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Video: First 2013 Shelby GT500 in the 9s
The 2013 Shelby GT500 has incredible performance right out of the box. Last month Motor Trend did a thorough test of the new Shelby with impressive results: 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds, 0-100 mph in 7.7 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 11.6 seconds at 125.7 mph. But 2013 GT500 also has plenty of untapped potential just waiting to get out. We showed you the first evidence of this last month when Lund Racing and Evolution Performance were able to boost the Shelby by 50 horsepower and 50 lb-ft torque with a simple tune.
However, dyno numbers are one thing and putting down that power at the drag strip is another. Not to worry, though, as Evolution Performance is no stranger to the quarter mile. In fact, they're generally setting the standard when it comes to straight line performance – they still hold the record for the fastest 2011+ Mustang 5.0. Now they've done the same with the 2013 GT500, as they're the first one to run a nine second 1/4 mile in the new Shelby. Just a few days ago Evolution took the car at Atco Raceway in New Jersey, quickly running in the low 10s and eventually netting a 9.95 @ 142 mph. The deed was done with a few simple bolt-ons (they aren't divulging exact modifications quite yet) with the stock engine, supercharger, transmission and clutch.
You can watch the Evolution Performance 2013 Shelby GT500 take on the 1/4 mile including the nine second run in the video below.
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6 episodes in 6 months
Since June I have been on a mission to write, film and edit 6 half hour TV episodes. These episodes are for a Christian satellite channel which is broadcast in Turkey (and most of Europe) I've worked making productions for this channel since 2008 and since finishing my degree at Teesside, I've been able to start on a solid project for it again.
Currently I have just finished editing Episode 3. So my deadline has had to shift. Luckily that is not such a big deal for me as I just have to make 6 and get them out not work to a particular deadline.
Anyway I thought I would reflect on the process. At university we were taught (or had it drilled into us) that production was TEAM work, that there was a certain procedure to production and to deviate would be detrimental to the content.
I do like the structure of production. The writing, the prep, the storyboarding, the finding of the crew, budgeting, scheduling etc., The order makes producing so much easier.
But sometimes that is just not possible. You have two people, no money and a lot to make.
Since June we have made 3 short films, 12 music videos and 5 1-2 minute fillers as well as approx 10 piece-to-cameras.
Not counting July (because we were away) that is 5 months to create 3 half hour TV episodes. You can ask lots of questions about that.
What's the quality like? Are they interesting? What are your ratings like? I am not answering those questions in this post. I am much more interested in the idea that you can produce a lot of content (often) without all the planning that we are taught to do.
Are we killing the joy?
Do we sometimes hinder what we can do by waiting for the right conditions? I need £40,000 to make this film. I will make this when I have more experience. I haven't got the cameraman I want. I need an experienced producer on board. I haven't made anything that's won an award yet.
These are grown up excuses and creativity is the business of children.
"Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven...therefore humble yourselves..."
Creativity takes humility. As a child, creating, I was so brave. I would try anything. I recreated Riverdance the show when I was 12, using my nieces and myself when none of us knew how to dance. I put on a show and invited the family and CHARGED THEM MONEY to watch us. I dread to think what they all thought and how they must have laughed to themselves. But I didn't mind back then. I was creating and I thought it was wonderful. I didn't mind that there was not the skill or budget behind this production. But it had something special.
I am not saying we should be naive about what we make. Or ignore criticism. Or decide not to learn and develop. However, I do think the structure that is learned and taught inhibits the creative flow we naturally have in us.
Lesson in Impromptu Music Videos
I would like to give you an example from one of the music videos I made this month. The password for the video is 'bazilari' - it is not sensitive content, just not broadcast yet so I don't want it posted everywhere so people can be bored of it before it's on the TV.
Bazilari Video
I had to film a horse for this song. So I asked around until I found some friends who knew a lady with a horse somewhere up on the moors near Danby. I rang her and talked to her about what I wanted. What I wanted was very loosely "Natural shots of a horse and the relationship between horse and rider." I knew in my head I wanted to start the video showing parts of the horse - a sort of reveal. That was all I knew. So here are a few things I did which do not fit the expected procedure of filming:
I didn't do a recce. STRIKE 1. I know. I should have gone and met the horse first, checked out the environment, seen what equipment was best. I didn't have time. I needed to get these episodes out and I needed the footage as soon as I could get it. So I just turned up, knowing that the owner was going to ride him that day.
I didn't stay very long. STRIKE 2. I spent about an hour altogether filming this horse and I knew I didn't have as much as I would have liked. There got to a point where I knew that this was as much as I could get out of this horse and that the ladies wanted to get on with their ride they were putting off for me. Again, I was not paying the owner anything so I felt I couldn't intrude on her time for too long.
The me-singing-cutaway was totally filmed in my front room. STRIKE 3. I didn't have the time or budget to find a nice beautiful venue to film in. I originally planned to film me separately on the moors for the singing part but I filmed the horse on my own, my cameraman was working and then we were busy at the weekend so it would have had to wait another week and again....I needed this fast. So I thought, well, you can make any room look filmic by having enough depth of field to blur the background. I stuck on a prime 135mm, found the longest diagonal line in our house (which ended up meaning the camera was in the toilet) and used a tripod. I'm happy with it. If the image had been flat with no DoF, it would have looked home video but I feel it gets away with it because of the distance and perspective.
Just Make It
There are many other things I did that were impromptu and unplanned.
I am satisfied with what I made. I'm happy with it.
If I had followed an expected protocol I would have had to write and draw the outline of the video story, storyboard each shot, find a location and a horse, do a recce with the horse and rider as well as checking out the location, find another location for the singing cutaways, storyboard the shots for the cutaways, plan the lighting, plan for the weather if we had been filming it outside.
