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The Great Craft Beer Sellout
By Dave Infante
Published on 10/13/2016 at 12:22 PM
Dick Cantwell calls them "hate tourists," the beer geeks who started turning up at Elysian Brewing Company's original brewpub in Seattle as soon as the sale was announced. "Our service staff took it on the chin," says the 58-year-old brewer, who co-founded the brewery in 1995, two decades before selling it to the world's largest beer company, Anheuser-Busch InBev. "People were buying beers, and literally dumping them on the floor," he says. Then they'd stalk out the door and into the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood in search of a real craft beer from a real craft brewery. You know: a locally owned one that hadn't "sold out" yet.
It's a common sentiment throughout the industry, as well as with the hopped-up cognoscenti that function as de facto mouthpieces of the "better beer" movement. After all, the craft movement might have started out as a straightforward quest for really damn good beer, but over the years corporate mistrust and disdain for mainstream tastes have become so tightly woven into its identity that they often seem like defining characteristics.
But like it or not, the great craft beer sellout is on. The craft beer landscape is radically different than it was when Cantwell began brewing. It's changed almost as substantially between this year and last, when we first warned you that a massive shift was underway. Since then, the number of American craft breweries has swollen to 4,600, even as craft beer's growth is flattening out. Year-over-year volume was up just 8% in July 2016, and will likely remain under double digits for the year -- only the third time in the past decade that that's happened. That's still better than overall beer consumption in the US, which has been slowly giving up market share to wine and spirits since the '80s.
For those reasons, and a few more, craft brewers across the country have been lining their war chests with institutional capital, or aligning themselves under the banner of Big Beer, looking for quick cash to expand, amp up distribution, or just retire on. In the past 24 months, "strategic partners" (i.e., bigger beer companies) bought Ballast Point, Elysian, 10 Barrel, Hop Valley, Terrapin, Revolver, Devils Backbone, and Saint Archer outright. Lagunitas sold 50% to Heineken; Founders sold 30% to Mahou San Miguel; Firestone Walker joined Ommegang and Boulevard under Duvel Moortgat's tent. Hell, as this article went to print, Brooklyn Brewery announced it had sold 24.5% of its company to Kirin, the Japanese corporation.
And, oh, the private equity deals! Oskar Blues, Full Sail, and others have all sold themselves, in part or in whole, to investment groups eager to get in on beer's only growing category.
In other words, shit be happening, compadres. So, we spent the last month interviewing craft brewers, macro buyers, die-hard drinkers, and industry analysts to see how, and if, this shift will affect how we craft beer lovers -- you, me, us -- will drink. Should acquired breweries like Elysian still count as "craft," now that it's cast lots with the moneymen? As lovers of craft beer, must we now spurn those breweries? If the quality level stays high and more people gain access to better beer, should we care? Does it even matter?
It does to beer geeks. At least the "loud, sloppy, crying" ones.
In the digital age, hate tourism hardly requires a physical visit to a newly acquired brewery. In August 2016, on the day Terrapin Beer Company announced it had agreed to be acquired by Tenth and Blake (MillerCoors' premium portfolio, through which it manages its craft acquisitions), its Facebook page popped off.
A sample of the negative comments [all sic]:
"Enjoy your money, you won't get any more of mine."
"I guarantee the new owners are all about profit and nothing more."
"Bye terrapin, there's other great local breweries out there that deserve my money. Just another brick in the wall to big beer. Smh shame shame"
This sort of dissent is easy to vent, which might be why you always see and hear so much of it upon news of a sale. "It gets amplified on social media because people who have strong opinions are a lot louder on the internet than those who are indifferent," wrote Leah Kuck, Terrapin's marketing & communications representative, in an email exchange with Thrillist. She manages the brewery's Facebook page, and wasn't surprised by the reaction.
Brewers -- those who've sold, and those who haven't -- tend to agree. "A whole bunch of people yelling in the wind," is how John Laffler described a typical online reaction to an acquisition. The current brewmaster of Chicago's independent Off Color Brewing, Laffler built his reputation at Goose Island, but left within a year of that company's sale to ABI. ("It was just time," he told the Chicago Tribune in a 2012 interview.)
But beyond the small, loud cohort of beer geeks who "go on loud, sloppy crying jags each time a brewery is acquired," as MarketWatch's Jason Notte put it in a recent email exchange, there's a whole mainstream population of less dogmatic drinkers, who really just want some good beer. "The most vocal people are not buying as much as everybody else," remarks Laffler. Investors are betting that courting everybody else, rather than the pissy minority of beer geeks, is the best way to sell more beer from their acquired brands.
So far, it's working. Partially or fully acquired breweries like Lagunitas, Founders, and Ballast Point "are getting some of the best growth in craft beer right now," says Benj Steinman, publisher of Beer Marketer's Insights. Ditto ABI's brands. According to a 2015 Nielsen study commissioned by the Brewers Association, craft brewing's leading advocacy group, 61% of craft consumers consider a brewer's independence as "somewhat" or "very" important when choosing their beer. But, Steinman says, "the evidence in front of my nose says [ownership status] doesn't matter" to a mainstream customer.
But will it change the beer?
The ink was hardly dry on Revolver Brewing's August 2016 deal with MillerCoors, the country's second-largest beer company. The deal, transferring control of the Granbury, Texas brewery to the country's second-largest beer company, hadn't even officially closed yet. But: "It's just a pen stroke," Rhett Keisler, a Revolver co-founder, assured Thrillist on a phone call in early September. "The beer is still the beer."
This is a common refrain amongst brewers who have sold off their control. "We remain fully in control… no planned changes," wrote Eric Ottaway, Brooklyn Brewery CEO, in an email to Thrillist. "[S]ame brewers, same recipes," pledged Lagunitas in the press release heralding its $500 million partnership with Heineken NV, the world's second-largest beer company. "It will be the same people making the same beer, with the same culture and approach," promised Ballast Point founder Jack White in the San Diego Union-Tribune following the brewery's $1 billion sale to Constellation, a New York holding company with a $34 billion market cap whose lucrative portfolio also includes Corona brands in the US.
(Like many acquired breweries, it wasn't the same people at Ballast Point -- White exited in the aftermath of the sale, as did the CEO, COO/brewmaster, and CCO. The brewery declined to comment for this story.)
Brewers who have sold consistently deny they've cut any corners. Keisler says the "responsibility is on us" to ensure that MillerCoors never foists cost-saving programs on Revolver at the expense of the quality of its beer. And buyers tend to claim they'd never ask for such a compromise. "We're not touching anything when it comes to the beers," says Scott Whitley, president of Tenth and Blake, the MillerCoors subsidiary that will control Revolver.
Still, cautionary tales abound. As the industry's biggest and most aggressive acquirer, ABI is central to most of them, and as one of its most high-profile purchases in the US, Goose Island has been the conglomerate's litmus test. The results are mixed.
ABI has expanded production of the brand's flagship IPA to its facilities in Colorado, and flat-out moved production of 312 Urban Pale Ale from Chicago (area code: 312) to its facilities in upstate NY. It's tweaked recipes to brew Goose Island's hop-forward beers at volume. On message boards and blogs, drinkers have claimed all this change hurt the beers' flavor and freshness. This consternation peaked in 2015, when batches of the coveted Bourbon County Brand Stout were found to be infected with a flavor-wrecking, albeit non-toxic, bacteria, and had to be recalled. Diehards again cried foul and threw blame on ABI's doorstep as "proof" of bad-faith brewing.
Would it have happened if ABI never bought the brand? Who knows. But it did, and it freaked some people out.
But there's an upside!
Of course, some change is good. There are some genuine benefits to selling that, at least in the short term, you'll enjoy as a drinker.
Consistency is a big upside. Big Beer is famous for delivering lager that tastes exactly the same, no matter where you're drinking it. Private equity is famous for having prodigious heaps of cash. Both grant small brewers easier access to better equipment and quality-control expertise, which in turn makes it easier to put out batch after batch of identically tasting complex beers at scale.
And ingredients! "The biggest gift from 'Uncle InBev,'" to its acquired breweries, writes Aaron Goldfarb in a Serious Eats story published last month, "is surely the 1,700-acre hop farm in northern Idaho" to which its newly bought breweries have access.
When we called Felipe Szpigel, the president of The High End (ABI's subtly named premium portfolio), he was quick to bring up that same farm, called Elk Mountain. Take Elysian as an example, he said. "They had this amazing beer called Space Dust, but they couldn't get the hops that they needed. Because of Elk Mountain and the resources we have here, they can start brewing Space Dust [more often], and it will become their flagship beer."
From hop procurement to waste-water treatment (another unsexy but necessary consideration that Whitley brings up), there are facets of the business that independent brewers just sorta suck at, and acquisitions can provide the people and resources to help. "A lot of people who start out brewing really don't understand business," says Anat Baron, a former general manager of Mike's Hard Lemonade and beer-industry insider who directed 2009's documentary Beer Wars. A buyer, either with pre-built infrastructure or the know-how to build it, can help new acquisitions get their houses in order so they can "focus on the beer" (another common refrain).
10 Barrel's co-founder Jeremy Cox has seen it firsthand. "We were spending a lot of time on [procurement of] supplies, and stuff that wasn't all that fun" prior to selling the brewery to ABI in fall 2014. Now it's got more brewers, happier brewers, and time to innovate on specialty projects, he says, like the Crush kettle sour program. Cox and his co-founders claim that the freedoms afforded by the acquisition actually make 10 Barrel "more craft than before."
That's a matter of endless debate; your mileage may vary. But strike the semantics for a moment, and consider the underlying argument. Freedom to focus on brewing, coupled with turnkey access to a pre-existing distribution network (or, at least, shitloads of money to build one), puts more full-flavored beer in more places it never was, like stadiums, airports, and chain restaurants. Which all sounds pretty great, right?
"Do we use more-expensive hops and make less money, or do we use less-expensive hops and make more money?"
The thing about distribution
Here's the thing most people don't talk about. It's hardly sexy, and often counterintuitive, but distribution -- known in the industry as the "middle tier" because it's the legislatively mandated linchpin between brewers and retailers -- is "100% of the game," says Baron. "It's everything."
