For richer, for poorer Feb 7, 2006
Choose your South African wildlife park with care, advises Bruce Elder. SPONSORED LINKS. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Hide-and-seek TVs Feb 7, 2006
Buyers can have their own photos printed on canvas or pick from more than 300 paintings, ranging from African wildlife to country landscapes. All canvases are printed with glicee, a high-end inkjet printer. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Living)
Joan Root, 69; African Wildlife Filmmaker, Conservationist Jan 23, 2006
By Valerie J. Nelson, Times Staff Writer. Joan Root, who with her ex-husband, Alan, made wildlife documentaries that transformed a termite colony, the nesting of a hornbill and swimming hippos into captivating entertainment, was killed Jan. 13 at her home in Kenya. (LA Times, CA)
Pioneering film-maker and African conservationist murdered Jan 14, 2006
Joan Root, 69, was considered one of the pioneers of African wildlife film-making. Her groundbreaking documentaries mixed footage from hot-air balloons with underwater sequences to great acclaim. (Scotsman.com)
Riddle of Briton's death Jan 14, 2006
ONE of the pioneers of African wildlife film production was killed at her home in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya yesterday in the latest of a series of attacks that have shocked the expatriate community. Joan Root, who with her former husband, Alan, earned world renown for their daring documentaries often made using a hot-air balloon was shot three times in her bedroom in Naivasha, a popular tourist destination 55 miles northwest of Nairobi. (TimesOnline)
British filmmaker killed in Kenya Jan 14, 2006
Joan Root collaborated with her husband Alan Root in making of many celebrated films about African wildlife. A guard at her home, some 90km from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, had reported seeing two people breaking into the residence in the early hours of Friday morning. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Locating You Jan 2, 2006
In doing so, the kids learn from firsthand, albeit virtual, encounters with African wildlife and ecology. This digital African safari foreshadows the next wave of location-based services being readied for consumers and businesses, a wave that spans gaming, entertainment, and new media. (Red Herring)