text: Front (silver) Back Front, 3/4 angle, with LCD display angled towards front Front, straight-on Front, straight-on (Body only) Front, straight-on, LCD rotated toward front Tilting LCD display Top view (Body only) Photos (8) Videos (3) View larger Sony Alpha NEX-F3 16-megapixel digital camera with 180-degree tilting LCD and 18-55mm zoom lens (Silver) Item #: 158NEXF3KS 2 Reviews This item is no longer available. Original Price: $399.99 Shop all Mirrorless Cameras Need help? 1.888.955.6000 Email Chat Ask an expert advisor No pressure, no commission — just lots of good advice from our highly trained staff. Overview Reviews Details Accessories Staff Reviews Articles & Videos by Woody Sherman Our story continues...All right. It's been a while now since Sony first introduced its revolutionary series of NEX cameras, so it might not come as a surprise anymore just how much they can do despite their slim profile. If you've paid any attention to the buzz in the digital photography world, you know they're good.Evolution breeds successBut we guarantee that you'll be pleasantly surprised by the evolution that's been taking place in Sony's Alpha NEX-F3. Sony has taken all of the fundamentals everyone loved about the original series: big Exmor APS-C sensors, like those found in most of their DSLRs. 16.1 light-sensitive megapixels. Custom-designed, tack-sharp optics. And they've placed them in a framework that's easier than ever to learn and use.It has training wheels... that you can removeLet's start with Superior Auto mode. Sony's made the process of getting a great shot as easy as "point and press the shutter," because the camera uses its acclaimed BIONZ™ processor to assess your environment and the actions of your subject to optimize its settings, ensuring that you capture the best possible image. And Auto Portrait Framing uses traditional rules of photography to extract the most artistically rewarding portrait from the close-ups you take. Don't worry, manual options abound for when you're feeling a creative spark, but it's good to know that you can leave the driving to your F3 and enjoy the party while you capture the fun.Put yourself in the picture with the Sony Alpha NEX-F3Be your own starPut yourself in the middle of that fun with the 180-degree high-resolution tiltable LCD screen that orients itself perfectly for a quick self-portrait. Tilt it another way to monitor high-angle shots while taking full 1080/60i high-definition video. Control all that power with an intuitive turn-and-click control wheel and context-sensitive soft keys that guide you through the process of getting great photos and video.Change your look in secondsSony's available interchangeable E-series lenses add another dimension to your creative options. While this camera comes with a versatile 18-55mm 3X zoom lens, you can broaden your palette of looks by changing to a different focal length. Plus, with an available adapter, you can use the big family of Sony A-mount lenses as well.Sophisticated autofocus technology, a built-in flash, and great low-light performance await you as well. And while this camera is proud of its friendliness to beginners, there's certainly plenty here for pros to enjoy as well. Product Highlights:16.1-megapixel effective recordingAPS-C size HD CMOS image sensor (23.5 X 15.6 mm) for rich tonal gradation and true-to-life colorincludes 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens (35mm equivalent focal length: 27-82.5mm)180-degree tilting 3" LCD touchscreenhigh-def, high-quality movie mode with stereo sound (up to 1080 @ 60 interlaced frames per second)BIONZ® image processor for high-resolution, low-noise photosAuto Portrait Framing composes artistic portraits from your close-upsAnti-Dust Technology keeps image sensor clean for spotless photosseven different photo creativity functions including: Picture Effect, Background Defocus Control, Soft Skin Effect, Color, Brightness, Vividness, and Self-timer / Continuous Advance.25-area autofocus system for rapid, precise autofocusingon-board flash for low-light flexibility11 picture effects for creative approaches after you've taken the shot: HDR Painting, Soft Focus, Miniature, Retro Photo, Soft High-key, Partial Color (Green/Blue/Yellow/ Red), Pop Color, High Contrast Monochrome, Toy Camera, Posterization (B/W, Color), and Rich MonotoneSmile Shutter technology snaps a picture when it detects a smileHorizontal/Vertical Sweep Panorama mode3D Panorama mode: sweep across the panorama, and the camera captures "right-eye" and "left-eye" versions of the image. 3D TV and 3D glasses required to view images in 3Don-screen tips and helpwarranty: 1 yearOur 60-day money-back guaranteeCompatible Lenses:compatible with Sony E-mount lensescompatible with Sony Alpha SLR lenses when used with optional LA-EA1 or LA-EA2 lens adapterExposure Modes and Controls:continuous shooting mode: up to 5.5 frames per secondshutter speed range: 30-1/4,000 seconds, bulbsensitivity or ISO (film speed equivalent) range: 200-16,000 selectableprogram auto, shutter-priority, aperture-priority, manual, anti-motion blur, and fully automatic exposure modesflash bracketing: up to 3 frames8 preset scene modes for accurately exposed images in many different shooting environmentsflash sync at 1/160 secondFile Formats and Storage:image storage modes: JPEG (Fine and Standard), RAW, and RAW+JPEGstill image aspect ratio options: 3:2, 16:9AVCHD movie files up to 1920 x 1080 at 60 interlaced frames per second with stereo sound; MP4 movie files up to 1440 x 1080 resolution at 30 frames per second with mono soundaccepts optional SD;, high capacity SDHC, and Memory Stick PRO Duo, PRO-HG Duo, and PRO-HX Duo memory cardsConnections and Dimensions:high-speed USB interfacemini HDMI output (cable not included)4-5/8"W x 2-5/8"H x 1-11/16"D (without lens)weight (without battery or media): 9.0 oz.supplied lens weight: 2.5 oz.Supplied Accessories:18-55mm Sony lenslens hoodlens caprechargeable NP-FW50 lithium ion batterybattery charger/AC adaptershoulder strapUSB cablesoftware CD-ROM Want a camera you can grow into? Try a mirrorless camera. These digital cameras combine the creative options of a DSLR with portability that's more like that of a point-and-shoot. Their automatic modes will help you take striking pictures from day one without having to be an expert. However, like DSLRs, mirrorless cameras have interchangeable lenses, and advanced control and processing. You can explore these features for even better results as you take time to learn more about the hobby. Cameras in this class have large image sensors for beautifully detailed pictures, but their mirrorless design means the camera bodies and matching lenses can be smaller, lighter, and more portable great for snapping memorable pics when you're on the move. 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What you expect from a Sony camera. The UI is a bit clunky but the new automatic modes allow for great quality shooting and easy customization for perfect shots. Great step up from a point and shoot without all the size of a full DSLR. Pros: Build quality Image quality Display resolution Flash Interchangeable lens Compact size Easy to shoot one handed 180' rotatable screen Cons: Clunky UI Internal charging via USB cable Was this review helpful? Yes No Sony Alpha NEX-F3 Written By Izzo, Burbank, CA on Friday, January 04, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I would recommended this camera to anyone. Crutchfield offered the best price with free shipping. At the time they were offering a free memory card with purchase but I didn't receive one. I contacted their customer service and they told me that was an offer only while supplies lasted but they sent me one free of charge. I would definitely use Crutchfield again. Was this review helpful? Yes No Hands-on research Features and specs chart | What's in the box? | In-depth notes What's in the box? Download owner's manual NEX-F3 digital camera body (silver) SEL1855 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS lens (installed) 49mm Lens cap (installed) AL C-SH112 Lens hood AC-UB10 AC adapter (5V/0.5A) NP-FW50 rechargeable InfoLithium battery (7.2 Volts/7.7 Wh/1080 mAh) 43" USB cable (has a USB type A connector on one end and a proprietary mini USB connector on the other end) Adjustable neck strap Application software CD-ROM Instruction Manual (Eng) Instruction Manual (Fren/Ital) Warranty Sheet Online registration sheet Lenses & Accessories brochure Notes on using the LCD screen Features and Specs General LCD Screen Size 3" Adjustable-angle LCD Yes Wi-Fi No Touchscreen No Waterproof No GPS-enabled No Lens 35mm Equivalent 27-82.5mm Optical Zoom 3x Digital Zoom 2x Filter Diameter 49mm Manual Focusing Yes Manual Exposure Yes Built-in Flash Yes HDMI Output Mini Memory Internal Memory None Memory Media Memory Stick PRO Duo + PRO-HG Duo SD/SDHC/SDXC Image Effective Megapixel Count 16.1 Total Megapixels 16.7 Image Stabilization Optical Highest Resolution 4912 x 3264 HD Video Recording 1920 x 1080, 1440 x 1080 Dimensions Width (inches) 4-15/16 Height (inches) 2-13/16 Depth (inches) 3-13/16 Weight With Battery (ounces) 17.9 Warranty Parts Warranty 1 Year Labor Warranty 1 Year Product Research Recording Features Included Lens Play And Print Functions Battery Information Supplied Software Recording Features Package Contents: The Sony NEX-F3K kit contains the α (alpha series) NEX-F3 digital camera and the SEL1855 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 E-mount zoom lens. Lens Compatibility: The NEX-F3 is compatible with Sony's E-mount series of smaller, lighter lenses. In addition to the SEL1855, the NEX-F3 is compatible with the following lenses: SEL16F28 16mm F2.8 pancake lens SEL24F18Z 24mm F1.8 Carl Zeiss lens SEL30M35 30mm F3.5 macro lens SEL50F18 50mm F1.8 lens SEL18200 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 zoom lens SEL55210 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 zoom lens Note: With the optional LA-EA1 or LA-EA2 lens adapter, the Sony α (alpha) lenses can be used with this camera. 