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Hello friends, in this post I have included 4 live streams I did on youtube.
All the projects are using HTML, CSS, and JS. Some projects also use bootstrap v3 or jquery.
Sometimes I focus more on JS other times more on CSS.
But I always try to have a fun creative project that you'll enjoy :)
1.Timer Countdown - Christmas edition (JS + CSS)
2.Image Gallery Flex Panel (Flex Box + JS)
In this video: In this video I 'll show you how to build a modern flex gallery using flexbox and transitions. The JS part is going to be super simple while the emphasis is going to be on the CSS.
Working project: https://codepen.io/EleftheriaBatsou/pen/LYpaxYR
Images: 1.https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1540189549336-e6e99c3679fe?ixlib=rb-1.... 2.https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1478145046317-39f10e56b5e9?ixlib=rb-1.... 3.https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506084868230-bb9d95c24759?ixlib=rb-1.... 4.https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1532980400857-e8d9d275d858?ixlib=rb-1.... 5.https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1482049016688-2d3e1b311543?ixlib=rb-1....
- Cubic bezier: https://cubic-bezier.com/
- CSS selectors: https://techbrij.com/css-selector-adjacent-child-sibling
3.Game: test your reactions (Jquery + JS)
In this video we will create a simple JS game using jquery. The scope of the game is to click the squares/circles as fast as you can!
Working project: https://codepen.io/EleftheriaBatsou/pen/BaobOma
4.FreeCodeCamp Calculator (Front end projects)
Working project: https://codepen.io/EleftheriaBatsou/pen/ZEbgXyB
You ll need to add: bootstrap (I used bootstrap v3)
purple : #B2127D |
blue : #14C6CC |
yellow: #FFDF27 |
dark blue: #1BADB2 |
almost white: #FFF0F5
Thanks for watching!
Have a beautiful productive day :)


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We serve exceptional fresh sushi as well as modern Japanese cuisine such as Teriyaki, Katsu, Curry, Yakisoba, and Shioyaki. High quality healthy food, service, and customer satisfaction drive us. With a wide variety of sushi, Japanese cuisine, and even vegetarian options, we have healthy,…
Great sushi place but with reasonable price! It's been known that Seahawks' Doug Balkwin (#89) order take-out here frequent. This restaurant is right across from Kim Phuong restaurant.

