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The advertiser's litmus test for using RTB
There have been a lot of articles in the advertising trade press recently about the benefits and potential of real-time bidding (RTB) -- the ability for advertisers and agencies to bid on an ad impression, in real time, based on the actual data available about the user. As an ad optimizer, I too am excited by the potential of RTB, but I am also concerned: Could it be that there is too much hype surrounding RTB today? And as we all know, too much hype is not necessarily a good thing.
Here are some important items for advertisers and publishers to consider as they evaluate or implement RTB.
- RTB is definitely faster, but faster is only part of what makes something more efficient
Though speed can be an element of efficiency, it's not the only one. It's only when the resulting ad buys are better that the speed in which a buy is made can make the buy more efficient. The rules-based algorithms that are necessary to optimize performance can also function outside of RTB. As an advertiser, you need to test and confirm that with RTB, faster is also better in terms of all the metrics by which you track your campaigns.
- RTB isn't inherently more transparent
Transparency depends on the operations and practices being employed by the ad optimizer and its relationships with its ad network, exchange, and demand-side partners. Transparency in ad optimization means that every advertiser can see on which page of which publisher each ad impression was served -- something we advocate -- and this is possible with or without RTB. As an advertiser, you need to push for transparency regardless of the method of bidding.
- Technology needs to drive advertiser/agency innovation to support RTB
RTB works when advertisers and agencies have the necessary software to analyze and optimize a campaign's performance. Otherwise, the media planners' and buyers' roles are reduced to that of a trading desk clerk. Today, many media buyers at agencies and advertisers don't have the technology to properly evaluate and optimize campaigns in real time. The industry has to work together to ensure that agencies and advertisers are using technology which enables them to take full advantage of RTB.
- Do you have the data to maximize RTB?
RTB can deliver a significant increase in revenue for each ad impression, but publishers need to be able to leverage their own data and establish data partnerships with audience data targeting companies in order to maximize the value of each ad impression. Being able to segment and target users with enhanced data is what drives up the revenues per impression.
- Publisher-side technology needs to support RTB
Just like their agency and advertiser partners, publishers need the right technology in place in order to maximize their revenue from RTB. This means having the technology that can analyze and accept the bid being made by the advertisers for each impression in real time. Any delay on the part of the publisher could result in the loss of that ad impression due to the inability to serve the impression fast enough to its user.
- RTB is only part of the optimization equation
As important as RTB is to publishers, it's only one element which publishers who seek ad selling optimization can benefit from. Another area that should go hand-in-hand with RTB is bid optimization. Any publisher should analyze actual demand for ad impressions at various price points and predict the optimal point to sell that ad impression. Given the well-documented challenges publishers are facing, wouldn't we all welcome an opportunity for publishers to maximize revenue on desirable ad impressions?
I look forward to an online advertising ecosystem where RTB is one of the elements by which we're delivering greater revenue to publishers while improving return on investment for advertisers and agencies. To make that dream a reality, we have to work together as an industry to focus on the areas of optimization that matter most and ensure that we all align our business objectives and have enabling technologies in place to benefit from these new technological opportunities.
Assaf Roth is CEO and co-founder of IgnitAd.
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Today I will do something different: I will review an Anime theater movie. And one based on Togashi's great HunterXHunter manga no less!! And I will not do the old "did I like it" routine this time. Please, by all means, go on knowing my opinion about this movie. I had never disliked anything related to HXH. There were things I hadn't liked, but never really felt like any of it was bad. Until this movie… I hate it!
And to fully explain why, I will have to make some Spoilers about an awesome story, please, if you have not seen HXH yet go read it (or watch it).Our two main characters – we actually have 4, but those two are the ones we have been following the most in the series – are Gon Freecs and Killua Zoldyck. They are friends despite being very different: Gon is a honest kid with a free spirit and a very direct aproach to life while Killua is the son of an assassin clan, being very smart and manipulative, a good liar and very ends-matter kinda person. More on them later.We start the movie going back to an old fan favorite of the series: The Tenkuu Tougijou. Also known as the heaven's arena, it is a tower with 251 floors where martial artists beat the crap out of each other to move up to higher floors where they get better money prizes and more glory. The main characters are at this place to watch their friend Zushi fighting in the Battle Olympia. HOLY SHIT! Zushi got way stronger!
Only celebrities can attend the… Wait, is that Neon? Good to know she is doing fine. I hope her father is not doing too badly.In a great coincidence, Zushi's medical trainer is Leorio. Yes! Leorio is great! One of the best characters in the series!
