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DST is important in many industries (e.g. coating, spraying) were fresh surface is created and a low surface tension is required. There are two approaches to the topic. The one here looks at DST as a general phenomenon, and allows you to build up your intuitions about what is going on. The second, in DST Choice, looks at the phenomenon in a more real-world approach. I personally find both to be useful.
This app uses the approach of the great Rosen, so it deserves some careful reading.
When a fresh water/air interface is created in a surfactant solution the surface tension is assumed to be 72mN/m. As the surfactant comes to the surface the Surface Tension (ST) drops or, it comes to the same thing, the Surface Pressure (SP = Original ST - ST at time t) rises.
There are many ways to approach the problem but the most useful is that of Rosen. Although the equation below has no obvious link to theory it works well for most cases and is far more insightful than approaches which focus on the details of just one aspect of the curve. In a Log plot the shape of the curve is sigmoidal with a slow Induction period up to a time ti followed by a rapid reduction of ST characterised by a time t* before turning into a slow approach to the equilibrium value γc. For some surfactants the value reached after a few seconds is ~5 mN/m higher than the equilibrium value. In this simplified version no distinction is made between this short-term plateau value and the longer-term equilibrium value.
For typical surfactants, D is in the order of 0.5-2*10^-6cm²/s. ti and D are always calculated. But when the Induction option is chosen the graph shows the plot and the least squares fit. Of course there are many assumptions in this chain of reasoning and the modeller is only a way of illustrating broad trends in dynamic surface tension. Ideally, for example, the induction curve should extrapolate back to 0 at t=0 but in practice this often doesn't happen and only the slope is used.
Experts will note that there is a square root time dependence when the system is approaching equilibrium. This requires a different fitting formula and the apparent diffusion coefficient is often a factor of 5 to 50 lower than the real diffusion coefficient. Although the complexities of this period seem to be of great interest to theoreticians most users have little interest in whether the ST goes from 41 to 40 or 41 to 39 over another few seconds because generally the interest is what is happening at short timescales where rapid diffusion helps the induction phase.
where a is the Log.Fact., b is the Lin.Fact., C is the molar concentration and Γmax is the maximum surface (excess) concentration of the surfactant.
In this simple modeller, if the Conc.Mode option is selected then Γmax is calculated from the given t* value at the given C0 value. This then allows t* (and ti and D) to be calculated for each new value of the concentration, C1.
Of course, as the concentration increases, the equilibrium value will reduce until the CMC is reached. Using the rule of thumb (or, if you prefer, using an approximation to the Langmuir isotherm) that a factor of 10 reduction in surfactant concentration below the CMC results in an increase of ST of 20 mN/m it is possible to use the given equilibrium ST and the CMC input values (shown as C* for layout reasons) to estimate the ST at the CMC (if C0 < CMC) and thus to estimate the equilibrium ST at C1.
Experts will note the many assumptions behind these calculations, but overall the trends are in the right direction - and if someone can suggest a better way to do the calculations I will be happy to use it.
It seems reasonable to assume that above the CMC the rules might change, so the above formulae would need to change to accommodate more than just the fact that the equilibrium value becomes a constant at and above the CMC. However there are lots of data to show that nothing special happens at the CMC in terms of DST so the approximations above are surprisingly robust. To put it another way, the fact that excess surfactant exists in micelles has no obvious effect on t* and ti.
In the absence of any other data, a value of 1 for n is reasonable. Values for standard surfactants seem to vary between 0.5 and 1.5. The general trend is that the more hydrophobic the surfactant (e.g. longer chain or shorter EO number for ethoxylate) the larger the value of n. Branched chains tend to reduce n. For ionics, increase ionic strength also increase n. t* follows the trends in n. Increasing n means faster equilibration and increasing t* means slower equilibration so the fact that they move in the same direction might seem to imply that they balance each other out. Two factors modify this impression. First, increases in n tend to go with decreases in the equilibrium ST so the absolute ST will decrease faster with higher n. Second, the t* effect is slightly complicated and you might get faster initial reductions and slower long-time reductions (or vice versa). Happily, the model lets you explore all these factors "live".


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text: At first glance, with the Apple Reality Distortion Field at full power, the iPad Air seems like an impeccable, immaculate device that could only ever be conceived by the magicians at Apple in California. The iPad Air is some 30% lighter and 20% thinner than the iPad that it replaces, while still retaining the same Retina display and 10 hours of battery life. Somehow, just somehow, Apple made us feel that it had yet again pulled off the impossible. In reality, the iPad Air, while very attractive, isn’t remarkable at all.

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text: Have you been to the Microsoft Pinpoint site lately? No, because it’s gone. As of July 7, 2016 it has been replaced with the Microsoft Partner Center website. I have done a ton of research and talked with several people. This is what I have come up with, but I make no guarantees that I understand it all correctly. With that being said, here are a few things I think my fellow Microsoft Dynamics partners should know about the transition from Pinpoint to Partner Center including what you can do now.


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This idea has been merged into another idea. To comment or vote on this idea, please visit MXM-I-331 Customization for emailed Invoice.
Our case managers and families would benefit if we could edit the subject line to include the ID for the client being invoiced. This would be the difference between us being able to use this system for invoicing or having to go back to our accounting system for invoicing.


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Tesla Electromagnetic Vintage Patent Blueprint by Aged Pixel canvas art arrives ready to hang, with hanging accessories included and no additional framing required. Every canvas print is hand-crafted in the USA, made on-demand at iCanvas and expertly stretched around 100% North American Pine wood stretcher bars. We only use industry leading archival UltraChrome® Giclée inks to achieve the most vivid and high-definition prints possible.
In Tesla Electromagnetic Vintage Patent Blueprint by Aged Pixel framed art print arrives ready to hang, with hanging accessories included. We print on a heavyweight, textured fine art paper and leave a thin white border to surround the image. A premium Acrylite clear-coat is applied to the plexiglass to reduce glare and still provide a crystal clear view of the artwork. Your choice of hardwood frame (black or white with matte lacquer finish, natural wood, or mottled gold with textured metallic finish) completes this framed print - now ready to beautify your home for years to come.

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Currently, fewer than 18% of Georgia legislators are women, yet women are typically 55% of the voters. On Tuesday, we have a chance to improve those numbers! Four candidates, endorsed by Georgia's WIN List, face runoffs next Tuesday. Gail Buckner, who wants to be your next Secretary of State, recently earned the endorsement of the AJC. Gail is an experienced, veteran legislator. In HD 58, Robin Shipp, an attorney who I first knew here in Macon and who is now counsel for Grady Hospital, is facing Allen Thornell. Robin was the top vote-getter in the primary and no doubt would be a stellar legislator. In HD 59, Margaret Kaiser, a business owner and community volunteer, took on incumbent Doug Dean. Margaret was within about 150 votes of Dean in the primary, and is working hard to win on Tuesday. Her drive, determination and history of investing in the community are great reasons to support Margaret. Finally, Bobbie Sanford, who has a long history of service to the community, is in a runoff in SD 43.
I'm not in favor of voting for a women just because she's a women, but when well-qualified women like these offer themselves for service, change is a very good thing indeed! Don't forget to vote!
btw i do *NOT* support KH or BS (because of his BS). I can't decide if I like GB or DH. Ive met GB and she's won tough races.
So if KH (who I also know) wins, the silver lining is that she's a woman?
What do you think of Doug's record? And I don't think silver linings matter much when there isn't much substance to the garment.

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The common snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle found in Canada. It can attain a shell length of up to 50 cm (19.5 in.) and weight exceeding 15 kg (33 lb.). Its serpentine neck, massive head, muscular legs, and relatively long tail make it seem even larger. It is estimated that they can live 30 to 40 years in the wild, perhaps even longer.
These turtles consume various aquatic plants and animals, including fish, frogs, birds and small mammals. They are also scavengers, eating dead fish and drowned mammals.
Snappers are generally nocturnal. During the day, they bury themselves into the bottom mud or sand, and wait to for prey to swim by. At night, they usually are more active, foraging and pursuing their food.
Common snapping turtles become dormant during the winter. Quite often, they bury themselves into muddy bottoms of ponds for long periods of time. Mating occurs in the water, usually in early spring, and females begin to migrate toward traditional nesting areas, sometimes traveling more than 10 km (6 mi.) away. Nesting usually occurs from May to June. The females lay white round eggs, and the young usually hatch in September or early October.
Common snapping turtles are defensive if confronted on land, but in the water, they usually slip quietly away from any disturbance. They usually prefer slow-moving water with a muddy bottom and plenty of vegetation; they are found in ponds, lakes, rivers and streams.
They occur in the eastern two-thirds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in southern Canada from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan.
Common Snapping Turtle. [Online]. Natural History Notebooks. Canadian Museum of Nature.