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Future Agricultures Working Paper 131
Lu Jixia, Li Xiaoyun and Fu Gonghua
China’s transformation from a net food exporter to a net food importer has occurred in a very short period of time and this has implications for both China and the world. This paper argues that there is strategic and practical significance in China-Africa agricultural cooperation, as the current import structure of food and other agricultural products is imbalanced and China’s food supply-demand imbalances will continue to expand. This raises the possibility of political and economic crisis for China and threatens those poor countries who are relying on international food markets. Africa possesses substantial areas of arable land that can be developed and utilised; thus, China-Africa agricultural cooperation can potentially enhance African nations’ productive capacity and contribute to local food security, through which it can indirectly improve global food security and stabilise the international food market under China’s increasing food demand context.
Copying the Extension System of China and Beyond: Implementing the Chinese Agriculture Technology Demonstration Centre in EthiopiaOctober 21, 2015 / Working Papers
Future Agricultures Working Paper 128
Gubo Qii, Lerong Yui, Dawit Alemuii, Seth Cookiii and Xiaoyun Lii
The Chinese Agriculture Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC) in Ethiopia is an aid project on agricultural technology cooperation between China and Ethiopia. The process of cooperation is the art of improvising on the ground when the original project plan doesn’t quite match reality. This study analyses the logic behind the improvising of implementation on the ground. It found that the running of this project is not following project management procedures and log-frame indicators but is instead based on the experiences of agricultural extension in China. Through Chinese experts, as individualactors, ATDC brought in the approach of top-down planning, assumption of package support and integration of commercial functions which can be found in the reformed extension system in China. The Chinese experts carry this working approach – along with its assumptions and principles – to Ethiopia, without considering the lack of any parallel institution and culture there at the beginning. This results in many challenges for implementing the ATDC activities and novel reactions by the ATDC experts, which also reflect the individual’s working style in the Chinese extension system. Though the technologies are still present inside the ATDC after many efforts, a request to extend the cooperation phase from the Ethiopian side implies an appreciation of the approach and its results to some extent.
Travelling Technocratic Rationality: Historical Narratives of China’s Agricultural Development and their Implications for China- Africa Agricultural CooperationOctober 21, 2015 / Working Papers
Future Agricultures Working Paper 127
Xu Xiuli, Li Xiaoyun and Qi Gubo
Contemporary China-Africa agricultural cooperation (CAAC) has been internally dominated by three streams of narrative: promotion of food security for state building in the post-war landscape; productivity enhancement through technocratic modernisation; and promotion of aid sustainability through business engagement in the new era of globalisation. This paper explores the domestic drivers and strategies underpinning these narratives, as well as their respective implications for CAAC, using a historical review approach. The paper summarises three elements entrenched in the narratives of CAAC – state leadership, productivity-centrism and the governmentbusiness nexus – which are examples of travelling technocratic rationality. These differentiate China’s aid, focusing on developmental state building, from the established aid consensus, with its marriage of orthodox neoliberalism and a new institutionalism.
Mixed Starts and Uncertain Futures: Case Studies of Three Chinese Agricultural Investments in ZimbabweOctober 21, 2015 / Working Papers
Future Agricultures Working Paper 125
Tang Lixia, Zhao Wenjie, Langton Mukwereza and Li Xiaoyun
Chinese agricultural investments in Africa have grown significantly in the past two decades, but there remains very little empirical research on the nature of these investments. This paper aims to address this knowledge gap by looking at three different types of Chinese investors in Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector: a National State Owned Enterprise (SOE), a Provincial SOE and a private company. Collectively, their experiences not only challenge the pervasive view that Chinese companies are progressing at unstoppable rates in African markets, but also raise deeper questions about the importance of company structures, financial stability and the environments in which they operate.
Future Agricultures Working Paper 123
Kojo Sebastian Amanor
This paper examines the nature of Chinese and Brazilian investments in agricultural development by focusing on the irrigated rice sector in Ghana. It examines this through a historic perspective that traces policy towards the rice sector in Ghana, and the influence ofvarious actors in developing this sector. Investment in the development of commercial rice originated in the 1970s when China developed smallholder demonstration rice projects and the government of Ghana pursued a policy of promoting large scale commercial rice production and smallholder contract farming on irrigation projects, tied to inputs suppliers and food marketers and processors.
The paper then traces the changing fortunes of the irrigated rice sector under structural adjustment and government support for private sector investment in irrigated rice development in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This resulted in new investors entering rice production in Ghana, including Brazilian interests, and renewed interests from Chinese investors. It argues that the main trends in commercial rice production have been towards contractual relations in which accumulation occurs through control over supplies of inputs and marketing and that these are defined by the policies of the Ghanaian government.
Although Brazilian companies have contributed towards innovation in this sector, they lack support from Brazilian agribusiness and agricultural development institutions. As a result of this their access to technology is constrained by the nature of Ghanaian markets and research establishments, and the lack of institutional embedding of Brazilian technologies within these. However, there are attempt by the Brazilian state to build up markets for machinery and develop joint research, although this occurs outside of rice.
Although Chinese companies are absent from the development of rice, they have expressed interests in its future developments and are attemptingto build up interactions between inputs supply, seed development and production, which will effectively embed Chinese technologies within Ghanaian research institutions and markets. The future of commercial rice production by these rising powers is likely to develop through expansion of seed development, inputs and machinery markets, and food trading and processing, rather than through a dramatic expansion in large estates. In this Chinese and Brazilian interventions are not markedly different from other agribusiness models.
Future Agricultures Working Paper 120
The growing involvement of the Chinese state and business in Africa has generated significant debate about China’s Africa strategy and its benefits for Africa’s development. Chinese policymakers have become increasingly oriented toward improving African countries’ agricultural productivity. This paper focuses on how state-business interactions influence agricultural development outcomes, using Zimbabwe as a country of study. It explores the question of how far the State can control business and direct development by identifying the key relationships that influence the decision-making processes of state and business actors within China and its African engagement.
The paper challenges the conventional wisdom of homogenised, unitary relations, and argues that these relations are, in practice, heterogeneous, as a result of the Chinese state being disaggregated into a multiplicity of provincial relations and central state agencies, and because of tensions arising between commercial market and political interests. The active role of African governments in agricultural schemes is also affecting outcomes.
The findings of a brief ethnographic analysis of four state-business schemes in Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector suggest that where African agriculture is concerned, a wide range of Chinese agencies are involved, with businesses being driven by either market forces or national state interests, which together make outcomes increasingly less generalisable.
Interpreting China-Africa Agricultural Encounters: Rhetoric and Reality in a Large Scale Rice Project in MozambiqueOctober 14, 2015 / Working Papers
Future Agricultures Working Paper 126
Zhang Chuanhong, Li Xiaoyun, Oi Gubo and Wang Yanlei
In recent years, China’s burgeoning agricultural investment in Africa has attracted tremendous attention from media, academics and policymakers worldwide. The macro-level discussions around the nature and significance of these engagements have been debated and well documented within a vast body of literature.
However, little research had been done concerning the local encounters through a particular project, which constitutes a very important angle in understanding how success or failure of a development model is produced. In this article, the authors went beyond apolitical economic approach and examined how local encounters construct and reshape the practice of a particular agricultural investment project using actor-oriented approaches. The perspectives of both Chinese actors and their African counterparts were explored and analysed based on a large-scale Chinese rice project in Mozambique.
The research found that the optimistic rhetoric of state actors and investors fell short of the reality of the many unacknowledged structures and chance events. However, despite the unintended outcomes, the rhetoric persists due to the project’s significance – not only in its potential for economic profit, but also in terms of its political prestige.
Future Agricultures Working Paper 124
Yu Lerong, Lu Jixia, Henry Tugendhat and Li Xiaoyun
This working paper explores the motivations, impacts, challenges and interactions of a successful Chinese pesticide enterprise in Ghana. In the context of much China-Africa literature focusing on state-backed Chinese business initiatives in Africa, this paper takes an ethnographic approach to explain the rise of a private sector Chinese agrochemicals company in Ghana. This is significant because of the frugal amount of literature that does cover Chinese migrant businesses in Africa, very few studies look at agricultural firms in particular. The main conclusion of this research is that the pushfactors from China’s domestic market and opportunities from Ghana’s agrochemicals market are important driving forces for Chinese pesticide enterprises to ‘go out’. Furthermore, diversified strategies are necessary to deal with local market environments based on business and social networks that intertwine formal and informal relations.
Future Agricultures Working Paper 122
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has launched one of the largest training course programmes in the world as part of its international cooperation programme with Africa. In these training courses, China’s foremost universities, state bureaux, and private companies transfer their knowledge to 10,000 African government officials per year. The courses cover everything from the management of health epidemics to customs office administration, all drawing from China’s most recent socio-economic development experiences. In 2013, agriculture-related topics made up a significant 15 percent of total training courses, covering courses on both policy and technology.
There has been a strong narrative, from Chinese government officials and their African counterparts alike, that what is particularly appealing about China is that its agricultural sector has similarities with that of many African countries. They talk of China’s diversity of climates to match the many African environments, as well as China’s dependence on smallholder farming. The logical conclusion from such narratives would appear to be: what worked for China, must work for Africa. In this context, the MOFCOM training courses consist of one of the most direct forms of knowledge transfer from Chinese experts to African state leaders and policymakers. Many of the Chinese experts involved are not just qualified in the theory of what they teach, but have had first-hand experiences of effecting the change that brought about China’s own agricultural achievements.
As such, this paper seeks to understand how China’s agricultural training courses have affected agricultural practices in the African countries where they train. This looks at how the training courses work, how transferable this knowledge really is for African agricultural contexts, and finally, what these training courses really achieve in the broader context of China-Africa relations. Ghana and Zimbabwe are focused on as key case studies for this paper, and fieldwork was also conducted with training institutions and lecturers in China.
This paper is part of our project on China and Brazil in African Agriculture
Jumping into the Sea: Chinese Migrants’ Engagement in Non-Traditional Agricultural Commodities in EthiopiaJuly 9, 2015 / Working Papers
Future Agricultures Working Paper 121
Seth Cook and Dawit Alemu
This paper explores the nature and extent of Chinese migrants’ involvement in the demand and supply of non-traditional agricultural commodities in Ethiopia, shares the perspectives of the different actors involved, and discusses the implications of this presence for Ethiopian development.
The focus here is not simply on the food and agriculture sector; the study also aims to shed light on the Chinese migrants involved in that sector. For instance, who are they and where do they come from in China? Why do they come to Ethiopia, and how do they end up in the food and agriculture sector? How do their business networks operate? What are their aspirations, and do they see Ethiopia as a permanent home?
This paper is part of our project on China and Brazil in African Agriculture.

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Time Ducks – Not for the chronologically challenged!
Time Ducks will take you back in time in more than one way:
It is a through-and-through homage to the adventurous spirit and pixel art of the arcade games from the hey-days.
You simply control the safe passing of a variety of animals across a road brimming with infuriated drivers in order to boost your multiplier, and unlock an ever unfolding universe of illogical logic ranging from Justin Bieber through a +5 Machete all the way to the recipe for a very tasty rabbit stew…
Oh, by the way, you also control time.
What people said about Time Ducks :[…] it is one of the most unique experiences on any platform, and comes highly recommended for the iPad and iPhone.
But £1.49 [prize has been lowered even further] is a small price to pay for a game that most will happily fritter away an afternoon or two with.
Time Ducks may not be the finest iOS game of the year, but it’s easily one of the most memorable.
The clash of the superb sound with the comically naïve artwork – and a few genuinely funny lines – is enough to keep Time Ducks on the right side of twee indie whimsy. But of course, what matters is a moreish pot-pourri game design that mixes Braid’s time manipulation in with Frogger, that ios game about landing planes and a gloriously illogical hierarchy of animal
-Eurogamer [Game of the week 2011-12-09]
Aside from the solid gameplay, Time Ducks is also brimming with personality. The tutorial is packed with humor and the pixel visuals are simple but eye catching. There are also tons of funny achievements and tiny bits interspersed through the game which will almost always
draw a chuckle. […] it’s actually one of the most fun and interesting line drawing games I’ve ever played. Definitely give it a look.
pixel-art graphics and whimsical audio, strikes the perfect balance between faux-naivety and self-awareness) proves more than enough to keep you playing in the traffic.
“[…]so the brain will melt nicely.”
“Contrary to associate with the kitsch look, pure logical game design.”
-Exite Japan (Both quotes loosly translated)
Yes! – ★★★★★
by spencekarl – Version 1.2.3 – Jan 25, 2012
Great update… Love this game. So strange, so fast, so fun!
Honest, charming and fun – ★★★★★
by Norondor – Version 1.2.3 – Jan 26, 2012
Even before the addition of 12-minute challenge and the excellent
mindcraft mode this was one of the best uses of your app money.
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Mad Men star John Slattery confided recently in an interview with People that he’s not “comfortable” being seen as a sex symbol in his role as Roger Sterling, however fans may see him.
“It’s nuts. I don’t think that anybody who is thought of in any way, shape or form as that is comfortable with it.”
Slattery’s comments, coming as Mad Men is about to come to the end of its seven-year run, are very interesting in light of a rapidly-growing trend in gender equality awareness. Women have had a lot to say about being seen as sex symbols for a very long time, but this may be the first time a male celebrity has come out as not only being uncomfortable with the appellation, but flat-out rejecting it. Hopefully, Slattery’s feelings on the subject of celebrities as sex symbols represent a broader trend.
Slattery, now 52, began playing Roger Sterling on Mad Men at the age of 44, and as he recently discussed with the Wall Street Journal, Mad Men has helped him to become a better actor. Slattery discusses how his character evolved as the series progressed, how that affected his own acting, and the significant impact that directing episodes of Mad Men had on his ability to see the overall picture.
“Directing the show was the best lesson in acting. I’d see that much more of [the show] and my own work, and the work of all the other people. Acting on film is just a series of attempts to come close to the vision when you started. And editing plays a huge part in it. You never need to do the same thing twice. The butterflies you feel don’t necessarily show. And it’s not all on you. All in an effort to relax and be in the moment.”
Of course, Slattery isn’t the only Mad Men actor who has changed during the show’s run. As previously reported in the Inquisitr, co-star John Hamm, not unlike his own character Don Draper, struggled with alcohol addiction. He completed a stint in rehab after filming the final season of Mad Men, emerging sober as the show started its final run, and with Mad Men ending soon, he continues to reflect on the fact that while he loves his job, playing the character has been a rough ride for him.
Mad Men begins its final seven-episode run this Sunday, April 5. The series finale will be on May 17, playing every Sunday on AMC at 10 p.m. EST.
[Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images]

