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Perfect for urban India! LOVE this…

[ via: ARCHDAILY.com ]

 

“The house, designed for a thirty-years-old couple and their mother, is a typical tube house constructed on the plot 4m wide and 20m deep. The front and back façades are entirely composed of layers of concrete planters cantilevered from two side walls.”

LOTS more beautiful pictures at Arch Daily.

 
 
 
VERY reminiscent of the Tezuka house 8-)

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Apple Profit More Than Doubles as IPhone Demand Fuels Sales

[ via: BUSINESSWEEK.com ]

January 25, 2012, 6:47 PM EST

By Adam Satariano

(Updates with investor’s comment in fourth paragraph.)

( FYI : APPLE sitting on $81 BILLION cash! )

Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. reported quarterly profit that more than doubled as holiday purchases of the iPhone catapulted sales to a record and helped the company steer clear of the consumer-spending slump that has hurt rival companies.

Fiscal first-quarter profit surged to $13.1 billion, or $13.87 a share, Apple said today in a statement. Sales rose 73 percent to $46.3 billion. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg on average estimated profit of $10.14 a share on sales of $39 billion. Per-share profit for the quarter was more than the company earned in any fiscal year before 2010.

Apple sold 37 million iPhones, up from the previous record of 20.34 million. Customers snapped up the 4S model that went on sale in October, a week after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs. The results mark the first time the company’s quarterly revenue topped Hewlett-Packard Co.’s, underscoring how its focus on sleek touch-screen mobile devices has reshuffled leadership in the industry.

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Zimmerman…

Bob Dylan At his Byrdcliffe home, Woodstock, N.Y., 1969.
Photography by: Elliott Landy / The Image Works

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Rodney Charters on the Canon C300, RED, and ARRI ALEXA (and a C300 Short Doc)

[ via : No Film School ]

Rodney says you can take a RED to 2,000 ISO before you start getting fixed-pattern noise, the ALEXA to 3,600, and the C300 to ____ (16,000?). He also says the ALEXA has a higher dynamic range and more satisfying image than the RED, which I agree with… but there is also the question of whether he’s talking about a RED ONE MX or EPIC/SCARLET. I’m a huge ALEXA fan but it’s not an owner/operator camera, and I’ve been more than satisfied with the SCARLET in my brief time with it so far. Then there’s Rodney’s point (and I’m paraphrasing here), “[the C300] is the camera for people who don’t need makeup, wardrobe, or hair… if you’re in a public space you can get away with it.” A valuable consideration.

… cont: PARTS 2 & 3 here or go to BUI BROS site direct

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Interesting MINI SHOTGUN MIC

A Mere U$ 175 excl shipping


VERY INTERESTING… “Shootout” of the Mini Shotguns from Chad Johnson on Vimeo.
RODE sounds good.

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Ashramming in India (around Mumbai)

Meditation centers in and around Mumbai are receiving an influx of travellers who expect to shortcut their way to inner peace

Ashramming By Deepti Datt 7 August, 2009

Hold this for five minutes after two minutes of instruction, and ashramming might be for you.

An influx of newly spiritualized travellers escaping no-end-in-sight job insecurity and looking for shortcuts to inner peace have begun searching for quick fixes by ‘ashramming’ in and around Mumbai.

Essentially the act of ‘cramming’ traditionally lengthy meditative questing in an ashram into as short a time as possible, even a single weekend, ‘ashramming’ seems poised to influence a growing segment of tourism to India in the coming years.

Players on the ashramming map have done away with the traditional, painful method of spending years on a mountaintop growing dreadlocks or dread-nails in search of spiritual salvation. This new breed of seekers is trying to attain mind-body-soul renewal with just a weekend or ten-day turnaround.

The world of ashramming remains limited for now, but these four high profile centers near Mumbai are catering to a growing number of ‘evolved travellers.