3" Tiltable LCD Screen: The NEX-F3 uses a 3" Xtra Fine LCD screen with 921,600 dots and approximately 100% coverage. The TruBlack screen has a special resin layer to suppress internal reflections and increase contrast compared to conventional LCDs. The screen tilts down 13° and up 180° to frame high- and low-angle shots. Optional Electronic Viewfinder: The NEX-F3 does not have a separate viewfinder, however, Sony offers an optional 0.5" OLED viewfinder (FDAEV1S), that plugs into the camera's Smart Accessory Terminal 2. APS-C-sized HD Image Sensor: The NEX-F3 features an APS-C sized Exmor APS HD CMOS image sensor (23.5 x 15.6mm). It has approximately 16.7-million total pixels and 16.1-million effective pixels. Image Sizes: You can record still images in a 3:2 or 16:9 aspect ratio in three versatile formats: JPEG (with Fine and Standard compression), RAW (uncompressed images), and RAW + JPEG (two images--one uncompressed and one compressed--are recorded simultaneously). The image sizes include: Ratio Image Size Resolution 3:2 Large: 16M 4912 x 3264 Medium: 8.4M 3568 x 2368 Small: 4M 2448 x 1624 RAW Large: 16M 4912 x 3264 16:9 Large: 14M 4912 x 2760 Medium: 7.1M 3568 x 2000 Small: 3.4M 2448 x 1376 RAW Large: 14M 4912 x 2760 Movie Recording: The NEX-F3 can record Full High Definition (1920 x 1080) movies in AVCHD (H.264). High and Standard Definition movies can also be recorded in MP4, which can easily be uploaded to social media websites like Facebook and You. Movie options include: File Format Average Bit-Rate Resolution AVCHD 60i/60p 60i 24M (FX) 24 Mbps 1920 x 1080 (60i) 60i 17M (FH) 17 Mbps 1920 x 1080 (60i) 24p 24M (FX) 24 Mbps 1920 x 1080 (24p) 24p 17M (FH) 17 Mbps 1920 x 1080 (24p) MP4 1440 x 1080 12M 12 Mbps 1440 x 1080 VGA 3M 3 Mbps 640 x 480 Dual Media Options: The NEX-F3 accepts two types of media for capturing still images: Memory Stick PRO Duo (including Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo) and SD, SDHC, and SDXC Memory Cards. The camera is also compatible with Eye-Fi cards, which can upload images from the memory card wirelessly to your computer via Wi-Fi. Images recorded on SDXC cards cannot be imported to or played on computers or AV devices that are not compatible with exFAT. Optical SteadyShot: Optical SteadyShot is built into several E-mount lenses, including the supplied 18-55mm lens. When a SteadyShot-equipped lens is attached to the camera, you can turn on the SteadyShot feature to reduce the effects of camera shake. Other SteadyShot-equipped lenses include the SEL50F18, SEL55210, and the SEL18200. You cannot set Steady Shot when an A-mount lens is attached via adapter. 25-Point AF System: The NEX-F3's high-performance auto focus system uses 25 focus points to deliver fast and precise focusing. You can choose from the following Auto/Manual Focus Modes: AF/MF Select: You can choose from these three focusing methods: Auto Focus: The camera focuses automatically. Direct Manual Focus: After focusing automatically, you can make fine adjustments to the focus by turning the focusing ring. Manual Focus: You can adjust the focus manually by turning the focusing ring. AF (Auto focus) Mode: You can select between 2 modes: Single-Shot AF: The camera focuses and the focus is locked when you press the shutter button halfway down. Continuous AF: The camera continues to focus while the shutter button is pressed and held halfway down. AF (Auto focus) Area: You can select between 3 settings: Multi: The camera determines which of the 25 AF areas is used in focusing. When Face Detection is active, AF operates with priority on faces. Center: The camera uses the AF area located in the center area exclusively. Flexible Spot: You can choose a focus area from the 25 areas using the controller. Focus Lock: If a subject is off-center and outside of the AF area, you can lock the focus of the camera. AF Illuminator: When you press the shutter button halfway down a red illuminator is emitted until the focus is locked. Under dark lighting conditions or when you shoot a low contrast subject, the AF illuminator allows the camera to focus more easily on the subject. Drive Modes: The camera offers the following shooting modes: Single Shooting: Default setting for standard picture taking--shoots one still image. Continuous Shooting: When you press and hold the shutter button, the camera records the images continuously at approximately 2.5 frames per second. Speed Priority Continuous: When you press and hold the shutter button, the camera records the images continuously at a maximum 5.5 frames per second. Self-Timer: You can set the camera to two different self-timers: 10 Second: After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released about 10 seconds later. This is convenient when the photographer wants to appear in a photo. 2 Second: After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released about 2 seconds later. This is convenient to reduce camera-shake. Self-timer Continuous: After you press the shutter button, the camera will continuously take 3 or 5 images after a 10-second pause. Bracket (Continuous): The camera can shoot three continuous images with the exposures shifted automatically. This setting shoots images continuously with exposure value shifted by plus or minus 0.3 EV or 0.7 EV. Exposure Modes: The camera offers the following exposure modes: Intelligent Auto: The camera analyses the subject, and allows you to shoot with appropriate settings. It recognizes and automatically switches to Night Scene, Tripod Night Scene, Night Portrait, Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Spotlight, Low Brightness or Baby. Scene Selection: You can select an appropriate mode for the subject or the shooting conditions to allow you to shoot the image with a suitable setting for the subject: Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports Action, Sunset, Night Portrait, Night Scene, and Hand-held Twilight Anti Motion Blur: This mode is suitable for indoor shots without using the flash, to reduce subject blur. The camera combines six shots at high sensitivity into one still image. Sweep Panorama/3D Sweep Panorama: You can create a panoramic image from composed images. To shoot, pan the camera horizontally or vertically while holding down the shutter button. 3D Sweep Panorama images can only be viewed on a 3D-capable TV. You can select from the following modes of panorama shooting: Sweep Panorama: Standard: Vertical--3872 x 2160; Horizontal--8192 x 1856 Wide: Vertical--5536 x 2160; Horizontal 12416 x 1856 3D Sweep Panorama: 16:9: Horizontal--1920 x 1080 Standard: Horizontal--4912 x 1080 Wide: Horizontal--7152 x 1080 Manual Exposure: This mode allows you to shoot after adjusting the exposure (shutter speed and aperture) manually. Shutter Priority: This mode allows you to shoot after adjusting the shutter speed manually, letting the camera set the appropriate aperture. With a high shutter speed, the moving subject appears as if it is frozen on the image. With a slow shutter speed, the moving subject appears as if it were flowing. Aperture Priority: This mode allows you to shoot after adjusting the aperture value manually, letting the camera set the appropriate shutter speed. This mode gives you greater control over the depth of field. Program Auto: This mode allows you to shoot with the exposure adjusted automatically (both the shutter speed and the aperture value), while keeping the custom settings for ISO sensitivity, Creative Style, D-Range optimizer, etc. Picture Effects: The NEX-F3 allows you to shoot photos with an effect filter to obtain various images. Available effects include: Toy Camera, Pop Color, Posterization, Posterization B/W, Retro Photo, Soft High-key, Partial Color, and High Contrast Mono. Exposure Compensation: Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera's standard exposure setting. You can make the image look lighter (increased exposure) or darker (decreased exposure). The exposure compensation amount can be set up to +/-3.0 EV in 1/3-step increments. AE Lock: You can fix the exposure before deciding on the composition when taking a picture. This is effective when the metering object and focusing object are different or when you want to shoot continuously while keep the same exposure value. Face Detection: When activated, the camera detects the faces of your subjects and adjusts