ABC TV has announced the launch of an exciting new multi-platform Web and TV youth travel show – Fanging It. Fanging It launches with an Australia-wide search for two vibrant presenters to host the show.
Fanging It is an irreverent and contemporary hybrid web and TV production that marks a new phase for ABC TV, with user generated program content uploaded to the web before the show airs on television.
ABC TV’s Commissioning Editor, David Jowsey said “Fanging It is a new sort of 21st century Race Around The World. We hope to find some great new talent and showcase them on the Web and TV.”
Fanging It is a Net Effective/NMG production for ABC TV. Net Effective/NMG is a Melbourne based production company that specializes in new media formats. James Boldiston, Producer and Director of NMG said “Fanging It is a great opportunity for any would-be filmmaker or TV presenter to have the adventure of a lifetime. We look forward to delivering what will be a pioneering, engaging, interactive travel show for ABC TV. We invite viewers to give it a go and send in their clips.”
All Australian residents over 18 years old are invited to upload their factual mini-documentary video clips to the website www.abc.net.au/fangingit before the closing date of August 10, 2008. Video clips must be greater than 90 seconds and no longer than two minutes in length, and be made by and feature the entrant. Entries should cover the fabulous, strange and eye-opening encounters experienced by the entrant in Australia and may be shot on camera, phone or other video device.
Two entrants will be selected as presenters and immediately be packed off on a three week Australian road trip, all no frills expenses paid. Enroute they’ll make a series of mini-documentaries about their exploits that show the thrills, chills and challenges of traveling round Australia on a budget. They’ll make regular video-diary and blog updates of their adventures and engage with viewers via website forums and live chats.
On their return, the presenters will host a new ABC2 TV travel show featuring all that is fresh, edgy and fun about travel in contemporary Australia. As well as their own footage, the show will include the best of travel mini-clips uploaded by viewers in the run to win $2000 worth of travel prizes.
The recent horror story of the Akihabara truck rampage/knife murders is deeply shocking and challenges our most optimistic and hopeful inclinations. The scenes of bloody limbs and computer generated simulations of the tragedy impress us with the reality of what, to most of us, is unthinkable. Looking to the murderer’s psychological profile, childhood and troubled relationship with society can give us some clues as to how he might eventually have cracked, but it will never really solve the mystery of how and why this tragedy happened. There are plenty of people with woeful and abusive pasts who would never perpetrate such a hideous slaughter.
For the media, crimes such as this are times to satisfy the public’s morbid fascination with such bloodbaths and uncover as many gory details as possible – many publications also manage to use the opportunity to provide titillating ‘background
information’ (see http://www.japaninc.com/node/3395).
The other common theme is that many writers and editors will bring up similar incidents that have occurred recently, for example, one AP report on the incident catalogues various knife crime incidents going back until 2001(http://tinyurl.com/6czwa6).
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A study conducted at Victoria Underground Station has shown that the energy generated by the footsteps of commuters could power 6,500 light bulbs for a day.. The novel energy reclamation scheme could see the station carpeted in a layer of pressure pads.
These would reclaim the energy from the footsteps and use it to power the station itself.
“When harvesting power from footsteps we use a flooring system that incorporates a matrix of hydraulic compression cushions,” said The Foundry, the company behind the technology.
“The energy harvested from every footstep pushes fluid through a micro-turbine, generating power that is stored in a super-capacitor. This electricity is then used locally.”
The technology has already been successfully piloted in the Midlands where it was used on a bridge to absorb energy from trains passing overhead to power flood warning devices.
The system was originally developed by the US military, which is trying to develop boots for soldiers that could be used to power electronic systems like head-up displays and battle computers.
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Peaceful community action for a safe climate future
thr 10 jul – tue 15 jul
Richardson Park, Newcastle
The Camp for Climate Action will be 6 days of inspiring workshops & peaceful direct action aimed a shutting down the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, just north of Sydney. If you’re concerned about climate change & want real action instead of more hot air, then we encourage you to come, bring your friends & family & get involved. Whether you are old or young, a seasoned protestor or if you’ve never been to a protest in your life, if you share our passion for climate action, then climate camp is for you! }
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2008 Sydney VeganExpo
sun 15 jun
10am – 4pm
Wharf 8 Arrivals Hall, 53 Hickson Rd, Sydney
Want to reverse global warming? Did you know that what you decide to eat has a big impact on the environment? Come & find out more at Cool the Planet Bite by Bite 2008, the Third Annual Sydney VeganExpo. The key message of this year’s Sydney VeganExpo is we can make a difference. Although some scientists have said that we may have already passed the tipping point, it’s not too late to reverse the destructive forces of greenhouse gases – but it’s urgent that we take measures now, both individually & collectively.
Cool the Planet Bite by Bite 2008 features special guests: Darren Cordeux from Kisschasy, Steve Kilbey of The Church, Lindsay McDougall of Frenzal Rhomb and Triple J, Lee Rhiannon, leader of the NSW Greens, Pete Ahh, Plus eco-friendly fashion show and so much more!
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