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New Star Wars film 'gone to dark side' for filming on ancient island of Skellig

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Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Email Tumblr Pinterest Linkedin reddit Google+ The people behind the next Star Wars film have been accused of going to "the dark side" by filming on the stunning island of Skellig Michael. Part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is being shot on the stunning rock formation which lies off the Irish coast in the Atlantic. But An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, is worried it will be damaged by the film crew. The Irish government says that won't happen and that it will be good for tourism. The crew are back on the island to film extra scenes for the movie which is released in the UK on 17 December . Charles Stanley-Smith, from An Taisce, said that he "supports the role of film in promoting Ireland's wonderful built and natural heritage". "All to satisfy the transient interest of a film company whose purpose is to use this internationally significant Unesco World Heritage Site - merely as f...

Variations to the Eight-Pointed Stars

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Before, I have posted a few articles regarding the Eight-Pointed Stars, from the basics of building it to a variation or extension of the star. For this post, let us see into more variations of the motif, this time, instead of an external extension to the shape, it will be decorating the inside of the motif itself. So, start with the basic Eight-Pointed star shape, without the guidelines or any other lines whatsoever, as such - Adding squares – Add squares to each corner of the motif. You can see that with this method you will create the alternative form of the Eight-Pointed star. You can add another extension to the motif by adding the regular star inside, as shown in figure 2. This is actually a common motif in the Islamic world. Adding arrow shapes. This is a common motif as well, but a little more complicated than the previous form. By adding arrow shapes to each corner of the shape, as shown in the first, and then adding hexagon joining between the points of the arrows th...