The three-tier system is enforced at the state, not the federal, level, so there are dozens of regional idiosyncrasies. Nationally, here's the gist: large brewers do so much business with regional distributors, who in turn do so much business with regional retail accounts, that they have de facto control over the three tiers simply due to scale. (In states where it's legal, macros actually buy distributorships, formalizing this arrangement. In states where it's not, the Department of Justice has investigated macros for offering kickbacks and pay-for-play arrangements.)
Why does this matter for craft beer? Let's say a supermarket notices that its IPA stock is "turning" (selling) twice as fast as its other categories. No surprise there. The store tells the distributor. Let's say the distributor is "blue," which means that the majority of its business comes from distributing MillerCoors products. Before MillerCoors lined its premium portfolio with hop-forward "craft" acquisitions like Saint Archer and Hop Valley, the distributor would've been forced to either carry independent brewers' IPAs to fulfill the supermarket's request, or risk missing out on that business.
In 2016, there's no need, because now the distributor (via MillerCoors) has that category covered with options like Hop Valley's Alphadelic or Saint Archer's India pale. The retailer is happy, because it has something to sell the customer, and the margin is bigger than it might have been on an independently produced IPA (scale!). The distributor is happy because it no longer has to maintain time-consuming relationships with a dozen independent breweries, now that it can lean on the portfolio of just one. MillerCoors is happy because even though sales of adjunct light lagers are flagging, it's selling beer in a growth category.
But what about the drinkers? Are we happy?
"A lot of people who start out brewing really don't understand business."
The drinkers are happy! (For the time being.)
The thing is, this is probably as good as it's going to get for the category of full-flavored beer. As the market gets tighter, breweries will fail. There will be fewer independent brewers large enough to compete for the mainstream supermarket shelf space. At the same time, they'll struggle to compete with smaller, more nimble craft brewers in on-premise taprooms, and specialty beer bars/shops. "They're kinda getting squeezed from both sides," says Steinman.
When those big-ish regional craft brewers start dropping, acquired breweries will represent access to -- and define the perception of -- premium "craft" beer for most of the country's drinkers, who are hardly as discriminating as some Dark Lord-hoarder in a basement thumbing through RateBeer. At which point, an acquirer could, theoretically, just sorta make it… less premium.
This concern usually comes up when the buyout money is from private equity, thanks to that industry's reputation for slashing costs and bailing when growth slows, but can apply to strategic partners, too. Independence has allowed craft brewers to stand as a bulwark against a quality slide, says Jim Koch, co-founder of Sam Adams and chairman of Boston Beer Company. (Though the company is publicly traded, Koch holds all its voting shares and remains in control.) "In a very practical sense," he tells Thrillist, it comes down to a simple question: "Do we use more-expensive hops and make less money, or do we use less-expensive hops and make more money?"
In a growth market, brewers on all sides are able to keep quality high and eke out profits, but as competition tightens, cost-cutting tactics like substituting cheaper ingredients, discontinuing time- and labor-intensive beers, and centralizing production can keep returns high for investors or corporate owners, even as retail prices drop. As Greg Koch, the outspoken and fiercely independent co-founder of Stone Brewing, remarks: "The commodity world [...] naturally, over time, reduces choice and quality, and those forces are strong, man."
Each acquisition, in other words, is drawing rambunctious craft beer further into the more narrowly defined world it set out to expand. No one -- not brewers, analysts, distributors, or drinkers -- knows quite where to draw the line. At what point does ownership status cease to be just a question of semantics? At what point does it become a threat to quality beer? And, if expansion is the key to survival, is there a way for craft beer to grow while retaining its independence?
Cantwell doesn't view the "hate tourists" as sociopaths, he says. "People in that community were just wounded; they felt betrayed and sad."
Maybe there is!
Up until this point, the conversation has been binary: cash vs. craft. Corporate vs. independent. Selling out vs. fighting the good fight. But there may be a viable third way. Greg Koch certainly hopes so. In June 2016, he announced the launch of True Craft, a private-equity-backed entity that will take minority positions in independent craft breweries with a $100 million fund. "True Craft is behaving in ways that are different that traditional private equity," he tells me, explaining that while traditional private-equity firms are beholden to a timeline to flip their investments, his will "go on into perpetuity."
True Craft is just the latest (well-funded, star brewer-backed) attempt to forge a craft beer acquisition Holy Grail: a patient group of private investors, true believers who understand the craft ethos, offering a middle road to brewers seeking capital to expand, or "something more solid than cred" to retire on, as Notte says.
Artisanal Brewing Ventures, which holds both Victory and Southern Tier, is another manifestation of this middle way. Ulysses Management, the private-equity firm that backs it, is a "family shop" (i.e., the money it manages just comes from one or a few wealthy-ass clans), which enables a more farsighted position than traditional firms. "I can hold investments for a long, long time if I think they make sense," says Paul Barnett, Ulysses' managing director.
With a CEO from Southern Tier and board seats for both Southern Tier and Victory's co-founders, ABV (get it?!) hopes to make procurement and distribution more cost-effective for both breweries by pooling their clout. "We're better positioned as a combined entity," says Bill Covaleski, Victory's co-founder, noting that together, Victory and Southern Tier represented the 15th-largest craft brewer by volume, as opposed to the 28th and 31st respectively. (Still, ABV has eight board seats, and Victory's founders only control two of them -- a far better paradigm than a 100% buyout, but not one that leaves Covaleski and his partner with total control, either.)
The most ambitious model of craft beer compromise, however, is Equity for Punks USA, a mini-IPO/crowdfunding round launched by BrewDog, Scotland's cultishly popular independent brewery and international pub network. The fund, explained co-founder James Watt, allows US drinkers to buy Regulation A shares of the company's US operation, in effect distributing slivers of ownership amongst them. The cheeky bastards will open a brewery in Columbus later this year with an undisclosed portion of its $50 million target raised. To guard against the temptation to sell -- which Watt assured Thrillist, and pretty much everyone he's ever given an interview to, that he'll never do -- BrewDog recently amended the company's bylaws to effectively prohibit it. ("Nailing our colours to the motherfucking mast!" is how it phrases it.)
Can other craft brewers deploy the BrewDog/Equity for Punks model? There's certainly incentive. BrewDog has grown at a freakish rate since being founded in 2007, including 130% growth in UK sales in 2015, 44 brewpubs internationally, and a cool £5.5 million in operating profit (around $7.5 million) last year. If the rule is that craft's brash, change-the-world independence just won't work at scale, BrewDog is a hell of an exception to it.
That's all well and good -- but what about my feelings?
Dick Cantwell quit Elysian just a few days after his fellow board members decided to sell the brewery. He was the sole dissenting vote. ("Dick has been in the belly of the beast," said Jim Koch approvingly, upon learning that the other brewer would be interviewed for this story.) Still, Cantwell doesn't think he's some kind of craft brewer hero, nor does he view the "hate tourists" as sociopaths. "People in that community were just wounded," he tells Thrillist ruefully. "They felt betrayed and sad."
Craft beer has always encouraged an explicitly personal connection between brewers and customers. It's asked them to get to know brewers, invest themselves in independent breweries, and give a shit about those brewers' handiwork. It's told them that craft brewers and their customers are, as beer historian Maureen Ogle puts it, "noble warriors doing battle against the people who want to steal the throne." It convinced many that they are what they drink. So what happens when what they drink changes?
Craft beer won its battle, but it won so handily at first that it's having trouble convincing anyone that the war still needs to be fought. And if they can remember, will many mainstream drinkers still care who actually makes the beer? "A lot of consumers don't," says Cantwell towards the end of our interview. "That's more than they want to think about when they're buying a six-pack."
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Step back and watch out for the newest sport at Etowah. After being a club for three years, the Dancing Eagles are now considered a sport and are coming in hot for their new season.
"This season, I am most excited to dance with people I have never met before and make more friendships throughout the season," Livy Sells, sophomore, said.
This season has brought many new opportunities to the Dancing Eagles team. They are the most recent addition to Etowah's sports teams, and this year the squad is incorporating new styles of dance, upgrading uniforms, entering into competitions, and gaining many new members.
"The new changes give us a chance to letter through the Athletic Department and give us more opportunities to feel like a team," Tessa Liles, junior, said.
Head coach Brittany Chandler danced from age five until college giving her past experience in the sport. She trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, and tap, and competed for four years on her school's varsity dance team. She has incorporated her love for dance into her job by volunteering to take charge of this team on the side. This is her third-year coaching the dance team for Etowah and her fifth year coaching a dance team.
"I am most excited about adding more competitions, growing the size of the team, and competing in two separate categories this year," Chandler said.
This season, Chandler decided to add on a pom routine to introduce the team into a more competitive style in dance. This routine also includes cheerleaders from the school because of the sharp and "cheerleading style" this dance portrays to the audience.
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One of the major challenges for the new team includes performing at three competitions instead of one, like in past years. The team has been more serious about practices and is excited to get the competition season started.
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Paul's Missionary Journeys
Presbyterian Men's Breakfast - April 10, 2016
We all know Paul went on at least three missionary journeys, but it's not easy to piece them together. His itineraries have to be inferred from what we read in the Book of Acts, and from hints Paul gives in his Letters. Scholars have put together some good guesses, and I pored through many of them -- and the Book of Acts -- to construct a reasonable summary. Because it's easy to get lost between the ancient place names and today, I made a few maps to help anchor us. They are also on my website, gort.net, and Mario has them if you want for reference later. Going through the stories of his journeys, a clear picture emerges, not only of the geography, but of the spiritual growth Paul himself went through. As we reflect on his spiritual journey we might see some parallels to our own journey.
Here is where our story begins: Paul, of course, is the writer of most of the Letters in the New Testament and the founder of Christianity. Paul or Saul as he was at the start, was a Roman citizen and a Jew from Tarsus in Turkey next to Syria. Saul was a graduate student in Jerusalem and a fire-breathing anti-Christian zealot in the years after Jesus' crucifixion.
