This pretty part weather boarded character home will capture your heart and offers well balanced accommodation and a lovely rear garden with easy access to Uckfield town centre and no onward chain.
A delightful one bedroom ground floor retirement apartment. Very pleasantly decorated and maintained. Spacious accommodation with elevated views over pond, woodland and gardens. Direct access to communal centre of this pretty and well managed development.
A semi detached bungalow in a tucked away position with well presented accommodation including open plan living/dining room /kitchen, large double bedroom and refitted bathroom. Outside the property boasts driveway, garage and secluded garden.
This stylishly finished apartment which holds historical interest and situated in the heart of Nutley village will literally blow your mind. This flat has an extensive lease and no management fees to pay, so it needs to be seen to be believed.
A purpose built spacious ground floor retirement flat in a sought after location within walking distance of the town centre.
Passed down through 3 generations, is this attractive character home within walking distance of town and station and offer's well balanced accommodation over three levels.
1 bedroom assisted living apartment in a fantastic location. Easy reach for the town and surrounding area's.
Retirement apartment in the heart of Uckfield Town. Minutes from the shops, train station or just a walk along the river Uck.
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Setting goals is one inherent part of reaching goals, and planning on how to reach goals is the second part. Realistic goals. Measurable goals. Steps it takes to get to those goals. Simple ideas. So why are we not all rich and famous if it is so easy?
Several years ago I took a Priority Management course. In fact, I took it twice as the concept so intrigued me. Given the gift of a short attention span, I was fascinated by the ability to prioritize based on severity of outcomes. You see, it seems that there are always urgent but relatively unimportant tasks to complete. Those long term strategic tasks always (or many times) fall to the important but not urgent quadrant. So we get the mail opened, answer the p hone and email, and let the planning wait.
That was when I started making time to plan, and making goal setting a regular event. After all, how do you know you have gotten anywhere if you have no destination? And that is where Les Brown comes back into the equation. Once you are on an upward trajectory, then shooting for the moon is reasonable and attainable. And, if you miss the moon, setting your goals high will certainly get you closer, among the stars, than staying close to home with low goals.
What does all this have to do with marketing? Goal setting for businesses, and goal setting for home health businesses specifically, is the first step. Expansion, more billable hours, different staff, extra services or telemonitoring equipment to offer…all of these are parts of strategic plans for growth. Anyone can grow and reach goals if a plan is made, measurements are taken and noted, and the tactics to reach those goals are put into place. More quotes to follow this week, as I am giving Thanks to all those who have impacted my life in positive ways.


firstly I'm the first to admit I have no idea of webspace & site costs so this idea may be impractical.
I thought it would be a nice idea to have a history of Horizon page or 2. It may seem self indulgent but I feel that we should not be embarrassed about how important Horizon has been in B7 fandom history.
One of the first fan groups going, the longest running. Plus I think we should celebrate the access that Horizon has had to cast & crew down the years.
The professional way its been run & presented & the dedication certain people have shown (Diane take a bow) to keeping it all alive.
It would be nice to have a feature detailing who & how it started. How it became recognised & respected by cast & fans a like.
Info on all the fanzines/newsletters/ merchandise its been involved with. How membership has risen & fallen down the years.
Maybe a thread can be created and when people have time articles can be posted taking one year at a time.
Funny you should mention having a history of Horizon on the website. It is something the Supreme Commander has actually been working on for a while, and is definitely in the pipeline.
...although admittedly my article faced some fierce competition in the shape of an interview with Paul Darrow in the same issue, so may have passed unnoticed!
So - an article is coming, but in the meantime why don't you - and other members - use this thread to share your own experiences and memories of being part of the Horizon community?
I first heard about Horizon after writing to the B7 Production Office. I had been writing to them quite often since the show had started & they sent me a list of fan clubs.
If I remember correctly I originally joined whilst series 4 was on air.
My only other fan club experience wasnt a good one. I had previously been a member of DWAS (Dr Who Appreciation Society) & at a local gathering I was made to feel very insignificant & left out due to my age, this had put me off joining another fan club for a while. But I loved Blake's 7 & wanted to get a bigger fix than just the TV Shows & the few novels that were available.
At the time there were quite a few clubs to choose from & I honestly cannot remember why I chose Horizon. I thought it was a bit of a risk- it cost about £2 to join (I may be wrong about that) plus I had to supply 4 (I think) SAE's to receive the Horizon Newsletters. I was still at school at the time so this was a lot of money I was paying out for something I had no knowledge of.
Well I seem to remember a nice friendly welcoming letter & when I received my first newsletter I was a little unsure of whether it was worth my pocket money.
After a few issues I grew to love & look forward to each n/l arriving. I enjoyed the humor of the team behind Horizon. I always read the editorial first as this often made me giggle.
Each issue had news about the show (of course) & news on what the actors were doing outside of B7.
There was a regular 'spotlight' feature which was an interview with one of the main cast, these went on to also include the crew as well. I really enjoyed these. Dont forget back in the early 1980's there was no internet, only 3 TV Channels in the UK & the choice of sci-fi related magazines was small & B7 features in them were infrequent. So these interviews were excellent!
As the n/l grew & members contributed more & more the features got better and better.
There was some really good fan fiction & fan art.
One person (Neil Faulkner, I believe) had even worked out a Liberator log for the televised stories. He had worked out his own idea of how fast ''time distort' & Standard By' speeds were & then proceeded to work out how long it took to travel from each stories destination to the next. I cant remember the exact details (I'll dig out my old n/l if you're really interested) but series 1 actually took place over a period of a couple of years since Blake had first left Earth for Cygnus Alpha. I loved the Liberator logs.They were great fun & a lot or work was put into them.
The n/l grew in the number of pages & went from a clipped together affair with a wrap around cover to having staples. Then it went glossy, & eventually color covers.
Horizon was also the best source of a wonderful choice of merchandise. Including many exclusives down the years. Scripts, Badges, photos, mugs, stamps, photos. Plus much much more.
Horizon was very unbiased in its approach to members letters- publishing many differing views. Very rarely did things become heated. It was a great source of joy reading the thoughts & opinions of other fans.
One of things I did love about the n/l was that you felt like you got to know the Horizon team on a personal level. I hope Diane doesnt mind me mentioning that I was around to hear the news of her 1st & 2nd born children. I got to know about many house moves & (many) word processing frustrations.
I do remember very clearly how I surprised I was that, in the beginning all the people that created, ran & worked on Horizon & it's n/l's appeared all to be women!!!
Please dont take that as a sexist comment on my part. Dont forget I was still at school & in my own personal experience the only people I knew of that were passionate about any form of science fiction were teenage boys or men in their 20's. Girls just werent interested in my World.
I applaud & Thank all of those, past & present, who made/make Horizon what it is, working hard on it in your own time & for no pay. Just because you have a great passion for the show.
I know that sometimes it must have become a burden but go on Admin admit it - you're proud of it & get great pleasure.
Horizon staff & members should be very proud of how important this fan club/Appreciation Society is & has been in Blake's 7 history. The recognition it has received from cast & crew, the BBC, B7 Media, Big Finish & too many others too mention from down the years.
