Case Study: Singer Carpet Corp.
When Singer Carpet Corp. was founded in the late '70s, the concept of sales agency software was foreign to most sales agencies. They made due with paper records and rudimentary reports. Singer knew there must be a better way.
When Mark Singer, President of Singer Carpet, learned of a software solution built specifically for manufacturers' sales agencies, he knew he wanted in and became an early adopter.
Today as a user of dynaMACS, he has a tool for analyzing agency sales, tracking commissions and paying reps. Whereas in the past the only data available was stacks of paper commission statements, today the agency has easily accessible, organized information that can be sorted and filtered for detailed information. With valuable insight into how the agency is performing, Singer says he is able to see the business in ways that without sophisticated software simply weren't possible.
"dynaMACS makes my life easier. I always know how the business is performing year-over-year," Singer explains.
Singer sometimes brings reports with him when he visits customers, so he can share real numbers that enable him to have strategic and productive discussions with customers.
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GlobalView is a new analytical concept developed by dynaMACS and is unique to dynaMACS Software. Users now have the ability to view all Customer/Manufacturer relationships on a single screen. Prior to this unique feature, users had to drill down from either Customers or Manufacturers to see these records. Now users can easily and quickly slice and dice these Customer/Manufacturer relationship records on a single screen enabling them to analyze where they are up or down.
When selecting the GlobalView tab dynaMACS will automatically display the "Top" 20% of the customer/manufacturer records based on the user default sort column.
The Selector Section is used to determine what records to display in the GlobalView list. The selector options are described below.
Top = This is the default option when first displaying the GlobalView tab and by default the top 20% of all records will be displayed. This number may be overridden. For example, if you want the top 10 customer/manufacturer relationships to be displayed, enter "10" in the field next to the Selector field.
All = As the name implies, all records will be displayed when this option is selected.
New = When selecting New you have the option to see new This Month or new This YTD.
AutoRefresh is on when the auto button appears purple in color. Sorting on a column will reload the records based on the selection criteria for that column. AutoRefresh is off when the auto button appears grey in color. Sorting on a column will sort the existing records on the values in that column.
Refresh button will reload based on the selection criteria for the sorted column.
The performance data is stored in dynaMACS by Manufacturer/Customer/Sales Rep. In GlobalView, the names for these entities are displayed on each row of the list.
The performance values shown in GlobalView are consistent with the other views in Sales IQ.
Totals = This number represents the total number of records in the database. If a filter is used, this number will reflect the number of records in the filtered database.
Selected = Based on the selection criteria used at the top of the list, this will show the number of selected records. To the left of the record count is the percent value for the selected records as a percent of the total records.
All Others = Based on the selection criteria used at the top of the list, this will show the number of records "not selected". To the left of the record count is the percent value for the not selected records as a percent of the total records.
Totals = The performance values totals shown in GlobalView are consistent with the other view in Sales IQ.
Selected = These totals represent the performance value totals based on the selection criteria used at the top of the list.
All Others=These totals represent the performance value totals based on the selection criteria used at the top of the list for records "not selected".
Sharp Incentives' previous sales agency software was difficult to use and required great effort to understand how to navigate to the data the agency was looking for. Sharp Incentives President Tasha Sharp says, "It wasn't intuitive. I had to spend time figuring out how to get to the information I needed, which was time-consuming." Sharp wanted easy, fast and accurate software.
When she saw dynaMACS' user friendly interface and the ease with which she could quickly see customer, manufacturer and rep data, Sharp happily made the switch.
With dynaMACS, Sharp Incentives gains valuable insight into the business. "It's robust," she says. "You can instantly view data the way you want it." Sharp is reaping the benefits of having complete sales and commission information at her disposal. "I've learned so much about my business.
Sometimes, what dynaMACS uncovers is surprising. "You might think a particular customer is your most lucrative based on sales. But actually, their commission rate is lower than another customer who buys less but at a higher average commission rate, and they turn out to be your best customer. It's an eye-opener." Sharp gets reports on agency commissions, broken down by sales rep, manufacturer and customer commissions..
To make accessing data even easier, Sharp uses dynaMACS on the cloud. Information is always the most recent available and it is accessible anytime, from anywhere on any device: tablet, smartphone or laptop. She's not tied to the office when she needs information.
E.H. & Associates had built a custom sales tracking software using Microsoft Access. But the agency had to continually re-write the program to update or add features. The software wasn't keeping pace with E.H. & Associates' business, says Vice President Barry Karlson.
"We needed software designed for sales agencies with features and functionalities that would help us operate more efficiently," Greg Baumker, President, says. In addition, Karlson says E. H. & Associates also wanted to be unburdened from the time-consuming responsibility of managing the software.
By switching to dynaMACS, the agency uses software made specifically for manufacturers' sales agencies. E.H. & Associates now has the tools to see comprehensive data in ways that are useful, meaningful and tailored to agencies' distinct needs. The agency is able to focus on its core competency: sales.
"We have complete information about our customers, manufacturers and sales reps in a system that is easy to use, allows for growth and provides the information that we need to help us grow the business," says Office Manager Lori Pelzel.
E.H. & Associates also finds that sharing information with customers and manufacturers is extremely useful. "When I visit accounts, I pull up reports on my iPad," Karlson says. "They provide detailed sales and commission data." It's a great way to gain insight and lead the conversation regarding sales, business challenges and opportunities to sell other lines.
dynaMACS can help you make sales calls more efficiently by using the Sort Feature in the Sales Rep Viewer screen. You can access your customer and contact data sorting it by city, state, zip code, phone # or any column heading in the Sales Rep Viewer screen which will group your customers based on the heading that you sort on.
In the following example we will sort Customers by Zip Code for all of Jim Black's (JB) customers.
From the Sales Rep Viewer screen highlight the sales rep code.
Click on the column heading Zipcode. You will notice that all of the customers are now displayed in order by Zip Code.
The dynaMACS website, www.dynaMACS.com, has a library of "tips" which will help you with many process, setup, and reporting routines. We have recently added a search feature which will help you get to the appropriate information quickly.
From the main web page select the Previous Support Tips link on the right hand side of the web page.
From the dynaMACS Support Tips screen, enter the subject to search on and then select the Search button. In the following example we will use Transfer History as our search subject.
The Search Results screen will display any tips related to the search subject as seen below.
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If you would like to join the "Mekong Tourism Advisory Group (MeTAG)", first please apply to become a member of our Mekong Tourism Contributor Program, to be considered, and please send a message – with the subject line "MeTAG" – why you would like to be an active member of MeTAG, and what you bring to the table as it relates to GMS travel and tourism expertise.
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Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and leading psychoanalyst who founded an approach to the study of the unconscious which he called Analytical Psychology. In his early psychiatric work, Jung discovered a dimension of the psyche that functions in a universal, yet mysterious way – he saw that in dreams and fantasies, modern-day individuals were experiencing the same stories and psychological patterns that had been recorded in ancient myths, fairytales and religions. His curiosity and naturally empirical approach drove him to question why this would be, and that questioning brought about the birth of what we now call Jungian psychology. He named the universal dimension of the psyche the "collective unconscious," and recognized it as the source of our conscious lives. Through the extensive research which he carried out his whole lifetime, Jung laid the groundwork for an approach to psychological life that keeps us actively and creatively engaged in our own development and in the development of consciousness in the world, well beyond mid-life. In a culture that was increasingly looking to prolong youth, he taught us to value the nuances and changes of the aging process, which paradoxically allows us to maintain a connection to the youthful enthusiasm for life.
Timeline of Jung's life
Today, Jungian psychology is studied all over the world, and the International Association for Analytical Psychology has member organizations in many countries who train individuals to become Jungian Analysts. Even among people who don't know who Jung is, such Jungian terms as "collective unconscious,"archetype" and "shadow,"to name a few, are recognized and used in our everyday language. Because of his pioneering work with the unconscious, we are able to move just a little bit closer to the roots of our psychological lives and to experience the profound meaning which that closeness brings.
