text:
> VIsioning > CASE STUDY | A Start Up Called STAR WARS – How the Vision of an Indie Sci-fi Movie Spawned a Multi-billion Dollar Empire
How a young maverick, independent director-producer-screenwriter-entrepreneur, George Lucas, invested in his own star-ups, with zero venture capital, to invent new technologies and realise his vision.
by Nicolas De Santis June 2, 2022
This case study explains how a powerful creative vision mixed with pure entrepreneurship led George Lucas to create Lucasfilm, Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), and incubate companies like Pixar. By doing so, he developed new core technology competencies that changed the entertainment industry forever. To illustrate this story, we use the four areas of our Corporate Vision® process (1. Corporate Vision, 2. Build a Visionary Brand, 3. Business Model Innovation and 4. Align Culture & Organisation).
1.CORPORATE VISION
STAR WARS, the beginnings of an intergalactic idea that became the best deal in Hollywood history.
If you are one of the few people on the face of the planet that has not followed the Star Wars phenomenon or are too young to know it, it began in the 1970s. At the time, a young but wunderkind director called George Lucas (b. 1944) had an idea – a VISION – for the future of moviemaking: THE STAR WARS – the first of a planned (nine episodes) epic space adventure. Although Lucas had just been nominated for an Oscar for his movie, American Graffiti, no one wanted – the sci-fi genre – Star Wars when George Lucas started selling it to Hollywood Studios in the mid-1970s. This decade was the time for high drama, with movies like Love Story, Taxi Driver, The Godfather and Serpico.
After several attempts to finance his project, he finally got 20th Century Fox to give him $25,000 to finish the script. The studio wanted to strengthen the relationship with the young Oscar nominated director. The final budget for the whole movie was agreed at $11 million ($45m of today adjusted for inflation). So far, the best movie investment ever made. Fox had given Lucas a $1.5 million effects budget instead of the originally proposed $2.3 million. By contrast, the effects shots for Stanley Kubrick's film 2001 Odyssey (MGM) cost producers $6.5 million in 1967.
How on earth are we going to do this?
But the more significant issue Lucas faced was more operational than financial, as the way he had envisioned his epic STAR WARS movie – it could not be technically made. He realised that his VISION required technological things never done before in filmed entertainment and that movie special effects of the time only went so far. The effects, creatures, spaceships and scenes for his movie would have been impossible to recreate based on the technology and processes available at the time.
A new era: The emergence of computer and digital technologies
At the STAR WARS inception, Lucas was part of an innovative environment that was affecting culture and was present in America's campuses, homes and even the U.S.government. The most significant technological achievement of the day was the Moon landing in July 1969 (Apollo programme). Part of the space race (and arms race)with the USSR, it had generated a record TV audience of 53 million households in America and over 530 million viewers worldwide. They all watched Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon. In 1970, Xerox Parc, the research and development centre responsible for such developments as laser printing, the modern personal computer and graphical user interface, was created in Palo Alto. By 1971 NASA had a battery powered rover (Moon Buggy) on the Moon (yes, a car!) driving around at 8.6 mph.
The personal computer revolution started a few years later, with Bill Gates creating Microsoft (1975) and Steve Jobs Apple (1976). Something was going on in innovation and technology, and George Lucas was going to be part of it.
STAR WARS: An innovation roadmap to create the new core competences to execute the vision: Industrial Light and Magic (ILM)
For STAR WARS, Lucas wanted to do effects never seen before. He knew that he had to create (invent) new skills (and core competencies) for filmmaking that would allow him to execute his vision (his idea of the future). He knew that big studios and in-house effects departments would not be able to offer what he needed (and Fox had just closed its special effects department). So Lucas (the entrepreneur) created his second start-up (after Lucasfilm), even before he finished the final script of STAR WARS, to gather the technical talent required. Lucas put together a team of about 45 people (led by FX legend John Dykstra) of college students, artists, industrial designers, model makers, architects and engineers. He set them up in an empty warehouse behind Van Nuys airport, California. The average age was 25. Lucas named the group Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), which became the Special Visual Effects department on Star Wars.
It was the first time people who worked in all the visual effects departments had ever gathered under one roof to create a film. The energy and communication among the exceptionally talented cinematographers, engineers, and artists resulted in a movie that rocked the visual effects world.
In making Star Wars, Lucas and his young team pioneered new camera technology, new filming styles, sound design techniques, and, most importantly, a new way of thinking about science fiction.
ILM's first key project example: Build a new camera to do something never done before
Dykstra and Lucas used extremely detailed model miniatures, animation and a pioneering system of computer-controlled motion photography to create the STAR WARS special effects (SFX) that still look fresh today. One of the first projects developed by the fledgling effects company was designing and constructing a motion control camera (dubbed the Dykstraflex) at $60,000. The camera would allow Dykstra and his team to program camera movements and repeat them continuously. The system was instrumental in creating the film's spectacular space battles.
Today, Industrial Light and Magic owns many patents in movie, sound and imaging technology. Had ILM not been created as a new start-up to invent new ways of filmmaking from scratch, STAR WARS, the movie would have probably never seen the light of day, or it would have become a box office flop due to weak visual effects. Lucas built ILM, hired key people and invented new skills to create new core competencies and processes that made movie and technical history.
VIDEO: Visit ILM's 'garage' where the STAR WARS magic was invented!
ILM's technology and early incubation of Pixar
Pixar (creator of Toy Story) began, essentially, as an ILM internal unit. Lucas recruited Pixar and its key members in 1979. They had funded a small tech computer graphics start-up at the New York Institute of Technology's Computer Graphics Lab (CGL) on Long Island (N.Y.). Pixar's team expertise was in digitally organizing the filmmaking process. Pixar's computer division was later sold to Steve Jobs in 1986, but Lucas retained its filmmaking technology. This story is where we can see the connection between California's tech and media entrepreneurs coming together to finance, create and change the future of digital filmmaking and animation. Pixar, led by Steve Jobs, went on to become the innovator of the animation movie industry with the blockbuster Toy Story, just as Disney's low-tech animation projects faltered at the box office. Disney would ultimately buy Pixar Studios for $7.4 billion, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest single shareholder with a stake of 7.7% (now worth a market value of $14.3bn).
2.BUILD A VISIONARY BRAND
Star Wars as a multi-generational brand
Today, STAR WARS has become a 'brand platform' experience and the biggest entertainment brand of all time. The brand uses a simple theme: A story of Good vs Evil, set in space, against the backdrop of civil war.
To see its brand power, visit a large book store anywhere in America, and you will see there, unlike other movies, entire store sections dedicated to STAR WARS books, comics and merchandise. Not even the Harry Potter r Lord of the Rings franchises commands so much shelf space.
The STAR WARS brand is a multi-generational force, started in the 1970s. Every parent who saw the original STAR WARS saga took their children to see the new movie episodes: 'The Force Awakens' and 'Rogue One. These same children will also take their children to see future STAR WARS movies. If this circle continues, it would explain why Disney realised that the STAR WARS brand is more powerful than Mickey Mouse and bought Lucasfilm, ILM and Skywalker Sound (the film sound unit) for $4 billion to own the entire 'Star Wars Expanded Universe' and related assets.
The expanded universe of the brand
The 'Star Wars Expanded Universe' (SWEU) is the collective term for all Star Wars fictional material produced by Lucasfilm or officially licensed by it. George Lucas built a creative storytelling universe that sparked the imagination and inspired others to create. He opened up (licensed) that universe to be a creative space for other people to tell their own tales under the STAR WARS brand via comics, novels, videogames, and more. Lucasfilm always strived to keep the stories created for the 'SWEU' consistent with the film. After several decades of multiple movies, comics, books and creative directors, this became a challenge. Now, Disney is expanding that universe in every direction to make it fresher and generate enormous profits. So, if you were born today, you would have decades of the STAR WARS universe to catch up to (with the movies digitally remastered) and more to come (in 3D and virtual reality).
(To see the power of the STAR WARS brand extension and cash licensing generating power, see the section below – BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION).
3.BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
In this section, I touch upon four key business model areas that I believe allowed Lucasfilm and ILM, two start-ups, to become giant companies in their own right. I also discuss the crucial future partnership with Disney that makes Lucas (like Steve Jobs) one of the largest single shareholders of Disney.
a. Innovation in intellectual rights management
George Lucas wanted creative freedom to make his movies, retaining intellectual property rights for the STAR WARS. Lucas's initial deal from 20thCentury Fox for STAR WARS was $50,000 to write, another $50,000 to produce, and $50,000 to direct ($150k in total).
Lucas could have asked for a higher amount ($500,000 instead of the $150,000) after his success on American Graffiti (1971). But he preferred to keep a lower fee as a negotiating tool to maintain the rights to the merchandising and the sequels instead. The sequel to STAR WARS, the Empire Strikes Back (1980) – was self-financed by Lucas from the proceeds from STAR WARS. He had granted 20th Century Fox merchandising rights for STAR WARS but got them back in the negotiation by giving FOX the distribution deal for the sequel. No movie studio was willing to do a similar deal after that, and probably nobody ever will do it again. Lucas is the first and last example of building his billion-dollar movie studio with a single movie brand.
b. Creating an innovation lab for developing new movie technologies: ILM
From its incredible innovations in the original Star Wars trilogy to its ground-breaking CGI (computer generated imagery) work in blockbusters like Jurassic Park, Star Trek, ET, The Avengers, Ghostbusters, Terminator 2, Pearl Harbor and Transformers, ILM (revenues $8 billion) has changed and expanded the possibilities of what a film can be. ILM has won so far 15 Academy Awards® and 15 BAFTAs® and has been nominated 29 and 17 times, respectively. Due to the close relationship of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, ILM would go on to work on all the productions of the maverick director, including the Raiders of the Lost Ark series.
c. Innovation in film Brand Licensing and Merchandising
Lucas understood the potential power of licensing in the early days. The brand power of STAR WARS (and its Expanded Universe) has created a cash cow never emulated in the history of media, powering merchandising and licensing deals covering toys, music publishing, books, video games and now entire theme parks. Here are a few examples (buckle up!):
Box office: Takings for all the films are $7.3 billion.
Toy Licensing: Total revenue from toy licensing linked to Star Wars since 1977 is estimated at $12 billion. Add in future revenue¹ estimate of $5 billion from merchandise related to 'The Force Awakens', and the total toy licensing value comes in at $17 billion.
Video Games: There are about 100 Star Wars titles for video games — the franchise has earned $3 billion in sales so far. Estimates for two new titles, Disney Infinity 3.0 and Star Wars: Battlefront, will bring in $1.28 billion. Estimated total for video games: $4.28 billion¹.
Other sources: Other miscellaneous revenue sources like books, animated TV series, and collectibles would bring an additional $3.65 billion.
Total value: For the full value of the STAR WARS IP (Intellectual Property), we can use the 2012 price that Disney paid for Lucasfilm, the company founded by Star Wars creator George Lucas and home of the Star Wars franchise: $4.1 billion. Estimate for the total of the STAR WARS franchise since 1977 is $42 billion! Kaching!
So why sell only for $4.1 billion to Disney for an IP that has generated $42 billion in cash so far? Yes, there is a catch, and I will explain it later.
Note: In comparison, the other mega movie franchise – James Bond 007 – has generated $8 billion so far. The difference between STAR WARS and 007 Bond movies is that the Bond movie producers (Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli) didn't own the sequels. They co-owned the sequels with United Artists, which means one can't proceed without another.
d. The Partnership with Disney to make the STAR WARS franchise even bigger.
And here is the answer to why Lucas sold his Lucasfilm group to Disney at the end of 2012 for only $4.1 billion. According to regulatory filings (FT), he received $2.2bn in cash and 37.1m Disney shares, according to regulatory filings (FT). At the time (2012), Lucas's Disney shares were worth $1.9bn, giving the deal a total value of $4.1bn.
By 2015 the shares he received were worth $4.1bn ($2 billion more), giving the Lucasfilm deal a total value of approximately $6.3bn! Unlike many entrepreneurs and investors who build companies these days, George Lucas didn't raise any VC money in the early start-up days, and he wasn't looking for a "quick flip" (Lucasfilm was founded in 1971, 41 years ago). And that means he gets to keep the full check Disney wrote for his company.
Lucas was also looking for a good home for his baby. He found it at Disney, a giant creative house that also owns MARVEL and that has dominated box office hits of all time with movies like Avatar (2009), Titanic (1997) and Marvel's Avengers (2012). Lucas saw this transaction as an investment for the future of STAR WARS instead of just a quick way to cash out. Lucas's payday could increase by billions of dollars as Disney promised to make Star Wars a much more global brand hit and is already launching a new theme park based on the Star Wars Universe. And Lucas doesn't have to lift a finger.
Sources: ¹Box Office Mojo, 24/7 Wall St, Forbes, Bloomberg, FT.
4.ALIGN CULTURE & ORGANISATION
A pioneering culture of constant exploration.
Three fundamental corporate values permeate the culture of Lucasfilm and ILM over decades: Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. Together, these three values generated a culture of 'constant exploration and experimentation' that attracted the best talent around to push the boundaries of what was possible.
Without such values permeating the culture of his companies, Lucas knew that he could only go so far in his quest for creative expression and freedom. As a director-entrepreneur, Lucas took the necessary risks to realise his vision and invested his own money to do it. He took a risk and started ILM in 1975 to initially invent the new technologies to create his own movies. Those same and even better technologies would later serve his fellow peers who wanted to continue to break the special effects (FX) conventions of what was creatively achievable. Lucas managed to generate high energy, innovation and highly creative start-up 'experimental' environments that would attract top talent and projects from the film and technology industries. By doing so, he later became the bridge between digital technology and filmmaking. Without the risk-taking culture of a start-up entrepreneur, Lucas would have never achieved the innovations required to complete his initial STAR WARS vision.
The future: Keeping the Lucasfilm innovation culture fresh to grow the STAR WARS franchise
Today, the new CEO of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy (producer of Jurassic Park, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Gremlins, Back to the Future, The Goonies) and long-time collaborator of Lucas and Spielberg is now entrusted to continue such a culture of innovation at the company. She will guarantee that the STAR WARS 'Expanded Universe' is kept fresh and profitable. With several new STAR WARS productions in the making and the box office success of 'The Force Awakens' ($2 billion box office worldwide in its initial 53 days of release in 2015), Kennedy seems fully in charge to guarantee that Lucas' vision of innovation of an epic galactic saga continues to be realised. (Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released on Dec. 2017).
LIVE ARTICLE: This article is a live story; we will be updating this article with podcasts and other items as the Lucasfilm story and STAR WARS saga continues…
Other sources: Lucasfilm, ILM, deadline.com, FT, Forbes.
Tags: Strategic vision, start-ups, venture capital, business incubation, branding, intellectual property, business model innovation, corporate culture, core competences, core values, innovation, technology, star wars, brand licensing, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Pixar, Disney, Industrial Light and Magic, Lucasfilm.
brand licensing branding business incubation Business Model Innovation core competences core values corporate culture Disney. George Lucas Industrial Light and Magic innovation intellectual property Kathleen Kennedy Lucasfilm Pixar STAR WARS start-ups Steven Spielberg Strategic Vision technology venture capital


