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Whitney Houston is interviewed on the Australian 2009-ApiBestinClass

Whitney Houston was a true ApiBestinClass.  She had a great singing voice and also a very spiritual life.  If one watch the funeral of Whitney Houston one can see how many people she touched.

Reporters everywhere– You are never far from a Camera–iphone journalism for all

Source: http://frugaldad.com

This infographic lays out how smartphones are overtaking many point-and-shoot cameras in popularity: for example, the iPhone has surpassed the Canon Powershot (a camera I have) in upload popularity on Flickr. It also examines the tension between “citizen journalism” and traditional photojournalism. While that’s a very new issue, I think it is well worth considering. It’s my hope that citizen journalists with smartphones can become a driving support to photojournalism, and that the proliferation of media from ordinary people will help keep the world at large more informed and aware.

A guide on how to shoot and edit video for the web when out in the field or covering breaking news using an iPhone, iPad or iPod. Click to view original article

The most useful tool for you as a journalist is often the smartphone in your handbag or pocket. Your phone (or iPod or iPad) may come in handy when you unexpectedly find yourself at the scene of a breaking new story. You may even decide that your phone is up to a particular job and saves you buying and carrying extra kit.

How to: shoot and edit video on an iPhone – journalism.co.uk

Journalism.co.uk now records podcasts on an iPhone 4, for example, as it provides better quality than some other audio recorders.

But there is an app that goes further and allows you to edit using two tracks, mix sound, add fades and post directly to YouTube.

This very powerful little app is 1stVideo by VeriCorder.

The New York Times has seen the benefits of having tons of video content on its web page, so it has decided to equip some reporters with the iPhone 4. We’ve seen just how well theiPhone 4 can handle video – some film students have even used the Apple smartphone to record a TV series – and it’s easy to load, transfer or send video content to just about anywhere from the device. It only makes sense that the NYT is equipping its reporters with a multi-purpose device that’s also a very capable video recording machine.

ApiBest inClass- Laws of Life I have experienced 99% of these truths in my years.

Laws of Life

I have experienced 99% of these truths in my years.

1. Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.

2. Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

3. Law of Probability – The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

4. Law of Random Numbers – If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.   

6. Variation Law – If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).

7. Law of the Bath – When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

8. Law of Close Encounters – The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.

9. Law of the Result – When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will.

10. Law of Biomechanics – The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

11.. Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena – At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.

12. The Coffee Law – As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.  

13.Murphy’s Law of Lockers – If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

14. Law of Physical Surfaces – The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.

15. Law of Logical Argument – Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.

16. Brown’s Law of Physical Appearance – If the clothes fit, they’re ugly.  

17. Oliver’s Law of Public Speaking – A closed mouth gathers no feet.

18. Wilson’s Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy – As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

19. Doctors’ Law – If you don’t feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you’ll feel better.. But don’t make an appointment, and you’ll stay sick.

 The 118 hospitals listed  have met two challenging standards, Each is distinguished by having captured a national ranking in the 2011-12 U.S. News Best Hospitals
and/or Best Children’s Hospitals rankings

2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open Golf-MetLife Blimp- What it take to provide video from Blimp

 Take a ride over the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open.  Find out what it takes to put the blimp in the air.
  The MetLife Blimp Program, initiated in 1987, underwent an expansion in 1994. MetLife
 operates three airships. known as “Snoopy One,” “Snoopy Two,” and "Snoopy J." Structurally, the blimps
 are the same A60+ model. All of the blimps are permanently decaled with the corporate logo
 “MetLife” on either side.

 
 “Snoopy Two” was launched from Hillsboro, Oregon in October, 1993. The primary difference

To find the location of the blimps Blimp Tracker or go to www.metlife.com

between the two blimps is their geographic regions of operation; “Snoopy Two” spends the winter months
on the West Coast touring California, Nevada and Arizona.Chief Pilot is Charles Smith.
 "Snoopy J" was launched in Japan in November of 2010.

The MetLife blimp is equipped with a gyro-stabilized camera mounted on
 the nose of the gondola.
A zoom lens provides up to 80x magnification. This enables the MetLife blimp to capture television

 shots that can track a golf ball down a fairway or identify the number
 on the back of a player's jersey.

