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Wanting his friends to be really mind-blown when entering his $330 million superyacht, this Saudi billionaire installed a 45-foot-long floor-to-ceiling interactive video wall on both sides of the passageway to create a grand entrance. Considering the length of the corridor, the specialist had to account for the vessel’s natural torsional movements when installing the videowalls. The expertise of the engineers working on the project and the skills of Oceanco’s naval architects were required for it to work flawlessly. The other big challenge was to maintain the alignment of the LED panels.

Guest post by Kristinn Taylor First Dogs Bo and Sunny, White House photo, February 10, 2014President Barack Obama and his wife First Lady Michelle Obama rubbed their royal attitudes in the noses of long-suffering Americans today.While King Obama was pronouncing, ”That’s the good thing as a President, I can do whatever I want”, Queen Obama sent out a photograph of the family dogs wearing jewels, seated at a table representing Tuesday’s state dinner in honor of President Francois Hollande of France. The photo was captioned, “Bone appétit!”King Obama backed up his ” …as a President, I can do whatever I...

In Foreign Parts: GI Janes flaunt their sports bras as body search arrives in cultural minefield of Afghan frontier By Jan McGirk in Peshawar 14 December 2002 I idly mention to my translator in Peshawar how a war photo published in all the Pakistani dailies has outraged everyone who has seen it. Janula Hashim Khan is usually rather bored by my attempts to make polite conversation, but he suddenly comes to life, eyes ablaze. "Yes, I know the photo. It's a disgrace to see our sisters and mothers mauled like that," he says. To my amazement, he pulls a carefully...