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"Where ERP fails," says Roger Hockenberry, EVP for IT services provider Criterion Systems, "is when you try to apply best-practices business process that are empirically created to an organically grown enterprise. Replacing process that was developed internally, over a long period of time is not an easy thing for any organization."
Your choice? Either change your people and processes to match the software (good luck with that) or customize the software to match your business (hope you brought your checkbook).
As a result, implementing an ERP project is "like teaching an elephant to do the hootchy-kootchy," in the words of CIO magazine senior editor Thomas Wailgum. Millions of dollars later, most massive ERP projects end up half finished or largely ignored by the people they were supposed to help.
A 2006 report by the Cutter Consortium found that application software packages -- predominately ERP -- are fully implemented less than a third of the time. Forty percent of businesses reported that squeezing the promised benefits out of this software ranged from "quite difficult" to "extremely difficult." More than 90 percent of ERP projects take longer than expected to implement, and nearly 60 percent go over budget, according to the Panorama Consulting Group.
But many of ERP's failings lie with enterprises that weren't mature enough to handle the concept of integrated data flow, says Sue Metzger, management information instructor at Villanova University's School of Business. "The Y2K crisis of the late 1990s gave [ERP vendors] a great opportunity to come into enterprises and replace existing technology," she says. "Sure, some of them may have oversold and overcharged. Those were fat and happy times for many ERP providers. Organizations that had the fear of Y2K instilled in them felt ERP was the way to go, even if they weren't mature enough to handle it."
Though they never fully delivered on their promise, ERP systems are now common across large enterprises, as is the concept of data integration. "The challenge today is what to do with all that data," she says. "How do you make decisions based on that information?"
5. B-to-b marketplaces
Era: 1999 to 2002
The pitch: "By 2005, 35 percent of the Internet b-to-b trade volume will be conducted via a net market or a consortium of buyers or sellers. ... The value proposition of the Internet is on a grander scale for the b-to-b space; the sheer size of b-to-b trade, coupled with inefficient processes, makes the Internet migration of business strategies very attractive." -- Jupiter Research, June 2000
They were supposed to revolutionize the way organizations did business on the Net -- matching buyers and sellers in a dynamic, interactive bazaar that would dramatically cut procurement costs while boosting efficiency. According to Gartner, by the middle of this decade some $8.5 trillion of trades would occur annually via automated B-to-B exchanges.


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Lucas and Spielberg on storytelling in games: 'it's not going to be Shakespeare'
"The second you get the controller something turns off in the heart."
With titles like Quantum Break and the upcoming Halo series, the convergence of gaming and narrative storytelling has become an intense focal point — but the men behind Indiana Jones and Star Wars think gaming will never be able to provide the same type of rich experience traditional storytelling does.
Speaking Wednesday at a panel at the University of Southern California — joined by Microsoft's Don Mattrick — George Lucas and Steven Spielberg argued that introducing the concept of interactivity fundamentally changes the experience. "They're always going to be different," Lucas said when asked if movies and games were going to become more similar. "They're never going to be the same."
"Storytelling is about two things," he said. "It's about character and plot." Character is what movies and television offer, he said, but it's a concept the gaming industry is just now discovering. "Like sports. It's about Tebow. It's about, you know, Kobe. They're starting to realize that if they focus on the characters it makes the game much richer."
"But by its very nature there cannot be a plot in a game. You can't plot out a football game. You can't plot out feeding Christians to lions. It's not a plot."
"By its very nature there cannot be a plot in a game."
It's a nuanced argument that moves away from the tired conversation about whether games are art or not — one largely started by the late Roger Ebert — and towards the definition of narrative storytelling itself. Games are trying to eke out some sort of middle ground that combines overarching narrative with agency on the part of the player, but for Lucas true storytelling comes in one very specific form.
"You're leading the audience along."
"Telling a story, it's a very complicated process," he said. "You're leading the audience along. You are showing them things. Giving them insights. It's a very complicated construct and very carefully put together. If you just let everybody go in and do whatever they want then it's not a story anymore. It's simply a game." The dismissive pushback is slightly awkward, particularly since LucasArts titles like The Secret of Monkey Island were once known for their ability to tell a story that players invested in while still maintaining the playability of an adventure game.
"And so you just have to make the divide between games and stories," the Star Wars director said. "The big deal is that videogames are going to have more character… But you're not going to have a plot that says, you know… it's not going to be Shakespeare."
Spielberg has his own past with gaming, including The Dig — a mid-90s LucasArts adventure — as well as LMNO, an Electronic Arts collaboration that failed to materialize. The aim of the latter project was to bring a real emotional experience to gamers, something the filmmaker still has on his mind.
The "great abyss" of empathy
"I think the key divide between interactive media and the narrative media that we do is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character — as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show," Spielberg said. Describing the divide as a "great abyss", he pointed to the function of game playing itself as part of the problem.
He described an early game in which players rescued babies being thrown from a burning building — likely a reference to Bouncing Babies or some variant thereof. "That idea came from an urge of a gamer to say, 'Let's create an empathic experience for a player to save babies.' Who's more helpless than a baby thrown into the air, heading for the ground? You gotta catch the baby," he said.
"But as players started to play the game they stopped looking at the baby as a human being and they started looking at the baby as a score… So they were looking at the numbers they were racking up, and the baby became parenthetical to the calculation in scoring more points than your friends and being able to brag about it at school the next day."
"Hardcore gamers basically love to watch the baby hit the floor."
Even games with elaborate cutscenes and interstitials face the problem, he said. "You watch, and you get kind of involved with what the story is, and you hate the bad guy because he murders people in an airport and stuff like that, and then all of a sudden it's time to take the controller," Spielberg said. "And the second you get the controller something turns off in the heart. And it becomes a sport."
Lucas added that the gaming industry itself has been complicit in the problem as it has catered to hardcore gamers out of economic concerns. "Hardcore gamers basically love to watch the baby hit the floor," Lucas said. "They said 'I want a game where I can shoot somebody in the head and blow their head off,' so the gaming industry moved in that direction. So that's what they're doing. And you can't empathize with somebody you're going to kill, so that whole idea has gone out the window."
Success could come from playing against the trend
Neither man thought the problem was unsolvable. In fact, Lucas thinks the biggest success in gaming over the coming years will be a game playing against the current trends. "I think ultimately the big game of the next five years will be a game where you empathize very strongly with the characters, and it's aimed at women and girls. Because they like empathetic games," he said. The statement perpetuates a particularly prevalent stereotype, but it's hard to ignore the fact that there is a vast market out there that is not being served by the current generation of AAA titles and gaming devices. Mattrick himself said as much, predicting that consoles will soon move beyond the current global install base of 300 million thanks largely to new capabilities and features.
For Spielberg, the bottleneck is even simpler: the controller itself. "I think that the artery blocker is the game controller," he said. "Once we can get rid of the controller — a bit like what Don is working on with Kinect — once you get rid of the controller and you're basically hands-free," he said, it will open up the door to more naturalistic games that will by their very nature become more immersive.
"Once we are hands-free, truly hands-free, and we're totally immersive — and that's a whole other technological platform because I believe we need to get away from the proscenium. We're never going to be totally immersive as long as we're looking at a square," he said. "Whether it's a movie screen or a computer screen, we gotta get rid of that. We got to put the player inside the experience, where no matter where you look you're surrounded by a three-dimensional world. And that's the future."
