What a pointless fuss

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As expected, the documentary, Diana - The Witnesses in the Tunnel, showed no images of a dead, injured or dying Diana and was not in any way sensational or disrespectful.

All the brouhaha was just a load of bollocks. The 14 people calling for a boycott of advertisers can go back to using Ambi Pur, Bonjela and Vanish OxyAction with an easy conscience and BT, P&O Cruises, Alpha Romeo, Nationwide and MoneySupermarket.com can rest easy that their share value is not about to plummet.








Here is the section of the programme with the 'shocking' photographs.




And remember! Clunk-Click every trip! Eh?


Give them enough rope...

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TBogg

On Kristol, Libby, Perle, Wolfowitz, Cheney, Feith and the rest:
...They play a game where only other people lose, but never themselves. Then they just move on to think tanks and visiting professorships and book contracts where nobody ever points out to them that they fucked up. They fucked up really bad.

If there was a shred of decency or an ounce of courage in any one of them, take your pick, they would each be making an appointment with Mr. Heavy Rope and Mr. Stout Overhead Beam, and their last act on earth would be to pin a note to their shirt that simply states: I'm sorry. I was wrong.



What's in YOUR fissure?

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IcelandReview - Online
It has become a tradition for visitors to Thingvellir national park in southwest Iceland to toss coins into the water-filled fissure Flosagjá, or Peningagjá (“Money Fissure”), for good luck. Recently divers discovered credit cards in the water...some of the credit cards were still valid. The cards were both Icelandic and foreign.  Divers clear out coins and rubbish tossed into Peningagjá regularly on behalf of the management of the national park.The first coin was tossed into the water-filled fissure by King Frederick VIII of Denmark on his visit to Thingvellir in 1907.

Never mind the documentary, watch out for the book

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Question lingers 'After Diana': Who is Prince Harry's dad?
As the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death approaches, a new book takes another look at a long-dismissed claim that Prince Harry's father was actually Diana's lover, James Hewitt. American writer Christopher Andersen, author of After Diana: William, Harry, Charles and the Royal House of Windsor (out today, Hyperion, $25.95), also says Harry eventually will serve in Afghanistan — as a kind of compensation for not being allowed to serve with his Army regiment in Iraq. "I think they'll wait until the interest dies down," he says, "and then they'll get him (to Afghanistan) and back before anyone knows it."

Behavioural pattern monitoring

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Tracking movements that betray the mind
Cameras and motion sensors that track the way people move are giving new insights into mental illness like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), say US researchers trialling the technology.

Early tests have already uncovered differences in the way patients with these conditions explore an unfamiliar room. Examining the way people move may also shed light on other aspects of the human condition.

Psychiatrist William Perry and colleagues at the University of California San Diego, US, were inspired by a technique called behavioural pattern monitoring used on mice. A camera is used to track the animal's movements as it explores a box with holes along its sides. Studying the pattern of movements has helped researchers understand the effects of drugs, or genetic modifications on brain chemistry.