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Forgotten Consoles: Sega IR 7000
October 21, 2015 October 30, 2015 DavidLeave a comment
In the world of smartphones, digital organizers are no longer necessary. But, before then, PDAs and similar devices were fairly common. Who ever thought Sega would make an attempt at one?
The Sega IR 7000 Communicator (SegaRetro.org)
Enter the Sega IR 7000, capable of sending text messages to another IR 7000 along with other functions such as a calculator and calendar. Visit Sega Retro's site for more info on this device lost to time.
The IR 7000 Communicator is a handheld device manufactured by Casio and released by Sega to the United States in 1994. The IR 7000 acts as a personal digital assistant, and allows IR 7000 users to communicate with each other via an infra-red beam, referred to as a "Magic Beam" on the box and back of the device. The IR 7000 features include the ability to send text messages, play the one or two-player action game "Brain Drain", create pictures of contacts using 400 facial features, and save phone numbers and addresses with password protection. The device also features a scheduler, calendar, calculator, currency converter, alarm, memo pad, World map, and 10 language settings.
The IR 7000 has much in common with the Casio Secret Sender 6000 (JD-6000) and the Casio My Super Magic Diary JD-6500, including similar button placements, shells, and modes. While not designated with a JD model number, it is likely that the IR 7000 is the successor to the JD-6500. While the IR 7000 has a battle mode, the JD-6000 has a universal television remote and the JD-6500 has a virtual pet. The IR 7000 does not feature Casio branding, however the default name for the owner of the device is "Casio".
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One day last month, I sat down and sifted through a mounting stack of articles on my desk. I found a number of articles on 'mega-churches' all published within a few days of each other. What was most striking was that they were saying incredibly different things. USA Today talked about the decline in mega-churches and the mounting struggles to reach new audiences. The Hartford Institute for Religion Research published a paper talking about the growing influence of the mega-church. Another article picked up on the "fact" that mega-churches are replacing denominations as sources for training and resources, while another article analyzed the phenomenon that many churches are getting "fed up" with the poor quality and questionable theology of the training and resources coming from mega-churches. Having recently visited and interviewed some leaders in a couple mega-churches (not United Methodist… of course "mega-church" and "Methodist" are kind of a contradiction in terms…), I found myself drawing a simple conclusion – each and every one of these articles was right.
How is this possible, since many claims are downright contradictory? Simple. We're not dealing with reality, but with diverse points of view (POV) – and perception shapes reality. Are mega-churches a good thing or a bad thing? It depends on who you talk to. Scott Thumma and Warren Bird, two of the most enthusiastic and committed supporters of the mega-church published a book last year – Beyond Megachurch Myths– that creatively fashioned "myths" that could be exploded with stories and statistics. The book carefully avoids many "myths" that are more difficult to debunk, but as far as it went, the book presented a compelling case for the upside of mega-churchdom. The downside of their book is a common conceit among mega-church advocates – they compare the handful of successful mega-churches against a host of mediocre and struggling smaller churches. I just wish someone would do a careful analysis comparing healthy to healthy, assessing the best of the biggest with the best of the smallest. The limited work I have done in this area indicates that size doesn't much matter. A strong, healthy church is a strong, healthy church is a strong, healthy church, large or small.
On the other side, a whole host of books and articles paint a darker, sadder, and sometimes more diabolical picture of the mega-church. By only focusing on the downside, these writings provide a very different perspective. But slanting the perspective is not overly helpful. Just looking at what is right gives one skewed perspective, while hammering on what is wrong gives another.
What I have found to be most enlightening is that the difference of opinion about the mega-church is often greatest within the mega-church. Any survey or report on the mega-church that comes primarily from their pastors should be viewed with more-than-a-little skepticism. I have yet to talk to any pastor (or key staff leader, for that matter) of a mega-church that thinks his (yes, his is intentional – I have yet to meet a woman in charge of a mega-church) church is anything less than the Kingdom of God come upon the earth. This is as it should be. Who wants a pastor who doesn't believe heart and soul in the goodness, rightness, and lasting value of what he (or she) does? These men would not become the pastors of monolithic congregations if they lacked confidence, vision, high self-esteem, entrepreneurial drive, and more ego than most. Strong personalities create strong organizations – and the mega-churches I visit indeed reflect the strength of character of their key leaders.
I spoke with the pastor of a 12,000+ member church in the spring that regaled me with stories of the ministry, mission, programs, and services of the church. He gave me the tour of the new broadcast facility, bookstore, and we sipped cappuccinos from the narthex coffee bar while he shared his feelings. "I know this is what God wants. It wouldn't be here if it wasn't what God wants. God is doing this, not me. I am a tool – all of us are tools. I never thought I would have a church like this. Who would? I mean, who am I to be blessed like this? I have more money, power, and respect than I ever deserved, but I take it because I know it is from God, and I'd better be faithful or He'll take it away. Most of my time is spent working with other people to reach our goal – 50,000 members by 2025 – but who knows, God may have even bigger plans for us than that! I don't want my lack of faith to limit God. He may want us to have 100,000 members and over 1,000,000 million viewers!" This man's enthusiasm is intoxicating, and there is no question that he believes he is doing God's holy work. It was interesting, however, to talk with one of the trustees and the business manager of the congregation. They saw things a little differently.
The bottom line is that mega-churches are churches. Some are good, some not so much. Some offer depth, some nothing but shallow surface. Some are growing, some are declining. They are right for some people, but definitely not right for all people. And there is absolutely nothing qualitatively superior about the mega-church in general, no matter what their fans would have you believe. As with any church, it is essentially value-neutral as an organizational entity. What the church is, what it does, how it functions as Christ for the world, and the ways it makes the world more like the realm of God – these determine whether it is good or bad.
The focus on the mega-church reveals a lot about contemporary North American culture and Western societal norms. We are impressed by immense size, pretty colors, loud sounds, abundant wealth, big buildings, and anything smacking of celebrity. Mega-churches feed our insatiable hunger for the noisy, sparkly, flashy, busy, and big. And as long as all this results in a meaningful and transformative relationship with God, fine. However, it is also important to remember that the vast majority of people who speak of deeply transformative and lasting spiritual experiences do not talk about the church – they speak of special people, places, and events where God became real to them. Rarely do these experiences take place in a church building. More often they occur in intimate relationships, special circumstances, sacred spaces, and at unexpected times. It may be a much more productive use of our time to think of ways to build strong relationships and make creative space than to build big churches with highly structured programs.
