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Her Universe - Star Wars Clothes For Girls!!!
It's what you've been waiting for! Star Wars clothes for girls!!
No? It's not what you've been waiting for?
Well it's what I've been waiting FOREVER for!! YAY!
Good Star Wars t-shirts are hard to find. At least for me they are. Men's shirts don't fit me and I usually end up buying boy's t-shirts in whatever I can find. (Thanks H&M)
Every once in a while I can find women's shirts on Starwars.com or other geeky t-shirt sites, but there selection is so limited and they obviously don't have SW chicks to tell them what girls actually want.
Cue Her Universe; a site for Star Wars girls
Her Universe is the vision of Ashley Eckstein, actress and voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Together with her partner, The Araca Group, they founded this new company to create merchandise for female sci-fi fans. Her Universe is a place for fangirls to step into the spotlight and be heard, recognized and rewarded. Female sci-fi fans are growing in numbers and have largely gone unnoticed until now. Hoping to change the perception that science fiction and fantasy is not just for the boys, Her Universe, has secured it's first license and joined forces with Lucasfilm to create merchandise for female Star Wars fans. Starting out with apparel, accessories and cosmetics, Her Universe will make fangirls "geek chic" from head to toe!
Star Wars merchandise for chicks made by chicks! I'm so excited!
Check out some of the shirts that they have so far
The purple one, entitled "Daddy's Little Girl" was designed by one of my all time favorite artists Katie Cook. YAY! (she drew the tattoo that I'm getting on my arm)
Check out the hooded sweater too! I want it sooo bad! It's nice that for a hoodie, it's not all sweatshirty/zip-uppy like most. It's actually form fitting and sleek!
Look at that cute little Ahsoka.
Or how about this awesome one with her and Plo Koon? Designed exclusively by Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni.
Luke on Dagobah anyone?
And my Personal Favorite (which I just ordered btw)
YAY! It even has the cute little symbol on the back!
This site is awesome! I spent some time looking through it and found myself entranced. Not only is this the first time I've ever ordered anything online, but that I've found worth while for me to order from!
The suggestions section is grand! Already, they are taking ideas from suggestion page and working to make them real!
Like lightsaber lipstick!!
They're also looking into making things like jewelry for every day wear! I've been looking for Star Wars jewelry for months and all I can find is stuff on etsy (which is great, but not what I'm looking for)
I'm totally going to be a firm supporter of this site and all their endevers.
GEEK GIRLS RULE!!
Labels: Ahsoka, clothes, geek girls, Her Universe, jewelry, Katie Cook
Books I've Been Meaning To Review
I love to read. Reading is one of my favorite past times and I spend at least an hour or two a day pouring through my latest book. Some times I read upto a book a week, sometimes one book can take me weeks to finish. When a book isn't as interesting or capturing as I had hoped, I find I don't read as much and when I don't read as much, I get cranky. Perhaps it's the escape into other realms, worlds and other peoples lives that keep me sane.
Lately I've been having trouble finding really engaging reads. I read a lot of books, but most, not all, of them have been up to my standards. I've even picked up a new book and then proptly put it down when the beginning didn't capture me. (and that's almost unheard of for me!)
Anyway, I've been meaning to write reviews about some of the books I've been reading, but I couldn't seem to find the words when I sat down to do it. So I'm just going to do an overview about them all together.
Starting with The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. If that names doesn't mean anything to you then you're reading the wrong books.
Synopsis by Always Dreaming
Mistborn took a little getting used to, that's why it was such slow reading at the beginning. But the world – once you get to know it – is mysterious and fantastical. How do I begin to describe it? Well, imagine a world that is dark and smoggy, full of falling flakes of ash… always falling and building up and having to be cleared away. There is no green in the city, there is no flicker of life, especially in the eyes of the skaa who are the peasants of the city. The Lord Ruler, one who rarely appears outside of his palace, controls even the amount of hope his peasants can feel. When he does appear in public – it is obvious he could easily and dismissively destroy it and its people. At night, everyone barricades themselves inside their homes, fearing the mists for reasons they've forgotten. At night, all is muffled and silent. But, night time is when the most interesting things happen for Kelsier, a first and only survivor of the terrifying mining pits where the condemned are sent to work to their deaths. At night, Kelsier can move freely and undetected through the mists, up and down sheer walls, spinning from spire to spire. Why does he dare brave the Lord Ruler's wrath? He is a mistborn. And one seeking vengeance.
Mistborn use up the energy of certain metals and alloys to gain access to latent powers. By swallowing small flakes of pewter, for example, mistborn can enhance their physical endurance and strength, something which comes in handy when you want to survive a fatal blow from an opponent…or wrench yourself free from the dungeons. Such people are rare, and are usually found in the ranks of the nobility. Kelsier himself is an exception. He was born among the skaa people, the dirt and sweat of the city. It is the skaa people who toil in the fields and fulfill all the menial labour – all great nations need something to enslave, after all, don't they? But, something is abnormal about the skaa people. Why don't they rebel? The sheer size of their population should easily be able to overwhelm any corrupt ruler. There is something more sinister at work in the streets of the Lord Ruler's city, something a mistborn can detect. The Lord Ruler, O immortal one, keeps his secrets well hidden. Who are the Inquisitors, those skeletal beings with spikes driven through their eyes and horrifying skills at rendering bodies apart? They were once familiar men but now have become creatures with uncanny abilities, seemingly much stronger than even a mistborn. Kelsier is determined to help the skaa rebel against the Lord Ruler and this oppressive force that lies over his city. But he can't do it alone.
Enter the crewmembers: Breeze, Ham, Clubs, Marsh, Spook, Dockson and Vin. Together they'll form the grunt work for the secret rebellion, pitting their intelligence and skills towards a task that for thousands of years people have attempted and failed – kill the Lord Ruler and reclaim their city.
Vin herself is a mistborn, but she never knew it until the day Kelsier found her and saved her from a potentially torturous death at the hands of an inquisitor. She is a slight wisp of a girl who prides herself in mistrusting others and keeping to the shadows. It will take a lot of trusting and getting used to newfound powers before this young beaten down skaa can transform into someone whose cleverness and instincts can very well determine the fate of the entire skaa rebellion.
There, that was summed up much better than anything I tried to come up with.
(and I call myself a writer...bah!)
Mistborn: The Final Empire was the first novel of this trilogy and it was great! I was imediatly drawn to this dark and dismal story that took place in a world where the fated hero had challanged the ultamite evil and lost. (wait, is this the guy we're trusting to finish WOT ?) The main character Vin is amazing. She follows the regular hero path (starting off as nothing, learing of unknown magical potential, surpassing the master, taking on the ultamite evil) with the exception that the hero is a girl!! How awesome is that? Very rarley do we see females following this path. I, for one, live for strong female roles in movies and books, especially those that can kick as much, or if not more ass then the men. (I'm talking about you, Princess Leia)
There's even a love story in there between Vin and a spoiled nobleman named Eland, that's sweet enough to make me want to giggle and blush in girlish joy. It' also nice to see the power dynamic between a couple be switched up from the regular norm. I read this book in a week.
Now, The Well Of Ascension , book two, took me over a month to read. I almost went crazy. All the good things about the first book ceased being good. Vin and Eland get together and she starts trying to figure out whether she should be girlier for him. Enter Zane, Elend's half brother who he doesn't know about and who is also in love with Vin. Not only is Zane a Mistborn like Vin, he also likes her gruffer, more powerful side. So which brother should she love? The soft nobleman who would be King or the hard Mistborn who shares her power? Who cares? Groan....
