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Jennyfer Lyons
Free GP Care: robbing the poor to pay the rich?
'In fact it's robbing the poor to pay the rich.'
A new Bill for free GP care for all children under the age of six years was set to be introduced in 2014 but following numerous setbacks it has yet to be implemented.
The HSE states that 'the provision of free GP care to children under the age of six represents the first phase in the provision of free GP care for the entire population and is part of the Government Health Reform Programme, Future Health, to create a single tier health service, supported by Universal Health Insurance with universal primary care including GP care without fees at the point of services.' It will mean that all children aged six and under, will get free GP care, regardless of their parents' income.
In June of last year, then Junior Minister for Health Alex White revealed that the introduction of this free GP care for under- sixes would not be introduced that summer as promised and instead would be introduced during that autumn. This too was postponed.
At the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children he told: "The 2013 Report of the Expert Advisory Group on the Early Years Strategy recommended providing access to GP care without fees to all children in this age group. There are good reasons to provide universal access to GP care in view of the health needs of the under-sixes age cohort."
He continued saying: "The early identification of health issues at a younger age can mitigate or reduce the impact of ill-health later in life. We should bear this in mind when the Growing Up in Ireland survey has reported that almost 1 in 4 children in Ireland are either over-weight or obese, which is likely to lead to significant health issues later in life."
The Budget 2015 included a provision for free GP care for all children under the age of six years. It was to be introduced following negotiations with the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO). The HSE set aside €25m in this year's budget for free GP care for children under the age of six.
However this provision has not been received well by many GP's. The National Association of GPs (NAGP), which represents 1,200 of the country's 2,300 GPs, called on its members and non-members not to comply with the Government's new free GP care scheme and not to sign up to the contract. Dr. Jacqueline Glisson states why she will not be signing the free GP care to under six contract in its current format:
'I find this contract morally and ethically wrong. I see medical cards being removed on a weekly basis from the elderly, terminally ill and those with lifelong medical conditions who can ill afford to pay for their medical care. Instead cards will be given to the children of parents who don't need the financial help. There is no justice or logic in that. In fact it's robbing the poor to pay the rich.'
NAGP Chief Executive Chris Goodey said it was morally reprehensible that free GP care would be extended to all children under six, regardless of their medical needs or family income, adding it would only increase the abhorrent inequities in the health service.
The NAGP held a protest outside Dáil Eireann in September last saying that the Government's plans for free GP care to children under six and adults over 70 would result in a threefold rise in GP consultation rates.
It argued that this would "result in shorter consultation times and three to five fold increase into secondary care as GPs will not have the time available to properly investigate and manage patient problems".
The IMO, which represents about 1,800 GPs, said it is continuing to take part in negotiations about the implementation of the scheme.
The Chairman of the IMO's GP Committee Dr Ray Walley said that although it had always advocated for medical cards to be prioritised on the basis of income and medical need, it accepted that the under-six scheme was now Government policy.
The provision for free GP care to all children under the age of six years is the first phase of providing free GP care for the entire population. However Minister for Health Leo Varadkar stated in February of this year that this is set to be delayed by up to three years or more.
Along with all children under the age of six years, providing free GP care to all adults over 70 years of age is also part of phase one of free GP care to all. Mr. Varadkar has stated he is "absolutely confident we will have the over 70s by the summer" but added: "The under sixes requires a little bit more negotiation."
The next phase will be to extend free GP care to all children under 18 and subsequently to adults.
The move was initially intended to be put in place by the end of the Fine Gael-Labour Government's term of office in 2016 but has been beset by delays. Senior sources now acknowledge the full implementation of the plan is unlikely to be completed until the middle of a second term in office for Fine Gael and Labour.
The general election is due to be held in spring 2016, and sources say the full roll-out of GP care is now likely to happen by 2019 or later.
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Susan Weis-Bohlen: From Indie Bookseller to Ayurveda Author
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"It's a culmination of 10 years of studying Ayurveda," said Susan Weis-Bohlen, a former bookseller and a full-time Ayurveda instructor. From 2004 until 2014, Weis-Bohlen owned a New Age bookstore in Baltimore, Md., called Breathe Books, and has been studying Ayurveda since 2007. Her first book, an introduction to the practice called Ayurveda Beginner's Guide: Essential Ayurvedic Principles and Practices to Balance and Heal Naturally, went on sale this week from Althea Press.
"I couldn't believe how hard it was to sit and write my personal story," she said. "It was exhausting and exhilarating at the same time."
Weis-Bohlen described the Indian practice of Ayurveda as a "sister science of Yoga and meditation" that focuses on well-being and treats a person's whole "mind-body constitution." In addition to the aforementioned Yoga and meditation, it incorporates the use of indigenous herbs, spices and ingredients. She characterized her book, meanwhile, as a combination of her personal story learning and practicing Ayurveda and a "Western telling of how to practice Ayurveda in your busy Western life."
In it she lays out a step-by-step, day-by-day plan for someone to slowly begin implementing Ayurveda in their lives. Readers can plot their own 21-day plans to make manageable, incremental changes without "getting caught up in esoterics." She added that it was very important to her to make everything suggested in the book gradual and practical; all too often people "dive into something, put everything into it for two weeks," and then quit when they don't see immediate, life-changing results.
In telling her personal story, Weis-Bohlen recounts how a "Western Jewish girl from Baltimore" stumbles "onto this ancient Indian path." She first came across Ayurveda through the work of Deepak Chopra, specifically his 1993 book Ageless Body Timeless Mind, which she discovered in a Crown Books in Washington, D.C. Through Chopra's work, as well as the work of Dr. Andrew Weil, Weis-Bohlen increasingly became interested in alternative medicine and Ayurveda.
She went on to study at the Chopra Center in California, got a certification and started seeing clients, all while Breathe Books was still open. Eventually, Weis-Bohlen decided to close her shop so that she could practice Ayurveda full time. She sees clients, teaches classes and even has a teaching kitchen in her home, where she hosts Ayurveda cooking classes. She's also led six trips to sites in India and plans more in the future.
Weis-Bohlen was inspired to open a New Age bookstore of her own while visiting Bodhi Tree Bookstore in Los Angeles, Calif., in 2002. She was so taken with the store, which was a West Hollywood fixture until its closure in 2012, that she thought: "I have to do this." During her time as a bookseller she became involved with the ABA, serving on the Booksellers Advisory Council for several years. And when it came to writing a book of her own, Weis-Bohlen said that her experience as a bookseller guided her through the process.