The C.G. Jung Society of Colorado was founded in 1976, and is dedicated to bringing lectures and other presentations related to Jungian psychology to the general public. Our lectures are held monthly during the academic year, and the cost is modest. We seek presenters who are Jungian analysts, psychotherapists, artists, teachers, religious leaders — people interested in sharing their experience of, and research in, this ever-expanding field of study. The lectures are aimed at a wide audience, all the way from the curious novice to the experienced Jungian analyst. Since its inception, the Jung Society board has been made up of individuals with an interest, indeed a passion, for Jung's ideas and those of modern Jungian theorists. We want to share that passion with our community.

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It was all captured by a taxi's dashboard camera.
On Wednesday, Uber rolled out a handful of its self-driving cars in San Francisco to be used by the public. Also on Wednesday, one of those cars ran a red light.
It's not totally clear how that happened or who is at fault, since the cars have a safety driver ready to take over as well as an additional engineer. But it is very clear that the robot car — a Volvo XC90 the company developed in collaboration with the automaker — ran a red light.
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Uber, unlike other companies operating self-driving cars on public roads in California, also hasn't applied for a permit from the DMV, as is typically required. But Uber's cars aren't technically self-driving just yet.
Uber's Volvos don't work without a operator in the driver's seat monitoring and partially controlling the car. The DMV isn't satisfied with that explanation, however.
"The California DMV encourages the responsible exploration of self-driving cars. We have a permitting process in place to ensure public safety as this technology is being tested. Twenty manufacturers have already obtained permits to test hundreds of cars on California roads. Uber shall do the same."
Update: The CA DMV sent Uber a letter demanding that the company stop operating its fleet of self-driving cars in SF or else they will pursue legal action.
We reached out to Uber for comment and will update when we hear back.


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Here are the first fruits of WildAx becoming part of a much larger pan-European organisation and the first British outpost of the French Rapido Group, which also owns manufacturers in Germany and Italy. It's the brand's first entry in the VW Transporter-sized campervan market and shares some of its design concept with the Dreamer Cap Land (see October 2018 issue). The elevating roof and the Type Approval for the travel seat were subject to a combined development effort with the French factory.
Where the new WildAx Triton differs from the Dreamer is in its lounge layout. While the Cap Land goes for a pullman-style dinette, its British in-house rival has a more open-plan arrangement but loses the possibility to access the vehicle from either side – at least in four-berth mode. The offside still has a second sliding door but you can't get in this way, though you can access some of the under-seat storage space.
So, there's a side-facing settee on the offside, a double forward-facing rear passenger seat on the nearside and a swivel cab seat. The driver's seat can rotate, too – as an option – if a fold-down handbrake is fitted. For a campervan of this size, it's a very spacious lounge area with a generous area of unobstructed floor in the centre – great if Fido is coming camping, too.
At night, the side settee slides out and flattens to create a double bed that's claimed to measure 1.83m by 1.30m. Infill cushions are required to complete the mattress and these are stored in the seat bases, so you'll need to check that there's enough room left for bedding, as well as bulky outdoor gear (boots, mains lead, levelling wedges, etc).
A further option is to remove the offside seat, thus reinstating twin door access, and leave it at home. Then, you'll have to sleep in the roof bed – said to be 1.90m by 1.20m – unless you're just using your Triton as a well-equipped day van.
Of course, this camper also has a rear tailgate. Lift that and you'll see a bench cassette toilet on the nearside and a small Vitrifrigo compressor fridge above a tambour doored cupboard on the offside. There's even a shower tray in the floor here – and a shower curtain that press-studs into place – but you'd have to sit down to hose yourself off. It's all part of WildAx's aim to provide a full motorhome-type spec in a campervan and you'll also note that a gas/electric Truma water heater is included as standard.
The kitchen, however, is more camper-style. There's no oven or grill here, just a two-burner hob that's part of a stainless-steel combination unit with the sink. Galley storage is good, though, with four large drawers and a recess for five bottles. And there's a very slim wardrobe between the travel seat and the loo. As ever, a campervan of this ilk cannot compare with a side kitchen layout in terms of storage capacity.
Other noteworthy features of the Triton include pleated blinds on the sliding doors' windows and a pleasing lack of carpet trim around the glazing. A mix of Ford OEM and bespoke WildAx finish results in a more polished overall look.
The demo' vehicle here was further enhanced by leather upholstery, fancy alloy wheels and an automatic gearbox but the starting price of £47,995 looks competitive. You'd certainly pay more for a VW-based equivalent campervan, but don't let badge snobbery rule the day, this latest Transit Custom is a good steer.


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If you have an Iphone, Passbook is a great way to store your boarding pass. Downloading the Airlines App, too, is a great way to keep track of the boarding pass, times, and gate number.
It can get cold on a flight. Carrying a sweatshirt is a necessity but also annoying because of its size. You can follow these simple steps to fold your sweatshirt and use it as a pillow, if you like.
These help increase blood circulation.
24 hours before your flight, airlines usually email you the option to check-in online. Always do this because even if you have luggage to check-in, they send you in a faster and shorter line. If you see curbside check-in, when pulling up to the airport, that's also great option.
Almost all airlines give you the option to choose your seating when booking your flight or after booking your flight. I usually choose bulkhead seats for long plane rides because of the leg room. However, there's always a chance you'll get stuck next to a crying baby because those seats allow for in-flight cribs. Choose wisely. You can also use Seat Guru, which is a really helpful app.
8. Try and fly out on red-eye and set your clock to the time of the destination that you are flying to.
Red-eye leaves at night and allows you to get over jet-lag quicker. If you fly to India from JFK directly at night, you'll arrive in India in the afternoon. Setting your clock to the destination's time will help you adjust better.
When looking for cheap flights, sites will often pick up on whether you've visited them before through your history browser and increase the price. Clear everything on your browser if you can. I usually use Cheapoair or Expedia to get the best rates.


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CURRENT STATUS OF THE DANGOTE REFINERY - No LPG Yet.
By Oluwabukola Jimoh ــ Last Update 16 January 2023
The Dangote Refinery is a 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) integrated refining and petrochemical project under construction in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, Nigeria. It is expected to be the largest oil refinery in Africa, and the plant's largest single-train facility is scheduled for completion in 2022/2023. The refinery will process a variety of light and medium grades of crude oil to produce clean Euro V grade fuels, including gasoline. and diesel, as well as jet fuel and polypropylene.
The refinery owned by Nigerian-based Dangote Group company is developing the project with an estimated investment of US$19 billion. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) of Nigeria has approved the acquisition of a 20% minority interest in the project by the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for US$2.76 billion in August 2021. It is expected that the refinery and petrochemicals will be integrated. The project will create 9,500 direct jobs and 25,000 indirect jobs.
Dangote Refinery Location, Site and Design Details
The refinery complex is being developed on a 2,635 ha site in the Lekki Free Zone near the Lekki Lagoon along the Atlantic Seaboard. The refinery's geographic location is ideal for facilitating the trans-shipment of refined petroleum products to international markets. Dangote built a jetty near the project site to accommodate heavy construction machinery. The oil refinery is designed to produce up to 50 million litres of gasoline and 15 million litres of diesel per day. It is also expected to produce 10.4 million tonnes (Mt) of gasoline, 4.6 million tonnes of diesel, and 4 million tonnes of jet fuel a year. It will also produce 0.69 million tonnes of polypropylene, 0.24Mt of propane, 32,000t of Sulphur, and 0.5Mt of carbon black feed a year.
As of last week, many News and media outlets reported that the refinery will commence operations on January 24, 2023. However, verified reports from Timilehin Oyedare of Dangote Group's Digital Communications Unit, Corporate Communications, confirmed that the reports of commissioning which was shared were false. Regardless the refinery is 97% complete with the Nigerian midstream and downstream petroleum regulatory authority (NMDPRA), otherwise referred to as 'The Authority' also confirms this. Farouk Ahmed, Chief of NMDPRA, disclosed this development when representatives of the Dangote refinery visited him in his office recently in Abuja, FCT, to present the work plan of the facility for 2022/2023.