Hundreds of thousands of people enjoy the mega-church. A growing segment of American culture, however, is looking for something else. Among Christian spiritual seekers currently unconnected to any formal congregation, 81% say they would not be interested in any congregation larger than 75 members. They seek intimacy, rather than anonymity. They want close relationships with partners on the journey of faith, not a crowd sitting near them in an enormous worship space. They want full engagement in formation and service, instead of a passive attendance at a praise service. They seek opportunities to lead, and are not interested in organizations where their gifts aren't much needed. The reality is that there is not only room for the widest possible diversity of churches by size, shape, theology, and color, but there is NEED for them. Whether or not your church is a good church ultimately boils down to POV.
Fascinating post. Your point about "everything" being based on the pastor is exactly why I think we need to keep moving pastors. I've seen Methodist churches torn apart when a "popular" pastor moves. I can only imagine what would happen at our Methodist mega-churches if the bishop moved the pastor – like that could happen.
Pigs fly, hell freezes over, yada, yada — we talk a good game. Isn't it interesting how some of our most protected, least connectional pastors are now teaching us what it means to be Methodist?
The Connection though is broken across the board. If this situation reflects anything it is that maybe for too long we have tolerated church's that have failed to perform the basic goal of outreach and disciple making. They saw a threat that shown a bright light on their inability to perform and instead of asking what can they do to radically reach the people whom they are called to minister to they instead throw out the 'trouble maker'.
I was lay teacher in a Children's ministry in a large mega church in Maple Grove, Minnesota for two years. There was a realization that there needed to be intentional formation and the sermons and programming hit on this. For me it was a revisiting of confirmation and that wasn't for me. But there was a stepping back to rethink what was happening in the formation of disciples.
That being said the church was based on a personality and let the executive minister pretty much run things day to day. There was little lay participation in the congregation and getting teachers to teach was a tough thing.
That being said, the UMC congregations I have supported are typically based around lay member 'stars' who do the signature ministry. Too many pastors assume neglect fishing for people to follow Christ. The allure of giving units is too great. There is a lack of adult development that takes place in the sermons. Too much time is spent on social issues and not enough time on the basics of being a disciple and encouraging organic ministries that reach radically different people.
So while I agree with many your assessments, I have been involved up close and personal, I challenge that the UMC systems of apportionment, assignment, outreach, and connection have proved to be any more valid at the task of bring Christ into the world. In many ways our General Conference has many of the same faults.
When I talk about healthy church systems — at any level — that, by definition means that the focus in on disciple-making, servant ministry, and a balance between inward and outward focus. Any thing less doesn't qualify.
I do believe that the UMC is a fixable system, but not in the current institutional preservation mode. Path 1, ReThink Church, etc. are not taking us to a new place. They are merely desperation ploys in the absence of vision and courage. We are numbers driven — at all levels. The majority of decision makers are unwilling to sacrifice quantity for quality. Until that changes, we will experience more of what we already have. As I said in another post — we need revolutionary leadership, not revisionist.
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Travel |	 March 22, 2015
10 Exotic Places You Can Visit From Your Couch
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Our world is full of breathtaking sights, from natural wonders to man-made landmarks. Each corner of the planet is unique and worth a visit. It's too bad we'll never get to see most of it. There's not enough time, and some places are simply out of our reach. Precious few of us will ever travel to Antarctica, climb Mount Everest, or get to see Earth from space.
But what if we told you that you could do all of that? Right now, this very second? While the miracle of teleportation is still some years away, the Internet offers the next best thing: live webcams. Just one click of a button can instantly take you almost anywhere you can imagine.
So why not visit . . .
10International Space Station
One of humanity's greatest achievements to date is sending objects into Earth's orbit and beyond. Yuri Gagarin became the first person to go to space in 1961. Many others have followed in his footsteps since. On top of that, we've launched an increasing number of man-made objects up there, including no fewer than 2,500 satellites.
By far the largest artificial object orbiting our planet is the International Space Station (ISS). Launched on November 20, 1998, the ISS is a true testament to what we can achieve when we bring together technological and scientific expertise from across the globe. The ISS functions mainly as a microgravity science lab. It can be manned by up to six people at any given time.
Only a few chosen ones will ever get to step aboard the ISS. These lucky few will get to see the planet in all its glory from up above. The rest of us? We'll just have to make do with the high-definition streaming webcams, won't we? One of these is dedicated exclusively to broadcasting superb, high-quality views of Earth as seen from the ISS. Another one lets you listen in on the crew's chatter and even see them working when they're on duty. Whichever one you pick, you won't be disappointed. It's quite likely as close as can ever get to living among the astronauts.
Watch the webcams here.
9Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are nothing short of spectacular. These "rain forests of the ocean" house and feed as many as 25 percent of all ocean species, sustaining an impressive biodiversity of life. Coral reefs are typically found in tropical and subtropical waters. The largest and most famous of them—the Great Barrier Reef—has taken an astonishing 20,000 years to take its current shape.
But that's not why most of us find the reefs so fascinating, is it? No, we simply like their pretty colors and the fact that the protagonist of Finding Nemo lives there. We like them so much, in fact, that the coral reefs generate almost $10 billion in tourism and recreation value each year. The flip side is that tourists are contributing to a potentially irreversible destruction of the reefs. That's what happens when an excited snorkeler snags a piece of the coral to take home as a souvenir. A single second is all it takes to ruin something that's taken millennia to form.
So if you ever do visit the reefs, remember to leave them intact for future generations. Or you could go for a bit of virtual tourism and simply check out the many high-definition reef cams online.
8Antarctica
Photo credit: Christopher Michel
Antarctica is so remote that only the most dedicated among us will ever travel to the interior of this icy continent. There are permanent research bases in Antarctica, but they're manned by as few as 1,100 people during the harsh winter months, rising to about 4,400 in the summer.
While humans haven't established a significant presence in Antarctica, millions of penguins call it home. Just one species of these cute creatures—Adelie penguins—number around 3.8 million breeding pairs. Everyone loves penguins, but most people will only get to see them outside their natural habitats—in zoos and sea parks around the world.
