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Dat we ons grote zorgen maken over onze economie, de euro, onze verworvenheden en rijkdom, is op dit moment bijzonder actueel.
We voelen dan ook instinctief aan dat het in samenlevingen met enorme inkomensverschillen op de een of andere manier fout gaat. Wetenschapper Richard Wilkinson brengt in zijn TED-talk van juli 2011 de harde gegevens over de economische ongelijkheid in kaart en laat zien wat er mis gaat als rijk en arm te ver uit elkaar liggen: echte effecten op gezondheid, levensduur, zelfs op fundamentele waarden als vertrouwen.

Dankzij de uitstekende vertaling van Rik Delaet kun je bij deze lezing ook de Nederlandse ondertitels lezen.

De nieuwe A74 vormt de verbinding tussen de A73 en de BAB61. Ter hoogte van het spoorwegviaduct in Tegelen splitst de A74 zich af van de A73. Na circa 2,5 kilometer gaat de nieuwe snelweg naadloos over in de A61 die in het Duitse Kaldenkirchen begint.
Op Blericks, Venloos en Tegels grondgebied zijn de werkzaamheden zo goed als afgerond en het nieuwe Duitse gedeelte nadert ook z’n voltooiing.

John Frenken uit Tegelen heeft de afgelopen maanden de aanleg van de A74 op unieke wijze vastgelegd in een aantal video’s die hij op zijn eigen YouTube-kanaal gepubliceerd heeft. Hier zijn meest recente productie waarin hij op sublieme wijze de (bijna) laatste loodjes van aannemer en onderaannemers documenteert.

Klik hier of op onderstaande afbeelding om ook de overige uitstekende video’s van John Frenken over de aanleg van de A74 te bekijken op zijn YouTube-kanaal TheFlyingDutchman64.

In early Fall 2011, I shot some footage with a pre-production model of the Canon EOS C300 for one week in NYC. I created an article and a video for Canon based on my experiences with the camera. The video is meant to poke fun at most camera test videos I’ve seen over the years. Canon, not thrilled with my sense of humor, does not credit or condone this video, but I think it shows a lot of the camera’s strengths. You can read my full article about the EOS C300 here: learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2011/c300_for_cinematographers.shtml I believe that Canon made a beautiful camera that is sensible, reliable and portable in a way that I’ve always dreamed a camera could be. It prioritizes great skin tone and has higher ISO sensitivity than any other camera out there. I know there’s nothing I can say to change the minds of the RED fan club. For the rest of the skeptics, I think once you get your hands on it you’ll understand how great this camera really is. Please buy this camera in January and go film some good skin tones in the dark. You’ll love it. Thanks go out to all my friends for helping me with this. ***UPDATE: Jonathan Yi will be live on planet5D discussing the Canon EOS C300 Monday Dec 5th at 4pm Eastern (9pm GMT) – and there’s a chat room so you’ll get to ask questions! planet5d.com/live Cast: Jonathan Yi , Corwin Carroll , Yousheng Tang , Paul Yee , Ben Kim , James P. Gannon , R.J. Glass and Sam Goetz Tags: Canon , Cinema , EOS and C300

