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Hollywood Ending, Woody Allen's thirty-fourth film as writer/director, is an anti-Hollywood satire revolving around an apparently washed-up New York City filmmaker.
Val Waxman (Allen) is an Oscar-winning director who has fallen on hard times. His artistic temperament, accentuated by extreme neurosis and hypochondria, has caused several film projects to crash, rendering him unemployable. Reduced to shooting commercials in the Canadian tundra, Waxman is offered a last chance to salvage his career.
Val's ex-wife and former collaborator, Ellie (Téa Leoni), is now engaged to Hal (Treat Williams), the head of Galaxy Pictures in Hollywood. Despite fierce misgivings expressed by Hal and other executives, Ellie gets Val hired to direct the studio's new film project about New York City— The City That Never Sleeps.
On the eve of the shooting, Val develops psychosomatic blindness. Several people, including Val's agent (Mark Rydell), a film student translator for his Chinese cinematographer and later, Ellie, are co-opted to assist in Val's attempt to hide his blindness from Hal and the studio.
After various tired hijinks, Val's new film turns out to be a disaster and bombs in the US, but becomes a hit in France (presumably referring to the long-standing joke about the popularity of certain American cultural oddities in that country). Ellie leaves Hal and the vacuous Hollywood crowd. Val reconciles with an alienated son. Val and Ellie reunite and move to Paris, where the filmmaker's artistic gifts will be more appreciated.
Hollywood Ending has a few amusing moments, but perhaps a cinematic work was not the proper vehicle for the movie's script, whose scenes consist largely of Allen one-liners and physical slapstick. Stand-up comedy might have been a better choice of medium.
The dramatic definition of the relationships between the characters and plot development in general have been sacrificed for Allen's punch-lines. For example, when Allen's Val, plagued by lack of money and oblivion as an artist, must decide to work in a milieu he despises and for a big-shot who has stolen the woman he still loves, he delivers a comic routine rather than what should have been emotionally-charged soul searching: "He's a philistine, she's a quisling, they have a religious conflict ... I would kill for this job, but the people I'd like to kill are offering me a job."
Making matters worse, the film's comic timing is more off than on. In fact, Téa Leoni provides whatever cohesiveness exists in the film. As Ellie, she is unique in avoiding the pitfall of attempting to overact or to match Allen's shtick.
Allen's films generally have comically self-deprecating autobiographical elements, but in Hollywood Ending these elements exude an unpleasant whiff of self-pity and desperation. One reviewer correctly lamented that "where once his presence in his films he wrote and directed was a good part of what made them unforgettable, his appearance in 'Hollywood Ending' makes parts of it close to unwatchable."
Without identifying the cause of the film's overall unpleasantness, another reviewer described the film as containing hints "of self-doubting autobiography" while one questioned "whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art." Several reviewers linked Allen's apparent decline as a filmmaker and his recent rash of flat and badly-made movies to his notorious family scandal 10 years ago.
When Allen's character Val wonders, at a pitch meeting for The City That Never Sleeps, "why the country got so stupid suddenly," it is perhaps somewhat clearer whom Allen blames for his recent lack of success.
Another aspect of the work that makes an unfavorable impression is Allen's unconvincing prowess with women about a third of his age—no less than three in the current movie. Recurring quips about his sexual virility appear out of place and delusional.
All in all, this is another weak and essentially pointless film, the latest in a series. Allen obviously has the right and ability to turn out a film a year, but one would hope that he might step back at some point, perhaps take a break from filmmaking, and provide himself anew with compelling reasons for his continued activity. His apparent lack of any objective conception about himself and his work is one of the most disturbing aspects of his annual film production. It may very well be that Hollywood Ending, like Deconstructing Harry and others, is seen by its author as an exercise in self-criticism. Hardly. The filmmaker cannot seem to suppress his self-pity and self-aggrandizement.
At the center of Hollywood Ending, and this is a familiar theme, is Allen's artificial construction of a dichotomy between the supposed cultural apex, New York City, and the cultural wasteland, Los Angeles and the film industry. This brings to mind the parallels between this film and Robert Altman's The Player, another anti-Hollywood film. Allen is approximately the same age that Altman was when he made his film. While the latter's work was a relatively sharp-eyed look at film industry machinations and Machiavellianism, Allen's movie offers no worked-out insights about either Hollywood types or the travails of being an artist under the thumb of such types. (George Hamilton strutting around with a golf club does not even qualify as a type.)