Even though he is seen as sorta comic relief for the group, every fan knows Leorio is a great character, full of energy but also very smart and reliable, Leorio is responsible for some of the most awesome moments in the series! He is my second favorite character, only behind Gon! What awesome thing is he going to do in this movie?… sigh… So, you took a huge fan favorite and used him to "Bleach out" your villains? Really? I mean, he is the weakest fighter of the group at this point, but.. this should make beating him even more useless for the villains! And if their plan is to kill all hunters, why not KILL Leorio? Did you really have to toss him into the sewer, movie?So, if the last scene angered me, now the movie goes full head scratch mode: Netero is – awkwardly and out-of-charactery – in the arena to make a discurse before the fights and Gon and Killua go – awkwardly and out-of-charactery – visit him exactly when their friend, Zushi, is going to fight.And then the enemies strike. One girl – I think – commits suicide to ignite an ability that locks the chairman. It fits very well – finally – since it has been explained before that Nen doesn't necessarilly dispel because the user died, many times it gets stronger and even Netero can't break Nen just because, after he is been affected. Now, he is taken prisioner, the arena is taken hostage and the local defense mechanisms are all under enemy control and the protagonists are thrown out of the window – which makes their previous presence pointless, thank you movie…The exposition explains that the villains are part of an old hunter group called Shadow – cliché evil name, check – and Netero got ridden of them in the past. Now, revenge!So, we have a long sequence of shonen obligatory fighting. Between those scenes we learn that the power used by the enemies in the movie is called On (means Malice) and is the power of vengeance fueled by hatred. It is the opposite of Nen and… if you know Hunter x Hunter enough, you are probably confuse.You see, there is an aspect of Nen that really conflicts with this whole On stuff: It is supposed to be the opposite of Nen, based in hatred and malice. But NEN is influencied by your emotions, INCLUDING HATRED AND MALICE. Nen is not the power of good, because HXH is not a good x evil tale, it is gray and the power used by good guys IS the power of the bad guys, Nen is not based on your Midichlorians! They also explain that On has conditions that are based on a contract made when you learn it and that, if not followed, will kill you. Which is like conditions used for strengthening Nen. On also gives you 100 % of every NEN category, which resembles Kurapika Scarlet Eyes. So, basically, everything about this opposite of Nen, is freaking Nen! All of it is even used during the main series in some way.At least we have Leorio out of the sewer… wait a minute. You thrown him in the sewer out in the street, right? How the hell did he get out in the 50th floor of the tower? Just… how? Am I the only one seeing this?After Kurapika gets infected with the On, Gon has no alternatives but fighting Jed, the leader of the villains. And to do so, he makes a contract with On. By his own will. Yea…No. No. This is so out of character that it hurts. Gon is the kinda guy who would die for his friends, but he is NOT the give up and go for the dark side style of character. He is really stubborn and he doesn't give up. He is kinda dumb but he would not do the exact contract he is trying to save his friend from! ARGH!!
And Jed wants to force him to fight along with his group of vengeance killing the hunters who cannot accept the On. One of each is Kurapika, who is a friend Gon has to protect for his contract with On. Or he dies… Stupid much!?!?And let me remind you that by this point in the story, Killua had that freaking needle in his head that would make him knock Gon and run with him as soon as he noticed Jed was too much for them. But no, he goes all the way hero mode instead, talking with the dead girl and convincing her hateful On to stop what she was doing…So, the one moment in this movie I liked, is ruined. The post death hatred keeping her "Hatsu" working is dispeled because Killua asks her really politedly. She died to do that, do you realize how much will power that girl had on this mission?Netero proceeds to defeat Jed, as expected. Oh, before I forget:Don't worry. Gon is fine. I can't even understand what was the big deal. Kurapika could make the damn contract after all. Killua just had to say friendship-bubble and he would be safe after all. And Gon even is the one to finish Jed with the old "plans don't matter, just Shonen Punch him". Again, completelly out of character with how Hunter X Hunter usually goes.To rub a last salt in my wounds, the friends of Leorio make fun of him being useless and doing nothing in this movie. I can barely hold my desire to laugh movie, you are so funny!This movie really made me mad. It is a bad cash-in of a series that I love and it had all the tipical problems of this kinda shit. It even had the same guy behind the script of the TV series working the script here, but not even that stopped the mess the story ended up being. The characters made a lot of stupid uncharacteristic stuff, Leorio was useless comic relief and HISOKA of all characters just spent his time walking around being… helpful I guess… That was bad! Avoid this movie and go read the manga or watch the TV series, this shit will only make everything harder to understand later. Just… just… ARGH!!!

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In the modern world, all dreams are equal. That's why Esurance recognizes all LGBT marriages and partnerships. If you and your partner are insured on the same policy, you could get the same great rate as married couples.
Insurance companies generally offer lower rates to married couples. But what about same-sex couples and other LGBT partnerships? Shouldn't the same logic apply?
At Esurance, we think it should. In fact, we were one of the very first car insurance companies to extend the married rate to the LGBT community (long before gay marriage was recognized nationwide). And we now offer it to our motorcycle insurance customers too.
Today, gay couples and other LGBT partnerships can get this rate in almost every state where we do business. In Florida and North Carolina, domestic partnerships are not approved by the departments of insurance. But same-sex marriage is legal in these states — as it will be in all states due to the Supreme Court's ruling — meaning gay couples in FL and NC can still get the married rate by tying the knot. Massachusetts does not allow the married rate for any couples. Registered domestic partners in California should choose "Domestic partner (registered)" to receive this rate. In New York, you must be married to qualify.
So what does it mean to recognize all marriages? It simply means that even before the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, Esurance went beyond what the law required in order to treat customers equally.
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It's too late to back out, and I wouldn't anyway. No matter how inexperienced we are, I am going down there as prepared as I can be: my farrier gave Speedy some sparkly new shoes yesterday, we have good fitting tack, and my pony is pretty darn likable. Our performance may not wow anybody, but I am hoping Speedy's charismatic personality will win them over!
On to the real point of this post. I haven't gone anywhere with the horses since October. Remember the dead battery from the other weekend? I decided that maybe I better give my trailer a once-over to be sure that it had weathered this cold snap without any surprises.
I am pretty sure that I'll be the only out-of-towner at this clinic which means I'll certainly be the only one staying over-night on the grounds. It can be a little intimidating to camp alone, but knowing Speedy is close by always makes me feel less "alone." I always get up in the night to check on him and without exception, he always looks for my arrival. Sometimes I even hang out in his stall with a glass of wine and just visit. I know he enjoys the company as much as I do.
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Ibiza is one of those bucket list places you are keen to tick off, but never sure if it is in fact your dream destination for that quick weekend getaway. Are there too many fellow British tourists? Are prices exorbitant? Is it just about nightclubs and dance music?
Getting there
Options are plentiful, especially throughout summer, with flights departing and arriving at all hours of the day. There are flights arriving into Gatwick (even at 3am on a Monday morning) for those who want to enjoy the beautiful white isle to the maximum. There are also direct flights into Ibiza even during the off-season.
