Koi Princess is a NetEnt game with an oriental theme. There is an unmissable anime vibe around the game. Opening the video slot reveals a princess standing beside reels, and there is a temple which enhances the game's oriental setting. The game can be played on any device. Koi Princess has a total of 5 reels and 20 paylines. The game has a jackpot of 250,000 in whatever currency the player is playing in. The jackpot is non-progressive.
Start the game by setting your wagered amount. For the minimum bet, use the level tab and for the maximum bet use the max bet tab. The game can either be played on autospin or by playing a spin at a time. The spins are set in motion by clicking on the spin button. Players also have the option to have the game controls activate spins through the autospins function.
There are several symbols that a player needs to be aware of along with random features that add to the game's interest. The random features include random wilds, wild reels, 5-hit, and bonus game activation. When a 5-hit feature is activated, the player gets awarded a free spin.
The high value symbols in the game are the Koi Princess logo, a turtle, Chinese money, and a dragon. The lower value symbols ate the letters A, K, Q, J, and 10.
Koi Princess has a bonus bet for players, a paid feature that is activated for players who pay more than the typical line bet. The bonus bet feature increases the chances of triggering a random feature, and consequently more bonuses.
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The full bonus offered is activated when a player gets 3 of the bonus symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5. The bonus feature has 4 games it rewards to players. These are the sure win free spins where 10 free spins are awarded, wild reels free spins where 10 free spins are awarded a random number of wild reels, the bonus wheel, which is a wheel of fortune, and the coin win where a player is given a straight coin win.


I love books. No, that's an understatement. Books for me have been a lifelong addiction.
I read everything–histories, romance, detective, classics, biographies–and I cannot catch up on all the things I want to read.
I have lists of books I've read, and books I want to read. It's quite the dirty little secret.
While I have never (ever!) stood in line late at night or in the early wee hours for concert tickets to any band or singer, I confess that I have stood in line–at midnight–at the local Barnes & Noble to purchase the next installment in the Harry Potter series.
Sometimes I feel frustrated that I don't have enough time to read all that I want to read and I get very invested in certain authors or series of books.
As the technology evolved and ebooks made their debut I was vehemently against them. I thought reading would not be as enjoyable as holding a book and turning the pages myself.
Then I received my first Kindle as a gift. I learned how to connect it to Amazon books and my local library. I downloaded the Kindle App on my phone and the obsession continued.
Having a whole library in my pocket gives me access to my books whenever I have downtime–in line at the grocery store, waiting for my oil change, or on my coffee break.
Download the Overdrive App on your mobile phone. This will give you access to audiobooks for free.
Electronically check out the books you would like to listen to–and you can listen to books during times that you must spend your time attending to something else.
I listen to my books in the car as I drive to work and back, to run errands, or on weekend trips to other cities.
I listen to my books while I cook and meal prep and do my laundry and while I am on exercise machines or walking in my neighborhood.
This is not the same as reading the written word and turning pages, swiping left or scrolling up, but it is fascinating to listen to books read to you as your brain conjures the pictures in your mind–and it allows you to get a few more books in….


PARK CITY, UT (USST report) - Liechtenstein's Birgit Heeb-Batliner overtook Austrian first-run leader Alexandra Meissinitzer to earn the first World Cup win of her career Thursday by .06 on Day One of the Chevy Truck America's Opening races at Park City Mountain Resort. Kirsten Clark (Raymond, ME) had the second-best GS result of her career, finishing 13th to lead U.S. skiers.
Heeb-Batliner's sun-splashed, two-run time was 2:26.78 with Meissnitzer - the 1999 World Cup champion who tore knee ligaments at Lake Louise the following season - posting her best GS finish since that '99 season. Her time was 2:26.84 and Croatian Janica Kostelic, who won Olympic gold in GS on her last visit to Park City Mountain Resort last February, completing the podium (2:26.96); later, she was walking with an obvious limp to her left leg.
"I was punching it more in that second run. I'm happy with that second run," Clark, a Carrabassett Vallery Academy grad, said. "The snow was soft but it was good.
"I started feeling better on that second run. The first one I was a little nervous."


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Police identify 4 people shot to death in Tulsa
TULSA (AP) — Police have released the names of the four people found shot to death over the weekend in a Tulsa home as the search continues for the gunman.
Tulsa Police Sgt. Dave Walker identified the victims as 34-year-old Charlie Dake Jr., 35-year-old Melissa Dake, 54-year-old Glenda Harper and 46-year-old Tammy Brunson.
A fifth person was wounded and remains in serious condition.
Walker says all five people were in a garage that had been converted into a bedroom and that the shooter entered from an outside door. He reportedly said that police haven't identified the shooter, but they believe he knew the victims.
It's the second time this year Tulsa police have investigated a quadruple killing. In January, four women were fatally shot at a Fairmont Terrace apartment.

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Married South African rugby player, Elton Jantjies and his team's dietician are sent home from Argentina amid reports they are having extramarital affair
Rugby world champions, South Africa have been rocked by a scandal after fly-half Elton Jantjies and Springbok dietician, Zeenat Simjee were sent home from Argentina, so as not to cause distractions to the team.
It was reported that Jantjies is allegedly involved in an affair with the team's dietician Zeenat Simjee. He is married to Iva Ristic, and they have three children.
According to The Citizen by way of News24, the two set up trysts at two different locations in Mbombela, South Africa, ahead of the first Test against New Zealand last month. Jantjies apparently did not stay in the same hotel as his teammates as is tradition.
The pair was reported to have been spotted at one of the guest houses by a father and his son, who went to approach Jantjies for an autograph.
Details also emerged in the article about how the 'couple' engaged in loud love-making which is said to have made other guests uncomfortable.
The team also confirmed that both of them have been sent back home as they
prepare for the Test against Argentina.
The team's statement read: 'The Springbok management are aware of reports regarding Springbok fly-half Elton Jantjies and team dietician Zeenat Simjee between the training camp in Sabie and the Test match against New Zealand in Mbombela earlier this year.
'No team protocols were breached, but the individuals are returning to South Africa to attend to these personal reports and to eliminate any distractions to the team's preparations for the Test against Argentina.
Jantjies, 32, whose club side is Japanese outfit NTT Red Hurricanes, is alleged to have left without paying housekeeping fees of £200 and then accruing a bill of £1295 at a separate guest house.
It was gathered that some of the funds were spent on flowers that included a note where Jantjies confessed his love to Simjee.
World No 1 Iga Swiatek beats Tunisia's Ons Jabeur to win her first US Open title
Super Eagles striker, Umar Sadiq suffers long-term injury, ruled out for the season after joining new club
West Ham set to sign Super Eagles striker Terem Moffi for £25 million
Ex-Zambian footballer, Philemon Mulala mauled to death by his three dogs in South Africa
Tottenham goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris announces his retirement from France aged 36
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As of 01/31/2011 Muncie Indiana, as well as the rest of the state, has been coated in ice. The sleeting started around 6 and didn't let up until late into the evening. Every single school in Indiana is closed except, of course, for Ball State (the college I attend). I emailed all of my teachers to inform them I thought it was unsafe to travel to school today, therefore, I wouldn't be there. Within the hour the all canceled class, I guess my input is so valuable they can't have class without me. :) Just Kidding. Apparently last night was just the baby of the storm that's to come today. I went to the store and stocked up on food. I walked out with the essentials. 1 gallon of chocolate milk and 1 package of double stuff Oreos©.
It's currently 11:30 and the sleet hasn't started yet, but I know it will soon.
Everyone brace yourself, and go clear out the bread and milk aisles at all the stores? Ok, GO!
Showed Mike the grocery pictures, so he belives me now. New Mexico grocery stores are never like that before a storm because no one ever plans ahead.They look that way after the storm, when people drive through 20 inches of snow to find out the supply truck couldn't get there. Can't wait for spring!!


