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So I take it the iPhone DSLR was actually hosting TFA? Because it's still down 1.5 hours later. It's in the Google Cache [googleusercontent.com], though.
Pro-tip: before posting your iPhone-hosted website on Slashdot, take your finger off the antenna.
If he had actually THOUGHT about what he's going to do, he might have discovered this strange concept of "focal length" and how it might affect lens placement.
This must be among the most stupid "efforts" I've seen on Slashdot.
By your logic every single modern day camera is actually a DSLR because they use one lens and are digital.
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I look at those famous photographers, too. You know, the ones who have tons of gear and who seem to be growing bigger and bigger every year. And sometimes I catch myself thinking, "gosh darn it, how did they get so lucky?"
And then I realize that it probably was only a sprinkling of luck on top of a solid foundation of planning and a bucket of sweat to represent their hard work.
Even though I forget sometimes, I have actually come to realize that so much in business hinges on good planning. And it's not to say that plans can't shift and change. They can. But going in feet first with no plan at all can mean rapid disappointment.
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."
– Benjamin Franklin
As photographers, most of us just want to be behind the camera. If we had all the money in the world, we'd pay someone to do our marketing, respond to emails, do our post processing and do our business planning for us. That stuff is all yucky and boring. Being behind the camera is fun.
The good news about planning, however, is that you really only need to lay out a photography business plan once a year and then visit it monthly to ensure things are staying on track (or to see if things need adjusting).
If you're starting a photography business and have never done a photography business plan before, it probably sounds kinda scary, right? Well what most of us think of when we think of the words "business plans" are really long, drawn out documents that take up a lot of time and hard work. But then, they sit on a shelf to rot.
That's the kind of business planning that I loathe. It isn't helpful to anyone, except, perhaps, a bank if you're seeking funding. A solid business plan, and one that actually works and makes a real impact, however, is a business plan that is simple and fits onto one piece of paper.
I'm going to walk you through each step for creating a sample photography business plan.
1. Know Your Strengths
We're all good at a lot of things. However, when you're evaluating your strengths for your photography business plan, you're comparing yourself to your competitors. So let's talk about each of these things for a minute, starting with your competition.
Your competitors are your real competitors. Meaning, they're the other photographers that your customers are considering when they're looking for someone like you. So if you're a wedding photographer in a really big town, you might have 3-4 actual competitors out of all of the dozens of wedding photographers serving your area. And even though there are other photography businesses, your competitors are only really the select few that your typical client considers.
Now, picturing those few competitors, when you're thinking about your strengths, you want to be thinking of the strengths you offer that these competitors don't. Perhaps it's that you've shot at more locations than they have. Or perhaps it's that you're more networked than they are. List whatever strengths allow you to shine, where your competitors are weak.
For our sample photography business plan, we're going to pretend we're a portrait photographer in Philadelphia. We've evaluated our competition and narrowed it down to three. And after careful consideration, we've listed our strengths as being: better customer experience, more referring partners for our business, and more connections with Philadelphia non-profit groups.
Why are strengths important?
Because when you realize your a list of strengths that your competitors do not have, you may see some opportunities for further growth. The key to market significance and capitalization is to leverage your strengths to their fullest
Too many photographers try to match their competition. That just creates more of the same. Leverage your unique strengths, instead, and leave the competition in your dust.
2. Identify Your Weaknesses
So while strengths are competitive differentiators, weaknesses are holding you back from even more success. Just as we all have strengths to leverage, we also all have weaknesses.
The important thing to remember when thinking about your weaknesses for your own photography business plan is that the weaknesses you list should be things you're looking to improve before the end of the calendar year. It's no use listing weaknesses that you have no interest in improving. Think of your list of weaknesses as an alternative version of your to-do list.
When thinking of our sample photography business plan, our fictitious Philly portrait photographer really wants to improve her skills with lighting, the search engine optimization for her website, and her packaging. These are three things that she believes will enhance her business if she can manage to improve them all before the end of the year. As a result, they're good things to have on her weaknesses list.
Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.
– Georg C. Lichtenberg
3. Your Ideal Customer
When working on your own photography business plan, your ideal customer might not be the type of people that have hired you in the past. No, this is the opportunity to be super critical and super detailed about the type of person you want as a customer moving forward. They're the people that make your job easy, don't ruffle feathers and who are super appreciative of what you do.
They pay what you want them to pay, and they don't think twice about it. So while they might not be who you're working with now, it's important to document who they would be going forward. And be as specific as possible.
