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The crew aboard the spaceship Argo has just awoken from hypersleep to a nightmare. Having spent the last twenty years searching for a new home to salvage humanity from a dying earth they return home and find something has gone terribly wrong. They have been mysteriously impelled 200 years into the future and find not a trace of any human life. The Argo's Commander, Dr. Richard Adams is determined to find some answers and, aided by the ship's surgeon, Rod Lewis, and onboard Artificial Intelligence, Clarke, decides to explore the one clue to the massive floating O'Neill colony named L5. After an exploratory skiff goes missing inside the colony, Adams and Lewis venture inside themselves to find the answers they seek, nothing can prepare them for what they are about to find.
Director: Stanley Von Medvey
Writer: Tom Ptasinski
Producers: Tom Ptasinski, Adam Nelson
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Our goal with L5 was to create a compelling, high-production-value science fiction on a small budget. After endless hours in post production were volunteered by a talented team of visual effects artists all over the world, and with the spit and vinegar of home grown construction methods for building props, sets and costumes, as well as the unrelenting support of our families and the local art and business community in the Chicago area, the result was accomplished inside a budget of $15,000.
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I think there is a good storyline here but the way it was written, it is full of plot holes.
1. The commander seems way too hesitant to be in command.
2. The commander didn't seem at all upset that they had been left in deep sleep for so long and why didn't he dive more into this mysterious signal.
3. The commander should hav been awaken'd first and then hav decided who else needed to awaken'd.
4. The long shot of the L-5 settlement from inside show'd green fields ... yet the bay door was wide open there was no atmo?
5. Why did the platform break? Not like it had been raining and it rusted.
6. One of the scouts finds a room with a hacksaw?
7. The long shots of the two scouts were pretty cartoonish.
8. At least "thruway" was spelt the better way! Now you need to spell prolog without the -ue.
This is an interesting endeavour. Perhaps you are better off just budgeting out the production per/episode and ask the fan base to FUND it. Get a sponsor for product placement to do coverage, why not? Finishing this will definitely lead to somewhere. perhaps even a better place...
If this project - L5 - is effectively cancelled, as I understand it is, why are you still asking for donations? Why no announcement?
What about this fellow Godsninja in the previous comment - hasn't he been duped into giving up his $10? And no response? What's that all about?
Hi, loved the 1st episode, keenly awaiting the rest - please hurry!
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This was just okay.. on a scale of 1-10:
Acting: 3
Special Effects: 5
Script: 5
Story/plot: 7
I know I shouldn't expect a lot considering the budget; I'm just giving my honest opinion.
The only thing this had going for it was the story, and some of the special effects were good (only some though). Anyone who is in to sci-fi space movies obviously will appreciate the story. The effects when showing the outside of the ship, and the inside of the colony station were cool. Anytime it showed the men in their space suits from a distance though it just looks cartoony.
Everything else was bad. The acting was pretty terrible. The script was bad. It was also bad that certain things just didn't make sense. Why would they not do a better job interrogating the computer before they just sat around speculating? They should have at least thrown in a reason why the computer couldn't reveal some of the important information. I understand that the creators have to unravel the story slowly to maintain the "what happens next?" aspect, but hat doesn't mean you can just make characters act illogically. So, that was a let down. Also, why would a giant platform collapse with the addition of such a small amount of weight, and then how did they survive that fall so unscathed? They should have just had the two start climbing down, and made one of them fall near the bottom after their rope got snagged on something sharp (at least something else more believable).
Regardless, I probably would have checked out the rest of this series. I still might donate. I like the idea of independent film makers doing this sort of thing, but to get by they really will have to improve the quality. After all, they are still competing with Hollywood.
I really like what next_ghost says--more organized and consistent online fundraising, with goals set, regular online postings about how much is raised and how it's going, and episodes coming when the money does. However, arts fundraising is its own area of expertise. I could understand if independent film producers, actors, and all the other great people who volunteer on a film continue doing just that, and not spending lots of time on the fine details of how to get more money. For all of you aspiring internet fundraisers who love independent film, this may be your calling.
One more thing wrt to free public stuff.
It has became some mantra in open world and there charging money seems to become taboo in some circles. I see NOTHING wrong with some decent sailing on the waters of market forces.
I would be delighted to advertise free of charge each new episode, provided that it would be done with entusiastic crew of people that enjoy their work, are serious about it and put their work above their earning - onece their bellies are full and monthly expenses are covered. If they get rich or filthy rich after that, even better, allthough not highly probable...
I disagree. L5 is really good. And we all know that those $15k or whatever covered just most dire material costs. Also, I trust market forces to relatively quickly find a right balance between right costs of IP, physical work, used equipment and materials and final price of the show.
Final verdict about L5 for my part is, it is good. And if I decided I wanted to see it, I'd pay for it. Visual part is more than adequate ( even more, it's really good), but story and its consistency, technical feasibility and believability is the part that kept me watching.
I wouldn't pay some significant money for it, like they are charging for classic movies and series nowadays, but for a lean "Bittorent distribution" price, sure...
I can get an not-so-new MOVIE here for €1 over the infrastructure of my ISP, so I expect Bittorent approach to be cheaper.
if we are doing it this way, I want a part of the benefit to myself.
And it would help immensely if pilot could be free. It would serve both for promotional purposes and for free test of potential byuers...
And WRT to those 1.8 MIO downloads, you are ignoring other important factor. Yes, not all of those wouuld choose to pay. But on the other hand, availability of new episodes would attract many new prospective customers.
Right now, whoever wanted to see it, saw it. And since their donation would not guerantee anything and next episode is less likely to happen with each passing day, donation makes no sense...
For everyone stating 'Had this movide charged $1 for every download the creators would be rich'.
No. They would not. Why? Because 1.8 million people would not have paid $1 to see a show they know was made on a $15000 budget by a bunch of unknown filmmakers (no disrespect intended). Its as stupid as when the Games and Movie industry say that they lost 3 billion to piracy because 3 billion worth of goods was pirated... No, not all the people that stole it would have bought it.
Let me put it another way, if YouTube turned around and became pay-per-view. Much much less videos would be watched full stop. If L5 became pay-per-view, only those with a invested interest in hard sci-fi and $1 to throw away would spend it on the pilot episode, all those with a passing interest and on restricted budgets that would give more than $1's worth of promotion by word of mouth would be lost out, and L5 would never get off the ground.
