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The Joker in the Dark Knight

The new Batman film has premiered in New York to much acclaim. It co-stars Heath Ledger as the Joker.  Tragically, Heath died aged just 28 this January from an accidental drug overdose.  The movie has been dedicated to the actor.  Critics rate the film highly, predicting record box office receipts.  Take a closer look…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8kzkdmPCJI&feature=related

From The Haymakers Survey perspective, we recall how the Joker featured in a game of cards between Ben and Sarah.  

Water, water, everywhere! <> The Thinker returns! <> I do like to be beside the seaside! <> ‘Darkest ever’ material discovered.

In a near repeat of the summer floods of 2007,  Britain is enduring heavy rain and hurricane-force winds once more.  Interestingly, the media are again quoting from Samuel Coleridge’s poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner.    

One of the Fab Four, Sir Paul McCartney, is launching an exhibition of photographs by his late wife Linda to mark the tenth anniversary of her death.   They include a picture of Sir Paul in reflective mood - just like the Thinker. The photos will be exhibited at the Hyman Gallery in London.

mccartney-the-thinker.jpg

Climate change is having a major impact on Britain’s coast, the seas around the coast, and the life in those seas.  The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership says seas are becoming more violent, causing coastal erosion and a higher risk of flooding.  Higher CO2 levels in the atmosphere are making oceans warmer and more acidic, affecting plankton, fish and birds.  2006 was the second warmest year in coastal waters since records began.  Our wildlife is suffering and the trends are set to increase.

The ‘darkest ever’ matter known to science has been made in a US laboratory.  The material was created from carbon nanotubes.  Researchers say it is the closest thing yet to the ideal black material, which abosrbs light from all angles and over all wavelengths.

Bleak House

Research has shown that soot from industrial activity has influenced climate change in the Artic.  It was particularly bleak from 1851 to 1951!  The soot adds to climate warming because dark ground absorbs energy from the sun, whereas light snow reflects it back. Question 32

Samson outshines Malachi! < > Twinkle little star…

More record breaking in nature. Samson, a three year old Great Dane stands over 6 feet tall and weighs nearly 20 stone. He’s billed as Britain’s biggest dog.  Adopted from the local RSPCA the huge dog is a reluctant media star. Watch out Malachi. Question 58

Meanwhile, Astronomers claim they have detected light from some of the earliest galaxies – that shone over 13billion years ago. Question 14

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