Spanning one-ninth of the earth's circumference across three continents, the Roman Empire ruled a quarter of humanity through complex networks of political power, military domination and economic exchange. These extensive connections were sustained by premodern transportation and communication technologies that relied on energy generated by human and animal bodies, winds, and currents.
Conventional maps that represent this world as it appears from space signally fail to capture the severe environmental constraints that governed the flows of people, goods and information. Cost, rather than distance, is the principal determinant of connectivity.
For the first time, ORBIS allows us to express Roman communication costs in terms of both time and expense. By simulating movement along the principal routes of the Roman road network, the main navigable rivers, and hundreds of sea routes in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and coastal Atlantic, this interactive model reconstructs the duration and financial cost of travel in antiquity.
Taking account of seasonal variation and accommodating a wide range of modes and means of transport, ORBIS reveals the true shape of the Roman world and provides a unique resource for our understanding of premodern history.

There are a number of wide angle lenses where it is not possible to fit standard filters or holders because the way the barrel of the lens is configured. Prominent amongst these is the Nikon 14-24 but there are many others including the Canon 4L and the Sigma 8-16 and 12-24.

The new Hitech Lucroit holder was designed by a Spanish Engineer (who was also a photographer) who wanted to find a solution to both the Nikon 14-24 problem and that of other similar wide angle lenses.

The holder fits on the lens by a bayonet mount with a retaining rubber ring which holds it in place. It is designed to take a completely new range of 165mm standard filters with grads in 165x200mm (Filters can be purchased here).

This means that, unlike other systems, it will not vignett on these wide angle lenses.

What is MediaInfo?
MediaInfo provides easy access to technical and tag information about video and audio files.
Except the Mac App Store graphical user interface, it is open-source software, which means that it is free of charge to the end user and developers have freedom to study, to improve and to redistribute the program (LGPL license)

Data Crow is the ultimate media cataloger and media organiser. Always wanted to manage all your collections in one product? You want a product you can customize to your needs? Your search ends here! Using Data Crow allows you to create a huge database containing all your collected items. You can use the excellent online services to retrieve the information instead of typing all the information yourself.

If you have a wireless image transfer system for your camera, you just found the perfect partner!

Combine it with the ShutterSnitch app and an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch and you're ready to:

Enjoy full pinch- and zoomable previews. (Retina iPad Ready!)
Receive warnings when shutter speed, aperture, and more doesn't fit your predefined rules.
Attach your device to an external screen or projector for fullscreen previews/slideshow
ShutterSnitch can also be used as a regular image browser if you simply transfer the pictures from your computer through an FTP client.

First and foremost, the ultimate purpose of a field monitor is to be able to see what you are shooting. Shooting in HD and monitoring in SD is, we feel, a step in the wrong direction. That’s why even with a 5.6 inch screen, the DP6 delivers HD at 1280x800 resolution, making it the smallest HD monitor available. Simply put this means you truly see what you get, so there are no surprises in the editing room.

Zacuto is transforming the form factor of DSLR cameras for video with our electronic viewfinder. The Zacuto EVF is a 3.2” high resolution monitor that is used in conjunction with all the Z-Finder models. This electronic viewfinder is compatible with all cameras with an HDMI output including the Panasonic AG-AF100, Sony FS100, Sony F3, Scarlet, Red One & Epic. This electronic viewfinder allows you to operate the DSLR camera or any camera with an HDMI port, with the correct form factor for video with the camera “in-line” to your rod system (the most stable way) and your eye in the Z-Finder offset. This is the way all film cameras and ENG video cameras were operated and we, at Zacuto, believe this should be the way DSLR cameras should be operated. It will enhance the stability, give you better resolution, allow you to get your eye where it most comfortably needs to be, enable low mode shooting, shorten your camera package, have your electronic viewfinder in the back of a dolly or crane, detached from the rig for car shots and more. Depending on how you want to shoot depends on where you should position your electronic viewfinder, let’s discuss:

DaVinci color correctors are the standard in post production since 1984. There are thousands of colorists worldwide who understand the performance, quality and workflow of DaVinci and love it as their trusted partner in creativity. DaVinci is the name behind more feature films, television commercials, documentaries, episodic television production and music videos than any other grading system. Now available for Mac, Windows and Linux, the true quality and power of DaVinci is now affordable for everyone! From $995

The olloclip is a quick-connect lens solution for the iPhone 4/4S that includes fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses in one small, convenient package that easily fits in your pocket. Nestled in the palm of your hand, the olloclip connects to the iPhone within seconds so you’ll be sure to capture the image you want…if you don’t see the picture you’re looking for just flip it over to switch lenses.

SendEmail is a lightweight, command line SMTP email client. If you have the need to send email from a command line, this free program is perfect: simple to use and feature rich. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, batch files, Perl programs and web sites, but is quite adaptable and will likely meet your requirements. SendEmail is written in Perl and is unique in that it requires NO MODULES. It has an intuitive and flexible set of command-line options, making it very easy to learn and use.
SendEmail is licensed under the GNU GPL, either version 2 of the License or (at your option) any later version.
[Supported Platforms: Linux, BSD, OS X, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, & Windows XP]

About MailServe 5.0...

MailServe helps you set up a fully functional mail server on Mac OS X that can:

• send outgoing mail
• receive incoming mail
• fetch mail from an ISP mail server
• filter out spam
• store all these mail on the server & and allow them to be read them from any mail client
• allow mail to be organised into folders and sub-folders
• authenticate users before they are allowed to send mail through the server
• encrypt mail coming in and out of the server using SSL (including inserting Intermediate CA certs)

There isn't a lot of choice when it comes to finding an insurer to cover photography equipment in Australia, unlike in the U.S. and UK where there is a large selection of insurers to choose from that offer specialist photography insurance cover.