Unlike mainland Spain, almost everyone speaks English in Ibiza and there are no problems findings cabs to transport you to different parts of the island. Some cabs do accept card payments.
Where to stay
There has been an increased in activity is recent years to build more grand 5 star hotels as the island surges towards high-end tourism, but there are also many charming boutique hotels on offer. We visited the brand new OD Talamanca on our recent visit, which has spectacular views of Talamanca bay and Ibiza's old town, as well as a convenient location for reaching key parts of the island. The building itself has a refined retro-glamour style with a sleek lobby lounge area, swimming pools and an all-day restaurant for the diet-conscious offering dishes like tuna tataki.
Daytime pursuits
If there is one clichéd activity that you must try whilst in Ibiza, that is to visit the Ocean Beach Club. It is hugely popular with the reality TV loving generation, yes there might be plenty of inappropriate dancing and beachwear, but for sheer enjoyment of people watching, you will struggle to find anywhere better. Apart from the disco dancing and swimming, the lunch menu should be experienced whilst lounging by the poolside. The sushi is as fresh as any top London restaurant, whilst dining on their ocean or superfood salad will help keep you in shape for summer wear. Just don't copy the other clientele and waste your Champagne on spraying people – drink it instead.
Where to eat
Surprisingly, not many upscale restaurant brands have opened in Ibiza. STK Ibiza is one of those rare openings that set the bar very high for other restaurants on the island to follow. Service is formal, yet unpretentious, the decor is modern and chic with the giant video wall particularly impressive. It has one of those dreamy menus where you could conceivably return every night to try a different dish.
The soft shell crab sliders, lobster fish fingers and beef tartare we tried used exceptionally well-sourced ingredients. Ordering their tender, juicy USDA steaks for the main course is as compulsory as visiting the beach, the supreme degree of fat marbling is unlikely to be matched anywhere else in the Balearic Islands. If you have saved enough room for dessert and are with a large enough group of friends, order their dessert platter selection which is beautifully presented. Apart from fine dining, they also have punchy cabaret performances throughout the night as well as a DJ playing unusually R&B and hip-hop music.
You could write a book about the various clubs and music that have been delighting audiences for decades. If you read any music magazine, clubs like Space, Pacha, Amnesia have always been near the top of the list for the best clubs in the world. Space Ibiza is a must visit if you are heading out in 2016 as they are closing for the last time on October 2nd.
We visited Amnesia, which has hosted many great parties from Cream Ibiza to even turning Paris Hilton into a world-famous DJ. I could tell you how great her set was, but honestly I can't remember much.
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Past, Present and Future
Many of you know about Hope and a Future's vision: to develop a Therapeutic Interactive Intergenerational Neighborhood (TIIN) that is sustainable and replicable. You may also know about our mission: to promote meaningful relationships between young and old, empowering individuals to serve and strengthen one another in a diverse, faith-based, green community. In this blog post, we will give you a better feel for the land itself.
Honoring the Past
When people first see our "country estate" they often wonder what we're up to. The uniqueness of the property also evokes curiosity about its history. It is thought that the farmhouse was built in the 1880s. Mark Udvari-Solner, who did the architectural work for our accessible living addition, once told us that when he and his Father designed their own beautiful addition to the farm house more than thirty years ago, he had wondered why anyone would want to live this far out in the country! Another friend remembers riding horses out here.
Before construction of the surrounding residential subdivisions, the area boasted extensive territorial views. On a clear day from nearby hilltops, it was possible to see all the way to Lake Mendota. Today, our property's mid-slope location, together with its trees and wildflowers, evokes the immediate area's rural roots. The aerial photo of the property left in our possession by the previous owners, Jim and Liz, allows us to visualize this history, and to contemplate the many changes this house has seen during its existence, which spans portions of three different centuries.
With providential timing, in 2012, Rick and Karin Krause were led to move to this 5.7-acre site—a place where their vision for an intergenerational community could grow into reality. The property is located in the unincorporated Town of Middleton and surrounded by the corporate limits of the City of Madison. At the time of purchase, the site was improved with the late 19th-century-built farmhouse, which had been upgraded and added to over time. Also on-site was the old barn, still standing as of this writing. An outdoor pool with a patio and sauna had been built between the house and the barn. Much of the rest of the site was wooded, with the open areas containing natural growth. Time had taken a toll on decking and fences, trees were in need of trimming, and invasive trees and weeds needed to be removed.
Subsequent to our purchase of the property, we built a new addition to the house, which now contains accessible living space for our frail senior residents and our live-in staff. Through the sacrificial work of hundreds of volunteers and generous donations of money, resources and equipment, we have landscaped approximately one-third of the site.
Living in the Present
Today, the site work continues with further trimming and landscaping. A very productive vegetable garden has fed residents and the surrounding community through Middleton Outreach Ministry's food pantry. Together with friends from our Garden and Grounds committee, families of former residents are currently planning a Memory Garden to honor loved ones who have lived and died as members of our community. There will be a bench for prayer or reflection, an arbor and a memory wall, where each former resident will have a personalized memory plate. We also hope to have fruit trees, a gazebo for outdoor concerts and gatherings, a walking path linking residents and neighbors, and an accessible playground for the very young to the very mature.
All of this is happening because of the family of friends that has formed here as we provide care and work with community volunteers and professionals to create the first TIIN. These friendships and working relationships represent a partial fulfillment of our spiritual vision, which is rooted in our desire to impart God's message of hope and a future to the lives of people from different generations and backgrounds, building community by helping people to improve each other's lives through interpersonal connection and service. Our work now also involves writing the next chapter of this property that has already seen so much history; as we plan our next steps, we seek to honor residents, neighbors and the character of this beautiful former farmstead.
