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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
BAFTA, Directors UK to Debate 'The Future Of Shooting With Film ...
LONDON ? The British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Directors U.K., the fee-collecting and lobbying group for British movie and television directors are partnering to host a debate on the future of shooting on film.
The event is being produced by director Iain Softley (The Skeleton Key) is producing and will also host the event with panellists including Oscar winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald and cinematographer John Mathieson (Gladiator).
Softley, wearing his Directors U.K. Film committee chair hat said: "During the production of my last film Trap for Cinderella, I frequently came across the view that the change to shooting on digital as opposed to film was inevitable and resistance was futile."
Softley notes that there is a "wider assumption that digital is modern and therefore technically superior and cheaper."
He added: "It is clear from talking to a broad range of people in all areas of the film industry that the case is far from proven and the facts have not been thoroughly examined."
The debate is scheduled to rage Nov. 13 at BAFTA's central London headquarters.
Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bafta-directors-uk-debate-future-385822
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Elephant in South Korean zoo imitates human speech
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary.
An international team of scientists confirmed Friday what the Everland Zoo has been saying for years: Their 5.5-ton tusker Koshik has an unusual and possibly unprecedented talent.
The 22-year-old Asian elephant can reproduce five Korean words by tucking his trunk inside his mouth to modulate sound, the scientists said in a joint paper published online in Current Biology. They said he may have started imitating human speech because he was lonely.
Koshik can reproduce "annyeong" (hello), "anja" (sit down), "aniya" (no), "nuwo" (lie down) and "joa" (good), the paper says.
One of the researchers said there is no conclusive evidence that Koshik understands the sounds he makes, although the elephant does respond to words like "anja" and "nuwo."
Everland Zoo officials in the city of Yongin said Koshik also can imitate "ajik" (not yet), but the researchers haven't confirmed the accomplishment.
Koshik is particularly good with vowels, with a rate of similarity of 67 percent, the researchers said. For consonants he scores only 21 percent.
Researchers said the clearest scientific evidence that Koshik is deliberately imitating human speech is that the sound frequency of his words matches that of his trainers.
Vocal imitation of other species has been found in mockingbirds, parrots and mynahs. But the paper says Koshik's case represents "a wholly novel method of vocal production" because he uses his trunk to reproduce human speech.
In 1983, zoo officials in Kazakhstan reportedly claimed that a teenage elephant named Batyr could reproduce Russian to utter 20 phrases, including "Batyr is good." But there was no scientific study on the claim.
Researchers believe Koshik learned to reproduce words out of a desire to bond with his trainers after he was separated from two other elephants at age 5.
Koshik emerged as a star among animal enthusiasts and children in South Korea after Everland Zoo claimed in 2006 that he could imitate words, two years after his trainers noticed the phenomenon. His growing reputation prompted Austrian biologist Angela Stoeger-Horwath and German biophysicist Daniel Mietchen to study him in 2010, zoo officials said.
Oh Suk-hun, a South Korean veterinarian who co-authored the research paper with Stoeger-Horwath and Mietchen, said the elephant apparently started imitating human speech to win the trust of his trainers.
In April, a children's science book called "Joa Joa, Speaking Elephant" was published. The cover photo showed Koshik opening his mouth wide while raising a trunk over his trainer's head.
Researchers said Koshik was trained to obey several commands and "exposed to human speech intensively" by trainers, veterinarians and zoo visitors.
Shin Nam-sik, a veterinary professor at Seoul National University who has seen Koshik, agreed with researchers' finding that the elephant was able to mimic human speech.
"In Koshik's case, the level of intimacy between him and his trainer was the key factor that made the elephant want to sound like a human," Shin said.
Kim Jong-gab, Koshik's chief trainer, said the elephant was timid for a male when he first came to Everland Zoo, so trainers often slept in the same area with him. Kim thinks that contact helped Koshik feel closer to humans.
Kim said he has another phrase he wants to teach Koshik: "Saranghae," or "I love you."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/elephant-south-korean-zoo-imitates-human-speech-080222456.html
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
America's Richest Families Scale Back On Charitable Giving ...
Of households that earned more than $200,000 in 2011, 95 percent donated to at least one charity, according to the 2012 Bank of America Study of HIgh Net Worth Philanthropy. Charitable giving made up about 9 percent of their total wealth in all.
That's a 3 percent drop from a peak of 98 percent in 2009, but still 30 percent more than the 65 percent or so less well-heeled Americans who contribute.
In dollars and cents, America's richest families donated $52,770 on average, down about 9 percent from 2009's high of $56,621.
But rather than just mailing checks, it turns out wealthier Americans have been putting more stock in active volunteering. Nearly 90 percent of high earning households volunteered in 2011, a healthy 10 percent surge over 2009. More than one-third contributed 200 hours or more.?
Most households contribute to several causes, but the vast majority favor education and basic needs, which receive funds from about 80 percent of high income families. More than two-thirds take an interest in arts and culture as well.
However, religion is still king when it comes to attracting high worth donors. More than 35 percent of wealthy households gave the biggest chunk of change to religious organizations, with education drawing funds from 10 percent fewer donors.
Oddly enough, more wealthy donors are seeking outside guidance on where to channel their cash than ever. Forty percent admitted they asked at least one advisor (usually an accountant) for advice on charitable giving. Much of that might have to do with where their cash is going. Of those who donated to donor-advised funds, foundations and charitable trusts, about one-third went to a bank or trust company for advice first.
The chart below shows charitable giving by the nation's wealthiest families over the years:
See Also: 21 ways rich people think differently >
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/americas-richest-families-scale-back-on-charitable-giving-2012-10
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Google Settles With Rosetta Stone Over Trademark Infringement Within Search And Ads Lawsuit
According to Reuters, Google has settled a lawsuit brought by software maker Rosetta Stone over the search company allowing people to purchase keywords within its ad product using its trademarked name. The lawsuit was filed in 2009 and has dragged on in Virginia since then. The language-teaching company says that competitors were getting a leg up by confusing people searching for them on Google. I've been through something similar, when someone purchased AdWords using my full name. It was pretty annoying.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/FhD9_Jq9bho/
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OCRFeeder Fails to Feed Factually
OCRFeeder is a document layout analysis and optical character recognition application. It is a type of software that leaves much to be desired on the Linux desktop. OCR software is a companion tool to scanning a document. The scanner software creates a photo-like image of the scanned document. The OCR component lets you edit the text and then export the edited version into a word processor or page-design program.
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