Significance of the Refinery for the Nigerian Economy and Its LPG Industry
With an estimated 37 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, Nigeria is the second richest oil-rich country in Africa after Libya. However, Nigeria relies on imported refined fuel products due to a lack of domestic refining capacity. This refinery will double Nigeria's refining capacity and help meet the growing domestic demand for fuel while generating foreign exchange through exports. In terms of immediate benefits of the refining facility to the Nigerian energy consumers and LPG industry, the new refinery is expected to double the Nigerian refining capacity, and help in meeting the increasing demands for fuel and LPG, while providing cost and foreign exchange savings.
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Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce target timeframes for the determination of all applications to her Department.
This question was answered on 25th October 2021
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). These include how many Potential Victim of Trafficking cases have been received each year. The latest published NRM statistics can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.
Statistics prior to Q2 2019 were produced by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and can be found here: Publications - National Crime Agency
There is no target timeframe in which to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). A decision can only be made fairly and reasonably once sufficient information has been made available to the competent authority for it to complete the decision. When the competent authority has received sufficient information for it to complete a decision it should seek to do so.
This is done as soon as possible once a potential victim has been provided with a minimum of 45 calendar days of the recovery period they are eligible for, during which they may access the support and protections of the NRM. Timescales on individual decisions can vary according to the relative complexity of each case and on sufficient information being made available to the competent authority by the parties involved.
In the course of the last year the Single Competent Authority has been recruiting a significant number of new decision makers across the UK to increase capacity for NRM decision-making and bring down decision making timescales.
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Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain reveals his early drumming influences
Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain revealed his early drumming influences in an live webinar with Modern Drummer magazine, that also had Kiss drummer Eric Singer. The musician said he had a lot of pop, soul and blues influence.
Nicko McBrain said about his early drumming influences:
"I went through a pop phase when I was learning the Stones, the Beatles and Marvin Gaye. All those kind of guys. I was playing pop music, soul music and went into blues. And then, obviously, for my style, the music that I was playing in the late '60s, early '70s transferred into this kind of funk stuff. That was my main go-to what I loved to play. So my style came from all these genres of music."
"How I think really my style progressed was the bass players I played with. They were primarily funk players. And then when I played with Pat Travers, we had the great and wonderful 'Mars' Peter Cowling on bass. And that guy and I, we just clicked. 'Cause I had this funk side to me, and yet I also had a flamboyant side, which was a more percussive player, because there was only three of us.
The Iron Maiden drummer continued:
"My style really came from the bass players I was playing with and the music I was listening to at that time. But I still took that early feel that I had, 'cause I grew up listening to the greats in the '60s. It was '63 when I first really got into playing; I was 10 years old… That's where my influences came from those bands at that time."
Nicko McBrain replaced Clive Burr in Iron Maiden after the tour for the "Number of The Beast" album. Before the band he played with Pat Travers and french band Trust.
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This beautiful collection of hymns, both new and old, woven together by soaring instrumentals was composed, arranged, written and produced by David. Having poured himself even into the orchestrations, this truly feels like an opus. Set in the framework of a worship service that leads the listener through fellowship, surrender, praise, forgiveness, and hope, this one-of-a-kind project reminds us of a loving God, worthy of our praise. While it was designed as a complete project, one song and idea leading to the next, listeners will undoubtedly have their favorite piece on repeat. Don't miss the blessing of taking this journey of faith through hymns with us!


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The Purple Plain (1954)
1h 40min | Adventure, Drama, War | 26 November 1954 (Finland)
In WW2 Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.
Robert Parrish
H.E. Bates (novel), Eric Ambler (screenplay)
Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee, Win Min Than | See full cast & crew »
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Title: The Purple Plain (1954)
Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards. See more awards »
Night People (1954)
Adventure | Crime | Mystery
During the Cold War, an American soldier is abducted in West Berlin, sparking a recovery effort led by Colonel Steve Van Dyke.
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Stars: Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk
The Stalking Moon (1968)
A sympathetic retired army scout takes-in a white woman and her half-Apache son, not knowing that the boy's father, a murderous renegade Apache, is after them.
Director: Robert Mulligan
Stars: Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster
The Macomber Affair (1947)
Robert Wilson leads safaris on the Kenyan savanna. On this occasion, he takes Mr. and Mrs. Macomber out to hunt buffalo. The obnoxious ways of Margaret Macomber make the three of them get ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltan Korda
Stars: Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, Robert Preston
The World in His Arms (1952)
Action | Adventure | History
In San Francisco in 1850, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Stars: Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn
Only the Valiant (1951)
Adventure | Western
A despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an Indian attack on the fort.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Stars: Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond
The Bravados (1958)
Drama | Western
A man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town's jail, but they escape to Mexico.
Director: Henry King
Stars: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd
Days of Glory (1944)
Drama | Romance | War
A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Stars: Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
Certificate: Passed Comedy | Drama | War
In 1944, an Army doctor is in charge of a neuropsychiatric ward at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona, and he must deal with a variety of tough cases.
Director: David Miller
Stars: Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson
Boum sur Paris (1953)
Comedy | Musical
Director: Maurice de Canonge
Stars: Édith Piaf, Jacques Pills, Mick Micheyl
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Toward the end of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also struggling against alcoholism. Into his life comes the famous gossip columnist.
Stars: Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Albert
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
Stars: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March
Man with a Million (1954)
Comedy | Romance
As part of a bet, two aristocrats offer a penniless American a loan, without telling him that the amount is £1,000,000 in the form of a single banknote.
Director: Ronald Neame
Stars: Gregory Peck, Jane Griffiths, Ronald Squire
Complete credited cast:
Gregory Peck ... Squadron Leader Bill Forrester
Win Min Than ... Anna
Brenda de Banzie ... Miss McNab (as Brenda De Banzie)
Bernard Lee ... Dr. Harris
Maurice Denham ... Blore
Lyndon Brook ... Carrington
Anthony Bushell ... Group Captain Aldridge
Josephine Griffin ... Mrs. Bill Forrester
Ram Gopal ... Mr. Phang
After losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid, bomber pilot Forrester becomes a solitary killing machine, who doesn't care whether he dies. The reckless Canadian pilot is both admired and feared by the rest of his squadron in World War II Burma. The squadron physician is assigned to determine the embittered Bill Forrester's fitness for duty. To break through the nightmare-haunted man's wall of silence, the physician drives Forrester to visit an outpost of English-speaking refugees, which includes an alluring young Burmese woman. Written by David Stevens
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$2,000,000 (estimated)
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Color (Colour by) (Technicolor)
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The markings on the small model aircraft used in the crash scenes are different to the markings on the larger mock-up crashed aircraft. See more »
Squadron Leader Bill Forrester: After that, I didn't want to go on living. You'd think that would be easy enough in war but it didn't work. I wanted to die but I got medals instead.
Opening credits prologue: BURMA 1945 See more »
Jesus Christ is risen today
Traditional lyrics (from Bohemia)
Music by Robert Williams
Sung when Forrester is asked his favourite Easter hymn
Unusual, well written, acted and produced love/war movie.
11 November 2004 | by SmilingBrian – See all my reviews
This is a Rank Company (British) medium budget production of a post war H. E. Bates novel. Well directed by Robert Parrish, the screen writing by Eric Ambler is quite good. It was shot on site in, what was then, Ceylon. (Same location as "Bridge on the River Kwai")
The young Gregory Peck plays Bill Forrester a Canadian pilot in the RAF serving in far off Burma in the closing months of WWII. He flies a two seat Mosquito fighter-bomber. (The actual aircraft was provided through the cooperation of the RAF and repainted in accurate camouflage and markings, for once.) Forrester, it seems, has gone "round the bend" after losing his new wife in the Blitz. He's self destructive, wanting to end it all in combat. "You'd think that would be easy in a war", he explains to Anna, "but I just kept getting medals instead." Anna is a small, slim, pretty teacher, played very well by Win Min Than, a Burmese actress (how refreshing). They, of course, fall in love (It's a MOVIE, folks) and his life really seems to be turning around. But, on a routine flight, he and two others go down in a very remote desert area of Burma's central plain (hence, the title). From there on we have a rather good, believable survival saga.
