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The strategic group map in the alternate beverage industry
The alternate beverage industry is a fast growing and competitive market with two major producer and several large marketer companies. There is tremendous growth in the industry with both large and small marketers launching a new line of brands. The demand on the consumer side is also growing fast with the preference of alternate beverage drinks to the traditional carbonated ones (Bachmeier, 2009). Many consumers across the world are moving away from the traditional carbonated drinks to healthier alternate drinks, thus making the industry more promising. It is believed that the demand is expected to grow as the consumer purchasing power increases globally (Hill, & Jones, 2012).
The three large companies in the industry are the PepsiCo, Coca Cola and the Red Bull GmbH. Other small marketers include the Rock star Inc and Hansen Natural Corporation. Alternate beverages formed an important part of the beverage companies' lineup of brands due to its fast growing market, premium prices and high profit margin. Here, firms compete on the basis of product innovation; marketing and new markets venture (Bangs, & Henricks, 2005). In the year 2009, PepsiCo was the world's market leader with a total market share of 26.5% globally and 47.8 in the US. Coca Cola was the runners up with a total global market share of 11.5%. Coca Cola trailed PepsiCo in the alternate beverage despite being the world's largest player the carbonated drinks. Red Bull on the others side was the leading seller in the global market in 2009, making it the third largest producer after PepsiCo and Coca Cola (Cant, 2006). There exist hundreds of regional and specialty brands of the alternate beverage in the US and international market. Out of these brands, Rock star was the noteworthy privately held beverage Company in the market. Alternate beverage market grew drastically since the year 2000 due to the shift in consumers' preference from consumption of carbonated drinks to healthier non carbonated drinks. Its growth coupled with high profit margin the market attracted both well established and new companies (Freeman, 2010). Even though, the three brands; energy, sports and vitamins enhanced drinks were all categorized as alternate beverages, consumer choice differed across the brands. Market analysis shows that energy drinks were highly consumed by teenage boys after practicing or engaging in sports activities in school (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2011). Sports drinks were consumed by who engaged themselves in sporting activities as well as those manual laborers who work on hot days. On the other side, vitamin enhanced drinks were highly consumed by adults interested in increasing vitamin levels, in their bodies despite being a substitute for sports drink.
The alternate beverage market grew rapidly since 2005 but slowed down in the years 2008 and 2009. Analysts believe that the slowing down in the market performance is as a result of the US economic down turn as well as market maturity of these products. There was also the issue of criticism on the health prospects of these products (Hill, & Jones, 2012). Producers were force to contend to this as consumers argued that the products posed health risks. There was a notion that excessive consumption of high-caffeine-content beverage might cause insomnia or arrhythmias. In addition to this, physicians advised the consumers to avoid relation drinks arguing that there some that contains potentially harmful ingredients melatonin and kava. All these were caused major setback to producers of alternate beverages, and some were forced to change their marketing strategies to reclaim consumer confidence (Mcloughlin & Aaker, 2010).
The strategic group that is in the best position is the PepsiCo, Coca Cola and the Red Bull GmbH and those who are in the worst position are the Rock Star and the Hansen Natural Corporation. This is based on the product innovation, market share and consumer satisfaction strategies employed by these market players (Hill, & Jones, 2012).
What key factors determine the success of alternative beverage producers?
New category creation through constant Product innovation: alternative beverage industry is a very competitive one with two major Companies and several small marketers. Here, companies produce and market energy, sports and vitamin enhanced drinks, so there is high competition for the consumers (Mcloughlin & Aaker, 2010). Within each brand, each firm has tried to create a line of brand products to differentiate its products from those of rival companies, as well as break from the traditional carbonated drinks. In fact, brands were positioned within their segments on the basis of differentiations. A good example is when all energy drinks brands attempted to create customer loyalty based on the brand's energy boosting properties of their ingredients, taste and image (Seenivasa-Pillai, Wemken, & Hiebl, 2007). PepsiCo through product innovation managed to introduce some of the world's largest brands which enabled the Company secure the largest market size. These brands include Aquafina, Mountain dew, Tropicana, Lay's, Tostitos, SoBe, Cracker Jack, Pepsi, and Cheetos among other brands. Generally, new category creation is a sober, successful and well proven strategy in the international market and also pursued by the world's leading companies.
Companies should ensure product delivery with the benefit that consumers can feel: one of the best strategies that a producer in this industry can adopt and win customer confidence is to deliver a product that has a positive health effect that can be felt easily (Hill, & Jones, 2012). For example, some producers made good profits when they introduced Living Essential 5 hour energy that was designed to have a calming effect and even help those with insomnia. This was simply because the consumer could easily feel and detect the effect. This is a key way of creating a brand loyalty in the market through incorporating consumer feeling. It has been used in food and beverage industry and proved to be successful (Jeffs, 2008). Look at the success of the Coke brand of Coca Cola in the global market simply because of its refreshing and relaxing feeling. The Coca Cola matched what they advertise or tell the consumers about the Coke brand with the exact impact the brand has upon consumption.
Brand focus is another strategy that can enable a producer in alternate beverage industry successful. Brand focus is a battle of brand perception and not battle of products as many termed it. A producer needs to create a brand through innovation and focus on the success of that brand in the market (Pitt & Koufopoulos, 2012). The focus here means that the brand needs to be strategically launched, marketed, make follow up in terms of consumer reaction and have a constant brand development and promotion to ensure success in the market. Brand focus ensures that new brands are not just created but followed to the later to ensure its success in local and global market. It involves extensive research on the product performance in the market, constant development based on research results and extensive marketing strategies (Penzkofer, 2007). Marketing strategies involves endorsement from prominent personalities and celebrities in various fields.
Recommendations to each of the three Companies on how to improve their competiveness in the global alternate beverage market
Coca Cola Company needs to capitalize on its strong brand portfolio. The Company has been a global market leader with strong brands like Coke in the carbonated beverage industry. It has other, several brands that have already gained market acceptance, as well as goodwill (Witcher, & Chau, 2010). Alternate beverages are health products and consumers need to be convinced to accept their consumption. Coca Cola Company needs to capitalize on the goodwill its existing products have to develop and market new brands in alternate beverage industry. This Company also faces stiff competition in the acquisition and retaining of product market. To beat its rival company, PepsiCo, it needs to have flexible sales and distribution models (Penzkofer, 2007). They need to have several distribution models that are designed to suit different customer profile, geographical region and market structure.
For PepsiCo, it needs to focus on new emerging markets such as China, India and Russia and avoiding concentrating much on the existing ones. This is because of its current position in the market and to survive the stiff competition, it needs to conquer new markets ahead of others. By doing so, it will give the Company an added advantage and it will be in a position to compete well on already mature markets (Jeffs, 2008). The current critics in the alternate beverage industry go to affect PepsiCo greatly if the consumers stop consuming these products. The Company has a wide range of brands most of which have been criticized as harmful products. PepsiCo need to take the challenge and surface health and environmental issues. It needs to respond first to these critics and appeal to consumers before any other company does. This will help maintain the existing customers and even convince new ones to join (Penzkofer, 2007).