1 [of 4]. Osho International Meditation Resort

A three-hour journey from Mumbai on the speedy Mumbai-Pune Expressway lands you at the doorstep of the grandaddy of modern spirituality, the Osho Ashram (17 Koregaon Park, Pune; tel +91 20 6601 9999), home to the Osho International Meditation Resort. This headquarters of …global hipsterdom — visitors pad around in maroon-colored robes — no longer even pretends to provide anything other than a quick holiday into the infinite. A gourmet vegetarian café on the luxury premises promises to up visitors’ vibrational frequency quotient with sublime meals between sessions of yoga, tai-chi and kundalini-clearing.

2. Vipassana Center

The world’s tallest freestanding meditation dome at 325 feet, the Vipassana Center at Gorai Beach (Dhamma Pattana, Goraigoan; tel + 91 22 2845 2261) is an hour’s drive from Mumbai. Here practitioners learn the same breathing technique that created the spiritual critical mass that allowed the Buddha to tip over into full-blown enlightenment. Bollywood celebs and Israeli backpackers learn the basics of breathing and being quiet in a mere ten days. Download a video introduction to Vipassana here.

3. Amma

No systems, methods or practices are prescribed at this suburban Mumbai ashram (Brahmagiri, Plot No. 5, Sector 20, Nerul West, Navi Mumbai; tel + 91 22 2772 2385), where even on slow days thousands wait in line to receive hugs from Amma, the transcended South Indian matron famed for changing lives throughout the world with her all-encompassing spirit of love. If all you need is love — and all you have is an afternoon — Amma can send you on the path to instant spiritual bliss simply by virtue of her globally renowned clutch. 

4. The Art of Living Foundation

Two hours outside Mumbai, The Art of Living Foundation (Triveni Ashram, Markal Village, near Vipasand Kendra, Taluka Khede, Jilla, Pune; tel +91 97659 99123) is a comfortable, non-threatening place to try a five-day stress-elimination and self-development program based mainly on breathing techniques, meditation and yoga. Run by its founder and “living master” Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, The Art of Living Foundation has become a global phenomenon, with a presence in 140 countries and perhaps coming soon to an ashram near you.

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6 best Mumbai YOGA STUDIOS –

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Behavioural Cognisance … VERY INTERESTING – read.


DEFINITELY WORTH READING!

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“Humbled by an EPIC”
– guest post by Jacques Mulder (kept for posterity)

[ via: DCinema ]

“By Jacques Mulder

Its been 2 months with my EpicM and have been meaning to write something about it, I can say in all fairness this camera quite easily found a way to humble my role as a Director and an individual. The camera has opened up so many more opportunities then I could have ever expected, my Bomb Squad (Brian Sheckelhoff) handler has been privvy to my tours across this planet, starting with Dubai, I ventured to Singapore, Barcelona, bit in Munich and Frankfurt, to Johannesburg and Cape Town. I now sit in Dubai with 4TB of footage that I just so desperately want to share. I met over 300 people in my travels, (I kind of know how TED feels) and in that time I met them all, the skeptics, the enthusiasts, the bewildered the flabbergasted and the random unknown. All the while people received the handling of the camera with fascination – all of them!”

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WHA: “EOS C300 for Cinematographers???”
WHY would you bother at US$20,000!!!?

[ via: dcinema.com ]

“I am exceptionally disappointed in Canon.

Quoting their own official copy:

Since the introduction of EOS HD, the professional cinematographer has had a love/hate relationship with HD-SLRs for movie production. Because there were limitations and restrictions that prevented seasoned DPs from shooting in the ways they were used to, HD-SLRS were tools that occasionally frustrated high-end video users.

Canon is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the strengths of EOS HD-SLRs while creating a true professional video camera system that can fulfill the needs of working cinematographers. After much research and thoughtful planning, Canon is proud to introduce the EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL digital cinema cameras as our first entry into the world of professional cinema cameras.

Then they introduce a camera that shoots 1080p at a maximum bitrate of 50Mb/sec… come on guys, get real.

The EOS C300′s large Super 35-sized CMOS image sensor was specifically engineered from the ground up to meet the needs of the cinema industry.