Allen fails to build a solid argument for his long-held contention that the two cities—or two cultures—exist on vastly different intellectual planes. Where is the evidence of that? What has become of New York's liberal artistic intelligentsia? When was the last time it produced a major work or series of works, or, more importantly, took a courageous and difficult stand that electrified large sections of the population? This layer has turned politically and socially to the right. It largely supported Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor, in his war against the city's working class and the poor, and his relentless campaign against democratic rights and artistic freedom. It has not spoken out against the brutal and sordid militarism of the Bush administration. It is this social shift, more than his personal catastrophes, which probably figures most prominently in Allen's general decline.
The vitality of some of Allen's works, such as Annie Hall, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Husbands and Wives, and even Celebrity (in parts) stemmed from their comically-laced critique of various social issues and layers, with the camera turned on the filmmaker's own milieu. He is capable of skewering the self-importance and self-involvement of that milieu. As the latter has become more politically conservative and isolated from wider layers of the population, so have Allen's cinematic efforts become increasingly limp.


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|69 years and 117 days
|San Diego, USA
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|27 February 2013
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|English (10), Spanish (7)
|2 children
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|180 cm (5 ft 10 ins)
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|University degree
|Engineer / Manager
About John:
Hello from sunny California! Let me tell you some things about my character. I consider myself to be a warm, caring, thoughtful and sensitive person. I also think that I am kind, generous, considerate, easy going, intelligent and a gentle person. Maybe a littel quiet or shy until I get to know you better.
I also think that I can be serious, but there should be much laughter too. That is what is really important! I think that I have a very good sense of humor if you are willing to try to understand it. To be honest, I feel a little uncomfortable saying too many things about myself. I don't want to sound like I am being to boastful or self centered.
My interests are my children first, last and probably everywhere in between. The things we enjoy most are sports, riding motorcycles, basketball, football, surfing at the beach, dining out (pizza mostly, and Mexican food), movies, museums and all types of music.
We enjoy travelling very much too. I want to see the whole world. I also enjoy spending time with people who are special to me. I love kids, I think they help keep you young! My sons live with me much of the time and I have a great life with them. But now, as my sons get older and on their own more often. I think that I need more in my life now, I need a woman to be my best friend. That is all that is missing in my life now.
Looking for:
I'm looking for my perfect match, my best friend, my one and only love for the rest of my life! I am looking for someone to share all my deepest and most personal thoughts, someone who will share her thoughts with me. I know my future mate is out there somewhere. I know what I want to find in a woman and will keep looking until I find her.
Physical attraction is very important but it is not the most important thing to me. I would prefer that she is very attractive, with a good figure, slender or athletic build. She is 35-45 years old, happy, confident, intelligent, a little serious but with a great sense of humor too. She is honest, faithful, kind, gentle, caring and very loyal.
I always treat a lady with dignity and respect. I have no problem spoiling her if that is what she truly wants. I gain great pleasure and satisfaction from doing anything that helps to make my woman's life easier and more happy. Although I am very loyal, I am not jealous or posseive. I think everyone
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What is iPhone error connecting to Apple ID server?
iPhone error connecting to Apple ID server is an error the usually occurs when users are unable to verify their Apple account and connect to the Apple server. The error may occur for a number of reasons including the user not being connected to the internet, if the time settings are incorrect, there is an issue with Keychain Access and other certificate settings.
The error may also occur after an update and may manifest as "Verification failed. There was an error connecting to your Apple ID."
How can you fix iPhone error connecting to Apple ID server?
Some of the solutions to this error include re-synchronizing your account.
Please see our in-depth walk-through solutions below.
1. Resynchronize your Account
"iPhone error connecting to Apple ID server" may be caused by a cache or slow internet connection. You might want to clear your cache by restarting, test your internet speed it is good, and then resynchronize your account.
- Turn off the device, and turn it on again.
- Make sure your time, date and time zone is correctly set.
- Internet connection is stable
If you're using Data make sure you have a good signal and your internet connection is stable.
If you're using WiFi make sure you have a good signal and your internet connection is stable.
- If not, kindly reset your modem router.
- Make sure to close all application when you're connecting to Apple ID server.
- Re log in your account.
- Go to Settings >> App & iTunes.
- Click your Apple ID at the top.
- Sign out and Sign back in.
- Connect again.


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Group photo at jail brings suspension
CAMDEN - A corrections officer who posed for a photo in a Camden County Jail cell can be suspended for four months, a state authority has ruled.
This month, the Civil Service Commission upheld the 120-day punishment for Isaac Reyes, who was photographed with four other officers during a shakedown at the Camden lock-up in November 2014.
Reyes contended he did not know his picture was being taken during a jail shakedown, although the photo shows him kneeling with the other officers and "giving the #1 signal with his index finger," according to a court ruling in the case.
The photo — with a superimposed caption that uses a variation of the n-word — was taken by another officer, Michael Jacob, who had a private cellphone in violation of the jail's rules.
Jail administrators learned of Jacob's phone after the shakedown. An examination of its contents revealed widespread, often racist texting by multiple jail officers.
