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Photography by Jeffrey Martin on 360Cities

I discovered panoramic photography in the year 2000 after getting my first digital camera (a canon digital elph) which came with its own primitive panorama stitching software. Soon after that I imagined that a virtual tour of Prague, one of the world's most beautiful cities, would be a great idea. I first worked on prague360.com with Adam Trachtman. At the time, there were no google maps (or any other mapping API) available for Prague, and it took some time to even find a high-resolution street map of Prague that could be used for this purpose. The original site used a flash-based map component combined with panoramas in the QTVR format. After a year, my brother David stepped in and we started working together on it. At about the same time, the global content of Google Maps became much more complete, and it made sense to use it to help map our panoramic photos.  It was not long before we decided that this idea could be applied to the whole world.... Besides working as Founder/CEO of 360Cities I am still a very active photographer. I enjoy the experimental aspects of photography, usually related to panoramic and 360 photography: Gigapixel photography and timelapse especially. I am also working on various aspects of the automation of panoramic photo stitching. One of the principal goals of my job is to bring panoramic photography to the mainstream, and this means simplifying the creation and publication of these images. While this medium of 360 photography has come a long way in the last decade, I think it is only now starting to be utilized in the ways it deserves - as a navigational tool, as a presentation tool, and as a documentary tool. But this is only the beginning! I hope you're enjoying the ride :-)

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RNZ: Janet Frame Memorial Lectures

Intended to help improve understanding of what it means to be a writer in New Zealand, the Janet Frame Memorial Lectures deliver an overview of the state of the nation’s literature from the point of view of one of its most active authors.

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Interviews - ICC World Cup 2015 - Sports - The Times of India

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New Zealand news from ESPN Cricinfo.com

Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features.

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Facial Expressions in Indian dance and movies Comments

Expressing Fear (Bhaya).The famous Indian dancer LAkshmi Gopalan The Hindu(News paper) 4th Feb 2011 In any performing art, facial expressions are most important.It is much true in case of drama and dance.I simple effort is made here to tell how it...

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The Couch Sessions » Featured

The Couch Sessions is the premier destination for alternative urban music and culture. Dubbed as the tastemakers’ tastemaker, The Couch Sessions spotlights all aspects of cutting-edge urban lifestyle ranging from music, art and design, food and drink, film, TV and fashion.

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Arts in Nebraska (video) | NET Television

The explosion of artistic work occurring across Nebraska is featured in this unique project produced by NET Television. This series of eight short video segments showcases the diversity of innovative artistry in the Cornhusker state.

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Arts videos, reports and reviews - galleries, exhibitions, architecture, museums - Telegraph TV

Video reports and reviews from the art world and the contemporary art market, and coverage of all the visual arts. Including: gallery tours, exhibition highlights, and architecture previews. Available online, on demand, on Telegraph TV.

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Buster & friends’ d’da » diary

Improviser, guitarist and constructor Han-earl Park: crossing borders, and performing fuzzily idiomatic, on occasion experimental, always traditional, open improvised musics. Home of Mathilde 253 with Charles Hayward and Ian Smith, Eris 136199 with Nick Didkovsky and Catherine Sikora, and Numbers with Richard Barrett.

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U.S. Global Investors Research Reports

U.S. Global Investors has captured the attention of the top-tier financial publications, radio and television shows. Our fund managers are sought for their in-depth knowledge and unique perspective on the world’s financial markets.