 | | | | | SEVEN SISTERS MARKET: The Shape of Things To Come 
How much is worth Grainger's word? That is the question Seven Sisters market traders and the Pueblito Paisa Market are asking themselves on the wake of the appeal hearing next May. Last year Grainger acquired the U shape land at the back of the Seven Sisters Market used as a car park and now the developer is flexing their muscles getting ready for whatever is the outcome of the appeal by harassing openly a trader through their car park managing agent. The Pueblito Paisa Traders offer their customers a car wash and car servicing option as part of their marketing strategy and when Grainger bought the car park land the Pueblito Paisa negotiated on behalf of one of its members the renting of a section of the car parking space for customers to park their cars when they wanted them to be serviced. Now Grainger want to relinquish their original agreement by falsely accusing the trader to be on breach of contract and asking him to vacate the premises at short notice just before breaking up for the Easter holiday, thus preventing him to get legal advice. At the same time the Pueblito Paisa Traders find it difficult to accept a heavy handed visit by a Haringey Council Inspector to the car park last week as a mere coincidence. As things stand at the moment, the Pueblito Paisa Ltd finds it hard to believe Grainger's promises to look after the interests of the market traders and are beginning to consider this last action as a sample of the treatment they are going to receive in the event that they also have Grainger as a Landlord. Haringey, London – 02 April 2010 - END Contact: M Hinestroza Pueblito Paisa Ltd Seven Sister Market 231 High Road South Tottenham London, N15 5BT www.pueblitopaisa.com 
DURING THE 2008 LONDON'S ELECTIONS BORIS JOHNSON, KEN LIVINGSTONE, BRIAN PADDICK, SIAN BERRY AND LINDSEY GERMAN (ALL THE MAIN MAYORAL CANDIDATES) VISITED THE PUEBLITO PAISA/SEVEN SISTERS MARKET. ALL OF THEM PROMISED TO DEFEND THE UK'S LARGEST SOUTH AMERICAN MARKET 
THE SPANISH EMBASSY AND 12 LATIN EMBASSIES MET IN SEVEN SISTERS TO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT TO A PLAN TO RAISE TRADE AND TOURISM TO TOTTENHAM WITH THE DEVELEPMENT OF THE PUEBLITO PAISA MARKET. IN THE PICTURE NOEMI SANIN, WHO WAS THE COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR IN LONDON, AND TODAY IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO HAVE REAL CHANCES TO BECOME A PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE THREE MOST POPULATED LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES. 
THE IBERO-AMERICAN AND SPANISH-PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COMMUNITY IS INVITING ALL PARTIES AND CANDIDATES TO SPEAK AT DIFFERENT VENUES OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE UCL HAS IDENTIFIED 250,000 REGISTERED ELECTORS WITH SPANISH/PORTUGUESE NAMES AND SURNAMES. HOWEVER OUR COMMUNITY IS EVEN LARGER BECAUSE IT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT HAS DIFFERENT NAMES OR SURNAMES. 250,000 ELECTORS ARE: 10 TIMES MORE VOTES THAN THE ONE THAT HAD GORDON BROWN OR DAVID CAMERON IN THEIR OWN CONSTITUENCIES. MORE PEOPLE THAN ALL THE VOTES REGISTERED IN THE LAST ELECTIONS IN EVERY CITY EXCEPT LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. 
BORIS JOHNSON TALKING TO 2,000 IBERO-AMERICANS IN JANUARY 2009 SINCE ITS BEGINNINGS BRITAIN HAD A STRONG IBERIAN INFLUENCE. 80% OF THE BRITISH AND IRISH PEOPLE ARE GENETICALLY ORIGINATED FROM IMMIGRANTS THAT ARRIVED IN THE LAST 15,000 YEARS FROM SPAIN. LONDON WAS BUILT BY HISPANIC EMPERORS LIKE TRAJAN OR HADRIAN. IN ITS FIRST 500 YEARS LONDON'S LANGUAGE WAS LATIN (TODAY 75% OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK A LATIN LANGUAGE ARE IBERO-AMERICANS). THE CENTRE OF BRITAIN'S ROAD SYSTEM IS CHARING CROSS (A MONUMENT OF LOVE FOR ELEONORA DE CASTILLA AND THE IBERIAN PEOPLES). ENGLAND HAD HALF A DOZEN OF IBERIAN KINGS AND QUEENS AND THE FOUNDER OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY WAS BENJAMIN DISRAELI (A SPANISH-PORTUGUESE JEW). ALMOST ALL THE FOUNDERS OF THE HISPANIC SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS LIVED IN LONDON. THE IBERO-AMERICAN AND SPANISH-PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS ALLIANCE IS ORGANISING HOSTINGS AND PRESENTATIONS IN ALL LONDON, IF ANY CANDIDATE OR PARTY IS INTERESTED PLEASE WRIGHT TO US AND WE WILL TRY TO FIND YOU A PLACE SO YOU CAN TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY.  JENNETE ARNOLD, THE FIRST CENTRAL AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE CHAIR OF THE LONDON ASSEMBLY, ADDRESSED OUR COMMUNITY IN APRIL 2009. 