The prelude to his missionary journeys happened on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus. The new heretical sect of Messianic Judaism was spreading, and Christian disciples had reached the Jewish communities in Syria and eastern Turkey. Saul was after them with a vengeance. On the road to Damascus Jesus showed Saul his spiritual blindness by flashing a divine light, physically blinding him. Then, after new sight was given to him in Damascus, Saul, like Jesus and the prophets before him, went to the desert for a time. Maybe he did some quiet contemplation assimilating this new vision. This time in "Arabia" prepared Saul to begin preaching Jesus to the Jews of Damascus. Now the persecutor had become preacher. This turnabout antagonized many orthodox Jews who, as Saul used to be, were violently opposed to this Jesus heresy. Saul was forced to escape and friends let him down from the Damascus city wall in a basket. Returning to Jerusalem, he looked up the Apostles and disciples. Knowing the former Saul, they were mistrustful, but Barnabas convinced the brothers the new Saul was for real, and they welcomed him. But his preaching in Jerusalem, stirred up the same orthodox hornet's nest and Saul fled to Tarsus, his home.
There Saul argued and encouraged the new believers, both gentile and Jew in his hometown synagogue. Evangelizing his neighbors undoubtedly served as practice, and any resistance would have helped thicken his spiritual skin. Meantime, Barnabas was sent north to nearby Antioch to help out the new believers there. He looked up Saul in Tarsus, and the two of them preached Jesus in Syrian Antioch before heading off on the first missionary journey. The first journey stayed close to home, beginning in Cyprus, Barnabas' home island. Both had now preached the word in their hometowns, and were ready to move a little farther afield. But not all that far. Although they traveled several hundred miles, their target, Pisidian Antioch, was not that far overland from Tarsus. We know that at Perga, before they get to Pisidian Antioch, their companion John Mark decides to leave them and return to Jerusalem. Maybe faint heart?
Saul and Barnabas preach in the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch. Pisidia was familiar territory for the two evangelists. The dialect and customs were familiar, but it was out of town. They won believers, but stirred resentment, and so they headed east, arguing, teaching and being stoned as they went. Finally, at Derbe, you wonder why Saul didn't just keep going east and walk home to Tarsus, licking his wounds. Spiritually stronger and tougher now, Paul and Barnabas retrace their steps, preaching and teaching in the same towns they'd passed through until back at Perga they were ready to preach there as well. For good measure they went down to Antalya preaching Christ before shipping home, ending the first journey. It was probably time for a little rest and recovery, since Paul was almost killed by stoning the first time through Lystra. The decision to return to the places where he was violently rejected rather than just walking home may be the moment of transition from Saul to Paul. Saul means asked for. Paulus means small, or humble.
Before the second Journey, Paul and Barnabas go to Jerusalem for the first Church Council. The apostles and disciples reach agreement that gentiles are allowed to become full members of the new Way without needing to follow the Jewish Mosaic Law. No adult circumcision, no dietary laws. Now Paul is in full accord with Peter and James on the gentile issue, ready for serious evangelizing of non-Jew as well as Jew.
The second journey starts from Syrian Antioch. Paul and Barnabas split over taking John Mark again. Barnabas heads for Cyprus again with John Mark, and disappears from the Bible and our story. Paul, now accompanied by Silas, makes his own way, by land this time, back to Derbe, Lystra, Iconium and Pisidian Antioch to encourage the believers and get the Churches organized. Paul knew the Word needs reinforcement; new believers need examples and encouragement, and by appointing Elders, Paul began the necessary process of forming up the new community. Paul knew that a religion of ones or twos can't persevere. As much as we sometimes resist formal institutions, we humans need structure to keep us on the rails. So he starts this journey by re-enforcing and supporting the fragile new "Churches within the synagogues." Then Paul and Silas go beyond Pisidian Antioch into new territory.
Here is something we often overlook when we reflect on Paul's missionary journeys: Paul's teaching and evangelizing took place in Jewish synagogues, but gentiles were also hearing the Word. Gentile believers in the One God were welcomed into Jewish worship services. Although they were not "full members" of the community and they were not required to follow the 613 rules of the Law, they were there. These "God-fearing gentiles" in the synagogues were an early fruit. Looking back, we can see the Wisdom of God in first giving the Word to the Jewish people who both at home and in exile, would establish beachheads for God in the pagan world. Without the familiarity, practice and presence of Judaism, there would not have been an effective "soap-box" to evangelize the gentile world. Paul and Silas preached The Messiah to the God-fearing gentiles as well as to the Jews, but there was confusion. Were the gentiles now Jews? Back in Syrian Antioch the believers were first called "Moshiachim" which means, "followers of the anointed one." In Greek and later English this name would later translate as "Christians." The new believers saw themselves as part of Judaism. This is the context for that First Jerusalem Council.
As Paul and Silas moved north towards the Black Sea and Istanbul, their intention was to circle through Asia and perhaps down to Ephesus on the coast, preaching in the synagogues. But the Spirit had something else in mind. The Spirit turned them away from Asia at this time and instead led them to the Western world - to Macedonia and Greece.
The isolated Jewish communities in the West were frontier outposts of monotheism in a pagan world. The West was logical, reasonable, philosophic and idolatrous. The West was pagan. The West was the home of Plato, Aristotle, and the Greek academies, the home of Zeus, Athena and the power and might of imperial Rome. Roman Caesars were men who were to be worshipped as gods. Isolated communities of Jews and synagogues were scattered throughout the western Roman Empire. These Jews were usually tolerated by Rome as useful, if eccentric craftsmen and merchants. Because they were useful to Rome, their strange oriental religion was tolerated by the empire. But, the Jews were few, isolated and powerless. This is the world to which God sent Paul and Silas in the middle of the second missionary journey. Is Paul now ready for this? God thought so. Are we?
They land near Philippi not knowing a soul. Their mission to the west is facilitated by a woman. Acts tells of the encounter with Lydia, a God-fearing woman of substance from Asia who after her own baptism houses them and the new Philippian believers. Traveling overland they reach the synagogue of Thessaloniki. Many of the Thessalonian Jews resist this heresy, and their threats force Paul to leave town. His escorts lead him by sea to Athens itself. Now in Athens, Paul argues in the synagogue and preaches from the Areopagus, the great rock of a pulpit standing at the top of the Athenian Agora. Here he truly becomes a Greek to the Greeks. Gesturing to one of the temples in the agora Paul preaches; "I see you are very religious. You even have an altar dedicated to an Unknown God. This is the God of whom I speak." Paul is tolerated in Athens because the Greeks are philosophers with "itching ears," eager to hear new ideas. Even so, a few believe.
Paul moves further west from intellectual, aloof Athens to the gritty commercial crossroads of East and West, the port city of Corinth and its synagogue. Here both Paul and Christianity reach another stage of spiritual growth. Paul meets up with Aquila and Priscilla, a Jewish couple recently kicked out of Rome in one of the frequent pogroms. All skilled at the same craft, Paul, Priscilla and Aquila go into the tent-making business together in Corinth. Paul, now a businessman, sets up in Corinth and for several years preaches Christ to both Jew and Gentile. Here he writes two letters encouraging and disciplining the believers he'd earlier taught in Thessaloniki, letters we know as 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
What is driving this man? Where is the energy coming from? How can he live in the everyday world making a living, and at the same time preach, teach, write, and develop what becomes the greatest institution on Earth? Paul shows us that by expending all, giving God everything you have, more perseverance and power come. Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord. And, let's not forget, God also gave Paul the help of two formidable women, Lydia and Priscilla.
In time, Paul, Priscilla and Aquila sail across the Aegean to Ephesus. Paul leaves his partners and preaches in the Ephesian synagogue. The believers ask him to stay on, but he tells them, "...another time, I will return." Paul sails home to Syrian Antioch. The end of the second missionary Journey.
The third journey begins with Paul returning to encourage the Churches he'd planted from Derbe to Pisidian Antioch. This time the Spirit permits him to evangelize across Asia and now reach Ephesus by land. On the way, Paul perhaps formed the seven Asian Churches which we know as the seven Churches in Revelation. In Ephesus, while preaching in the synagogue, he encounters the usual resistance. This time, Paul takes his Jewish and gentile believers out of the synagogue and sets up worship in another building. This "rental" of a hall in Ephesus marks the birth of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the beginning of the split between Christianity and Judaism.
Paul is again called to the West and his beloved Corinth. Paul goes the long way around, revisiting the Churches of Macedonia and Greece on the way. Persevering, teaching, encouraging, he writes his 2nd letter to his beloved Corinthians - maybe from Philippi. Repetition, visits, encouragement, resolving disputes, pastoring, personally teaching, persevering. This is a lesson and message in Paul's visits and letters to the Churches - and to us. Keep at it, pray and work without ceasing. God will provide the power.
Back in Corinth for winter of 57-58 AD Paul writes the most powerful and complete statement of Christianity to this day - the Letter to the Romans. In the spring, Paul revisits the Greek Churches on his way back to Asia, and makes his farewell address to the Elders of Ephesus before his final trip to Jerusalem. End of the third journey.
In Jerusalem, he preaches, is beaten, dragged before the Sanhedrin and imprisoned in Caesarea. While a prisoner for two years, he preaches until, claiming his right as a Roman citizen, he is shipped as a prisoner to Rome - beginning the fourth missionary journey.
Acts details Paul's trip as a prisoner. From Myra they catch a freighter bound for Rome, but shipwreck off the Maltese coast. Paul evangelizes the islanders. Reaching Rome, Paul preaches and writes encouraging teaching letters to the Churches in Ephesus, Philippi, and Colossae and even a short letter to his friend Philemon.
63 AD in Rome, marks the end of the fourth and final recorded missionary voyage of Paul.
Still Paul persevered. The Letter to Hebrews was written a few years later, we don't know from where. He may have revisited the coastal islands, the Ionian coast of Greece, Spain, even Britannia. Tradition has Paul executed outside Rome during Nero's time in 64 or 65 AD. But through Paul, the Word and teaching of God continues to this day, to the Jew first and then to the world.
Among Paul's last words are these to his good friend Timothy. "For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
Saul kept the faith. He emptied himself of self again and again becoming Paulus, small; tirelessly revisiting, repeating, teaching, encouraging others in the faith. Persevering. The Word finally got to us here today.
Good work, Saul. Thanks.


