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After steering Greece to safety in 2012, former top-ranking judge returns to Maximos Mansion as deputy PM
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There's a glint of something playful behind his refined demeanor and "judgy" oral delivery. "I find it hard to say no to temptation," he says, his tone insinuating an ellipsis. Only the temptation he's referring to is nothing more sinful than a macaron, that colorful French sweet he always treats guests to at his downtown Zalokosta Street office, where the furniture is classically tasteful and the window looks out at Lycabettus Hill.
Panagiotis Pikrammenos can surely savor a macaron or two with greater ease today than during that incredibly tense month seven years ago when as president of the Council of State he was tasked with forming a caretaker government during the frenetic early days of the crisis and chaperoning Greece to general elections on June 17, 2012, after polls in May failed to produce a winner.
That was no easy task in a country in turmoil, with creditors seriously concerned about an unpredictable turn of events, citizens rushing to the bank to empty their accounts, threats of power blackouts, and fears that the country would not be able to pay out pensions or afford imports of basic goods and products.
When Pikrammenos stepped into the prime minister's office at Maximos Mansion on May 16, 2012, it wasn't a box of macarons that was waiting for him, but a whole bunch of ticking bombs. How did he handle the challenge? Not with the deliberate manner that usually defines him, to the extent that he has often been accused of being long-winded – an accusation he's ready to admit to – but by mustering the "other Pikrammenos," a man who's ready to make tough decisions without too much talk. How were these two divergent aspects of his personality formed?
"My parents were in love with each other and I had a wonderful childhood as a result," is his surprising answer to what shaped him.
Pikrammenos was born in 1945 and grew up in downtown Athens. His father ran a newspaper distribution company that he'd inherited and, having studied in Austria and Germany, enrolled his first-born son at the German School of Athens. "I studied but I wasn't a nerd. I wasn't among the top two or three of my class, but among the top five or six," he says, adding that he usually passed each year with at least three As: One was invariably in French, which he started learning at the age of 4, as his mother was a firm believer in the value of foreign languages; another was in sports, where he was particularly good at the high-jump, shot put and triathlon, as well as soccer; and the third was usually in geography.
"My geography teacher was short and, on account of my height, he'd ask me to put up the map in class to point with the stick to the countries. Because I helped him, he never quizzed me and always gave me top marks," says Pikrammenos, adding that his school was tough in other respects and taught him to "organize his thoughts."
He graduated in 1963 and was accepted to the Law School in Heidelberg, Germany, but decided to go to the Athens Law School instead. "The main reason was that it was just a short walk from my house," he admits with a broad smile. He worked as a lawyer in Athens for four years and then went to London, where he specialized in shipping for a year at Ince & Co. He didn't enjoy England, which was in the grips of an oil crisis and strikes at the time, and "escaped" to Paris for the "joie de vivre" but also to pursue a master's degree in public policy at the University of Paris II Pantheon-Assas.
He was appointed to the Council of State in 1976 after competing against other candidates and rose through the ranks to become president of the country's highest administrative court in 2009, just as it was to debate and rule on whether Greece should sign up for its first bailout memorandum. Despite the controversial nature of the subject, he didn't allow himself to get bogged down by the technicalities.
"The simple truth was that Greece would go bankrupt without the memorandum and that was my position from the very start," he says without hesitation. The same concern and determination drove his decision as interim prime minister to recapitalize Greek banks, a process that had been delayed by foot-dragging.
Decision-making was always one of Pikrammenos' strong suits, a knack that was cultivated further when he served as legal adviser to Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis, a post he took up in 1991 on the recommendation of the head of the Supreme Court at the time, Vassilis Kokkinos. For Mitsotakis, hesitation over reaching a decision was a cardinal sin (the second-worst being going back on a decision simply because conditions change). Their professional relationship deepened into an almost paternal friendship after 1993, when Pikrammenos remained among the former premier's closest circle, which was how he met Kyriakos Mitsotakis at a family dinner.
Courage, though, is not something that can be taught. You either have it or you don't. This is apparent in every facet of life, be it private or public, and Pikrammenos had it in spades. He is, for example, an avid motorcyclist and has owned three Honda Enduros since the 1970s. He and his wife, Athina Noutsou-Pikrammenou, traveled all over the Cycladic islands by motorcycle back in the day, but drew the line at camping. "I am very much in favor of certain basic comforts," he says. He also enjoys spearfishing, but doesn't consider himself much of an expert as he "only dives to 15 meters," and loves classical music, Bach in particular. He is, without doubt, a person who enjoys retiring into his private world, despite his penchant for poking fun at himself.
Yet despite his unquestionable contribution to holding the country together during what was arguably the toughest period in its recent history, Pikrammenos' service to the country might have gone unnoticed were it not for the ancient custom of ostracizing anyone who does some good. In his case, he was lampooned by the former SYRIZA administration with trumped-up accusations of involvement in the Novartis scandal.
His response in Parliament and the evident emotion with which he expressed his dismay at the accusation struck a chord with the public and deepened suspicions that key government officials were abusing their power and falsifying charges. Pikrammenos insisted that "this case needs to be investigated all the way," but went on to reject the Justice Ministry portfolio so as not to be suspected of acting in vengeance.
As deputy prime minister in Kyriakos Mitsotakis' recently elected center-right government, a position he accepted seven years after retiring as a judge, Pikrammenos is the premier's top legal adviser. Trustworthy, reputable and experienced, his opinion obviously matters. The good news is that Greece is no longer trying to navigate the Clashing Rocks as it was in 2012, and so his job, though crucial, allows him to succumb to his predilection for macarons and Bach and even a bit of long-windedness – admittedly a delight for anyone who has the privilege of being on the receiving end.
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Wings break through in sixth to assure series win over Charlotte
By Chuckie Maggio on July 18, 2017 No Comment
Nik Turley, seen here during his recent stint with Minnesota, allowed just four hits and struck out ten in 6.2 innings of work. He threw 86 pitches, 62 for strikes. (Photo: Andrew Villa-USA TODAY Sports)
BY CHUCKIE MAGGIO
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Charlotte Knights second baseman Yoan Moncada slammed his helmet down and shouted at second base umpire Ryan Additon, earning baseball's top prospect an eighth-inning ejection on top of his caught stealing.
The play was close, the game was close, but the Rochester Red Wings still defeated a frustrated Charlotte team for the third time in less than 24 hours on Tuesday afternoon, 3-1.
Knights leadoff hitter Rymer Liriano was a triple shy of the cycle, with three of Charlotte's four hits. For a while it looked like his home run to left-center field in the fourth inning was going to be enough for the victory, as Rochester had runners in scoring position but hadn't converted.
In the sixth inning, Rochester cashed in to take the lead. A Matt Hague groundout sent in Mitch Garver for the game-tying run while Niko Goodrum legged out a triple that scored Tommy Field from second.
Nail-biters have been the way of the Wings this year, but one-run leads are never safe. ByungHo Park took care of that with a sacrifice fly in the eighth to give them a much-needed insurance run.
Liriano was the only one who could really figure out Wings starter Nik Turley, who allowed just four hits and struck out ten in 6.2 innings of work. Turley threw 86 pitches, 62 for strikes.
"I felt good," Turley said. "It's an early game, so the goal was to throw a lot of strikes. I know hitters don't like hitting this early, so I tried to take advantage of that.
"My curveball was good today. They were having some trouble. I don't know if they were having trouble seeing it or what, but it was working, so I kept going to it."
It had been 21 days since Turley's last start, with major league rehab starts and the All-Star Break restricting him to just seven innings of work in July entering the day. Not a bad way to reintroduce yourself.
"The way we are right now, we're a little messed up starting pitching-wise with some rehab (assignments), so he had a lot of rest. It looked like it agreed with him," Quade said. "His breaking ball was really good most of the day and his fastball location was really good. He's working on his change-up; that's the one mistake he made, he got the change-up up and (Liriano) hit the ball out of the ballpark.
"But when he's on his game, that's the guy, and he's probably capable of being a little better than that."
At 54-41, Rochester remains four games off the pace in the wild card standings behind Lehigh Valley (58-37). The Wings and Charlotte (40-55) end the four-game set on Wednesday. A 7:05 first pitch is slated.
Lehigh Valley comes to Rochester for three-game series beginning on August 1st.
Nik Turley, Ryan Additon, Rymer Liriano, Yoan Moncada
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Once your payment is made, I will customize the title and author name, and make any font changes at that time. There is one round of revision covered in the fee in which I will make any corrections. If you want excessive custom work done (changing the models' hair color, changing some of the elements), you are best ordering a custom cover because alteration fees will be charged.
You can order a pre-made cover any time, including for a project in progress or not started, even if you don't have a title. Once purchased, I will hold the work and you can send me the title and info whenever you have decided upon it.
The various bundles and service tiers are fairly clearly laid out so you know what to expect from me and what will work with your budget.
Clients have the final say on artwork and have a strong voice in the process. If you're purchasing custom cover art or a website, after your down payment you'll receive access to my cover art questionnaire for your input (and I will check in and ensure you've received it). All cover art and other designs are done using stock photos and in Photoshop. I no longer do art using 3D programs (with the exception of the occasional background image if I'm unable to find something suitable), so I am not the best choice for those types of covers.
Visual design is a back and forth process. My cover/website questionnaires ask for a lot of information, so you can provide detail about colors, images, overall feel/look, and samples of other work that you like. I often provide sample designs with watermarked images I haven't bought yet to get your thoughts before delving right into the design. I do not just randomly design something and start charging for revisions.
While I understand wanting to get cover feedback from close friends or family, which is fine, I do not design by committee and ask that clients do not share drafts publicly or on forums for soliciting feedback. If you ask dozens if not hundreds of people for feedback, you will get dozens if not hundreds of different opinions, and that can negatively affect the design process. Talk to me if you're unsure about a design and we can figure out what will make it work.
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Please send your manuscript in doc, docx, or rtf format laid out exactly as you would like it to appear, including the dedication, about the author, bibliography, etc. For ebook formatting, I also need a large size of the cover art.
If you don't have a copyright page, I can use my own template, but I'll need your name as it should appear, the cover artist's name, the ISBN if you have one, and any other details (have a look at published books to see what they include).
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Unless we've worked together several times in the past, I will not start work without a down payment in place. If this is a problem, I am not the right designer for you and wish you the best of luck elsewhere.