Red Bull GmbH has been famous for successfully creating and building a brand without relying on mass-media. It has created a network of events, uses top athletes in the world to endorse its products and even branded its refrigerated sales successfully (Thompson, & Martin, 2010). In order to maintain this, Red Bull GmbH needs to boost its mass marketing strategies to allow marketing campaigns embed its image of Red Bull- an energy drink in consumers' minds. The Company also needs to embrace the strategy of product diversification to be able to compete with giant companies like Pepsi. Diversification show Company's innovation, which refreshes consumers minds and keeps anticipating for more and more.


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Discipline is a Beautiful Thing
Many people have a go at mixed martial arts, the military, boxing… and things like that.
I take the opposite view.
Safety in mma and boxing is proven to be better than the nfl and rugby, and similar to hockey.
True, if a trained fighter beats the hell out of a civilian for looking at him sideways… or a president sends an army to level a population for oil or money… it is despicable, deplorable.
But that's a human and society problem, not a martial arts or military one. They are about being the best you can be – a path to discipline, confidence, and purpose. Great commodities.
For every thug that uses his skills to assault an innocent, there are thousands that were taken away from violence, gangs and drugs – and put in a positive direction.
The military and sports are also on the cutting edge in terms of learning and performance. These discoveries can then be brought to the wider public – for the betterment of mankind.
One of those areas is nutrition; an important key to mastering oneself.
Enter George Lockhart.
George was the nutrition specialist in the US marine core.
When operatives needed to fuel properly for missions, when they needed to cut weight or gain weight or increase performance… they would knock on George's door.
It wasn't long before word was spreading into the sporting arena.
MMA fighter and former marine Brian 'All American' Stann came to George Lockhart and asked him if he'd help him cut weight for his next fight.
They worked together, and Brian never found it easier to make weight or perform better. Then Jon Jones came to the party. Many more followed. The latest ones being Holly Holm and Conor McGregor, who describe GL as a genius.
That he is. He's not just the best in the MMA business, he's the best in the business.
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He talks about three factors: Fueling the body with exactly what it needs when it needs it, staying ahead of hunger… and controlling hormones.
That way you're not fighting your body.
It doesn't react with hunger hormones or fat retaining hormones (in reaction to starvation and other problems).
The result is being able to eat good portions, at regular intervals… even when losing weight.
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I've tried so many diets. Many were good. Some were revolutionary and worked like a charm… to a point.
But there was never a perfect solution. It was never comprehensive or exact enough… probably because they hadn't things wrapped down tight enough.
There were always some sort of concessions involved, usually to do with diminished purr-formance.
So I tried George's plan.
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And each morning you enter your weight before you eat. It spits out exact instructions for the day, as per his algorithms.
It takes all sorts of things into account, even down to balancing sodium/potassium and calcium/magnesium ratios, which play a role in performance, health and even weight loss.
You can swap foods you don't like or don't have, for similar ones.
It's just the thing I wanted for a long time. In four weeks I've burned 8 pounds of fat, without losing any muscle… and it was pretty easy. I hadn't much to lose, so it is even more impressive. I feel great and I know exactly what to do every step of the way, without having to work it out.
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A Closer Look At Legends… And How They Move
Who's the better player between Ronaldo and Messi? The eternal football question of the last decade. I don't have an answer. I'm not even going to try to provide one… because it's really a pointless argument.
I think we should just enjoy two great players.
However, I will talk about what I think their strengths and weaknesses are, at least in terms of training or athleticism.
What can we learn from them? A lot obviously. We can learn from the greats, in any area.
I've talked before about how Ronaldo trains. He is relentless and he does a lot of bodyweight exercises. I believe this is the one of the main reasons he is such an athletic specimen.
He does 1500 sit ups per day. Have you seen his core? Everyone has, because he can't wait to whip it out. He looks like a cobra… his midsection is that solid.
He does other bodyweight moves at high reps per day as well. His ability to sprint, jump, his two footedness, kicking power and heading ability is no doubt largely to do with this regime. He can also twist on a dime and turn powerfully while the other players are still trying to get rooted to turn.
That's the ridiculous core he has. He improved his athleticism drastically from when he was a very slight kid.
If we are looking at where C. Ronaldo could maybe improve, we are probably talking about things Messi has: fluidity, poise, rhythm, balance and vision.
Messi lacks the same sort of power, ambidexterity, aerial power, sprinting off the ball and strength, as CR.
I'm not saying they are poor on these things, just that the other one is a genius in that regard.
When I look at how CR trains, from my knowledge, if he stopped his add-ons of weight machine exercises and bicep curls and instead did more multi-dimensional animal movements and tai chi type exercises, he'd also make his spine, shoulders, hips and pelvis as incredible as his core and large muscle groups.
He's also gain more poise and rhythm. His calmness would also lead to Messi like vision.
Could you imagine how good he'd be then? You'd probably be talking about the best ever. On the other hand if Messi worked on his body to the amount Ronaldo does, with a few of the above subtractions and additions, you'd also be looking at the supernatural.
Best ever?
You could make an argument for any one of these players as the greatest and a few more. It's a pointless debate… all legends.
Is there anyone in sport doing the complete training I am talking about here? Yes, there is: Conor McGregor.
He has the poise, calmness, balance, ambidexterity, spinal strength, core stability, fluidity and effortless power… all in the one package.
He's studied all this too. He's continually evolved his method. As his coach John Kavanagh says, 'win or learn.' He actually prefers the term 'learn or learn,' but that doesn't sound as good.
Coach Kavanagh is way ahead of the curve. That's why Ireland (6.5 million people) came back with more amateur MMA medals from Vegas this year than any other nation in the world!
The Next Level Sports Program was being built concurrently to these wonderful athletes doing the same practises. Near the end of my research I could see who's training was on another level, and why.
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Playing Touch Butt With That Dork in the Park
There's a tribe in the Amazon and they are circling around a campfire… wearing animal heads… and making loud rhythmic noises. They are prancing like animals and doing something that looks like Tai Chi – a meditation in movement. It is all so connected to the natural cycle of life.
Modern living has moved away from this.
There are great things in our world. However, a lot of the conventional technologies and lifestyles have moved faster than how WE are designed. We've gotten away from our natural flow.
You can be sure as hell those tribes are a lot healthier and physically fit than most people. They also have a lot less stress.
The world health organisation (WHO) estimates that stress is the cause of most illness in society… and it's growing.
This is because we've lost our natural evolutionary way.
Yes, child mortality is much better our developed nations. We also have more resources and knowledge in dealing with emergencies.
But boy oh boy are we bad at managing chronic health issues. It's out of control.