The State of Michigan has changed the maximum number of work hours for students age 16 and 17 while attending school. Students age 16 and 17 may work up to 24 hours per week (with 30 hours of school classes).
Minors in the State of Michigan who wish to work must first complete a work permit. This work permit must be completed by the employer, the worker, and then verified by the Superintendent's designee. The work permit, once signed, is to be kept with the employer for as long as the minor works. The Stevenson Counseling Office currently signs all work permits for Stevenson students.
The minor must apply in person in order for a work permit to be issued. Since the students are the workers, the students must be present to be issued the work permit. No exception can be made to this State of Michigan requirement.
Issued work permits must be on an employer's premise before a minor can start to work. Read more about Youth Employment in Michigan on the Michigan Department of Education website.
Please visit the Livonia Youth Employment Resource Center for potential job opportunities in Livonia and the surrounding communities for students ages 15 and up.


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La compitazione è l'atto di pronunciare le parole lentamente o a stento, distinguendo e pronunciando separatamente i singoli foni o le sillabe; con compitazione si può anche intendere una lettura fatta distinguendo i nomi, anche a scopo didattico o propedeutico.

La compitazione, nel cosiddetto «metodo alfabetico» oggi in disuso nella didattica, serviva a far imparare i foni (i «suoni») corrispondenti alle lettere, poi la loro forma, poi le sillabe e infine le parole; per far leggere «cavolo» si faceva scomporre la parola in questo modo: ci a ca, vu o vo, elle o lo, cavolo.

Lo spelling
Con spelling (pronuncia inglese ) si indica un tipo particolare di compitazione dove la parola viene pronunciata in modo lento e staccato lettera per lettera, ovvero si pronuncia ogni singola lettera con il suo nome nell'alfabeto, per indicarne la corretta grafia: per esempio Roma = erre o emme a. È una situazione frequente nella lingua inglese e nelle parole inglesi passate in altre lingue come l'italiano, dove la grande distanza tra ortografia e pronuncia crea non pochi problemi di comprensione. Inoltre con il termine spelling ci si riferisce anche all'ortografia di una parola (il termine inglese significa sia 'compitazione' sia 'ortografia'; uno spelling error o spelling mistake non è un errore di compitazione ma, più spesso, un comune errore ortografico). Inoltre si chiamano spelling pronunciations o col nome tedesco Schreibaussprachen le pronunce influenzate da come è scritta effettivamente una parola: per esempio  per cielo,  per camicie ecc.

Lo schema di compitazione radio-telefonica
Negli anni cinquanta del XX secolo l'Organizzazione Internazionale dell'Aviazione Civile (ICAO) definì uno standard che fosse comprensibile e pronunciabile per tutti i piloti e gli operatori dell'aviazione civile, l'alfabeto telefonetico. Il suo utilizzo è prescritto dagli standard fraseologici aeronautici internazionali.

Lingua italiana

Nella lingua italiana è comune compitare le parole al telefono associandole perlopiù a nomi di città (in altre lingue si associano più frequentemente a nomi di persona). Questo schema è stato reso popolare anche da alcuni giochi a quiz televisivi, come La ruota della fortuna. Lo schema si chiama anche alfabeto telefonico.

Lingua francese
Nella lingua francese le lettere di un nome si scandiscono riferendosi in genere a nomi propri (ad esempio: S comme Suzanne).

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Voci correlate
Disturbo specifico della compitazione

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
  (recensito dalla Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli)

Lettura

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This Map Shows the Best Countries in the World for Vegetarians
Alice Johnston
Food Editor
Updated: 20 February 2018
Travelling as a vegetarian can be a bit hit-and-miss.
Some countries are excellent at providing meat-free meals, with multiple delicious options to choose from, whereas others think that chicken doesn't count as meat and think nothing of adding bacon to a 'vegetarian' salad.
But how do you know which country is which before you get there?
The Seychelles is the most vegetarian-friendly country in the world | © Sebastien / Unsplash
Oliver's Travels has put together this useful infographic which shows exactly which countries are the most vegetarian-friendly, and which necessitate bringing some almonds and a cereal bar in your bag.
They did this by counting the number of vegetarian restaurants, the number of people per vegetarian restaurant and the per-capita meat consumption of each country to extrapolate the results.
© Oliver's Travels
While the graphic doesn't show the actual diets of the citizens in the countries examined, it means that vegetarian travellers will have a much easier time deciding where their next trip should be.
The Seychelles is the most vegetarian-friendly country in the world for veggie travellers, with a Global Vegetarian Index score of 328. The score was driven by the high number of vegetarian restaurants in relation to its small population, along with a very low annual meat consumption per capita of 35.6 kg (the US is 120.2 kg).
Never again will vegetarians have to suffer through just eating plain chips | © NeonBrand / Unsplash
Thailand, Malaysia, and Sao Tome and Principe also ranked highly. The top-ranking country is Europe was the UK. While the US eats a lot of meat as a whole annually, it has the highest number of vegetarian restaurants. Bhutan has the lowest annual meat consumption, eating only 3 kg of meat per capita.


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Q: Unique messages from a kafka topic with in a time interval I have a kafka topic to which 1500 message/sec are produced by different producers with each message having two fixed keys RID and Date, (there are other keys to which are varying for each message)
Is there a way to introduce a delay of 1 min in the topic and consume only unique messages in the 1 min window.
Example - In a minute there could be around 90K message in which there could be 1000(random value) message with RID as 1 and Date as 1st Jan 2020.
{"RID": "1" , "Date": "2020-01-01", ....}
I would like to consume only 1 message among 1000(any one among 1000 at random) after 1 minute is completed.
Note: There are 3 partitions for the topic.

A: What you want seems not to be possible. The brokers cannot deliver message based on your business logic, but they can only deliver all messages.
However, you could implement a client side cache to "de-duplicate" the messages accordingly, and only process  a sub-set of the messages after "de-duplication".

A: I'm not completely sure about your question, but it seems you need the compaction log
It will remove the oldest messages from the topic, only need to configure the compaction for the topic and use as identifier the RID record.
Hope this can help you

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Clicker Training A Horse - Do I have to use a Clicker?
Clicker Training A Horse – Do I have to use a Clicker?
When Clicker training a horse do I have to use a clicker? I always start all of my horses out with a clicker because it make a distinctive sound which is very important in the beginning. Later on you can use a tongue click or another distinctive sound if you choose to.
Be sure to check out my blog for more information about Clicker training a horse. Want to get started clicker training your horse? Contact me today as I offer distance learning classes where you can learn from the privacy of your own home.


