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Paris police lose 51kg of seized cocaine from their own headquarters
Drugs worth £2m vanish from force's famous HQ at 36 Quai des Orfèvres, just months after building was mired in rape allegation
Paris police are investigating the disappearance of 51kg of cocaine from a supposedly locked and sealed room in their own headquarters on the banks of the Seine.
The cocaine "bricks" with a street value of around €2.5m (£2m) were seized a month ago after officers smashed a drug trafficking network in the capital.
They were supposed to be under lock and key at the force's legendary headquarters at 36 Quai des Orfèvres, for ever associated with the fictional French detective Maigret.
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Coligny wrote: "a bengal, the only thing worse than a tortie... NEVER..."
Russell wrote:Hmm, anyone seen Coligny here lately?
‘Internet fasting’—returning to the real world
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More and more people are increasingly worried about their addiction to the Internet and have adopted the practice of “Internet fasting” by deliberately spending time offline.
Tomohiko Yoneda, 41, who wrote “Digital Detox no Susume” (Digital detox recommended), did an Internet fast for a month last autumn. Before that, he had been hooked up to the Internet for 12 hours every day.
“When I couldn’t go online because I was sick and bedridden, I felt relaxed,” Yoneda said. “I was tired of continuously sending out messages that I thought people would like. I also was really worried when I found I was unable to read a book all the way through as my ability to concentrate and think deeply had diminished.”
Yoneda figured out how many hours he had been using the Internet and rearranged his digital life. He made it a rule to check e-mails only twice a day, while increasing the number of occasions he met face to face with other people. As a result, he had more time on his hands, could concentrate better, and had a general feeling of well-being.
“Unlike those bits of information on the Internet, real-life experiences make us fully engage all five senses, and because of that, we can learn something from those experiences,” Yoneda said. “In addition, we can never be content with ourselves as long as we are dependent on the approval of others. I now feel I’ve regained the power to take control of my life—a life that had previously been dominated by the Internet.”
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Yokohammer wrote:Nine days, no silliness ... now that's some sort of record. Something's up.
Taro Toporific wrote:Yokohammer wrote:Nine days, no silliness ... now that's some sort of record. Something's up.Yep, it's strange. Maybe he wants more attention from us.
yanpa wrote:Hmm, has anyone ever seen Coligny and Greji in the same room?
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