Altogether it would have taken a lot longer than I had and perhaps even inhibited the creative juices. Sometimes not having the option to plan means you work it out as you go along, which equally sometimes injects a little spark into the content. I'm not saying this one has a spark but there have been others that did.
Hitchcock planned his famous Pyscho shower scene to be a silent scene. What a massive failure that would have been if the little creative spark hadn't got involved then?
Don't always do things just because "that's the way it's done." Go and make something. Go on. Skidaddle.
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Storyboarding. I hate but I never regret.
I hate storyboarding. Let's just get that out there straight away. Although I can draw to an extent, I find the whole process tedious and a drag. Being somebody that hates it so much, I think I can tell you that my short films have got better since I started storyboarding.
If you can't draw and will never attempt it, then do what my friend does - write an excruciatingly detailed shot list. Describe your shots with words. I prefer to storyboard because I am more visual and I find it quicker. Whatever your choice I really would suggest that you do this before you start shooting.
Here's a few reasons why:
1. Storyboarding, first and foremost, makes shooting easier for YOU: Alfred Hitchcock is famously known for saying that the actual filming part of his filmmaking process bored him. This was because he planned his shots so meticulously beforehand that the shooting part was just routine. It was necessary but not creative. All the creativity had happened before. The more detailed and stronger the storyboard, the less stress and panic you have to put into the actual shooting.
Imagine: On set, suddenly, the director becomes the person to talk to. I am quite an introvert, I hide in the corner at social events. So imagine my shock and horror the first few times I directed my short films, to realise that suddenly EVERYBODY wanted to talk to me. And what's worse - they want to ask me questions and then make decisions! Technical problems arise, actors want feedback from you, DoPs think they have full rights on your attentions - all you want to do is get your performances and shots. Try and imagine all that hassle around you while you are trying to make up shots as you go. It means you're focus is drastically impaired. With a detailed storyboard all you have to do is look at what your shots should be and follow them to the letter. Then you can answers the questions being shot at you without ruining your production.
2. Storyboarding allows you to see the rubbish: It's amazing how every single time I am storyboarding a new short film, I realise that some lines or some shots don't need to be there. I don't understand the science of it, but somehow, writing a story in your head seems to mean you add bits that don't add to or explain the story. Drawing the scenes out, shot by shot, means that you are essentially reading your own film as a comic book -and that's when you realise the areas that don't make sense. Storyboarding also lets you know how strong your story is.
3. Storyboarding helps you plan better: I am sketching away when suddenly I think, "Oh - I need to have that prop ready!" When you are making short films with a minuscule crew and you are doing most of the jobs it is so easy to forget things. Props, especially very simple essential props you might know you would have to hand are top of the list of things you might forget. Storyboarding, actually drawing the necessary props seems to implant them in your mind more than if they were written down in a list. Of course, I am sure for some people, writing it down will be more helpful
4. Storyboarding enlightens: Shading in your sketches allows you to think more clearly about what type of lighting you want and then what lights you will be using and how many. It also enables you to think about the setup time between shots where lights may need to be moved for a wider shot. That in turn may help you with your scheduling.
Anyway, enough from me, the amateur. Listen to some pros:
Monday, September 15, 2014
Film Festivals: To Pay Or Not To Pay
Distributing Your Short
One of the biggest problems for short filmmakers who do not have any credits as yet, is how to get their films seen or distributed. I would imagine that like me, for most short filmmakers, they would be happy with an audience simply seeing their work, regardless of whether it gets picked up or someone notices them and offers them a job. Of course you can put your short film online but you are immediately faced with a small issue.
Most well known festivals want exclusivity for the films that are submitted to them. This makes it hard for you, because it mean that you have to hide your work until you hear the verdict on your short.
It is a gamble and unless you know your film is 'festival-friendly' I think you are risking a lot of your money on something that may not pan out. £5 here and there would be tolerable. £30-£50 here and there is a lot of money for the people who are usually the ones making these shorts.
You Decide Who Sees It
I recently decided to take my short film Harlot back and own it again. After I made it I took if offline for a long time in the hope of entering it into festivals. After about a year I realised that I had spent over £100 in total and had no hope of winning anything.
I didn't take this to mean that the film is bad or didn't do what it was supposed to. I did take it to mean that I get to decide where my film is shown. I made it to be viewed and I had wasted valuable time waiting for the higher powers of filmfests to give me the go ahead. I put it back online.
I then spent some time looking into film festivals. I was convinced there were festivals that were free. Not only that but I was convinced there were free entry festivals who also accepted online links instead of the old-fashioned DVD screening option. What century are we in? Please!
After much googling and frowning over the results I finally found FilmFreeway:
It's like Withoutabox but cooler looking and even better...FREE!
All you do is sign up, add your film as a project and then start browsing festivals. Granted, the festivals on there are paid submission but, again unlike Withoutabox, there is a handy search option which allows you to search for free entries.
You can then scroll down the lists and just keep hitting submit while the slick little site happily adds them all to your cart so you can submit them all at once when you're finished.
I have yet to find out whether my film will be submitted to any of them but it was encouraging to find this option in the first place.
The Future
I understand that film festivals cost to put on. Venue hire, staff, preparation, jury members etc., must all add up and tickets alone aren't going to settle it. However, there has to be options out there for those filmmakers who are still learning and stretching their creative wings.
There has to be an outlet for those who don't have the name or contacts or look to get them into the better known, sleeker festivals and frankly, I am sure that there are certain types of films that would never in a million years get picked up by a festival, not because they don't tell a story but because they are simply made for a different audience.
The way we watch content is changing and no matter what any of the ex-BBC, stick-in-the-mud society say, it will change even more in the coming years. One day soon DVDs will be done away with for screenings and one day after that they will become what Betamax is to us now.