It's hard to disagree with the duo that a game isn't storytelling in the traditional sense just because it has a linear sequence of events. Once gamers have agency, they'll change any intended path — and that's the fun of gaming in the first place. What their arguments beg for is a new definition for the kind of projects we're seeing today: experiences defined by differing emotional journeys that color how a player interprets a set series of plot elements. Titles like Mass Effect have blazed trails in this regard, and we've seen it most recently in Telltale's The Walking Dead. In the latter game, the first scene and the ending are basically the same. What's different is the path the player takes between those two points — differing paths that can create varying experiences with radically different emotional implications.
We may be closer than Lucas or Spielberg thinks
The Walking Dead in particular was exceptional at solving the issue of Spielberg's empathic gap, thanks largely to the use of the 9-year-old sidekick character Clementine; when I played the game, I debated my own moral choices because I didn't want to set the wrong example for her. We've seen this kind of mechanism in games before (Deus Ex is just one notable example) but Telltale's success in particular suggests we're closer to that empathy threshold than either Lucas or Spielberg thinks. With this year's E3 announcements full of titles that hope to combine gaming with traditional narrative forms, it's clear that developers are trying — and over the next few years we may see an explosion of a new type of character-based narrative hybrid, or come to the conclusion once again that this particular goal is still just out of reach.
The two filmmakers didn't just discuss gaming. They also had some striking comments about the future of the film industry itself — and how a huge crisis may be coming.

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Barry Hill had a stellar performance on the evening in a triple-double effort, scoring 28 points, with 23 rebounds and 10 blocked shots.
"That's what we have to have out of Barry Hill every night. He really took over in the fourth quarter. In the last two games he's been dominant. He's the type of player that can take over the game, whether it's at the 3-point line, off the dribble or in the post."
Denzell Daley also had a big game with 20 points for the Tornadoes.
It was a great night on the boards as well for the Tornadoes, recording 45 rebounds as a team.
The teams battled evenly throughout the first period before a last-second shot by the Golden Gophers allowed them to take a one-point lead, 17-16.
Class 6A Hueytown outscored Class 1A Parrish 18-14 in the second period to extend the lead to five, with the Golden Gophers taking a 35-30 edge into halftime following a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer.
The Golden Gophers held a 16-12 scoring edge in the third period to stay on top, 51-42.
"We had a gut-check moment in the fourth and the guys really responded," Burns said. "We kept fighting. We stuck with what we have to do."
Hill scored eight points in the first minute of the fourth period to begin the rally for the Tornadoes and allow Parrish to take the lead, 52-51. Key rebounds by Mykelti and Isaac Chatman, along with basket from Hill, Reginald Harris and Daley topped a 27-10 run for the Tornadoes and the 69-61 victory.
Parrish (4-0) opens area play at home on Thursday vs. Lynn.
Dora 75, Fayette County 40
Five Dora players scored in double figures as the Bulldogs hammered Fayette County 75-40 on the road Monday night.
Dora (5-0) was led by its defense, which held the Tigers to just 13 second-half points.
The game was close through a quarter with Dora holding an 18-15 lead. The Bulldogs pulled away from there for a 35-27 halftime lead.
Dora outscored Fayette County 30-9 in the third quarter for a 65-36 lead going into the final quarter.
"We played with a lot of emotion," Dora coach Michael Bridges said. "We have a board with 10 standards we try to play to. We don't worry about the scoreboard. We just play to those standards."
Darian Ramsey led Dora with 16 points and 10 rebounds, Darius Davis added 12 points, Kelan Bell and Kenton Petties each had 11 points, DaCari Swain put in 10 points and both Tyreke Bell and Tyler Sims had seven points.
Dora, which has four games this week, plays at Curry today, hosts Minor on Thursday and hosts American Christian on Friday.
Dora boys had a good night at Fayette. The Bulldogs won the JV game 60-42. Alex Russell had 15 points for Dora while Cody Parr put in 11.
Dora also won the 9th-grade game 58-27.
Davian Freeman had 15 points for Dora.
Pleasant Grove 50, Walker 47
Pleasant Grove held off the Vikings in overtime 50-47 at Songer Gymnasium on Monday.
The game was close throughout with neither team leading by more than two points at the end of each quarter.
Walker (2-5) held an 8-6 lead after the opening quarter and the Vikings were up 18-16 at the half and 26-24 after three quarters. The teams were tied at 41-41 at the end of regulation.
Madisyn Hood led Walker with 11 points. Mary Kate Harrell had eight points, Anna Lee Stevens had eight points, Anna Claire Harris added seven, Sidney Cooper had six and Carleigh Taylor put in four.
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Basic Lighting Lesson: Understanding Hard Light and Soft Light
Lighting does more than just expose your image. It's one of the very basic tools that filmmakers have at their disposal to create an atmosphere for their story. While you need a certain quantity of light to give your movie the proper exposure, it's actually the quality of the light that creates the look for your film. If you're looking for a basic lesson in the differences between hard light and soft light, and what they can do for your image, look no further than the tutorial below.
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While some of you may be familiar with the finer points of lighting, I think it's always helpful to get a little bit of a refresher. If you look at Hollywood films, there are various uses of hard lights and soft lights, but most often hard lights are used to fake daylight (since the sun itself is a hard source). There are certainly other instances when a light is left unfiltered and hard, but very often, most lights on a set are going through some sort of diffusion or are being bounced off of a surface — unless, of course, you're making a film noir, in which case, everything is a hard source with hard shadows.
Even though you can learn a lot about lighting from watching movies, I've found it far more helpful to observe the way light interacts with surfaces in real life. Unless a bare bulb is hanging indoors, many of the lights we interact with on a daily basis also have some sort of diffusion material, whether it's a lamp shade or the plastic housing of a fluorescent fixture, or even shades on a window.
What are some of your favorite uses of hard or soft lights? What do you prefer in your own shooting?
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Cueball on 03.15.13 @ 7:03PM
Best lighting is natural lighting, period
Joe Marine on 03.15.13 @ 7:04PM
Unless you're lighting an unnatural scene :)
guto novo on 03.16.13 @ 9:04AM
Gerrick on 03.23.13 @ 2:54PM
Natural light is great, but it's not always available. Interiors, night scenes, ect.
Jeff on 03.20.13 @ 5:10PM
natural/available light it is not always reliable. The o.p. is either trolling or he has never lit a movie in his life. For exterior day we usually use a mix of the sun (natural light) and HMI's (artificial). Sometimes we can get by without having to spark a light but usually – at one point or another – we need to. Not to mention all the gripping involved (diffusion, bounces, reflectors, negative fill) even if we don't turn on an artificial light.
Tyler on 03.15.13 @ 9:47PM
Best lighting is any form of light. Corrected.
Also might I just add that all light is 'natural'…
I think a more appropriate term is "color grading". "Color correcting" implies you screwed up lighting or the settings in the camera.
"Natural" light is lazy lighting. ;-P
Bill Clar on 03.20.13 @ 7:58AM
I prefer to think of it as "efficient lighting". When you're on a tight budget and schedule, natural lighting can save quite a bit of time.
Jeff on 03.20.13 @ 4:49PM
That depends on the weather. It's always good to have artificial lighting around anyway or you can spend half the day waiting for clouds.