For our sample photography business plan, we're going to list the following attributes for this Philadelphia-based photographer's ideal customer (see if any are on your list, too):
- the customer lives in Philadelphia's city limits
- is married with at least 1 kid… usually a dog, too
- active lifestyle and seems to really like marathons
- both spouses work full time jobs
- their extended families tend to live far away
- they commute to work each day via public transportation
- they frequently do day trips and go out to dinner on the weekends
So while much of the above list seems to have nothing to do with photography, it reveals some interesting marketing opportunities. For example, in this photographer's case, they've identified that most of their customers participate in marathons. So what if they found an opportunity to sponsor a marathon as a marketing opportunity? Perhaps they could take shots of runners crossing the finish line as promotional pieces for their business. Or, since their customers' families typically live far away, perhaps they can leverage some product sales by marketing special holiday keepsake books that help to connect families through photography that live miles away?
Some really fun brainstorming can come from listing out the commonalities amongst your ideal customers.
4. Your Financials
All good business owners have a keen awareness for their current financial state. They know the revenue they need to bring in each month to make their number, along with their current standings against the goal. While financials can be a scary thing for many creative types, what I've found is that awareness actually moderates the fear. A basic understanding of your photography business financials allows you to plan better and manage the business better, thus alleviating this general sense of ignorance and uncertainty.
So while crunching numbers and determining financial goals can seem like nerd-work, it can actually have a really positive affect on your own personal outlook on your business.
Here's how I recommend you start:
Determine Your Total Sales Per Month
Grab a calculator and a pen and paper. If you're an ex-corporate type like me, feel free to open up Excel and do this work there, instead.
You're going to determine how much in total sales you want to earn for every month that remains in 2013. If you're a wedding photographer or any other photographer that is booked further out, feel free to start your planning for 2014, instead.
Your total sales generally consists of:
- Session fees/month
- Average product order amounts per session
- Any other miscellaneous fees you charge your clients
If you've never done this kind of planning before, you're probably thinking, "but I have no idea how much I'm going to book from now through the end of the year." Or, "but everyone orders different amounts of stuff after each session."
Don't worry. The lovely part of planning is that we can use rough numbers for now.
To figure out your session fee revenue, determine how many sessions you think you will reasonably schedule between now and the end of the year. Then, figure out how many sessions, on average, you'll book each month and multiple that number by your average session fee.
To figure out your print and album fees, it might help to look back at the earlier months of 2013 and figure out an average print/album order amount and go with that.
Finally, add your monthly session fees to your product order fees and other miscellaneous fees to get an estimated total sales number per month. Remember, a rough starting point is fine. There is an opportunity to refine your estimates later.
Determine Your Cost Of Sales Per Month
For every shoot you book, you have costs. There might be editing costs (if you outsource your editing) or second shooter costs or, at the very minimum, your own costs to the print lab or album company.
When thinking of your cost of sales (otherwise known as cost of goods sold), consider anything that is variable and only incurred if a client books you. Your business has other fixed expenses (like your website hosting fees or marketing fees), but those expenses fall into another area.
Again, if you don't know how to figure this out, look back at the earlier months of 2013 and associate your averages from this time period to what you'll incur going forward. Be sure your cost of sales is a monthly number, as well.
Calculate Your Gross Profit
This is a fairly easy number to calculate. Your gross profit is determined by taking your total sales number and subtracting your cost of sales. You should be left with a positive number, which equals your average gross profit per month.
If the number you're left with is a negative number, you need to take a closer look at your prices. A photographer should never have a higher cost of sale than total sale.
Identify Your General Expenses
Your general expenses are the fixed costs associated with running your photography business. They consist of things like:
- website hosting fees
- accounting and legal fees – manage them using Freshbooks (affiliate)
- equipment and computer expenses
- studio rent, etc.
In most cases, general expenses don't vary too much from month-to-month, aside from annual fees or quarterly fees you might pay to keep your business running. For example, I pay my website hosting fee and my email newsletter software fee in an annual payment to take advantage of their annual payment discounts. Therefore, my expenses are abnormally high in the specific month when these two payments are incurred.
Figure out your own personal business expenses per month. Then, add your own compensation to that number. Now, you have a total general expenses number, including owner's compensation. If you're currently running a part-time photography business while still working a "day job" your owner's compensation may be $0, and that's okay. Obviously, when you're running a photography business full time and are wanting it to be your source of income, you need to provide yourself with monthly owner's compensation.
