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My finished scene for the @rottmntmovie-fananimated project! I'm still pretty new to animation, so I really appreciate the team letting me participate (and starting me off easy with something so short and simple)!

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Suicide is a force of unthinkable strength and volume at this point in history. It is almost banal. Kids younger than ten carry out this act with a frightening level of success, and many more fail in their attempts. The demography of suicide is presently a very interesting subject - mostly, it represents the general feeling that there is No Alternative. It is the ultimate act of isolated revolt, in its most desperate and atomized form. It is capital's preferred option for those who are discontent, as it leaves the dominant social order intact quietly, while drumming up sympathy for "those poor people" who took their own lives. It does not demand any discussion on why.

The intelligent revolutionary harnesses dominant social trends for their ends. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was one of the first to figure this out, in tandem with Hafez Al-Assad, Bashar's father. They figured it out in a vulgar way - by inducing those who followed them to commit suicidal acts of military and terrorist strategy. Of course neither Khomeini nor Assad was the first to sign up to blow themselves up - Allah had willed a different path for them, surely. Peasants were used as pawns, and to this day, are induced to blow themselves up for the sake of the hierarchies that exploit them and their survivors.

It is obvious that this represents some of the most extreme cases of hierarchies preserving themselves and exploiting their subjects. The anarchist is quite likely, if not practically duty-bound, to reject this. Does this mean that suicide is of no use to us? In my mind, it does not. It simply means that we would do well to approach the matter from the other end.

Presently, resources are not scarce in the postindustrial west. There are homes, there is food, the means exist to produce a brilliant standard of living for nearly all people, were those means in our hands. What is in absolutely short supply, however, is meaning. Our peers who are currently chest-beating and flag-waving their way around the likes of Trump, Brexit, Le Pen, and all variants of the anti-neoliberal, ultra-nationalist ideologies are given a prepackaged set of parameters within which meaning can be produced. If they can't find themselves a job, or a spot in the army, they can at least find themselves a sense of belonging in a hyped-up mob of hyper-emotions like hatred and fear. They can find their views and existences affirmed by the society that already exists - family, labor, positions of power, moral authority, it all stands strong and in such a fashion that the project of continuing to exist seems to be a good idea (for them).

Those who imagine another way of living see no obvious road to it, and as such, there is unbelievable inertia, apathy, depression, and suicidal urges springing up on the left and among anarchists. They do not see the world they imagine - if they are even able to imagine it at all - affirmed anywhere. We have some ideas here on this board, some theories, even some quite reasonable historical analyses pointing us in the direction that seems sound and decent. But these ideas mean very little if they do not appear to be readily practicable or of much consequence.

This puts us on the downward end of a war of meaning and individual self-preservation. Our "post-truth" world is so flaccid, and so without content, that the individual frequently sees the voluntary ending of their own existence to be a more reasonable alternative to resistance, because all forms of resistance heretofore imagined are not, apparently, of much consequence. This is more true of the so-called "liberal left" than of anarchists, but is still generally relevant for most anarchists who are not naive enough to be hopped up on ideology 24/7.

Opposition to violent means is at a low among radicals, yet violent means are notoriously good ways to get killed or imprisoned. Draw a gun at a protest and you will be ended. Organize a militia and you will be kept under the watch and quite possibly framed into imprisonment. Yet do we not see the reality that is in front of us? The nature of violence has changed. Classical combat, even updated to include the likes of guerrilla warfare, is not particularly relevant. Yet force is still the blood of history and power. Now, combat consists of the presence or absence of meaning, and the subsequent affirmation or negation of existence. Does the world around us, in how it is altered by our adversaries strategically, drive us to a place of desperation? (It does). Conversely, could we not begin altering the worlds of our opponents to be just as desperation-inducing? Could we not, on the level of the collective and the individual alike, compose targeted means of driving our enemies to suicide?

This is the realpolitik of conversion. Radicalizing people does not consist of convincing them through reasoned argument. It instead is a matter of examining the nature of a person's desperations, and addressing them by offering meaning. Luckily, unlike material resources, meaning can be created by nothing. This is why Nietzsche, Stirner, and Novatore offer some of the most relevant tendencies within anarchism today. It is also the realpolitik of destabilization. As surely as we create and distribute the means of producing meaning to those we align with, we poetically expose the baseless and empty nature of the meaning our enemies derive from the systems they interact with. If this means the tables turn and they off themselves, this is our enemies killing our enemies for us - far superior to direct violence. If it means they reach a point of desperation, where their resolve is weakened, it may also mean they are radicalized and brought into the anarchist fold, because their old ideas gave way and fell apart (I know more former nazis who became anarchists in this way than you'd imagine).

My last point: What does this look like in practical terms? I think to a certain extent we could brainstorm this in the comments, but my first thoughts are:

We gain a reputation of being the ones who get the most out of life. This means learning to Live Well. We must be seen universally as being the top assemblage of humanity that is eating the best food, having the best sex, creating the best art, and most importantly: having the most fun. Somehow, radicals have gained the opposite reputation, as being joyless guilt-mongers who lead austere and bitter lives, and infighting constantly, living in squalor, and generally having a bad time. We need to ask: What makes us happy? And begin doing that as a group, loudly and in the streets. This might be more important than nearly anything else. If we are seen as an order of existentially brilliant clowns, vagabonds, and intellectual hedonists, we will draw a great deal of interest for that fact alone - while implying that our enemies are boring and sad. Their steady diets of hatred and fear make this easy to imply - because it is true.

The point about fun makes sense only when it is situated in a larger imaginative vision of a better society. Without this element, it becomes little more than a self-righteous iteration of party culture. When we posit a clear vision of how things could be, and we do so in a manner that is accessible and viewed as being potentially close at hand, we succeed in a critical way that we have continuously failed in since 1968 (generally). This means offering visions of how life could be that are not highfalutin', distantly utopian, or explicated in dry academic terms. For all the uses of our theory, it cannot ever exist in a vacuum, nor can it exist without its proponents acting out this theory prefiguratively. This is why fiction, cinema, poetry, and comedy are immensely important. They create culture that has a vision, and that vision is participatory here and now, in a manner that gathers people together, often physically.

Clowning is a great tactic that embodies what I am saying here, I think. The clown, in her foolish attire, fashions herself to be someone who is bound to be rejected and loathed - but this is used to her advantage, to make a mockery of the processes by which individuals are rejected or thought to be fools. She empties herself out publicly in order to attain a strategic position where she can completely cut down and make fun of the world around her without firing a single shot. The suicidal person may at times feel like a sad clown, a misfit who lacks the energy required to laugh at the world that has fashioned him into this sad character. Anarchists can offer a meaning-making culture that converts the wallowing of the misfit, and all its desperation, into a weapon of high enjoyment and utter decimation of our enemies. I am envisioning roving gangs of redneck clowns on freak-bicycles, dressed like sad Rebranded White Nationalism kids, blaring country music, perhaps with pepe masks, riding near conservatives, white supremacists, and Trump supporters on the street, heckling them and mimicking the sad behavior of these people. All of this would be perceived as a joke, with no violent intentions, and inevitably, a violent reaction would be provoked, offering the perfect opportunity to both kick fascist ass (in a pepe mask) and to highlight the weak desperation of our adversaries. Entire societies of dropout clowns could be formed, with the daily intention and sole goal of embarrassing the enemy comedically - and having as much fun as possible while doing it. These clowns could also act as a buffer between police and serious protestors (we've seen some of this before in Occupy and with the Guerrilla Clown Army from Scotland).