Xiong on 03.15.13 @ 10:54PM
Best light is controlled light. Unless it the golden hour.
jonathan on 03.16.13 @ 3:49PM
stylized artifice is a valid artistic choice
Kraig on 03.16.13 @ 5:23PM
Isn't the best lighting the lighting that is appropriate to the scene? Kind of inhibiting otherwise dont ya think if you "limit" yourself to only natural lighting? ;)
Jeff on 03.20.13 @ 4:46PM
"Best lighting is natural lighting, period"
Leaving aside the accuracy of this statement, the lessons in this video apply to "natural light" just as much as they do to "artificial light". That is one of the reasons we have "grips".
TyBeast on 03.15.13 @ 9:11PM
I prefer a mix. Usually a large soft light for my key, a large dimmed soft light or hard bounced light for fill, hard light for my rim light and a tiny hard light source for a hair light and typically I use hard light for a background light. But, for dramatic noir settings I usually do no fill with all hard light sources.
francis on 03.17.13 @ 1:06AM
I'm curious, how does one rim with a hard light?
Will on 03.17.13 @ 6:36AM
Wow. Wish I was grown up enough that that sentence didn't make me laugh out loud.
Jeff on 03.20.13 @ 4:54PM
I'm curious, how does one rim with a hard light?
You take a fresnel around to the side->3/4 back (out of frame) of the subject, point it at the subject, turn it on and tell the grips you don't want a frame.
Steven Huber on 03.15.13 @ 11:25PM
My favorite available light is whatever's available on the truck.
I like natural lighting but its got to be chosen well as in you've got to get into the right position from the source. Lighting is my fascination with it though. I do a lot of color work in DaVinci Resolve and lighting truly is key. See if this doesn't inspire you to be a better shooter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_101683&feature=iv&src_vid=lOPlym1-PEg&v=YMePwjzHxpk
I always thought the best lighting was the light that told the story.
Interesting video. A little short on actual information but at least it was entertaining.
I have to say the use of humor was wonderfully refreshing! More tutorial videos need to be made in this style. Pleasure to watch even if the content was elementary.
Totally agree. As far as tutorials go, this was well-made and kind of creepy – my favorite combination!
This was nice and short yet it packed more education about lighting than most long tutorials and it was fun to boot!
Adrian on 03.22.13 @ 6:20AM
I'd have liked the video to go a little more in depth too, but all the same glad there seems to be more of these videos popping up here lately.
Luis on 03.25.13 @ 4:06AM
Natural light doesn't always help you with the mood or look of the scene and it's good only if you are shooting a scene for like 15 mins. specially in interiors. The sun moves and the direction of the light changes, even if you are only using soft bounce coming through a window, for instance. Start a scene at 9am, break for lunch at 12N, re-start at 1pm and your lighting will be all over the place. What if your scene takes another day to complete? Part of the cinematographer's art is total control of the lighting for visual continuity and to make it look "natural" among many other details
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When the Dolphins traded three draft picks to the Redskins to slide into the 62nd overall slot, everyone started wondering if they would take QB Ryan Mallett, someone that had been connected to Miami.
But the 'Fins made the right choice, giving up three picks for a serious need, running back, by taking Kansas State's Daniel Thomas.
Miami entered the draft between a rock and a hard place. No free agency, no second-round pick, and a weak running back and interior O-line class put the Dolphins in a precarious situation this offseason, with a clear need on the offensive side of the football.
They got an immediate helper on the interior by selecting Florida OG-C Mike Pouncey at No. 15, and then the wait began. GM Jeff Ireland has said since the Senior Bowl that he wanted the second-round pick they traded to Denver for WR Brandon Marshall back in Miami's hands. The Dolphins simply weren't going to be able to draft an impact offensive player if they didn't make a move, so they did, and Thomas could challenge to be the team's starting running back in 2011.
Though there's a good chance that both Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown have seen their final days in South Florida, head coach Tony Sparano has maintained the team will run the football with two backs, the system that gave the team so much success on the ground in 2008 and '09.
The only two backs under contract in Miami are Kory Sheets and Lex Hilliard and neither is starter-caliber, so it's easy to see why the team grabbed Thomas, a big back at 6-0 1/4, 230 pounds, who's built to be a workhorse.
If Brown returns, he would make a good complement to Thomas. One rumor is that Panthers star RB DeAngelo Williams could find himself in Miami when free agency begins, another good back to pair with Thomas.
In his last season at Kansas State, Thomas had tons of production, and that was with defenses keying on him. The offensive line should be improved with Pouncey stepping into the starting lineup and Nate Garner, who missed all of 2010, ready to take a prominent role.
None of the three picks that Miami gave up — a third-, fifth- and seventh-rounder — likely would have produced a back the caliber of Thomas. There are no real glaring needs on defense, and the Dolphins could benefit by drafting a speedy wide receiver or tight end to add depth.
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This July will begin the Jasper musician's third year in a Birmingham-based soul band with a distinctive name: St. Paul & the Broken Bones. And to say that the group's hard work is beginning to pay off in media attention would be an understatement.
The band is featured in the newest issue of the prestigious American Songwriter Magazine — an article headlined "Soul Shakedown Party!" that praises their new album "Half the City" as "a delicate balancing act, combining warmth with high fidelity, sprinkling classic gospel-inflected soul playing with complex jazz progressions." Not to mention a recent observation on Twitter from singer/songwriter Roseanne Cash: "I have seen the future of music, and the name of the band is St. Paul & the Broken Bones."
One popular Americana blog boils it all down:
"This Birmingham band is about to explode." Being caught in that explosion is proving to be, like so much of life, a mixed blessing for Branstetter, who started playing trumpet in sixth grade at Maddox School for band director Cynthia Garner and moved on to Walker High's band and director Reggie Tolbert before majoring in music at Samford University.
"Spending a lot of time on the road is very new to me," Branstetter says, "and at first I didn't know how to pass the hours." The pressure in that cooker is turned up significantly when packed into a van with seven band members and a tour manager. "But as you get used to it, you figure out ways to make the ride easier. Lately I've been reading autobiographies of people in the music industry. Such as Wayne Jackson, a trumpet player for the Memphis Horns who played on so many of the great Stax recordings and went on to tour with the Doobie Brothers."
His current road book is "Respect Yourself," a history of Stax Records, and coming up next is an unlikely pairing: autobiographies of Levon Helm and Alice Cooper. "I was raised to learn as much as I can about whatever I'm involved in," he explains, "so I figured, where better to learn about being a touring musician than from the people who did it best?"
But sometimes the grueling schedule wears him down despite a good book. "One day last week in Austin, I just kind of hit the wall," he recalls, while playing a triumphant series of shows at high-profile industry showcase South by Southwest. "I was getting mad and upset about little things, but the other members of the band worked me through it. They made me laugh a whole bunch, and then everything was better. In my opinion, that last show was the best we had done there."
One of the unexpected pleasures of playing on the current tour, Branstetter says, is being able to objectively listen to the songs on "Half a City" that they poured their hearts into during an intense recording process. Upping the pressure: while the Bones seem to be following the trajectory of recent Alabama bands such as the Civil Wars and the Alabama Shakes, two members of those groups — John Paul White and Ben Tanner of their new Single Lock Records label — worked with them on producing the new CD.