Weis-Bohlen with Country Bookshelf events manager Jessica Hahl.
"I was always thinking about bookselling," recalled Weis-Bohlen. "What it would look like in a bookstore, how they would sell it, what section it would be in." She reported being thrilled when she learned that the book would be available through Ingram Publisher Services; she recalled that during her time as a bookstore owner, the single biggest obstacle when it came to working with small publishers was simply: "How am I going to get the book?"
After an intimate first event with her dedicated meditation group, Weis-Bohlen officially began her book tour in Bozeman, Mont., this week with a visit to Country Bookshelf. The schedule also includes stops at Politics & Prose in D.C., several Barnes & Noble signings, and in March she will be the first book event ever for a new indie bookstore in Baltimore called Greedy Reads, which will open February 25.
"I remember my own first book event," said Weis-Bohlen. "I'm really excited." --Alex Mutter

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Former Latics' loanee striker Sam Surridge is already attracting attention from several League One clubs. He scored 12 goals in 20 appearances for the Latics and was named League Two player of the month for September.
Oxford manager Karl Robinson was quick to say, "His goal record is good so if you're looking at somebody who is available, I think he would be on a lot of people's lists. He's been out on loan so it's not just like he's scored goals in under-23s football. It's glaringly obvious we need a striker and someone who has scored the amount of goals he has for someone so young, there's obviously going to be a connection there."


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Administrative and Program Specialist, University Life Central Office The George Mason University, University Life Central Office, invites applications for an Administrative and Program Specialist. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason's academic and culturally inclusive environment.About the Department:The Office of University Life Central, located in Student Union Building I, brings together the Associate and Assistant Vice Presidents, Associate Deans, and other division level personnel who provide leadership and support for the various units within University Life and for division level initiatives.University Life is committed to student growth and success in everything students do. University Life provides services and resources to help students succeed and offers activities that instill a sense of belonging and Mason pride.About the Position:This position's primary objective is to provide administrative, project and program support to the Office of University Life Central. This position provides primary support for one Associate Vice President, two Assistant Vice Presidents, and the Dean of Students. The position manages AVP/DOS office operations, project coordination and management, calendaring and scheduling, and intra- and inter-office communications. The position assures appropriate action is taken to complete project and administrative tasks, small- and large-scale projects, and program support in a timely fashion, with attention to quality customer service, a strong commitment to confidentiality, and in accordance with University and office policies and procedures. 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Artificially sweetened and aerated drinks are considered to cause a number of health diseases. These health risks may include obesity, heart diseases, and diabetes. A recent study about these sugary drinks revealed that sugar-sweetened drinks may lead to high risk of endometrial cancer.
Carbonated drinks such as Coke and Pepsi as well as non-carbonated fruity drinks such as lemonade, Hawaiian Punch, etc. were taken into consideration for this study. The participants were enquired about how much sugar-sweetened beverages they consume typically.
Researchers collected the data from the postmenopausal women who were a part of the Iowa Women's Health Study. The journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomakers and Prevention published the study, which stated that the data was collected from over 23000 women, and analyzed; it also included women's dietary intake and their medical history as well.
The women with highest consumption of sugary drinks showed a 78% increase in their risk of getting affected by estrogen-dependent type 1 endometrial cancer. It is the most common type of cancer in endometrium, which affects the women's reproductive health.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 50,000 women in the United States were approximately diagnosed with the risk of having endometrial cancer in 2013. Researchers believe that the Type 1 endometrial cancer is an estrogen dependent cancer; it may have the explanation for sugary drinks and beverages causing cancer in endometrium.
Inoue-Choi stated that the sugar from whole food also has other nutrients, fats and fiber which slow down the process of sugar absorption. But, beverages generally don't these nutrients; as a result, the process of sugar absorption is quicker, and faster.
Further researches are necessary to prove any correlation between starches and other criticized foods such as sweets, sugar-free sodas or bakery products. "Everyone should be following the existing guidelines and minimize the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages in order to reduce the risk of health concerns like diabetes, obesity, heart diseases and cancer," Inoue-Choi added.
One thing that's quite evident is that excessive intake of artificially-sweetened beverages and aerated drinks is harmful for health, and individuals must avoid that to minimize the risk of various health issues.


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Evil Dead (2013) + Beyond the Hills (2012)
***½/****
starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas
screenplay by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues, based on the screenplay by Sam Raimi
directed by Fede Alvarez
BEYOND THE HILLS
starring Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga
screenplay by Cristian Mungiu, inspired by the non-fiction novels of Tatiana Niculescu Bran
directed by Cristian Mungiu
by Walter Chaw SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT. The greatest irony of Fede Alvarez's otherwise laudably straightforward reboot of Sam Raimi's Spam-in-a-cabin classic The Evil Dead is that the moments where it references its primogenitor are actually the movie's weakest. I'm thinking, in particular, of handsome young hero David (Shiloh Fernandez) getting thrown around a wet cellar in high Raimi smash-zoom style, which only underscores how much the original films drew their tone from Bruce Campbell--and how much this new one misses him. The danger of casting a group of beautiful people and taking itself deadly seriously (and jettisoning the "The," in a gesture that reads as hipster insouciance) is that Evil Dead might draw closer to the mainstream and farther from its grindhouse roots. The small miracle of it, then, is that in both its absolute glee in finding the line of how much gore to show and then crossing it (a pair of glasses stop a hypodermic needle...but only for a moment) and its surprising efforts at locating a deeper thread in a frayed brother/sister relationship and the impact of drug addiction, Alvarez's film is a solid, even affecting genre piece that allows for an abundance of memorable money shots. Compare its intelligence and earnestness, its infernal energy, against the disrespectfulness and self-satisfaction of The Cabin in the Woods to see that Evil Dead is not just a taste of the old religion, it's really pretty great.