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As a company, we engage in annual hotel training, destination training and other product training, which enhances our knowledge and experience. We, thus, under-promise and over-deliver exceptional customer service through a match-based process called Qualification. Essentially, your likes and dislikes translate into a well-suited and a trouble-free getaway experience.
8. Don’t miss a dip at the therapeutic thermal springs of Ixtapan de la Sal, near Valle del Bravo.
9. Go to a traditional folkloric dance performance atMexico City’s Ballet Folclorico Nacional de Mexico at the Fine Arts Palace.
10. Take a spiritual journey along Palenque National Park, which offers a mixture of dense jungle beauty and Mayan archaeological marvels.
11. Swim in the picture-perfect beaches of La Paz, where fish are plentiful and people are not.
12. Reserve dinner at Mezzanine’s onsite restaurant for unforgettable Mexican fusion and very authentic Thai cuisine, followed by a beachside cocktail under the stars at the property’s champagne lounge.
13. Shop for handicrafts at Patzcuaro’s marketplace, known for its woven goods, silver pieces and ceramics.
14. Stroll along the zocalo (downtown historic center) in Veracruz and attempt to learn the steps of the Danzon after a scrumptious seafood dinner.
15. Make time for a visit to the rocky pool of Las Hamacas and the La Atepatahua and El Atltepetl Falls near Cuetzalan.
16. Book a winter time getaway in Michoacanfor the annual monarch butterfly migration.
17. Stroll along the enchanting colonial city of Morelia, with a stop at the Museo del Delce (candy Museum).
18. Have a roaring good time at a Mexican wrestling match (lucha libre), where the colorful costumes and over-the –topness of it all over power the match itself.
19. Splurge on chic shopping and fine dining in Mexico City’s trendy Polanco district.
20. Indulge in a chocolate-covered banana while strolling along Puerto Vallatra’s lively malecon, dotted with a bevy of shops and restaurants.

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Archers stand out of harm's way, raining arrows upon their foes from afar.
Archer (弓使い, Yumi Tsukai?, lit. Bow User) is a job to humes and viera in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift who deal long-range attacks via bows. They are useful units that allow the player to inflict damage on the first turn. Their Focus ability prepares a powerful attack, while several other abilities inflict status effects upon enemies.
A useful ability against undead is Burial, which removes undead from battle entirely and thereby prevents their resurrection. An Archer works best with a strong melee unit acting as a protective shield to stop incoming enemies. By mastering three Archer A-abilities, humes can become Hunters, while viera can become Snipers with two Archer A-abilities.
To use the Archer, a character must master one Soldier A-Ability. This only applies to humes.
The skills of the ARCHER do not call for brute force, but deadly accuracy to fell a foe.
|Muster the user's strength, increasing next action's ATTACK.|
|Leg Shot||Thorn Bow||Weapon range||250|
|Take aim at the target's legs to IMMOBILIZE it.|
|Arm Shot||Nail Bow||Weapon range||350|
|Take aim at the target's arms to DISABLE it.|
|Cupid||Artemis Bow||Weapon range||450|
|Pierce the target's heart with a magicked arrow. CHARMS the target.|
|Burial||Silver Bow||Weapon range||200|
|Bring peace to the Undead.|
|Take Aim||Yoichi Bow||Weapon range||200|
|Take careful aim at the target, increasing chance to hit, but dealing less damage.|
|Lightning Strike||Perseus Bow||Weapon range||300|
|A blindingly fast attack that does not trigger reaction abilities.|
|Blackout||Char Bow||Weapon range||250|
|Loose specially prepared arrows to Blind the target.|
|Archer's Bane||Green Beret||Avoid all bow-based basic attacks.||200|
|Concentration||Target Bow||Focuses the user's thoughts. Increases chance to hit.||300|
- Viera Archers are comparably better than hume Archers for their dominance in Attack, Magick and Speed growth.


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The most significant districts are explained below.
Altstadt District (Old Town)
Old Town Hamburg tends to be where most visitors spend the majority of their time winding their way through the oldest buildings in the city. Those with an interest in religious architecture will not want to miss the ornate churches of Saint Jacobi, Saint Michaelis, Saint Nikolai and Saint Petri. This is also where you can find the archaeological excavations of the medieval Hammaburg, which will appeal to those wanting to learn more about the history of Hamburg.
Before being seized by the Nazis just before the start of WWII, the Altona district was a self-governing city belonging to Denmark. This busy district is one of Hamburg's most populated, making it a hive of activity. Full of charm, it is a melting pot of different cultures and artistic flavours. Fans of architecture will have a field day within this part of Hamburg, with the striking, traditional 200-year-old Palmallè boulevard; the beautiful villas on the Elbchausse and the restored factories making a lasting impression on most visitors.
The classical Alton Town Hall dates back to the turn of the 20th century and is a fine example of a building from the Wilhelmenian period. This area is flanked by the River Elbe and the Alster Lake, the commercial city centre is home to government buildings, department stores, offices and literally hundreds of restaurants, cafés and other eateries.
Having been rebuilt after WWII, this district has also become a hub for culture, boasting an opera house, two theatres and the Kunsthalle (Art Hall), all of which are set amid splendid avenues and pedestrian squares.
This is an upmarket district very sought after for its fine residential quarters. Characterised by several little rivers that run through the district and stylish houses from the turn of the 20th century, Hamburg's Eppendorf district oozes elegant charm. The Isemarkt is a traditional market located under a viaduct, great for watching rich housewives in refined attire bargaining for a piece of foie gras.
Constituting a significant percentage of Hamburg's overall area, the city harbour ranks as one of the biggest in the world. There are a couple of noteworthy bridges here, as well as the Old Elbtunnel leading under the Elbe River, a major tourist attraction. The red-brick warehouses in the Speicherstadt are used for storage purposes, so don't come expecting the trendy harbour dining scene of some world cities, as this is more of a working port.
St. Pauli District
Quite the opposite to Eppendorf, this world-famous red-light district is the city's most animated area, abuzz with the activity of seedy clubs and appealing bars. A good choice for a night out, the St. Pauli area of Hamburg attracts music lovers to its regular concerts. Certain streets are closed off by partitions, accessible only by adults. The shop windows here display wares of the human kind.


