Topic: Space - on July 3, 2008 at 10:32:47 AM CEST
30 Most Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth
“It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it - just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations.” Albert Camus
Indeed, the world reproduces itself not only in the course of several gyrations, but at several different heights. At ground level, one can only imagine the sheer beauty of mountain ranges, deserts and deltas seen high up from NASA’s satellites. One can imagine - yes - however, they wouldn’t be quite prepared for the fact that from 400 miles away, the earth transforms into abstract art. The global landscape is impressionist, cubist and pointillist. Mother Nature is an abstract artist.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on July 3, 2008 at 10:11:07 AM CEST
the art of the tracking shot
When Garrett Brown invented the steadicam back in 1976 the world of cinema changed forever. The steadicam allowed the camera to do things it never could have done before on bulky dollies and cranes. Here is a short list of some of the most memorable shots from films old and young that exemplify the beauty of the camera attached to a steadicam.
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Topic: SPY - on July 3, 2008 at 10:02:57 AM CEST
Frankreich erfasst 13-Jährige in Störer-Datenbank
Die Erfassung 13-jähriger Kinder in einer "Datenbank potenzieller Störer" hat in Frankreich Proteste bei Pädagogen und der Opposition ausgelöst. Künftig soll der neue Inlandsgeheimdienst DCRI Personen ab 13 Jahren, deren Verhalten für die Zukunft eine mögliche Störung der öffentlichen Ordnung befürchten lässt, in der Datenbank "Edvige" erfassen. Dabei können Fotos, Körper- und Wesensmerkmale, Adressen und andere Daten gespeichert werden, auch wenn die Person keine Straftat begangen hat. Bisher durften persönliche Daten von Jugendlichen nur im Zusammenhang mit Straftaten gespeichert werden.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 3, 2008 at 9:59:11 AM CEST
Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug
People who took magic mushrooms were still feeling the love more than a year later, and one might say they were on cloud nine about it, scientists report in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
"Most of the volunteers looked back on their experience up to 14 months later and rated it as the most, or one of the five most, personally meaningful and spiritually significant of their lives," comparing it with the birth of a child or the death of a parent, says neuroscientist Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who led the research. "It's one thing to have a dramatic experience you say is impressive. It's another thing to say you consider it as meaningful 14 months later. There's something about the saliency of these experiences that's stunning."
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