There is a lot more to say here on these points and maybe I'll write more about it, but I figured I'd post this here for the sake of maybe provoking some interesting discussion. Not sure what y'all will think. if you read all this, thanks!

- Taken from r/Anarchism, called Suicide, Desperation, and Clowns

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Videosly Review and huge bonus

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Seems simple, but do not forget that if you're cooking anything on a heater, you could constantly transform it off and also fire points numerous times if you should. Lighting Uniformity This is where if you're shooting with all-natural light, you're going to encounter some trouble. I don't want to blow your mind right here with some insane scientific research knowledge, but we keep spinning around the sun and that indicates that natural light is constantly changing. Just what this means for your video clip is when you sufficed together, you'll see various levels of illumination as well as it will not look as tidy. If all-natural light is your only option, wish for a gloomy day or a sunny day with indirect light and aim to obtain all of your recording done as snugly as possible to decrease the change in light. If you're utilizing synthetic light, make certain you're shutting shades, blinds, doors, the darker the far better if it's daytime. Aim for the Edit Shooting for the edit implies that you're not just shooting the procedure, you're considering how it will certainly go together when you're modifying the video. It likewise means providing on your own alternatives. Any time we fire something that doesn't entail an undoable activity, we shoot numerous takes. In the video over, instances of this are my arms dragging throughout the display, lassoing the video in as well as pointing to components. The more choices you have later on the easier of a time you'll have putting it together. Something specific to these types of video clips is additionally the value of the positioning of your tools/props. Be sure to keep in mind that if you wish to be able to reduce between two takes, as long as possible, items in the shot should not be disturbed as well as the video camera should additionally stagnate. Often times this is much easier said compared to done. Do your best and remember that at high speed, you have actually got more wiggle area compared to you would or else. Take Your Time If you've prepared points out, you must have the ability to focus on capturing in tiny items. Place components into bowl, mix components, draw bowl away, bring in another bowl. Each of these can be shot on their own with time between to intend your next action. If your plan is in area, you could leave the electronic camera shooting and then eliminated the voids as you relocate from action to tip later on (this can additionally be a huge help in preventing electronic camera movement). Enjoy Play around with different suggestions, get imaginative, a lot of times the little fun points that you include that have nothing to do with the real production of the dish are what could make your video stand apart. And Finally ... Errors Take Place In the video clip above, we got it excellent the very first time mixing with each other the Videosly Review, oil as well as vanilla. Would not it have actually been terrific if the electronic camera was taping. DOH! Hey, s ** t takes place as well as I ensure you it will certainly happen, so go into each shoot with the best purposes yet complete expectation that something might go wrong. For me, anticipating that something will certainly go wrong makes it a whole lot much easier to not obtain upset when it does.

The Editing and enhancing Refine When editing and enhancing fast setting up videos, you wish to keep it limited. The secret is to maintain something consistently involving your customer. Below are some ways to do that: Speed it up: Okay, you obtained that component already, however be discerning. My default is aiming at 150-200% for most of the video clip, yet ramping up to 600-2000% for areas where a great deal of blending or various other activity occurs. Throughout specifically long sections I'll cut large portions out, see below. Rough Cut: Assembled your timeline with every one of the Ins/Outs of each clips (the beginning as well as ending). This will certainly be truly long, yet you'll desire this as your structure to modify with, particularly if you're setting songs first. Rate AFTER THAT cut: When you accelerate a clip, you're basically getting rid of frameworks. If you're contending 24fps as well as speed that up 300%, you're only going to see 6 frames. Due to this, it is necessary to speed the video clip up very first and after that take the time improving the cuts. Otherwise you might wind up obtaining slightly different results than anticipated. You don't need to reveal whatever you filmed: When the video is flying by at 600-2000% you could cut out sections to reduce things up without anyone noticing. I do this a whole lot throughout lengthy blending sections where the initial fifty percent is important to see the blending begin, yet the last fifty percent does not change a lot. Every structure counts: Cut at the frame right before your hands/objects really leave the structure as well as reduced in the initial structure you see your hands/object returning to. It's amazing the result of just eliminating a handful of added frameworks can carry the smoothness. Struck 100% for impact: A really great impact can be falling to routine rate at specific minutes. I prefer to do this when getting bowls as well as drawing them out or bringing bowls back in. Decide on and see what works for you. Right here's what the final timeline for the example video above appeared like to offer you an idea of how it came together

So, why are these video clips so proficient at ORDERING people's interest? No Noise Essential A great deal of times we remain in a circumstance where we cannot (or shouldn't) hear sound as well as do not have any type of headphones. Whether you get on the bus, metro, in a waiting area, class, work, no matter. These kinds of Videosly Review let you appreciate them without sound because there's no dialog. All interaction is done visually, often with on-screen text instructions. Music could be a large part of the tone, however they can make it through without it. Attack Sized It's challenging to obtain individuals to buy a two, three, four plus minute video. 2 MINUTES! What!?!? Who has 2 minutes anymore. It seems insane, however with our need for every little thing on-demand, interest periods have actually obtained shorter as well as shorter. What individuals have actually been conditioned for nonetheless is seeing something for 30-60 seconds. Possibly you have actually seen a few of these little points we call commercials prior to. Anybody. any person. fine great. There's a factor they're all 15-60 secs. An Image deserves 1,000 Words Nothing proves that more than these fast-motion setting up video clips. You're not only combining a good quantity of info that would be included in the instructions, but you're giving your customer 24-30 pictures every second to reveal them precisely the best ways to do it. Effective. How? The just how is the component that I'm most delighted about. If you have a DSLR or mobile phone that was acquired within the last couple of years, you're a lot of the way there. Not just that, yet you do not need to worry about exactly what to claim, just how you'll appear, slipping up or how you look. It could be our little secret, however in the video clip above Jennifer as well as I remained in our jammies. Our Setup We've replaced the c-stand that you'll see in the arrangement photo listed below and also now we simply utilize our tripod that I state listed below. I such as the arrangement far better this way. It's cleaner, extra stable, uses much less equipment, no demand for sand bags etc. This is the setup that we'll be making use of progressing. I'm consisting of an image of the reverse angle with the tripod instead of the c-stand below.

How You Can Make Videos Play Much Faster on a Computer system

Computers use a wonderful means to see video clips, however rough playback as well as repeated buffering are an actual drag on the pleasure aspect. Nobody prefers to be disrupted in the middle of viewing something even if the innovation isn't up to the task. However before you invest the huge bucks on updating your hardware or replacing your whole computer, you can try a variety of easy and mainly totally free actions that must improve video rate and also integrity on your computer.

Step Close unnecessary tabs in your Internet web browser as well as other programs running on your computer system to liberate system RAM. Step Launch the Videosly Task Supervisor by keying "Job" on the Start Screen or pushing and holding "Ctrl," "Shift" and "Esc" on your key-board. In the Job Supervisor, check out the energetic processes as well as shut down any that you identify as excessive. Finishing procedures additionally decreases RAM use. Action Restart your device if it has been competing greater than a day. Operating systems are very complicated, as well as starting a fresh session can clear traffic jams that break down system efficiency.