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The probe led to the firing of 10 officers, including Jacob, and resignations for two others. All five officers in the group photo were disciplined.
The jail employs 306 officers, said Camden County spokesman Dan Keashen.
He said county officials were "very happy" with the decision to uphold the "fair and just" discipline imposed on Reyes by Warden Karen Taylor.
The officer's attorney, Micole Sparacio of Woodbury, declined to comment.
In its May 3 decision, the commission rejected Reyes' appeal of a ruling by Administrative Law Judge Catherine Tuohy. She found Reyes had been aware of Jacob's contraband phone, failed to report it to a supervisor and impeded an Internal Affairs investigation.
The judge described Reyes' version of the incident as "unbelievable"
"He never admitted to posing for the photo even though he was questioned as to why he was looking directly at the lens and making the #1 sign," her ruling noted.
In contrast, three officers in the photo — Damion Pearson, Matthew Bulzak and John Gillen — gave truthful answers during the Internal Affairs investigation, the ruling said. The fifth officer, Jason King, was questioned after returning from an extended medical leave.
"All of the other officers admitted to posing for the picture and admitted that Officer Jacob took the photo with his personal cellphone," the ruling said.
The disciplinary actions taken against those officers could not be immediately determined Thursday.
Reyes was charged with neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming a public employee and other offenses.
The ruling noted he previously was reprimanded twice for abuse of sick leave in 2014 and was suspended for six days for two cases of neglect of duty in 2013.
It said Reyes received a 30-day suspension for a September 2012 incident where he "was in the control booth engaged in conversation when he should have been patrolling."
An inmate was "severely assaulted requiring hospitalization" while Reyes ignored his patrol duties in the 2012 incident, the ruling said.
A state appeals court on May 15 upheld the dismissal of another correction officer, Takia Johnson. She did not participate in the white officers' group chat, but was found to have texted with Jacob while on duty.
One of those texts included the image of someone's bare buttocks, court records say.
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So sometimes people give me very much credit that I have done wonderful throughout the whole world. But I do not know that I am wonderful man. But I know one thing, that I am speaking what Kṛṣṇa has spoken. That's all. I am not making any addition, alteration. Therefore I am presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is. This credit I can take, that I don't making any nonsense addition or alteration. And I see practically it has become successful. I have not bribed so many Europeans and Americans. I am poor Indian. I came to America with forty rupees with me, and now I possess forty crores. So there is no magic. (quietly to one devotee:) (aside:) You can go back side. You are sleeping. So this is the secret, that if you want to become guru honestly... If you want to cheat, that is another thing. There are so many cheaters. People also want to be cheated. As soon as we say that "If you want to become my disciple, you will have to give up four things: no illicit sex, no intoxication up to drinking tea and smoking cigarette, no meat-eating and no gambling," and they criticize me, "Swamijī is very conservative." And if I say that "You can do all nonsense, whatever you like. You simply take this mantra and give me $125," they will like. Because in America, $125 is nothing. Any man can pay immediately. So I would have collected millions of dollars if I would have cheated like that. But I do not want that. I want one student who follows my instruction. I don't want millions. Ekaś candras tamo hanti na ca tara-sahasrasaḥ. If there is one moon in the sky, that is sufficient for illumination. There is no need of millions of stars. So my position is that I want to see that at least one disciple has become pure devotee. Of course, I have got many sincere and pure devotees. That is my good luck. But I would have been satisfied if I could find out one only. There is no need of so-called millions of stars.
So therefore the process is there, and it is very simple, and if we understand the all instruction in the Bhagavad-gītā and then we study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam... Or even if you don't study, Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given very simple method. That is also recommended in the śāstra:
- harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam
- kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā
- (CC Adi 17.21)
If we want to study Vedic literature, that is very good. That is sound footing. So we have already got fifty books. You study. Become very great scholar in philosophy, in religion, is sociology. Everything is there in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, politics also. And you become perfect man, with full knowledge. And if you think that you have no time, you are not so good scholar, you cannot read all these books, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Either way you will become perfect, either both or at least one. If you cannot read books, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. You will (become) perfect. And if you read books and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, that is very good. But there is no loss. If you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra but you cannot read books, there is no harm. There is no loss. That chanting is sufficient. But if you read, then you will be able to defend yourself from the opposing parties. That will help you preaching work. Because in the preaching work you have to answer so many question, you have to meet so many opposing elements, so if you are strong in your position by reading books, Vedic literature, then you become very, very favorite to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says,
- na ca tasmāt manuṣyeṣu
- kaścit me priya-kṛttamaḥ
- ya imaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ
- mad-bhakteṣu abhidhāsyati
Anyone who preaches this confidential knowledge, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66), if he is ably fit to preach this message to the world, then immediately he becomes very, very much recognized by the Supreme Lord.


