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Man accused of pointing gun at Austin police a veteran, grad student
Ciara O'Rourke
Gene Vela is well-known and well-liked at the University of Texas, where he studies global policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
With a projected May graduation, he has aspired to use his masters degree abroad, according to classmates, or in Washington, where Vela lived over the summer while interning for U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio. He is a veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Friends described him Tuesday as charismatic and generous, "a good guy" and "a great human."
He is also the man officials say police shot and injured after Vela pointed a gun at officers Sunday night.
It perplexed some people close to him, with one friend expressing shock that Vela would point a gun at police because he respected authority. But public records paint a more complicated picture of the 30-year-old, with a criminal history that stretches back to the late 1990s.
Around 9:15 p.m. Sunday, a friend called 911 reporting that Vela, 30, had called him asking for help but hung up before he could ask what Vela needed, officials have said.
When police arrived at Vela's apartment near East 30th and Red River streets, officials said he pointed a gun equipped with a laser through a window at police. After officers took cover, Vela continued to point his weapon at them, officials said. Police then fired once at Vela, who retreated further back into his apartment, they said. After Vela shot a round inside his apartment, he returned to the window and again pointed his gun at police, they said, before two officers opened fire.
Vela, who was struck in the torso, was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge, where he was treated and released into police custody Monday. Jail records show he was still in custody Tuesday evening with no bail set.
According to public records, Vela's criminal history includes convictions on charges of assault on a public official, unlawful carrying of a weapon, driving while intoxicated, making a terroristic threat on a family member or household and criminal trespass. A prosecutor's motion to raise Vela's bond in a 2009 burglary case says Vela had several encounters with Austin police in 2008 and 2009, including in August 2009, when Vela told officers he was "getting his shotgun ready" after they asked him to open his door.
The next month, officers went to Vela's apartment after he called 911 and said he had a gun and began to make threats, and to say that he was having homicidal thoughts, the document says. When Vela opened the door to speak to police, it says, he said he wanted to shoot an officer in the head.
On Tuesday, friends described a different Vela.
Raúl Sánchez said Vela was one of his first friends at the LBJ School, supportive and comfortable talking to everyone.
Travis County Precinct 4 Constable Maria Canchola called Vela a friend, saying the veteran was a good, intelligent person who returned from a war zone with issues.
She declined to elaborate because, she said, she couldn't divulge personal information she has about Vela. But she said that in general, combat veterans return from war "very needy" without communities to support them. Canchola said Vela has spoken to the Travis County Veterans Intervention Project committee about the challenges veterans face when they try to integrate with the general population after being in a war zone.
It was not immediately clear Tuesday when and where Vela served in the military.
'I just wish we had better help," Canchola said, crying. "I know he's not the only war veteran that we're failing."
Danielle Bartz said she and Vela are taking the same class about the principles of effective leadership this semester. A couple weeks ago, she said, they played kickball together at a grad school field day.
Everyone at the LBJ School knows Vela, Bartz said, calling him a "super friendly," social guy who holds a leadership position on the Graduate Public Affairs Council at the university. In April, the UT Senate of College Councils announced on Twitter that Vela had received the Senate Rep of the Year award. ("I am honored," Vela replied.)
Robert Hutchings, dean of the LBJ School, noted the timing of Sunday's incident in an email sent to the school's faculty, students and staff Tuesday.
"Whatever the background to the incident turns out to be, this sad story is doubly poignant in that it occurred (near) Veterans Day," Hutchings said. "Let us keep him in our thoughts and prayers."


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Q: Excel: Sum column B if left(A:A,2) ="ZZ" and right(A:A,2)="CA" and mid(A:A,3,1)=4 I'm trying to sum values in column B if:

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Tried using sumproduct but no sucess!

A: This formula should work for you:
=SUMIF(A:A,"ZZ4*CA",B:B)

A: Found it:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEFT(A1:A10,2)="ZZ"),--(RIGHT(A1:A10,2)="CA"),--(MID(A1:A10,3,1)="4"),B1:B10)
However not sure why "--" is needed before each array

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Gray tosses 6 strong innings, Rockies beat…
Gray tosses 6 strong innings, Rockies beat Pirates 6-2
David Zalubowski
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl works against the Colorado Rockies in the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jon Gray works against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
Colorado Rockies'' C.J. Cron connects for a solo home run off Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl in the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Michael Perez, left, tags out Colorado Rockies'' Dom Nunez to end the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
Colorado Rockies'' Joshua Fuentes reacts after flying out against Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl in the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
Pittsburgh Pirates'' Ben Gamel, left, congratulates Bryan Reynolds as he crosses home plate after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jon Gray in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
Colorado Rockies shortstop Brendan Rodgers, left, fields the throw as Pittsburgh Pirates'' Ke''Bryan Hayes steals second base in the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Michael Perez, front, tumbles after tagging out Colorado Rockies'' Dom Nunez as he tries to score on a single by pinch-hitter Yonathyan Daza in the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
Pittsburgh Pirates'' Bryan Reynolds connects for a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jon Gray in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Denver.
