UN spotlights Afghan opium boom

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U.S. To Increase War On Afghan Opium

U.S. To Increase War On Afghan Opium 03/26/2005 07:20 AM
Free Internet Press Mar 26 2005 11:05AM GMT

Report: Afghan Opium Cultivation Falling
(AP)

Report: Afghan Opium Cultivation Falling
(AP) 03/27/2005 05:53 AM
AP - Opium cultivation has fallen this year because of a government ban and fear of crop eradication squads, according to a report released Sunday by the Afghan government and the United Nations.

U.N.: Taliban, Al Qaeda Cash in on
Afghan Opium (Reuters)

U.N.: Taliban, Al Qaeda Cash in on
Afghan Opium (Reuters) 02/10/2004 10:32 AM
Reuters - Hundreds of millions of dollars a year from Afghanistan's illicit drug trade end up in the pockets of Islamic militant groups like the Taliban and al Qaeda, the head of the U.N. drug-fighting body said Tuesday.

U.N. says opium production is rising

U.N. says opium production is rising 06/25/2004 01:34 PM

Confiessions of an eBay opium addict

Confiessions of an eBay opium addict 04/08/2005 05:05 AM
hooked on foliage

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Confessions of an EBay opium addict

Confessions of an EBay opium addict 04/11/2005 03:22 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Scary first person account by a guy who buys "decorative" poppy pods on eBay and uses them to make opium tea. He admits being hopelessly hooked on the vile tasting stuff, and has spent all his money supporting his habit.

By a month, I was drinking the juice of upward of 60 crushed pods per day--swallowing gallons of liquid and pissing out about $300 a week worth of tea matter. Bowl after bowl of blissful narcotic bloat that I sucked down with a silly straw.

Often, late into a session, I’d get that uncontrollable opiate itch.

Raking my skin with a giant plastic comb seemed to help. Occasionally, I’d bleed or accidentally scrape a piece of a mole right off.

The thing is, heroin gets you addicted to heroin. But opium is 40 to 50 different alkaloids, meaning 40 to 50 different drugs I was becoming addicted to.

Lin k

The Bush Boomlet: "the Bush boom rests
more on hope than hard data—and on a
pretty weak definition of a boom." 10/31

The Bush Boomlet: "the Bush boom rests
more on hope than hard data—and on a
pretty weak definition of a boom." 10/31 10/31/2003 08:16 AM
Is the economy really booming? .. this one by Daniel Gross .. This Salon article .. another

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CoD United Offensive boom boom

CoD United Offensive boom boom 09/20/2004 07:05 PM
Luigi Auriemma (Sep 18 2004)

Restaurants Closed for Opium Soup, Stews
(AP)

Restaurants Closed for Opium Soup, Stews
(AP) 06/17/2004 10:37 PM
AP - The soup wasn't just good. It was downright addictive. Narcotics police in southwestern China shuttered 215 restaurants found to be mixing opium poppy into their soups and hot pot stews, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.

Explorers took opium and "portable soup"
(Reuters)

Explorers took opium and "portable soup"
(Reuters) 05/13/2004 04:46 PM
Reuters - Before the going got tough, the tough went shopping: opium, inkstands, sealing wax and "portable soup" were all on the list of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who launched an epic journey into the unknown American West exactly 200 years ago.

Lewis and Clark's List: Opium and
'Portable Soup' (Reuters)

Lewis and Clark's List: Opium and
'Portable Soup' (Reuters) 05/14/2004 10:42 AM
Reuters - Before the going got tough, the tough went shopping: opium, inkstands, sealing wax and "portable soup" were all on the list of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who launched an epic journey into the unknown American West exactly 200 years ago.

FBI spotlights digital piracy

FBI spotlights digital piracy 02/19/2004 03:31 PM
ZDNet Feb 19 2004 8:09PM GMT

Environment Day spotlights cities

Environment Day spotlights cities 06/05/2005 11:31 PM
More than 100 countries hold events on World Environment Day, which is promoting the idea of "green cities".