Recording options in the EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL, when set for NTSC recording:

50Mb/sec. 1920 x 1080 59.94i
29.97P, 23.98P, 24.00P
1280 x 720 59.94P, 29.97P, 23.98P, 24.00P
35Mb/sec 1920 x 1080 59.94i
29.97P, 23.98P
1280 x 720 59.94P, 29.97P, 23.98P
25Mb/sec 1440 x 1080 59.94i, 29.97P, 23.98P

Both the EOS C300 and EOS C300 PL are expected to be available at dealers in early 2012, at an estimated selling price of less than $20,000 – an extremely competitive price range versus established high-end, professional HD video cameras. Actual start of sales and pricing is TBA.

Canon, seriously?”

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… one to watch : AirAsia

TONY FERNANDES’ BIO on WikiPedia and ALSO read below …

AirAsia has a chief executive straight from central casting. In the great tradition of airline entrepreneurs, Tony Fernandes has a gift for self-promotion: see his Twittered bid for West Ham United, the London football club, or the purchase of Caterham Cars. He also makes good copy. This week his company signed an $18bn, 15-year deal with Airbus to supply 200 A320 Neos – the third-largest order in the European company’s history. “One and two are Emirates and Qatar,” Mr Fernandes readily admitted. “But they don’t count because they have oil and stuff.” …. PLEASE READ – well worth it

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Airbus secures 200 jet order from AirAsia … so we must do STREETFOOD.tv

[ via : Financial Times - FT.com ]


June 23, 2011 4:11 pm
By Mark Odell in London and James Boxell at the Paris Air Show

 

Airbus has cranked up the pressure on Boeing to respond to the European aircraft maker’s decision to re-engine its A320 narrowbody jet after securing one of the biggest orders in the industry’s history from AirAsia, the fast-growing budget airline.

The 200 jet deal for the A320 Neo from the Malaysian-based airline, headed by the flamboyant entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, puts the seal on a highly successful week for the Toulouse-based subsidiary of EADS at the Paris Air Show, securing Airbus’s best performance at a show in order numbers.

In total, Airbus received orders and commitments for 730 aircraft at the show at Le Bourget this week, with a list price in excess of $72.2bn. This compares to 111 orders and commitments for Boeing, valued at $17.bn. That figure excludes a few orders from customers that Boeing announced but had previously held on its books as unidentified.

Senior executives at Airbus said other orders could be forthcoming by the end of the week, with a possible Qatar Airways deal for A380s in the final stages.

The AirAsia order – Airbus’s biggest in terms of jet numbers – is valued at $18bn at list prices, though AirAsia will have secured generous discounts.

Airbus’s performance has been underpinned by the success of the A320 Neo, which secured 667 orders and commitments this week, giving it a total of more than 1,000 since its launch at the end of last year. Airbus claimed the Neo has become the fastest- selling airliner in the history of aviation.

Tom Enders, Airbus chief executive, said the deal was the “strongest endorsement yet” of the decision to upgrade the A320. The new version promises to cut fuel costs by 15 per cent, using new engines and minor redesigns to the wing.

Jim Albaugh, head of Boeing’s commercial aircraft business based in Seattle, dismissed the Neo this week by arguing that it was merely bringing the A320 up to the standard of the rival Boeing 737.

On Thursday, Mr Enders responded: “We’ve had more than 600 orders for A320 Neo in this show. If our colleagues in Seattle still maintain it is only catching up with their 737 I must ask myself what these guys are smoking.”

Boeing is coming under increasing pressure from airlines to respond to the A320Neo as both incumbents face threats from new entrants in the narrowbody market. The US group has said it will decide by the end of this year or early 2012 whether to re-engine the 737 or build an all-new aircraft.

The AirAsia deal reaffirms the rapid rise of Asia’s largest budget airline, which is now Airbus’ biggest customer for narrowbody jets. It flies 2m passengers a year, up from 200,000 a decade ago. Mr Fernandes plans to grow the fleet from 104 aircraft to 500 over the next decade.

Mr Fernandes, whose approach has echoes of Virgin’s Richard Branson, provided an interesting insight to the contract negotiations with Airbus. He said he insisted that the senior executives went to a nightclub with him before signing the memorandum of understanding and told John Leahy, Airbus head of sales, that there would be no deal unless he danced.

“AirAsia is clearly at the forefront of the budget airline industry so this new order will propel it into a different league,” said Singapore-based analyst Shukor Yusof with Standard & Poor.