At least that used to be the case. Now, thanks to a partnership between the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a few science foundations, you can watch the Antarctic penguins online from the comfort of your home. The penguin cam itself is only operational during the warmer Antarctic months, from October to end of February. The good news is that the webcam of the Palmer Station—the only US research facility on the Antarctic Peninsula—is online at all times. And it's just one of the Antarctic exploration cams available. So you are free to observe either the penguins or US researchers braving subzero temperatures.
7African Safari
Those who prefer a warmer climate are often fascinated by the idea of getting close to the wild animals of Africa. African safaris tend to be at the top of "things to do before you die" lists. The continent teems with species not found elsewhere on Earth.
An African safari is easily the trip of a lifetime for many people. Nothing will ever compare to the feeling of actually being there and seeing the elephants, giraffes, and cheetahs in their natural environment. If you're lucky enough to have the time, money, and energy to take a safari trip, we'd be foolish to discourage you.
But what if you don't have such an opportunity? Don't fret, for there's a South African company that specializes in bringing you as close as possible to these wild animals using the magic of streaming video. Africam has put up cameras in some of the busiest wildlife spots around Africa. These cameras stream live video and sound 24 hours a day. Thanks to night vision, these feeds aren't entirely useless—and are perhaps even more exciting—after darkness falls.
6The Northern Lights
Another bucket list favorite is the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. Northern lights are formed by charged particles colliding with the atmosphere and bursting into different colors. These range from bright green to deep blue to ruby red, depending on the altitude. The different colors mingle and paint curious patterns in the night sky—a sort of nighttime rainbow.
The aurora is one of the most incredible and mesmerizing sights around. To see it, you usually need to travel to regions near the Arctic, like Canada, Alaska, Iceland, or northern parts of Scandinavia. The best time to catch the northern lights is from September to April. Many tour operators offer packages specifically for those chasing this elusive occurrence.
Not up for traveling? Then you don't have to. Thanks to modern technology, you can not only predict when and where the northern lights will occur but witness this phenomenon without having to tear yourself away from the computer.
5Prague City Center
The capital of the Czech Republic is one of the oldest and most beautiful places in Europe. Every year, no fewer than four million tourists flock to Prague, making it the 22nd-most-visited city in the world. The center of Prague is filled to the brim with noteworthy old architecture, from the 14th-century Charles Bridge to the Prague Castle—the biggest medieval castle in Europe.
The quaint Old Town district offers many unique sights of its own. It's also the location of the oldest functioning astronomical clock in the world, hanging on the wall of the Old Town City Hall. Every hour, two square windows above the clock face open, and a procession of figurines makes its way through, popping in and out of the open windows. This brief show is called "The Walk of the Apostles" and draws crowds of gawking onlookers.
All of these sights and many others are available to anyone with access to the Internet. The camera across the astronomical clock even lets you control the viewing angle and zoom in on the action. So why not catch the apostles doing their thing?
4Jokulsarlon Glacial Lake
Jokulsarlon is as tranquil as it is tough to pronounce. Jokulsarlon literally translates as "glacial river lagoon," and it's pretty much exactly that: a charming glacial lake located close to Europe's largest glacier—Vatnajokull, in Iceland. It is one of Iceland's must-sees, and numerous operators offer boating tours to the lagoon. As many of these operators won't stop reminding you, the lake was also used as a filming location for multiple Hollywood movies, including Batman Begins and Die Another Day.
While it's truly an awe-inspiring natural wonder, Jokulsarlon's presence is somewhat bittersweet. Its very existence is the result—and continued evidence—of global climate change. The lake formed in mid-1930s, when the tongue-twisting Breidamerkurjokull glacier started to melt and lose chunks of ice. Since then, the retreating glacier supplied more and more ice to the lagoon. As the glacier disappears, Jokulsarlon grows.
A lone webcam bears witness to this gradual transformation. So tune in and watch live streaming video that tells the tale of disappearing glaciers and thriving glacial lagoons.
Watch the webcam here.
3Tokyo Skyline & Skytree Tower
Tokyo is a dazzling, eclectic clash of hyper-modern architecture, high-speed lifestyle, and traditional Japanese culture. It's the most populated metropolis in the world with 38 million residents. Each year, millions of foreigners visit Tokyo to absorb its unique fusion of the old and the new.
The city's skyline is dotted with imposing skyscrapers, including the tallest structures in all of Japan. For decades, the Japanese height record belonged to the 333-meter (1,100 ft) Tokyo Tower. As of 2012, that is no longer the case. The recently completed Tokyo Skytree now absolutely dwarfs the Tokyo Tower, standing a staggering 634 meters (2,080 ft) tall. Tokyo Skytree is the world's highest self-supporting tower and second-tallest building, losing out only to Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Skytree's primary function is as a communications tower, but it doubles as an eerie, blinking Eye of Sauron at night, looming over the city. Think we're making that up? Then wait until it gets dark in Japan and see the Tokyo skyline and the Skytree Tower for yourself from a conveniently placed webcam. (On some nights, visibility may be limited, but it's worth coming back for.)
2Niagara Falls
Three separate waterfalls on the Canada-US border form the Voltron of waterfalls known as Niagara Falls. Two of these—American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls—are on the US side. The one in Canada is called Horseshoe Falls but is sometimes referred to as Canadian Falls to make sure there's little doubt as to its location.
Niagara Falls was once the go-to destination for newlyweds, as portrayed in the Niagara movie starring Marilyn Monroe. It is still enormously popular with tourists: About 12 million people come here every year. Not only is it a prominent tourist attraction, but Niagara Falls also serves a more practical purpose: supplying a significant amount of hydroelectric power to US and Canadian homes.
A whopping 3,160 tons of water run over Niagara falls every second—90 percent of that over Horseshoe Falls alone. If you wonder what that amount of sheer force looks like, head on over to the three webcams covering the waterfalls and the Niagara River itself, and see it with your own eyes.
1Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on the planet and a temporary home to hundreds of brave climbers each year. Since it was first conquered in 1953, an estimated 4,000 people have reached the mountain's 8.8-kilometer (5.5 mi) summit.
Over recent years, the constant stream of ambitious hopefuls has become a bit of a problem. Some days, there are legitimate traffic jams as dozens of people await their turn to continue the climb. On top of that, the ever-increasing crowds leave behind trash that requires separate expeditions to clean up. As one experienced climber described it, "It isn't a wilderness experience—it's a McDonald's experience."
With the once-pristine peak setting tourist saturation records, there's some debate as to what should be done about it. Some suggest limiting the number of climbing permits, while others have proposed installing special ropes to make the climb easier and faster for amateurs.