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"When we'd try to re-cut bits of some of the songs, we found it just wasn't working," Branstetter says, "so we basically did the album live. You can probably count on two hands the number of overdubs in it." That format made the collaborative nature of the process even more important than before. Allen says he has a special attachment to the plaintive song "At Midnight," for which he wrote the trumpet melody. And one of the band's earliest songs, "Broken Bones and Pocket Change," which also provided its name, remains a favorite with audiences. "Young love...has made me old..." vocalist and songwriter Paul Janeway belts out in the opening lyric. "Broken bones and pocket change...are all that she's left me..."
After a recent show in Louisville, Ky., a middle-aged man came up to the group and said, "I don't know if you guys are aware of it, but you've written the Divorced Man's Anthem." Branstetter is savoring a few days off after the grueling South by Southwest schedule, which was topped off by a St. Patrick's Day block party in Mobile.
Thankfully, the next item on his schedule today is of the low-pressure variety: a home-cooked lunch courtesy of his mom.
As to what the immediate future holds for his life with The Bones, an online publication predicts this: "NPR will talk about them for the next six months, discussing Alabama's music history. The band will play a ton of festivals this summer. Then they will play at the 2015 Grammys and come home with one or more."
Their whirlwind performance schedule is a major detour from what the band's life looked like, just a few months ago. Band-leader Janeway, who had a secure job at a bank, asked about a leave of absence for the spring tour and was told it wasn't in the cards. He decided to bet double or nothing and quit his job, going full-time with the band. And Allen Branstetter had just finished taking his LSAT exam, in preparation for starting law school. That's now on hold as well. Two days after lunch at home, he was back on the group's van for another tour.
"Whatever the future holds," he says, "I'm glad to be along for the ride."
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Canon PowerShot G12
Manufacturer: Canon Part number: 4342B001
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- Relatively unchanged from its predecessor, save the addition of 720p video, the Canon PowerShot G12 remains a very good, more-or-less compact model, designed to please photo enthusiasts.
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- Reviewed by: Lori Grunin
- Reviewed on: 02/04/2011
- Released on: 10/01/2010
The good: Optical viewfinder; articulated LCD; built-in neutral-density filter; very good photo quality for its class.
The bad: Shot-to-shot performance still a little sluggish; some annoying controls.
The bottom line: Relatively unchanged from its predecessor, save the addition of 720p video, the Canon PowerShot G12 remains a very good, more-or-less compact model, designed to please photo enthusiasts.
User reviews
Amazing Little Box of Tricks
by Johnston54 on October 2, 2011
Pros: + Very solid and reassuring
+ Screen is good
+ 5x zoom works very well and the pictures are still very sharp
+ Autofocus works really well
+ Lowlight functioning is great
+ Camera has RAW functionality
Cons: - No optical zoom on video
- Cannot control parametres in HDR and minature effect mode
Summary: I've had this camera for two months and it still amazes me.
I've previously had an Canon Ixus 60 and a Fuji F50. However, I felt ready to ...
Summary: I've had this camera for two months and it still amazes me.
I've previously had an Canon Ixus 60 and a Fuji F50. However, I felt ready to move on from the F50. Yet I wasn't happy with buying a dSLR if it meant it was too bulky to move around - it'd be used only for special occasions and there was a lot of investment in the system. So I looked at bridge cameras only to realise they were still too bulky and that what I really wanted was a high-end compact. After much faffing around, I settled for the G12. At the time of purchase, I could have bought a Canon 500D/550D for a little more!
From the moment I picked it up, I loved it. I loved the chunky feel - it feels snug in my hand. Unlike others who seem to have problems, I've not accidentally pressed any buttons. The build, although plastic, is very solid and reassuring. It feels expensive in your hand. It comes with a neck strap which I think is a bit OTT - a wrist strap would suffice and is my next purchase.
The screen is good - it's not spectacular but it's fine for looking at the photos you've taken. The variangle feature (one of the points that drew me to the G12) is excellent. I've used it to take shots above other peoples' heads as well as from low down. Taking pics of yourself with friends is a lot easier too.
The viewfinder is pretty pants IMO and could have done with being electronic but I guess it's asking too much.
5x zoom works very well and the pictures are still very sharp. However, when you have compacts with larger zooms, it does make you wish you could zoom more. The camera does go into digital zoom if you try to zoom beyond the optical range. The autofocus works really well but when moving, I find it struggles a bit more.
Lowlight functioning is great and the pics are as good as indoor pics but I did find the autofocus struggled and again this was whilst moving eg taking a photo whilst walking.
The camera has RAW functionality, which was another reason for me choosing the G12. The downsides are that you can't take RAW pics in fully auto mode and that older software won't recognise the G12's RAW format - you have to update your software. The latest copy of CS5 will happily open G12 but if you have an older copy like CS3, it won't be supported. Windows have also started to have native RAW file support so you can see the pics like with other supported formats and again the G12 has been omitted.
I love the histogram function - you have a live histogram, and it can be displayed on when reviewing the photos as well as the RGBK channels. The camera also has a built in ND filter which you can hear click into place when activated. Need to have a fiddle with this as I've only just discovered it!
Finally, battery life. Mine lasted six hours of near-continuous use before it conked out. Only on second charge so no idea if it'll improve with further recharge-discharge cycles or whether it'll stop there. As it stands, I've bought another battery - a complete necessity IMO - you'll love taking pics with this little camera.
All-in-all, an excellent purchase and I've no regrets, despite the niggles.
and If you will buy the Canon G12 I suggest you have to compare prices before you decide at: www.amazonshotcode.com/canon-g12
11 out of 11 users found this user opinion helpful.
Great small camera for near SLR work.
by wrobart on February 7, 2011
Pros: Love the picture quality especially in low light. Like the fact that there's still a viewfinder because when it disappears I'll be forced to lug an SLR around and that be a chore I'd prefer to avoid.
Cons: It's slightly larger than my old Canon S70 so it's not as easy to stuff in a pocket. Won't fit in pants pocket but will fit in jacket pockets.
Summary: Have used the camera for numerous indoor construction pics with out the flash and the results are excellent. Haven't used the camera outdoors much due to lousy weather in ...
Summary: Have used the camera for numerous indoor construction pics with out the flash and the results are excellent. Haven't used the camera outdoors much due to lousy weather in the NYC area this year. Battery life is more than adequate for me but I rarely take more than 200 pics per day. Use 4 gig 30MB/S Extreme chips and the download speed is fabulous. Picture to picture speed is more than fast enough fo my use as I rarely take pics in rapid succession. Power up speed is fine too. There's a slight delay when zooming but hasn't spoiled any opportunities yet. Love the function dials as it reduces the need to scroll thru menu's. The menus are very similar to the old S70 so my learning curve has been short. Used a friends Nikon and the different menu organization made using it very difficult. I'd need to spend lots of time in the manual to learn their organization.
Also looked at the S95 but lack of a viewfinder was a turn off for me.
3 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
The lens is scratched because the cover rubs against it
by villuzzi on December 25, 2011
Pros: Takes good photos before lens scratched.
Cons: Lens scratches when opening and closing. Appears to be a somewhat common problem.
Summary: Caution!
Summary: Caution!
2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
Canon G12 scratches its own lens
by blufftaylor on August 20, 2012
Pros: I love this camera. Lots of pro-level control, small enough to carry with me always. I agree with the many people who rank this one highly. That's why I bought it.