Worst of all, that's the interesting plot line of this book. The rest is politics which are extremely boring.
I didn't finish this book because I couldn't wait to find out what the climax of the book would be, I sat down and finished it just so that it would be finished.
Book 3, The Hero Of Ages , started off very similar to book 2. I cringed whenever I picked it up, but I just wanted it to be over so I begrudgingly started to trudge through it. Oh wait, what was that? Elend's a Mistborn now? Lame. The Ultimate Evil from the first book was just being manipulated by an ultimate-ultimate Evil? Even more lame!
But then something happened, something extrodonary! It got better. It got much better! And suddenly I couldn't put it down. All the questions from the previous books started to get answered and the conclusions were awesome. The ending to this book made ploding through book 2 totally worth it. (and that's saying a lot.)
Over all I give this series 4 out of 5 stars.
I will recommend this series, but my reccomendation will also come with a warning. I think it's only fair that people know just what kind of read they're in for.
Next comes The Accidental Friends Series by Dakota Cassidy.
The first book in this series is The Accidental Werewolf
When Marty Andrews gets bitten by a mangy mutt while walking her teacup poodle, her blond hair darkens, the hair on her legs starts growing at an alarming rate, and her mood swings put her dream job as a sales rep for Bobbie-Sue Cosmetics in serious jeopardy.
Then a drool-worthy man shows up at her door claiming that he accidentally bit Marty. And since he's a werewolf, she is now, too. Thinking Keegan Flaherty is clearly insane, Marty refuses to believe a word until a kidnapping makes her realize there's more at stake than just her highlights. And she must put her out-of-control life in the hands of the man who makes her blood run wild in more ways than one...
I picked this book up because I was looking for something a little bit different. I'm not one for romance novels, but a romantic comedy with bad fantasy clichés like werewolfs, vampires and demons seemed to amusing to pass up. Plus, what a great pen name! (at least I think it's a pen name)
This book follows Marty and her two friends, sassy Nina and quiet Wanda as they help Marty deal with her indroduction to the paranormal world. I laughed through this book at the crazy sayings that Marty had. I mean, who uses "f#*k a duck" as a term of surprise? And frequently? Well I guess people are just quirky.
Now this isn't your pre-teen Twilight-esq novel. This is adult fiction and you can tell why. As someone who has wrote a sex scene or two in her life, I was shocked at the content in this book. Not for the vulgar-ness of it, but just for the sheer lenght. I've gotta say, it's a little awkward sitting on the bus and reading a 6 page sex scene. It's one of those times that you really hope that no one is reading over your shoulder (something I've had a problem with over the years on the TTC) And that doesn't just happen once, in the book, but 3 times!
The second book, Accidentally Dead , follows Marty's sassy friend Nina after she gets bitten by a Vampire!
It's a lousy first day on the job for Nina Blackman when a patient, loopy from the anesthesia, bites her. At least he was cute. But for real drama she can't beat the next evening. Nina wakes up with a set of razor-sharp fangs, bionic vision, supersonic hearing, and a taste for blood. But there's a good explanation: It's her patient, Long Island vampire Greg Statleon. Actually they're perfect for each other--if Nina's willing to commit to one man for eternity.
Oh my goodness! What are the odds that one of Marty's friends would also be accidentally bitten by a Paranormal? Pretty good actually when you take a look at the series. And wait, all those quirky sayings that Marty used through out the first book, aren't apparently quirky at all, because Nina uses them too! What a coincident! Oh wait, no, that's just how the author writes. hmm...
But that's where the similarities end, right? Nope. Lets see;
- Get turned into whatever
- Freak out
- Try and find a way to fix it
- Lean on friends for support
- Fall in love with guy who did the turning
- Come up against other paranormal woman who is willing to kill to get their man back
- At least 3 long sex scenes (middle, 3/4, and end of book), live happily forever after
Ok, but what about book 3, The Accidental Human ? It's about Wanda, the other friend? You don't say.
Wanda Schwartz is raking in the dough selling Bobbie-Sue Cosmetics - and she's a pro at recruiting new saleswomen. So, she's shocked when a man comes to one of her in-home parties - a very hot man. Heath Jefferson is sure to put some extra spin into a lot of women's color wheels.
When Wanda is diagnosed with a terminal illness, it doesn't have to be a death sentence. With a werewolf and a vampire for best friends, she has options that most ordinary people wouldn't. As Wanda ponders what to do about her mortality, Heath reveals he has secrets, and one of them is that his former bloodlust has turned into an old-fashioned lust - for Wanda. And he's already given up too much to lose the love of his lifetimes.
It can't follow the same formula, right? Well, sort of right.
- Get turned into whatever (well, not right away, but is diagnosed with cancer)
- Freak out (check)
- Try and find a way to fix it (well at least accept it)
- Lean on friends for support (eventually)
- Fall in love with guy who did the turning (not the turner, but paranormal none the less)
- Come up against other paranormal woman who is willing to kill to get their man back (this is the only book of the series that this isn't true for)
- At least 3 long sex scenes (middle, 3/4, and end of book), live happily forever after (oh yeah)
This is actually the only book of the series that doesn't follow this formula. It's probably my favorite out of all of them for that reason.
Book 4 (yup, 4 and counting) Accidentally Demonic follows Wanda's sister Casey.
When mild-mannered Casey Schwartz wakes up in jail, she has no memory of how she got there. But after her sister, Wanda, bails her out, Casey has more to deal with than a foggy memory-like abrupt mood swings and fireballs shooting from her fingertips. But things really head south when a vampire shows up on her doorstep...
Vampire Clayton Gunnersson is seriously hot. And seriously taken-by a demon. In a ritual gone wrong, Clayton tried to get rid of his unwanted bond, but spilled some demonic blood on Casey, getting her possessed in the process. Now, Casey has to share her body and manage to keep her growing attraction to Clayton in check, because falling for her demon's boyfriend just might get Casey killed-from the inside out.
Casey, huh? I guess they ran out of friends to accidentally become something. Lets check our criteria shall we?
- Get turned into whatever (check)
- Try and find a way to fix it (check)
- Lean on friends for support (well, sister and her friends)
- Fall in love with guy who did it (check)
- Come up against other paranormal woman who is willing to kill to get their man back (check)
- At least 3 long sex scenes (middle, 3/4, and end of book), live happily forever after (only 2! The end of book one didn't happen! I was shocked!!)
I'd say the formula was followed, wouldn't you?
Overall I give this series 3 out of 5 stars.
It was quirky and funny and I will pick up the next one when it's released next year.
(look for Something Catty in 2011. It's about a woman who gets bit by a cougar and suddenly has an affinity for younger men! HA!)
How about the other books that weren't even worth my time to read?
Be weary of The Daisy Club and This Charming Man
I tried to read both of them and failed.
If you want to pick these up, I won't stop you, (I mean who am I to tell you what you should and shouldn't read?) but do so at your own risk.
If you have any books to recommend me, please, just drop me a line.
Happy Reading to you all.
Labels: books, Mistborn, review, The Accidental Friends
Super Delicious Ingredient Force
Snicker.... snicker, snicker. I could help but post this. Watching it almost makes me want to go to Taco Bell and ask if these guys come with the kids specials. I want Incredibean!
I also love that neither of the girls do anything. For some reason, I found that to be very amusing.
Also, if you don't watch out I've going to give you a ground beef kick to yout underbun!
I can't wait until the rest of these come out!
Check out more of the awesomeness here. They have crazy photostram pictures and facebook friend links. You too can be friends with Super Reduced-fat Sour Cream Girl!
Labels: Superheroes?
New Star Wars Adidas Add
YAY! New Star Wars Adidas add! I don't know if you remember the last one or not, but despite having lots of cameos in it, it didn't make a whole lot of sense.
The new one however is AWESOME!!!
As far as parodies go, this cantina scene take the cake!
I love the cameos by Snoop-Dogg and David Beckham, but putting Jay Baruchel of "Fanboys" fame just made it for me.
He just too cute for words <3
Labels: Adidas, Cantina, Fanboys, Star Wars