Wait. Beta-what?
Yeah, exactly.
I think you have to find your own way to distribute your work. Be it through forums, Facebook groups, Google +, unknown festivals or filmmaking gatherings in your hometown. Don't forget it's ok to start small.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
How To Film People Running or Jogging
Filming Runners
Learning to film people running seems to be a skill within itself. When I set out to make 6 sets of one minute films all around running and the wisdom it holds, I knew that I should expect a few new problems.
Firstly, it is very hard to get any amount of usable footage when someone is tearing past your camera. It is also quite impossible, unless you have a proper Steadicam and vest setup and a skilled Steadicam Operator to follow a runner in front or behind. I have filmed two of these 1 minute pieces so far and would like to offer my own humble learnings. I am aware that there are probably more detailed and better techniques out there somewhere.
1) Use a car: For this little piece I sat in the boot of the car with the door open while Kevin drove and the runner ran behind the car. The motion was incredibly smooth and I could zoom in and out for a varied shot. I was using a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM lens. I have a 50mm lens that does not have image stabilisation but I don't use it for anything other than shots that I can do on tripod or on the floor or some kind of steady surface. Since I knew the car would be very 'moving' I wanted as much stabilisation as I could get. I did this version handheld but it would be good to test it with the Merlin Steadicam.
I also got similar side running shots by sitting in the back seat and asking the runner to run alongside the car, while I stuck my camera out the window and got a nice medium shot driving alongside them. The camera lens can also balance on the window frame which keeps the shot nice and steady too. It looks nice and it's lovely to get the continuous motion of the running without losing the runner.
2) Don't be afraid of the old fashioned pan: Don't turn your nose up to just sticking the camera on a tripod and panning with the runner on a wide or medium shot. I think sometimes I get to fixated on cool moving shots and always being in the action, but you know sometimes our tired eyes just want to watch the action slowly unfold.
3) Lose focus: Again don't be afraid to start or finish out of focus on the runner. By that I don't mean just give up and don't focus! I do mean that if you have a steady shot which your runner runs in or out of, pick a focus point and don't change it during the shot. It all happens so quickly it will be more confusing if you follow focus and the runner running off into blur with grass in focus in front of your lens (or the other way round) can looks quite arty and pretty.
4) Ask your runner to slow down if necessary: Sometimes, for some shots, a split second faster than a walk is what you need to get the shot you want. It's ok. They don't have to be running for it to look like running. Film is mostly about cheating the eye and the brain.
5) Get some close up shots: It is tempting to not get medium close and close up shots with running because everything happens so fast and the action moves by you so quickly. I found that most of my shots were starting to be medium wide, medium slightly wider, medium sort of wide. So I made sure that I had some close ups to cut to for editing. These don't have to be running. This could be the runner putting on their shoes for the run, stopping for a breather over a beautiful landscape, walking to the run or even the landscape itself: a flower, a gate, a rabbit in the grass (if you're lucky) Just bits and pieces of closer, steady shots you can cut to amid all the moving wide shots.
SalomonTrailRunning on YouTube have some great ideas for running videos if you're looking for inspiration for a running scene.
SalomonTrailRunning YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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Saturday, August 2, 2014
The Cull: Facebook
I woke up early on Saturday morning. I sat in bed and from 8 a.m till 10.30 a.m I went through the battlefield of my Facebook Friends. My task was to reduce my 1,700 + friends to 300-400. This was no mean feat. I had suddenly realised that my reason for having so many 'friends' on Facebook was no longer valid. I originally decided I would add anyone who asked, so they could watch the videos we were making. Times have changed. If I want people to have access to the TV productions well, we have a separate Facebook page now. And Facebook has moved on since when we were first using it for work. You can message pages these days.
In short, I had had enough of FB Friends and the ridiculous social etiquette that surrounds it. I have suffered countless people, who I don't even know, telling me what I should and should not post to Facebook, people telling me off for celebrating something when I should be mourning mass deaths in another country, people using FB to 'watch' my movements and to keep tabs on me while never speaking to me in real life, people trying to get to someone in my family through me and complete nutters shouting in capital letters all over my posts without any relevance to the post itself. Some I just removed because we are no longer in touch and are very unlikely to be in the future.
What was interesting was that I have been thinking about this for a long long time. What had put me off in the past was Facebook itself. Do you have almost 2000 friends? Have you tried deleting any? It is not easy. First I tried on the website using my laptop. I found that when I went to my friends page and started to unfriend someone, the whole page would refresh and take me to the top of the list again. So I had to scroll back down to where I was, find the next person I wanted to remove and do it all over again. As I said, I had 1,700 + friends when I began. I wasn't about to spend my entire Saturday doing this. I switched to my iPhone app. Happily, on there, I could just go down my list of friends and keep unfriend-ing. I still had to do it one at a time. When I was down to 407 the list on my app stopped. I went back to the website and discovered that the phone seemed to be showing me a 'friends' list whereas there were some other people in sub categories like 'acquaintances.'
In other words, Facebook is not helping you to remove friends. In fact it feels like the opposite. It should not take you hours to weed through your FB friends and delete them. Facebook isn't stupid. They haven't just forgotten to develop the unfriending side of their product. I am sure there is a purpose behind it. In my humble opinion, the more you share around and communicate, the more they can advertise and the more money they make.
Anyway, after sticking at 407 when I had to pop out for a 2 hour shoot, I came home and then carefully went through each "friend" and finished the job by hand, typing in individual names to the search and painstakingly removing each one. What was interesting was that most of the people I didn't know who I was removing had long since deactivated their accounts anyway. After another hour long slog I stopped at the satisfying number of 257. Done.