We gather that David is afraid in the same way The Exorcist's Father Karras is afraid: afraid that he's been a bad son to a mother who died asking for him in a mental hospital; afraid that he's been a terrible brother to little sister Mia (Jane Levy), whom he abandoned when things started getting rough at home. He returns as the film opens to find Mia perched on the rusted-out husk of Sam Raimi's '73 Olds Delta 88, behind a rotted-out cabin that Mia and their pals (a nurse, a high-school teacher) have chosen to hold a weekend intervention/detox party. Mia is a junkie, and it's revealed early on that past attempts to make her go cold turkey have resulted in her fleeing back to civilization. This has strengthened their resolve this time around that no matter what happens, they're not letting Mia talk her way out of the woods. It's the first complication of many that confuses, The Shining-like, addiction with supernatural affliction and the DTs with demonic possession, making the early going particularly rough when, after we see what we're pretty sure is demonic shenanigans perpetrated against Mia, we have complete sympathy with her buddies as they doubt her. The notion that Mia is that most unreliable of narrators is exploited smartly by first-timer Alvarez--enough that a nifty reversal at the end propels Evil Dead, with heat, to its conclusion. Enough that a few faint comparisons to some existential themes explored in Black Swan are fair and fascinating.
Even better, though, is the closer look at ideas of love and accountability as our players cheerfully kill their significant others, yet choose to die for their sisters and brothers. There's a conversation about the "beauty myth," as well as a certain exploitation of the male gaze in the mini-melodrama between the teacher (Lou Taylor Pucci) and his nurse girlfriend (Jessica Lucas) and indeed between David and his sweetheart (Elizabeth Blackmore)--the two women disfiguring themselves in front of their partners before being murdered by them. ("David, why are you hurting me?") Consider, too, the events leading up to the girlfriend's death as she descends into the unconscious, "raped" by Mia, who forces cunnilingus before forking her tongue (an image burned into my head by the instantly-notorious red-band trailer) and offering her brother fellatio, and who will later sing David a lullaby taught them by their mother. It's unbelievably fertile ground, this Evil Dead, ripe for excavation for its notions of love, of the dangers of perpetuating ideas of female attractiveness, and of the brutal fallout of rape. And at the end, it's ripe for a conversation about the difference between the people you choose in your life and the people chosen for you. It only helps that Evil Dead is disgusting and fun.
Produced by the Dardenne Brothers, Cristian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills is neither disgusting nor fun, but it too shows how love and responsibility can sometimes metastasize into spiritual battles between good and evil. Too easy to call it "metaphor"--more accurate to recognize that most of the terms we use to describe love ("ecstasy, passion, desire, consummation") have their root in religion, that John Dunne was known to invite his God to ravage him. It's an exorcism movie for everyone who thought, after Mungiu's gruelling abortion buddy-movie 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, that this guy should do an exorcism movie, meaning it's emblematic of Romania's new cinema in its methodical patience. It starts at a train station, introducing the women at the centre of its narrative like those archetypal melodramas of women in sexual crisis, Anna Karenina and A Streetcar Named Desire. The visitor is Alina (Christina Flutur); the woman meeting her there is Voichita (Cosmina Stratan); and the two hold their embrace one, two, three beats too long. It's Mungiu's tactic to make us uncomfortable, then curious, then invested in understanding their relationship. They grew up together in an orphanage--and with whatever limited knowledge we have of Romanian orphanages (my own preconceptions are part apocryphal, part Dan Simmons), we craft one story for them. Then when the depth and fervour of Alina's yearning for Voichita is revealed, we suspect another.
Alina's been attempting to lead a secular life in Germany while Voichita, left behind, has moved into an orthodox monastery, where she calls the priest "Papa" and the mother superior "Mama." Voichita has found a family--a euphemism for God and Church--and it's clear, or as clear as anything ever is in Beyond the Hills, that Alina hopes for God and Church in the undefined bliss the two shared in the past. It's a Romanticist film in that sense, this absolute melancholia feeding every question of divinity raised in our pursuit of the sublime. The picture is also very much concerned with the lie of the past, how memory can amplify beauty and allegorize ugliness. In their divorce from one another, Alina has made a shining symbol of what Voichita once represented in the middle of their loneliness, but Voichita has given over her yearning to the promise of a next life that has to be better than this one. Alina pleads, threatens, and when everything fails, she falls into a palsy and finds herself under medical care that is useless in diagnosing her pain. If we take a cue from Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, the diagnosis is most likely "nostalgia." She's released back into the custody of the nuns and their two metaphorical Fathers (the priest, their god), who, in their own desperation and isolation, decide that what Alina needs is to be exorcised.
What's truly brilliant about Beyond the Hills is that no one is wrong, because no one truly knows the question. The characters, the landscape, where they live, what they're trying to escape physically and spiritually...there's a Sartrean hopelessness to their situation; the film is saturated with that despair. And yet Alina is ferocious in her lust for Voichita, and Voichita is ferocious in her demurrals and her own desire to bring Alina into the comfort of her fold. In the end, as Alina is slowly tortured to death by the best intentions of the only person in the world who loves her, it becomes clear that Beyond the Hills speaks of a more universal existential torment. It's about friendship, yes, and it's about family, of course, but at its essence it's about the fact that neither is enough to provide succour against the emptiness of living and the madness of loving something who will die. It's about the search for eternity--and the irony that such searches always end in the discovery of it. It's about futility, and hope in the face of hopelessness, and immortality in the face of mortality. The discomfort and effectiveness of the films about possession that work is that they clarify we're all vulnerable to--and, in many ways, culpable for--the infestation. When we talk about the victims in pictures like Evil Dead and Beyond the Hills, we're really talking about ourselves.
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Alex says "John, CABIN IN THE WOODS is shit."
It's actually one of the better movies I've seen in a long time. It's a shame you eggheads couldn't allow yourselves to enjoy it.
I've been reading Walter's reviews for a long time, but I've never had a problem thinking for myself, unlike some.
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One man's misfortune - a lesson for all of us.
Andrew Hall may not be the most competent vaper on the planet, but he's not solely to blame.
You may have seen the media stories today about the Idaho man whose e-cigarette exploded. It seems he was using a hybrid mod. The vast majority of e-cig users use regulated mods containing inbuilt electronic safety features which mechanical and hybrid mods do not have. No reputable vendor will sell a hybrid or mechanical mod to a non advanced user.
NNA trustee David Dorn explains more below:
If you are not aware that Facebook managed to bring the notion of battery and mech mod safety to the fore on January 16th 2017, then you've missed a watershed moment in vaping circles.
Let's precis:
Before the Deeming rules came into force in the USA, Andrew, apparently, was using a mechanical mod (that is to say a battery unit with no electronics to protect or regulate the power of the device). It seems to have been a hybrid mod. A hybrid has no 510 connector as we all know it, but simply has a thread to attach a dripper or tank, and relies on the centre post of the dripper (we'll say) contacting the positive terminal of the battery cell when it's pushed up by the bottom button.