Lets not forget the show originally finished in 1981. The series wasnt repeated, in the UK, until satellite TV came along & UK Gold re ran it.
Even the videos didnt come along until many years after B7 had concluded. Us fans had little to discuss for many years.
Thinking back we only had 3 fan audios featuring original cast, 2 Radio Adventures plus other fan made interview tapes to keep us going until the B7 Media audios turned up a few years back.
Horizon kept the show alive for me & many other fans during those wilderness years.
I remember reading that. It is very hard to write a meaningful history with such a small word count allocation, and there are of course many helpers who all deserve a mention but understandably couldn't be for reasons of space, but I was a little surprised that the name 'Pat Thomas' didn't appear. Ah well, I'm sure we'll be able to read about her, and many others, in Diane's Horizon history once it's finished.
Until then however, I will raise a glass of vitazade and toast Pat and Diane, the Ophirs and Emerys (and the Isina), the mods, the helpers on the letterzine and the zines (Ms Puddle, are you still around?) and everything else, all the volunteers ever, the long-suffering spouses/SOs, and the whole Gies family for living with Horizon and (in my imagination at least) a house full of Horizon newsletters and zines and merchandise.
The Marvel B7 Monthly magazine published details of all the fan clubs in existence at the time (during the original broadcast of S4 and directly afterwards). An invaluable source of information for fans to get in touch with each other in those dark days after the programme finish.
An invaluable source of information for fans to get in touch with each other in those dark days after the programme finish.


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Tesla's futuristic 'Supertruck' pickup is over seven years in the making
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By Joey Klender
Ahead of Tesla's Cybertruck unveiling later tonight, CEO Elon Musk went into the historical depths of his Twitter account and recovered a tidbit regarding his plans to create a "Supertruck" with exceptional performance standards.
In 2012, Musk shared one idea for a Supertruck that has "crazy torque, dynamic air suspension, and corners like it's on rails." The tweet was in response to Musk's idea that the company's flagship sedan, the Model S, would show people that "electric is way way better than gas." Over seven years since posting that tweet on the social media platform, the vehicle referenced by Musk is about to be unveiled to the world.
There is much excitement budding around the release of the Tesla Cybertruck, especially considering Elon Musk's previous statements about the vehicle. Over the past months, Musk has mentioned that the pickup is probably the best vehicle that Tesla has created to date. Tesla board member and Square Roots founder Kimbal Musk echoed this statement, noting on Twitter that he has not been this excited about a vehicle's unveiling since the Model S back in 2012. The CEO has also mentioned that the vehicle will have better performance than a base Porsche 911, hinting at a 0-60 mph time of around 3 seconds.
@DJjodes Would love to make a Tesla supertruck with crazy torque, dynamic air suspension and corners like its on rails. That'd be sweet…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 1, 2012
While the truck's look has been heavily speculated by electric vehicle enthusiasts, nobody truly knows what the pickup will look like. Musk has said the truck will be "pretty sci-fi…It's kind of like a Blade Runner truck," and he has also used the term "cyberpunk," too. The specifications of the vehicle have been talked about by Musk in the past, with the CEO suggesting a 400-500 mile range, huge seats capable of fitting legendary professional wrestler Andre the Giant, and a towing capacity of 300,000-lbs.
The truck is expected to have a starting price of $49,000, as per Musk's statements in an appearance at the Ride the Lightning Podcast. This price is significantly less than the $69,000 Rivian R1T pickup that will begin production in late-2020. It should be noted that the Cybertruck will likely not be directly competing against the R1T, but rather with premium petrol-powered trucks that have dominated the pickup industry.
The unveiling of Tesla's new pickup was announced on November 6 by Musk. Coincidentally, the electric car maker also submitted a trademark for the words "CYBERTRUCK" and "CYBRTRK" on the same day. The unveiling event will take place near the SpaceX rocket factory in Los Angeles tonight at 8 PM PST.
Musk has always been very open about his plans for the future. His tweet in 2012 regarding the truck has finally come to fruition with the planned unveiling of the pickup later tonight. His vision for a truck that will become the industry standard is seven years in the making, but this is not the first time the Tesla CEO has been vocal about things that seem out of reach. In fact, Tesla's Master Plan is an example of Musk's dreams that seem crazy at the time of publishing, but he has come to accomplish many of the things he has set out to achieve. The Master Plan stated:
Build sports car
Use that money to build an affordable car
Use that money to build an even more affordable car
While doing above, also provide zero emission electric power generation options
Tonight, we will see the next big thing that Tesla will unveil to the world — another vehicle that will serve a role in Elon Musk's Master Plan.
Ex-Tesla critic and 'Shark Tank' judge explains why he likes his TSLA investment
Tesla patent reveals Semi truck seat suspension in the works for added safety

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US police kill Portland shooting suspect during arrest
US law enforcement forces shot and killed a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a pro-Trump supporter in Portland, Oregon Thursday night during an arrest, according to a report.
Michael Forest Reinoehl, self-described "100% Antifa" supporter was shot by officers during an encounter in Lacey, Washington, four law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told The New York Times anonymously.
Antifa, short for "antifascist", is a far-left anti-fascist political activist movement that became popular in the US following the white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017.
It is composed of groups, networks and individuals who believe in aggressive opposition to right-wing movements.
"As they attempted to apprehend him, there was gunfire," Lt. Ray Brady of the Thurston County Sheriff's Office said in an interview, adding the officers at the scene reported that the suspect was armed.
Portland police issued an arrest warrant earlier Thursday, the day an interview of Reinoehl was published by Vice News in which he had admitted to the killing of Aaron Danielson, 39, saying he "had no choice" and was defending a "friend of color".
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Twitter demanded a "fast" arrest of the man who killed Danielson.
"Why aren't the Portland Police ARRESTING the cold blooded killer of Aaron "Jay" Danielson. Do your job, and do it fast," Trump said. "Everybody knows who this thug is. No wonder Portland is going to hell! he tweeted.
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Seppois-le-Haut – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Grand Est, w departamencie Górny Ren.

Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwało 335 osób, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 53 osób/km² (wśród 903 gmin Alzacji Seppois-le-Haut plasuje się na 570. miejscu pod względem liczby ludności, natomiast pod względem powierzchni na miejscu 414.).

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Q: Retrieving access token without manual copying I make the following request:
https://oauth.vk.com/authorize?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Foauth.vk.com%2Fblank.html&response_type=token&client_id=5842359&v=5.63&scope=friends%2Coffline&display=page
to retrieve an access token. This url leads to a login page on vk.com (if not logged in already), then prompts a user to authorize application and then redirects to https://oauth.vk.com/blank.html#access_token={token}&expires_in=0&user_id={id}. So to actually retrieve an access token one needs to manually copy it from the address bar. This procedure is specified in the official API. Is there a way to go around this? How do I get a token using only python code?
Below is the procedure that generates the url:
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def authorize_app(client_id, redirect_uri = None):
'''
    The function generates an url, which redirects to login page (optional, if not logged in) and app authorization.
