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- Welcome to the 'Fast in a Day' video project, this is a global attempt to crowd source the feelings and emotions that surround the Bahá'í Fast, 2nd-20th March.
So why the fast?
Fasting is considered a sacred act in many traditions and cultures, as well as abstaining from food and drink, it is a time of personal reflection, prayer and meditation.The interplay of both the practical and mystical elements of the Bahá'í Fast, make it an interesting subject to explore, it is hoped that by weaving together the experiences of individuals from around the world unique insights into this physical and spiritual journey will be gained.How can I contribute?You can use our upload form to submit your videos, it is entirely up to you what you submit to us, be as creative as you like!You can read our content guidelines for help as well as using some of our guiding questions to help you structure your submissions.Questions:-
What can you see from your window and how would you describe your area?
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How do you spend your mornings and evenings?
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What does the fast mean to you?
- What aspect(s) of the fast do you find uplifting? What do you find challenging?
What will happen to the Videos?We will edit together the footage we receive in the months after the fast and release the final piece as a short film streamed online.Content Guidelines:We welcome submissions of all kinds for ‘Fast in a Day’, here is some guidance and tips on how to go about capturing and sending us your content:
Cameras - use whatever you have to shoot your stories, you can use the video on your phone, a webcam, flipcam, dslr-camera, or tablet device. If you are using a smartphone make sure you shoot in high definition or the highest possible quality by changing the video settings on your phone, please try to record clips which are individually no longer than 3 minutes.
Sound - always make sure you don’t have too much background noise when you or others are talking into the camera, sound is almost if not as important as the video. Please make sure there's no background music unless you are performing the music yourself.
Lighting - try to shoot in areas which are well lit, if you are shooting at night or early morning make sure the flash on your camera is turned on to form a constant beam.
Editing - please refrain from adding any music to your material and from editing it, try to send us the content in its original form, if there is anything you specifically want to edit out provide some notes with your submission.
Exporting - our storage is limited so we hope that you can send us footage which is high quality but optimised for the web, in other words, footage which has a small file size. Some files types which work well are .mov or .mp4, files using the H-264 codec have a great balance between image quality and file size.
Here’s a useful link to help you out with the basics of film-making...You can also try an alternative upload point password: 'thefast'
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What can you see from your window and how would you describe your area?
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BBC News - App helps blind to send text messages
“[There is] a growing anxiety shared among the blind community that the widespread adoption of touchscreens for many machines and devices is making them ‘truly blind’… from copying machines to machines at the gym - is all coming with touch screens.”
“Blind people say I ‘see’ things with my fingers, but on touchscreens they are truly blind.”
Image description: This brain-controlled modular prosthetic limb (MPL) is controlled by surface electrodes, which pick up electric signals generated by the muscles underneath the skin. The electrodes then convert those patterns into a robotic function.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, along with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labratory and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), developed the limb for military veterans who lost limbs in action.
The arm is the first to be created and has the same dexterity as a natural arm, including independent movement of the fingers.
On January 24, 2012, Air Force Tech Sgt. Joe Delauriers was the first patient to use the MPL. Delauriers was injured in an IED blast in Afghanistan where he lost both his legs and part of his left arm. With the help of the MPL, Delauriers is able to live off base, drive a car and hold his infant son without worrying about infections.
Amputees go through training before being fitted for the MPL. The training records muscle movements and collects data before the MPL is fitted.
Those involved in the program are hopeful about the future of the MPL and creating more limbs for those in the military and hopefully eventually for the public.
Image from the U.S. Navy.
How many more social-networking accounts does one need? Things have become so bizarre by now that often clicking on a Twitter link takes you to a Tumblr page linking to some other site linking to… (You might know the same game from Facebook or Google ) What’s the point of posting the same stuff on five, six, seven different sites?
Joerg Colberg Conscientious | Feeling Social Enough Yet? (via deepthinking)
Paul Higgins: We have a policy that people who want to see our stuff should be able to choose how they do it. Therefore we use Twitter and Tumblr for the same material. People can use those services or they can use RSS from the blog or they can choose to get our bi-monthly newsletter which has a shorter selected set of material. Talked to one client last week who only gets the newsletter and suggested a wider range can be seen using our other channels but he said the newsletter was just enough for him and encouraged us to maintain it.