Such a device is inherently unsafe unless a number of criteria are met:
1: The tank or dripper - the atomising device - MUST have a protruding centre contact.
2: The contact cannot be sprung or articulated in any way that would allow the battery's positive terminal to make contact with the threaded section
3: No matter how far the atomising device is screwed into the hybrid connector, it must never make contact with the positive terminal of the battery unless the button has been pressed
4: Each and every battery used in the device can have no splits, tears or cracks
And that's just the tube itself. If any one of those criteria are not met, there is a very much increased chance of a short circuit scenario occurring, and when a battery cell is short circuited, then thermal runaway is highly likely.
As I said, that's just the battery tube.
Resistance is not futile
The next weak link is the coil itself. Generally speaking, in a regulated device, the resistance of the coil(s) is matterless. As long as said resistance falls into the range that the mod can handle, it will deliver regulated power at the user's chosen level without any issues. If the resistance of the atomiser setup is too low, the electrnics therein will prevent any current from flowing.
Not so with a mech or hybrid. There is no intelligence.
Reports suggest that Andrew was using a 0.06ohm coil - and although this is far from confirmed, such resistances in coils are not unusual. And that would be fine if, and only if, the battery cell in the device was capable of handling the currents generated when the setup is powered up. In this case, Andrew was expecting an 18650 battery to produce something over 50 Amps (bordering on 200 watts).
Without wishing to alarm too many people (just the right ones) there is no 18650 on the market which will produce that much power safely and reliably. Many will do exactly what his did and vent/blow up.
In the scenario where a hybrid mod is used and the connector on the atomising device is either flush or recessed, a dead short will occur. In this case, the resistance of the coil is matterless - there is no resistance to the current, and thermal runaway can be almost instant, with little or no notice. It looks awfully likely that that is what happened in this case.
Avoidable?
Yes - this kind of thing is totally avoidable. The generality of users, as with all generally available stuff, ought not to need to know Ohm's law in order to use an ecig safely. That it is not only possible, but also very easy to buy a battery unit which is fully protected, can produce high power and massive clouds, and will not allow you to put yourself in danger by mismatching bits of the setup. Not only that, but such mods will very often be considerably cheaper than boutique hybrids and mechs - it's not difficult to choose a battery unit that will produce exactly what you need in terms of safely generated power - there are many on the market.
So where next?
This is the controversial bit. Look, there are folks out there who are unwittingly lead into purchasing hybrids and mechs. They are, frankly, sexy, "scene", used by the top echelon of trick vapers and there is a level of kudos applied to users of the most sought-after units. I get that.
But they should NOT be the default "next step" in a vaper's journey. Indeed, were it up to me, I'd be asking vendors not to display them or advertise them. The vast bulk of mainstream vapers are not competent to use them safely. (That's not to say that those vapers are in any way second class or deficient. For instance, I am not competent to service a motorcycle - it's not because I'm thick, it's because I don't have either the necessary skills or training to do so safely - and when it comes to hybrids, particularly, mistakes are all too easy to make).
So, my plea to vape shops"
1: don't display hybrids and mechs - those vapers who understand them and know them will know you have them. Let them ask.
2: should someone wander into your shop with an ego or an iStick and ask for a mech or hybrid, ask the right questions to determine whether they know what they're doing. The first one is "WHY?" the answer to that tells you everything you need to know.
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This is the first edition of the Sister Act Project! Five women of different ages unite to showcase various and fabulous styles, proving that style knows no age boundary. It's incredible how one theme can be interpreted in a million different artistic expressions. Every person has a distinct point of view that is original and inspiring.
I'm wearing a Zara white mirror floral print top, paired with a striking Forever 21 red leather jacket. With a blue and white undershirt from my mum's stash, I've also got on my super comfy studded leggings that are C'est Moi. I'm rocking my white lace sneaker wedges from Wild Diva Lounge with bright orange socks to match! For jewelry I chose to wear a mix media necklace, which is also Forever 21, a FORWARD ring in support of the breast cancer society, and a gorgeous black enamel cuff that I bought from Shasa.
As you can see, the theme was Leather and White.
I can't wait for the next one. It was a lot of fun and really awesome to see how everyone interpreted the theme in their own way.
I found you from Dana's blog and I love this initiative! You go girl.
Love your red jacket with this outfit!


Sam and Brandon were halfway through the commentary of the 358 Days / 2 section of the Kingdom Hearts Primer. Meanwhile, Roxas continued to complete more missions.
Something I mentioned in this episode is that Kingdom Hearts, after the first few games, has a tendency to hire relatively new voice actors for characters both minor and major. Either that, or celebrity voice actors.
That doesn't seem to be the case in Days though. I had assumed that Xion's voice actress being new was part of why she wasn't turning in a great performance. This is incorrect though, since her voice actress is Hayden Panettiere. You'd probably know her as the Indestructible Cheer Leader from Heroes or Sam in Until Dawn, but in terms of Kingdom Hearts she also does the voice of Kairi in every single game she appears in.
While she has little experience with voice acting before Kingdom Hearts (according to her imdb), it's no more or less than any of the other voice actors here. This again leads me to expect that the voice director(s) weren't giving them good direction.
It's a shame, or it would be if this game wasn't mostly filler.


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To dance Tribal Fusion in Mexico is to dance beyond tradition and criticism; there are Oriental dancers who consider "technique" a form of folklore and "stylization" as a boundary. Despite their lack of dance education, most Tribal Fusion Belly dancers grow on passion, dedication, and their love for Middle Eastern music.Tribal dancers in Mexico carry their colorful, heavy skirts and their abundant jewelry proudly; turbans and tassels adorn their hips–just as any other "Tribal Fusionista" from around the world!
Nevertheless, how did Tribal Belly dancers in Mexico become educated in their style? Who was the first Tribal Fusion dancer? With whom did she study? Where and how do "Fusionistas" arrive there? It has been about a year since I have started traveling around, interviewing several Tribal Belly dancers in my country (Mexico) on a research journey to give to you the history of Tribal Fusion Belly dance here in Mexico. We dancers who live just a few minutes across the border from the US, have found it easy to travel to workshops given by wonderful masters in Tribal and ATS such as Jamila Salimpour (back in the 1980s), Jill Parker or Carolena Nericcio (during the 1990s) but how do dancers even further south of Mexico reach out to learn Tribal Fusion?
