A Doctor’s Response to Notes for Sick Days

PRESS:
    Canadian Doctor’s Perfect Response to Employers Who Require Doctor’s Notes for Sick Days

QUOTE: 
    "Some companies in Canada require their employees to get a note from their doctor when they take time off work for health reasons. This is obviously extremely annoying to those who have to go to the doctor instead of simply recuperating at home, but, as it turns out, it really bugs doctors, too. And at least one has decided to do a little something about it."  .: continued :.

Doctor's Response. © twentytwowords.com

  
Related: Canadian Wages and Where the Cuts NEED to be Made ~ humor
  

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Debunking Conspiracy Theorists: Did MAN Really Go to the Moon?

Science trumps pseudoscience yet again. Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit Served as a Reflector for Bounce Lighting Moon Photos

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New York Times: Vietnam’s Photographic History, Told by the Winners

In March 1973 Chu Chi Thanh was the North Vietnamese photographer. Follow the link to see the photos he took of the Vietnam War. Without comment ~ Vietnam’s Photographic History

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Forty Five Years Ago

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Spacecraft Films on Vimeo.

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The History of Sound at the Movies

This is a sneak peak at a new audio course series
Published on Aug 10, 2014 ~ 33min
Subscribe to the Filmmaker IQ Youtube channel
 
FilmmakerIQ.com and RØDE Microphones are proud to give you a sneak peak at the first lesson in our six part course which will cover science/microphones, recording, editing, foley, and ADR. We are also hard at work behind the scenes updating the site to include even more interaction which should be live in the coming weeks. Until then - enjoy this lesson on the history of sound at the movies.

The inclusion of sound at the movies was one of the most dramatic changes in all of film history. Dive into the early experiments of Edison trying to incorporate sound from film's inception, through the experiments in the early 1920s, the Jazz Singer and the industry sound overhaul, and finally the multi-channel surround and modern movie sound technologies.

This video is proudly sponsors by RØDE Microphones.

w00d's Photo Muse or The Muse NEWS is not affiliated with FilmmakerIQ nor RØDE Microphones.

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Researchers Turn Everyday Objects Into Visual Microphones

The Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from Video 
     by: Abe Davis, Michael Rubinstein, Neal Wadhwa, 
          Gautham J. Mysore, Fredo Durand, Wialliam T. Freeman
          Published on Aug 4, 2014 
 
Abstract: "When sound hits an object, it causes small vibrations of the object’s surface. We show how, using only high-speed video of the object, we can extract those minute vibrations and partially recover the sound that produced them, allowing us to turn everyday objects — a glass of water, a potted plant, a box of tissues, or a bag of chips — into visual microphones. We recover sounds from highspeed footage of a variety of objects with different properties, and use both real and simulated data to examine some of the factors that affect our ability to visually recover sound. We evaluate the quality of recovered sounds using intelligibility and SNR metrics and provide input and recovered audio samples for direct comparison. We also explore how to leverage the rolling shutter in regular consumer cameras to recover audio from standard frame-rate videos, and use the spatial resolution of our method to visualize how sound-related vibrations vary over an object’s surface, which we can use to recover the vibration modes of an object ~ Project Webpage"

• More results, code, and analysis see the Project Webpage
• Press: Scientists Can Recover Audio From Silent Video With Rolling Shutter

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Where Not to Fly Multirotor UAV's

This map only applies to US laws and regulations. This map doesn't include all the areas where drones are banned. Also note this information would be equally applicable for any RC Aircraft and NOT only for multirotors or "drones" as they are called in the media. 

~ more information ~  
 

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The History of Advertising and Marketing

Kickback and enjoy you have 472 (no kidding) pages to view in this slideshow.

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Composition in Street Photography

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DIY Schlieren Flow Visualization Build

QUOTE: "Schlieren Flow Visualization is a method to see small differences in air pressure like those around a flame; essentially it allows you to *see* air. It is typically accomplished with super fancy mirrors that can cost upwards of $300. This instructable is about making a Schlieren Flow Visualization really cheaply and pretty easily. If you are curious about my failed attempts before I got it to work then visit my DIR Schlieren Flow Page ~ Jonathan Lansey" 

• Build Instructions (at Instructables)
• More Projects by Jonathan Lansey
• Schlieren Photography (WiKi)
   

 

.: Demonstration :.

DIY Schlieren Flow Visualization Basic Setup ©Jonathan Lansey

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More Than Half of The World's Species Are Threatened With Extinction!