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Pushed by Pandemic, 2 Mall Owners File Chapter 11
MajorsNov 03, 2020
CBL Properties and the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust both filed for bankruptcy Sunday.
The West Towne Mall in Madison, Wisconsin is one of the 100-plus shopping centers owned by CBL Properties. The mall operator filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday. (Photo courtesy of CBL Properties)
New York—Mall operators CBL Properties and the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, another sign of the toll COVID-19 is taking on already struggling sectors of physical retail.
Chattanooga, Tennessee-headquartered CBL operates 107 malls and outlet centers in 26 states, primarily in the Midwest and Southeast.
Jewelry giant Signet Jewelers Ltd. is the company's second-largest retailer, with 138 stores accounting for 3 percent of its total revenues, according to court papers included in the bankruptcy filing. (Its largest tenant is L Brands Inc., owner of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works.)
CBL's shopping centers have been grappling with myriad issues in recent years, with decreasing foot traffic to Class B and C malls pushing tenants to shed stores.
COVID-19 accelerated the decline, as it forced stores to close for an extended period and has made consumers hesitant to resume shopping in large, enclosed spaces.
Many retailers are unable to pay the rent, even if they wish to remain open, while others—like Signet—are further rethinking their physical footprint.
Still other CBL tenants, including J.C. Penney and Ann Taylor owner Ascena Retail Group, have also filed for bankruptcy.
CBL said in court papers that in 2020 alone, more than 30 of its retail tenants commenced their own Chapter 11 cases.
The mall operator entered into a restructuring support agreement with lenders back in August, with an eye on reducing debt and other obligations by $1.5 billion and increasing liquidity while keeping its shopping centers open.
It warned then a bankruptcy filing may be imminent.
In a statement released Monday, CEO Stephen D. Lebovitz said after months of discussion, the company came to the decision that a Chapter 11 filing was the best option.
"CBL's management and the board of directors firmly believe that implementing the comprehensive restructuring as outlined in the RSA through a Chapter 11 voluntary bankruptcy filing will provide CBL with the best plan to emerge as a stronger and more stable company," he said.
"Upon emergence, CBL will be in a better position to execute on our strategies and move forward as a stable and profitable business."
CBL & Associates Properties Inc., along with CBL & Associates Limited Partnership and other related entities, filed Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.
The company said its customers, tenants and partners can expect "business as usual" throughout the Chapter 11 proceedings.
It has filed motions that will allow it to continue to pay employee wages and benefits, honor certain customer and vendor commitments, and otherwise manage day-to-day operations.
The smaller Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, or PREIT, has 19 malls in eight states, according to its website.
Like CBL Properties, PREIT has already entered into a restructuring agreement with lenders and plans to keep its malls open and continue paying all employees, vendors and suppliers throughout the Chapter 11 process.
The mall operator said in a statement issued Sunday the banks have committed to providing an additional $150 million to recapitalize the business and extend loan repayment reschedules. It also said its restructuring plan has backing from 95 percent of its creditors.
"We are pleased to be moving forward with strengthening the company's balance sheet and positioning it for long-term success through our prepackaged plan," CEO Joseph F. Coradino said.
"Today's announcement has no impact on our operations … and we remain committed to continuing to deliver top-tier experiences and improving our portfolio. With the overwhelming support of our lenders, we look forward to quickly emerging from this process as a financially stronger company with the resources and support to continue creating diverse, multi-use ecosystems throughout our portfolio."
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Spoiler (media)
"Spoiler Alert" redirects here. For the episode of How I Met Your Mother, see Spoiler Alert (How I Met Your Mother).
For Wikipedia's guideline on spoiler alerts, see Wikipedia:Spoiler
Spoiler is slang for any element of any summary or description of any piece of fiction that reveals any plot element which will give away the outcome of a dramatic episode within the work of fiction, or the conclusion of the entire work. It can also be used to refer to any piece of information regarding any part of a given media. Because enjoyment of fiction sometimes depends upon the dramatic tension and suspense which arises within it, the external revelation of such plot elements can "spoil" the enjoyment that some consumers of the narrative would otherwise have experienced.
1 On the internet
2 In print or other media
The words "spoiler alert" in full capitals is usually used to warn readers of a spoiler.
The term spoiler was introduced in the early days of the internet, on the internet, and is often associated with specialist internet sites and in newsgroup postings. Early rules of netiquette insisted that spoilers could and should be normally avoided, but if the posting of "spoiling" information was unavoidable, it be preceded by a warning ("SPOILER!"), or the spoiler itself has to be masked so that it can not be visible to any but those keen for details and not fazed at the thought of such potentially plot-revealing information. Sometimes, these warnings are omitted, accidentally or deliberately (see below), and some unwitting readers have had literature, films, television programmes and other works that they were looking forward to experiencing "spoiled".[1]
There is among internet users a socially unique but pointedly expressed insistence on being protected from material considered to include "spoiler" information by website operators or forum moderators, even in the internet version of settings where such material has conventionally and historically appeared, such as discussion groups or literary reviews. As a result of this level of objection to spoilers, trolls may post them purely for their own pleasure – finding amusement in believing they are completely ruining a narrative experience for others. On reputable websites, these can be reported to moderators and such posts taken down, the posters blacklisted, but only after the fact. Conversely, many who wish to discuss a fictional work in depth, including the outcomes of events and the handling of the narrative resolution, feel compelled to avoid participating on public websites altogether, set up "closed" websites to exclude those who are sensitive about spoilers, or unilaterally blog at the expense of public exchange. The appearance of spoilers on an internet website is not considered a violation of terms and conditions by any ISP.
On Usenet, the common method for obscuring spoiler information is to precede it with many blank lines known as 'spoiler space' – traditionally enough to push the information in question on to the next screen of a 25-line terminal. A simple cipher called ROT13 is also used in newsgroups to obscure spoilers, but is rarely used for this purpose elsewhere.
Some producers actively seed bogus information in order to misdirect fans. The director of the film Terminator Salvation orchestrated a "disinformation campaign" where false spoilers were distributed about the film, in order to mask any true rumors about its plot.[2]
Wikipedia discloses spoilers in its articles without giving advance warning that spoilers in advance. Matthew Prichard, the grandson of Agatha Christie, criticized Wikipedia for giving away spoilers in the play "The Mousetrap". Andrew Jarecki, the producer of Catfish, a documentary, argued that Wikipedia should have spoiler alerts. The plot of Catfish had been posted on Wikipedia before its theatrical release, because the film had been aired at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Jay Walsh, a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson, said that Wikipedia is intended to be an exhaustive knowledge source, so it would have spoilers.[3]
In print or other media
Russ Meyer (left) and Roger Ebert (right) in 1970
One of the first print uses of the terms was in the April 1971 issue of National Lampoon.[4] An article entitled "Spoilers," by Doug Kenney, lists spoilers for famous films and movies.
The Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert wrote an article entitled "Critics have no right to play spoiler" which contained spoilers and spoilers warnings. Ebert wrote:
The characters in movies do not always do what we would do. Sometimes they make choices that offend us. That is their right. It is our right to disagree with them. It is not our right, however, to destroy for others the experience of being as surprised by those choices as we were. A few years ago, I began to notice "spoiler warnings" on Web-based movie reviews -- a shorthand way of informing the reader that a key plot point was about to be revealed. Having heard from more than a few readers accusing me of telling too much of the story, I began using such warnings in my reviews.
Ebert used two spoiler warnings in the article, saying "If you have not yet seen Million Dollar Baby and know nothing about the plot, read no further" and later said, "Now yet another spoiler warning, because I am going to become more explicit." Ebert discussed six films in the article and mentioned how many critics handled The Crying Game and also noted a detail about the film The Year of Living Dangerously. Ebert also mentioned two films alongside Million Dollar Baby.[5]
Ebert additionally criticized two commentators, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Medved (the latter of whom "for a long time been a political commentator, not a movie critic"), for deliberately revealing the ending of the movie due to a moral disagreement with the lead character's life decision. "[S]hould no movie be allowed to consider [the moral issue]?" Ebert asked. "The separation of church and state in America was wisely designed to prevent religions from dictating the personal choices of those who do not share the same beliefs."[5]
In an interview about his Dark Tower series (appearing in issue #4 of the 2007 Marvel Comic adaptation The Gunslinger Born), Stephen King was asked if there are spoilers in the first few novels that would ruin someone's experience of the comic. "There are no spoilers!", King replied, "You might as well say 'I'm never gonna watch Wizard of Oz again because I know how it comes out'".
The 2008 Doctor Who two-part story Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead introduced the concept of "spoilers" within the story's time travel narrative, with the enigmatic character River Song using the term to refer to her foreknowledge of future events. This use continued through her subsequent appearances in The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone and The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon. The term is often used whilst River Song is consulting a diary charting her encounters with The Doctor as due to the vagaries of time travel they keep meeting in the wrong order. The executive producer of Doctor Who Steven Moffat expressed disappointment with fans who reveal spoilers after a pirate copy of The Impossible Astronaut was made available online prior to the episode's first television broadcast.
Comedian Daniel Tosh frequently gives spoilers on recently released films on his show, Tosh.0. His segment, "Spoiler Alert", is an impromptu take on the plot of each film.
^ Tom Jicha (2009-01-23). "How soon is too soon for spoilers?". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/tv/2009/01/how-soon-is-too-soon-for-spoilers.html. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
^ Hugh Hart (2009-01-21). "Spoiler Wars Heat Up as Lost Returns". Wired (magazine). http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2009/01/new-lost-season.html. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
^ Cohen, Noam. "Spoiler Alert: Whodunit? Wikipedia Will Tell You." The New York Times. September 17, 2010. Retrieved on August 10, 2011.
^ Table of Contents (1971-04). "National Lampoon Issue #14". National Lampoon. http://www.marksverylarge.com/issues/7104.html. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
^ a b Roger Ebert (2005-01-29). "Critics have no right to play spoiler". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050129/COMMENTARY/501290301. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
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Major Spoilers - comic book spoilers
Ain't It Cool News - popular news site; often contains spoilers to movies and comic books before they've been released
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Мартинсен () — имя собственное; распространено в виде фамилий.