One of my first Interviews was with Shamsia Yarahum who is considered one of the pioneers of Tribal Bellydance in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In her country, she has studied at seminars and conventions, as well as regular classes and workshops with Belly dancers like Amar Gamal, Yazmina Zarod, Bahira from USA. She enrolled in a workshop with Sharon Kerr and studied rhythms with Fadii el Saadi from Lebanon just to name a few of the contributing teachers (as she stated during our Interview).
Martha: What dance education have you acquired outside of Mexico?
Shamsia answered: I danced in regular classes with Carolena Nericcio in San Francisco California, workshops on African fusion with Judeen in San Diego, California, Jillina and Angelika Nemeth's workshops on choreography, Moorish Gypsy dance with Titanya, and also with Mariana from San Francisco, California, Tribal Style workshop with Rachel Brice, and on-going classes with Melhea.
M: What international dance teacher and artist has defined you as a Tribal Fusion Belly dancer?
What has Tribal dance given to you as a performer and teacher?
Shamsia: At the end of each day, I am grateful to God for giving me the talent to dance as well as all of the tools to share with others the power of dancing throughout my life. Prestige, applause, and awards are just the results of hard work and dedication throughout the years.
Another Tribal Fusion Belly dancer in Mexico I Interviewed is Araceli de Anda. She is considered one of the most skilled Tribal Fusion Belly dancers in the country; she has studied with masters of Belly dance from The Pineapple Studios in London, to Washington, and then, on to San Francisco´s Shoebox Studios. Araceli has received training from Cera Byer, Nourhan Sharif, Jamila Salimpour, Suhaila Salimpour, Rose Harden, Rachel Brice, Zoe Jakes, Mardi Love, Sharon Kihara, Amar Gamal, Petite Jamilla, Maraia, Mayada, Aziza, Sandra, Blanca, Zoe Anwar, Carolena Nericcio, Deb Rubin, Ariellah Aflalo, and Amy Sigil–among others.
She has shared the stage with world-renown dancers like Petite Jamilla (Birmingham Alabama), Sharon Kihara (San Francisco), Sandra (San Francisco), Aziza, Maraia (Argentina), Georgina Distazo (Argentina), Mardi Love, Gayathri Arumugham, Ariellah, and Blanca (New York).
Co-founder of Mexico's first Arabic-contemporary duet, Viceversa, and founder of the Black Velvet Troupe. She started her dance education in Jazz dance, then progressed on to Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-hop, Burlesque, and Yoga training, and still continues to increase her educational level as a dancer as she travels from country to country–despite all the cultural barriers a Mexican dancer encounters when she attends workshops or ongoing classes outside of her own country.
How does a Mexican Tribal Fusion Belly dancer fit into a North American lifestyle when she attends workshops in the USA?
Araceli: Cultural differences are obvious, but they are not something that shocks anyone. In London, I had the same experience. I think it's something normal in my life, since I suffer from "social phobias", and it takes a lot of work for me to Interact with groups of people. I prefer to work with only one or two people at a time. I concentrate on what I like, and I realize what bothers me about people and situations. However, the question of culture, race, or modus vivendi is not something that I have because, in San Francisco, I am surrounded by dancers (especially Tribal Fusion dancers) and that makes it much easier for me to see the similarities between Mexican and North American dancers. It is wonderful to share all the experiences we go through, as Tribal Fusion dancers, with all the dancers I chance to meet, and I see how everyone deals with similar problems. Suddenly, the only thing that's missing for me is that they do not speak my language, Spanish.
In my 2009 search to give Tribal Fusion Bellydance a sense of history in Mexico, I got to meet in a workshop at the Divine Dance Bellydance Convention in Tijuana Baja California , Mexico, the dancer -teacher Xiaron Kerr, US born who learned Belly dance in Cuernavaca , Mexico, with Masha Hojjati. Kerr continued her studies for several summers in San Francisco California with Fat Chance Bellydance Troupe and now is one of the most renowned Tribal Belly dancers and gifted teachers here in Mexico!
How has Tribal Fusion evolved here in Mexico?
Then in 2003, the Bellydance Superstars came on the scene and everybody wanted to become Rachel Brice! So, we started seeing "Tribal Style" Belly dancers popping up on every corner, but what they were doing at first had nothing to do with real Tribal Style Belly dance. They just made imitation Rachel Brice costumes and put a few isolation movements and pops into their regular Belly dance choreography and called it "Tribal". It was a mess! Once the Bellydance Superstars came into existence, they started doing workshops all over the globe, and that brought the fusion dancers into the country. Many, many Belly dancers started taking every Tribal fusion workshop they could and soon started teaching Tribal fusion classes. That's when it sort of all got out of control and anything and everything was called "Tribal."
If you want to call what you do Tribal or Tribal Fusion, or anything Tribal, you should study ATS (American Tribal Style Belly Dance) and know what true Tribal is before you fuse it with something else.
Elsanne Barrows studied with Troupe Salamat in Arizona and is also considered one of the first Tribal dancers and teachers in Mexico.
Xiaron Kerr:¨Improvisational Tribal style Belly dance is growing in Mexico." she said, "Many dancers perform Raqs Sharqi, Tribal, Tribal Fusion, the whole gamut! Tribal has gained a lot more respect in the general Belly dance community. Nowadays, many of those teachers and dancers who at first dismissed Tribal are now offering it in their studios. There are still a lot of charlatans out there, as there are in Belly dance, Yoga, Ballet, Karate, or anything else. There will always be those who take 3 months' worth of classes and then start teaching. It's a shame. It cheapens everything, but I can't do anything about them. I just teach my classes and workshops and keep spreading our Tribal love.
I remember the first day of one of my Tribal classes in 2003 that I taught in Danceme Academy; it was hard because of the lack of information the students had back then. As a teacher, I had to teach bits of historical background between teaching technique, drills, and step-combinations. Today, it is easier to teach, thanks to all the beautiful, famous Tribal dancers around the globe as well as the many videos on web sites. Still, our history of Tribal Fusion Belly dance in Mexico is still in the making because it keeps evolving (side-by-side) with the growing dance community. It is still difficult to perform Tribal Fusion in some places here in Mexico because some people still say that it looks like a Halloween-ish, spooky-fied, Break dance!