A lot of getting back that control will be in keeping what is resourceful in modern life and stripping back the rest of it. It is also about regaining many of our natural instincts, practises and rhythms.
This includes diet, workouts, less passive behaviours (like watching the boob-tube)… and cleaning our cup (as they say in the East) or taking some time each day to refresh our mind.
HOW we do these things can lead to very different results too, as many of THOSE practises have also gone away from our natural evolution.
When Conor McGregor fought Nate Diaz there was some very entertaining trash talk back and forth. One of the things Nate said was, 'You're playing touch butt with that dork in the park with the pony tail'… or something to that effect.
He was referring to videos of Conor training with Ido Portal in the park in skimpy MMA gym shorts. They were being creative with slow Tai Chi and animal type movements in a simulated sort of dual. Ido Portal calls that drill 'movement riddles.'
It looks so different that some people 'pooh pooh' at it and other such methods.
There are many that go so far to say that Conor is still a fake, that he is all promotion and no substance… even when he has two UFC world titles in two separate divisions. He also won them in spectacular fashion.
His method is so far ahead that it looks effortless. Even most experts can't figure out how calm, poised, skilled and brilliant he is in the octagon. They can't understand how he seemingly touches high level fighters and they crumble. They continue to back against him.
Then some none the wiser fans even go so far as to talk about 'dives.'
It's precision, timing and internal power. When you have such control of your own body… it's much easier to translate that into effortless power. For the same reasons he can also use unorthodox approaches, angles and strikes depending on the situation.
The reason he's so far ahead of his peers is how he thinks about life, sport and how he trains.
He's very much in his natural flow in all areas; mentally, physically and emotionally.
What I will say to you is this… I've studied training and sport for years. Near the end of my research for my last book, a couple of years ago, I knew I'd gotten some very large chunks of the puzzle.
I came across Ido Portal and realised he was doing a lot of what I was finding (he does a lot more than touch-butt). Then I came across McGregor and realised he was doing pretty much ALL of it.
I had a hunch he was going right to the top and fast… or had a great chance based on his training. When I saw more of his fights I was even more convinced.
The way he trains applies to anyone, even if you just want health… but it will give you a LOT more than that.
I only did bits and bobs of it in the last year at various times for my golf… and when I did… I won 6 high level medals or trophies, including an All Ireland medal, and a provincial event player of the year that contained many of the top players of my district or province.
There are always ups and downs when you are truly learning and going towards goals.
Make mistakes, but LEARN. That's how you really move forward.
Nature… of… the… beast.
I've learned my lessons, will come back stronger and improve to new levels again in the new season. Will you?
If you apply this knowledge, you too will also experience superb results.
You will be literally connecting back to how you are wired and you can apply this to health, energy, success and zooming up your results in just about any area of life… especially sports.
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You don't have to be a racist or an idiot to have voted leave, of course, you just have to have allowed yourself to be misled by those who are. That is, sadly, what has happened - people have been misled. Duped. Lied to.
The leave camp lies are already falling apart, and it is already clear that they have no plan whatsoever, and no clue about what's even maybe supposed to happen next. They never did. For many of them it was never supposed to really happen - for the likes of Boris it was a Tory party power play ruse. For others it was all completely irrational 'make us Great again' pseudo-Imperial nonsense anyway (and then there were the actual racists - seeing the likes of Britain First, the BNP and the National Front heartily celebrating should be enough of a flashing early warning light to show that we've probably not done the right thing here).
This was always all about the internal conflict in the Tory party, and appeasing the hardline right wingers to keep them off Cameron's back, while keeping UKIP at bay electorally (and the Tory referendum promise itself was based on the polls-led assumption that the Tories weren't going to win a majority in 2015, so they'd never have to actually do it). Cameron gave the Farages of this world an apparent veneer of serious political legitimacy, and the perfect opportunity to mislead the public (particularly those who wanted to have a go at 'the establishment') into thinking they would be getting something that was never, ever going to be possible, and that was never, ever really on the table.
The problem with the racism angle, of course, is not that half of the UK is actually racist, but that the racists now believe that half of the UK agree with them, and are fully behind their agenda to 'send them all home'. They are both overjoyed and emboldened by the result, and we're only just seeing the beginnings of the manifestations of that. There are already widespread reports of immigrants, particularly brown-skinned and/or Muslim ones for some strange reason, being shouted at in the street and told to pack their bags and go home on the basis that 'we voted out'. That is what this has done, and what it was always going to do.
It is only going to get worse as those truly racist xenophobic types realise their new Whitey Utopia, Land of Plenty, 'Great again' Britain, free from the shackles of 'foreigners', and rich and wonderful for everyone (everyone truly' British') like it was in the good ole days (as if it ever was), was all a load of complete rubbish, and that what we are actually facing is just a deeply uncertain economic future, with less money to spend, a less beneficial international working relationships, and pretty much the same kind of immigration anyway (unless we leave the EEA, of course, which would be nothing short of an act of total economic suicide). The only really likely drop in immigration from Brexit will be caused by the lowering of pull factors on the basis of a crashed and screwed economy and the increased number of emboldened, open racists roaming the streets looking for 'the other' to abuse (or worse). I predict that they won't suddenly see the light when that realisation dawns, either - they'll just blame the EU for not giving us extra-extra-special preferential treatment and terms in the negotiations, and the 'immigrants' who haven't gone home yet when we've voted to tell them to (because that is what the racists think that everybody has done). 'Bloody foreigners'.
The warnings were being delivered right the way through the campaign. The evidence of what was likely to happen was there. Unfortunately, it was all just dismissed by many as 'scaremongering' and 'bias' (often just because 'stick it to Cameron, man'), while the outright lies of the leave campaign (already falling apart within hours of the result) were swallowed hook, line and sinker. Scotland is a great example - people said repeatedly that leaving the EU would mean Scotland leaving the UK. That was just 'scaremongering' because 'they already just had a referendum so they can't have another'...but now they are starting the legislative process to allow for a second referendum on it. That £350 million the remain campaign said didn't exist...turns out it didn't exist. That end to immigration that the remain people said wouldn't exist...nope, that doesn't exist either. 'Scaremongering'.
The entire leave campaign was lies. I've seen some spin and twisted truth and so on in politics over the years, but never anything at all remotely on the scale of the leave campaign. It was total, blatant dishonesty from beginning to end. There are elements within the Remain campaign who have to take their share of responsibility too, of course - there were some things that were over-emphasised, some figures that were dubiously interpreted, and some things that were spun and twisted, as is sadly all too common in modern politics. The official Remain campaign was not a good campaign, and petty nonsense like the Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition refusing to share any platform with anyone else, putting his domestic party politics above the future of the country, certainly didn't help. Still, this was not on the scale of what the leave lot were up to.