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Kick off your weekend with Friday's best deals.
Allergy season is nigh, but you can ward off a lot of pollen and mold with a good air purifier, especially in your bedroom.
The last two times I tried to write about a Timbuk2 backpack deal, it sold out before I could even post it, but this one seems to be holding strong. I bought a Timbuk2 a couple of years ago, and I honestly don't see myself ever buying another brand of backpack ever again. Timbuk2s are made in America, come with a lifetime warranty, and have great attention to detail for the price.
Vacuum sealers have been around for a long time, but a new use for them has emerged in recent years: Sous-Vide. A good vacuum sealer is mission-critical equipment if you want to try your hand at my personal favorite method of cooking chicken and steaks, and the FoodSaver would fit the bill perfectly. If that sounds appealing, the excellent Anova Sous-Vide circulator is also on sale for $154 with code SPRING25.
8-Bit Buys and the Live Action Arcade!
We've all heard that watching TV in the dark can be pretty tough on the eyes, but an ambient bias lighting setup can make the experience much more palatable. This basic USB-powered kit from Antec is only $19 today, and takes just a few seconds to install.
Nintendo's new 3DS is a terrific handheld console if you don't already own one, and possibly even a worthy upgrade for owners of the old model who use it frequently. If you've been waiting for a deal to pick one up, Walmart's got the first one worth mentioning.
Everyone needs to keep a decent drill handy, and we've found two solid starter kits for under $45 today. They both come with a drill, a battery, tons of drill bits, and some other assorted tools as well.
Update: Amazon is also running a $10 off $50 promotion on Black & Decker tools, so if you add a cheap filer item, you can get them both as low as $40.