The English love eccentric characters and this story has several, all well depicted by some of those fine performers who bounce back and forth between the British "legitimate" stage and cinema. Watch for Brenda De Banzie, who plays Miss McNab, an elderly missionary. (Ya couldn't miss her!)
The Purple Plain is a good movie, a fine movie really. Not too heavy, it's historically accurate with good production values. Forrester's growth curve coming out of his personal hell is quite interesting. I found the depiction of the native Burmese was respectful without being condescending. For instance, the love between Bill and Anna is portrayed in a very reserved manner, as it would be between a Westerner and a Christian Asian woman in real life. All in all, the story line and performances are very believable and very enjoyable. I highly recommended The Purple Plain, if YOU can find it.
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This story is about how Ayano will do anything to get her love. Anything.
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Muja Kina, the substitute nurse, will be the sixth rival. Her character trait is unintentional sexual innuendos. She is pure and innocent. The official nurse will be on vacation during her week as a rival. She will disappear from the school after her week is over.
Oh, your face is red.
She is very, very possessive of her big brother.Hanako is the 9th rival in Yandere Simulator. If Yandere-chan does not eliminate her before Friday, she will convince Senpai to not date any girl ever.
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Cowboys, Bills lead Colin Cowherd's 'Blazin' 5′ Super Wild Card Weekend picks
Posted on January 14, 2023 January 14, 2023 by mineshparikh
The NFL playoff image is full, and Super Wild Card Weekend is correct across the nook.
The motion kicks off on Saturday because the Seattle Seahawks journey to San Francisco to battle the 49ers at 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX. Super Wild Card Weekend concludes with a much-anticipated matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 8:15 p.m. ET Monday.
On Friday's "The Herd," Colin Cowherd shared his Super Wild Card Weekend picks in his newest "Blazin' 5" roundup.
Blazin' 5: Super Wild Card Spherical Weekend
Colin Cowherd explains why he likes the Cowboys, Bills and Jaguars to cowl and win this weekend.
No. 7 Seattle Seahawks (+9.5) at No. 2 San Francisco 49ers (Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX)
Cowherd's choose, rating prediction: Seahawks +9.5, (49ers win 24-16)
Cowherd's ideas: "This is my favorite pick. I'll take Seattle … to cover. Only one of their losses has been by 10-plus points over the last 15 weeks, and that was against the [Kansas City] Chiefs. … They can pick up four and five yards at a time. The weather is gonna be rainy and windy. Do not expect an aerial circus by either team. Kenneth Walker — Seattle is 6-1 when he gets 15 carries this year. They're gonna rely on him in awful weather, and rookie quarterback Brock Purdy — six career starts. Rookie quarterbacks have five straight playoff losses, 1-8 in their last nine (games). I think he plays a little tight. … This is a rivalry game. … I think it's choppy, ugly [and] low-scoring."
No. 4 Jacksonville Jaguars (+ 2.5) vs. No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers (Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET)
Cowherd's choose, rating prediction: Jaguars +2.5, (Jaguars win 27-26)
Cowherd's ideas: "Mike Williams is out. It is a real deal. Justin Herbert has 10 picks on the year, and without Mike Williams, he can sometimes force it to other people. It worries me. The Jaguars, since Week 14, offensively — they are rolling. They have got an identity, which the Chargers don't have. They've also scored 111 points off turnovers, second-most in the league, and the Chargers can occasionally turn the ball over."
No. 2 Buffalo Bills (-13.5) vs. No. 7 Miami Dolphins (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET)
Cowherd's choose, rating prediction: Bills -13.5, (Bills win 33-13)
Cowherd's ideas: "I hate big favorites, but I'm gonna roll with the Bills. … I think they clobber Miami. Bills [are on a] seven-game winning streak. They've won eight of nine against Miami, and Miami beat them once this year, so they respect the Dolphins. Josh Allen in the playoffs has been sensational — best in postseason history in total yards per game. So far, he [has] really delivered when it matters. Seven seeds, that's the Dolphins, are 0-4 since the NFL adopted this additional playoff team. … They're beat up. Multiple starters are out. I think the Bills win and cover."
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No. 6 Baltimore Ravens (+9.5) at No. 3 Cincinnati Bengals (Sunday, 8:15 p.m. ET)
Cowherd's choose, rating prediction: Ravens +9.5, (Bengals win 23-17)
Cowherd's ideas: "Rematch of Week 18, I have to take the Ravens. … They play defense, they've got a good coach — Harbaugh has always been great in the postseason. The last nine times the Bengals and Ravens have played, the Ravens have won six of them. Harbaugh is 11-8 in the playoffs. They run the ball, they play great defense [and] they're good situationally. Their defense, since trading for Roquan Smith, [is] top three in the league in all the stuff that matters. The Bengals' left tackle is out, Alex Cappa [is] out, the O-line is banged up, and because of that, they have not run the football as well late in the year. … I trust that Joe Burrow wins the game … but I am going to take the points."
No. 5 Dallas Cowboys (-2.5) at No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET)
Cowherd's choose, rating prediction: Cowboys -2.5, (Cowboys win 24-20)
Cowherd's ideas: "I like the Cowboys. … I think they win. They're coming off a 20-point loss. Capable, talented team off humiliating losses generally focus in and play well the following week. Only one team, the [Philadelphia] Eagles, had more Pro Bowlers than Dallas. This is a good football team. … Dak [Prescott] will play better. … The Bucs can't run the ball. [They] average 18 points a game. … I think Dallas has better players, better momentum, better team coming off an ugly loss. They'll be completely, utterly focused."
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A new theory known as Compressed Sensing (CS) has recently emerged that can also be categorized as a type of dimensionalityreduction. Like manifold learning, CS is strongly model-based (relying on sparsity in particular).However, unlike many of the standard techniques in dimensionality reduction (such as manifold learning or the JL lemma), the goal ofCS is to maintain a low-dimensional representation of a signal x from which a faithful approximation to x can be recovered. In a sense, this more closely resembles the traditional problem ofdata compression (see Compression ). In CS, however, the encoder requires no a priori knowledge of thesignal structure. Only the decoder uses the model (sparsity) to recover the signal. Wejustify such an approach again using geometric arguments.
As we discussed in Compression , the standard procedure for compressing sparse signals, known as transformcoding, is to (i) acquire the full N -sample signal x ; (ii) compute the complete set of transform coefficients α ; (iii) locate the K largest, significant coefficients and discard the (many) small coefficients; (iv) encode the values and locations of the largest coefficients.
This procedure has three inherent inefficiencies: First, for a high-dimensional signal, we must start with a large number ofsamples N . Second, the encoder must compute all N of the transform coefficients α , even though it will discard all but K of them. Third, the encoder must encode the locations of the large coefficients, which requiresincreasing the coding rate since the locations change with each signal.
This raises a simple question: For a given signal, is it possible to directly estimate the set of large α ( n ) 's that will not be discarded? While this seems improbable, Candès, Romberg,and Tao [link] , [link] and Donoho [link] have shown that a reduced set of projections can contain enoughinformation to reconstruct sparse signals. An offshoot of this work, often referred to as Compressed Sensing (CS) [link] , [link] , [link] , [link] , [link] , [link] , [link] , has emerged that builds on this principle.
where y is an M × 1 column vector and the measurement basis matrix Φ is M × N with each row a basis vector φ m . Since M < N , recovery of the signal x from the measurements y is ill-posed in general; however the additional assumption of signal sparsity makes recovery possible and practical.


Striving for better health is one of the best motivators for healthy eating and consistent exercise, but it can often lead us down a path where physical appearance becomes the main metric of success. Nutrition Expert Courtney Ferreira shares the strategies we need to reset our thoughts, and remember why health is our most important asset.
It is not uncommon for health goals to inadvertently morph into a desire for the self-perceived "ideal" physical appearance. When appearance takes top priority, the path to better health is halted. Far too often, healthy habits evolve to become extreme and unhealthy. Overexercising, calorie and food restriction, obsession with weight – these are negative thoughts and actions that cloud your judgment and is destructive for your overall wellbeing.