Microsoft Spotlights Its Search Engine

Microsoft Spotlights Its Search Engine 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
Microsoft's Internet search engine, in the works for about two years, is ready for its big-time debut. Microsoft is announcing on Tuesday that the search engine it built from scratch is taking center stage at the company's Web portal, MSN.com, which previously had relied on search technology from rival Yahoo. "The whole goal with our new search service is to deliver answers faster to users," says Mark Kroese, MSN's general manager of information services product management. "In a world where the search engine user experience is getting lots of links but no answers, we're really focused on giving users quick answers to their questions." Since November, Microsoft's search engine had been in a public test--or beta--mode in a special section of the MSN.com portal, while the main search section continued to be powered by the Yahoo technology.

Paris inquiry spotlights concrete

Paris inquiry spotlights concrete 07/06/2004 04:47 AM
An initial inquiry into the terminal collapse in Paris which killed four people says metal supports had perforated the concrete roof.

Toshiba spotlights high-definition DVD
player

Toshiba spotlights high-definition DVD
player 01/07/2004 02:20 PM
The consumer electronics giant this week is set to unveil a prototype of a DVD player that supports both conventional discs as well as the next-generation high-definition DVD.

Hasbro Spotlights Vintage-Style Han Solo

Hasbro Spotlights Vintage-Style Han Solo 05/26/2004 10:49 AM
Hasbro updates today with the spotlight turned onto the vintage styled Han Solo. With 14 points of articulation, this promises to be the best representation of the cocky Corellian yet.

Tech show spotlights business software

Tech show spotlights business software 02/16/2004 12:55 AM
A number of small enterprise software companies plan to debut practical wares this week at the Demo conference in Arizona. Others take aim at security and utility computing.

Hasbro Spotlights Vintage-Styled Figures

Hasbro Spotlights Vintage-Styled Figures 05/20/2004 04:09 PM
Currently Hasbro is spotlighting their packaging and figure design for the vintage styled Obi-Wan Kenobi and Princess Leia Organa. They seem to have put a lot of thought and effort into these new replicas. Check out the links above for the full scoop.

Awards show spotlights on-demand winners

Awards show spotlights on-demand winners 04/01/2005 07:57 PM
Excitement muted for some media giants at first annual awards ceremony at Digital Hollywood confab. Others express glee.
Photos: And the winner for on-demand is

COMDEX Las Vegas 2003 Spotlights
International Growth

COMDEX Las Vegas 2003 Spotlights
International Growth 11/13/2003 01:53 AM
COMDEX Nov 13 2003 1:13AM ET

Hasbro Spotlights Vintage-Style Luke
Skywalker

Hasbro Spotlights Vintage-Style Luke
Skywalker 05/26/2004 04:41 PM
Hasbro updates today with the spotlight turned onto the vintage styled Luke Skywalker. The Tatooine farmboy also has 14 points of articulation, and includes a soft-goods removable tunic, and is ambidextrous, allowing him to hold his lightsaber in either hand.

Hasbro Spotlights Vintage-Style Darth
Vader

Hasbro Spotlights Vintage-Style Darth
Vader 06/04/2004 10:45 AM
Hasbro updates today with the spotlight turned onto the vintage styled Darth Vader. Click the thumbnail above for the full details on this figure.

InfoSWMM Version 3.0 Spotlights
Technological Innovations and Simplified
Analysis for the Wastewater Industry

InfoSWMM Version 3.0 Spotlights
Technological Innovations and Simplified
Analysis for the Wastewater Industry 06/24/2005 04:10 PM
In its ongoing effort to provide the global wastewater industry with the world's most comprehensive and innovative GIS-centric modeling and design solutions, MWH Soft, a leading global provider of environmental and water resources applications software, today announced the worldwide availability of the V3 Generation of InfoSWMM for ArcGIS (ESRI, Redlands, CA). [PRWEB Jun 24, 2005]

Blood test in Olympic case spotlights a
growing field of screening devices

Blood test in Olympic case spotlights a
growing field of screening devices 09/23/2004 02:59 AM
Boston Globe Sep 23 2004 6:43AM GMT