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My One Cent: Josh Burns
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Josh Burns is a copywriter and creative strategist in Spokane, Washington where he is one of CARE's newer advocates. This is Josh's My One Cent story:
The opportunity to advocate for CARE sort of landed in my lap about a year and a half ago when I ran into Jonathan Young, one of CARE's Regional Advocacy Coordinators, at my brother's wedding in California. I was just moving back to Spokane and he wondered if I knew anybody who might be a good fit for advocacy work. I wasn't very familiar with CARE and initially, when he described its mission to eradicate poverty by empowering women and girls, I figured he needed a woman to fill that role.
The funny thing is though; at the time, I was looking for a new way to contribute. I donated to various organizations, but I felt like there was some meaning missing from my life. I'm a person who has a servant's heart. I love my job and the pro-bono work we get to do and I spend a lot of my time volunteering but I was still looking for something with more purpose. I decided to look into CARE and create a short list of woman politicos with advocacy experience who I thought would be good for this advocacy role. When I gave Jonathan my list, he said, "Well, Josh, what about you? You'd be a great advocate." I wasn't convinced that a 40-year-old white guy was really the best choice, but I learned that advocates for girls and women come in all genders, sizes, ages and demographics.
Foreign assistance and advocacy were new to me so I attended a CARE advocacy leadership training. It was a lot to take in, but I really connected with the people. I was impressed with CARE as an organization and how passionate, articulate and intelligent the people are who support it. I met other advocates from very diverse backgrounds and what really stood out was that they all had the same heart. The more I learned about CARE and the people who are making it happen, the more I loved the organization and felt there was a lot of truth and transparency in the way they function.
After attending my first in-district meeting, I went to the National Conference in May 2017, which was a big eye-opener. It was my first time on Capitol Hill and it was intimidating, but also empowering to see the impact CARE made that day with more than 300 advocates all talking about poverty eradication.
Last summer, I went on a learning tour with CARE to Guatemala. The programs I saw on the ground really crystallized for me the importance of foreign aid.
We met with middle school girls in a UNFPA-funded program that's creating real change in their lives, shaping their futures and ability to lift themselves out of poverty. They're helping girls think bigger about what they can do in the world and the changes they can create in their own lives and communities. The idea of those programs being cut in a federal budget that zeroes out UNFPA and USAID is unfathomable.
If the programs go away, they don't have these groups that they're willing to walk an hour and a half to get to each week. If they don't have the support and continual positivity from their peers and program directors, there's a real risk that they will slip back into accepting social norms that men are superior and they're "just girls." But with the help and encouragement of the program they're in right now, a lot of the girls I met were like, "I'm not getting married until I'm 22 and done with college and my husband better have a college degree too." That's really beautiful, especially in a community with a great deal of poverty.
I'm usually the kind of person who says, "let's go down there, roll up our sleeves and get to work." So initially, advocacy felt unnatural… like, "All I have to do is make phone calls and attend meetings?" I've learned that advocacy holds a lot of power and that it's an effective way to create sustainable change for those girls I met in Guatemala and for the millions of people CARE reaches around the world each year.


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About Dr. Moore
The Privilege Institute
White Privilege Conference
600 Ridgeview Court
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"Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. is a prophetic visionary who is changing the world by helping us change how we relate and communicate with each other. Listen to him!"
— John Igwebuike, Associate Professor & Associate Dean at Alcorn State University
Creating change requires an individual who is not only committed to institutional change, but most importantly an individual committed to your change. Eddie Moore, Jr. works with organizations, businesses, communities, cities, institutions and schools to tailor his work to your needs. Working with organizations prior and post visit, Dr. Moore provides consulting training sessions that have been described as high energy, motivating, challenging and enlightening by participants of all ages, time and time again. His delivery style includes presentations and keynote speeches, classroom workshops, group and individual planning, cultural competency training, and organizational change. Dr. Moore works with organizations, not for organizations, as he is committed to building relationships, one change agent at a time.
Consulting Opportunities include:
Engaging Youth through Athletic Camps
Organizational/ Institutional Change
Diversity and Law Enforcement
Cultural Competency
Cultural Diversity and Teachers/Curriculum
International/Global Workplace: Preparing Corporations for Diversity
Sexual Harassment and Affirmative Action in the Workplace
Dr. Moore's most requested Keynotes include:
Diversity, Privilege and Leadership: Are We Making Any Progress in the 21st Century
This interactive, informational, challenging and energetic session examines and explores issues of diversity, privilege, oppression and leadership across America. We all have an excellent opportunity to be positive role models, powerful decision makers, and effective agents of change, if we have the tools. Are we making any progress?
America Is Changing: Are You Ready?
This session challenges participants to examine their own biases, behaviors and belief systems. Additionally, they learn how to take action against hatred, bigotry, privilege and oppression. We need more leaders for social justice and equity across America. Do you have the skills and ability to lead?
The Challenges of Addiction: A Zero-Hero Story
Zero to Hero is the true-life story of Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. as he takes participants from his youth growing up facing the challenges of poverty, drugs and alcohol in a Florida "hood" to his role as a national leader, educator, consultant and motivational speaker. Honest, raw and challenging, participants will hear the story of how, despite a support system, the temptations of 'street life' left him facing addictions, scared, insecure, lost and out of control. But this is not the story of the "Zero." This is the story of how when those around you believe in you, and can convince you to believe in yourself, then anything really is possible. For those who are facing life's many, many challenges, this is a powerful story of redemption, forgiveness, hard, work, determination and Moore. The "Hero" is about excellence, achievement, capabilities, opportunities. The "Hero" means focus, attitude, community and excellence. These are some of the key things connected to leadership, building relationships, creating change, athletics, academics and Moore. This session is designed to leave participants enlightened and empowered to change the world, one person at a time.
Dr. Moore's most requested Workshops include:
White Privilege: Getting in on the Conversations
This interactive, informational, challenging and energetic session examines and explores white privilege/oppression and the imperative that those promoting diversity must "get in on the conversations." Participants will leave with the skills and knowledge necessary to begin addressing issues of white privilege/oppression individually and institutionally.
The N!gga(er) Word: Is There a Message in The Madness?
Who is allowed to say the N!igga (er) word? What do we do/say when N!gga (er) is said in our classrooms, hallways, practice fields, dinner table, cafeterias and resident halls? Ignoring the N!gga (er) word is not an option anymore – You can hear N!gga everywhere in the 21st century.
Participants are challenged to examine their personal/professional histories with N!gga (er), when and/or how they first heard N!gga (er) and pictures/feelings associated with the word. The workshop encourages all people, but specifically young people/future leaders, to consider the ramifications of casual or uniformed usage of a powerful and troublesome word.*
*Please keep a look out for our educational video on The N!gga(er) Word: http://tinyurl.com/n-words2012
I Am George Zimmerman, Ferguson, Oklahoma University, Baltimore, Cleveland: Conversations about White Supremacy, White Privilege, and Oppression.
Participants examine these issues and other forms of oppression in this interactive session. Explore the recent surge of open racial violence and the use of media to spread and combat our thoughts, interactions, institutions, and cultural practices. Learn to engage in critical conversational tactics to deepen understanding and engagement, especially when viewpoints differ and tensions run high. Explore not only where we have been and where we are, but also how to prepare new insights, skills and tools to empower your activism as a role model and agent for social and institutional transformation.
Dr. Moore delivers an additional wide range of keynote addresses/workshops, including:
Black Males, Athletics, Academics and The New Achievement Gap
Diversity, Privilege and Multicultural Education: Are Teachers Ready?
Dr. Martin Luther King: Let's Stop Dreaming!
Everybody Needs Diversity Skills and Cultural Confidence!
LEADer/ship: Is it Nurture or Nature (The Lion King) (great for grades K-12)
Make It Happen: Motivating, Challenging and Inspiring Youth to ACTION!
The Mirror Exercise: Everyone Needs Confidence, Self-Esteem and Motivation (great for grades K-12)
Youth and High Self-Esteem: What Matters Is On The Inside


Abstract Dopamine is critical in pathophysiology and therapy of schizophrenia. Many studies have reported altered dopaminergic activity in the dorsal but not ventral striatum in schizophrenia. Based on the largest genome-wide association study of schizophrenia to date, we calculated the polygenic risk score (PGRS) of each subject in a healthy general group, including all variations in the set of functionally related genes involved in dopamine neurotransmitter system. We aimed to test whether the genetic variations in the dopaminergic pathway that have been identified as associated with schizophrenia are related to the function of the striatum and to working memory. We found that a higher PGRS was significantly associated with impairment in working memory. Moreover, resting-state functional connectivity analysis revealed that as the polygenic risk score increased, the connections between left putamen and caudate and the default mode network grew stronger, while the connections with the fronto-parietal network grew weaker. Our findings may shed light on the biological mechanism underlying the "dopamine hypothesis" of schizophrenia and provide some implications regarding the polygenic effects on the dopaminergic activity in the risk for schizophrenia.
GB/T 7714 Wang, Chao,Liu, Bing,Zhang, Xiaolong,et al. Multilocus genetic profile in dopaminergic pathway modulates the striatum and working memory[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2018,8.
APA Wang, Chao,Liu, Bing,Zhang, Xiaolong,Cui, Yue,Yu, Chunshui,&Jiang, Tianzi.(2018).Multilocus genetic profile in dopaminergic pathway modulates the striatum and working memory.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,8.
MLA Wang, Chao,et al."Multilocus genetic profile in dopaminergic pathway modulates the striatum and working memory".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8(2018).