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Barnes Old Cemetery is elusive. There's not much information about it to be found online, and it hides amongst the trees close to the tennis courts on Rocks Lane – most people using the courts or passing in the car or on the bus probably have no idea that it's there.
Continue reading "Barnes Old Cemetery: an abandoned graveyard being reclaimed by nature"


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We stand at an interesting time in history. The accelerating idea of the past thousand years, individualism, has fallen. Something new will take its place. Visualizing this however proves difficult because the modern society mixture — democracy, consumerism, equality and diversity — is all that we have known, so we are treading in uncertain mental waters.
The past is just far enough away that we cannot resurrect it, and are not sure we want to go down that path again. Futuristic notions tend to be based in technology, which whether we follow Kaczynski and blame it for our situation or not, we tend not to see as a substitute for the workings of a functional society. And so, a void exists, and because we cannot see past it, we stagnate in indecision.
The problem with Western Europeans today is that they have no "branding": a singular, simple and expressive notion of themselves which carries forward into the future. We do not know what defines us, and therefore, have no idea what parts of the present to keep and which to reject.
In other writings on this site, it has been proposed that Western Europeans have a defining trait in that we are reflective, or prone to contemplate the nature of the universe and measure our own acts against it. The problems with this approach are that it can lead to navel-gazing, and because it is solitary, it is easily subverted by social forces like peer pressure.
Western Europeans can recapture their sense of identity through this forward-looking notion. Those that reflect, refine, improve and seek to understand — the rage for order in our Faustian souls — created our civilization, and we can apply these principles toward the future. That is: we do not need a new theory, but a new start, and then to improve qualitatively.
We know we need an intermediate position between our present failure and whatever comes in the future, and that laws will not save us. Some have suggested forming corporate settlements, and others want strong governments.
Right now we struggle because we must ask which way is forward for "us" because the answer is not clear at all. There should be a long term plan but there is no such thing. The current time-frame is a good time to think about these things, where at least we can identify the goal as Civilization: a non-self-destructing society which advances past the capabilities of the individual human.
The example of South Africa may be instructive for future civilizations as seen in the light of populist changes. Western Man has accepted world wars, liberal academia, abusive corporations but only protested when finances got out of hand. This applies to America as well as to Europe.
In South Africa, money was not affected at all initially, which goes a long way to explain the "willing" apathy of local whites caught in the bourgeois dream of succeeding amongst a sea of others who do not. This situation did not last; as government failed, so eventually did the economy. Essentially this means we — South Africa and the West — are slowly being bundled into the same boat.
Going forward towards a civilization requires an organized and coordinated approach. In South Africa, the Boer elite pushed primarily for a legal system followed by a mother tongue system. They thought that the law would protect them against crime and corporations, but they were wrong. We had specialized white-collar-crime courts, which failed, and Corps & Municipalities which failed too, except the banks (of course).
For the American civilization, I would propose a re-focus on majority rights. It is possible to change the law so that only majority tax-payer people can vote (without affecting the Constitution). I would also propose a mother-tongue dispensation and English-language schools instead of defining an official language to the nation-state as a whole.
The difference between South Africa and this future USA would be law enforcement, which would be enhanced to include Corporations and Cities/NGOs, where no multinational corporations would be allowed. The US economy used to be 95% internal and 5% external. So what was the point of globalization, other than greed and arrogance? The Trump plan of "bilateral trade" is the opposite, namely an adjustment for cost of porduction.
In the near future, it may be possible to support a law which would limit who can vote. Many have suggested a vote only for those who pay taxes, but this favors the middle classes who often vote against their interests. Perhaps a return to those who own property free and clear is required to offset the democratizing force of usuary.
As far as a possible "war" in the sense of street fighting goes, it should not be opposed; it is a necessary stage in spurring the herd to want to actually fix problems. The swarm needs to resolve itself before it will accept culture as their guideline. Until then it will only desire more anarchy and lack of responsibility.
Black protests and demographic voting continue in South Africa precisely because there is no culture or identity "branding." The rest of the West needs to learn from this example, and rush to brand itself as what it is, Western Civilization. With that being done, it can start acting in self-interest and avoid the chaos of the conflict of special interest groups that democracy creates.
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Meant to be
Everything happens for a reason. To lead us to somethjng greater down the path. I've always been a firm believer in it. Even when everything was miserable, I knew it would eventually show me an opening.
Its funny how one change, one choice, one adventure that I would not have done normally, has led the way to so many other things that have made life positive and happy. If I had given in to my guilty feeling of doing something for myself, and not gone to LA for my bday, I wouldn't have had all these amazing moments that have kept me smiling and laughing everyday since. It's been so long since I've laughed so hard and smiled so often. So many barriers that I had put up around myself for years have been slowly crashing down and the me I knew years ago is coming through.