Due to the limited selection of photography insurers in Australia finding the right policy is usually a tedious and time consuming task which is reason for the creation of this website. To save you time we've done the research and have come up with a list insurers and brokers that offer policies for professional and amateur photographers.

Markdown is a simple markup language used to convert plain text into HTML.

MultiMarkdown is a derivative of Markdown that adds new syntax features, such as footnotes, tables, and metadata. Additionally, it offers mechanisms to convert plain text into LaTeX in addition to HTML.

peg-multimarkdown is an implementation of MultiMarkdown derived from John MacFarlane's peg-markdown. It makes use of a parsing expression grammar (PEG), and is written in C. It should compile for most any (major) operating system.

Anonymous Pro (2009) is a family of four fixed-width fonts designed especially with coding in mind. Characters that could be mistaken for one another (O, 0, I, l, 1, etc.) have distinct shapes to make them easier to tell apart in the context of source code.

Anonymous Pro also features an international, Unicode-based character set, with support for most Western and European Latin-based languages, Greek, and Cyrillic. It also includes special “box drawing” characters for those who need them.

While Anonymous Pro looks great on Macs, Windows and Linux PCs with antialiasing enabled, it also includes embedded bitmaps for specific pixel sizes (“ppems” in font nerd speak) for both the regular and bold weight. (Since slanted bitmaps look pretty bad and hard to read at the supported sizes, I chose to use the upright bitmaps for the italics as well.) Bitmaps are included for these ppems: 10, 11, 12, and 13. See the usage notes (at right) for info on what point sizes these ppems correspond to on Mac and Windows.

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Welcome to Australia’s Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal. It has been developed to help Australian clinicians and policy-makers access clinical practice guidelines via a single entry point.

This portal is an initiative of the National Health and Medical Research Council as part of our mandate to build a healthier Australia.

What will I find?

You will find links to clinical practice guidelines developed for use in Australian health care settings. Each guideline on this portal has been assessed according to rigorous selection criteria to help you find the type of guideline you are looking for.

This site provides direct links to guidelines or to guideline developer websites. The majority of guidelines we link to are free, however in a few instances payment is required.

Find out more about the way guidelines are chosen for this portal.

This site links only to Australian clinical practice guidelines. For public health and ethics guidelines approved by the NHMRC visit the NHMRC website, or for consumer health information visit the Australian Government’s HealthInsite portal.

A number of people had asked that I record my presentation to Denver’s South West Photo Club last evening.  Unfortunately we did not have those facilities available to us, but what I can offer is my PowerPoint presentation and the handout that details my Workflow.  You can download those here

Looking for the Best Equation Editor?   Try MathMagic.
MathMagic is a multi-purpose equation editor, formula editor,
scientific symbol editor, and equation converter for various
math formats for all users ranging from Novice to the professional,
students to teachers and professors, in Word processing,
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Fountain is a simple markup syntax for writing, editing and sharing screenplays in plain, human-readable text. Fountain allows you to work on your screenplay anywhere, on any computer or tablet, using any software that edits text files.

Taking its cues from John Gruber’s Markdown, Fountain files are eminently readable. When special syntax is required, it is straightforward and intuitive.

Even when viewed as plain text, your screenplay feels like a screenplay.

Fountain supports everything a screenwriter is likely to need in the early, creative phases of writing. Not included are production features such as MOREs, CONTINUEDs, revision marks, locked pages, or colored pages.

Because it’s just text, Fountain is also a great format for archiving screenplays without worry of file-format obsolescence or incompatibility.

Prey lets you keep track of your laptop, phone and tablet whenever stolen or missing -- easily and all in one place. It's lightweight, open source software that gives you full and remote control, 24/7.

The SuperFast Thermapen thermometer incorporates a large digital display with a precise read-out of temperature over the range of -49.9 to 299.9 °C with a 0.1 °C resolution and an accuracy of ±0.4 °C. The resolution can be switched to 1 °C, if required, via a switch in the battery compartment. The thermometer will power off automatically after ten minutes, maximising battery life. This feature can be disabled if not required.
The casing is washable and includes 'Biomaster' additive that reduces bacterial growth and the ergonomic rubber seal minimises the risk of the ingress of water, dust or food. As well as being water resistant, it is still 'probably' the fastest reading contact thermometer on the market today. The true temperature of a product can be tested in under four seconds.

MiniCards
MiniCards are half the size of Business Cards but some say 'twice as nice'!

Upload your own images or personalise our designs.

Use up to 100 different designs in each pack, and show off your portfolio, your products, your business or yourself.

Make MiniCards

Many helpful resources for caring for paediatric patients

stolencamerafinder uses the serial number stored in your photo to search the web for photos taken with the same camera

Dr Ian Balfour-Lynn is a paediatric respiratory consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital (since 1997). He works in one of the UK’s premier paediatric respiratory units, situated within one of the largest UK postgraduate specialist heart and lung centres. He is also a consultant at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College School of Medicine.

He specialises in all aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine – namely any condition that affects a child’s lungs and airways. This may be manifest in a number of ways, most commonly noisy breathing (wheeze, croup), cough, breathlessness or difficulty breathing, and recurrent chest infections.

He is married with two teenage children.

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