Ted Talks: Photo ark: Joel Sartore at TEDxMidwest
National Geographic Photographer
Published on Nov 25, 2013 

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Related:

• Saving Indonesian Rain Forests and Orangutans ~ The New York Times, August 26, 2014

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History of the Mobile Camera

Land Camera (WiKi)
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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"Polaroids and Instant Cameras"
    The first instant camera appeared in 1923, but it wasn’t until 1948 that such devices became popularized thanks to inventor Edwin Land. He called his instant camera the 'Land Camera'.

"Enter the CCD Chip"
    In 1969 Willard Boyle and George Smith invented the CCD chip (charge-coupled device chip). This allowed for the birth of digital cameras but it wasn’t until 1981 a digital camera was introduced to consumers.

"The First Camera Phone"
     The first Camera Phone only had 0.1 megapixels or 110,000 pixels for photos which cost consumers $500. Nevertheless Sharp's J-Phone as it so named was quite popular in Japan where it was introduced. America took notice and brought the technology to the US which soon after led to the camera phone battles.

"A Race for More Pixels"
    The term ‘megapixel’ was introduced to consumers starting an arms race among producers we know as 'The Megapixel War (Google Search). In those early days more pixels did add to image quality however with diminished returns this thinking was going to change. 

"Pixel Revolution" 
    As more pixels are crammed into the relatively same size sensor it meant smaller pixels. This increased the file size which allows for a larger printed image but added nothing to image quality. Manufactures soon realized that a bigger pixel means better image quality not more pixels. However the myth that more pixel equates to better image quality was locked into consumers minds. Only those who understood the technology knew full well this wasn't true for the newer large 'megapixel' cameras being manufactured.

Read the full story ...

• The Evolution of Mobile Camera Technology ~ Resource Magazine

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Tony Northrup "Are Camera Manufacturers Misleading Us"

The following videos shown within the 'press' links, three in total, speak volumes but drew quite a few emotionally charged comments from it's distractors. Surprisingly the videos also drew heated comments from those who seemed to agree with Mr. Northrup. Nevertheless as entertaining and sometimes funny as the commentary these we're very informative videos that are well worth a look. Here we are showing the first video and it is the one which started all the fuss ...




Press: PetaPixel

• Part 1: A concise explanation of how crop factor affects both focal length and aperture.
• Part 2: Are camera manufacturers misleading us by not calculating sensor size into Specs?
• Part 3: Tony Northrup makes corrections, replies to critics in Part 3 of camera spec debate.

Additional Reading: This article is also referenced in Tony's third video therefor to put into context I think it would be good to view that video before reading the following.

• Full Frame Equivalence and Why it Doesn’t Matter

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Seeing the World by Paraglider

National Geographic Live
George Steinmetz: Seeing the World by Paraglider 
National Geographic ~ Published on Feb 11, 2013

 

Take a high-flying adventure over the most remote and inhospitable places on Earth with George Steinmetz, one of National Geographic's top expedition photographers.

George Steinmetz "I get arrested a lot"

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The Invisible Photograph from Carnegie Museum of Art

The Invisible Photograph: Part 1 (Underground)
A safe haven for thousands of images happens to be hundreds of feet
underground in a repurposed limestone mine. 

    The Invisible Photograph: Part 1 (Underground) © Carnegie Museum of Art 

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The Invisible Photograph: Part II (Trapped)
See how a team of computer scientists, archivists, artists, and curators
teamed up to unearth Andy Warhol’s lost digital works.

The Invisible Photograph: Part II (Trapped) © Carnegie Museum of Art 

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The Invisible Photograph: Part III (Extraterrestrial) 

In Part III of The Invisible Photograph, see how the "techno archaeologists" of the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project digitally recovered the first photographs of the moon taken by a set of unmanned space probes in the 1960s.

The Invisible Photograph: Part III (Extraterrestrial) © Carnegie Museum of Art 

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Colbert Lampoons Amazon.com

Stephen Colbert during the show 'Wednesday May 14, The Colbert Report' he ridicules Amazon over their recent patent claim. Hot in news Amazon apparently claimed a patent for Photographing on a White Background which also miffed the photo community somewhat. However not to be out done by Amazon he files his own patent, Colbert patented patenting things!

Press: Stephen Colbert Goes After Amazon and Its Ridiculous Photography Patent 

           Quote: "The segment does a great job of highlighting the ridiculous culture of patents"   

Images:

1. PC World: Patent Trolls' Cost Tech Companies $29 Billion Last Year, Study Says
2. Colbert "$29 Billion, Lawsuites, Legal Fees ..."
3. Amazon.com files their patent
4. Amazon now owns the patent for 'Photography Against a White Background'
5. Amazon proves patent with a technical drawing.
6. Colbert “bull shit,” but rather “male bovine fecal matter extruded on a longitudinal axis."
     