As much as leave voters would like to tell themselves that they've done it for really sound reasons and it will all probably work out in the end if we all shut up and get on with it, I'm sorry, but it won't. People should have listened to the experts, and looked at the evidence. There was no sound, logical, reasoned, evidence-based reason for doing something as drastic as leaving the EU. No reason that stood up to any kind of scrutiny, or held water. None whatsoever - not a single argument put forward by the leave campaign made any sense at all as a sensible reason to leave the European Union. Of course, though, we're all 'fed up with experts'.
And as for that 'well the decision's made so put up with it and pull together' kind of stuff going around towards anybody who is complaining in any way at the result...whatever reasons they thought they had despite all the warnings and information that they were given (and there's lots of 'but why weren't we told this before' flying about from regretful leave voters - you were, you just refused to listen), these people have screwed my country, and they have screwed the future for my children. While I will certainly never, ever sink to the level of some of the worst elements of those celebrating the result with their vile personal (and other) abuse (and worse), I'm not going to sit back, shrug my shoulders, and say nothing about it either. I'm going to be silent about what has happened, what is happening, and what is now likely to happen as a result, and I will be actively involved in trying to salvage something from the situation we've been left in, and I would urge anyone else (even those who don't normally 'get involved' in things like 'politics') to do the same.
In that context, I am overjoyed at the speed with which my party leader, the leader of the only united UK-wide openly pro-EU party, has reacted to confirm that the party will be standing on an openly pro-EU platform at the next general election (whenever that might be):
"The Liberal Democrats will fight the next general election with a pledge to take Britain back into the EU, claiming the referendum result was secured on a campaign of lies.
Voters backed Brexit in a "howl of anger" at out-of-touch politicians, but must be given the chance to rethink the decision, according to the Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron.
The cheap slogans of Ukip's Nigel Farage and Tories Boris Johnson and Michael Gove are unravelling, and the public will feel betrayed when promises on the NHS and immigration are not delivered, the party said.
Since the shock referendum result, the Lib Dems have recorded thousands of voters signing up to become members."
I would obviously be concerned, as a democrat, if we were seeking to simply ignore the referendum vote and try to block leaving the EU on an undemocratic basis, but standing at a general election on a pro-EU platform in order to secure a democratic mandate for retaining the UK's membership of the EU is absolutely the right thing to do. When all around are losing their heads, and the two main UK-wide parties are imploding into their own private civil wars, Tim Farron and the Liberal Democrats are providing the kind of solid, decisive, united leadership that the country, and the 48%, so desperately need.
This is the time when the 48% have to stand together, and stand together with those who have been duped by the outrageous lies of the leave campaign. If you are one of those people, whatever vote you cast in the referendum, who now believes that the people have made the wrong decision, and that we should fight to preserve our future within the European Union, even if you are not normally a 'joiner' and don't normally do politics', now is the time to take a stand and join us (as over 2,000 people have already done since the referendum was announced):


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Joanna's Movers Serves Pensacola. Pensacola is located in the Florida Panhandle. Over one hundred thousand people live in the thriving town of Pensacola, Florida. It has shopping, malls, access to a great beach (Pensacola Beach) and is filled with friendly people working at a sensible pace. In the deep south the pace is a bit slower, people rarely tell you to "move along" or to "get packing". Quite the reverse is true.
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Sail Date: October 21, 2012
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Responsive web design for enterprise websites - 7 Nov 2013
As mobile and tablet computing becomes more widespread and traditional desktop PC sales continue to decline, it's becoming more and more imperative that businesses adapt their marketing and sales channels to keep up.
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Not so many years ago, the vast majority of internet use happened on desktop PC screens that were very similar in size, shape and resolution. With the explosive growth of mobile device sales, this is no longer true: internet users go about their business using anything from a 3-inch mobile phone to a nine-inch tablet to a 27-inch iMac, with literally hundreds of variations in screen size in between. This wide range of devices comes with a variation in technical capability, internet connectivity and user interaction methods (mouse or touch screen?)
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Tomorrow: Scotland!
Here I sit, in a bikini with a towel wrapped around my head. My eyes are streaming tears and my ears are stained a rich, luxurious brown.
A peculiar combination, you might think.
I am not, however, crying because some miscreant has snuck up and dipped my ears in a small pot of brown ink, nor am I weeping because I have so few clothes on.
No, my eyes are simply reacting to recently having blinked their way through an arduous application of amonia-ridden hair dye, and my ears were the sad recipients of a few splashes of toxic-looking orange gunk, which has now darkened to a deep brown. I carefully used the gloves as instructed by the instructions, but that didn't stop me from getting dye pretty much everywhere else. At one point the bottle of dye slipped out of my hands whilst I was contorting myself to reach a particularly hard-to-get-at bit, and dye went on the walls, shower and on some towels which were sitting innocently by, just minding their own business.
I shouldn't be allowed to take on such projects unsupervised.
My hair has recently turned itself a peculiar shade of reddy-ginger in the sun, so I resolved to at least try to make it look uniform all over before my Edinburgh jaunt. I have used this shade before, and I keep using it because it is two packs for £4.49 at Superdrug. This is what it looked like before:
(I was drunk in that picture, can you tell? Also: is this your car?)
I haven't yet packed, but I have written lots of lists, most of which I have lost. They mainly all say "Shoes. Phone charger. Tea." at which point I get distracted by Facebook or chased by a wasp so I am forced to abandon the list and hang around idly for a bit.
I have had some cards made by my graphic designer-lady friend (not lady-friend, it is not like that) and Euan is updating my website. I have lots of music and a list of places to maybe sing. I am nervous, though, because my friend Lily doesn't come up until next weekend and I will be all alone for a whole week. Despite the fact that actually most of the people I know in the world are up there, I am a little intimidated by the thought of getting there, putting my (mainly shoe-filled) suitcase down, saying "right" in a firm manner and then promptly having no idea what to do next. I'm sure it'll work itself out, but I wouldn't mind having some sort of a plan.
(I have just realized that I didn't actually look to see how long I should leave the dye on for. I should probably check that.)
(Thirty minutes. Ok.)
It is sunny here. I have to pack but I have foolishly put on a bikini which means I am drawn unavoidably to the garden on an alarmingly regular basis. I do like hanging around in my bikini, though, it makes me feel really rather pleased not to have a job.
Oh! My thirty minutes is up, so I must abruptly leave and rid my hair of this noxious yuckiness.
Goodbye, until after Edinburgh! I will update if all my hair has fallen out. I will be crying, but this time the tears will be very, very real.
(My hair hasn't fallen out!)
I thought I'd post an 'after' picture. I liked it better before, but such is the inherent uncertainty of dying one's hair. Ah well.


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Engr. Adetola Sogbesan is a Business Leadership / Technology Consultant.He studied Electronics / Telecommunications Engineering, has a M.Sc. Information Systems Management (University of Liverpool), and is a Doctoral Candidate in Business Research, with focus on Strategy and Board Governance (Monarch Business School, Switzerland).