Today, the weather was dark and seemed like it would rain so I decided that after my physical therapy, if it was still cloudy outside I would drive to the mountain and see if I could get wet. I got to the therapy and it was clearing up and I started to be sad. When I went in, they had me wait and told me they couldn't get the re authorization yet so I couldn't be seen. I laughed and said ok that's totally fine I'll come next week. And jumped in my car and headed straight for the mountain. As I got closer it got dark and gloomy and I felt at home. I drove until I got to the easy trail so I wouldn't hurt my feet more and just went. It was so nice to go without anyone. Just me and my music and thoughts. I hadn't gone hiking alone since I moved away and it was really relaxing not having the kids and being able to explore on my own. I saw the wild burro which I never saw all the times I went there and the rain started. I got wet and just wanted to smile. It was the most amazing feeling to be at peace and in nature. Breathing in the dampness and humidity and all my memories of friends at home flooded back to me. I want to cry and burst out smiling at the same time. I have found my stoke in the mountain that I lost. I need to be outside where I can be at peace.
When I left, the storm had passed and I was so glad I caught it before it disappeared. Realizing that it was meant to be. Meant to miss my appointment so that I could be here in time for the thunder lightening and rain.
Marc and angel's blog always posts at the perfect timing. I said it before everytime I have things happening it shows up on my feed or email I had to screen shot it below hahah
Marc and angel's blog always posts at the perfect timing. I said it before everytime I have things happening it shows up on my feed or email I had to screen shot it below hahah
So grateful for all the happiness that has come in the last few weeks. Cosmic energy. Nature.


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DirecTV customers lose MTV, Nick and other Viacom nets
At midnight on Tuesday, 17 Viacom-owned cable nets like Nickelodeon and Comedy Central went dark on DirecTV after the conglomerate failed to reach a new carriage deal with the satellite provider.
DirecTV customers who wanted their MTV (or their BET, or Spike, or VH1) were met with this message: "Viacom, the owner of this channel, forced DirecTV to suspend it despite our many requests to keep it on. We are working to bring it back as soon as possible without an unfair increase to your bill. Disruptions like this are brief. Go to DirecTVPromise.com for the latest info." CEO Mike White also taped a message for customers by saying how Viacom wants them to "pay substantially more for all of their networks, even those you don't watch or care about."
Viacom described the impasse a little differently by saying it was DirecTV's decision to drop the major cablers. "We are deeply disappointed that DirecTV dropped Viacom's channels before our midnight deadline this evening, severing our connection with its nearly 20 million subscribers nationwide," according to a company statement. "We proposed a fair deal that amounted to an increase of only a couple pennies per day, per subscriber, and we remained willing to negotiate that deal right up to this evening's deadline."
The seven-year deal between Viacom and DirecTV just expired. DirecTV says Viacom wants a 30% increase in fees to carry the nets, while Viacom has accused the satellite provider of lowballing the conglomerate — which, admittedly, has seen double-digit ratings drops on its once shining star, Nickelodeon. The kiddie cabler used to routinely trounce the Disney Channel in total day and kids 2-11; now the Mouse House cabler is ruling in total day viewing and the young demo. It certainly helps that Disney has recently launched several new and popular shows like Good Luck Charlie and A.N.T. Farm while Nick hasn't created a new hit since iCarly, which will go off the air on November.
If that's not enough to raise the ire of DirecTV, there's also the issue of how lots of Viacom programming can be accessed for free online.
DirecTV has roughly 20 million subscribers.


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Erna Engebrethsen
Associate Professor - Department of Accounting and Operations Management
Associate Professor - Department of Accounting and Operations Management
Engebrethsen, Erna S. & Dauzère-Pérès, Stéphane (2019)
European Journal of Operational Research, 279, s. 1- 25. Doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.11.067 - Full text in research archive
Despite the significant share of transportation costs in logistics costs and the importance of considering transportation in inventory models, the majority of the existing models either neglect or simplify transportation costs and capacities, often assuming that only one transportation option is available. The complexity of modeling and choosing the optimal transportation mode or combination of modes has increased due to the increased variety of transportation options and pricing schedules after deregulation. In this paper, we review and classify inventory models with multiple transportation modes focusing on the freight cost functions, mode characteristics and the methods for modeling multiple modes. To our knowledge, no such review has previously been published. We discuss the benefits and weaknesses of each modeling method and, based on industrial practices, identify new areas for research.
Engebrethsen, Erna S. & van Oorschot, Kimball Elizabeth (2022)
[Academic lecture]. Annual Conference of the Norwegian Operations Research Society.