the focus, flash exposure, and white balance settings automatically. You can also select the priority face to be focused on, or register the faces on which to automatically focus upon. Metering Mode: An advanced 1200-zone evaluative sensing system provides multi-pattern measuring for superior exposure control accuracy in a wide range of lighting conditions. You can select from the following methods for measuring the brightness of a subject: Multi-pattern: Measures light on each area after dividing the total area into multiple areas and determines the proper exposure of the entire screen. Center-Weighted: While emphasizing the central area of the screen, this method measures the average brightness of the entire screen. Spot: This method measures light only in the spot metering circle in the center of the frame. White Balance: You can adjust the color tones according to the lighting conditions. You can choose from the following WB options: Auto WB: This mode adjusts the white balance automatically. Daylight: This mode adjusts for outdoors and sunlit subjects. Shade: This mode adjust for shady conditions on a clear day. Cloudy: This mode adjust for a cloudy sky. Incandescent: This mode adjusts for incandescent lighting. Fluorescent: This mode adjusts for fluorescent lighting with separate positions for Warm White, Cool White, Day White, and Daylight. Flash: This mode adjusts for flash conditions. Color Temperature: This mode adjusts the white balance depending upon the light source (color temperature). It achieves the effect of color compensation (CC) filters for photography. Custom: In a scene where the ambient light consists of multiple types of light sources, use of the custom white balance is recommended in order to accurately reproduce the whiteness. Creative Style: This camera is pre-programmed with image styles optimal for various scenes and purposes. For each setting, you can adjust the contrast, saturation, and sharpness. You can choose from the following settings: Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, and Black & White. ISO Settings: ISO is a unit of measurement of sensitivity to light. The larger the number, the higher the sensitivity. The camera's ISO can be set manually or automatically at ISO 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, or 16000. Flash: In a dark location, using the popup flash allows you to shoot the subject brightly, and it also helps prevent blurred photos due to camera shake. When shooting into the sun, the flash helps light a backlit subject. The camera also has an Auto-lock Accessory Shoe for attaching an external flash. The NEX-F3 offers the following flash modes: Autoflash: In auto mode the flash automatically fires if it is dark or against light. Fill-Flash: In this mode the flash fires every time the shutter is released. Slow Sync: Slow sync shooting allows you to shoot a clear image of both the subject and the background by slowing the shutter speed. Rear Sync: In rear sync mode, the objects illuminated by other light sources are captured first, then the flash is fired right before the exposure is completed. Flash Off: The flash does not fire, even if the flash is raised. Noise Reduction: The camera offers Long Exposure and High ISO Noise Reduction (NR) to automatically reduce the grainy noise found in photos during long exposures or high ISO settings. Included Lens Optics: The Sony E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 lens is compatible with the Sony α NEX-series interchangeable lens cameras. The lens has a 35mm equivalent focal length of 27-82.5mm, and a 76°-29° field of view for capturing close-up portraits and expansive landscapes. It also has a smooth and quiet Auto Focus operation. Focusing: The lens can be used in the auto-focus, direct manual focus, or manual focus modes. You can switch between focusing modes in the camera menu. Dimensions: The lens has the following dimensions: Diameter=2.5", Length=2.375" (without lens caps). Specifications: Lens E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 35mm Equivalent 27-82.5mm Angle of View 76°-29° Minimum Focus 0.82' (9.84") Filter Diameter 49mm f-stop f/3.5 - f/5.6 maximum f/22 - f/32 minimum Weight 6.875 ounces Play And Print Functions Playback Options: You can view images on the LCD monitor with 3 options: with recording data displayed, without recording data, or histogram display. A histogram is the luminance distribution that shows how many pixels of a particular brightness exists in a picture. The histogram display of this camera shows the brightness on the horizontal axis (left side is black, right side is white) and the number of pixels on the vertical axis. Auto Review: After an image is recorded, you can have the camera automatically display it on the LCD monitor for two, five or 10 seconds. You can also turn off auto review. Image Rotation: Vertical shots can be rotated automatically so that they are displayed upright during playback. This can be done manually or automatically. Playback Screen: You can view your photos back as a single image on the LCD monitor, as an Index or as a Slide Show . During Index View mode, you can view 6 or 12 images at once. You can adjust the Slide Show mode interval from 1, 3, 5, 10, or 30 seconds. Image Enlargement: During single image playback you can enlarge an entire image or a select area of an image, depending upon the image size. Small images can be enlarged up to 6.8x, Medium images to 9.9x, and Large images up to 13.6x. Once you have enlarged the image, you can pan around the image to view the desired portion. Rotating Images: Images can be rotated counter-clockwise 360-degrees on the camera's LCD monitor during single image playback. Protect Images: You can protect all images on your memory card or select only certain images to be protected from accidental erasure. HDMI Output: The NEX-F3 has a mini-HDMI output for connecting the camera to your HDTV, so you can view and share photos in clarity and detail. You can set the HDMI Output resolution to Auto, 1080p, or 1080i. When connected to a Sony BRAVIA TV, you can control the image playback using the TV remote. A mini-HDMI-to-HDMI cable is not supplied. Printing Options: The camera offers the following printing options. DPOF Compatible: Using the camera, you can specify the images and the number of images to print before you print images at a photo-shop or with your printer. Memory Card: You can print images with a Memory Stick or SD card compliant printer. Computer: You can copy images to a computer using the supplied "Picture Motion Browser" software and print the images. Battery Information InfoLithium Battery: The NEX-F3 is powered by the NP-FW50 InfoLithium battery (supplied). The battery communicates data to the camera, so that the percentage of battery power remaining can be displayed. Stamina Battery power allows you to take up to 470 images with a fully charged battery. Charging: The supplied InfoLithium battery requires approximately 280 minutes for a full charge, using the supplied AC-UB10 AC adapter and USB cable. Power Save: You can set different time intervals for the camera to switch to Power Save mode. You can set the interval to 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 30 minutes. Once the camera goes into Power Save mode, you can return to the shooting mode by pressing the shutter button halfway. Supplied Software Application Software CD-ROM: The following software is included with the NEX-F3: PlayMemories Home Ver.1.2: Compatible with Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, and Windows 7 SP1 only* Set images shot with the camera and display them on the computer. Organize images on the computer on a calendar by shooting date to view them. Retouch, print, and send images as e-mail attachments and change the shooting date. Print or save still images with the date. You can create a Blu-ray disc or DVD discs from AVCHD movies imported to a computer. *Note: The "PlayMemories Home" software is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, and XP operating systems only. If you wish to play back images on a Mac, you can use applications that are pre-installed on your Mac. Image Data Converter Ver.4.0: Compatible with Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Mac OS X v10.5, 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion) You can edit images recorded in RAW mode with various corrections, such as tone curve, and sharpness. Adjust images with white balance, exposure, creative style, etc. Save the images displayed and edited on a computer. You can save the image as RAW format, or save it in the general file format. Display and compare RAW/JPEG images recorded with the camera. Rate the images on a scale of five. Set color labels. Compatible Operating Systems (for USB Connection): Windows: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1 Macintosh: Mac OS X v10.3-10.7 Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team. They verify what's in the box, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. 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Mark Webber believes Ferrari have signed Kimi Raikkonen as a stopgap until they can get their hands on Sebastian Vettel in 2016...