Friday, July 25, 2014
The Ticking Clock
I have been working on a ticking manual (manual digital???) clock on After Effects after finding this tutorial:
A Self Animating Clock Tutorial
It is pretty easy to follow and lovely clean graphics but something seemed wrong about mine. When the second hand turned it got smaller towards the 3 and 9 O'clock points. It didn't make sense. I could not work out what was going on. I checked the clock circle shape to make sure it was a circle - it was. I checked that I had done the correct formula. I looked around on forums and couldn't find anything. I wondered if After Effects was broken.
A Self Animating Clock Tutorial
It is pretty easy to follow and lovely clean graphics but something seemed wrong about mine. When the second hand turned it got smaller towards the 3 and 9 O'clock points. It didn't make sense. I could not work out what was going on. I checked the clock circle shape to make sure it was a circle - it was. I checked that I had done the correct formula. I looked around on forums and couldn't find anything. I wondered if After Effects was broken.
I played around with the colours scheme while searching the vast wilderness of the internet for clues.
It was like one of those evil Super Mario levels you can never get past no matter how many times you play and you start getting up at 6 a.m to try and buy more time...
FINALLY I managed to spy one comment in a forum that made me go back and check my Composition Settings....
Sure enough, it was on WIDESCREEN and needed to be switched to SQUARE PIXELS.
Problem solved.
It's very frustrating when you were simply one click away the whole time and spent hours searching for the solution.
Writing and Creativity
I realised that I have to take at least one day a week to be creative and come up with ideas for the TV show I am making. It is not a luxury. If I don't there will be no content.
It is quite hard to get in to the mode of seeing a day of writing at your desk and watching films, lectures and reading news to get ideas as 'work.' It feels like I am cheating. It's also much harder to use the time effectively. However, I was surprised that something new got written once I made myself put pen to paper.
I would actually advise anybody who is in the sector of creating content, especially if you're a student, to take a day or two to just brainstorm ideas, looks for new ideas, write a load of rubbish and fill your mind with stuff you wouldn't normally think about. I wish I had given myself that discipline while I was doing my degree. If I had done that every week, I would have 312 writings days worth of ideas now. Even if most of it is bad, there would be quite a lot of potential writing.
Do it! It's worth it!
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Keep on turning
Forever Learning
With the arrival of my results today I have decided to carry on this blog. I started it as a way of regurgitating what I learned in university for the benefit of anyone who missed lessons, for anyone who was interested and to remind myself of what I had learned that day.
Finishing uni does not mean I stop learning. I will continue to make music videos, short films and other projects where I know I will be constantly learning new techniques, making new discoveries and above all making big mistakes. All wonderful opportunities to learn and grow.
Technique for Vox Pops
Recently I have had to film some Vox Pops (vox populi - "voice of the people") for a satellite TV series I will be making over the next year. It has been a long time since I have done Vox Pops. I am a naturally shy person. I hate going up to talk to people so Vox Pops are not my favourite type of filming but they are great for programmes and also so interesting. One thing I learned which I knew but had forgotten was that there is a good way to get as many as possible.
Initially I went up to people, camera in it's bag and asked, "Would it be ok if I ask you a couple of questions about...."
More often than not I got a hesitant smile and then as they thought about it in the awkward pause that followed and as I got even more nervous they shook their head and said, "Sorry, no," or "I don't really have anything to say."
What I realised was better is to go up to people, camera in hand, mic switched on, looking determined and hold it up to them as you say, "I'm making a programme about this....can I ask you..." and then start recording. It gives people less time to say no and usually when they see a camera they are not confused by what you are asking and they kind of also want to be on it. Also smile and be excited as if these Vox pops mean the world to you. They did to me. I was so desperate to get as many as possible I became a different character, running up to people, flirting, laughing and telling them their answer was wonderful (only when it was of course)
Recently I had to do a few short piece-to-cameras in Turkish for the same programme which meant I could not memorise what I had to say. While I was in Turkey I was able to use a teleprompter which was fixed over the camera lens which meant the eyeline is perfect.
However, after returning home and realising I need to find a way to use a teleprompt without the fancy equipment, my husband and I figured out that an iPad with some free teleprompt software angled above the camera at the right distance from the talent gives almost the same effect.
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Perth, Australia
StyleArc Simply Sally crossover top in woven rayon.
Skirt is Angela Kane's basic skirt block from her denim pinafore pattern (fits perfectly every time) in some fabric my BIL gave me from Thailand.
Top- Slightly shiny, woven rayon (very sheer), the raw edges were zigzagged on a buttonhole setting rather than overlocked (sheer laziness on my part, couldn't be bothered threading the overlocker!!!) I do however love this edge finish, especially when it crinkles like that!
Skirt- Some fabric from Thailand which I was advised was NOT silk, I did the flame test and ended up wth a hard ball of plastic :( Underlined in some beautiful soft cotton poplin.
Mar 12, 2013, 04.59 PMby Angela Kane
Thanks Jenny for crediting me with the skirt pattern. Only just noticed and it's much appreciated.
A great outfit for cocktails.
Dec 3, 2012, 07.00 AMby ndimi
You look terrific. I love how the beads in your necklace pick up the color of the skirt, did you make it especially or was that just a stroke of good luck?
Dec 3, 2012, 09.32 AMby jennyrecorder
Luck mostly :) I have to admit though, I love green, blue and orange and have semi-precious necklaces in all three colours, so chances are there will be a match!
Oh and thanks :)
Dec 2, 2012, 02.12 PMby Mary Athey
This.is lovely xx
Dec 3, 2012, 09.31 AMby jennyrecorder
Thanks Mary.
Dec 2, 2012, 07.04 AMby schnui
Lovely Jenny, you look very stylish in your cocktail outfit.