I own a whopping six Do-a-Dot markers. My oldest son and his friends use them, but only under my supervision--not because I don't trust them, but because they're pricey. A set of six will run you about 15 bucks...plus tax. Their slogan should be, "These aren't Crayola prices!"
The other day I was doing one of the things I do best...wasting time looking at projects I hope to one day get to on Pinterest. I ran across a cool and cheap alternative to Do-a-dot markers. It involved using wine bottle corks and regular paint to create art.
But Sofia thought it was a better idea to draw another pic of her aunt.
While we read the book and worked I'd stop periodically to write down and illustrate new words. Once we'd cleaned up I gave the vocabulary chart and the book to her mom to read and practice with her throughout the week.
All in all, I'd recommend the cork painting as an alternative to do-a-dot--sure it's a bit more messy, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper, and more creative as well.


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Q: Why does C++ not find bool operator when there's a ! operator in scope? Working on a parser combinator library, which this example is derived from, though obviously some names have been changed to protect the innocent:
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;

template <typename T> struct only_string;
template <>           struct only_string<string> {};

struct another_type {
    explicit operator bool() const { return true; }
};

// only substitute if T is string
template <typename T>
bool operator !(T) {
    only_string<T> a;
    return true;
}

int main() {
    another_type a;
    if (!a) {
        return 1;
    } else {
        return 0;
    }
}

I've got a template operator ! that should only substitute when T is a string, and another type that has a bool operator on it.  If I try to call !a, it finds the operator first, fails to substitute and gives up.  Can anyone explain this behavior and how to correct for it?
This is the output with g++ 5.4.0
> g++ -std=c++11 test.cc -o test

test.cc: In instantiation of 'bool operator!(T) [with T = another_type]':
test.cc:24:10:   required from here
test.cc:17:20: error: 'only_string<another_type> a' has incomplete type
     only_string<T> a;
                    ^

A: Yes the compiler "gave up" because it thought that the ! operator was the best match. If you really want the compiler to ignore that overload, you need to use a technique called SFINAE.
template <typename T,
        std::enable_if_t<std::is_same_v<T, std::string>>* = nullptr>
bool operator !(T) {
    return true;
}

That way, if the compiler tries to choose this function, it will fail to substitute the argument into the signature and will ignore it. This doesn't happen in the body of the function, which is why your version fails.

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یعقوبی, حسن, محمودی, احمد, حسنی, امید. (1396). رابطه رویدادهای استرس زا با مشکلات روان‌شناختی سالمندان: نقش جهت‌گیری مذهبی. روان‌شناسی پیری, 3(3), 207-217.
حسن یعقوبی; احمد محمودی; امید حسنی. "رابطه رویدادهای استرس زا با مشکلات روان‌شناختی سالمندان: نقش جهت‌گیری مذهبی". روان‌شناسی پیری, 3, 3, 1396, 207-217.
یعقوبی, حسن, محمودی, احمد, حسنی, امید. (1396). 'رابطه رویدادهای استرس زا با مشکلات روان‌شناختی سالمندان: نقش جهت‌گیری مذهبی', روان‌شناسی پیری, 3(3), pp. 207-217.
یعقوبی, حسن, محمودی, احمد, حسنی, امید. رابطه رویدادهای استرس زا با مشکلات روان‌شناختی سالمندان: نقش جهت‌گیری مذهبی. روان‌شناسی پیری, 1396; 3(3): 207-217.
سالمندان مشکلات هیجانی به نسبت بالایی را به هنگام مواجهه با رویدادهای استرسزا تجربه میکنند، که در این بین جهتگیری مذهبی میتواند به عنوان لایه محافظتی در افراد سالمند عمل کند. بنابراین مطالعه حاضر با هدف بررسی رابطه رویدادهای استرسزا و مشکلات روان‌شناختی سالمندان با واسطهگری جهتگیری مذهبی انجام شد. روش مطالعه توصیفی از نوع همبستگی بود. جامعه آماری شامل تمامی زنان و مردان سالمند 60 سال به بـالای ساکن در خانههای سالمندان شهر همدان بود. حجم نمونه 92 نفر (52 نفر مرد و 40 نفر زن) بود که به روش نمونهگیری در دسترس انتخاب شدند. ابزارهای مورد استفاده شامل پرسشنامه رویدادهای استرسزای زندگی پیکل و همکاران، مشکلات روان‌شناختی دراگوتیس و همکاران و جهتگیری مذهبی آلپورت بودند. تجزیه و تحلیل دادهها با بهرهگیری از آزمونهای آماری تحلیل مسیر و ضریب همبستگی پیرسون با استفاده از نرمافزارهای SPSS.22 و اسمارت PLS.2 صورت گرفت. نتایج نشان داد رویدادهای استرسزای زندگی با مشکلات روان‌شناختی رابطه مثبت معنیدار (05/0>P) و با جهتگیری مذهبی رابطه منفی معنیداری (01/0>P) دارد. همچنین جهتگیری مذهبی نقش واسطهای در الگوی ارتباطی بین رویدادهای استرسزا و مشکلات روان‌شناختی ایفا میکند (01/0>P). نتیجه پژوهش حاضر گویای این موضوع بود که اگرچه رویدادهای استرسزا نقش مهمی در بروز مشکلات روان‌شناختی در دوران سالمندی دارد، اما جهتگیری مذهبی به عنوان یک متغیر میانجی در کاهش مشکلات روان‌شناختی در اواخر زندگی از اهمیت بسزایی برخوردار است.
The elderly experience a lot of emotional problems when they face stressful events of which religious orientation could act as a protective layer in the elderly. Hence, present study was conducted to reveal the relationship between stressful events and psychiatric (Psychological) problems with mediation role of religious orientation in the elderly. This is a descriptive correctional study. The statistical community of this study consisted of all the elderly men and women over 60 years old in Hamedan Nursing Homes. Sample size was 92 (52 male and 40 female). They were selected using available sampling method. The data collection tools included the stressful life events Questionnaire of pickle and colleagues, Psychiatric (Psychological) problems Questionnaire of Dragotis and colleagues and Religious Orientation Questionnaire of Alport. Data analysis was conducted using Path Analysis Statistical Tests and Pearson Correlation Coefficient and SPSS.22 software and Smart pl s.2. Results showed that stressful events of life have a positive and significant relationship (p<0.05) with psychological problems and significant negative relationship with religious orientation (p<0.01). Also, the results of this study is indicative of the fact that although stressful events play an important role in creating psychiatric problems in the elderly period, the religious orientation as a mediator variable plays an important part in reducing psychiatric problems late in life.
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Here are some of our favorite Disney costumes.
Walt Disney came to Hollywood in 1923 with a short film about Alice in Wonderland, which he planned to turn into a cartoon series. October 16, a distributor agreed to release these shorts and thus, history was made. The Walt Disney company was formed, creating the most successful film company in history. Shortly after this date, they released many of the familiar and much loved classics that many of us grew up with, including Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto and many others. In 1937, they released their first full length feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. From humble beginnings in the early days came the many characters found in so many fancy dress outfits today. But are they just for kids?
Disney fancy dress came about because kids enjoy playing dress up, especially if they can dress up like their favorite cartoon characters. However, it's not just the kids who can have fun with these costumes. Ask almost any adult today what their favorite Disney character was while growing up, and they may tell you anything from Mickey Mouse to Ariel from the Little Mermaid. Adults and kids alike love these characters, so when it comes time to dress up for a fancy dress event, you can bet that there will be at least one adult dressing up as their favorite Disney character.
Today's popular Disney costumes come in a variety of characters, sizes and colors. The most popular of all these match the popular Disney movies, such as Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3.
Often, parents like to dress up their infants and toddlers in costumes from Finding Nemo, while others like the classics such as Mickey and Minnie. Older children like to dress up as Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, or even as princesses from the many Disney princess movies. Adults have a wide range of fancy dress outfits to choose from, including the many heroes and heroines of the Disney movies—not to mention all the villains to choose from.
Now that you have your fancy dress outfit, where are you going to wear it? Normally, most people wear their costumes to a party or even while taking their children out Trick-or-Treating on Halloween. But…what about wearing it to work? Of course, you wouldn't want to do this if your job is one where going against the dress code will get you fired, or if the work environment is very strict. However, in informal environments, once in a while may be the thing to break up the monotony.
Wear your fancy dress while out on a walk. This is sure to turn more than a few heads, and you may find some interesting conversations from doing this. Please don't do this if your costume is adult oriented…may get you arrested. No matter where you wear it, getting dressed up as your favorite Disney character can make you feel like a kid again!