 Мартинсен, Андреас (род. 1990) — норвежский хоккеист, нападающий.
 Мартинсен, Бенте (более известна под фамилией Скари; род. 1972) — норвежская лыжница, олимпийская чемпионка.
 Мартинсен, Карл (ум. 1945) — норвежский коллаборационист, генерал, руководитель Стапо.
 Мартинсен, Кнуд Бёрге (1905—1949) — датский офицер, оберштурмбаннфюрер СС, командир добровольческих корпусов СС «Данмарк» и «Шальбург» в годы Второй мировой войны.
 Мартинсен, Одд (род. 1942) — норвежский лыжник, олимпийский чемпион, чемпион мира.
 Мартинсен, Оле (1928—2003) — норвежский хоккеист с мячом.
 Мартинсен, Петтер (1887—1972) — норвежский гимнаст, чемпион летних Олимпийских игр 1912 года.
 Мартинсен, Свен (1900—1968) — норвежский борец греко-римского стиля, чемпион Европы.

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This is a lovely black hoverfly with metallic green patches. The specimen has been donated to Menno Reemer – many thanks to him for the identification.
This wasp mimic hoverfly looks very similar to Stratiomyid #7. This specimen has been donated to Menno Reemer.
This amazing metallic green hoverfly was in the first batch from French Guiana. Menno Reemer is currently revising the Microdontini so the name is only tentative and might be subject to change. EDIT (1/5/2011): Menno has this specimen and has confirmed that it is part of the virgo-species group.
Another wasp-mimic hoverfly. This specimen has been donated to Menno Reemer.
An interesting black hoverfly with a beautiful yellow scutellum and contrasting grey dusting patches. This specimen has been donated to Menno Reemer. Many thanks to Martin Hauser for the identification suggestion.


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Buying advertising
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 | Internet Marketing
Web site auditors
Auditors accurately measure the usage of different sites in terms of the number of ad impressions and clickthrough rates.
Run of site
Cost per 1000 ad impressions. CPM is usually higher for run-of-site advertisements where advertisements occur on all pages of the site.
Results-based payment
Advertisers pay according to the number of times the ad is clicked on.
Brokers who place ads for advertisers over a range of media sites using different payment models such as CPM, CPC and CPA.
Banner advertising is typically paid for according to the number of web users who view the web page and the advertisement on it. These are the 'ad impressions' referred to earlier.
• When payment is made according to the number of viewers of a site it is important that the number of viewers be measured accurately. To do this independent web site auditors are required. The main auditing body in the UK is the Audit Bureau of Circulation Electronic, ABCelectronic (www.abce.ora.uk).
Banner advertising is purchased for a specific period. It may be purchased for the ad to be served on:
• according to keywords entered on a search engine.
Traditionally, the most common payment is according to the number of customers who view the page as a cost per thousand (CPM) ad or page impressions. Typical CPM is in the range £10-£50. Other options that benefit the advertiser if they can be agreed are per-clickthrough or per-action such as a purchase on the destination site. Although initially media owners were able to control charging rates and largely used a per-exposure model with the increase in unused ad inventory, there has been an increase in results-based payment methods. Organisations such as Valueclick (www.valueclick.com), now operate ad networks where the advertiser only pays for each response. This advertising model is similar to the affiliate method (see the earlier section 3a Affiliate marketing) except that with the affiliate method, the referring site is usually paid a commission based on the cost of the item sold.
Media planning - deciding on the online/offline mix for advertising
Cross-media optimisation studies (XMOS)
Studies to determine the optimum spend across different media to produce the best results.
This decision is typically taken by the media planner. As we noted in the section on 'Planning integrated marketing communications', the mix between online and offline spend must reflect consumers' media consumption and the cost/response effectiveness of each medium. But, depending on the agency used, they may play it safe by putting the ad spend into what they are familiar with and what may be most rewarding in terms of commission - offline media. Many cross-media optimisation studies (XMOS) have shown that the optimal online spend for low-involvement products is surprisingly high at 10-15% of total spend. Although this is not a large amount, it compares to previous spend levels below 1% for many organisations.
XMOS research is designed to help marketers and their agencies answer the (rather involved) question 'What is the optimal mix of advertising vehicles across different media, in terms of frequency, reach and budget allocation, for a given campaign to achieve its marketing goals?'
The mix between online and offline spend is varied to maximise campaign metrics such as reach, brand awareness and purchase intent. Table 8.4 summarises the optimal mix identified for four famous brands. For example, Dove found that increasing the level of interactive advertising to 15% would have resulted in an increase in overall branding metrics of 8%. The proportion of online is small, but remember that many companies are spending less than 1% of their ad budgets online, meaning that offline frequency is too high and they may not be reaching many consumers.
Table S.4 Optimum media mix suggested by XMOS studies
Advertising With Circulars
Co-op Mailing means that two or more businesses share in the cost and distribution of a direct mail campaign. It's kind of like having you and another non-competing business split the cost of printing, assembling and mailing an advertising flyer to a shared same market base.