DENVER (AP) – Jon Gray tossed six strong innings in another solid outing for Colorado starters, and the Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Wednesday.
Garrett Hampson had four hits for the Rockies, who swept the three-game series and improved to 28-16 at home. Colorado is just 6-31 on the road.
A day after being no-hit by German Marquez for eight innings, the Pirates jumped on Gray for their first runs of the series. Adam Frazier led off the game with a triple, scored on a sacrifice fly and Bryan Reynolds hit his 14th homer for a quick 2-0 lead.
"I saw the first two pitches and then sold out for the heater," Reynolds said.
Gray (5-6) didn't give up another hit before leaving four a pinch-hitter in the sixth. He walked four — one intentional — hit a batter and struck out five to continue the strong run of outings by Colorado starters.
"A start like this is the ones I appreciate the most," Gray said. "You can be down three or four runs early on and you stretch it out to six innings, seven innings sometimes, our offense has a chance to catch up."
Gray needed 27 pitches to get through the third and worked around traffic in the fourth and fifth innings. He finished with 95 pitches, 52 for strikes.
"It says a little something about Jon's competitiveness, his ability to make pitches in certain parts of the game," manager Bud Black said. "We've seen him sharper but he battled through it. Jon deserved the 'W' in this one because he battled hard."
The three starters in the series combined to allow just two runs and six hits over 20 innings. Pittsburgh finished with only nine hits in the three games.
"We came into this series swinging the bats pretty well in St. Louis and did not swing the bats well this series at all," Pirates manager Derek Shelton said.
C.J. Cron led off the Colorado fourth with his 11th home run. The Rockies scored two more in the fifth off Pittsburgh starter Chad Kuhl (2-5).
A combined four hits in the sixth against relievers Chris Stratton and Sam Howard added two more runs and Colorado tacked on another in the seventh.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Pirates: INF Colin Moran was out of the lineup for the second straight game. He was hit by a pitch on the left wrist in Monday's game. … LHP Steven Brault (left lat strain) was slated to throw two innings of a simulation game in Bradenton, Florida, on Wednesday. … RHP Trevor Cahill (left calf strain) has resumed running.
Rockies: RHP Mychal Givens (back) is scheduled to throw in rehab games with Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday and Friday. … LHP Kyle Freeland, who left Monday's game with a tight right hamstring, was throwing on the field before the game.
BLISTER TROUBLE
Kuhl said he developed a blister during the game that impacted how he was able to pitch.
"Started bothering me in the fourth and it broke off in the fifth," Kuhl said. "I felt like I was throwing the ball well. Poor timing."
Kuhl scattered three hits over the first three innings but lost his command as the blister worsened.
"He was having some trouble gripping the ball and that's why we saw the command go away," Shelton said. "For the first three innings he was really good."
Black celebrated his 64th birthday on Wednesday. Black never pitched on his birthday in his 15-year major league career but is 8-3 as a manager on June 30th.
Pirates: RHP Wil Crowe (1-4, 6.50 ERA) opens a seven-game homestand when he faces the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night.
Rockies: RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-7, 4.76) takes the mound when Colorado faces St. Louis in Nolan Arenado's first trip to Coors Field since he was traded to the Cardinals in the offseason.
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The seeming folly of building on this vast scale along the arid coastline somehow prepares the visitor for an equally surreal sight—a light tank in the middle of the road. However, this is a sure sign that we have reached a point just over 100km from Alexandria and a mere 240km northwest of Cairo named El Alamein.
It was here that the armies of the European Axis Powers (Germany and Italy) and the Allies (represented by contingents from Britain, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Greece, and the Free French), struggled—between July 1st and November 5th, 1942—for mastery of North Africa. The battle of El Alamein proved to be one of the great turning points of WWII.
By July 1942, the 'Afrika Korps' (Panzerarmee) had driven the Allied troops to this last defensible position before the Suez Canal. By then, the situation was so desperate for the Allies that the Italian fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, had already crossed over to Italian Libya in preparation for a triumphal entry into Cairo.
Yet the British General Staff had long recognized the potential of the 'El Alamein Line' as the best position to defend Egypt. The desert narrowed here to a 60km gap, bounded by the Mediterranean to the north and by the high escarpments of the Qattara Depression to the south. There was no other practical route into Egypt.
Both of the opposing generals in the first battle of El Alamein between 1st and 27th July—Claude Auchinleck and Erwin Rommel—were something of outsiders. Unlike his peers in the British army, Auchinleck was a career Indian Army officer who had seen service in the Great War in Mesopotamia, the Northwest Frontier, and Egypt. He knew the ground. His opponent, Erwin Rommel, unlike many of the officers at his rank, had not come from a great military or other high status German family. Yet, his service on the Western Front in WWI had shown him to be intelligent, brave, bold, and resourceful. Promotion had followed.
