Swede deal: Cambodia gets $60M ‘social aid’ after Pirate Bay founder arrest

n a move that’s set the blogging world alight, Sweden has pledged to give Cambodia $60 million for ‘democratic development’. Some think the timing of the deal - right on the heels of Pirate Bay co-founder Warg’s arrest – is no coincidence.
Many have already dismissed the possible cause and effect between the “imminent deportation” of Gottfrid Svartholm Warg at Sweden’s request and the 60 million US dollar social package as ‘ridiculous’.
Sweden regularly sends financial aid to the struggling Southeast Asian state. But information available on the OpenAid website, which shows where Sweden sends taxpayer money – and how much, shows that this latest promise of help will exceed all previous donations by 50%. 

http://rt.com/news/pirate-bay-sweden-cambodia-aid-542/ 

Liu Bolin – Lost in Art

http://www.bbcicecream.com/2012/03/30/liu-bolin-lost-in-art/#more-29911

THE MAN WHO LOST HIS BODY (Part 1 of 5)

Assange: Swedes May Drop Case

In a South American television interview, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he thinks he could be living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for up to a year, and that the Swedish government could drop its sexual assault investigation.

Assange, 41, has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy since June, when he fled there after British authorities okay his extradition to Sweden. The Swedish government wants to question Assange about allegations of assault made by two women. The Ecuadorean government officially granted Assange asylum earlier this month, but British authorities have said they will arrest him if he leaves the embassy.

Assange told Telesur, a channel seen in Ecuador and neighboring countries, that he thinks it will take six to 12 months for a resolution of his situation, and that he expects the standoff will be solved via diplomacy or through "an unusual world occurrence that we can't predict."


http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/assange-swedes-drop-case/story?id=17129463#.UEYJ4pYkrCU

50 years too late... thalidomide drug maker issues an 'apology' to victims

Remember thalidomide, developed for morning sickness and prescribed to pregnant women in the 1950s and 1960s? The aftermath of this Big Pharma fiasco left around 10,000 reported babies born with malformed limbs and missing arms or legs. Victims of thalidomide defects said that a recent apology from the German inventor of the drug is too little, too late. After repeatedly reminding this errant company of its criminal behavior at the negotiating table, British thalidomide victim Geoff Adams-Spink is not satisfied with this apology.

But Adams Spink, head of the European Dysmelia Reference Information Centre, says: "This is an important first step. The next is to compensate everyone damaged by their so-called 'totally harmless' drug." At a ceremony in the western German city of Stolberg, where the company is based, Chief executive, Harald Stock said: "In the name of Gruenenthal ... I want to take this opportunity to express our deep regret over the consequences of Contergan and our deep sympathy for the victims, their mothers and families."...

http://www.naturalnews.com/037061_thalidomide_victims_apology.html

Brain Controls A Quadrotor for the Handicapped

Honduras signs deal to create private cities

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- The government of Honduras has signed a deal with private investors for the construction of three privately run cities with their own legal and tax systems.


The memorandum of agreement signed Tuesday is part of a controversial experiment meant to bring badly needed economic growth to this small Central American country...  

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_HONDURAS_PRIVATE_CITIES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-04-21-45-18

Crazy Moths

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http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/34608/moth+that+looks+like+a+poodle+has+internet+abuzz+bizarre+photos/

LG demonstrates wireless Linux Web pad called Ipad - 2001

The Digital iPAD, a Linux-based Web pad, was demonstrated for the first time by South Korean hardware manufacturer LG Electronics at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover, Germany this week. The device was demonstrated running on the latest version of the Linux kernel, 2.4. First unveiled in January, the iPAD is aimed at home users wanting Internet access and multimedia thrills without all the bells and whistles of a conventional PC.

 http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/LG-demonstrates-wireless-Linux-Web-pad-at-CeBIT/

Sony Inspired Apple's iPhone

All was revealed in a filing made by Apple, in which CAD mock-ups of early design prototypes revealed a strong Sony influence, with one prototype actually bearing the word "Sony" on its rear, a prototype which appears to have been the foundation for the current iPhone 4(s) design, though, with the concept originally a contender for the original iPhone, designed back in 2004-2006, perhaps halted by technological limitations. Quite hilariously, at the time, senior Apple designer, Richard Howarth, stated the the design "looks old", when comparing against another design labeled 'P2' which appears quite similar to what is now the iPod Nano...

 http://hexus.net/business/news/legal/42989-sony-inspired-apples-iphone-court-filing-reveals/