text: Morilee by Madeline Gardner has so many gorgeous gowns! From mermaids to ball gowns, they have something for you! No matter what your personal taste is, or what you are looking for to wear to prom, Morilee by Madeline Gardner will have something amazing for you! Morilee is one of the leading designers for bridal, prom, homecoming, and formal gowns. No matter the occasion, they have you covered! One of our favorite things about Morilee gowns is the bright and bold colors that they use. For instance, style 42095 is stunning! This fierce fuchsia will definitely have you standing out from the crowd. This style is a ballgown with an entirely beaded bodice. Morilee uses tonal bead work here, which means the beads are the same shade as the fabric, really making that pink color pop! This ball gown comes in fuchsia and bright royal, both hues are fabulous! Now, we are going to take a step the other way and look at a fitted gown! Sequins have dominated the formal industry this year and we are obsessed! Sequined gowns are in such high demand, they are getting hard to find! Morilee’s style 42041 is a trendy two-piece that is completely adorned with sequins. The look is completed by a sleek fitting skirt and high slit. We love the bright turquoise color, but the navy and rose gold is also fabulous! If bold and bright is not really up your alley, no worries! There are tons of ways to tone down colors or go with a gown with small pops of colors like style 42047. This style is a simple a-line with a v-neckline. The bodice is the real ringer though! The bodice is embellished with gorgeous embroidery! The white option of this gown is perfect for spring time; it has pops of pink, teal, and gold. This gown is truly stunning! In addition to white, it also comes in red with multi colored embroidery. A dress like this is prom perfection and will have every head turning! So, if you are still looking for a prom dress or you are on the hunt for your next formal occasion, turn to Morilee by Madeline Gardner! They have so many different styles, fits, and colors to choose from, you are sure to find something amazing!


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Griffiths thrilled to be offered a new deal with Phantoms
Top talent Owen Griffiths insists he had no hesitation in extending his Phantoms career.
The Welsh wizard was a star performer during the 2016-17 campaign, emerging as one of the leading young talents in the second tier of the sport.
He contributed 32 points and was described as a ‘revelation’ by coach Slava Koulikov, who confirmed the 20 year-old’s return at the club’s end-of-season awards bash last Thursday night.
Griffiths, who scooped three gongs at the event, said: “It was good to be a part of Phantoms last season and it is great to be back again for 2017.
“I’ve enjoyed playing for Slava and like the way the team is progressing.
“Silverware was the only thing missing and hopefully we can put that right next year.”
Another Phantoms multi-award winner, Wehebe Darge, is not expected to return.
The Australian ace is returning to his homeland for the new season there before returning to Europe again later in the year.
He has been linked with a move to a French club while fellow import Petr Stepanek’s exit has already been confirmed by the club. He is expected to return to his native Czech Republic.
Full list of Phantoms’ award-winners . . .
Player of the Year: Janis Auzins.
Coach’s Player of the Year: Robbie Ferrara.
Players’ Player of the Year: Darius Pliskauskas.
Young Player of the Year: Owen Griffiths.
Phanforce Player of the Year: Wehebe Darge.
Phanforce Young Player of the Year: Owen Griffiths.
Defenceman of the Year: Tom Norton.
Forward of the Year: Wehebe Darge.
Most Improved Player of the Year: Owen Griffiths.
Unsung Hero: Jeff Dwyer.
Special Recognition Award: Ian Offers.
PREMIER LEAGUE FUTURE
Phantoms owner Dave Lane says he is ‘monitoring the situation closely’ as concerns grow for the future of the second tier of ice hockey.
The city outfit were originally one of seven clubs expected to play in the newly-named Premier Ice Hockey League from 2017-18 onwards but those seven clubs are being encouraged by the English Ice Hockey Association (EIHA) to join the National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) instead. Swindoin have already applied.
The NIHL has previously served as the third tier of the sport, but that could now change if the new Premier League does not get off the ground.
The other six teams have until May 7 to apply.
The situation is somewhat complicated by the fact that Peterborough Islanders have won the Division Two South (East) title in the NIHL this season - an achievement which gives them the right to be promoted into Division One if they so wish.
Lane said: “We’re in discussions with other teams and leagues and as soon as something is concrete, we’ll let everyone know.
“There will definitely be ice hockey in Peterborough in 2017-18 with the club competing at the best level it possibly can.”
The following teams were expected to make up the new Premier League: Phantoms, Basingstoke, Bracknell, Telford, Sheffield, Swindon and Hull.
The NIHL Division One South boasted nine teams last season: Bracknell Hornets, Chelmsford Chieftains, Invicta Dynamos, London Raiders, Milton Keynes Thunder, Oxford City Stars, Solent Devils, Streatham and Wightlink Raiders.
Peterborough Islanders can complete a trophy treble this weekend.
The city side face Chelmsford Warriors over two legs in the final of the NIHL Division Two South play-offs.
Islanders, who have already captured the Division Two (East) title and cup crown, will be hot favourites to add another honour to their collection.
But coach Stevie Johnson stressed: “Chelmsford are a dangerous side with a very good netminder.
“They did the treble last season and I’m sure they’ll be determined to stop us matching that feat.
“But we’re going into the game on a high after beating Bristol, who have been our bogey team for a couple of years, in the semi-final last weekend.”
Phantoms won 4-1 on the road against Bristol before thumping them 10-5 at Planet Ice. Brad Moore, Clint Herring and Craig Wallis all scored twice in the home fixture.
The away leg of the final is at Chelmsford on Saturday (5.40pm face-off) ahead of a return at Planet Ice on Sunday (5.30pm start).