As the surrounding area was developed, city planners had assumed that this property's existing structures would eventually be razed and that roads and buildings would fill this space to the maximum degree possible. However, the City of Madison is working with us to approve the development of a unique neighborhood setting that will maintain the basic character of the property while improving access with a bike and pedestrian path through the southern portion of the site.
Planning for the Future
Integral to our plans is the construction of a 12-unit residential building, to include eight owner-occupied condominium units for people aged 55 and over, together with four rental apartment units for young families desiring community-based mentoring and support. There will also be a community space and workshop/greenhouse area. The new construction will be situated near the existing structures, meaning that much of the property will retain its low-density charm for the enjoyment of both us and our neighbors.
We are very excited about the design concept provided by our architect, Jim Gluek. The current plans will allow for the condos, the apartments and the new common areas to be under one roof. This will allow young and old, frail and strong to share life together and help each other in a weather-proof, accessible environment. In all of this, we seek to honor the past by living in the present and planning for the future.
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I've been browsing for over an hour and am astounded and feel so full of hope learning more about this program- I believe the first time I heard about this was when I was pregnant sitting in city church and although I was happy to hear of this then , there's been quite some time as my daughter is 14 moths now and since then , I too had a similar vision recently in which I drew out on paper and I truly feel led to this page. Watching the youtube videoof my story brought me many tears of hope and happiness. Bless the hearts of all involved. I would like to volunteer as well and help spread the word.
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Jennifer, thank you so much for your sweet words and encouragement. It would be awesome to hear your story and get your plugged into what is happening at H&F. If you are interested, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we can arrange a tour and time to sit down and chat :)
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You can only answer that question if you know your worth in the first place. They say that you cannot give what you don't have. So, it would be impossible for someone to love if you don't love yourself, isn't it? To know if he is worthy of you, you must know your value first. You need to set a standard for yourself, and it's okay to have high standard. One day, a man will come at the perfect time without you making any less from your standards. All you need to do is to wait and pray for the perfect person to come in your life!
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Following the footsteps of her parents and older sibling, shy vegetarian teenager Justine (Garance Mariller) enrolls in a veterinary college where she is thrust almost immediately into bizarre hazing rituals at the hands of elder students, including her older sister Alexia (Ella Rumpf). Faced with the dilemma of consuming raw meat or enduring further humiliation, Justine swallows more than her pride and things quickly go very, very wrong. Anchored by a fierce lead performance, writer-director Julia Ducournau's first feature is most impressive. A grisly but bold tale of womanhood and female sexuality à la Cronenberg via Argento—but from the country that gave us steak tartare. You have been warned.
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Welcome to Donaldson class
We are one of the Reception classes at Beddington Park Primary School. Our teachers are Mrs Cooke and Miss Dixon.
Our classroom is bright and colourful, with lots of interesting areas to explore and investigate through interactive displays. We will be learning through the seven areas of the curriculum which are:
- Communication and Language
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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- Mathematics
- Understanding of the World
- Expressive Arts
- Physical Development
In Donaldson Class, we have lots of fun learning to share and we take turns with all the toys and games. The children in Donaldson Class learn to be friends with everyone. For lots of us in Donaldson class, it is our first experience of being in a big school, so we are learning to be independent and make our own choices.
Our room is organised into different areas. In the Maths Area, there are number activities for the children to enjoy. In our Creative Area, we can paint, cut, stick, print and make collages, models and pictures. At our Understanding of the World Area, we can play with objects from different countries and cultures, explore with magnifiers and use mirrors and magnets. We also like to learn about lots of different festivals and celebrations from around the world.
Outside our classroom, we have our own garden area (which we share with Carle class) to play in, where we can do lots of activities. We have bikes to ride on, water and sand trays to investigate and lots of space to play with bats and balls.
We hope you have enjoyed reading all about our class.
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Now that Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has made it crystal clear not once but repeatedly that he is not interested in assuming the Presidency, the search is on for a reputable person who will have a Herculean task to bring Malaysian Football forward.
In leading a national body such as FAM, the personality corn earned must not only be able to handle issues from within the footballing body but outside as well and have the tact to be able to be firm yet knowledgable in sports, not necessarily Football one could say,
Many had raised eyebrows when this blog had revealed last night that the FAM was going to vacate their positions and call for an early elections, as a solution to the impasse with regards to Malaysian Football.
The decision is expected to be taken at the FAM Exco Meeting and this is one of the suggestions or formula put forward by Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
One also wonders why the Sports Minister did not offer this formula as a solution to the issues affecting Lawn Tennis Association Malaysia, Malaysian Archery Federation and other associations that face a crisis? Will this now be the yardstick or precedent to resolve issues in sports? Let's leave that argument for a different day.
Back to the FAM presidency and the suggestion that it should be someone who has no state affiliation. But wait a minute as the FAM Constitution stipulates that a candidate must be involved in Football. And nominations actually can only come through the states. So this suggestion can only be implemented with an amendment of the FAM Constitution. Highly unlikely the states will give up their vetting rights!
Next the position of the Exco members come into question,
If they all are stepping down as revealed, then they should not seek re-election into the seats they occupy in the present Exco, meaning a Deputy should either go for the vacant Presidency or leave altogether. But if the term is collective responsibility or solidarity with the outgoing President, then they should not be be in the new Executive Board, period.
As for Tunku Ismail taking charge as the Congress Head of FMLLP , this can only be decided by the representatives of the 24 teams and FAM. It's the ballot box that decides this and not the Sports Minister.
With regards to the Exco meeting on August 15, they need to come up with a timeline to implement the proposals put forward and not delay matters.
The question of changing the national coach also needs to be discussed properly as getting a foreign coach some 90 days before the AFF Cup is a big gamble.