text:
Jack Deuchar soars for 14 kills in Punahou's bittersweet senior night sweep of 'Iolani
By Paul Honda on March 13, 2020 | Boys volleyball, Featured
Punahou outside hitter Christian "Kawai" Hong (14), outside hitter Jack Deuchar (10), middle blocker Jordan-Deshawn Hepting (15), libero Xander Pink (1), and opposite Keanu Tavares Thompson (4) celebrated after beating 'Iolani on Thursday. Photo by Jamm Aquino/Star-Advertiser.
The senior-night portraits on the gym wall below the Punahou School seal said it all.
Just two weeks into the ILH regular season, it might be over for the Buffanblu and the rest of spring sports, no thanks to the COVID-19 disease that has become a pandemic outside of the islands. Jack Deuchar made the most of it with 14 kills and two aces as defending state champion Punahou outlasted 'Iolani 25-18, 26-24 at noisy Hemmeter Fieldhouse on Thursday night.
The robust crowd of Punahou and 'Iolani fans got front-row seats to see Deuchar put on an often brilliant display of power and precision. Setter Keegan Au Yuen dished 21 assists in all, giving Deuchar opportunities aplenty. The Buffanblu crowd often chanted, "Deuuuuu-charrr!" (pronounced DU-ker) after his spikes.
"We really had no idea this would be our senior night until about noon today, so to see all the people in the crowd, and those signs, on such short notice it feels very special," Deuchar said. "Out of all the negatives that have come out of this, one thing good is it's made me a lot more grateful realizing that this a privilege to play for a school like Punahou, and not to take it for granted."
Though none of the state's high school leagues had announced any postponements or cancellations of spring sports, the Buffanblu took no chances and held their senior-night ceremony after the match.
"I haven't had a chance to really reflect on it. Mixed feelings, I guess," longtime Punahou coach Rick Tune said. "Mixed because on one hand, I don't know if this is going to be our last match, but if it is, on the other hand, I'm glad we had a chance to acknowledge a really special class of four guys who have really given a ton to this program. We had to honor them."
'Iolani coach Jordan Inafuku is hoping for another shot down the line.
"I think we have a lot more in us than that. We have a lot to work on. It showed in the match. We're going to have some motivated players at practice tomorrow," he said. "We got beat in serve and pass. We're physical enough. It's a good battle at the net by both teams. We lost the serve-and-pass battle. We knew that's one of the things we need to work on coming in. We'll be on track in the practice gym."
Like his counterparts in blue, Inafuku is hoping for the best short- and long-term future for prep volleyball this season. He's not certain if the league will stop the season or not.
"I'm not sure that would be the best decision if that's the decision. I get the seriousness of the disease and I get why the professional leagues are doing it. I'm not sure these are, for the most part, big enough gatherings for that to be a consideration," Inafuku said. "This being an exception. This was a great crowd. For our boys, that's something we can't control, so we don't spend time thinking about it at all."
Families did a rush job on the blown-up portraits for Punahou's four seniors, which include Deuchar. The 6-foot-7 outside hitter is everything he was as the Star-Advertiser boys volleyball All-State player of the year last season, but with more vertical, more back-row flexibility, more power, more passing. More everything.
"He was amazing. He was a man among boys today. He really took it up a notch. USC is getting someone special. He's just scratching the surface," Tune said. "That doesn't just happen because he's big. Jack had to bust his butt to for a year to get in the physical condition he's in now in order to play that way. I just want people to know that's not just because he has great genes, which he does, but that's hard work."
Word around Hemmeter varied about the possibility of a postponed or cancellation of spring season. One possibility, Tune said to his seniors, is that the ILH first round play out — with no spectators in attendance — and then the season could be put on hold until the threat of coronavirus blows over before playing a mini-sized state tournament. There are possibilities, but none of them are in the hands of the coaches and players.
With 'Iolani 2-0 and Punahou 3-0 coming into the showdown, plus an electrified vibe in the gym, it felt much like a playoff or state-tourney battle.
"This was a well-played match, as good a match I've seen in match No. 4 ever, maybe in the history of high school volleyball, by both teams, both sets of players," Tune said. "The winner is the fans. The fans got treated to high-level volleyball. I think we showed that Hawaii can still produce some top-end talent."
The specter of a shortened season, or perhaps a season untouched by the virus, casts a strange, almost surreal existence for Punahou and all of the teams playing this spring. Tune, however, expects a supercharged practice on Friday.
"It's never ordinary or regular. I expect my second team to be so jazzed that they wished they could've got on the court (on Thursday), and they want to try and take down the starters. That's what I hope and that's what I think is going to happen," Tune said.
'Iolani's craftsmanship made it an intriguing battle of finesse versus Punahou's power at times. Matt Biondi had seven kills and an ace, and Kupono Brown finished with four kills against a well-prepared defense. However, Punahou was cleaner in the back row and won the battle at serve with five aces, including four in the opening set. 'Iolani finished with two aces.
"That was the big emphasis for us, serve receive. Without a doubt. We practiced it. We drilled it. We talked about it. We dreamt about it. That was, by far, the most important thing," Tune said.
Junior libero Xander Pink had a stout performance for Punahou.
"He takes the pressure off all the other guys who have to pass and swing," Tune said. "I think that's a great lib wants to do. Wyatt (Nako) on the other side is a great lib, too. He did a great job for Luke and Kupono."
Jordan Deshawn Hepting, a 6-9 senior, played a solid role with two blocks. 'Iolani had six blocks, including two by Kilo Scanlan and three by Biondi, the transfer from now-defunct St. Francis.
Inafuku and his squad know Deuchar well from their years together in club volleyball. Deuchar didn't get a kill until the first-set score was in double digits, but he caught fire. His kill gave the home team a 13-12 lead, and his back-to-back aces opened the margin to three points. After another kill, Punahou led 17-13 and finished out the opening game without a serious challenge.
After consecutive hitting errors, 'Iolani trailed 12-9, and a kill by Deuchar, who was on-point from every spot on the court, opened the lead to four. Punahou led 17-14 after Deuchar rammed the ball of the head of a back-row defender, but the visitors rallied. Ryan Sunada's kill on an overpass tied it at 19, and Biondi's lone ace gave the Raiders the lead.
After a hitting error by 'Iolani gave Punahou a 25-24 lead, Kawai Hong ended it with a roof on setter Kaina Alvarez (16 assists, one kill, one ace).
Punahou hit .412, committing just three hitting errors. 'Iolani hit .186, including nine hitting errors.
Jennifer Thompson March 13, 2020 11:19 pm
It's Luke Biondi (not Matt) and Keau Tavares Thompson (not Keanu).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text: Initial reaction: Despite this being a very quick read and for a young audience, I had a very difficult time getting into this book. Not that I didn't appreciate the characters and the storyline, but it just didn't grab and hold me in several areas of the narrative. I'd like to explore more of the author's work, considering there were parts of this I did like, but overall, it didn't really leave an impression on me.Full review:I feel bad in penning this review because usually I love period fiction, I love YA and MG period fiction as well - but I'm not sure what to say about my experience reading "Gingersnap." The concept was great - about a young woman living in the 1940s. There are two distinct considerations here - one that "Gingersnap" (a.k.a. Jayna) is living with her landlord Celia after Jayna's brother Rob is sent off to war. Before he goes, he drops news that they may have a grandmother who's a cook and related to them, giving her a special blue cookbook. Jayna later learns that Rob may be MIA and sets off to Brooklyn to find her potential family because she feels like she needs to fill the void left from her brother's absence. She's helped along by a ghost who seems to have likenesses to her, but that ghost really didn't do much other than annoy me and could've been taken out of the story altogether for all the good that it did.The narrative in "Gingersnap" didn't draw me in from the get-go and I had trouble following it, mainly because it felt so detached the whole time. It was like it moved from one plot point to the next with very little intimacy, even in such a brief piece. It was like a void of sorts. Sure the interactions between Jayna and her brother were cute to start, particularly aside from the stern, but well-meaning landlord, but I just couldn't find any point of identification with the main character, particularly in the moment when Jayna realizes that her brother's MIA - I would've thought it'd be given so much more weight than what it was. Even in works that focus mostly on slice of life and periodic elements, usually those have a richness in detail or periodic attention that allows you to immerse in the character's experiences or frame of mind. Here - it simply felt empty and didn't draw upon enough intimacy to count. I was very disappointed.If there were elements that I did like about the book, the attention to cooking and the measure of that were intriguing and well presented, and the ending came across as sweet as well, but for a narrative that felt so sluggish even in its brevity for the majority of the book, I just couldn't love it as much as I wanted to.Overall score: 2/5Note: I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, from the publisher Random House BFYR.