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if redirect_uri == None:
    redirect_uri = 'https://oauth.vk.com/blank.html' # default callback url
oauth = requests.get('https://oauth.vk.com/authorize', params = {'client_id' : str(client_id),
                                                                'redirect_uri' : redirect_uri,
                                                                'display' : 'page',
                                                                'scope' : ['friends,offline'], # offline option makes the token permanent
                                                                'response_type' : 'token',
                                                                'v' : 5.63})
return oauth.url

A: You can use Authorization Code flow wherein you receive Auth_code and then use this code to retrieve access_token.
Getting auth_code and access_tokens are just POST requests to the OAuth server.
In your code response_type should be code to get the auth code and then use this code to retrieve acccess_token
Refer to this https://vk.com/dev/auth_sites. Generally, this flow is same on any OAuth provider.

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Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles heaps praise on Meghan Markle
The singer recently paid tribute to the royal at the BRITs
March 25, 2019 - 10:41 GMT Sharnaz Shahid Meghan Markle has been praised by Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles. The fashion designer said the royal is a 'great representation for our people'
One month on from Beyonce's amazing acceptance speech at the BRITs, the singer's mother Tina Knowles is now the latest person to sing the Duchess of Sussex's praises. The 65-year-old touched upon Meghan during the opening of Soul Of A Nation at Los Angeles' Broad Museum, calling the new British royal a "great representation for our people". According to Us Weekly, Tina gushed: "I mean, I think she's a beautiful, intelligent, independent young woman."
Meghan has been praised by Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles
She added: "I think it's amazing that she got that opportunity and that she is a great representation for our people. It's really wonderful!" The comments come shortly after Beyonce explained why she and husband Jay-Z stood in front of a stunning portrait of Meghan in their recorded message at the British music awards show. She wrote on Instagram: "Thank you to the Brits for the award for Best International Group. I won this award back in 2002 with my besties, Kelly and Michelle. How lucky am I to have been in a group with my other best friend, the GOAT Hova. In honor of Black History Month, we bow down to one of our Melanated Monas. Congrats on your pregnancy! We wish you so much joy."
READ: Priyanka Chopra breaks silence on Meghan Markle friendship rumours
The couple were not present on the night but made an appearance via video to accept the BRIT Award for 'International Group' – with Beyoncé telling the camera: "Thank you so much to the BRIT Awards for this incredible honour. You guys have always been so supportive, everything is love. Thank you." Jay-Z then jokes, "You're welcome," before the pair both turn their backs to the camera and looked directly at Meghan's regal portrait. It's understood that the framed portrait of Meghan was in tribute to her biracial heritage – the "Mona" being a reference to the Mona Lisa painting.
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This brilliant multi-purpose Japanese trowel can be used for weeding, planting bulbs and general subterranean rummaging. The carbon steel blade runs into the beechwood handle for optimal strength and durability – pleasingly, it's also much more aesthetic than your average garden trowel. The Niwaki hori hori comes with a canvas sheaf, or you can upgrade for a heavy duty holster to keep it close at all times.


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Aladdin (2019 film)
Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Guy Ritchie, who co-wrote the screenplay with John August, it is a live action adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film of the same name, which is based on the eponymous tale from One Thousand and One Nights.[1][a] The film stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen, and Numan Acar, as well as the voices of Alan Tudyk and Frank Welker. The plot follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine, befriends a wish-granting Genie, and battles the wicked Jafar.
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Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights[1][5]
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James Herbert
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May 24, 2019 (2019-05-24) (United States)
$963.9 million[7][8]
In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action Aladdin remake. Smith was the first member of the cast to join, signing on to portray Genie in July 2017, and Massoud and Scott were confirmed for the two lead roles later that month. Principal photography began that September at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, also filming in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and lasted until January 2018. Additional filming and pick-ups took place in August 2018.
Aladdin was theatrically released in the United States on May 24, 2019. It has grossed $1 billion worldwide, becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2019, the 44th highest-grossing film all-time and the highest grossing film of Smith's career. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Smith, Massoud and Scott, the costumes and the musical score, but criticized Ritchie's direction and the CGI effects. Critics were also divided on the deviations from the original film, particularly Kenzari's portrayal of Jafar.[9]
Aladdin, a kind-hearted young street rat living in the Arabian city of Agrabah, along with his pet monkey Abu, rescues and befriends Princess Jasmine, who has snuck out of the palace to explore, tired of her sheltered life. Meanwhile, the Grand vizier Jafar schemes to overthrow Jasmine's father as the Sultan. He, along with his pet parrot and spy, Iago, seeks a magic lamp hidden in the Cave of Wonders that will grant his wishes. Only one person is worthy to enter: "the diamond in the rough", whom he decides is Aladdin. Aladdin is captured and Jafar persuades him to retrieve the lamp. Inside the cave, Aladdin finds a magic carpet and obtains the lamp. He gives it to Jafar, who betrays him and throws him back into the cave, though Abu steals the lamp back.
Trapped in the cave, Aladdin rubs the lamp, unwittingly summoning Genie, a powerful omnipotent being who lives inside it. Genie explains that he has the power to grant Aladdin three wishes. Aladdin tricks Genie into freeing them from the cave without using a wish. After they get out of the cave, Aladdin uses his first official wish to become a prince to impress Jasmine, and promises to use his third wish to free the Genie from servitude.
Aladdin enters Agrabah as "Prince Ali of Ababwa", arriving in an extravagant spectacle (including Abu, who has been transformed into an elephant by Genie) but Jasmine is unimpressed by his first presentation, including an assortment of gifts and jams. The two later bond when he takes her on a ride on the magic carpet to show her the world she wants to see while Genie goes out with Jasmine's handmaiden Dalia. When Jasmine deduces Aladdin's true identity, he convinces her that he is actually a prince and only dressed like a peasant to meet the citizens of Agrabah beforehand. Jafar discovers Aladdin's identity by threatening him to reveal where the lamp was and throws him into the sea but Genie rescues him at the cost of his second wish. They then expose Jafar, who is arrested and imprisoned in the dungeons. After the Sultan offers Aladdin the position as heir, Aladdin, fearing he will lose Jasmine if the truth is revealed, says he needs Genie with him now and refuses to free him. Genie tells Aladdin that he is not being true to himself.
Iago snatches one of the guardsmen's keys and he frees Jafar. Jafar then sneakily steals the lamp from Aladdin and becomes Genie's new master. He uses his first two wishes to become Sultan and then to become the world's most powerful sorcerer, trapping the guards and Jasmine's pet tiger Rajah. He then exposes Aladdin's truth to Jasmine and exiles him and Abu to a frozen wasteland. He threatens to kill Jasmine's father and Dalia unless she agrees to marry him. At the wedding ceremony, Aladdin and Abu return, having been rescued by the magic carpet and Jasmine steals back the lamp. Furious, Jafar transforms Iago into a roc to give chase and overpowers them.