However, Rommel had a major character flaw: recklessness. A high rate of tank mobility was not matched by an equal care for extending air cover over progress made, and the depredations of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force along the Afrika Korps's supply lines meant that it did not, in fact, have enough fuel to reach Alexandria.
After three days of intense and confused fighting, it became clear that Auchinleck had managed to turn defeat into victory. The Afrika Korps was stranded in the desert without the resources to go forward or back.
By July 21st, the Panzerarmee had lost 70% of its soldiers and 85% of its armor. Yet, despite three major attempts, the Allied Eighth Army failed to destroy it.
As a result, the abrasive, tough and ruthless Bernard Montgomery, replaced Auchinleck, who had little political capital at home. Montgomery had learned his craft on the Western Front, and was consequently more prepared to accept substantial losses. He also possessed the political support to be able to stockpile sufficient resources over time to conduct a First World War style war of attrition.
When Montgomery launched the second battle of El Alamein on October 23rd, 1942—using a plan which had been originally formulated, ironically, by Auchinleck in August—he had twice as many soldiers, three times as many aircraft, and four times as many medium tanks as the Afrika Korps.
The final act—Operation Supercharge—continued through November 2nd and 3rd, and after November 4th Rommel had no option but to order a full-scale withdrawal in order to try to save the shattered remnants of the Afrika Korps.
After so many defeats, the turn in the tide in British fortunes and morale at home represented by the successful conflict at El Alamein seemed unforgettable, yet only a few years later it seemed only one of many milestones on the victory road. Perhaps, El Alamein's true importance in hindsight—as one historian has put it—was that it enabled the British Empire to begin to go out with a little bit more of a bang than a whimper.
All that remains on the ground at El Alamein are the memorials to the fallen, and a vast complex of fortifications, trenches and diggings—most of it remaining inaccessible and under the care of the Egyptian Army, not least because of the risk of unexploded ordnance.
However, there are plans to develop an El Alamein Battlefield Historic Park, which would, in the end, be a suitable tribute to the forces who fought here, and to a major turning point in the struggle for North Africa, and the Second World War.


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QNET Scores Three Big Wins At 2021 MarCom Awards
QNET was declared a double-Platinum winner at the 2021 MarCom Awards. We came out on top in the Social Engagement and Mobile App categories. We also won a Gold award in the Viral Marketing category, and gained an honourable mention for our QNET's Commitment to Creating a Sustainable World video. QNET stood out from among 6000 entries from the United States, Canada and 39 other countries. This is our second time being recognised at the MarCom awards where QNET had previously won two golds.
What Is the 2021 MarCom Awards?
MarCom Awards is a highly respected creative competition that recognises outstanding achievements from companies all over the world. Their judging panel includes some of the biggest industry professionals and so are unbiased and fair to every entrant. They are on the lookout for work whose standard of excellence is like no other and therefore is setting the benchmark for the industry. Among the 2021 MarCom winners are several international creative agencies as well as Fortune 500 companies. This year's winners include 3M, AIG, Mastercard, PepsiCo and Amazon Science, among others.
QNET's Platinum MarCom Awards
QNET was crowned Platinum winners in two categories at the 2021 MarCom Awards. Platinum is the highest honour at this creative competition, and we're thrilled to be recognised for our QNET Mobile App which won under the App for Business category. Our amazing QNET 22nd Anniversary social media coverage – QNET Stronger Than Ever – also won Platinum. The campaign was recognised for its excellence in social engagement, and included throwbacks to QNET's 22-year history, our AR camera effects for the anniversary, as well as our virtual birthday celebrations and Aspire Anniversary Edition.
QNET's Gold MarCom Awards
QNET and HomePure's World Water Day campaign was a Gold Winner at the 2021 MarCom Awards. We were given gold for our #BottleSelfieChallenge that raised awareness on some very important environmental issues. We were recognised in the Viral Marketing Campaign, a credit to our distributors and corporate influencers who made this possible!
QNET's Commitment To Creating A Sustainable World
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We have now won a total of 33 international Awards this year. Join us in celebrating this fantastic news!
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Serena Williams, who has won 23 tennis Grand Slams, has revealed via her Instagram (which has had over 22,000 likes) that she set up a Venture Capital fund in 2014, which has Coinbase as one of its investments.
Coinbase is a US-based Cryptocurrency exchange which was established in 2012. It has over 13 Million accounts, making it the largest Digital Exchange globally and, following its last $300million fund-raise, was valued at $8 Billion.
However, Serena would appear not to be alone, as there has been an increase in the amount invested in Crypto assets as the chart indicates.
According to Crypto Fund research, there are more than 750 different funds which invest in Crypto assets and have been set up as either Crypto Hedge funds or Crypto Venture capital funds. The value of the assets that these funds managed at the beginning of 2019 was $10 Billion which, despite the poor performance during 2018, was $3.5 Billion more than the start of 2018.
