Video Tips to Bring Out Your Inner Spielberg

Whether you want to capture your child's birthday party, a wedding or the sites from your summer travels, making a home video is one of the most popular ways of preserving the memories.

As digital video cameras have become increasingly popular and much more affordable - average prices have decreased about a third in the last several years - many people are taking the magic of home videos one step further by doing their own editing and adding special effects and music.

The Matrix

It is easy to confuse the concepts of "virtual reality" and a "computerised model of reality (simulation)". The former is a self-contained Universe, replete with its "laws of physics" and "logic". It can bear resemblance to the real world or not. It can be consistent or not. It can interact with the real world or not. In short, it is an arbitrary environment. In contrast, a model of reality must have a direct and strong relationship to the world. It must obey the rules of physics and of logic. The absence of such a relationship renders it meaningless. A flight simulator is not much good in a world without air planes or if it ignores the laws of nature. A technical analysis program is useless without a stock exchange or if its mathematically erroneous.

Yet, the two concepts are often confused because they are both mediated by and reside on computers. The computer is a self-contained (though not closed) Universe. It incorporates the hardware, the data and the instructions for the manipulation of the data (software). It is, therefore, by definition, a virtual reality. It is versatile and can correlate its reality with the world outside. But it can also refrain from doing so. This is the ominous "what if" in artificial intelligence (AI). What if a computer were to refuse to correlate its internal (virtual) reality with the reality of its makers? What if it were to impose its own reality on us and make it the privileged one?
 

The US Presidential State Car

The Presidential State Car in the United States is the car that carries the President of the United States, his family, his staff and secret service agents. It is the official state car of the President of the United States. The traditional vehicle is a limousine and is the ground version of Air Force One. It is termed Cadillac One. 

The current vehicle is manufactured by General Motors and was first used when President Elect Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, but it doesn't have a specific model name. The vehicle is called the ‘2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine.’

When President Elect Barack Obama is inaugurated on January 20, 2009, a new vehicle will be used to transport Obama and his family. It is manufactured by GM and will not have a specific model name. The vehicle will be called the ‘2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine.’ - See more at: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=346955&ca=Automotive#sthash.FSvsxlsP.dpuf Published at: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=346955&ca=Automotive

When President Elect Barack Obama is inaugurated on January 20, 2009, a new vehicle will be used to transport Obama and his family. It is manufactured by GM and will not have a specific model name. The vehicle will be called the ‘2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine.’ - See more at: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=346955&ca=Automotive#sthash.FSvsxlsP.dpuf Published at: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=346955&ca=Automotive

The previous one was a 2005 Cadillac DTS (DeVille Touring Sedan.) The first time this vehicle was used was on January 20, 2005 during the second inauguration of President George W. Bush and the secret service referred to the vehicle as ‘the beast.’ This model is still used when needed...

The vehicle’s windows do not open, it is equipped with run flat tires, it is fitted with military grade armor 5 inches thick, and five antennas mounted to the trunk. The inside has a fluorescent light system because the windows are tinted and do not allow much natural light inside. The vehicle can seat seven people, including the President. There is a console mounted communications system in the front of the vehicle. The vehicle, when transported to foreign countries, is airlifted by a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. When the President visits a foreign country, the Presidential flag that flies opposite the United States flag on the front of the car is replaced with the flag of the country he is visiting at the time. 

There are similar limousines that are operated by the United States government that help to transport VIP guests, visiting heads of government, and heads of state.

The Presidential State Car travels in the Presidential Motorcade, which consists of 35 other vehicles, when traveling out of town. The limousine that the President travels in is maintained by the Secret Service while the motorcade support vehicles are maintained by the White House Military Office. In the motorcade there are two Chevrolet Suburbans that the President might also travel in instead of the limousine. Each of the vehicles has the Presidential seals on the sides. 

The very first President to travel in an automobile was President William McKinley. The first government owned vehicle was a Stanley Steamer and it was used during President Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. President William Howard Taft was the first President to use a vehicle that was stored in the White House garage. The first President to ride in a Cadillac was President Woodrow Wilson during a victory parade for World War I. President Warren Harding was the first President to ride in an automobile to his inauguration. The car was a Packard Twin-Six.

The Presidential State Car is comparable, for its safety purposes, to the Popemobile. The Popemobile protects the Pope, or the highest living leader of the Catholic Church.

About Today's Contributor:

Brenda wrote this article ob behalf of trianglerentacar.com

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Christine’s Fury

Probably one of the most unforgettable cars ever portrayed in a movie would have to be the 1958 Plymouth Fury used in John Carpenter's movie Christine.

A character herself in the movie, Christine is a supernatural malevolent automobile that is literally death on wheels. She has the ability to possess and destroy. The other character in the movie, Arnie Cunningham, the typical high school nerd, life begins to change when he discovers Christine in serious need of repair.

How To Be A Good And Better Singer?

Singing is a joy. It releases stress and anxiety and make our bodies produce more happy hormones such as endorphins. That is why music therapy has a role in medical science.

Many people like to sing as can be evidenced by bathroom singers or you could be unconsciously humming or mouthing a tune when you are in a good mood. However, for most people, it stops there. For them, they have never thought of the possibility that they can become better or even good singers.