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Industry news: Cellulosic fibres from textile waste
The goal is a circular economy: cellulosic fibres derived from textile waste are a step in the right direction. Startups like Renewcell and industry experts including Lenzing are working on turning the vision into reality. Textiles Intelligence highlights the opportunities and challenges this presents in the report "Global Apparel Markets".
The fashion industry produces 92 million tons of textile waste per year – a woeful record. But there are several factors which can influence the environmental compatibility of textile products. The first of these is the fibre: the choice of feedstock determines what happens with the textile at the end of a product lifecycle. There is hope: biodegradable cellulosic fibres derived from textile waste take a significant step towards a circular economy. In its quarterly report "Global Apparel Markets", the company Textiles Intelligence highlights the opportunities that new technologies and materials present.
Interest in cellulosic fibres is booming. According to Textile Exchange, the demand for lyocell fibres alone will increase by an average 15 per cent per year from 2017 to 2022. Acetate, viscose, lyocell and modal: conventionally, the feedstock for making cellulosic fibres is wood pulp sourced from trees – an increasingly endangered natural resource. According to Canopy, a non-profit organisation based in Canada, around half of all cellulose fibres are made using raw materials derived from ancient or endangered forests. Waste textiles could offer a solution to this problem: To manufacture one ton of cellulosic fibre requires just one ton of cotton waste, instead of 2.5 to 3 tons of virgin wood fibre. Canopy estimates that recycling just 25 per cent of global cotton textile waste and 25 per cent of viscose textile waste could replace all virgin wood fibre used in the manufacture of wood pulp. This would address the industry's existing problem with waste and, because the fibres are biodegradable or serve as a basis for new fibres, also prevent a future problem.
A number of startups have developed methods to recover cellulose from textile waste for use in the manufacture of new cellulosic fibres. One newcomer is the Swedish startup Renewcell, whose investors include H&M Group and Kappahl. Renewcell has developed a dissolvable wood pulp called Circulose, which is made from textile waste and post-consumer garments made from cotton and cellulosic fibres. In January 2020, Renewcell showcased its innovative technology at Neonyt. In November 2020, the company announced its collaboration with the Denmark-based clothing company Bestseller with the aim of putting clothing products incorporating Circulose fibres on the market in 2021. As awareness of the innovative sustainable fibres grows, transparency will also become increasingly relevant. The Austrian fibre manufacturer Lenzing is a major player in the field of cellulosic fibres. The company has been extremely successful over the years with its ground-breaking environmentally friendly fibres and is currently rolling out a blockchain traceability technology in conjunction with its Tencel Lyocell fibres, Tencel Modal fibres and Lenzing EcoVero viscose fibres.
Cellulosic fibres made from textile waste not only present an opportunity for a more sustainable industry, but also encourage consumers to make more eco-friendly purchasing decisions and to consider what happens to their garments at the ends of their useful lives.
#Textiles Intelligence #Global Apparel Market #Cellulosic fibre #Report #Textile Exchange #Canopy #Yarns #Fibres #Renewcell #Lenzing #Neonyt #Textile waste #Circular economy #Recycling #Traceability
Textiles Intelligence (2020): Global Apparel Markets
https://neonyt.messefrankfurt.com/berlin/de.html
Photo: Michael M. Vogl, Lenzing AG ©


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I read a lot of books -- in the last month or so I've read In Praise of Commercial Culture and Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures by Tyler Cowen, The Riddle of the Modern World by Alan Macfarlane, The Author's Due: Printing and the Prehistory of Copyright by Joseph Loewenstein, Five Hundred Years of Printing by S.H. Steinberg, and a few others, plus I'm currently working my way through the Complete Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the Complete Poems of Andrew Marvell, and The Growth of Biological Thought by the late Ernst Mayr (more on that one in another entry).
However, until yesterday I had never read a book that explained the significance of reading books. Such a one is Orality and Literacy by Walter J. Ong. Wow! Ong works hard to describe what it is like to live one's life in an exclusively oral culture (of which there are very few still in existence) and the differences between primarily oral cultures and primarily literate cultures. The result is a mind-opening exploration of, as the title says, orality and literacy.
In the bad old days, we used to call oral cultures "primitive", "savage", or some other convenient epithet. Yet Ong makes clear that oral people are not so much primitive as different. Consider an example from a study by Russian psychologist A.R. Luria, who investigated cultures on the cusp between orality and literacy (e.g., in Uzbekistan during the '20s and '30s). Luria would show people pictures of four objects -- such as an axe, a saw, a log, and a hammer -- then ask them to group the items together by separating off the item that did not belong with the others. Literate folks followed the kind of categorical thinking we're all familiar with by grouping together the axe, the saw, and the hammer -- they're all tools after all, right? But oral folks grouped together the axe, the saw, and the log, which all go together because you can use both a saw and an axe to cut wood, and we all need wood to cook food and keep ourselves warm, right? You can't argue with the logic of survival, and there's nothing primitive about exercising intelligence in the struggle to survive. Such thinking is not wrong or savage, but it is situational rather than categorical.
Similarly, oral people are distinctly uninterested in definitions, especially for everyday objects. Ask an oral person "what is a tree?" and the answer will be something like "everyone knows what a tree is, there are pine trees, ash trees, apple trees" and so on. By contrast, literate people define things, and we have big books containing thousands or even millions of definitions (in fact I sometimes read such books just for fun!).
According to Luria's research (Ong, p. 54), completely oral people also have trouble with self-analysis. When asked "what kind of person are you?", someone who is oral will talk about where he came from, how he and his family are faring, and the characteristics of his family or tribe, or perhaps question the very assumption that he would know himself: "What can I say about my own heart? How can I talk about my character? Ask others; they can tell you about me. I myself can't say anything." (I sense a connection here to Aristotle's view that a friend is "another self" who can provide an objective perspective on one's nature and value.)
Once writing is internalized by a person or a culture, things change. The first culture to truly internalize the written word (what Ong calls a "chirographic culture") was ancient Greece, around the time of what A.R. Burn called The Lyric Age of Greece (around 700 BCE). The Iliad and the Odyssey were oral poems (see Lord, The Singer of Tales), but poets like Alkaios and Sappho were primarily writers, not singers. Historically if not necessarily, with the increasing internalization of the written word come categorical thinking, logic, philosophy, science, well-defined law, the state, self-analysis, privacy, urban living, and literature. The invention of print in typographic cultures has accelerated these trends and has also introduced new ones, as explained by Elizabeth Eisenstein in The Printing Press as an Agent of Change. The invention of digital information storage, retrieval, and manipulation will accelerate these trends even further.
Although we take our modern typographic (and increasingly "electrographic") culture for granted, of the 3000 languages in existence today only about 75 have a written literature, and even into the nineteenth century books were in large measure read aloud to others even in advanced nations, not read silently in the privacy of one's own mind.
A further step beyond the internalization of reading the word is the internalization of writing the word. Although literary elites scoff at email, IM, wikis, and weblogs, they fail to recognize that these technologies encourage an ever-wider range of people to write, and write often. Writing forces certain habits of thinking onto the mind, in a way that reading alone does not. It's the difference between shaping the word and being shaped by the word. There is tremendous power in shaping the word, in naming things (going back at least to Adam's naming of the animals), in expressing one's understanding of the world in one's own words. And that power -- along with its attendant attitudes and intellectual habits -- is exploding across the planet with the growth of the seemingly mundane but in fact revolutionary technologies of the Internet.
May you live in interesting times!