@karatasiospa: The "give it free to the net and pray for donations" approach can work if you do it right. The Pioneer One team didn't do it right and Hemogoblin screwed up outright when they put the series on hold right after pilot. Here're some thoughts on how to do it right:
1) Set a donation goal, deadline for the goal and release date for the next episode. You have to make it absolutely clear that if the donation goal is not met before the deadline, the next episode will be the end of the series. If you decide to continue the series anyway like the Pioneer One team did, you can be sure that the donations will fall even further. Don't expect any donations at all after the last episode.
2) You need extra incentives to keep donations rolling in. VODO is not Kickstarter so the gifts should be a lot cheaper than what you can see on the right. You should also offer something for going over the goal, for example releasing the next episode one day earlier for each $1000 over the goal.
3) If the delay between episodes is longer than a week, you need to write regular production status updates on your main website. Missing a release date is not a problem as long as you tell your fans why. Not setting a release date at all means a lot of your fans will lose interest in your show.
It's all about giving fans a good reason to donate and keeping their attention between episodes.
What are costs per episode approximately ?
If they are on the order of $1M, wouldn't it be more realistic to sell it to viewers for say $1 ?
One could pay vodo say $10 and for that he could get rights do download 10 episodes from various shows of his choice.
It would be ideal if pilot could be free so one could take a fair sample of the show before making his/her mind...
Would you please consider posting some kind of budget, timeline and schedule for a whole season, and then approach people for donations / pre-pay?
I'm quite happy to donate to make this show feasible but I'd first like to make sure it's not going to take a year per episode. :-)
So, if you're realistic and show a sane plan, I'm sure people will step up.


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TUCSON, AZ -On November 9, 2012, MALDEF joined in filing a draft plan with the federal District Court in Fisher, et al., Mendoza, et al. v. Tucson Unified School District (TUSD), that is a blueprint for improving educational outcomes for Latino students and is intended to resolve a longstanding desegregation lawsuit against the District. The draft plan, called a unitary status plan, was jointly filed by TUSD; the Fisher plaintiffs on behalf of African American students; the United States Department of Justice; MALDEF, on behalf of the Mendoza plaintiffs who are Latino students; and the Court-appointed Special Master, Dr. Willis Hawley, tasked with developing the Plan.
The draft plan provides a mandate for TUSD to: 1) increase racially and ethnically integrated schools; 2) improve magnet schools and programs to promote integration and educational quality; 3) enhance the racial and ethnic diversity of TUSD's administrators, teachers and staff; 4) improve the academic achievement of Latino students; 5) reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of student discipline; 6) increase family and community engagement in schools; and, 7) establish a data collection and tracking system to track students' academic progress, among other things.
Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel stated, "There remains much work to be done so that TUSD provides equal opportunity to all of its students. All of those interested in achieving that goal should support the plan, including the full reincorporation of ethnic studies."
An integral element of the plan is the restoration of culturally relevant curriculum that reflects the history, experiences and culture of the Mexican American community. These courses, to be offered at all high schools and at all grade levels, are fundamental to improving Latino student engagement and closing the achievement gap for Latino students.
Nancy Ramirez, MALDEF Western Regional Counsel, stated, "This comprehensive and ambitious plan targets the elimination of vestiges of discrimination against Latino students who comprise 61% of the TUSD population. The restoration and expansion of literature and social studies courses that focus on Mexican American experiences recognizes the important role these courses play in engaging students and improving their academic achievement and graduation rates and is a critical strategy for closing the achievement gap for Latino students."
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Derek Jeter had a self-described "terrible" off-season as he rehabbed a broken ankle this winter. He revealed that and so much more when he spoke to reporters this morning.
Recovering from his broken left ankle, Derek Jeter spent the winter cruising around his 30,000-square foot mansion on a motor scooter.
The captain known for being photographed by the paparazzi in exotic locations with his famous girlfriends in the offseason was confined to his home and had to learn to walk again.
So now it falls to you, dear readers. We need to somehow visualize Derek Jeter riding around a Rascal in his "30,000 square foot mansion." It really doesn't even need to be his mansion. Any old 30,000 square foot mansion will do.
Please someone make this happen. I will choose the best and complete the headline with a declarative statement.


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Dec. 19, 2006
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - "We are proud to add these seven athletes to our class of 2011", said longtime UCSB Swimming coach Gregg Wilson. "As the defending Big West Champions, our staff has been trying to recruit not just fast swimmers, but student athletes who have a `championship attitude' towards all pursuits in life. UCSB is one of the top academic institutions in the country and because of that our athletes need to be top notch students. Our staff feels that this early group of signees will fit the requirement just fine," Wilson added.
The seven student athletes are: Sara Nicponski: Resides in Salt Lake City Utah and is one of the best kept secrets in USA Swimming. Her best times are: 1:03.1 and 2:17.7 in the breaststroke and 2:05.4 in the 200 IM. "Sara is tall, lean and has great technique in all four strokes and many people out there thought she was only a junior this year," said eighth year Assistant coach Jeremy Kipp. "Sara is going to be a fast swimmer, no doubt about it, and she comes from an excellent club team coached by Matt Vicario of Eagle Aquatics. We feel that when she gets in our strength and conditioning program there really is no limit to how fast she can be in this sport."
Brittany Borowitz: From Orange, California. Third year assistant coach Naya Higashijima had this to say about Borowitz: "Brittany is a sound all-around stroke swimmer with the potential to be very fast in the IM events. Brittany will also give us depth in other events and depending on the year and our strengths. Brittany may be able to final in up to 6 events in our conference, which makes her a valuable addition to the Gauchos." Borowitz's best times are: 2:06.4 and 4:30 in the IM; 58.0 And 2:07.3 in the fly and 1:06 and 2:24 in the breaststroke. Borowitz also can do the middle distance freestyles with best times of 5:07 and 10:21 in the 500 and 1000.
Kelsey Lewis: Resides in Orinda, California. "There is always one thing for certain when you get an Orinda Aquatic swimmer, the swimmers are technically sound in all four strokes, additionally they have great attitudes towards training and competing and they will give their team everything they have," said Coach Wilson. "Kelsey provides more strength in the IM events with best times of 2:06.7 and 4:26.7 in the IM's, but we also think she has a lot of room for growth in the freestyle events. Kelsey is also a 1:54 and 5:02 freestyler which will help our freestyle events in the long run," Wilson added.