Step Disable hardware acceleration if you're enjoying a Flash video clip. This could be specifically helpful if you have actually a computer made before 2010, or if you have trouble watching Flash video clips in full-screen mode. If you have no idea whether you're watching a Flash video clip or an additional kind, merely right-click on the real video during playback. If it's a Flash video, the Flash context menu will certainly pop up. Click "Settings." The Show Panel will certainly appear, and also from there uncheck the "Enable Hardware Velocity" alternative. Tips & Warnings If you're having problem with on the internet video clips particularly, see them utilizing a reduced resolution quality. A lot of video sites, consisting of YouTube, Dailymotion as well as several information video internet sites, permit you to readjust this setting. In YouTube, the "Settings" switch is in the bottom-right corner of the video. In Dailymotion, the "Resolution" button is at the top of the video clip. Reducing the quality of the video clip stream is among one of the most reputable ways making online video clips play much faster.

Why Does YouTube Maintain Stopping? Many YouTube video clips are published for the enjoyment of individuals all over the globe. Nevertheless, it is hard to enjoy the experience if the video clip maintains beginning and quiting. The longer the video, the a lot more information your computer system should download. It is normal for an on-line video clip to buffer just before it starts, yet it needs to not quit during playback unless you are seeing an exclusive video or have a Flash or data transfer issue.

Personal Video clips Some video clips are noted as exclusive and will certainly stop playing if you are out the uploader's Pals and Family members listing. Attempt viewing a different video clip to see if it is an isolated issue. If you are particular the video clip is public, your firewall software could be blocking YouTube. Attempt viewing it from a different network, if possible. If all else falls short, empty your web browser's cache and also clear the cookies before attempting once again. Go to "Tools," "Remove Surfing Background" and position a check by each choice other than "Preserve Faves Internet Site Information." Net Speed When videos do not play constantly, it is most likely because of a slow-moving Net link. Your Videosly should be quickly sufficient to download the video clip quicker than your computer plays it. If it is slow-moving, YouTube will keep quiting to buffer, or pre-download the video. At least 500 or more Kbps is recommended to stop this from taking place. In the meantime, you could stop briefly the video, providing the stream time to load.

Bandwidth Your transmission capacity is determined by your Net rate, and also it is the optimum quantity readily available for use. If you get on a network, the overall data transfer will certainly be shared amongst all computer systems linked to the network. If you are making use of any type of programs that make use of the Internet, they will certainly additionally gobble data transfer that might be utilized by YouTube. Do not make use of the Web till the YouTube video clip has actually totally filled. Flash All YouTube videos utilize the Adobe Flash Gamer. If you have problem with all of the video clips, install the latest version of the gamer. You may additionally see the complying with message: "You Had to Update Your Adobe Flash Player to Watch this Video clip." It is a great idea to uninstall previous versions of Flash, and also, if you are unsure, simply use Adobe's official uninstaller. If upgrading Flash does not fix the problem, disable your popup blocker from "Web Options," "Personal privacy.".

Readjust either end of the range to pick the beginning time as well as end time of the result.

Move the worth nob to the wanted speed:. You could quicken as well as slow down the video clip by an optimum value of 10 time the original speed. If you wish to make it slower move the nob to the left. If you want making it quicker move the nob to the right.

Select the smooth in/out alternative if you desire the video decrease as well as accelerate slowly over 1 2nd instead of instantaneously.

Preview the impact a number of times to see if you should raise the worth. If you are not satisfied with impact and also wish to eliminate it. Click the trash can symbol on the Rate Tab:.

You'll see that if you make your clip slower the general length of the clip will be much longer. If you speed up your clip the total length will be much shorter. When you pick the effect you wish to keep, readjust the rest of your story if needed.

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Transition to Important Chain Multi-Project Management