But the Exco will have to make decisions, something they have not done since their captain had abandoned ship last year.
Dare they make any changes or this is just another case of empty vessels making the noise!
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Over the past few months I've been busy decorating pretty much every single room in the house (as well as working on the garden) but one room that has been sorely neglected ever since we moved in, is my room. There always seems to be other, more important DIY to do, or things to buy for the girls - so for this post I decided to be a bit selfish and to let myself daydream about my perfect bedroom!
I love my sleep - not that I get very much of it. It is literally my DREAM to have a beautiful, calming, clutter free space to sleep in every night. Right now I have very old and rustic, dark wooden furniture and my room seems to be the dumping ground for everyone else's stuff. It's the only room in the house never to have been decorated, so needs a pretty substantial amount of DIY doing to it before I can even begin to think about filling it with pretty things. But on the assumption that magic elves will come and fit all the woodwork, build me a new wardrobe in the eaves, sand the floorboards and paint everything white, here are six finishing touches I'd absolutely love to treat myself to!
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As I said above, my bedroom furniture is made of really dark wood and has a real a rustic vibe to it - I chose it almost twelve years ago and it couldn't be further away from my taste now. I'd love a new chest of drawers and a new pair of bedside tables, like these Mercury Row Aedesia ones. I really love the clean lines, contrasting wooden legs and Scandinavian design.
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I've always wanted a huge, freestanding mirror to prop up against the old chimney breast wall - and this Gallery Harrow full length mirror is an absolute beaut. I love the size of it and that intricately carved frame is just beautiful. The only question is, do I go for silver or cream?!
At the moment I have a fairly shabby old carpet that desperately needs replacing. Ideally I'd love white washed floorboards - with this Safavieh Coco grey/ivory rug next to my bed so my feet don't have to hit the cold floor when I get up in the mornings. How super cosy and plush does it look?!
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Maddox Sinclair is a college student who is living and working in his grandfather's barista café. He is also trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life since he was dumped a while ago by this childhood friend and boyfriend for Hollywood. Maddox could forgive his friend for leaving, but not for the things that were said. Now, he just works at the café, makes coffee, and works on his studies.
Rush Storm is the lead in his band Rising Storm and while taking a walk in a new city, becomes lost just as a really bad storm hits. Rush sees a darkened coffee shop and goes into it for shelter. What he finds there is a barista who stirs up all of his hidden lust. Rush has always been more interested in boys rather than girls, but to give his band a chance, he agreed to certain terms and the biggest is no publicly acknowledging his passions.
Maddox falls under the spell of Rush's eyes and in the storm darkened night, passion rules the night. That sensual night will change both Maddox and Rush once the daylight hits. Rush doesn't want to give up Maddox and takes steps to show him just how far Rush is willing to go to have Maddox in his life. Maddox is finally believing that he can be part of Rush's rock star life when a huge misunderstanding that hits right at all the buttons that both Maddox and Rush have. Is their love doomed before it barely starts, or can they find a way to be together even with the constant spotlight on them?
A sexy rock star and a hunky college student discover the highs and lows of love in Taken by Storm. I could understand Maddox's hurt in the past and his wanting to be cautious in believing Rush loved him. I also loved seeing just how far Rush went to prove his love to Maddox. I personally would be looking for a new manager/agent after the dust-up that was caused by faulty fact finding and how it was announced, but I have a feeling that Rush and Maddox will take care of that. I really loved how their story ended the book. Taken by Storm is a great story of finding and keeping love even when the odds are totally against you.


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I am once again honored to be allowed to write a post for the regular readers of Guts and Grog. Blog themes are almost always fun, but Tromeric seems to push the boundaries with great ideas like "Horror With Training Wheels" and now "Two Extremes". The original idea for my post was to watch Disney's The Fox and the Hound followed by Lars Von Trier's Antichrist, and come up with five things the two have in common, other than talking foxes. Impossible, you say? Let's find out…
For the first part of my double-feature, I decided to watch The Fox and the Hound, thinking I'd breeze through it, but paying attention, looking for any kind of themes it may have in common with Antichrist. It had been probably close to 30 years since I'd seen it. I remember watching it as a kid and liking it. For those of us old enough to remember such, I even had one of those story books with the 45 in the back that you could put on your record player and listen to as you read along. I had forgotten all about it until certain phrases in the movie brought back memories. Still, my recollection of the events of the movie were sparse at best, and I honestly had no idea how it ended. I assumed it would be a heartfelt tale of how two animals, who were known as natural enemies, could be friends when they put their differences aside. What I'd completely forgotten is that while Disney has always been an Evil Empire, it was also staffed by a group of sadistic bastards who seemed intent on creating films whose sole purpose was to crush childhood spirit, completely traumatize, and leave all of us subjected to them at a young impressionable age, heartless, broken adults.
My God, I knew I certainly wouldn't get the warm and fuzzies from Antichrist, what I hadn't anticipated was The Fox and the Hound making me want to blow my own brains out. What a fucking downer of a movie. There is more loss, betrayal, and heartbreak in its 81 minutes than young children should have to endure in a lifetime. I assumed that Todd and Copper would remain friends after all was said and done. I also assumed that while Todd didn't necessarily bother me, Copper would be the character I would most connect with. I'm a dog person, plus Todd was the overly outgoing, adventurous one, and if left to my own devices, I'd rather not stray too often from the straight and narrow, like my boy Copper. But then, Copper goes away for the winter, and he returns as a DOUCHE. He even takes his douchebaggery to a whole new level when he straight up turns on Todd because of the train incident that leaves the older dog, Chief, injured. Of course, Chief was trying to murder Todd, but fuck if Copper seems to give a shit. Dude has turned straight up cold. Even in the end, when Todd selflessly throws himself on the back of an attacking bear, he displays courage and devotion to Copper that most of us would never be able to extend to a person who HADN'T totally betrayed us for no reason, other than we are different in some way, be it race, gender, or what, let alone someone who had once been our dearest childhood friend and done so. I've got to give Todd his props. Copper though, even when he got between a downed Todd and the hunter's shotgun? Yeah, fuck that guy.