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Yamil Annum has created his own dance style and has evolved his specific style of Oriental dance by using the well established foundations of classical Ballet, Ukrainian dance, Ballroom dancing, Celtic dances, Jewish folk-dance, Bhangra, Armenian and Argentinian Tango. His elegance on the stage has revolutionized stages all over Argentina and Latin America.
Leila Farid from Cairo Egypt is a sweetheart! She is what many Mexican dancers aspire to look and dance like. Wow! She is gorgeous and mesmerizing – as well as extremely nice, polite and down to earth! My star struck students were amazed to catch her snacking on Mexican Rancheritos (chips) and eating breakfast like a Mexican, with tortillas! She's so fit that we couldn't imagine she snacked on chips tortillas like the rest of us. Her master class was magnificent.
Those were tough times for us teachers. Students were very shy in the classroom but eager to learn; some of them even thought that Shakira had created Bellydance! They didn't have much information about Oriental Dance, its origins, or different styles. Some aspiring dancers even sat through several classes just to check out what Bellydance was or if we teachers danced it as well as Shakira.
The 7th fantasy bellydance concert produced by the New York City artistic salon Venus Uprising took place at the Merce Cunningham Studio on April 15th and 16th, 2011. Invited dancers were asked to create new works based upon the theme "Objects of Desire". The performers responded with an interesting array of interpretations, ranging from the literal to the highly abstract.
A collage of clips of various music styles included in this world music festival in Northern California.
Leona had introduced me to her friend Josephine, whom she described as a lovely Sicilian American woman who had recently taken the stage name of Jamila.
The silver lining in all this is witnessing the wrath of Belly dancers scorned.
This is a great summary of what's going on in Mexico with regard to fusion and Tribal! Thanks for a great article.
I hate to burst your historical bubble; but Jamilla Salimpour is not the originator of the current American Tribal Style. Jamilla taught a combination of Arabic, Egyptian, and Turkish movements. She put together a dance troupe called Bal Anat that was her own creation in costuming , styling and affect.
American Tribal started (before it was called that) with Masha Archer in San Francisco. An original student of Jamilla, with a very creative streak who developed the costuming look and the type of movements that were more dramatic in look and revolved around highlighting a dancer with others in the background copying the movements.
Caroleena Norecchio was the first dancer in the Bay Area, I saw her took Masha Archer's style and look and developed a strong troupe that drew people because of it's unique choreography and "Orientalist" look of costuming and design. Caroleena auditioned for the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. At her first audition she categorized her dance as North African. There was a lot of controversy from judges and other established dancers due to the fact that neither she nor her dancers did real North African dancing. So she was not accepted. She was told to explain her style of dance in her next audition application and that is when she developed the term American Tribal bellydance and it's referencing.
Fat Chance Bellydance were the trailblazers of establishing it as such and off it took.
It's origins never developed from a feminism outlook or rebellion against the traditional dance. Masha Archer was a creative artist who took her interpretation to a level that Americans really seemed to love because it enhanced the exotic fantasy of what belly dance "should look like".


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Quizno is the second leading PBX company today; The metro is the first major business. Quizno has competitors such as Blimpie and Jerry's Subs; but is the primary competitor of Subway Quizno. The Subway website says: "Subway is the world's largest submarine sandwich chain with more than 30,000 restaurants in 87 countries." (Metro History 2009). Rebecca Steinfort, CEO of Quizno, said: "Our main competition is Subway, an 800-strong gorilla" (York 2009). The metro started in the 1960s, on the Subway's official website. The site read that the Subway was in New York with Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck; The metro has been operating for more than forty-three years (Subway, 2009).
The size and trend of industry
According to the National Restaurant Association, the fast-food restaurant industry is very lucrative; revenue gains account for 47.5% of the food dollar (or $ 511 billion). US fast-track service achieves $ 120 billion in profits. The convenience of fast service proved to be a major success for the industry. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, between 2000 and 2010, the consumption and release of a fast food restaurant is expected to increase by 6 percent, mainly due to new-age families spending more time in home-based activities. According to Dun & Bradstreet Company, a subsidiary of Hoover Incorporated, many households prefer convenience to cooking, which causes fast-serving restaurants to place their franchises at less inappropriate locations such as airports or petrol stations. According to Hoover Inc., fast food chains aim to increase consumer spending in the US by targeting international markets, especially in China (Advertising Age 2009).
The company strives to select the number one retail space. In its quest, Quizno has made tremendous progress with its interesting, yet questionable, advertising technology. Quizno's advertising techniques have created ads that are primarily between men and women aged between 18 and 34. "Quiznos Sponge Monkeys Revised – Buzz is Not Enough" is an article from the Mcclean Marketing Group, "The target audience for restaurants is 18-34 years old and spots are held in the public eye. In the past, Quizno used commercial advertising, which was created by the Martin Agency, which uses sponge monkey as a sprayer The idea was to create an eye-catching and interesting advertisement that would stand out for its competitors when creating an ad The Washington Post News Week article describes the commercial spy message as follows : "A small, hairy creature wears a hat cape while playing singing under Quizno" (Stevenson 2005). Other previous marketing techniques used by Quizno included the Quiz Kidz program in which a special menu was developed for the little ones and originally a "child-eating-free" promotion. "This is Business Network article also mentions the objectives of the Quiz Kidz program, which attract parents who can enjoy a salad or dough instead. Overall, he was the commercial success of the coworker when he grabbed the audience's attention; nevertheless, he raised numerous complaints from customers who felt that the advertisement was unpleasant and tasteless. On the other hand, the Quiz Kidz program was successful thanks to its family-centered approach. According to the Business Net article, the Quiz Kids program increased the evening and weekend business, almost tripling sales. These are the most important past marketing activities that the Quizno presented. (Edwards 2009, p. 2)
Quizno's current marketing activities include transportation and catering services; Quizno also changed its menu to surpass Subway's five-dollar business. In doing so, Quizno is currently offering the four-dollar Torpedo base, according to which lower prices have better taste support. In its attempt to promote low-priced subjects, Quizno applied the sexually suggestive approach to its current commercial ad. Torpedo was advertised by the Nitro advertising agency. Commercial advertising focuses on the bottom of the Torpedo; however, in the commercial use of an actor and a voice is used; the actor and the voice both say sexually suggestive terms: "Put me in" and "Say sexy". This ad also paid a lot of attention to Quizno, although it raised a number of complaints. (Ehrke 2009)
In addition to stunning advertisements and lower priced subscribers, Quizno has developed and implemented "Million Sub Giveaway". In this tactic, Quizno offers a free subscription to customers who agree to share their personal information; primarily their e-mail address. According to the article "Advertising Age," Quizno throws the Subway Curve with a Sexy $ 4 Footstool, "" Quizno has offered "Million Sub Giveaway." This is an online effort emailing the coupon to the first million customers to enter their name and e-mail address. "These marketing activities are fairly new to the public and continue to be popular nationally and internationally (York 2009, 7)
In 2008, Quizno spent $ 90 million on advertising through the Nitro Group, total profits / the estimated value of the revenue was $ 1.9 billion, while the Quizno competitor spent more than $ 300 million on advertising (York, 2009, p. 10)
Franchise, according to A Quizno's website, has to comply with Quizno's terms You need a credit point and a net worth of $ 125,000 to purchase a Quizno franchise, as part of your net worth $ 70,000 in liquid assets such as cash or stocks that you can invest in tour restaurant franchises Net worth is the total wealth the cash, the stocks, the ot thonok, cars, recreational vehicles, businesses, so on, less all their debts (Quizno's Homepage 2009).