Transition to Crucial Chain Multi-Project Management for Extended Duration Projects What to perform Till Buffer Management Kicks In Abstract The transition from standard Alastair Majury Business Analyst to Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) within a multi-project atmosphere presents a formidable difficulty with projects of extended duration. A simple approach is presented for that transition and delivers the metrics necessary to directly encourage and cement the behaviors required for Vital Chain Multi-Project Management. This paper assumes the reader is acquainted with CCPM. The Multi-Project Implementation This paper focuses on the time frame from arranging the very first Important Chain (CC) project, the cut-over project, to completion in the final traditionally managed project. This could be a extended period of time just before the corporation has totally implemented Vital Chain Project Management. Theory of Constraints (TOC) practitioners involved in Important Chain Mulit-Project Management (CCMPM), often locate this transition to be the toughest a part of an implementation. The Implementation Conflict In an effort to successfully implement Important Chain Multi-Project Management, we will have to acquire help for it. Absolutely everyone expects that CCPM is going to be an additional flavor-of-the-month implementation that fades away if correctly ignored. To acquire that support, we ought to begin with a single project to prove that CCPM functions. And to be productive, we need to change the whole project program to CCMPM. For the reason that Crucial Chain needs Buffer Management and conventional projects can not use it, we need to implement CC on all projects in the identical time. Implement One Essential Chain Project Initially Despite the fact that we know it functions, we must prove that it performs "here!" A frequent remedy should be to use a pilot (trial) project as a technique to demonstrate CCPM and get the bugs out on the existing method. 1 project at a time is substantially easier to implement than lots of. The pilot project should not be believed of as a trial. It is definitely the very first Vital Chain (CC) project, the cut-over project. Just about every new project following it'll also be a CC project. Generally, to get a transition, the cut-over project is planned while the work-in-process is ignored. But in a multi-project management environment, that means that some or quite a few shared resources will probably be fought over by the CC and non-CC projects. The resources are usually expected to multitask and have numerous projects in function at one particular time. Multitasking is usually a huge aspect in projects being slow. How can scarce resources be assigned exactly where they are most required, if the statuses of these projects are measured differently? The frequent strategy to adding a new project to the pipeline of projects would be to commit to a date and put it inside the system. With small understanding in the amount of function within the program plus the system's capacity, work is pushed in with the expectation that it can get accomplished. With a program filled with work-in-process projects, it'll take a lengthy time to total this first CC project. Continued multitasking amongst projects will assure it. The reality is the fact that men and women are asked to not multitask on the CC project although they are multitasking around the other individuals. The non-CC projects will delay the more rapidly, CC project. It will be tough to determine and measure the Essential Chain project's good results in comparison to the other folks. Some people will think it gets particular interest and can demand to share its resources. The much more complicated difficulty is definitely the lack of Critical Chain buffer management. Lacking CC project buffers, classic projects cannot use buffer management. Priorities amongst the projects could possibly be determined by perceived urgency as expressed by the project managers. Implementing the first Important Chain project has not always been simple. Big Bang Strategy The whole project technique can be changed in a single massive replan of all projects. It might make a lot of sense considering the fact that we know we will not be done till all of the projects are CC projects. All projects are measured precisely the same way and they rapidly get up to speed. Or do they? How does the whole technique get changed? All the projects need to be re-planned and changed to CCPM by shortening the duration of a lot of, quite a few tasks of quite a few projects. Inside a small system, the big bang method is actually a real option. Inside a big system, it's unquestionably a lot more difficult and likely not attainable. To modify all the projects to become Vital Chain projects calls for re-planning although they're in progress. The exact same individuals which can be functioning the projects are need to do the replan. It is probably to become chaotic and it will not occur overnight. Re-planning will delay the implementation, delay current projects and may jeopardize an initial (or any) achievement. Just the opposite of what was intended. Delay Till the Method is Prepared Usually do not insert the cut-over project till the resources can focus on it. Prioritize the projects. Because any prioritization is powerful in growing the speed of a method, make use of the commitment dates as priorities to assist identify what to concentrate interest on. Propose a drum resource and program the release from the cut-over project to become synchronized with this drum. That sets up the subsequent challenge. How do resources (and management) know what to work on subsequent? We need to have buffer management. We still can't have it. Sadly, it truly is not feasible to begin having a clean slate, no projects. We have to handle the perform since it is within the method. It appears like we've to wait to work with buffer management until right after all projects in the system are CC projects. We nevertheless have an implementation conflict. A new Strategy Build a method of comparing a Critical Chain project's status with a traditionally managed project's status, even though promoting far better behaviors. (1) Prioritizing the operate enables us to recognize that some operate might be low sufficient priority to be delayed or canceled. Use buffer management around the 1st CC project, and produce a sort of virtual buffer for the other projects. Then use virtual buffer management on all of these projects with out re-planning them. (2) Collect status for all projects as "How long till you are completed with your job?" If % comprehensive is offered, accept it and restate it back as, "Does that mean you might have five days of operate remaining and you anticipate to become finished by next Wednesday?" Also ask, "Is there something else you're working on?" Be constant and persistent in asking for perform remaining. Do not argue about it. Accept whatever they give you. Reality will show up eventually. (3) For each principal chain of tasks (the Critical Path) and every feeding chain, compare the planned (base) finish with all the present expected finish. The status (days ahead or behind) relative for the plan indicates how it truly is undertaking. This exact same calculation is completed for Essential Chain's buffer management and is called buffer incursion (in days). (4) This details is employed to handle the current projects with their existing due dates, without having adding buffers to them, to create an unbuffered management report. The procedure is always to prepare the existing projects by inserting a milestone at the end in the project, and in between each and every feeding chain as well as the important path. The milestone, being the final job within the chain, indicates the planned finish with the chain. As status is added, the expected finish of the present process pushes all successors towards the future or pulls them earlier. Don't recalculate the vital path unless it makes a considerable distinction towards the flow. (5) Evaluate the current expected finish date with all the base milestone (planned) finish date. This becomes an unbuffered incursion and may be reported and/or plotted for every chain with the project. Unbuffered Management may be made use of for each of the projects, including the Vital Chain project. This offers a way to evaluate the wellness of all of the projects in addition to a gives a basis for assigning scarce sources. The Crucial Chain project would also possess a Essential Chain Fever Chart and Buffer Report. Unbuffered Management Create a chart with % Total on the X-axis and Days Ahead/Behind on the vertical axis. The chart may have qualities like a fever chart. Spot a zero line horizontally (specifically on schedule), and plot days behind above and days ahead beneath the line. Like the fever chart, it is actually a visual indicator that the projects are gaining or losing ground. The chart indicates how every single the project is doing and its likelihood of finishing on time. It includes a virtual buffer. The buffer is truly not there, but its usefulness is. Traditionally managed projects ordinarily have significant safety in each and every process in a futile work to get every single process completed on time. Most project managers either think they have small or no security in their projects or they think that their safety is usually a minimal requirement to preserving their schedule. They've substantial experience to prove it. They understand that time and Murphy are very fickle. By utilizing unbuffered projects, they hold their original process estimates and project due date. By adjusting behaviors toward Important Chain specifications, job safety is a lot much less necessary and will accumulate in the end with the project. All projects are likely to go more rapidly than they have been. Project Managers see true benefits on their existing projects and look like heroes. Conclusion Important Chain Buffer Management supplies concentrate for management interest to drastically enhance project functionality. Considering the fact that it can be really hard to transition from a classic Alastair Majury Stirling Council system to CCMPM, a transition methodology offering tools equivalent to Important Chain Buffer Management can be a significant bridge for that gap. With prioritization and unbuffered management, consideration is focused exactly where required. Then superior behaviors and also a Road Runner ethic are created, using the focus on finishing as soon as you can, rather than on meeting the due dates. All of the function requires benefit of unbuffered management plus the whole program flows more quickly during the transition. This methodology is only for the transition to Crucial Chain Multi-Project Management. It really is to not eradicate buffers. It puts all the projects on a level playing field till the transition is full.

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93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness 93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness By Films For Action / filmsforaction.org Jun 2, 2016 There are over 800 documentaries now cataloged in our library of social change films. That's probably way too many for any mortal to ever watch in a lifetime, let alone a few years. Surely some will attempt it, but for the rest of us, we thought it'd be great to highlight 93 of the best of them. The films cover a wide array of topics, from media to war to politics and sustainability. This is the crash-course in 'what the hell is going on here' that we surely all wish we got from our education growing up but probably never did. Enjoy the knowledge swim! HUMAN (2015) HUMAN (2015) 382 min · What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight? That we laugh? Cry? Our curiosity? The quest for discovery? Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist... 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HARVEY relief coming this week, debt ceiling could be attached — TRUMP’S TEST: Time to cut deals — Framing the DACA debate — POLITICO 50 out today — LOUISE LINTON speaks — B’DAY: April Ryan

FACT CHECK: TRUE — @realDonaldTrump at 10:49 p.m.: “Big week coming up!”

Good Tuesday morning and welcome back! KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: HARVEY AID EDITION — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) visited Texas over the weekend, and announced that the House would begin considering a Harvey aid package Wednesday morning. Despite the Trump administration’s preference, the package that begins in the House will not include lifting the debt limit, according to people briefed on the legislation. That’s not to say the Senate won’t slap it on and send it back to the House, which many aides expect to happen. You will hear a lot in the coming days about some opposition on the right to a Harvey disaster relief and debt ceiling package. Remember this: support for a deal like that would be broad and bipartisan.

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THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN in 26 days unless Congress passes a funding bill.

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THE BIG PICTURE — NEWS ANALYSIS from PETER BAKER on A1 of the NYT: “Trump Faces Deal-Making Challenges as Congress Returns”: “Donald J. Trump the deal maker heads into the autumn of his first year in as weak a negotiating position as any president in modern times — desperate for a victory yet hardly near consensus on any major priority, still able to dominate the national conversation but so far incapable of translating that into action.

“A summer of tumult marked by staff shake-ups, legislative failures, intraparty feuds, a racially inflammatory controversy and a nuclear-edged war of words has left him at odds with his own Republican Party and supported by barely a third of the American public. The list of daunting challenges has only grown with little sense of how he plans to tackle them beyond Twitter storms and declarations of determination.