LinuxWorld Summit New York Spotlights
Industry Business Leaders at May Summit

LinuxWorld Summit New York Spotlights
Industry Business Leaders at May Summit 04/13/2005 08:09 AM
Business Wire UK Apr 13 2005 12:05PM GMT

Lyra Imaging Symposium Spotlights Office
Printing Technology and Trends with
Speakers from HP, Laser Imaging,
Lasertone, Rhinotek, Static Control
Components, Teckn-O-Laser and Xerox

Lyra Imaging Symposium Spotlights Office
Printing Technology and Trends with
Speakers from HP, Laser Imaging,
Lasertone, Rhinotek, Static Control
Components, Teckn-O-Laser and Xerox 12/19/2004 03:45 PM
Lyra Research’s Symposium agenda explores key trends and dynamics in office printing [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004]

Boom 1.4.4

Boom 1.4.4 10/29/2003 10:29 PM
BOOM is an arcade game in the grand tradition.

Ka-boom Boom (12:02 PM)

Ka-boom Boom (12:02 PM) 02/26/2003 03:39 PM
Thursday night I went out into the snow and bought Grand Theft Auto 3. After spending a large chunk of the weekend playing, I have

Boom Boom Box

Boom Boom Box 07/16/2004 11:47 AM

Sure, it's cheesy, but there's a surprising amount of potential use to be had from this $20 Boom Boom Box. Four AA batteries power built-in stereo speakers inside a water-proof casing that even comes with a hanger so you can hook it on your shower curtain rod or nozzle, turning almost any portable audio player into a waterproof shower stereo. Put your $500 portable player inside at your own peril, of course.

And it's not like you have to use it in the shower, either. There's something to be said for a cheap, hard-plastic case that lets you share your sound whenever, wherever you want. (Thanks, Rachel!)
Read - Product Page [DreamGear]

BOOM!

BOOM! 06/03/2004 11:25 PM
Nuclear codes = 00000000 Remember Johnson's Daisy ad, which led to the question whose finger do you want on the button? Well it seems it was not the President's finger alone. SAC took it upon itself (if this article can be believed) to set all the nuclear launch codes to 00000000 and then to tell all of the launch operators. Any one of those crews could have by themselves started WWIII. Apparently, that whole "nuclear briefcase" trick was nothing but a charade for many years. YIKES! (via Geekpress and Slashdot).

Boom 1.5

Boom 1.5 06/15/2004 07:01 AM
BOOM is an arcade game in the grand tradition.

New: The Boom Box

New: The Boom Box 06/22/2005 02:00 AM
Roxio released The Boom Box, a bundle of five audio programs: CD Spin Doctor, Audio Hijack, iPodderX, MusicMagic Mixer, and iSpeak It.

Disney Goes Boom!

Disney Goes Boom! 09/01/2004 07:19 PM

Boom to bust ...but dot.com man would
still do it again

Boom to bust ...but dot.com man would
still do it again 01/18/2004 09:20 PM
Straits Times Jan 19 2004 0:07AM GMT

Transmeta Looks For a Different PC Boom

Transmeta Looks For a Different PC Boom 12/08/2003 06:56 AM
SiliconValley.Internet.com Dec 8 2003 6:27AM ET

Boom Of The iPod Add-Ons

Boom Of The iPod Add-Ons 02/01/2005 09:36 PM

Stratospheric iPod sales have created a vast opportunity for other companies to sell companion gear, but the spoils have gone to those able to keep pace with Apple, which has introduced at least a half dozen kinds of iPods since the first model arrived in late 2001. By Ina Fried, CNET News.com

the language boom

the language boom 12/07/2003 10:34 AM
Language tree rooted in Turkey.

Disk Goes Boom!

Disk Goes Boom! 01/30/2003 12:12 AM
I hate it when crap like this happens. A few months ago, I built a new server (with hardware from ASA Computers, highly recommended) to serve as a backup/spare for family.zawodny.com (the machine that hosts my blog and about 40...
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