In the meantime, the rest of us can enjoy the view from a webcam aimed directly at the mountain's summit. It's operational from 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM Nepal Standard time.
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Q: Determining the McLaurin series of $(1-z)e^{-z}$
Determine the Mclaurin series and the convergence radius for $(1-z)e^{-z}$.

I know the Taylor expansion of $e^t=\sum_\limits{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{t^n}{n!}$.Replacing $t=-z$ then I have $e^{-z}=\sum_\limits{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^n z^n}{n!}$. Now the series would be: $(1-z)e^{-z}=(1-z)\sum_\limits{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^n z^n}{n!}=...$
The books solution is $1+\sum_\limits{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{n+1}(n-1) z^n}{n!}$
I do not know how to manipulate the expression $(1-z)\sum_\limits{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^n z^n}{n!}$ in order to get the solution.
Question:
Can someone help me solve the exercise?
Thanks in advance!

A: Your book's answer appears to be incorrect, or perhaps you've mistyped it.
It is perfectly accurate to say that $$(1-z)e^{-z}=(1-z)\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!},$$ but unfortunately, this isn't in the correct form, yet, since we need it to look like $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_nz^n$$ for some numbers $a_0,a_1,\dots.$ I'll walk you through how to get it there.
Note that for any $w\in\Bbb C,$ we have $(1-z)w=w-zw,$ so that $$(1-z)e^{-z}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}-z\left(\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}\right),$$ or equivalently, $$(1-z)e^{-z}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}+(-1)z\left(\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}\right).\tag{1}$$ Distributing the $(-1)z$ into the right-hand series in $(1),$ we obtain $$(1-z)e^{-z}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}+\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^{n+1}z^{n+1}}{n!},\tag{2}$$ but now our powers of $z$ don't match! The right-hand series in $(2)$ is adding up $$\frac{(-1)^{0+1}z^{0+1}}{0!}+\frac{(-1)^{1+1}z^{1+1}}{1!}+\frac{(-1)^{2+1}z^{2+1}}{2!}+\frac{(-1)^{3+1}z^{3+1}}{3!}+\cdots,$$ or equivalently, $$\frac{(-1)^1z^1}{(1-1)!}+\frac{(-1)^2z^2}{(2-1)!}+\frac{(-1)^3z^3}{(3-1)!}+\frac{(-1)^4z^4}{(4-1)!}+\cdots,$$ so we can make the substitution $n\mapsto n-1$ in the right-hand series in $(2)$ to get $$(1-z)e^{-z}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{(n-1)!}.\tag{3}$$ Now the powers of $z$ in the two sums are matching, but the indices don't. However, we can simply take the $n=0$ term separately from the left-hand series in $(3),$ getting us $$(1-z)e^{-z}=1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{(n-1)!},$$ at which point we can combine the sums to get $$\begin{eqnarray}(1-z)e^{-z} &=& 1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\left(\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}+\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{(n-1)!}\right)\\ &=& 1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\left(\frac{(-1)^nz^n}{n!}+\frac{(-1)^nnz^n}{n!}\right)\\ &=& 1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^n(n+1)z^n}{n!}.\end{eqnarray}$$ This is probably what your book's answer is (supposed to be). We can do even better, though! Noting that each of $(-1)^0,$ $0!,$ $(0+1)$ and $z^0$ are equal to $1,$ we then have $$1=\frac{(-1)^0(0+1)z^0}{0!},$$ and so we have $$(1-z)e^{-z}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^n(n+1)}{n!}z^n.$$
Can you show that this series converges everywhere?

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With a current population exceeding 170 million, the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the seventh-largest country in the world and the most populous in Africa. Despite the introduction of policies and programs over the last 30 years to address Nigeria's rapid population growth and the challenges it poses for development, the country is projected to become the third-largest nation in the world by mid-century (United Nations Population Division, 2015). These continuing demographic trends—coupled with emerging national priorities and new international development frameworks—created the need to assess the implementation of Nigeria's 2004 Policy on Population for Sustainable Development (henceforth NPP, or the policy). Results from this USAID-funded Health Policy Project assessment are intended to guide the formulation of a revised policy and the approaches needed to realize its goals and objectives.
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Baseball fans check out cool historical exhibits inside the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame at Petco Park.
Lovers of baseball history and fans of the San Diego Padres would definitely enjoy visiting the new Padres Hall of Fame at Petco Park. Inside, one can see many great exhibits concerning baseball in San Diego.
I checked out the Padres Hall of Fame last weekend during the Celebrate San Diego event. Here's just a small preview of what you'll see…
Historical photo shows first recorded game of baseball in San Diego. It took place on May 6, 1871.
The first box score in the San Diego Union in 1874, and a 1907 photo showing local team posing in front of the Pickwick Theatre in downtown San Diego.
Old photo of baseball game being played in 1910 at Athletic Park near the shipyards.
Babe Ruth poses with a bat during an exhibition tour at Balboa Stadium in 1927.
Padres fans check out lots of photos and cool artifacts which recall the history of baseball in San Diego. On the left are photos of the first Padres team in 1936, and Lane Field.
Photo of young Ted Williams, who joined the Padres after graduating from Hoover High School. He helped the Padres win the Pacific Coast League title in 1937.
Souvenir program for the opening game of the 1939 season in the Pacific Coast League. San Diego Padres versus Oakland Oaks.
1954 photo of big celebration parade along Broadway in downtown San Diego. The Padres finished first that year in the Pacific Coast League.
Autographed Padres team ball from 1954, and the home run ball smashed by Bill Elliot in the one game playoff to win the PCL championship.
Old baseball program from the 1959 Pacific Coast League All Star Game.
Photos of legendary radio broadcaster Jerry Coleman, who began a 42-year career in 1972, and Nate Colbert who that year hit five home runs in a Padres baseball double header.
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Legendary reliever Trevor Hoffman's jersey on display in the Padres Hall of Fame at Petco Park. He helped the Padres win the 1998 National League pennant.
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The San Diego Padres Hall of Fame at Petco Park will rekindle warm memories for dedicated hometown baseball fans.
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Bangladesh's foreign debt flow down by 24.38% in July-Aug: ERD report
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The foreign debt flow to Bangladesh has decreased by 24.38 percent – to USD 86.43 crore – in July-August of the current fiscal year (FY), compared to the previous FY.