Except for the fatal flaw, noted below.
Cons: The lens cover blades scratch the lens. Incredible, but true. I compare with every G10, G11, and G12 owner I meet, and scratches such as mine are common.
Canon, how can you do this, and not acknowledge it?
Summary: I like it for so many reasons. But if Canon won't fix this, it's not worth owning.
Summary: I like it for so many reasons. But if Canon won't fix this, it's not worth owning.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
miserable tiny controller wheel at back.
by NeilFiertel on February 10, 2011
Pros: solid build decent image quality and movable LCD and RAW as well as a sort of viewfinder, crude but sufficient in bright light conditionis
Cons: noisy above ISO 200 ..small sensor issues of course. The control wheel at back with its buttons is too easy to set manual focus and so forth
Summary: The small sensor does as well as one can do with that but the camera is not a small camera so there are larger sensor cameras out there that puts ...
Summary: The small sensor does as well as one can do with that but the camera is not a small camera so there are larger sensor cameras out there that puts this old design in the shade. The Sony being the one that I most favour and if it had a better direct menu system I would have gotten that. Instead I will buy neither and wait for a new Sony or for Canon to modernize the compact designs that need a serious updating. I will not be surprised that they will suddently do just that.
2 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
I wanted to love it.
by stevenz66 on March 29, 2013
Pros: Build quality, feel in the hand.
Top Dials.
A lot in a compact camera.
Optical viewfinder.(See Cons.)
Swivel LCD.
Very good in low light.
Good flash performance.
Cons: Viewfinder does not zoom with same parallax as lens.
Viewfinder does not refocus when zooming in video.
No information in viewfinder.
HDR functionality.
Shutter lag.
Summary: I wanted to love this camera, and I did love it when I got it. But only until I started using it. What I think are flaws may not be ...
Summary: I wanted to love this camera, and I did love it when I got it. But only until I started using it. What I think are flaws may not be everyone's idea of flaws. But the cons listed above are serious for me. The viewfinder might as well be a hole in the camera for all it does. If you rely only on the optical viewfinder when zooming, it's likely you'll get badly off-centered pictures. And why it doesn't refocus when you zoom is a mystery. My cheap Kodak can do that!
When my iPhone can do HDR exposures with one click, why does this camera need three separate exposures and a tripod? Makes HDR useless unless you're being very very serious about a particular shot and have lots of time.
The little wheels in the back are fine for small fingers. I constantly push them accidentally. They aren't designed for quick changes, and have no tactile indicators to distinguish them by feel.
The settings are very confusing to me, and the menus don't seem intuitively organized. I sometimes get settings I don't want then don't know how to get out of them. For example, somehow the 10x setting for video was turned on and I ruined several important videos without knowing it.
Some of my pictures are labeled "unidentifiable image!" What...? Others come out as half frame with the other half grey.
There must be a technological reason why there has to be shutter lag but I think that a camera of this quality shouldn't have any. It's very annoying and makes action shots a guessing game or results in blurred pics.
There are more things I don't like but those are the highlights. For the high spots you can read others' reviews. I wish I could love it like they do. I bought this camera because I wanted something small to travel with but not give up picture quality. Now I'm thinking it's worth lugging the Nikon DSLR around.
Also, I see that of this date, CNet says this is selling, low price, for $699. Ha! You can have mine, little used, unblemished, for $500 with the case! (It's a very nice case.) If I could do it over, I wouldn't buy this. I do so much research on the things I buy I'm rarely disappointed, so this is very unusual for me. Read these reviews and make your decision according to what's important in a camera to you.
Beefy But Able
by desertratchel on September 6, 2011
Pros: Excellent image quality, high-res movies, stereo sound, articulating LCD, electronic level, color accuracy, very good dynamic range, clean images up to ISO 400 (800 not bad, and even 1600 is usable).
Cons: Bulky, smallish LCD, doesn't feel as solid as its predecessors.
Summary: The G12 is just enough too big that sometimes it's a pain to carry, so I've kept my S90, rather than sell it as I'd planned. It'...
Summary: The G12 is just enough too big that sometimes it's a pain to carry, so I've kept my S90, rather than sell it as I'd planned. It's hard to say which camera produces better images, the truly compact S90 or the hulking G12. Each camera has its strengths and drawbacks. The articulating LCD is invaluable in framing high or low-level shots and macros, and it's very handy in bright outdoor light; you can tilt it away from the sun so that it doesn't glare. The extra 1X of optical zoom makes a big difference over the S90, too. For my style of shooting I need all the reach I can get, and even the G12 sometimes fall short in that regard. Overall, it's a very pleasing camera and unquestionably the best G series iteration to date.
As good as expected.
by ronsmith100 on June 20, 2011
Pros: Exceptional image. Light weight. Retro dials. 28mm wide angle. HD video with stereo sound. Fisheye FUN! HDR
Cons: A bit more mechanical zoom would be good. A flash shoe cover. Lack of a printed manual. I like off the shelf AA batteries better than Lithium.
Summary: With more than half a century of photography. I've seen it all. Moved to videography 20 years ago and naturally migrated to Digital imaging from that.
This is the ...
Summary: With more than half a century of photography. I've seen it all. Moved to videography 20 years ago and naturally migrated to Digital imaging from that.
This is the perfect light weight walk around for me. I have an EOS 7D and lots of canon lenses. This camera is sort of like having a second body only better. It fits nicely in a small nook of my system case.
I don't find the dials and navigation buttons hard to use. I feels perfect to me but that's the Canon connection I suppose. If one liked and used a different camera a lot (like say the Lumix mentioned) then I suppose a different arrangement would be cumbersome.
Also I have a "good eye" too and do not see any degradation of image past 200. But then I don't just change to higher ISO on a whim. I can shoot 800 that looks very nearly as good a 200 after I set up other parameters to compensate and do the post processing. Not to worry.
I find myself shooting a larger number of panorama hdr landscapes with the g12 than the 7D.
Best Point and Shoot I have used
by chrisandreae on May 11, 2011
Pros: Quick capture, fast flash recharge, ong battery life, sturdy construction. Excellent picture quality, vast array of customization options.
Cons: Price, Size
Summary: Very quick capture, no more lost moments because of the delay between pressing the button and the picture actually taking. Push, it takes...far faster than any digital camera I'...
Summary: Very quick capture, no more lost moments because of the delay between pressing the button and the picture actually taking. Push, it takes...far faster than any digital camera I've used to date. The flash is also extremely fast to recharge, it has a long battery life and a very sturdy construction. Picture quality is excellent and it has a vast array of customization options for those that know more about photography than I. The auto mode makes seamless transitions between normal and macro mode for closeups, and takes pictures indoors in poor light as well as it does outdoors in perfect light. I haven't had much experience shooting moving targets, so I'll pass on rating that.
I wish it had been cheaper, of course, but I still consider it a good purchase overall. If there were something other than price I'd love to change it would be the rather bulky size of the unit. Point and shoot convenience but in an SLR sized body.
Overall if you have a medium camera budget and dont mind lugging around a bulkier camera...this is a fantastic choice.
Has Everything I Need With A Little Extra :)
by Finland on February 12, 2011
Pros: Swivel View Finder *** Image Stabilization *** Outside Controls *** A Place To Add A Better Flash *** Shoots In RAW *** Some Len's Can Be Added *** How To, Books Written Specifically For This Camera.