He worked with different IT Firms, but spent most years at the Enterprise Division of Siemens Ltd, Nig., where he left with a colleague in 2006 to establish Hypersand Communication Concepts and Solutions Limited. He resigned as Vice President / Chief Operating Officer in 2010, to assume leadership of Chace Systems Limited, a strong player in the ICT sector in the Country.
Prior to joining AfiCTA, he had served on the National Executive Council of ITAN and ISPAN.
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Genevieve is an ex-girlfriend of Sven. She was first mentioned in comic 669.
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1. 3rd Person Animation Tweak - Run Forward with Bow (0:23): http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=389
2. Casual bow animations (1:36): http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=1370
3. Proper Length Arrows (2:56) : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=5164
4. Closer Quivers and Longer Arrows (4:53) : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=5711
5. Arrows Tweaks (5:14) : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=11941
6. Arrowsmith - Reupload (7:26) : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=1178
7. Realistic Ragdolls and Force (8:06) : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=601
Mods used in taking this video:
1. Immersive HUD - iHUD : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=3222
Visual mods used in this video include:
1. DYNAVISION - Dynamic Depth of Field : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=12525
2. Realistic Lighting With Customization : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=7654
3. WATER - Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=13268
4. Skyrim Flora Overhaul : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=141
5. Lush Grass : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=3288
6. Lush Trees : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=3385
7. Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM : http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=8655
The music playing is the Sons of Skyrim from the official trailer.
This video is in no way associated or approved by Bethesda and is intended for non commercial educational purposes only.
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As an actual archer I'd probably download the proper length arrow mod but I don't get the whole "faster arrows" obsession so many modders seem to have. Bethesda actually did a really good job of getting that right. Arrows are not bullets, and even from 50 yards it will take about a full second for the arrow to hit.
I personally love the vanilla ragdoll effects. No they're not realistic, but they're way more fun XD
Harry Underhill
Ref: Proper Length Arrows Mod. I'm throwing this out there for anyone who might find it interesting but historically in Western European archery the arrowhead would touch the bow hand when drawn back to the correct length. Roger Aschem wrote about this in his book Toxophilus (published in 1545 - it's where we get the name Toxophilite - a student or lover of archery). When target archery for sport came in the arrowheads became smooth field points (like a modern bullet) so they could be pulled out of the straw target (rather than having backward facing barbs like hunting and war arrows) and the touching of the arrowhead on the bow hand thus became harder to notice. Horace Alford Ford popularized the anchor point method (in his book Archery: It's Theory and Practice, published in 1859) of having the hand holding the bowstring drawing back to the face touch the corner of the mouth or under the chin and it was this way that the archer knew they had a uniform draw length every time (the distance the bow string was pulled back). Medieval archers cut their arrows to their correct draw length and then when they draw the arrow back and the pointier arrowhead touched their bow hand they knew they were ready to let go.TL;DR version; The Vanilla "shorter" arrows where the arrowheads touch the bow hand was the way they did things back in the medieval day and having long arrows with three or four inches out in front of your bow is a look that's come about because of a Victorian work around for using target practice heads for sporting competitions.
gopher i watch the ads for you
The whole "my arrow hit's like a truck" thing is actually my favorite anti immersive thing about the vanilla game. I'm not sure why, but there's something satisfying about it.
Sintel Snow
But... But I like watching people fly through the air when I shoot them...
I'm not sure why people mind the bow animations so much,they're hidious,but unless you like aiming in third person,you won't be seeing them a lot.
My favourite mod for making Archery more fun is "No Spinning Death Animation" by dDefinder. It removes all death animations for creatures and humanoids, so they just ragdoll like in Oblivion.
Iván Valverde Tudela
As you said the longer arrows do deviate from the crosshair, but actually it ads a bit more of realism because, as any actual profesional archer o historical researcher will tell you, medieval style bows produce what is known as the "archers paradox" which consists of a series of regular bendings of the arrow arround the bow itself caused by the arrows flexibility and the amount of force produced by the bow string working against the arrows resistance to this force (newtons third law) in some sort of snake-like motion that does actually compesante for it's diagonal deviation keeping it straight whilst it is flying
Hugh Jones
gopher, i dont know why, but i like your videos, keep making them:)
Random Fun
well bethesda kinda laughed in the face of the "Arrowsmith" 's creator.They added it as well...
It's so post to touch your hand that why archers put there finger out so it doesn't touch
Rodion Pyatovskii
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well arrowsmith mod is useless now^^
I would really like a mod that not only speeds up the arrows, but makes them fall at 9.8m/s^2 or at least close to that speed.At 6:10 the arrows were taking so long to hit the target that they should have fallen 2 meters by then! (that's more than 6 feet)
Hopefully someone makes a standalone mod of the bows by making them shorter (short bow) and allow you to shoot faster with them but make them also weaker than vanilla bows and possibly shoot not as far as vanilla bows.
i like it when a person goes flying over a edge or wall. It's very entertaining.
I can tell you're not an archer^^ The arrow on a historic bow points to the side by default because the string and side of the bow are not aligned properly. Only modern bows have a center-cut (past-center) arrow shelf. And the arrow is too long in the long arrow mod^^ Anyways, thanks for the video :) (And funny enough, because of the archers paradox, lenghtening the arrow will make it bend more at the same shaff-stiffness, and will thus make it bend more around the bow, sending it to the right. In other words, the too long arrow mod got it right :P
Marcel Morais
Thx for the video. Im thinking on using the closer quiver and longer arrows, but I dont know if it will be safe in case it doesnt work, cuz the description page (like many mods out there) doesnt say a thing about uninstall procedure. Many of them i just unactivate, save, quit the game and then uninstall, but I think that many mods like these are accumulating errors in my game, because thy dont use only an esp file, they replace meshes and textures and stuff. Do I need to make a backup of those to go back ? What you did in the video to change from one to the other?
3:42 I think that's normal when it comes to archery. It's called the archers paradox and its a real thing archers deal with. It looks like the arrow will not hit the target but it does, Arrows are not stiff, they bend, therfore they bend around the bow at fly straight towards the target you are aiming at no matter if it seems like the arrow is not pointing at the direction of the target. Iam just saying what I understood but "The Archer's Paradox - Smarter Every Day 136" (Youtube video) does a better job at explaining it than I do. Its explained around 0:57. I know this video is old, however i thought it was very important to point out :)
I made these ini tweaks and I still can't hit anything over like 50 feet away... it just appears to hit them as if they are a wall and do nothing. I have SkyRE installed, nothing else that interferes with combat...