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re-write the front page text so certain key-words like "risk", "strategy game" or "play online" are mentioned more often and connected to each other. You can also mention some key-words as titles or mention them in the url. That should also prop up the Google Ranking of the website concerning those specific words.
make sure the homepage and website instructions, rules, etc. can also be found in different languages. This should enhance the probability of non native english speaking people to find the website.
there are websites with lists of online games. make sure CC gets mentioned on the list. With some of 'm you can even get on top of the list if by voting system.
Funkyterrance wrote: I started playing CC because a coworker showed me at work as well.
I can't show CC to a coworker; my corporate web filter considers CC a vile game site and blocks it.
13552, can someone stop these fall?
qwert wrote: 13552, can someone stop these fall?
Nope, but I can make it fall a little more hehe, I bring you..........13530!!
13528, going down..tip for the site owner. Get a new dice generator, random.org is just to streaky and not even close to real dice.
Agent 86 wrote: 13528, going down..tip for the site owner. Get a new dice generator, random.org is just to streaky and not even close to real dice.
Ah yes, but it is streaky random..that's the problem. If I start rolling and start winning I win by a lot and now I stop if I start losing, tip for those that keep rolling you will lose more. It is a problem and encountered by many..atmospheric noise, yeah really random thought that one Now, are there better random dice generators based on different principles.. yes. Are they right, well we should give it a try in Beta or if not many frustrated customers. There is a pattern emerging and I've looked into how random.org choose their numbers and there are some very good critics with even more knowledge than myself who feel the same way. Now of course you will get strange happenings with real dice but not as often as this so called random.org generator does.
My 2 cents, and that is all I will say because everyone has to use random.org and make of it as they will. CC declining can be for many different reasons, dice may just be one of them.
Oh and don't be silly SirSebastar making conqueror has nothing to do with dice but choosing to play a particular map over and over thus manipulating the scoreboard. You are aware of another thread I presume which talks about who the true conquerors of this site are.
Do I want to this? no. It would be so boring And if one wants to do this, they are then called all sorts of things ( cheater comes to mind ) or simply manipulator of a complex map.
Eventually, all that will remain is we few idiots here on the fora.
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BGtheBrain wrote: I dont care if the # goes from 15000 to 14000 and we lose 1000 NR who didnt like it, but if we lose 1000 premiums... thats bad.
CC needs to further diversify itself by making it self stand out and the more options it adds the better it will do so. Right now the game play settings are stagnant and could benefit from utilizing some of the great ideas being thrown around in suggestions. Unfortunately there are rank and file members that advocate hard against any changes even if means nothing would be lost and only gained. This site is awesome but if some dramatic changes do not happen soon it may end up another dead site flooded with nothing but ads and spam.
Fazeem wrote: Unfortunately there are rank and file members that advocate hard against any changes even if means nothing would be lost and only gained.
Unfortunately, as you say, this is true but I think the reason these people do this is because they have been wanting certain updates for ages and don't want any attention drawn away from the suggestion that they want implemented. It's somewhat selfish but in a way you can't really blame them. There are only so many resources to go around.
Then again there are some players who are just old and crusty and generally contrary.
I'm willing to bet we'll sink below 10k sometime during the summer.
and again will try to sell same old reason why are this happend "people going to holidays, so its will come back after"
these tell when was 20000 players, and 15000, im just curios when will this people come back from this infinitive holidays?
I remember posting this almost a year ago. Let's just say things haven't gotten better since hah.
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QCWA is also hosting the members-only Worked 75/75 Members Contest from December 5, 2022, through February 18, 2023. The contest encourages QCWA members to contact a minimum of 75 QCWA members during the contest period. All contest entrants will receive a special certificate.
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Low-income Arizona families in need of affordable health insurance for their children can begin receiving coverage in September under a new plan offering relief for the working poor.
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After a contentious hearing that lasted more than five hours Monday, the Senate and House's health committees approved a proposal to expand the scope of practice of advanced practice nurses and allow them to have, in specific instances, the same privileges as physicians.


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Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models
O'Hare, Colin and Li, Youwei (2014): Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models. Forthcoming in: ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B. Mechanical Engineering
In recent years the issue of life expectancy has become of upmost importance to pension providers, insurance companies and the government bodies in the developed world. Significant and consistent improvements in mortality rates and hence life expectancy have led to unprecedented increases in the cost of providing for older ages. This has resulted in an explosion of stochastic mortality models forecasting trends in mortality data in order to anticipate future life expectancy and hence quantify the costs of providing for future ageing populations. Many stochastic models of mortality rates identify linear trends in mortality rates by time, age and cohort and forecast these trends into the future using standard statistical methods. These approaches rely on the assumption that structural breaks in the trend do not exist or do not have a significant impact on the mortality forecasts. Recent literature has started to question this assumption. In this paper we carry out a comprehensive investigation of the presence or otherwise of structural breaks in a selection of leading mortality models. We find that structural breaks are present in the majority of cases. In particular, where there is a structural break present we find that allowing for that improves the forecast result significantly.