IN MARCH TWO BIG PRO-IMMIGRANT DEMONSTRATIONS HAPPENED IN THE USA. ONE IN WASHINGTON WITH 200,000-500,000 PEOPLE AND ANOTHER ONE IN LOS ANGELES WITH 15,000 - 50,000 PEOPLE. IBERO-AMERICANS WHERE THE LARGEST CONTINGENT IN BOTH DEMONSTRATIONS, AS WELL AT THE TRAFALGAR SQUARE IN MAY 4 2009 DURING BRITAIN'S LARGEST PRO-IMMIGRATION RALLY. IBERO-AMERICANS (PEOPLE ORIGINATED IN THS SPANISH/PORTUGUESE SPEAKING WORLD) ARE THE LARGEST ETHNIC MINORITY IN THE USA AND IN MANY BRITISH CONSTITUENCIES.
ON TUESDAY 30 AROUND 70 DELEGATES FROM THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE IBERIAN-AMERICAN AND SPANISH/PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COMMUNITIES WERE INVITED TO THE LOCOG'S HQ (CANARY WHARF) TO DISCUSS HOW OUR COMMUNITY COULD SUPPORT LONDON. HALF OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE SPEAK SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE AS NATIVE LANGUAGES. LONDON IS ESPECTING THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SPANISH/PORTUGUESE SPEAKING TOURIST EVER TO AN OLYMPIC GAME WHICH HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED IN AN IBERIAN-AMERICAN COUNTRY. THE NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN SOUTH AMERICA AND IN THE PORTUGUESE SPEAKING WORLD. LOCOG IS ENGAGED WITH 5 IMPORTANT ETHNIC COMMUNITIES: AFRO-CARIBBEANS, ASIANS, IRISH, AND IBERO-AMERICANS. THE SPANISH/PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COMMUNITY IS BY FAR LONDON'S LARGEST WESTERN AND EUROPEAN LINGUISTIC MINORITY. IN THE PICTURE COMFORT LAOBEODAN (LOCOG) IS ADDRESSING OUR COMMUNITY. THE FIRST WOMEN SITING ON THE LEFT IS TARA HOYOS, THE FIRST LATINO CANDIDATE TO MISS BRITAIN. TARA HOYOS: HAPPY 20' BIRTHDAY 
Tara Hoyos-Martinez an Ibero-American candidate for Miss Universe GB 2010! Hi guys, hope all of you are doing well. I just want to say thank you to each one of you that has collaborated in voting for Tara and supporting her throughout her journey ...But now is where all of us need to show our true feelings towards her and what a better occasion than on the day she was born...Today is her BIRTHDAY so lets start with her big campaign towards becoming Miss Universe GB 2010! I am sending this message to every one of you and I would like you to forward it to all of your friends and invite them to do the same, we only have 34 days left towards the big day of the final! Also, as you all know, we are fundraising for The Joshua Foundation, a charity for children wih terminal cancer, from now till the day before the final so we would really appreciate a donation of at least £1 :) You can do this by visiting Tara's personal donation page at www.justgiving.com/tara-hoyos where more information about the charity and its motives are available. So please do not forget and show once more your support by helping us with this campaign! Votes can be placed by sending an SMS message containing her full name (Tara Hoyos-Martinez) to 81118. Or from a landline by calling 0901 2937997 0901 2937997 and entering the digit number (22) which is for her. All votes cost £1. Lines will close at 12pm on 30 April 2010. For more information please go to www.missuniversegb.co.uk or her personal group page on facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=296862636870&ref=ts |
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The Peruvian Embassy invites you to the following events: Tuesday 13th April, 6.30pm: Presentation of the book 'RED APRIL' by Peruvian writer Santiago Roncagliolo at Foyles Bookshop. One of the most celebrated new literary voices from Latin America, Santiago Roncagliolo, visits London to present his chilling, internationally acclaimed political thriller, Red April, winner of the Alfaguara Prizeone of the most prestigious in the Spanish-speaking worldand translated from the Spanish by the prominent literary translator, Edith Grossman. Presentation followed by Pisco Sour. Foyles Bookshop, 113 - 119 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H