Super High-Vision 8K, a new high-resolution television format, has been approved by the UN’s communication standards setting agency. Broadcasts in 8K will offer a resolution of 7,680 by 4,320 pixels – roughly the equivalent of a 32 megapixel photo. That is 16 times as sharp as current HD TVs offering about 2MP resolutions. Japanese broadcaster NHK showed off the technology in London d…
Golden Globe 2013, full list of nominations: The 70th annual Golden Globes ceremony, hosted by comediennes Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, will take place on January 13th, and will be broadcasted live on NBC. FOR MOVIES: Best Motion Picture – Drama Argo Lincoln Life of Pi Django Unchained Zero Dark Thirty Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Miserables M…
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Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan how you will contact one another. Think about how you will communicate in different situations. Complete a contact card for each adult family member. Have them keep these cards handy in a wallet, purse or briefcase, etc. Additionally, complete contact cards for each child in your family. Put the cards in their backpacks or book bags….
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) remind American people not to panic when they lose television and radio service for a few minutes today at 2:00 p.m. during a test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Although the public alert mechanism is decades old and often tested and used at the local level, it has never before been tested on a na…
North Korean television has aired a documentary to honor what is reported to be the birthday of its new leader, Kim Jong-Un. The footage shows Kim Jong-Un in his new role as supreme military commander – inspecting troops, saluting and sitting in a tank. The documentary also confirms that Kim Jong-Un was being groomed for the role from 2009, showing footage of him from that time watching a r…
Children who watch TV an increased number of hours between the ages of two and four years old risk larger waistlines by age 10. A Canadian study found that every extra weekly hour watched could add half a millimetre to their waist circumference and reduce muscle fitness. The study, in a BioMed Central journal, tracked the TV habits of 1,314 children. Experts say children should not watch more tha…
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…S Navy said none of its drones was missing in the Middle East. Other nations in the region, including the United Arab Emirates, also operate ScanEagles – low-cost, long-endurance aircraft with a 10 ft (3 m) wingspan, Associated Press says. Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said that “such drones are usually launched from large warships”. Fars said the drone was captured “in the last…
…irl Supporting Actor: Peter Capaldi – The Hour Stephen Graham – Accused (‘Tracie’s Story’) Harry Lloyd – The Fear Simon Russell Beale – Henry IV, Part 2 (The Hollow Crown) Supporting Actress: Anastasia Hille – The Fear Imelda Staunton – The Girl Olivia Colman – Accused (‘Mo’s Story’) Sarah Lancashire &#…
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…ones said he no longer wanted to take part. Angus T. Jones explained that the show’s raunchy humor conflicted with his recent bible studies. Angus T. Jones, who has been in the show since he was 10, said viewers should question the impact such programmes had on them. The clip was posted by the Forerunner Christian Church in California, where Angus Jones, who reportedly makes $350,000 an epis…
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…e firm. New tools will also allow users to record and edit gameplay so clips can be easily uploaded to the web. EA Sports was first to announce new titles for the machine revealing FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, NBA Live 14 and the fighting game UFC would all launch on the platform within the next 12 months using a new games engine called Ignite. Microsoft has unveiled its next-generation console, the X…
…began in Phoenix, Arizona, using a live helicopter shot Police spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson said the man was alleged to have stolen the car from a couple at gunpoint outside a restaurant just before 11:00 local time. Police tracked down the car and began pursuit. The driver fired several shots at the police car, but no officers were hurt. The car travelled west on Interstate highway 10, before t…
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Russian television journalist Kazbek Gekkiyev has been shot dead in the North Caucasus. Kazbek Gekkiyev, 26, was a newsreader on state-controlled local television in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Attacks on journalists have become relatively common in Russia. The North Caucasus is the country’s most volatile region, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency. On Thursda…
…d to serve six months in jail, placed on 5-year probation and directed to attend a domestic violence counseling program, the court records show. Charles Ramsey was arrested again for domestic abuse in 2003, this time sentenced to eight months in prison. His wife, Rochelle, with whom he fathered a daughter, subsequently filed for divorce, citing “extreme cruelty”. Rochelle, who is now r…
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…fith’s residence but would not comment further. Actor Andy Griffith has died aged 86 Andy Griffith created another memorable character, the folksy defense lawyer in Matlock in the 1980s and ’90s, but it was his portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on the The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s that gave him a place in U.S. television history. The show portrayed life in the frien…
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Film critic Roger Ebert has died at 70 after a long battle with cancer, his newspaper the Chicago Sun-Times has reported. Roger Ebert, known for his thumbs-up or down television reviews with partner and friend Gene Siskel, became a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967. He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002, losing his jaw and his ability to speak in a subsequent surgery. Roger Ebe…
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like burned fuel” and called the internet “a big distraction”. “It’s meaningless; it’s not real. It’s in the air somewhere,” he said. But he relented in 2011, when his publishing deal was renewed. His agent said: “We explained the situation to him, that a new contract wouldn’t be possible without e-book rights. He understood and gave us t…
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…rvers said the ceremonies echoed the displays of pomp and military might that marked the death of Kim Jong-Il’s father, Kim Il-Sung, in 1994. Kim Jong-Un – who is thought to be in his late 20′s and who has little political experience – was shown weeping beside the hearse as it drove through the snowy capital. He was accompanied by his uncle, Chang Song-Taek, who is expected…
Mike, a New York investment banker, met Lauren at the Philharmonic and he asked her to go on date; date didn’t go well, she ignored his incessant calls and psychotic emails, and she got fed up and posted his 1,615 word email on internet, and email goes viral. When Lauren didn’t call Mike back, he felt the only course of action was to Google stalk her to find an email address and proc…
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…echnique may in future help comatose and locked-in patients communicate. Several approaches have in recent years suggested that scientists are closing in on methods to tap into our very thoughts. In a 2011 study, participants with electrodes in direct brain contact were able to move a cursor on a screen by simply thinking of vowel sounds. A technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging to…
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…ings in the American Journal of Primatology. Eva Maria Luef from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, led the research. She and her colleague Katja Liebal filmed 120 hours of footage of the gorillas at Leipzig Zoo and Howletts and Port Lympne Wild Animal Parks in the UK. Gorillas have a wide repertoire of communication gestures, so the team focused on facial…
…een high since five Turkish civilians were killed by Syrian mortar fire last week, prompting Turkey to fire into Syria. It was the first time since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began 19 months ago. Earlier on Wednesday, Turkey’s top military commander warned Syria that Ankara would respond with greater force if Syria continued its cross-border shelling. The Airbus A320 airl…
…that the UN Security Council was investigating the claims. If it had supplied the technology or vehicle, China could be violating UN resolutions passed after North Korean nuclear and missile tests in 2006 and 2009, the report suggested. Asked about the matter, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the US would “continue to work with the international community, including China, to enforce s…
…e. An online petition calling for the removal of “the racist page” has generated thousands of signatures. The government has also condemned it. The page’s creator is believed to be a 16-year-old boy in Perth, reports say. Facebook has removed an Australian page that depicted Aboriginal people as drunks and welfare cheats after a public outcry “We recognize the public conce…
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have unlocked a secret code written on everyone’s face which reveals when people are lying. Scientists have discovered for the first time, five tell-tale muscle groups that control facial expressions, activate differently when we are trying to deceive. They based their study on more than 23,000 frames of television footage from 52 people emotion…