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11:11. Singles’ Day. If it didn’t mean anything or much to you in 2017 it certainly would have this year.
11:11 is now the biggest single day of retail shopping on the planet. With more and more New Zealand companies supporting Singles’ Day, we scored 9th in sales value on the list of countries that directly benefited from the USD$30-Billion sales extravaganza. Chinese shoppers bought up large on New Zealand dairy (A2 milk especially), lamb and personal products. As an example, Ecostore has been a part of Singles’ Day for three years, and this year made $2.36m in sales, doubling last year’s efforts.
We then segue into the biggest Black Friday retail sales event ever, with over $400 million spent over Black Friday weekend in New Zealand. We sent the Energi video team to capture the Black Friday fever to see precisely how the event has started to take root with shoppers.
As we call ‘wrap’ on November and head into the Silly Season of Christmas Shopping madness: stay safe, keep your health paramount, look up from your computer, find some sunshine and remember to breathe.
Check out our inaugural Shopper™ Vlog on what happened on the MEGA retail event, Black Friday here.
As New Zealanders embark on their domestic home improvement DIY projects in the lead up to Christmas, our client Valspar has their annual summer Wattyl Forestwood Win a Weber Baby BBQ promotion. It’s a great moment each day to phone a lucky Shopper and advise them of their good fortune, and thank them for choosing Wattyl Forestwood.
Hitting your inbox next week is the latest edition of Shopper, in which we take a look ahead at what we can expect to see in 2019.
With October done and dusted, we are roaring down the retail runway to Christmas. But wait there is more…Just around the corner is the beginning of hyper retail events recently adopted by New Zealand retailers.
China’s – and the world’s – biggest online shopping event is about to take place on 11 November. Singles’ Day, also known as ‘bare sticks holiday,’ started in 1993 at Nanjing University as a day for students to celebrate their singledom. The date 11:11 was chosen as it resembles 4 solitary bare sticks. It has been transformed by AliBaba-owned platform, Tmall, and is the largest offline and online shopping day in the world, with Alibaba shoppers exceeding USD25.4 billion in spending in 2017. Their rival JD.com entered the shopping festival gathering USD19.1billion bringing the total for Singles Day retail to $44.5billion. Next, we have Black Friday on 23 November. This shopper festival commenced in Philadelphia to mark the day after Thanks Giving when the heavy traffic and pedestrian traffic would mark the official beginning of the Christmas Shopping season.
But before we get any further into November we will take a moment to reflect on the events of October!
Simon Jarvis of the NZ Racing Board otherwise known as the TAB took out the prestigious award ceremony held at the end of September. Lew & Lou Bentley as part of the sponsorship package hosted a luncheon with Simon to gain a better understanding of how he achieved this feat. Simon’s philosophy was simple, surround yourself with really great people and unleash them to do what it is they do best.
Oliver Anthony White was born on October 4th 3:25PM weighing in at 7.5Ibs. Proud Parents Energi Account Director Melissa Ranaldi and her partner Anthony White are naturally over the moon. This event commenced the 12 month period of Maternity Leave for Melissa.
Energi at Work at Play!
Energi client Valspar celebrated with the winners of the ‘Mitre 10 Cup Referee Experience’ at grass roots level. Rugby kids had an energetic and spectacular time as they experienced doing Rugby Drills lead and supervised by the Valspar Referee. A special time made even more special by Energi Account Manager Penelope Blindell rocking up with Pizza and refreshments.
Lou Bentley headed west to Muriwai and the home of essential oil company Absolute Essential ™. With her Bauer Editor for the Health & Wellbeing category, Lucy Slight. Dr. Bo Hendgen assisted us in exploring her world of essential oils and we discovered the unique health and wellbeing benefits of embracing them.
Founded in November 1998, Absolute Essential is about to celebrate their 30th anniversary. To this day it is the only certified organic range available in New Zealand that sources sustainable, medicinal quality plant oils from artisan producers worldwide. Winners of the Sustainable Business of the Year award for 3 consecutive years and invited as the only health and wellbeing company of 80 companies to bear the prestigious Black Fern, we doff our cap Bo!
ASB Business integrated some of the Energi Christmas Shopper study insights into e-DM’s designed to add value to the ASB business customer. Read it here.
Not certain about you, but for me it feels as if it should be April not August. We blinked here at Energi and then boom, time travelled into August. Hopefully you received and read Shopper Magazine Volume 7.We decided to discuss being ‘Always On’. There are insights we can all relate to, a couple of them I actively put into practice while honeymooning. The concept of time travelling came up on a CNN story of how we have effectively stretched a 24-hour day and created the equivalent of a 31-hour day. So if time does seem to go in the blink of an eye, it actually is.
As the Sponsor of the Marketer of the Year for the TVNZ Marketing Awards we surveyed each of the finalists during August to see how they manage the ‘Always On world’. They shared their strategies and tactics on how they manage to keep working on the important and not be disrupted by eternally cascading inboxes, talk less on the phone and manage their time. Look out for the September edition of NZ Marketing Magazine as Lew Bentley dove a little deeper into this subject, writing an insightful article on the effects of Always On. The September issue is published the day after the annual TVNZ Marketing Awards being held on Thursday 13th September at the Cordis Hotel. Attend if you can, last year was a blast!
Belinda attended the festival of creativity, Semi Permanent, bringing together some of the world’s best thinkers and doers. This expanded over three days, 9-11 August, providing opportunities to enjoy talks, book launches, workshops, lunches, cocktails and more.
Sitting front row seat, Friday morning’s seminar started off with Chip Kidd’s intensely personal opener “No Need to Respond” it was emotional, gut punching and raw. Mark Smith & Alan Bibby from MPC in New York imparting pearls of wisdom “Fear holds you back, terror drives you”. A-list photographer, Mike Muller was incredible, he emphasized the importance of personal projects and how they can lead to career opportunities. His advice – not having a defined style allows creative diversity with projects, you don’t get typecast.
Jer Thorp, data artist, wants to unlock the promise and the power of data – information – and share it with everybody, rather than have it concentrated in the hands of a few. Irma Boom, sometimes dubbed the “queen of books” was by far the most memorable creative. Recognised as being one of the world’s most inventive, creative and experimental book designers she captured the audience with her charm and true passion for books. Her new tome Gover Gover ‘defies codes of bookness’ and is an eight-page gatefold, each of which represent a different Viktor&Rolf collection.
This symposium has been inspiring creative thinkers in New Zealand for 15 years and we look forward to more to come.
We attended a Mitre 10 “Ladies Night” held at their Wairau Park store. It was an evening of women mucking in: wielding power tools, making smashed tile mosaics, painting terracotta pots, building blackboards, learning about gardening arts, and learning the latest in water-saving technology for the shower lovers amongst us, and so much more!
The insight to take away was that women want to engage and learn DIY skills in a practical way to improve the aesthetics of their home. Success of the evening event was shown with laden trolleys full of purchases and smiles all round.
Melissa Ranaldi enjoyed her Baby Shower attended by her girl gang from school days, former employers, and the girls from Energi. For many there it was as if it was yesterday they were either lurching around the Shore or working up campaigns with Melissa. She takes up her 12-month maternity leave on Thursday September 6th, from 3:00pm on we’ll be celebrating her pending motherhood with a High Tea. Please feel free to join us if you wish to pass on your best wishes to Melissa and let Penelope.blindell@energi.co.nz know.
Lew Bentley and I married on this day and on this auspicious hour at the Chapel of the Holy Child at Kings School in Remuera. With three generations of males in the newly-blended Bentley family having attended chapel services there, it was the ideal venue. An intimate candlelight service was followed by mulled wine, celebration and many tall tales told at 46 & York. The friendship that began forty years ago as teenagers attending dancing class evolved into a wedding dance. From now on I will be known as Louise Bentley and my new address is louise.bentley@energi.co.nz.
For all you Dads out there this Sunday (September 2nd) is your big day off. Having watched the Celia Lashley documentary by Amanda Miller at the recent Film Festival, being a Dad is a massive job, indeed, possibly the most important job of your lifetime. So, congratulations on raising boys to become fine young men, and keep up your wise guidance, love and support.
Dry July has come and gone with relatively little pain at all! Two of the team at Energi undertook the program, myself and Account Manager Penelope Blindell. Around the half-way mark our CD Paul Bayley purchased a golden ticket for me for $25.00, as a donation to the fundraising effort and that golden ticket gives you a night off Dry July, Fantastic!
We also enjoyed the release and publishing of the 2017 Christmas Shopper study. The second year in, we are beginning to see trends forming. Several presentations and bespoke recommendations later, the feedback and appreciation for this value add has been excellent. The ultimate feedback for us was from a large retail property group who used the insights from 2016 to build their Christmas Playbook. We constantly strive to find ways to add value for our clients looking to gain an advantage with demand driving strategies. The largest and longest Shopper event of the year warrants our time and investment accordingly.
Attending the Trade Day for the annual Food Show 2018 was an eyeopener. The amount of progress the food industry has made into the space of health and wellbeing with innovations in the functional food and beverages are to be applauded. Increased amount of new brands with innovative product offerings to satiate consumers demand with healthier eating options for everyday life was evident. The New Zealand food industry has a long way to go, but we also have a very firm foundation with brands such as ?repa a super boosting anti-oxidents drink targeting brain care, founded by Angus Brown www.drinkarepa.com Next impact play noted was the Tumeric Protein Powders for Gut Health and in the leisure space the Craft Beer category for small batch production such as Laughing Bones. They had many lined up for the taste of success. As for the experiential value adds for Shopper participation, the Spin and Win wheels were spinning and people were winning!
Looking forward, as we come out of Dry July we emerge into the Thirst of August (a very cunning line created by Lew Bentley). Tomorrow commences the 7 day countdown until Lew Bentley and I marry and merge our four sons officially becoming a modern family. I also become Lou Bentley. The auspicious date and time of our pending nuptials 08.08.18 at 8:00pm seems apt.
From Queen’s Birthday, kicking off June with the news of Dames and Knights creating the water cooler talk around the country, through the Mid-Winter Solstice along comes the Mid-Winter Blues. June has seemed like an incredibly long month! One thing is for certain, no matter what, in business, you are either working on the business or in the business. At Energi we believe it is our role to keep our finger on the pulse and share insights we gather as we go from month to month. No matter how cold and wet it is out there, we soldier on!
Christmas is the largest shopping event of the year. It spans 3 months and creates nearly $6 billion in retail sales in December alone. While you might think you know about Christmas, this study is sure to surprise you with how kiwis look at Christmas and what they do with their present buying, celebrations and holidays.
To make a time for a presentation for your marketing team contact stephanie.perrett@energi.co.nz. Bring in your checklist, wish list or obstacles and we can identify opportunities in many categories to amplify the chance of your sales success.
The bi-annual Fine Food Show held at the Auckland ASB showgrounds saw 300 exhibitors vying for the attention of the Food and Hospitality industry of New Zealand. From equipment, Food Service slabs of frozen cakes, the first Non-Alcoholic Spirit to make it into Foodstuffs, thought leadership panel discussion style seminars providing a stimulation and inspiration for those that attended all or some of what was on offer over the 3 days. A personal favourite new product Blush, a rhubarb infused Gin. Made in small batches it tasted truly delicious.
Marketing Association – Digital Ethics and Privacy.
As card carrying members of the Marketing Association we attended the June networking event held at Generator in the Britomart Precinct. Attended by 50 or so Digital marketers on the subject matter of Digital Ethics it raises the question, as Marketers are we doing enough to protect our customers data? Does the customer actually care? The answer: the customer definitely does care, but the level of care depends on the level of security required. Banking would be entirely different to say a sneaker store as advised by Michael Goldfinch, Director of Hunch.
Driving Change with new technology.
This event was held at the Crowne Plaza at 7:00am, Wednesday June 20th, hosted by the Marketing Association and Qrious with Vincent Heeringa partner at Anthem PR. We heard from Laura Maxwell, CDO NZME on the transformation of NZME digital and how they go there through embracing the digital disruption and why organizations need to fail fast and pivot. Scott Bishop, CIO at Z Energy, presented how they shifted the business thinking towards a friction-less and loyalty-based experience for customers with the creation of the FastLane. And finally, David Jones, Business Growth and Innovation for WREDA with the results of the ‘LookSee Week’, a campaign to attract the best up and coming digital minds to Wellington from throughout the world. From a total application base of 42,000 applications they found 97 to LookSee.
Lew Bentley our Head of Planning and Insights at Energi and former Convenor of Judges for the Effie Awards headed off to the Marketing Association to participate in round one of the judging from submissions for what Marketers considered to be their best foot forward for the year.
The next round of judging is in August with the Awards night being held on September 13th at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland. Energi is the sponsor of the Marketer of the Year Award.
We go to school to learn to learn, and in this fast-paced digital world we need to keep our fingers on the pulse. With this aim for continous learning we created a forum 2 years ago. Each Thursday at 4:00pm we invite a guest in to present their latest NPD, insights, trends that could enhance our knowledge and recommendations. ChatBot Company, Ambit came in during June and we were so inspired they care coming back in July. If you are curious and wish to learn more contact vishal.ponnappa@energi.co.nz and feel free to join us Friday 27th July 2:00pm at Energi.
What’s Next – Dry July!
Three of us have signed up for the fundraising initiative to aid those suffering from Cancer (is there ever enough money? NO). Feel free to drop a small donation if you wish to into our pages. As of Sunday July 1 we will be abstaining from all matter of temptations.
The month of May presented several Autumnal Golden days and Golden moments for Energi.
We won Gold at the annual Pride in Print Awards for our Energi 2017 Christmas Initiative. This core idea emanated from the Energi Christmas Shopper Study. Play up Christmas, amplify it, leverage it as a season to celebrate and bring joy to the festive season. So the idea of the Trunk Bar containing the Christmas Cheer French Rosé Collection accompanied by a curated French soundtrack downloaded by Spotify Playlist was judged for its complete Gold Medal worthiness!
Also in May, The Royal Wedding! Viewed by 2 billion people, the event successfully teleported the Markle Sparkle from Actress to Duchess. At the exact same moment as Prince Harry released his own biography Life, Loss, and Love, our very own national treasure dubbed the Queen of Hearts, Lorraine Downes, released her Memoir: Life, Loss, Love. What are the chances of that – maybe one in 2 billion!
We made a wee video of the award winning Energi Trunk Bar launched Christmas 2017. Check it out!
As a part of the CottonSofts relaunch we designed a game-based competition to engage customers socially. The Spin & Win Facebook game smashed the campaign objectives and put some excitement into an everyday category. To see the results and find out how we can boost your social engagement, feel free to contact Lew Bentley.
As you‘ve come to know we try our best to help where we can by supporting causes where we can. Our annual NZ Breast Cancer Foundation Pink Ribbon Breakfast was held at Energi on May 23rd hosted by the former PRB Brand Ambassador, Lorraine Downes. She shared her story of writing her best-selling book and the NZBCF CEO Evangeline Henderson bought our guests up to speed with the latest developments within the Foundation and the good work they do with the support they receive from the donations. If you missed attending a breakfast or have not had a chance to donate to such a worthy cause you can donate to our Energi Page here.
We have developed our SocialScope™ campaign analysis and reporting tool. This is designed to align Social Media performance back to strategy. It takes a holistic perspective by reviewing the operating Context, competitive Salience, Target market Desirability and their Behaviour. SocialScope™ looks deeper into Social results than the normal statistics and guides clients to a position of greater confidence with their Social programme.
If you’d like to review the purpose and performance of your Social Media programme don’t hesitate to get in touch.
In the spirit of Royal weddings and birthdays, Energi’s new team member, Strategic Planner Vishal Ponnappa, takes a look at the original family business of influence: the Royal Warrant. Read more about it here.
A new initiative as we move towards the colder bleaker months of Winter, is to create a heart-warming moment. To acknowledge each month the person that really has set the bar high, pulled out their very best and to celebrate that contribution. The inaugural recipient of this award goes to Paul Bayley! His first Gold Award for his Trunk Bar design and execution in the Pride in Print Awards.
Energi enjoyed a strong finish to FY2017. The growth of 30% driven by demand. Specifically from DemandScope™, the Energi NPD play for 2017. Proving that strategic nous drives demand. Completing the first month of the new financial year we are underway with two new DemandScope™ projects commissioned from two new clients.
On a personal note April has been a special month. I’ve walked beside both Lorraine Downes and her late husband Marty Crowe during the last decade. We shared some incredible highs and the most devastating blows. Through friendship and faith we came through our challenges stronger and more resilient. In April we celebrated one of New Zealand’s much loved and respected female role models. Having used the pivotal moment in time, back in 1983 when crowned Miss Universe, Lorraine used that platform to carve out a career during next 30years dedicating herself to helping women become the best they could be. Her recent return to public life triggered many women’s stories told via Lorraine’s social media feeds. Stories from women revisiting the moment Lorraine created an impact on their lives for the better. Quantitatively she has raised millions of dollars for charity and used her voice to drive change where change is needed. Both Child Cancer and the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation have benefited from her Brand Ambassadorial roles for which she gave both 3 years of her life and time to. Her brand in great shape has a bright future and she has a desire to get back into helping New Zealand companies and brands that want to reach their full potential where there is a good fit.
Looking forward to May, at an industry level Energi will again partner with the Marketing Association and Marketing Magazine as the Premium sponsor for the TVNZ Marketing Awards Marketer of the Year award. We support excellence, acknowledge it and celebrate it.
Join us as we review notes from the retail front line. Getting positive brand wins from seizing the moment and the importance of storytelling to create immersive AR/VR experiences. We interview Marcel Gull on the importance of key influencers and so much more in this month’s edition of Shopper Magazine.
Energi Digital Creative Director Paul Bayley gamified a Shopper Campaign for Cottonsoft toilet tissue to introduce new packaging across 3 Cottonsoft Spin & Win Skus as well as the debut of the new animated TVC. Bringing the much loved Ralphy character to life using the latest animation techniques produced by Flux.
For the last two months Sunday TV have been following Lorraine Downes throughout her daily life in the lead up to the launch of her memoir Life, Loss, Love, they produced a story that is a true reflection of the person. The book hit the shelves throughout New Zealand Friday 22 April. The Sunday show broadcast to the nation on Sunday 24 April at 7:30pm winning the ratings on the night All people 5+ 725,450 tuned in with a massive 10.4 rating. The nearest competitor program rated 6.4.
Ceres Organics commissioned Energi to design and produce an in store program to introduce Supermarket Shoppers to the new compostable packaging for Ceres Organics White Quinoa.
Penelope Blindell, Snr Account Manager joins Energi on May 14th. As a Shopper Marketing specialist Penelope will join Steph Perrett, Shirley Lowe and Melissa Ranaldi in the account service team.
Vishal Ponnappa joins Energi as a Strategic Planner. With a Masters degree in Advertising gained at AUT, and a career developed as Digital Planner in the Silicon Valley of India, Jodpui, Vishal will provide support to Lew Bentley including digital communications planning demand driving campaigns for Energi clients, from e-commerce to social media engagement.
March madness is driven by Uni Students returning to Campus. Other than the burden on the public transport system and inner city parking, the one thing that was a certain madness and seriously grabbed my attention while waiting at the lights on Symond St across from Auckland University Campus, was observing every second young woman commencing their University education wearing those ridiculous denim shorts, shredded with holes, letting everything hang out. I truly had a moment of clarity. The great Tip Top campaign came to mind, Undies Undies, Togs Togs. Maybe we should make those dreadful shorts the next worst fashion crime to budgie smugglers and put up a billboard across from Campus. Anyone care to sponsor it?
As March draws to an end and we begin our Easter break, take care on the roads you will be tired by now. Enjoy your family and time with friends and if you are like us, getting into a few DIY projects at home at least take Easter Sunday to chill.
As the recipient of an ASB scholarship Louise Henderson attended a two day program in early March. Held at EY in Britomart and lead by invited experts in their respective fields from CEO’s, HR experts, Lawyers, Accountants and Venture capitalists. All speakers were invited to inspire, educate and challenge the attendees to take a fresh look at their businesses. At the end of the two days each of the attendees presented a 4 minute presentation on their business, highlighting 3 things to take with them from the two days into their business, action those 3 things knowing a follow up meeting would come in the next 4 weeks.
Louise Henderson has represented Lorraine Downes as Business Manager and Agent for nearly a decade. Lorraine stepped back from public life 5years ago to become the primary caregiver for her husband Martin Crowe throughout his journey with cancer. Martin died in March 2016. Louise has worked closely with Lorraine as she gently ventures back into public life. Louise worked with Bauer editor Marcel Gull to ensure Lorraine’s experience was flawless, elegant and rewarding for both Lorraine and for the loyal following of Simply You readers that expect nothing less than the best from Simply You. Gracing the cover of the March edition of Simply You magazine, Lorraine remains to this day a true star and role model for New Zealand women. Energi is currently working alongside the publishing house Allen & Unwin for the release of Lorraine’s memoir Life, Loss, Love on April 22 2018.
Meeting Dr Michelle Dickinson MNZM aka Nano GirlAs part of our community program we took a table of 10 for the inaugural MindBreakfast series. The series is the brainchild of our Tasman Building neighbours, WeAreTenzing. They offered us the opportunity to purchase a table for 10 and given the subject matter rather than taking the corporate hospitality route we took the opportunity to invite 10 female college science students to the breakfast.
The female science students from Kristin, selected by their Dean were a joy and delight to host. They asked many questions, made furious notes, and when the show was over they charged the stage and surrounded Michelle. They gained her autograph and I’m quite certain, experienced a defining moment in their education. Brooke Howard-Smith the Executive Producer of the series with his business partner Derek Handley sent a thank you note advising. Having the Kristin students attend made the event 50% better. Something to think about. What do you do to offer inspiring moments in your community?
Yesterday Energi PR launched Twenty8 to the opinion formers and leaders of the New Zealand media. This included Key Influence bloggers, and social media stars who are sharing their Twenty8 discoveries and insights with their followers.
The launch event was a success, with founder Kim Morrison having tested her range of essential oils and skincare on Australians for the last 8 years. She feels confident that the New Zealand market is now ready to receive it. Celebrating the debut of her range on her 50th Birthday which happened to be the 28th March, was the cherry on top.
Energi client DACXI has taken Energi into the 4th Revolution: the Technology Revolution driven by Blockchain. Blockchain is essential for all business people to get their head around because it is poised to release a surge in innovation that will disrupt many different categories.
Any Energi Clients wanting to gain a further understanding of BlockChain, please feel free to contact Lew. If there is sufficient interest we will put on a seminar.
Introducing Belinda Bantjes.Belinda joined Energi as our new Mac Operator. With a background in Design and work experience spanning South Africa to South Korea, she brings design aesthetic, accuracy and discipline to the rigors of problem solving through design that is truly world class.
Out with the old and in with the new Energi ride. EX=CX.
February conjures up Waitangi Weekend, Valentines and this year, 28 days. In addition to these events, the Lunar calendar bought the Chinese New Year into February, on the 16th to be precise.
2018 is The Year of the Dog. Born in the Year of the Dog are the characteristics of loyalty and fidelity, and the predictions for this year of the dog are for change. Interestingly, we all witnessed change on Waitangi Day, a historic occasion with Jacinda Ardern being the first female Prime Minister to speak during the dawn powhiri held on the grounds of the Treaty Settlement site and spending five days touring the Northland district.
Valentine’s Day truly has become a shopper event. The Mastercard Love Index survey has revealed men as the true romantics with the average spend $157 in comparison to women at $103. Valentine’s Day is not the day for Diamonds and proposals in New Zealand but it certainly is in China, Vietnam, and Taiwan where it has become the day for proposals. Data revealed most purchases happened during the last-minute dash on February 13 with cards, flowers and dining out being the traditional customs for the day of Love.
Featuring Lew Bentley, Energi head of strategy, planning and insights amongst the FMCG industry leaders forum.
Read what he has to say about the paradox of choice and the importance of getting your choice architecture right.
Energi PR traveled up to Bauer to introduce the Founder of Twenty8, expat Kim Morrison and her New Zealand based business and health and wellness partner Marnie Perkinson to the Bauer Media Beauty Editors.
Twenty8 is a premium range of 100% natural, 6-star certified pure organic essential oils and skincare products.
The Survey went out, the results are being tallied and we will have the report and insights ready for presentation in mid-March. Contact lew.bentley@energi.co.nz if you wish to create and drive demand for Christmas 2018.
Energi created the Tasman Social Club the week we moved into the building back in December 2016. At Energi we believe being neighbourly is about doing the right thing by being a good citizen and checking in with each other every now and then. We’ve hosted the Tasman Social Club gatherings on 3 occasions now, this year For Chinese New Year 2018 we welcomed in the Year of the Dog with a big Woof and shared some tall tales.
It will go down as the Super month that kicked off 2018 with Super soaring record temperatures and two Super-moons in one month. And tonight we will be treated to an eclipse that only occurs every 150 years…truly once in blue moon.
We’ve had a pretty Super start to the year at Energi, and I am excited to share some of the details with you!
Lew Bentley published an article on Pricing in the December/January issue of FMCG Business Magazine, along with it a list of 20 different pricing strategies to cut out and stick on your wall. It’s a great tool to have when you are considering your Marketing plans during 2018 and can be helpful on those days when you are struggling with pricing strategies.
Currently being finalised as a follow up to our very popular 2016 study, Christmas Shopper 2017 will be ready to view towards the end of February. If you are keen to understand how you can leverage these insights for 2018 contact lew.bentley@energi.co.nz to schedule a presentation for your marketing team.
Energi is creating some excellent and effective Social campaigns for our clients. Utilising our proprietary SocialScope™ methodology we can ensure our clients maintain a holistic planning approach to set and reach campaign objectives that aim to grow both brand and sales. For a SocialScope™ view of your social media requirements contact hugo.venter@energi.co.nz.