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Writer: Sarah Mayberry
Guests: Constable Ian McKay: Steve Carroll
Summary/Images by: Sarah/Graham
- Lauren refuses to show Bailey her "embarrassing old scribbles"
- Brad and Matt squabble at the dinner party.
- Lauren finds a picture she drew of a young Brad
- Rani insists nothing happened at the eclipse, so Bailey tells Callum to show her more attention
- Sonya sees Bailey and Rani kissing
- Rani decides to change the play so that her character chooses Sanjay
Matt and Bailey are having breakfast, and Lauren wants to know why they didn't wake her. Apparently, she'd been up late sorting through junk, or "overdosing on nostalgia" according to Matt. He said he would have helped but she tells him he's a hoarder.
LAUREN: Good job I come from a long line of thrower- outers.
She says she's throwing away the sketches, but Matt says some were really good, like the one of the old house. However, she's put them in the bin. (Ooh good thinking - they'll never be found!) She says there's no point in hanging on to the past and Matt tells her she's a ruthless woman.
In the street, Bailey waits in the car while Matt goes to dump something in the bin. He finds Lauren's sketch book, and starts flicking through. Brad walks up and apologises for being out of line the previous evening. Matt tells him to forget it. There's an uncomfortable silence, then Brad asks if the drawings are Lauren's. Matt shows him the sketch of the Mt Isa house. We see the sketch of Brad, but then Bailey sounds the horn and shouts at Matt, and he grabs the book and walks off.
Toadie comes out of No 30 carrying a Bollywood costume. He invites Brad to come to the Shed later. Brad accepts, after commenting on Toadie's "new look". Toadie explains that it's because of Callum's play.
Rani tells Callum that she's done a major rewrite and Rani ends up with Sanjay. Bailey looks dejected. Callum wants confirmation that Sanjay and Rani now have a kissing scene, and then says that he'll need lots of rehearsals. He dashes off. Rani turns to Bailey, and says she was going to tell him... He says she's done the right thing, and turns away.
In a classroom, Callum is trying on his costume, while Sonya makes some alterations. She asks why Rani did the rewrites.
CALLUM: I reckon it's so that she didn't have to kiss Bailey.
SONYA: Have you ever heard of being a gracious winner?
CALLUM: No.
Sonya points out that maybe Bailey is upset. He says it's cool and it was always weird with Rani being Callum's girlfriend.
Sonya and Lauren meet in the corridor and Sonya says she and Toadie were disappointed not to make it to the "Bite Club". Lauren is enthusiastic, apart from Matt and Brad getting into an argument.
LAUREN: It was more of a chest beating thing than anything.
She explains to Sonya how she hadn't told Matt about Brad, then Brad told Matt, and Matt got territorial. Sonya says it's twenty years in the past and Lauren agrees it's dead and buried. Sonya starts to ask Lauren something, but she sees Bailey and gives him his lunch, remarking that Matt had left his at home too. She adds that no- one knows where he is, so Bailey says he's gone to the framers: he's getting one of Lauren's old sketches framed. She asks which one, but Bailey doesn't know. Lauren dashes off.
A breathless Lauren runs up to the police station as Matt emerges to asks what she's doing there. She asks him about the sketches, and he tells her he's getting the one of the farmhouse professionally framed. It turns out that Ian, another officer, took it to the framers. Lauren rips off the paper to take a look, then asks if he saw any portraits. He says no, then asks if she's OK as she seems stressed. She says she's just surprised and it's all good. He goes back inside, and she breathes a sigh of relief.
Matt has hung up the picture and tells her it's a great sketch. He also says he's smoothed things over with Brad. She's pleased and says he's got no need to be jealous. He says he knows: looking at the picture and what it symbolises shows him he's got nothing to worry about.
Sonya comes round and asks Ajay how he thinks things are going between Callum and Rani. He says Callum is the best choice for a boyfriend for Rani, and the rewrite of the play shows things are good. She babbles on for a while and Ajay says if there's something going on, to tell him. She asks him to keep an eye on them. Ajay looks concerned.
Toadie opens the door to Ajay, and he's barely come in before he starts to speak.
AJAY: Our kids, they're about to have sex! You and me, we've got to stop them, Toad.
TOADIE: Excuse me?
AJAY: Callum and Rani are about to, to... I don't even want to think about it.
Ajay tells Toadie that Rani has rewritten the play to make Callum the hero, and she's even put an extra dance in it.
TOADIE: So?
AJAY: So? A dance, Toad. A DANCE, Toad. Do you know anything about Bollywood storytelling?
TOADIE: Obviously not.
AJAY: All right, I'll break it down for ya. A dance equals (whistles)
TOADIE: Really?
AJAY: Yes! The only thing more explicit is rain.
Toadie is dubious about this theory. Ajay points out that Sonya noticed it as well, but Toadie says she hasn't said anything to him, and besides Ajay doesn't know anything for sure.
AJAY: No, I don't know anything for sure. Let's wait for a teenage pregnancy(!)
Toadie points out that if they want to do it, they will, but suggests talking to them to point out the pitfalls. Ajay is not impressed, but they both agree they never expected this day to come so soon.
Alternating between No 24 and No 30
Ajay tries to give a bemused Rani a talk about life, and decisions. He wants her to be "safe", and he needs to know she's not feeling any pressure from Callum. She assures him she's not. Ajay tells her that he assumed he was trying to protect Callum. She says it's not Callum. Ajay asks her if she and Callum aren't planning to TITTNL™, what's going on?
Meanwhile Toadie talks to Callum about how his decisions will affect Rani. Callum says he's covered it in Health, and he got an A. Toadie tells him that Ajay came over to discuss it. Callum says that must be why Rani made him the hero.
Matt walks into the shed and finds Brad playing table football. He explains that Toadie gave him a key. Matt goes over to the fridge to get a beer and Brad says he'd better go, but Matt invites him to stay and watch the football with him. Brad agrees to explain the rules to him and the tension eases a bit.
Sonya is just finishing Rani's costume, and she casually mentions the play being about Rani and Sanya. Rani is defensive, saying the character is not a bad person because she can't choose between them. Sonya says that no- one is saying that. Rani wonders how anyone is supposed to make a decision like that, because she just wants to make sure no- one gets hurt. Sonya says it's admirable, but you can't always make everyone happy.
SONYA: When you care about somebody, the least you can do is be honest with them, don't you think?
Callum asks Bailey if he's upset about the play and Bailey says he's not. Callum's pleased because of the way things are with him and Rani. Bailey wants to know what's happened. Cal says nothing yet, but maybe soon. Bailey wants details.
CALLUM: The next level. Well, considering we haven't been to any level, I guess it's the last level. There aren't any levels after this level, are there?
Bailey doesn't think Rani would be into that, but Callum says she's the one who's pushing for it. She even asked her dad for permission. Bailey is incredulous. Callum admits that's what he thought, but tells him that Ajay came over, and that's why Rani rewrote the play. Bailey asks if he's talked to Rani, and Callum says he hasn't: there's plenty of time.
Rani tells Callum that she really likes him and she values their friendship. He says he does too. She adds that things have been weird lately, and he interrupts saying that he's happy the way things are, and they've got plenty of time before they "do it". Horrified, she asks if he's been talking to Ajay, and he says Ajay's been talking to Toadie, who's talked to him. She's upset, but Callum says they can just carry on as they were. He tells her she's awesome, and smiles at her.
RANI: I kissed Bailey, and he kissed me.
Callum asks when, and she says it was at rehearsals, but she admits it was more than a stage kiss. He asks her if she got caught up in character, but she says she wanted to. She says she wasn't trying to hurt him, but Callum accuses her of always liking Bailey, and storms out.
- Ajay asks why Rani kissed Bailey, and she says she liked them both.
- Callum sarcastically asks Bailey for pointers for the kissing scene. Callum and Bailey fight.
- Ajay tells Toadie and Sonya and Matt and Lauren to keep their boys away from Rani
- Paul says he will supply written statements in support of Mason. Matt wants to read them
- Toadie tells Matt that Mason is in with a chance if the statements say what Paul says. Matt points out they haven't been written yet and he doesn't want to lose Mason again.
Matt Turner, Lauren Turner, Bailey Turner
Matt Turner, Brad Willis
Rani Kapoor, Callum Rebecchi, Bailey Turner
Bailey Turner, Sonya Rebecchi, Lauren Turner
Ajay Kapoor, Sonya Rebecchi
Toadie Rebecchi, Ajay Kapoor
Rani Kapoor, Ajay Kapoor
Brad Willis, Matt Turner
Rani Kapoor, Sonya Rebecchi
Callum Rebecchi, Bailey Turner
Callum Rebecchi, Rani Kapoor
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'Nolo' is soon going to froth in Asia
Specific to Asia, Carlsberg has five brands brewed in China and one in Malaysia, while it has made its presence felt in Hong Kong and Singapore markets, it is now keen on expanding to other markets in the region. Alcohol free segment accounted for the largest revenue size of USD 2 billion in 2017 owing to the increasing adoption of healthier lifestyles coupled with the benefits of non-alcoholic beer in China, India, and Japan.