The latest report of Economic Relation Division (ERD) revealed that Bangladesh received USD 86.43 crore in the first two months (July-August) of the current fiscal year, which was USD 1.14 billion in the same period last fiscal year. It shows a decrease of 24.38 percent in foreign credit.
The fiscal year 2022-23 started with a jump in foreign credit flow in continuation of the last financial year. In July, the first month of FY 2022-23, nearly USD 49 crore in foreign debt came into the country which was 48.50 percent more than July last year.
But, in August it stumbled. Donors have written off USD 37.63 crore credits this month, which is about 23 percent less than the previous month.
Bangladesh set a record in receiving low-interest foreign loans in FY 22 in the global situation that was turned upside down by the shock of the Russia-Ukraine war after pandemic. Donors waived more than USD 10 billion in foreign credits in FY 22.
The ERD, a wing of the Finance Ministry, released data on foreign credit waivers on Thursday, showing that USD 86.43 crore was received from donors in the first two months (July-August) of FY 23. Of them, project aid came to USD 83.29 crore. And the donation received is USD 3.14 crore.
During the same period last year, project assistance was USD 1.10 billion. Grants came in at USD 3.42 crore.
Bangladesh's foreign credit continues to increase from the fiscal year 2017-18. In the same year, the foreign credit increased from USD 3 billion to USD 6.37 billion in one jump. Then in FY 2018-19, the debt was USD 6.54 billion.
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To the church in the hearts of the people - by Barbados Today January 2, 2014
Government must understand it is the main employer and you are either going to employ people and pay them, or you are going to have them unemployed and feed them at the public's expense in your public institutions, including in your jails.
–– Sir Roy Trotman, general secretary of the Barbados Workers Union.
This is ideation, though reeking of cynicism, paints a clear picture of the circumstance that predisposes our political leaders to finding jobs for people –– at all costs. The irony is this observation of Sir Roy's should pass as food for thought, or some panacea for the woes the Government now faces, which in large degree was conditioned by this predilection our revered union leader would have cemented for all time.
Of course it is not peculiar to the Barbados Government of being the biggest employer in the land. Governments almost everywhere have the highest salary payments to make in the country; and in these recessionary times such has been an economic burden and a drain on their coffers.
Some observers have repeatedly advised –– even in the United States –– that the "simple solution" to all this national strain is to shrink the government (like reducing Cabinet numbers and other ancillary posts); cut all "nonessential" programmes (the Opposition Barbados Labour Party would decidedly include the Barbados Democratic Labour Party summer camps in these), and let the markedly excess number of employees by government find work in the private sector (which the projected 3,000 or so to be laid off by our Government in the first quarter of 2014 may be successful in doing or not).
Let's be honest. The Government of Barbados, under both the Democratic Labour Party and the Barbados Labour Party, has been doing a great deal for Barbadians with its health, education and social programmes. Almost every Bajan regards such national welfare as a right –– which ought not to be altered, and certainly not stopped.
Some observers, surely not the majority, argue that the Government has been doing way too much for too long, and that since the sustainability of many of these national free benefits has been called into question, given our precarious economic situation, now would be a good time to diminish or relinquish several of these services –– or have them paid for.
Cutting Government expenditure, they say, by the trimming of jobs, allowing private enterprise to run some of these entities now led and managed by Government, and getting Barbadians off all this freeness –– without their suffering withdrawal symptoms –– could be a boon for jobs outside the public sector, even driving self-employment and ultimately revitalizing the economy, and bringing back confidence, hopefulness, enthusiasm and energy to the Barbadian society.
We do not fool ourselves that the greatest or least of this effort towards national economic recovery will not be uphill. And for any of our leaders –– political, social or religious –– to suggest otherwise is to do great disservice to the populace of Barbados, and to set up a people yearning after the restoration of a comfortable mind and unpressured body for absolute disillusionment.
Like all other God-fearing souls, we acknowledge the will and power of the Almighty; but we hold that it is a tad much when a pastor tells his flock that those possibly facing job loss need do nothing more than "trust in God" –– which is as easily done as said, but in the end not likely to bear fruit if the believer sits around idly awaiting "a miracle".
We were more impressed with Bishop Dr John Holder's approach to dealing with the burden that layoffs could bring to their victims living in the Anglican Church parishes. While acknowledging and reminding church worshippers on Old Year's Night that "God is in control", the bishop pledged he would instruct his priests to reach out into their own districts to see how they might ease the tribulations of and help bring peace of mind to any of the new jobless.
Stating up front that the Anglican Church would probably not be able to take care of all the needs of all the affected families, Dr Holder promised the church would do its best –– at the very least offer some help in minimizing the negative fallout from being put on the breadline.
It will be heart-warming to see the Anglican Church out in the field again doing its social duties –– as it once was well known for –– bringing its traditional soberness in godly things back to the community. Kudos to Dr Holder!
Naturally, we also commend all the other church leaders who have been playing their part in looking after their members and others in need, and continue to do so.
With austerity measures of a kind being taken in this current economic crunch, hopefully for an improved economy, there is no better time than now to love thy neighbour as thyself, and to be thy brother's keeper –– sans cynicism!
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Alx Edg says:
Wow!!Where are people when the Church needs money? If there is money in the church, it comes from already poor church members paying tithes ,offerings, etc.Yes, people who make a commitment to give 10% while everyone else is waxing out their money drinking,partying and shopping. Now you ask that the church take care of them? The joke/irony is people don't want to make a commitment to a relationship with God,but they want the blessings. Go figure!!! Hmmmm!! But God…….!!!
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Casting & Read-throughs
Posted in Hypothesis the 4th on September 29, 2010 by PoPS blog
Last week we wrote a script. The only way to truly know if what you wrote works is that little voice in your heart that tells you every half hour that you're one of the worlds great geniuses and your words will be studied long after your passing. But if you're smart you'll only let that voice make .05 percent of your decisions, no matter how assured and British it sounds in your head. So now you need to subject the script to the studio standard method of discovering problems—the read-through.
It goes without saying that before you can have a read-through you need to find your cast. There are plenty of ways to do this. Question: Are you going to wade through the paperwork integral to the process of obtaining a SAG low-budget agreement so you can use card-carriers as your actors? If you are, you're a better person then I. I've never been through the process, so if you're looking for casting advice then this is all I got. Cast your friends. Especially if you're making a series for no money. A lot of free time is given up to no-money production and your friends are the people most likely to stick with you through the YEARS it's going to take to finish. It helps if they can act and it's even better if they can adapt to your direction. If they're interested and excited to be a part of the project, that's the best you can hope for. On a side note, make friends with attractive people. They're more fun to look at on camera.