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Rudolf Wessely (19 de enero de 1925 – 25 de abril de 2016) fue un actor y director austriaco.

Biografía
Nacido en Viena, Austria, tras graduarse al finalizar los estudios de secundaria (Abitur) y hacer el servicio militar en 1945/46, estudió actuación en el Seminario Max Reinhardt de Viena. Recibió sus primeros compromisos teatrales en 1946, actuando hasta 1948 en el Künstlertheater de su ciudad natal (también trabajó como dramaturgo), ocupándose desde 1948 hasta 1950 en el Teatro Die Insel de Viena. Entre 1950 y 1958 fue actor y director en el Deutsches Theater de Berlín, así como profesor en la Academia de Artes Dramáticas Ernst Busch.

Entre 1959 y 1960 trabajó en el Schauspielhaus de Düsseldorf, de 1960 a 1962 en el Städtische Bühnen de Wuppertal, entre 1962 y 1965 fue director del Atelier-Theater de Berna, desde 1965 a 1967 actuó en el Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, entre 1967 y 1970 fue director del Düsseldorfer Kammerspiele, y en 1970/71 colaboró con el Schauspielhaus Zürich.

También actuó entre 1972 y 1987 en el Burgtheater de Viena, teatro en el cual también tuvo funciones de dirección. Fue uno de los actores de mayor renombre de  dicho teatro, pero también tuvo actuaciones especiales entre 1976 y 1987 en el Teatro de Cámara de Múnich. Fue miembro de la compañía de ese último teatro desde 1987 hasta 2001, trabajando bajo la dirección artística de Dieter Dorn, trasladándose en 2001 al Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, donde permaneció hasta el verano de 2011.

En 1997 fue el primer intérprete en ser homenajeado con el premio al actor del año por la ORF, y desde 2000 fue nombrado miembro de la Academia de Bellas Artes de Baviera.

Rudolf Wessely falleció en Múnich en el año 2016.

Filmografía (selección)

Teatro

Actor

Director
 1953 : Konstantin Issajew/Alexander Galitsch: Fernamt …Bitte melden (Deutsches Theater de Berlín y Kammerspiele)
 1953 : Gabriela Zapolska: Die Moral der Frau Dulski, dirección junto a Horst Schönemann (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
 1957 : Jean Giraudoux: Amphytrion  (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
 1958 : Eduardo de Filippo: Weh' dem, der träumt, actor ydirector (Deutsches Theater Berlin y Kammerspiele)
 1967 : Julius Hay: Haben (Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel y Residenztheater)

Radio
 1954 : Wladimir Poljakow: Liebe, Medizin und eine kleine Wohnung, dirección de Richard Hilgert (Rundfunk der DDR)
 1955 : A. G. Petermann: Die Premiere fällt aus, dirección de Herwart Grosse (Rundfunk der DDR)
 1956 : Béla Balázs: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dirección de Joachim Witte (Rundfunk der DDR)
 1956 : Rolf Schneider: Das Gefängnis von Pont L'Eveque, dirección de Helmut Hellstorff (Rundfunk der DDR)
 1958 : Peter Erka: Autos machen Leute, dirección de Werner Wieland (Rundfunk der DDR)
 1959 : Friedrich Wolf: Die Weihnachtsgans Auguste, dirección de Ingeborg Milster (Rundfunk der DDR)
 1959 : Joachim Goll: Die Dienstreise, dirección de Werner Grunow (Rundfunk der DDR)
 1998 : Pierre Bourgeade: Der Pass, dirección de Joachim Staritz (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk)
 1999 : Joseph Roth: Hiob, dirección de Robert Matejka (MDR)

Bibliografía
 Hermann J. Huber: Langen Müller's Schauspielerlexikon der Gegenwart. Deutschland. Österreich. Schweiz. Albert Langen • Georg Müller Verlag GmbH, Múnich • Viena 1986, ISBN 3-7844-2058-3, pág. 1100 f
 C. Bernd Sucher (ed.): Theaterlexikon. Autoren, Regisseure, Schauspieler, Dramaturgen, Bühnenbildner, Kritiker. De Christine Dössel y Marietta Piekenbrock con Jean-Claude Kuner y C. Bernd Sucher. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Múnich 1999, ISBN 3-423-03322-3, pág. 762 f

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Wessely en Filmportal
 Archivos de Rudolf Wessely en la Österreichische Mediathek
 Wessely en Synchronkartei
 Wessely en Theaterlexikon

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Actores de televisión de Alemania
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Learn How To Play Poker For Beginners Basic Poker Game Process Guide | Paly Live Strip Poker!
In this learn how to play online real money pokers for beginners lesson you will learn the basic rules of poker. While poker looks complex when you're new to it it's actually not so bad at all once you know it and will become second nature after a short time. We'll start by using free play real money poker tournament freerolls as the example, you should start with this type of game so they are the perfect example.
So, to start, you login to your free play real money poker site and go join a game. As mentioned each of these tournaments will have multiple tables. To figure how many tables there will be look at how many players are registered and divide by 10. You round up to eliminate the decimal point, if any; e.g., 68 players divided by 10, equals 6.8, rounded up, means there are 7 tables in the tournament.
Next the poker site software will put you on a random seat and random table. On any decent free play real money poker site games start very regularly, maybe every half-hour; 24-7 so initially, don't be overly concerned about how successful you are in any one game; there's always another game that you can enter.
Firstly you are given two cards, known as pocket cards, only you can see these. This is followed by a round of "blind" betting; generally, no more than 3 raises to the original bet are permitted; and this restriction of raises will be true in all future rounds of betting.
Next, the Dealer will expose 3 cards on the table. These are known as community or board cards and can be used in conjunction with pocket cards by all players.
Plus, as you'll come to learn later, after you read the "Building a Bankroll" series of articles, the DB position is the best seat at the table. Additionally, at the end of every hand, the Dealer Button (DB) moves one position to the left; thus, everyone acts as the "virtual dealer" in an Internet game, and, everyone is forced to place "blind" bets.
sses. In part 2 we'll get into more detail on the stages described and look at what you actually physically do and consider some essential basic free play real money poker strategy.


Lol, yes, Emma, I've seen!
I might not finish that Digimon fic, and if I do, I'll post it here. It's family!humor? Idk.
My fandom's kind of died a little, too. Partially because of the crapfics, but mostly because I haven't had the time to write anything with college prep and apps and such taking the wheel.
And yay! Diane has more stuff coming! Can't wait.
Back in a couple of days or so.
Sorry that I kinda fell off the face of the planet for a while there! Senior year sucked. 'Nuff said. But now that I finally have some free time to work on fics! Maybe I'll get more than the occasional oneshot/100 themes chapter and actually FINISH a chaptered story without deleting it halfway through.
Uh, yeah. I'm lazy and have negelected this place horribly. Punch me- I'll give you my address.
Its a piece of cake to say: Winn-ne-puh-sock-ee. I just can't spell it.
Don't worry, we won't punch you. Well, at least, I won't.
My excuse for dissapearing is that I'm on a Maths course, and I'm spent some time brushing up on my Maths. And I'm in the process of joining the Army, and there is a lot of forms and stuff to sort out. SOOO BIZZY.
However, I've recently got a batch of Digimon icons, and I can feel Digimon sloooowly creeping back into my life. Hehe, we'll see.
And I'm in the process of joining the Army, and there is a lot of forms and stuff to sort out. SOOO BIZZY.
You boys are definitely more dedicated than I am. I reaaaaaaally would fail at entering the military.
Ah, reminds me of when I was a kid and so desperately wanted to be a pilot. The optician just scoffed and told me it would never happen. Damn you left eye, damn you!!
Didn't get into the Army due to fitness (and what I now know to be asthma).
This bit is very important.
So, call me Max and use male pronouns yes-please-thank-you-very-much.
Currently working in a nursing home and will go to university next year to train to be a registered nurse!
Oh and I got a lot of tattoos. Might be addicted.