Dec 3, 2012, 09.33 AMby jennyrecorder
Thanks Marjorie, I think it's a shame though when everything looks better on Sylvia (my dummy) than me!!!!!
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The U.S. rep billed LSU for work allegedly performed on the same days Congress voted on major legislation and held important committee hearings on energy and the ACA.
Abysmally low participation by the public has prompted the council to scuttle the 2014 survey with plans to simplify it and try again next year.
The village now says the ordinance will likely be overturned and authorities will more vigorously enforce existing leash laws.
Bill Cassidy cast an early ballot Tuesday, seeking to draw renewed attention to a race that has fallen off newspaper front pages and away from people's minds as they plan holiday meals and shopping schedules.
Battered all night by Baltimore's relentless pass rush, Drew Brees could feel his protection collapsing and Terrell Suggs getting ahold of him as he urgently unloaded a pass to the right flat toward tight end Jimmy Graham.
After a convincing defeat at the polls on Nov. 4, Earl "Nickey" Picard has decided to let bygones be bygones with his former right-hand man Brian Pope, announcing his support for his former employee's runoff bid to become Lafayette's next city marshal.
Saturday the athletic department did everything possible to ensure the 2014 Ragin' Cajun seniors remembered fondly their last home game. Rain and lightning never arrived but turbulence did in the form of the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
Even stranger than the Republican Party's decision to hold a "unity rally" earlier this month for Congressman Bill Cassidy in a Baton Rouge bar, Huey's Bar, was the fact that the establishment was named after Louisiana's most famous Democrat.
Bar Code is not a gay bar.
After failing to pass a medical marijuana bill last year, state Sen. Fred Mills, R-Parks, is telling supporters he will return in 2015 with legislation that focuses on different applications like oils and pills.
Voters, obviously, are not yet tuned into the 2015 ballot, despite the intriguing races it will host.
By now, the story of how longtime LSU coach Dale Brown discovered Shaquille O'Neal has been told many times: Brown happened upon a massive 13-year-old at an army base in Germany, stayed in touch with him and eventually became like a second father.
Fate simply wasn't ready to give the New Orleans Saints a break from longtime nemesis Steve Smith.
Lafayette Police have had a busy day.
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration will use $130 million in patchwork financing from a tax amnesty program, insurance settlement, uninsured motorist penalties and other excess funds to close most of the state's midyear budget deficit.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said she disagrees with President Barack Obama's actions on immigration, hoping the latest controversy doesn't worsen her campaign difficulties.
Gay-rights advocates challenging Louisiana's same-sex marriage ban announced Thursday that they have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their case before it is heard by a federal appeals court.
Thinking himself the "son of God," the man charged with the 2013 killing of an officer of the Chitimacha Tribal Police will not stand trial following a ruling Thursday on his mental competency.
Either Saints coach Sean Payton doesn't want to tip Baltimore off as to who'll start in New Orleans' secondary on Monday night, or he really doesn't know yet.
NOV 26 Zach Kopplin, who we came to know and love when he was a Louisiana high school student lobbying for the continued inclusion of science stuff in science class, pens this post in The Atlantic about a "textbook" available for social studies instruction in Texas that discusses how Moses contributed to the Constitution. (Oy! Texas rednecks love Jews. Who knew?)
NOV 26 Finally, mad people on the interwebz is a good thing! World wide webby outrage has caused the village of Moreauville to reverse its plan to confiscate pit bulls and Rottweillers and euthanize them simply because of their breed, WAFB reports here. The plan? They're going to enforce the leash law. Well, that would have been a good place to start.
NOV 26 Jim Brown, like many of us Louisiana voters, seems fed up with out of town know-it-alls trying to tell us what to do. Bill Cassidy can't make it through the day without flying someone in to "tell us political retards" how to vote, he says.
NOV 26 Blogger Tom Aswell is writing about the behavior of the two finalists in the 6th Congressional District race: Edwin Edwards and Garret Graves. Edwards has come out swinging, but Graves' campaign seems bent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, Tom says.
NOV 26 Blogger CB Forgotston is confused, he says, because Governor Bobby Jindal said higher education wouldn't get cut, but it looks like it is being cut. CB's asking: When is a cut not a cut?
NOV 26 Unless you're in Virigina, you shouldn't count on seeing our Governor on Election Day. Mark Ballard writes in the Advocate's political blog that Bobby will be appearing at a GOP love fest of some kind there, instead of spending the day here.
NOV 26 This post on The Lens takes a look at the ongoing dispute in New Orleans over the banners about the upcoming tax election for the school system. The banners are hanging on schools, and some feel they are promotional, which is not allowed, instead of educational - which is allowed.
NOV 26 Not all college students are focused on football games and parties at this time of year. This post on DIG Baton Rouge recounts an LSU student group that tries to make sure that those who are hungry and homeless are not forgotten by those of us who aren't.
NOV 25 Edwin Edwards took off the gloves on Monday, this post on WAFB tells us. At a Press Club appearance, he wondered how his 6th Congressional District opponent, Garret Graves, could be an expert in all the areas in which he claims to be - when he has no college degree in anything. (Five years - FIVE YEARS - in college, but no degree. Huh?)
NOV 25 Blogger Mike Deshotels offers this primer on predatory charter schools and how they operate, specifically in Louisiana. They're not just profiting from our tax dollars, they're using children and shortchanging them to do so, Deshotels says.
NOV 25 Here's a link to the petition that has been created to save Zeus, a family dog who is targeted for death by the learned fathers of the Avoyelles Parish village of Moreauville. They passed an ordinance based on nothing that outlaws pit bulls and Rotweillers. As of Tuesday morning, the petition had more than 230,000 signatures - a number that's a wee bit higher than the village population of 929.