Charlie Patch: From Centennial, Colorado. "Having signed two of the best male swimmers out of Colorado in the last two years, Charlie was immediately interested in the Gauchos. When we saw the time drops Charlie made the match was known immediately. Last year Charlie dropped from a 4:50 in the 500 to a 4:37 and with an altitude adjustment that was really a 4:32. I think it is safe to say that Charlie is on his way to becoming a very good distance swimmer and in this sport those kinds of time drops are amazing. He has also been 1:42 in the 200, 9:35 in the 1000 and 16:08 in the mile and we expect him to make the same kind of improvements in those events," stated Coach Kipp.
Chris Day: From Seattle, Washington. "We are very excited to have Chris sign with the Gauchos early. Chris swam very fast this summer so his short course times do not reflect the improvement he has made in the last year. At 6'1" and 175 lbs, Chris is going to mature into a solid middle distance swimmer for the Gauchos and his best times of 4:38 and 9:38 in the freestyles will drop significantly in his first few years," said Coach Wilson who trains most of the distance swimmers.
Dan Morris: Resides in Fountain Valley, California. "Talk about a swimmer in an athlete's body, Dan is not only a good swimmer, but he is also Fountain Valley High School's starting shooting guard for basketball. Most guys who do other sports are usually water polo players in Southern California, so I think Dan is our first shooting guard to sign early," boasted coach Kipp. What makes Dan a great prospect is that he has excellent natural speed with best times of 21.8 and 46.4 in the free and 53.5 in the backstroke. "Dan is playing basketball during a point of the year when most swimmers are really working on aerobic base and kicking, so we think that when Dan focuses on just swimming he is going to be a very explosive sprinter," Kipp added.
Adam Gonzales: From Fountain Valley, California. "This is a recruiting steal," coach Higashijima said. "Adam is a 57.9 breaststroker and 1:54 IMer who plays water polo much of the year and has never really trained full time as a swimmer so Adam has as much talent as any swimmer in Southern California," Coach Higashijima raved. "His stroke is powerful and when he gets a full regime of training this guy is going to be a NCAA potential swimmer," Coach Wilson added.


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Language with a personal flavor
In my opinion, I don't have much of an accent when I speak my native tongue-- but I suppose that most people don't hear their own accents very well.
I am thankful that my grade-school teachers (in a tiny, one-room country school in Nebraska) taught me standard English and proper grammar. They had a fit if anyone said "ain't," and I still don't say it four decades later. Saying things like "I seen" or "I done" was not permitted either. Those ladies did not hesitate to correct a student's grammar whenever necessary, and I am glad they taught me well.
After living in Missouri and Kentucky for 20 years or more of my adult life, I've added "y'all" ("you all") to my vocabulary. This makes my Nebraska friends say that I've picked up a southern accent. However, native-born Kentuckians say to me, "You're not from here, are you?"
Various dialects can be heard in Christian County. One characteristic of our local speech is that people talk slowly. My speech has slowed down too, and that's another reason that people say I've developed a Southern drawl.
Two words that I know I pronounce wrong are "wash" and "milk." I say "wush" (rhymes with "mush") and "melk" (rhymes with "elk".) I think that's a bit of flat Midwestern accent that I retain from my childhood.
My aunt, a native of Gordon, NE, who now lives near Chicago, told me that she can hear her Midwestern accent when she says "potatoes." She actually says "podadoes" because of the place in her mouth that her tongue touches when she pronounces the "t."
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Malaysia court frees 2 in Mongolian murder scandal
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian appeals court on Friday ordered two police officers freed after overturning their murder convictions in the killing of a Mongolian woman who had an affair with the prime minister's friend.
The verdict revived claims of a political conspiracy surrounding the high-profile case that the opposition has repeatedly sought to link to Prime Minister Najib Razak. However, the claims are unlikely to have any immediate impact on the government, which has not been directly implicated in the killing.
The officers were the only suspects found guilty of shooting Altantuya Shaariibuu and blowing up her body with military explosives in 2006. A High Court judge in 2009 sentenced them to be hanged.
A three-judge panel in the Court of Appeals ruled that the High Court had overlooked gaps in the evidence, including whether the officers had access to the explosives, had any intention to kill her and were present at the time of the murder at the site where Shaariibuu's remains were found.
Prosecutors can appeal the verdict one final time in Malaysia's highest court.
The prosecution had contended that the 28-year-old Shaariibuu's murder was ordered by her former lover Abdul Razak Baginda, a prominent defense analyst, after their affair ended.
The High Court in 2008 acquitted Abdul Razak, a married man and a former confidante of Prime Minister Najib, of charges of abetting the murder.
Opposition leaders have repeatedly claimed that Najib must have had a role in approving the killing. The prime minister has denied any links.
"Shock & horror! Altantuya case: initially no motive, now (there are) not even murderers!" Rafizi Ramli, a senior official in the opposition People's Justice Party, wrote on Twitter after Friday's ruling.
Abdul Razak has said Shaariibuu kept pestering him for money and threatened to go public with their affair, prompting him to seek help from the two police officers who worked for an elite unit assigned to VIP security.
The two officers acknowledged picking up Shaariibuu from outside Abdul Razak's house. The prosecution alleged they took her to a jungle clearing and killed her.
Both denied murdering her. Azilah Hadri said he handed Shaariibuu over to his colleague, Sirul Azhar Umar, and never saw her again. During the trial, Sirul insisted he was "just a scapegoat who has to be sacrificed to cover up the ill intentions of those who were not in court."


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Looks like the Canadian Government, and particularly those with control over Canadas Census are about to shoot themselves, and future generations of Canadians who want to know about their ancestors, squarely in the foot, in a move the government says was prompted by privacy concerns.
Statistics Canada has quietly made major changes to the country's census in time for the upcoming round of national sampling in 2011. The long census questionnaire that provided information on a broad range on such topics as ethnicity, education, employment, income, housing and disability has been eliminated. Instead, those questions will be asked on a new, voluntary National Household Survey (NHS) and the results will never be released, in contrast with the treasure trove of census data that currently becomes public after 92 years.