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Some airlines will not allow passengers to fly into D.C. with checked guns
Beloved grandfather of 14 passes away from covid-19 complications
Boy passes away before getting final wish of reuniting with his family
Mukuta Mukuta's last wish was to reunite with his family, ane he even put out a call to Batman. Despite the world-wide effort, though, time was working against it.
Author: William Liss
So many have followed the efforts to help an 11-year-old boy with cancer get his final wish to see his mom again.
Mukuta Mukuta lived with his parents and 10 brothers and sisters in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then in a refugee camp in Zimbabwe.
Mukuta's father and seven of his brothers and sisters were all able to emigrate to the United States, finally settling in Atlanta. But his mother and four siblings had to stay behind in Zimbabwe.
But it was here that Mukuta was diagnosed with an incurable cancer. The 11-year-old boy, in hospice care at Hospice Atlanta, always wanted for his family to be reunited, and even put out the call on Facebook for help from his favorite superhero, Batman.
PREVIOUS | Young boy with cancer calls upon 'Batman' for help
The wish went viral on Facebook, and it was quickly answered in a call from Batman himself, Ben Affleck. Then, a major team effort by Hospice Atlanta and the 11Alive help desk – working with the United Nations Refugee Agency and the offices of Senator Johnny Isakson – to get Mukuta's mother to Atlanta. Ben Affleck, who has volunteered heavily in the Congo, was going to try and make it financially possible.
Unfortunately, despite a world-wide effort, time was working against it. Mukuta's wish was one that was unable to be fulfilled, and on Thursday morning, Mukuta lost his battle with cancer.
While his family was separated physically, he was able to Skype with his mother at the refugee camp to share one last moment together.
11Alive joins with Hospice Atlanta in expressing our deepest sympathies to Mukuta's family on both sides of the world at this most difficult time.
You can join in and leave your condolences on our Facebook page.


Nation's largest healthcare clowning organization adds another of America's preeminent pediatric institutions to its ranks.
New York, NY, August 23, 2018 — Healthy Humor (HH), the nonprofit arts organization whose professional performers create moments of joy, wonder, laughter and comfort for hospitalized children and all others who are most in need, is delighted to announce the expansion of its Red Nose Docs program to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Cincinnati Children's ranks second in the nation among all Honor Roll hospitals in U.S.News and World Report's 2018-2019 Best Children's Hospitals ranking. The program will begin operations at Cincinnati Children's in the fall, bringing the total number of HH hospital partners to 14.
Healthy Humor (HH) is a non-profit arts organization whose professional performers create moments of joy, wonder, laughter and comfort for hospitalized children and all others who are most in need. It was founded in June 2016 by three alumni of the Big Apple Circus Clown Care program with more than 60 combined years of healthcare clowning experience: Dina Paul-Parks (CEO), Karen McCarty (Artistic Director) and Deborah Kaufmann (Director of Training and Education). HH now employs approximately 70 performers serving more than 200,000 families every year in 13 other pediatric facilities across the country: Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston, NJ), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Bronxcare Health System, Harlem Hospital, Jacobi Medical Center, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Children's National Medical Center, Nicklaus Children's Hospital (Miami, FL), La Rabida Children's Hospital (Chicago, IL) and Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). For more information, please visit www.healthyhumorinc.org.
Cincinnati Children's, a nonprofit academic medical center established in 1883, is one of the oldest and most distinguished pediatric hospitals in the United States. The hospital offers comprehensive clinical services, from treatments for rare and complex conditions to well-child care. In the 2018-19 U.S. News & World Report survey of best children's hospitals, Cincinnati Children's ranks No. 2 among all Honor Roll hospitals. With more than 600 registered beds, Cincinnati Children's had more than 1.3 million patient encounters and served patients from all 50 states and 58 countries, including 589 international patients, in fiscal 2017. For more information, please visit www.cincinnatichildrens.org.


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package org.xtreemfs.test.foundation.util;

import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.textui.TestRunner;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.xtreemfs.foundation.util.OutputUtils;

public class OutputUtilsTest extends TestCase {

    @Override
    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
    }

    @Override
    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
    }

    @Test
    public void testLongHexEncoding() throws Exception {

        final long[] values = { 805306368000L, Integer.MIN_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE, Long.MIN_VALUE,
            Long.MAX_VALUE, 1, 0, -1 };

        for (long value : values) {
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
            OutputUtils.writeHexLong(sb, value);

            assertEquals(value, OutputUtils.readHexLong(sb.toString(), 0));
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testReadWriteHex() {
        final int objno = 129;
        final int objver = 459435;
        final int trepo = 1;
        final long checksum = 843349439598l;

        final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(Integer.SIZE/8*3+2*Long.SIZE/8);
        OutputUtils.writeHexInt(sb,objno);
        OutputUtils.writeHexInt(sb,objver);
        OutputUtils.writeHexInt(sb,trepo);
        OutputUtils.writeHexInt(sb,(int) (checksum >> 32));
        OutputUtils.writeHexInt(sb,(int) (checksum & 0xFFFFFFFF));
        OutputUtils.writeHexLong(sb, checksum);
        final String result = sb.toString();
        // System.out.println("result: "+result);

        int tmp = OutputUtils.readHexInt(result, 0);
        assertEquals(objno,tmp);
        tmp = OutputUtils.readHexInt(result, 8);
        assertEquals(objver,tmp);
        tmp = OutputUtils.readHexInt(result, 16);
        assertEquals(trepo,tmp);
        tmp = OutputUtils.readHexInt(result, 24);
        long tmp2 = ((long)tmp)<< 32;
        tmp = OutputUtils.readHexInt(result, 32);
        tmp2 += tmp;
        assertEquals(checksum,tmp2);
        tmp2 = OutputUtils.readHexLong(result, 40);
        assertEquals(checksum,tmp2);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        TestRunner.run(OutputUtilsTest.class);
    }