This is a step by step tutorial to make LibreOffice Calc macro examples with SUM function. We will make a simple cash register program within Calc. You will make use the =SUM() function to total the prices. You will create two macros and call them from two push buttons on the Calc sheet. Continuing my first macro tutorial ever, this is also intended for new comers without prior experience about macro but want to create one. Happy working!
The program is really simple. It first calculate every item amount, then total all amounts. Only that. There are only two buttons, one to calculate the total price, and one to clear all cells. I hope you can grasp the basic by this.
Create this blank table (from A1 to D7) as the place to run your macros later.
This macro will calculate subtotals and total. Please remember, to record spreadsheet functions (SUM, AVG, etc.) you use click and Shift+click instead of typing the cell addresses and ranges. We will name this macro 'calculate1'.
This macro will empty all cells. We will name this macro 'delete1'.
Before adding any button, we need to test the created macros. Gif animation below shows the two macros as two toolbar buttons (see bonus section below to create your own custom toolbar) to call them quickly as I want. See I filled up the cells and pressed 'calculate1', then it calculates. See I pressed 'delete1', then all cells emptied. That means the test result is OK.
To add user interface elements like push button, you will need Form Controls toolbar. Go to menu bar View > Toolbars > Form Controls to show it.
Add first button and assign 'calculate1' macro.
Add second button and assign 'delete1' macro.
See? It is very simple. Up to this point you have completed all necessary tasks.
Now, play your buttons like in the first animation above. Congratulations, you have created first calculation macro on LibreOffice Calc.
2) call your custom toolbar: go to menu bar View > Toolbars > 'Macro' > it appears.
That's all. I would like to say thank you to soukaina as her video Les macros avec le tableur Calc(LibreOffice) (in French) is the base of this tutorial. Thank you, your have made your video very clear, I can learn so much from your one video although I don't understand French. Anyway, the macros in this article still do not have feature to record every transaction or to calculate taxes or even more advanced, to print out the receipt. These macros are just the basic things. It is very exciting for myself as this is my first chance ever to learn about macro and I have been wanted to learn it since a long time ago. I hope I can record my own learning process in the next tutorials. Happy working!
Just like the previous tutorial, I give you the same references once again.


Vodafone apologises to customers, Great!
Today I received an email from Vodafone (as probably all other customers did) from Australian CEO Nigel Dews.
Nigel goes on to explain that he and the company are apologising for customer dissatisfaction and problems experienced over the past year.
They go on to explain growth has been fast, and probably too fast for their current infrastructure. 3G data speeds was mentioned a few times and I got the feeling this was a central issue being explained.
Like many other Australian's I jumped on the iPhone bandwagon, and Vodafone seemed to offer good deals around 2 years ago when signing up.
But I must admit, 3G data speeds from Vodafone have been pretty bad!
I live and work in Sydney CBD, and you would think the infrastructure and coverage/signal in the city would be of high standard. Sometimes at night when I am accessing the internet on my phone the service speed is shockingly slow.
Sometimes taking minutes to load a page, and often just 'timing out'.
It gets so bad I become frustrated, that in 2010 I am subjected to dial-up internet speeds! I am often moving around my apartment to find the 'hot spot' where data reception is good. I know leaving my phone in the middle of the couch generally gets a speedy enough service to load a webpage, in 30 seconds.
Am I the only one experiencing this issue? Surely not.
Then last week I took a trip out to the burbs', around Paramatta way and I was finding 3G speeds on Vodafone to be fast, I was shocked at how fast it was. Maybe living in Sydney City and the constantly slow data speeds – I just became used to such a slow service and looked forward to getting into work in the morning if only for the fast Wi-Fi.. geez..
This is how I've always had my iPhone settings (with data-roaming ON) – is this going to allow fastest speeds possible?
I also wonder if the issues over the past year have only been in high use/ growth areas, ie major metropolitan cities, or Australian wide?
That was all a bit of a rant, and I haven't even got onto missing TXT and MMS messages I send, but my recipient doesn't receive.
Anyway – good on you Vodafone, I am happy to hear issues and problems being acknowledged and promises of network upgrades and infrastructure.


