Oh, but this is just a taste.
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By Ivor Noyek who sez
The cover is inspired by the [Dublin band] Bantum album Legion released last week and launching this Friday. The illustration is created in pencil, pen, ink and charcoal then I tried to reflect the energy and diversity of the tracks through the movement and sporadic patterns. At times the animation syncs with the tunes, good fun.
Yanar Dag (Fire Mountain) in Azerbaijan is a natural gas fire that burns continuously on a hill of the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea. The gas emanates from vents in the sandstone formations of the area and can even be ignited on the surface of nearby streams, known as Yanar Bulaq (burning springs’).
Happy you day.
Plan Ireland’s Because I am a Girl ambassador Laura Whitmore and the charity’s Youth Ambassador Mariama Kamara from Sierra Leone celebrating International Day of The Girl 2012 at the Mansion House, Dublin, this morning.
International Day of the Girl?
They brought along a video to explain:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHxOKVxEEY
The first was from a woman with breast cancer who was awaiting test results. She told the presenter that she hoped her results would be good to which she was told: “Is it good or is it bad? Well, em, I would say it’s good at this moment in time….”
“Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual desertification,” [Pope Benedict] said, opening a worldwide “Year of Faith”. “We see it all around us … the void has spread.”
The Vatican has termed this effort the “new evangelisation” of the developed world and it has asked Catholics, particularly those who have left the Church, to look deep into their hearts and either rekindle their relationship with God or deepen it.
Actually, maybe not.
Pope Warns Lapsed Catholics Of “Spiritual Desertification” (Reuters)
Chris de Burgh is on Sky News talking about Iran. This is not a joke. twitter.com/ChristineBohan…
— Christine Bohan (@ChristineBohan) October 11, 2012
Thanks John Moynes
Enda Kenny receives a green cycling jersey from Paddy Power at a press conference to announce 600 new jobs (to be filled by the end of 2015) by the bookmakers within the past 30 minutes.
Bullshit Performance enhancing PR, as it’s known
Reilly response to Ceann Comhairle’s request for more info on primary care centres was a 3 month old press release. More on #rtenews.
— David McCullagh (@mcculld) October 11, 2012
The Pinel & Pinel Arcade PS Trunk:
This insane set includes a PS3, two Formula 1 racing seats with Thrustmaster steering wheels, a selection of 24 PS 3 games, an 1,800-watt sound system, a Playstation Move camera, four Move controllers, two Move shooter guns, four PS3 wireless buzzers, four Dualshock 3 controllers, two arcade fighting sticks, a 55″ Sony TV, and four pairs of 3D glasses.
The whole thing packs away into a custom 130 x 140 x 90cm calfskin-covered trunk
Price: just north of €70,000