Mortality; stochastic models; forecasting; structural breaks
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C51 - Model Construction and Estimation
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C52 - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C53 - Forecasting and Prediction Methods ; Simulation Methods
G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G22 - Insurance ; Insurance Companies ; Actuarial Studies
G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G23 - Non-bank Financial Institutions ; Financial Instruments ; Institutional Investors
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J11 - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
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If the 2018 box office performs better than Wall Street predicted, it might be because of MoviePass.
The monthly movie ticket subscription company claims to account for 6% of the domestic box office.
The 2018 box office is up 4.6% from this time last year.
However, the number of tickets sold isn't spiking — it's the same number as this time last year, which ended up being a 25-year low in the US.
If the movie industry has a solid year at the box office, it might be because of MoviePass.
The monthly movie ticket subscription company boasts that it currently accounts for 6% of the domestic box office, and with the 2018 box office currently up 4.6% from this time last year, one analyst believes it could be partly due to a MoviePass bump.
"We believe that at least some of the better-than-expected 2018 year-to-date box office has been driven by MoviePass," RBC Capital Markets analyst Leo Kulp wrote in a note to clients on Monday.
At the beginning of the year, Wall Street was concerned how the movie business would shape out in 2018, as fewer sequels were scheduled to be released and there isn't a "Star Wars" release in December (as in previous years).
But with massive successes like "Black Panther" and "Avengers: Infinity War" in the first half of the year, there seems to be more hope about 2018. And it seems the popularity of MoviePass should get some credit. But how long will this good thing go on for?
Stock of MoviePass's owner, Helios and Matheson Analytics, dropped over 30% during trading on Tuesday following the company's update on its cash and deposits, and losses. One thing that stood out was that HMNY is averaging a cash deficit of about $21.7 million a month since September, though the company did note that some tweaks to the MoviePass app and service led to a reduction of "more than 35%" in its cash deficit during the first week of May.
However, AMC Theaters chief executive Adam Aron gave a glimpse of how much MoviePass has to dish out each month to pay for the discounted tickets its subscribers order. Aron told analysts on a conference call Monday night that MoviePass, in April, paid an average of $12.02 per ticket to the movie chain. He also revealed that MoviePass users went to the movies an average of 2.75 times.
"Now, I took the calculator out and I multiplied 2.75 times $12.02 and I got to a number that was considerably larger than $9.95," Aron said on the call, referring to MoviePass' monthly subscription cost.
And despite the numerous releases that are breaking box office records so far this year, the estimated number of tickets sold to date compared to this time last year is dead even at 449.5 million, according to the National Association of Theatre Owners. That's not a good sign, as last year ended with ticket sales at a 25-year low in the US.


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NFL News: Giants Pull Off Weekend's Biggest Upset
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. For the Jets, Jaguars, and Broncos, all Sunday provided was another loss on that side of the ledger. All three teams had second-half leads against superior opponents in which they were heavy underdogs, but all three failed to come out on top despite covering their respective spreads.
And then there's the Giants. Left for dead as double-digit road dogs playing with a backup quarterback, Big Blue pulled off the biggest upset on the Sunday slate, shocking the Seattle Seahawks 17-12. Once 1-7, the Giants have reeled off four straight wins to climb atop the NFC East, having already beaten the Washington Football Team twice, their closest rival in the division.
Seattle Slip-Up
The loss, their first home setback of the season, dropped the Seahawks to 8-4, still tied for the best record in the NFC West. However, by virtue of their loss to the Rams, Los Angeles owns the tiebreaker, which bumps them to the No. 3 seed in the NFC playoff chase, sliding Seattle to the No. 5 spot. The Rams and Seahawks will face each other again, this time inside SoFi Stadium, in Week 16 in a game with significant playoff implications.
Once the clear-cut favorite to win his first NFL MVP award, Seahawks' QB, Russell Wilson, has slipped to a distant third behind Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. According to the odds, Wilson was already third entering Week 13, but his lackluster performance Sunday widened that gap even further. The league's top offense was stymied by a scrappy defense that forced Wilson into two more turnovers and not allowing an offensive touchdown until late in the fourth quarter.
New York Swagger
Colt McCoy started in place of the injured Daniel Jones and was far from spectacular, only throwing for 105 yards; however, the strength of their rushing attack was enough. The Giants rushed for more than 100 yards for the seventh straight game, led by Wayne Gallman, who eclipsed the 100-yard mark for the first time in his career. Alfred Morris was the perfect complement to Gallman, scoring two touchdowns on the afternoon - both in the third quarter - to give New York the lead. Safety Jabril Peppers pointed to the team's confidence for pulling off the upset.
"The team had a different swagger about them, had a different juice about them today because we know we played our brand of football," Peppers said. "We know we can shock a lot of people."
McCoy, a long-time veteran, sounded like a kid in a candy store expressing what the win meant to him.