Purple Guy
Im downloading mods manually and then i install mods with manager... easy
Temet Nosce
Originally the arrow length tells you when the bow is fully drawn, if the arrow is to long you might stress the bow (unless you use modern compund bows). It is supposed to touch your hand isn't that right? - and you put archer gloves on for that reason. Longer arrows where designed back in the days for flaming tips/burning arrows etc,extended length so you wont burn yourself but normal hunting tip/steel penetrating tip arrows are design to be as synced as possible with the max pull distance of the particular bow string to maximize range and effect..Skyrim original arrow length is realistic.Edit. Love your review!! - Definatelly geting the bow animation mods.thanks
With Arrow Tweaks, should it work to change the skyrim.ini if my Mod Organizer is on my E: drive, or do I have to move it to my C: drive (alternative desktop) to make it work? No changes to the Skyrim.ini have worked for me. Anyone have a solution?
Dr. Barber
so ragdolls may be fixed but not all the way. one time I shot a forsworn up close but not point blank and I was shooting up hill at them... their ragdoll shot a good 6 feet in the air, Thats a damn fine string tension there
Antony Weber
´hey guys maybe one of you can help me.I stand the same distance as him at 09.11 away from a wolf but when I shoot the arrow just goes trough him and hits the ground. this happens until i go as close as i possibly can without being detected and my sneak is on 61 >.<i tried applying the [Actor]fVisibleNavmeshMoveDist=12288.0000to the skyrim.ini but it didn't change anything.this happens mostly on wolves.
hey gopher, if you want a realistic arrow flight in slowmo, why don't they put in the archers paradox so when the arrow is in flight it shows the arrow bending and twisting as it is released from the bow. and yes the arrows are too long really, normally they would be about 2 maybe 3 inches in front of the riser at full draw. i am new to all this modding scene, i am addicted to your video's keep up the fantastic work
Even though I love mods, there is one massive drawback to them. It makes you realise how bad the game actually is since majority of the mods are trying to fix or improve something, meaning it was crap to start with. Also, half the things they are trying to improve is literally nitpicking, things you'd never notice if someone didn't tell you about them. So all in all, the more mods I install, the less enjoyable the game becomes for me :L
When the put there pointer finger out it doesn't even touch the archers finger
pieter brouwer
Do you know a mod which fixes Whiterun again? I think the town became pretty wrecked because of the war storyline. And it kinda looks like Whiterun has no damage anymore in this video. Thanks :)
as being a sort of archer myself the speed is pretty similar to real life but since i havent used this mod i couldnt really say about in certain conditions like at farther distances it should be slower and the longer arrows is accurate
The vanilla arrow Impact is off the charts it literally like hitting an enemy with a truck, I've had incidents where NPCs' get killed by an arrow and suddenly leaps into the air 3-4 feet off the floor xD kinda funny to watch them bellyflop or faceplant after coming down.
4:00 although entirely by accident I'm sure as bethesdas attention to detail are none, it's actually realistic that the arrow points to the side of your aim, this is the way you would aim an arrow because of the archers paradox.
steve seguin
thanks Gopher, as always you think of others like a father, i appreciate it very much. Peace
Little note here, with the lengthened arrows mod, the arrows should not point dead straight, I am an archer myself, and I can tell you that arrows stick out to the side anyway because when you shoot an arrow, it flexes in flight and this is what makes the arrow fly straight. So yeah, the arrows should stick out to the side a bit anyway :)
Joshua Talbot
Please someone help! The further I move from the target the higher my arrows get.
Ryan Metz
Why were there so many trees in Whiterun? Was it a mod? If so what is it called because i like it.
Dustin Moretz
Faster arrow speed is more realistic,assuming you're no using a bow with a 10 lb draw weight :D
Tyco Tyrannus
Not going to read back 2 years of comments so ill just make mine blind. He says the arrow does not match the crosshair gui. And that its the games fault not the modder. He may be right, but to me the arrow would be spot on to the crosshair if it were shorter. So if you are going to increase the arrow length then they should adjust that so the new arrow head length is appropriate. Edit oh 7 min in there is a different issue and a fix so to be sure I was not talking about that. Glad those line up.
The thing about the arrow not meeting the reticle thats how it is irl, arrows bend around the bow.
The arrows piercing more is so much better. I love seeing my arrows go through someone instead of just having the arrowhead barely sticking in and having them die so easily. In real life, the arrows pierce more. An arrow to the knee is much more deadly!
you should have the IS compendium realistic bow and arrow sounds.... removes the stupid whistling on arrows and makes bows sound like real life.
Andrey Voitishin
Do you know what happened to Lush Grass and Lush Trees? Link on nexus are dead
Eduardo Cunha de Carvalho
Man how did you got to install the static meshes stuff, the nexus mod manager always gives me the sevenzipsharp bug/error when "preparing" the mod for installation. Please someone help me !!
francis magbanua
I see my readied arrow drop alongside my hand then disappears in mid-air when I cancel it. WHY IS THAT?! not like in your video 2:54
is it bad that after his comment on the arrow impact physics i really want a ballista to shoot things with?
Marc Razvan
4:31 let's admit itIt wouldn't be the same playng Skyrim without the arrow to the knee joke :D
Welcome master, thanks for your awesome work !Have you something for this arrow shaking problem ?Because when you aiming to the target and zooms on it its annoying to see when the arrow is dancing in the bow himself, i need some help can you help me ?( Sorry for my bad english hope you understand, peace ! :)
Ansh Upadhyay
i thought you could already make arrows
wolfie spesso
didn't you do a cover on craftable arrows near the beginning of skyrim mod sanctuary?
Andy Andy
One time I was heading towards a fort and out of the blue a horse was thrown out from behind the walls lol Ragdolls!
Also the fight speed of the arrow should depend on the bow, a bow with a higher draw weight will make the arrow fly faster, the weight of the arrow also plays a part too, but the difference is normally quite small
Bryan Daehling
I would say that 75% is actually realistic
i actually like vanilla ragdolls lol it's funny hitting them with a fire spell or something and making there body fly away
Will Ericsson
the ragdoll physics mod medium setting might be more realistic. This is because English longbows found at the time Skyrim probably takes place could at full draw puncture the armor, the leg, the saddle of a horse and then hit the horse. I'm not an archer. Don't quote me.
Doctor Fate
im not hating and i no its like 2 years later but i no u still think skyrims messed up even now but if u aim with the vanilla crosshairs then u can use the small point which is alot more accurate but with the modded one the points just get in the way and the aiming is about 4 times wider so if u wanna do some longshots ur gonna have a hard time
dominique Bobbink
i lose my arrows whit the faster arrow mod :)
I have always had the arrows going a bit up at the beginning, I thought that was vanilla! Well, it is. Kinda. And I have grown used to it, been forged by it... I didn't see my arrows hit where the crosshair was until I was already a man.
Is your clock right? You made a video at 3 o´clock? :P I personally like the "slow" vanilla arrows because I can see where I shoot or miss
Can anybody help me ?After i edited the .ini file, the arrow fly straight ahead whitout affecting the gravitation. (Sry for my bad english :D)
Ender Archer
I'm definitely gonna get arrow tweaks and the arrows so fast and use bend time until I get used to the speed so I can catch them with out slowing time down
J Templar
Are there any for faster draw time?
