A Few Superlative Motion Picture Summaries

With a shop near every neighborhood, video stores have been the most convenient way to get movies for years. Instead of buying or renting the dvd, people now can choose a movie download instead. Let’s look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site. Proof: A female who cared for her dad, a radiant mathematician and professor who went insane, throughout the last years of his life now queries her own sanity. Her meddlesome sis desires her to move out of the family home and dist

Kidnapping People, Kidnapping Liberty…

In December 2001, Mahmoud Abu Rideh, a Palestinian-born British resident with a British wife and six British children, was arrested, and imprisoned in Belmarsh. His eldest daughter, Ala’a, describes the arrest… It was the second day of Eid when they came and arrested my Dad. We were all sleeping. It was a bout 5 am, then we heard a big crash, then all we see is lots of police coming inside our bedroom, then all I see is my mother crying and telling us to get up and wear some clothes because

Moon probe returns first images

The US space agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon. A What-man? When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, is started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day. He had told me it was big, but I hadn’t realised he meant THAT big. It wa

One Of Those Posts That Just Makes You Feel Old

Earlier this month, the BBC asked a 13 year-old British boy to trade his iPod in for a Sony Walkman: My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day. He had told me it was big, but I hadn’t realised he meant THAT big. It was the size of a small book. When I saw it for the first time, its colour also struck me. Nowadays gadgets come in a rainbow of colours but this was only one shade - a bland grey. So it’s not exactly the most aesthetically pleasing choice of music player. If I was brow

MagazineGiving Up My IPod For A Walkman

Giving up my iPod for a Walkman When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, is started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day. He had told me it was big, but I hadn’t realised he meant THAT big. It was the size of a small book. When I saw it for the first time, its colour also struck me. Nowadays gadg

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