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“The golden age of 4K digital cinema has arrived.”

[ via: DIGITAL CINEMA DEMYSTIFIED ]

LINKS :
4K is just the beginning – Is Sony’s F65 a EPIC killer?

Back in the day when the DCI spec was first drafted… 4K was the baseline. It was subsequently changed because 4K technology was limited to… DALSA’s Origin back then, and Sony had not yet launched it’s 4K projector. 4K post workflows were prohibitively expensive and rare because networking bandwidth was limited as were storage capacities and throughput. So, the big studios lobbied for the baseline to be reduced to 2K… which it was.

However, 4K has always been a magical resolution… it’s long been accepted as the closest digital approximation to the optical “resolution” of modern silver halide emulsions. I would argue that in all cases where super 35mm would be used, a 4K digital format is spot on… and judging from news filtering out of NAB this year, we have finally arrived.

It’s time to move on from counting pixels and look at bit depth and total dynamic range. This is happening now with Sony’s big announcements… the F65 looks to be setting the new benchmarks with 16-bits per channel. Red’s EPIC is also a serious contender with it’s HDRx Redcode.

Sony have equipped over 7000 theatres with 4K projection… a staggering figure.

The NAB floor is full of innovative 4K post solutions… all of the previous networking and storage limitations have fallen, and the required processing power is a non-issue. We will soon see 4K post workflows possible on a Macbook Pro. The time has come.

4K as a standard, and digital cinema imaging in general is now finally coming of age. We have reached the turning point now where 4K is and will be the standard.

For a period of time, we also now have a increased gap between the world of HD and 4K cinema… and that’s a fantastic thing for an industry where increased access and “democratization” of the technology from the bottom up has eroded the livelihoods of so many. I predict that it will be a number of years before the masses have access to full 4K lens to projection workflows, if at all. It will remain expensive and specialized for a while… now is the time for rental houses and post production facilities to capitalize on this. MUST READ COMMENTS… !

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iPhone now a 48kHz Audio Field Recorder with an XLR Input

UPDATED!

[ via:  AUDIOFILE ENGINEERING ]

 LINK: FiRe 2 Field Recorder – $7.00-
THIS ONE APPEARS MUCH BETTER according to comments in post below…

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[via Notes on Video]

Pro Audio To Go is a new $30 iPhone app designed for higher-end audio applications than you’d typically think of for the iPhone. I’ll just let the developers say it: “Pro Audio to Go turns your iPhone into a 48 kHz professional audio recorder for use on location by news reporters, journalists, documentarians, musicians, DSLR videographers, filmmakers, producers and editors. With a single tap on your phone, you can record an AIFF audio file in 48 kHz. Upload the file directly to an FTP server or email it, then download and instantly begin using it in your editing system’s Timeline. No conversion necessary!” Here’s the full feature set:

To use an XLR mic, you will need a $30 XLR to iPhone audio adapter.

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LENSES – Matthew Duclos … re RED / SCARLET — MUST READ!

UPDATED: Orig published 12.12.2012 – RE-DATED TODAY!

[ via: MATTHEW DUCLOS ]

Click pic to see more of this little beauty … <sigh> and know of the lens tests with RED EPIC!
… but there is more! THE COMPLETE LENS TEST follows


Portland Lens Test 2011 !!!!!!!!!!!

On December 10, 2011 Indent Studios organized a lens test that was very eye opening and educational for all that attended. I feel fortunate that I could partake in making it a successful event. :) With the release of “affordable” cameras like the Epic-X, Scarlet, C300, and F3 (among many others) everyone is wondering what “affordable” lens package they should invest in, or rent for their camera. Indent Studios organized this event to use 3 Epic-X’s to shoot with 7 sets of lenses and find out the answer. After handling the lenses, and reviewing the footage we all came across some surprising results.

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Text version of the following story HERE.

Scroll down and see images in this story!

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On-set camera file management for all RED formats


Radius with ROCKET FUEL™

NextComputing’s elegant, compact and portable Radius workstation now supports ASSIMILATE’s ROCKET FUEL™ product bundle. This solution was specifically designed to be your primary on-set tool for projects shot on any RED Digital Cinema Camera.