Calculate Your Net Profit
When figuring out your photography business's financials, the two numbers you'll find the most enjoyable are owner's compensation and net profit.
Net profit is simple to calculate. It is your gross profit minus your general expenses. If you've been in business for years, you're likely to have a positive net profit number. If it's your first year being a photography business owner, your net profit number might be in the negative and that's perfectly okay if you're planning for the loss. Many businesses take a year, sometimes more, to get out of a negative net profit (known as operating in the red) and see positive net profits. Smart businesses owners know this ahead of time and save up equity to cover the losses that will be incurred for the first year or so until profits become positive.
If you're at the point where you're making money and you're left with a positive net profit number, you have a couple of decisions to make. You can either boost your owner's compensation and take home more income from the business or you can decide to invest more money into the business to increase its longevity and future success. There are other potential uses for positive net profit, such as charitable donations or keeping more cash in the business for use later, but investments and bonuses for the owners are typical uses. Investments that photographers typically make are in staff, assistants, new equipment or additional marketing.
5. Your Goals
The last piece of a solid photography business plan is articulating some goals for the business. When you're thinking about your goals for the remainder of 2013 or the entire year of 2014, review the sections of your business plan that are listed above. They're loaded with ideas for really strong, growth-oriented goals.
In the case of the Philadelphia-based photographer we used for our sample photography business plan, she should consider:
- making each of her weaknesses a goal to improve upon before the end of the year
- leveraging some of her strengths through her marketing, such as attending more non-profit group events for marketing and networking, for example
- taking a closer look at her financials for: opportunities to raise prices and earn more per shoot, lower her expenses and/or invest in some things that will help her photography business grow (this is recommended for all photographers)
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Visual evoked potential and spatial frequency in migraine: a longitudinal study
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Objectives – Reduced habituation of visual evoked potentials (VEP) has been reported in migraine. We aimed to study if preattack excitability changes were related to check size using a paired longitudinal design. Materials and Methods – Magnocellular and parvocellular functions were studied with monocular 31´ and 62´ checks in 33 adult migraine patients without aura (MwoA), 8 with aura (MA) and 31 controls. VEP was recorded in four blocks of 50 stimuli. N1P1 and P1N2 amplitudes were measured. Sessions were classified as preattack or interictal. Results – MA patients had significantly higher P1N2 and N1P1 amplitude than the controls and MwoA. VEP amplitude habituation was not found in controls. Migraine patients had significantly higher P1N2 amplitude before the attack compared with a paired interictal recording for large checks. Conclusions – Cortical excitability is high in MA. Headache severity affects visual excitability. Increased P1N2 VEP amplitude before the attack suggests a cyclic decreased intracortical inhibition in extrastriate magnocellular pathways in migraine.


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Ana Paula Arósio
Ana Paula Arósio | |
Born | São Paulo, Brazil |
July 16, 1975
Occupation | Actress, Model |
Years active | 1993-2011 |
Spouse(s) | Henrique Pinheiro (2010-present) |
Ana Paula Arósio (born 16 July 1975 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian model and actress.
Early life[edit]
Arósio is one of the most popular actresses in Brazil. She started her career at the age of twelve when Ana Paula was "discovered" by a representative for an advertisement agency while shopping at a supermarket. Her first work was done with the Brazilian agency Stilo, along with Brazilian photographer Paulo Sadao. In 1989, Arósio moved to Japan to work as a model.
Early work[edit]
After appearing in hundreds of magazine covers and television commercials, she began her career as an actress. Her first job as an actress was as Berenice in the Italian-Brazilian film Forever, directed by Walter Hugo Khouri. She made her debut in television with Éramos Seis (We Were Six), a telenovela in which she played Amanda. Éramos Seis, along with her next two telenovela appearances were all on the Brazilian television network SBT. The three productions, starting in 1994, were the aforementioned telenovela, Razão de Viver (Reason to Live), and Os Ossos do Barão (The Baron's Bones).
Critical Success[edit]
Stardom in Brazil came about in 1998, when Arósio played the protagonist role in Hilda Furacão (Hilda the Hurricane). Hilda Furacão was a miniseries on the Brazilian television network Rede Globo written by Glória Perez. The miniseries explores the life of a young prostitute in the 1950s Brazil.
