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Teen gives LSD cookies to cops (VIDEO)
Police are investigating an 18-year-old who delivered cookies laced with drugs.
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Ocean seeding plans to capture carbon in oceans draws fire
In some of the most ambitious efforts by green tech start-ups, a handful of businesses have emerged with plans to capture large amounts of carbon dioxide by stimulating the growth of ocean plankton.
On Monday, a group of watchdog environmental bodies, including Greenpeace and the ETC Group voiced their opposition to a project proposal from Australia-based Ocean Nourishment.
The company is said to be planning on "seeding" the Sulu Sea between the Philippines and Borneo with a nitrogen nutrient called urea, which would be pumped into the ocean from a special plant.
A plankton bloom. Good to capture carbon dioxide?
(Credit: Planktos)The idea behind these geo-engineering projects is to drop large amounts of food into the ocean, which acts as a fertilizer to grow plankton. During metabolism, the plankton should be able to consume large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas linked to global warming.
Other clean tech companies pursuing similar approaches include Planktos which is using iron as a fertilizer. It intends to fund the business by selling carbon credits, represented by the carbon dioxide sequestered by plankton growth.
Another company, called Climos, last month issued a call to create a code of ethics for ocean carbon experiments, which includes a permitting process and oversight over the environmental impact of these practices.
"Clearly, a market has emerged that can fund carbon mitigation activity. However, important questions of effectiveness, environmental impact and corporate conduct in all ocean fertilization projects need to be addressed as these projects move forward," Margaret Leinen, Climos' chief science officer, said in a statement.
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Phil's parents and friends are mad at him. But all Phil wants to do is relax, have a good time and get high...everyday. His best friend dies, his other friends turn their backs on him and then he risks going to jail just to pay for his weed. Phil is far from a productive pot head but this short pod sheds some light on his situation. Phil's parents and friends are mad at him. But all Phil wants to do is relax, have a good time and get high...everyday. His best frien... more
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Inventor of LSD Albert Hofmann dies at ripe age of 102
The father of LSD has died. Albert Hofmann was 102 when he died of a heart attack at his home in Switzerland yesterday. The chemist discovered the mind-altering drug in 1938 while studying the medicinal uses of a fungus found on wheat and other grains.
He became the first human guinea pig when a tiny amount of the hallucinogen seeped on to his finger during a 1943 experiment. He later took a larger dose and said he was filled with an
overwhelming fear that he would "go crazy." For decades after it was banned in the late 1960s, Hofmann defended his invention. He says he produced the drug "as a medicine" and it wasn't his fault if people abused it.
But he also wrote a book titled "LSD - My Problem Child."
By Associated Press
Published: Wed, April 30, 2008 - 5:13 am
Last Updated: Wed, April 30, 2008 - 5:16 am The father of LSD has died. Albert Hofmann was 102 when he died of a heart attack at his home in Switzerland yesterday. The chemist ... more -
India's acid victims demand justice
In the quiet, narrow lane outside her east Delhi home, she had been bathing the family buffaloes when her father's tenant, a mug in hand, came towards her.
She thought he wanted water but he greeted her instead with threats and a shower of acid.
Her sister Rajni, who came rushing out when she heard the screams, remembers how Renu's "clothes were melting off her body as though they were plastic".
The acid attack was so lethal that it killed the half-bathed buffaloes and has left Renu blind and disfigured for the rest of her life.
In an ironic role reversal, Renu who had been the mother to her four younger brothers and sisters since their mother died 11 years ago, has now become entirely dependent on them.
In Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, the number of acid attacks have been rising - and there are some facts now beyond dispute.
The largest numbers of victims come from the poorest backgrounds and are women who have rejected their husbands, employers or would-be boyfriends.
The attack is not committed in a fit of anger or "passion" as is popularly believed but is premeditated and intended to kill or maim.
Acid attack protest in Dhaka
Acid attacks on women are a problem in South Asia
The attacker's message in no uncertain terms is that if you can't be mine, you won't be any one else's either.
Mamata's story goes back 12 years, to when she was 14.
Her crime was that she refused to stay with a husband who had decided to marry again.
Over several months, while she stayed with her parents, he coaxed, threatened and tried to persuade her, but to no avail.
One day catching up with her as she headed for work, he suggested she come and sit for a while in the quiet, secluded park en route.
Then as she made to leave he grabbed her hands and threw acid over her face and arms, leaving her permanently scarred.
Twelve years on, she tries to live as normal a life as she can, though in a society where looks are everything, especially for women, getting a job, even as a domestic help, can be difficult.
One school teacher, scarred by acid, had to quit her job because the children found her frightening.
Most employers will not accept acid victims back, punishing them for a crime committed by someone else.
The National Commission of Women has of late begun to look into the possibility of a medical scheme for acid victims.
The numerous surgeries and skin grafts take decades to do and cost several thousand pounds which the victims are mostly unable to afford.
Renu's family, for instance, was hardly poor but the medical and legal fees have reduced them to just that.
Cases of acid attack are regularly reported in the newspapers, but the government institutions and even NGOs are only just beginning to wake-up to the issue.
So as yet there are no countrywide figures for acid victims, let alone insurance or rehabilitation schemes for them.
However, a pressure group, the Campaign and Struggle Against Acid Attacks (CSAAAW), has been launched in the southern Indian state of Karnataka to increase awareness.
The group has put together a list of more than 56 victims in the state alone.
And while some might see this as evidence that it is just a Karnataka issue, the growing numbers reported by the media point to the fact that too many others are silent victims all over the country.
For many like Mamata, injustice continues in the courts - her husband is still out on bail, the father of two children, while she has nothing but her scars.
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Phil gets high on drugs everyday. We follow him as he changes over the course of 1 year and his parents, family and friends become worried about him and want him to go to rehab. Phil gets high on drugs everyday. We follow him as he changes over the course of 1 year and his parents, family and friends become wor... more
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Trolley Service
Ceephax's mum going "spastic'.
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Water Can Burn?
Well not really "just" plain water, still pretty cool.
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August Meteor Shower Will Be 'A Great Show' - Yahoo! News
seein' stars, man.
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Dude...Let's Get the Cat High!
Check out this video of a cat on LSD. He totally took the brown acid, man.
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