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Absa Group Announces Retirement of Maria Ramos, Appoints Interim CEO
Absa Group has announced the retirement of its Chief Executive Officer Maria Ramos who will leave office at the end of February 2019 after ten years at the helm.
The Board management expressed their gratitude to Ms Ramos for seeing Absa through the Global Financial crisis and the acquisition of Barclays African subsidiary banks for $1.3 billion in 2013.
"With the separation on track and our new strategy as a standalone financial institution in place, Maria feels that this is the right time to retire," the banks said in a statement.
In effect, René van Wyk has been appointed as the Absa Group and Absa Bank interim chief executive.
He has served as the Registrar of Banks at the South African Reserve Bank and has 19 years experience in the banking industry.
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Listă de fizicieni originari din Basarabia și Republica Moldova
 Eugen Bădărău - fizician român, specialist în domeniul descărcărilor electrice în gaze, membru al Academiei Române, originar din Ismail.
 Elpidifor Chirilov- fizician ucrainean, profesor, director al Institutului de fizică a Universității din Odesa, originar din Șipca
 Alexandru Naum Frumkin - fizico-chimist sovietic și rus, academician
 Serghei A. Gredescul( n.1942)- fizician sovietic ucrainean și israelit, specialist în fizica sistemelor neordonate.
 Ion C. Inculeț- fizician român, om politic român,  membru al Academiei Române
 Piotr Kapița- academician rus, Laureat al premiului Nobel
 Serghei Kapița - fizician rus, profesor, popularizator al științei, vice- președinte al Academiei Ruse de științe naturale
 Lev Pisarjevskii- fizician si chimist ucrainean, academician
 Ștefan Mașnic (1953- 2016) - fizician american, specialist în fizica nucleului, cercetător la Laboratorul Național al Statelor Unite din Los Alamos(Los Alamos National Laboratory)
 Mamalui - dinastie de fizicieni ucraineni (Harkov și Donețk), originari din Moldova
 Cleopatra Mociuțchi(Tomozei)- fizician relativist român, originară din Cotiujenii Mari, Șoldănești
 Valentin Andrei Smântână, fizician-experimentator, profesor, șef de catedră, rector al Universității din Odesa.
 Fiodor Șvedov- fizician ucrainean și rus, întemeietorul reologiei, profesor și rector al Universității Novorossiisk din Odesa (originar din Chilia).
 Cornel Șochichiu- fizician relativist, cercetător la Center for Quantum Spacetime Sogang University, Seoul, Coreea de Sud
 Cazimir Teodorcic  (Kazimir Teodorchik)(1891-1968) - profesor universitar de fizica oscilațiilor neliniare, șef de catedră la Universitatea din Moscova, a absolvit gimnaziul N.2 din Chișinău în anul 1911.
 Ivan Vakarciuk (Ivan Alexandru Vakarchuk)- profesor ucrainean, specialist în fizica temperaturilor joase, rector al Universității din Lvov.
 Serghei Varzar- fizician rus, originar din Basarabia (s. Mereni).
 Constantin Gudima (1942-2018) - a fost unul dintre cei mai performanți fizicieni de la Institutul de fizică Aplicată al Academiei de Științe din Republica Moldova, doctor în fizică și matematică, specialist în fizică nucleara

Vezi și
 Astronomi originari din Basarabia și Transnistria
 Listă de matematicieni originari din Basarabia și Republica Moldova
 Listă de fizicieni

Originari din Basarabia și Republica Moldova
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Today I talked by phone with Terry Wise, who was one of the first attempt survivors to speak publicly and often about her experience. She's a former trial attorney who now writes and speaks full time and has served on the boards of a number of national organizations on this issue. She's at terrywise.com.
Here's quite an interesting development as more people choose to talk openly about their experience: The major national suicide prevention groups and others are putting together guidelines to help people decide whether they're ready to tell their stories publicly. There are concerns about people speaking too soon. The details are near the end of this post.
We started off chatting, then I started taking notes. Questions are in bold.
Terry: I was extremely, extremely fortunate. After my talks, I meet people who walk with a cane or such who took far less than I did.
Did you know the risks you were taking?
I'm an overpreparer. I had researched it. Sadly, there is a lot of information out there. It's relatively easy to find what is a lethal dose. I had an arsenal of narcotics from my husband. I calculated it out, counted it out. I put it all together so it would be enough to end my life. I was convinced it would be a fatal dose. Many people don't take enough, or change their minds and call the hospital, or wake up in a puddle of vomit after throwing up the fatal dose, or someone finds them in time.
How could you trust the information you found online?
To be able to trust a recipe to end your life, that's sort of a misuse of the word "trust." You never know what's reliable information and that isn't. You take your best guess. When you're depressed, your judgment is skewed anyway. But it would be great if none of that information was out there. A lot of people would hang on and get help. Suicide prevention organizations I work with do work with social media sites if there's something life-threatening out there.
What do you think of the way suicide issues are portrayed in films, TV, the media at large?
I'm very disappointed in the lack of awareness. As an example, I was invited to a very well-known talk show. I asked who else was on, and when I found out, I didn't want to do it. They were trying to get ratings for shock value. They had someone missing half a face from a gunshot, someone missing their legs. Media and TV, they reveal too much detail, which is also shown to increase suicide contagion. It's better to avoid those highly detailed descriptions. Or it's especially true when a celebrity dies by suicide. People start to glamorize them. The bottom line is, I wish more people who portray attempts would read the suicide reporting guidelines and understand the safe messaging.
I think that some, not all, personal stories are crucial to hear. For example, for that talk show, they could have a mix, not just those who were physically maimed. No experts in suicide prevention were asked to appear. It was imbalanced. It should be accompanied by some professional input as well. What have you learned? What would have prevented you from doing what you did? I use myself as an example. I started to give away personal belongings, I started to drink more, I made new estate plans, I started to lose a lot of weight. Educating people. There has to be some incorporation of a positive image.
Would the images of shock value have stopped your attempt?
It certainly is a deterrent, but I didn't see any before my attempt. I probably would have avoided looking at those because I wanted to avoid anything that would interfere. I would've thought none would apply to me.
How you we ease the tension when talking about the topic of suicide?
I think there will always be some sort of stigma to silence people, some myths, unfortunately. They're not eradicated. Unfortunately, we're always going to be battling stigma and myths. But absolutely there's a way to keep a balance between not talking and talking about it to save people's lives. Back when I started in 2004, I was pretty much the only person who had attempted who was giving speeches. Over time, I've seen the growth of public speakers out there. It's actually evolved significantly. I can only imagine 10 years from now.
What is the worst stigma?
One leading component is the belief that depression is a sign of weakness, a character flaw. In fact, recognizing depression and reaching out for help is a sign of personal strength. A lot of people are silenced by the belief that by talking out, people think they have a character flaw.
How do you think this will change in the future?
Every time someone comes out when talking openly about depression and recovery, it reduces the silencing power of stigma. That's why it's important when celebrities do it. When you come forward and say, "I suffered, I got help, I'm better now," I think that drastically reduces the power of stigma.
The stories I see about people who have survived suicide attempts usually end with the people saying they got help and feel better. What about the people who haven't reached that point and are still struggling? Should we be hearing their stories as well?
I hope they're hearing from me. Everybody, everybody has the possibility of recovery. I can't imagine a situation where I'd say to myself, "This person doesn't have, shouldn't have any hope." Recovery, it doesn't happen overnight, and not on the first try. Don't give up. There's hope for everyone. I hear from a lot of those people. Hundreds, maybe thousands. Think of it, they are in the middle of the night online, researching, and they find my site and write to me. They think they just can't go on another day. It's the perfect example of people who think they've tried it all. But if they're writing to me, it means they haven't lost hope. And I point that out. There's a small piece of you who hasn't lost hope. The one thing I get the most thanks for is, thank you for making me feel less alone. Being alone and suicidal is a lethal combination. It's something very liberating to find someone else. That can be a lifesaver.
Is there any value in people hearing their stories?
There is value in certain settings, like support groups, where they're trying to overcome some challenges. Would I recommend that someone go up and give a keynote speech if they were depressed? No. It's not healthy for them or their audience.
I'm on a committee to draft regulations for people who want to tell their stories. There's nothing out there like a formalized document to help people decide whether or not they're ready to tell their story, to deliver a safe message to their audience. There are a lot of people out there who are not ready. The guidelines can be very helpful for speakers and audiences. Hopefully, they'll be done within a couple of months.
A lot of people who have lost children to suicide, they want immediately to go to the high school and talk about their child's death. They're still grieving. You should ask: How will their family be affected? Does that matter to you? Did you talk to them?
Can people find the guidelines online?
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SFSP has been specified to obtain reliable frame separation using byte stuffing and xor based flag obfuscation. It is similar to SLIP and its variations, although uses a more cautious approach, appending at the end of the frame an END flag to exclude a set of vulnerabilities. Its overhead is 1.33 times higher if compared to SLIP's but it is more reliable thanks to the presence of the END flag. SFSP uses a xor based flag obfuscation method to avoid the occurrence of flags within a frame. Its procedure is lightweight and more efficient if compared with the flag transposition method used by SLIP that requires more memory and operations to be executed. The suggested sampling and transmission strategy is byte-by-byte. SFSP is designed to support fast on the fly encoding and decoding implementations with no need of additional buffers.
Frame transmission starts with a START flag (decimal 149), followed by data bytes. When START, END (decimal 234) or ESC flag (decimal 76) occurs in data, it is prepended with an ESC flag and its value is xored with the ESC flag to avoid the presence of START, END or ESC flag in data. END is appended at the end of the frame.
Receiver identifies the start of a frame when a START flag is received. If ESC flag occurs during reception, it is ignored and the next byte xored with ESC flag to get back its original value; any value out START, END or ESC flag causes the receiver to discard the frame and be ready to receive the next one nominally. The end of the frame is detected when an unescaped END flag is received.


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Morze Trolli (tytuł oryg. The Sea of Trolls) – pierwszy tom trylogii fantasy amerykańskiej pisarki Nancy Farmer. Kontynuacją powieści jest Dziki ogień wydany w Polsce w lutym 2008 roku.