Free admission but limited number of seats. We advise early booking to avoid disappointment, please email: events@foyles.co.uk For more information, please visit http://www.foyles.co.uk/events.asp Thursday 15th April, 6.30pm: Spain's Great Botanical Expedition to Peru of Hipólito Ruiz, Joseph Pavón and Joseph Dombey (1777-1788). Talk and Photographic exhibition by Dr. Henry Oakeley, president of the Orchid Society of Great Britain at the Peruvian Embassy. The lecture will be accompained by a photographic exhibition that compares the paintings from the expedition with the contemporary images of the same orchids still growing in the same habitats. This exhibition received the Gold Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society at the London Orchid Show in March 2010. Free admission but limited number of seats. We advise early booking to avoid dissapointment. Please email: cultural_events@peruembassy-uk.com or contact 020 7235 8340 (ask for Vicky North from 9.30am to 1.30pm and from 3.00pm to 4.30pm) The exhibition will run from Thursday 15th to Monday 26th April from 10.00am to 1.00pm and from 3.00pm to 4.00pm at the Peruvian Embassy's Gallery. Peruvian Embassy, 52 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9SP 
ACTIVITIES OF STRANGERS INTO CITIZENS AND TELCO (THE EAST LONDON COMMUNITIES ORGANIZATION) Tower Hamlets Mayoral Accountability Assembly 15th April 2010. In anticipation of the May 4 Council Elections, TELCO will present the leaders of Ealing's main political parties with TELCO's agenda for Tower Hamlets.
Ealing & Waltham Forest Mayoral Accountability Assembly 22nd April 2010 In anticipation of the May 4 Council Elections, we will present the leaders of Ealing's main political parties with WLC's agenda for Ealing and TELCO'S agenda for Waltham Forest.
Strangers Into Citizens-Mass in Support of Migrant Workers In London 3rd May 2010 Mass preceded by a procession of representatives from London's Diverse communities,occupations and civic organisations.
London Citizens two-day Community Leadership Training Friday 14th – Saturday 15th May 2010 The London Citizens Two Day Training venue is to be confirmed. For more information on the training please click here.
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Zamora, land and free men This is the latest film by Román Chalbaud, and it explores the life of Ezequiel Zamora, one of the protagonists of the most violent period in the history of Venezuela. The Venezuela in which Zamora lived and died was a country decimated by the War of Independence, dismembered into enormous fiefdoms in the hands of the large landowners who emerged from the war with their pockets bulging, betraying, along the way, the people and the leaders who gave their lives to liberate the country from Spanish oppression. In Zamora the leading roles are played by Alexander Solórzano, Daniela Alvarado, Dilia Waikkarán, Eric Ekvall, Luigi Sciamana, Julio César Mármol, Alberto Galíndez, Antonio Cuevas, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Dimas González, Eduardo Gadea Pérez, Antonio Delli, Anastasia Mazzone and Ramón Hinojosa. The script is by the veteran Venezuelan writer Luis Britto García. The film is a La Fundación Villa del Cine production. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=mX8uVK9mvSM&feature=player_ embedded Spanish with English Subtitles April 6th, 7:30pm Bolívar Hall,54 Grafton Way,London, W1t 5DL Free Commando X The film relates the exploits of Manuel, a character who owes a lot to the Spanish picaresque tradition. Poor, without a penny to his name, Manuel pretends to be the exact opposite in order to win the heart of Lucía, his boss' stunning-looking daughter.
However, things get complicated for Manuel when he gets involved with a radical group of commandos who want to overthrow the President. Manuel suddenly finds himself having to choose between saving his love or saving the city from terror.