Jahre, Marianne; Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Engebrethsen, Erna S. (2017)
[Academic lecture]. SNF Workshop Series: Methods of Disaster Research: Interdisciplinary Approaches.
|Academic Department
|BI Norwegian Business School
|Job Title
|2016 - Present
|BI Norwegian Business School
|Assistant professor
|2012 - Present
|Aker Solutions
|Corporate Senior Manager Supply Chain Management
|2011 - 2012
|Aker Solutions
|Corporate Risk Manager, Chief Operating Officer Organisation
|2010 - 2011
|FMC Technologies
|Strategic Source Leader
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|Det Norske Veritas
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Bulgarians in Albania
Republic of Albania
population-3 544 808 size-28 748 sq / km
-353 400
Ethnic composition: Albanians-95%, Greeks-3%, Bulgarians, Gypsies, Serbs, and Vlachs- 2%
-According to unofficial sources, the number of Albanian non-Albanians population is as follows:Greeks-60 000, Gypsies-60 000, Bulgarians or Macedonians-30 000,Aromanians-50 000.
--- It is assumed that the number of Bulgarians in Albania is about 60 000-80 000 and they mainly inhabit areas-Golo Brdo, Poleto, Mala Prespa, Korcha, Kukas Gora, and the cities of Tirana, Berat, Durres, Elbasan, Prenyasi, Kukas, Korca, Bilisti, Pathos, Pogradec, Librazhd and others.
Golo Brdo
between 10 000 and 15 000 Bulgarians
-Golo Brdo area falls within the administrative districts of Librazhd and Bulchiza.It involves basically three municipalities Trebishta, Ostreni and Steblevo with a total of 26 villages
Municipality Steblevo
Steblevo-120-Bulgarian Muslims and Christians
Zabzun -470-Bulgarian Muslims and Albanians
village Moglitsa-15
Prodon village-80
Borovo village-550 Bulgarians and Albanians
Sebishta village-Albanians and Bulgarians-150
Municipality Ostreni
village Golemo Ostreni-Albanians and Bulgarians-Christians and
mohamedans.The village has 300 Bulgarians houses-1200
Golem Okshtun village-Bulgarian-Muslims-300
Oresnie village-Bulgarian-Muslims-160
village Tuchepi-Bulgarian Muslims-540
Malo Ostreni- Albanians and Bulgarians-Christians and Muslims-540
Pasinki village-Albanians and Bulgarian Muslims and Christians-540
Leshnichani village-Bulgarian Muslims-90
Vladimiritsa village-Bulgarian Muslims-540
Torbachi village-Bulgarian Muslims-540
Orzhanovo village-Bulgaria Muslims-80
Municipality Trebeshta
Trebishta Muchin village-Bulgarian Muslims and Christians-600
Trebishta Balya village- Bulgarian Muslims and Christians-470
Trebishta Chelebie village- Bulgarian Muslims and Christians-650
Ginevtsi village-Bulgarian Muslims and Christians-10
Vorbnitsa village-Albanians and Bulgarians-15
Klenye village-Bulgarian-Muslims and Christians-120
Ostren village-Bulgarians Muslims-4
-According to the local Bulgarian Association in the three municipalities Bulgarians living in 23 villages, 17 are purely Bulgarian, and 6 are mixed. The local Bulgarian-Muslims are called Torbes.
Bulgarians living in other villages in the region as:
Golyam Sterep
village Radoishta
Serpetovo village-Bulgarian Muslims
Lyubolezi village-Bulgarian Muslims
village of Gorica
village Konyovets
Radovesh village-Bulgarian-Muslims
Leten village-Bulgarian-Muslims
Radomiritsa village-Bulgarian-Muslims
Miroshi village-Bulgarian-Muslims
village Tarnovo-Bulgarian-Muslims
village Zaborie
Village Selishta-Albanians and Bulgarians-Christians and Muslims
springs village-Bulgaria-Muslims
Goleishta village-Albanians and Bulgarians
Smolnik village-Albanians and Bulgarians
Trabchanitsa village-Bulgarian-Muslims
in the Area has 5 villages with around 2000 Bulgarians
Karchishta village-Bulgarian Christians and Muslims and Albanians-620
Makelare village-Bulgarian Muslims and Christians and Albanian-450
Oboki village-Bulgarian Muslims and Christians and Albanian-300
village Deolyani -Albanians and Bulgarians-Christians and Muslims-250
Arbele village-Bulgarian Christians and Muslims and Albanians-300
-residents -14 000 Albanians,Bulgarian Muslims and Christians-1000
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Dollymount (Irish: Cnocán Doirinne), often known as "Dollyer" to Dubliners,[1] is a coastal suburban area on the north coast of Dublin Bay, within Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, just East of Saint Anne's Park.