}

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Review: Observer
Posted on October 14, 2018 by Audish	One comment
Review copy provided by developer
It's no secret that cyberpunk can have a very strong horror bent. The merging of machines with flesh is quintessential body horror, after all, and you can't deny the creeping dread of soulless dystopias and unrestrained capitalism. Observer is one of the more notable titles to take a stab at cyberpunk horror, by way of the developers behind Layers of Fear. That originally gave me pause, as I am no fan of that particular romp. And while this one shares some of the same weaknesses, its robust story and improved pacing make it a journey worth seeing through.
Dan Lazarski is a very special detective with the Krakow Police Department, known as an Observer. In the grim, neon future of eastern Europe this means he's wired to invade people's brain-bits and experience what they did. This is super useful for investigating murders, which is perfect because something very un-good is going down in a slummy apartment building under lockdown. Dan's going to have his cyber-hands full sorting out the twisting mess of clandestine connections and machinations there, and on top of that his checkered past is coming back to haunt him. He's also voiced by Rutger Hauer, who brings some appreciated gravel to the role but sounds like he's too old for this shit, like beyond the actual direction I'm sure he got to sound "too old for this shit."
Observer is a first-person horror adventure, much in the same vein as 90% of the indie horror titles cluttering Steam these days. Unlike those titles, however, this one features an incredible visual style and level of polish that should be immediately apparent. Layers of Fear's strong suit was its visuals, and they've only improved for this outing. The apartment complex where the game is set is a vision of futuristic squalor, a 20th-century brick edifice painted and wallpapered countless times, peeling and crumbling from neglect, jury-rigged with exposed wiring, and beaten by the rain of a dystopian corporate metropolis. Layered over this antiquity is a veneer of gleaming neon and networked wonders, forming a sharp disconnect between eras in the very halls you walk.
It's a great setting for any game, but Observer makes the most of it to ramp up the intensity of its tale. Dan's been sent to investigate the place because of a lockdown, possibly cause by the deadly phage. This is a strange disease that afflicts those with implants, and so all the residents must remained locked up in their residences. You can speak with them through their kitbashed intercoms, and what you'll get in return is a cross-section of neuroses and tragedy. The folks that end up in a futuristic flophouse are a motley bunch, and despite some cartoonish voice work have some very interesting stories to share. They'll also point you towards the dark secrets of the complex, excesses of the digital age that have defined new atrocities to inflict upon the undeserving. Some of what you find here will be grim indeed, and it only gets grimmer the further in you get.
Combing the complex and speaking with the residents forms a major part of the gameplay, which can make it feel like nothing's happening for significant stretches of the game. That all changes when you reach a crime scene and plug into the victim's mind, which dumps you into a digital nightmare world to sort out. Unlike the investigations, these sequences have little direction and involve you moving forward through brutal vignettes on an unclear path to the clue you're trying to uncover. The atmosphere and presentation here is top-notch, but be aware that much of the actual horror hinges on jumpscares and stingers. This is where the game seems the most like Layers of Fear, and it's not a flattering comparison, especially when Dan's own neuroses start mixing in and making it hard to distinguish reality from imagined threats.
Fortunately there's more to the game than just that. You have two special vision modes that let you scan biological or technological points of interest for additional evidence or backstory. You can also find terminals that hold story snippets and bits of world-building, along with a remarkably addictive puzzle game to play in your spare time. There are photos and other collectibles to find, and plenty of residents to speak to that are in non-essential areas. From this perspective the game honestly works better as an adventure title than a horror one, as the scares tend to be the weakest part of the design. I was certainly creeped out and uncomfortable in many parts, but the brunt of the jumpscares and spooky rooms fell flat for me. It was the story I was here for, and it was good enough to keep me chugging along.
Overall, Observer is a solid package that just might not be solid in the ways you're hoping. The setting is fantastic and fully-realized, the story draws from the darkest, most depraved parts of cyberpunk, and the graphics and sound design really sell the whole thing. But it can drag a bit when it's not being scary, and when it does try to be scary it tries a little too hard. It's not obnoxious like Layers of Fear was, and in fact it shows a lot of maturation since those heady days of dolls slamming face-first into cabinets. Observer is a step in the right direction and a fine cyberpunk adventure, and those with weak constitutions will find it a frightful jaunt as well.
tagged with Adventure, First-person, Horror, Spooky Games 5
Will Ford
This has been on my wish list for a very long time, but I've always held back from finally pulling the trigger solely because I knew it was by the same team behind Layers of Fear. That said it's always been the theme and atmosphere that drew me in so it's reassuring to see you think that's still worth experiencing.
It is a shame to see they took the same avenue to horror as they did with LoF. I can see myself getting frustrated with that portion of the game, but setting just wont let me give up on it. I'll have to pick it up when it's cheaper.