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Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, a wife, mother, and physician who gave the ultimate sacrifice of her life for her infant daughter. She is also one of my most trusted role models as a Christian, wife, and mother.
When I graduated with my master's degree, my husband gave me a print of a quote of St. Gianna that reads, "Whatever God wants." It hangs by my bedside table and is often my first short prayer as I get out of bed in the morning. It was very fitting for the journey that we had just begun: my husband and I had been married for almost an entire year and I had just finished a rigorous graduate program. Meanwhile, we were coping with the loss of my father, who had passed 6 months prior. With such joy, stress, and suffering, I often turned to this prayer of St. Gianna as a deep source of hope and consolation to remind me of God's sovereign love and guidance in my life. I continue to turn to this prayer as God's will for my life unfolds.
St. Gianna did not say "whatever God wants" with apathy but with joyful submission to Christ's work in her life and confidence in God's goodness. At her canonization, Pope St. John Paul II described her witness as a "significant messenger of divine love." From her writings and letters, we know her love for God and her family was fervent and passionate. In a letter written to her future husband during their engagement, she said she would often pray, "Lord, you see my desire and my good will. Supply what is lacking and help me to become the wife and mother you desire." Her letters to her husband often express their deep desire to raise a family that would love and serve the Lord with all of their hearts. They would soon have a son and three daughters.
During St. Gianna's final pregnancy, doctors discovered a fibroid tumor in her uterus. St. Gianna's life could be easily saved by an abortion or a hysterectomy, or she could undergo a risky operation to remove the tumor and save her baby. St. Gianna chose to save her baby. However, the impending birth could mean life or death for both St. Gianna and her unborn child. She consistently told her husband, "If you must decide between me and the child, do not hesitate: choose – I insist – the child." And indeed, St. Gianna's daughter who lived due to her mother's sacrifice is a living testimony to her mother's deep love for her children and her trust in God's will.
Following the example of Christ, who "having loved his own... loved them to the end" (Jn 13: 1), this holy mother of a family remained heroically faithful to the commitment she made on the day of her marriage. The extreme sacrifice she sealed with her life testifies that only those who have the courage to give of themselves totally to God and to others are able to fulfill themselves.
"Whatever God wants" is not a prayer of defeat or carelessness. For St. Gianna, it was a prayer of courage, strength, and complete trust in the power of God. May we, too, come to find the joy of this submission and love for Christ.
St. Gianna, pray for us!
Alyce Shields is a teacher in Washington D.C.
This past weekend in the United States we celebrated Earth Day. Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a call to action to bring greater awareness to environmental issues. It continues to serve as a reminder to us of our place on the earth and our responsibilities as its current inhabitants.
Pope Francis has also taken steps to highlight the necessity of caring for our environment. In 2015, he released his papal encyclical on the environment entitled Laudato Si' – On Care for our Common Home. In this encyclical, he points out our moral obligation as Catholics and as humans to care for our environment.
But what can we do as people of faith to preserve the earth? What steps can we take in our daily lives to protect the world God gave us?
Go outside. Experience the beauty of the earth by taking some time to be in nature. Go for a walk in your neighborhood and look at the diversity of the flowers and trees. Spend some time in prayerful contemplation near water, in the mountains, or in your own backyard.
Read Laudato Si'. Pope Francis's encyclical highlights the ways we are required as Catholics to work to save and protect the environment. He puts into words the importance, particularly at this point in history, of caring for the earth. He highlights specific problems that threaten the environment and offers suggestions for action. The Catholic Apostolate Center has a resource page on Laudato Si' that includes a general overview of the encyclical, as well as other helpful links, news articles, and documents supporting or explaining Catholic teaching on caring for our environment.
Pray with the Psalms. In particular, I invite you to pray with Psalms 8, 22, 24, 50, 65, and 84. Adding these words of Scripture to our regular prayer will help to inspire a greater desire to do more to preserve our environment.
Turn off your lights and water when you are not using them. Do these and other small actions in your daily life to minimize your carbon footprint.
Monica Thom Konschnik is the Assistant Director for Administration for the Catholic Apostolate Center.
In one of my graduate theology classes, a professor defined mercy as "love which keeps loving in the midst of rejection." Pope St. John Paul II further elucidates, "And is not mercy love's 'second name,' understood in its deepest and most tender aspect, in its ability to take upon itself the burden of any need and, especially, in its immense capacity for forgiveness?" This mercy, this type of love, often seems inconceivable. Christ himself concedes the inconceivable aspect of mercy to St. Faustina. He does not concede the impossibility of mercy, but places no limits on his own. God's mercy is beyond comprehension. It is characterized by an unending, unfailing love for humanity—a humanity which has rejected him since the garden of Eden. From that moment and until today, God has worked and is working towards our salvation. His fidelity can be seen throughout Scripture and jumps from the pages of the Bible into our very lives. Jesus Christ is the face of mercy.
This Sunday, we especially celebrate the merciful love of the Father on the second Sunday of Easter – known formally as Divine Mercy Sunday since its establishment in 2000 at the canonization Mass of St. Faustina by Pope St. John Paul II.
Divine Mercy Sunday is a powerful celebration of the mercy of a God who sent his only begotten Son in expiation for our sins. We come to know God as the Father who stands in the field awaiting the return of his prodigal sons and daughters, the King who washes the feet of his bruised and dirty children, the crucified Lord who invites us to place our finger in his wounds, to see and believe.
This mercy is life-changing—a truth affirmed in stories such as the woman at the well or even that of the good thief on the cross. God's mercy inspires us and strengthens us to be men and women on fire with love—to be missionary disciples proclaiming the wonder of salvation and the infinite goodness of God. This mercy affirms that we are loved, called, and chosen. It assures us that we have purpose and meaning, gifts and talents that can be used for building the Kingdom of God.
God's mercy, however, is meant for more than our own personal benefit. God has shown us his mercy to show us the way back to himself. We are called, therefore, to emulate it. Christ's mercy is our beacon, our model. We are called to live mercy, to be the face of mercy to our brothers and sisters—an impossible task on our own.
Christ makes the inconceivable conceivable by empowering us through the gift of Holy Spirit as he did at Pentecost, of which we read in this Sunday's Gospel.
Christ breathes on those in the Upper Room, saying, "Receive the Holy Spirit." Mercy, much like grace, is an unmerited gift of love from God. It is meant to lead us outward in love and mercy toward our neighbor. Christ also says, "As the Father has sent me, so I send you." Therefore, this gift is not meant to be hoarded in the Upper Room, but to be carried out to the nations!
We see the concrete fruits of the Holy Spirit and of lived mercy in the early Church. In the first reading for Sunday, we read, "All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one's need." The early Church was rooted in the understanding of mercy, which resulted in a strong communal life founded on works of charity. The early Church understood well how to be the face of mercy to a broken world.
This can seem like a daunting task. As John Paul II concedes, "It is not easy to love with a deep love, which lies in the authentic gift of self." However, "This love can only be learned by penetrating the mystery of God's love. Looking at him, being one with his fatherly heart, we are able to look with new eyes at our brothers and sisters, with an attitude of unselfishness and solidarity, of generosity and forgiveness." We love because we were first loved. We are merciful because we have first been shown mercy.
Question for Reflection: How has God revealed his mercy to you? How can you "be the face of mercy"?
To learn more about Divine Mercy Sunday, click here.
To learn more about the Jubilee Year of Mercy, click here.
Kate Fowler is the Blog Editor for the Catholic Apostolate Center. She received her Master's in Leadership for the New Evangelization at the Augustine Institute.
Hope lives! It might seem to be a strange phrase at first, but if we replace the word "hope" with "Jesus" or "Christ," then it immediately makes sense to a believer in the Resurrection. The 50-day Easter season is a celebration not simply of an event that happened in the past, but is also a season filled with the hope that comes from belief in the Risen One, Jesus Christ.
Indeed, it does. Suffering happens as a consequence of personal sin, the sins of others, and also the action of evil. What do we do when these things happen? Do we curl up into a fetal position in the corner of a room and wait for life to end? No, as I learned well during my years at a Pallottine shrine dedicated to the patron saint of hopeless cases, St. Jude. The pilgrims who came there taught me by their lives and their joy that even in our suffering, in our experiences of the Cross, we strengthen our belief that hope lives. Christ calls us to continue moving forward in life and in love, sharing what we have found in him with all those we encounter.
As the Father raised the Son on that first Easter, God still provides for us today. He saves us from our sins and gives us hope. We are called to see with the eyes of faith in Christ, feel the love of Christ, and be filled in our hearts with the hope of Christ – a hope that lives now and forever.
Question for Reflection: How can you spread the hope of the Easter season to your friends, family, or community?
Fr. Frank S. Donio, S.A.C., D.Min. is Director of the Catholic Apostolate Center and Provincial Rector of the Immaculate Conception Province of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottine Fathers and Brothers).
In the small German village of Oberammergau, every ten years since 1634, roughly two thousand townspeople from all walks of life come together to stage the world's most famous "Passion Play," a dramatic re-enactment of Holy Week from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection. What that one town literally does every ten years, all Christians perform every Holy Week—and it is every bit as real.
The liturgies of Holy Week teach us that we are not merely passive spectators but living participants and actors in the ongoing story of the "Paschal Mystery," the saving life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. In our celebrations, we remember not just something that happened, but something that is happening, namely, the redemption of the world through the work Jesus Christ accomplished by His Cross and Resurrection. We are not playing someone else's role in an entirely scripted fiction, but discovering our own part and contribution within a story that God is still writing.
The basic structure of Christian existence, as a drama and extended experience of Holy Week, was one of the great lessons and insights shared throughout the life of Pope St. John Paul II, himself an actor and playwright. One of John Paul II's biographers described the pope's core vision of, "the cosmic drama of divine love being played out in the human quest for a true and pure love" (The End and the Beginning, 413). John Paul II received this vision primarily through his nourishment from Sacred Scripture. He interpreted life in light of the Gospel story of Jesus. The Passion Narrative in the Gospel of John, which some and dark, symbolizing the tension of love and sin that function almost like stage directions.
I think we experience much of our life of discipleship as a drama, which is much different from experiencing all times and aspects of life as dramatic. The drama of life is often slow, ordinary, and unremarkable. There are long periods of waiting, working, growing, and hoping, punctuated by divine breakthroughs that remind us that He has been directing and giving commands all along. I find that I need Holy Week for its power to provide context for every frustrated hope, betrayal to those I love, loss of friends and family, and struggle to stand for what is true and just.
On Holy Saturday, when things seem darkest, Jesus descends into those dark places of our world and our souls and shines a light, giving us the courage to hope that when Jesus says, "It is finished," it actually means God is not done with us yet. Just when we think it's over, the veil is torn and the curtain is raised—Christ is resurrected, and invites us not only on Easter Sunday, but anew each day, to live in the hope and joy of his victory over sin and death.
Question for Reflection: What part or contribution is God calling you to in the ongoing story of salvation?
As we enter into Holy Week, I invite you to reflect on the week that changed the world as understood in the Christian context: the celebration of the salvific event of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord. Let us contemplate that great exemplification of Christianity in the symbol lifted upon Golgotha on Good Friday for the world to gaze upon: the Cross.
"Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world," we hear on Good Friday. It's a strange symbol, isn't it? An instrument of ignominious death, the Cross is for Christians not a sign of defeat but of certain victory! Rare is the Catholic home or school that does not have at least one prominently displayed in it somewhere—but perhaps rarer still are Catholics who pray while actually holding not a cross, but a crucifix. Upon seeing the Crucifix, however, a person must decide whether to accept Christ's death— including the truth of all He revealed—or to reject Him. For the faithful, it remains a powerful prayer tool, one that does not require elegant words to be meaningful. In holding a Crucifix, one is offering a very powerful prayer. The Crucifix invites us to more deeply meditate upon the precious wounds of Christ. Indeed, one is reminded of our Lord's words to St. Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands," while tracing one's fingers over the tiny replica of His wounded hands, feet, side, and the crown of thorns upon His head.
Whenever we are weak, how surely will our Mother at once fly to our aid when we faithfully call upon her name!
Question for Reflection: How can you pick up your cross more diligently in these last few days of Lent?
Thomas Wong is an undergraduate at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. You can follow him @ElGreaterWong.
So begins the first liturgy of Holy Week on Palm Sunday. We hear these words referenced in the first of an unusual two Gospel readings during the procession into the church. We start our celebration of Palm Sunday, appropriately, by proclaiming and then reenacting the story in Matthew's Gospel of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, a moment of great joy and excitement for the inhabitants of the city. Those in the congregation welcome the priest, who enters the church in persona Christi, as we echo the words of the people of Jerusalem, "Hosanna in the highest!" What a happy occasion! The Messiah, the One whom the prophets foretold, has come!
How fickle this joy seems, though, when we get to the Passion narrative. In a matter of minutes, we go from crying, "Hosanna!" to "Crucify him!" One minute, we're giving Jesus a king's welcome. The next, we're condemning Him to death. I know I'm not the only one who feels a dagger through his heart every time we say—loudly—that refrain of condemnation. How dare I welcome Christ with such exuberance, knowing what I'm about to do to Him? Quite the emotional roller coaster, with Mass only halfway over!
Holy Week is exhausting. I find it the most taxing part of the liturgical year. Starting with Palm Sunday, I'm attending Masses, praying the Stations of the Cross, and singing with the choir for days on end, practically turning the Triduum into a 3-day long vigil. In recent years, I've taken to spending Good Friday on pilgrimage to the National Shrine in Washington, D.C., to place myself in an intentional state of prayer and reflection.
So why do I do this to myself? Why get on this roller coaster and make myself so physically, emotionally, and spiritually drained by the time Easter morning arrives? Quite simply, it's because I love it. It's the most rewarding experience of prayer that I have all year.
On Palm Sunday, we're reminded of what we'll bear witness to in the days to come. We're invited to reflect on what's about to be re-presented in a real-time reenactment of the focal point of Christ's entire earthly life.
At the Chrism Mass on the morning of Holy Thursday, we bear witness to the consecration of holy oils for use in the upcoming year's sacraments. We also see the gathering of all our diocesan priests, who renew their vows and participate in probably the largest concelebration of the year. It's a moving and impressive sight.
On Good Friday, we once again take up the cries of, "Crucify him!" as we see the events of Christ's Passion and death unfold before our eyes. We're called toward the sanctuary to kiss the gruesome device of our salvation, the ancient instrument of punishment used to redeem all of mankind. And after an unceremonious Communion service, the liturgy suddenly pauses and we just go home. The Church holds its breath as we wait.
sound aloud our mighty King's triumph!
knowing an end to gloom and darkness.
If I arrive at Easter morning feeling exhausted but strengthened, it means that I've truly entered into Holy Week, walking with Christ as He always walks with me. This Holy Week, may we walk more closely with Christ on His journey towards the cross, knowing that this journey continues with His resurrection. It is Christ's resurrection, His triumph over sin and death, that gives our Lenten journey meaning and enables us to exult with the Church and be glad!
Question for Reflection: How can you enter more deeply into Holy Week in order to better celebrate the joy of Easter Sunday?
For more resources to prepare you for Holy Week and Easter, please click here.
Jay Schaefer is the Production Coordinator for the Catholic Apostolate Center, where he assists with training and technical coordination of the Center's webinars. Jay also collaborates with the Center's marketing team to publicize and produce our live media content.