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The Invisible Tide: Towards an International Strategy to Deal with Drug Trafficking Through West Africa
James Cockayne, Phil Williams
An invisible tide is rising on the shores of West Africa, creeping into its slums, its banks, its courts, its barracks, and its government ministries.
It is a tide of money, influence, and power, born from the drug trafficking that is sweeping the region. As the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, recently said, "Drug money is not only buying real estate and flashy cars: it is buying power."
The international community is only just beginning to grasp the scale of this problem. It has no clear strategy for responding to, or even for containing, the risks the invisible tide poses for human, national, and international security in West Africa and beyond, including in Latin America and Europe. Drug trafficking through West Africa risks destabilizing that region, fueling militancy and drug trafficking in Latin America, and militarizing Europe's relations with West -– and parts of North -– Africa. The human toll will be severe.
In this IPI paper, "The Invisible Tide: Towards an International Strategy to Deal with Drug Trafficking Through West Africa," then-IPI associate James Cockayne and Phil Williams, Director of the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, explain what these risks are, and recommend steps that policymakers in national capitals and multilateral institutions might take to address them in the next three to five years.
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Reviewer: Leech44 (talk · contribs) 23:15, 28 January 2013 (UTC) I'll give this one a go. I have given it a once over and should have some comments up soon.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 23:15, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
Overall it looks pretty good, but I do have a few comments
It says the team is nicknamed the Belles, but in the background it says the team is nicknamed Australian Belles. If the official nickname is Australian Belles the lead should reflect that. IMO you would still be fine simply calling them the Belles throughout the rest of the article. For the IBSA World Goalball Games it mentions what teams they beat and they finished second in their pool. Were any of the wins considered upsets or were particularly notable? I think it would read better if instead simply stated While Australia finished second in its pool, they finished the tournament in sixth place following a loss to Israel.
- The player stats are all from the final game against Sweden, is there a particulate reason for that? Since the Paralympics are the big event shouldn't the player totals from the whole tournament and not just one game?
"Going into the competitions for qualifying for the London 2012 Summer Paralympics, the Australian Paralympic Committee was thinking ahead, that they would qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics." This statement is odd to me, what is the barring on this team of them looking forward to qualifying in 2016? Were younger more inexperienced players chosen with the expectation they would be able to represent Australia in 2016 and 2012 would give them valuable experience? It seems to just be sitting out there by itself. capped should be linked to Cap (sport), I don't know if its a common term world wide, but its not commonly used in North America.
- Maybe it just not a US thing or used by media types because I had never heard that expression until reading Wikipedia. Regardless thanks for linking.
2011 IBSA Goalball World Games
"Australia's first attempt to qualify for the London Paralympics came at the 2011 IBSA Goalball World Games, held in Turkey in April." The use of the word "in" so close together at the end of the sentence feels a little awkward to me. Personally I would move April to the middle of the sentence ...to qualify for the London Paralympics came in April at the 2011... Not a big deal, but if the tournament was held in one city in Turkey I would mention that and link it. If it were multiple cities I would still link Turkey, but that's probably just be personal preference. Same with Sydney in the next section. This is kind of for all of the tournament sections. Were any of their wins/losses upsets or otherwise particularly notable, like something odd happening during the competition? Right now they are just sort of a list of scores. It wouldn't hurt to break up some of the "the following day they won/lost" sentences, particularly in this section. But, if nothing of note happened than there is nothing to add.
- Fair enough kind of figured that that would be the case, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
2011 IBSA Africa-Oceania Goalball Regional Championships
There is no link to this tournament so I am unsure why they only needed to play two games and how they were both against New Zealand. If they defeated New Zealand in a semi-final how did they rematch in the final? Some explanation here would be beneficial. "The Australian women played New Zealand again in the final, beating them again 6–2, with Christensen scoring three goals, Esdaile scoring two and Taylor scoring one." The repetition of the word "again" is awkward in this sentence. I would remove one of them maybe something like: "The Australian women re-matched New Zealand in the final, beating them again 6–2..." or "The Australian women played New Zealand again in the final, defeating them a second time 6–2..."
The first sentence just begins with "Their pool included..." it does not introduce where they are. Obviously by the section header it is know that it is the Paralympics, but the prose should probably state that. Something like At the 2012 Summer Paralympics they were place in a pool which included... I think I would combined the notes about the US and China being reining medalist from 2008. Something like ...with the United States and China as the reining gold and silver medalist respectively from the 2008...
- Out of curiosity was there any notable reaction to their Paralympics performance? Such as fall out/criticism for finishing last or praise for qualifying since the previously two attempts fell short?
- Everybody was in tears. Everybody expected London to be a dress rehearsal for Rio. Everybody expected that they would lose, but that it would be a vital and invaluable training and learning experience. Everybody, that is, but the players, who truly believed with all their hearts that they had a real chance. Which would have made a great Hollywood movie, but... everybody was right. They were in tears, inconsolable, and everybody felt so very sorry for them. We all tried out best to console them. I wished Tyan Taylor good luck in Rio. Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:26, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
- If there is enough information out there it might be worth adding a sort of reception/legacy type of paragraph or section.
Feel free to debate or ask questions about anything I have posted here. Cheers --Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 00:53, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
- My concerns have been taken care of. I'm going to pass this. Nice work. --Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 04:30, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
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Summary: Everyone's talking about mobile. They want to access the internet while they're on the go, and they want it to be fast. Ericsson is one of a swathe of vendors conducting trials for the next generation of mobile technology — Long Term Evolution (LTE).