The numbers that taunt us the most are weight and calories. Step away from the scale and take a break from your diet tracking app. Seem impossible? Start with just seven days. The freedom you will feel after these seven days will be empowering.
Believe it or not, exercising too much puts extra stress on the body which can actually harm you. If you are exercising for more than an hour at a time, cut it back to 45-60 minutes. If you are exercising 5-7 days in a row, try breaking it up. For example, three days on, one day off, two days on, one day off. You can still be active on your off days! Go for a walk and listen to a podcast or call that friend you haven't talked to in ages.
Social media perpetuates comparison and negativity. If you are following any social media accounts that elicit, "I wish I looked like that" thoughts, hit the unfollow button. These accounts are NOT motivating you, they are bringing you down.
Don't let negative thoughts linger in your mind. Similar to the approach you might take to meditation, the instant you become aware of a negative thought in your head, push it away. Don't dwell. Simply say, I am not going to think about this anymore, and replace it with a happy thought. The most surprising part of this task will be how often these negative thoughts are creeping into your stream of conscious. Having this awareness is key to changing your mindset.
Listen to your hunger and cravings.
This is the most difficult mindfulness task to master, that is why I saved it for last. Start with listening to your hunger cues. If your stomach is growling, you are light headed, or low on energy, do not ignore it. It is not an accomplishment in self-control to ignore the signals that your body is sending you. Respond by reaching for a wholesome, real food snack, and feel good about honoring your body in a healthy way.
As with anything else in life, you cannot completely change yourself or your habits overnight. Instead, focus on one of these strategies at a time and commit to it for seven days. If after seven days you are still struggling to embrace the new approach, keep at it for another seven. Move through the list at your own pace, and as you build confidence, add another strategy from the list.
Learning to love yourself isn't easy and is truly a never ending process. Creating the mental shift towards body appreciation will take time, but it is the most important piece of overall health – you CAN do it.
Courtney Ferreira, MS, RD, LDN is a Registered Dietitian based in Baltimore, MD with a passion for helping individuals reach their health and wellness through flavorful whole foods and freedom from counting calories, fat, and minutes on a treadmill. For more insightful tips on living your healthiest life from Courtney, visit her at the RealFoodCourt.


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The eight best new international movies coming to Showmax this September
From 'Judy', 'The Nest' and 'The Secret Garden', here are eight of the best international movies coming to Showmax this month.
by Erene Roux
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From 2021 Oscar winners Minari and Tenet and 2020 Oscar winner Judy, Jude Law in The Nest; and Janelle Monáe in Antebellum, here are the eight best movies coming to Showmax this September.
MINARI | Stream from 9 September 2021, first on Showmax
Winner of over 100 awards, Minari is a moving semi-autobiographical drama about a family of South Korean immigrants who try to start a farm in rural Arkansas in the 1980s.
Yuh-jung Youn made history this year as the first Korean to win an acting Oscar, taking home Best Supporting Actress. Minaripicked up a further five Oscar nominations – Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Score and Actor, for Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead's Glenn). Child actor Alan S Kim was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at this year's BAFTAs, where Youn won Best Supporting Actress and the film picked up a further four nominations. Minari also won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Minari has a 98% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Empire Magazine calling it, "A profound, detail-perfect and soulful slice of American family life, with some of the year's most sincere performances to date" and Los Angeles Times saying, "Minari in its entirety feels like a balm right now, a gentle, truthful and tender story of family filled with kind people trying to love one another the best they can."
TENET | Stream from 27 September 2021
The fifth biggest box office hit globally of 2020, Tenet won the 2021 Oscar and BAFTA for Best Achievement in Visual Effects, with a further Oscar nomination for Production Design.
Directed by five-time Oscar nominee Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy), the sci-fi action thriller follows Protagonist. Armed with only one word: "Tenet", he journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Not time travel: inversion…
Golden Globe nominee John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman) was nominated for Best Actor at the 2021 Critics' Choice Super Awards for his lead role, with MTV Movie + TV Awards, People's Choice and Teen Choice winner Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga) nominated for Best Supporting Actor by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films. The support cast also includes Elizabeth Debicki (Princess Diana in The Crown S5-6), Oscar winner Sir Michael Caine (Inception, Alfred in Nolan's Batman trilogy), and Oscar nominee Sir Kenneth Branagh (Murder on the Orient Express), as well as Teen Choice nominee Himesh Patel (Yesterday, The Luminaries), and Clémence Poésy (In Bruges, Genius).
Rolling Stone calls Tenet "pure, ravishing cinema…"; London Evening Standard "an eye-popping, ground-breaking blast"; and Empire "ferociously entertaining."
JUDY | Stream now, first on Showmax
Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary) won a 2020 Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for her stellar performance as Judy Garland in the biographical drama Judy. Adapted from the Olivier- and Tony-nominated West End and Broadway play End of the Rainbow, the film was also nominated for an Oscar for the makeup and hairstyling that transformed Zellweger into the late silver screen legend still best remembered for her roles in The Wizard of Oz and A Star is Born. Incorporating flashbacks to Garland's teenage years, the story traces the final year of the actress's life as she arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Emmy nominees Rufus Sewell (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story, Ratched), and Sir Michael Gambon (Gosford Park, Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter) co-star, alongside BAFTA nominee Jessie Buckley (Fargo, Chernobyl).
Judy has an 82% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Rolling Stone saying, "Renée Zellweger performs miracles playing Judy Garland: singing her heart out, baring her bruised soul and acting with a ferocity that ultimately rises to a state of grace."
THE NEST | Stream from 23 September 2021
Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Young Pope) and Emmy nominee Carrie Coon (The Post, Gone Girl) star in the psychological drama The Nest, which sees a successful entrepreneur's idyllic life begin to unravel after he moves his American family to a grand old English country manor.
The Nest has an 89% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with IndieWire saying "Carrie Coon delivers one of her most riveting performances to date" and Guardian praising "Jude Law at his best".
Helmed by Sundance and Cannes-winning writer, director and producer Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), The Nest was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Sound Editing at this year's Canadian Screen Awards, with The Hollywood Reporter calling it, "A hyper-nuanced study of marriage mind games… Lingers long after the final credits."
ANTEBELLUM | Stream from 16 September 2021
Black Reel and Teen Choice Award winner Janelle Monáe (Moonlight, Hidden Figures) stars in the horror drama Antebellum as modern-day sociologist and author Dr Veronica Henley, who becomes trapped in a waking nightmare on a slave plantation.
Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe (Empire, Precious) was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress at this year's Black Reel Awards, as well as at the 2021 Image Awards, where Monáe was also nominated for Outstanding Actress. Monáe also won both the Courage in Acting Award and Best Female Action Hero at the 2021 Women Film Critics' Circle Awards, while director of photography Pedro Luque (Don't Breathe, The Girl in the Spider's Web) was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2020 Fright Meter Awards.
Produced by two-time Oscar nominee Sean McKittrick (Get Out, Us, BlacKkKlansman), Antebellum's cast also includes award-winning Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Chirisa (Palm Springs, iZombie).
New York Post calls Antebellum "a breathless watch" and Variety a "terrifying – and incredibly timely – horror movie."
SEVEN | Stream from 13 September 2021
The Oscar-nominated 1995 blockbuster psychological crime thriller Seven is still ranked at #20 on IMDb's list of Top Rated Movies of all time, with an 8.6/10 rating there and an 82% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics consensus calls it, "A brutal, relentlessly grimy shocker with taut performances, slick gore effects, and a haunting finale."
Seven follows retiring police Detective William Somerset (Oscar winner Morgan Freeman) and rookie David Mills (Oscar winner Brad Pitt) on the trail of a serial killer who's theming elaborate and grisly murders around the seven deadly sins.
Directed by triple Oscar nominee David Fincher (Mank, The Social Network), with a BAFTA-nominated screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker (Sleepy Hollow), Seven also stars Oscar winners Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey.
SCOOB! | Stream from 20 September 2021
Scooby-Doo and the gang are back in the animated adventure comedy, Scoob!, where they must face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.