Is there any mod that fixes the bow animation on females?
Piotr Zajas
4:33 made my day, thanks Gopher :D
Y Devices
I mean I thought the ragdoll force thing was kind of funny
Budliky CZ
they should do running animation with the bow when he has the right hand instead of lying around be ready at the quiver :)


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The 2017 Carling Black Label Champion Cup featuring Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates is sold out
Posted: 19 July 2017 Time: 16:59
The 2017 Carling Black Label Champion Cup featuring Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates has proven to be quite a popular event on the football calendar.
Tickets are officially sold out; 12 days ahead of the much-anticipated showpiece on 29 July 2017.
The overwhelming reaction by South African football fans, for the past six years, shows that this is an extraordinary derby that distinguishes itself from others as it gives them the privilege to Be the Champion Coach by influencing the starting line-up. This year, the fan experience was further enhanced by allowing fans to also select their preferred formation.
Carling Black Label Brand Director, Samori Gambrah expressed his delight at the response: "This is another milestone for us at Carling Black Label.
"It speaks volumes about the initiative and demonstrates that the fans are hungry for football action during the recess. The Carling Black Label Champion Cup comes at the right time whereby fans are anxious to see their new signees in action and also witness their team's pre-season preparations. We would like to thank our Champion Coaches for their continued engagement and support of this unique initiative.
"We knew that partnering with the two teams in this campaign will transcend football. I cannot think of a better way to preview the upcoming season other than with a classic encounter between Kaizer Chiefs and their arch rivals Orlando Pirates in a stadium packed to capacity.
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A recent decision of the High Court (Desarrollo Immobililiario Y Negocios Industriales De Alta v Kdader Holdings Company Limited [2014] EWHC 1460 (QB)) is a timely reminder of the danger of a defendant submitting itself to the jurisdiction of a US court, which makes a judgment of the US court enforceable in England, when it might otherwise have been unenforceable.
The case also dealt with whether a jurisdiction clause constituted an agreement to submit to the jurisdiction of the Arizona court. The English court found that it did.
In relation to the submission to the jurisdiction of the Arizona court, the English court found that, even though the actions taken by the defendant in defence of the action did not constitute a submission the jurisdiction of the Arizona court according to Arizona law, they did under English law.
The defendant had not only fought the case on the merits, whilst preserving its objection to jurisdiction for appeal, it also made a counterclaim and a cross claim against another party. The English court found that those actions were an express submission to the jurisdiction of the Arizona court.
Whilst this case does not make new law, it is a timely reminder that parties should consider jurisdiction and the possible enforcement of judgments from other countries at various times, including:
- When a contract is being negotiated
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- Before taking steps to defend proceedings
- Before making a counterclaim or claiming against any other party.
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Week 40
Our plan was to meet all six of us, face to face, to thoroughly discuss our final topic for the course. We booked a room for two hours and all of us had thought of the pros and cons for all the topics before the meeting. Thus, for this weeks meeting we had a clear agenda; we wanted to choose our topic from the six best ideas we had so far. The six ideas were
- A marketplace for sellers and buyers of responsibly produced coffee
- A certificate/review system for shedding more light on the origin, responsibility, sustainability, etc. of coffees
- A unified coffee package label which could for example tell more specifically about the origins of the coffee
- An informative website which would display general as well as more specific information about coffee such as farming conventions and methods, generated pollution and other ecological problems, child labor and slave labor in different areas etc.
- A mobile application with the following features:
- User tasting experience (like in Untapped/Vivino) rated by users
- Tracking factor to tell how well the origin of the coffee is known
- Overall rating system for ethiticity
Execution: We carried out an opportunity tournament to choose the best topic for us. The tournament took two hours and was tough. Below you can see an outline of the tournament.
During the first round we chose three of the most interesting topics for us. The week before we had already named three of our favourite topics. Still, we wanted to make sure that no one had second thoughts about these topics. It turned out that the three topics we had chosen to present last week were still the favourite topics of the group.
The three most interesting topics for us were:
- A marketplace for sellers and buyers of responsibly produced coffee
- A certificate/review system for shedding more light on the origin, responsibility, sustainability, etc. of specific coffees
- A coffee rating mobile application
The choice was quite easy as we all agreed. After this the game got tougher.
Next we dropped one topic out, based on how well we thought we could carry out the project the topic in question. We didn't want to choose a topic that we liked, but that would later on turn out to be too difficult for us. Because of this we decided to drop out the certificate/review system. At this point three of us were in the favour of the app, and three were in the favour of the marketplace to be chosen as the topic.
Then finally, after a long conversation, we discussed how well do the last two topics actually solve our original problem. At this point we noticed that we actually had to revise what problem we were solving. We also considered wether we would have to change or modify the original problem we were solving. Together we formulated our mission statement as "Making the steps of the lifecycle of coffee more transparent". We noticed that option two, the app, solved the problem better.
We indeed did get quite clear results from this week! We now have chosen which problem (exactly) we will solve, as well as how we will solve it.
How did it go and what is next?
We were all very happy with the tournament. Everybody got the chance to present their opinions without hurrying. Surprisingly before the last round, the winner was not clear. During the last round many of us were changing our opinion about the best topic, since there were so good points made by others. We learned that it takes time to make a decision when there are six of us. In the future we will book enough time for the big decisions we need to make together.
We already named responsibility areas for all of us and booked the next meeting for the next week. Now that we know that our solution for the problem is a mobile application, we decided that for the next week we all will read more about already existing coffee related applications. We also got the writing of the project plan started and divide the workload.
All in all we are very happy this week, and most of all we had an excellent conversation when choosing the topic. We are excited to really get the project started!


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A wave of incredible colors arrive at our watches! Violet, fuchsia, purple, yellow, coral or classic white, are the tones that bring summer to dress our dolls. Risks and commitment to striking hues in line with trends in clothing and accessories this summer. I have one in yellow and feels great, especially with the tan skin tone.
The latest trend in color watches are fluorine, ideal to combine with all kinds of looks and accessories. Technomarine bets on certain models of masculine, chronograph with rotating bezel and strap silicone juejo the color of the sphere. Cruise is the Original Lipstick model, perfect to wear during the day.
As if it were crystal bracelets, Puma launched a collection of scenery offenders and breakers, the line P-Injection. Color is the point of inspiration for this line, with pieces ranging from fuchsia to the transparent models. These designs are suitable for you like the sport and urban style. It is a model, which in my opinion is too large.
With a touch more elegant and classic, the new version of the clock Piazza comes with leather strap that lends an informal, combined with Swarovski detail inside that provides the most feminine glamor.
