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Making the Internet Faster

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Rave Dog Dancing

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China’s High Speed Train Breaks a New Record

China has the largest high-speed rail network in the world which runs more than 4,300... more

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EBR 1190RS Teaser (Part I)

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Jet-Powered School Bus Reaches 350 MPH

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iPhone 4's speed gets tested against older generation iPhones

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NASA Flight Director Confirms 9/11 Aircraft Speed As The "Elephant In The Room"

(PilotsFor911Truth.org) Recently Pilots For 9/11 Truth have analyzed the speeds... more

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The Fastest Motorcycle in the World Ever

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The Red Bull Scam -- Why Are So Many People Buying Into Its Deceptive 'Energy-Giving' Marketing? | | AlterNet

Red Bull's claims that it improves performance, concentration, reaction time and emotional status are all BS.
June 18, 2010 |

"Red Bull gives you wings," Earth's most popular energy drink by market share promises in its commercials. Well, Icarus had kickass wings. Remember what happened to him? Crash and burn, baby.

What Red Bull does give you is crazy amounts of caffeine compressed into a tiny can of hope. Conjoined with its various sponsorships of similarly extreme events like Formula One racing, air shows, outdoor action sports and much more, Red Bull's overheating marketing arms have major global reach. It has deeply penetrated popular culture, down to its soccer stadiums and sex-fueled clubs, where the drink is popularly mixed with vodka and other alcohol standbys. In the process, Red Bull has helped create a race of hyperspeeding robots annually swallowing over a billion cans of Red Bull, only to crash and burn shortly afterward. At which point, they drink it again to wake up, and restart their seriously stressed engines.

"The main ingredient of concern in Red Bull is the caffeine," David Schardt, senior nutritionist for Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), explained to AlterNet. "It can interfere with sleep, and people can quickly become dependent on it and suffer withdrawal symptoms like drowsiness, irritability and more if they don't get a regular dose. More than 200mg of caffeine can increase the risk of miscarriage. And young adults who consume both an energy drink and alcohol are more likely to get hurt in accidents than if they just drank alcohol. Probably because they don't realize how impaired they are."

Ironically, that impairment is central to Red Bull's allure and power. According to the company, its drink is specifically designed for hard-partiers in search of warm oblivion, as well as those suffering from occupational and summary other anxieties.

"Red Bull has always been and always will be more than just a hot secret for the night owl and the non-stop party-animal," the energy drink's official site trumpets. "It is appreciated by a wide range of people, such as the overworked taxi driver, the stressed manager, the exam-anxious student and the pressured journalist."

As a professionally pressured journalist, I can attest to the power of caffeine. As can the postmodern hordes that have swelled the reputations and earnings reports of market-moving Wall Street knockouts like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Starbucks and so on. Based on the Thai energy drink Krating Daeng and gentrified by Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull's global profile has lately been placed alongside those storied, culturally accepted drug pushers. But our collective reliance on increasing doses of caffeinated fixes like Red Bull and other so-called energy drinks -- mixed with sex, drugs, alcohol and exhaustion -- is turning us into a race of at-all-cost winners that just can't help but lose where it counts most. Our bodies.

"They're the uppers of the new generation," argued Katherine Tallmadge, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association and author of Diet Simple. "People are taking them like speed," she told AlterNet by phone. "But too much caffeine makes you jittery, raises your blood pressure, and there are consequences for your heart. If you're young and you're tired all the time, you should look at that from a medical or nutritiional point of view, and see what you're missing. When we're eating healthy, getting rest and pursuing physical activity, we have all the energy we need."Red Bull's claims that it improves performance, concentration, reaction time and... more

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Investigate & publicize Mangalore air crash - petitions

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Things you have to know before start Wormhole Time-travel

A wormhole exists at the center of a black hole. Wormholes would allow travel from one... more

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A Slow Day

There's nothing better to liven up a boring day than a little bit of slow motion.

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Matematics find answer - Which will keep you drier, running in the rain or walking?

If someone goes from his car to his front door in a rainstorm, will he get more wet,... more

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Mysterious Radio Waves from Unknown Object in M82 Galaxy

There is something strange is lurking in the galactic neighborhood. An unknown object... more

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Stunts and Chaos: Episode 4, Part 3

A dangerous blend of extreme sports, adventure and goofiness that can be hazardous to... more

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Stunts and Chaos: Episode 2, Part 2

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Stunts and Chaos: Episode 2, Part 4

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Current Virals 9/22

These are your Current Virals for 9/22. Check out the latest virals at... more

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Kanye versus Obama at the VMAs and the speed of the meme-o-sphere

I'm very impressed by the speed at which the internet is able to meme. On... more

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Which 17 countries have faster Internet connections than the United States?

(CNN) -- People in the United States basically invented the Internet. So U.S.... more

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