“As Congress returns to town on Tuesday, the president faces weeks of hard negotiations to overhaul the tax code, raise the debt ceiling, keep the government open, finance his border wall, and secure relief and reconstruction money for areas devastated by Hurricane Harvey. On top of that, he plans to throw another polarizing issue on the docket by threatening to scrap President Barack Obama’s program allowing younger illegal immigrants to stay in the country unless Congress acts to save it within six months.” http://nyti.ms/2vGDFAl

TRUMP’S DACA DECISION MATRIX …

— “Both sides gear up for political fight as Trump prepares to end immigration protections for ‘dreamers’,” by WaPo’s David Nakamura: “Lawmakers and advocates on both sides began to stake out positions Monday for an extended public fight over whether Congress should provide legal status to young undocumented immigrants known as ‘dreamers’ as President Trump is preparing to rescind Obama-era protections for them.

“Moderate congressional Republicans, and even some conservatives, suggested that they are open to crafting a legislative deal that could offer permanent legal status to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been in the country illegally since they were children. Democrats lambasted Trump for his expected decision and called on the GOP to join them to protect the dreamers. …

“Trump’s decision to include a six-month delay could be a bid to shift some of the political pressure and consequences over the dreamers onto congressional Republicans. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.), Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (Utah) and several other GOP leaders have urged Trump not to end the program and to let Congress pursue its own course of action.” http://wapo.st/2xLk13h

— “On DACA, President Trump Has No Easy Path,” by NYT’s Glenn Thrush, Maggie Haberman and Julie Hirschfeld Davis: “For months, an anxious and uncertain President Trump was caught between opposing camps in the West Wing prodding him to either scrap or salvage an Obama-era program allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the country as minors to remain in the United States. Last week, with a key court deadline looming for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, Mr. Trump, exasperated, asked his aides for ‘a way out’ of a dilemma he created by promising to roll back the program as a presidential candidate, according to two people familiar with the exchange. Mr. Trump’s chief of staff, John F. Kelly, who had wrestled with crafting a compromise in his previous job as the president’s homeland security secretary, began consulting with Republican lawmakers and staff members for a quick fix, according to three officials familiar with the situation. “He finally arrived at an inelegant solution to an intractable problem: Delaying a decision on the final fate of about 800,000 ‘Dreamers’ covered by President Barack Obama’s executive action for six months, and putting it on Congress to come up with a legislative solution to the problem. Congressional Republicans expect the administration to unveil some version of this stopgap solution on Tuesday, but Mr. Trump will not make the announcement himself. Instead, Attorney General Jeff Sessions will handle it at an 11 a.m. briefing. He will not take questions from reporters.” http://nyti.ms/2gAoQol

–INTERESTING NUGGET: “[T]he moderates in Mr. Trump’s midst, [Gary] Cohn in particular, are somewhat less influential these days, after several expressed their disgust at the president’s response to the racial riots in Charlottesville, Va., last month.”

— “Trump’s punt to Congress on DACA threatens new GOP rift,” by Seung Min Kim and Rachael Bade: “[S]ome Republicans such as conservative Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas are openly floating trade-offs to protect DACA recipients, even as Democrats insist that Dreamers aren’t bargaining chips for tougher immigration restrictions. In the House, senior Republicans still believe there’s a possible deal to be struck with Democrats: codifying DACA in return for Trump’s sought-after border wall. … One plugged-in immigration advocate predicted a ‘30-70 chance’ that Congress successfully passes legislation that would essentially codify DACA … into law.” http://politi.co/2ezQnWq

BEN SMITH: “Why Does Trump Always Shoot The Hostages?: The president prepares to throw DREAMers’ lives into chaos, his political goals unknown” http://bzfd.it/2gBo8Ho

THE WAY OUT, according to GOP leadership insiders we spoke to: a deal which reinstates DACA in some form, and beefs up security on the border with Mexico. This is something that many Republicans and most Democrats could live with.

A QUESTION FOR DEMOCRATS — Will Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi start trying to attach the reinstatement of DACA to must-pass legislation like disaster relief funding for Harvey or funding the government?

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GREAT ANECDOTE — WSJ’s Mike Bender and Kristina Peterson: “The relationship between the White House and congressional Republicans began to fray before the August recess, as the Senate struggled to overhaul the health-care law. [Mitch] McConnell, a fastidious, 30-year veteran of the Senate, often prepared note cards with points he wanted to make during phone calls with the president. Mr. Trump was more casual, starting conversations with several minutes of chatter about the day’s headlines or what he had seen on TV, the kind of banter he used as a businessman with VIPs …

“As it became clear Mr. McConnell couldn’t summon enough Republican votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Senate majority leader stopped responding to the president’s chitchat … ‘Mitch?’ the president said when Mr. McConnell fell silent in one call. ‘Are you there?’ Mr. McConnell waited a beat, then responded. ‘Yes, Mr. President. Back to the bill.’” http://on.wsj.com/2xL4ukh

TRUMP’S TUESDAY — TRUMP has a National Security Council briefing at 10 a.m. At 1:30 p.m., he will meet with the National Economic Council. At 4 p.m., Trump meets with the Big Six — the top negotiators on tax reform. At 5:45 p.m., he will speak to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the phone.

AP’S JOE MCDONALD in Beijing: “China has tools to pressure Kim but worries of consequences”: “Though China has long been the North’s main trading partner and diplomatic protector, Kim’s nuclear and missile tests have alienated Chinese leaders, who supported last month’s U.N. sanctions that slash North Korean revenue by banning sales of coal and iron ore. President Donald Trump and others have called on China to use its leverage to do more to halt the North’s nuclear development.

“Beijing tried to head off the latest nuclear test, conducted Sunday, by warning Pyongyang that such an event would lead to even more painful penalties. Still, Chinese leaders worry about instability on the Korean Peninsula if Kim’s regime collapses, which would eliminate a buffer between China and South Korea, a heavily armed U.S. ally with American troops on its soil.” http://bit.ly/2gBioxv

W.H. REVOLVING DOOR — “Spicer lands post-White House gig,” by Annie Karni: “Sean Spicer is cashing in on ‘candor.’ President Donald Trump’s first press secretary … has signed with Worldwide Speakers Group, the company confirmed to POLITICO. ‘Audiences around the world will benefit from the same candor, wit and insight that Spicer brought to the White House briefing room,’ Worldwide Speakers Group writes about Spicer in its pitch to potential customers, an early copy of which was reviewed by POLITICO. …

“His first paid speaking gig will be in New York City on Sept. 11, at the annual conference of the investment bank Rodman & Renshaw … [H]e is also planning to pitch a book proposal and his agent, Robert Barnett, as of last week was making the rounds to networks to negotiate a possible deal for his client. So far, he has yet to nail down a paid television talking-head gig.” http://politi.co/2eY6bDc

THE ADMINISTRATION — “EPA now requires political aide’s sign-off for agency awards, grant applications,” by WaPo’s Juliet Eilperin: “The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes annually, assigning final funding decisions to a former Trump campaign aide with little environmental policy experience.

“In this role, John Konkus reviews every award the agency gives out, along with every grant solicitation before it is issued. According to both career and political employees, Konkus has told staff that he is on the lookout for ‘the double C-word’ — climate change — and repeatedly has instructed grant officers to eliminate references to the subject in solicitations.