Aladdin stalls by taunting Jafar for being second only to Genie in terms of raw power, thereby tricking him into using his last wish to become the most powerful being in the universe. Due to the grey area in that wish, Genie is free to interpret it as he wishes and turns Jafar into a jinn himself. Being chained to the lamp without a master, Jafar gets trapped inside, dragging Iago inside with him. Genie throws Jafar's lamp to the Cave of Wonders and Aladdin keeps his promise, using his last wish to free Genie and turn him human. The Sultan declares that Jasmine will be the next ruler and tells her that Aladdin is a good person, and Jasmine reunites with him. Genie marries Dalia and leaves to explore the world and start a family with her. Aladdin and Jasmine get married and start a new life.
Main article: List of Disney's Aladdin characters
Will Smith as Genie:
A comedically eccentric and kindly jinn who has the power to grant three wishes to whoever possesses his magic lamp. Smith said that he was "terrified" while playing the character, but that "[he] found a lane that pays homage" to Robin Williams' performance in the original film, while still making the role "[his] own thing."[10] Smith described the character as "both a trickster and a mentor," who tries "to guide Aladdin to the truth of the greatness that's already within him."[1] Smith physically portrays the character when he is in the guise of a human, while his giant blue genie form is CGI, portrayed through motion-capture performance.[11][12]
Mena Massoud as Aladdin:
An impoverished Agrabah thief and "street rat" who is smitten with the Sultan's daughter. With the Genie's help, he masquerades as Prince Ali Ababwa. Massoud said that Aladdin "sees a future for himself that's greater than what's been set out for him at the present moment. He doesn't know exactly what it is or how he's going to get there, but he knows it is out there," and felt the character "[i]s very selfless and usually does things for other people, but as he falls in love he loses himself a little bit and starts to become someone that he's not. But he's a good person with good intentions and has good people surrounding him who lead him back to where he's supposed to be."[1]
Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine:
The Sultan's daughter and the feisty princess of Agrabah who wants to have a say in how she lives her life. Scott said that the character "will be strong and have fun, but also get it wrong and be emotional. She's a multidimensional woman, and she does not have to just be one thing. So in this movie, you see her go on such a roller coaster, as opposed to her one goal being to fall in love or get married." She further stated that Jasmine will try to find "the courage to speak out for her people,"[13] and said that "Jasmine wants to know what goes on in her kingdom and reconcile the distance that has been created, and Aladdin gives her the courage to do just that."[1]
Marwan Kenzari as Jafar:
A nefarious and deceptive sorcerer, the Grand vizier of Agrabah, and the Sultan's chief advisor. Frustrated with the Sultan's ways of ruling, he devises a plot to overthrow him as the ruler of Agrabah by acquiring the Genie's lamp. Jafar's backstory is explored in the film, which producer Jonathan Eirich felt would make the audience "understand why he's so bad," as "that's what makes him such a good villain."[1]
Navid Negahban as The Sultan:
The wise and noble ruler of Agrabah who is eager to find a capable husband for his daughter Jasmine.
Nasim Pedrad as Dalia:
Jasmine's loyal handmaiden and confidante. Pedrad said that Dalia "[has] been by Jasmine's side for years and really looks out for her."
Billy Magnussen as Prince Anders:
A suitor and potential husband for Jasmine from the kingdom of Skånland.[12][14]
Numan Acar as Hakim:
The head of the palace guards who is loyal to the Sultan of Agrabah, as his father worked for the Sultan as a palace servant.
Jordan A. Nash as Omar:
The Genie and Dalia's son.
Taliyah Blair as Lian:
The Genie and Dalia's daughter.
Amir Boutrous as Jamal:
A bread vendor whom Aladdin tricks to keep him from taking disguised Jasmine's heirloom bracelet.
VoicesEdit
Alan Tudyk as Iago:
Jafar's sardonic and intelligent scarlet macaw companion.[15] The film marks the first time that Gilbert Gottfried has not voiced the character.
Frank Welker reprises his three roles from the original film:
Abu:
Aladdin's kleptomaniac but loyal pet capuchin monkey with a falsetto voice.[16][17][18]
Rajah:
Jasmine's protective pet Bengal tiger and best friend, who communicates through growling, roaring, and grunting.
Cave of Wonders:
A sand guardian that resembles the giant head of a lion (in contrast with being a tiger in the original), who has been tasked to protect the magic lamp from intruders and give it to those who are worthy like a "diamond in the rough."[16][17][18]
Development and castingEdit
On October 10, 2016, it was announced that Guy Ritchie would direct a live-action Aladdin film for Walt Disney Pictures, with John August penning the screenplay and Dan Lin attached as producer. The studio said that the film would be "an ambitious and nontraditional" take on the tale of Aladdin that would keep the musical elements of the original film. On the non-traditional aspect, the studio had originally planned for the film to be told in a nonlinear format.[19][20]
In February 2017, Lin said that they were looking for a diverse cast and that they would not try "to make Prince of Persia."[21] A worldwide casting call for the lead roles of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine commenced in March 2017, with principal production set to take place in the UK from July 2017 until January 2018.[22] On April 19, 2017, it was reported that either Gabriel Iglesias[23] or Will Smith were in talks to play Genie, for which the latter was confirmed in July.[24][25][26] In May 2017, Jade Thirlwall was in talks for the part of Princess Jasmine.[27]
On July 11, 2017, it was announced that principal production on Aladdin had been pushed back by a month, to August 2017, due to struggles in finding the right actor to portray the titular role. Over 2,000 actors and actresses had auditioned for the roles of Aladdin and Jasmine, but finding a male lead of Middle-Eastern or Indian descent in his 20s, who could act and sing, had proven difficult for the producers. Naomi Scott and Tara Sutaria were the final two actresses in the running for the role of Jasmine, but neither could be cast until a chemistry test was done with whomever would be cast as Aladdin. The studio was initially interested in Dev Patel or Riz Ahmed for Aladdin, but later decided to cast a relative newcomer. In what became the final rounds of screen testing, Achraf Koutet, Mena Massoud, and George Kosturos were still in the running for Aladdin. However, the studio had begun perusing old audition tapes for the role, having not been satisfied by the latest round of screen tests.[25]
At the 2017 D23 Expo, on July 15, it was announced that Massoud would star as Aladdin and Scott as Jasmine, ending the four month long open casting call.[28][26] On July 17, 2017, it was announced that Disney had hired Vanessa Taylor to polish the original screenplay by August, specifically some "character work" and what is called "script doctoring."[29] Meanwhile, Richie and the studio focused on casting the other main roles with filming slated to start in August in London.[30] In August, Marwan Kenzari joined the cast as Jafar, with Nasim Pedrad cast in a newly created role as "a hand maid and friend of Jasmine" who serves as a "comic relief." Numan Acar was set to play Hakim.[31][32] The following month, Billy Magnussen joined the cast in a newly created role as Prince Anders, alongside Navid Negahban as the Sultan.[33][34] The decision of casting Magnussen as a new white character, original to the film, drew criticism from fans and commentators. They deemed it "unnecessary" and "offensive," accusing the film of whitewashing, and pointing out the irony regarding the worldwide search for actors and actresses to play the leads in connection to the controversy.[35][36][37] In November 2017, Robby Haynes was cast as Razoul, while Frank Welker was announced to reprise his role as Abu the monkey.[38]
The decision to hire Scott, the daughter of an English father and a Gujarati Ugandan-Indian mother, to play the lead of Princess Jasmine has also drawn criticism, as well as accusations of colorism, as some commentators expected the role to go to an actress of Arab or Middle Eastern origin.[39] In December 2018, Julie Ann Crommett, Disney's Vice President of Multicultural Engagement, said the decision to cast Scott as Jasmine reflected the mixing or association of different cultures in the broad region that consists of the Middle East, South Asia and China by extension - all of which make up the Silk Road.[40] She stated that Agrabah is intended to be the center of the Silk Road, and added that Jasmine's mother would be from a land that was not Agrabah.[40]
When asked about Ritchie's take on the film, Pasek & Paul described it as "very muscular and action-packed."[41][42][43] On December 20, 2018, Gilbert Gottfried said that he was not asked to reprise his role as Iago.[44] In March 2019, it was announced that Alan Tudyk would voice the character instead.[15] In May 2019, Welker was announced as reprising his role as Rajah, Jasmine's pet tiger,[45] and the trailer had confirmed that Welker would reprise his role as the Cave of Wonders as well.