If you still need other people to fill up roles after talking your good-looking friends into it or you would prefer to go through the casting process, there are huge numbers of people who want the chance to act for free. All you have to do is open a new tab on this browser, go to Craigslist, and post a casting notice under the Gigs section in the Talent sub-section. It has to go in GIGS because that's where they keep the unpaid work. There are also a bunch of other free-actor sites like NowCasting or ExploreTalent. Or ActorsAccess, if you want to take it up a notch. Of course these actors are hoping to be paid, and the really talented ones are going to have to get some kind of back-end agreement for when you sell this thing, but the usual agreement is for copy, credit, and meals. The meals thing is a little flexible depending on how much of the day the shoot takes up. But I usually sweeten the pot in casting notices by saying that participants usually end up on IMDB (see the first blog I posted), that we have accrued a very loyal audience base, and that I can give them a copy of just their scene for their reel in whatever format they like. The only actual hurdle is that if someone is acting for free, they usually expect to be a lead. Posting that it's a guest-starring role will limit the number of submissions you get but it's honest and you don't want to get your hopes up over a headshot that's going to ditch you when they find out that they only have a scene or two.
The only other thing I have to say about casting is that it's not very professional to have actors come to a private residence to read. It throws up so many red flags in the actor's mind that you might get a lot of people seeing the building and then driving away before their scheduled audition time. Every city has some kind of rehearsal space that can be rented cheaply for auditions. Failing that, try your local community center, they'll most likely be happy to help.
Once you have your cast, you need to get everyone together for a read-through. I find that these are much more fun if you feed everyone and have some wine or beer on hand. It doesn't matter if the wine is cheap, as far as your cast is concerned, it's free, and that's all that matters. Pizza is the fallback read-through food of choice, but for our last read-through my wife made a mountain of pasta and garlic bread. Again, cheap and delicious. A good read-through is like an ambition-driven dinner party.
The main purpose of a read-through is to get everyone on the same page (Ha! Like a script page? That's right, I said it). This is when you can see if the actors have the same idea of the character that you do, and if they don't, you can guide them into the right frame of mind. It makes everything much easier when you get to set. This is also a great time to find out if the script works. The initial draft of episode 3 of The Platoon of Power Squadron had a really heavy scene in the last act. It was great in my head and on the page. It was powerful, I was taking a personal stand as a writer, and it was gripping. But at the read-through it was an atrocity. It seemed to come out of left field. The plot point still exists in the outline of the whole series, but I had to push it back several episodes. The problem was that we hadn't earned it. I had a scene and a character growth-point that I was really excited about, so I rushed it. Because it felt wrong at the read-through I re-wrote the script with a completely revised act 3 for the B-story. I can't tell you how relieved I am to this day that I did the re-write. If I had left it as it was, the scene I was so excited about would have felt totally out of place and ruined the entire episode, not to mention our credibility with our audience who entrusts us to make the right decisions for their characters at the appropriate times. The real moral of the story is that every turn of your characters and plot has to be motivated and earned.
Now you have your cast and a locked script. It's time for the worst part of the entire process…SCHEDULING.
One of the most important factors in scheduling is finding locations. But I'm going to talk about that next week.
Jarvi out.
PoPS video update 31-Making Effects
Writing, coffee, SAVAGE!
So you have your concept, now it's time to write your first episode. The first thing that you have to realize is that a majority of pilots are awful. I'm not talking about spec-pilots that never leave the day-job cowboy's free-time writing room. I'm talking about goes-to-network pilots. The inherent problem is that the writing has to convey too many things at once and still feel natural and unforced. Generally, you need to wait until around the third episode of a show before the production team has calmed down enough for you to see what a show is really like. There are exceptions to the "pilot rule of terribility"—I just made that up—but the gems are few and far between. LOST, Firefly, and Wonderfallsare standouts for sure. The main problem is that the average pilot writer feels the need to explain EVERYTHING right from the beginning, so the episode is rushed and packed to the gills. The first episode of our show, The Platoon of Power Squadron (PoPS), suffers from a different setback. I tried to get around the "I-need-to-reveal-the-scope-of-my-vision!" inclination by attempting to artfully explain nothing. I posed a series of questions and waited until the last scene to reveal the particulars of their super powers in the hopes that the audience would be intrigued enough to follow it through to the end. That's asking a lot, and I think the pilot suffered for it.
I think the best way to go about a pilot script is to focus on your characters (because that's the only TRUE selling point of any show) and treat it like any other episode.
A lot of writers believe in detailed outlining. If you have an arsenal of character backgrounds, act-by-act breakdowns, and season arcs already in place, it makes it easier to face a blank screen and you have the ability to foreshadow any plot developments. But you can do it the other way too. Sit down and write.
Luckily, we're not flying blind. Story structure has a time tested and commercially proven layout that unravels over 3 acts. Act 1: A problem is discovered. Act 2: Complications mount and everything seems hopeless. Act 3: A solution! Yay, everything's okay!
The particulars of the problem can be anything, but the fact that there is one is really important. Unless something shows up in act 1 to give your characters an objective and let the audience know their rough destination, the episode is going to feel drifty and that can make audiences uncomfortable. It's too much like real life. Audiences want to have a goal and see characters achieve it—or not achieve it, depending on the audience. But some brand of catharsis should be attained.
Also, a script should have more than one storyline running through it. I think the usual average is about 3. If there's an episode of 30 Rock, the A-story involves Liz or Jack having a problem while the other one provides fantastic, snarky counter-comedy, the B-story will be Tracy having a problem maintaining his sanity, and the C-story has Kenneth doing something quirky. Sometimes the stories are interconnected and sometimes they're not. With this many stories in a 22-minute show it keeps things moving and you can cut back and forth between them to keep things fresh for the reportedly truncated attention spans of the modern audience. And if each of the storylines has a 3-act structure, most of the writing is done. You just need to fill in the blanks and get some good dialogue in there.