Now you can have all the processing horsepower you need on set without any heavy lifting!

ROCKET FUEL is a hardware and software combination that provides a professional entry into the native RED post production workflow. ROCKET FUEL consists of:

  • ASSIMILATE SCRATCH CINE v5.0 software
  • NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 3800 SDI card
  • RED Rocket hardware acceleration card

Radius with ROCKET FUEL enables:

  • Full resolution playback of 4K RED files
  • Direct creation of tape and file based dailies without importing or conversion
  • One-light color grading
  • Color and shot management
  • Initial R3D conform
  • Manage R3D shots within a project
  • Control dailies grading, review and approval
  • Generate dailies with metadata burn-ins

Download the product data sheet below for full technical specifications…

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VIO – POV HD camera

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED : April 14, 2011 @ 22:40 – RE-POSTED TODAY

Greg Gillam has one for sale – an older SD version we wouldn’t buy – BUT -

… found an excellent SD & GENERAL review HERE

that explains a lot about the VIO POV company ethos etc. It IS illuminating to know how they think for potential sponsorships by the them for India rallies etc.!
CLICK PICTURE for HD version product page.

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Tiffen Launch Variable ND Filter

Tiffen 77mm VND variable neutral density filter (2 to 8 stops)


Tiffen International has introduced a variable neutral density (VND) optical filter. Designed to replace a range of traditional fixed ND filters this is the first model of a series VNDs planned by the company.

The 77mm VND, now available, is aimed at the photography and DSLR video market and provides 2 to 8 stops of light control within a 9mm ring. The VND includes a wide outer optic to help reduce any vignetting effects when using wide-angle shots.

In effect the new VND Filter offers several neutral density filters in one package. Its main use in the photographic market is for controlling the depth of field and exposure. It will also be popular in the video DSLR market because of its small size, light weight and speed of use, when set up time is a premium.

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BBC approves Panasonic ’1/3 Inch Sensor’ HPX250

[ via: HD MAGAZINE ]

  • 10-bit 4:2:2
  • 22:1 zoom! with
  • variable frame rate (VFR) function for slow-motion and quick-motion images, and
  • a cine-like gamma setting… etc.
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The Mitra 3D Mic Pro ‘Sounds’ Like it Could Help Indies Gather Quality Location Audio

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Q&A: How Does A Pixar Short Film Get Made?

Nice to see the Big Boys doing it just like everyone else… 8-)

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HEMINGWAY

Iceberg Technique

The iceberg technique became also known as “minimalism”. Hemingway believed that, like an iceberg, which only reveals one-eighth of itself above water, a story should also only reveal the most essential information and the reader completes the story with its own phantasy.

“A writer should show only the tip of what may be a huge conflict.”

The stylistics call it implication (the nonsaid is included) or underdetermination (less than the logical necessary informations is expressed).

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COLOURGRADER.net (sic) !

[ via: colorgrader.net ]VEEEEEEERY USEFUL SITE!

… etc!

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23 year old homeless guy in LA + 2x Masters Degree guy in Boston.

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RED GIANT : Colorista FREE

[ via: RED GIANT

Colorista Free and LUT Buddy FAQ

Introduction to Colorista Free and LUT Buddy

Our company, Red Giant, is made up of filmmakers and enthusiasts who value tools that help us share and communicate, and we feel some basic things should be free. We are giving away Magic Bullet Colorista Free and Magic Bullet LUT Buddy to make color grading accessible to anyone; whether you are a high-end colorist taking advantage of a CDL workflow, or a first time user looking to experiment with color grading. Colorista Free and LUT Buddy are our contribution to moving the filmmaking community forward, because you can’t really share unless everybody has the tools.

What is Colorista Free?

Magic Bullet Colorista Free is a simplified color corrector that anyone can use in After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro. This tool uses our popular Colorista 3-Way color wheels and precise numeric sliders to give everything you need for basic color grading. It also supports the industry standard Color Decision List (CDL) which lets you to share and communicate with other CDL-compliant applications and hardware devices. We are proud that Colorista Free is the only free CDL-enabled software designed for desktop editing applications.