This website is for players looking for the most popular online betting sites in which you can bet at from anywhere in the world. It's now possible to bet on almost anything on the internet, and hundreds of companies to choose from. In the table below are this months top rated sites based on in-season sports.
Our aim is to provide honest ratings and reviews from actual sports bettors. Many factors go into which online bookmakers and daily fantasy sports betting sites we list, and we don't take any pre-paid endorsements for favoritism.
The two betting websites listed below, Bet365 and SportsInteraction, are as trustworthy as they come. We recommend Bet365 for all international bettors, and SportsInteraction for Canadian players. They are safe, secure, and offer casino games, poker, and a sportsbook. 18+, T&Cs apply, and Gamble Responsibly (BeGambleAware).
Throughout this website we list the best betting sites by country, deposit methods, types of bets, and by a variety of games. Regulations in multiple countries will reveal the best sportbooks for that region on our proper page. I provide readers with an honest overview using variables that matter to me as a low stake, and sometimes high-stakes, bettor.
I don't make any claims to be a lawyer, so make sure and check applicable laws in your country before joining a gambling site recommended here.
When you think of gambling, football and espn sports probably comes to mind, and of course wagering on football is the most popular game to bet on in the USA, while soccer "futbol" is more popular worldwide. Most sportsbooks also accept wagers on events, fights, auto racing, greyhounds and horse racing.
Betting is offered on political events and elections, and even the results of popular entertainment and television shows like American Idol. Wagering on financial markets and currency exchanges is also becoming extremely popular in the form of spread betting.
Sites that offer wagering with peer to peer exchanges will allow players to bet on nearly anything at any odds agreed to wager on. Proposition and futures bets has also become a common mix in any advanced punters tool bag.
What makes a betting website great is how convenient it is to place bets on the internet from your computer on real live events. With hundreds of betting websites offering various promotions and most bookmaking operations hosted offshore it is extremely important to only bet at trusted sites.
With live "in game" bets sometimes available, serious bettors often chase favorable odds and promotions at multiple sportsbooks. It's not uncommon to see people, especially in Europe, whip out their iPhone or Blackberry to lay some money real quick during the game. Chances are they're not checking their Facebook status!
Many websites focus on lines and odds matchups so the odds move continually. We do not offer live feeds but instead we focus on helping bettors find the best sports betting sites they can trust. We place a strong emphasis on that variable when putting up our top picks.
On our website, only reputable bookmakers will be displayed and our visitors can find comfort in assuring themselves the best deposit bonuses offered when using our links and codes. Professional gamblers are often mistreated by shady bookmakers, and we welcome any feedback from our visitors about the sites listed here, good or bad.
Our most important focus at Bettingsites.org is to provide depositing players the best bonuses and current promotional codes. Instead of a paid endorsement players get our honest reviews and up to date information on sign up offers, reload bonuses, and promotions. Some players care about this more than others, but either way we can promise the promotions and bonus offers found on this website will be the best available because of our strong presence on the internet and google.
Many bookmakers ask us to list their offers and we almost always decline. Only the best sportsbooks make the grade. Drop us a line if you know of a site we aren't displaying and we'll look up their history and review them.
Cashback rebates at racebooks have been around for awhile (even at non-offshore gambling sites). Often the percentages and wagering requirements will vary at different sites. Refer to our reviews to see which sites offer the best value for your real money bets and wagers. Because our company doesn't provide extension information on poker, I suggest our friends portal at pokersite.org.
Smart players from every country have dozens of banking options available to fund and deposit money into their accounts. Players in some countries face challenges getting credit cards accepted, and serious bettors often keep a bankroll in an e-wallet in order to move money around to various sites faster. Convenient payment methods are essential.
Withdrawing your winnings is fundamentally the most important factor to the existence of gaming on the web. Most have stellar records of fast payouts but some others do not. Needless to say we'd never list them.
There are definitely some places to avoid making bets at but none of those types of wagering sites will be listed here (at least on purpose, let us know if you see a listing that shouldn't be there). It is also important to take into consideration that often times it is not possible to withdraw using the same option you deposited with.
Customer service is a large factor in our ratings, along with the speed and ease of a depositing players withdrawing process. It is our belief that any real money company should offer convenient account deposit options and fast payouts. Rude service is not tolerated and will get a site we support put on the blacklist.
Is Sports Gambling Online Legal?
For the most part, sports betting is illegal in the United States but wagering on horse races are generally accepted if ran by the State. However, daily fantasy sites (listed above) are 100% legal for USA players to wager and win real money. Many European countries allow legal sports gambling, and the United Kingdom licenses and regulates some publicly traded companies. Licenses can be received by many countries where the governing body supports it.
We do not advocate breaking any laws on this website. The writers and owners here are not lawyers and we don't claim to be experts on the legalities of online betting or any other type of betting in general. Please check with your local laws and jurisdictions before placing real money bets, we are only an entertainment and review site.
Since our audience caters to betting sites for every country, information can sometimes be outdated even though we make every attempt to ensure up to date information. If you find anything inaccurate here, please do not hesitate to contact us.


text:
Eurynogaster vittata är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Hardy och Linda M. Kohn 1964. Eurynogaster vittata ingår i släktet Eurynogaster och familjen styltflugor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Styltflugor
vittata