Mark Webber believes Ferrari have signed Kimi Raikkonen as a stopgap until they can get their hands on Sebastian Vettel in 2016.
Earlier this week Ferrari confirmed that their 2007 World Champion Raikkonen would be returning to the fold next season, teaming up with Fernando Alonso.
The move places two 'number one' drivers at Ferrari for the first time since 1953 and although Webber reckons it is a "bit of a gamble", he understands why Ferrari have done it.
And one of those reason, he says, is Ferrari's intention to sign Vettel for the 2016 season.
"For lots of reasons Ferrari need to be winning again in Formula 1," the Red Bull racer told Sky Sports F1.
"It has to happen so this is the first step forward for them to get the team back in [title-winning form].
"Constructors' is important, Ferrari winning that, and then the Drivers' Championship as well. So those two things have got to come together."
He added: "There are so many reasons why it's a bit of a gamble to help Ferrari.
"Two years for probably both of them actually I think. And then what they do after that obviously [is] pick Seb up off the back of Red Bull and they keep moving from there.
"But it's a very short-term aggressive statement from Ferrari to put the team at the front."
The other big upside to signing Raikkonen is that Webber feels the Finn will push Alonso especially in qualifying, which is where Ferrari are lagging behind.
"They need Fernando to be pushed," the Aussie said.
"He needs to be squeezed on Saturday afternoon to get the car further up the grid. That's why the car is phenomenal at starts and got all those other strengths because they think there is inherent weakness obviously in qualifying.
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John Etherington wrote:Apparently there are still nine unreleased tracks from the SOLC recording sessions!
Other Demos (1966-1967)
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Blessed Is The Memory (aka "Everybody's Child")
Middle of The Night
Nine Years Old (1)
Avalanche (?)
A Winter Lady (?)
Dress Rehearsal Rag (?)
Love Calls You By Your Name
Sisters of Mercy (?)
(1) early title/version of "Story of Isaac".
note: maybe recorded (with the other early songs printed on The Leonard Cohen Acetate) as a demo tape for copyright (for Polygram?). Other possibility is that some of these songs were recorded to be eventually included on Cohen's first album (in that case they will be Songs of outtakes). All songs copyright registered July 24 1967 except "A Winter Lady" (April 11 1967) and "Dress Rehearsal Rag" (April 3 + July 19 1967).
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(1) early version of "Love Calls You By Your Name" later released on Songs of Love & Hate (1971). Copyright for that song was registered December 21 1967 so I guess it was supposed to appear on the Songs of album...
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tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can
tomato paste
1 tablespoon
ground oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons
dried minced garlic
1 teaspoon
ground paprika
OMG! With a little TLC, this sauce tastes just like the sauce in NYC Pizzerias! I added 1/2Tbs basil, 1/2tsp sugar + 1/2 tsp onion powder. Just popped in the blender and Viola! Perfection! Thank You for this recipe!!!
I'm not sure why all the positive reviews, I found this sauce mealy, bland and very "commercial". Definitely not what I was looking for.
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This pizza sauce, with just a few minor tweaks, was AMAZING on my pizza! I used a couple of the suggestions made my another reviewer of this recipe (CINDY18LOU). I only used 2 teaspoons of oregano, and I added 2 teaspoons of basil and 1/2 teaspoon of white sugar. And with those tweaks, I made a Chicago-style stuffed pizza that was absolutely amazing! You can go to my page to read my reviews of those other two recipes and what I did to make them. I used the "Jay's Signature Pizza Crust" and "Chicago-style stuffed pizza" recipes (with minor tweaks to the latter) to make an amazing pizza! Highly recommended! Also, this sauce makes an amazing spaghetti sauce!! And with the 2nd batch, for spaghetti only, I added about 1/2 teaspoon of fennel, which added another very yummy taste to the mix! Next time, I'm going to mix in some ground beef for what I'm sure will be a stellar meat sauce!
About reducing the acid in this recipe, a digestive concern from an earlier reviewer: Sugar was recommended by another reviewer, but it is actually acidic. It cuts the acidic taste, but not the effect in your belly. (The cheese on the pizza, and the white flour in the crust also push the digestive acid levels up.) Instead (or in addition), add baking soda. Really. Remember those baking soda and vinegar "volcanoes" in Middle School? That should remind you of what you need in order to neutralize the acid. With all the strong flavors in this sauce, my guess is 1 tsp will go without notice. Add more, if you want. You could probably sneak some into a homemade crust, too. If heartburn is a frequent problem for you, do a search on "alkaline diet" for more tips.
nice easy sauce. I froze the left over sauce in an ice cube tray, then transfered cubes to zip top freezer bag so I can just defrost as many cubes as I need for the next pizza.
With modifications, very good! Based on reviews I decided to use fresh garlic (2 cloves), 2 tsp of basil, 1/2 tsp of sugar, 1/2 a tsp of onion powder, and only 2t dried oregano. Still very easy! Used with 'Grilled Pizza Wraps' recipe on this site. Delish!
We (my boyfriend and I) really enjoyed this sauce. I followed others suggestions and added a little bit of sugar. I also added some basil, onion powder, some pepper flakes and some more italian seasoning. It was really good! This was my first time making my own pizza sauce. Only have had it from the pizza places. I think I will continue to use this sauce!
Decided to try this tonight. I just got a bread machine for Christmas...and I've been baking bread all day! Since this is the first day I've had available to sit around the house and bake...i've had so much fun! I also added 1/2 tsp of basil, 1/2 tsp of sugar, and a 1/2 a tsp of onion powder. This added a lot of extra flavor!
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What would you do for the world with $1 million?
The TED Prize has entered a new chapter, with this year's winner receiving $1 million dollars to execute their one wish to inspire the world.
This has me thinking: what would you do for the world with the $1 million prize? Answer here and you may see yourself on the TED blog soon.
Want to nominate a mentor, colleague, friend or even yourself for the TED Prize? Nominations are open from now until August 31st at this website:
Aug 8 2012: Growing fresh produce on poorly utilized space in urban areas has always been a goal of mine. Rooftops specifically make up a large footprint in cities that could be used in small or big ways to help increase production of a variety of produce, manage runoff water, and establish a growing, green environment in cities. I would use a million dollars to fund a project to encourage green roofs in cities without them.
Aug 17 2012: Absolutely like the idea! Lots of Eastern European, Soviet block countries full of block housings with flat roofs which are only waterproofed instead of finding a better use of it. I would be revolutionary idea to food industry if people supported this. Those unused/remote/untouched urban areas could be used for this as well. The other problem here is the governments who are still old school and not seeing urban farming as possibility.
Aug 17 2012: Thanks for the comment, Tadas. I come at this project from the standpoint of a product designer, so my initial thoughts for a project like this are based around simplicity and modularity, but perhaps the solution is more of a system rather than a product. I wish I had more exposure to other urban areas throughout the world as there might be existing materials that could be easily translated into a method for realizing this idea. I recognize that my suggestion is a bit idealized, but to even take advantage of a small portion of rooftops on residential or commercial buildings could provide some fresh produce and greenery for otherwise overlooked space. The real question is how many people can $1M help?
Sean Canton
Aug 8 2012: I would start a foundation to connect adults and children as young as 10 with mentorships in a wide variety of fields. These would involve actual work and would allow kids, especially, to explore several career paths when they are still very curious and flexible. Exposing people to a wide variety of professions will help them make more informed choices, as well as give them something to strive for. If a pre-teen very much enjoyed their experience in a genetics laboratory, they are much more likely to try very hard to reach that objective with science classes and an appropriate choice of higher education. To promote self-directed learning, allow low-risk career exploration and restore the cultural institution of the mentor-mentee relationship is the goal of the foundation.
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Hopefully the exposure of TED and the monetary infusion would allow this dream to become a reality, across the entire world.
Simone Choy
Aug 21 2012: I would love to put a pencil and paper in the hand of every child and teach them how to read and write... When they can write their own name they begin to know how much they matter and that they can make a difference. I would start with orphanages and with girls. What kind of change could occur if they all knew how to read and write? Then let them teach each other how to read and write and how to plant and catch water... their own imaginations would take over and they would build a better world for themselves....