"I'm just flabbergasted by the fact that they are taking the greatest source of information for the history of the country away from us," says Gordon Watts, an amateur genealogist and co-chairman of the Canada Census Committee. "It's a huge change and as far as I'm concerned, they've been playing dirty pool because none of the people who have been concerned about this, to my knowledge, have been advised that this was in the works."
Officials from Statistics Canada say the 2011 census went through the usual consultation process, with citizens invited to provide feedback online, but there was no indication this change was under consideration.
The idea of doing away with the long census questionnaire form, transferring the questions to the NHS and no longer releasing the information did not become public until Saturday, when it appeared in a government publication.
"This change was made to reasonably limit what many Canadians felt was an intrusion of their personal privacy," said Erik Waddell, a spokesman for Industry Minister Tony Clement (Statistics Canada falls under the purview of Industry Canada).
The decision to change the census came from the federal government and not from the ministry or Statistics Canada, he said.
Previously, each Canadian household was required by law to complete a census form, with 80 per cent filling out short questionnaires including eight questions on topics such as date of birth, marital status and language. The other 20 per cent of households filled out the long questionnaire, which included 53 additional questions probing everything from country of birth and mobility issues to people's occupation and how many hours they spend caring for children.
The NHS will include largely the same list of questions as the old census long form, but because Statistics Canada does not release survey data, it will never become public — something Watts says is an enormous loss to future Canadians.
"The census is the single most important documented information available to the historical and genealogical community. It is the only source in which you get information regarding families instead of individuals," he says. "Through successive censuses, you can track the formation of the family, you can track when children are born, when children grow up and leave, you can check patterns of migration."
The next census will be conducted in May 2011 and the NHS will be sent out to 4.5 million households around the same time, to be completed in hard copy or online. In 2006, one in five Canadian households received a long census questionnaire, but that will be increased to one in three for the NHS in hopes of obtaining an adequate number of responses, says Peter Morrison, assistant chief statistician responsible for census and operations.
Statistics Canada does not have a target response rate to ensure adequate national coverage of the survey, he added.
Morrison said to their knowledge, no other country collects census data in the manner that Statistics Canada will be doing.
The questionnaires will be available in multiple languages and "maximum efforts" will be made to gather data from households that are likely to respond, says Rosemary Bender, assistant chief statistician in charge of the NHS.
"We have a lot of experience conducting voluntary surveys and we're optimistic Canadians will comply with the information, will respond to it positively and that it will be a success story," Harrison said.
Academics rely on census data for understanding changes in society over time, says Margaret Conrad, an honourary research professor in the history department at the University of New Brunswick, and the documents are our primary portrait of the changing Canadian family.
One in five Canadians are engaged in personal genealogy research, she says, and the fascination seems to be growing, fuelled by television shows such as Ancestors in the Attic. But where genealogical history was once limited to what was scrawled inside the family Bible, a proliferation of websites and the public release of Canadian census documents up to 1911 now give amateur sleuths a vast storehouse of information that will no longer be available with this change.
"You just plug your name into Ancestry.ca and you get stuff that would have taken you months or even years to track down earlier on," Conrad says. "It's how they identify themselves as citizens in this country, by figuring out where they fit into this rapidly changing world and how their families got to where they were. I think that is an important anchor for people."
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Canada to impose new restrictions on future Census information
Looks like the Canadian Government, and particularly those with control over Canadas Census are about to shoot themselves, and future generations of Canadians who want to know about their ancestors, squarely in the foot, in a move the government says was prompted by privacy concerns.
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University of Kentucky CIO Vince Kellen is considering moving some of the university's SAP work to a cloud environment, which would make him a relatively early adopter of ERP in the cloud.
Kellen didn't have to go into too much detail about his motivations for trying a cloud service when he spoke at the VMworld annual conference here. Like most publicly supported institutions and governments, cutting costs has become paramount.
"I have got to find sources of funds to keep our infrastructure going," Kellen said. "I got to look at a disruptive technology like cloud to do that."
Kellen is what amounts to a pre-beta tester of Dell's newly announced infrastructure as a service cloud. Dell's official beta testing period isn't expected until next month.
Kentucky runs SAP and has been operating a Unix system environment. Part of this change also involves migrating off the Unix system and the database it is running on (Kellen didn't want to identify the vendor he is moving off on) to Microsoft SQL and x86 hardware, he said in an interview.
Earlier this year, Microsoft and SAP said they have started to work together to ease cloud deployments.
The plan is to run about 60% of the ERP systems at the university, which has 250 IT employees, in the cloud. That will include testing and development and peak processing, particularly around class registration periods, he said. "It's very feasible," said Kellen, who has been double checking his business case.
Security is another issue but Kellen seems confident it won't be a barrier. "Chances of a vendor running a large complex data center with tons of other customers and having good security practices better than your own, is probably high - especially if you are small shop like we are," he said.
University officials have been supporting the ERP in the cloud idea but also said it can't result if any service changes or latency, Kellen said. "If it's not invisible to [campus users], we're not doing this," he said.
Kellen estimates saving of $1.5 million over three years, which also includes freeing up some of IT staff to work on other projects.
Dell's new infrastructure as a service cloud was just announced this week and according to Mark Bilger, vice president and CTO of Dell Services said the Dell cloud will go into general availability sometime in the fourth quarter in North America. The cloud is being developed in partnership with VMware.
The first deployment of the cloud will be in its Plano Technology Center, a facility it acquired with its Perot acquisition. But Dell is also building a cloud computing data center in Quincy, Washington, because of its low power cost, Bilger said.
Kentucky uses SAP which Kellen said has been architected to work with cloud.
Jean Bozman, an analyst at IDC, said SAP has been engaging with a number of cloud providers over the last two years as part of its overall virtualization efforts. "People are doing it," said Bozman, but "as far as heavy demanding workloads, we're still in the first wave of adoption."


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Have You Heard About… Blameless
… the humorous steampunk Victorian romance with vampires and werewolves? Gail Carriger's Blameless* picks up shortly after the end of Changeless, with both Lord and Lady Maccon dealing with the fallout of Alexia's announcement. (I won't leave any spoilers here, because this series is definitely better when read in order!) Our heroine's situation is made even more dire by the disappearance of her dear friend Lord Akeldama and a series of attacks by vampires and their followers. Alexia heads for Italy with her loyal butler Floote and the incomparable Madame Lefoux, hoping to learn more about preternaturals from the Templars. Grand adventures ensue for both Alexia and Connall! Along the way, the reader learns more about the background of several secondary characters, including Madame Lefoux, Floote, Professor Lyall, and Ivy and her husband.