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Home F1 Features F1 2019 driver rankings: 11-20
F1 2019 driver rankings: 11-20
The sun has set on the 2019 Formula 1 season, but who's had a year to remember and who wants to leave 2019 behind and never look back?
Here at Planet F1, we've had a go at answering just that, ranking every driver on the grid from best to worst based on how they've fared in the last year.
Without further ado, here's our bottom 10…
11. Sebastian Vettel
He's enjoyed some good races, such as Germany and Singapore, which have rescued him from being even lower on our list, but it's been a season to forget for Vettel.
Two poles and one win, compared to seven poles and two wins for Charles Leclerc, says it all. He's lacked outright pace and has made various mistakes on Sundays, including the cardinal sin of taking out both himself and his team-mate in Brazil.
He started 2019 as Ferrari's undisputed number one but is now almost certainly the lesser fancied man in red heading into 2020.
12. Kimi Raikkonen
Returning to the midfield, the Iceman began 2019 out to prove he still had it, finishing in the top ten in each of the first four races before getting points in four more in the first half of the season.
A different Kimi returned from the summer break, however, one who rarely bothered the top 10 and was often the slower Alfa Romeo, a car which admittedly dropped off the pace itself.
A P4 finish in Brazil papered over the cracks, but Raikkonen will need to step things up again in 2020 if he wants to stay on the grid well into his 40's.
13. Pierre Gasly
Gasly the Red Bull driver would probably have found himself in the bottom three of this list. After being a long, long way off the pace of Max Verstappen and the rest of the top five, he was demoted back down to Toro Rosso in the summer break.
His form improved considerably here. Five top 10 finishes, including a stunning P2 finish in Brazil, largely restored his reputation on the grid. If he keeps that form up in 2020, he could find himself back in a Red Bull seat in the future.
14. Daniil Kvyat
What is there to say about Kvyat's 2019 season? Not much, to be honest. It wasn't great, it wasn't awful.
He deserves some credit for fighting his way onto the podium in Germany, but couldn't maintain that level to get the nod over Alex Albon for the Red Bull seat.
Given that both the Thai driver and Gasly seemed to have the edge over him when in the same car, the Russian won't be too pleased with his year.
15. Nico Hulkenberg
Hulkenberg will have few good memories to take from what looks to have been his final season in F1, rarely doing any better than expected and being beaten by the other Renault of Daniel Ricciardo.
A P5 finish in Monza was a highlight, but that was his only top-six finish. He threw away a huge "first podium ever" chance in Germany that will surely rankle with him for a while, and ultimately didn't do enough to convince a team to keep him on the grid.
16. Kevin Magnussen
Let's be fair, Magnussen drove one of the weirdest and most temperamental cars the grid has seen for a while, so it's difficult to judge just how much he got out of it.
On the bright side, he did win his team-mate battle on both Saturdays and Sundays, but aside from Australia and Spain, seldom enjoyed a good weekend and clashed with his team-mate a few times, which simply cannot happen at a team like Haas in their situation.
17. Antonio Giovinazzi
Giovinazzi began his first season in F1 looking like he didn't really belong there, not scoring a point until his ninth race and failing to pose any kind of threat to Raikkonen every race weekend.
Things picked up after summer though, as the Italian generally had the better of the Finn from Singapore onwards, earning himself a new contract and a P5 finish in Brazil to end the season on a better note, although still 29 points behind Raikkonen.
With Alfa Romeo (Ferrari) reportedly interested in giving Mick Schumacher a seat in the future, Giovinazzi can't afford to have another terrible start in 2020, or it could be his last season on the grid.
18. Lance Stroll
When he got the seat at Racing Point over Esteban Ocon, it was clearly due to the fact that his father bought the team, and he's done little to show he actually deserves it.
He qualified ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez only three times in 2019 and scored 31 points fewer, with 12 of his 21 coming courtesy of a P4 finish in Germany.
He's still young, but at present, it's fair to assume he wouldn't be on the grid if not for Stroll senior.
19. Romain Grosjean
The fact that it was such a shock when Haas announced their decision to retain him for 2020 says it all.
Like Magnussen, he's been in a nightmare of a car, but has handled it far worse than the Dane, being out qualified and outraced by him, and scoring a meagre eight points, the lowest of any non-Williams driver.
That's two seasons in a row now where he's been pretty poor, to say the least. On the bright side, the only way is up…
20. Robert Kubica
When it was announced that Kubica would return to the grid in 2019, the entire paddock wanted it to work out. If only…
It was quickly apparent that his injuries were too severe for him to be anywhere near his old level, or even compete with George Russell, who outqualified the Pole 21-0 and had the better of him on Sundays too, despite the Pole's solitary point in Germany.
Getting back to the grid at all was a huge achievement he should be proud of, but he'll be remembered for his scintillating form in the noughties rather than his swansong in the sport.
Kimi Raikkonen Robert Kubica Sebastian Vettel