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The ComfortSling™ Plus (model 300/310) and ComfortSling™ Plus High(model 350/360), provide a comfortable, reclined sitting posture with good back support and adapts to the body’s contours without the need for individual adjustment. Like its predecessor, the Liko® Comfort Highback Sling, the ComfortSling Plus High is a “full sling” that allows the patient to remain in the sling after application and transfer to a wheelchair or other seating. Its enhanced design is wider and longer which are features designed to increase patient comfort.
The Liko ComfortSling Plus High (350/360) provides a more reclined posture than the lower ComfortSling Plus (300/310), becoming even more semi-recumbent when combined with Sling Cross-Bar 450 or Sidebars and extension loops. This semi-recumbent posture is a good solution when lifting patients who are not allowed unable to bend 90° at the hip.
The ComfortSling is a good choice of many amputees and patients who are particularly pain-sensitive, e.g., rheumatic.
The ComfortSling Plus High and ComfortSling Plus can be ordered in different fabrics and designs. When the sling is to be left under the patient for a longer period after completion of transfer, we recommend net polyester.
The ComfortSling Plus High and ComfortSling Plus is available with a padded seat (synthetic sheepskin) for patients who are sensitive to pressure.
For transfers to and from the toilet, we recommend the ComfortSling Plus High and ComfortSling Plus with Hygiene Opening. See "Product List - Slings" below.
Pain-sensitive patients needing to sit reclined in a semi-recumbent position.