Certainly agree that the plethora of social networks is an issue and we have limited ourselves to the above
(via emergentfutures)
- iPhones are more successful than Macs
Why America Keeps Getting More Conservative
Paul Higgins: An interesting piece by Richard Florida on the politics of conservatism and what may be driving trends (he cautions that correlations are not causation)
Full Story: Atlantic Cities
The Graffiti War Between #banksy & #robbo Continues: A Message to Banksy. #w1 #mayfair http://bit.ly/banksyvsrobbo
Several of the so-called new atheists say that 9/11 motivated them to lift the polite silence that surrounded religion and launch their attacks. Islam moved up the agenda and with it religion more generally. But now that faith is out in the open we don’t seem to know what to do with it.
DSLRs are powerful tools for video-making, but how do you make sure your settings are right for your lighting situation? Learn how with the Bui brothers!
Make sure to check out the full lesson in the Vimeo Video School!- Quote: “Love & kindness have far greater influence than punishment upon the improvement of human character”
“Love & kindness have far greater influence than punishment upon the improvement of human character”
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Shoghi Effendi
- Cairo, Egypt: A woman plays with her son inside an anti-Syrian regime protest tent in Tahrir Square Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Google Glasses with built-in Terminator-style computer displays ‘could be on sale soon’, says insider
Full Story: Mail Online
Contribute to ‘Fast in a Day’
The ‘Fast in a Day’ project is a global attempt to crowd source the feelings and emotions that surround the Bahá’í Fast, 2nd-20th March.
For details on how to submit your videos visit:
Fasting Blog
Facebook Group
Tweet @mediamakesus | Hashtag #fastinaday
All praise, O my God, be to Thee Who art the Source of all glory and majesty, of greatness and honour, of sovereignty and dominion, of loftiness and grace, of awe and power.
Whomsoever Thou willest Thou causest to draw nigh unto the Most Great Ocean, and on whomsoever Thou desirest Thou conferrest the honor of recognizing Thy Most Ancient Name.
Of all who are in heaven and on earth, none can withstand the operation of Thy sovereign Will. From all eternity Thou didst rule the entire creation, and Thou wilt continue for evermore to exercise Thy dominion over all created things.
There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.Baha’u’llah (via 19daysoflight)Wintery weather last week in the UK from members of our Flickr group. Thanks for some fantastic snow scenes.
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- Photo: courtenaybird: http://t.co/y01vSgCQ
- Photo: usagov: http://t.co/4yZdlEzt
- Video: laughingsquid: http://t.co/grQuo4Hx
- I just liked "The other night, I thought that this lady and I were in a race..." on Vimeo: http://t.co/GU5pDHvc
- "How many more social-networking accounts does one need? Things have become so bizarre by now that often..." http://t.co/TupsLfMP
- Photo: Bahá’í fast MEME time!!! http://t.co/TPTsVqdq
- Our latest project: #fastinaday will be accepting submissions during the #bahai month of #fasting in March. http://t.co/cVYm5VhG
- I uploaded a @YouTube video http://t.co/J42LnGxf 'Fast in a Day' needs you
- courtenaybird: http://t.co/sGIBqvVO
- Video: K’NAAN - Nothing To Lose ft. Nas (by KnaanVEVO) http://t.co/JHXuIydb
- Photo: emergentfutures: http://t.co/dwK6rIPT
- I just liked "The Cool Kids "Rush Hour Traffic"" on Vimeo: http://t.co/px86wgP5
- I just liked "Do More With Your DSLR II: Building a Rig" on Vimeo: http://t.co/lpwZLYKX
- I just liked "Finding Mr or Mrs Right" on Vimeo: http://t.co/WobP46Z7
- Photo: The Graffiti War Between #banksy & #robbo Continues: A Message to Banksy. #w1 #mayfair... http://t.co/fS69KbNJ
- When is Media not Media? When it’s Social media... http://t.co/eXuEK7sH
- Video: The Individual and the Community Part 1 http://t.co/yTrWujX3
- Video: vimeo: http://t.co/87GC2GZQ
- Photo: newsweek: http://t.co/wtjRD7er
- bahaifaithquotes: http://t.co/ntKwZ2Me
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