In 1998, Arósio won the "Melhores do Ano" (Best of the Year) award on the popular Brazilian Domingão do Faustão, in the category of "Revelation of the Year" for her work as Hilda in the miniseries Hilda Furacão.
After her success in Hilda Furacão, she took on the protagonist roles in two more telenovelas with Rede Globo: Terra Nostra and Esperança, both by author Benedito Ruy Barbosa and with a focus on Italian immigration to Brazil. Terra Nostra gained Arósio international renown in 1999. A telenovela about the Italian immigration to Brazil, Terra Nostra is a love story between two immigrants set amidst the wave of Italian immigration to Brazil between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. She was the main actress in the role of the Italian immigrant Giuliana Esplendore. Arósio herself is of Italian descent, with great-grandparents from Lombardy.[1] Terra Nostra was broadcast in 95 countries, one of the most successful productions of Rede Globo.[2]
Other than these, she has made diverse special appearances in television, as well as other miniseriers, while working on her theater career. Her most well-known theater piece was Casa de Bonecas (House of Dolls) in 2002. Besides Casa de Bonecas, Ana Paula starred in four other plays: Diário Secreto de Adão e Eva (The Secret Diary of Adam and Eve), Harmonia em Negro (Harmony in Black), Fedra (Phedra), and Batom(Lipstick).
In 2004, Ana Paula won the best supporting actress award for the film Celeste & Estrela, directed by Betse de Paula, in the 3rd Film Festival of Varginha.
In 2005, she acted in the Brazilian film O Coronel e o Lobisomem, directed by Maurício Farias, alongside Brazilian actors Selton Mello e Diogo Vilela. Her first telenovela set in present-day was Páginas da Vida (Pages of Life) in 2006, written by Manoel Carlos. Up until this point, she had only worked on period pieces.
In 2007, Ana Paula was chosen as the new face for Avon. In 2008, Ana Paula once again starred in another period piece, the telenovela Ciranda de Pedra, an adaptation from the 1981 novel.
Arósio won the Troféu Imprensa three times. The Troféu Imprensa is considered the greatest annual award for the biggest stand outs in Brazilian television in several categories. She won the award in the category of "Revelation of the Year" for Hilda in Hilda Furacão in 1998, and in the category na categoria of Best Actress for Giuliana in Terra Nostra and for Judge Camille in Esperança in 2002.
In October 2010, tipped to star in the telenovela Insensato Coração, Arósio, according to Rede Globo, the recordings lacked plot and was disconnected from production.[3] On 20 December the same year, the actress resigned Globo and terminated the contract, which was made public on January 12, 2011.[4]
- Éramos Seis (We Were Six) (1994), Amanda
- Razão de Viver (Reason of Living) (1996), Bruna
- Os Ossos do Barão (The Baron's Bones) (1997), Isabel
- Hilda Furacão (Hilda the Hurricane) (1998), Hilda Furacão
- Mulher (Woman) (1998)
- Você Decide (You Decide) (1998), Lena
- Terra Nostra (Our Land) (1999), Giuliana
- Os Maias (The Maias) (2001), Maria Eduarda da Maia
- Brava Gente (Brave People) (2001), Madalena
- Os Normais (The Normals) (2001), Carminha
- Esperança (Hope) (2002), Camille
- Celebridade (Celebrity) (2003), Alice - special participation
- Um Só Coração (One Lonely Heart) (2004), Yolanda Penteado
- Mad Maria (2005), Consuelo
- Páginas da Vida (Pages of Life) (2006), Olívia
- Ciranda de Pedra (Ring of Rocks) (2008), Laura Toledo
- Na Forma da Lei (2010), Ana Beatriz
- Per Sempre (Forever) (1991), Berenice
- Os Cristais debaixo do trono (The Cristals Beneath the Throne) (2001)
- Celeste e Estrela (Celeste and Estrela) (2005), airport receptionist
- O Coronel e o Lobisomem (The Colonel and the Werewolf) (2005), Cousin Esmeraldina
- Como Esquecer (2010), Júlia
- Anita e Garibaldi (2013), Anita Garibaldi[5]
- A Floresta Que Se Move (2015)[6]
- Casa de Bonecas (House of Dolls) (2002), Nora Helmer
- Diário Secreto de Adão e Eva (The Secret Diary of Adam and Eve)
- Harmonia em Negro (Harmony in Black)
- Fedra (Phedra)
- Batom (Lipstick)
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
1998 | Troféu Imprensa | Revelation of the year | Hilda Furacão | Won |
1999 | Best actress | Terra Nostra | Won | |
2002 | Best actress | Esperança | Won | |
2004 | 3rd Film Festival of Varginha | Best supporting actress | Celeste & Estrela | Won |
2005 | Prêmio Contigo, Brazil | Best supporting actress | O Coronel e o Lobisomem | Won |
- ^ Meu sonho é ser cidadã italiana
- ^ Novelas mais vendidas
- ^ Ana Paula Arósio tem contrato encerrado com a Globo