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A man with a hammer injured 10 people in an attack on a Canadian tribal headquarters Wednesday morning, according to reports.
Police said the attacker died at the Xwísten band office in Lillooet, British Columbia, after he was "subdued and restrained" by the time they arrived, CBC News reported.
The as-yet-unidentified man burst into the office around 8:30 a.m. local time and assaulted members of the aboriginal tribe also known as the Bridge River Indian Band around 155 miles northeast of Vancouver, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told CBC.
The attacker hit one council band staff member with the hammer and then let loose on the others who came to help, according to sources cited by The Vancouver Sun.
Two of the hurt people were in critical condition, two were in serious condition and six suffered non-life threatening injuries on Wednesday, said Michaela Swan of the Interior Health Authority.
RCMP officers arrested the attacker, but they administered CPR and called in paramedics when he became unresponsive. He died at the scene.
RCMP investigators are probing the rampage, and the provincial Independent Investigation Office will examine the suspect's death in police custody, the Sun reported. Coroners may release his name as early as Thursday.
Tribe members of the 440-member band are now mourning after the assault on their office in a multi-purpose community building.
"Our attention now will be on the healing work we need to do," Xwísten Chief Susan James told the Sun in a statement. "This tragedy has put our community into shock."


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Program and Conference Chair of SAGT 2015.
SAGT 2017, L'Aquila, Italy, Sep. 2017.
OR 2017, Berlin, Germany, Sep. 2017.
I am broadly interested in design and analysis of efficient algorithms and computational complexity of decision, optimization and search problems. A special focus of my work are coordination problems in distributed systems, especially in algorithmic game theory, in computational learning theory and optimization with uncertainty.
Complete List, see also DBLP or Google Scholar.
Cheung, Hoefer, Nakhe. Tracing Equilibrium in Dynamic Markets via Distributed Adaptation. AAMAS 2019.
Chaudhury, Cheung, Garg, Garg, Hoefer, Mehlhorn. On Fair Division of Indivisible Items. FSTTCS 2018.
Hoefer, Wilhelmi. Packing Returning Secretaries. ISAAC 2018.
Harks, Hoefer, Huber, Surek. Efficient Black-Box Reductions for Separable Cost Sharing. ICALP 2018.
Garg, Hoefer, Mehlhorn. Approximating the Nash Social Welfare with Budget-Additive Valuations. SODA 2018.
Epitropou, Fotakis, Hoefer, Skoulakis. Opinion Formation Games with Aggregation and Negative Influence. SAGT 2017 / TOCS.
Hoefer, Kodric. Combinatorial Secretary Problems with Ordinal Information. ICALP 2017.
Bei, Garg, Hoefer. Ascending-Price Algorithms for Unknown Markets. EC 2016 / TALG.
Chen, Hoefer, Künnemann, Lin, Miao. Secretary Markets with Local Information. ICALP 2015 / Distrib. Comput.
Azar, Hoefer, Maor, Reiffenhäuser, Vöcking. Truthful Mechanism Design via Correlated Tree Rounding. EC 2015 / Math. Prog. 2017.
Göbel, Hoefer, Kesselheim, Schleiden, Vöcking. Online Independent Set Beyond the Worst-Case: Secretaries, Prophets, and Periods. ICALP 2014 (Best Paper Track C).
Dams, Hoefer, Kesselheim. Jamming-Resistant Learning in Wireless Networks. ICALP 2014 / IEEE/ACM TNET 2016.
Harks, Hoefer, Schewior, Skopalik. Routing Games with Progressive Filling. INFOCOM 2014 / IEEE/ACM TNET 2016.
Hoefer. Local Matching Dynamics in Social Networks. ICALP 2011 (Best Paper Track C) / Inf. Comput. 2013.
Berenbrink, Hoefer, Sauerwald. Distributed Selfish Load Balancing on Networks. SODA 2011 / TALG 2014.
Harks, Hoefer, Klimm, Skopalik. Computing Pure Nash and Strong Equilibria in Bottleneck Congestion Games. ESA 2010 / Math. Prog. 2013.
Ackermann, Berenbrink, Fischer, Hoefer. Concurrent Imitation Dynamics in Congestion Games. PODC 2009 / Distrib. Comput. 2016.
Hoefer, Skopalik. Altruism in Atomic Congestion Games. ESA 2009 / ACM TEAC 2013.
Briest, Hoefer, Krysta. Stackelberg Network Pricing Games. STACS 2008 / Algorithmica 2012.
Brandes, Delling, Gaertler, Görke, Hoefer, Nikoloski, Wagner. On Modularity Clustering. WG 2007 / IEEE TKDE 2008.
Cardinal, Hoefer. Non-cooperative Facility Location and Covering Games. ISAAC 2006, WINE 2006 / TCS 2010.