Bohaterowie
 Jack – jedenastoletni chłopak ze wsi, syn Gilesa Kuternogi. Wybrany przez barda na ucznia, został uprowadzony przez wikingów. Dzięki swojej zaradności i umiejętnościom przeżywa wśród żądnych krwi berserkerów. Razem z Thorgil pił ze studni Mimira. Uzdolniony śpiewak, często nie wiedział jakie przyzywał moce za pomocą magii.
 Lucy – pięcioletnia siostrzyczka Jacka. Dzięki swojej niezwykłej urodzie nie sprzedano jej na targu niewolników. W niewoli u królowej Frith popadła w szaleństwo, z którego wyciągnął ją jej brat.
 Smoczy Język – w wiosce Jacka był bardziej znany jako bard. Staruszek, w ciele kruka pomagał nieświadomemu temu Jackowi. Mentor chłopca, surowy, jeden z najpotężniejszych bardów na świecie.
 Giles Kuternoga – ojciec Jacka i Lucy. Rozgoryczony kulawy mężczyzna, którego największym marzeniem było zostać mnichem. Zapatrzony w córkę, często opowiadał jej baśnie, w których mała była zaginioną księżniczką. Gorliwy chrześcijanin.
 Olaf Jednoberwy – berserker, dowódca okrętu. Ojciec dwanaściorga dzieci i mąż Heide, Lotti i Dotti. Chociaż był porywaczem i oprawcą Jacka i Lucy z czasem się do nich przywiązał. Zginął w walce z potężnym niedźwiedziem w Jotunheimie.
 Thorgil – dwunastolatka, córa miecza. Marzyła o śmierci w bitwie i dostaniu się do Walhalli. Córka bersekera Thorgrima i saskiej niewolnicy Allysson. Matka nadała jej imię Jill, którego nie uznawała. Po wypiciu wody ze studni Mimira nie mogła wpaść w szał berskra, układała poezję a po skosztowaniu krwi smoka rozumiała mowę ptaków.
 Runa – skald, który postradał głos w bitwach. Ułożył wiersz o Olafie, który wygłosił Jack. Odzyskał pełnię głosu po wypiciu paru łyków wody ze studni Mimira przyniesionych przez wdzięcznego chłopaka.
 Ivar bez Kości – postać historyczna, król. Do czasu małżeństwa z Frith był uznanym władcą. Ukazany jako przerażający mężczyzna, noszący płaszcz z bród pokonanych wrogów. Po ślubie podporządkował się całkowicie Frith.
 Frith – półtrollka, zmiennokształtna. Mogła dowolonie zmieniać swoją postać z wyjątkiem włosów, na których punkcie była przeczulona. Będąca na granicy dwóch światów, nienawidziła praktycznie wszystkiego. Mściła się na bardzie ze względu na śmierć swojej siostry, też półtrollki. Z winy Jacka straciła włosy. Podczas rytuału ich przywracania, zachłanna królowa zmieniła się we włochatego potwora. Prawdopodobnie zginęła, topiąc się w bagnie.
 Królowa Gór – władczyni trollów, matka Frith, Fonn i Forath. Zakochana w Olafie Jednobrewym. Posiadała harem trolli.
 Fonn – trollka, córka Królowej Gór. Uprzejma, wesoła, zajmowała się Jackiem w czasie jego choroby.
 Forath – trollka, córka Królowej Gór. Miała problemy z ludzką mową, rozumiała za to mowę wielorybów. Cicha, melancholijna.
 Dotti i Lotti – żony Olafa, przedstawione jako radosne, miłe kobiety.
 Heidi – trzecia i główna żona Olafa, wieszczka. Laponka, poznała Olafa, gdy ten handlował futrami. Powszechnie szanowana, w niektórych budziła przerażenie.
 Skakki – syn Heide i Olafa, rozsądny szesnastoletni chłopak.
 Brudne Gacie, Świński Ryj, Brzydal i Brzydula – niewolnicy Olafa.
 Norny – tajemnicze istoty, ukazały Jackowi i Thorgil Studnię Mimira.
 Mężne Serce – kruk towarzyszący Jackowi na ziemi wikingów. W rzeczywistości był to bard w postaci zwierzęcia.
 Złota Szczecina – knur pochodzący z Jotunheimu.
 Mnich – jeniec ze Świętej Wyspy, sprzedany Piktom.
 Rębajło, Wilcze Łyko, Wiedźma, Siekacz – psy królewskie, przyjaciele Thorgil.
 Maeve – wilczyca, która wykarmiła Thorgil. Razem z Allysson zginęła na stosie pogrzebowym Thorgrima.
 Chmurna Grzywa – koń pochodzący z Krainy Elfów.

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Akcja powieści rozpoczyna się w 793 roku, w czasie wzmożonej ekspansji chrześcijaństwa. Młody chłopak imieniem Jack został przyjęty na naukę przez miejscowego barda. Chłopiec początkowo nie otrzymywał żadnych nauk, jedynie biegał po wzgórzach poznając siłę życiową. Dopiero gdy zjawa dosiadana przez Frith zaatakowała barda, chłopak dowiedział się czegoś więcej. W czasie ataku potwora chłopiec dotknął barda, niszcząc tym samym swoistą barierę ochronną. Od tej pory chłopiec doznawał dużo głębszych i potężniejszych wrażeń, na co według mentora był stanowczo za młody. By ochronić ucznia, podarował mu runę ochronną.

Pewnego dnia chłopiec, zbierając trąbiki na wybrzeżu, znalazł rzeźbioną skrzynię. Bard w jej wnętrzu znalazł świeży mirt – roślinę pomagającą wpaść w szał berserkera. Wspólnie namówili wieśniaków by ukryli się w lesie wraz z dobytkiem, a sam wraz z uczniem tworzył mgłę mającą skryć wioskę przed berserkerami. Jednakże jeszcze tego samego dnia rodzice Jacka wrócili do domu ze względu na rozkapryszoną córeczkę Lucy. Do wioski dotarła wieść o zniszczeniu Świętej Wyspy. Parę dni później Lucy i Jack wpadli w ręce wikingów.

Jako thrallowie, czyli niewolnicy, dzieci odbyły podróż na statku Olafa Jednobrewego. Dziewczynka należała do młodej wojowniczki Thorgil, wziętej początkowo przez Jacka za chłopaka. Uczeń barda był własnością Olafa. Podczas jednego ze sztormów chłopak poznał zgorzkniałego mnicha ze Świętej Wyspy. Był także świadkiem zamordowania młodej kobiety, która nie wytrzymała trudów podróży. Na targu niewolników chłopak uniknął sprzedania Piktom jedynie dzięki zaprezentowaniu swoich umiejętności wokalnych i skłamaniu jakoby był pełnoprawnym bardem. W czasie kolejnych sztormów uspokajał wiatr, przyzywając mgłę. Opary zniszczyły jednak zapasy żywności więc Olaf Jednobrewy zarządził napad na wioskę Gimzura Łamikciuka. Jack stał na wzgórzu, przypatrując się napadowi – na podstawie tego, co widział, miał ułożyć poemat. Runa, jeden z towarzyszy podróży, zauważył, że chłopak nie umie ułożyć stosownego utworu i zaproponował pomoc: on ułoży wiersz, a Jack go wygłosi. Sam nie mógł mówić pełnią głosu – w jednej z bitew uszkodzono mu krtań. Starzec wiele dni uczył młodego skalda, krytykując nawet najdrobniejsze błędy. W końcu załoga dobiła do portu. Tam Jack spotkał jedynych przyjaciół Thorgil – królewskie psy.

W domu Olafa Jack i Lucy wzbudzili niemałe zainteresowanie, szczególnie u Heidi. Następnego dnia odbyła się uczta z okazji powrotu Olafa do domu. Thorgil, oburzona propozycją Heidi, by zajęła się sprzątaniem po posiłku, uciekła z uroczystości. Wtedy też Jack poznał historię życia młodej wojowniczki, której najbliższą przyjaciółką i niemalże matką była Maeve, suka króla. Dobre traktowanie chłopaka skończyło się wraz z rozpoczęciem następnego dnia – thrallowie wysłali go, by posprzątał chlew. Wśród świń był także trollowy knur, Złota Szczecina. Jack uniknął stratowania tylko dzięki śpiewaniu zwierzęciu piosenek. Po wydostaniu się z chlewa jako skald odmówił pracy przy świniach.

Jakiś czas później cała rodzina prócz Heide, nielubianej przez królową, wybrała się na dwór króla. Pomimo ostrzeżeń wieszczki, wojownik zabrał saskich niewolników. W pałacu królewskim Jack poznał Frith, która jawiła się mu jako najpiękniejsza kobieta na świecie. Król Ivar i jego małżonka przyjęli dary Olafa i razem z wieloma gośćmi wysłuchali poematu Runy w wykonaniu Jacka. Thorgil, która pragnęła zostać berserkerem, nie dopięła celu, chociaż podarowała królowej Lucy srebrny naszyjnik. Władczyni zapragnęła za to Jacka. Olaf odmówił podarowania chłopca, ale pozwolił mu zaśpiewać pieśń pochwalną dla Frith. Jack niechcący pozbawił jednak królową włosów i pięknego wyglądu. Rozwścieczona półtrollka wygnała gości z pałacu.