Returning to Quizno's home page, "You have 15 employees at a time when you hire part-time employees for a variety of jobs, depending on the owner's preferences, such as the franchise, or a manager's appointment to supervise daily affairs (Quizno &
Quizno has a number of good features, three current strengths are the four-dollar Toasty Torpedo, the ads are very memorable and Quizno provides. Quizno's four-dollar toast torpedo is cheaper than the Subway Five Dollar Footlong Everyone is looking for cheaper lunch, and Toasty Torpedo is a better buy. other strength of the delivery service, the metro and other fast-food restaurants have not yet begun, so Quizno is the pioneer of fast food delivery. Another advantage of Quizno is the delivery service. At present, participating franchisees offer services in typical lunchtime. Unlike Subway, Quizno's personal and ordered orders are sent to customers, a basic fee and a shipping fee. Choosing the option of group order and the desired time of ordering are also available. These are the benefits for Quizno as there are more franchises that provide the delivery service. This also helps the company because of the impact of the economy on fuel prices. Rebecca Steinfort, President of Quizno and Senior Vice President of Hospitality, said: "We got a great response, even if we did not advertise it.
Quizno's four-dollar tofu torpedo is also cheaper than Subway Five Dollar Footlong. before tax, they can buy a hot torpedo sandwich, compared with the $ 5 cost of Subway to $ 5 before tax (Green Eggs Marketing, 2008, para.1-2). Customers add a bag or a soda to the food pages are low-priced and the total cost of a meal does not exceed $ 6 (Toasty Torpedo, 2008, paragraph 2.)
A is the weakness of Quizno now that, although it has a delivery service, Discovering your quizno delivery service is a visit to the site, there is very little information on the site about the site. The other major weakness of Quizno is the price, "says Greg Macdonald Quizno, vice president," consumers like sandwiches but are too expensive "(Marketing Magazine p.3).
The next weakness that Quizno holds is the advertising approach. For example, earlier commercial ads seemed a bit tasteless and appetizing. An advertisement that affected a cigarette was terrible and unnecessary. According to the commercial archive "Quiznos Vacuum Cleaner on Baby Bob", Quizno's ads showed a negative rating and perception despite the popularity of the ads. The article states that "the ads give the idea that rats are in Quizno subs" (Adland p 1). Another view of Quizno's ads is that "Baby Bob is not too funny or interesting or anything" (Adland 1). These two advertisements were among the screaming sponge monkeys and the talking baby. As far as the latest ad is concerned, there is a huge weakness in this addendum. Trade focuses on the new four-dollar torpedo section. Although advertising places great emphasis on the sandwich, sexual suggestions are even harder. With Subway's five-dollar race, Quizno has set up a four-dollar toasted torpedo.
To promote the sandwich, Quizno has developed an advertisement that is called inappropriate, offensive, and tasteless. There is a talking oven that talks to a chef. The oven repeats comments such as "Put it In". Onemillionmoms.com says that an article in "Quizno's Over Toasty" in HOT WATER, "said mothers who resisted the new commercial advertising approach because they could potentially influence television viewers. article quotes one mother saying that "homosexual senselessness is tasteless and serves only to reduce the nature of your companionship: young children do not see the consequences, but teenagers and adults certainly will not"
Tofu torpedoes sandwiches, sandwiches are brutal, disappointing and even pale. "Quiznos" $ 4 Torpedo vs. Subway $ 5 feet long, "Orange County News Source" says "I could not believe how tender the sandwich was and how dry the bread was. I was very disappointed "(Luda 2009). All Toasty Torpedo looks like a completely different sandwich than on television. It is said that the sandwich is not nearly as close to what appeared in the Toasty Torpedo (Orange County News Source p 3). Quizno has already reported another weakness, Quizno has a flawed problem with the Million Sub Giveaway special. Consumers have been given the opportunity to share their name and email address against the Quizno restaurants' coupons. Although the publication was successful in collecting consumer data, some mistakes have occurred. It was reported in the publication that consumers never got their coupons, others were unable to print coupons, some Quizno franchises even turned their coupons (Advertising Age 2p).
Quizno is a great opportunity for international expansion. Quizno currently has more than 500 restaurants in more than 21 countries. If Quizno opened several other restaurants in other countries, the company could further expand and reach a larger group of customers.
At present, Quizno is the biggest threat to the Subway. Subway launched a five-dollar business deal on each of its sandwiches; Quizno, on the other hand, offers only four dollars sub-contractors for the selected subs, which are the Toasty Torpedo subs. In addition to the sandwiches offered by the metro, a side trial was also launched. In this case, if a consumer buys five dollars of sandwiches from the subway, they can only choose one dollar from various subscriptions. Side orders include cookies; apple and a 20 ounce drink. Another big threat for Quizno is now the ads that aim to promote the Toasty Torpedo. Although this is a memorable advertisement, it may cause some problems. The Toasty Torpedo business uses a lot of sexual treatment and potential homosexual suggestions that potentially create different customer groups to create Quizno's negative attitudes. On the other hand, its competitor, Subway, has developed commercials that have catchy jingle, which promotes a five-dollar footnote. This jingle meant enormous success and captured the attention of millions.