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Mary Krause
Aug 17 2012: I would start an after-school program in low-income areas that taught kids how to cook. Each day, we would cook a meal and a snack. The snack would be eaten while at the program. The meal would be enough to feed a family and would go home with the child. The family's immediate need for food would be met and the child would be taught skills they will need in the future - whether that is simply making healthy meals for their own family or moving into a job in a professional kitchen.
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Aug 17 2012: Mary, I love this Idea. I've done some volenteer work at a food bank and one of the problems we constantly noticed was the number of people who didn't know what to do with a bag of dried beans or how to cook a roast. I would include adults in this kind of education.
Aug 17 2012: Thanks, Robert! I've worked with a farm that offers a CSA/Food Stamp program which includes cooking classes. But they have trouble raising interest. I think a Food Bank where people already understand the model would be a great place to teach both adults & children.Aug 17 2012: While choices help us in business to make better decisions, This is one area where the overwhelming needs of so many diverts the emotional response to focus on alleviation. Too much money is spent on temporary alleviation and hardly any to build sustainable models and infrastructure that can sustain for years and help create self sufficiency away from the cities. One need not always be helping the poor and many times the desire to maximize geographical reach becomes a paradoxical waste as we see in almost all Government programs. A tough evaluation 2 years ago had recommended a very rightfully sceptical philanthropist to fund a not very poor couple running an NGO to get their own accomodation closer to their targetted beneficiaries, rather than use those funds for supporting some families for a year or so. This has thankfully proved to benefit many more people and hopefully forever because the NGO is now able to extend benefit to atleast 100 more families per annum because they have closer access, Lesser costs of travel, and more hours to dedicate and mentor to help their targetted families become self sufficient. For me the focus of usage for a million dollars would appear to be cruel as i would not want to allow emotion to spend it all on those desperate for a meal, but execute on a model that can sustain itself over years. Replication is the lowest cost way to multiply benefit, so developing more models will yield the highest returns. Billions of Government and global aid money is wasted on emotional alleviation and after decades we still do not have a NON URBAN economic development model for the few billion who are not in urban cities. This intellectual bankruptcy of our education and research which has convinced all our rural folk and sold them just one dream; To run away to the the city and accept a lower quality of life than find sustainable ways to improve within rural environments. They have anyway sent off their kids and are waiting for ?Aug 8 2012: I've been thinking lately if I were to create a foundation what would it do to improve the world. I came across this question and thought I'd pen my idea.
I feel that an education can greatly improve an individual as well as a community. I would like to create a foundation that provides a matching college/learning scholarship for students who work while they study. Having worked multiple jobs through college to keep student loans down I strongly feel that a large portion of my education came from my work experience.
With a million dollars I would set up a scholarship matching program that students could apply for and they could earn a scholarship up to 50%* of their tuition by contributing the same amount of money from their own work study or summer internships (Not from other sources such as family gifts or other scholarships). Students would have to pay service fee of say 10% (I have not run the numbers--that's just for example) of the match back into the fund to help fund administration of the scholarship. So if a student wants to receive 50% of tuition paid they would need to earn 60% of tuition and pay 10% of the tuition back into the fund.
In order to receive the scholarship students would have to participate in brief financial education.
My goal with this approach is that students would leave college with more experience working, less student debt (they would have worked to pay off some of the debt, by working and studying they would have had less time to rack up debt, and with the scholarship they could focus more time on studying and maybe less time on finding multiple jobs to fund their learning.
This fund would be for worldwide learning and not just for universities, if someone wanted to take a course in a trades like computer repair, they could qualify for the scholarship by working for part of the tuition themselves.
After students are successful they'd be asked to give back to the program -similar to how universities ask alumni for donationsAug 8 2012: I would create a venture with tablets Manufacturers (Apple, Samsung, etc.) to distribute x000s of iPad with satellite Internet connexion to remote villages in developing countries.
I would educate one kid per village on how to use it (to avoid human and technical problems) so he can look-up any problem the village wants to solve: how to clean water, medical questions, etc… I would also stay with them for a while to study their interaction with the interface to optimize a UXUI for easier use.
I would then create a social network among these villages not only to monitor their use and progress, but also for them to share and interact between first nations, and not only to consult occidental approaches.
Who knows, they might create better venues among themselves than the ones we've invented...
Aug 9 2012: I love the idea! The "I will teach you how to catch the fish instead of giving you fish" approach is more realistic and more affordable for us in the long run.
Aug 9 2012: Yeah. I kinda like the idea... Mainly that we can still learn from them while we still can, before they forget by learning from us :)Aug 10 2012: Satellite connections are prohibitively expensive.Aug 8 2012: Build a micro-hydro with an in situ (Civil engineering) approach and connect it in smart micro grind that will be further connected to a bigger nation-regional grind selling and baying from the big bro to be efficient and make money for long term expansion on renewable energy production witch will generate more energy and jobs and money.starting with the micro-hydro is the most low tech and less money eating approach.close to $300k you have this stuff set up and it will give the money back in 6 - 8 years.the rest of the money are there for help if there is need for it.expansion earlier is a possibility.
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Aug 8 2012: Create a small scale hydroponic system like www.verticalharvest.org to grow local food all over the place.
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this will reduce the dependency on other crops, weather related issues like droughts, and will provide local organic food year round to local communities.
many small scale systems already exist, this would be used to automate the system and develop a process that can be reproduced world wide in any environment by anyone.Aug 8 2012: With the money I would continue doing Research on Clean Space Energy Farms. I currently lack the resources and funds to look into this matter completely, I would love to see this concept of mine become a reality. With the help of professionals, I could learn if this is obtainable or just an illusion. However if it was to work I believe we could provide Clean Energy to majority of the world. Although the cost is High in the beginning it would pay off in the long run. Cheers.Aug 8 2012: I would start a non-profit called Sound Foundation focused on affordable introductory vocational training for electronic music and media arts. The primary goal would be to enact structural change within the K-12 educational system by creating a program that produces self sustaining revenue and remove reliance on government assistance and private donations. The program would utilize instructional revenue to bring new technologies to school systems that are notoriously slow to adapt to modern methods, while at the same time producing job opportunities for emerging artists. The secondary goal would be to encourage participation in traditional music and arts programs. We currently operate different programs throughout Southern California focused on electronic music. With 1 million dollars I would expand the programs nationally and unify the direction and curriculum.
Jo Hitch
Aug 8 2012: Investment in developing world internet infrastructure that will allow children to connect, learn and communicate.
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Aug 7 2012: I would probably donate it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Aug 7 2012: I'd buy some of the toxic assets and burned them in my backyard!!! Awwww!!!
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Aug 7 2012: Everything is relative. 1 MUSD; 100'000 families protected from Malaria by mosquito nets, 20 schools in Vietnam, it's 20'000 annual incomes in the poorest countries, enough micro-credit to start up 10'000 businesses in poor countries.
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Perhaps the 1MUSD could be used for those :o)
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Aug 8 2012: Kate, well not all of it, one or the other. Though I'm willing to cut you a deal. If you buy the 100'000 bed nets, I'll throw in 4 schools. :o)
Lejan .
Aug 6 2012: pyramid-scheme micro credits for startups in economically underdeveloped countries
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Instead of interest rates the credit would only be granted with one obligation, so called 'instead rates' :o):
Those who succeed and remain stable have to grant a micro credit themselfes under the same condition to help others, etc., etc., etc. ...
Aug 8 2012: bring the credits back with no interest in a very long schedule so every time a new amount is gathered you can give some credit to a new person and you'll have the potential at a point to delete a portion of older creditors reliving theme from the credit with less cost,for them.This of course based on the principal that the more stable one is the quicker he'll be relived from his credit.expanding is the goal so more can benefit ASAP
Lejan .
Aug 8 2012: There is no cost for the micro credit itself, no interest rate, and it is a long term loan if necessary.
