BC Police warns of new drug foxy methoxy(sex drug)

Police in Vancouver are warning the public about a new designer drug with hallucinogenic properties that is causing teens to put themselves in unsafe sexual situations.Foxy methoxy, police say, is part of a family of tryptamines that come in a powder form, or in small, colourful pills that feature graphics like spiderwebs and alien heads.

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New Contact Lenses Promise On-Demand Bionic Eyesight

A team at the University of Washington has created a flexible contact lens, assembled with functional circuitry and LEDs. Potential uses for the "Bionic Contact Lens" include virtual displays for pilots, video-game projections and telescopic vision for soldiers.

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At Halliburton/KBR, sexual assault is part of the workplace.

Jamie Lee Jones, a young computer tech, was gang-raped on her fourth day by coworkers after being drugged; the other, Tracy Barker, was sexually assaulted by a State Department employee. Both immediately reported their assaults, only to have KBR first lock them in isolation, then question their accusations.

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Baltimore Cop Vs. A 14 year old Skateboarder

I'm not 'man.' I'm not 'dude,' I am Officer Rivieri.

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Ten Principles Of Effective Web Design

Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has established as a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design. In order to use the principles properly we first need to understand how users interact with web-sites, and how they think.

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Time travelers from the future 'could be here in weeks'

The first time travelers from the future could materialize on Earth within a few weeks. Physicists around the world are excitedly awaiting the start up of the £4.65 billion Large Hadron Collider, LHC - the most powerful atom-smasher ever built - which is supposed to shed new light on the particles and forces at work in the cosmos and reproduce con

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Guitar Rising for Real Guitar Heroes

I love the idea of Guitar Rising, which can use any real electric guitar, from a Fender Telecaster to a Gibson Les Paul. The software teaches you how to play actual songs, tracking your accuracy much like Guitar Hero would do, as their demo video shows.

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Holographic displays step closer

US researchers have developed a novel polymer that allows holographic images to be quickly captured. The material can also be wiped and re-used. The first applications are likely to be in medicine, but the developers are optimistic that it will find other uses in future.

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UN officer reported Israeli war crimes before deadly bombing

A United Nations military observer sent e-mails home to Canada reporting that Israel was bombing schools and waging "a campaign of terror against the Lebanese people" shortly before he was killed by an Israeli bomb in Lebanon, said his widow.

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Drug legalization proposed at conference on drug use

The legalization of drugs, including marijuana and heroin, is among the controversial solutions being offered at an international conference in Vancouver.

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Holland to Become World's First Floating Country

Rising sea levels? No problem, say architects in Holland. To adapt, they're re-designing the entire country so that it floats on water.

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Pure Energy: A Critical Look At Energy Drinks

The gaming industry is growing by leaps and bounds every year, and as more and more people enter the gaming community, more and more companies are trying to find a way to capitalize on the exploding demographic.

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Hersh confirms: Syrian facility bombed by Israel not nuclear

After Israel bombed a Syrian military facility last September, the United States and Israel claimed the target had been a Syrian nuclear facility under construction. RAW STORY's Larisa Alexandrovna was alone at the time in reporting that the actual target was a cache of North Korean No-Dong missiles being converted into chemical warheads.

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Photoshop is Magic

Whenever you see a hot girl in a magazine, just remember - you can't Photoshop a personality.

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These Artworks are often Mistaken for Photographs [PICs]

Juan Francisco Casas like many other writers creates his artworks with ordinary Bic ball-point pen. His artworks are often mistaken for photographs though.

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Israel war report 'deeply flawed'

Human rights organisation Amnesty International has condemned as "deeply flawed" an Israeli report on Israel's conduct in the war in Lebanon in 2006.

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Scientology and Me by BBC's Panorama

First of three parts, other two are in the related videos. It's an interesting documentary about Scientology in the UK.

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Why the Cult of Scientology Needs to be Abolished

A former member of the Cult of Scientology describes some of the insanity she endured beginning at the age of six.

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"I Escaped Scientology" An insider gives a brief history.

A well-written, honest account of the experiences a former upper-level, inner-circle Scientologist who spent 20 years in what he describes as a "slavish" cult. He also gives the insider's scoop on the formation of Scientology.

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Puppy Vs. Robot! Epic Battle For Territorial Domination!

Cute video of an autonomous Roboquad battling a puppy, with Mario NES sound effects.

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Anonymous hackers take on the Church of Scientology

A vigilante group is threatening to expel the Church of Scientology from the Internet.

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Chomsky on World Ownership

Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank interviewed him on the latest developments in U.S. policy toward Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan. In the first part of this two-part interview, Chomsky also discussed how the U.S. government’s belief in its ownership of the world shapes its foreign policy.

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Anonymous - Second address to Scientology

Anonymous does not wish to destroy the lives of Scientologists - but rather save them from the slavery of Scientologist brainwashing techniques. This war is not about religious persecution - but rather the abolishment of a tax-exempt and vicious business. Make up your own mind.

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Egypt 'won't force Gazans back'

Egypt has said it will not use force to send back Palestinians who crossed from the Gaza Strip in large numbers after parts of the border were breached.

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Drumming to Super Mario 2

The Italian drummer just plays his beats on top of the 8-bit Mario songs, but we love it. Vadrucci is clearly very talented. If there's anything we've learned from games like Rock Band, it's that drumming isn't as easy as it looks.

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Beatboxing Parrot!

Ever see a beatboxing parrot, lol check this out haha

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Swedish prosecutors dump 4,000 legal docs on The Pirate Bay

Swedish prosecutors are reportedly close to bringing formal charges against the admins of BitTorrent portal The Pirate Bay. Admin Peter Sunde tells Ars that he's not concerned.

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CIA official wants immunity to talk about torture tapes

Attorneys for Jose Rodriguez told Congress the former CIA official won't testify about the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes without a promise of immunity.

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7'7 feet and 360 Pound basketball player.

This basketball player has bigger feet than Shaq and can dunk without jumping. Just don't ask him for a ride.

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Iran Accuses U.S. of Faking Persian Gulf Video

An unnamed official disputed the authenticity of a video showing Iranian speedboats near an American convoy.

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Switchgrass study show great possibilities= 540% energies

6 years ago, a geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Lincoln, Nebraska, and colleagues set out to enlist farmers for a much larger evaluation. Farmers planted switchgrass on 10 farms, each of which was between 3 and 9 hectares. They then tracked the inputs they used--diesel for farm equipment and transporting the harvested grasses,

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Mitsubishi's Laser TV Looks Stunning

Mitsubishi put together quite a spectacle to introduce its Laser TV last night at the Moon Nightclub at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, unveiling a 65-inch rear-projection set that uses a unique laser backlight. The result is some of the most vivid color we've ever seen on any TV

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Top 17 Most Bizarre Sights on Google Earth

Satellite imagery used to be the exclusive domain of governments and spy agencies, but ever since Google Maps and Google Earth we can all get to see weird things!

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All the Evidence You Need to Impeach Bush and Cheney

The past year has seen the public exposure of enough evidence of old, ongoing, and new crimes, abuses of power, and impeachable offenses by George Bush and Dick Cheney that in any remotely representative democracy, these two thugs would be out of office and behind bars. Here's the evidence and why we should continue to push for impeachment.

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