text:
tv Talk to Al Jazeera King Goodwill Zwelithini Al Jazeera March 22, 2021 5:30am-6:01am +03
he's determined that scotland should hold another referendum on independence something prime minister boris johnson has refused the question was voted down in 2015 but bricks it has caused a rise in support for dependents among remain minded scots an anticipated victory for nicolas sturgeon's scottish national party in parliamentary elections this may would strengthen her hand but a crisis of trust at the heart of the nationalist cause could tear it all down so now al jazeera at birth. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera a secret trial is underway in china of canadian citizen michael corbett is one of 2 canadians arrests that in 28 seen soon after canada arrests that its senior awhile way executive on a u.s. extradition warrant canadian diplomats have a denied access to covert on national security grounds katrina you has this update
from beijing and canada has been hugely critical as we've just heard of the way these 2 men have had that case is handled here in china they said there's been a huge lack of transparency china has been very opaque because they've said that these are national security cases they've been also given a very dubious access that canadian government say to chinese lawyers in the case is not particularly concerning because here in china the courts are run by the communist party and in criminal cases 99 percent of them found guilty waters continue to rise across parts of the australian state of new south wales a natural disaster has been declared in some regions off to the worst flooding in decades i could gauge has more from windsor north west of sydney. entire communities have been inundated by floodwaters as this weather system continues to pelt down across many different regions where in which is just west of sydney the
main bridge across the 2 sides of town completely covered many roads are becoming. in many different highly populated areas all along the coast from port mccoury to newcastle regional areas like tar and thousands of people have had to evacuate as these river systems are rising here as president joe biden says he will be heading to the southern border soon as the country struggles to manage a surge of undocumented migrants trying to cross from mexico nearly 20000 adults and more than 9000 unaccompanied children are estimated to have crossed the border in february coronavirus infections are surging across much of latin america and every single i.c.u. bed is full the health system has on the verge of collapse you have to say to the headlines talked to al jazeera is coming up next. on counting the cost mario draghi
save the euro but can he turn around italy's struggling economy plus kind of oil rich libya's unified government united the war towards east and west including the country to central banks and chile rethinks china's investment counting the cost on al-jazeera war all moved with the ability. to do in a towel. on south africa's east coast surrounded by the drunken is good mountains and the indian ocean. is home to one of the most powerful kingdom on the cricket continent visiting. the woods means sky ohip and according to history it was the name of the ancestor who founded the zulu nation at the beginning of the 17th century. the uni bone nation lived in rivers of peace until the late 1900 when british troops invaded zulu territory and divided the land.
the zulus never regained their independence. today it is estimated they are nearly $11000000.00 zoos living in south africa they account for roughly 22 percent of the population but other smaller communities living nearby countries including the sushi zimbabwe a swahili formerly known as swaziland. botswana and mozambique they had all recognized one man as they king good will where the teen who donated on march 12th . king's with a teeny rain under the traditional leadership clothes of south africa's republican constitution. and although his role was largely ceremonial he represented the connection of the zulu people with a post and a history since he came to the throne in 1991 during the apartheid era at the age of 23. in 2016 the late king discussed the past present and the chill little nation
in a read television appearance on this episode of talk to al-jazeera we revisit that interview with the make. good wills willie teenie. thank you majesty for such an opportunity thank you very much. my problem. is just to be given such an opportunity and to have an audience with the. t.v. . programs your majesty let me take you back to history back in 1968. and after you inherited the throne. you took critic to the island of santa lane that that remote atlantica island. would you mind revealing the reasons why i don't remember myself
finding myself in. it's only make great grandfather king dinos who know. who was in exile for 10 years and chilling the time when you know of south africa used to be the governing body of this country. and then he was released. they didn't 98 and then. when he was released he had to be looked at as somebody who was actually a fight against the government of the time so i always wonder how such information came across that it was myself.
that was in s. and helena when my late father passed away and they didn't 68. i was still in the college by then and then their threads actually came you know just after a 10 defense best day and when there was about to have a clean zing time as his way made 5 i have passed away king supreme dick losing it by the glancing and it is by the royal family they clean things stand in their a family and the nation at large. so the information came across and then one of my eldest sister has taken option and my brother and lo to secure me and then i had to leave the kingdom out to other province so where did you go your majesty i
was just in south africa but in other provence instance while someway since the notion of globalization has been advancing for the last 2 decades how do you see. the way these 2 rican saw all the 2 notions the notion of the long globalized. culture in most cases the west and the on with the traditional rich traditional cultures that are being threatened to be extinct by this attack cultures of this isn't a nation has been living under threatened for yes because during the time can play joyeux after the endless a war you know the history that. he was arrested for crossing.
after they have actually attacked louis. in aden 79 after the battle of is under 98 and 79 h. and not at the 22nd and then when the british came back on the 4th of july bending down of lunacy as it was the campus capital city of this were a nation where kings trial was settled and then after that there's a relation have scott that most got out from the pass but they were infiltrated by a certain policies and by a set and people that instigated them do away with the king. but it wasn't easy from my people to object
kingfisher iow as their king did swear the cultures of these are nations that you know to move sideways so now when it comes to mecca and for some of my friends and cops they have never had to know push unity to look back on the cultural values of the of of those or a nation they're not even true as an i.p.o. in the i. and then even to may on close to my late father's time king supreme peers among us was a can support my statement in madden 54 those are the same they started to took at it things took a head to make things work on cultural values with the attire yeah
when the 1st time for opening of this day shoe in the top of king shaka. so that's where you could have seen this sort of people starting to come up with their own traditions and i tire and the royal family most of you have revived the many of the traditions of this little tradition of that nation yet. many of these traditions others have been subject to criticism and this case in are you controversial if it was such a controversy and criticism for reviving. such traditions i feel shame in sort of especially the book the reader down this little ernie and keeping up with the male circumcision i feel shame and sorry for those
people that have caused such a feeling i'm sort of that it's it's what some of our black people you know that have called sage beings but as far as that is concerned. i don't think i would be having so many people in this country if i have never if i act some of the events how and why because of a savior in aids pandemic because if you have head please bonus or tweet to lizzie last evening of. dino on my birthday. he just mention that he's measures t. have spoken up about
a savior in aids long before 2 years before it was discovered and our king of prophesies about this disease. so no we appreciate what our king has been doing all of his yes even doctors on what the minister of the of the said the same thing. so when it comes of this because this isn't i'm not what it about it because i know when you're doing something court based on people that will just keep on criticizing it buttons explain to us how reviving the tradition such as the recent dance ceremony which is raising awareness raising against aids culture is a unifying factor in the leadership. it's just like every it's just like it legion
. if you think of a certain religion your friends unity even on cultural values you'll find a sign a few unity in peace within so now i look at it in a very close eye. when god tells me about this disease coming and i had to question myself what am i going to do when so i said disease is going to come. because the disease means it's going to approach by the devil and i wouldn't do this without my belief how did you pull for size that disease before it came into existence or it was this
called. well if you're close to god do they believe that god has brought us the son jesus christ and then. i need to do you know when they pray. i 4 dead you know mind of listening in the ear of listening to court telling me something and then i ask court why god are you telling me this what my state do to save your people and to save save my people that you have just make me to lead today i saw you i do want to tell me and then when i go on praying praying praying praying praying praying
waiting for the answer and i was lucky your culture is the one that can actually bring all the we men took it and then you cough it out their message that i've just given to you to keep their virginity until now which actually vision it is not important vision it is for caring and then the advice to the people that you could see that they're being weakened by a man. who cannot protect themselves so to kill them that strength i thought i should bring the young ones because i know the devil spirit
is docketing the youth in any country in the world as you could see their way. the trucks. being scattered everywhere they're not targeted to myself and you were old enough that you can just go over to the and just go for that but i was sure and they're living under threat because of the some people who i just tack it. to destroy the future nations of tomorrow from what i see in that correct killer in the south african schools that is the minimum an emphasis on history and namely there's a history why do you think. this thing about the lack of emphasis on history in general and the zulu history in particular and
do you think something that should be done and respect. i don't think we need to what it about. about. you know there's a new people on li when it comes to this. the problem is sitting in the previous history which our government at the moment. is not bringing the history into practice within our own just because it's true shifts the history that was still sitting on top of the state he's sort of gone from dubuque it's not it actually causes that to prod back into practice in our schools just to tell that really history interim i have to daughter might.
as it's just shien's to give a period of history as it used to be in the past so no it is not something that is facing this alone nation only it faces all race groups in this country. who will one day will find themselves being in a very difficult position not to to know where they come from. what abscess is that today i know my history when i stand before my people. i had to make sure that he might be. talking about the history of zulu there once. there was once talk about establishing an independence kingdom of this issue that will get together and
embrace the $11000000.00 population of this is who in this country is this still a viable. possibility in the future. i don't think it is so because when you talk in terms of those zulus us got out every way in any corner of the world but they know where they come from and they know with their king so. when you talk in terms of king go my people still believe that they still call it their own kingdom doesn't matter that we were living in that reply because south africa they know who is their king and as a major blair of unity and a custody in of all cultures and values of this look people maybe you will still believe that they are kingdom still there because when these some
problems in the country i always intervene and my people still listens to me in your speech during your purse day ceremony you said a very telling sentence when you said and i'm quoting you there is no palace without people how in light of this very telling phrase how would you define your kingdom is it democratic or an absolute monarchy or something in between. well as i am living in that it properly. the province where am i am the king of the people off was a minister. there where could that quarter of a sign me now is a way that is more than of. their fund of there's
a donation king shaka in 1816. to 2060 now as i am living in a democratic country the people of gaza renate that looking at me as taking off or the people are off the top why because i embrace all of them and raise even that different allegiance there's a reason people treasons islamic movements limbs and islamic communities and then a different. african type of religion it's that we have in this process all those people are looking at me as their king and a different race groups are looking at me as their king and then to prove that
ensuring the time off opening of pilar men out of the province that before it starts to work. i'm the only monarch in south africa that you know opens piler men's in this province and in south africa the president opens this is our parliament i bow painting the provincial parliament so all political parties they know their except for me as i am one. even and comes to violence i take action inviting all political different political parties took at. to bring our heads together
and then i want talking about violence you raise this issue of lack of security in this country and your speech during your purse they certainly. how how do you see this problem this serious problem and what do you think the reasons why for such lack of security is it because of lack of human resources material resources or is it because of lack of political will to this point of time you know we're just going for local election look look at election. elections. and now the not so many political parties that are fighting against each other you know in the past they used to fight against each other but it is friend of time it's only one political party
that is the governing body political party government that it's party it's that one that is fight in fighting with the are you talking about the ends i'm talking about the n.c. which is not nice and then now decides that i think they are busy sorting that out but deval is that i'm talking about is their vote is that is so much eruptive finding that there is some properties that type being attacked like in other parts of south africa where that bending down of schools burning down of a community of all those burning down on transport and all that. i'm not against people claiming what they claim. and talk what they should
talk about but they need to bring its took at the last june and during the holy months of the boss in the months. for more than you visit the bad and on president a visit to the main mosque in the city of durban and in your visit you address the war ship and you include the many important messages in your speech to the muslim community in which one of these messages let's defend the differences what did you mean by let's defend differences the message that i've given across that we need you to to cater.
to make sure that tweaks the peace and to make. profits with them was lim's. to be a pilot. project to. talk about peace . and to say thank you thank. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish and the state line becomes the default so the media then wait about looking for images that lead to the negatives of these days and just how did he create a nuisance makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside
the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a 0. the protest started cheerfully in front of the x. museum in amsterdam hundreds of protesters gathered to demand the government is locked down with strict chains and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 the threat is that we lose our freedoms to protesters who are not following social distancing rules who will be to be ordered to disperse by police but police are trying very hard to close friends a scenario that happened last week and thousands were rioting in cities across the nat'l. after some protesters started throwing stones at letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area. a young girl. because a lot of biased wendy says indication. when they have this opportunity the sky is the limit so the young girls all through secondary school with
a son or to be able to stay and play that one person able to change have fun meet the women in guyana who are going places when it comes to education women make change on al-jazeera. these sanctions and the disease cancer. deaths of children. all. the. things to keep childhood education. just leave us nice to. see.
a secret trial is underway in china for a canadian citizen accused of espionage consular access has been denied on national security grounds. has been arbitrarily detained and now we see that the process to itself is not transparent. and i'm darn jordon the sound is there a live from doha also coming up homes up rooted in thousands moved to higher.
Talk to Al Jazeera : King Goodwill Zwelithini
Al Jazeera March 22, 2021 5:30am-6:01am +03
As the Zulu nation mourns the loss of King Goodwill Zwelithini, we revisit the 2016 interview where he discussed the past, present, and future of his people.
South Africa 9, China 6, Canada 2, Al Jazeera 2, Shaka 2, Mario Draghi 1, Ohip 1, Parliament 1, Boris Johnson 1, Nicolas Sturgeon 1, Michael Corbett 1, Joe Biden 1, Willie Teenie 1, Jesus Christ 1, Newcastle 1, Dick 1, Joyeux 1, Louis 1, Scott 1, Madden 1
Uploaded by TV Archive on March 22, 2021


Now Lady Carnarvon, the owner of Highclere Castle where the ITV drama is filmed, wants to create her own real-life tribute to the heroes who died years later in the Second World War.
The chatelaine was moved to act after discovering that several US airmen who were stationed close to Highclere may have crashed on the 5,000-acre estate during the conflict.
Lady Carnarvon revealed the plans in her online blog, writing: 'During my research into the Second World War at Highclere, I discovered that quite a few planes had come down over the Estate.
'The pilots, navigators and airmen who died in the crashes were all somebody's son: part of someone's family with friends and a life not lived; most of them young Americans in their early twenties.
The Countess has put together a team of experts to try to uncover the men's stories.
She wrote: 'I have a wonderful team who are caring and committed to helping.
The team has already learned the fate of one American pilot, Lieutenant Thomas Dee Stewart, who died just two weeks before D-Day.
Originally from Nevada, he served with the US Ninth Air Force at a base just south of Highclere, at Andover in Hampshire.
He was charged with escorting bombers who took part in raids over France.
Lady Carnarvon knew a P-38 Lightning plane had gone down on the estate in 1944, but previously had no idea about its pilot.
She wrote: 'The team met in the Castle courtyard one morning to investigate. I had a rough idea of where to start searching and I drove Steve and Paul up there in a tough 4×4 car – it is off the beaten track.
Her determination to honour the heroes of war mirrors a plot which dominated series five of Downton Abbey.
In the last scene of the final episode – shown on Remembrance Sunday last year – the Earl of Grantham assembled the estate's residents and staff for a touching service to unveil his memorial.