Growing at over 7.5% CAGR
According to a Graphical Research report, the Asia Pacific non-alcoholic beer market size was valued at USD 4.3 billion in 2017 and is expected to grow at over 7.5% CAGR from 2018 to 2024. As of now, China is leading in this segment in Asia and the drivers are the adoption of a healthy lifestyle along with shifting consumer preferences towards 'Nolo'. The report said that increasing awareness for negative health effects of alcohol consumption is among major factors boosting market penetration.
China holds nearly 30% market share in 'Nolo'
China holds nearly 30% share in launching new non-alcoholic beer products. As mentioned earlier, Carlsberg has four brands – WuSu Fresh Orange & C; WuSu Pineapple & C; Xixia Fresh Orange & C; Xixia Pineapple & C, and Chongqing Beer AFB in China and Carlsberg Alcohol Free in Singapore and Hong Kong while in Malaysia it vends Nutrimalt which is said to be nonalcoholic malt beverage that is nourishing and packed with vitamins and nutrients such as Vitamin C & B complex. It is said to be a great energy booster after a workout.
Manufacturers are launching new beverage brands with different flavours to expand consumer base as it is estimated that there is a sizable market which is looking at healthy brews. An increased attention on both physical and mental health has been cited as a cause of the growth of nolo products, which are increasingly popular among younger consumers.
However, in India the trend is not that perceptible, though non alcoholic brews are making the rounds, mostly propped by young beer drinkers who are either switching from standard beers to non-alcoholic variants or they are willing to taste new beers, both with alcohol or no or low alcohol content ones.
India sees slow but steady growth
Some of the 'Nolo' in India include Budweiser 0.0%; Heineken 0.0% non alcoholic lager beer; Kingfisher Ultra non-alcoholic beer; Hoegaarden 0.0% non-alcoholic beer; Kingfisher Radler – non-alcoholic malt drink; Coolberg Cranberry non-alcoholic beer; Crofters non-alcoholic beer; and Barbican. Carlsberg is said to be exploring the market opportunity in India with regard to 'Nolo'. But it has been steadfast in its commitment to creating a culture of responsible drinking by promoting moderate consumption of products and addressing alcohol-related harm in society. "We therefore aim to celebrate the positive aspects of moderate beer consumption and to position beer as a relevant and responsible choice with a role to play in the 'good life' to which modern consumers aspire."
Young beer drinkers call the shots
As per a survey by Mintel about 40% of young beer drinkers in India are interested in switching from standard-strength beer to low calorie or non alcoholic variants of the brew. The survey pointed out that internet users who were contacted and who had consumed beer in the past six months were interested in exploring alternatives to beer.
Carlsberg's 'Sail' strategy
Carlsberg has set sail for the next five-year journey with its 2016 'Sail' strategy. Since its launch, 'Sail' 27 has been providing a clear overall direction for Carlsberg resulting in a healthy and strong company. The company said that "In developing Sail 27, we have aimed at keeping and sharpening our strong strategic, organisational and financial dynamics while ensuring that our direction-setting was refreshed and that our new strategy reflects expected consumer, customer, societal, regulatory, economic and geopolitical trends."
The Chief Executive Officer Cees 't Hart said, "SAIL'27 is the exciting next step in the evolution of Carlsberg. Co-created by a large group of employees and leaders, and built around our purpose, SAIL'27 has clear choices for brands, categories, markets and capabilities, and steps up our ambitions for top- and bottom-line growth." In essence, SAIL'27 focusses on five strategic levers – portfolio, geographies, execution, culture and funding the journey – for which the company has made distinct strategic choices, defining the focus of our efforts and resource allocation.
Our strategic levers and choices should be viewed as an integrated set of activities that together will drive value for all stakeholders. "SAIL'27 is built around our purpose of brewing for a better today and tomorrow, and our ambition of being the most successful, professional, and attractive brewer in our markets," Cees 't Hart adds.
Collaborative effort
SAIL'27 is a collaborative, company-wide effort, co-created by over 200 Carlsberg employees from more than 30 different markets. "Talents, experts and leaders from all over Carlsberg Group have brought their day-to-day knowledge and fresh ideas into this new strategy. They have assessed the impact of the current strategy on their local business or function, shared learnings and trends they see impacting the business and challenged our thinking on the future strategy. By bringing such a diverse set of voices the process we have created an even stronger strategic path for Carlsberg," says Marcela Linke, Director, Group Strategy.
Carlsberg said that the beer category continues to offer attractive long-term volume and value growth opportunities, though with different growth dynamics between categories and markets. Our portfolio choices target these growth opportunities. In addition, the company sees further attractive growth opportunities for selected categories beyond beer. Today, the Group has attractive widespread geographical presence and no. 1 or 2 positions in 22 markets across Western Europe, Asia and Central & Eastern Europe. While market dynamics are different in the three regions, they all offer appealing long-term revenue and earnings growth opportunities.
Carlsberg 'Nolo' brands grow by 11%
Carlsberg's recent financial statement revealed its 'Nolo' brands grew by 11%, making it one of the most successful areas of the business for the brewing giant. While sales of other household names owned by Carlsberg shrunk (namely Tuborg and the Carlsberg brand itself), the 'nolo' range demonstrated quite a sizeable growth, which is perhaps indicative of a shift in consumer habits towards alcohol-free beverages.
Carlsberg said it saw good results for its recent launches in the category, including Baltika Zero Grapefruit and Raspberry, Brooklyn Special Effects and Somersby 0.0. In addition, the brewing group entered the Asian market with similar 'nolo' products in 2020 too, with the launch of Chongqing Beer AFB in China and Carlsberg Alcohol Free in Singapore and Hong Kong.
What's driving 'nolo' growth?
"Brewers have had to adapt to unprecedented market conditions and one area of success is Carlsberg's low-ABV or alcohol-free 'nolo' brands, which are notable for 11% growth as consumers continue to moderate their alcohol intake," said Ryan Whittaker, Consumer Analyst at GlobalData.
"Increased health consciousness, which includes both physical and mental health concerns, is causing many to reduce their alcohol intake, and the pandemic has brought all of this to the fore."
According to GlobalData, 28% of global consumers claim to be buying less beer during the pandemic and approximately 27% of consumers say that they are extremely concerned about their physical health. What's interesting is that these trends correlate with age, with millennials being both the most extremely concerned about their health and most likely to be buying less beer than before the pandemic. Even otherwise, the millennials are known to experiment, try out new products and that is driving manufacturers to innovate.
This entry was posted in news, Uncategorized and tagged Alcobev, alcobev industry, alcohol, alcohol industry, alcohol news, Ambrosia, asia, beer, carslberg, China, growth, News, nolo on April 13, 2022 by Sanchit Mishra.
Carlsberg India enters wheat beer segment with Tuborg White
Carlsberg India enters the premium wheat beer segment with the launch of Tuborg White. This new Tuborg offering is beyond any ordinary lager. It is a cloudy drink with a smooth refreshing taste with a subtle fruity twist. It is yet another premium beer from the portfolio of Carlsberg India that provides consumers who are seeking beverages with a new taste profile that can be enjoyed with friends and family.
Over the last decade, the wheat beer segment has developed wide acceptance in India with a loyal base of consumers. There is an opportunity to expand this segment with the right liquid providing a consistent refreshing taste.
The recipe for this brew was developed specifically to appeal to Indian consumers by expert brewers in R&D center in Copenhagen, Denmark. It delivers the consistency and perfection that Tuborg is known and loved for across the world. The new brew has been launched across Maharashtra in 500ML Can and 330ML glass bottles with an attractive launch price of `170 and `140 respectively. This is the most premium priced offering in the Tuborg portfolio and in line with the choice of ingredients and its standout packaging.
Referring to the launch, Partha Jha, Vice President Marketing, Carlsberg India said, "The launch of Tuborg White reinforces our commitment to the Indian market. Tuborg White is a unique European style brew specially customised for the Indian consumer. With the easy-to-drink refreshing liquid layered under a delicate fruity twist, we are sure it will be loved not only by lager drinkers, but all consumers looking for a change from the regular. With our manufacturing & distribution capabilities, we are confident of expanding the category and will continue to offer exciting choices to our consumers from their favourite brand."
Tuborg White is currently available in Maharashtra and will soon be launched in other states in the coming months.
This entry was posted in news and tagged alcohol, alcohol industry, alcohol news, beer, carslberg, India, liquor, tuborg, tuborg white, wheat beer on September 24, 2021 by Sanchit Mishra.