What is LUT Buddy?

Magic Bullet LUT Buddy is a professional tool that generates Look Up Table (LUT) data within the host apps After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and Motion. In a simple operation, the LUT can load into almost any color correction system, from Apple Color to FilmLight Baselight to DaVinci Resolve. The LUT can also render in hardware devices like Panasonic or Sony displays for previewing a color correction on the device. Because it lets all artists share the same color correction data, LUT Buddy truly bridges the gap from desktop apps to high end systems and hardware boxes.

Do I need to download both products?

Each product works on its own and is a separate download. We are simply making them available at the same time because they share the ethos of making color correction more accessible. Combined, the two products allow editors, motion graphic artists, compositors and colorists to share their color decisions. Please note: While Colorista Free is a fun, powerful tool for all artists, we recommend LUT Buddy only if you are already familiar and working with LUTs.

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Move to Mumbai – free water – well nearly (RPT)

WATAIRE ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR
by CH Contributor

by Julie Wolfson
wataire.jpg

Collecting moisture from humidity in the air, the Wataire atmospheric water generator can produce four to eight gallons of water daily in a seemingly magical process that eliminates the need for buying and replacing plastic water coolers or bottles.

“I recently had the chance to learn more about it when I was offered a glass after a rain forest hike in Maui with the Ambassador of the Environment programs at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua. Upon further investigation into the great-tasting water from the high tech cooler, I learned I was in fact drinking purified Wataire water, made from the air in Maui.

The Wataire machine includes carbon filtration, a reverse osmosis and UV lamp sterilization with a mineral filter, and makes hot and cold water. While it does require a minimum 35% humidity to effectively produce water, the atmospheric water generator can generate up to 18-30 litres of water a day from (not so) thin air.
It’s available from Wataire for US$1,500.

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Glow stick art (RPT)

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Undercover Investigation Exposes China’s Illegal Big Cat Skin Trade (RPT)

GOING GOING … nearly gone!

FUCKING CHINA – AGAIN!

BBC have the story…
The skins, often considered luxury items, are used in clothing, home decor and in some cases, bribery. The cost of a tiger skin ranges from $11,000 to over $21,000 each. Bones, often used for medicinal purposes, cost around $1,250 per kilo!

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Occupy my TV: The birth of the citizen video reporter

[ via: GIGAOM ]

Updated. A police officer calmly walking down a line of sitting protesters, sweeping them with pepper spray: Footage of last Friday’s police actions against peaceful protesters at UC Davis became the most shared video clips on YouTube this weekend, with the two most popular clips attracting more than two million views in just a few days. The video images of the incident are deeply upsetting, but they’re also a defining moment for media in the U.S. It documents the rise of the citizen video reporter, which really just emerged over the last few weeks, ready to occupy our TV screens.

Sure, online video has played a role in U.S. politics long before the current wave of protestors began when people started camping out on Wall Street. There was the Macaca moment in 2006, and there were various attempts by YouTube as well as major TV networks to utilize online video in political discussions. And with people like Glenn Beck and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, there are now popular pundits on both side of the political spectrum online. But actual news coverage has nonetheless been dominated by mainstream media organizations.

America’s Egypt moment

That’s not true in other countries…

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Online Viewing – US market.

[ via : emarketer.com ]
Online Video Viewing Passes 50% of Total US Population
DECEMBER 8, 2011

Mobile devices also become important video viewing channel

Having surpassed 50% penetration among the general population in 2011, online video viewing is now a mass-market pursuit. Increasing numbers of Americans are watching more content on more devices than ever before.

Even though growth rates will necessarily slow as the number of users swells from year to year, there is still room for expansion. By 2015, US online video viewers will represent 60% of the general population and 76% of internet users.

“Audience growth over the next four years will come from all demographic segments, but it will be more pronounced among preteen children, older boomers and seniors,” said Paul Verna, eMarketer senior analyst and author of a forthcoming report on premium video content. “These groups have traditionally lagged teens and younger adults in their video viewing activity, but the gaps will start to close as the market matures. This will give marketers opportunities to take advantage of growth pockets among viewers at either end of the age spectrum.”