“Konkus, who officially works in the EPA’s public affairs office, has canceled close to $2 million competitively awarded to universities and nonprofit organizations. Although his review has primarily affected Obama administration priorities, it is the heavily Republican state of Alaska that has undergone the most scrutiny so far.” http://wapo.st/2xLsFPw

FOR YOUR RADAR — “Putin: Russia may order U.S. to cut further its diplomatic staff in Moscow” — Reuters/Xiamen, China: “Russia reserves the right to further reduce the number of U.S. diplomatic staff in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, adding that Moscow would not do that for now. Reacting to what he called Washington’s ‘boorish and unprecedented’ actions towards Russia’s diplomatic facilities in the United States, Putin said he would order the Foreign Ministry to take the U.S. authorities to court over violation of Russia’s property rights. …

“‘The only thing is that it was done in such a clearly boorish manner. That does not reflect well on our American partners. But it’s difficult to conduct a dialogue with people who confuse Austria and Australia. Nothing can be done about it. Probably such is the level of political culture of a certain part of the U.S. establishment.’” http://reut.rs/2wDRHQy

WHAT BANNON AND BOYLE ARE READING — “Breitbart bangs the drum in Alabama Senate showdown,” by Alex Isenstadt: “Conservatives led by Breitbart News are waging an all-out campaign to stop a candidate backed by Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell in the Alabama Senate special election — putting growing pressure on the president to step away from his endorsement. With just over three weeks until the runoff, far-right forces are starting to close ranks around former state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, an evangelical bomb-thrower who famously defied a federal order to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from a state building. And they’re looking to persuade Trump not to campaign for Moore’s rival, incumbent Sen. Luther Strange. …

“The pro-Moore effort will intensify this week, when the candidate arrives in Washington to hold a procession of meetings with influential conservatives that he hopes will culminate in endorsements. Among those Moore is slated to huddle with: members of the House Freedom Caucus and former diplomat and presidential candidate Alan Keyes, who is hosting a Wednesday evening fundraising reception. Attendees are being asked to give up to $2,700, according to an invitation. Steve Bannon is helping to orchestrate the push. … Bannon, who returned to Breitbart last month after leaving the White House, has dispatched one of his favorite writers, Matt Boyle, to Alabama.” http://politi.co/2x6V6ud

— BOYLE in Montgomery, Alabama: “Exclusive — Judge Roy Moore Embodies Jeff Sessions: ‘I Think I Would Have the Same Opinion’ on Immigration, Trade”: “Moore’s embrace of Sessions, and his brand of economic nationalism that he shares with the president, is a key recipe for electoral success in Alabama: Sessions is so popular in Alabama he was reelected last time unanimously as he drew no opponent in either his primary or his general election.” http://bit.ly/2gI7Ssb

IN JERUSALEM — “Sara Netanyahu Expected to Be Indicted for Fraud in Pocketing $110,000 in Goods,” by Haaretz’s Gidi Weitz: “Sara Netanyahu is expected to be indicted, pending a hearing, on charges of fraudulently receiving items worth 400,000 shekels ($111,851), Haaretz has learned. Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit is expected to inform Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of the charges against her in a few weeks. Sara Netanyahu is suspected of ordering chef’s meals at the prime minister’s official residence, which is against regulations, and concealing the fact that she did so. She and her husband have accused the former chief caretaker of the official residence, Meni Naftali, who is currently leading protests against the prime minister, of inflating the residence’s expenses.” http://bit.ly/2xKhpmh

THE 2017 POLITICO 50 UNVEILED TODAY — The fourth annual POLITICO 50 list maps out the new American landscape of ideas and introduces the people who can see past the disruption of Trump to a future in which politics, technology and new social currents will transform our country into something most of us have yet to imagine. The top 5 — 1. Former White House strategist Steve Bannon (http://politi.co/2wCFpb2) … 2. Trump opposition leaders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin (http://politi.co/2vGlsTf) … 3. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (http://politi.co/2wCcS5b) … 4. Steve Case (http://politi.co/2xLe5HF) … 5. Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates (http://politi.co/2x5XC3G). See the full list http://politi.co/2eYbTVv

PHOTO DU JOUR: In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea on Sept. 4. The released live weapons “accurately struck” a target in the sea off the country’s eastern coast, the country’s military officials said. | South Korea Defense Ministry via AP

NEW ISAAC DOVERE PODCAST — “Dolores Huerta, the famed labor leader who marched with Cesar Chavez and coined his rallying cry, is still mad as hell—and she laid it all out for Isaac Dovere in the latest episode of the Off Message podcast talking about the DACA decision and the policy around contract laborers. ‘This is a step up above slavery,’ Huerta, now 87, said. ‘The Republican plan is to deport all of the people that you have here that are undocumented, and bring in folks here under foreign labor contracts.’ And all the while, Huerta says, Trump and other wealthy people like him benefit more than anybody from the sweat of immigrant labor.

“‘I think it’s mean. I think that he’s got this obsession, a fixation, against people of color. You know, the way that he keeps attacking Mexicans,’ she says. ‘I’m a Mexican American. And my great-grandparents were here before his were, I’m sure. And his grandfather came from Germany.’ Plus: her memories of walking onto stage with Bobby Kennedy the night he was shot (and why she still blames herself a little) and of the night she came up with Si Se Puede.” http://politi.co/2eYlqfb

APOLOGY — COVER DU JOUR – LOUISE LINTON on the cover of Washington Life’s September issue, in which she poses in evening gowns for the magazine’s “Balls & Galas” issue and apologizes for her Instagram post in a Q&A with Virginia Coyne – “I want to say I concede completely to the comments of my critics. My post itself and the following response were indefensible. Period. I don’t have any excuses, nor do I feel any self-pity for the backlash I experienced. … It’s clear that I was the one who was truly out of touch and my response was reactionary and condescending. I wish I hadn’t spoken in such a patronizing tone. It was an out of character, knee-jerk reaction, and I felt so awful about it that I removed it. …

“I one hundred percent embrace the comments of my critics and I concede wholeheartedly that the post was boastful and materialistic and my response was extremely thoughtless. I should have known better than to be so insensitive.” … Q: “Did you feel the criticism was overblown?” LINTON: “No. I feel like I deserved the criticism”. … Q: “So, the social media Louise is not the real Louise?” LINTON: “The social media Louise of that week was not me. I should have stuck to posting pictures of rescue dogs and daily life.” Q&A http://bit.ly/2ezxVNX … The cover http://bit.ly/2wAD1TN

VALLEY TALK — RECODE’S TONY ROMM: “Reid Hoffman has billions of dollars and one of the best networks in Silicon Valley. Here’s how he’s using them to take on Trump: Inside the tech mogul’s 2017 political playbook for funding candidates, causes and companies”: “Hoffman is eager to open his checkbook for state and federal office-seekers, including for critical races in Virginia. There, he’s already spent millions of dollars and tapped staff on the ground to study the state’s local elections, hoping to fund get-out-the-vote initiatives and other ideas that might work elsewhere in the country — all the while nudging its Republican-dominated legislature in the direction of Democrats.” http://bit.ly/2iXBja8

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HAPPENING TODAY — UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is speaking at AEI this morning at 11 a.m. with the speech titled “Beyond the echo chamber: Considerations on U.S. policy toward Iran”. Livestream http://bit.ly/2xKMAOt