"I talked to the guys, Coach Judge had me break down the team at the end. I just told them how proud I was to be a part of this, to be with this group of guys," McCoy said. "That's special to me. I love the game of football. I've been playing for 11 years, and I'm fortunate to still be playing."
5-0?
The Seahawks led the game at halftime, 5-0, after a first-quarter field goal and a blocked punt in the second that resulted in a safety. It was the first time a first half ended with that score since 2013 when the Seahawks led the 49ers.
Seattle gets another dose of New York next week when they host the Jets, while the Giants hope for more NFC West good fortune when they welcome the Cardinals to MetLife.


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Consumer Behavior in Jetstar's Japanese and Australian Transport Markets
Consumer behavior is one of the many variables that marketers take into consideration. This essay elaborates on different theories of consumer behavior and the comparison of their impacts on the Japanese airline industry as compared with their Australian counterparts. Jetstar will be our example as an airline company that operates from Australia to Singapore and Japan. Jetstar is reportedly planning to enter the competitive Japanese domestic market by engaging in joint ventures with local Japanese investors (The Japan Times, 2011). This forms the core focus of this paper, to establish the challenges that they may face resulting from the situation of Japan in terms of consumer behavior. The theories that this essay will focus on are attitude, brand loyalty and brand equity.
Consumer Attitude
Consumer attitudes in the airline industry mainly encompasses the questions that passengers ask themselves as they make choices of booking planes, and looking for more reliable services during their flight. Some customers may prefer online booking while others will prefer offline booking. Some customers who prefer faster and more reliable services may be frustrated whenever they feel that the services offered aren't reliable and fast enough.
Travel behavior is significantly influenced by self congruity and functional congruity (Claiborne & Joseph 1990 pg1-7). This book refers to self congruity as the closeness between the tourist destination and the tourist's personality including: self image, social status and ideals. On the other hand, functional congruity is referred to as the match between the functional attributes of the place and the expectations of the tourists. These two factors affect air travel in Japan considering the fact that tourism makes a significant percentage of passengers though there are also a significant number of passengers travelling for business ventures and other personal issues. The book also elaborates on the hypothesis that self congruity has a significant influence on functional congruity.
Following the classification of attitudes by Schiffman and Kanuk (2007, page 7), consumers' attitudes may be classified into the following functions: utilitarian, ego defensive, value expressive and knowledge functions. Utilitarian function relates to the brand helpfulness while ego defensive refers to the sense of security that drives customers' attitudes. Attitudes arising from knowledge function refer to the desire of the customers to understand certain concepts. On the other hand, value expression function is connected to the customer's status, lifestyle and personal values in general.
According to (Journal of Air Transport Management March 2011), Jetstar customers have been complaining of paying an extra 270 dollars for excess baggage and this seems not to please their customers. Travel cancellation was also a common thing by the year 2009 and most customers developed a negative attitude towards Jetstar. Other customers have been complaining of excess delays in the booking process and this creates a negative customer attitude towards the company's operations.
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This essay will look at brand loyalty in terms of consumer behavior. Some theorists define it as under consumer attitude and they use the example of brand preference as an example of how consumers' attitude affects marketing. When consumers develop loyalty to a particular brand, it forms the foundation for a growing and a stable market share (Grubb & Hupp, 1968 page 58). Brand loyalty being the most valuable product of consumer learning, it leads to repeat purchase where consumers trust a particular brand and always come to buy it whenever they need products of such categories.
Brand loyalty is developed through instrumental conditioning that is achieved when consumers purchase goods and discover that the goods are satisfactory (Grubb E & Grathwol 1967 pg 22). This will make them to come back when they are in need of it again. Some studies show that most brand loyal customers are older and they earn higher income. Other scholars believe that consumer who have strong bid to solve a problem end up developing strong brand preference and therefore enhancing brand loyalty (Grubb & Stern 1971 pg 382). More information from these journals will be discussed under the following subheading to show how they affect the Japanese and Australian transport industry and especially Jetstar airline company.
Taking the case of Jetstar, most customers recognize the company for its long time play in the Australian aviation market. Despite of Jester being recognized, there are other big players in the Australian aviation market that makes it very difficult for any particular company to win customer loyalty. These competitors include the virgin blue, Qantas and Tiger airways which are all large and preferable companies. The reason why it is difficult for any of these companies to win customer loyalty is because of their close competition and all of them trying to win the customers attention. The end result is that customers will keep shifting from one company to another to feel some little difference in their travel style (Anna K, Tommi L, 2012).
Brand equity is the value that a company derives from a brand name that is trusted by customers. Just like the way Panam airways is trusted by most customers for long experience of safe and timely flights, that is the way customers develop a strong faith in certain brand names. New upcoming companies often try to buy brand names of established companies in order attract customers' faith in their new products (Journal of Brand Management, 2007). Brand equity and brand loyalty go together. Brand equity leads to brand loyalty which stabilizes the market share and increases a company's profits.
