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Jokers loose in London - New DK Trailer premiered

A wet and windy night in London and sightings abounded tonight of jokers in various guises.
Led by the Boss a team of several hundred Jokers made their way around the centre of London trying to find the answers to the questions that would lead to the most anticipated prize of the moment - the new […]

 
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Rare Brightonomicon poster auctioned for Stroke Association

As part of the release of “The Brightonomicon Audio Series” by BBC Audiobooks and Hokus Bloke Productions, the cast & crew have been raising awareness and money for The Stroke Association (Charity No. 211015) in memory of Peter Barnes, who passed away from a stroke aged just 30 back in Nov 2003.
On ebay they present […]

Age Of Terror – 10 Days Of Terror

British and Irish intelligence sources claim that in 1987 Martin McGuinness was the leading figure on the IRA’s Northern Command – the body that ran the “war” in the North.

They say that Northern Command knew about the Enniskillen bombing in advance and did nothing to stop it. Eleven civilians died and not a single member of the security forces.

Harvey Dent - Batman: The Dark Knight

“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

Photoshop: Selectively colouring a photograph using the History Brush

A simple technique and one of many that can be used to knock out the colour in a picture and then put it back selectively to increase the impact.

Start with a picture that you want to use. The usual rules apply – don’t work with originals unless you are very good, work with a copy so the original is always there for you to go back to in the case of a disaster.

BBC launches online ethical magazine - Thread

As ethical fashion promises to be the next big thing, the BBC has today (16/04) launched Thread – a new online magazine for fashion conscious people who care about where their clothes come from.
New research conducted for Thread among 16 to 30-year-olds suggests that ethical fashion is no longer a fringe movement; almost one in […]

PANASONIC DEBUTS AG-HPX170

A NEW FULLY SOLID-STATE P2 HD HANDHELD CAMCORDER

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 13, 2008) – Panasonic unveiled here at NAB the AG-HPX170, a fully solid-state P2 HD handheld camcorder. A full production quality tool, the solid-state handheld camcorder enables high definition and standard definition recording, the widest zoom lens in its class, and a HD-SDI […]

NASA Extends Cassini’s Grand Tour of Saturn

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA is extending the international Cassini-Huygens mission by two years. The historic spacecraft’s stunning discoveries and images have revolutionized our knowledge of Saturn and its moons.
Cassini’s mission originally had been scheduled to end in July 2008. The newly-announced two-year extension will include 60 additional orbits of Saturn and more flybys of its […]

Harvey Dent Campaign Press Conference Chaos

The Harvey Dent campaign took a turn for the different yesterday when a scheduled press conference was disrupted by a hostage crisis. The campaign had been planning to make a major announcement but instead Mr Dent, assessing the situation, exchanged himself for the hostage.
Cynics among you may think that this will be something for the […]

 
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Strindberg - Sylva Sylvarum

‘For three days I have observed two large pictures in solid frames hanging on the wall before me, supported by a cord fastened horizontally behind the frames; these pictures have only one point of support, so that they are sensitive to the slightest movement. The wall goes from east to west, or the […]