Principal photography began on September 6, 2017, at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, and wrapped on January 24, 2018.[46][47][48][49] Part of the film was shot in Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan.[50][51] The Royal Film Commission provided support to the production during filming and assisted in facilitating logistics. Reshoots took place during August 2018.[52] The film's production sets were designed by Game of Thrones production designer Gemma Jackson.[53]
In January 2018, it was reported that white extras were being applied brown make-up during filming in order to "blend in," which caused an outcry and condemnation among fans and critics, branding the practice as "an insult to the whole industry" while accusing the producers of not recruiting people with Middle-Eastern or North African heritage. Disney responded to the controversy saying, "Diversity of our cast and background performers was a requirement and only in a handful of instances when it was a matter of specialty skills, safety and control (special effects rigs, stunt performers and handling of animals) were crew made up to blend in."[54][55]
The "Prince Ali" musical sequence features 1000 dancers and extras.[56]
Post-productionEdit
The visual effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic and supervised by Michael Mullholland, Daniele Bigi and David Seager, with the help of Hybride Technologies, DNEG, Nzviage and Proof.[57]
See also: Aladdin (2019 soundtrack)
Alan Menken was brought in to compose the score for the film, after doing so for the original animated film. Pasek & Paul wrote a new song with Menken, and several songs from the original film by Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice were featured in the remake.
Aladdin held its world premiere at the Grand Rex in Paris, France on May 8, 2019.[58][59] It was released in 3D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on May 24, 2019, replacing the original date set for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.[60][61]
Aladdin's first regional premiere was in Jordan on May 13, 2019,[62] in the presence of Prince Ali bin Hussein and Princess Rym Ali.
Will Smith debuted the first official poster on October 10, 2018.[63] The teaser trailer was released the following day.[64] In December 2018, Entertainment Weekly offered a first official look at the cast in costume on the cover of their issue for the most anticipated films of 2019.[65] On February 10, 2019, Disney debuted a special sneak peek of the film during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which was met with largely negative feedback from audiences, primarily due to the quality of the CGI Genie in his blue design, created via motion capture effects.[66][67][68] The negative reception sparked a large amount of memes and Photoshop edits mocking Will Smith's appearance in the sneak peek, several of which compared it with Tobias Fünke (from Arrested Development) painted in blue in an attempt to join the Blue Man Group.[69][70] On March 12, 2019, Disney debuted a second trailer on Good Morning America. The trailer had a much more positive reception than the previous one, as it featured several songs from the original film and more of Smith not entirely in motion-capture. His CGI scenes received better notices, as well.[71][72]
In regard to streaming, Aladdin will be available exclusively on Disney+, Disney's upcoming streaming service.[73] The film will be available during the service's first year of launch.[73]
As of July 16, 2019[update], Aladdin has grossed $334.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $629.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $963.98 million, against a production budget of $183 million.[7][8]
In the United States and Canada, Aladdin was released alongside Booksmart and Brightburn, and was projected to gross around $80 million from 4,476 theaters over its four-day opening weekend over Memorial Day. While Disney was projecting a $75–85 million debut, some independent trackers had the film opening to as low as $65 million or as high as $100 million.[74][75] The film made $31 million on its first day, including $7 million from Thursday night previews, the second-best total of the Disney live action remakes.[76] Opening day audiences were 59% female and 41% male, and ethnically 42% Caucasian, 27% Hispanic, 15% African American and 11% Asian. The film ended up overperforming, grossing $91.5 million in its three-day opening weekend,[77][78][79][80] and $116.8 million over four days during the extended Memorial Day frame.[81][82][83][84] It was the third biggest opening of 2019 at the time (behind Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel),[85][86] and the fifth-highest Memorial Day launch ever, as well as the best debut of Ritchie's career and second best of Smith's.[81][87][88] The film then grossed $11.9 million on its fifth day, the biggest post-Memorial Day Tuesday ever.[89] In its second weekend, the film made $42.3 million, finishing second, behind newcomer Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and then made $24.7 million in its third weekend, finishing third.[90][91] It retained the third place position at the box office during its fourth and fifth weekends with $17.3 million and $13.2 million, respectively.[92][93]
Worldwide, the film was expected to open to an additional $100–120 million, including $10–20 million in China.[94] It went on to gross $123.2 million from foreign territories in its three day opening weekend, for an overall global debut of $214.7 million. It was the number one film in every Latin American and Asian territory where it was released. Its biggest international openings were in China ($18.7 million), Mexico ($9.2 million), the United Kingdom ($8.4 million), Italy ($6.6 million), and South Korea ($6.5 million).[95] In the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, it had the best Ramadan opening of all time.[95] It also won the second best opening of 2019 in Italy, Spain,[95] Indonesia, and Vietnam.[96] In India, it debuted with ₹220.3 million (US$3.2 million),[97] the year's third best opening for a foreign film (behind Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel).[96] By Monday, the film had a global four-day launch of $255 million.[89] In its second weekend of international release the film made $78.3 million from 54 countries, remaining number one in 32 of them.[98] In Japan, the film debuted with $12.9 million, the year's highest opening weekend for a foreign film, surpassing Avengers: Endgame.[99] In its fourth international weekend, Aladdin remained number one in twenty countries. As of 11 July 2019[update], the film's top five international markets are Japan ($79.2 million), South Korea ($66.9 million), China ($53.5 million), the United Kingdom ($43.8 million), and Mexico ($32.3 million).[100] It topped the UK box office for four weeks, longer than any other film in 2019.[101] The film has surpassed Independence Day (1996) to become the highest-grossing film of Will Smith's career.[102]
Critical responseEdit
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 337 reviews with an average rating of 5.89/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Aladdin retells its classic source material's story with sufficient spectacle and skill, even if it never approaches the dazzling splendor of the animated original."[103] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 based on 50 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[104] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 90% (with an average 4.5 stars out of 5) and a 70% "definite recommend."[81]
Writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, praising Smith, Scott, and Massoud's performances and calling it a "shining, shimmering live-action update."[105] Variety's Peter Debruge summarized his review with, "Will Smith steps into Robin Williams's shoes, bringing fresh attitude to the role of the Genie in Guy Ritchie's high-risk, mostly rewarding live-action remake."[106] A Mir Fantastiki review by Yevgeniy Peklo gave the film a score of 8/10, saying it was "probably the best Disney live-action remake up to date."[107]
Despite praising the cast, William Bibbiani of TheWrap said of the film, "If you don't think about it very hard (although you probably should), the remake of Aladdin might entertain you. But you'd be a heck of a lot more entertained by watching the original film again. Or by going to a real-life parade. Or by doing some light gardening. Or by doing a crossword puzzle."[108] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+, lamenting that it did not add anything new to its 1992 animated predecessor; he felt that the film was unable to update the original's questionable Middle Eastern characterizations, but nevertheless praised the performances of Smith and Scott.[109] Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press wrote that "Guy Ritchie... was always an odd choice to helm a big Disney romantic musical and proves utterly the wrong guy here. Aladdin, in his hands, is more like The Mummy than Frozen."[110]
Aladdin (franchise)
List of Disney live-action remakes of animated films
Possible sequelEdit
The Return of Jafar is reportedly being adapted as a sequel to Walt Disney Pictures' 2019 remake of Aladdin, marking the first time an animated direct-to-video Disney film is adapted to live-action.