GTP helps medical practices reach new patients, market services and increase profits!
increased billings and higher payments.
Welcome to Grow The Practice Marketing Group!
Are your ready to transform your medical practice?
Grow The Practice Marketing Group (GTP) is a medical practice marketing firm focused on helping physicians develop and implement strategies critical for success. Our team of healthcare consultants understand the unique challenges physicians face daily and have a proven track record of transforming medical brands.
Over the last 10 years GTP has used the Virtuoso "Physician" Model to impact medical practices looking to build and maintain sustainable brands. Our model consists of impacting the practice's core areas of: Strategy, Branding, Marketing and Operations as a vehicle to increase patient volumes, amplify sales and increase billing reimbursements. As your consultants, we will complete a comprehensive analysis of your practice to then prioritize key impact areas to ensure that your company achieves the visibility necessary to reach new patients.
The Physician Model results in clients reaching their highest levels of visibility, productivity and profitability. We help our physicians truly transform their medical practices. We invite you to learn more about how we can support you in the journey of becoming a "Virtuoso Physician." Grow The Practice can assist you in taking your first steps to a new levels of success today!
Ms. Peacock and her team are great professionals that will work with you and your company to help you get your company to the next level with her creative strategies.
Grow The Practice is a detail oriented consulting business. They worked well with all staff members and are responsive to the compatability of various marketing strategies with the needs of New York Pain Management. The team makes every attempt accommodate all our requests for assistance with our various projects.
Ms. Peacock is a detail oriented Business Consultant. She works well with all staff members and is responsive to the comptability of various marketing strategies with the needs of New York Pain Management. She makes every attempt accommodate all our requests for assistance with our various projects.
If you are looking for a company that can assist with the business planning, restructuring and branding of your company, you NEED to hire Grow The Practice. I have been hiring GTP on a consistent basis since 2010 for a multitude of services including business consultation, business planning, board training, logo rebranding, graphic design, and much more. I am pleased with the level of professionalism, skill, knowledge, creativity and integrity that Ms. Peacock and her staff possess. I am always satisfied with their work and would highly recommend the company to any of my business colleagues. Thank you for the wonderful work you have done with Hip Hop 4 Life and Epiphany Blue.
GTP provided a wealth of creative ideas and information to help me in developing my coaching and consulting business.