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If the startup established on the market and gains a stable position, the loan is then to be returned in reasonable rates and without any interest rates. So you just return what you lend, not more. If the business remains stable within a moderate timeframe, and the owner was able to put some extra earnings aside, the only obligation in this 'micro credit deal' was to grand some of this earnings as a micro credit as well and for the same conditions for other people in need.
This way micro credits without interest rates could slowly start 'reproducing' themselfs in the idea of 'help taken and given in return'.
The original $ 1 million budged may shrink over time due to possible losses in failing startups. But if those who succeed are fulfilling their promises, the overall 'help' gained in this concept may stay the same or would even incease like a top-down pyramid-scheme.
In any case, it was woth trying!
Also there was no ASAP approach involved in this concept, as stability goes for urgent quantity here! It would just not make any sense to endanger a new founded business by forcing it to give out this loan in return, if its financial sitution would not be stabe.
So slowly, yet steady the millstones grinds... :o)
And with a bit of luck those loans may even form friendship in between the people involved, which would add a true value to the concept itself.
Aug 9 2012: this is an approach of stable progress and quit frankly better den mine.the ASAP is the view i have for most things.it would be preferably from my part to explain better and thoroughly my concept but i admit that i forgot the mane reason i was talking about,the humanitarian concept that you pout in it is the value itself
Han Kim
Aug 31 2012: I would reshape the creative minds of our youth that has been missing. independent children who focus's and strive for happiness beyond their selves. I would start a group organization that will teach and share ideas with children around the world. I truly believe our generation has been the dominant yet negative influence. From Media entertainment, articles(propaganda of terrorism), Teachings of division(rich and poor/Racism), and simply what truly defines happiness. I believe we all need to wake up and reach out to our youth. We simply forget the limits of our times and are easy to forget about the end(death). I would use the one million dollars to teach understandings far from education, and focus on the insights of world slavery, Natural disasters, Animal cruelty, and simply human health conditions. Would focus and deliver these problems to their attention, As I believe the children from half of the world truly live with joy. From teaching self respect, and self understanding, I believe this would generate love and understanding through one another. As the group of youth age with responsibilities, they would consider the absence of others needs to fully bring peace and equality through out the world.
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Aug 31 2012: I'd use the money to fund a organization which inspires a human identity and sense of global patriotism, since most real issues exist at a global level and have no masses behind them, pushing, demanding, and ensuring their needs are met globally, and permanently.
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Riling up the human spirit and an identity of a global citizenry as a real living breathing thing, with both legal and political realities, has far reaching potential to address the problems we face today.Aug 30 2012: I would like to help the current infrastructures that are currently in place to support the development of children (like schools) be better. Namely, I want to link these infrastructures with other community programs so that groups are able to focus on what they do best while still providing wrap-around support and services for children and teens. Having this level of coordination would provide kids with ideal environments for development and maintaining efficiency.Aug 24 2012: The TED prize requires people with accomplished track record, which puts certain people at disadvantage, and does not quite promote the entrepreneurial spirit of TED, as I would like to believe it does.
What if this TED plan was their main breakthrough? And they did not have any proven track record to wet the appetite and comfort of TED jury?Aug 23 2012: I would seek further possibilities in games like foldit, using competetivness and gamers imaginery to solve complex problems. Alternatively, i would try to arrange game developers meetings with a purpose of making them introduce educational value on a higher level into their products, as gaming have became fully developed media, not only for kids.Aug 20 2012: I would use it entirely to hire people for various jobs. If local people needed help with projects, it would be wonderful for the local econonmy to offer good paying jobs. Too many times help is looked at as a hand out...hand outs don't offer people confidence and pride the way a good job does.Aug 19 2012: Walk up to first homeless person I met, Give them the moneyAug 18 2012: I'd buy out part of MTV and make 8-10pm documentary time with a bit of John Pilger for one hour and then someone aged 18-25 who is analytically and academically grappling with a work issue through documentary making with a live twitter or Facebook discussion happening whilst the programme is airing. The last half hour would invite the presenter back with a couple of field experts, a politician and a uni student/'young person' to bring up and discuss some of the points raised, raised and talked about via twitter or Facebook, 'cafe style'. Along with all the online users there would be a list of tangible things that could be done to move forward that are accessible to everyone - for example, suggestions for diret action through policy change for local and national politicians, action that can be implemented tomorrow by you and I, charities/NGOs names who are already working towards the changes discussed as well as further sites for information.
Of course, Kim kardashian would be along for the ride... Can't completely revolutionise MTV too fast ... And I think it would be pretttttty funny!Aug 18 2012: Develop the innovative NeuroKinetics Health Services medical expertise for drugless trauma and concussion treatment into computer algorithms, systems, and tools so that it can be more easily made available to the millions who need it. (www.neurokinetics.com) When you treat someone who is chronically ill, it helps not only that person, but also their family and support network.Aug 18 2012: I would start a farm that run's on renewable energy. Then I would teach others (hands on) how to start a farm that run's on renewable energy. Then I would teach others how to teach others (hands on) how to start a farm that run's on renewable energy. Then I would give the $1,000,000 back.
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Aug 17 2012: I would donate the money to further the non-profit organization The Venus Project's goal to render money itself, obsolete. That way I know that if we as humans were to ever consider having a tiny chance of surviving on this little planet and finally become civilized, we would have to declare all of Earths resources as the common heritage of all of the inhabitants, not just a select few. Not by force, but with education. And that is what The Venus Project is providing. The education. The blueprints of a better world. A world without money. A world where war, politics, poverty and human suffering is a thing of the past. A world in equilibrium.Aug 17 2012: I would gather the crew that helped green the great Loess Plateau in China, the size of Denmark. In ten years they turned the desert into a rainforest. All done with the locals, grasroot, the only way a process can be controled and protected. I'd gather them if they're willing and take them to the next devastated area in the world, to do the same, doing it as many times as the money will last. Greening the plateau not only improved the lives of the locals, it stopped erosion which was the main cause of pollution and smog in the cities along the main river. The climate also changed, and the watter supply in the area is now at a constant high level. Greening devastated areas is the best thing we can do. It provides biodiversity, supports all kind of wildlife and can be of a great significance to future human generations.Aug 17 2012: I'd like to invest the money in El Salvador (Centro America) to buy thousands of acres around the country in every community for plant millions of organic plants, fruits, vegetables and put on the market for free without a profit, every community will own acres near of they live and they will share part of his time to produce, cultivate, they will share with other communities part of what they have on hand so make that system balance,(refer to variety of vegetables in fruits, etc) Of course the families have the option to invest his time for have free healthy food or make a donation or just take it for free. Second, teach to all the people about how to eat right, how they can be healthy eating right, how to plant, care the plants, how to keep the seeds, put a descent food in the table of every family in my country. Make people feel they have a new opportunity to learn something that can help the community his families, his country, the world. Make a new agriculture system based on share without profit, without selfish making right for everyone.Aug 17 2012: I think that I will design an organization that will make accessible health programs that insurance companies don't apply because they consider not necessary but for a person do make a night and day difference like… reconstructive plastic surgeries and prosthesis.Aug 17 2012: Turn it into two million then four million... Greed always starts with his kind of thought process... So what would i do for the world with one million dollars? The same things i am doing right now learning to be a millionaire...Aug 17 2012: I would start a college fund for the average student, education is power.Aug 17 2012: I would make a program to teach every individual how to be happy:-)Aug 17 2012: I would use the $1 million TED prize to start a pilot program in a depressed area of the U.S., say Toledo, where I live, which would illustrate the value and necessity of a national service operation to be available for all U.S. citizens from age 17 to 21.
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The operation would start with total remediation: medical and dental treatments; educational catchup, physical fitness, personal counseling, basic skills for life (what used to be called home economics and shop). That would probably take a year. At the end, through various testing mechanisms, these young people would be steered into training programs to prepare them for the full range of careers and workplace opportunities.