Jetstar has goodbrand equity and is reportedly planning to enter the Japanese domestic airline market. This is quite challenging if we consider the fact that the Japanese domestic market is a closed market (Schiffman, L. Et.al 2001). The brand equity of the two major Japanese airline companies has led to customers' loyalty and any intrusion from outside will not be easy. According to this journal, the two major airlines in Japan; All Nippon and Japan Airlines are considering to lower transport charges to increase consumer loyalty. Every one of these major players is straggling to improve their brand equity by amending their price policies, product policy and communication policy (Kevin E. V Et.al, 2003).
Consumer Behavior in Japan's Transport Sector
Transport in Japan has always been a center of attraction to private investors due to the large number of passengers travelling from one city to another and also in and out of the country. The infrastructure of Japan is highly developed with roads and high speed trains being the most dominant means of transportation. Roads make 1.2 kilometer network stretches within the country and are the main means of transportation in Japan (transport statistic handout of Japan, page 14)
Several Japanese railway companies also compete in domestic and regional transport market. Since Japanese customers are very strict on punctuality, high speed trains companies compete by improving on their time consciousness to attract customers. Some of the most dominant competitors in this industry are: Kintetsu Corporation, Seibu Railway, and Keio Corporation among other big players in the industry (The Japan Times, 2011). This article from The Japan Times also states that the average delay per train on the Tokaido Shinkansen Company is always an estimate of six seconds.
Air transport in Japan also attracts a big market both domestically and internationally. In 2012, Japan had a total of ninety eight airports with three main international gateways (Neal & Hawkins, 2002). According to the Yomiuri newspaper of China, Jetstar approached Japan's ministry of transport to seek approval to form joint ventures with the local Japanese market. Though Jetstar's spokesman could not comment on that statement but Jetstar has been talking about its intention to form joint ventures with other Airlines in Asia to make it one of the fastest growing Airline markets in the world (Japan association of travel Agents report, 2002).
Honey moon travel in Japan shoed remarkable improvement in the year 2002 (JATA survey report, 2012). The following graph shows Japan's air travel trends between 2001 and 2002.
The above graph shows a high percentage of seniors travelling by air, followed by middle aged, honey moon, business, family, young women and incentives being the last in terms of highest figures recorded.
Four years later, the Japanese airline market had drastically changed and according to the report written by JATA. The trips considered in this survey were those heading to Europe, china, Hawaii and other Asian countries. All member companies were asked to participate in the survey and the results were as follows:
The above graph shows a general decline in the trend of customers travelling in and out of Japan. The number of people travelling for honey moon had the highest decline followed by incentives and the rest were fairly constant.
After four years again, there were changes in the number of individuals travelling for different purposes as demonstrated by the graph below.
The number of people travelling on honey moon drastically improved compared to 2006. The seniors remain the highest numbers of travelers followed by business. This is despite the fact that there was a slight decline in the two over a couple of months while the rest showed a drastic improvement.
The main competitors in the Japanese airline industry are: Delta Airlines. Inc, Jetstar, Singapore Airlines limited and All Nippon Airways Co.ltd among others. The All Nippon is the biggest player from within Japan. Though it has developed its brand to highly competitive standards, it steals faces competition from Jetstar which operates in three countries; Australia, Singapore and Japan (Country report: Air transport in Japan 2012 pg 62).This competition does not affect the Japanese local market which is dominated by All Nippon and other Japanese Companies.
Consumer trend in the Japanese airline market is constantly rising up to the year 2011 when the catastrophic blast altered the trend a little. It picked up again during the year 2012 ( Country report: Air transport in Japan 2012 pg 62).The general trend up to date is still rising as more people keep flowing in and out of Japan every day.
Consumer behavior in Australia
Australia has a very wide diversity of consumers ranging from gender, ethnicity, ages, education, marital status, interests and preferences among many others (Lawson, R.Et.al, 1996). Demography is the major difference between the Australian consumers. The wise diversity of consumers in Australia leads to target marketing as a result of wide variety of needs and wants of the Australian people (Linda. D. H. 2012).The same concept applies to the Airline market in this county. There is a wide diversity of travelers and with different travelling needs. This is the major reason why Australia came up with what is known as consumer oriented legislation to take care of the issues affecting consumers. According to (Linda. D. H. 2012 ), this is further facilitated by the consumer association website which they named "the magazine of choice".
Through examination of the behavior of passengers in Australia, it was very difficult to capture the interest of the Australian of all the varietyy of Australian passengers due to mixed understanding. The study done by (Australian Air Transport Management, March 2011) also found that the effectiveness of aeroplane cabin safety is generally weak in the airline industry as a whole. Social norms that are disgracing together with poor perceptions about relevance of things also were found to inhibit communication effectiveness.