- ^ G1 Pop e Arte: Atriz Ana Paula Arósio deixa a TV Globo - 12/01/2011
- ^ http://cinema.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/12/05/dinheiro-foi-o-problema-para-concluir-anita-e-garibaldi-diz-produtor.htm
- ^ http://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2014/10/quase-irrecusavel-diz-ana-paula-arosio-ao-voltar-telas-em-novo-filme.html


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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada — A recent crackdown by Winnipeg police saw limousines ticketed for infractions such as having darkly-tinted windows and neon interior lights. Police cited safety concerns and provincial regulations. These regulations are a big stretch when it comes to their routinely-inspected vehicles, some operators said. Operators parked their vehicles outside the Manitoba legislature hoping to find answers. No word yet on how they fared. Ricky Brar, owner of Winnipeg-based Hollywood Limousine Service received citations on four of his vehicles, including a Hummer stretch — which carried Arnold Schwarzenegger around in January — for alleged steering problems, despite the fact that it had passed a safety inspection just two months ago, Brar said. He also was fined for lacking a front passenger seatbelt in one of his stretch limos although the vehicle was made without a front passenger seat. Brar said he was shocked when the tickets came in: all of the vehicles in his fleet are inspected several times a year, with proof of their safety check filed to the Manitoba Taxicab Board, he said. Nobody had mentioned concerns with window tint or interior lights before.
"It's a chauffeured, professionally-driven vehicle," said Winnipeg Limousine Service owner Shawn Gliddon, emphasizing that the vehicles are already inspected multiple times a year. "There's no safety concerns with that tint. Let's use common sense and see where we go forward."Read more at the Winnipeg Free Press and the Winnipeg Metro News.Source: Winnipeg Metro News; Winnipeg Free Press; Michael Campos, LCT assistant editor
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I'm back on etsy posting things not available on my web site, like these beading sets. Each set comes with full strands of glass and shell beads with a pretty centerpiece. The possibilities for jewelry sets and crafty holiday gifts are endless.
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Did you ever wonder what happened to these blocks?
decided I didn't love them. Maybe it was too large of a starting
square, maybe it was too scrappy. Maybe I should have broken them up
with white. I don't know. They just weren't working for me.
my little Ronan decided to start chewing on his crib. So I hatched this
idea to chop these unloved blocks up into quarters and remake them into crib rail
guards for the twins. The results were oh so cute! (the pictures not so much)
Please excuse the blurriness and bad lighting. The twins are very mobile now!
were a joint effort between my Mother-In-Law Ann and me. I made the blocks,
but she did all the work to chop them up and make them into these adorable guards. The tie strings are one of my favorite details. They are each a unique print used in the quilt. It's very "scrappy" and fun!
Ann did a great job quilting these with straight lines that form rectangular mazes. Her inspiration came from Angela Walter's machine quilting book.
If I could make these again, I would probably design them to have shorter strings that just knot. Yes they are pretty when they are all in little bows, but of course my boys like to untie them.
Happy Quilting!


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Nationals' young stars lead Washington over the Red Sox, 7-4
BOSTON -- Bryce Harper homered and drove in three runs while Stephen Strasburg matched a season high with 13 strikeouts to lead the Washington Nationals to a 7-4 opening victory over the Boston Red Sox in the interleague series.
Ian Desmond doubled in a pair and Danny Espinosa added an RBI and two runs scored for the Nationals.
Boston has dropped three of its last four to fall back to .500 at 29-29.
Harper sparked a three-run rally in the third with a double, sending Espinosa to third. Ryan Zimmerman followed with an RBI single and Desmond capped the spurt with a two-run double, giving Washington a 3-2 lead.
Harper highlighted another three-run rally in the fourth, driving a 1-1 fastball to the deepest part of the ballpark, just to the right of the 420-foot sign in center field, for his sixth homer. The 19-year old finished a triple shy of the cycle in his Fenway Park debut.