This initiative could well provide our country with a new generation ready and willing to move the U.S. ahead in a more balanced and ecologically-informed manner.Aug 17 2012: I would open a Montessori school and offer the curriculum at a reduced rate with scholarships to families in financial need in the Northeast USA, the region where I call home. I would hire teachers with the most compassionate and over-flowing hearts who possess a true passion for the spirit of enlightened education, and then we would create an integrated learning environment in which students are encouraged to turn their minds"ON" rather than "OFF," assuring the genius and innovation of generations to come!Aug 17 2012: It's estimated that 40% of youth homelessness is LGBT kids who have left or been thrown out of their homes. While working with some friends to help a kid in the USA, we found that there are limited resources, and worse, that they're not well publicised, linked to things like the suicide hotlines, Trevor Project, etc., and don't have the staff or funding to work with the number of kids impacted. My goal would be to support the groups like Albert Kennedy Trust and Ali Forney in the UK and US, and develop a coordinating capability that would be sustainable, and deliver not only housing but coordinate counseling, education and job training, with regional and local authorities.Aug 17 2012: I would take inspirational Ted Talks to every country in the world especially to people that have no access to computers.
Show them about leadership , innovation,creativity and then do streamings of this in every city.
Education , education , education so human beings see that the world is changing and we must adapt to the new order.
Remember there is a lot of difference between one culture and other . In some places we talk about stem cells and in another about people that have sanitation problems.Aug 14 2012: I would use the money to create an open online communications platform (a web app that would be a mix between an internet forum and a social aggregator [like reddit]) to brainstorm and generate new ideas and crowd-source solutions to problems humanity faces and facilitate transparent collaborative action on the most effective and promising solutions, leveraging the huge cognitive surplus currently available in order to create a more desirable future for humanity.Aug 10 2012: I like Jan-Bernd Pauli's micro credits for startups in economically underdeveloped countries, which allows people to help themselves.
Looking at the numbers of people in third world countries one easily realises the need for more money to support more start-ups or humanitarian projects. :)
Looking at the current financial system in probably all western countries you realise that all it takes
to have more money to spread out is creating a real bank using the 1 million as initial reserve.
After founding a real bank you are allowed to create more money out of nothing by giving out loans of up to 10 times more money than used to found it which is called fractional reserve banking.
Giving that we are not aiming for profit like all the other commercial banks and we do not use any money taken from a central bank at any interest rate > 0, we are not forced to charged intrest as we use our own 1 million, so there is nothing that stops us from lending about 10x our money without charging intrest.
I also like the implementation of the suggested 'instead rates', an obligation to grant at least one micro credit themselves under the same conditions to help others when the start-up business reached a stable financial situation.
Aug 10 2012: I find that most occidental approaches to solve problems is money. This might be true in already developed countries (even if i doubt it), but we cannot simply duplicate our cultural ways of doing to all.
Even if micro-credit is a proven venture (mainly when given to women, such in Africa), I think it can also be dangerous to always come back to micro-credit as THE solution when it comes to more global approach. Allowme explain my thoughts:
Firstly, credit is prohibited by a lot of cultures-religions such as Muslim, the biggest population on earth. So right there, micro-credit is a discriminative approach.
Secondly, in most of this civilizations the individuals that have access to foreign influence (credit, money, etc) are casts that already have the dominance in their community (and not always in a positive way). Access to money has also proven to create more problems then solutions (think Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.)
Thirdly, but not the least, money (or credit) doesn't do much without knowledge. In the human world we live in, we now know that well intended people are often taken advantage of by more egoist-driven influences with another objective: money.
So I think money is not the forefront tool to all global problems, human knowledge is...
Aug 11 2012: Knowledge transfer (in both / all directions) is most important,
but I believe that many people here assume and know this has to happen
and participate in the exchange of knowledge without thinking much about it...
Micro-credit is seen as an effective solution because it is part of the philosphy to
help people help thenselves. This help always includes some form of knowledge.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
We know from Prof Herzberg that the motivation to help oneself
(a result of training which created an ability) is not enough,
but people also require the opportunity to act upon their ability (to fish).
Here starts the impact of mirco finance as these loans avoid the trap
of perpetually rising debt by not charging any intrest.
I can imagine that the unfounded accumulation of wealth by creditors led to
the prohibition of conventional credit in some of those cultures/religions
which were/are more future-oriented...Aug 9 2012: Stop the waste in time and energy around trash collecting mostly empty bins! I'd use $1MM to collect the best and brightest in the field of trash collection to build a 'Nudge' based system to prevent garbage collection where the bins are mostly empty.Aug 9 2012: Give 1,000 aid workers (local and international, cleaner to country director) a social change investment fund of US$1,000, over which they have total personal discretion.
Task each of us to find an "under-the-radar" grassroots organization, leader, or initiative worthy of support. The only stipulation is that as fund managers we must find a group that has been in existence for at least three years and has never received international assistance. (With estimates of grassroots organizations around the world at four million, this will not be as hard as it sounds.) Only one-page proposals and reports allowed.
Aid workers spend plenty of our time in budgets and logical frameworks. What will happen if we have total freedom to break the rules…take a risk!?! During the year, the fund managers will be tasked to just have fun! We must find a person, an organization, or an idea that inspires us. We can learn more about a topic of interest. Our mandate will be to tap into the enthusiasm that drew us into this work in the first place.
At the end of one year, the fund managers in every organization get together and share what we've learned through facilitated and documented reflection exercises. We distill good practices and actionable insights about what is required to unleash the potential of grassroots leaders and movements. We will let the truth hang out. We will admit that some investments didn't go as planned.
We will let that be okay.
If we are serious about "flipping the aid system" to put more local and national actors in the driver's seat of development, we have to let go and learn in myriad different ways. These investment funds could help us release the "pressure" of bringing about large-scale impact in order to more deeply understand the local processes that bring about change. If we're forced to think micro, we may actually build a more inclusive discourse on aid that changes our understanding of what we value (local ownership) and what we measure (social change).Aug 9 2012: I would spend half of it to identify children forced to child labour in India and help them get into school... another part would be to build a crowd funding platform to fund medical requirements of the ones who cannot afford it otherwise.. nothing is more shameful in being human than to see another fellow dying only because he/she cannot afford the right treatment..Aug 9 2012: How many families suffer from one person being addicted to some form of drugs?
I'd invest the money to create a big think tank of people from around the globe in order to come up with an actionable solution of how to prevent the abuse of drugs which may be a cause for so many other harms and problems. One can't find real love in alcohol, nicotine, heroine etc.!!! How much money is being wasted in drugs that could be spent for learning/education, good start ups, food for the poor etc.???Aug 9 2012: Hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. I'd invest that money on farming and animal husbandry in poor countries. which would provide jobs and cheap food for the poor and hungry people. since you can't eradicate world hunger with only $1M, I'd put all the effort on growing the business. hopefully after some 100 years the business would be big enough to eliminate world hunger.Aug 8 2012: I would develop an online math program for people wanting to go back to community college to get new job skills in the US. Math is one of the biggest reasons people drop out of community college and it is holding back people being able to shift careers during the recession. Ideally the program would be called "Math In Real Life" and it would teach real-life application of math as well as giving them skills to pass the courses they are taking.Aug 8 2012: Hard one because you could benefit plenty in a small way or benefit a few in a larger way.
But if we want to go for the broadest and longest term effect, I would set up 20 $50,000 scholarships for the brightest kids that plan on going into the field of science.
Start training our next generation to propel us forward and not to learn how to make great web pages or use an auto-tuner so they can be the next flavor of the month.
But the ones that will have the best chance to benefit humanity as a whole.
And if my faith in humanity continues to wane, I would spend the entire amount on the benefit of no kills shelters for cats and dogs.Aug 8 2012: Start a grass roots org. to teach people survival skills they will need in a Global Warmed world. Key word here is survival.
By the way: After taxes you'd be lucky to buy a Big Mac & fries with your winnings.Aug 8 2012: start an organisation which helps people to fulfill their dreams!!!Aug 7 2012: Il go to sudan and feed needy peopleAug 7 2012: pay taxAug 7 2012: Ondo State children's Home in South West Nigeria is an orphanage with hundreds of children who have access to education till High school grade; some of the children may not be able to go to the university if they are still not adopted at age 18(which is usually the case).