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The loading screen mentions Treaty periods occasionally where you can change your nation..
Do these still happen? If so, when?
I'm a newer player, sailing for Spain on the Antigua server currently and it's embarrassing. I would love to continue with the character but not this train wreck of a nation.
So with that being said, are Treaty Periods still in game?
Awesome, thank you for the reply and links. It was informative and helpful.
I think I was playing during the last map win but do not remember seeing an option for Nation Change. Reading the link you provided I did not see it in there as well. If it's not too much to ask, can you explain or point me in the right direction as to how to effect the change once this map ends?
I also bought my first BSN recently but used towards ship storage. If I can't figure out the treaty part I will look at this option.
Basically during cease fire period after a map win you can just click the "switch to this nation" button on the character selection screen after choosing a different nation flag and create a new toon on another nation, it will give you a prompt to confirm you are sure, I'm not sure if you can click multiple times during cease fire or not.
Great. Thank you also Ahorse for the reply!
np, but if you happen to be on my nation and switch away after this map i will mark you as a defector and hunt you down mercilessly in both pb and on os, but yea ,np.
I'm defecting away from Spain.
Ahorse - Seeing as I'm the only one or one of two to regularly/consistently show up at recent port battles to represent Spain (really France is getting tired of sinking me over and over).... your threat hardly worries me :p Thank you again for the answer to my question!
Mahoog - this is good additional information and a solid suggestion.
However, I am a casual player and as a result am a slow leveler. I'd like to keep my one captain going if possible and am leaning towards waiting for the round to end to attempt to Treaty.
It occurred to me...how does this affect reputation with the various national factions? Does it reset to default or do you switch flags and carry over the same respect/hatred you already have?
Thanks again guys for all the good information.
switching nations doesnt mean anything, it just means the same acocunt can then be used on a different nation. you will still have to make a new toon... may as well just keep your don toon, and start anew anyway, keeping both characters. if you do econ on your don toon, you can keep it up. Just check the rules on multiple toons in the same server.
I honestly feel thats the best solution for you. Help can be given on missions etc, just ask in your chosen nation.
Ah gotcha - for some reason I was assuming my existing captain would switch over. Now it makes sense and I appreciate the additional clarification.
I will just make a new character entirely! You guys were helpful and I have the answers I needed now.
assume you go say from an NO to a Buccaneer... the careers have different specs for them, and different skills learned along the way. The game would have no way of being able to assign skills you dont have. Hope that makes sense.


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Subway CEO No Longer Thinks Minimum Wage Hike A 'Bad Idea'
Alexander C. Kaufman
May 7, 2014, 05:49 PM EDT
US sandwich maker Subway co-founder and chairman for the world, the self-made billionaire Fred DeLuca, poses with a sandwich in a Parisian Subway restaurant on June 17, 2011 prior to attend a meeting with the press as part of the 10th anniversary of Subway France. Subway has seen its number of restaurants balloon to 33,749 across the globe as of January 1, making it the world's largest fast food chain ahead of McDonald, with 32,737 restaurants, as reported on March 11, 2011. AFP PHOTO ERIC PIERMONT (Photo credit should read ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images)
The chief executive of the biggest fast-food chain in the world isn't worried about a minimum wage hike anymore.
In an interview published Wednesday with CNBC, Subway CEO Fred Deluca said he is "not concerned" by the idea of federal minimum wage increase, since it would affect rivals companies just the same and not put anyone at a "particular disadvantage."
"Over the years, I've seen so many of these wage increases," he told CNBC. "I think it's normal. It won't have a negative impact hopefully, and that's what I tell my workers."
Deluca said that when he started in business, the federal minimum wage was $1.25, the rate at which it sat between 1963 and 1966.
Deluca even said he would support measures that would raise the minimum wage automatically. Unlike Social Security and many tax code provisions, the minimum wage is not adjusted each year to account for rising prices.
"If I were in charge of the government, I would index the minimum wage to inflation so that way everybody knows what they can count on," he said. "The employees know they're going to get increases on a regular basis. The management knows that they're going to have to pay a little bit more."
The comments are a departure from sentiments expressed in early 2013. Back then, Deluca described a minimum wage increase as a "bad idea."
Senate Republicans last week filibustered a bill that would have raised the minimum wage to $10.10 and indexed it to inflation. President Obama threw his support behind the bill last November.
Economists and policymakers have long been divided on whether to raise minimum wage. Some argue it pulls the working poor out of poverty without much effect on overall employment. Others fear it kills jobs at an alarming rate.
Subway, which with 41,000 restaurants in 106 countries is the world's largest fast-food chain, has had some trouble paying its own employees in recent years. In fact, individual Subway franchisees accounted for more pay and hour rule violations between 2000 and 2013 than any other fast-food company, according to a CNN report published last week.
"We, as a company, realize that some of our owners have not done the right thing," DeLuca admitted in the Q&A with CNBC. "I can't tell you exactly why, but I think we have a lot of first-time business people that enter into business in Subway, and they might not be as sophisticated in what to do."
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Franklin's gulls, Cave swallows and perhaps many other western birds are invading the northeastern U.S.  Many of these will rapidly make their way south toward Florida.  Birders get ready, there may be a lot a rarities in the coming weeks.  eBird posted a very interesting and informative article about this phenomenon.


Picture this: you are sitting in geometry class on a beautiful day half-listening to your teacher go on and on about logarithms, factorial equations and something about a quadratic formula. You ask yourself (or on a bad day, maybe you ask your teacher), 'when will I ever use this?!'. Happens a lot, right?