Nominated for a 2021 Image Award for Outstanding Animated Motion Picture, this box office hit is recommended for ages 7+ by Common Sense Media.
Scooby is voiced by Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award-winning voice artist Frank Welker (who's voiced Fred since 1969 and Scooby since 2002), with multiple-Emmy nominee Will Forte (Sweet Tooth, The Last Man on Earth) as the voice of Shaggy; Emmy, Kids' Choice, Teen Choice and People's Choice multi-award winner Zac Efron (High School Musical) voicing Fred; Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables, Mank) as the voice of Daphne; and Golden Globe and Teen Choice winner Gina Rodriguez (the voice of Carmen Sandiego, and Jane in Jane the Virgin) as Velma. Also listen out for Mark Wahlberg as Blue Falcon and Jason Isaacs as Dick Dastardly.
THE SECRET GARDEN | Stream from 6 September 2021
The enchanting fantasy adventure The Secret Garden follows Mary Lennox, an orphaned girl who is sent to live at her strict uncle's estate, only to discover it conceals a magical garden.
This newest adaptation of the beloved 1911 classic children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett is led by newcomer Dixie Egerickx as Mary, with Oscar nominee Dame Julie Walters as Mrs Medlock, Edan Hayhurst (The Midnight Sky) as Colin Craven and Emmy nominee Amir Wilson (His Dark Materials, The Letter for the King) as Dickon. Oscar winner Colin Firth (Mary Poppins Returns, The King's Speech, Bridget Jones's Diary) plays Lord Archibald Craven, returning to the tale 34 years after he played the adult Colin in the 1987 TV movie of the same name.
Nominated for Best Costume Design at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards, The Secret Garden is adapted from the novel by triple BAFTA-winning writer Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes, Wonder, His Dark Materials), and produced by triple Oscar nominee David Heyman (the Harry Potter films) and the Emmy-winning team behind the Paddington movies, Rosie Alison and Ron Alpern, with International Emmy and triple BAFTA winner Marc Munden (Utopia, National Treasure) directing.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE…THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE HOBBIT BOX SETS | Stream on Hobbit Day on 22 September 2021
22 September 2021 is Hobbit Day, when we celebrate Bilbo and Frodo Baggins' birthdays and, of course, undertake an epic 17-hour quest to binge all three of Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson's Hobbit movies and The Lord of the Rings trilogy on Showmax. If you start at 7:00, you can be done by midnight, with five minutes to spare.
The ultimate epic fantasy binge, all three films in The Lord of the Rings trilogy are in the top twenty on IMDb's Top Rated Movies of all time. The first film, The Fellowship of the Ring, is at #10. The Two Towers is #14, and the concluding chapter, The Return of the King, is at #7. The trilogy won 17 Oscars, grossed almost $3billion worldwide, and is still considered one of the most influential film series ever produced.
Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth and based on the classic, bestselling novel by Bloemfontein-born JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings follows hobbit Frodo Baggins (Critics' Choice winner Elijah Wood) as he and the Fellowship undertake a dangerous quest to destroy the One Ring and ensure the downfall of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron (Bram Stoker Awards Lifetime Achievement winner Christopher Lee).
The prequel trilogy – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and The Battle of the Five Armies – follows Bilbo Baggins (Emmy winner Martin Freeman) on his quest to the Lonely Mountain to confront the dragon Smaug (voiced by Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch).
RUSH HOUR 1-3 | Stream now
Kick back with the hilarious East-meets-West buddy-cop action-comedy classic films Rush Hour 1, 2 and 3. Starring martial arts legend Jackie Chan as dedicated Hong Kong Chief Inspector Lee and Chris Tucker as reckless LAPD Detective James Carter, the three films won MTV, Kids' Choice and Teen Choice Awards, and earned just shy of $850 million globally.
SEX AND THE CITY 1 & 2 | Stream from 9 September
In the late 90s, Carrie Bradshaw and her besties Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda took New York by storm in TV's most stylish series, Sex and the City, which racked up Emmys and Golden Globes among its many awa'rds. (Binge it all on Showmax.) With production on the sequel series on the go, this is the perfect time to indulge in catch-up with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and the all-star cast in Sex and the City: The Movie and Sex and the City 2.
ST. VINCENT | Stream from 20 September
From Oscar nominee Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures), comedy-drama St. Vincent stars Bill Murray as a cantankerous, misanthropic war vet and very unlikely mentor to his new neighbour, a scrawny kid whose parents have just divorced. Nominated for two Golden Globes, St. Vincent also stars Oscar nominees Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, and Terrence Howard, Emmy winner Chris O'Dowd, and It and Knives Out star Jaeden Martell.
FOSTER BOY | Stream from 23 September
Inspired by true events, Foster Boy tells the story of Jamal, a young man imprisoned after years of abuse in the foster care system, and the lawyer who must help him seek justice.
Foster Boy picked up seven awards on the international festival circuit, including at the 2020 Pan African Film Festival, and holds an 80% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Foster Boy stars Shane Paul McGhie (Greenleaf, Unbelievable), Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine (Stranger Things) and Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr. (Watchmen's Will Reeves), with Screen Actors Guild Awards nominee Julie Benz (On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Dexter), and Teen Choice nominee Greg Germann (Grey's Anatomy, Ally McBeal) co-starring.
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The president of Pacers Sports & Entertainment says the agreement announced today to keep the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever in Indianapolis is exciting for everyone involved. The Capital Improvement Board approved the 25-year deal, which also includes $360 million in upgrades to Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Rick Fuson says it has always been the desire of Pacers owner Herb Simon for the team to remain in Indy.
The Indiana Fever has announced a multi-year sponsorship with Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), which will become the team's new jersey partner. Beginning this season, the Salesforce logo will be prominently displayed across the front of the Fever jerseys. The team says the deal is an expansion of a multi-platform agreement between the tech company and Pacers Sports & Entertainment announced last fall.
Eleven finalists will pitch their businesses today in the second annual Innovate WithIN pitch competition. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. hosts the high school student competition, which drew nearly 160 pitches from over 80 high schools throughout the state.
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is touting the work of Purdue University. Sonny Perdue visited the West Lafayette campus Tuesday to meet with President Mitch Daniels, as well as students and faculty. It was one of several stops in Indiana for Perdue, which also included visits to the National FFA Center and Second Helpings Inc. in Indianapolis.
The International Center and the World Trade Center Indianapolis have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement aims to "promote better collaboration between the two entities." Ashley Eason, vice president of programs and services for The International Center, says the partnership will help support the state's agenda more broadly when it comes to international engagement.
An economist with the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis says Purdue University's run in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament raises the school's profile. Purdue was eliminated from the Elite Eight after losing Saturday to the top-seeded University of Virginia. Kyle Anderson, clinical assistant professor of business economics at the Kelley School, says while Purdue is a nationally-recognized university, it doesn't quite have the brand name that other schools do.
Zionsville-based 120WaterAudit LLC is adding to its list of accolades. The cloud-based water testing and services platform took the top prize in a pitch competition as part of the ImagineH20 global accelerator, which featured a dozen other companies from five countries. Megan Glover, founder and chief executive officer of 120WaterAudit, says being able to present in front of 30 industry professionals in San Francisco was a huge boon for her company.
The Indy Chamber is out with its legislative agenda. Meanwhile, the Indy Partnership has just released its 2017 job creation and investment numbers. Chief Policy Officer Mark Fisher weighs-in on both.
A marketing software company that set up shop in Indianapolis one year ago is in growth mode. We talk with Cheetah Digital leadership about plans to triple head count.


Dentists are necessary and thanks to them, and their research, health complications like edentulism — complete tooth loss — are becoming less and less common in the United States. This progress is thanks to dentists who care not only about their patients, but also about the bigger picture — the bigger cause. Sometimes we dentists lose sight of the bigger cause, so I make it a habit to remember and celebrate the dentists who go the extra mile for their patients.
You are cycling your bike on your way home from work, the sun is seeping through light gray clouds that roll across the sky. This is a trip you make almost every day. It's routine. Suddenly, your world is turned upside down. A car strikes you from behind, sending you flying onto the floor — you are put into a state of deep sleep, a coma.