This political comedy is directed by José Luis Varela, with the script by Henry Herrera. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_x1o0LMWxwU Spanish with English Subtitles April 7th, 6:30pm April 9th, 8:00pm Bolívar Hall,54 Grafton Way,London, W1t 5DL Postcards from Leningrad
For the young narrator of Postcards from Leningrad, being born into a socialist uprising in 1960s Venezuela wasn't easy. She and her cousin Teo have learned how to live a clandestine life, making an ongoing game out of survival, with everything from code names and creative disguises to making themselves invisible and devising fantastic escape plans. A visual collage with playful animation and nostalgic footage of revolutionary youth, the film injects both humour and pathos into a story where wild fantasies, foggy memories, madness, white lies, and grief all mix seamlessly in a child's reality. Nominated by Venezuela for the 2008 Oscars and for Spain's 2008 Goyas.
http://web.mac.com/ sudacafilms/iWeb/POSTALES_DE_ LENINGRADO/ Spanish with English Subtitles April 7th, 8:00pm Bolívar Hall,54 Grafton Way,London, W1t 5DL Blocks The film is directed jointly by Alfredo Hueck and Carlos Caridad, each of whom covers stories from their own apartment block, turning them into half a film. The result is a cinematographic diptych, made up of two half-length films.
Blocks is really two films in one, with some points, themes and dramas in common. The first story, from the first block, called "The final faliure", is directed by Alfredo Hueck and written by Julio Balam. It tells a loves story with sombre overtones of Bukovsky.
The other, second block, (*Getting across the barrier"), written by Marcel González Ávila and directed by Caridad, is a story of family disintegration, triggered by an act of corruption.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=5aieMQwONgU Spanish with English Subtitles Bolívar Hall,54 Grafton Way,London, W1t 5DL Free
Dog Hearts Set in a place undefined in terms of time and location. The story starts one night when Eva is arguing with her only son, who, a few minutes later, turns up dead in a nearby park. She sees the boy's best friend leaving the scene, and accuses him of the crime, fuelling a lethal hatred. After a painful period of mourning, Tomás appears in her life, because they have decided to mate their respective dogs. In each visit, while these two antagonistic and solitary characters sit on the sofa waiting for what must happen between the two animals, love starts to spring up between them. Spanish with English Subtitles Bolívar Hall,54 Grafton Way,London, W1t 5DL Free
Libertador Morales
The Avenger, a comedy produced by the Villa del Cine, written and directed by Efterpi Charalambidis. By day, Libertador Morales is an honest, law-abiding motorbike taxi-driver in Caracas, who loves quoting Simón Bolívar's famous sayings. He is in love with Daisy, a young receptionist, who is a single mother with a child in delicate health, and he tries to redeem his lovelife. By night, dressed in black, riding a fast motorbike, he becomes The Avenger, stalking a band of thieves in his neighbourhood. Things get complicated when Libertador catches a thief and takes off his mask, getting a big surprise. Spanish with English Subtitles April 9th, 6:30pm Bolívar Hall,54 Grafton Way,London, W1t 5DL Free
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| LOST Theatre presents: PORTUGUESE and LUSOPHONE FESTIVAL Mon 19th of April to Sun 2nd of May 2010 Over two weeks LOST Theatre, in collaboration with the Portuguese community, and the Portuguese speakers community, will be host to a variety of events celebrating Portuguese and Lusophone Culture. Music, Dance, Poetry, Arts exhibitions, Films... ...and much more! Countries and regions where Portuguese has official status. WEEK ONE PROGRAMME Mon 19th April (7.30pm) – HISTORY – "Do Passado Rumo Ao Future: Sinais da Presenca Portuguesa em Inglaterra" by Adelina Pereira, writer, journalist and historian. Presentation about the presence of the Portuguese in England throughout the centuries. Illustrated with Power Point. In Portuguese. Free event (donations are kindly suggested). Tues 20th April (7.30pm) – FILM - "O Patio das Cantigas" (1942). Comedy by Portuguese film director Francisco Ribeiro. (In Portuguese, no subtitles or dubbing). Tickets: £3 Weds 21st April (7.30pm) – DANCE – "Danças de Portugal" Traditional Portuguese folk by Rancho Folclórico do Centro Desportivo e Cultural Português & Grupo Típico Português. Tickets: £8 / £6 Thurs 22nd April (7.30pm) – MUSIC – "O Fado é Destino"/ "Fado is Destiny". An evening of Fado performances. Tickets: £10 / £8 Fri 23rd April (7.30pm) – DOCUMENTARY - "Agostinho da Silva: Um Pensamento Vivo" - Documentary film about Prof. Agostinho da Silva. A visionary, philosopher, poet, teacher and a polyglot. Film directed by his grandson, the Brazilian filmmaker, João Rodrigo Mattos. (In Portuguese with English subtitles). Tickets: £3 Sat 24th April (2pm-4pm) - DANCE