Once you become a college student, it happens a lot less but only after you successfully complete your basic courses (otherwise known as refresher courses) required by most institutions today. Once that is done, you will get into your professional requirement courses which include lessons specific to your chosen major. Now that your faith in education has been restored and you no longer have to worry about a future full of trigonometric functions (you're welcome), let us move to a more serious topic.
College seems to take a tough-love type of approach when providing students with a few lessons in particular - lessons you actually will use again and again everyday for the rest of your life. Lessons that will undoubtedly prepare you to face virtually any situation in life with a strong confidence in your ability to make the right decisions.
The point: Those "few lessons in particular" are found in subtle moments of impact in life. Through those moments, we finally find an answer for - wait for it - when you will actually use this!
Below you will find a list of valuable life lessons that college students are inadvertently granted access to simply by working their way through those four years. Most students approach this new phase of life head on with no foreshadowing list of the truly significant moments that lie in wait of them. Some only realize the profound impact of what they really learned in college after months or even years of being out of college and in the real world. Others fail to recognize the value in those lessons at all.
The purpose of this list is to provide you with a sense of expectation. Consider printing it out or jotting down key points to keep somewhere as a reminder. By approaching the next four years of your life already aware of the tremendous personal growth you are soon to experience, you will witness first hand some of the moments which will have the most impact on the decisions you make for the rest of your life. Most importantly, you will understand just how profound each lesson truly is as it happens or shortly thereafter, and appreciate it more.
· Personal Determination - finding your grit! College will test you (literally and figuratively). It will constantly demand things of you that you have absolutely no desire to give. There will be weeks that you have an important assignment due in every class and there will be no room for laziness or excuses. It will push you to your limits but at your limit is where you find the grit within you that will get you through almost any demand life will make of you. Some would argue in favor of shortcuts and question why we would choose to not take advantage of a more time-effective way to get things done even if it means cutting a few corners. Shortcuts are not a crime, and if a time clock is of the utmost importance a shortcut is quite convenient- but I encourage you first to find someone who has succeeded in life and ask them how they did it. Their answer will almost always be "hard work". In any challenge, strong willpower and hard work can get you through it.
· Organizational Skills - it sounds anything less than amusing, but it very well may be the most important skill a college student can master. Assignments, papers, readings, exams and projects combined with maintaining a social life and a (somewhat) healthy living environment can overwhelm even the calmest of people. Over time, the feeling of being overwhelmed becomes familiar to most college students and acquiring even the most basic organizational skills can help to alleviate that burden tremendously. The ability to prioritize will also become second nature as your organizational skills evolve.
· The Value of Human Relationships - in college, you are working toward a degree which will support you as an individual in your chosen career field. Getting there, however, often involves a great deal of collaboration, trust, and group work in a diverse environment of conflicting opinions and perceptions. Learning to appreciate the opinions of others (whether you agree with them or not) and understanding the value of that is an important step to success in the career and relationships you will have in the future.
During the time you spend away at college, the majority of your experiences, good and bad, will serve as a positive influence on your personal growth. The lessons you will learn are not limited to the five listed above, but they are certainly some of the ones you will appreciate most. One day, you will complete one of the most overwhelming assignments of your college career on a subject completely outside of your chosen major. You may ask yourself, 'when will I ever use this?!', or you may push through it and realize afterwards you just found your grit!


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Wine Talk: Kevin O'Leary
The investor and Shark Tank star is also a wine lover and has partnered with one of California's larger wine companies on a new venture
Linda and Kevin O'Leary enjoy wine while visiting Napa's Clos Pegase, owned by their business partner Vintage Wine Estates. (M.J. Wickham)
MaryAnn Worobiec
Kevin O'Leary is an entrepreneur, author, politician and television personality, perhaps best known for being one of the Sharks on ABC's Shark Tank and for his nickname, Mr. Wonderful. The 67-year-old Canadian is chairman of O'Leary Financial Group—a group of companies that includes a private early-stage venture capital investment company, his Shark Tank deals and a growing roster of other businesses.
O'Leary is also a passionate wine lover, and after experimenting in different aspects of the wine industry, he has launched Shop Mr. Wonderful. The website, which partners with Vintage Wine Estates, features wines personally curated by O'Leary from the Vintage Wine Estates portfolio. Since its founding 20 years ago, Vintage Wine Estates has become a top 15 U.S. wine producer, selling more than 2 million cases annually of wines from California, Washington and Oregon.
O'Leary recently sat down with Wine Spectator senior editor MaryAnn Worobiec while wearing a beret and tastevin to chat about his wine passion.
Kevin O'Leary: I've decided we should have some fun with this. I put on a little accoutrement here.
Wine Spectator: I've seen you wear the beret and tastevin before. Tell me about them—are you getting into character?
KO: The truth is, I've been wearing a tastevin for decades because I am a member of the Chevaliers du Tastevin, which is a Burgundian Society.
You may be aware that we are bound by the old code to wear our tastevin and our ribbons every time we gather. I usually don't wear my colors when I'm promoting my own wines. But when I go over to Burgundy, I'm wearing my tastevin and wearing a beret. That's just how I roll.
WS: How did wine become a part of your life?
KO: When I was young—seven years old—my biological father died. He was only 37. My mother remarried, and my stepfather was extremely knowledgeable in wine.
He worked for the United Nations. So, we traveled to different countries every two years—Cambodia, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Morocco, Cyprus, Japan, Switzerland, France and Germany. Even at that age, wine is not a big taboo in Europe—children drink wine at the table. Sometimes their parents water it down. My stepfather started introducing me to different grape varieties at the age of 8 years old.
I became pretty knowledgeable about the differences between the Left and the Right bank in Bordeaux. All of these things I just thought every kid learned.
As I got older, I started collecting and trading wine futures. I was pretty good at it. I knew my vintages, and I always consulted with winemakers, and my father was really knowledgeable. I now have five commercial cellars around the world. I'm very active in collecting and investing and trading.
I eventually said to myself, I wonder why I can't be in the wine business. Our family makes our own wines. We became an investor in over 3,000 acres of vineyards in Sonoma and Napa and Washington state. And I'm an investor now with Vintage Wine Estates. They make my wines [O'Leary Wines]. I'm in partnership with them on a direct-to-consumer business, and I'm really happy. But it's really about the love of wine.
WS: At one point you had the brand O'Leary Fine Wines of Canada, right?
KO: I've always thought the Cabernet Franc that they grow in the Niagara is the best on Earth. And they also grow Pinot in Canada. So, my first relationship with a grower was Vineland Estates and we partnered in a series of O'Leary wines and were very successful. They got listed by the LCBO [Liquor Control Board of Ontario], which is one of the largest buyers of wine in the world. You can still find them, and that was the genesis of the relationship that started the same idea with Vintage Wine Estates, on a much broader basis.
The Vintage Wine Estates story is a little different because it involves a rather unusual crossing of paths that goes back years to Shark Tank; there was a deal to sell wine in an individual serving, nine ounce glasses. It was a very famous deal on Shark Tank, and of course I got involved.
WS: I remember that: Zipz Wine. It was the largest investment made on the show at the time, right?