This is the incredible story of the brave Alex Kerr, a young woman from Milton Keynes, England. It's the story of a tragedy that turned into a miracle.
Miss Kerr awoke from her coma to find that she had suffered from a series of broken bones and from the loss of six of her front teeth. In the United Kingdom, all citizens can access healthcare through the universal NHS. It, of course, covered the majority of her injuries, but not her dental problems — which, although caused by the accident, was not an "acute" medical concern and therefore not immediately coverable by public insurance. Miss Kerr would have to either put herself on a waiting list or pay for the procedure herself.
Naturally, she sought out a dentist to see how much the procedure to replace her missing teeth would cost, only to find that it was well beyond the price range of the average 20-year old — £12,000 (about $19,000). Try to imagine being 20 years old, with your whole life ahead of you, and your appearance has been suddenly transformed by a tragic accident. And then you're told that you are neither a priority nor able to afford the medical service you need to recover.
Imagine how you would feel. Would you be able to leave the house? Would you be able to smile? What if every time you did it triggered the memory of this terrible accident that changed your life forever?
We often talk about self-image when we talk about dental implants or dental care more generally. Issues of self-confidence are different for everyone, but step outside from your own situation and put yourself in the shoes of Miss Kerr. Imagine the emotional toll that the accident had already taken on her and then the belief that she would have to suffer its consequences for a seemingly interminable amount of time.
Then, in a stunning turn of events, one Dr. Wynand de Jager reached out to Ms. Kerr and offered her an opportunity of a lifetime: after reading about her accident, he offered to fit her with new dental implants, free of charge.
What drove Dr. de Jager to do that? Compassion. Humanity. Respect for forces greater than his own. Rare traits, traits well worth emulating, no?
Where do these characteristics stem from? A passion for what you do. And what makes you passionate about something? The purpose it gives you by contributing to mission that's much bigger than you. That speaks to me and that is why, to me, Dr. de Jager is a standard that we should all uphold ourselves to.
Brian Maixner was a waiter at Doo-Dah Diner, in Wichita, Kansas. Always cheerful, always a hard worker, his dental health issues were never an obstacle to his drive and will. But he had always hesitated to smile. Not only was he missing teeth, he was also suffering from painful bacterial infections that had plagued him since early childhood, and although he would have loved to correct these issues it simply wasn't within his financial means.
Enter Fred Boettcher. Although an attorney, and not a dentist, Mr. Boettcher had owned several restaurants in the past and he understood how important appearance could be. Not for the sake of the customer, but for one's own comfort and self-confidence — the emotions you feel when you talk and interact with others. It's easy to dismiss these concerns if we haven't felt them personally, but these emotions and beliefs can be crippling.
I once met a woman who was crying because she hadn't been able to spend time with her newly born grandson. She could not even hold him in her arms, because he was afraid of her when she smiled. How would that make you feel?
The point is that, yes, our dental health does affect how we think of ourselves and how we interact with others. Fred Boettcher realized that, and he understood how important it was to feel like you could smile at your customers in a restaurant setting.
After eating his meal, Mr. Boettcher approached the diner's manager. So impressed was he by Brian's service, energy, and attitude that he offered to pay the $25,000 fee to take care of all his surgery fees.
How did Brian respond? He cried. There is no stronger emotion of appreciation and relief — relief from the weight of the fears and limiting beliefs that he had suffered from as a result of his condition.
Brian's is truly a wonderfully inspiring story. One that I hope leaves a lasting impression on you, like it did on me.
Can you imagine giving someone $25,000? It takes a special kind of person, a person that is worth holding up as an example to follow.
Hundreds of thousands of men and woman sacrificed years of their lives to fight for our country in countries far and wide. They don't ask questions. They don't whine. They just do what they need to do, and they deserve to be rewarded for that.
So thought Dr. Scott Shamblott, located in Hopkings, Minnesota, who decided that it was high time veterans were shown the respect they had earned and deserved. He decided to use his skills to give back to the people who had given him so much and set apart a day to provide veterans with the dental care they needed — whatever procedure was necessary — for free.
How did Dr. Shamblott found eligible patients? He teamed up with Yellow Ribbon to reach out to veterans whose insurance coverage didn't extend to dental care. The results were truly amazing.
Larry Volk was one of the patients who took Dr. Shamblott up on his offer. As a Vietnam veteran, he had experienced a less than welcoming reception when he returned home after his tour. Tensions in the United States were high and public opinion on the war had fallen to great depths. "When I went under the Golden Gate on a ship, they were throwing stuff on me," said Volk, speaking of his experience returning home from deployment.
The surprise, then, was his when Dr. Shamblott offered to extract nine highly infected free of cost, preparing him for a dental implant procedure. "The goal is false teeth," said Larry. "I can eat steak again, popcorn, all kinds of food like that." Food he hadn't enjoyed in a very long time.
What I love about this story is that it shows that helping others doesn't have to come at a great sacrifice. We all have different means. We're not all able to give someone $25,000, but we can offer free services to those in need, even if it's one day out of the year. And even if you're not a dentist, it can be as simple as opening the door for someone, complementing them, or even just smiling. There are so many ways to contribute, and ultimately what truly matters isn't the size, but the intent and the heart behind it.
These are stories of incredible people doing incredible things for others. I hope they inspire you as much as they inspire me.


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How to Add a Markup Percent to a Product
Inventory & Accounting
By William Adkins Updated March 16, 2019
Impact of the Retail Margin on Profit
How to Determine Retail Price
What Is a Realistic Gross Margin Goal?
Expense-To-Sales Ratio
Steps in Selecting a Pricing Strategy
A markup is the dollar amount a business adds to the cost of a product to determine its selling price. The task of calculating a markup is fairly simple, but you should not take it lightly. Prices that are too high can drive away customers. If a price is too low, you won't make a profit. Consequently, deciding how much markup to add to a product is one of the most important responsibilities of a business owner or manager.
Markup and Markup Percentage Basics
A retail or wholesale business earns money by buying and reselling goods. To earn a profit, the business must sell its goods for enough to cover its costs and allow for a profit. Markup is the difference between the price of a good and the cost to the business of acquiring that good. For example, if an electronics retailer buys a pair of headphones for $50 and sells them for $80, the markup is $30.
Markup is normally calculated as a percentage of the cost of acquiring the product. This cost is the purchase price plus an allowance for losses and spoilage. Businesses use this approach because it is relatively simple and allows managers to add proportional markup amounts to different products. The markup amount is added to the cost of the product to set the selling price. Thus, if you add 60 percent of the headphones that cost $50, you have 60 percent of $50 plus $50, or $80.
Calculating Markup and Price
The first step in adding a markup percentage to product cost is to decide what the markup should be. The amount must be sufficient to cover not just the acquisition cost of the item, but also overhead, selling costs, general expenses and administrative costs, as well as a profit margin. Once you choose a markup percentage, determine the cost of the product, including allowances for things like breakage and lost inventory.
The equation used to add a markup percent to a product is the cost plus the markup percentage multiplied by the cost. Suppose the cost of the item is $75 and you are using a markup of 60 percent. Multiply $75 times 60 percent. This give you $45. Add $45 to $75, which yields a selling price of $120.
Markup Versus Margin
Be sure you don't confuse markup and margin. If you look on a firm's income statement, you will see figures reporting on the company's gross profit margin after subtracting the cost of goods sold from revenue. For an individual product, this is the difference between cost and price. That is, margin is the same as markup.
However, margin percentage is calculated as a proportion of price, rather than cost. For example, the margin percentage of a good with a 60 percent markup is calculated by dividing the cost of the item by the price. In this example, the margin percentage works out to 37.5 percent. If you get the margin percentage mixed up with markup percent, you will not add enough markup to the product cost to set the intended price.
Selecting a Markup Percentage
When you are choosing a markup percentage to add to product cost, there are several things you need to consider in addition to making sure the markup is sufficient to cover all of your costs and allow for profit. You must know what competitors are selling similar products for, because setting the price higher may drive customers away.