Conservation group says several species have declined over last decade.
Chronic industrial pollution and small spills from oil tankers moving through Burrard Inlet are contributing to declining numbers of birds in Stanley Park, according to the conservation program manager for the Stanley Park Ecology Society.
Robyn Worcester said in the past decade conservation group Bird Studies Canada has found a decline in the number of loons and grebes that rely on small fish in the intertidal areas for their food. Birds also feed on the Pacific blue mussels and barnacles that live close to shore.
Worcester said minor oil spills aren’t the only cause of the declines, but they do play a role along with other factors, such as climate change and fluctuating ocean temperatures.
“We’re seeing declines of these birds,” she said. “Maybe there is stress on their food supply, which is the small fish. Instead of increasing the amount of pollution, I think we have to focus on making things better.”
Worcester is one of three panelists at a discussion Monday on the effects of oil spills on Stanley Park.
The ecology society is holding the discussion to raise the public profile of environmental issues in Stanley Park related to Kinder Morgan’s proposal to expand its pipeline from Alberta to the Westridge Terminal in Burnaby. The energy company wants to more than double its capacity from 300,000 barrels a day to 750,000. The number of tankers going through Burrard Inlet, the company says, would increase from 96 a year to as many as 300.
Many bird species, including great blue herons, that populated Stanley Park are threatened by industrial pollution and small oil spills affecting Burrard Inlet, according the Stanley Park Ecology Society.
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The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) presented its strategic and annual plan for the year 2013/14. During the 2010/11 year, DPME was part of the Presidency vote focusing on government-wide monitoring and evaluation frameworks and had put in place performance and delivery agreements related to the twelve government priorities. In the 2011/12 financial year, DPME had its own budget, which widened to include monitoring of the implementation of the delivery agreements and other initiatives. In April 2012, the DPME submitted a revised Strategic Plan, but there had been no further substantial changes to the mandate, so it was not necessary to update that further. An overview of the programmes was given, to include programmes on national priorities, management performance of monitoring and evaluation, front line service delivery monitoring. The four programmes were summarised, and key priorities for each were described. In Programme 1: Administration, these included the service delivery improvement programme and government-wide M&E IT guidelines and support. Key priorities for Programme 2: Outcomes Monitoring and Evaluation, included monitoring of the implementation of the delivery agreements for the 12 outcomes, evaluation of major programmes, review of government performance, local government performance monitoring tools and reporting, improved data quality for outcomes, and capacity building for evaluations. Programme 3: Monitoring and Evaluation Systems focused on capacity building across the whole of government, and development indicators. Programme 4: Public Sector oversight included priorities of management performance assessment, front-line service delivery monitoring, citizen based monitoring, and Presidential hotline performance improvement programme.
The MTEF budget allocation was provided, with a comparison to the previous year. There had been reductions in the baseline, following a Cabinet decision in 2012, but additional funding for salary increases. The budget allocations for compensation, with the number of funded posts, for goods and services and capital assets were all provided. DPME would not be able to fill as many posts as it had hoped, which would impact on the amount of work it would be able to do. It was aiming to spend R12 million for independent evaluators, R5 million on surveys and training providers, R1.7 for co-sources internal audit expertise, R15 million on computers. It would need significant capital expenditures for its own ICT system, but other line items had been reduced.
Members asked a number of questions around the use of consultants, filling of posts, the vacancy rate, and the internal audit capacity, since the question was asked whether the DPME should not rather be using its own audit staff. SITA’s management of the Presidential hotline, custodianship for monitoring and evaluation across government, and the specific work done with the Department of Education were questioned. Members sought further clarity on some ambitious targets and timeframes. They enquired what was being done about and monitoring of municipalities. They noted that it was important for the DPME to have the necessary capacity itself to meet its targets.
Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation: Strategic plan and Annual Performance Plan 2013/14
Dr Sean Phillips, Director General, Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, set out the background for this department (DPME or the Department), noting that during 2010/11, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) was part of the Presidency vote, focusing on the government-wide monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework, and putting in place performance and delivery agreements related to the twelve priority outcomes of Government. In 2011/12, the DPME had its own budget for the first time, and its focus widened to included monitoring of the implementation of the delivery agreements. It also undertook additional initiatives of management performance assessment of national and provincial departments, the National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF), national and provincial evaluation plans, and evaluations, front-line service delivery monitoring programme, the Presidential Hotline, and citizen based monitoring. In April 2012, the DPME submitted a revised Strategic Plan, which took into account the increased emphasis and focus on evaluation (after Cabinet approved the NEPF on 23 November 2011), with further improvements to the previous plan, based on comments from internal auditors and the Auditor General, including refinements of the DPME outputs, indicators and targets. The revised plan further clarified the DPME’s mandate, and additional mandate of managing the Presidential Hotline. Under the guidance of the revised Strategic Plan, the DPME developed the 2013/14 Annual Performance Plan (APP). Since April 2012, there had been no further substantial changes to the DPME’s mandate, and therefore the DPME did not submit a revised strategic plan in 2013.
Mr Phillips outlined that the various programmes included M&E of national priorities, management performance M&E, M&E of frontline service delivery, and Custodianship for M&E across government. M&E of national priorities focused on outcomes and impacts of government work in priority areas, plans for the twelve priority outcomes (delivery outcomes), monitoring progress against the plans, and evaluation in order to inform improvements to programmes, policies and plans. Management performance M&E focused on moderated self assessment, quality of management practices in individual departments, and aimed to drive a process of continuous improvement of management practices, and improved government performance and service delivery. The M&E frontline service delivery focused on monitoring the experiences of citizens who were obtaining services, the Presidential hotline, unannounced visits, request and improvements, and citizen based monitoring, and Custodianship for M&E across government, which was focused on developing capacity of national and provincial departments and municipalities to carry M&E themselves. Further, it aimed to develop a management culture of continuous improvement based on M&E, and address problems with data quality and information management, and national evaluation systems.
Mr Phillips noted the four main programmes of the DPME. Programme 1: Administration had to do with providing strategic leadership and management, as administrative support, covering HR, financial management and IT services. Programme 2: Outcomes Monitoring and Evaluation (OME) had to do with co-ordination and management of the outcomes-oriented performance monitoring and evaluation system. Programme 3: M&E System Coordination and Support focused on creation of policy platforms for the government-wide M&E system, on M&E capacity building, provision of data support to the Department and clients. Programme 4: Public Sector Oversight focused on performance monitoring of individual institutions, Frontline Service Delivery (FSD), and management of the Hotline.
Mr Phillips said that each programme had its own key priorities, outputs, targets and intended outcomes, which he described. The outputs of Programme 1 included service delivery programmes and government-wide M&E IT guideline and support. The target was to integrate areas of weaknesses identified through Monitoring and Performance Assessment Tools (MPAT) and audit findings in the Service Delivery Improvement Plan (SDIP) through quarterly monitoring. It was aiming for a clean audit report and improved service delivery. The outcomes of Programme 2 included monitoring of the implementation of the delivery agreement for the twelve government outcomes, evaluations of major programmes, local government performance monitoring, capacity building for evaluation, and review of government performance. The targets included monitoring the implementation of outcomes and producing quarterly reports and briefing notes for Cabinet, evaluating all major programmes identified in the evaluation plan, producing the 20-year review, and translation of the National Development Plan (NDP) into the 2014-2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) and delivery agreements. Programme 2 aimed to achieve better programmes which in turn achieved better impacts. The MTSF would be completed by April 2014, providing the first five-year building block of the NDP.
Programme 3 outputs included the whole of government M&E capacity building and development indicators. The targets were to conduct a survey of various elements of M&E systems in national and provincial departments, and develop two new or revised guidelines, with M&E forum meetings held on a quarterly basis, to coordinate key stakeholders. The intention was to develop and publish development indicators by March 2014. The intended outcomes included improving M&E capacity and systems in national and provincial government departments, improving coordination of M&E practice, and informing the public about trends in keys areas of development.