Is it possible that there are members of our own congregation or our community who are being overlooked?
How can we identify where we are falling short as a community before we become aware of the "grumbling"? Is grumbling inevitable?
One of the arguments against change is that the community will lose its character and will no longer have the "feel" that made it appealing in the first place. How do you allow for new leadership and "changing how we've always done things" yet keep the character of the community?


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A research team led by Prof. YU Shuhong and Prof. LIANG Haiwei from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) proposes a simple, effective, and versatile method to prepare a series of functional CMs from small organic molecules (SOMs) by a transition metal assisted carbonization process. This work was published on Science Advances entitled as "Transition metal-assisted carbonization of small organic molecules toward functional carbon materials" on July 27th (Science Advances 2018, 4, eaat0788).
Preparation of CMs. (A) Schematic illustration of the preparation process of CMs. (B) Structures of the investigated SOMs for the CM preparation.
The prepared CM exhibited three different prominent microstructures (including bamboo-like multi-walled carbon nanotube, micrometer-sized nanosheets and irregular particles) that were highly dependent on the molecular structures of SOMs. Besides, the CMs possessed high specific surface areas, large pore volumes, abundant heteroatoms as well as highly graphitic structures. As a results, the CM showed great application potentials for heterogeneous catalysis, e.g. selective oxidization of ethylbenzene and hydrogenation of nitrobenzene, and electrocatalysis, e.g. hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen reduction reaction. This work opens a new window for the synthesis of CMs with desired constituents and structures.
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, National Basic Research Program of China, Users with Excellence and Scientific Research Grant of Hefei Science Center of CAS, "the Recruitment Program of Global Experts", National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.