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Law Enforcement Affairs Hossein Zolfaqari, in a phone conversation with Turkey’s Interior Ministry Undersecretary Muhterem İnce on Wednesday, said that terrorists must feel insecure in the territories of both countries.
During a phone conversation today, Zolfaqari and İnce highlighted their determination to continue bilateral cooperation aimed at establishing security in joint border areas.
The Iranian official expressed satisfaction over the status of security cooperation, highlighting that terrorist groups should not feel secure in soils of both countries.
Iran and Turkey share some 500km of borders most of which includes mountainous regions.
The joint Iran-Turkey security working group held its 4th meeting in Ankara on March 4.
On Tuesday, Iranian military sources refuted the claim made by Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, denying Tehran’s involvement in Ankara’s military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group.

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What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.
Jesus isn't lettin' you off the hook. The Scriptures don't let you off the hook so easily... When people say, you know, 'Good teacher', 'Prophet', 'Really nice guy' ... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.
When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God's eyes or even in just your eyes, then your life is forever changed; you see something that you can't un-see.
I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that's what makes them extraordinary.
If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for 'Get On Your Boots.' But actually, the song is much more punk rock.
The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.


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Mark Wahlberg has opened up about his previous beef with Leonardo DiCaprio, after the pair starred together in 1995’s ‘The Basketball Diaries’.
The movie is based on the autobiography of Jim Carroll, which discusses his teenage years as a promising high school basketball player and writer who developed an addiction to heroin.
Mark Wahlberg starred as Mickey and says that due to his lack of acting experience, he felt DiCaprio didn’t see him as a contender for a serious movie about addiction.
“It wasn’t a disagreement. It was just, like, I think we both had a specific opinion about each other, certainly,” Wahlberg told Extra. “I was just, ya know, as a rapper, I was just kinda out-there and loud and crazy and all this stuff, and it was a very serious movie and this very serious part, and so the director of the film [the late Scott Kalvert], he had made all my music videos, he felt like I was more than capable to play the part.
Meanwhile, DiCaprio is gearing up to star in Quentin Tarantino’s new movie ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’.
The film is set in late 1960s Hollywood at the peak of the Charles Manson murders and also stars Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie.
DiCaprio will play the role of Rick Dalton, a former TV star, with Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) as his longtime stunt double. Dalton lives next door to Sharon Tate (played by Margot Robbie) who was brutally murdered by Manson’s followers in 1969.


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TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of world-class audio recording equipment, introduces the Bettermaker Mastering Equalizer. Marek Walaszek is its inventor and the founder of the Bettermaker brand of pure analog signal path processors controlled by digital plug-in recall and automation – the best of both worlds! Currently shipping, the Bettermaker Mastering Equalizer is configured for stereo, dual mono, or M/S operation and features four parametric bands, low- and high-cutoff filters, and a passive Pultec-style section with “air bands” at 23kHz and 28kHz.
The Bettermaker Mastering Equalizer’s analog signal-path specs alone would make it a world-class processor: four parametric equalization bands (two of which can be toggled to shelving), a low-cut filter with adjustable resonance, a passive Pultec-style section, and two “air bands”, all built to exacting standards using the best of classic and contemporary engineering and materials sourcing. This is zero-compromise, high-end analog circuitry at its best.
Bettermaker takes that solid foundation and makes it even better (the brand name makes sense, right?). A comprehensive digital control workflow includes a five-inch touchscreen with “plug-in style” EQ curve representation paired with RTA of the pre- and post-processing signal for visual confirmation of the equalizer’s effect. Individual EQ bands can be toggled on and off, and up to four-hundred presets can be stored and recalled. Like all Bettermaker processors, the Mastering Equalizer also works in conjunction with a control plug-in that duplicates the front-panel controls and allows for instant session recall, full parameter automation and, unlike any other analog processor, A/B comparison not just of the bypassed versus processed signal, but of two differently-processed signals.


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Nikhil Advani and Mukesh Talreja, Director of Orion Pictures Private Limited, announced a slate of six films to be produced by them in the next twelve months, on February 18, 2008. The company is all geared up on the production of these six films, two out of which are already under production.
While the prestigious Chandni Chowk to China presented by Warner Brothers and their big animation project Ab Dilli Door Nahi is already on the floors, Orion Pictures has now commissioned four more projects that are slated to go on floors in the next few months. The third film from the Orion bouquet of films to hit the floors in April / May 2008 would be Milap Zaveri’s Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai! This film would mark Milap Zaveri’s debut as a director after a number of successful films as a writer, such as Heyy Babyy, Masti, Jhankaar Beats, and Kaante. “There are lot of love stories between rich and poor, caste and creed but nothing that is out of the world. So, I came up with a twist to the popular concept of ‘Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus’. I kept the man from Earth and the Woman from Venus,” says Milap Zaveri on the venture. Riteish Deshmukh plays the guy from planet Earth while Ayesha Takia is the girl from Venus. Weaved around the concept of an alien searching for love from an Earthling, the story is written with a lot of good humor and emotions that the young generation of today can connect with. The film also stars a promising new comer, Ruslaan Mumtaz. “At Orion we are looking at working with a host of fresh talent including new directors. There is a huge untapped talent in the country. And we believe that a successful writer like Milap will prove to be a very talented film maker with a bright future,” said Mukesh Talreja.


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(Kuwait Times (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Oct. 23--KUWAIT -- Kuwait signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Corp to develop its heavy oil assets, aiming for 900,000 barrel per day (bpd) by 2020. Currently Kuwait does not produce any heavy oil for export. Khaled Al-Sumaiti, deputy managing director for Kuwait Oil Company's (KOC), northern oil field operations said that KOC has reached a preliminary deal with ExxonMobil to assist in the exploration of heavy oil in the Lower Fars at the Ratqa field in northern Kuwait.
Negotiations between the two companies are ongoing with the final agreement expected to be signed by July of next year.
Our target is to achieve 50,000 bpd by 2011, 250,000 bpd by 2015 and 900,000 bpd by 2020. The majority of 900,000 (about 700,000 bpd) will be from the northern fields," Al-Sumaiti announced, speaking yesterday at a four-day international energy conference held in Kuwait. "This is a tight schedule but we will work hard to reach this target," he added.
Kuwait has started drilling 60 heavy oil fields and will begin producing 5,000 bpd to 6,000 bpd of heavy crude by the end of next year, says Hisham El-Rifaai, CEO of Kuwait's northern oil field exploration, or Project Kuwait.
Since the 1950s, Kuwait mainly exports medium to light crude oil. KOC's exploring operations have historically focused on producing light crude, which is preferred to heavy crude because it's cheaper process though higher in price than heavy oil. Light crude is also easier to refine because of its low viscosity, meaning that it needs less energy to extract sulfur and other impurities from it.
Heavy oil is found in different areas around Kuwait, in the South East and the West of Kuwait, though the majority could be found in northern Kuwait in Ratqa field, said Al-Sumaiti. Sixty percent of Kuwait heavy oil range between 13-17 API gravity, while the remaining 40 percent are in between 11-13 API.
Heavy oil for Kuwait is something that is a new business for us," said Al-Sumaiti. "Our strategy by 2020, everyone knows that we are targeting 4 million bpd, and 25 percent of those 4 million barrels will be from heavy oil. That's why the heavy oil becomes very important in the next phase," he added.
According to industry reports, estimates of heavy oil reserves worldwide are up to six times greater than those of light oils, and, as increased consumption depletes light crude reserves, heavy and sour crude are becoming increasingly sought-after.
Demand for oil will continue to grow. The question is do we have enough resources? Yes, we have. We have plenty of heavy oil," said Al-Sumaiti. "The conventional oil will decline even with the new technology, I don't think there is an escape from using heavy oil, which will be the main contributor," he added.
Kuwait aims to increase its oil production to reach to 4 million bpd by 2020, which is also a key component of the controversial "Project Kuwait", a $8.5 billion upstream project (exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas) to develop the northern oilfields; mainly Raudhatain, Sabriya, Ratqa and Abdali. The project will allow more involvement of international oil companies (IOCs), an issue that has faced repeated opposition by the parliament fearing foreign control over natural resources.
This deal is not part of the plans for Project Kuwait. Even though both projects are taking place in the northern fields, "Project Kuwait has nothing to do with heavy oil," explained Al-Sumaiti.
However, several international companies operating in the same area can cause Kuwait to shelve Project Kuwait. "Three operators in the same geographical area has put Project Kuwait under thinking. Three operators in one area is not reasonable; heavy oil, gas and conventional oil. Who has the right? So now we need to go back and see, do we need north Project Kuwait or not," he told Kuwait Times on the sidelines of the conference.
We initiated the north Project Kuwait 15 years ago and it's still not approved by the parliament. We have to evaluate our priorities according to the changes. Heavy oil is becoming very important now for our strategy," he added. "We need IOCs in north Kuwait. KOC can't handle all those projects, but where's the priority?" asked Al-Sumaiti. Al-Sumaiti said KOC has already signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and feasible study with ExxonMobil targeting to end negotiations by December and to sign the final agreement by July.
We are introducing something that is not violating the constitution and also we meet the target. It's not production sharing, it's not operate and service agreement; it's something that we are agreed with the IOCs making sure that we are not violating the constitution," he said. KOC's new introduced agreements will be technical agreements in the upstream and joint-venture agreements in the downstream.
No parliamentary approval is needed for the agreement between KOC and ExxonMobil because there are no capital investment or reserve booking for the project, explained said Al-Sumaiti on the sideline on the conference. El-Rifaai said the deal with Exxon Mobil deal doesn't need a parliamentary approval. "No, we don't need approval. This is an enhanced technical service agreement," he told reporters.
However, the heavy oil production project in the north still faces challenges and technical difficulties according to Al-Sumait, such as difficulties to develop and market heavy oil, shortage of skilled manpower and lack of the know-how to clear mines in the area.
Meanwhile, Richard Vierbuchen, Exxon Mobil's vice president for the Caspian Sea and the Middle East, said the talks were about producing 700,000 bpd from northern Kuwait but declined to provide more details. "Kuwait has very ambitious heavy oil plans ... We're working very closely together," he told Reuters.
To see more of the Kuwait Times or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.kuwaittimes.net/.