Cons: Awkward To Hold And Shoot *** A Lot Abilities I Find Unnecessary Because of Computer Photo Editing Software These Days,
Summary: I bought the camera because I missed out on Image Stabilization with a different Canon PowerShot (A630) back in 2006. I basically use my camera mostly to take shots of "...
Summary: I bought the camera because I missed out on Image Stabilization with a different Canon PowerShot (A630) back in 2006. I basically use my camera mostly to take shots of "text" from books & magazines to put them in my computer using Prizmo (sweet). Hence, taking Shot's without the flash (to avoid the glare bouncing back from the page) made my shots of "text" fuzzy and hard to read, like, all the time (that is, without an iron grip that would make Superman envious) all because my A630 has no Image Stabilization, follow? Furthermore without question, I need the swivel LCD screen, being books & magazines are just placed on the floor or table or even just on my lap etc. No studio over here (places everyone), lol...Looks like the EYE FI feature of turning off the card from uploading (built in the Camera) does work, although there is still a note in the booklet about it "maybe" having trouble. Being a big fan of the EYE IF card I felt compelled to make an "addendum."
That's really about it, using the flash with my old A630 covered any other requirements for picture taking farfignugen (just fine).
So I thought I would leave my two cents worth at CNET because, I do own this camera :)
Also I had bought a lens that fit the A630 PowerShot, something called LA-DC58F if this is the adaptor and not the Lens itself, I forget because there are a couple of len's and filters but you do need an ADAPTOR, why?
The lens itself doesn't come off the camera, rather you add a lens OVER, the camera's lens itself, you with me? However, it seems the Fish Eye lens is unnecessary because the G12 apparently has the ability built in (and you'll never guess with lens I happen to have). But I'll see which one works better.
I'm not an advance photographer, rather far from it, which this camera says is a stepping stone too (a pro camera). It has all or at least most of the "adjustment" stuff on the outside of the camera, which even I know must be great (being that you don't have to dig around for it in the Menus). But for me, outside of avoiding the glare from flash (and using a slave flash sidekick helps), it seems you can just tweak the "stuff out" on Computer Programs, no? Like I said, I'm just a knock around type of guy.
I do look forward to trying out different abilities, and there is a book written specifically for this camera, which I have (in digital - bought through Kindle, Amazon) but I tell ya, between you and me, the more I think about it, why on earth try and make adjustments "on" the camera other than just getting a good plane, ordinary shot (which Auto seems to do just fine) and do the rest with a computer program.
The camera Is awkward to hold, in so much as your fingers easily can sit on top of some control functions, but the interfering controls are rather innocuous (not harmful), and when you start taking shots, you will realize that how the camera feels in the hand, is really not that important, when your mind is (or should be) on the shot itself, follow? So in my opinion, how a camera feels in the hand (truth be told) is not so high on my list. Oh don't get me wrong - when I'm shopping I find it hard to shake the need for the requirement, but trust me, I know when I'm shooting it's the farthest thing from my mind...
It shoots RAW, which from what I understand helps a lot when tweaking images on the computer; I look forward to seeing what that's all about; and last but certainly not least, there is a video camera built in to this bad boy, which I'm sure is fine, considering I use other devices specifically for that purpose, but it's there. The booklet talks about it maybe having some difficulty with working with EYE FI an SD Card Product, a dream come true (I use one) although there is a setting "in" the menu Made Especially for the EYE FI Card (believe it or not) to turn "the card" off. Which I found to be rather a cool idea, because I happen to shoot when the computer is on (not that I can't turn the EYE FI up loader off in the computer, you see?). So in closing, I think the difficulty they refer to in the booklet might be about the camera not being able to "turn off" the EYE FI SD Cards ability to upload (which is it's purpose) because when I have engage the off function in the camera, it doesn't work (at least so far) BUT the card still works just fine (so I don't know what that's all about and I don't wanna know - as long as my card still works). Yes, it's just avoiding the use of the cable, but when you experience the ease, there is no going back (and the speed seems to be the same as any other upload) being that I'm in the ten or so shot range. There are several cards to choose from "don't forget video" so I would suggest reading about them, if your interested...
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0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
- Manufacturer: Canon
- Part number: 4342B001
- Description: Feast your eyes on an updated G series digital camera: the G12. It's ready to impress the advanced amateurs who have always celebrated the G series. The G12 is still loaded with powerful technologies that has made the G series cameras so renowned, like the Canon HS system, 2.8-inch vari-angle PureColor system LCD, and RAW + JPEG image modes. This flagship camera paves the way with these upgrades like 720p HD video with stereo sound to get crystal clear footage, multiple aspect ratios, high dynamic range, electronic level, tracking AF, a front dial and much more to give you even more creative control than before!
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Digital camera - Compact
- Enclosure Color Black
- Resolution 10 megapixels
- Optical Sensor Type CCD
- Total Pixels 10,400,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution 10,000,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/1.7"
- Optical Zoom 5 x
- Digital Zoom 4 x
- Image Processor DIGIC 4
- Image Stabilizer Optical
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 9
- AE/AF Control FlexiZone
- Digital Video Format MOV,
- Image Recording Format JPEG,
- Max Video Resolution 1280 x 720
- AV Interfaces HDMI,
Composite video/audio
Exposure & White Balance
- Light Sensitivity ISO 2000,
ISO auto
- Exposure Metering Spot AF area,
- Exposure Modes Program,
- Shooting Programs Snow,
Sports mode,
Stitch assist,
Kids & pets,
Low light,
Poster effect,
Portrait mode,
- Special Effects Miniature,
Vivid Blue,
Vivid Green,
Vivid Red,
Positive Film,
Black & White,
Darker Skin Tone,
Lighter Skin Tone,
Color Accent,
Color Swap,
Custom Effect
- White Balance Automatic,
- White Balance Presets Daylight,
Tungsten light,
- Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 15 sec
- Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
- Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps
- X-sync Speed 1/2000 sec
Lens System
- Type 5 x x Zoom lens - 6.1 mm - 30.5 mm - F/2.8-4.5
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 28 - 140 mm
- Focus Adjustment Manual,
- Min Focus Range 2 in
- Macro Focus Range 0.4 in - 19.7 in
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Lens Construction 9 groups / 11 elements
- Features Aspherical lens,
Built-in lens shield
Camera Flash
- Camera Flash Built-in flash
- Flash Modes Rear curtain sync,
Fill-in mode,
Slow synchro,
Auto mode,
Flash OFF mode,
Red-eye reduction
- Features Flash +/- compensation,
AF illuminator
- Effective Flash Range 1.6 ft - 23 ft
Additional Features
- Continuous Shooting Speed 0.7 frames per second,
0.8 frames per second,
2 frames per second
- Self Timer Delay 30 sec,
25 sec,
0 - 15 sec,
20 sec
- Flash Terminal Hot shoe
- Additional Features Digital image rotation,
HS System,
Display brightness control,
In-camera red-eye fix,
