Die gleiche Menge Zucker und Brausepulver gut vermischen und in einer kleinen Pfanne (am besten beschichtet) langsam erhitzen. Dabei ständig, aber langsam rühren. Wenn die Masse etwas zäh geworden ist, vom Herd nehmen und abkühlen lassen. Anschließend in kleine Stücke brechen. Die Bonbons explodieren dann beim Lutschen. bastelmafia.com

Federal regulators Thursday proposed $495,000 in indecency fines against Clear Channel Communications for broadcasts by Howard Stern, prompting the nation's largest radio chain to drop the country's best-known shock jock. Clear Channel suspended Stern in February from its six stations that carry his program, which regularly features graphic sexual discussion and humor. It decided to make the move permanent after the Federal Communications Commission cited the chain for 18 alleged violations from Stern's April 9, 2003, show. (...) "You've got to vote Bush out to send a message as a Howard Stern fan," (Howard) Stern said during one recent broadcast. "There's a cultural war going on. The religious right is winning. We're losing."

Der chinesische Intellektuelle an und für sich ist sehr fragil. Er stirbt im Schnitt mit 58 Jahren, das ist 10 Jahre unter dem chinesischen Mittel in Sachen Lebenserwartung. Im Pekinger Silicon Valley sterben die Denker wie die Fliegen, schreibt jedenfalls Xinhua:
In Beijing's Zhongguancun area -- known as China's Silicon Valley and home to some of China's top universities and research institutions -- the intellectuals are dropping like flies: the average age at death is just 53.3 years, 5.2 years earlier than 10 years ago, according to a study conducted by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. There is a saying describe Chinese intellectuals as, "higher in IQ but lower in physical strength." According to a joint survey conducted by 10 major Shanghai news organizations in 2002, 78.6% of journalists die between the ages of 40 and 60, with the average age at death 45.7 years old. Overwork and poor physical condition were blamed for the phenomenon.

Der Chinese an und für sich ist sehr pandafreundlich. Er geht dabei sogar soweit, dass er der Bärin per künstliche Inseminationn (siehe Bild) zu Nachwuchs verhelfen will.

(Aljazeera) Flies buzzed over the body of a middle-aged man with a mustache, shot in the neck by marines after he fired a RPG at them across the industrial wasteland of garages, factories and metal shops.