Strasburg (7-1) allowed two runs in the second inning but shut down the Red Sox the rest of the way, allowing four hits while walking a pair in six innings.
Boston loaded the bases in the sixth but Strasburg struck out Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Kevin Youkilis to end the threat.
Tyler Clippard got the final two outs for his sixth save.
Felix Doubront (6-3) took the brunt of the damage for the Red Sox, allowing six runs and eight hits in four innings.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Boston slugger Adrian Gonzalez hit his 200th career home run in the eighth, driving a blast to deep center field off Nationals reliever Ross Detwiler. ... Youkilis was ejected for arguing the called strike call to end the sixth inning. ... Gonzalez was robbed of a solo homer run in the third inning, when Washington RF Xavier Nady reached into the bullpen and pulled the ball back. ... Boston RH Daisuke Matsuzaka will make his season debut on Saturday, one day short of the one-year anniversary of his Tommy John surgery. The Nationals will counter with LH Gio Gonzalez..


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(RSF/IFEX) - 29 August 2012 - Reporters Without Borders hails the progress that has been made in the investigation into local newspaper owner Cihan Hayirsevener's 2009 murder in Bandirma, a city southwest of Istanbul, and hopes that the trial of his alleged killers will be completed successfully, despite some foot-dragging and negligence. A similar determination is needed in the many other cases of attacks and physical violence against journalists in Turkey, most of which go unpunished.
A fifth hearing was held before an Istanbul court yesterday in the trial of all those accused of playing a role in the death of Hayirsevener, the Güney Marmara'da Yasam newspaper's founder and editor, who was gunned down in broad daylight on 18 December 2009.
"Despite the Turkish judicial system's usual slowness, the handling of this case is encouraging," Reporters Without Borders said. "Serious investigations into violence against journalists are extremely rare and must be saluted. A great deal of hope is being pinned on the ability of these judges to render justice to Hayirsevener's family and colleagues, and to send a signal to the hundreds of journalists who are grappling with powerful local interests or who hesitate to investigate corruption for fear of reprisals."
The link between Hayirsevener's murder and his work has been clearly demonstrated by the prosecution and by the fact that the judicial investigation into his murder was merged in May 2011 with an investigation into alleged corruption involving the Bandirma city authorities and influential local businessmen.
All the evidence and statements gathered by Reporters Without Borders during its own investigation in Bandirma three weeks after the murder point in the same direction, that Hayirsevener was killed because of his opinionated coverage of a case that was extremely embarrassing for certain local figures.
After a great deal of prevarication, the judges finally attributed the killing to "organized crime," contrary to the claims of the confessed gunman, Serkan Erakkus, that he shot Hayirsevener after an argument. Several witnesses told the court, and Reporters Without Borders, that they saw Erakkus hanging around the offices of Güney Marmara'da Yasam and Marmara TV several days before the murder.
During the penultimate hearing, on 22 May, a protected eyewitness who is not being named formally identified Erakkus as the gunman and gave a detailed description of the attack. He said Hayirsevener was knocked out and then repeatedly shot in the legs at close range.
Another witness, Seçil Kip, who was close to the family of the alleged mastermind, local businessman Ihsan Kuruoglu, retracted her initial statement that she saw the murder weapon before the murder.
A total of 18 people are being tried in connection with the murder and the related financial irregularities but only three are in preventive detention - alleged gunman Erakkus, alleged mastermind Kuruoglu, and Kerem Yilmaz, Kuruoglu's chauffeur, who is accused of complicity.
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Hey there. I want to create a very simple (or so I think) iTunes plugin. The plugin would make it easy to export and upload a playlist to my website, where it would be parsed in PHP and handled accordingly. I imagine just a menu entry coming up when a user ctrl/right-clicks on a playlist that says, "Upload to [blah]". I haven't seen any plugins that do this though, so it might not be possible. However, I am open to any and the easiest solution. I've been searching google for anything similar, but couldn't find much help. Some keywords I came up with that might (or might not) have something to do with my intended project: XCode, Cocoa, AppleScript, Automator. Could someone point me in the right direction? possibly suggest some tutorials I could look at? what languages I need to learn? anything? Thanks in advance, Brian.
You could probably do this all through a scripting language like Python, which would be easier to learn if you haven't touched programming much yet. Also, all iTunes (well most) content can be accessed via an XML file at ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml - you probably don't want to make an iTunes plugin since that is mostly unnecessary for what you're doing.


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