Scene Detection Technology,
Face Detection AF/AE/FE/WB,
Audio recording,
Wink Self-timer,
Resizing an image,
Cropping an image,
Saturation control,
I-Contrast (Intelligent Contrast Correction) system,
Blink Detection technology,
Face Detection Self-timer,
Smile Detection technology,
Exif Print support,
720p HD movie recording,
AF lock,
DPOF support,
RGB primary color filter,
Safety zoom,
Digital tele-converter,
FE lock,
Built-in speaker,
Motion Detection Technology,
Auto HDR mode,
Smile Detection Auto Shutter,
AE lock,
Digital noise reduction,
Histogram display,
Camera orientation detection,
In-camera movie editing,
Focus bracketing,
PictBridge support,
Sharpness control,
Contrast control,
USB 2.0 compatibility,
Direct print
- Viewfinder Type Optical - Real-image zoom
- Type 2.8 in LCD display
- Resolution 461,000 pixels
- Display Features Rotating
- Microphone Operation Mode Stereo
- Connector Type 1 x USB,
1 x Composite video/audio output,
1 x HDMI output
- Software Canon ZoomBrowser EX,
Canon PhotoStitch,
Drivers & Utilities,
Canon ImageBrowser,
Canon Remote Capture
System Requirements for PC Connection
- Operating System Support MS Windows XP SP3,
MS Windows 7,
Apple Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6,
MS Windows Vista
- Peripheral Devices USB port,
CD-ROM drive
- Microsoft Certifications Compatible with Windows 7
- Included Accessories Battery charger,
USB cable,
Neck strap,
Audio / video cable
- Supported Battery Canon NB-7L
- Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery ( Included )
Memory / Storage
- Memory Card Slot SD card
- Supported Memory Cards SDHC Memory Card,
SD Memory Card,
SDXC Memory Card
- Included Memory Card SD Memory Card
- Image Storage RAW 3648 x 2736,
JPEG 3648 x 2736,
JPEG 3648 x 2432,
JPEG 3648 x 2048,
JPEG 2816 x 2112,
JPEG 2816 x 1880,
JPEG 2816 x 1584,
JPEG 1600 x 1200,
JPEG 1600 x 1064,
JPEG 1920 x 1080,
JPEG 640 x 480,
JPEG 640 x 424,
JPEG 640 x 360,
JPEG 2736 x 2736,
JPEG 2112 x 2112,
JPEG 1200 x 1200,
JPEG 480 x 480
- Video Capture H.264 - 1280 x 720,
H.264 - 640 x 480,
H.264 - 320 x 240,
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - Miniature Effect,
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - Miniature Effect,
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - Miniature Effect,
H.264 - 640 x 480 - Miniature Effect,
H.264 - 640 x 480 - Miniature Effect,
H.264 - 640 x 480 - Miniature Effect
Dimensions & Weight
- Width 4.4 in
- Depth 1.9 in
- Height 3 in
- Weight 12.4 oz
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 °F
Main Features
- Image stabilizer feature Optical stabilization helps prevent blurry pictures, especially for handheld cameras at slow shutter speeds or when using high optical zoom.
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More on Prince of Asturias Award
The Prince of Asturias award will be presented to J.K. Rowling in a ceremony Friday, October 24th. It can be seen on in Euronews and via the Internet, although Neith writes to tell us that unlike former winners, there will be no post-award conference or speech.
Thanks to Neith for the info.
EDIT: Maria wrote toContinued...
Chris Rankin Chat/Interview
The BBC has an interview with Harry Potter actor Chris Rankin, as well as a notice that he'll be participating in a webchat Thursday, October 30th.
Thanks, Martin, for the link!
A New Hedwig's Theme on iTunes?
Thanks to Ixchelmala for pointing us to a new Hedwig's Theme - she reports that it's different from the theme used in the first two films. If you have iTunes, you should be able to listen to 30 seconds of it by clicking on this iTunes Link .
If you don't have iTunes, you can see the song's listingContinued...
"Eat Slugs, Malfoy."
Don't eat garden slugs. Even if it's a dare.
Thanks to A.J. for the link. Yech.
Big Read
The BBC is asking U.K. residents to vote for their favorite book as part of their Big Read campaign, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of the 21 listed. It's in brilliant company.
Thanks to Sandra for the link.
Three New PoA Pics
Much thanks to Erin who wrote to let us know that DanRadcliffe.co.uk, an excellent fan site, has posted three new pics of PoA. Here you go:
We'll try and get them larger as soon as we can.
Dan in the final scenes
A Christmas Carol-Get Your Tickets Now!
Thanks so much to those of you who responded to our "A Christmas Carol With TLC" offer, and helped us to make a realistic estimate as to the number of tickets we would need.
It's finally time to buy your tickets for the December 12, 8pm show! At this point, we have reserved:
20 tickets in theContinued...
Buy a Part in GoF?
The Daily Record reports that J.K. Rowling will offer the opportunity to buy at auction two parts in the upcoming film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the £175-a-head High Society Gala Dinner at the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh next month. The dinner and auction are to benefit Multiple SclerosisContinued...
No E! on PoA Set
Laurie wrote to confirm that E! did not go live to the set of Prisoner of Azkaban as they had advertised; they visited the set of Joan of Arcadia instead.
Earlier Report Appears to be False
Jenna from DanRadcliffe.com posted yesterday that reports that Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson plan to attend the December Mexico City John Williams concert appear to be false:
Earlier this week it was reported that Emma and Dan would be appearing as guests for the John Williams concert at the Silvestre RevueltasContinued...
Rowling Visits Chancellor's Newborn
BBC News reports that JK Rowling visited Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah, following the birth of their son early Friday morning (BST).
On leaving, she said the baby was "really, really gorgeous" and the couple were both well.
Thank you, Rose! And congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Brown on the safe andContinued...
"Lupin" Directs Cheeky
David Thewlis, A.K.A. Remus Lupin in the upcoming PoA film, is making his directing debut with his new film, Cheeky. Cheeky will be shown on November 1st as part of the 47th London Film Festival. Ian Hart (Professor Quirrell) has a part in the film.
Thank you, Sue, for the tip!
UK's Mirror thinks it's strange that a Harry Potter fan paid £28,000 last year for a card containing 93 words from the then yet-to-be-published Order of the Phoenix. They fail to note that the auction was for charity.
Fan Fiction
The PressDemocrat.com has an interesting article on a young fan fiction writer:
Eight-year-old Dezi Gallegos is braced for disappointment if he doesn't get a response to the 300-page manuscript he sent to J.K. Rowling recently.
Gallegos' vivid imagination was on overdrive in the summer as he filled yellow pads with his own storyContinued...
J.K. Rowling: Most Powerful
US Magazine has named J.K. Rowling the most powerful woman in Hollywood. Was there even a question?
EDIT: It isn't 'US Magazine', it's a United States magazine (Entertainment Weekly, as TLC reader Sue pointed out).
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Bobby Valentine is the strong sort, he's taken over the Boston Red Sox, and he's inherited a ballclub that had some pretty well-publicized clubhouse and discipline issues late in the 2011 regular season. Valentine was expected to lay down the law from the get-go, and lay down the law, he has. It can be unpleasant when your boss lays the law down on top of you, though, and Curt Schilling recently reported - reported? - that things were "going bad", that some Red Sox players were being rubbed the wrong way by Valentine's methods. I really wish I'd come up with a better way to phrase that.
Problems in Boston? Again? Not so fast, perhaps. Josh Beckett went on some radio show, and during the course of his interview he said a few things about Valentine and Schilling. I'll transcribe. On Valentine:
He's been great, you know. I mean, he definitely makes us pay attention to the small things, that's for sure.