Blameless certainly leaves some open threads (among them is the debatable destruction of Lord Akaldama's greatest treasure) that will have me leaping upon Heartless as soon as it is available. However, it has nothing like the wrenching cliffhanger in Changeless. Prepare a cup of tea, have your favorite parasol or hat to hand, and read on bravely!
One of my favorite quotes (from p. 21):
Lord Akeldama did everything fashionably, sometimes to the exclusion of all else, including common sense. If Lord Akeldama were to take up wrestling in vats of jellied eels, it would probably become fashionable within a fortnight.
* The previous books in the Parasol Protectorate series are Soulless and Changeless.
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|2012-04-30, 21:04
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Except for when the rules change. Or when the rules muddy.
Or if the completely illusory nature of the difference between the two Battlers acts as a perfect allegory for the psychological turmoil of a certain other character...
|2012-04-30, 21:41
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Yeah, when thinking about it this way. The scene where Battler says that Ange is his little sister in red? I like to interpret that as being how it doesn't matter about blood relations, sentimentally they are brother and sister. It becomes even more heartwarming that way.
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|2012-05-01, 13:03
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The thing is, Ange didn't KNOW they were blood relatives, which is why people for for the "sentimental" route. It's generally assumed that you can't speak a red if you don't know it's true, otherwise we could be having shit like testing God's existence.
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Location: In the Meta- World... on Virgillia's bed.
My two cents on Yasu's Gender: The way I see it, the only way to figure out much about Yasu is by comparing him/her to Lion. It seems to me that Yasu doesn't really worry about his/her own gender much like Lion doesn't seem to want to worry about it. (S)he is probably more sure of herself than we give him/her credit for.
As for the wound (s)he suffered, (s)he probably received it on his/her head since not only is (s)he clumsy (which means his/her sense of balance is off), (s)he can't grow much either (since (s)he was able to pass as elementary schooler, more than likely his/her body's sense of growth is off as well). The damage was probably taken near her hypothalamus (and probably hit her cerebellum too). This probably affected her hair growth too since she commonly wears wigs, meaning she doesn't have as much hair as Lion does.
My two cents on Battler: The game makes it clear that Piece and Master are different, but it allows the thoughts of the Master to interface those of the Piece. So it looks like they are almost the same person
As for his relationship with Ange, I doubt anyone other than Rudolf knew that both of them were Kyrie's children. And I doubt that whether they are direct or half- siblings matter as in any case Ange is still Battler's sister.
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Anyways, maybe I was a bit gung-ho with my thinking about Yasu's gender, just now, especially since I forgot that a wound was, at one point, mentioned. I was just thinking that we might've been oversimplifying things, as apparently there's just a whole plethora of gender identities, expressions, and physical situations that don't fit into what we think of as "male" and "female" very well at all. I also sort of prefer the theme in End / Dawn of "different memories and experiences = WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON" to some derivation of smashed-up jumblies / brain damage, though I'll acknowledge that they arent mutually exclusive.
NOW I'm thinking that similar to "which persona is controlling dat body right now?" issues, that Ryukishi may not have even fully thought out what "what" of Yasu's gender issues, opting instead to present the general sentiment of "gender issues are present". Which I guess I can also accept. Especially since he pretty much stated in one interview that he "wasn't interested in hiking up her skirt" or something to that effect. What I most remember, though, was him saying something like "If she'd just told George the truth, he'd prolly have been cool with it, actually." C'est la vie.
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You do realize that while "half-sibling" is a term used to describe someone who only shares one parent in common, the definition of "sibling" is
Ange is my little sister.
Battler is Ange's brother from another mother. </badjoke>
Battler, Beatrice, and Eva all helped to keep the catbox's lid closed for Ange. For whatever reason...
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The Logic error is slightly different, IMO, because those truths were about a gameboard, and not having a prepared solution would sort of ... it seemed like it would invalidate the gameboard, which was not desired. Essentially, an author going "Yeah, toitally did not think that one through", followed by the irked reader throwing their book on the ground, stepping on it, calling said author a hack and walking away in a huff.
|2012-05-02, 02:19
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So I've been watching that silly nine hour video lately.
The arguments to 'disprove' Shkanon are pretty stupid and not even necessary, but I thought his solution to the logic error was pretty interesting. Basically Kanon escaped from the cousins' room between the time when Battler confirmed everyone's location and the time Dlanor confirmed that the rooms were sealed. Then Kanon was the one who left the letter regarding Battler's corpse. Then Kanon went and 'rescued' Battler, Erika (who had killed five victims and was looking for the last) deduced that he must be in the closet, and she shot through the closet, causing Kanon to cease to exist (represented in meta by her throwing the spears at the closet).
What do you guys think of this?
|2012-05-02, 03:41
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I always thought the implication was that the rooms were instantly and completely retroactive-meta-sealed with Erika's declaration, so I don't really buy it. Besides, what'd be the point of all the set up by Erika if it left such an obvious weak spot like that?
KnownNoMore's explanation for why Kanon went into the closet is the worst part, though, because he refuses to accept any kind of meta-motives. And IIRC he said that Kanon had even realized that Erika was a crazed killer who had already murdered the fakers, but then still decided to risk his life just to preserve the illusion of a closed room for Beatrice's sake (the motive of which is complicated nonsense). And of course KnownNoMore doesn't seem to realize that Kanon wouldn't even succeed in preserving the closed room mystery anyway, since once Erika would look into the closet and see Kanon's corpse, the illusion of the closed room would be broken. Bleh. Yuck.
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I thought some of the disappearing bodies required Shkannon, certainly for anything Will said to be true we do.
Meanwhile I actually thought the idea that she shot into the closet was possible on the gameboard anyway (and then probably spouted some fact about third-rate detective novels and assuming someone was shot before opening the door for the double tap), just without the Meta aspect of the guessing game it wouldn't have made sense. You are right, she'd just open the door and be all "lol, totes wrong body. Oh well, it's kanon now"
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There's several issues you'd have to consider that make this seem reasonable:
You could argue that Erika knows her own location, but she explicitly isn't the detective, so her own understanding of her piece's position is theoretically up in the air. Battler would most likely be sporting in that respect, but then again, Erika's blatantly cheating with her perspective so I don't see why Battler should feel inclined to keep playing along (unless he's just humoring her because Genius Battler).