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When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.
Other seed fell among the thorns, 1 and they grew up with it and choked 2 it.
When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. 1 He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt 2 around his chest.
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Ultrafine particles in the environment
June 24, 2011 June 24, 2011 ms6282 Nanoparticles	Environment, Measurement, nanoparticles, Ultrafine particles
Yesterday I logged into a webinar run by the instrument manufacturer, TSI, on "Exposure to Ultrafine Particles- Indoor, Outdoor and In-Vehicle Concentrations: Sources, and Particle Dynamics", presented by Dr Lance Wallace a leading researcher in the measurement of ultrafine particles.
The potential risks to health from sub-micron ultrafine particles has been a high profile occupational health issue for a number of years due to the increasing use of "engineered" nanoparticles (over 1000 consumer products already contain them). The risks aren't properly understood and their measurement presents a number of difficulties.
The normal method for assessing the risk from airborne particulates involves determining their mass concentration. However, with nanoparticles it's their surface area of nanoparticles which affects their toxicological properties so a different approach is needed. Another problem is that sub-micron ultra-fine particles are generated by natural and other sources, so results are confused by the background concentration of nanoparticles from natural and other sources making interpretation difficult.
The webinar concentrated on environmental concentrations, rather than occupational exposures, and was based on studies carried out in the USA by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Institute of Standards and Testing (NIST) and Stanford University, and a major study undertaken by Health Canada.
Major outdoor sources of ultrafine particles are traffic emissions and atmospheric processes leading to "nucleation bursts" (atmospheric reactions involving sulphuric acid, ammonia, and water vapour).
Indoor sources in domestic premises included
electric motors (including power tools and kitchen appliances)
Of these, the main contributor to indoor concentrations (other than smoking) was cooking.
Source: Wallace and Ott (2011)
I was surprised that electric cookers generated ultrafines. This is due to metal vapourising from the cooking element and then condensing. Ultrafines are generated by electric motors by vapourisation of carbon and metal from the brushes. Given the wide use of electric motors in industry this is likely to be a significant background source in the workplace.
Particles from outdoors also infiltrate into buildings, the proportion entering depends on a number of factors including particle size, building design, air change rate and occupant behaviour (e.g. opening windows and doors).
90% of the particles detected in the studies were smaller than 10 nm. The particle size distribution changing over time due to settlement and coagulation (small particles "clumping" together).
Results from studies reported in Wallace and Ott (2011) indicated that the median background (indoor) number concentration was 2,700 particles/cm3 (5th percentile 900 particles/cm3, 95th percentile 9000 particles/cm3).
One interesting fact that came out of the talk was that relatively high numbers of ultrafine particles can be found in restaurants (see chart below). These are generated due to cooking in the kitchen. The measurements were taken in the dining rooms so the levels in the kitchens, to which the restaurant staff would be exposed, would probably be higher. Also, diners would only be exposed to a couple of hours on occasions whereas restaurant employees would be exposed for considerably longer periods on a regular basis.
Particle concentrations measured in a restaurant. Source: Wallace and Ott (2011)
So what are the implications from an occupational hygiene perspective? The key points for me are
Although the studies discussed during the webinar were concerned with domestic exposures, many of the sources, including gas burners, electric heaters and electric motors, are used in industry and so would also emit ultrafines that would contribute to the background levels in the workplace environment
Infiltration of ultrafine particles generated by outdoor sources will also occur with industrial buildings
Workers in restaurants are likely to be exposed to ultrafine particles generated in kitchens. It's difficult to say whether the risks are significant and, perhaps, it is something worth investigating – if funding was available.
Lance Wallace and Wayne Ott Personal exposure to ultrafine particles Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2011) 21, 20–30; published online 20 January 2010
J Grigg The health effects of fossil fuel derived particles Arch Dis Child 2002;86:79-83
Frustrated phagocytes and the fibre paradigm
April 15, 2011 April 15, 2011 ms6282 Toxicology	Asbestos, Fibres, Fibrosis, nanoparticles, Toxicology
These were a couple of phrases from Rosemary Gibson's presentation during the nanotechnology workshop during the recent BOHS Conference.
The fibre paradigm sets out the basis for the harmful effects caused by resistant fibres such as asbestos. It states that fibres will damage the lung if they are
thin enough to enter the lungs
longer than the phagocytes that clear particles from the lungs
resilient and non-biosoluble, so that they remain in the lung
The long thin fibres that deposit and remain in the lung can't be engulfed by the phagocytes, so that the ends of the fibre protrude from the cell. The phagocye is said to be "frustrated"
This results in the release of chemicals that cause damage to the lung tissue leading to inflammation and, subsequently, to other damage, including the deposition of scar tissue (fibrosis).
Potentially any fibre which is thin enough to travel down to the alveoli and too long for the phagocyles to deal with it effectively could cause this to occur. However, fibres that are biosoluble break down and can be cleared from the lung before significant damage can occur. So some materials, such as glass fibre, are deliberately formulated to dissolve in the body. Other, more resilient, fibres such as asbestos, remain in the lung long enough to allow the process to occur.
Recent research has suggested that some of the new engineered nano-materials, such as long carbon nanotubes, can cause effects similar to asbestos as their structure and dimensions means that they conform to the "fibre paradigm"
Source: Donaldson et al. Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2010 7:5
There's a good summary of the fibre paradigm in an open access paper by Donaldson et al. published in the journal Particle and Fibre Technology last year, which is available on the web here.
BOHS Conference workshop on nanotechnology
April 12, 2011 ms6282 Nanoparticles	BOHS Conference, nanoparticles, nanotechnology, Toxicology
In her Keynote address to the 2011 BOHS Conference, the Chair of the HSE, Judith Hackitt, mentioned nanotechnology as one of the "emerging issues" that HSE will continue to give priority to despite the cutbacks in its budget. Nanotechnology has been a high profile issue for HSE for a number of years as the production of "engineered" nanoparticles has increased. Their toxicology isn't fully understood and measurement presents a number of problems, so it is difficult to properly evaluate the risks to health.
At last year's conference, a plenary session was devoted to nanotechnology and this year it was the theme for one of the workshops. It was a good session, with three speakers covering health effects, assessment and control. However, the content of their talks was very similar to those given during the plenary sessions last year, suggesting that there haven't been any major advances in the science over the past 12 months.
Rosemary Gibson form HSL made a very good presentation summarising the health implications of engineered nanoparticles. The key points she made included
Nanoparticles have a very large surface area to volume ratio and this has implications for their effects on health. Some researchers have identified a relationship between surface area and inflammation and this suggests that surface area is the best metric to use to assess the risk, rather than mass concentration (which is normally used with particulates).
Research has mainly focused on their effects on the respiratory system with some work on skin effects. Less work has been carried out on systemic effects. However, the main concern identified from experience with ultrafine particulate air pollutants (from non-engineered sources such as diesel exhaust emissions) is effects on the cardiovascular system, and some research has suggested that this is also relevant with engineered particles, so more work is needed on this aspect.
There are continuing concerns about the effects of carbon nanotubes and whether these fine, fibre like particles may behave like asbestos. Work by Poland et al, the results of which were published n 2008, certainly suggest that this may be the case with long multiwalled carbon nanotubes, where there was evidence of inflammation and granulomas. However their research also suggested that short multiwalled carbon nanotubes were non-harmful. (For further details, see the commentary by Ken Donnaldson, here).
The other two speakers, James Wheeler of the HSE and John Hulme of Cambridge University (who gave a Keynote on Nanoparticles at last year's conference) both concentrated on practical implications in the workplace.
James emphasised the need for a sensible approach to risk management. Precaution was needed, as nanotechnology was a "step into the unknown", but he emphasised that the risks could be managed and controlled in the same way as high hazard materials, using the principles of good practice embodied in the COSHH Regulations. HSE has a website on nanotechnology and has also issued guidance on carbon nanotubes. Further guidance, produced in conjunction with relevant partners, should be available in March 2012
John, who has considerable experience of managing the risks from nanoparticles in research laboratories at Cambridge University, concentrated on the practical assessment and control of the risks. He pointed out that the hazard information provided by some suppliers of nano-materials was inadequate, treating them as if they were no different from macro forms of the substance when there were clear differences in toxicology. He re-emphasised one of the points Rosemary made about the importance of surface area and discussed the practical difficulties of measurement. Methods are available to measure particles on the basis of their surface area, but as these techniques can't identify what the particles are it isn't possible to tell where they have originated. There can be high background levels of fine particles from natural and man-made sources, which confuse the results from any surveys. So the problem with nanoparticles is that we aren't sure of the hazards and can't properly quantify the risk!
John's answer was that we need to take a precautionary approach and control all potential exposures to a high standard. He provided some good examples from his experience of controls that can be applied in practice including:
preventing particles becoming airborne by using slurries rather than powders
working in glove boxes and microbiological safety cabinets
applying well designed local exhaust ventilation, pointing out that nanoparticles behave like gases and so are easy to capture
using HEPA filters to minimise emissions to the environment and workplace
For further information on nanotechnology hazards and control see
HSE nanotechnology website
HSE guidance on carbon nanotubes
Safenano website
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BOHS Conference – Nanotechnology
May 19, 2010 May 25, 2011 ms6282 Conference report, Nanoparticles	BOHS, nano, nanoparticles, Occupational hygiene, Toxicology
I've allocated this week for catching up on reports, but I've also spent a bit of time reading through the notes I made at BOHS Conference in Harrogate a few weeks ago.
One of the sessions I attended was devoted to nanotechnology. This is a fast developing area, although as it is generally still very much in the R & D phase, I guess most occupational hygienists haven't had much involvement with it yet – I certainly haven't – but as we're likely to see more production processes coming on line in the not too distant future its important to keep abreast of developments.
The first presentation was a keynote address from John Hulme, a safety adviser at Cambridge University. A lot of research work on nanotechnology takes place at the University so he has had to work with the research scientists to ensure the risk are assessed and controlled. This isn't easy when we're not certain about the hazards and risks associated with nanoparticles. John gave a good overview of the state of knowledge. Some of the key points I noted were:
over 1000 consumer products already contain nanoparticles
nano-particles are not new – they've been around for a long time – there are natural sources (e.g. forest fires, wood stoves, volcanoes) and some "old" technology creates them (e.g. carbon black, traffic exhaust fume, welding fume, plastic fume)
the small size of nanoparticles means that they can interact with DNA
nanoparticles have a very high surface area to volume ratio and have highly reactive surfaces which can increase their toxicity
nano-particles can pass through biological barriers (including the blood brain barrier) much easier than larger particles
the chemical (and toxicological) properties of materials change when they are nano-sized
as the surface area of nanoparticles is the main parameter which affects their toxicological properties, measuring their mass concentration is unlikely to be the most relevant way of evaluating he degree of risk
Professor Ken Donaldson of Edinburgh University, a leading authority on the health effects of nanoparticles provided an update on research into their effects. Up to now much of the work has focused on pulmonary effects, but there are concerns about the effects on the cardiovascular system which need to be investigated. Other key areas of research include potential effects on the brain and the foetus, the risk of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD) and asthma, and the effects caused by exposure to nano-fibres
Gary Burnett of HSL talked about the difficulties involved in measuring nanoparticles. His key points were
what metric should be used? – mass concentration, the number of particles or the surface area
results are confused by the background concentration of nanoparticles from natural and other sources
even when measuring the same parameter, different instruments can give different results
Rachel Smith and Colin Webb of the Health Protection Agency presented a practical case study on the introductions of exposure controls for nanoparticles during the design and commissioning of a new research facility. They talked about some of the difficulties involved in deciding on controls when the hazards and risks are not fully understood and described the very comprehensive measures that were introduced.
January 13, 2010 May 19, 2010 ms6282 Nanoparticles	nanoparticles, nanotechnology, Occupational hygiene, Toxicology
I came across the following video slideshow by Andrew Maynard (2020science.org), a researcher in nanotechnology. It's a nice, gentle introduction to nanoparticles and their properties.
The key points he makes about these new materials are
* the particles are small
* they are "strange" – they don't behave how you might expect and the properties of a substance manufactured or created as a nanoparticle can be different from the same substance in the form of larger particles
* they are "sophisticated" – in that they can be used to manufacture complex products with advanced uses
There are inevitable concerns about the toxicity of nanoparticles and the risks from exposure, both from an occupational and environmental context.
* the small size of the particles means that they can, potentially, be absorbed easily into the body by inhalation AND skin contact (there is evidence that some particles can be absorbed through intact skin)
* nanoparticles are much more likely to be absorbed into the blood via the lungs than their larger cousins. Once absorbed they can make their to other organs where they may be able to exert toxic effects.
* their small size also means that they can be potentially absorbed into cells where larger particles of the same substance would not
* the "strangeness" of nanoparticles means that it can be difficult to predict what their toxicological properties will be, even where there is a good understanding of the toxicity of larger particles of the same substance
* In some cases, effects such as cancer are due to the physical form of particles and their Small size (aka asbestos fibres) rather than their chemical nature
It is too early to now whether any of these concerns will be borne out in practice. However, it's an area where a lot of research is taking place.