And Esprit offers us fresh and provocative watches with rubber straps, silicone and hard plastic with a variety of forms in the box, as there are round and rectangular. But they all have one thing in common: the color.
As you can see something for all styles. Do you want to enter into this trend? I will recommend it.


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At restaurants and in kitchens across the
United States, a new generation of black chefs and cookbook authors
is "reinventing, reinterpreting and reinvigorating
what's thought of as African-American food." The New York
Times explores the current enhanced period of culinary
development in African-American cooking that has been
building momentum for years.
While the phenomenon is spread over the entire country, the
article notes that it is especially visible on the West Coast,
where "age-old conventions of soul food and Lowcountry cooking are
getting a fresh take via farm-to-table philosophy and contemporary
technique." Chefs across the nation are creating menus that pay
tribute to the food of the African diaspora, like Mashama
Bailey of the Grey in Savannah, Georgia. The Grey is a restaurant
that was built from the ruins of a once-segregated bus station, and
Chef Bailey has dug into old cookbooks, adding her own personal
touches to the classic recipes. For example, Bailey places eggplant
at the center of a peanut stew whose prototype is found in West
More chefs are finding similar ways to
reclaim and express a rich cultural history. "Thanks to the
writings of authors like Jessica Harris, the myth of Africa as a land of
scarcity, with no real cuisine, is being gradually dispelled in
African-American communities," said Pierre Thiam, an African-born
chef and the author of a recent cookbook called Senegal: Modern Senegalese Recipes from the
Source to the Bowl. The article
explores this and other recent books like The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American
Cookbooks by Toni
Tipton-Martin, which examines scores of African-American
cookbooks from across the decades, shedding light on how the
contributions of black cooks were often dismissed.
Photo of Fonio
pilaf with dates, carrots, and peanuts from Saveur Magazine by Pierre
What timing! Pierre Thiam's Senegal has just been indexed and sent for review.
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May 30, 2018
PROD0000000000469433 1 | May 30, 2018Thematic Research This is an excerpt of Mapping the World's Prices 2018 , published on May 22, 2018. May 30, 2018 Mapping the World ʹ s Prices 2018 In our 7th annual DB survey of global prices and living standards, we rank 50 cities that are relevant to global financial markets. We consider Quality of Life, Salaries, Rents and Disposable After-Rent Income, and our Weekend Getaway, Cheap Date and Bad Habits indices. We then look at the individual series of the prices of goods and services. Our survey highlights relative prices around the globe and how they have changed over time. In currency terms the last 12 months have been about Dollar and especially EM FX weakness, and Euro strength. GBP has also bounced back. This hasn't changed the order at the top too much, but it's caused a pause in the march of US cities up the top of the leaderboards on salaries, rents and prices of goods and services. It's hard to believe now that when this report was first published in 2012, the US was a relatively very cheap place internationally. The same cannot be said of Zurich, which has perennially topped the expensiveness list in many categories, often followed by Nordic/Scandinavian cities. Major European and US cities then jostle for position depending on the product/service. EM cities remain much cheaper and, if anything, the gap has been widening rather than narrowing over the lifetime of this report. By the time next year's report comes out, Brexit will have occurred, and if we rank the main global European cities that could compete with London for big business, we find that on a personal level it might depend on whether you value quality of life or simply want to maximise after-rent disposable income. If it's the latter, London has actually improved over the last 12 months thanks to cheaper rents and higher dollar-adjusted salaries. In order, Frankfurt (5th), London (13th), Amsterdam (17th), Dublin (25th), Paris (27th), Madrid (28th) and Milan (29th) make up the Brexit competitors list based purely on the money left in your pocket after rent. NYC is 7th on the list for those who want to leave the scene entirely; Zurich (1st) is top for those who want to escape the EU/UK but remain nearby. If, on the other hand, Brexit has made you view quality of life as the priority, Frankfurt (9th) is your best EU large city choice followed by Amsterdam (10th), Madrid (23rd), Dublin (28th), Paris (32nd), London (33rd) and Milan (34th). If quality of life is your only concern, Wellington remains the best place to reside. Authors www.dbresearch.com Jim Reid +44(20)754-72943 email@example.com Craig Nicol Deutsche Bank Research Mapping the World ʹ s Prices 2018 2 | May 30, 2018Thematic Research Zurich, Copenhagen, Edinburgh and Vienna fill out the top 5. At the other end of the scale are Brazil and China. Only four global cities make the top 10 in both quality of life and after-rent disposable income: Zurich (2nd and 1st), Sydney (8th, 4th), Copenhagen (3rd, 10th) and Frankfurt (9th, 5th). Generally, MDW megacities are home to one of the big dilemmas in life: quality of life versus money. Tokyo seems to offer the best balance (13th, 15th). NYC (31st, 7th), Paris (32nd, 27th) and London (33rd, 13th) trail behind. EM megacities score badly as their wages lag MDW peers and they have much higher pollution, poorer health care and safety, and often more extreme climate. For a weekend getaway, Copenhagen is the most expensive city in the world followed by Milan, Oslo, Vienna and Zurich. Istanbul is now the cheapest, helped by the recent large FX fall. Zurich is again the place to choose your dates carefully or persuade the other party to pay. It's 30% more expensive to date here than in the next 4 cities (Copenhagen, Oslo, Tokyo, and Amsterdam). Marry young in Switzerland and save your top-ranked disposable income. Our Bad Habits index (cigarettes & beer) is most expensive in Oslo, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Dubai. EM countries are generally cheap places to indulge. Those living in Singapore, Copenhagen or Oslo are probably healthier than their international counterparts as it's so expensive to buy a car that surely residents walk or cycle everywhere. But Oslo and Copenhagen have the most expensive trainers, so maybe locals should live close to the office. Cars are 6th most expensive in Amsterdam but filling your car up is the priciest in the world, taxis the 4th, and car hire the 3rd, so again the bike sounds attractive. It shows how policy and duties help shape habits. Rather fittingly, the cheapest place in the world to buy a cappuccino is Milan, where it's a third of the cost in Copenhagen, Paris, Zurich or Hong Kong. If you want to surf the net in a summer dress and have a beer at the same time, Dubai is the most expensive place in the world to do it as it tops the list in all three. Interestingly, with all the allegations around Russian interference in global elections via social media, Moscow has the cheapest internet in the world. Keep your house clean in Helsinki, where the cost to hire a cleaner is highest. Perhaps bringing snow into the house makes it a tougher job than elsewhere. Indeed, the top 5 cities on this measure are familiar with snow (Oslo, Zurich, Stockholm and Boston) even if the 6th (Sydney) and 7th place (San Fran) aren't. London only tops the list in most expensive public transport, but it's 2nd in the cost of cinema tickets and car rentals. So best to stay at home and watch TV instead. Deutsche Bank Research Mapping the World ʹ s Prices 2018 3 | May 30, 2018Thematic Research © Copyright 2018. Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Research, 60262 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 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