I'm inclined to think this was just oversight on Ryukishi's part. I imagine that, had he revised this, or perhaps in the manga if it were pointed out before that volume came out (like the boiler room door), he'd just have Erika say "since Kinzo is confirmed not to exist, please exclude him. And of course, please exclude me as well, since my location is outside the room."
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine they lay down for the night, and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend.
"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars."
"What does that tell you?"
Watson pondered for a minute.
"Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.
Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo.
Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three.
Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant.
Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.
What does it tell you?"
Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke.
"Watson, you dummy. Someone has stolen our tent."
Deja vu?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
not necessarily, I think the other one had the Drake equation involved.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
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Beauty salon partners Jasmine (Pinkins) and Angie (Thoms) agree on the brilliance of Nina Simone and the importance of applying natural oils but not much else. Changing wigs to shift characters, they conjure up their eccentric customers, from a whacked- out blond who decided to become "white" after a racist incident in elementary school to the hilarious B.O.C. (Black Obsessive Compulsive) trailing toilet seat covers and conspiracy theories. By far the most memorable is Pinkins' fierce portrait of a lesbian on death row.
Camblin makes her thesis clear enough -- "self-hatred is the black woman's poison" -- but "Her Hair" can't quite decide how much it wants from the audience.
This irreverent script veers from broad satire to intense drama, never staying with one story line enough to develop it. Fortunately, the gifted Pinkins and Thoms are a pleasure to watch, no matter which direction they're heading.
-- Charlotte Stoudt
"And Her Hair Went With Her," Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles. 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Ends June 15. $18-$25. Contact: (323) 663-1525. Running time: 90 minutes.
Grit, grime of America's soul
A fun-house mirror held up to the American Dream, British playwright James Stock's darkly comic "Blue Night in the Heart of the West" at Hollywood's new Open Fist Theatre presents a surreal reflection of our tarnished national image, as viewed from an outsider's perch.
That observer is personified in Andrew MacAlpine (Shawn MacAulay), an amiable Scottish gardener who flees a stagnant life in his native Highlands for the promise of reinvented identity in the Land of Liberty. What he finds instead is a nightmarish odyssey that takes him from the streets of New York to an Iowa cornfield, where the metaphorical affliction of "soil creep" becomes a literal element in Jeff G. Rack's splendidly atmospheric set.
Director Amanda Weier certainly knows how to get our attention, opening each act with an act of primal carnality. Her visually inventive staging unleashes a skilled cast on the ample weirdness afforded by the script.
The standout performance is by Hepburn Jamieson as the demented farm family matriarch, embodying the most unpleasant extremes of the American soul as Stock sees it, whether driving off intruders with sullen hostility or being driven by unnatural lusts. Benjamin Burdick and Daryl Dickerson bring volatile intensity to her offspring as they entangle Andrew in their clutches.
Probing the Heartland for lurking shadows of incest, isolationism and religious fanaticism, Stock's idiosyncratic approach to storytelling is reminiscent of David Lynch at his most inscrutable. Characters speak straight from the depths of their jumbled and disordered psyches. The stream-of-consciousness narrative pivots on quirky encounters that may or may not turn out to connect to a meandering plot that seems to have been stumbled onto rather than crafted by the playwright.
Stock's frustratingly erratic script sports flashes of luminous insight into American foibles, as well as distortions that are jarringly off-base. Regardless, to the extent his perspective is representative of the world at large, we have a huge repair job ahead of us.
-- Philip Brandes
"Blue Night in the Heart of the West," New Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays; dark May 31. Ends June 21. $20. (323) 882-6912. Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes.
Lost in a complex Arabian night
Jason Grote's "1001," playing at the Theatre@Boston Court, is a strange and aggressively postmodern re-imagining of Scheherazade and the "Arabian Nights." Set in ancient Persia and modern-day New York, featuring guest appearances by Osama bin Laden and Gustave Flaubert, the play is nothing less than a chaotic, sprawling mess, though always a fascinating one.
The Persian king Shahriyar (John Sloan) desires a different bride every night, but his latest conquest, Scheherazade (Monika Jolly), proves unique by charming her way into the tyrant's heart with her storytelling. Her nontraditional tales include an incestuous love story between siblings that has overtones of "Vertigo"; a dark story about a homeless New Yorker wandering the subway system; and a political romance between a Jewish graduate student and a Muslim classmate set around the Sept. 11 attacks.
"1001" is an ambitious and risk-taking play that makes quite a few demands on the audience. The recursive structure is often difficult to follow, and the literary references will probably confound those who aren't well versed in Jorge Luis Borges and other high-brow writers. Perhaps fearing that he might lose his audience, the playwright has one of the characters voice a sympathetic explanation: "It's like we're trapped in this grand narration, and we're trying to defy it . . . or reinvent it."
Michael Michetti's direction keeps the potentially confusing material light and nimble, especially the transitions between the labyrinthine plots. A techno dance club dissolving into a Persian harem provides the most memorable scene change, beautifully capturing the play's East-West, past-present fusion.
By the conclusion, the play has taken one too many leaps off the deep end. Bin Laden appears only to perform an excerpt from Michael Jackson's "Thriller." It's a jokey head-scratcher of a scene that encapsulates the play as a whole -- free-associative, garish and just plain weird.
-- David Ng
"1001," The Theatre @ Boston Court, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena. 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Ends June 8. $32. (626) 683-6883. Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes.
Revived musical is still outdated
Well, isn't this all rather . . . quaint. After 70-plus years, "I'd Rather Be Right," the 1937 Broadway musical, featuring a book by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart and a thoroughly unmemorable score by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, is having its Los Angeles premiere at the Hudson Mainstage. But judging from the moldy condition of the show, the time capsule developed serious cracks during the interim.
By George Productions is a relatively new producing entity dedicated to resurrecting "lost or neglected" musicals from the first half of the 20th century. That's certainly an admirable mission. But there's a reason some shows lapse into obscurity. Although it maintains a mild sociological interest, "Right" is so badly dated that it doesn't even rise to the level of camp, at least not in director-choreographer William Mead's somewhat haphazard staging.