Kaiji erased all of his debts in the first movie. A year later, he's back in the same debt ridden situation. Kaiji then gets a chance to clear himself of his 200 million Yen debt, but he has only 2 weeks.
Kaiji, a young gambler who is constantly in debt, enters a deadly gambling competition in order to wipe away his loans.
Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred 6 years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only surviving family member from the case. Meanwhile, Takakura and his wife Yasuko recently moved into a new home. Their neighbor, Nishino, has a sick wife and a young teen daughter. One day, the daughter, Mio, tells him that the man is not her father and she doesn't know him at all.
Musashi Miyamoto left his village and ended up fighting in the battle of Sekigahara with his friend Matahachi, but Musashi Miyamoto lost Matahachi. He goes back to the village to inform Matahachi's family about what happened. At the village, he is persecuted by people there. Musashi Miyamoto becomes worn down physically and mentally. At this time, Soho Takuan appears in front of Musashi Miyamoto . He then rebuilds his life with his sword. Musashi begins to travel for warrior training. He meets many masters of the sword and grows as a person.
Sakurai is an aspiring actor who becomes frustrated with his life. Sakurai then decides to kill himself, but before committing suicide Sakurai heads off to a public bathhouse. At the bathhouse, Sakurai then witnesses a man named Kondo collapse and lose his memory in front of Sakurai. On a sudden whim, Sakurai switches locker keys with Kondo and pretends to be Kondo. Sakurai soon finds himself in trouble with the yakuza.
One year after the suicide of C-list model Kisaragi Miki, five of her fans come together for a commemorative meeting; fan club leader Iemoto, Oda Yuji, "Snake", Yasuo, and "Strawberry Girl". After meeting each other for the first time, they reminisce about their idol, wondering how someone so bright and happy could have possibly taken her own life. As they discuss her death, the facts, and evidence, they slowly come to the realization that her death didn't occur they way they thought it did. The more they talk, the more the case takes shape in their minds, and the closer they come to the truth.
When a bored college student learns that a long lost aunt has been found dead in a park, he begins piecing together her life to see if it had any value. What he finds is a revelation. Talented film director, Tetsuya Nakashima ("Kamikaze Girls" 04), wield a host of cinematic tools to make "Memories of MATSUKO" a memorably entertaining and emotionally powerful "fairytale tragedy," weaving together realistic human drama with offbeat comedy and spectacular (Bob Fosse-like) production numbers to tell the heartbreaking story of Matsuko Kawajiri, a starry-eyed woman who spends her entire life serching for a worthy "prince" capable of returning her limitless love. Versatile actress, Miki Nakatani, renders a virtuosic performance in the lead role of Matsuko.
Koji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow. He and his teammates work hard to get back on the field placing all his hopes on a new slow-ball, "the magic pitch." However, the outbreak of WWII wipes out the baseball ambitions from everyone. They join the military and in the navy undergo the severe training that prepares them for death. Death awaits them in a "kaiten" (special attack submarine or "human torpedo") within the gloomy ocean depths, but Koji never gives up his dream of the "magic pitch."
Naoki Hanzawa (Masato Sakai) works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Naoki makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Naoki didn't want to approve the loan, but he had to due to the branch manager's order. Nishi Osaka Steel Company seems financially stable, but the company actually hides massive amounts of debt through fraudulent accounts. The company is caught. Three months later, Nishi Osaka Steel Company goes bankrupt. The bank's branch manager is Asano. He is an ambitious man and tries to shift the blame to Naoki. Naoki then attends an inquiry about the loan failure at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo. Naoki denies fault and promises to retrieve the 500 million yen loan. He did this because it's the only way for Naoki to survive as a banker.
An ordinary family in modern Japan is caught in the throes of inert pride, stymied by their own inability to communicate honestly with one another. Lies lead to suspicion, until the veneer of their civility shatters, with tragic consequences.
After a fire destroys their restaurant, a married couple turn to conning lonely spinsters out of money to make ends meet.
In 1868, after the end of the Bakumatsu war, the former assassin Kenshin Himura promises to defend those who need without killing and wanders through Japan with a sword with inverted blade during the transition of the samurai age to the New Age. When Kenshin helps the idealistic Kaoru Kamiya from the gangsters of the powerful opium drug lord Kanryuu Takeda that wants her school for his production of opium, Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay in the school. But the drug chemist Megumi Takani escapes from Kanryuu and seeks shelter in the school. Meanwhile the killer Battosai is murdering police officers and leaving messages attached to their bodies. When the cruel Kanryuu poisons the population to get the school, and Kenshin and the street fighter Sanosuke Sagara join forces to attack their common enemy.
The movie is inspired by Alice in Wonderland as the story mainly focuses on a stuffed rabbit from an alternate world. Just to give an outline of the movie, it tells the story of Mitsushima's brother, who is sent to an alternate world after receiving the rabbit. To retrieve her brother, Mitsushima's character will unravel the secret behind the animal.


You're a poor, hungry, unsupervised child. Gather fallen tickets and cash them in for sustenance! But beware, in Soviet Russia - Ticket Collects YOU!
WASD + SPACE for player one and ARROW-KEYS + ENTER for player two.
Stranger Tickets was showcased at the Alamo Drafthouse Mueller location on Sunday November 19th 2017. It was built for the multiplayer Phony Island Game Jam hosted by Fantastic Arcade.
To shake things up compared to the other games, we decided to turn things upside down!
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What happens when a Formula E car and one of nature's fastest animals go head-to-head? Watch our car race against a cheetah in a coming-together of one of the animals most at threat of climate change, and a machine designed to help in that fight.
The Koenigsegg Agera RS has beaten the Bugatti Chiron's 0-400-0kph (0-249-0mph) run by 5.52sec, achieving the feat in 36.44sec.
In this next episode: Battle of the Kings we witness this epic +500lb Harley–Davidson XL 1200 CX Sportster Roadster doing a crazy snowbike jump!
We've watched the Rimac Concept One see off just about every significant hypercar there is in a standing start drag race – but until Lord Pembroke took his Bugatti Veyron to Croatia there was one significant question unanswered.
The cars are McLaren 570S & 675LT, Lamborghini Huracan and Aventador SV, Porsche 991RS & 918 Spyder, Aston Martin GT12, Mercedes AMG GTS Edition 1 and Ferrari F12. How will they compare and who will be up against the 918 Spyder?
As part of Motor Trend's annual Best Driver's Car competition, we line up the contenders on an airstrip and bask in the glory of horsepower.
After a night of racing the crew of That Racing Channel came across this beautiful Lamborghini Aventador on the way home. He was a little froggy so we gave him a run.
It's back! This year's field includes all 10 contenders from Motor Trend's 2015 Best Driver's Car.