UNDERSTANDING KIM — “Motives of North Korea’s Leader Baffle Americans and Allies,” by NYT’s Motoko Rich and David E. Sanger: “[S]ix years after Mr. Kim took power and began executing those who challenged his rule — sometimes with an antiaircraft gun — there is no issue that confounds analysts more than the motives of a 33-year-old dictator whose every move seems one part canny strategy, one part self-preservation, and one part nuclear narcissism. … [I]nside the Trump administration, many have begun to question the long-held assumption that his nuclear buildup is essentially defensive, an effort to keep the United States and its allies from finding the right moment to try to overthrow him. Mr. Kim’s real goal may be blackmail, they argue — the sort that would be possible as soon as North Korea can put Los Angeles or Chicago or New York at risk.” http://nyti.ms/2eXrQLz

MEDIAWATCH — “The Daily News, a Distinctive Voice in New York, Is Sold,” by NYT’s Sydney Ember and Andrew Ross Sorkin: “The deal represents the end of an era for The News, which was long a voice for New York’s working class. It may also signal the end of the political influence of its owner, the real estate magnate Mortimer B. Zuckerman, who often used the paper’s bold, front-page headline — known as ‘the wood’ — for commentary about candidates and politicians, locally and nationally. …

“[T]he Chicago Tribune reported on Monday that Tronc purchased The News for just $1, plus the assumption of liabilities. … Under the terms of the deal, Tronc assumes control of The News’s operations, its printing plant in Jersey City and its pension liability. Tronc will also receive a 49.9 percent interest in the 25-acre property overlooking Manhattan where the printing plant is. It was not immediately clear what The News’s pension liabilities were; however, previous reports indicated that they were worth more than $30 million.” http://nyti.ms/2wDomWd

— TIM O’BRIEN, executive editor of Bloomberg View and Gadfly, has been named a contributor to NBC and MSNBC.

— NEW POLITICO HIRE — Joe Schatz and Reid Pillifant email the states staff: “Alexandra Glorioso will be joining POLITICO’s Tallahassee bureau as a policy and politics reporter covering the regulated industry beat, including medical marijuana and gambling — an increasingly important coverage area for us in Florida. Alex comes to us from the Naples Daily News, where she’s spent the last year and a half working as a political reporter.”

SPOTTED: Tim Geithner on Monday at the airport in Athens, Greece … Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the zoo Monday morning with her kids … House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her family having brunch Sunday at The Spotted Pig on West 11th Street in New York … Juliet Eilperin, Andrew Light and family on the pool deck in the freeze dance contest at Congressional Country Club. Norah O’Donnell, Chef Geoff Tracy and family in the belly flop competition.

— Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta with Anheuser-Busch President and CEO João Castro Neves on Monday at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Cartersville, Georgia to thank Anheuser-Busch employees who have helped the victims of Hurricane Harvey — pic http://bit.ly/2wDwDth

TRANSITIONS — OBAMA ALUMNI — Sabrina Siddiqui is joining FTP Public Affairs. She is an alum of Obama Treasury, the offices of Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) and the DCCC. … Kelly Magsamen, former principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, is joining the Center for American Progress as the VP for national security and international policy.

— FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN has been named a distinguished fellow for global security at Fordham law school’s Center on National Security. http://nyti.ms/2wAtUm2

— Katharine Cooksey is starting today at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as manager of media and external comms. Carah Goldoust, who previously worked on special events and protocol for Speaker Paul Ryan, today takes over Cooksey’s role as deputy press secretary at the House Ways and Means Committee.

WEEKEND WEDDINGS — Kamyl Bazbaz, partner at consulting firm Pramana Collective and former press secretary to Chelsea Clinton, got married Saturday to Lucie Steinberg, a PhD candidate in American Studies at Harvard, on Serifos Island in Greece, in front of a small group of family and friends. “We met through my good friend Matt Mittenthal, who went to grade and high school with Lucie in NYC, and I met in 2005 when we were both interns in Sen. [Chuck] Schumer’s office (along with Teddy Goff). So Schumer is allowed at least partial credit for this marriage!” Pics http://bit.ly/2x77MBl … http://bit.ly/2wAZK1W SPOTTED: Teddy Goff, Genevieve Roth, Chloe Malle and Perrin Ireland.

–Devan Barber, political director at End Citizens United, and Perrin Cooke, who returns to Covington and Burling as an associate next month, were married Sunday night at Fathom Gallery on 14th St in D.C. “Friend of the couple Sadie Weiner officiated. Great crew of former DSCC, Hagan, and DNC/Obama alum were there. The party continued at Kingfisher!” Pics http://bit.ly/2iXAw9a … http://bit.ly/2w1cmMb … http://bit.ly/2gAPNZd

SPOTTED: Danielle Friedman, Lauren Passalacqua, Andrew Piatt, Zach Wineburg, Christie Roberts, Dylan Laslovich, Laura Hatalsky, Lanae Erickson, Patrick McHugh, Monica McHugh, Lauren Dillon, Ben Ray, Annette Lee, Stephanie Nielsen, Shaan Gajria, Mike Harney, Helen Hare, Phil Munson, Will Cooke, Ben Harney, Travis Cooke, Dorothy Allen, Fae Jencks.

ENGAGED — Christopher Quintyne, parliamentary clerk in the Senate Parliamentarian’s Office, proposed to Erica Loewe, director at the Podesta Group. The couple met in Conference Room E at the Podesta Group in 2013. “We should probably thank Paul Brathwaite for having coffee with me post-law school. Not only did I get great career advice, but I found my future wife. I’d say it was a productive meeting.” Pic http://bit.ly/2vGdWYx

— OBAMA ALUMNI — Dan Brundage proposed to Yesenia Miranda this weekend in Rancho Mirage, California. Brundage is a Navy officer who previously worked in the Obama W.H., Commerce Dept. and 2008 campaign. Miranda is a child behavioral specialist. The couple resides in San Diego with their pup Bean and met at a bar in the city in the fall of 2014. Pic http://politi.co/2gHQEuX (h/t Dan’s sister Amy)

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Maggie Moore, associate at government relations firm Sternhell Group (hat tip: boyfriend Charlie Liebschutz) … Kelu Chao, who runs VOA’s content, produced in 45 languages (h/t John Lippman) … Matthew Sonneborn, comms director for Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and SBA comms alum (h/t Sophia Kim) … Patrick Collins … Will Taliaferro, partner at GMMB (h/ts Jon Haber)

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: April Ryan, WH correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks and a CNN political analyst. How she got her start in journalism: “I started in journalism during my freshman year in college at Morgan State University on the local radio station, WEAA-FM. I was a talk show producer and then went on to do news reporting and anchoring at other radio stations. But for a short stint during freshman year, simultaneously I was a radio jazz DJ on WEAA spinning records between classes on Fridays and on Sunday nights. Journalism won.” Read her Playbook Plus Q&A: http://politi.co/2iYNfbR

BIRTHDAYS: Brian Wolff, EVP for public policy and external affairs at Edison Electric Institute … Holly Rosenkrantz … Sean McNabb (h/t Courto) … former Fed chair Paul Volcker … former Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.) … Clay Risen, deputy editor at the NYT op-ed page … Anne Marie Hoffman, principal at the Harbour Group and an RNC alum … Ted Greenberg … Matthew Vail, a George W. Bush and Rick Scott alum … David Fauvre, counsel at Arnold & Porter … CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave … Hamilton Fish, publisher of The New Republic … Hans Riemer … Mike Castaldo … Iris Weinshall … Issa alum Dale Neugebauer … Katie Weiss … Abby McIntyre … Noam Lee, DGA’s national finance director … Anita Huslin … Bonnie Wood … Politico’s Aaron Lorenzo … Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) … Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) … Politico’s Erica Donovan (h/t Meredith McPhillips) …