Programme 4 had outputs of management performance assessment, frontline service delivery monitoring (FSDM), citizens-based monitoring and the Presidential Hotline performance improvement programme. The targets were to conduct annual MPAT assessments and have at least 60% of national departments and 80% of provincial departments MPAT scores signed off by their Heads of Department (HoDs) by the end of the third quarter. It was hoped that 50% service delivery sites which had been visited twice would show an improvement in score for a least two of the eight assessment areas by the end of March 2014, and would develop and implement improvement plan in line with the timeframes. Citizens-based pilot studies should be done in three departments, with six monthly progress report. The intended outcomes were improved management practice, improved services to citizens, and improved rate of resolution of citizens’ concerns (see attached documents for more details).
Mr Phillips summarised the MTEF budget allocation for the years covering 2012 to 2015. There was additional funding for salary increases, but there were also reductions in the baseline in line with the Cabinet decision in 2012. The DPME had requested an increased budget in order to increase its capacity to monitor municipalities. However, due to the rising deficit and the ongoing economic crisis, Cabinet decided to decrease the budget by 1%, 2% and 3% respectively over the MTEF. Therefore, Cabinet had decided that there should be limits on the increase in personnel budget, which meant that the DPME was capped in the personnel budget and could not allocate over the baselines.
Mr Philips provided a more detailed overview, by line items. DPME reported that in the 2012/13 financial year the Department had 197 funded posts, of which 173 were filled, leaving 24 (12%) vacant. The vacancy was attributed to normal staff turnover of 8% (14 people), the time of two to three months taken to complete compulsory pre-employment screening, delays in the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) Directive on implementation of the Public Service Bargaining Council resolution 1 of 2012, relating to salary levels 9/10 and 11/12, and the fact that three posts created to capacitate the HoD Assessment Unit were delayed until approval of policy by the Minister of Public Service and Administration.
Mr Phillips said that all but two of the 208 funded posts had been advertised for 2013/14, and were in various stage of being filled. The remaining two were only funded after December 2013, and would be advertised in July 2013. DPME had initially hoped, during the 2012 planning cycle, to increase to 236 posts, but had only been able to fund an increase from 197 posts in 2012/13, to 214. That would have an impact on the number of municipal assessments it could carry out and on the number of evaluations conducted or supported.
Mr Phillips then outlined the budget allocations for goods and services, from 2012 to 2015. The main expenditure related to professional services evaluations, at R12 million for independent evaluators, whose skills varied depending on evaluation topics, M&E capacity building which would include R5 million for conducting surveys, and training providers. R1.7 million was budgeted for co-sourced internal audit expertise, as it was not efficient for a small department to recruit on a fulltime basis. Other expenditure items included computer services of R15.7 million, and travel and subsistence. State Information Technology Agency (SITA) managed the Presidential hotline (see attached document for more details). DPME required significant capital expenditure in 2012/13 and 2013/14 to establish its own ICT system, which explained the increased expenditure. However, it was set to reduce expenditure over the MTEF, in relation to maintenance of ICT system, replacement of equipment and improvements of other systems.
Mr M Swart (DA) asked if it was not possible to use the system of peer-review once the programmes were implemented.
Mr S Van Dyk (DA) noted that it was important for the DPME to know the ins and outs of all the departments.
Mr van Dyk wanted some clarity on the overview of the DPME background. He asked the DPME if it was satisfied with the way it exercised monitoring and evaluation, and what the end results were of monitoring and evaluation done so far.
Mr G Snell (ANC) noted that through legislation the Committee already know that things had been established and started.
Mr L Ramatlakane (COPE) noted that the economic crisis was well understood. He wanted more clarity on Custodianship hotlines, on SITA’s management of Presidential hotline, the local government pilot, and the filling of posts.
Mr Ramatlakane asked why there was a delay in DPSA directive on implementation of PSCBC resolution 1 of 2012, and asked for a timeframe for the filling of the vacant posts.
Mr Ramatlakane asked how many internal auditors the DPME employed, and how much it spent on consultants.
The Chairperson questioned when the internal and external audits were planned, and why the DPME did not have its own capacity.
Mr J Gelderblom (ANC) also asked for more information on monitoring of local government and municipalities.
The Chairperson noted that it was important for the DPME to have the necessary capacity itself to meet its targets. There had to be a good balance between policy and implementation. He noted that the DPME had requested an increase of budget.
The Chairperson asked exactly how it was envisaged, and to what extent, that M&E was going to help departments to improve, and where there was any reference development of management standards.
The Chairperson thought that some of the targets might be too ambitious targets, and wanted an overview of 2013/14 budget and MTEF estimates as indicated on page 11 of the Annual Performance plan (APP).
Mr Ramatlakane wanted clarity on estimated performance targets 2013/14 as indicated in the Annual Performance Plan (APP).
The Chairperson asked if there was an alignment of the APP to the service delivery agreement.
Mr N Singh (IFP) asked how much monitoring and evaluation had been done in the education sector. He asked about the role of DPME and other Departments.
Ms L Mashigo (ANC) wanted to know if the issue of libraries in schools across the country was the responsibility of DPME.
Ms Mashigo asked what influence the M&E had on the review of budget.
Mr Phillips replied that the work of the DPME had always been guided by the current legal framework such as Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and Public Service Act (PSA). However, the legal framework had been a complex issue, and there would be a change if there was a need, with more focus on that framework. There were a number of systems in place that held government departments accountable, and the DPME had been doing more than producing information. The DPME’s monitoring reports went to Cabinet. The assessment had been done on municipalities, top management, and individuals (self assessment). Indicators for service delivery had been put in place and assessed. The results of the local government assessment would be made available publicly.
The DPME had been working with DPSA and National Treasury, and workshops had been organised with other stakeholders. With all the programmes that the DPME had been doing, the DPME was aware of the dilemma of monitoring and evaluation, and it had emphasised that all good managers should continue doing their own monitoring and evaluation for their Departments. In fact, the ultimate goal of the DPME was to help Departments to conduct their own monitoring and evaluation. The DPME had been selective and strategic when doing monitoring and evaluation as it focused on key areas of each government Department. The key challenges had been the quality of service delivery on the ground.
In relation to targets, he noted that the DPME needed more capacity to meet its targets, and that was why it requested budget increases. In principle, the DPME tried to use its own internal staff, but believed that in many cases it was more cost-effective to use consultants. In regard to the vacancies, he noted that all currently-funded posts had been advertised, and other would be filled soon. More details were in the APP.
Ms Kaarjal Soorju, Director: Human Resource Management, DPME, replied that six posts had been filled, and two more were in the process of being filled.
Mr Phillips noted that SITA had managed the Presidential hotline for some times, and the aim was to increase the improvement of SITA’s management for the hotline. He noted that the DPME evaluation system was fairly new, and it had initiated 15 evaluation programmes. According to the National Evaluation Plan, every department was allowed to evaluate itself, and it was also allowed to use external evaluators. Therefore, all departments had M&E unit, but the problem lay with top management of each department. Much of the management assessment was done in collaboration with government departments.
The DPME had engaged with Auditor General to try to obtain a clean audit report. The DPME had one full-time internal auditor. It had done cost comparisons on whether it was more effective to spend on consultants in this unit, rather than employing two or three full-time internal auditors.
Mr Phillips explained that the President had been doing monitoring and evaluation on his Ministers.
Mr Phillips noted that it was not the responsibility of the DPME to do monitoring and evaluation on schools, as this responsibility vested in the Department of Basic Education. However, the DPME had visited some schools to check whether teachers came to school on time.
In concluding, the Chairperson noted that some of the information was included in the APP, and the Committee would engage with the DPME further.
The meeting was adjourned.
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A Boeing official said Thursday that the company was “standing down” from an attempt to launch the Starliner spacecraft on July 21. The company must solve first two new discovered issues: “soft links” in the lines that run from Starliner to its parachutes and fact that under certain circumstances the tape intended to protect the wiring from nicks is flammable. And it;s not all. Another sticky valve on the propellant load system was discovered and must be replaced.Boeing has flown two uncrewed test flights of Starliner to date after the moment when NASA choosed it as one of the two providers to develop crew transport systems for its astronauts to travel to the space station.
However, Boeing remains convinced the crew flight test will be completed in 2023. Last week, NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel urged NASA to bring in independent experts to assess the viability of Starliner. The Commercial Crew program is being funded through a fixed-price contract. Boeing received a $4.2 billion award from NASA in 2014. The company is contracted to fly six missions for NASA after certification of the Starliner vehicle. It presumably would have to give some of that money back if it did not fly astronauts for NASA.


