Monday, May 28, 2007

Portable labyrinth

"Portable labyrinths are designed for occasional or temporary use and easy storage. Our full design range is available on sturdy poly canvas or vinyl washable materials for all of your events."

Friday, May 25, 2007

"The German authorities are compiling a database of human scents to track down possible violent protesters at the G8 summit in June"

"The method, once used by East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, involves collecting scent samples in advance from selected targets."

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Philippines professional basketball league allows one foreigner on each team, but no taller than 6'6''

Slate:
Dunks are so rare in the PBA that the league has toyed with the idea of making slams worth three points. The league adds a dash of high-wire athleticism by allowing each team to hire one foreign-born star. But permitting American 7-footers to play would wreak havoc among the Lilliputian locals.

Monday, May 21, 2007

His Dark Materials Stage Production

"In December 2003, The National Theatre in London presented a stage version of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman in two, three hour long parts"

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

"Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski . . . is a Russian scientist who was struck by a particle accelerator beam in 1978"

"Bugorski was checking a malfunctioning piece of equipment when the safety mechanisms failed. Bugorski was leaning over the equipment when he stuck his head in the path of the 76 GeV proton beam"