After The Fox and the Hound, the plan was to continue on to Antichrist. I put the dvd in, refreshed my adult beverage, and sat down prepared to once again have my senses assaulted. It hadn't been as long since I'd seen Antichrist, but a year or so is almost and infinity when you watch as many movies as I do. Once it started though, I realized that I had essentially missed everything I'd seen so far, because I was still running through The Fox and the Hound in my head. That movie completely fucked me up. What a slap of real life in the face, despite the fact that it's a kids movie. I mean, with the way movies these days hit kids over the head with equality, and celebrate diversity, it was a shocking nod to the old "non-PC" days of the past. I decided I needed more time before I jumped into a Lars Von Trier movie, as the mindset I was in certainly didn't lend itself well to going in. By the end, of course, but going in? Not even I'm that much of a masochist.
The following night, I gave Antichrist a spin. It was basically as I'd remembered it. It starts off with a married couple getting it on, unaware that their toddler aged child had crawled out of bed and headed toward the balcony window. Of course, the child falls to his death, and from there we witness the grief that accompanies such a tragedy, although both parents deal with it in very different ways. The grief sends the mother, credited simply as "She" to the hospital, while her psychiatrist husband, "He", buries himself in his work. His work just so happens to be the treatment of his wife. The two head to their secluded cabin in the woods, known as Eden, to attempt to repair not only their broken marriage, but their broken selves. Unfortunately, it goes from bad to worse, WAY worse, as these things tend to do.
Now, let me say this, as I'm sure anyone who's ever stopped by my blog can attest, I'm not the most insightful person in the world. It's part of why I enjoy reading blogs so much. I love to watch something, take away from it whatever I do, then read others interpretations. Antichrist is an examination of grief that descends to depths those of us who have never been through a tragedy, like in this case losing a child, will never understand. What makes it even more disturbing is that when He and She get to Eden, we find out there's even more going on, as previous events, whose details are sparsely revealed, show that She was already pretty damaged before they lost the child.
Plenty of movies out there, particularly of the "extreme" nature delve into misogyny, but Antichrist presents the idea of a sort of "reverse-misogyny", which brings about a whole new thought process when you think about a woman who is already blaming herself for what happened to her child. She, who views all women as "evil" based off of research material she read when preparing to write a thesis, let her son die. It's hatred of herself, for being a woman, coupled with the grief and self-blame, that leads to her hospitalization. It's the anger at Him, who she perceives as arrogant due to his treatment methods, that leads to her eventual break. It's at that point that Antichrist goes away a bit from just a dreadful, uneasy feeling movie, to disturbing, and even at times hard to watch.
There's more there that I feel like Lars was trying to convey, with the woods in particular, that I feel like I still don't have a full grasp of yet. In my defense though, I seem to take something else away from it every time I watch it. Lars Von Trier isn't going to be a director for everybody, but I can't help but feel engaged and at times challenged by everything he does. His movies never make you feel good, but they do make you feel, and that's not something that comes along all that often anymore.
Now that I've endured the two films, and have had a little time to process, let's see if we can find five things the two have in common, other than talking foxes. Chaos Reigns, bitches.
Loss – When you get down to it, both of these movies deal heavily with loss. In Antichrist, it's the loss of a child, and ultimately sanity. The Fox and the Hound opens with Todd losing his mother to the hunters, but doesn't stop there. It goes on to explore the loss of innocence, in the form of Copper being groomed into a true hunting dog by his owner, and ultimately the loss of friendship, as Todd and Copper are forced to the realization that they can never truly be friends.
The Frailty of Relationship – The Fox in the Hound is all about relationships, and how we sometimes think or wish they will last forever. How many of us have had relationships come to an unexpected end? An end that we never saw coming? It hits you like a sledge hammer in the stomach. It's a harsh life lesson we all eventually learn. Antichrist focuses on a married couple who not only watch their relationship, marriage in this case, fall apart but their very lives also.
Abandonment – The Fox and the Hound is filled with abandonment, particularly in Todd's case. He's initially left abandoned by his mother, who leaves him in order to save him from the hunter, which ultimately leads to her death. After being taken in by the Widow Tweed, he's later abandoned again, this time by her, at the wild life preserve, to once again save him from the hunter. There's also the eventual emotional abandonment of his best friend, Copper. I'm honestly surprised the movie doesn't end with Todd splattering his fox brains all over a wall somewhere with the hunter's shotgun.
For as much as Antichrist deals with Her, and how she's coping with her loss and self-hatred, stop and think about how He feels. This is a man who also lost his only child, which has lead to his wife mentally checking out. There's undoubtedly some feeling of abandonment there. Of course he loves his wife, and wants to help her get better, but I can't help but feel like a small part of him is also afraid that if she doesn't recover, he will be left with nothing.
Nature – Not as in "Mother Nature" so much, although that's definitely there as well, but human nature, although I hesitate to use the word "human" as Todd and Copper are anthromorphic animals. I touched on this just a bit when I talked about relationships, but in both films we see things running their courses no matter how hard something tries to change them. The Fox and the Hound sees Copper ultimately turn on his best friend Todd because as a hound dog, it's his nature to hunt fox, whether they be friend or not. Antichrist shows a grieving mother, hospitalized by her sadness, and a psychiatrist who is bound and determined to cure her by any means necessary. In both cases, nature wins out.