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Total repair costs are not yet known since investigations are still in progress. In the current financial year critical sections will be treated at an estimated cost of £0·6 million. The Anstey-Coleshill section of M6 was built to the standard motorway design applicable at the time, at a cost at today's prices of £30 million. If built to today's standards, which take account of individual traffic forecasts, the section would have cost about £0·7 million more.


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The internal newsletter: let’s be honest, do you think of this as an essential business tool? Or rather something that arrives every so often and is undertaken by someone, you’re not sure who, in the marketing department? This latter outlook on internal emails is all too common. So, how can we transition away from wasting everyone’s time and treat the internal newsletter like it is: a huge opportunity?
Writing Awesome Internal Newsletters
Let’s start by asking a key question: what is the ultimate aim of your internal newsletters? For many, this may be motivational; for others, it may be informative – regardless of the specific goals, your internal newsletters should be considered as a tool for effective companywide communications, and as such, given the time that it deserves.
1. Keep it Simple
Email marketing principals aren’t merely restricted to customer email shots; internal emails face the same challenges, such as improving open rates, engagement, and reader conversions, which should all should act as key metrics in assessing the effectiveness of your internal emails.
As a starting point, you should focus on simplicity, maintain content that focuses on being concise rather than long-winded, and write with a natural tone that flows from one paragraph to the next.
A particular area to review in many company newsletters is that of the CEO intro; these currently serve as a section that generically suffers from being too long and generally boring, full of corporate speak, which can mean that readers fail to make it past even this initial section.
2. Engage, empower, enlighten
Internal newsletters shouldn’t be regarded as just something that is sent every week or month. Instead, they should aim to engage, empower and enlighten. Your readers should genuinely find your content valuable to them and their job role, rather than reader because the boss told them to. To provide colleagues with a reason to read, be useful, and create copy that is catchy, engaging, and possibly even a genuine joy read.
So, how do you make what may be otherwise relatively standard content engaging? As a starting point, you could introduce a little humor, a testament to which are amusing email chains that not only engage readers but that experience super high levels of conversions by way of a forward. Humour is far more flexible a tactic than you may think, and even industry or company news can be enhanced with a few humorous comments or well-placed candid photos. Some self-depreciation can work especially defusing.
Be careful to keep it tasteful and respectful – if any internal newsletter would end up on the front page of the newspaper – it should not harm company reputation.
A further way in which to engage on a personal level (as well as instilling motivation and recognition to boot) is to include a regular team or individual staff member commendation section. This section would then include a brief report on what it is the team or individual has achieved.
3. Talking about tone
In order to be engaging, it’s generally advisable that newsletters employ a tone that is fairly relaxed and casual. Opting for too formal a tone can feel monotone and even appear authoritarian. Given that newsletters benefit from fewer restrictions as compared to official companywide communications, writers have the freedom necessary to use a tone they find effective and content that they deem to be useful and valuable for their readership.
4. Responding to emails increasingly opened via mobile
The way in which people read email has changed irrevocably over the past decade, and today an increasing number of users access email from an array of devices, from smartphones to tablets. This change in readership must be responded to by using a responsive email design that adapts to the screen upon which it is accessed.
To illustrate just how important this is, 82% of people use their mobile phone to check their email, and consider that 42% of email subscribers delete emails that fail to display in a mobile-friendly manner, and when this is coupled with the traditional open and engagement challenges that you already face your internal emails could be seeing all together a rather lowly readership rate.


In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sum up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: MobFox establish data points in APAC; GroupM acquire MediaCom India; Light Reaction go to Hong Kong; Postr eye APAC expansion; Dentsu bring Amplifi to New Zealand; and new hires at WPP agencies.
MobFox establish data points in APAC
Matomy have set up new servers in Asia for MobFox, creating data endpoints in the region to support their expansion plans.
The move would provide DSPs in Asia direct ‘local-to-local’ connection to the mobile ad platform, which the ad tech vendor said would ensure a faster and more seamless experience for publishers and advertisers in the region.
They added that they would also be increasing their headcount to provide better local support for developers here.
MobFox Exchange’s vice president, Kumaran Sambandam, said: “Nearly a quarter of the Asia-Pacific region’s total media spend was devoted to mobile advertising by end-2016, higher than any other region in the world. Furthermore, by 2019, programmatic penetration is set to hit 35%.”
Sambandam said the company’s plans to expand their infrastructure in the region were aimed at tapping this growth and providing local developers access to all ad formats on their SSP, including display, native, and video.
Matomy CEO, Ofer Druker, said: “The new MobFox endpoint in Asia was the next natural step following our strategic expansion into the region, and will empower local mobile developers with both global and local distribution and monetisation of their apps.”
GroupM acquire MediaCom India
The WPP media investment arm have unveiled plans to acquire a controlling stake in MediaCom India, becoming the latter’s majority shareholder.
The move would provide the Indian site access to GroupM’s global infrastructure and reach, WPP said.
Founded in 2007, MediaCom India employed some 170 people in the country and operated offices in Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Mumbai. They also ran a representative office in Chennai.
Their revenue hit 700m rupee (£8.51m) last year, on assets totalling 90m rupee (£1.09m).
Across the agency group, WPP’s companies in India clocked a combined revenue of USD$600m (£497.85m) last year, with a total headcount of 15,000.
Light Reaction go to Hong Kong
The performance ad agency have launched operations in Hong Kong as part of their expansion into Asia.
Light Reaction, which are part of Xaxis, run a programmatic platform that integrate GroupM’s QUISMA tool and Xaxis’ Turbine system. The Hong Kong outfit would be part of the agency’s global network of more than 30 markets across Asia, Middle East, Europe, and North America.
GroupM’s Hong Kong CEO, Melanie Lo, said: “By leveraging on data, creativity, and technology, Light Reaction ads continue to get smarter; the data stream between expected audience outcome and machine learning allows the team to set forth high-quality outcomes on a regular basis.”
Light Reaction launched their Vietnam operations last October.
Postr eye APAC expansion
The New Zealand-based ad tech vendor have secured NZD$3m (£1.77m) from investors to fund their expansion into the Australian and Southeast Asian telecommunications markets.
Led by a team of private investors in Singapore, the funding round included Indonesia’s Gunung Sewu Group and New Zealand Venture Investment Fund. Postr develop white-label apps that push personalised offers and deals to consumers in exchange for mobile data or airtime from mobile operators.
They said they would launch telco-branded apps in Southeast Asian markets “soon”.
The company’s founder and CEO, Milan Reinartz, said: “New Zealand is a fantastic testing ground, but from a commercial perspective just too small a market to stay put. Our intention has always been to eventually grow globally, with an initial focus on large developing markets in Southeast Asia, where Android is dominating and mobile penetration is growing incredibly fast.
“Sponsored data is a phenomenon on the rise, with mobile data being the most sought after source of connectivity”, Reinartz said. He added that telcos also needed to address falling ARPU (average revenue per user) amid an era where mobile users were turning to OTT (over-the-top) apps, such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, to make calls and send text messages.
Dentsu bring Amplifi to New Zealand
Dentsu Aegis Network have expanded their global media investment unit, Amplifi, into the New Zealand market.
Led by Richard Pook, who would assume the role of NZ head of Amplifi from 13 February, the new operations would join the company’s global network of 30 locations and more than 3,500 employees.
As head, Pook would drive all investment as well as local and global media partnerships for the New Zealand business. The executive was previously EMEA managing director and finance vice president at Exponential in Switzerland, and also had stints in various tech companies, including Yahoo and Telstra.
New hires at WPP agencies
WPP-agency Y&R have hired Mohit Pise as general manager and Milla Chaplin as strategic planning director of their Yangon operations.
Pise has spent 10 years in advertising and was recently the business lead for African telco, MTN; while Chaplin led the new business unit at Mango Media. Both executives are based in Myanmar and report to Y&R Indochina CEO Peter Skalberg.
Pise said: “It’s an interesting time to be in Myanmar. The potential for growth is big and Y&R’s presence in Indochina is strong. We are the only agency in Myanmar to have ever won Gold at Cannes and hopefully we can add more to our name.”
Former general manager, Khin Myat, has been promoted to chairwoman at P&R Yangon.
Another WPP agency, Ogilvy & Mather, have appointed Jason Hill as their chief strategy officer in Singapore.
Responsible for driving various capabilities, including data analytics and brand planning, Hill had spent a decade with the agency in Singapore as head of consulting and data analytics, as well as in Sydney, where he was head of strategy.
“With the uptake of digital happening at such a rapid rate in Asia, the need for brands to interpret and apply data insights is absolutely critical in ensuring business growth and competitive advantage”, he said.