The action takes place in Central Park -- in Victoria Profitt's scenic design, a cheerfully artificial setting replete with gaudy painted flats. However, you will be left scratching your head over the meaning of the arcane symbols scrawled across the park greenery -- hidden messages for Wiccans, perhaps?
It's July 4, but young lovers Phil Barker (Stephen Vendette) and Peggy Jones (Christina Valo) are not in a celebratory mood. Because of the parlous stage of the economy, Phil and Peggy must put their marriage plans on permanent hold.
Not to despair. When Franklin D. Roosevelt (Joe Joyce) meets Phil and Peggy and hears of their woes, he sets out to balance the budget so they can wed.
That's pretty much the gist of the story, but what might have once passed for scathing satire now seems merely far-fetched and repetitive. Certainly, watching a lithe and dapper Roosevelt dance his heart out is a kick, an illustration of the yawning gap between the public's perception and Roosevelt's carefully hidden disability. The production affords peeks into a bygone era -- but those charming flashes simply aren't enough to justify a full-fledged revival of an otherwise negligible show.
-- F. Kathleen Foley
"I'd Rather Be Right," Hudson, 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Ends June 1. $30. (323) 960-4429. www.plays411.com/bygeorge. Running time: 2 hours.


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April 23, 2009Revenue's CIB Director Elected to Board of 18-State Organization
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The head of the Missouri Department of Revenue's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has been elected to the board of directors of an organization that includes officials from 18 states.
Nick Humphrey, of Jefferson City, was elected secretary of the Midwest Odometer and Title Fraud Enforcement Association's (MOTFEA's) board of directors at the group's recent meeting in Iowa. He has been director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau for about one year, and previously served with the Missouri Water Patrol for 13 years.
"I'm honored that I was selected to serve on the board of this important organization," Humphrey said. "MOTFEA works hard to protect consumers, and that's one of my top goals as well."
Lisa Spry, a special agent with the CIB's Kansas City field office, was chosen by MOTFEA's chairman of the board to be the organization's industry liaison.
MOTFEA, and its national counterpart, the National Odometer and Title Fraud Enforcement Association, bring together representatives of the automotive industry and law enforcement, consumer protection and motor vehicle licensing agencies. Working together, the organization works to deter odometer and title fraud. If unchecked, these crimes can lead to consumers purchasing unsafe vehicles or vehicles that have been stolen from others.
MOFTEA also announced that it will hold its annual meeting in St. Louis in April of 2010. A specific time and location have not yet been determined.
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Palit HD4850 Sonic Review
Right now the number of video cards to choose from is astonishing, with more and more coming online every week it seems. The HD4850s have been around for a few months now and the reference cards have been tested and retested. Now we can get to the cards the manufacturers build themselves. Sapphire has the Toxic series of cards and Palit has the Sonic series. One of the benefits of a non reference card is that the heatsinks used are usually far superior to those offered on the reference based cards. As you well know, the stock cooling on reference HD4850s leaves much to be desired. Temperatures can climb to 90+ degrees Celsius under load in a decently ventilated case. This is just unacceptable to the enthusiast or gamer. Heat kills. I look no further than the system behind my head that had a fan failure on the stock cooling solution on the card in this system. A card two weeks old died from a fan failure.
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Palit's Packaging for this year has been dominated with images of the "FroBot" dressed up and ready for battle. This package is no different. Well, it's a little different. The front panel states a few of the features, CrossfireX, Vista compatibility and the basic specifications of the Sonic edition. The rear panel contains another basic listing of the features but in several different languages. Since Palit is one of the leading suppliers of video cards globally, this is a necessity to reach more people with just one package.
The internal structure of the package is more sturdy than the structure the standard Palit HD4850 comes in. A little protection goes a long way. Under the box that contains the Sonic HD4850, the multi lingual manual and driver disc are stored.
The bundle of accessories included with this card is really pretty slim. There is a multi lingual manual, driver disc, DVI to D-sub adapter and a 6-pin to 8-pin PCI-E power adapter. This card is meant strictly for gaming. It would have been nice to get a Crossfire connector to use two of these cards in CrossfireX mode.
Now that you know what to look for on the store shelves, we can take a look at the Palit HD4850 Sonic Overclocking Edition video card to see what it brings to the table and see if it can earn your hard earned dollars.


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by Punchy » Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:00 amAfter being mightily impressed by his Black Widow series, I decided to give Nathan Edmondson's Punisher a try, and whilst I'm still not sure about after just one issue, there's plenty of promise here that makes me want to continue and pick up #2.
I would say I am a Punisher fan, but that's mainly down to the calibre of writers he's had over the last decade or more. The likes of Ennis (duh), Fraction, Remender, Aaron, Rucka and more have done fantastic work with the character, but even then, I like those books more for the creators than the character. Frank Castle is a cipher, a killing machine that can be dropped in all sorts of settings and stories and work (I liked, nay, loved Franken-Castle).
In this new series, Edmondson is dropping Frank from coast to coast, taking him away from New York and into Los Angeles. Not only is this change of scenery a great idea, but it seems to have reinvigorated Frank Castle as a person. He's in a city where he's not instantly recognisable, and is able to actually demonstrate some personality. This slight softening might be anathema to some Punisher fans, but I don't mind it. The issue actually begins with some characters who aren't Frank, we see a group of bad-ass soldiers rescue a prisoner from Togo swiftly and effectively. They are preparing for a break, but are soon given word of redeployment. Where to? I think you can guess the answer.
The story then moves to Mexico, where The Punisher is taking out some Mexican drug smugglers. I really liked the upside down page showing Frank swimming up from under the water, it was weird and a bit disorientating, but effective. Frank interrogates the chief smuggler (who looks like Danny Trejo), who gives him the name 'Hector Suarez', but only after Frank shoots his hand off, which was really surprisingly violent. This isn't Punisher MAX, but it might as well be! The next day, we see Frank back in LA, eating at a diner and actually being quite friendly with the guy who works there and even flirting with a fellow customer, who's a cop.
