St Paul’s Cathedral – London – England von Harshil.Shah via Tumblr


via Love Nature & Wildlife.

Astonishing Landscapes: Nature and City St Paul’s Cathedral – London – England von Harshil.Shah via Tumblr

 

AFTERGLOW – Lightsuit Segment on Vimeo


via AFTERGLOW – Lightsuit Segment on Vimeo.

Watching this, I thought “what a great idea for a night of clubbing!”  Then I googled lightsuits and realised I could feed myself for year or I could indulge this simple fancy.  Ah, well…

AFTERGLOW – Lightsuit Segment

from Sweetgrass Productions

Watch the full 12 minute film: vimeo.com/108679594

Presented by Philips TV and Atomic Skis
Featuring: Pep Fujas, Eric Hjorleifson, Daron Rahlves, and Chris Benchetler

From the depth of the creative visuals to the groundbreaking, never-been-done-before scale of the shoot, Afterglow is being hailed as one of the most cinematically profound ski movies ever made. Deep pillows and Alaskan spines, all filmed at night, with massive lights, custom made LED suits, and a national governments worth of logistics, planning, and civil engineering.

Filmed as a partnership between Sweetgrass Productions, Philips TV, and the Swedish Agency Ahlstrand & Wållgren, it’s two parts creativity, one part branded content, and a pinch of masochism for good measure. Overall, it’s an incredibly unique partnership between our vision of skiing and the color and light technology behind the Philips Ambilight TV.

Supported by: Atomic, Freefly Systems (MOVI), NiteRider, Golden Alpine Holidays, Alyeska Resort & Talvista Lodge.

Shot on location at: Golden Alpine Holidays Sentry Lodge, Alyeska Resort, and the Alaskan Wilderness

Directed by Nick Waggoner & Mike Brown
Executive Producer Nick Waggoner
Produced by Zac Ramras, Mike Brown, and Max Santeusanio
Edited by Mike Brown
First AC Max Santeusanio
Aerial Cinematography by Nick Wolcott and Zac Ramras
Guides Cam McClellan and Ken Bibby
Gaffer Mark Stuen
Key Grip Kyle Metzger
Best Boy Grip Shane Treat
Cook AJ Frye
BTS Unit Jason Mannings

Agency Ahlstrand & Wållgren
Account Director Ulf Ahlstrand
Creative Director Joakim Wållgren
Account Manager Helena Bengtsson
Associate Creative Director Cristopher Gedda Westrell
Art Director Johan Schonfeldt
Agency Producer Mark Baughen, Colony

 

Breakfast in Paris on Vimeo (aka: an offer one simply cannot refuse)


via Breakfast in Paris on Vimeo.

Réalisé par :

// Aurélie Gomez
aureliegomez.blogspot.fr/
// Guillaume Bissières
hardychiro.blogspot.fr/
// Chloé Félix
demo : youtube.com/watch?v=1oKh1ub3gF4
blog : chloefelix06.blogspot.fr/
// Théo Ferré
demo : vimeo.com/99227337
blog : theoferrebook.blogspot.fr
// Guillaume Pochez
demo : vimeo.com/99632729
blog : guillaumepochez.blogspot.fr/
// Morgane Tissier
demo : vimeo.com/104954643
blog : morgane-tissier.blogspot.fr/
// Romy Yao
demo : vimeo.com/108671061
blog : romyyao.tumblr.com/

Musique : Siwar
Sound design : Aurore Pupil // aurore-pupil.com/
Voix : Carolyn Hoffmann

Merci à :
Marie Chapron, Maimiti Chave, Adrien Cleuet, Guillaume Decq, Jonas Genevaz, Fanny Germain, Yann Leroy, Chloé Ménager, Elliott Peupion, Aurélie Zenati et l’équipe pédagogique de LISAA.

 

HATE: Christian America’s Number One Export to Africa


…and quite a nice little earner as well

The Age of Blasphemy

Hate: America’s Number One Christian Export to Africa

Yes, there are countries where their conservative Christian leaders are more vile than ours — but that is only because our most vile Christian leaders (Scott Lively, I’m looking at you) got to them first and infected their already superstitious minds with hatred and murderous thoughts backed by righteousness and magical thinking. If you are prevented from imprisoning, torturing and killing gays in America — hey, no problem — you can get certain African Christian leaders to do by proxy the things that America’s LGBT community organized so long ago to prevent you from doing it here.

Click here or on the screen cap for more info.

LiberianGaysBlamedForEbola

 

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The FBI Can Bypass Encryption


Ahaa

Encryption has gained the attention of actors on both sides of the mass surveillance debate. For example, in a speech at the Brookings Institution FBI Director James Comey complained that strong encryption was causing U.S. security services to “go dark.” Comey described encrypted data as follows:

It’s the equivalent of a closet that can’t be opened, a safe deposit box that can’t be opened, a safe that can’t ever be cracked.

Got that? Comey essentially says that encryption is a sure bet. Likewise during an interview with James Bamford whistleblower Ed Snowden confidently announced that:

We have the means and we have the technology to end mass surveillance without any legislative action at all, without any policy changes… By basically adopting changes like making encryption a universal standard—where all communications are encrypted by default—we can end mass surveillance not just in the United States but around…

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CIA Drug Dealing


Ahaa

“For the better part of a decade, a San Francisco Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled millions in drug profits to a Latin American guerrilla army run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, a Mercury News investigation has found.

This drug network opened the first pipeline between Colombia’s cocaine cartels and the black neighborhoods of Los Angeles, a city now known as the “crack” capital of the world.  The cocaine that flooded in helped spark a crack explosion in urban America and provided the cash and connections needed for L.A.’s gangs to buy automatic weapons.

It is one of the most bizarre alliances in modern history: the union of a U.S.-backed army attempting to overthrow a revolutionary socialist government and the Uzi-toting “gangstas” of Compton and South-Central Los Angeles.”

These are the opening…

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Unite, Britain’s Biggest Trade Union, Backs the Struggle of Kobane.


Tendance Coatesy

The biggest trade union in Britain, UNITE, has issued a statement of support for the Kobane resistance.

The statement came after representatives from Centre for Kurdish Progress met with UNITE officials and briefed them on the developments in the town of Kobane, where Kurdish fighters have been holding off an ISIS onslaught for the past 48 days.

In the statement, UNITE said it “offered its support and solidarity to the brave people of Kobane” and that “The bravery shown by the Kurds in Kobane in defence of the entire community is to be commended”.

The statement also highlighted Turkey’s role in the developments and said, “we were appalled that the Turkish government put its own nationalist politics ahead of the plight of Kurdish people”.

Kurdish Question.

Photo : Frederic Lafargue

Leader of French Communist Party, Pierre Laurent, went this week with a delegation to as near to the Kobane front-line as they could get…

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