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N'Assembly's N52b building project underway
By Emmanuel Badejo and Damola Jenfa
31 May 2015 | 11:05 pm
TO support the sustenance of dynamic and effective legislature in Nigeria and the sub-region, the nation's National Assembly is undertaking a world-class permanent site for legislative studies, located in the heart of Abuja.
The National Assembly is poised to deliver a world-class edifice, which will house the nation's legislative headquarters, comprising office spaces, training unit and research facilities designed in a three-floor complex. The project will gulp N52 billion, and completed in October 2015
The project, which under normal circumstances, is set for delivery around November this year, will gulp about N52,031b. When completed, the edifice will be named the National Institute for Legislative Studies. At the moment, construction works have reached advanced stages in a project having its contract conditions as design and build re-measurement, with a completion period of 24 months.
Coming with the complex are convention centres, libraries, administrative buildings, main reception/entrance lobby, hostel with recreational centres, external infrastructure, power house to mention a few.
Going by the project brief, the main gate, power reception, library, lecture threatres, and administrative building were said to have been completed already; as testing and commissioning of Phase 1, convention centre, infrastructure and works would be completed between October and November 2015.
While the lead contractor is the Julius Berger, Lambert, Energo, Frerk, and Biogest are handling electrical, mechanical, generators and sewage treatment plant respectively. Also, Berkefeld, Strhmann, Stim, Abumet and AFP are providing water treatment plant, natural stone, steel works, aluminum works and doors with furniture in that order.
Speaking recently on the project, the Director General of the National Institute for Legislative Studies, Dr. Ladi Hamalai, said the institute was poised to transit from a research and knowledge management center of the National Assembly to a capacity development hub in the West Africa sub region.
According Hamalai, "The rational was to ensure that the institute of such world class also has a befitting world class headquarters, which will have the necessary office space, training space and research facilities. All these are very necessary in any institute of such caliber.
Basically, the headquarters has what is called the core building. Within the core building is the library, which is unique. It is a three-floor building that has 20 offices for researchers.
These offices will also be extended to international institutions that are interested in collaborating with the institute. Hamalai added that the headquarters also has the administrative block and the 1000-seater facility auditorium, as well as the lecture complex. "There are four lecture rooms of 50, 100, 150 and 200 sitting capacity, respectively.
These are the core buildings. There is also the reception hall. Apart from this, there is also the 100-room hostel, which would be more or less a three star hotel that will support participants with their various training programmes."
Futuristically, she observed that some of the benefits of having such a world-class structure in Abuja for the use of the legislature, Nigeria and Nigerians would be quite monumental, considering the fact that bringing the best international training institutes like the John Hopkins and one or two others with the view of collaborating with them in the areas of training and research cannot be quantified.
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Europa Distribution continues its tour around Europe, in order to shed some light on the situation of independent film distribution across the continent. After our recent articles on countries such as Russia and Lithuania, Iceland and the UK, we headed south to report on the individual aspects of the Greek market, and the challenges faced by its professionals. The members of Europa Distribution operating in the Hellenic Republic offered us a common portrait of a highly competitive market, which has undergone significant changes due to the impact of the last economic crisis in 2008. A large number of releases, a great sensitivity to the weather, a limited amount of windows and a constant search for new business models are just some of the main traits of the film distribution market in Greece.
An overloaded market
There is an absolute consensus among national distributors when it comes to identifying the key obstacle to overcome in their market; "the problem is that there are almost 400 films being released in Greece every year, and that is completely crazy," says Irini Souganidou, Managing Director of Feelgood Entertainment.
Established back in 2009, during the Greek economic crisis and recession, Feelgood started as a small arthouse theatrical company, acquiring independent titles, such as Dogtoothby Yorgos Lanthimos (their first theatrical release), and gradually becoming the market leader and the exclusive distributor for all Disney and Sony pictures in Greece and Cyprus. According to their Theatrical Market Update (2017), over the past three years the number of films released in Greece went from 312 in 2015, up to 388, last year. Nevertheless, this significant increase has not generated a substantial growth in admissions, which in 2017 amounted to a total of 10,060,065 (far from the peaks of the market in 2007 and 2009, which had more than 12 million admissions and a total GBO close to 100€ million).
"The competition in Greece is pretty severe. Distributors are very competitive against each other, and we also have too many films for the size of our market," as explained by Stella Kechagia, Head of Marketing in SevenFilms, a company focused mainly on arthouse and independent titles (Cold War,Everybody knowsand Girlare some of their latest acquisitions). "I think there are more distributors and films than this market supports," concludes Kechagia. This is a concern widely acknowledged by all Europa Distribution members in the country, which spans over the whole distribution process, beginning with the strong competition between buyers during the festivals season.
Zinos Panagiotidis, veteran distributor and current president of Rosebud21, explains that when his company was founded 25 years ago, "the market was very different." Back then, only a handful of companies were specialised in arthouse films, but according to the Hellenic Film Commission there are currently 20 distributors operating in the country, most of them releasing independent films to a greater or lesser extent. According to Souganidou, the unprecedented number of film releases, and distributors, "has completely altered the rules of the game, and the ones who have suffered the most are the arthouse titles." As a result of this tendency, it has become increasingly difficult for independent distributors to find the proper circuit for their films, as well as to take care of them individually.
Ioanna Panagiotidis, Head of distribution at Rosebud, speaks clearly about this issue. "Some companies release one or two films every week, and that way it is impossible to work properly on these titles." On the other hand, some distributors also point out that their relationship with exhibitors is not always easy. Given the wide range of options available and their emotional detachment from the films, if a specific title is not performing well on its first week, exhibitors will most likely pull it out and go for a new release. "Of course the big blockbusters don't need support, everyone wants to see them and the exhibitors are more than happy to accommodate, but some films need more time and work on a word of mouth basis," says Souganidou. Most of distributors agreed that it has become almost impossible to secure a film during its first week, and with so many titles being released "there is no time to make something actually work" (Kechagia).
This situation has lead to a new trend in recent years, with a lot of distributors deciding to take over cinemas in order to skip the negotiations and release their films directly at the theatres.
Stepping into exhibition
With a total of 496 screens (232 of which are located in Athens), Greece has experienced a modest growth in the number of cinemas during the past few years, due in part to the decision of many distributors to step into the exhibition business. "That's happening because there is no room for the films to work. We suddenly have a need to have our own cinemas, so we can find a place for our movies," (Kechagia). There is actually a new model that is being implemented by many Greek distributors, consisting on renovating and reopening old cinemas across the country.
After previously expanding into the music industry, representing Sony Music in Greece, Feelgood acquired its first open air cinema this summer, which started functioning in June. "We believe there is a problem with exhibition, so we decided to bring our 'feelgood approach' to this direction." The same applies for Seven Films, which has recently bought an open air cinema in Athens, where they screen both their own films and also those from competitors. "If you have your own theatre your life as distributor is much easier," admits Panagiotidis, whose company is also looking into this possibility, which has become one of the biggest shifts in the Greek distribution market. "There are some theatres that 5-10 years ago nobody was interested in, but now everyone is looking for them."
As for multiplexes, which seize the biggest portion of the exhibition market, there hasn't been any meaningful change over the past few years, showing a situation of monopoly dominated by two major chains. "There is no room for us to compete with the multiplexes," states Kechagia. Village is the indisputable leader, holding around 37% of the market share, while Odeon -recently merged with Ster- has another 20%. "There hasn't been any new player but one, called Cineplexx, which has renovated an old multiplex in Thessaloniki and now is doing a pretty good job." (Souganidou)
Distinct seasonality and geography
One of the most peculiar traits of the Greek distribution market is linked to its strong seasonality, which influences not only the number and type of films being released in each period, but also the venues where these releases take place. In the summertime, if the weather is good, multiplexes lose attendance while the open air cinemas become the most popular option (there were 160 of them registered in 2017). The market relies strongly on the open air theatres, which have around 65% of the share during summer, so when these can not work properly because of the meteorological conditions it affects the whole market. "We are very sensitive to the weather. This summer, for the second year in a row, we had a very rainy and abnormal weather in Greece, so we couldn't make any success with open air cinemas. The whole market was in complete despair and depression," reveals Souganidou.
Regarding the differences in programming, most distributors focus on arthouse and more independent titles for their winter releases, while opting for more family-friendly and commercial alternatives for the summer. Stella Kechagia, from SevenFilms, confirms that their company works a lot during summer, taking a completely different approach towards the films they release: "We like to do reissues of old titles for the open air cinemas. We also change a lot the genre of the films being released during this season, trying to have more comedies and light films." As for Rosebud, whose policy is usually to release around 10 movies per year (6 for winter and 4 during summer), Panagiotidis also noticed a particular trend among their moviegoers. "There is a particular audience that doesn't go to the theatres in winter because they prefer the open air cinemas. There they can drink, eat, smoke… It is a more 'complete' entertainment. We have also noticed that people become more upscale in summer, so they tend to spend more money on leisure."
Another important particularity has to do with the geographical distribution of admissions in Greece, presenting a huge difference in cinema attendance between the big cities and the provincial towns. Almost 60% of the admissions come from Athens, another 15% from Thessaloniki -second biggest city- and the remaining 25% comes from the provinces. "The difference is huge. We do work with all Greece but most of the times we release first in Athens and Thessaloniki, and only then we go to the towns," admits Kechagia.
These numbers become even more drastic when focusing specifically on independent titles: "Except for Athens and Thessaloniki, the admissions for arthouse films are close to zero in other cities" (Panagiotidis). The landscape of the country itself presents a big challenge for distribution activities. 80% of Greece consists of mountains or hills, making the country one of the most mountainous in Europe, and it also features thousands of different islands (more than 200 of which are inhabited). "Because Greece is so dispersed, with many small islands and villages, it is specially complex for distribution compared to other countries where things are more compacted," as explained by Feelgood's director.