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LILITH: I've heard all this ssssssomewhere before.
I’ve got this great idea
I'm going to make a woman
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as if we were not both the same
he says LIE DOWN I WANT TO
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I don't think this is really about sex here I don't think this is about exploring these new bodies with the new wet life breathed
in I think this is about you trying to get on top of me
I think you want to hold me there
He would not stop saying it and his face all red
Grabbed both my arms and tried to knock me down in the dirt
we'd both come from.
I spoke the sacred name of God and flew up into the sky
Went off on my own, to the shores of the red sea. ‘Till he thought better of his behavior
We’re all learning here, after all.
Adam goes to God and he complains that I will not lie down and God says
Don't worry, little man
I will make you a new one.
I will rip open your side
and take from you
since you would not take what I made you the first time
(and I thought, made You?)
let me rip a piece from you
close to the heart
now I take this dripping bloody piece of you and I make you a
woman who will lie down.
She will do nothing but lie down.
She will lie down for you.
And to me he says
eat their babies.
They are delicious.
Especially the red-brown marrow in the troughs of their white

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Welcome to my first post on Lost in Reviews. My name is Sarah, and I will be your tour guide on all things movie trailers. I am a bit of a trailer-aholic. My friends will tell you that I am, so I fully admit to it. I have loved trailers ever since I can remember and once sought out a certain VHS tape just to get the trailer that ran before it (mind this was pre-internet).
Another thing I fully admit to is being a Twihard, Twigirl, or whatever else people call us. I started reading the books about a month or so prior to the first Twilight movie coming out. I was hooked! I had seen the Twilight trailers prior to reading the books and it looked like a bad teen vampire movie, nothing special. Then I read Twilight and got super excited about seeing the film version of the movie. I have seen it now 3 times in the theatres, have the DVD, and am seeing it again before the release of New Moon. BUT, I realize that Twilight is not a very good movie as a whole, but it does have some good scenes. I actually know someone who hated Twilight the book, but loved the movie.
I do know guys that like the books and the movie, but the main bashers/haters of this series are guys. They hate that it is a romance story, and they also can’t get their head around the fact that the author, Stephenie Meyer, messed with vampire lore. The Twilight vampires don’t die or burn in the sun. They sparkle (lame, I know), so the entire vampire clan can go walking around during the day as long as it is not sunny. They don’t die by a stake to the heart. You have to tear them into pieces and burn them. Twilight vampires don’t have fangs. They bite and secrete some kind of poison from their teeth. I could keep going . . . but I will save it for another post.
New Moon, just based on the trailers, looks ten times better than Twilight. Bigger budget and probably a better director helps (Chris Weitz). Let’s begin, shall we . . .
The first trailer that was released for New Moon was premiered at the MTV Movie Awards 2009. I watched it on TV and had a total fangirl moment. You can see several versions of the reaction to the first trailer on YouTube. They are really good for a laugh. We get our first look at the infamous birthday scene where Bella gets a paper cut and Jasper (the newest vampire to the “vegetarian” diet, only animal blood) freaks out and tries to attack Bella. Also featured in the trailer is the breakup scene, a much better looking Laurent, a newly buff Jacob with short hair, and the transformation of Jacob into a wolf. The CG wolves look a lot better than I imagined. If you saw Twilight, you were probably prepared for a pretty crappy looking wolf. One big problem with this trailer is that it tries to make you think that when Jacob transforms, he is going to attack Laurent. This is not the case. They combined two different scenes – Wolves protecting Bella and attacking Laurent in the meadow, and the confrontation between Bella and Paul that has Jacob rushing to defend her. There are a lot of trailers that do this, and it is frustrating to the audience (or at least me) to create a different scene or sequence of events that is not even in the movie.
The second trailer for New Moon is an introduction to Jacob Black. The actor who plays Jacob, Taylor Lautner, narrates the trailer in an interview-type style. We get to see his buff body again and how strong he is. We also see the dirt bikes for the first time and one of Bella’s crashes. The wolf pack as humans are introduced. Then the trailer takes it up a notch. 1) You get a shift to a more fast-paced music track. 2) There’s Dakota Fanning as Jane and the rest of the Volturi clan in the background. 3) A couple of shots from Bella’s cliff dive. 4) A kick a** Victoria in a couple of shots who looks so much better than in Twilight with actual red hair. It’s a different kind of trailer, but still effective in getting the excitement going for the movie.
The third trailer for New Moon debuted at the MTV Music Awards. MTV actually has a slightly longer version of the trailer that is available from their website. The trailer opens with scenes of the Volturi in action. We see Dakota Fanning as Jane again, but have our first look at Michael Sheen as Aro. More scenes from the breakup appear before going into Bella’s depression stage. There are a lot of new scenes in this trailer: 1) We see how Chris Weitz decided to incorporate more Edward into the movie. He appears as visions to Bella instead of just a voice in her head like in the book. 2) More footage from Bella’s cliff diving excursion. I love how they made Edward appear in the water and disappear as Bella is pulled away. 3) The yellow Porsche ride with Alice in Italy. 4) Bella running to stop Edward from revealing himself. 5) Billy Burke as Bella’s dad, Charlie Swan, with Victoria jumping down behind him. 6) The wolves vs. Laurent showdown (heck yeah)! 7) Paul’s transformation into a wolf. 8) And finally the Edward, Alice, Bella vs. Volturi showdown (again, heck yeah)! Hopefully that is the last trailer they are producing for this movie.
There are plenty of TV spots and clips that have been released so far. I have only watched one by choice. It is the Paul/Bella fight that leads to Paul’s transformation. It is available on iTunes as a New Moon podcast.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon is released in theatres November 20, 2009.


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Oliver Kahn contradicted Robert Lewandowski’s statements that FC Bayern had not presented the 33 -year -old striker for an extension of the contract.
“We made a specific offer to his consultant. Otherwise we would definitely not say that,” the CEO of the German record champion told the “Welt”.
After the 2-2 in the last Bundesliga season game against VfL Wolfsburg, Lewandowski had made his change of change public and explained that he had “not offered” FC Bayern.
Kahn again categorically categorized the Poland, which is favored by the FC Barcelona, this summer: “This question does not arise. Robert Lewandowski has a contract until 2023, and he will fulfill it.”
FC Bayern continues “a primal force”
Without Lewandowski’s name in this context, Kahn made it clear: “Nobody is greater than this club. Whoever has left it in the past decades – it always went further afterwards, sometimes even more successful.”
FC Bayern “will certainly not become a training association,” emphasized Kahn, the club is further “a primal power. There are many top players who are on it to play with us. A training association is forced to give up players every now and then. not”.
For success, “a strong axis is always important,” said Kahn. “We want to keep our top players for as long as possible. Having a low fluctuation with the column players is a crucial success factor. That is why we extended with Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Kingsley Coman and Thomas Müller this season. Jamal Musiala is also a building block for the future.”
“At FC Bayern you have to question yourself again and again”
Nevertheless, with a view to the future, it is also a matter of adapting and changing the squad at the right moment. We always need changes, fresh blood and positive competitive situations, “said Kahn.
The 52-year-old said: “We now need movement to counteract a habituation effect. At Bayern you have to question yourself again and again.”