Sunday, September 7, 2014
Finalmente "Spose"
La leggenda del tennis femminile, vincitrice di 59 Slam in carriera (tra singolare e doppio), ha approfittato di una pausa degli US Open, a Flushing Meadows, per chiedere alla sua compagna Julia Lemigova di sposarla. Il "si" di quest'ultima non si è fatto attendere. Martina Navratilova, 57 anni, è stata una delle prime star dello sport a dichiararsi apertamente omosessuale. Il suo coming out risale infatti al 1991. L'ex tennista e testimonial Onu nella lotta contro l'omofobia. (ap)
INC News-07/09/2014
Actress On Bike Ride Killed By Falling Tree
Molly GlymnA "marvellous"
US stage and television actress has died after a tree fell on her during a violent storm in Chicago.
Molly Glynn, who had roles in TV shows including Chicago Fire, Boss and Early Edition, was cycling with her husband when she was hit. The accident happened on Friday and the 46-year-old woman was taken to hospital where she later died from her injuries. Her husband, fellow actor Joe Foust, said in a Facebook post: "I couldn't save her." He called it "the darkest day" of his life, and added: "Things will never be the same." Glynn was a regular on the Chicago theatre scene, with at least 17 roles since 2005. She worked for companies including Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Next, Northlight and Writers Theatre, where she was most recently in the cast of the national premiere of The Dance of Death.
INC News-07/09/2014
Traversata Capri-Napoli
Sono il kazako Vitaly Khudyakov e la brasiliana Ana Marcela Cunha i vincitori della quarantanovesima edizione della Capri-Napoli trofeo Bcc Napoli, svoltasi oggi con partenza dal lido Le Ondine e arrivo nei pressi del circolo Canottieri Napoli. Entrambi i vincitori hanno anche stabilito il nuovo record della manifestazione: 6.11.27" per Khudyakov, 6.24.47 per Ana Marcela Cunha.
Rotterdam, 07/09/2014-INC News (via ANSA AP)
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Agenzia ANS AP comunica la conclusione del festival di Venezia - Ecco i vincitori
La Giuria di Venezia 71, presieduta da Alexandre Desplat e composta da Joan Chen, Philip Groening, Jessica Hausner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandy Powell, Tim Roth, Elia Suleiman e Carlo Verdone, dopo aver visionato tutti i 20 film in concorso, ha deciso di assegnare i seguenti premi:
- LEONE D'ORO per il miglior film a: EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON (A pigeon sat on a branch reflectin on existence) di Roy Andersson
- LEONE D'ARGENTO per la migliore regia a: BELYE NOCHI POCHTALONA ALEKSEYA TRYAPITSYNA (The Postman's White Nights) di Andrej Končalovskij
- GRAN PREMIO DELLA GIURIA a: THE LOOK OF SILENCE di Joshua Oppenheimer
- COPPA VOLPI per la migliore interpretazione maschile a: Adam Driver in HUNGRY HEARTS di Saverio Costanzo
- COPPA VOLPI per la migliore interpretazione femminile a: Alba Rohrwacher in HUNGRY HEARTS di Saverio Costanzo
- PREMIO MARCELLO MASTROIANNI a un giovane attore o attrice emergente a: Romain Paul in LE DERNIER COUP DE MARTEAU di Alix Delaporte
- PREMIO PER LA MIGLIORE SCENEGGIATURA a: Rakhshan Banietemad, Farid Mostafavi per il film GHESSEHA (Tales) di Rakhshan Banietemad
- PREMIO SPECIALE DELLA GIURIA a: SIVAS di Kaan Müjdeci.
LEONE DEL FUTURO - PREMIO VENEZIA OPERA PRIMA (LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS) La Giuria Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima (Luigi De Laurentiis) della 71. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, presieduta da Alice Rohrwacher e composta da Lisandro Alonso, Ron Mann, Vivian Qu e Razvan Radulescu, assegna il premio a: COURT di Chaitanya Tamhane nonché un premio di 100.000 USD, messi a disposizione da Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis, che saranno suddivisi in parti uguali tra il regista e il produttore.