Następnego dnia Olaf podarował Ivarowi Chmurną Grzywę i wybrał się razem z Jackiem na rozmowę z Frith. Ta zażądała, by chłopiec wybrał się w odwiedziny do jej matki, Królowej Gór, która stosownym zaklęciem mogła przywrócić córce urodę. W zamian zobowiązała się uwolnić Lucy, którą chciała złożyć w ofierze. Załoga Olafa razem z chłopcem i Thorgil popłynęła w drogę. W Jotunheimie przybili do lądu. Od tej pory musieli się strzec, bowiem ludzie w Krainie Trolli byli dużo słabsi na swoich ziemiach i na odwrót. Wędrując po rozległych lasach Thorgil odmawiała kąpieli i innych wygód. Spotkali również trollowego niedźwiedzia, z którym walczył Olaf. Śmiertelnie ranny wojownik ostatkiem sił dobił zwierzę. Jack i Thorgil towarzyszyli mu w ostatnich chwilach życia, by potem podpalić stos pogrzebowy i wyruszyć w dalszą drogę. Dziewczyna ze skręconą kostką opadała z sił i tylko dzięki groźbom i staraniom Jacka szła dalej. Uprowadzeni przez smoka, wydostali się po zabiciu małego smoczęcia, którego krwi Thorgil niechcący skosztowała. Z obrzękiem ust dziewczyna w tajemniczy sposób znała drogę do bezpiecznej doliny. Spędzili tam tydzień by wyruszyć w dalszą wędrówkę. Na granicy wiecznego lodu dzieci spotkały Złotą Szczecinę. Wtedy też Thorgil wyznała, że po walce z małym smokiem zaczęła rozumieć mowę ptaków. Mężne Serce, który wiernie im towarzyszył, tłumaczył słowa knura, które z kolei wojowniczka przekładała Jackowi. W bramie pałacu Królowej Gór wędrowców zaatakował orzeł. Jack z poharatanym ramieniem stracił przytomność.

Chłopak ocknął się w pałacu królowej, pod czujną opieką jej dwóch córek – Fonn i Forath. Odzyskawszy siły, na polecenie królowej zwiedzał jej pałac. Kiedy władczyni zaprosiła do siebie Norny na partię szachów, dzieci zrozumiały, iż to ich jedyna szansa na dostanie się do studni. Tajemnicze kobiety dopuściły je do Yggdrasila, spod którego Jack i Thorgil mieli nabrać wody. Jack, by dostać się do studni, ofiarował swoją runę ochronną towarzyszce, a ona straciła możliwość wpadania w szał berserkera. Po wielu perypetiach (między innymi złapanie w pajęczą sieć), wrócili na statek i odpłynęli w kierunku pałacu Ivara. Tam Jack podał sposób, w jaki królowa mogła odzyskać włosy, jednak jej chciwość ją zniszczyła. Jako potwór wpadła w Trzęsawisko Freyi. Chłopak pozwolił się napić Runie paru łyków wody ze studni, dzięki którym odzyskał głos. Jack i Lucy, korzystając z dobrej woli berserkerów, wrócili do domu, gdzie początkowo ich nie poznano w strojach Ludzi Północy. Uczeń pomógł bardowi zamienić się ciałami z krukiem (dopiero wtedy uświadomił sobie ich zamianę).

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Is the oldest religious text. It is older than the Bible and the Koran.
The original Egyptian name for the text, transliterated rw nw prt m hrw is translated as "Book of Coming Forth by Day". Another translation would be "Book of emerging forth into the Light". The text consists of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journeythrough the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife.The Book of the Dead developed from a tradition of funerary manuscripts dating back to the Egyptian Old Kingdom. The first funerary texts were the Pyramid Texts, first used in the Pyramid of King Unas of the 5th dynasty, around 2400 BCE. These texts were written on the walls of the burial chambers within pyramids, and were exclusively for the use of the Pharaoh (and, from the 6th dynasty, the Queen). The Pyramid Texts were written in an unusual hieroglyphic style; many of the hieroglyphs representing humans or animals were left incomplete or drawn mutilated, most likely to prevent them causing any harm to the dead pharaoh. The purpose of the Pyramid Texts was to help the dead King take his place amongst the gods, in particular to reunite him with his divine father Ra; at this period the afterlife was seen as being in the sky, rather than the underworld described in the Book of the Dead. Towards the end of the Old Kingdom, the Pyramid Texts ceased to be an exclusively royal privilege, and were adopted by regional governors, other high-ranking officials and common folk.
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Cloud, advertising, and IDFA: Three key mobile game trends for 2021
By MEFFebruary 26, 2021April 9th, 2021MEF Webinars & Workshops
George Jijiashvili, Senior Analyst at Omdia is joined by Jonathan Stringfield, VP at Activision Blizzard Media, Kristan Rivers, CEO at AdInMo and Juan Francisco Di Nucci CEO at AWG, to unpick the current key trends in the mobile games industry and identify opportunities for the broader mobile ecosystem.
The mobile games market continues to experience impressive growth, further boosted by the pandemic. According to Omdia, end-user spend on mobile games is predicted to surpass $100 billion for the first time in 2021, generating $103 billion, or 62% of the total global games revenue. Importance of mobile games will only grow, as its total share is set to increase to 69% by 2025, when it is expected to bring in whopping $129 billion.
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Cloud gaming and game subscriptions pick up pace
Cloud gaming is now gaining real momentum, as it is set to grow from just $1.4bn in 2020 to $12bn in 2025, according to Omdia. Most of the vital pieces are finally coming together to make cloud gaming a viable option for both serious and casual gamers; this includes rapidly expanding fast internet connectivity globally, 5G network rollouts, improved video streaming technology, and growing availability of appealing content. Helped along by the investments from leading game companies and tech giants, adoption of cloud gaming and game subscription services are accelerating.
Juan Francisco Di Nucci highlights that these developments "lower the barriers to entry" for playing premium game titles, which in the past were only available to the owners of consoles or powerful PCs. Meanwhile, mobile game developers are increasingly implementing subscriptions as part of their efforts to forge long-lasting customer relationships, boost user retention and drive revenue growth.
It's clear that a cure-all business model doesn't exist: all monetization methods will continue to coexist within the games ecosystem, including one-off purchases, microtransactions, subscriptions and advertising."
In-game advertising brings opportunities and pitfalls
In-app ad revenue's share of the total mobile games market value is growing, as game publishers turn to advertising as a supplementary or primary source of revenue. In-app advertising brought in $43bn in 2020 (or 32% of the total mobile games revenue), which is set to grow to $94bn in 2025 (or 42% of the total).
Developers however must be wary of in-game advertising's many pitfalls – and as Kristan Rivers points out, "effective monetization must be balanced with gamer experience".
For game makers, the biggest challenge will be understanding the interplay between game mechanics and monetization methods, as well as utilizing the right combination of those models.
Changes to IDFA oblige game makers to alter their approach
Apple's imminent user-privacy rule changes, limiting advertisers' access to the unique identifier for iOS devices (IDFA), will cause iOS in-app advertising revenue to dip by 17% below original expectations this year, according latest projections from Omdia. iOS users will remain highly valuable targets for advertisers and game makers: in 2020, iOS users spent on average 4.7 times more on apps than Android users.
There is a growing sentiment that the changes to IDFA are net-positive for the games industry, which – as Jonathan Stringfield noted – "got enamored with up-front targeting and tracking via click-through and lost track of the key business metrics". In many ways, it will serve as a course-correction for the industry, forcing companies into better practices.
The webinar video goes into greater depth into these and other near- and long-term term industry trends. It also includes further questions from the audience.
Available to download now – Omdia's Cloud Gaming and Subscription Revenue Forecast: 2020-25
This report provides a global forecast of cloud gaming market revenue from 2017 through 2025, covering 50 markets. For more information about this forecast, please contact George.
George Jijiashvili
Senior Analyst, Omdia
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The superhero pic earned an unprecedented $156.7 million on Friday in North America; overseas, it finished the day with a massive early foreign total of $487 million.
To say Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Endgame is making history in its box office debut is an understatement.
The superhero tentpole grossed $156.7 million on Friday in North America, putting it on course for a stunning domestic debut of $340 million-plus and a global launch of $1 billion. All are records, despite Endgame's lengthy running time of three hours.
The results overseas are no less astonishing. Avengers: Endgame, which began rolling out Wednesday, including in China, finished Friday with a three-day foreign tally of $487 million. That's already the biggest international opening of all time, eclipsing The Fate of the Furious ($443 million).
The Russo brothers shot Endgame back-to-back with last year's Avengers: Infinity War, the previous record-holder for biggest global opening ($640.5 million) and biggest domestic debut ($257.6 million), not adjusted for inflation. Endgame has the advantage of opening day and date in China, unlike Infinity War.
Globally, Endgame's early cumulative total through Friday stood at $643.7 million, another record-breaking feat in eclipsing Infinity War's entire opening before Saturday gets underway. China's portion through Friday is a record $217 million.
Furthermore, overall weekend revenue in the U.S. will clock in at $380 million or more, an unprecedented stat. Until now, the most ever collected in one weekend was $314 million.
In terms of biggest single day, that crown had belonged to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which took in $119 million on its first Friday.
Endgame sports an impressive 96 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, the second-best second best of any MCU title behind Black Panther (97 percent). And like Black Panther, Endgame was awarded a coveted A+ CinemaScore.
The tentpole is playing in 4,662 theaters in North America, the widest release of all time. Some cinemas are staying open around the clock to meet demand.
The nostalgia factor is running hot. Not only is Endgame a direct sequel to Infinity War, it's the culmination of the previous 21 titles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a blockbuster series of films that commenced with Iron Man in 2008 and established Kevin Feige's Marvel Studios as best in show.
Endgame's halo effect is even boosting fellow MCU tentpole Captain Marvel, which in its eighth weekend is soaring back up the chart to No. 2 with a projected $8 million to $9 million as moviegoers who haven't seen the pic catch up before viewing Endgame.
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