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The first demonstration application is streaming video. The app showed four different versions of the demo clip streaming over the LTE connection — encoded at bitrates of 512Kbps, 1Mbps, 2Mbps and 4Mbps. Speeds of 2Mbps are good enough for commercial video services and 4Mbps represents a top-end offering that would be overkill for many markets, according to Ericsson North America head of innovation Mark Murphy.
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Video streamed smoothly over LTE at all bitrates and was extremely watchable on the high-resolution flat-screen monitors. Note the meters in the bottom right-hand corner, which show historical bandwidth usage and latency figures.
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The second demonstration is a mobile healthcare system, in which location services and the network's IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) capabilities are used to establish connections and manage a variety of communications sessions between a central dispatcher and an LTE-enabled device in the field.
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LOS ANGELES - A look at the positives and negatives from USC's 47-29 victory over Colorado on Saturday. Three up 1. USC first-team defense Spearheaded by another strong effort by the front seven, the Trojans' defensive starters completely stymie...Blog | November 24, 2013
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Some selected quotes from USC head coach Ed Orgeron's Sunday night conference call following the Trojans' 31-14 victory over Oregon State. Orgeron on the improved play of the USC secondary: "I think we learned a big lesson at Arizona State in g...Blog | November 03, 2013
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RB Allen makes statement for TrojansJohnny Curren
Picking right back up where he left off after an eye-opening spring, USC redshirt sophomore tailback Javorius "Buck" Allen came through with an impressive performance on Thursday in the Trojans' first scrimmage of fall camp. With freshman Justin D...Blog | August 09, 2013
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Volgarr the Viking (X1): D@mn this game is old school hard! >< So far I made it to world 3 (it only took me dying a lot, and swearing a lot to do so lol), so hopefully I can make it farther this weekend. Every time I play this game, I keep expecting the words "Rise from your grave" and "welcome to your doom!" when I get to a boss lol
Borderlands 2 (360): me and my friend are re-playing it before we get into Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. I absolutely love being a Mechromancer. ^-^
Chariot (X1): very charming platformer, got pretty into it last weekend and will most likely again this weekend.
Sunset Overdrive (X1): only put a little time into this game so far, but I can already tell it will become an addiction for me lol
awesome deal from Microsoft! Too bad I just bought Sunset yesturday lol
@Incrediblebraig I agree with @PeTitosaurus, that is the best way to see if it's a game for you, but honestly as someone who owns the game, you should definitely buy this game, it's just so much fun!!! (if you like games like ratchet and clank and jet set radio, this is for sure a must own game)
The Xbox One has more games to offer than PS4, it's way cheaper then PS4, the system has more features then the PS4, so yea it's about time it's doing better then the PS4 lol Only way I can see people wanting a PS4 during the earlier months is because of what happened with Microsoft at E3, one little f*** up costed Microsoft that much trouble
I won't be picked, Microsoft NEVER picks me -_-
digital only? no thanks, if it comes to retail I might pick it up and give Titanfall a try, finally.
from a game I didn't expect much from till the reviews came out and said it was a great game, Dragon Age Inquisition is definitely on m list, especially since I'm craving a next gen rpg.
I like the newer design for the marketplace over the older design I figure it will look a lot nicer when they have a lot more content for the system.
@EternalDragonX they probably will go to a design more like the modern 360 store, when there is ALOT more content for the system. When the 360 was released and started the store, it wasn't exactly great at the beginning either lol
yes, all 2 of the THPS fans still around are excited The recent games have been so stinky that I expect nothing from this new game. Tony, go to a different company other than Activision, they REALLY suck -_-
From a company that went from making a classic franchise like Halo to making a sub-par game like Destiny, I'm pretty disappointed with Bungie lately. Only way the sequel will be played by me is if they have a offline story mode, but I doubt it will I personally think they announced this WAAAAAY too soon.
there so nice Wish more companies did this -_-
@heyzeus002 thanks for the in-depth input! does sound like a great game and I will be picking it up soon ^-^
I'm getting the feeling this game will be a online only game from the comments people have been leaving, so I have no interest in this game now cause of that Sounds like a cool game so far, but I hate online only games.
I'll be giving both games a first time go, both games seem very interesting, especially Viva Pinata.
i tried the demo of it and wasn't very impressed with it, the combat and that are great but it seems rushed and they where given a very low budget.
Borderlands The Pre-Sequel (Xbox 360): I originally wasn't planning to get this game, but I seen a 10min trailer showing off the new game and what is in it and I needed to go get this game lol So all my focus is on this game this weekend.
To the people who bought Sunset Overdrive: please tell me if your loving the game or not, it will help me decide if I actually wanna pick this up or not (I had a pre-order but cancelled it in fear the game would be crap) so any opinion on the game is appreciated
@Anthinator ohh dang, Microsoft probably could have got alot of my friends money if they included Canada. Ohh well, still a sorta smart move by them to get sales.
Actually I would say this is a good move by Techland. If they want people to start buying Xbox One's, don't offer a last gen version of the game My problem with the games coming out is that you can get a last gen version of the game, and in my mind I think it will probably just made a water downed next gen version cause of that. I want new next gen experiences that can't be experienced unless you own a next gen console.
ohh man I'm gonna hate saying this....I had this on pre-order but I cancelled it last week cause I had a bad feeling this game would screw up somehow and that I would wait for a review....looks like my fears where exactly that, just fears Great...now I need to try and get a copy of this game lol Great review, though ^-^
here's my concern now that I read this again...when you mean US do you mean this is ONLY for United States people, or do you guys actually mean NA as in Canada,USA, and Mexico? (just a heads up, most Canadians HATE IT when you consider them US )
plain and simple, this is a smart move by Microsoft. Sony might have the most sales on the PS4 so far, but I find the people that bought the PS4 are either regretting their purchase, waiting patiently for something new to play while playing tons of HD remakes, or trading their PS4 in for a X1 or Wii U (I know 5 people who have done this so far). Personally, I have a X1 already and will be sitting back and waiting for the awesome games
Xbox One: Watch Dogs
Wii: LoZ Twilight Princess (and hopefully finally start Skyward Sword!)