7. Colbert patented patenting things!

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Wally McNamee

© Wally McNamee

Photographer Wally McNamee (Google Images) talk's about images he took of the Kennedy family (Google Images). Images that have become historical icons we all know and remember, images that are now part of US history or images that went into the history books.



  

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Michio Kaku: The Universe in a Nutshell

See Also: Scientists Have Simulated Time Travel With Photons

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Drone Footage of the Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) First Test Flight

F9R First Flight Test | 250m
SPACEX Channel ~ 118 videos
Published on Apr 18, 2014

SPACEX.com:  

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation

"Video of Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) taking its first test flight at our rocket development facility. F9R lifts off from a launch mount to a height of approximately 250m, hovers and then returns for landing ~ Continued"

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Look Up ...

A Public Service Announcement

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Awakening New Zealand 4K/UHD Time-lapse

An enjoyable and brilliantly done 4K time-lapse showcasing New-Zealand. To say a few words as possible I was very impressed with the quality as the movie seemed to have a 3D look to it. For the best viewing experience this one must be viewed full-screen and in high-definition.
     

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Martin Heck ~ 38 videos
Published on Apr 26, 2014

"Part I/IV of a timelapse series through the always changing landscapes of New Zealand. Shot over 4 month, traveling through amazing landscapes, sleeping under the stars, hiking on mountains and exploring remote roads. Locations in this video where at Fjordland NP, Mount Cook NP and Arthurs Pass NP, Mavora Lakes and Lake Ohau ~ Youtube"

Follow on 

• Official Website: www.timestormfilms.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/martinheck 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimestormFilms
• Soundtrack: "Science and Religion" by Hans Zimmer
     

Press:  

• Stunning ‘Awakening’ 4K Time-Lapse Will Awaken Your Desire to Visit New Zealand

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Higher Learning ...

At tumbler a former student shares a collection of daily rants and rages of one of his professors. The daily comments last updated in March 2011 we're given by an unknown photography professor from an unknown university who was simply known as Roma. However his comments are full of insight (and insult) or as quoted "embedded in them are bits and pieces of truth." 

Although as entertaining we find Roma I must WARN (NSFW) he uses quite strong language. Also some would say his comments are NOT politically correct therefor might offend.

For example and because they are funny ...

"Don’t you dare go to Chinatown. Leave the f**king Chinese alone.
   ~ Roma going on about who we cannot photograph."

"Do you know what happens when you give white kids a camera? They come back with photos of little black kids throwing up gang signs. True story. When I was teaching at Yale, every single privileged motherf**ker went out to a poor neighborhood and came back with photos of little kids throwing up gang signs. I didn’t even know what they were doing. I thought they all had arthritis."

"Ugh. Just by looking around, I think none of you should procreate."
 

• Sh.t my Photography Professor Says ~ So, I am taking a photography class. My professor is legitimately insane / legitimately brilliant. This is a tumblr devoted to his rants and rages. Embedded in them are bits and pieces of truth. But be warned: most of it is bullshit.

Source: PetaPixel

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Youtube, Twitter and Facebook to Join Force ...

... and this is their NEW Logo, Banner  ...

Source: Cute Girls Hairstyles 

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The Dismal State of Camera Industry

Michael Reichmann ~ The Luminous Landscape

Why the Camera Industry is in the Dumper and What Can be Done About it

• "A funny thing happened on the way to the future
  the entire camera industry got blindsided"
• "Camera and Lens sales suck"
• "The question is ~ Why?"
• "Sad to say, I believe that we have witnessed the passing of an era"
• "The growth of digital imaging ... has now plateaued"  
• "But, don't despair" ~ continue

Related: LensVid Exclusive: What Happened in 2013?

   

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The Most Earth-like Planet yet Discovered

Dan Vergano for National Geographic

Kepler Telescope Discovers Most Earth-Like Planet Yet

"A nearly Earth-size planet orbits in a star's habitable zone, detected by astronomers using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. Launched in 2009 with the goal of finding another Earth, the $600-million Kepler spacecraft has discovered more than 960 planets orbiting nearby stars. Half a dozen of those seem to be rocky, like Earth, and have orbits in the habitable zone around their star, but the newly discovered world, named Kepler-186f, is the closest in size to Earth ~ Dan Vergano"

   

Artist's depiction shows Kepler-186f
Illustration by NASA/JPL ~ Caltech/T. Pyle






Related: 

• Goldilocks worlds: just right for life? ~ National Geographic

Found by: Bill J. at Facebook

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11th Annual Smithsonian Photography Contest

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From over 50,000 entries the finalists selected were a total of 60 photos nominated for awards in six categories, including the natural world, travel, people, Americana, altered images, and a new category, mobile [phone]. What is interesting is the fact it is a photo contest where we the people, us plebeians get to vote the winner. As opposed to a "bunch of stuffy old farts out of touch with the world (just kidding) deciding a photographers fate. Kidding aside I was rather impressed with all the images in this contest sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I did.