With A million dollars I would start a scheme that ensures that university education is possible for the children.Aug 7 2012: Hi again Robert Winner and everyone else. I have recently had some wonderful conversations on TED with James Zhang and Debra Smith amongst others. Personally I am very grateful for this forum and the opportunity to discuss some of my ideas. If such a prize were offered I think the best use is in burseries for people disadvantaged in real time from continuing their studies. I am certain it is in the combination of research and actual lived experience that a person is best able to synthesise their knowledge and information. I have had conversations about what makes a person better than a person-machine hybrid, about what might get in the way of a person fulfilling their potential and delivering useful research to the world. As you may be aware there are so many opportunities to get lost on the way and it is such a waste. I believe burseries should support a second chance, for young people whose hormones or family circumstances got in the way of learning, for older women who decided to have children first for whatever reason and for disabled people, if only to get them the technology so they can speak and be heard. Cats and bees are a huge inspiration for me, sometimes we need cats rather than dogs. I like the artefacts that remain from Ancient Eygpt because of the actions of cats. I like the way we have access to spiritual texts that tell us more. I like debating the structures of societies, celebrating the potential while reflecting on the cost. My heroes are Einstein, Churchill, Ghandi and Hawking. Perhaps these could be the structure for a bursery. Am going to put my two black and white moggies as my profile picture but I always have in mind the colours of the rainbow when it comes to people. I intend to use my conversations to talk to my own university tutor about evidencing for talking therapies. In real time I am trying to support my own community. Support the tree of knowledge so the fruit is not toxic and the global community in the real worldAug 7 2012: Invest into wealth to help the greater population.Aug 7 2012: Get invoved in microeconomics ... spend it in the local area.
All the best. Bob.Aug 7 2012: Stack all the money on top of each other.
Then we would need some fireworks.
I like the TNT Big bomb jumbo crackers and their PYRO SPECTACULAR
Then we would us some gasoline.Aug 6 2012: I would probably speak to my favourite TED talkers and ask them first. I would certainly divide it among several causes that they identified.Aug 6 2012: I think I would use the big number to teach children how to manage money and invest in a high school level personal finance class.
Take the Million dollars and work with some financial planners to use several different types of investments such as savings bonds, stocks, municipal bonds, utility stocks, savings accounts, CDs, and similar common investments. Post the financial planner's strategy online and set up some sort of game where the kids did research into how the investment strategy will work. Let them come up with a plan and see how they do against the expert.
Give every child a stake in the earnings. Split the earnings among participants, but make the split based on successful prediction of personal finance over the course of the school year, successful marketing strategies found, and development of financial savvy. Reuse the million dollars for the next year's class.
Teach them to predict their living expenses, income, taxes, inflation, insurance needs, education funding needs, and all similar personal finance items. Teach them to understand the basics of each investment.
Teach them how to decide if college is a worthwhile investment based on career goals.
Get them to learn how companies invest and make their money, the risks involved in investing, fees, hidden costs, scams perpetrated by crooks, insurance and similar financial items.
Get them to understand how to put together a proposal for getting a loan to start a business.
Get them to understand credit card debt and deferred gratification.
Get them to understand 401K, retirement plans, and making a plan that leads to financial success.
Get them to understand the rewards and consequences associate with life's top 20 financial decisions.
Greed, fear of bankruptcy, and desire for financial security might motivate kids to take control of their finances, understand financial risk, perhaps learn how to responsibly realize the funding for their dreams.
Use the million dollars as bait!Aug 6 2012: I would spend it.Aug 6 2012: This topic sounds very familiar... lol
But I had no idea TED did something like this...
Aug 6 2012: The emphasis here is 'for the world'.
So no Ferrari's, Lamborghini's and Veyron's allowed... ;o)
Aug 6 2012: Unless getting those material things can somehow indirectly help the world... somehow...
Aug 7 2012: Doesn't this sort of help implys intention and not just chance?Aug 7 2012: Well... what if it was your intention... >_> lol
It was your intention to buy a bunch of ferraris for the sake of world peace, and you realize it relates to that good cause in some way...


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PALO ALTO, Calif.—Sam Chaudhary sleeps on the couch in the boxy one-bedroom apartment, Liam Don on a mattress on the floor. Most of the place, such as it is—and it isn't much, frankly—has been turned over to a business. Or, at the very least, the dream of one. There are five desks with five chairs, separated from the modest kitchen by a tall dry-erase board. The handwritten sign hangs in the window and reads "ClassDojo." The rest of the beige-on-beige complex, it seems, is all single mothers and kids cruising on pastel-painted bikes.
In an earlier era, this drab stack of living spaces could be called a tenement, a place where recent arrivals pooling their meager resources would dwell as they started new lives in America. But Chaudhary and Don aren't traditional immigrants. And they have no hard-luck story of ocean odysseys or coyote-bribing to tell. Natives of Great Britain both, Chaudhary walked away from a lucrative business-consulting career, and Don took leave of a doctoral program in computer science. On two weeks' notice, they left parents and girlfriends and comfortable lives in London for a Northern California outpost more than 5,000 miles from home.
In a sense, that makes this more like a scene from the embryonic days of any number of Silicon Valley giants—think Google or Yahoo—that sprouted from similarly cramped spaces and grew to employ tens of thousands of people. Chaudhary and Don have come here, three miles east of the world's most famous venture-capital firms, to capture that same entrepreneurial spirit. With nearly $2 million from private investors, the 25-year-old hopefuls have launched one of America's hottest educational-technology start-ups. They want to revolutionize the way teachers manage classroom behavior, using a software program that tracks student conduct.
"Anyone who has taught in the classroom will tell you that the single biggest problem is managing classroom behavior," Chaudhary recently told a roundtable here in Palo Alto that included White House aides, immigrant entrepreneurs, and education-technology experts. "We want to move beyond test scores, to reward character traits like teamwork and empathy."
Teachers swear that their program makes a difference. In a year or two, if things break right, ClassDojo's software could be entrenched in thousands of classrooms—that is, should Chaudhary and Don manage to stay in the country long enough to keep their company afloat. But, naturally, that's the problem.
Chaudhary and Don are not American citizens; and, despite the urgent need to create jobs and foster innovation, the United States does not hand out visas to entrepreneurs, even ones with sound ideas, financial backing, and a willingness to hire. If the two do not obtain long-term work visas by April, their plans—not to mention their investors' money and the jobs they're creating—will be in jeopardy. "So few start-ups succeed for a host of business-related reasons," said Chaudhary, who has pleaded their case to anyone who will listen, including the Obama administration. "It seems ludicrous that what would kill a start-up would be immigration problems."
But anyone who has spent serious time in Washington won't find that notion ludicrous at all. Chaudhary and Don appear stuck, even though politicians from both parties are eager to import high-skilled, resourceful entrepreneurs to help make America more competitive with rest of the world. Congress hasn't come close to being able to provide people like them with any relief—or take any other step toward resolving the nation's larger immigration dilemma.
But beyond that, this is a story about how the government can't solve problems, even ones with popular solutions. And if it can't fix the simple ones, how can it be expected to tackle the nation's more intractable woes?
At a time when Democrats and Republicans can't seem to agree on anything, welcoming highly skilled workers like Chaudhary and Don is one rare area of consensus. "You've got incredibly talented people who want to start businesses in this country or to work in this country, and we should want those folks here in the United States," President Obama said just last week.
"I'd staple a green card to the diploma of anybody who's got a degree in math, science, a master's degree, Ph.D. We want those brains in our country," Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential front-runner, said on the campaign trail last year.
"The political climate made it impossible to move forward" on a sweeping immigration reform bill that a group of House Democrats and Republicans had negotiated in secret during the previous Congress. —Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California
Economists generally agree that skilled foreign workers benefit the economy and contribute greatly to the country's innovative activity. A 2005 World Bank working paper estimated that a 10 percent increase in the number of foreign graduate students would raise patent applications by 4.7 percent. The academic debates about whether immigration harms the American labor market cluster around lower-skilled jobs and questions of legal-versus-illegal immigration, issues that have nothing to do with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.
This article appears in the March 17, 2012 edition of National Journal Magazine.
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