Another approach is to find a theme for each episode and have each story reflect different aspects of that theme. Bryan Fuller's shows revolve around this. Say you're watching Dead Like Me. Let's say George reaps a wealthy man and has to watch his family bicker over his money while Reggie decides to be extra considerate to their mother for an episode to "deserve" being the surviving child. Then Daisy teaches Roxy how to use femininity as a more powerful weapon than aggression and Mason causes a hilarious disaster instigating the reap-group to band together and bail him out. The theme, of course, would be personal worth as a member of a family unit. I just made that up, but now I wish that had been an episode. That show shouldn't have been cancelled. Moment of reflection… moving on.
As to the technical aspects of formatting a screenplay, there are tons of books written on the subject and in the spirit of "no-budget" you should check them out of the library. They'll tell you all about the INTs and EXTs and CONT'Ds. And screenwriting programs are awesome. They even have built in scheduling software which will come in really handy in a blog or two.
I used to follow the Robert Rodriguez Rebel Without a Crew rule book. The cardinal rule for low-budget filmmaking being "write what you have." From locations to props to actors, if you already have access to everything in your script, you don't have to spend money on it. I found that this way of thinking was limiting my scripts to a very small scale. At a certain point, you have to branch out and write what's going to be best for the show. That will mean spending money on some props or tricks and spending a lot of time on the phone trying to get access to locations, but at the end of the episode, it's worth it. Your episode wasn't dictated by what you already had on hand, it was dictated by what was right for the story.
If you can't seem to find a character's voice, but you know their general personality, base them on someone you know in real life. It's better if you know the person well because then more of their personality will filter into the character and less of yours will. It will give the character a unique point of view and keep all of your characters from coming from the exact same place.
If you're writing a dialogue scene and everything is flowing really nicely, it's easy to get lost in it and end up with an 8-page scene before you realize it. That's way too long. A good rule of thumb to follow is that a single scene shouldn't last more than 3 pages. More than that and you're starting to push attention span limits. If you're over 3 pages and it's REALLY important that every page of the scene remains uncut, chop the scene in half, cut to one of the other storylines, and then jump back to finish the scene. That keeps things moving and you didn't have to drop a word.
The total page count of an episode varies depending on the show. They used to say a page equaled a minute of screen time. Now I think everybody concedes that it runs faster—somewhere around a page and a half equals a minute, maybe? My scripts tend to run in the neighborhood of 10 pages fast. If I have a 35 page script, I'll have a 25 minute episode. I think it really depends on how much description you use, how fast your dialogue runs, and how tight the final edit is. I hear that Gilmore Girls scripts were around 75 pages or more for a 44-minute episode. I think that's pretty impressive.
At the end of the day, the particulars of this process depend on the person doing the writing. You'll find out what tricks work for you the more you do it. The hardest part of the entire process is convincing yourself to sit down and actually write. Once you convince your brain that you're just going to sit there until you've done some writing, it actually goes pretty smoothly; so turn off the tv, switch off your wifi, and stare at the blank screen and the blinking cursor. Eventually your mind will stop trying to distract you and start churning out the magic.
Any questions? Leave them in the comments. I'll give you the no-budget solution.
also check out the page for the Jarvi Java Edit Blend roasts of coffee on Coffee by the Roast, and buy some coffee with my name on it. see that, ma? no grandkids yet, but we do have a legacy born of caffeinated deliciousness…
JARVI JAVA
and the last bit of cool news is that when i woke up yesterday, there were several emails on my phone telling me that Adam Savage from Mythbusters had tweeted a link to a video i made of my dad making one of his awesome benches. ADAM SAVAGE! my dad and i LOVE Mythbusters and Adam Savage watched our 15-minute video? this life-o-mine is gettin' a little strange. here's a link to that video…
Making a Jarvi Bench
catch you guys later.
PoPS update 30-Time Management
CONCEPTS–2nd post on the NexTV blog
Jake Jarvi here again. I'll be checking in once a week and dropping tips I've picked up over the years about making movies without any money. Since we're always working on the next episode of The Platoon of Power Squadron (PoPS), I'd like to just talk about whatever part of the process we happen to be on since that's the part currently occupying most of my mind-grapes. However, we just finished shooting episode 4 and I'm elbows deep in editing and effects (when I'm not working at my day job or hanging out with my wife.) If I just start discussing editing right now, I feel like we're approaching the process from the wrong side, so I'm just going to start from the beginning and talk my way forward over the coming weeks.
The very, very, very, very, very beginning of the process starts with figuring out what you want your show to be about. Here you have all the options in the world. A lot of first time filmmakers find something that they think is a really important issue or current event that will get a lot of attention. In the same arena, you have the filmmakers who want to stir up attention with something really controversial. Both of these are a fair way to grab attention and generate interest in your product…if you are interested in what you're writing about. If you choose one of these options but aren't personally interested in the story of your show, it's going to be so boring. I've been to quite a few film festivals and watched more than my share of super-indy content, and you can tell—almost from the opening credits—that they think their story is important…to…the world; but it must not be important to them, 'cause I'm bored as hell. This also goes for content creators who deliberately go out to make something quirky. If you're going to do quirky, it's gotta have heart. Surface quirk feels phony from the get go.
Do yourself a favor. Take a look at your dvd shelf and pull off the ones you watch the most; especially if they cross all mood-barriers. You want to watch it when you're relaxing by yourself, when you're with friends, when you've had a bad day, or when your sick. Whatever you pulled off the shelf is your genre. That's what you should be making because you get the most joy out of it. And when you're working on something for no money, the only thing that's going to help you cross the finish line is the love of the game and your belief in the story you're telling. Stack the deck in your favor and tackle a genre you love .
Now combine that genre with something you know a lot about. "Write what you know" is a cliché for a reason. You'll have more to say about things that you've already given a lot of thought. Take PoPS for example…
I spent a lot of my twenties working various retail jobs, wondering what I was going to do with my life, and thinking that all of my "potential" was being squandered. That's what I knew. Then I combined it with something I love, super heroes and special effects. I knew nothing about making visual effects when I wrote the pilot script from PoPS ep1, but I trusted that somehow they would work out. After teaching myself Motion and After Effects, most of them did. There are effects in the first episode that make me cringe, but at least they get the point across.
I knew that if I combined those two elements it would be a show that I would love to watch, hence, it would be a fun show to make. As long as it stays fun and exciting, unpaid actors don't quit. Your crew still will, but we'll get to that in a few blogs.