WORKSHOP– "Simply Samba" Tickets: £8 (2 hours) £5 (1 hour) Sat 24th April (4.30pm) – DOCUMENTARY – "Sea and Jungle" directed by Angelo Torres (Sao Tome e Principe). In Portuguese with English subtitles. Tickets: £3 Sat 24th April (7.30pm) – DOCUMENTARY (UK PREMIERE) – "Kontinuasom" (Cape-Verde). A journey through Cape Verdean Music and Dance. Screening and Q&A Forum with production team. (In Crioullo with English subtitles). Tickets: £7.50 / £5 Sun 25th April (2pm) – DANCE – "Caçulinhas da Umaru" dance group for children (Angola) Sun 25th April (3pm) – DANCE – "Sunday Afro Matinees", Kizomba Dance Workshop + Performance Sun 25th April (6pm) – POETRY – "Poetas de Abril!" by Mina Andala. Brief presentation and Poetry Reading on the Revolution in Portugal of the 25th April, 1974, commonly known as the "Carnation Revolution". In Portuguese. Free event (donations are kindly suggested). WEEK TWO PROGRAMME Mon 26th April (7.30pm) – POETRY – "Portugal, Land of Poets and Wine" by Adelina Pereira. Reading of Luis de Camoens and Fernando Pessoa' poetry (in English). Portuguese musical interludes and wine tasting. Tickets: £4 / £3 Tues 27th April (7.30pm) – FILM – "O Pai Tirano" (1941) by Antonio Lopes Ribeiro. (In Portuguese, no subtitles or dubbing). Tickets: £3 Weds 28th April (7.30pm) – MUSIC – "2Listen" by Ana Joao Correira (violin and accordion) & Daniela Santos (piano). Two young Portuguese performers present an eclectic mix of popular, classical and contemporary music. Tickets: £8 / £6 Thurs 29th April (7.30pm) – ART – "Portugal's Perplexing Panels: the meaning of a Portuguese medieval masterpiece" by Malcolm Howe, British historian. Bilingual presentation in English and Portuguese. Free event (donations are kindly suggested). Fri 30th April (7.30pm) – MUSIC & DANCE – "Simply Samba" whose dancers will bring our theatre to Rio with a vibrant and astonishing show & "No Bin Djumbai" - Traditional Dance and Music from Guinea Bissau. Tickets: £8 / £6 Sat 1st May (2pm) – DOCUMENTARY – "Kontinuasom" (Cape Verde). Tickets: £6 / £4 Sat 1st May (4pm) – DANCE – "Caçulinhas da Umaru" dance group for children (Angola) Sat 1st May (7.30pm) – MUSIC – "Ozzy" Kizomba singer (Cape Verde) & "Xipane-Pane" traditional drum & dance (Mozambique). Tickets: £8 / £6 Sun 2nd May (2.30pm) – DANCE – "Sunday Afro Matinees", Kizomba Dance Workshop + Performance Sun 2nd May (12pm-6.30pm) - ARTANGOLA presents VISUAL ART, DOCUMENTARY AND POETRY. Tickets £5: · 12pm-6pm: Exhibition by Jose Batista (woodcraft) Artist from Angola with more than 25 years of experience in the art of wood carving & Bruno Santos (painting) An Angolan artist whose colourful paintings invite you to journey with him from Angola to Stoke. · 2pm-4pm: Angolan Woodcraft Workshop with Jose Batista · 5pm: 2 documentaries "Capoeira, dance or fight?" & "Destino" directed by Jose Fernandes. · 6pm: Representation of Poems by the Angolan School of Theatre. Poetry by Fernando Pessoa and Virito da Cruz. For full information about the festival and booking tickets please go to www.losttheatre.co.uk Tickets are also available at the box office on day of performance or by phone: 0844 847 1680 The LOST Theatre 208 Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 2JU Closest tube station is Stockwell (5min walk) or Vauxhall (10 min walk) Bus routes 2,77,87,88,196, P5, N87 all stop outside the LOST Theatre on the Wandsworth Road |
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Ayer mucha gente se fue pasando la voz para celebrar el especial por el primero de Abril que hizo Me Inka. Sin embargo, hasta los medios de mayor seriedad hicieron todo tipo d ebromas, empezando por Google la web de mayor cantidad de lectores, la misma que hasta tuvo un cambio de nombre. Lo bueno de los latinos en UK es que tenemos dos fechas para celebrar a los inocentes (el 1 de Abril que es cuando lo hacen los ingleses y el 28 de diciembre, cuando se lo hace en el mundo hispano). Don't believe everything you read on the Web – especially on Thursday 1'st April. We round up the best online April Fools jokes, from Google's Topeka name swap to a life-size helicopter peripheral for the Nintendo Wii. When it comes to April Fools jokes, nerds just do it better than everyone else. One year, it was Google rolling out a feature in Gmail that could turn back the date on a handful of sent messages. Another, it was a Kodak camera that clips onto your glasses. And this year, some of the most popular sites on the Web have one-upped themselves with April Fools pranks. Check out some of our favorites.  Google to Topeka
Topeka, Kansas isn't the only one that can change its name on a whim. Or with a sense of humor. After the Kansas capital switched its title to Google for the entire month of March, Google honored the city by switching its own moniker to Topeka for April Fools. Or, if you believe its blog entry, forever. That means Google News is now Topeka News, Google Maps is now Topeka Maps, and if you perform a search on a subject, you "Topeka" it.