The famous Wooden Bridge from Clontarf links to Bull Island and the 5 kilometres long stretch of sandy beach and dunes on the island's eastern shore; while the island is located in Clontarf and Raheny, the beach is called Dollymount Strand.
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Let's face it, there's a great reason that there are so many SUV's and pick-up trucks out there on the roads today– basically, we are towing more than ever. Proprietors of jet-skis, motorcycles, pull-behind RV's, boats– you call it– they all should tow every so often. While towing is a reasonably simple procedure, safety must be used or it could end up being harmful and even deadly to various other motorists when traveling.
The correct use of safety chains is one method to guarantee that the tow vehicle never gets separated from the trailer. Of course, security chains are required by law so utilizing them not just maintains everybody safe, it also keeps you legal.
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It is required by law that any kind of trailer have brake lights, turn signals, and tail lights that work in unison with the lights on the tow vehicle. Unique wiring harnesses are generally supplied with a trailer that needs to hook right into the circuitry of the tow vehicle.
You likewise never ever want to be towing anything that goes beyond the optimum tow capacity of your vehicle. The first is that you will harm your vehicle's drive train when towing trailers past the towing capability.
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If for any type of reason the trailer were to come to be separated from the hitch, those chains will stop the trailer from dropping to the ground and away from the tow vehicle. It is called for by regulation that any kind of trailer have brake lights, turn signals, and tail lights that work in unison with the lights on the tow vehicle. You additionally never ever want to be towing anything that goes beyond the maximum tow capability of your vehicle. The first is that you will certainly harm your vehicle's drive train when towing trailers beyond the towing ability.


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No Surprises in Florida House Races
Posted November 6, 2012 at 11:50pm
Every House race but one has been called in the Sunshine State, and there have been no surprises.
But firebrand Rep. Allen West (R) remained locked in a razor-tight contest with businessman Patrick Murphy (D) in Florida's 18th district. With 96.4 percent of precincts reporting, West led with 50.2 percent to Murphy's 49.8 percent, according to the Associated Press.
Here are other competitive race results, as reported by the AP:
- Freshman Rep. Steve Southerland (R) beat former state Sen. Al Lawson in the Panhandle 2nd district by a comfortable 5-point margin.
- Freshman Rep. Daniel Webster (R) held off a challenge from former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings, beating her by 3.6 points.
- Rep. Vern Buchanan (R) easily beat former state Rep. Keith Fitzgerald (D) by more than 7 points.
- Former West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel (D) beat former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner (R) in the open 22nd district, reconfigured to be significantly more Democratic.
- Embattled Rep. David Rivera (R) lost to Democrat Joe Garcia in the Miami-area 26th district.


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Chris King – Animal
If you want to find your passion, surrender to your heartbreak. Your heartbreak points toward a truer north… ~Umair Haque In the linear notes of "Animal", Chris writes "This album is about as true to myself as I've ever made" and while I think that's true of most people making records.. I think it's especially true here. Chris shows that, on this record, he's willing to share some of both the happy and sad truths that life throws us… and exposing your heart like that takes bravery in a world where popular music just wants you to feel good. AlsoContinue Reading


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GOP senator says many banks still too big
"Dr. Volcker asked the other question — if they're too big to fail, are they too big to exist?" Shelby said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "And that's a good question. And some of them obviously are, and some of them — if they don't get their house in order — they might not exist. They're going to have to sell off parts to survive."
Shelby was asked specifically if Citibank, Bank of America and JP Morgan might at some point be the recipients of further taxpayer bailouts.
"I hope not. I hope it won't — and I tell you, if we implement a Basel III accord for more capital and they are better regulated, maybe we won't go down that line," he said. "But the question I think we've got to ask — are we better off with the bigger banks than we were? The [answer] is no."
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act is in the middle of a multiyear rulemaking and implementation stage as its hundreds of regulations are researched and written.
Some Republicans have called for a rollback of the legislation, saying the heightened regulations on financial institutions go too far and will obstruct economic growth.
Shelby also weighed in on the Occupy Wall Street protests, although he stopped short of an endorsement.
"There's a lot of frustration out there, everywhere," he said. "They see big salaries at the big banks. I'm sympathetic to unemployment and the failure for this … administration and everybody to create fewer and fewer jobs, that's frustration."


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The digital-wallet business is rough — just ask Google
Today, a report from Businessweek showed the cracks in one of Google's most spirited and cutting-edge products. Google Wallet, it seems, is a "money pit." The team is now forced to make tough decisions about how to move forward with the product, potentially scrapping projects designed to encourage digital wallet adoption.