The study also found that the passengers' level of awareness about the required safety standards were generally down. Very few passengers were found to pay attention to the announcements made by the crew. The safety video and video cards were also found to be ignored by many Australian passengers. All these behaviors do not necessarily indicate the negative attitude of the Australian passengers towards cabin safety but ignorance and carelessness. This is according to the response of many passengers when they were asked if they thought it was important to observe the cabin safety measures. Most of them admitted that observation of cabin safety measures was indeed important.
On the side of Jester, the Qantas group has a number of strategies including, ensuring that Jetstar captures the Asian Boom of leisure air travel at when cost are reduced (Antonio, 2009). This shows how the Asian market is similar to the Australian market in terms of sensitivity to price changes.
According to Antonio (2009), Australian passengers like to be entertained and thus why Jetstar considered installing ipads behind the seats of their jets and hence Jetstar became the first Airline Company in the world to use technology tailored by the apple community. Generally there is a big difference between the Japanese airline market and the Australian market in terms of demand and customer perceptions and attitudes towards leisure travel and need for entertainment. It is this kind of efficiency that Jester has adopted that makes it believe that there is still an opportunity in the Japanese domestic market.
How It Provides Market Opportunity to Australian Exporters
The airline industry in Australia is facing stiff competition in which service delivery is the key to success. According to (Taylor, 2006 ), today's customer have got a great desire to settle for nothing less than good service delivery from the booking of airline ticket to the conduct of airline employees.
The presence of stiff competition among the major Australian airline companies makes the customer reap benefits that results from reduction in transportation charges. All the players in this tough completion try to enhance flexibility in their operations by enhancing communication channels for easier inquiry and booking by customers (Antonio, 2009). Service recovery and customer treatment is one of the most sensitive areas that both Jetstar and Virgin blue have been trying to improve on.
This is the perfect opportunity for Australian exporters to take advantage and maximize their export business. According to Antonio's article, Virgin blue has tried to implement its strategies of service recovery and once instance occurred in 2007 when three hundred flights were cancelled left Australian travelers stranded for forty eight hours at the airport. Virgin blue immediately recovered the cancelled flights and in the next few hour, all the stranded passengers were relocated into other planes.
With this kind of competitive environment, the exporters of Australia are lucky and they have a chance to access lower transport charges and more efficient services. This will more so benefit the exporters of highly perishable commodities like horticultural product and the meat exporters.
How Jetstar Provides Information to Customers in order to Change Their Behavior
Jetstar's target market is a low cost carrier and it has been providing services to customers who could never afford air travel in their life time. Though customers may complain at times about the charges for excess luggage, it is still cheaper than most of its competitors. Though Jetstar was ranked in 2009 as the third largest commercial aviation company in the Australian domestic market, it provided sixteen percent of the services in the domestic in 2006 and slightly improved in the year 2009.For Jetstar to compete Qantas and Virgin blue, it has come up with a strategy that will allow their customers to access their services in a number of ways. Some of these strategies include the use of travel agents, online booking services, online agents and Jetstar outlets (Antonio, 2009). Jetstar has also considered increasing the number of customer destinations in recent years. The negative reputations that Jestar had in the past is slowly changing due to improved communication with their customers through website, newspaper and the jester magazine.
The Jetstar magazine, advertisements on the newspaper and their official website is aimed at mobilizing their customers about their new plans for market differentiation which includes geographic and demographic segmentation. The company believes that this strategy will give it an upper hand against its competitors (Ginestra, 2006 pg. 11). This communication strategy is also aimed at informing their customers about the new discounts that are being offered in order to attract more customers. According to an article written by Julian Ginestra from the Adelaide advertiser on the 11th may 2011, Jetstar's market share improved since 2006 due to the effectiveness of its new marketing strategies.
In conclusion, there are differences in the way the theories of consumer behavior apply in Japan and Australia and especially with reference to Jetstar Airline Company. The differences arise from the demographical structure of these two countries and the general consumers' preferences and differences in attitudes as a result of diversity of cultures and believe.
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Dapto Receives $10,000 Upgrade
Thursday 12th June 2008 9:53 am. Kevin Pitstock
Outgoing Dapto Greyhound Club Secretary/Manager Wayne Billett has welcomed a $10,000 grant from the State Government to improve showground facilities.
The grant, which will be used to upgrade the toilet and amenities block, is part of a $2 million package available to race clubs after equine influenza.
"We are delighted that our application received a positive response," Billett said. "We have been improving facilities for punters here over the past couple of years and the new toilets are the next step in the process."
Minister for Gaming and Racing Graham West said he hoped the grant would "build a stronger future" for Dapto dogs.
Meanwhile, the search for a replacement for Mr Billet continues.
Wayne Billet announced his resignation from his long held position with the club last month to further pursue his managerial career at the Dandaloo Hotel.
The club is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified Secretary Manager to oversee the Dapto A & H Society and Dapto Greyhound Racing Club overall operations. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Secretary Manager will be responsible for the management of all the complex's overall operations.
Applications are set to close with the club tomorrow, Friday 13th June 2008.


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