 ThinkGeek iCade iPad Arcade Cabinet
Much like Gmail's infamous Gmail time warp feature, ThinkGeek's iCade iPad arcade cabinet is probably one April Fool's day prank you'll wish was real. The $150 spoof accessory allows you to drop your iPad into a miniature arcade with real buttons and a joystick to play titles like Donkey Kong, Dig Dug and Qbert. ThinkGeek describes it as a "beautifully retro styled, handcrafted wooden tabletop arcade cabinet and MAME emulator for your otherwise useless iPad." If it's anything like the tauntaun sleeping bag from April Fools day in years past, there's even some possibility it could end up as a real product – if Apple ever drops its ban on emulator apps.
 Plasti-Copter Wii Helicopter for Copter Crisis
This one wasn't visible to the open Web, but we have to give credit to Digital Leisure for brightening our packed, humorless inboxes with it. In a faux press release, Digital Leisure claims it will release a full-size "Plasti-Copter" accessory to go with Copter Crisis on Wii. "Once comfortably seated and Copter Crisis started, the player will instantly feel they're part of the action as they guide the on-screen copter with their remote," the press release reads. But the real seller is in the picture.
 YouTube TEXTp
Fans of ASCII art will love YouTube's new TEXTp – a play on 720p and 1080p – that purports to reduce bandwidth as much as possible by substituting colored text for pixels, saving YouTube "$1 a second in bandwidth costs." The really amazing part: They actually implemented it, and it looks phenomenal. You can append &textp=fool to most videos to try it out.
 CollegeHumor
In a slightly more political twist, CollegeHumor brings us this Orwellian landing page warning that your IP address has been logged by the United States Department of Information. Why? CollegeHumor is under investigation for "harboring un-American sentiment and will remain offline until an official review can be conducted." Even more sadistic: The crew paraded around NYC pretending In-N-Out Burger would be arriving there for the summer of 2010. Absolutely cruel.
 Wikipedia
If you don't doubt the credibility of Wikipedia already, the site's clever April Fools front page may change your mind. Although it might pass for the same page you always see on login, links to articles on wife selling, humpbacked elves and people being sent back in time to 1999 may warrant a double take. Amazingly enough, though they're all intentionally misleading, there's a kernel of truth in every one that you can find out more about by clicking through to the actual articles.
 Justin Bieber's Funny or Die Takeover
Those who don't keep up on the latest teen sensation of the month might be at a loss on Justin Bieber, so a little background: After a sketch on Funny or Die lampooned the 16-year-old singer's single "Baby," the comedy site today claims he has bought it and converted it to Bieber or Die, where anything that isn't Bieber dies. The update includes a landslide of horrendous videos from Bieber himself, a Bieber-themed design makeover, and a pop-up images of the cherub-faced Canuck plastering over everything.
 Starbucks Plena and Micra Sizes
If you think Starbucks has no sense of humor about its pretentious and confusing drink sizes, think again. A post on the company's blog post for April Fools extols the virtues of its new "Plenta" and "Micra" drink sizes – which contain 128 and two ounces, respectively. Photoshopped images of a popcorn-bucket-sized coffees really round this one out.
 Reddit's Administrative Anarchy
Ever wanted to have administrative rights on your favorite site? Head on over to Reddit, because every user has it for the day. Every anarchist's dream come true! |
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