  The primary focus of the blimp program is providing aerial coverage of sporting and special events.
 In a typical year, “Snoopy One” and “Snoopy Two” cover approximately 70 events for a variety of
 networks including NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN and TGC.
 The blimps can be seen capturing shots of events ranging from the US Open and PGA Championship, to NFL football games across the country
  The First weekend of February Snoopy Two was in Scottsdale AZ.

Camera used for from Blimp for TV coverage of events:
  

VIA Motors- 100 MPG- Bob Lutz Next Generation of Electric Trucks

Bob Lutz will host VIA Motors’ press conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan 10, 2012 at 12:15 pm. The press conference will be held at VIA Motors booth on the main floor of the …

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Former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz Joins Via Motors To Build Next Generation Electric Trucks, Vans & SUVs

September 26th, 2011Press Releases

DETROIT – Today, Bob Lutz, an icon of the automotive industry, and father of the Chevrolet Volt, announced he is joining VIA Motors, an electric vehicle company well positioned to build the next generation of electrified trucks, vans and SUVs …

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Best in Expensive Cars- Pictures/ Video/ and More

New site to look at:  http://bestexpensivecars.com/    

Steve Jobs explains the rules for success

Steve Tells us what it take to be successful.

Steve Jobs' impact on your life cannot be overestimated. His innovations have likely touched nearly every aspect -- computers, movies, music and mobile. As a communications coach, I learned from Jobs that a presentation can, indeed, inspire. For entrepreneurs, Jobs' greatest legacy is the set of principles that drove his success.

Over the years, I've become a student of sorts of Jobs' career and life. Here's my take on the rules and values underpinning his success. Any of us can adopt them to unleash our "inner Steve Jobs."

1. Do what you love. Jobs once said, "People with passion can change the world for the better." Asked about the advice he would offer would-be entrepreneurs, he said, "I'd get a job as a busboy or something until I figured out what I was really passionate about." That's how much it meant to him. Passion is everything.

2. Put a dent in the universe. Jobs believed in the power of vision. He once asked then-Pepsi President, John Sculley, "Do you want to spend your life selling sugar water or do you want to change the world?" Don't lose sight of the big vision.

Related: Steve Jobs' Surprising First Business Venture

3. Make connections. Jobs once said creativity is connecting things. He meant that people with a broad set of life experiences can often see things that others miss. He took calligraphy classes that didn't have any practical use in his life -- until he built the Macintosh. Jobs traveled to India and Asia. He studied design and hospitality. Don't live in a bubble. Connect ideas from different fields.

4. Say no to 1,000 things. Jobs was as proud of what Apple chose not to do as he was of what Apple did. When he returned in Apple in 1997, he took a company with 350 products and reduced them to 10 products in a two-year period. Why? So he could put the "A-Team" on each product. What are you saying "no" to?   

5. Create insanely different experiences. Jobs also sought innovation in the customer-service experience. When he first came up with the concept for the Apple Stores, he said they would be different because instead of just moving boxes, the stores would enrich lives. Everything about the experience you have when you walk into an Apple store is intended to enrich your life and to create an emotional connection between you and the Apple brand. What are you doing to enrich the lives of your customers?

CES 2012 LG’s OLED 55 Inch Best in Class for CES 2012- super-slick design –Coming AT CES 2012- Las Vegas

Could LG’s new 55-inch OLED be the best TV ever?

 

by Ty Pendlebury  January 2, 2012 8:32 AM PST

While building the world’s first 55-inch OLED TV panel is nice, it’s not worth much unless you put an actual TV around it and LG Electronics will   Read more…

Best Camera of 2011– What Camera should I use? Budget to Pro

Check some of the Video sites: youtube and Vimeo and search for Camera– this will help you.

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The most common question I get asked, bar none, is what video camera to use.  So here’s a list of the top video camera’s for 2011.

Actually, best is a subjective thing, so I’ll call this the top video camera recommendations for 2011.

Below are links to each camera mentioned…these are not affiliate links, but links directly to the camera maker’s web site:

Point and Shoot  – Apple iPhone 4S

Traditional Video Camera – Any Canon Vixia

Micro Four Thirds Camera – Any Sony NEX

DSLR Camera – Canon 60D

Pro or Prosumer Camera – Canon XF 100, JVC HM 150, Panasonic HMC 150

* As with any video camera, if you want to see footage from a particular camera, compare footage between cameras, etc., the best thing to do is go to Vimeo and search for the camera(s).