text:
Tag: Ruth Emmie Lang
November 2022 Wrap UP
On 2022-11-30 2022-11-29 By JolieIn book review6 Comments
Here is what I read/posted in November.
As always, let me know if you have read any of these books and (if you did) what you thought of them.
Books I Read:
Review coming December 1st
Review coming December 27th, 2022
Review coming January 3rd, 2023
Review coming January 10th
Review coming December 9th
Review coming December 2nd
Review coming December 10th
Review Coming December 3rd
Books I got from NetGalley:
Publisher Invite
It was a limited-time Read Now book
SMP/Minotaur Influencer Program
SMP Widget invite
Books I got from Authors/Indie Publishers:
From Author
From Novel Cause
Books Reviewed:
The Last Huntress by Lenore Borja (review here)
Alias Emma by Ava Glass (review here)
A Broken Clock Never Boils by C.J. Weiss (review here)
The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu (review here)
A Sliver of Darkness by C.J. Tudor (review here)
Shadowed Intent by Reily Garrett (review here)
Death in a Dark Alley by Bradley Pay (review here)
Conviction by Michael Cordell (review here)
The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang (review here)
Wicked Bleu by E. Denise Billups (review here)
A Maiden of Snakes by Jane McGarry (review here)
Mostly Human 2 by D.I. Jolly (review here)
Shampoo & Condition by M.L. Ortega (review here)
Spies Never Lose by M. Taylor Christensen (review here)
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (review here)
The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang
On 2022-11-15 2022-11-03 By JolieIn ARC, book review, NetGalley, St. Martin's Press2 Comments
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date of publication: November 15th, 2022
Genre: Fantasy, Magical Realism, Young Adult, Fiction, Paranormal, Contemporary, Family, Mystery, Adult
Purchase Links: Amazon | Audible | B&N | AbeBooks | Alibris | Powell's | IndieBound | Indigo
Nora Wilder was supposed to be a bird.
When I first read the synopsis of The Wilderwomen, I was very intrigued. I am a big fan of anything fantasy or paranormal, and with what the blurb said, it was right up my alley. And it was. But, as I got into the book, I realized that it wasn't what I thought it would be, which kept me from truly enjoying it.
The plotline for The Wilderwoman was interesting. It centers around two sisters, Zadie and Finn, and their search for their mother, Nora. Aiding in that search is Zadie's ability to see glimpses of the future and Finn's ability to see echoes of the past. On their journey, they meet people that can help them find their mother. Can Zadie and Finn find Nora and confront her? Or will this trip tear them apart for good?
Before I do anything else, I will throw up a trigger warning. There are two significant triggers in The Wilderwomen; they are the abandonment of children and mental illness. If any of these trigger you, I highly suggest not reading this book.
The Wilderwoman is a fast-paced book in the Southwest, the Rockies, and the Pacific Northwest. Zadie and Finn started in Texas, stopped at a campsite in Arizona, followed Nora's trail to a house in the Rockies, and ended the journey on the beaches of Oregon (or Washington, I wasn't sure).
The book centers around three main characters: Nora, Zadie, and Finn. I will highlight what I liked/disliked about each character (instead of writing huge paragraphs).
Nora––The author didn't spend as much time on her as I would have liked. Anything I got from her was from Finn's echoes and Zadie's memories (mostly not nice). The more I got into Zadie's memories; the more Nora became unstable. The author did try to redeem her at the end of the book. But I had already made up my mind at that point.
Zadie—I had alternate feelings about Zadie. I pitied her for what had happened to her (her mother taking off and having an unplanned pregnancy). But, at the same time, she annoyed me. She had a woe-is-me attitude the entire book. I also wanted to shake her because she wasn't the only one affected by Nora's leaving. As for her secret, I understood why she wanted to keep it from Finn. Also, I didn't understand why she was so afraid of her ability, but I guess if I could see glimpses of the future, I would have acted the same way.
Finn—I liked her. She was the exact opposite of Zadie in so many ways. She was upbeat. She was determined to use her ability to find Nora. At one point in the book, I got worried when it seemed like her ability threatened to overtake her life. I thought her storyline would go in another direction, and I was surprised by the turn it took instead.
Several secondary characters added some much-needed depth to the book. I liked them all except Finn's foster mother. She annoyed the cr*p out of me. I could hear that high-pitched voice and see her facial expressions whenever Zadie was around. Uggh.
The Wilderwomen's primary genre was magical realism and a bit of fantasy and mystery mixed in. I wasn't a big fan of the magical realism angle. I thought it covered the fact that Nora took off on her kids. But I did like the fantasy and mystery angles. The fantasy was great, and I liked how the author showcased it differently. The mystery angle was also good. I liked that Zadie and Finn had to work to find Nora's echoes. I also liked that they had to solve why she left them.
The end of The Wilderwomen was a little disappointing. The author did an excellent job of wrapping up all the storylines, but there was something off with it. I didn't particularly appreciate how Zadie could accept things (same as Finn). It just left a bad taste in my mouth.
Three reasons why you should read The Wilderwomen
Complex characters
Finn's use of echoes to see the past
Zadie and Finn's road trip
Three reasons why you shouldn't read The Wilderwomen
Triggers of child abandonment and mental illness
Zadie's attitude for 90% of the book
The ending. I wasn't expecting it to end the way it did.
I would recommend The Wilderwomen to anyone over 16. There is no sex. But there is some mild violence and language. Also, see my trigger warning above.
If you enjoyed reading The Wilderwomen, you will enjoy these books:
Bookish Travels—October 2022 Destinations
I saw this meme on It's All About Books and thought, I like this!! So, I decided to do it once a month also. Many thanks to Yvonne for originally posting this!!
This post is what it says: Places I travel to in books each month. Books are wonderful and take you to places you would never get a chance to go. That includes places of fantasy too!!
So….enjoy!! Please let me know if you have read these books or traveled to these areas (other than the fantasy….lol).
Here's where I traveled in October:
Various fictional areas of England
Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Texas, Arizona, Washington State (mountains/coast)
Woodlake, New Hampshire
North Boston, Massachusetts
Herber, Arizona
Massachusetts (Boston), California (Los Angeles, San Diego), Oregon (Portland), North Carolina (Sugar Mountain, Asheville), New York (New York City, Atlantic West), Florida (Tampa area, Jacksonville, Nassau), Colorado (Montlake), Montana (Polson), New Jersey (Northside), Georgia (Fulton County), Ohio (Dayton), Texas (Fort Worth),
The Mirror Realm
Various locations in the Mirror Realm
Fantasy China
The Grass Sea and various cities
Fantasy Japan/Southeast Asia/maybe China
Ellwyn
Country of Ellwyn
Indigo Royal Resort
Peridot Island
October 2022 Wrap Up
October was a busy month for me reading/writing reviews. I finally feel that I am getting back to where I was preCovid!!
Here is what I read/posted in October.
Nightmares & Daydreams by Dominic J. Anton (review here)
The Lost Son by Aidan Lucid (review here)
The Man without Shelter by Indrajit Gara (review here)
Fleshed Out by Rob Ulitski (review here)
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner (review here)
Steel Fear by Brandon Webb and John David Mann (review here)
The Last Huntress by Lenore Borja (review coming November 1st)
Alias Emma by Ava Glass (review coming November 2nd)
Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett (review here)
A Broken Clock Never Boils by C.J. Weiss (review coming November 3rd)
A Sliver of Darkness by C.J. Tudor (review coming November 8th)
WWW Wednesday: October 12th, 2022
I got to see my friend, who I have known since 6th grade (so over 30 years). She was driving to Florida with her husband and stopped in my neck of North Carolina for 2 days. It was a super nice visit.
Friday, we went to our city's Oktoberfest. This is the first time since Covid that the city has had it. I loved it. Our city has a social area, and people carried their drinks within those boundaries. There were a lot of stalls with various crafts. I got a cat mom sticker to put on my car…lol. The highlight of the night was the petting zoo. Everyone had a blast.
We didn't do much over the weekend. We went grocery shopping (and went to the new Piggly Wiggly that opened up) and just hung out. I played Sims 4 all weekend (FYI: if you have Sims 4 and play on Origin, they were moving all accounts to EA).
I took Tony to the vet on Monday to get his second set of kitten shots. He was a whopping 4.75lbs and perfectly healthy. The vet did have some concerns with his paws (we do, too), but she advised us to keep an eye on them.
I didn't get a lot of reading done last week. The book I just finished, The Art of Prophecy, is about 500 pages, and it took me forever to get through it. I liked it, but it was long.
I haven't been updating older posts, either. But, after I publish this post, I plan on starting that back up again.
So that's the essential things for this past week. How was your week?
As always, let me know if you have read or are planning to read any of these books!!
An epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic—the story of a spoiled hero, an exacting grandmaster, and an immortal god-king from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lives of Tao.
It has been foretold: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom.
The hero: Jian, who has been raised since birth in luxury and splendor, celebrated before he has won a single battle.
But the prophecy was wrong.
Because when Taishi, the greatest war artist of her generation, arrives to evaluate the prophesied hero, she finds a spoiled brat unprepared to face his destiny.
But the only force more powerful than fate is Taishi herself. Possessed of an iron will, a sharp tongue—and an unexpectedly soft heart—Taishi will find a way to forge Jian into the weapon and leader he needs to be in order to fulfill his legend.
What follows is a journey more wondrous than any prophecy can foresee: a story of master and student, assassin and revolutionary, of fallen gods and broken prophecies, and of a war between kingdoms, and love and friendship between deadly rivals.
It is 1889 in Philadelphia, and detective John Doyle is restless. Along with his miserable partner, Thomas Braham, Doyle pursues mysteries, strange sightings, and other obscurities tossed aside and disregarded by the police. For years, Doyle has taken on these cases in the hopes of discovering something supernatural – something that could upend and dispute his long-standing, debilitating fear that immortal souls do not exist.
Doyle's search for the supernatural remains unsuccessful until he receives a strange letter from an old doctor friend regarding a young woman with a mysterious and rather disturbing illness. When the doctor goes missing in the same town that this young woman resides in, Doyle and Braham decide to take on the case and search for clues regarding their missing friend. In doing so, they discover that there is no longer any suffering young woman, but a dangerous abomination whose origin cannot be explained by science nor modern medicine.
Meanwhile, an unnamed victim has been kidnapped. Trapped in a cell with nothing but a journal to document their experiences, this mysterious Prisoner must undergo terrifying scientific experiments while trying not to lose all hope and sanity.
Inspired by the works of renowned horror and mystery writers like Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle, The Prisoner of Fear brilliantly weaves questions of mortality and the human propensity for evil into a truly intriguing, unique, and frightening narrative.
Bradley Pay is back with a jaw-dropping sequel to The Killings Begin! Travel across the world and dive into the complex hearts and minds of Tracey Lauch and a cast of unsuspecting new characters in Death in a Dark Alley. Boasting the Spectrum Series' iconic fusion of contemporary romance and psychological suspense, Bradley Pay has created another tangled web of love, loss, and an insatiable desire to kill.
Tracey Lauch may be a murderer, but he is still a man. Although his childhood abandonment trauma began decades ago, now his compulsion to strangle women who resemble his mother has begun to evolve. Outrunning his past, embracing love in the present, and creating a future free of investigation proves increasingly complicated.
Isabelle's life in Brazil is burdened with mistakes and abandonment, too – but not in the same way. She falls in love with all the wrong men at all the wrong times, and her best friend Frank shows his true colors when, over and over again, he is not there for her when she needs him most. Aside from the stark difference that Isabelle is not a murderer, she and Tracey both desire love, a life partner, and the warmth of a family.
But what does Isabelle's story have to do with Tracey? How can an innocent trip to Strasbourg, France, become a heart-stopping event that changes their lives forever?
Peek behind the curtains of this cold-case investigation and catch an intimate glimpse inside the characters' lives.
Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this new epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.
The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.
But that god cannot be contained forever.
With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined.
Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you—and is like nothing you've ever read before.
Finley Reeves is the queen of bad mistakes. Fresh off a bad divorce, she decides to rebuild her life from the ground up – starting with a fixer-upper that's got more leaks than the Titanic. Deciding to tackle this project alone might be her biggest mistake of all…. That is, until Noah Thompson shows up at her front door like a knight in a shining tool belt and makes her an offer she'd be crazy to refuse.
Noah's sexy, rugged, and good with his hands, but Finley swears she doesn't need his help – in the basement, or in the bedroom. Can this unlikely couple build a future together? Or will this be one fixer-upper that is better off left alone?
Stefano Vanzetti.
You'd have to be living under a rock if you grew up in northern Boston and didn't know who he is. He's the heartthrob of every Italian girl in my neighborhood, the man who's probably had your daughter roll through his sheets at least once, the devilishly handsome mysterious man with dark brown eyes that gave you nightmares, and yes, every horrible thing you've probably heard about him is very much true.
Did I also mention he destroyed my dreams and aspirations in life when he asked my father for my hand in marriage?
When Seventeen year old Winter Merrill was compelled to make a bargain with the mysterious Secret Keeper, she knew there were rules. The most important one, the next time you have a secret, you will not be able to tell it….even if you try.
What she didn't know is that her next secret if not told, would destroy her life and the life of Liam, the only boy she ever loved. Can Winter find a way out of the dark bargain that binds her tongue or will her deal with the Secret Keeper bring devastating consequences unimaginable even to her?
WWW Wednesday: October 5th, 2022
Thursday was Miss R's birthday. She turned 9 years old. We didn't do anything big for her, just a few presents and a cake. Speaking of that, I forgot to order her birthday cake. So much was going on over these last couple of weeks; it slipped my mind. Thankfully, she was OK with a mini cake and a bunch of cupcakes.
Miss R's horseback riding lesson moved to Wednesday afternoon because of Hurricane Ian. Noting too much to talk about there except she fell, hit the horse on the muzzle, the horse reared up, and then stepped on her foot. Thank God for pasture boots!! Her foot wasn't even bruised.
They canceled school on Friday due to Ian. Of course, the kids were thrilled. Me, not so much…lol. And Ian didn't hit us like they thought it would. We barely got rain and wind.
We went to our local Comic Con on Saturday. 2 out of 3 kids were happy that we went. The 3rd one was a grouch. We got some knick-knacks, and I got this awesome picture. One of the girls that go to school with Miss B drew it. I think she is very talented.
We finally got our insurance cards. Now I can breathe easy, and the kids can get sick…lol.
I haven't been updating my old blog posts lately. I haven't had the time, and honestly, at night, all I want to do is go to bed. But I do plan on starting it up again shortly.
Wednesday, I took Jesper to his yearly vet appointment. There, I got it confirmed that he is deaf. I think my vet was worried that I would relinquish ownership of him because she told me that she could put me in touch with a rescue if I wanted. I was like, "No, I just need to know to put it on his chip information and for you to have it at the office." That sweet cat isn't going anywhere.
Alice Daniels has a problem. Her reflection keeps misbehaving when she looks in the mirror–and the longer she ignores it, the harder it tries to get her attention. On her eighteenth birthday, she learns why: she is a huntress, someone gifted with the power to enter mirrors and the magical world that exists beyond. But with this power comes immense responsibility, for in the Mirror Realm lurks an evil that has infected the human race for centuries: demons. It is up to her and her three huntress sisters–with the help of one handsome and overbearing protector–to hunt and banish this evil one demon at a time, thereby keeping the chaos in check. But when an ancient god pays Alice a visit that turns deadly, it is clear the Mirror Realm is more than it seems, and she soon finds herself in a race against time to save the life–and soul–of the one man the gods are determined to never let her have.
The Last Huntress is a story of redemption and sacrifice, the bonds of true sisterhood, and the impossible, sometimes frightening, things we'll do for love.
Emma Makepeace is about to spend the longest night in her life.
She's on her first operation with a shadowy organisation known only as 'The Agency', assigned to track down and save an innocent man wanted by the Russian government.
All Emma has to do is bring him in to MI6 before sunrise, and before an assassination team gets to him first.
But the Russians have hacked the city's CCTV cameras. There are spies all over London searching for the two of them. And her target, Michael Primalov, doesn't want to be rescued.
As London sleeps, a battle is taking place on its streets as Emma fights to keep Michael alive.
But what sort of reception await them if and when they get to MI6?
The debut short story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, featuring ten bone-chilling and mind-bending tales
Timeslips. Doomsday scenarios. Killer butterflies. C. J. Tudor's novels are widely acclaimed for their dark, twisty suspense plots, but with A Sliver of Darkness, she pulls us even further into her dizzying imagination.
In Final Course, the world has descended into darkness, but a group of old friends make time for one last dinner party. In Runaway Blues, thwarted love, revenge, and something very nasty stowed in a hat box converge. In Gloria, a strange girl at a service station endears herself to a cold-hearted killer, but can a leopard really change its spots? And in I'm Not Ted, a case of mistaken identity has unforeseen, fatal consequences.
Riveting and explosively original, A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her most wicked and uninhibited.
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—Tordotcom, BookPage, LitHub
Stocking the Shelves: January 30th though February 5th 2022
The Devil's Whisper by Lucas Hault (not yet on Goodreads)
The final installment in Molly E. Lee's compelling and compulsive angels-and-demons YA series will have readers on the edge of their seats with a conclusion no one saw coming.
The Ember of Night series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Ember of Night
Book #2 Shadow of Light
Book #3 Spark of Ash