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Canon EOS C300 = Awesome

Soft (2006) Written and Directed by Simon Ellis ( bubtowers.com ) When a father and son are independently terrorised by the same gang of youths, Dad is forced to deal with fears that he hasn’t had to face since leaving school, rediscovering his fear of confrontation at the worst possible time. International Jury Prize (Sundance Film Festival) Best of the Fest (Palm Springs International Short Film Festival) Best Short Film (British Independent Film Awards) Prix UIP (Edinburgh International Film Festival) Nomination: European Academy Awards / Best Short Film (Berlin) Nomination: BAFTA / Best Short Film (London) Best Live-action Short (Toronto Worldwide Film Festival / Canada) Best Film (Interfilm International Short Film Festival / Berlin, Germany) Best British Short (Encounters International Short Film Festival / Bristol, UK) Audience Award (Hamburg International Short Film Festival / Germany) Best Short Fiction (Message to Man Film Festival / St. Petersburg, Russia) Best Short Film (International Festival Cinéma tout Ecran / Geneva, Switzerland) Best Short Fiction (DaKino International Film Festival / Bucharest, Romania) Best Drama (NYC Shorts / New York City, USA) Best Direction (Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival / Italy) Best Direction (Ourense International Film Festival / Spain) Best International Short (Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival / Brazil) Best Screenplay (European Short Film Biennale / Ludwigsburg, Germany) Best International Fiction (Concorto Film Festival / Italy) Best International Film (Imago International Film Festival / Fundão, Portugal) Best European Short Film (European Short Film Festival / Cambrils & Reus, Spain) Best Fiction Short (Cortopotere Short Film Festival / Bergamo, Italy) Audience Choice (DC Shorts Film Festival / Washington, USA) Best Editing (Manhattan Short Film Festival / New York, USA) Best Film (Colchester International Short Film Festival / UK) Students Jury Award (Milano Film Festival) Audience Award (Filmstock International Film Festival / Luton, UK) Young Jury Award (Festival Tous Courts / Aix-en-Provence, France) Teenage Jury Award (London Short Film Festival / UK) Special Jury Prize (Flickerfest International Short Film Festival / Sydney, Australia) Grand Prize (The Indie Shorts Competition / Fort Lauderdale FL, USA) BAFTA/L.A (Cinequest Film Festival / California, USA) Best Cinematography (Kodak Short Film Awards / London) Special Mention (Hamburg International Short Film Festival / Germany) Special Mention (Dokufest / Prizren, Kosovo) Special Mention (Tofifest International Film Festival / Torun, Poland) Special Mention (Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche / Germany) Special Mention (Cleveland International Film Festival / USA) Special Mention (In the Palace International Short Film Festival / Balchik, Bulgaria) Featured on the DVD ‘Cinema 16: World Short Films’ “When it was over I was lying on the sofa with a cushion on my face, whimpering in fear and paranoia. Ingenious and harrowing… left me reeling” (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian) “A sucker-punch of a film that grabs the viewer’s attention from the first frame and never lets go. Being topical and provocative are marks of a great short film but this is a movie you can’t take your eyes off” (Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2007) “A frighteningly realistic take on violence that deftly blends emotional complexity with a keen understanding of the darker side of youth culture” (Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, USA 2007) “A powerful, dramatic short about a subject that all of us know in one form or another” (Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, Toronto 2007) “A powerful piece of film summing up the UK zeitgeist of hoodies, happy-slapping and gang culture, while giving us a truthful character-driven drama of a son’s disappointment with his Father” (Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany 2007) Cast: Simon Ellis Tags: drama , british , sundance , short film , simon ellis and soft

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Tangible 3D Tabletop – is a rear projected table setup made for examining design potentials for combining tabletop interaction and front projected 3D projection onto tracked objects on the table surface. The project is made by the Danish design office Kollision [ kollision.dk ] and CAVI [ cavi.dk ] and is funded by iKRAFT [ ikraft.dk ] For more information see: kollision.dk/#3d-projection Cast: Kollision Tags: Tangible 3D Tabletop , 3D projection , kollision , tracking , cavi , ikraft and Interaction

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BIG [ big.dk ] + Kollision [ kollision.dk ] + Schmidhuber & Partner [ schmidhuber.de ] team up to bring BIG’s vision of future urban mobility to life for AUDI at Design Miami 2011, running from November 30th to December 4th adjacent to Art Basel Miami Beach. BIG originally presented the concept as an entry for the 2010 AUDI Urban Future Award introducing a future city paved with a digital surface that liberates the streets from existing boundaries and allows for a new flexibility of public use. The 190 m2 three-dimensional LED installation provides a glimpse of the future city where the public space is shared between pedestrians and driverless cars. The entire surface would be infused with a continuous flow of information allowing for real-time interaction between vehicles and their environment. Kollision have made the real-time graphics engine and the tracking software that gets live inputs from 11 Kinect cameras above the visitors heads. Hereby the movement of passers-by are processed into a generative artwork that feeds back into the LED panels. The installation sets the stage for Audi’s showcar, Audi A2 concept, which has its U.S debut at the design fair and is dedicated to future urban mobility, capable of communicating with its environment. The exhibition car continuously emits arrows showing its driving path, navigating between visitors at the stand. Cast: Kollision , BIG and Schmidhuber+Partner Tags: Urban Future , Kollision , BIG , Schmidhuber & Partners , Design Miami , Miami , LED carpet , tracking , AUDI , Driverless car , AUDI pavilion , Kinect , Kinect tracking , Interaction Design , Media Architecture , AUDI A2 , Bjarke Ingels , Bjarke Ingels Group and Schmidhuber+Partner

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This CG animation clip is a personal and non-commercial project made by Meny Hilsenrad. Meny Hilsenrad: “This project was created as a birthday surprise to my beloved wife Moran. It is entirely CG work except for the hands which were shot. Special thanks to Yair Alony for all the help and suggestions.” “The overall time it too to produce this piece was 9 month. the pre-production took 6 month and included gathering the entire photos I had which were quite a lot (approximately 25,000 photos). Then to choose and filter only the most suitable 372 photos according to the offline editing I did. The production itself took 3 month and included the creation of the 3D scene, animation, compositing and final edit.” Music: Abel Korzeniowski – Swimming (from the motion picture “A Single Man”) 2011 Cast: Studio Aiko Tags: birthday , animation , photos , 3d , 3-d , cg , aiko and 3dmax

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Short comedy, directed by Nick Scott nickdavidscott.com Produced by Michael Berliner picopictures.co.uk Cast: Michael Berliner Tags:

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School Portrait (2011)