Let Them Pay For Their Arrogance.... :-)

I hope National Geographic had to pay big bucks for their arrogance ..... How you cannot see the potential from watching the clip is beyond me. But after all what we have seen from other "experts" on Wall Street........I was blown away after watching the clip the first time in May 2007 A nice weekend to all non experts :-)

Bleibt zu hoffen das die Verantwortlichen von National Geographic richtig tief in die Tasche greifen mußten um sich zumindest verspätet die Rechte zu sichern.... Wie man das Potential beim ersten Mal nicht erkennen konnte ist mir unbegreiflich. Aber nach alledem was wir von den sog. "Experten" der Wall Street & Co zu sehen bekommen haben..... Ich jedenfalls habe im Mai 2007 eine Gänsehaut bekommen. Allen "Nicht-Experten" ein schönes Wochenende :-)

You’ve Seen the YouTube Video; Now Try the Documentary NYT
There is a moment of foreshadowing at the end of “Battle at Kruger,” the eight-minute African safari video that has drawn more than 30 million views on YouTube.

David Budzinski, a tourist from Texas, has just recorded a stunning scene straight out of a wildlife documentary. A small pride of lions and a crocodile have pinned down a cape buffalo calf, prompting an angry herd of buffalo to fight off the predators and save the babe. A fellow traveler remarks, “You could sell that video!”

After returning home, Mr. Budzinski tried, but National Geographic and Animal Planet were not interested. Only after the battle — alternately terrifying and heart-warming — became one of the most popular videos in YouTube’s history did the buyers come calling. Last summer the National Geographic Channel purchased the television rights to the video, and on Sunday at 9 p.m. Eastern time, it will devote an hour to a documentary deconstructing the drama.

“Caught on Safari: Battle at Kruger” is believed to be the first hourlong documentary to be inspired by a YouTube clip. ......

Sensing they had just witnessed something special, Jason Schlosberg, another member of the safari group, asked Mr. Budzinski for a copy of the video. Mr. Budzinski tried unsuccessfully to sell it to television networks. “They all told us the same thing — they don’t accept any footage from amateurs,” he said.

Dick Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

Off Topic

Did You Know ?

Brilliant!

Thanks to Zeitenwende & Swissstartups



Have a nice and relaxing weekend. I think that is well deserved after all the action in almost every asset class last week.

Wünsche ein entspanntes Wochenende (haben wir uns nach der letzten Börsenwoche alle redlich verdient)

Bulls on Parade / Rage Against The Machine

i´ve heard this soundbyte at one of my rare cnbc visits in the past week. the irony is RATM is probably one of the most "critical" bands i´ve listened to and stand for the exact opposite of what cnbc is representing .... but the titel is indeed spot on....zack (singer) must go mad when he hear that his song is on heavy rotation on cnbc...... :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_against_the_machine

ich habe zufällig bei einem meiner seltenen cnbc besuche diesen titel aufgeschnappt. die ironie dabei ist das RATH eine der kritischten bands sinnd (speziell wenn es um die usa geht)....immerhin trifft der titel den nagel momentan auf den kopf.....der sänger zack dürfte nicht gerade glücklich sein das ausgerechnet auf cnbc die "heavy rotation" läuft..... :-)http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Against_The_Machine

Following the September 11th attacks, Clear Channel created a list of "songs with questionable lyrics";

RATM has the dubious distinction of being the
only band to have all its songs on the list.

disclosure: big fan of RATH!

Chavez can´t shut down YouTube / Spiegel

Schadenfreude!

After shutting down the broadcaster RCTV they are now broadcasting via YouTube.

"El Observador" alone has 242.000 views just in the past week.

RCTV has created half the views in just one week that the entire bbc has had since november of last year.

here the link http://www.youtube.com/elobservadorenlinea

Kampf gegen die Zensur: Der venezolanische Sender RCTV macht auf YouTube weiter.

Nachdem Präsident Chavez die Redaktion abschalten ließ, wurden die regierungskritischen Nachrichten auf der Internet-Plattform zum meistabonnierten Kanal.

Allein in dieser Woche kam der "El Observador"-Kanal bei YouTube auf rund 242.000 Videoabrufe

So fuhr RCTV mit seiner Nachrichtensendung in einer Woche mehr als halb so viele Videoabrufe ein wie die BBC seit dem 11. November letzten Jahres.

thanks to http://www.economist.com/index.html

Battle at Kruger: The real Wild Life / a must see clip!!!!!

Hat Tip to http://investmentpostcards.wordpress.com/ for digging the web to find this fascinating clip!!!!!

also thanks to Barry Ritholtz for bringing it to my attention http://bigpicture.typepad.com/

make sure you see the entire clip. this is one of the best i´ve ever seen. fascinating!

ihr müßt dieses clip unbedingt bis zum ende sehen. ich habe vergleichbares noch nicht gesehen. faszinierend!

ground temperature in december 2006 vs average 2000-2005

total off topic but never the less very interesting / komplett ohne bezug aber interessant

heat in europe, colling in africa. this graph shows the ground temperature in december 2006 and compares it with the average from 2000-2005. the difference goes from plus 10 degree (dark red) to minus 10 degree (dark blue)

Hitze in Europa, Abkühlung in Afrika: Bodentemperatur im Dezember 2006 im Vergleich zum Durchschnitt aus den Jahren 2000 bis 2005. Die Differenz reicht von plus zehn Grad (dunkelrot) bis minus zehn Grad (dunkelblau)