text:
Governor Ducey signs new terrorism law
Expands state's terror law
In the fight against terrorism, Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill yesterday that expands our state's terrorism laws.
By: Carlos Herrera
Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill yesterday that expands our state's terrorism laws.
Senate Bill 1350 adds more crimes to those classified as terrorism and a mandatory 10 year minimum sentence for convictions. It adds plots or attacks on any publicly accessible building in contrast to only government buildings and a mandatory 10-year minimum sentence for a conviction.
The legislation was pushed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich for several months. He argued there were several loops to close in the bill.
His push for the bill stemmed last year's Mahin Khan's terrorism case. Although Khan was prosecuted for conspiring to launch acts of terrorism against government buildings in Maricopa and Pima counties, he could not be charged for his alleged terrorism plots against private and public businesses.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sent us the following statement:
"Homegrown terrorism attacks are being planned in our state and in our neighborhoods. we need to do everything we can to protect Arizonans."


Eighteen Trimble County Middle School track members qualified to compete at the KTCCCA Middle School State Track Championship on June 4th at the University of Louisville track and field complex. They joined competitors from 56 other middle schools from across the state of Kentucky. In the end, two team members brought home medals while others set new records and personal bests during the event.
Trimble County High School's diamond teams were defeated in first round action of their respective 29th District Tournament action closing out the season for both softball and baseball.
The Trimble County High School track & field team competed in the North Central Kentucky Conference Meet on Tuesday, April 19, hosted by Walton-Verona. Walton-Verona won both the girls' and boys' conference titles. Trimble's girls placed fourth in the conference. Trimble's boys placed sixth.
100 meter dash—Madison Jones, 7th, 15.28; Shelby Papai, 9th, 15.68; and Ashton Hignite, 12th, 17.09.
Trimble County's boys' tennis team fell to a 0-5 defeat at home Monday against Frankfort. In singles action, Kenny Payton was defeated by Sam Midkiff 1-6, 1-6. Nathan Gibson fell to defeat vs. Myles Stumbo 0-6, 0-6. Frankfort won the third singles and both doubles matches by default.


text:
Q: How to do calculation in Angular2? Here i have mentioned my html and my component.ts
My Question is that?

*

*Here the orginal amount and Open balance auto populated
from the database. payment is input field.

*When the user enters the payment amount. The payment amount and Open
balance should add and subtract with Original amount that balance amount
should display in the  Balance Due column.
This calculation should perform before the submit action.I dont know how to do that

Html

                DESCRIPTION
                DUE DATE
                ORIGINAL AMOUNT
                OPEN BALANCE
                PAYMENT

                  <textarea type="text" value="reset" class="form-control" id="description" disabled [(ngModel)]="model.description" style=" border-color: transparent"
                    name="description" #description="ngModel"></textarea>

                  <input #duedate="ngModel" type="date" class="form-control" disabled [(ngModel)]="billForm.duedate" required name="due_date"
                    id="due_date" style=" border-color: transparent">

                  <input type="text" #refrence #originalamtInput="ngModel" disabled style=" border-color: transparent" class="form-control"
                    id="original_amount" [(ngModel)]="model.originalamtInput" name="original_amount">

                  <input type="text" #refrence #openbalance="ngModel" disabled style=" border-color: transparent" class="form-control" id="open_balance"
                    style="border-color:transparent" [(ngModel)]="model.openbalance" name="open_balance">

                  <input type="text" #refrence #paymentamount="ngModel" (keyup)="onKey(paymentamount.value)" style=" border-color: transparent"
                    style="text-align:right; border-color: transparent" placeholder="₹0.00" class="form-control" id="payment_amount"
                    pattern="[0-9]+" required minlength="0" maxlength="7" [(ngModel)]="model.paymentamount" name="payment_amount">

              Total  ₹  {{this.total }}

                Balance due ₹

Component.ts
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { ValidateForm } from './validate';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
import { PaymentsService } from "../payments.service";
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
import { NgForm } from '@angular/forms';
import { ToasterConfig, ToasterService } from 'angular2-toaster';
import { NotificationService } from '../../services/notification.service';
import 'style-loader!angular2-toaster/toaster.css';
@Component({
  selector: 'ngx-popovers',
  styleUrls: ['./new-payments.component.scss'],
  templateUrl: './new-payments.component.html',
})
export class NewPaymentComponent {
  total: any;
  toastConfig: ToasterConfig;
  today: number = Date.now();

  payservice: PaymentsService

  register = true;
  selectedFile = null;
  constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute,
    private router: Router,
    private paymentsService: PaymentsService,
    private http: HttpClient,
    private notificationService: NotificationService,
    private toasterService: ToasterService
  ) {      }

  model: ValidateForm[] = [];
 onChangePayment(event) {

    if (event.value === 'addpayment') {
      this.router.navigate(['/pages/payment/payment']);
    }
  }

  onKey(amountInput) {
    this.total = amountInput

  }

}

A: There is nothing difficult in this simply in your method you just need to assign value after calculation and assign it to some variable like this -

  Balance due ₹       {{balance_due}}

onKey(amountInput) {
  this.balance_due = (amountInput + this.model.openbalance) - this.model.originalamtInput
}

A: You can go with typescript class properties;

 <input type="text" #refrence #paymentamount="ngModel" (keyup)="onKey(paymentamount.value)" style=" border-color: transparent"
                style="text-align:right; border-color: transparent" placeholder="₹0.00" class="form-control" id="payment_amount"
                pattern="[0-9]+" required minlength="0" maxlength="7" [(ngModel)]="model.paymentamount" name="payment_amount">

get paymentamount():number{
       return  _paymentamount;
}
set paymentamount(val:number){
     if(val===this._paymentamout) return;
     this._paymentamount=val;
     this.calculate();// Calculation logic go
}

A: Please see the demo, and make the changes accordingly.
Please confirm, you want to subtract the sum amount from the Original amount or you want to subtract the original amount from the sum.
Demo Here
Hope this will help you.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
UFC 231 Max Holloway Vs. Brian Ortega Betting Preview
Max Holloway has been unstoppable since he lost to the "Notorious" Conor McGregor as a 21-year-old back in 2013. Since that defeat, he has gone 12 fights without losing and Holloway managed to capture the belt in spectacular fashion. His two fights against Jose Aldo are the highlight of his career so far, as he made one of the best fighters ever to step into the Octagon look average. "Blessed" is also loved by fans due to his brawling style where he will stand in the middle of the Octagon and swing with anyone. This is why true fight fans will be tuning in to see if he can retain the featherweight title this Saturday night against the formidable force of Brian Ortega.
Max Holloway has a record of 19 – 3 and is the favorite with new betting sites UK bookmakers priced at -125. Brian Ortega is not too far behind with regards odds priced at -105 so the bookies are expecting a close fight. That should come as no surprise given that Ortega is unbeaten in the UFC with a record of 14-0 and 1 no contest.
It is not the first time that these two were scheduled to fight as it was originally supposed to take place on July the 7th, 2018 but Holloway had to pull out. He had suffered from what was believed to be concussion symptoms and in a TV interview before the fight, he was slurring his words and the interviewer (Michael Bisping) even had to ask if everything was ok.
Ortega is one of the biggest rising stars in the UFC and in only 8 fights so far he has gone unbeaten which has resulted in a chance to fight for the 145-pound belt. In his last outing in the UFC, he won in spectacular fashion by beating a future hall- of-famer in Frankie Edgar by KO. It was the first time that Edgar had ever been knocked out and it showed just how much Ortega has improved his striking game. Holloway will still have a big advantage on the feet, but Ortega will be very competitive, and if he's able to take it to the ground will cause major problems for Holloway.
It is likely that Holloway will win by KO if he's able to keep it on the feet. No one is more dangerous with submissions, however, than Ortega and due to being trained from a young aged under the world's best in Rener Gracie, he will fancy his chance of choking out Holloway at UFC 231.
Another fantastic fight to watch out for that's taking place at UFC 231 is Valentina Shevchenko versus. Joanna Jedrzejczyk. This is the co-main event and is a vital fight in the career of Jedrzejczyk as she has lost her two out of her last three fights. The two have fought before in Muay Thai with Shevchenko coming out on top and bookmakers have her the big favorite at -350 to win compared with Jedrzejczyk priced at +290.
Tags: UFC, UFC 231


"Citizen of the Day: Please join the members of DPD as we acknowledge and thank Robert Perry for the strong moral principles that he displayed this morning while shopping at Shaw's.
While retrieving a shopping carriage, Mr. Perry found a bank deposit sleeve that contained a substantial amount of money. Without hesitation, Mr. Perry contacted us, and we were able to successfully locate its rightful owner. Great job Mr. Perry!!!"
Chief Levesque commends this honorable man, saying, "It's both reassuring and refreshing to know that people of Mr. Perry's caliber are still out there setting a great example for others to learn from."
The owner of the bank deposit sleeve, who wishes to remain anonymous, was very happy to have their money returned to them.