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Verification of trace equivalence is difficult to automate in general because it requires relating two infinite sets of traces. The problem becomes even more complex when algebraic properties of cryptographic primitives are taken in account in the formal model. For example, no verification tool or technique can currently handle automatically a realistic model of re-encryption or associative-commutative operators.
In this setting, we propose a general technique for reducing the set of traces that have to be analyzed to a set of local traces. A local trace restricts the way in which some function symbols are used, and this allows us to perform a second reduction, by showing that some algebraic properties can be safely ignored in local traces.
In particular, local traces for re-encryption will contain only a bounded number of re-encryptions for any given ciphertext, leading to a sound elimination of equations that model re-encryption. For associativity and commutativity, local traces will determine a canonical use of the associative-commutative operator, where reasoning modulo AC is no stronger than reasoning without AC.
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A long version of the paper and the ProVerif code are available online.


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Hugh Jackman to perform songs from The Greatest Showman on debut world tour
November 29, 2018, 1:58 pm Updated: November 29, 2018, 2:00 pm
Hugh Jackman will play four shows in the UK next year (Ian West/PA)
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Hugh Jackman will perform songs from The Greatest Showman live for the first time when he visits the UK during his debut world tour.
The Golden Globe-winning actor, who portrayed American showman PT Barnum in the box office smash, will play four dates backed by a full orchestra in May and June next year.
Entitled The Man. The Music. The Show., the tour will see Jackman performing well-loved tunes from The Greatest Showman and Les Miserables as well as Broadway classics.
Hugh Jackman will embark on a tour singing songs from The Greatest Showman and Les Miserables (Ian West/PA)
Announcing the news on Instagram, the actor known for playing Wolverine in the X-Men series told fans he would arrive in the UK in May 2019.
Jackman will perform in Manchester and Birmingham before appearing for two nights at London's O2 Arena.
On stage, he will be accompanied by a full orchestra who will help him guide the audience through songs from his musical films as well as show tune classics.
The actor starred as PT Barnum in the box office success (Ian West/PA)
Despite lacklustre reviews from critics, The Greatest Showman was a box office success and its soundtrack remains in the UK album top five nearly a year after its release.
In both the UK and America it reached multi-platinum status, selling more than two million copies apiece.
Jackman's musical credits include his rendition of 1970s singer-songwriter Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway and Les Miserables, the film based on the musical, itself based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same name.
Jackman will perform at the Manchester Arena on May 24, Birmingham's Resorts World Arena on May 27 and the O2 Arena in London on June 2 and 3.
Tickets will go on sale at 9am on December 7.
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Sheringham warns Manchester United against signing Gakpo despite recording 13 goals and 17 assists in just 24 games this season
Former Manchester United striker Teddy Sheringham has warned Manchester United against signing PSV star and Netherlands international Cody Gakpo.
Gakpo has been linked a move to Manchester United in January, having recorded a staggering 13 goals and 17 assists in just 24 games for his club so far this season.
The 23 year old has also scored at the World Cup in Netherlands 2-0 victory over Senegal.
"Man United do not need another flitty player like Gakpo in their ranks," Sheringham told BoyleSports.
"We need a centre-forward who can lead the line now that [Cristiano] Ronaldo has gone. We need a focal point for the team to hit and who can bring players into play.
"We cannot go for another technical player who can play as a winger or a false nine. We already have so many of those in [Anthony] Martial, [Marcus] Rashford and [Jadon] Sancho and right now it's a bit of a detriment to be honest."
'I'll think about it' – World Cup star opens door to possible Manchester United transfer
'He's the real deal' – Chelsea urged to beat Manchester United to the signing of impressive World Cup star
Manchester United no longer interested in signing PSV forward Cody Gakpo. Here is why
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A few weeks ago we posted a brief interview that Jason Boog of GalleyCat conducted with Douglas Rushkoff about conglomerates and the media. This interview tied into Rushkoff's latest book — Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back — which is a fantastic critique of the rise of corporations and the negative influence the principles underlying corporations have had on virtually every aspect of our life.
One of the interesting examples Douglas uses in this video is the bit about the restaurant Comfort and the owner's inability to secure a bank loan for expansion. When this happened, he came up with the idea of "Comfort Dollars" through which, for every $100 invested, you received $120 Comfort Dollars to spend at the restaurant, thereby helping this local business to expand, and receiving a 20% return on investment . . . This isn't unlike our subscription model through which for every $120 "investment," you receive approx. $180 worth of Open Letter books . . . From our perspective, it's great to know that X number of units of a new book are going directly to readers the second the book comes back from the printer, and for readers, you're receiving $1.50 worth of books for every $1 spend . . .
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OPINION: Mowzey Radio's Death Should be a Wake Up Call
By SoftPower | 623 Views | Updated On February 2nd, 2018 at 10:43
Denis Jjuko is a media consultant and businessman
By Denis Jjuuko
Years ago, I used to be involved in the entertainment industry. First as a writer with an interest in the industry and later as a consultant. So I used to go to places and events musicians go to especially at night. One day, a lady accidently spilled the drink of a musician I was sharing a table with.
She apologized profusely and everything was okay with the musician until the lady called the waiter to replace the spilled drinks.
The musician went into rage calling the lady names. In the musician view, the lady had undermined him as someone who cannot buy himself a second drink after one he was drinking had been spilled. Never mind, that the musician was drinking on my tab. I was mesmerized by the musician's behavior. I thought the lady was courteous.
As the world mourns Mowzey Radio who passed away today after a brawl in bar, the music industry must find away to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
In under three years, AK47 — a very promising singer was killed under unclear similar circumstances in a bar like Radio.
Of course most musicians grow up in ghettos and to them fighting is the norm. Most of them are also always under the influence of alcohol, drugs, and the illiterate groupies that are always in their company seeking attention and few leftovers.
They also become celebrities almost out of the blue. Obviously, they never learn to manage their new found status. So they think their popularity is everything.
They think everything should stop when they enter a bar or their word should be as obeyed as that of a ruthless dictator. So it is easy for them to fight for anything.
Yet the people they hire as their managers are no better. They are usually more of hangers on than people with any experience to manage somebody who has suddenly found fame and fortune. Some of the managers are illiterate. Yet the managers should have a way to counsel and advise their clients.
I know how hard it is to manage a talented person who might be uneducated and with a lot of money. However, I believe professional talent managers could somewhat help.
Talking of professionalism, most bouncers have no real training apart from lifting weights and weights in cheap gyms that are reeking of gin and unprocessed drugs.
Once a chap who knows nothing has a protruding chest that hardly fits in a XXXL tee shirt and huge biceps, he becomes a bouncer. No training at all to handle drunken customers.
To them, it is all brawn. No brains at all. There are actually two types of people I avoid to argue with — the hungry askaris and policemen that are all over the entrances of buildings and bouncers.
They don't reason. They don't have the capacity to do that. I have seen bouncers in high-end nightclubs slapping dosing patrons. Patrons they have been busy selling alcohol. And when the socialites and pseudo tycoons who throw around money arrive, bouncers forget their work.
So a friend as we spoke about Radio on Whatsapp said that it is high time bouncers formed a serious professional association, which bar owners can approach when they need to recruit.
Only members that belong to such an association should then be hired after they have undergone serious training on handling customers. They need psychological training as well. Bouncers should too undergo regular checks to ensure that they aren't doing drugs or working while drunk. The breweries can fund such training.
Of course these bouncers would be expensive but with them, bars will manage to handle their customers better. This doesn't mean it will eliminate all deaths in bars, but at least a lot of them and injuries will be avoided.
Radio's death should be a wake up call for the industry.
The writer is a media consultant and businessman. djjuuko@gmail.com
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THE AFFAIRS OF OTHERS
Amy Grace Loyd
Five years after her young husband's death, Celia Cassill has moved from one Brooklyn neighborhood to another, but she has not moved on. The owner of a small apartment building, she has chosen her tenants for their ability to respect one another's privacy. Celia believes in boundaries, solitude, that she has a right to her ghosts. She is determined to live a life at a remove from the chaos and competition of modern life. Everything changes with the arrival of a new tenant, Hope, a dazzling woman of a certain age on the run from her husband's recent betrayal. When Hope begins a torrid and noisy affair,
Five years after her young husband's death, Celia Cassill has moved from one Brooklyn neighborhood to another, but she has not moved on. The owner of a small apartment building, she has chosen her tenants for their ability to respect one another's privacy. Celia believes in boundaries, solitude, that she has a right to her ghosts. She is determined to live a life at a remove from the chaos and competition of modern life. Everything changes with the arrival of a new tenant, Hope, a dazzling woman of a certain age on the run from her husband's recent betrayal. When Hope begins a torrid and noisy affair, and another tenant mysteriously disappears, the carefully constructed walls of Celia's world are tested and the sanctity of her building is shattered—through violence and sex, in turns tender and dark. Ultimately, Celia and her tenants are forced to abandon their separate spaces for a far more intimate one, leading to a surprising conclusion and the promise of genuine joy.
Amy Grace Loyd investigates interior spaces of the body and the New York warrens in which her characters live, offering a startling emotional honesty about the traffic between men and women. The Affairs of Others is a story about the irrepressibility of life and desire, no matter the sorrows or obstacles.
About Amy Grace Loyd
Amy Grace Loyd is an executive editor at Byliner Inc. and was the fiction and literary editor at Playboy magazine. A recipient of both MacDowell and Yaddo fellowships, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.
"From start to finish, Loyd's prose flows exquisitely through the story, as she limns the depths of the protagonist's mind, the complexity of human intimacy, and the idiosyncrasies of each new character with the grace of a seasoned novelist."—Vanity Fair
"[A] mesmerizing debut…. beautifully, even feverishly described. As Celia discovers, the magnetic pull of other people's everyday experiences proves impossible to resist."—Entertainment Weekly (A-)
"Celia's journey is beautifully charted in this debut, with prose that mirrors her existence in her barely furnished apartment—confined, spare, but swirling with fierce emotion and insights."—People (3 ½ stars)
When we first meet Celia she tells us that her husband died five years ago, and "I went with him, or a lot of me did" (2). What does Celia mean here? What kind of life is she living at the beginning of the novel?
Hope brings about an immediate change in the building when she arrives. What do we learn about Hope from Celia's first impression of her? Why is Celia so hesitant to let Hope live in the building?
Discuss the different ways that Celia and Hope deal with their respective grief. Do their actions make sense in light of what's happened to them, or are they simply impulsive and reckless?
Hope's old boyfriend Les is a polarizing presence in the novel. Celia initially describes him as a "terrifying and bitterly handsome giant" (31). Why is Hope so drawn to him? What does Celia understand about Les and how does that influence the confrontations she has with him?
For most of the book Celia's tenant on the fourth floor, the retired ferry captain Mr. Coughlan, is missing. What role does his character play in the novel? What do Celia and the other tenants learn from Coughlan when he does return?
Celia and Hope's relationship takes on a new dimension late in the novel. What do the women gain from each other? How do you see their relationship evolving?
At one point Celia asks, "Why shouldn't the past…be as real as anything else?" (139). What does Celia do to make this true for her own life? Does Celia's attitude about the past change by the end of the book?
One of the many themes in the novel is the varying degrees of privacy and intimacy in our lives, especially for people living in close proximity to one another. Discuss the different ways that privacy is either protected or violated in the novel. How is intimacy achieved in this story? Is it always connected to physical space?
The novel begins and ends with a party scene. Compare Celia in the first party and the last. How has she changed? What do you think will happen to her after the final scene?
How does the style of Amy Grace Loyd's writing fit the nature of the story? Discuss your favorite lines and why they were meaningful to you.