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I've recently watched two movies in the cinema. First, I saw Lars and the Real Girl which stars Ryan Gosling as a socially isolated guy who falls in love with a doll he orders on the internet. Not the most believable movie but supremely entertaining and interesting. Ryan Gosling is incredible as the main character and totally weighs up the incredibility of the movie. It's a very nice story which brings up some interesting thoughts.
The other movie was lacking in entertainment but providing in showing detailed anatomy of Marisa Tomei. This was a rather unpleasant film to watch because the characters were so sad and well, stupid. You didn't root for anybody and therefore I just felt I was watching a movie that wasn't very interesting. I've never liked these heist movies. They are usually all alike, where there is a heist and then everything goes haywire. That certainly happens in this film but you don't really care. Crime doesn't pay? I knew that.
I had a pretty funny incident today as well. Went to the health shop and did some shopping. The girl who works there is very nice and we usually start a conversation. Today was no exception and we talked about bananas and muffins (of course). However, the conversation seems to have distracted us as I walked out of the store with the groceris without paying. When I came home and started unloading I had the sudden thought that I didn't remember paying her for the groceries. OOps. Well, anyway I ran over there and paid her. The funny thing is she didn'e even notice herself! She was pretty impressed by the honesty of me coming back. Crime doesn't pay, hey.
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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell shared his thoughts on Brexit, Venezuela and Catalonia. “Brexit is going to be detrimental for everyone”, he told FRANCE 24’s Tom Burges Watson. “No matter how it happens, it will be bad news for everybody”. On Venezuela, he urged Nicolas Maduro to call fresh presidential elections as soon as possible. Finally, Borrell, who himself is Catalan, repeated his belief that Catalan independence would be unconstitutional.
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The people in charge of this project are Jon Moss, the former GM’s specialty vehicles division director and Chris Fesler, Fesler Built hot rod builder and parts manufacturer.
The Fesler-Moss`s productions is limited to 60 units per year. Each Limited Edition Package will have an individual serial number from 1-60, and it will be personally signed by both Jon Moss and Chris Fesler.
The model features the following: adjustable coil over suspension, front and rear sway bars, 6-piston Fesler branded race brake upgrade, GM LS-9 supercharged engine, Fesler branded stainless steel bi-modal exhaust system, color-matched engine block, automatic transmission, billet, carbon fiber or black reverse lights, stainless steel hood struts, stainless steel trunk struts, carbon fiber interior accents, color matched leather seating, suede headliner, carbon fiber pillar gauge kit, heat and sound barrier, a custom sound system plus Fesler-Moss badging.
Moreover, there have been exclusive features as well, such as 22-inch Fesler-Moss wheels and tires, Corvette-style door handles, custom color paint scheme with painted racing stripes, Fesler billet grille with hideaway headlights, Billet RS taillights, carbon fiber Fesler-Moss body kit, and a 2-day training course at the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.


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As of the census of 2000, there were 8,767 people, 3,426 households, and 2,351 families residing in the county. There were 3,901 housing units. The racial makeup of the county was 98.7% White, 0.2% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.9% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. 1.7% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 3,426 households out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.13.
30.1% of the population is 19 years and younger, 4.3% from 20 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.8 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $36,331, and the median income for a family was $44,441. Males had a median income of $28,856 versus $20,979 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,394. About 4.8% of the families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.


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Greeneview’s Harrison Gallagher (20) almost makes a reception over West Liberty-Salem defender Jerret Smith (9) in a game, Friday night at Greeneview High School.
JAMESTOWN — Brandon Upton threw five touchdown passes — and four of them went to Dusty Moell — in West Liberty-Salem’s 52-31 win over Greeneview at Don Nock Field.
Moell returned a kickoff 85 yards for a score, and snagged his final TD reception in the fourth quarter to give the Tigers a 15-point lead, but it may have been a pair of fourth-quarter fourth-down stops by the Tigers defense that ensured the West Liberty-Salem win.
Trailing 46-31 with 8 minutes left in the game, the Rams went for it on fourth down-and-2 near midfield. Logan Test got the call, but defensive linemen Trevor Burden and Hunter Stewart stopped Test a yard shy of the first down.
Seven plays later, West Liberty-Salem’s Brandon Wolfe scored from 5 yards out for the game’s final 52-31 margin.
Desperate to try and claw their way back into the game, the Rams again went for it on fourth down with less than three minutes left to play, but quarterback Collin Matt was stopped on a 4th-and-2 run around the left side, and the Tigers ran out the clock from there.
West Liberty-Salem is now 4-1 this season and 2-0 in the Ohio Heritage Conference with a big league matchup at home against Mechanicsburg on Friday.
Greeneview falls to 3-2 overall, 1-1 OHC. The Rams are at Springfield Catholic Central next week.
The Rams had two players gain more than 100 yards on the ground in Friday’s loss.
Test ran for 186 yards and three scores, and Matt finished with 121 yards and a TD run on the ground.
Rams placekicker Bryce Wilson converted all four of his extra-point attempts, and booted a 25-yard field goal to pull Greeneview within seven points of West Liberty-Salem — trailing 24-17 — at the break.
“(Greeneview) did well, they played hard. We made some mistakes. We had some things go against us — some of it was our own doing; some of it was because West Lib’s pretty good. … But our kids kept battling. I think our kids should take a lot of pride in that. Now if we want to be good, we better start fixing some things,” Rams coach Neal Kasner said.
Upton threw for 211 yards on 15-for-21 passing in the Tigers win. Moell (pronounced ‘mail’) caught nine passes for 134 yards and those four scores. The Tigers shifty stop-n-go senior running back Trevor Anderson carried the ball 14 times for 151 yard and one TD.
W — Dusty Moell 10 pass from Brandon Upton, Run failed.
W — Jeret Smith 14 pass from Upton. Run failed.
G — Logan Test 72 run, Bryce Wilson kick.
W — Moell 5 pass from Upton. Pass failed.
G — Collin Matt 34 run, Wilson kick.
W — Moell 85 kickoff return. Pass failed.
G — Wilson 25 field goal.
W — Trevor Anderson 31 run. Woods pass from Upton.
G — Test 8 run, Wilson kick.
W — Moell 29 pass from Upton. Pass failed.
G — Test 26 run. Wilson kick.
W— Moell 51 pass from Upton. Woods pass from Upton.
W— Brandon Wolfe 5 run. Run failed.
John Bombatch can be reached at (937) 372-4444, Ext. 2123.