Head on over to vote for the readers choice winner

• Announcing Our 11th Annual Photo Contest Finalists

 
Related: The Smithsonian 12th Annual Photo Contest will open May 15, 2014; the deadline for our 2nd Annual In Motion Video Contest is May 31, 2014.

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National Geographic Live! : Amy Toensing: The Aboriginal Homeland

National Geographic

Published on Mar 3, 2014
21:24min

 

Through her stunning photography, Amy Toensing touches upon the Aboriginal Australians' cultural struggle, but celebrates these indigenous people's unique way of life and their connection to their ancestral lands. ~ http://youtu.be/Y4PMZtRYmMs ~YouTube

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Outbreaks of Measles and Other Vaccine Preventable Illnesses

Measles Virus
Wikimedia Commons

Health and Medicine

Dear parents, you are being lied to

April 9, 2014 ~ by Anonymous

Quote: "In light of recent outbreaks (About.com) of measles (WiKi) and other vaccine preventable illnesses, and the refusal of anti-vaccination advocates to acknowledge the problem, I thought it was past time for this post ~ Anonymous"

"Dear parents,

     You are being lied to. The people who claim to be acting in the best interests of your children are putting their health and even lives at risk."

"They say that measles isn’t a deadly disease.

     But it is".

"They say that chickenpox isn’t that big of a deal.

     But it can be.

"They say that the flu isn’t dangerous.

     But it is.

"They say that whooping cough isn’t so bad for kids to get.

     But it is."

"They say that vaccines aren’t that effective at preventing disease.

    But 3 million children’s lives are saved every year by vaccination, and 2 million die every year from vaccine-preventable illnesses"

.: continued :.

Related: 

• Measles Outbreak Traced Back To A Single Unvaccinated Child

"The great thing about science
is it is true whether you believe it or not"

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Canon's "Dual Pixel AF"

Quote: FALK LUMO "So, Canon launched the Canon 70D digital SLR camera 2013, July 2, two days ago. It includes an autofocus technology named "Dual Pixel CMOS AF" which promises to introduce high-speed autofocus performance to live view shooting and movie recording which previously would have required a phase detect AF module, at least in lower light situations.

I believe that this innovation looks much more innocent than it actually is. Here is why.

.: continued :. 

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RIP: Windows XP

The Story Behind the Wallpaper We'll Never Forget
Published on Apr 8, 2014
MicrosoftNL at Youtube

"From today on Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP. The one thing everybody will always remember of Windows XP is desktop image 'Bliss', with it's green rolling hills and bluer than blue sky. Doesn't the most viewed picture of all times asks for a worthy goodbye? We certainly think so! That's why we hopped on a plane to Los Angeles and went to visit the photographer Charles O'Rear. He told us the incredible story behind the famous desktop image of Windows XP"

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The True Reasons for a Full Frame Camera

White Paper

Version v1.0, Jun 27, 2012 by LumoLabs (fl)

Abstract

  

"Full frame photo cameras are a recurring theme in considerations about the best system camera for a given task. By full frame, we mean a camera with a full 24 mm x 36 mm sized capturing device. 

This paper tries to give general criteria to decide when a full frame camera would be the best option. As it turns out, there are a number of ambitious situations where full frame is indeed the most cost-efficient or only option. Whereas in other situations, a smaller sensor camera (e.g. a camera with a 1.5x-cropped frame of 16 mm x 24 mm APSC size) can be more cost efficient. This paper tries to quantify the corresponding regimes where one or the other format would be more appropriate."

.: continued :.

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The Slanted Lens, Six Digital Cameras Compared

An interesting comparison video. Disregarding the popularity of the iPhone or iPad the BIG question is, how does their image quality compare to a number of top quality DSLRs? Granted all the top quality cameras shown in this video we're Full-frame DSLRs I'm more curious. How does the iPhone and iPads compare to Crop Sensor (APS-C) Cameras? Although I think it pointless to criticize after the fact but given their popularity they could have included at least one APS-C camera into the lineup.

• Source: Comparing 6 Cameras ~ The Slanted Lens

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Whimsical New York

© 2013 Josh Rossi Photography

Artists and even their audience need to know occasionally when to STFU. This is especially true when they attempt to put into words the abstract and surreal. Now I've said it I'll "STFU" and let this guy, Josh Rossi's ART speak.

• Photoshop Composite of 300+ Hours & 1000 Layers, Whimsical New York ~ press
• Composite Planet ~ Josh Rossi's Website
• YouTube channel is full of excellent tutorials by Josh Rossi

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