Once you have an idea that you like, don't attack it right away. Think about it for a few days. Look at your elements and figure out what questions are raised by that particular combination of characters, conceits, and genres. Then you'll know what matters to your characters, what your audience will want to know, and what kind of mischief you should throw at both of them. It will also probably tell you what your main theme is.
A main theme is important because you need to be able to talk about your show in two ways. If a friend of a friend or someone I meet in a bookshop asks me what my show is about, I say, "Super heroes in their twenties who don't know what to do with their crazy super powers." That sounds like a lot of fun and there's a bunch of ways to interpret it. The person I'm talking to is already imagining all sorts of hijinks they'd like to see in that scenario. However, if someone at a festival or a potential investor asks me what my show is about, I say, "Unrealized potential. That struggle in your twenties where you have to harness your natural gifts and use them to get ahead. The super powers make it fun and commercial, but it also resonates." [Update: April 7, 2011–It's less than a year later and I already think this is spectacularly pretentious advice. Use the first description of your show always. That unrealized potential answer makes me want to punch myself in the face.]
If your casually hanging out with someone keep it short, their imagination will do the rest and could potentially make them think you're super cool on top of it. If you're talking to someone who can change your situation, you need to make it sound commercial, but also layered. Something worthy of study, if possible. Then it's a legacy project too. And who doesn't want to have a legacy?
No matter what idea you think of, there are tons of legacy-layers in there. You just have to think about it for awhile.
Next week, we'll talk about writing tricks. This week, take a look at how I initially chose to present the PoPS concept in the first trailer. I hoped it would raise the right kind of questions to make the audience want to tune in.
PoPS update 29-Effects Show
Day Job Cowboys Activate
so we submitted ep3 to the NexTV competition, in which the judges are a bunch of real entertainment industry folks. part of the contest involved a "shortcut to the finals" option where people could vote for a show to make it past the initial selection process and head directly to the finals and in front of said industry folks. a large group from our audience came out on our behalf, voted, and pushed us into to the top of the list.
the fact that we beat the second runners up by a large margin led to Randy Becker, the President of nextventertainment.com, asking me if i would write something about self marketing for their blog. i sat down and wrote a short novel. he then asked if i would like to make it a regular thing.
so once a week i'll be blogging about no-budget filmmaking and things i've gleaned from my years of doing it. i'm thinking the middle of the week, like, wednesdays. and then hopefully i'll remember to re-post my entries here. i realize that i'm lame, but i like the idea of the guerrilla filmmakers of the digital video-internet generation being called "day job cowboys". we'll see if that gets nixed by Randy,
so here's the first one…
AN AUDIENCE
My name is Jake Jarvi. An episode of my show, The Platoon of Power Squadron, Part III: Transition won the latest round of the NexTV Shortcut to the Finals Voting Competition. Over the three weeks that we petitioned to get votes, over 4,000 people visited the site and voted on our behalf. I couldn't feel more honored that people took time out of their day to come out and support our show. The reason we could get that many people to come out in the first place is simple; we have an audience. The reason we have an audience boils down to one simple word: Youtube.
A bunch of people reading this just rolled their eyes. Youtube has gotten a bad rap. People say time and time again that the Youtube audience only likes to watch cute animals and stupid people doing stupid things. There's a lot of truth in that. Those are the videos that get embedded on Facebook and sent to friends in emails. It began as a lowest common denominator website, and before Google bought it, the quality was awful–they didn't even have a 16:9 display window for the love of God. Vimeo was the place for filmmakers to display their stuff in high quality. But now that Youtube has the 1080p option, there are people doing some truly exemplary work there. And Youtube has something that Vimeo just doesn't…a community.
It was our Youtube community that came out to support us. For three weeks we asked them to come out and vote. About a quarter of them did. That's how we ended up here.
The ability to interact with an audience is a luxury that low-to-no budget filmmakers have never had before. What Youtube gave me is something that I had hoped for all of my life, but hardly ever dared to dream of actually having: critical audience feedback and a loyal following. These people know the names of my characters and they root for them. They speculate about plot developments and analyze for hidden meaning. For the first time I'm creating content for someone other than myself. I post a video and thousands of people I've never met tune in and talk to me about it.
I've been making video content since I was 12 and aspiring to get it in front of an audience since I was 21. Finally at 29, I have a worldwide audience, and Youtube made that possible.
But it's not as simple as posting something on Youtube either. As discouraging as it is, a majority of people still don't want to watch a web series. We had the benefit of casting a Youtube celebrity–a popular vlogger who calls himself wheezywaiter. A small portion of his audience tuned in and then spread the word about a cool super hero show amongst their friends. That's how, over the course of three episodes, we grew our audience to over 17,000 subscribers.
Our episodes are about a half hour long and with our day jobs and the fact that it's an effects show (and we're doing all the effects ourselves), it takes months to complete an episode. So once a week I post a video telling our audience about our latest progress on the current episode. That's another part of the process. Once you have an audience, don't let them forget about you. You have to constantly interact with them and connect with them or they'll forget you exist. That's also the nature of the internet.
So get yourself a website, a Youtube page, a Facebook page, and a blog, and then keep up with all of them. Making content isn't enough; you have to do constant audience upkeep. And the thing is, once you get started on it, you actually enjoy it. Like, a lot. I know some of these user names by heart now. I know the ones that are really supportive and go out of their way to spread the word (one particularly supportive Youtuber has vowed to send a high priority email to Entertainment Weekly with the release of every episode) and I also know the user names of the people who show up just to shoot me down in the comments. That's the other thing about an audience; it's 97 percent people who love what you do, 3 percent viciously angry bastards. And I think we all know which faction aims their comments for maximum impact.
Once you have all those things in place, get yourself an IMDB page. Submit your work to at least two or three festivals using Withoutabox (who was bought out by IMDB), pay enough in entry fees (too many early-bird deadlines won't get you there, I think it's somewhere in the 60 dollar range), and you'll get an email about setting up your project's IMDB page. Nothing says legitimacy like IMDB. Plus, maybe a festival will accept you and those are always fun to go to.
Anyway, that's my two cents. I don't make a living producing my own content, but I do have an audience. And that's worth an awful lot. Especially when it comes to online voting contests.
I hope this short novel of self-aggrandisement helped in some way. Getting an internet audience can be agonizingly slow and frustrating, but in the end it doesn't matter if they ever show up or not. You either keep making the content because it's what you do, or you don't.
so until next week–take it easy, guys.


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