On Schilling:
I haven't seen him around this year. Is he one of our pitchers?
I haven't seen him around this year. I didn't know he was going to be one of our pitchers.
I haven't seen him around here though. I think if somebody knew that much they'd probably be a little closer to it.
As far as him speaking about how things are being run here, I haven't seen him around here this year to where he would know that much.
Hard-hitting, insightful interview. Josh Beckett hasn't seen Curt Schilling around this year. He didn't know Schilling would be one of the team's pitchers.
Beckett, I guess, hasn't heard of sources. It's possible, if not probable, that some real-life Red Sox sources expressed their discontent with Valentine, or passed along the discontent of others. I doubt that Schilling just made something up. But it wouldn't be a shock to learn that Schilling might have exaggerated, and perhaps more significantly, this is still basically Valentine's first month with the team. He is a very different manager from Terry Francona, and one would figure there would be an adjustment period. Red Sox players right now are adjusting to Bobby Valentine, and they might not like every part of that. But then the adjustment will be complete, and they'll perform more or less like themselves.
The Red Sox drama has gotten off to an early start, and after the story at the end of 2011, the clubhouse will face impossible scrutiny. The clubhouse will probably not be all that different from most other clubhouses, but if there's even the faint whiff of a problem, you better believe we're going to hear about it. And then we here are probably going to write about it because we're just cogs in the machine, man.


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text: Guinea Previous: #136 China Next: #138 Guinea-Bissau overall score51.2 world rank137 Rule of Law Property Rights20.0 Freedom From Corruption21.0 Limited Government Government Spending82.6 Fiscal Freedom69.6 Regulatory Efficiency Business Freedom46.1 Labor Freedom63.8 Monetary Freedom62.8 Open Markets Trade Freedom61.2 Investment Freedom45.0 Financial Freedom40.0 Embed This Data Create a Comparison Chart See how Guinea compares to another country using any of the measures in the Index. vs Read more about Guinea Economy. See more from the 2013 Index. Close Download PDF Quick Facts Population: 10.6 million GDP (PPP): $11.5 billion 3.6% growth 2.4% 5-year compound annual growth $1,083 per capita Unemployment: Inflation (CPI): 21.5% FDI Inflow: $1.2 billion Embed This Data Guinea's economic freedom score is 51.2, making its economy the 137th freest in the 2013 Index. Its overall score is 0.4 point higher than last year, reflecting improvements in business freedom and freedom from corruption that offset declines in monetary and labor freedoms. Guinea is ranked 29th out of 46 countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, and its overall score is below the world and regional averages.The Guinean government's limited attempts at structural reform have had uneven success, and economic growth remains constrained by institutionalized weaknesses that erode the foundations for long-term economic development. In particular, the judicial system remains inefficient and vulnerable to political interference. Corruption, perceived as widespread, is a serious problem.The overall regulatory framework is not conducive to the emergence of a dynamic private sector and discourages broad-based employment growth. Potentially dynamic economic gains from trade continue to be undercut by the absence of progress in reforming the financial and investment areas that are critical to sustaining efficient open markets. Read more about Guinea Economy. Close Background In 2008, a military junta led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara seized power and suspended the constitution. The first free democratic presidential election since independence took place in November 2010. Alpha Conde won the presidency, but Prime Minister Jean Marie Dore also declared himself the winner. Conde's victory was upheld, and he was inaugurated in December. Because of fighting and instability in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, Guinea is host to hundreds of thousands of refugees. Electricity and water shortages are common, and much of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture. Guinea has two-thirds of the world's bauxite reserves and large deposits of iron ore, gold, and diamonds. However, the population remains impoverished due to the absence of property rights, rampant corruption, government mismanagement, poor infrastructure, and political instability. Rule of LawView Methodology Property Rights 20.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Freedom From Corruption 21.0 Create a Graph using this measurement The rule of law is uneven, and protection of property rights is very weak. The court system remains subject to political interference and lacks transparency. After 50 years of misrule and authoritarianism, the political culture and political participation remain weak despite the emergence of democratic changes in the past two years. Civil liberties are not well respected, and a culture of impunity and corruption pervades public institutions. Limited GovernmentView Methodology Government Spending 82.6 Create a Graph using this measurement Fiscal Freedom 69.6 Create a Graph using this measurement The top income tax rate is 40 percent, and the top corporate tax rate is 35 percent. Other taxes include a value-added tax (VAT) and an inheritance tax. The overall tax burden is equal to 14.7 percent of total domestic income. Government spending amounts to 24.1 percent of total domestic output. Public debt has fallen to 72.2 percent of GDP. The deficit has dropped due to improved agriculture, mining, and construction output. Regulatory EfficiencyView Methodology Business Freedom 46.1 Create a Graph using this measurement Labor Freedom 63.8 Create a Graph using this measurement Monetary Freedom 62.8 Create a Graph using this measurement Establishing a business is time-consuming, and other regulatory requirements remain burdensome. The business start-up process takes 35 days on average, and minimum capital requirements exceed three times the average level of annual income. The formal labor market is underdeveloped. Very high inflation has weakened monetary stability. The government maintains administrative price controls for key products and services. Open MarketsView Methodology Trade Freedom 61.2 Create a Graph using this measurement Investment Freedom 45.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Financial Freedom 40.0 Create a Graph using this measurement The trade-weighted average tariff rate is quite high at more than 11.9 percent, and non-tariff barriers further constrain freedom to trade. Corruption and an unreliable judicial system discourage foreign investment. The underdeveloped financial sector is a serious impediment to private-sector growth. Most economic activity remains outside of the formal banking sector, and medium and long-term financing are not easily accessible. Country's Score Over Time Country Comparisons Regional Ranking rank country overall change 1Mauritius76.9-0.1 2Botswana70.61.0 3Rwanda64.1-0.8 4Cape Verde63.70.2 5Madagascar62-0.4 6South Africa61.8-0.9 7Ghana61.30.6 8Uganda61.1-0.8 9Namibia60.3-1.6 10Burkina Faso59.9-0.7 11The Gambia58.80.0 12Zambia58.70.4 13Tanzania57.90.9 14Gabon57.81.4 15Benin57.61.9 16Swaziland57.20.0 17Mali56.40.6 18Kenya55.9-1.6 19Senegal55.50.1 20Malawi55.3-1.1 21Nigeria55.1-1.2 22Mozambique 55-2.1 23Seychelles54.91.9 24Côte d'Ivoire 54.1-0.2 25Djibouti53.90.0 26Niger53.9-0.4 27Cameroon52.30.5 28Mauritania52.3-0.7 29Guinea51.20.4 30Guinea-Bissau51.11.0 31Central African Republic50.40.1 32Ethiopia49.4-2.6 33Liberia49.30.7 34Burundi490.9 35Togo48.80.5 36Sierra Leone48.3-0.8 37São Tomé and Príncipe 48-2.2 38Lesotho47.91.3 39Comoros47.51.8 40Angola47.30.6 41Chad45.20.4 42Republic of Congo 43.5-0.3 43Equatorial Guinea42.3-0.5 44Democratic Republic of Congo39.6-1.5 45Eritrea36.30.1 46Zimbabwe28.62.3 See Entire Region List › View all countries ›