Another character who seems to be friends with Frank is the soldier he goes to meet out in the desert who gives him a load of weapons. I'm guessing these two served together in whatever War it was Frank was in now. Are they still saying it's Vietnam? Or have they done a 'sliding timeline' and changed it? Eh, it doesn't really matter. This scene had a very Breaking Bad feel to it. It was out in the desert and Frank's vehicle of choice was a very familiar looking RV. Breaking Bad is a modern crime classic, so any homage to that works for me. Now that I think of it, Danny Trejo was in Breaking Bad! The connections run deeper… It is weird seeing Frank be friends with people and be somewhat human, but so far it is working for me, he's in a new city and has somewhat of a fresh start. Of course, all of Frank's friends normally end up dead by the end of a writer's run, so the future doesn't look good for these characters.
I think the best scene of this issue was when Frank was tailing Hector Suarez, and he basically loses patience after being stuck in traffic, gets out of his car, and shoots a gas grenade into the limo. It was awesome to see crime clichés like that get subverted by the Punisher's relentlessness and lack of patience. Hector, after being jabbed in the face by a car cigarette lighter, leads Punisher to the building where the Dos Sols cartel are making the drugs. He tells Frank that he might be good, but he's not good enough to get in and out of there alive. So what does Frank do? Much like his lack of patience for the tail, he just whips out a rocket launcher and fires it at the top floor, killing the criminals instantly. It was a great moment, and it shows what separates The Punisher from other vigilantes. He doesn't mess around. Marvel's version of LA is often treated as basically being in the real world, there aren't many, if any, superheroes there, so Frank being there does work very well. These are real-world criminals, dealing with a force of nature.
Frank heads back to the diner, where he's told that Officer Sam is out on Punisher duty, cleaning up his mess. The issue ends with Sam at the scene, being watched by those soldiers from the first few pages, who turn out to be the new Howling Commandos. Their mission is take down the Punisher once and for all. This issue really has set things up nicely for the future, Frank has 3 separate entities gunning for him now, the LAPD, the Cartel, and now the Howling Commandos. It's going to be fun to see that shake down.
Mitch Gerads is an artist I'm not too familiar with, but he impressed me here, his style is gritty, yet expressive, which makes it a good fit for this tone. Frank's face is heavily lined, so he looks suitably bad-ass. If anything, Gerads reminds me of Steve Lieber crossed with John Paul Leon, which is a pretty awesome hybrid indeed. He has the darkness necessary for a crime story, but a light enough touch for an LA story.
So yes, a good start, Edmondson's characterisation is perhaps a bit off, but it makes sense, and I'm excited to see where it goes.
by guitarsmashley » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:50 pmYeah, I got to say I too gave this a chance because of Black Widow and I agree with pretty much everything you said. When did Frank move to LA?
by Punchy » Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:57 pm
Off panel I guess, unless it happened in Thunderbolts? I don't read that book.
by misac » Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:51 pmIt's interesting that both DD and Punisher are now on the west coast. I like their run ins so maybe they can continue butting heads.
by guitarsmashley » Sat Feb 08, 2014 1:06 am
Poor Matt, no one walks in LA.
by Punchy » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:39 amDaredevil is going to be in San Francisco rather than LA I think.
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Translating the right to expression into a reality
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Once upon a time one needed significant means and resources to start a newspaper or a radio station; to reach large numbers of people with a message. The Internet changed this, but up until quite recently it was still necessary for a person to have technical knowledge, resources and access to the right technology in order to, for example, develop a website to share information and connect with others online.
The explosion of the social web in the last few years has lowered the barrier to entry exponentially and the mobile phone is increasingly becoming a one-stop publishing and broadcast tool. Features such as photo and video cameras allow for the visual capture of events or happenings, while mobile friendly applications are making it easy to upload and share opinion pieces, news and media products to one's own network or to the wider public in minutes.
All of this is important to consider in the context of child- and youth-produced media. The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognises the importance of engaging children and young people as active participants in media creation, and it would seem that with the proliferation of digital tools in the hands of young people, it is becoming easier for young people to tell their stories.
While all of this is true – and the changing digital landscape represents unprecedented opportunity – it does not reveal the entire picture. If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, did it really fall? It is a question you've probably heard before, especially in relation to the internet, and the reality remains that only a tiny percentage of all the media content that is uploaded to the Internet is ever seen by more than a handful of eyes. How strong then is ones message if no one hears it? And what implications does this have for youth media makers?
Last week I was part of a dialogue with award-winning young filmmakers representing 10 countries who were in New York for the PLURAL+ video festival awards ceremony. Organised by the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), PLURAL+ is a youth-produced video festival which encourages young people to explore migration, diversity and social inclusion, and to share their creative vision with the world.
The dialogue was an opportunity for the filmmakers to come together and to share thoughts on their experiences of creating their films, and the challenges facing young media makers. They represent a diversity of countries and contexts for youth media creation: there's 8-year-old Lisa from Toulouse, France whose city organizes an annual children's film festival in the style of Cannes; Shruti from India, whose school is integrating ICTs into all fields of teaching and learning; Francois from Nairobi, Kenya, who has taken it upon himself to try motivate young people through music in his impoverished community; and the Manawan indigenous community youth working with Wapikoni Mobile from Quebec in Canada.
Access to equipment was a challenge for many. I was so surprised (but then again perhaps I should not have been) that even the young people from so-called industrialised countries recounted difficulty in accessing equipment. Improvisation and creativity are necessary skills for young filmmakers – the team from Lebanon, whose film focuses on Syrian refugees in their country – spoke of having to use books in place of a camera stand. Wapikoni Mobile seeks to overcome this challenge by taking media production facilities directly to the indigenous youth they work with – many of whom live in remote areas.
A lack of support or perhaps rather a not-unkind lack of interest from schools or even families was something else that came across. A few of the young filmmakers joked that some of those close to them did not really understand why they had chosen to get involved and did not really believe that they had a chance at winning.
Yet these young people still represent the lucky ones – those with access to an initiative like PLURAL+ which not only promotes and recognizes the talent of young filmmakers promoting social messages, but also supports the distribution of their final products. And this is of crucial importance if there is genuine commitment to lifting up and listening to the voices of young people.
The consensus from the young filmmakers was clear – more needs to be done to create opportunities for young media makers. But how can this be achieved? All around the world, as public broadcasters undergo privatization it seems that mainstream media is providing limited opportunities for child and youth media-makers. The internet and social media, as explained earlier on, are not perfect solutions in and of themselves. In this context, initiatives such as PLURAL+ and OneMinutesJr. (supported by UNICEF) – vital platforms for young people's expression – are need more than ever.


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