It's that time of year again. The holidays are upon us and our thoughts are turning toward 2019.
So, what are your plans for 2019? I mean besides exercising and spending time with friends and family. What are your business growth plans?
There are four options you could do next year.
Deploy the same strategy as last year. Doing the same thing is safe and easy, but you're probably not maximizing your brand's potential. You are not stretching yourself in this case.
Copy the competition. Like my mother said, "if your friends jump off the bridge, are you going to do it too?" While this is easy, what works for the competition may not work for you.
Do what you did last year but do it better. Even if you optimize your strategies, you may not produce the "optimal" results in your business.
Get creative. It may produce game-changing results. It works best when you can collaborate with a coach.
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Christopher Frenzel, 31, of Omaha, passed away April 9, 2019, at Omaha. He was born October 16, 1987, at Falls City, to Joy and Carol (Cooper) Frenzel.
Christopher is survived by his mother, Carol Frenzel; brothers, Jeff and his wife Rana, Brandon; sisters, Jennifer Willman and her husband Larry, Lacey Acton and her husband Tom, Amber Cunningham and her husband Tom all of Falls City; a biological sister, Rachel, and caregiver, Dan Swantek of Omaha.
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Q: How can a std::vector name be treated like a C-type array name? In C, it is easy to do something like:
int foo (int arr[], int size) {

    // Do some stuff.

    // Recur ignoring half of the input array.
    return foo (arr + size / 2, size / 2);
}

I know that we are able to do that because in C, the name of array is basically a pointer to a contiguous block in the memory and basic pointer arithmetic works just fine with it.
My question is that how do I achieve this kind of convenience with C++ vector or array containers? Are there any alternative trick to do just that, fundamentally?
From what I know, this wouldn't work at all:
int foo (vector<int>& arr, int size) {

    // Do some stuff.

    // Recur ignoring half of the input array.
    return foo (arr + size / 2, size / 2);
}

A: The C++ solution is to think in terms of the objects you are using. A vector
So, you could simply use an iterator and do things like:
arr.begin()
arr.begin()+(size/2)

In other words: instead of pushing the C concept onto C++ use the corresponding C++ concept.
In this case, you can use iterators to make "parts" of your array "available" to the outside worlds.

A: If you can't change the function signature than you can pass the vector's data() and size() properties, which are compatible with the function:
foo(v.data(), v.size());

A: Since you're working with a std::vector<int>, the obvious answer is not to change the function at all.
Simply call it differently.
 foo(&some_vector[0], some_vector.size());    // assume some_vector is not const

This will pass a pointer to the first element and the size of some_vector to your C-style foo().  Since elements of a std::vector are guaranteed to be contiguous, this will work as you request.
Personally, however, I wouldn't do that.   I'd use iterators
 #include <iterator>

 int foo (std::vector<int>::iterator begin, std::vector<int>::iterator end)
 {

     // Do some stuff.

     // Recur ignoring half of the input array.

    std::advance(begin, std::distance(begin, end)/2);
    return foo (begin, end);
 }

 //  to call it

 foo(some_vector.begin(), some_vector.end());

You obviously need some logic to avoid infinite recursion in the function.  But that is true of the function you started with.
Templates allow this to me made both simpler and more general, since it is not necessary to hard-code assumptions about the iterators (or what type of container they come from)
 #include <iterator>

 template<class Iterator>
 int foo (Iterator begin, Iterator end)
 {

     // Do some stuff.

     // Recur ignoring half of the input array.

    std::advance(begin, std::distance(begin, end)/2);
    return foo (begin, end);
 }

 // call like before

The requirements of std::advance() and std::distance() are pretty minimal - essentially that the iterators are what the standard calls input iterators (which means that they can be used in sequential input operations, where each value pointed by the iterator is read only once and then the iterator is incremented).    Your "Do some stuff" code might introduce more restrictive requirements though.

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Q: Definitions of relative compactness Per definition, a subset $A$ of a metric space $(X,d)$ is relatively compact if and only if its closure $\overline{A}$ is compact.
That means that any sequence in $\overline{A}$ contains a subsequence that converges in $\overline{A}$. Does that imply that $\partial A$ is compact?
According to an alternative definition, $A$ is relatively compact if any sequence in $A$ contains a subsequence convergent in $X$. How do you derive from this that $\partial A$ is compact?
In other words, how can you show that both definitions are equivalent?

A: Yes.
The boundary of $A$ is defined as
$$
\partial A=\overline{A}\cap\overline{A^c}.
$$
So $\partial A$ is a closed subset of a compact set, and hence compact.
Let $\{x_n\}\subset\partial A$. Since $\partial A\subset\overline{A}$ and $\overline{A}$ is compact, then there exists a subsequence $x_{n_k}\to x\in\overline{A}$. However,
$\{x_{n_k}\}\subset\partial A$, and since $\partial A$ is closed and $\{x_{n_k}\}$ convergent to $x$, then $x\in \partial A$. Thus every sequence in $\partial A$ possesses a convergent subsequence with limit in $\partial A$. Hence, $\partial A$ is compact.


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package edu.texas.threadharmony;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

import org.paukov.combinatorics.ICombinatoricsVector;

public class Interleaving implements Iterable<ContextSwitch> {
	private ICombinatoricsVector<Long> threadOrder;
	private Map<Long, InterleafCountComposition> interleafCountCompositionMap;

	public Interleaving(ICombinatoricsVector<Long> threadOrder, Map<Long, InterleafCountComposition> currentInterleafCountCompositionMap) {
		this.threadOrder = threadOrder;
		this.interleafCountCompositionMap = currentInterleafCountCompositionMap;
	}

	@Override
	public Iterator<ContextSwitch> iterator() {
		return new ContextSwitchIterator(this.threadOrder, this.interleafCountCompositionMap);
	}
}

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The pearl of the Orient : the Philippine Islands Page 78
Boston: D. Estes and Co, 1900, pg 78
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78 THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT. on the 30th of June, 1755, and a more rigid censorship was maintained over the entrance of Chinese into the islands. Seven years later, when the Chinese became involved in the trouble of Great Britain with the Philippines, over six thousand of them were murdered under the order of the notorious Simon d'x\nda. Yet once more a wholesale slaughter was attempted, when great numbers of the natives were dying of the cholera in 1820. The Chinamen and other foreigners were accused of poisoning the drinking water, and not even the exertions of the priests and most influential citizens could disabuse the rioters of their mistake, until many of the Chinese and a few British subjects had been killed in and around Manila and Cavit. Notwithstanding all this opposition and oppression, the Mongol race has persisted in coming to the Philippines, content to pay big tributes often for the bare privilege of living. Some have professed the Catholic faith in order to give them a better social standing, and contracted marriage with native women. To the Chinese belongs the credit of having stimulatedNotwithstanding all this opposition and oppression, the Mongol race has persisted in coming to the Philippines, content to pay big tributes often for the bare privilege of living. Some have professed the Catholic faith in order to give them a better social standing, and contracted marriage with native women. To the Chinese belongs the credit of having stimulated


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