… journalist Stephanie Green … WSJ reporter Ted Mann … Catherine Reynolds, CBS News Capitol Hill producer, celebrating with a big Clemson Tiger win over the weekend (h/t her Capitol Hill girls) … Gabrielle Tarbert, the pride of Harford County, Maryland, is 26. She celebrated this weekend in Chicago with friends (h/t Rachel Wein) … Jeremy Furchtgott of Baron Public Affairs (h/t sister Diana) … Zoe Heiliczer, staff assistant for Rep. Barry Loudermilk (h/t brother Jordan) … Melissa Sowerwine, VP of operations at Red Six Solutions … Rob Lehman … Terri Hasdorff … Matthew Allen … Courtney Neale … Francis Nelms … Jason Spear … Erin Reif … Enrique Padron … Annie Nguyen … John Burmaster … Jessica Mejia (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Anne Marie Frawley … Kum Kang … Ed Talbot … Cheche Mozingo … Bob Newhart … Raquel Welch … movie director Werner Herzog is 75 (h/t Nadia Szold) … Michael Keaton (h/t AP)

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Conventional Wisdom vs. Delivery Reality

We were fortunate to get in on the desktop editing and motion graphics revolutions at the very beginning. One of the ways we kept our ahead above water in those turbulent earlier years was by making sure we studied technical delivery issues, as both video and film’s requirements were so different than the way computers normally handled and displayed images.

You would think that by now, life would be easier: non-square-pixel D1 and DV video have all but gone away; delivery for theatrical release is almost an entirely digital rather than chemical process these days; heck, the computer itself is even one of the major delivery platforms.

Despite this, you could make the argument that it’s actually harder to know how to deliver content these days: Instead of one video standard per country or dense little handbook on how to handle film, now you have a lot more gray areas to navigate when deciding what you ultimately need to render to – be it your own content, or when helping guide a client through the modern media landscape. Here are a few of the issues we’ve found ourselves grappling with over the last few years:

Big Screen, or Small?

A lot of viewers see your content on a low-resolution mobile device. It’s easy to look at the statistics that say only a third of teen viewers (supposedly the most tech-savvy and mobile-friendly) are watching movies and television shows on their mobile devices. But that ignores the other media outlets they probably consumer more often: YouTube, Facebook, and more.

YouTube freely states that over half of their views come on mobile devices; well over 50% of Facebook users (and over 80% of their ad revenue) are mobile-centric. Just as another data point, Chris runs a video-heavy music-centric educational website, and over 70% of his visits are from screen resolutions smaller than a 1920×1080 HD video frame.

In short: While the headlines might be saying you need to create more 4k content, in reality delivering, say, 1280×720 might be more in line with the devices many or most of your consumers will be using.

Also, you really should consider making titles, lower thirds, and infographics larger and more legible that you might otherwise have thought. Just keep asking yourself: Would I be able to read this on my cell phone? If not, your client’s story or message won’t be getting properly conveyed to a large swath of their potential consumers. (Fun fact: Chris shoots 4k video but delivers 720p for his own content; he uses the extra pixels to allow him to re-frame shots to zoom in whenever possible, so the viewer can see more of what’s important – especially at lower resolutions.)

High Frame Rate, or Lower?

A lot of headlines were made and arguments started when Peter Jackson made the decision to shoot The Hobbit at 48 fps. Today some are experimenting with shooting theatrical material at 60 fps (progressive, not interlaced). Yet in the meantime, we shoot most of our material at 23.976 fps these days (and we used to advocate shooting at 30 fps progressive).

There are certainly technical reasons for using a higher frame rate: lower rates like 24 fps can strobe badly with fast motion and pans; higher frame rates like 48 fps are said by Peter Jackson and others to greatly reduce eye strain potentially caused by the 3D viewing experience. (Fun fact: Peter Jackson decided it was necessary to soften his second 48 fps feature to make it more filmic.)

And, there are certainly psychological reasons behind which frame rate you choose: We’ve seen demonstrations of the old theory that the brain treats content projected at ~48 fps and over (that includes interlaced “30” or “29.97” fps video, which in fact is projecting at 60 or 59.94 fps) as being more “real,” and content under that rate as being more “dreamlike.”

But the real reason why we’ve personally dropped down to a lower frame rate comes down to delivery: Much of the content we generate these days will be compressed and delivered streaming over the internet or a cell network. As hinted above, our material tends to have a lot of detail that we want the viewer to be able to read, so we want to use as much of the available bandwidth as possible on each frame to reduce the negative side effects of compression. (An alternative strategy would be keeping the data per frame the same, and using the lower frame rate to reduce the amount of bandwidth required to deliver your content, meaning streaming video fills the local buffer faster, data charges go down, etc.)

Full Frame, or Inset?

We’ve talked a lot in the past about preserving safe areas, shooting “protected” so important content doesn’t get cut off by the bezel of the screen, etc. The general assumption is that the move to LCD and LED TVs – where the image size does not change with the age of the set – was the first step toward not having to worry about safe areas any more, and the move to desktop and mobile consumption where the image is fully inside the bezel – maybe even with text around it – was the second blow that finally killed the safe area beast. Alas, not true.

For one, modern flatscreen TVs still “overscan” the image by default so that some of it is cut off by the monitor’s bezel – you have to go into their settings and try to find a usually hidden parameter to not overscan the image, and show you the entire frame. How many consumers do you think have done that? Yes, it’s true that the area cut off is much smaller than the old 5/10% recommendation for safe areas, but a couple percent of the image is still lost.

Second, an increasing amount of content created originally for the computer and mobile screen is also appearing on ordinary television sets. For example, YouTube has a Roku channel. YouTube has taken some steps to avoid unintended cropping in this scenario, yet there are still occasions where part of their user interface get cropped off by the bezel.

Although YouTube videos themselves are displayed without cropping on our Roku-enabled TV, some parts of the custom YouTube interface – such as the duration stamps for the thumbnails along the bottom of the screen – still get partially chopped off.

Similarly, online training juggernaut Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning also has a Roku channel, and is also shown in such settings as inflight video – both of which often includes TV-like safe area cropping. Our Roku-enabled smart TV seemed to take this into account, but on an older high-def TV with a standalone Roku box attached, any content that assumed a full-frame viewing experience – such as computer software training, with the typical layout of menu bar along the top, and software toolbars an edge such as the left – has issues with cropping when played back in a broadcast setting.

With normal TV cropping of a computer screen capture, the user can’t see which menu item was clicked to cause this menu to appear.

So as tempting as it may be to use the entire image frame – particularly if your delivery target is the desktop rather than the TV – know that you cannot completely control how and where your content will be viewed, so it might be better to play it…safe.

Start At The End

Do we have you in despair yet? There’s no need to give up hope; you just continue to need to be diligent. Our advice has always been: Before you start a project, ask how it’s going to end – find out what you ultimately need to deliver. Then base your workflow toward achieving that goal. You also have a chance to be a hero by thinking about the potential customer ahead of time, and suggesting to your client some potential alternatives to make sure their story or message gets across in the best possible light.

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