You also need to consider your target market, meaning the characteristics of the people you wish to attract as customers. You can also take steps to attract business by doing more than just offering a low price. For instance, people will often pay more for a product if they know the business provides well-trained salespeople and top-notch customer service.
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Based in Atlanta, Georgia, William Adkins has been writing professionally since 2008. He writes about small business, finance and economics issues for publishers like Chron Small Business and Bizfluent.com. Adkins holds master's degrees in history of business and labor and in sociology from Georgia State University. He became a member of the Society of Professional Journalists in 2009.
How to Determine the Mark-Up on Cost-Plus Pricing
How to Figure the Selling Price for a Retail Store
How Do You Calculate a Sales Price?
What Is a Markup on a Product?
What Does Markup of Cost Mean?
Markup Vs. Gross Margin
How to Figure Out How Much to Sell for Based on Profit Margin
How to Figure Out Markups and Gross Profit
How to Calculate Maximum Sales Price in Excel
1 How to Determine the Mark-Up on Cost-Plus Pricing
2 How to Figure the Selling Price for a Retail Store
3 How Do You Calculate a Sales Price?
4 What Is a Markup on a Product?


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NEW VOICES: John Grisham Asks-- Why is Teresa Lewis on Death Row?
Acclaimed author John Grisham recently published an op-ed in the Washington Post questioning why Teresa Lewis is facing the death penalty when both her co-defendants, two men who actually committed the killings, were given life-without-parole sentences. According to Grisham, the judge who sentenced Lewis to death mistakenly believed that she was the "mastermind" behind the killings. However, it has now been revealed that her IQ of 72 makes her borderline intellectually disabled, that she suffered from a dependent personality disorder and other addictions, and that she lacked the basic skills necessary to organize a conspiracy to commit murder for hire. Grisham wrote, "In this case, as in so many capital cases, the imposition of a death sentence had little do with fairness. Like other death sentences, it depended more upon the assignment of judge and prosecutor, the location of the crime, the quality of the defense counsel, the speed with which a co-defendant struck a deal, the quality of each side's experts and other such factors. In Virginia, the law is hardly consistent." Read full op-ed below.
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Death Row Chaplain is Certain: "This Woman Doesn't Deserve to Die"
Teresa Lewis is scheduled to be executed on September 23 in Virginia, the first woman to be executed in that state in a century. But Lynn Litchfield, the former prison chaplain who came to know Lewis over six years, has said she "doesn't deserve to die." Litchfield recently wrote in Newsweek Magazine that Lewis "has an IQ of 72" and that "one of the the two men who carried out the killings admitt[ed] that it was he, not she, who masterminded the murders" of her husband and adult stepson. Ms. Lewis has taken full responsibility for her role in the crime. The men who actually carried out the killings were given life sentences, while Lewis pleaded guilty and received a death sentence. The former chaplain's complete column in Newsweek's "My Turn" is below.
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An execution date of September 23 was recently set for Teresa Lewis, the only woman on Virginia's death row. Although a number of other people were involved in the same crime, including the actual shooters of the two victims, Lewis was the only person sentenced to death. She pled guilty at trial. Since being sent to death row in 2002, Lewis has taken responsibility and apologized for her actions. She has had an exemplary record while in prison and does not appear to be a future danger if she remained there. Her current attorneys have pointed to her low IQ (measured as low as 72) and her vulnerability to being led by others as mitigating factors for the crime. She has a Dependent Personality Disorder and suffered from other mental disabilities at the time of the crime. If her execution goes through, Lewis would be the first woman to be executed in Virginia since 1912 and the first in the United States since 2005.
On July 14, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen commuted the death sentence of Gaile Owens to life in prison. Owens, who was sentenced to death in 1986 for hiring a man to kill her husband, had accepted a deal to plead guilty to the crime in exchange for a sentence of life in prison. However, the man who did the killing refused to plead guilty, and prosecutors then rescinded the deal for Owens. Both co-defendants were sentenced to death. In deciding to commute her sentence to life in prison, Governor Bredesen said the decision was based in part on the plea bargain that was later withdrawn and the possibility that Owens was abused by her husband. Governor Bredesen said, "Nearly all the similar cases we looked at resulted in life-in-prison sentences." John Seigenthaler, formerly on staff at the Tennessean, said of her case, "As heinous as the crime was, the record of how Tennessee has dealt with similar cases over the last century makes it clear that her death would have been a terrible miscarriage of justice."
When citizens of other countries are arrested in the U.S., special notification procedures are required under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, a treaty that the U.S. has signed and ratified. These same procedures apply to U.S. citizens arrested in other countries. There are over 130 people on death row in the U.S. from other countries, and many of them were not afforded their notification rights under the Vienna Convention. Linda Carty is a British national on Texas' death row from St. Kitts. She could face execution if her request for a retrial is denied. She currently has a petition before the U.S. Supreme Court claiming she received inadequate representation during her original trial and that the United Kingdom could have provided additional legal support if the proper procedures had been followed in her case. Carty's attorneys assert that Texas authorities neglected to inform the British Consulate that she held a UK dependent-territory passport. Carty has always maintained her innocence of the murder that placed her on death row.
Gaile Owens is currently on death row in Tennessee and awaiting a decision from the Tennessee Supreme Court on a request to reduce her sentence to life. Owens's attorneys have asked the state's high court to remove the death penalty because her case presents unique circumstances that warrant the rare move. Owens may face execution soon for soliciting the 1985 murder of her husband, Ronald Owens, a man she said repeatedly abused her. Sidney Porterfield, whom she hired to kill her husband, is also currently on death row. Owens accepted an offer from the prosecutor to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence, but the prosecutor backed out of the agreement when Porterfield would not accept the same plea. Owens and Porterfield were tried and sentenced to death together, after a judge refused to try their cases separately. Owens is the only inmate on death row who agreed to a plea bargain for a life sentence.
Gaile Owens (pictured) and Mary Winkler are two women who committed similar crimes under similar circumstances in Tennessee. Both women suffered from abuse from the spouses they killed, and both were examined by the same psychologist, twenty years apart. The psychologist said both women suffered from battered woman's syndrome. Mary Winkler confronted her husband with a shotgun and shot him in the back in 2006. Gaile Owens hired a stranger to kill her husband. Winkler was indicted for first-degree murder, convicted of voluntary manslaughter and served about two months in a mental health facility. She is now free and has custody of her children. Owens is on death row, awaiting execution by lethal injection.
According to an article by John Seigenthaler in the Tennessean, "The dramatic difference in the sentences received by Winkler and Owens relates directly to the manner in which the two cases were tried, how their separate teams of lawyers handled their cases and how two different judges dealt with their 'battered woman' defenses." Winkler testified on her own behalf regarding the abuse she suffered, while Owens did not take the stand in order to protect her children from hearing the details of her abuse. Winkler was represented by experienced criminal lawyers, whose expenses were paid by her friends. Owens, on the other hand, had trouble finding legal representation. Her first lawyer withdrew from the case because she could not pay him. Perhaps the starkest difference between the two cases were the women's pleas. Winkler pled not guilty on the basis that she was a battered wife. Owens accepted the prosecutor's plea deal in return for a life sentence, but the prosecutor subsequently refused to accept the agreement when Owens's co-defendant would not accept the same plea. They were tried and sentenced to death together.
The latest issue of the report, "Death Penalty for Female Offenders," has been released by Professor Victor Streib of the Ohio Northern University School of Law. The report includes national trends regarding women and the death penalty and case details about individual female death row inmates from 1973 through June 30, 2009. The report notes that while women account for one in ten murder arrests (10%), only one in forty-nine death sentences imposed at trial are for women (2%); women account for one in sixty-two people on death row (1.6%), and only one in one hundred and six (0.9%) of people actually executed in the modern era have been women. Additionally, almost half of the women now on death row were sentenced in domestic cases, with the victims being husbands, boyfriends, or their children. The leading states for sentencing women to death in the modern era are Texas (19), California (18), Florida (17), and North Carolina (16). The full report may be read here.