It's been a rough few years for the digital wallet space in general. Smaller companies like Dwolla and LevelUp have a hard time reaching out to educate their audience and expand their consumer base, according to a study by ComScore. PayPal, with the most name recognition out of all, has investors unsure of success in the onsite payments business according to Mercury News. Even buzzy payments provider Square, boasting of processing mobile transactions upwards of $8 billion per year, has only 3 million Square Wallet users as of last year, according to CNET. But perhaps no company has felt the squeeze quite like Google.
The search giant has already sunk $300 million into acquisitions to supercharge the technology and edge ahead of competitors, but the reaction to the service has been lukewarm at best. Wallet has been downloaded from Google Play fewer than 10 million times in the last two years, which means it is dwarfed by an order of magnitude by Google's other offerings — even the recently released Hangouts app.
Even those who download digital wallet apps like Google Wallet use them sparingly: Only $500 million in transactions went through U.S. stores and services via mobile payments in 2012, and roughly $12.8 billion worldwide. A lot of the trouble with digital wallets has to do with inconsistency among retailers, and the lack of widespread information about when and where the public can even use an app like Google Wallet. Until most stores accept mobile payments as quickly and simply as handing over cash or swiping plastic, there's not going to be enough volume to push Google Wallet in the black.
The other significant barrier that Google Wallet faces is a lack of cooperation from the carriers. While a decent amount of Android, Blackberry and Windows Phones have NFC enabled in their hardware, only Sprint allows Google Wallet on devices. Having to battle with other carriers, on top of other wallet companies and Apple, with its own forays into Passbook, will further stretch Google Wallet as it struggles to find a steady audience that has access to the product.
Like many of its now-shuttered projects, Google Wallet may have entered the mobile-payments market too early and too strong to make a real play at domination. Forrester Research estimates the space will hit $90 billion by 2017, but that's a long time to wait and see if a major investment will turn around — even, perhaps, for Google.


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Individual enrollment in dental savings plans rose 20 percent to 7.76 million people in 2016 over 2015, according to the latest survey.
The growth was fueled by senior citizens on Medicare, which doesn't cover dental services, and young consumers looking for discounts on services – teeth whitening, for example – often not covered by regular dental insurance.
"The growth in discount plans for individual products is really focused on the young and the older age groups," said Evelyn F. Ireland, executive director for the National Association of Dental Plans in Dallas, and publisher of the 2017 NADP Dental Benefits Report.
Dental savings plans are not insurance, but offer a discount off the price charged by a dentist who participates in the savings plan.
The dental discount savings market is made up overwhelmingly – 89 percent – by Individual plans with the remaining 11 percent made up by groups.
Some of the 1.28 million new individuals covered by dental savings plans in 2016 were added through consolidation of plans that previously may not have been reporting into the NADP, Ireland said.
The state with the largest discount dental enrollment is Florida with 1.54 million enrollees, or about 7.6 percent of the Sunshine State's population, the survey found.
Texas was the next highest with 959,000 dental savings plan enrollees, or 3.5 percent of that state's population, and New York with 880,000 enrollees, or 4.4 percent of the Empire State's population, according to the 2017 NADP Dental Benefits Report.
"Florida has a disproportionate segment of the older population with Medicare that doesn't cover dental so there's more opportunity in terms of sales," Ireland said.
Basic Medicare doesn't cover dental services but coverage for teeth is available through some Medicare Advantage plans.
Under a discount savings plan, rates for dental services are negotiated by insurers and consumers can save between 10 percent to 60 percent off the retail price.
Routine teeth cleaning costing $106.00 might only cost $55.00, or major dental work like root canal, which could run as high as $1,000, might only cost $448.00 with a dental savings plan.
Dental savings plans members pay a fee – not unlike a fee paid for joining a warehouse price club – to join a plan offered by a major insurer and then benefit from discounts every time they visit the doctor.
A family of three can join a dental savings plan for a one-time fee of less than $150.00, and waiting periods last no more than 48 or 72 hours.
Since savings plans aren't insurance, there are no premiums to pay.
Proponents of dental savings plans say they are more convenient and require far less paperwork than standard dental insurance.
As insurers scale back on dental coverage by raising deductibles, boosting copayments and increasing coinsurance payments, some say there's very little that dental insurance covers for the limited services.
Insured dental plans come in the form of dental HMOs, dental PPOs and traditional dental indemnity plans.
An estimated 250 million Americans, or about 77 percent of the U.S. population, were covered by some form of dental benefit in 2016, according to NADP.
Only about 4 percent of people enrolled in a dental benefit are enrolled in a private nongroup plan, which would include a dental savings plan.
InsuranceNewsNet Senior Writer Cyril Tuohy has covered the financial services industry for more than 15 years. Cyril may be reached at email@example.com.