Mario Kart Wii (just cause I can't afford a Wii U for Mario Kart 8)
New Super Mario Bros Wii
NES: Metroid and Startropics
I just play good games I would say the games I play are probably more linear, but there is open world games that do it right and really get you into the game. Most the time, I like linear just cause I like being sorta led along as long as there is a great story.
I'll choose to ignore IGN and GameSpot again, I really don't like their reviews, and I usually find I like games they seem to hate. As a a fan of the show, I'll probably be downloading this, and it helps that I have really enjoyed Platinum Games games over the years.
my game time will also be limited by birthday celebrations this weekend, but when I'm not too busy I'll be playing...
Watch Dogs (X1) Finally started this game after almost 2 months of owning it, so far I'm enjoying it a lot!
Blood Omen 2 (Xbox) friend recommended to me to try the legacy of kain series, so I got this and despite it being one of the "worst" in the series, I am enjoying it alot!
LoZ: Twilight Princess (Wii) all this week I was playing alot of NES classics, which made me want to replay my fav Zelda game I've played to so far (haven't played Skyward Sword yet ) This will tie me over till I receive the copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the mail
I hope he's right, because I've played on both PS4 and X1 and I can't figure out why people like the PS4 at all!! The Xbox One deserves more sales, it's getting original and unique games, the online service is WAY better then PS4 and, sorry to say Sony fans, but that PS4 interface is a joke compared to X1.
@Gamer83 I use to really like PlayStation too but since the reveal of the PS4, I've noticed Sony basically seems full of themselves, and for no other good reason then that they came out at E3 and said the system would be cheaper. Now that the X1 is technically cheaper, why would you bother to even consider owning such a shitty made console?!? (my god I hate that DS4 controller, why didn't they add a actual touch screen instead of that! )
some great stuff (evil within, borderlands, killer instinct etc.) and some really stinky stuff (duck dynasty) are coming out this week, not a bad selection at all. I'll be looking into peoples reviews and reactions to The Evil Within, cause it seems like it will be a great game.
Microsoft is definitely giving people reason to want a Xbox One! Can't wait to see how sales of the Xbox One are after Christmas time.
I pick Vanquish, that game was awesome!!!
Definitely gonna consider picking this game up, just need to get Sunset and Halo first. Awesome review, if the combat is basically Batman, that there sells it for me ^-^
yea same, I have mine pre-ordered but I went with the physical copy (I hate getting games through digital).
Can't wait, it'll probably be my new addiction when it's out ^-^
Yea, I never cared about game websites complaining about that stuff, I always thought it was the games that mattered. A lot of the time they like to pick on Xbox One for this and I feel like telling them "we get it, your bias and love the PS4, just shut up and review the games already" lol
I'll be playing the turkey eating game! (Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada, WAHOO!)
When not doing that, I'll be playing more classic original xbox games (Legacy of Kain Blood Omen 2, and Brute Force) and I might bring out the old SNES and play some Battletoads and Double Dragon and Battletoads in Battlemaniacs.
And, of course like normal, some Diablo III
stares at the console and controller ewww?
@EternalDragonX I agree completely with you. I own a X1 and my sisters boyfriend owns a PS4 and other then the new controller, I see nothing really great about the system, especially for it to be $50 more then the X1 (in Canada X1 is $399 while PS4 is $450) And to be honest, I really don't like the PS4 controller, the joysticks are too small and stubby and that touch pad thing is incredibly cheap feeling. Hopefully games like Halo and Sunset Overdrive will convince people this Xmas to buy the X1 though.
I've been interested in this game lately just because I've been seeing the little ads for it on this site lol It sparked my interest cause I had no idea what it was, but it looked pretty cool
I'm very interested in the game, and they better bring it to the Xbox One. If it's only a PS4 exclusive, I'll be passing on this game, which is a huge shame
Sunset Overdrive, don't even need to look at your list lol ^-^ I pre-ordered it and I can't wait to play this game!!! I would say Alien Isolation and The Evil Within are great contenders too, though.
nahh, PlayStation people can keep these mediocre games
Yea, I'm gonna agree with the others here, I too hate IGN and think there reviews are crap I'll listen to OXM and Destructoid on this one, it seems like a true Aliens game from everything I've heard and seen of it. It seems lately IGN only gives the huge games with huge buzz a good review, even if the game doesn't really deserve it (Destiny....)
Diablo 3 (Xbox One) been busy lately, so I plan to play a lot of this game this weekend
Doom 3 (Xbox) I never played this game before, and so far it's very fun ^-^
Soul Caliber 2 (Xbox) no clue why, but I've been playing this game a lot lately lol
Nintendo owns Japan, a American game company like Microsoft would never make sales over in Japan. Best to just focus on the west, the hell with Japan It's hard to take a country serious when Nintendo's stuff is #1 there lol
Some very good reviews, I guess I might have to re-consider getting this game! (I'll ignore Destructoid's review cause I think there as crappy as IGN and Gamespot now )
Diablo 3 (Xbox One) I've been neglecting playing it lately, so I will be also trying to get all my characters up to lvl 70 to get the achievement.
Sonic Heroes (Xbox) got through the team sonic part, working on team dark and that now
Soul Calibur 2 (Xbox) man I love this game!!! ^-^ So happy I bought a used original xbox, just for this game alone lol
cool, Chariot looks like it'll be fun, and I absolutely love Darksiders 2, so all in all not too bad of a month ^-^


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