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Video: Base Jumping Using Wingsuit
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Daily Archives: July 1, 2010
The Liberal Art Community Is Fascinated By The Results Of Liberal Policies
I realize that not everyone in the artistic community is liberal, but there are many who are.
The DetNews has a story and discussion of the emotional, poetic and aesthetic beauty of Detroit’s “fabulous ruins.”
The ironic thing is the liberal art community is fascinated with the direct result of the economic disaster that their policies, views, beliefs and ‘leadership’ have created. Detroit has been a ‘model city’ for liberal policies and leadership, so much so that LBJ gave his Great Society speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, approximately 50 miles outside Detroit.
I’ve said this many times, but its worth repeating, Detroit has not had a Republican mayor in nearly 50 years and the results speak for themselves.
And its all crumbling away.
Ducati Makes Short Film Of Pikes Peak Hill Climb Using iPhone 4
Via TUAW:
the Ducati motorcycle team filmed the entire commercial above on eight different iPhone 4s over a period of four days — watching it in HD shows off just what this camera is capable of.
They did use the Owle Bubo, which explains some of the better shots a little bit. And you can also see that slight shudder so common to low-end HD cameras, especially when the camera pans quickly or tries to capture fast motion. But especially without color correction, the images still look terrific for a camera on your phone. The audio is great as well, but I’m not convinced they did that with only a phone. The final video was edited together in Adobe Premiere, just because “there were enough unknowns” without trying to use iMovie on iPhone for the first time.
This video is pretty amazing… Plus I would like to have a Ducati Multistrada
*BTW in case you are wondering, this is a OWLE Bubo
Former Soviet State Offers School Voucher System
In the Republic of Georgia they take school of choice seriously:
Meanwhile, Saakashvili and his libertarian-leaning allies took school choice seriously when they waded into education policy. They weren’t kidding around, drafting a law guaranteed to bring smiles to my friends at the Cato Institute. The 2005 law on general education, as enacted by parliament, declared, “The state shall protect freedom of educational choice of a pupil and a parent…The state shall finance education of a pupil from the central budget by a voucher [and] every parent has a right to get a voucher for financing the education of a child who reaches school age.” And, just for good measure, showing the libertarian bent bred by close to a century of Soviet subjugation, the law also states that, “Violation of editorial independence of school editions and censure of books within the school library shall not be allowed” and that “a school has no right to lead or control the process of meeting of pupils, parents, or teachers against their will.” (emphasis added)
If a former Soviet state can manage to offer school of choice and a voucher system, it makes you wonder why can’t we do this in Michigan?
A few related posts:
More Federal Spending On High Tech Gadgets Does Not Necessarily Yield More Learning
Michigan’s Next Governor: Mike Cox, Pete Hoeksra and Mike Bouchard Need To Take Extensive Notes
Nanny State: Debbie Stabenow And Rachel Ray “We Know What Is Best For You”