PREMI ORIZZONTI La Giuria Orizzonti della 71. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, presieduta da Ann Hui e composta Moran Atias, Pernilla August, David Chase, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Roberto Minervini e Alin Tasciyan, dopo aver visionato i film in concorso, assegna:
- PREMIO ORIZZONTI PER IL MIGLIOR FILM a COURT di Chaitanya Tamhane
- PREMIO ORIZZONTI PER LA MIGLIORE REGIA a: THEEB di Naji Abu Nowar
- PREMIO SPECIALE DELLA GIURIA ORIZZONTI a: BELLUSCONE. UNA STORIA SICILIANA di Franco Maresco
- PREMIO SPECIALE ORIZZONTI PER LA MIGLIORE INTERPRETAZIONE a: Emir Hadžihafizbegović in TAKVA SU PRAVILA di Ognjen Sviličić
- PREMIO ORIZZONTI PER IL MIGLIOR CORTOMETRAGGIO a: MARYAM di Sidi Saleh EUROPEAN SHORT FILM AWARD 2014
- EFA a: PAT-LEHEM di Idan Hubel PREMI VENEZIA CLASSICI la Giuria composta da studenti di cinema provenienti da diverse Università italiane e presieduta da Giuliano Montaldo assegna:
- PREMIO VENEZIA CLASSICI PER IL MIGLIOR DOCUMENTARIO SUL CINEMA a: ANIMATA RESISTENZA di Francesco Montagner e Alberto Girotto
- PREMIO VENEZIA CLASSICI PER IL MIGLIOR FILM RESTAURATO a: UNA GIORNATA PARTICOLARE di Ettore Scola
Augmented reality gives physical world a virtual dimension
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28399343
Physical objects are often static and dumb, offering little interactivity to the curious observer. Which is why the potential of augmented reality (AR) - virtual enhancement of the physical - is getting business excited. Retailers, advertisers and industry are all now using the technology, which overlays computer-generated content - video, graphics, text, sound or GPS data - on to real-world images captured by smartphones, tablets and hi-tech glasses.
Physical objects are often static and dumb, offering little interactivity to the curious observer. Which is why the potential of augmented reality (AR) - virtual enhancement of the physical - is getting business excited. Retailers, advertisers and industry are all now using the technology, which overlays computer-generated content - video, graphics, text, sound or GPS data - on to real-world images captured by smartphones, tablets and hi-tech glasses.
The results can sometimes be startling. Pepsi Max's recent "Unbelievable" ad campaign, devised by agency AMV BBDO, made people waiting at a bus stop think they were seeing marauding giant robots, charging tigers and flying saucers in the street beyond.
The trick was achieved by rigging up a bus shelter in London's Oxford Street with a full HD screen and a camera on the opposite side to create a see-through effect. A live video feed of the street beyond was then overlaid with the animations.
Rotterdam, 06/09/2014-INC News
Do quantum computers threaten global encryption systems?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27974877
Make a mobile phone call and encryption is there to stop eavesdroppers listening in. Spend money online and encryption ensures your card number and identity cannot be scooped up and used elsewhere. And the money that keeps global banking systems lubricated only does so thanks to cryptographic software that turns a stream of data into unintelligible nonsense.
Make a mobile phone call and encryption is there to stop eavesdroppers listening in. Spend money online and encryption ensures your card number and identity cannot be scooped up and used elsewhere. And the money that keeps global banking systems lubricated only does so thanks to cryptographic software that turns a stream of data into unintelligible nonsense.
Remove all that encryption and the whole lot comes tumbling down.
If that happens we might return to an era when commerce was mostly done face-to-face and based around who you know.
Rotterdam, 06/09/2014-INC News
China to need more than 6,000 new planes by 2033: Boeing
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China will need more than 6,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years, US manufacturer Boeing forecast Thursday -- an increase of almost 500 on its equivalent prediction last year.
Flight demand in the world's most populous country and second-largest economy is increasing and diversifying, Boeing said in its new Current Market Outlook for the country. Chinese new aircraft demand will reach 6,020 planes worth $870 billion during the 2014-2033 period, it said, compared to last year's 20-year demand forecast of 5,580 planes. Underscoring the dramatic increase in passenger demand, Boeing said that a total of 6,930 passenger aircraft will be plying China's skies in 2033, three times the current 2,310.
Rotterdam, 06/09/2014-INC News
Study: travelers overlook hotels without photos
To attract tourists online, hotel owners should start by providing plenty of photos of the rooms, lobby and facade, according to a study conducted by TripAdvisor.
Among the factors most likely to engage potential hotel guests on a TripAdvisor.com page, photos top the list. And the more images there are, the higher the likelihood travelers will remain on the page to find out more about the property. In fact, TripAdvisor points out that hotel and B&B pages with photos receive 138 percent more engagement from the website's users.
Even more encouragingly, the number of reservation requests made through these illustrated pages was 225 percent higher than for those without photos. TripAdvisor users also tend to be drawn in by a high number of reviews, as this factor ranks second in determining online engagement. Here once again, more reviews tends to mean that users stay on the page for longer. Of course, it's all the better when the reviews are positive and have been published within the past 12 months.
Rotterdam, 06/09/2014-INC News
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