Photo Contest “Architecture”

13 Feb

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Hey Guys!

This Month’s Photo Contest is all about the places and spaces that surround you.

Everywhere we go we can see great structures and make up awesome different perpectives depending on the point of view we have.

This can be as subjective as you want it to be. Get creative!

Here are the guidelines:

1 At the beginning of the month we will post a new theme.

2 Photoshop is welcome, however, all images should be your own original content.

3 Add as many photos as you want to the Bahbel Photography Contest Pool.

4 Select only one photo to submit per theme.

5 Click on the photo > top left corner click share > click grab link > copy the code

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6 Leave your email and paste link on the submission box bellow.

Deadline is the last day of the month.

Check out the Contests Category to see all of the past themes and winners.

The winner will be selected and contacted to get their own article with a biography, interview, and showcase of their work!

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CES Convention 2012

25 Jan

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This year my visit to the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas was my first as Babel’s official correspondent and as such I had to start with a visit to the Nikon booth, a brand dear to my boss’ heart Bahbel’s editor Georgette Torres.

Nikon did not disappoint this year bringing a couple of new cameras that caught my attention. The most anticipated D4 for serious professionals and of course a more affordable consumer focus full frame Nikon 1.

I took the D4 for a test drive and needless to say I was very impressed with all the new features. The D4 comes with several additional controls in the back which makes it easier to operate with a vertical grip. There is a new joystick with a dedicated Live View switch. It is also the first DSRL to incorporate a slot for an XQD card. In addition to the usual USB and HDMI connectors, the D4 also incorporates an Ethernet port, mic and headphone connection jack.

For photography enthusiast experts in point and shoot, Nikon created the Nikon 1.

The Nikon 1 J1 delivers excellent video and low-ISO photo quality, plus some aspects of the camera’s performance lead its class.

The Nikon 1 J1 is a fine camera but it is also on the expensive side ($595) for a point-and-shoot upgrader and has a few drawbacks for the more advanced user.

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Best of CES Award Winners

  1. LG 55EM9600 OLED TV

    2. The first 55-inch OLED TV announced as shipping in 2011, and the only one to get an actual model number and public ship date (“Q3″), the 55EM9800 promises the superb all-around performance of OLED (absolute black levels, ultra-fast panel and excellent viewing angles) in an ultra-thin panel.

  2. Razer’s Project Fiona

    3. The Razer Fiona concept gaming tablet, shown at CES 2012, suggests that Windows 8 is a serious player in portable gaming, and that Razer is serious about moving into manufacturing computers.

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These are my favorites Gadgets

I love watches so I was very happy to find this little gadget that also gives you the time.

  1. The I am Watch

    2. This watch is powered by Android (1.6) and comes with a music player, Twitter and Facebook clients, weather, and access to an app store for additional functions. It’s Bluetooth-enabled so it will display the caller ID.

    • With a nice touch-screen interface, it’s easy to move between apps.
    • The I’m Watch is the latest in smart watches with basic models starting at $299.
    • Company spokesman said that watches should start shipping this quarter with over a dozen of colors to choose from.
  2. Car Tech: QNX CAR 2 mobile apps platform

    3. QNX shows us its vision for the future of dashboard technologies, including an innovative application of NFC technology to instantly and automatically Bluetooth pair a smartphone, Ultra HD voice technology that brings stereo CD quality audio to phone calls, and an apps integration for both front and backseat passengers.

  3. Cell phones: Nokia Lumia 900

    4. Nokia uses the Consumer Electronics Show to hold a coming-out party for its new Windows Phone-based Lumia 900, with a 4.3-inch AMOLED screen and dual cameras.

  4. Emerging Tech: MakerBot Replicator

    5. The MakerBot Replicator one-ups the Cube 3D with “dualstrusion” technology, meaning it can print objects in multiple colors and materials. Pre-orders available now for $1,999, shipping in 6 weeks.

  5. Home Theater: Simple.TV

    6. The Simple.TV DVR might just be the next-big thing for cable-cutters. It’s improbably a DVR without a built-in hard drive or video output, instead letting you supply your own hard drive, then stream live and recorded over-the-air TV to the Simple.TV app available on iPad, Roku, Boxee, Google TV. Think of it like your own personal cloud for your over-the-air TV.

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Hope you Enjoyed this article and feel free to give us any comments.

Author- Greg

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Brazilian Economy 2012

16 Jan

The economic growth of Brazil between the years of 2003 and 2011 was in average of 4.5% and it is predicted to stay in the same rank for the year of 2012.

Currently, Brazil is the sixth greatest economy of the world, a position that was reached recently and only surpassed by the economies of the United States, China, Japan, Germany and France. The Brazilian economy is based on the production of vital raw materials for the international markets, the food industries and the energy sector (oil). Economically, Brazil exceeded the United Kingdom arriving at the sixth place between the world-wide economies.

Brazil is one of the countries that makes up the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India and China). There are recent economic specialized studies which indicate that this block of countries out-passed all the developed economies with reference to the GIP, including the one of Japan for the year 2050. The Countries that pertain to the BRIC group, will lodge 40% of the world-wide population and almost 25% of the world-wide PIBI. Demographically, while the populations of Europe and the United States would decay in the next decades, the BRIC will have an increasing amount of consumers. At the moment, Brazil has approximately 195.000.000 inhabitants.

Brazil has had in the past, many political and economic problems, but from year 1998, Brazil pushed an evolving economic model, that is to say, a model where the State is an important and active agent for the operation of the market. The objective of this strategy at the time, was to secure the economic stability later and to look for the economic growth of the country. At that time, president Cardoso succeeded in creating and exporting an attractive economy for the foreign investor, this same approach was followed by his successor Lula da Silva, on the other hand, Dilma Russff has decided to follow the same course to maintain and to accelerate the growth of this Latin American country; the main tools in which to achieve this stabilization objective is: to maintain the type of floating exchange rate, to control the inflation, to stimulate the investments and mainly to put much attention to the sectors that have brought benefits to Brazil (oil, energy, and banking). Furthermore they have set out to penetrate in the telecommunications, mining sector, and to strengthen its bonds with its present partners. However, its currently being pulled apart from its polemic neighbors or current ideological opposites from their commercial interests.

It is important to indicate that Brazil and Colombia began to also improve their economies and economic perspectives in the South American region by their own merits and because of the errors of their neighboring country Venezuela. Brazil and Colombia, occupied and developed the unheeded oil markets which were handled in a poor way by the new PDVSA (Oils of Venezuela) from year 2003.

For the year 2012 Brazil should maintain an economic growth between 4% and 4.5%, with a stable currency and an inflation that should only have a visible bullish tendency in the year 2013, this by the effect or consequence of the economic growth maintained in the last few years. The inflation of Brazil until the month of December 2011 was of the 6.5%

Econo. Edgard Iriarte

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New Years Free Desktop Image Download

26 Dec

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This year is almost over and to celebrate the we want you to have our 2012 desktop image!

Hope you enjoy!

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2012 Calendar free download

21 Sep

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Hi everyone!

Here we have a new 2012 Calendar filled with delightful photographs taken by Muma.

All you have to do is download it and print it on Tabloid Paper. We leave the binding to you. (Although I would recommend some small metal rings on the top) Like this

So go ahead download it!

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