Scott's : Current News: Apr 30, 2008

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Current News for April 30, 2008

Wall Street Journal on Brink of Becoming Journalistic Disast

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:04:53 PDT
WSJ's managing editor resigns, leaving Murdoch one step closer to having a monopoly on New York news.

The Grass Roof Company

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:06:18 PDT
The Grass Roof Company Joining Garden History Girl on our list of top sites discovered in 2008 (maybe there should be some annual Shedworking awards?) is The Grass Roof Company run by brothers John and Robert Little. We all know why green roofs are so great - eco-friendly, great for insulation, nice to look at - and TimeOut even suggests they are one of the 2008 gardening trends. The site is full of the most marvellous pictures of living roofs/green roofs including numerous shedlike atmosphe

Underground Hip Hop Site

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:47:32 PDT
Hip Hop website with an underground focus.Commited to bringing quality music to the masses..Reviews, News, Artist Info, Audio, Video, Downloads, Chat

This doc hip hops to the top of the world - Winnipeg Sun

This doc hip hops to the top of the world
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - Apr 18, 2008
On Sunday CBC Newsworld has the BBC documentary Massacre at Virginia Tech. It recalls the horrible shooting spree by Seung-Hui Cho on April 16, 2007, ...

Google News and Search: Rev. Wright Tops Every Major Issue?

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:30:40 PDT
In his press conference today, Obama said he was "distressed that this has caused such a distraction from what this campaign should be about, which is the American people. Their situation is getting worse." Google trends show that News volume and Search volume on Rev. Wright now exceeds Iraq, Health Care, and The Economy; 24/7 Wright news continues

Wall Street wilts after Fed

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:50:18 PDT
Stocks slump, giving up gains as investors take a 'sell the news' reaction to central bank's rate cut, statement that hints no more rate cuts for the time being.

TV tonight: Five worth watching - Toronto Star

TV tonight: Five worth watching
Toronto Star, Canada - Apr 20, 2008
... his shooting rampage in Blacksburg, Va., The Passionate Eye has the premiere of Jonathon Hacker's film Massacre at Virginia Tech (CBC Newsworld at 10). ...

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Albert Hofmann the inventor of drug LSD has died aged 102

Register, UK

Discoverer of LSD dead at 102

Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who in 1943 accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), has died at the age of 102, Reuters reports.

Hoffman passed away at his home in Basel on 29 April as a result of a heart attack, according to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

The chemist had in the late 1930s been working on possible medical applications of alkaloid derivatives of the fungus ergot and subsequently synthesised a number of such derivatives, including LSD. It wasn't until 1943, however, when a small amount accidentally leaked onto his hand that the compound's mind-blowing capability was revealed.

Hoffman recounted a "remarkable restlessness, combined with slight dizziness", elaborating: "At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxication-like condition, characterised by an extremely stimulated imagination.

"In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight too unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colours. After some two hours this condition faded away."

The rest is history. While the CIA infamously experimented with the mind-control possibilities of LSD during the 1950s and 60s in its Project MK-ULTRA, it was Timothy Leary and his "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra who popularised the substance among the hippy movement and brought it to the attention of the wider world.

Hoffman maintained the movement had "hijacked" the drug and insisted he'd produced it "as a medicine and not as a substance to be abused". He continued to defend its possible use "in analysis of how the mind works, hoping it could be used to recognise and treat illnesses like schizophrenia", long after it was banned in the 1960s. �