately 80 football fields.

thinkprogress.org

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on May 21, 2007 at 11:30:00 AM CEST

Summer of Love: 40 Years Later

The rise of '60s counterculture has had a significant impact on our culture today. The Summer of Love resonates in strip mall yoga classes, pop music, visual art, fashion, attitudes toward drugs, the personal computer revolution, and the current mad dash toward the greening of America.

While some of the counterculture's dreams came true, others evaporated like the sweet-smelling pot smoke that saturated the air that summer.

sfgate.com

STEVE WOZNIAK, the co-inventor of the Apple Computer, still attends rock concerts frequently. THEN: Attending high school in Sunnyvale during the Summer of Love.

PETER BERG AND JUDY GOLDHAFT, directors of Planet Drum, a grassroots ecology outreach program that encourages regional sustainability around the world. THEN: Peter Berg and his wife, Judy Goldhaft, were original members of the Diggers, the Haight-Ashbury community group that served free food daily in the Panhandle, operated the Free Store and so much more.

PAUL KRASSNER, author and social satirist whose most recent book is "One Hand Jerking: Reports from an Investigative Satirist," was published in 2005. THEN: Social satirist Krassner was editor of the influential underground magazine, "The Realist."

GRACE SLICK, painter who exhibits her portraits of other '60s rock stars all over the country, now living in Malibu. THEN: With her songs "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" riding the top of the charts, the lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane was the uncrowned queen of the Summer of Love.

ANGELA ALIOTO, former San Francisco Supervisor, now working as a civil rights attorney. THEN: The daughter of then-Mayor Joseph Alioto was attending 11th grade at Convent of the Sacred Heart during the Summer of Love and off to the Fillmore to see Big Brother and the olding Company.

STEWART BRAND, president of Long Now Foundation, which is developing an accurate millennial clock. THEN: Brand rode the bus with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and later edited "The Whole Earth Catalog."

DAVID HILLIARD, visiting professor at the University of New Mexico: THEN: Chief of staff for the Black Panther Party, Hilliard was a young black militant, roaming the streets of Oakland with Huey Newton and Bobby Seale during the Summer of Love.

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Topic: LOST FOUND - on May 13, 2007 at 10:09:00 AM CEST

World Digital Library

The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, architectural drawings, and other significant cultural materials. The objectives of the World Digital Library are to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, provide resources to educators, expand non-English and non-Western content on the Internet, and to contribute to scholarly research.

worlddigitallibrary.org

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