KO: Yes. The whole idea of single-serve wine really appealed to me and I thought this is such a big idea. I've got to go the biggest retailer in the world, and that's Costco. I've got to partner with Costco, and at the time Annette Alvarez-Peters was the legendary head [wine] buyer of Costco.
So I just took a chance. I thought, maybe she's a Shark Tank fan. That episode aired on a Friday at 9 o'clock. Saturday morning I called her cellphone number. I knew she wouldn't answer because she wouldn't recognize my number, but I left her a voicemail. I thought, what's the downside? She just never returns my call.
Well, 20 minutes later, the phone rings. It's Annette. I said to her I've got this incredible idea. You saw it last night on Shark Tank. She said, Look, single serve wine—I don't think so, but I'll take a meeting at an airport. I'll give you one hour of my time.
And that's exactly what happened. We went to the airport and I brought Linda with me. We met with Annette. She took the sample of the single-serve wine, and she was holding it over her purse and she tipped it. . . and it leaked right into her purse. That was the end of single serve wine in Costco.
But then she said to me, Kevin you're well known as the wine guy. You have a brand. But you can't play in the wine business at 50,000 cases. You'll never make any money. If you want to play in the wine business, you've got to know that 97 percent of the wine sold in America sells for under $15.99 a bottle. You have to be able to ship a lot more cases. Now, you're not going to do that by yourself. You have to partner with someone like Vintage Wine Estates. I'm going to introduce you to Pat Roney and Terry Wheatley.
And that's exactly what happened. And we never looked back.
WS: That's pulling together some important corners of the wine world.
KO: She took mercy on me, and we never looked back because we're now one of the largest purveyors direct-to-consumer in 42 states. We are going to really ramp this up because it's only very fine wines.
WS: Let's talk about that website. I know you're curating the wines, but are you tasting 100 percent of the wines you recommend?
KO: Every single one. I taste every wine. In fact, every night, I am trying something different. I curate wines for my friends and my wife and it's a big deal every night.
I want to really be clear on this in particular talking to Wine Spectator. This is not me slapping my name on a brand. This is me.
WS: I've seen some videos of you talking about wine and it seems fairly effortless to you. Do you have any advice for people who are getting into wine but might be a little intimidated by it?
KO: Well, I've been doing this for years and here's what I've learned, and I've learned it from my own friends and family and I've learned it through the business. We do direct-to-consumer in all of these states and the feedback we get from people in America? Start with the building blocks, the classics. That's going to be Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Those you're going to find everywhere, and at every price point. That's what people start with.
Sometimes they only drink red and that ends up being Cab all the time. Sometimes they only drink white, and it's a Chardonnay whether it's un-oaked or whether it's an oaky Chardonnay.
What I've learned is the best way to get people to expand their horizons is by trying something different. If you like a Cabernet then try a Zin, try a Meritage, try something else that you don't have to buy 10 cases of it. Just try one bottle of it and go slow. I've been encouraging people to try different varietals. Even Moscato, an ancient wine. It is immensely popular. If produced correctly, it will be crisp, not overly sweet with lots of that beautiful flavor.
I do a lot of video wine tasting notes. I know I can't pass the glass to you through the lens, but in my description of these wines, in the experience of them, I think I communicate the opportunity to people.
WS: A lot of people that get into wine had another career before. But even if they were a successful heart surgeon or tech entrepreneur, not every skill translates to wine, because it's such an unusual business. With all of your different business ventures that you're involved in, have you found other knowledge you can apply to wine?
KO: That is an excellent question. I have been in and around the wine business for decades in one way, or another, as an investor, a futures trader, a collector of wines. There is no point in getting into this business if you don't love wine, that's number one. It has to be something you dream about all day. You can't wait to have your first glass. You have to really love it.
But in terms of the business aspect of it, there are many, many people that have this romantic sense of buying an estate and making 25,000 cases, selling it for $500 a bottle and getting a following. A few people are able to achieve that, but the majority just lose money and they eventually sell off their land because it's so painful to lose that much money for that long.
Wine is half art and half science. But the number one metric in terms of becoming a good investment is logistics; the ability to make it at scale and reach large markets, and that was the lesson learned with Annette. She gave me a priceless piece of information.
Customer acquisition is very, very hard. It's really, really hard. I have a huge advantage—hundreds of millions of people see me every year on television. They know I'm a wine guy. But here's the number one thing: I don't bullshit them. I'm not some person saying I know something that I don't know and then slap my name on it. I live and breathe and drink this stuff every day.
When I talk about a wine, it is because I know it, I love it. I know how it was made. I know the varietals in it. I know the blend. I know exactly the tannins. the sulfites, the sugar, the alcohol content. I know it inside out because I want to know it.
WS: Does a part of you still want that little vineyard on the coast, or is that not for you?
KO: No, that's not for me. I want to play with the big boys. I want to compete in this dynamic, digital 2.0 America that's emerging with the direct-to-consumer model. It is changing the wine industry forever. We are taking away those archaic three tiers of distribution, which are so inefficient.
There will always be a place for restaurants, there will always be a place for retailers, always going to be a place for that wine store you love at the corner. But there's also millions of Americans who will never go and buy a case of wine. Those who never carry a 39-pound box back to their home. And I can ship direct to them and have a relationship with them and in the years ahead, curate for them and be their wine partner.
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Heavy metal contamination of Pleuronectiformes species from Sinop coasts of the Black Sea
Levent Bat, Fatih Şahin, Ayşah Öztekn
In the Turkish Black Sea coasts fish is particularly consumed because of high protein supplies, essential amino acids, vitamin, and mineral content. Fish are exposed to contaminants such as heavy metals in polluted waters. The aims of the study are to determine heavy metals in Pleuronectiformes species from Sinop coasts of the Black Sea and determine the health risks due to the consumption of contaminated fish. Pleuronectiformes species Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) belonging to Scophthalmidae family, Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792) belonging to Bothidae family and Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810) belonging to Soleidae family were collected from Sinop coasts of the Black Sea in fishing season of 2016. Heavy metals (Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn) in edible tissues were determined by ICP-MS (Agilent 7700x). The limit values given by the international and national organizations did not exceed in the muscle tissues of turbot, Mediterranean scald fish and sand sole. Overall Zn was detected in higher concentrations in all species followed by Cu, Pb, Hg and Cd. The results obtained from the analyses of the maximum levels of the metals except Hg were found in turbot. The highest Hg (0.021±0.007 µg g-1 wet wt.) was found in sand sole. However, the high amounts of Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn in turbot were 0.011±0.004, 0.07±0.005,1.32±0.28 and 14±3 µg g-1 wet wt., respectively. The EDIs and EWIs of the metals were estimated taking into account the mean of metal in all fish samples and the mean consumption of fish per day/week for adults. These results are normally significantly lower than the recommended values of FAO/WHO. Estimated HIs of all the considered metals were below the value of 1, therefore the metals in fish samples do not toxic any apparent threat to the population and these fishes are healthy for consumption.
Keywords: Scophthalmus maximus, Arnoglossus laterna, Pegusa lascaris, heavy metals, Black Sea
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7770/safer-V0N0-art1664


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