Misogyny – I already talked about misogyny being one of the main themes in Antichrist, but it's present, although comedic and diluted in The Fox and the Hound too. It's actually more of just a sign of the times than anything else, but the hunter, Amos Slade's treatment of the elderly woman who takes Todd in after his mother is killed, the Widow Tweed, would be considered misogynistic by today's standards. He never refers to her by name, only "woman". He constantly berates her, and while he never comes out and calls her stupid, his comment s definitely imply that he feels like she is, and it's only because she's a woman.
There you have it, five things that Disney's The Fox and the Hound and Lars Von Trier's Antichrist have in common. I'm admittedly reaching a bit there, but hey, there's evidence that backs up every point. That just about does it for my long-winded entry for Two Extremes. Big thanks once again to Tromeric for letting me take part in another great theme here at the House of Grog. It's always a pleasure.
|Mitch goes by the internet moniker Mister Bones. He's a simple minded fellow, who loves comic books, horror movies, hockey, and video games. He can be found writing about such as that, and all manner of other meaningless topics over at this blog, Tales From the Batcave.


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Sunday, 18 December 2011
Singapore's mid-life crisis and the 'deterioration by complacency' syndrome
There was a time not too long ago that the phrase, "It can't happen in Singapore" was applicable to most any situation. After all, Singapore was clinically efficient. The city and its leadership had the Midas touch. The republic went from Third World to First World in one generation.
Notwithstanding his authoritarian tendencies, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) gave the world lessons on economic development using Singapore as an example. The city-state and LKY's clean government were models emulated across the entire developing world.
Yet, some of Singapore's lustre has worn off recently. Reports of violent crime, including murders, are more commonplace. Heavy rains cause routine disruptions, even floods. Orchard Road, Singapore's shopping showcase for tourists, seems particularly prone to flooding. The city's hitherto pristine infrastructure has aged. Litter is taken for granted. On some pavements, pedestrians walk at their own risk – cyclists brazenly flout the law banning bicycles from sidewalks.
The most recent atypical sign to find its way into Singaporean consciousness: problems on the subway system.
The most recent atypical sign to find its way into Singaporean consciousness: problems on the subway system.
Ong Teng Cheong, then Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, inaugurating the Toa Payoh MRT station in November 1987
However, all is not well in Singapore if the subway system breaks down three times in as many days. Add in the other recent 'surprising' occurrences in Singapore and a case for 'deterioration by complacency' can be made.
So much for the "it can't happen in Singapore" principle.
Singapore 2011 is not 1970s Singapore. In 2011, economic growth is no longer sufficient to keep the Little Red Dot's population satisfied. More and more, quality of life issues will determine the longevity of government ministers.
All is not yet lost. Singapore's finances are in good shape. Large cash reserves are available for targeted spending on problem areas, such as public infrastructure.
Moreover, unlike most international state owned enterprises, Singapore's public sector corporations like subway operator SMRT are not reliant on government handouts for survival or growth. SMRT is self-financing and has the means to spend its way out of short term problems, like recent train breakdowns.
Singapore is no longer young. The republic has reached middle age.
Coming to terms with middle age is not easy for most. The body starts to creak and groan. The body also does not have the same physical vitality of the past.
Singapore's mid-life crisis may not be extreme but it has arrived.
Perhaps it is time for Singapore to start popping some vitamin pills and exercise more? With additional hard work the city might just be able to maintain its competitive edge for another few decades.
Imran is a business and management consultant. Through his work at Deodar Advisors, Imran improves the profitability of small and medium sized businesses operating in Singapore and the region. He can be reached at email@example.com.
Monday, 12 December 2011
History's new era: the Dollar, Euro and the Age of Revolution
Singapore authorities like to compartmentalize Singaporeans into four basic categories: Chinese, Malay, Indian and others. Consequently, all Singaporean individuals are subsumed into one of the four racial groupings. Such cataloguing helps make order out of seeming incoherence.
Historians resemble policymakers in the area of 'convenient labelling.' Historians tend to break history down into periods, e.g. the Middle Ages, the Age of Industrialization, etc. Additionally, historians are forced to pick out specific events as turning points – that time when the old disappeared and the new entered.
The world has reached a turning point in history. The post-World War Two period is over and a new era has begun.
Following the defeat of the Axis (Germany and Japan) by the Allies [United States and the Soviet Union (USSR)], in 1945, the world settled into a rhythm dominated by the US and the USSR. The US was ably supported by its client states in the 'Free World.' The USSR was supported by Soviet client states particularly in Eastern Europe.
The post-war time was an age of decolonization and optimism. Individuals, revolutionary and otherwise, fought to change the world. Revolutionaries like Che Guevara spawned during these years. Red terror pitted itself against white terror in many parts of the world, especially Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Martin Luther King's civil rights movement had its day.
|USSR stamp demanding freedom for African nations and peoples (1961)
The world came close to destruction during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Conventional wars and insurgencies were commonplace. Deaths from disease, famine and natural calamities make contemporary disasters seem almost merciful by comparison.
Nevertheless, for historians and the 'powers that be' the world was sane and for the most part politically predictable. The rules attached to the theory of Mutually Assured Destruction were respected by both the USSR and the US.
The world remained balanced on its axis.
Then the economic inefficiencies of communism came to the fore. Soviet military power surrendered to a virtually bankrupt economy, tipped over the edge by the decade long Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1979 – 1989).
Consequently, the post World War Two Russian Empire collapsed. Communist regimes and Soviet dependencies broke away from Moscow's rule and created independent nation states. The United States revelled in the glow of victory. The Cold War was over and the US became an unrivalled global power.
Unfortunately for the US, the nation's unsurpassed global dominance is decaying. By many metrics, the US economy's global dominance is not nearly as sharp as a few decades ago. The US Dollar's status as reserve currency is in decline. Moreover, the Global War on Terror, along with its two major 'subplots' in Iraq and Afghanistan, has taken a toll in the US economy.