Initiative #13: Firefighters and their families must have access to counseling and psychological support.
This podcast supports this initiative by providing information on behavioral health topics that fire departments face every day. The goal is to provide a foundation for a discussion on how to address behavioral health practices to help firefighters and their families. This podcast is managed by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and is hosted by Craig Luecke.


My earliest memory goes back to when I was just 18 months old. I remember my brother lifting me up to our living room window to see a magnificent rainbow over Lake Michigan. I believe that at that moment, I was imprinted with a passion for color. In my photographic work over the years, I have enjoyed the challenge of finding "completed canvases" hidden within our day-to-day experience. Typically, we are bombarded by a multitude of color. I find that I am attracted to simpler color palettes. As a result, many of my images have a more painterly than photographic feel.
I try to accentuate the emotional impact of color and a simplicity of composition to invite the viewer to attend to deeper layers of meaning in the photograph. My goal is to "liberate" rather than "capture" the moment.
My work represents a broad range of imagery, mostly because there is a lot to which my eyes respond. While the subject matter is diverse, the painterly feel creates a stylistic unity. I can unabashedly say that I have no fear of beauty and look for it everywhere. Thank you for allowing me to share my vision with you.


Dawn Leath is a Principal in and former Senior Consultant for Leath Group, LLC—a dynamic curriculum development and intellectual property greenhouse that grows leaders and shapes cultures.
Prior, Dawn spent a decade in the financial services industry working as a Human Resources Professional (recruitment, selection, career planning, benefits), Instructional Designer, Trainer, and Facilitator. In that time, she developed and delivered content for workshops and organizational universities that addressed Empowerment, Individual & Organizational Accountability, Internal & External Customer Service, Leveraging Interpersonal Differences, Morale, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Quality, Team Audits & Teamwork, and Performance Management (Orientation & Onboarding through Succession Planning & Conducting Effective Exit Interviews).
Since 2002, Dawn has devoted more time volunteering and serving nonprofit, local community organizations in varying capacities. However, in May 2013, she accepted a full-time calling to join the staff of RockPointe Church as Women's Ministry Director. Building upon the solid foundation begun by her predecessor and surrounded by servant-leaders, peers, and a body of passionate believers with shared vision, she has been blessed with an opportunity to extend and mature a sustainable infrastructure that is more commensurate with RockPointe's current needs and future growth projections—numerically, but more importantly, of course, relationally and spiritually.
Today, as a wife of 22 years and mother for 13 years, Dawn continues to run a busy household while working alongside 30 colleagues at RockPointe and in a supportive capacity for dozens more at Leath Group.
Dawn earned her BBA in Entrepreneurship at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. The university's pioneering entrepreneurship program is ranked No. 4 in the nation by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
Dawn, Blake, and their daughter Lauren (and her partner in crime—the beloved rapscallion, Daisy) make their home in the Great State of Texas.


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April 28, 2013 by Caron Eastgate Dann
My Mum, an excellent cook!
My friend Kenny wrote this engaging, nostalgic piece about his mum's cooking, which made me also remember what it was like growing up in NZ in the 1970s. Like Kenny, I'm from Dunedin originally and so is my mum, though I was brought up in Auckland from the ages of 7-9 and 12-17.
Pauline, Russell and Jean celebrate a combined 240 years!
Bennie and his father have just returned from a quickie four-day visit to New Zealand – to New Plymouth in the North Island region of Taranaki, to be precise.
The ostensible reason for the visit was to help Bennie's Grandma, Pauline Ethel Weir, celebrate her 80th birthday.
But it was more than that, as it was a triple-banger 80th birthday party taking in also the milestone's of Pauline's brother-in-law Russell (Kenny's uncle), and his partner Jean.
And it was far more than that again, as relatives and friends flew or bussed in from all over New Zealand and Australia.
It was a family reunion of the likes never before experienced by myself, let alone Bennie!
Over three organised events on the Saturday and the Sunday and more informal get-togethers, tales and family lore were exchanged and rolled out.
Relatives and neighbours…
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Back to Burma
These are the best photographs I've ever seen of Burma, magnificent in their composition, their juxtapositioning, and in capturing the moment. I walked into Burma from Thailand in the 1990s for a day, but these make me want to go back and take a proper look.
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New Zealand paints a rainbow
Maraetai Beach, Auckland, NZ. From Tomwsulcer & Haley Sulcer
I was thrilled to hear yesterday that my country of birth, New Zealand, agreed in Parliament to legalise same-sex marriage. This makes it the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so.
Although I left NZ in the late 1980s, I have never changed my nationality, I visit often and I still feel very much a New Zealander. So I am proud when I hear that NZ has taken such a big step toward equality of all its people.
NZ has many problems, like any other country, such as a growing economic division between rich and poor, outrageous real estate prices in major cities, an over-emphasis on commercialism, corporate greed and materialism in some quarters.
But it also has, at heart, a people with a generous spirit, people who believe in equality, be it in regard to gender, race or sexual orientation.
Like Flick, the "little engine that could" in the children's story, NZ to me is the "little country that could". This group of dots in the Pacific Ocean has certainly made its mark on the world, and I wanted to celebrate some of those firsts in my blog today. There are, of course, many more, but these are a few that I know of:
1893: First country to achieve universal suffrage when it gave women the vote.
1894: First county to enact a national minimum wage—Australia did not do this until 1907, and the US until 1938.
2001: First country in which women simultaneously held its three top positions of power—they were, then, the Prime Minister, Helen Clark; the Governor-General, Dame Silvia Cartwright; and the Chief Justice, Sian Elias. In fact, the top five positions were held by women if you add the attorney general Margaret Wilson and the leader of the opposition, Jenny Shipley.
2013: First country in the Asia-Pacific region to legalise same-sex marriage (and 13th in the world).
There are lost of firsts in terms of inventions, technology and scientific advances, too:
1882: First country to ship refrigerated meat (to England).
1884: William Atack was the first sports referee to use a whistle to control a game.
1919: Ernest Rutherford split the atom.
1954: William Hamilton invented the jet boat.
1961: Arthur Lydiard invented and popularised the method of fitness training known as "jogging".
1987: A. J. Hackett invented bungy jumping.
NZers also invented the spring-free trampoline, the Zorb, the blokart, the circular hairpin, the cycling monorail. More: NZ innovations
But going back to yesterday's step forward regarding human rights, I believe that in order to achieve a peaceful world, we must treat people equally. All people must have the same opportunities to live in safety and comfort, to pursue happiness, to be educated, to earn a living, and to marry the person they love. Parliament broke into song yesterday (Pokarekare Ana, a traditional love song) when the results of the vote were announced. If you missed this very moving moment, catch it here: NZ legalises same-sex marriage
I hope, too, that this step forward will prompt politicians in Australia to do the same. So far, both the federal government and the opposition are saying they will not. But it's only a matter of time, surely.
Posted in History, Home and around, Peace, Society | Tagged gay marriage, human rights, New Zealand, peace, Pokarekare Ana, same-sex marriage | 6 Comments
Life in the fast lane or, revenge of the madding crowd
Platform 1, Flinders St station: Yes, it's 7.55am and I am rushing to my second train connection of the day. Picture: Caron Dann
I thought I had left the rat race behind years ago. But for the last month or so, I have found myself having to travel to work with all the other madly scurrying rodents who must be at their desks before 9am.
I have to take two trains and a bus to get to work. It's better than driving in peak traffic though, and parking would cost me more than $100 a week, not to mention petrol. Public transport costs me a mere $30, and for some of the journeys I can get a seat and get emails done or do some reading.
Although I live in a big city, I've had the luxury over the past eight years or so of being able to work from home a fair bit, or being able to travel out of peak hour to work.
When I do have to be at work early—which is four days out of five at the moment—it always astounds me just how many people there are everywhere, all trudging off to work at pretty much the same time. As they march off the train to the exits, tickets in hand to "touch off" through the gates, there's a rhythmical stamp to their progress.
In my teens, I visited Melbourne, Australia, and was entranced by life there in what I saw as the fast lane. When I was in my mid-20s, I left New Zealand to live in Melbourne. I loved the thought of being a city worker. I felt cosmopolitan, sophisticated, excited and energised by the throngs of people, the sky scrapers and the daily rush.
St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne CBD, 1981: scenes like this impressed me enough as a teenager to make me move to Melbourne in my 20s.
I got a job in corporate publications at the HQ of a big bank in one of those city sky scrapers. It made me feel very "New York" when I'd get a takeaway coffee and raisin toast or a doughnut for breakfast (I could eat such things in those days). From my 23rd-floor office, I had a sweeping view of the city.
In the 1990s, I went to live in a much bigger city, Bangkok, and revelled in its great mix of culture, history, modernity and tradition.
In the 2000s, I was based in the small seaside town of Sorrento (Victoria, Australia, not Italy!). Whenever I had to go to Melbourne, the noise of the crowds and the traffic would accost my ears and I would wish to go home immediately.
I'll never forget one fine Friday afternoon in Sorrento. I was out on a boat with some friends, and we were fishing, the three of us lolling on the deck, cutting up bait and drinking tea from a thermos. The sea was like glass, and all we could hear was its gentle lapping against the boat. On the horizon, we could just see the hazy cityscape of Melbourne. My friend squinted towards it: "There are people in all those buildings, sitting at desks and working as we speak," he said. "Glad I'm here." And we went back to our fishing, with no more than the thought of fresh King George whiting for dinner on our minds and whether or not to put parmesan in the crumb.
Now, I live quite close to the city centre (16 minutes by train), but far enough away that I can't see or hear it. I can still appreciate a great CBD: a night-time skyline, cathedrals, beautiful book stores, the perfect coffee. But the daily drudgery of having to queue up, push, rush, open bags for security, have tickets checked, and so on leaves me cold. And don't get me started about rudeness, aggression, people who don't keep left up stair wells and round corners, and people who rush past you to grab a seat before you get it.
When I go to a city, I'd like it to be not because I have to travel through it at some ungodly hour for work, but because I'm visiting to sample all it has to offer. And therefore, it wouldn't be at peak times. Count me out of the rat race.
Posted in Home and around, Travel, work | Tagged madding crowd, Melbourne, rat race, rush hour, Sorrento | 2 Comments
April 9, 2013 by Caron Eastgate Dann
Beg, Borrow, Steal – Art, copyright and the internet
Here's a thought-provoking take on the controversial question of copyright and how old laws need to be revised to accommodate the internet.
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When Shakespeare plays were originally performed, it was not allowed for audience members to bring in paper for fear that they would write down and steal the plays. To counter this, furtive audience members would go to performances and each remember different sections of the plays, then meet later and write down all they could remember. Each section was then stitched together, and the works were stolen regardless.
With the development of the printing press, pirated material began to be spread rapidly. Action was taken politically to attempt to stop intellectual property from being copied or stolen. In 1662 the Licensing of the Press Act was passed to restrict the reprinting of material without advance permission from the owners. This act planted the seed for the establishment of copyright law.


