Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 14, 2003 at 10:25:07 AM CET
Breakthrough drug Valium turns 40
A cultural phenomenon is headed over the hill. A tiny pill that became a part of the American lexicon and inspired novels like “Valley of the Dolls” and songs like the Rolling Stones’ “Mother’s Little Helper” is hitting the big four-oh this weekend. Forty years ago this Saturday — Nov. 15, 1963 — the Food and Drug Administration approved Valium.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 14, 2003 at 9:37:53 AM CET
Aldi will Kunst verkaufen
Mit Produkten für die oberen Zehntausend handelt der Discounter Aldi schon seit langem mit Erfolg - Champagner, Barolo und Olivenöl "Extra Vergine" sind der beste Beleg dafür. Doch jetzt wagen sich die Aldi-Gründer auf ein neues Geschäftsfeld: Sie werden Galeristen.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 13, 2003 at 12:47:14 PM CET
Sign up for Secret Santa gift exchange
"The Yule alarm rings all around And sirens wail like times of yore Elves shiver at the awful sound For Secret Santa lives once more!"
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 12, 2003 at 6:45:04 PM CET
Eaten missionary's family head for Fiji
The residents of a Fiji village are preparing to apologise to the family of a English Christian missionary who was eaten by tribes people 136 years ago.
Cows, fine mats and 30 sperm whales' teeth are to be presented to Thomas Baker's descendants in the traditional ceremony on Thursday.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 12, 2003 at 12:46:40 PM CET
Ten most overpaid jobs in the U.S.
Almost no one in America would admit to being overpaid, but many of us take home bloated paychecks far beyond what we deserve. "Fair compensation" is a relative term, yet HR consultants and executive headhunters agree some jobs command excessive pay that can't be explained by labor supply-and-demand imbalances.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 8, 2003 at 12:58:48 PM CET
Church Sign Generator
allowed characters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789,.?!-+=/'$:&
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 8, 2003 at 2:07:11 AM CET
The Raindance film festival in London
is showcasing 15-second films made especially for mobile phones. Ten short movies made specially to be displayed in Nokia 3650s were shown in the 11th Raindance festival, which closes today. The ten featured films were the finalists of Nokia Shorts
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 7, 2003 at 11:22:01 PM CET
Stiftung Warentest warnt vor Nokia-Originalakkus
Betroffen sind Akkus für die Nokia-Handys 3210, 3310, 3330, 5510, 6650 und 6800.
"Nokia-Akkus sind gefährlich und können Feuer fangen." Das ist das Ergebnis einer Untersuchung der Stiftung Warentest und ihrer belgischen Partnerorganisation Test-Achats. Nach Presseberichten über explodierende Handy-Akkus von Fremdherstellern und entsprechenden Warnhinweisen des finnischen Handyherstellers hat die Stiftung Warentest verschiedene Originalakkus von Nokia überprüft und kommt dabei zu einem erschreckenden Ergebnis: Viele Modelle sind nicht gegen Kurzschluss und Überhitzung geschützt. Die Akkus können sich verformen, Feuer fangen oder sogar explodieren.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 7, 2003 at 5:00:24 PM CET
Let your fingers do the talking
Throw away your earpiece, soon your finger could be helping you make and take calls via your mobile phone.
Japanese phone firm NTT DoCoMo has created a wristwatch phone that uses its owner's finger as an earpiece.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 7, 2003 at 4:30:33 PM CET
Simpsons Plant Seeds of Invention
Homer Simpson is not a guy people want to emulate. "D'oh!" is his most-used expression, and with good reason. His endeavors tend to go horribly, horribly wrong.
Nevertheless, Rob Baur of Lake Oswego, Oregon, dreamed of bringing to life his favorite The Simpsons episode, one from 1999 in which Homer grows "tomacco," a combination tomato-tobacco plant. Even though it tastes foul and has a brown, gooey center, the entire town becomes addicted to the fruit after one bite, and Homer gets rich.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 7, 2003 at 4:28:08 PM CET
Officials checking into mysterious youths who emerged from wilderness
Two half-starved male youths who recently emerged from the British Columbia wilderness claiming to have lived since birth in near isolation are now in limbo as officials try to determine how to help them. The brothers, Thomas and William Green, were discovered camping in the bush behind a general store in Vernon, British Columbia some weeks ago by local residents who have since given them food, clothing and shelter.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 7, 2003 at 2:35:24 AM CET
New radio Hitch-Hiker's
Production is under way on the Tertiary Phase of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with episodes due to begin airing on Radio 4 in spring 2004. As we reported in September, independent company Above the Title have the rights to adapt Douglas Adams' novels for radio. It's now become clear that three of the Hitchhikers' novels are indeed getting their first radio adaptation.
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