This singularity has an impact in all the different phases of the work chain: from booking to monitoring as well as checking and collecting revenues, which has become a real issue in Greece in the past decade. "In our business we usually have to pay the money up front. We need to advance our expenses so we really need a lot of money to be able to afford the cash flow, from collecting to actually paying on time all our costs" (Souganidou).
Limited windows for distribution
The latest economic and financial crisis, which was especially rampant in Greece, had a negative impact on almost every economic sector, and film distribution was no exception. When it comes to windows for distribution, the recession severely affected the Greek market, limiting the number of options and its flexibility, with some traditionally established businesses even facing closure.
Theatrical release is currently the only viable platform for distribution, but taking into account its limitations (namely the overloaded market), a lot of films don't even get the chance to show their potential. "Many films are being destroyed essentially since the other platforms of exploitation in Greece have been killed by the recession and the illegal downloading," regrets Souganidou. The platform that has suffered the most was DVD, which used to perform really well in the country with a significant share of the revenues. Greece had an important rental and retail market on home entertainment, but its size has decreased by almost 80% compared to 10 years ago. This trend has been particularly noted by SevenFilms, which apart from its distribution and exhibition activities owns a chain of retail stores – former video rental shops. "The DVD market used to be strong in Greece, but that is not the case anymore. Most of the times we have a fixed demand of DVDs that we share with 100-150 stores, and that is it. There is no great sale or rental anymore," clarifies Kechagia. "We have actually changed the profile of our shops. Now it is mainly an entertainment store, focusing on retail technology and gaming."
As for the digital market, it is almost non-existent in Greece, with most initiatives working still on an infancy stage. "The investment is more than the actual revenue," states Souganidou. International platforms are becoming increasingly interested in the country, with Netflix recently launching a local version and including Greek subtitles for some content. At the same time, some national VoD services like OTT are also experiencing a growing tendency, but the figures so far are insignificant: "It feels promising, but still no results" (Panagiotidis).
On the other hand, pay-TV is one of the only real alternatives at the moment, with two major players operating in the market, OTE and Nova. The latter used to hold the monopoly on pay-TV for years, but after experiencing financial issues OTE managed to get a lot of members and content, acquiring a very solid position and becoming the only "trustworthy partner" for distribution in Greece. Nevertheless, it is important to note that the Greek pay-TV market suffered an unexpected loss in subscribers during the past couple of years, as exposed in a 2017 report by the Greek paper Kathimerini. For the first time since the incursion of OTE, the service has experienced a notable fall in customers (almost 15,000 less), due in part to the new tax impositions and the effects of piracy. Last year Greece had approximately 950,000 pay-TV clients, which represents a 24% of penetration in the country, figures that are similar to those in other Southern states like Spain or Portugal, but considerably lower than the EU average. All things considered, pay-TV is still the second biggest window for film distribution in Greece, as acknowledged by Europa Distribution members: "With pay-TV we can still find a good deal, even for independent films, so we hope it stays like that for many years. The problem is free-TV" (Panagiotidis). While private channels are usually not interested in European and arthouse production, focusing mainly on commercial titles and TV formats, the only alternative for free-TV distribution was ERT (the Greek public channel). Most independent distributors used to work on a regular basis with the public TV, but due to "management decisions" ERT has virtually stopped movie sales. It is also important to mention that a couple of years ago Greece went through a huge controversy regarding the repartition of TV licences, leading to an auction by the Supreme Court and outraging many media groups. In any case, distributors conclude that the numbers for TV are too small to be accounted. In Souganidou's words, "unless you make it theatrical there is no way you will recover your expenses through the other platforms, at least for the time being."
Worrying numbers in piracy
While piracy is always mentioned as a major problem everywhere, Greece ranks above the average with some shocking numbers. According to the data provided by Feelgood Entertainment, the company has monitored almost 4 million illegal downloads per day just for films and series in Greece. Piracy has also played a big role in preventing more customers to join pay-TV, and contributed to the recent loss in subscribers. As published by Kathimerini, there is an estimated amount of between 80,000 and 100,000 piracy-enabling devices in Greek households, allowing users to watch pay-TV channels for free, which is leading to an annual loss of around 20 millions only for this market. "It is a huge amount of content being downloaded," simply put by Souganidou. Luckily, after a lot of negotiations and constant pressure from distributors, this year the Greek Government finally approved the application of the "Italian model" to fight piracy in the country. Until now, anyone who wanted to take down content from an illegal site had to directly go to court. That meant that, according to the Greek regulation, it could take from 5 to 8 years to have a final resolution on the matter. What the new law entails is that instead of going to the court, there will be a committee appointed for these cases with the same legal authority. This way the owners of the pirated content will be able to make an application informing that in a specific site there is illegal content of their ownership, and after paying a fee this committee will have to make a decision. They will be obliged to take down the illegal site or to cut the access to it within a period of 60 days, and if the named site refused to do it they would be forced to pay a fine. "Hopefully there will be a lot of publicity which will make Greeks understand that this is illegal, that this is theft, but it has been 9 months and we are still expecting this new law to be practically implemented" (Souganidou).
"We just love cinema"
Despite their different approaches and the varied scale of their business, all of Europa Distribution members agreed on the main problem to be tackled in order to improve the situation of independent film distribution in Greece. First and foremost, to lower the number of films that are being released every year. "We need to select more carefully," expresses Kechagia, whose dream scenario for the future would be one where they can always "find the space and the screens" to show their films to people that share the same passion for them.
Ioanna Panagiotidis also subscribes to this idea, considering that in the long term a reduction in the number of releases would be in everyone's interest. "This way you have the time to choose better and work on each title as you are supposed to." As for the reasons that still motivate them to fight for this business, the answer is also categorical: "We just love cinema. We like to go to festivals and watch films, and when we discover movies that we think are worth it, then we are very eager to come back and show them to people. We will keep fighting because we don't want to see cinema gone. We won't give up, and we don't want people to give up" (Kechagia).
On a more pessimistic note, Zinos Panagiotidis admits that after almost 50 years in the business, and with all the changes experienced by the market, it is sometimes difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. "My job is something very personal, very special. I know that for some people it is just a business. They could be buying and selling anything, but my life is cinema. I can't imagine stopping and doing something different." On her side, Irini Souganidou remarks the importance of being ethical and creative, collaborating with the different players and becoming an essential part of the chain. "Our challenge is to keep our integrity and be financially stable in order to present our films to the Greek audiences," while also pointing out a fundamental devotion for cinema. "This is a business where it wouldn't make sense to be unless you really have a passion and love for film."
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If you're considering cutting the cord and you want to watch local channels, you'll be looking at an over the air antenna or a service like Hulu. If you decide on an antenna and you want a DVR recording device, the best over-the-Air DVRs are from TiVo and ChannelMaster. As more and more cord-cutting consumers abandon cable or satellite, their DVRs don't have to go out with them. With a decent antenna, you may be able to watch network and local over-the-air (OTA) stations. For those who have grown attached to the DVR, the new-generation OTA DVRs make it possible to hold onto that recording experience.
The TiVo Roamio and the ChannelMaster DVR closely resemble the DVRs that we're all used to with cable and satellite TV. They both have HDMI outputs to directly connect the DVR to an AVR, surround processor, or a TV.
For TiVo, there's the new "OTA" model, which is obviously designed for OTA use only, is only available with a monthly $14.99 subscription. That runs to about $180 per year and over a three-year period, the total is almost $590. Although other TiVo products have a lifetime subscription available, that runs $399.00 and is only applicable to one DVR. So if that DVR breaks or becomes obsolete, that lifetime subscription dies with it. TiVo also has a base model Roamio which also can be used with cable if you add a CableCard (it has to be OTA or cable, but not both.)
By comparison, the OTA only ChannelMaster DVR comes either with 16GB of internal storage (to which more can be added) or with 1TB or 3TB of internal storage and the ability to add even more with external drives. The external drive option is actually very practical because the hard drive is usually what fails in a DVR and an external drive is easily replaced since it basically just plugs into the DVR.
The major benefit of Channel Master and TiVo is their ability to connect directly to the local entertainment system via HDMI. With either model, you can easily use Channel Up/Down buttons or select a channel the old-fashioned way using the numeric keypad on the remotes. Because both units are using direct OTA tuning without the compression applied by cable or satellite delivery, the HD images are the best that you can get with a broadcast signal.
One major difference between TiVo and Channel Master is that TiVo had four tuners whereas Channel Master only has two. While this may seem like an advantage, there are rarely more than two programs worth recording at the same time on network television. And network channels are all that you can record on OTA DVRs. While TiVo had streaming services including Netflix, Hulu+, Vudu, Pandora, YouTube, and more, you cannot record any streaming. Additionally, all of these applications can be found on other devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, and even most Smart TVs. Channel Master currently only has two channels available for streaming: Pandora and YouTube.
Although the TiVo Roamio OTA costs around $49.95, the consumer must subscribe to the guide service mentioned earlier at $14.99 per month. While the Channel Master costs more, from $250 to $450 to set up, it can be less expensive in the long run when considering TiVo's subscription costs.
ChannelMaster DVR is a highly capable product for OTA DVR. The most popular option is the 1TB model at $399, and you can add the WiFi adapter for another $39. I prefer the $250 model with a 3TB external hard drive. This gives me more storage and I can easily change the hard drive. Best of all, Channel Master has no subscription fee for the 14-day electronic program guide.
The ChannelMaster DVR delivers the impressive image quality that you would expect from a direct connection and the TV guide is straightforward and easy to navigate. Given its low cost, excellent image quality and ease of use, this DVR is my overall favorite. When budgetary considerations are high, ChannelMaster's basic 16GB model at $249 with the addition of 1TB external drive for under $100 delivers all the added capacity and functions you will really need. Unless the TiVo's four tuners are a requirement, the ChannelMaster is an exceptional value for OTA recording and time shifting.
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