Monthly Archives: June 2008

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Officially Sworn In – washingtonpost.com

“Once again we have shamed all our detractors, who, through gullible people, tried to use every opportunity to undermine our independence and desecrate our hard-earned and inalienable right to self-determination,” Mugabe said as he opened his sixth term in office. … Continue reading

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450,000 Unsold Earth Day Issues Of Time Trucked To Landfill

An estimated 450,000 unsold copies of Time’s special April 22 Earth Day issue were trucked Monday from the magazine’s New Jersey distribution center to the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island. The discarded copies of the issue–which features articles about … Continue reading

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Gallery of Sawn-In-Half Cameras | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

Yesterday I took a trip to the Deutshes Technikmuseum Berlin, an oddity of a place containing all manner of weird and wonderful German technology, from a yard full of locomotives to an exhibition on cutlery and plates from railway dining … Continue reading

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Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon unveils D700 full-frame digital SLR

Nikon has filled in the gap between its midrange and pro digital SLRs. The D700, announced today and slated to ship in late July 2008, looks like a D300, acts like a D3 and promises to be as big a … Continue reading

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Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon unveils new 45mm, 85mm perspective control lenses

Completing Nikon’s announcements today are two perspective control lenses, the PC-E Micro Nikkor 45mm f2.8D ED and PC-E Micro Nikkor 85mm f2.8D ED, which Nikon had indicated were in development back in January 2008. Check it out here.

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The Ramones: “Rocket to Russia” for two bucks

For today, Amazon is selling the digital version of the Ramones’ classic Rocket to Russia for just $1.99. Check it out here.

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Robert Mugabe’s thugs shout: ‘Let’s kill the baby’ – Times Online

A baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition councillor in Zimbabwe. Blessing Mabhena, aged 11 months, was seized from a bed and flung down with force as … Continue reading

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Congrats to New Magnum Members – PDNPulse

We’ve heard the names of the new Magnum Photos members who were elected at the cooperative’s meeting in Paris last week: Jonas Bendiksen, Antoine D’Agata and Alec Soth have been elected full members. Olivia Arthur and Peter Van Agtmael are … Continue reading

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A Photo Editor – Crappy Old Cameras

Here’s a site (Andreas Wolkerstorfer :: cameras) where the photographer runs film through all types of cameras so you can see what kind of pictures they take and although the general theme seems to be vignette with the older cameras, … Continue reading

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Photo Essay Grozny – Then and Now – Eric Bouvet

Eric Bouvet covered the Second Chechen War from October to December of 1999, and returned in February 2000. Bouvet traveled with three Russian officers during his second visit to the region and witnessed up-close the destruction and decay of a … Continue reading

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Who Murdered Trent Keegan?

Whoever beat Trent Keegan to death probably wanted his computer. But why would robbers leave money in his pockets? Questions like this trouble the friends and family of Keegan, 33, a New Zealand photojournalist who was murdered while working in … Continue reading

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The Year in Pictures: Zimbabwe Election

This group of pictures from Saturday’s New York Times showed Zimbabweans on their election day where they were forced to vote for the only candidate, President Robert Mugabe, for fear of punishment unless they could produce a finger colored by … Continue reading

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We Must Preserve The Earth’s Dwindling Resources For My Five Children

If we don’t take action now, my daughters Kimmy and Jenna may not be able to blow-dry their hair for 45 minutes to an hour each morning, nor may my future sons-in-law cut their grass atop enormous, diesel-powered riding mowers. … Continue reading

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