The 2019 Randox Grand National is upon us once again as 40 runners aim to win the most valuable race in Europe.
Millions will be spent by punters, desperately trying to land the winner of the Aintree spectacle.
Some may choose a lucky number, a funny name or superstition, while others will spend hours pouring over the form, statistics and each and every aspect which could affect the result come 5.30pm on Saturday.
However, in uncharacteristic fashion, one horse heads the market by some distance - but will Tiger Roll justify his favouritism this afternoon?
Why is Tiger Roll favourite for the Grand National?
In the last decade, every horse to win the Grand National has been at least double figures in the betting ring before the off - and this race can certainly spring a surprise.
No horse has retained the Grand National since Red Rum in 1974.
To add, Tiger Roll is 9lb higher today than this time last year, although he has probably improved since his last Aintree success.
Elliot's charge faces a tough task winning once again but is bang in form and has a lot going in his favour this afternoon.


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Drslavice jsou goticko-renesanční tvrz ve stejnojmenné obci v okrese Prachatice. Od roku 1963 je chráněna jako kulturní památka.

Vznikla zřejmě ve 14. století. Avšak vesnice Drslavice je písemně doložena až na sklonku 14. století, mnohem později než napovídá český čelední typ jejího názvu, nasvědčující vzniku v rámci vnitřní kolonizace nejméně o dvě století dříve. Prvními držiteli tvrze byli vladykové z Drslavic. Roku 1537 koupil Wolf Wiennar z Muronu od Diviše z Újezda tvrz a ves Drslavice včetně poddanských vsí Dvory, Kratušín a Borek. Dne 26. října 1548 pořídil Wolf Wiennar poslední vůli, ve které odkázal své jediné a dosud nedospělé dceři Maryně tvrz Drslavice a dům v Českých Budějovicích. Na hájení dědických práv osiřelé Maryny vystupují pokrevní přátelé bratři Robmhápové a Petr Sudek. Zikmund Robmháp ze Suché prodal v roce 1549 tvrz Drslavice s příslušenstvím poručníkům Viléma z Rožmberka za 1200 kop grošů českých. Později se tvrz dostala do moci Eggenbergů a Schwarzenbergů. Postupně ztrácela svou rezidenční funkci, tu nahrazovala funkce hospodářská. Úpadek tvrze nastal po roce 1619, kdy vyhořela. Hospodářský dvůr byl obnoven, tvrz však nikoliv. V roce 1778 byla tvrz upravena na sýpku, tomuto účelu sloužila až do roku 1803, kdy byla po částech rozprodána poddaným. V roce 1931 tvrz koupili manželé Švejdovi, jejich potomek, Zdeněk Švejda, bývalý stíhací pilot, tvrz rekonstruuje.

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 Oficiální stránky Tvrze Drslavice
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Tvrze v okrese Prachatice
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Kulturní památky v okrese Prachatice
Drslavice (okres Prachatice)
Zemědělské stavby v Jihočeském kraji


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Amber Rose on ex Wiz Khalifa: 'If God wants us together, we will be together'
Amber Rose's split from Wiz Khalifa is more than your average amicable Hollywood divorce.
(Even consciously uncoupled Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin didn't blow "30 Gs" on strippers together as the soon-to-be talk show host and rapper just did.)
"It's so crazy that we are literally the best of friends," Rose, 32, told Bethenny Frankel during Wednesday's episode of B Real with Bethenny. "We hang out all the time. We have family days with the baby."
The couple tied the knot in 2013 after dating for two years and welcoming son Sebastian, now 2.
So what went wrong between Rose and the ex she now considers "literally the greatest guy in the world"?
"I feel like that was just rushed into marriage because we were so deeply in love, and we kind of had a rough patch in our marriage," she explained. "And because we were married, it kind of brought it to the next level. And I feel like if we just stayed in just a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship longer, we could have worked it out and then got married later."
"Excuse me, you could always go back," said Frankel, 45. "You never know."
"Well, you know, I just feel like right now he should go be a ho for a while and work on his businesses, and maybe later we can get back," Rose replied. "If God wants us together, we will be together."
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Man says ghost planted meth on him after he was attacked with axe
Cops found resident of home cursing at people who were 'obviously not there'
Published October 4, 2018 at 6:10pm
(KNOE) Authorities say they arrested a Ouachita Parish man on drug and false reporting charges after he told them quite a story - possibly involving a ghost.
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office says they responded to a home on Lynette Drive in the West Monroe area after getting a call from a man who said he had been attacked with an axe. The man claimed someone "stabbed" him in the head with the bladed weapon.
When deputies arrived, they found the caller, Michael L. Auttenberry, at his front door cursing at people who were "obviously not there". Deputies say the man was not calm and cursing at them too, so they placed him in handcuffs for their safety. Upon looking Auttenberry over, they say, they found no indication that he had actually been hit in the head with an axe.
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Dr. Kimmerer is a mother, plant ecologist, writer and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. She serves as the founding Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability. Her research interests include the role of traditional ecological knowledge in ecological restoration and the ecology of mosses. In collaboration with tribal partners, she and her students have an active research program in the ecology and restoration of plants of cultural significance to Native people. She is active in efforts to broaden access to environmental science education for Native students, and to create new models for integration of indigenous philosophy and scientific tools on behalf of land and culture. She is engaged in programs which introduce the benefits of traditional ecological knowledge to the scientific community, in a way that respects and protects indigenous knowledge.
Dr. Kimmerer has taught courses in botany, ecology, ethnobotany, indigenous environmental issues as well as a seminar in application of traditional ecological knowledge to conservation. She is the co-founder and past president of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge section of the Ecological Society of America. Dr. Kimmerer serves as a Senior Fellow for the Center for Nature and Humans. Of European and Anishinaabe ancestry, Robin is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. Dr. Kimmerer is the author of numerous scientific papers on the ecology of mosses and restoration ecology and on the contributions of traditional ecological knowledge to our understanding of the natural world. She is also active in literary biology. Her essays appear in Whole Terrain, Adirondack Life, Orion and several anthologies. She is the author of "Gathering Moss" which incorporates both traditional indigenous knowledge and scientific perspectives and was awarded the prestigious John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing in 2005. Her latest book "Braiding Sweetgrass: indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants" was released in 2013 and was awarded the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. She has served as writer in residence at the Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue Mountain Center, the Sitka Center and the Mesa Refuge.