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We picked up For Honor this week, and much like the Melbourne weather which plagues our podcast, we too have casted a storm over For Honor, well mainly the single player campaign. And I’m not implying we’re somehow responsible for Melbourne’s weather, but rather I’m ‘cleverly’ likening the weather to our demeanour towards the game. ‘Clever’, right?
This week we’re also discussing the Crash Bandicoot N Sane trilogy release date, Splatoon 2 Global Testfire, PAX Aus 2017, EB Expo 2017, Zelda: Breath of the wild DLC and season pass, Night in the Woods, Terraria, Nioh, Pokemon GO, Watch Dogs 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands Open Beta and Resident Evil 7: Banned Footage vol 1.
And finally, we each list off our Top 3 Games to play on the toilet, and review the results of the Weekly Challenge; a Need for Speed Underground drag race.

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Not ‘simply’ a standard mail house, Direct Mail Advertising and marketing (DMM) is an industry chief offering variable digital printing, communication, fulfilment and mailing solutions tailor-made to the needs of particular person businesses across Australia. The expansion of digital advertising and marketing has improved targeting in itself. Monitor results – as with all types of marketing, see for those who’re getting worth for cash; if not, change things or ditch unsolicited mail and try something else. Whether or not your marketing campaign is built round a simple postcard or a whole mailing package, we may help you complete the steps to get your promotion out the door in into your prospect’s mail box.
A “good” junk mail response charge relies on many elements, however the three most important components are: Goal Viewers, Supply and Artistic. The direct mail advertising you employ should match seamlessly with the rest of your advertising and marketing brand and messaging—it ought to all have the same look, really feel, and voice. Whereas door drops are highly effective as a result of they’re measurable, their predominant advantage continues to be that they compel people to take motion, says Sonia Hitzelberger, Account Development Director at door drops specialist Whistl.
That means that in a campaign delivered to 1,000 people, forty three more folks will work together with your unsolicited mail than your emails. First Class Consulting & Mailing provides each Inbound & Outbound call dealing with with an excellence in communications and customer support. Individually targeted junk mail may be tailored based mostly on previous transactions and gathered information. Most electronic mail marketing platforms, similar to Fixed Contact, Cactus Mail, and MailChimp) provide types that may be positioned on a touchdown web page and can mechanically add the person’s electronic mail handle to your electronic mail database.
The reply: Unsolicited mail pieces shouldn’t be ignored of the equation.
Unsolicited mail production powerhouse with superior knowledge and outstanding customer support. Making certain that your direct mail design stands out is extremely vital to grab your potential buyer’s consideration and provides them a purpose to read the content material. Targeted direct mailing lists might be costly, but they’re more likely to lead to the best response fee and generate future loyal clients. In accordance with JICMail information, 61% of all door drops opened are learn, looked or glanced at, and the common door drop is shared two or three times within a family.
The aim of direct response advertising and marketing is to send prospects focused messages that drive particular actions—purchase a product, read your blog put up, be a part of a e-newsletter, refer-a-friend, any business purpose. And he casually talked about in the future that they generate, you know, one thing like forty% of their income through direct mailing and immediately my little antenna went up and was considering, I have by no means heard of anyone in our trade say that.
The special supply has a protracted, lengthy historical past in direct mail, and it’s every bit as effective today as it was more than one hundred years ago for Coca-Cola. To find out the fee per sale, you divide the cost of the mailing by the variety of gross sales that resulted. Unsolicited mail advertising breaks down to four basic steps — setup process, setup price, cost of media, and price to continue.
Attain your perfect buyer with targeted unsolicited mail! The flexibility to make use of variable information in color through the mixture of sturdy software and digital printing processes has allowed us to focus on and “communicate” to shoppers as individuals enabling true 1 to 1 advertising communications. Except you may have your individual autoresponder setup, you would be paying a excessive price for your checklist month-to-month when you use an everyday service-Aweber, GetResponse, and many others.-to keep up a “huge” non-focused listing.
With the world of programmatic buying at our fingertips, we are able to target messages to customers and prospects primarily based on their shopping for behaviours and their social media profiles.


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If you own a beautiful hand-knotted Oriental rug, you want to keep it looking beautiful forever. There are certain things that you can do that will help to you maintain that great look for a long time, and certain things that you should avoid. For example, one of the biggest mistakes that people make with their hand-knotted Oriental rugs is trying to clean stains with the wrong types of chemicals, such as bleach, or trying to use a floor polisher on them.
It is always a good idea to vacuum the carpet regularly. This will ensure you are removing the dirt, grit, sand, and other elements that could be working their way through the pile and deeper into the rug. When these elements are ground down into the wool, they end up causing abrasive damage, and this can cause problems with the pile.
If you have a spill on the rug, do not panic. However, it is essential that you act as quickly as possible to take care of the problem. If it is animal urine, a drink, or food, you will want to use club soda and clean water to flush the area and clean it. You can use a clean white towel to blot and dab the area and remove the stain. You can use a fan on the rug to help dry it, as well. It is possible to use a hair dryer, but if you do, make sure you put it on a low setting and do not place it too close to the rug.
Some types of spills, such as mud, blood, or even mustard, should be allowed to dry. Once they have dried, you will find that it tends to be much easier to flake and scrape them off the rug.
Make sure it is dry before you place it back on the floor. If it is not dry, it can cause mildew, mold, and serious damage to your rug.
While you can certainly take care of regular cleaning and maintenance for your hand-knotted Oriental rug, you will also want to have the professionals clean it for you on occasion. Every year or two, it is a good idea to let the pros provide the carpet with a deep cleaning, and to check and see what else might need repairs, such as fraying, moth damage, or even fading from the sunlight.
When it comes time to have a professional cleaning for your carpet, be sure to choose those who have experience and knowledge in the field. NYCleaners is ready to help, so be sure to get in touch.


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Today's Christmas Gift Guide is all for the girl who loves to accessorize.
I've got everything from bags, to scarves, to wallets, to hats, to jewelry. Not to mention both high and low end price points.
Linking up today with Style Lixir.
Oh my gosh, you and me both! I'm SO accessories obsessed!! I've been busy picking out new accessories for my soon to be online shop, and having way too much fun!! :) Love the Kate Spade + statement necklace, so pretty!!
Shut up with #5, I adore it. Such an amazing color!
Lovely picks. Especially that blue RM mini crossbody. Visiting from Friday’s Fab Favorites link up!


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2016 UKBC Heats. The Origin Line Up.
This year sees a stellar Origin cast competing in the UK Barista Championships, the country's most prestigious coffee competition.
Below is a list of who we have competing, when and where. But firstly, huge congratulations to Dan Fellows (Head of Wholesale) and Will Pitts (GM of our Shoreditch shop) who stormed the London heats last week, taking 1st and 2nd place respectively.
Congrats again to Dan and Will and good luck to the rest of the team. Roll on the semi-finals, 9 April at London Coffee Festival.
The Collective Series. A chat with Simon Humes.


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The hit to employee productivity was worse than March Madness but not as bad as James Comey.
Did you enjoy your two-and-a-half-minute solar eclipse viewing on Monday? Good, because stepping away from your desk to peek at the sun through a pair of eclipse glasses could possibly have cost the U.S. workforce in diminished productivity. Or at least that’s according to outplacement company Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which used information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to predict a loss in worker productivity. Here’s how the math breaks down: there are about 87 million U.S. workers, making an average hourly wage of $23.86. If they all took about 20 minutes to scout out a spot to see the eclipse and then watch the whole thing unfold, it would cost an employer $7.95 per person, or, when multiplied by 87 million, about $694 million in lost productivity.
Your back-of-the-envelope mileage may vary. Challenger, Gray & Christmas got that number by assuming employees are already being productive every moment that they’re at their desks in the early afternoon—and not, for instance, browsing Facebook—and that diversions like watching the eclipse are the only unproductive moments of an employee’s day. As anyone who has ever worked can attest (and as Wired Editor-in-Chief Nick Thompson points out using Facebook usage numbers), that simply isn’t true.
Americans skipping out on work to go watch the eclipse may have resulted in productivity losses for their bosses, but don’t feel too bad about it. Seven hundred million sounds like a lot, but by its own accounting, the firm says the U.S. economy collectively lost $615 million from people setting their brackets during March Madness opening week; $1.7 billion per hour from people discussing the Super Bowl the following day; $1.9 billion per hour during Cyber Monday; $3.3 billion during James Comey’s testimony earlier this summer; and $10 billion during Amazon Prime Day.


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