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What you may need to know:

1. Zom-non-com with Matthew Fox and Jeffrey Donovan as survivors hiding out nine years after the zombie apocalypse.

2. @0:12 – “Tonight, Matthew, I’m going to be Captain Caveman.”

3. Fox can’t seem to get away from zombies. He had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role as “Parajumper #1” in Brad Pitt’s patchy World War Z (2013).

4. Were there any zombies in Lost amongst all those alternate timelines, four-toed statues and frozen donkey wheels? What was the deal with Christian Shephard?

5. If you were underwhelmed by I Am Legend (2007), then check out The Omega Man (1971).

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Needs more braaaaains.

Release Date: August 14.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

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Some of the world’s oldest living trees ((in Botswana, Namibia and  South Africa) photographed against the backdrop of the night sky by Beth Moon, who sez:

The majority of these photographs were created during moonless nights, shot with a wide angle lens and ISO of 3200 – 6400. The Milky Way, a ribbon of stars that stretches from horizon to horizon burns brightly in some of the images. Exposures up to 30 seconds allowed enough light to enter the lens without noticeable star movement. Each location required a lot of experimenting. and different lighting techniques. Sometimes a short burst of diffused light from a flashlight was sufficient, or bounced light from multiple flashlights was used for a softer more natural glow.

More here.

Ancient African Trees Illuminated by Starlight (Feature Image)

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Ah here.

Denis O’Brien and spokesman.

By Mick Flavin

Meanwhile…

When Denis O’Brien, the Irish media billionaire, owned a stake in this newspaper [The London Independent], he came in to the architecturally esteemed building we inhabit in London to meet then-editor in chief, Simon Kelner.

Most first-time visitors to Northcliffe House look up at the vast, six-storey, glass- roofed atrium, past the waterfall, tropical plants and, at the time, feng shui garden, and gawp, impressed.

But not Mr O’Brien. He merely took one look and said: “That’s a f***ing waste of space, isn’t it?”

Denis O’Brien: ‘Rottweiler’ grits his teeth for another fight (Jim Armitage, Independent.co.uk)

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John Moran, former secretary general at the Department of Finance (top left) and Alan Dukes, former Chairman of IBRC (top right) and an excerpt from the minutes of a meeting held between IBRC and Department of Finance officials on December 1, 2011

How tense?

Freshly obtained FOI documents by Catherine Murphy reveal the level of mistrust and rancour between the Department of Finance and Alan Dukes, chairman of IBRC, formerly Anglo.

They include a letter Dukes sent to former secretary general at the Department of Finance John Moran on October 6, 2011.

Followed by the minutes of two meetings between IBRC and Department of Finance officials  – on November 24 and December 1, 2011 – when both Dukes and Moran were present.

The final document is a letter Moran sent to Dukes on December 23, 2011.

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This morning.

Roy Keane on the ‘cash for no questions’ row at the FAI’s training grounds in Malahide, Co Dublin.

Pic via Damian Spellman

Jay.

Kers.

Earlier: Looking For Bubble?

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