Friday, June 4, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Friday, June 4, 2010)
(1)- PURPLE SNOW -- The very morning following the widely celebrated Woman's Day - people in Southern Russia could not believe their eyes when they found purple snow piled on city streets.

(2)- COULD BE A HIGH EARNER -- The groundbreaking study showing how the City of Oakland could make $2 million per year licensing a medical cannabis growing warehouse caught many locals by surprise.

(3)- VIENNA -- Vienna, the Austrian capital renowned for its music and architecture, has the best quality of life of any city in the world, according to results of a survey. Next best were two Swiss cities: Zurich and Geneva.

(4)- INFECTED -- A British scientist says he is the first man in the world to become infected with a computer virus. Dr Mark Gasson from the University of Reading contaminated a computer chip which was then inserted into his hand.

(5)- WHAT SIXTIES? -- Much like telling an erotic story within a Victorian backdrop seems ever so sexy, human depravity juxtaposed against a seemingly golden age of good, moral values is darkly comic and that much more disturbing.

(6)- LAWSUIT -- A woman is suing Newport Beach and two companies over a "hazardous" beach restroom stall, claiming an accident related to the way doors were installed caused the tip of one of her fingers to be ripped off.

(7)- RUINING POMPEII -- Pompeii, the best-preserved Roman town in the world, still attracts millions of visitors. But its appalling state is a disgrace to Italy, Unesco and European civilization.

(8)- PART OF OPPENHEIMER’S LIFE -- The AEC’s inquiry “in the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer” (the Gray Board) began on April 12, 1954 and sittings continued for three weeks, and it is here that the ‘Twilight Years’ of Wolverton’s book kicks in.

(9)- HISTORY – Up to 12,000 Chinese prisoners perished in bloodcurdling experiments performed in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Another 300,000 to 500,000 civilians died, as a result of Japan’s massive germ assaults on more than 70 Chinese cities and towns.

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