The world is changing in many other ways.
Much has been written about Asia's ascendancy. The term 'Asia's Century' has gained currency.
The Islamic world is in political chaos. Secular nationalists have been discredited after decades in power. Islamic ideologues have stepped in to fill the ideological void. Even Turkey with its powerful military jealously guarding Kemalist principles could not prevent the dilution of its secularist republic.
Europe has come a long way from Monnet's European Coal and Steel Community in the 1950s. However, the continent has reached a new defining moment in the form of the European debt and Euro currency crisis. Europe's immediate future threatens to unravel its recent post-war history.
Economically, the Bretton-Woods system is dead. The International Monetary Fund exercises limited influence over the world's economy at just the time such control is most required. Economic power centers are gravitating away from traditional post-war geographies.
The Post World War Two era is over. A new era is in the works. What exactly will characterize the new era is difficult to state with certainty. However, several decades from now historians will surely be searching for an appropriate label. For some reason, the Age of Revolution comes to mind.
Imran is a business and management consultant. Through his work at Deodar Advisors, Imran improves the profitability of small and medium sized businesses operating in Singapore and the region. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Monday, 5 December 2011
Islam's modernization, 'Arabization' and contemporary challenges
The 'Arabization' of Islam is not a new concept. Tensions between Arab Muslims and non-Arab Muslims have existed since Islam's earliest days. During the eigth century Umayyad Caliphate non-Arab Muslims (Mawali) were often seen as inferior to their Arab counterparts.
|World's Muslims by percentage of total population (source: Wikipedia)
The reasons for this view are complex. Politically, early Arabs who founded the Islamic Caliphate preferred not to share power with non-Arabs. Essentially, this was a mechanism to keep control of the empire's wealth.
Additionally, the Koran is in Arabic. Hence, Arab speakers had a distinct advantage in understanding and interpreting the Koran. This permitted Arab speakers to influence and control debates, political and spiritual.
It was not until recently that the Koran was made widely available in translation form. Conservative clerics argued that it was heresy to publish the Koran in any language other than Arabic. It was in order to counter such ideas that Turkey's Kemal Ataturk famously remarked, "The Arabic alphabet had not been revealed by [the angel] Gabriel."*
|A copy of the first publication of a Turkish translation of the Koran (1935)
Leadership of the Arab nations includes the obvious contenders: Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Non-Arab countries are more mixed in their outlook with 'domestic' Islam manifesting its own character. These 'local versions' of Islam make it harder to identify clear leaders. Nevertheless, Turkey star shines bright. Malaysia's economic progress notwithstanding, the country is too far removed from Islam's mainstream to be a serious leadership contender.
Pakistan has the potential to be a leadership contender. However, given Pakistan's weak socio-economic environment the country is out of the running, at least for the time being. Nonetheless, because of Pakistan's extensive interaction with Peninsula Arabs, the South Asian nation will play an important role in the strategic evolution of Islam's character.
Then there is Persian Iran, the leader of Islam's Shia community. Iran plays a central role, either as a spoiler or enabler, within the wider Islamic world. It is estimated that between 10-20 percent of the world's Muslims are Shiite.
Not surprisingly, in a divided Islamic world, clerics, theologians and politicians cannot to agree on very much, leave alone Islam's role in a Muslim society. That Saudi clerics argue granting women the right to drive leads to sexual promiscuity, the Pakistan Air Force has female pilots flying fighter jets and some Turkish clerics argue Islam only requires three prayers daily (not the traditional five) reveals the depth of the divide.
Islam's strengths and weaknesses rest on the religion's lack of unitary enforceable leadership. A noisy debate amongst Islam's culturally diverse members provides the best way to modernize Islam to face contemporary social challenges.
* Ataturk: An Intellectual Biography. M. Sukru Hanioglu. Princeton University Press. P. 217.
Imran is a business and management consultant. Through his work at Deodar Advisors, Imran improves the profitability of small and medium sized businesses operating in Singapore and the region. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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- This episode was recorded on September 24, 2013.
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- This is episode 1 hour and 4 min long.
- This episode was produced by Georgia Romig.
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Articles Discussed in this Episode (in Alphabetical Order
- Attack on Titan 3DS game due out December in Japan by Kevin Gifford / Polygon
- Expect a Wait Between Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy XV by Luke Karmali / IGN
- "Evangelion" Launches "American Style" Hardware Goods Line With Buckets and Mini Container Crate by Scott Green / Crunchyroll
- Finally, YouTube Upgrades Its Comments by Chris Taylor / Mashable
- Gamers' Touching Tributes to Nintendo Visionary Hiroshi Yamauchi by Meg Wagner / Mashable
- Google apologizes for 11 hours of Gmail issues affecting 29% of emails, blames dual network failure by Emil Protalinski / The Next Web
- Higurashi: When They Cry May Be Retranslated for Steam by Carly Smith / The Escapist
- Sony Japan Teases Gravity Rush 2 by Michael Epstein / The Escapist
- TGS: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle Coming to North America by Mitch Dyer / IGN
- Valve Continues Its War on Game Consoles With Steam Operating System by Chris Kohler / WIRED
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- Graham Chapman's funeral
- Two Best Friends Play : PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
- You Know You Want to Watch a Wonder Woman vs Sailor Moon Dance-Off
- Games Discussed (in Alphabetical Order): Ace Attorney, Dangan Ronpa, Dark Souls, Dissidia, The End Game, Fate Stay Night, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIV, Hatoful Boyfriend, Higurashi: When They Cry, Hot Line Miami, Jurassic Park Builder, Katawa Shoujo, Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Rising, Playstation All-Stars, Pokemon FireRed, Super Smash Bros, Tsukihime
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