The Real Tehran

Monday, 15 September 2008, 12:56 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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Here’s a very interesting report about Tehran. It sounds very hopeful :) I had no idea so many Iranians thought badly of Ahmadinejad.

Zawody Otwarcia Sezonu 2008-09: Video Clips for Download

Full results are here and links to download my camerawork are below :)
Senior Men
1. Przemysław DOMAŃSKI SP FP
2. Maciej CIEPLUCHA SP FP
3. Konstantin TUPIKOV SP FP
Senior Ladies
1. Anna JURKIEWICZ SP FP
2. Aneta MICHAŁEK SP FP
Senior Pairs
1. Krystyna KLIMCZAK / Janusz KARWETA SP FP
WD Stacy KEMP / David KING SP
Senior Dance
1. Joanna BUDNER / Jan MOŚCICKI [...]

Transnistria - a European state hardly anyone recognises


Cinema in Saudi Arabia: Haifaa Mansour


MPAA censors the poster for ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’

The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) have censored the poster for Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno. You can see the poster (along with a similar, but saucier poster for Good Luck Chuck which they did approve of last year) here.
Kevin Smith & co had to come up with a new [...]

The Dance of Death

Saturday, 13 September 2008, 2:46 | Category : Crumbs, Curiosities
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By the 16th century there had been as many as 11 dancing epidemics in Europe. People would feel an irresistible urge to dance that eventually led them to dance themselves to death. The causes of this remain unknown. The best documented of these was the last one, in mid-July, 1518.

The Shouting Hill of Syria

The Golan Heights lie in the border area of Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. It is an area of conflict between Israel and Syria.

Swaziland: The last absolute monarchy in Africa

Swaziland is one of just three currently existing absolute monarchies.
It has the highest HIV prevalence rate and the lowest life expectancy in the world.

Re-enacting The Big Bang: The biggest, most expensive science experiment in world history

Friday, 12 September 2008, 14:54 | Category : Crumbs, Uncategorized
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Ram Gopal Varma, the snarkiest director in Bollywood and his blog

Thursday, 11 September 2008, 3:24 | Category : Bollywood & the Indian film industry, Crumbs
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I initially started reading Ram Gopal Varma’s blog because he has such a wonderfully sarcastic sense of humour. But once I got into it there was more to appreciate. He’s not the best writer in terms of how he uses the English language, but he really knows how to put a story together and how [...]