Among online video viewers, watching premium content is becoming increasingly popular. eMarketer estimates that 49% of US adult online video viewers watched full-length TV shows on the web at least monthly this year, rising to 62.8% by 2015. Full-length movies are also becoming popular for web viewing, with 37.1% of US adult online video viewers downloading or streaming at least one feature film monthly in 2011. That viewership rate is expected to increase to 54.1% in 2015.

Mobile video adoption is poised to continue on a steep upward path for at least the next four years. The factors contributing to its success include the ongoing strength of the smartphone market, healthy competition among makers of mobile operating systems—notably Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android—and continuity of content offerings across screens.

“As tablets attract a larger share of video viewing, smartphones are benefiting because most tablet users also own smartphones and typically have the same apps on both devices,” noted Verna. “With more video content flowing to these apps, users are choosing their preferred screen at any given time. Often this means toggling between tablets and smartphones, or between laptops and any number of entertainment devices.”

In 2011, US smartphone viewers represent 90% of the mobile video population, according to eMarketer estimates. By 2015, this percentage will rise to 98.5%.

eMarketer forms its estimates of online and mobile video viewing habits based on a meta-analysis of survey and study data from dozens of research sources as well as trend data on device ownership and usage.


© 2011 eMarketer Inc. All rights reserved. www.emarketer.com

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Handling the Auram Press 2000 – about US$3,000

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A very good RED SCARLET-X article

AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE – GOOD PICTURES etc.

It would be hard to imagine a greater contrast between today’s launch by Canon of its EOS C300 digital cinema camera and the launch of RED’s long-awaited Scarlet. Canon’s event was huge and long-winded with a string of cinematography heavyweights on stage. At the RED gathering half an hour later, an ad hoc bunch of the faithful turned up at RED studios, ostensibly just to watch the same web page update as the rest of the world. Alas it didn’t quite work out like that.

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INDIA …


Forget Small Cars, India Is A Nation of Two Wheelers
India on an average sells approximately seven million motorcycles and scooters every year compared to about 1.5 million passenger vehicles, making it the second biggest two-wheeler market in the world, behind China. And still, according to the latest estimates, only 23% of urban households and less than 10% of rural households own a two-wheeler. These penetration levels are only a fraction of the levels in other developing Southeast Asian Countries. The penetration of two-wheelers in Indonesia is three times that in India. In Thailand and Malaysia, it is more than six times. WOW NUMBERS…


Kerala’s Floating Supermarkets

In Kerala, a floating supermarket on India’s criss-cross waterway provides a solution to distributing goods profitably to rural customers. WSJ’s Linda Blake reports.
An Invisible Revolution in Rural India
Mahua Devi is a petite woman in her early twenties. She cycles through 10 to 12 villages of the Koraput district in Orissa every day.

“I help these women keep their accounts,” she tells me as we walk towards a group sitting in the shade under a tree. When she says “these women” she is referring to one of India’s millions of self-help groups, or SHGs. Each group has 15 to 20 women who pool their tiny savings of only 5 rupees to 10 rupees at a time. They use the money to give loans to members for income-generating investments like chickens, seeds or goats. The interest on the loans then adds to their savings pool.

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On-camera light

… again from CHEESYCAM.com

ACTUAL LIGHT PAGE at cheesycam.com

…a VERY BIG LIST FROM THIS LINK!

312 LED Video Light
find-price-button 312 Bi-Color Changing Dimmable LED Video Light



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May have solved problem mounting batteries / recorder to camera rig.

Once again CHEESY CAM.com came to the rescue with his story of the DIY SPIDER TRAX DOLLY

PRICE: U$ 14.95 !!!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Made of: Steel
Dimensions: 7 x 4.25″ (17.8 x 10.8 cm)
Weight: 12.7 oz (360g)

NOTE: I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH CINEMOVER & A LADDER     8-)

DIY on how to build a Spider Trax Dolly from Just Basl Productions on Vimeo.

DIY Spider Trax Dolly Track from Just Basl Productions on Vimeo.

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