The article "The Get Up for the Return of Advertising Jingles", Subway's Five Dollar Foot-Long, contains three key components of successful stripes: catchy, concise, and telling consumers something about the company you want to know. "(Review Atlas, p.20) The threats Subway presents to Quizno are huge and seem unbeatable, so it is important that Quizno continues to compete in competition as a leading sandwich provider
Quizno was used by a focus group to look more closely at Quizno, with a large amount of information, in addition to the focus group, the observation method was used to support the results of the focus group. On Wednesday, around 12:40, Quizno's restaurant was filled with consumers Every consumer was seated in every seat, and there was a line that reached the back of the restaurant, and in this observation, the consumers who sat were eating in each group.The majority of consumers were dressed in shirts and dressed in beautifully pressed trousers It seemed everyone every customer bought an apple that was roasted and ate cheese. However, there was a female client who ate a salad and was satisfied. Every consumer had a fountain drink and a bag of potato chips. The restaurant was somewhat noisy and crowded. In addition, the weather was unpleasant for rain. However, this did not prevent consumers from ordering Quizno's meals. Every consumer waited patiently for their food but did not seem happy with the service. Workers seemed to move too slowly according to the consumer's facial expressions. During the monitoring, consumers' demographics were evident, including gender, race and age. During the lunchtime, the entire restaurant had more men than women, and documented that around 95 percent of consumers were Caucasian. The other 5 percent were in other African, Asian and Hispanic competitions. The general age group was 25-45.
Although the observation method was applied, the primary research method was the focus group. The focus group consisted of eight people; 5 of them actually eat and enjoy Quizno's meals, and two of them were in the restaurant with a friend quizno waiting for the bottom. Consumers agreed to participate in the focus group; they all liked it very much. The age group of the focus group was 19-45. The focus group members were Caucasian. Most of the focus group members were white-collar workers who decided to eat lunch at Quizno during lunch breaks. The other half were students at Towson University. Members received more than 30 questions, including demographic information, favorite Quizno ads, favorite Quizno elements, and the least-favored items. The questions were designed to understand consumers' underlying feelings about the warning messages in Quizno's ads. However, when asking questions about these ads, they received many answers.
Within the focus group, most respondents answered "TIVO (Interactive Television Application), so I've never seen Quizno's ad." Others expressed the advertisements they were most concerned about and which advertisements were ineffective and offensive. The answers "the advertisements were funny"; that "Quizno's ads are gross"; "I've never seen anything in my ads to be honest," "the ads were hungry for the metros." A focus group member also replied, "Quizno is McDonald's and the subs, it's tedious, both of them horrible!" Each question was directed to each member and each member gave equal answers. From this focus group, they discovered the underlying feelings, feelings and feelings of the Metro on Quizno. Consumers express their personal preferences regarding Quizno commercial advertising and made suggestions on how to improve. The final result of the focus group was the low efficiency of Quizno's advertising approaches; primarily in television commercials.
The focus group was used to obtain deeper and personal information from actual Quizno customers. One of the reasons for this approach was to provide current responses to the shortcuts to Toasty Torpedo television advertising and other advertising approaches. This approach was also effective because it allowed personal relationships with consumers; the focus group has also made it possible for consumers to be comfortable and openness. The survey was not used in research because it did not show consumers the fair feelings for Quizno's. In a focus group, the answer from the first hand is verified and openly transmitted.
Personal interviews have not been used in this research because they have as many different opinions as Quizno and commercial ads. The focus group showed different opinions at emotional and emotional level. Finally, the interview limited the results to one aspect compared to the focus group. The results of a personal interview are biased and do not have a multi-dimensional response. The focus group positively influenced the marketing campaign, primarily by gaining insight into the impact of previous Quizno advertisements. The focus group results showcase the specific elements that can help you gain more customers while recovering lost customers through improved advertising strategies.
The most appropriate target audience for Quizno is the most attractive, middle class white collar segment. The middle class is actually the largest class in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. The middle class consists of mostly married individuals with children, college students and college students. According to the Pew Research Center, 68 percent of middle class members are homeowners. They also report that a large number of middle class members eat several times a week; this audience is also known as healthy individuals. In addition, the middle class is also described at a geographical level. In this report, most middle class people live in suburban and rural areas. Nearly 54% of middle class members live in suburban areas, compared to 40% of urban areas. According to social analysis and reference groups, the middle class intends to evaluate education, news, ownership and stability (Social Analysis page 13). Dr Robert Khols, director of the International Program of the State University of San Francisco, says middle-class Americans value equality, wealth, newspapers, innovations, successes and time. (Kohls, 3-10) The middle-class target audience has many demographic, geographic and behaviorist elements, but richer segments of the middle class are key to finding the perfect Quizno marketplace. [18] 18-24 year olds represent 26.1 million people in the United States, where the population of the White population is still 62 percent, Spaniards 16 percent, Blacks 13 percent, Asians 5 percent, less than 3 percent of this age group live at home with their parents, either in full-time or at school. In the United States, 62 percent of these populations have secondary school qualifications, while 16 percent have no secondary school diploma or degree. Fifty percent of them work with medium and low income full-time jobs and their personal income is $ 60,000. In this age group Some more than half of the living individuals have never been married and have no children at present. According to the Journal of Advertising Research, "Citizens of this generation are ideal, socially conscious, individualist, outsider, their minds and their clothes as they wish." (Kapner, 1997). This is because this segment is difficult to advertise. They do not ignore the usual advertising methods that have proved successful for other age groups (Wolburg, 2001). Those age groups who are college students are also important for the impact on the market. In others, they can influence others as they quickly adopt new products and quickly develop brand loyalties that last for years in adulthood [2001].
This target market is made up of middle class men who are between the age of 25 and 39. The pay market changes from 35,000 to 50,000 per year. They're fresh in their careers; most of all at a good health and value time, because of their money. Most people in this area are in leadership positions (Lexis-Nexis, Valios). For further support, this is an article about restaurants and institutions. The article reads: "Middle class consumers are likely to say that casual restaurants are the primary dining options." This market also reported eating in restaurants that reflect their social position. The article in the restaurant and institutional website reads: "Middle class consumers are more likely to be in lower middle class or middle class consumers to say their restaurant choices reflect their social status." The article says that these middle-class individuals have a household income line of $ 35,000 a year. To illustrate these target markets, the time value is the restaurant and institutional article, according to which most of the middle class market will probably not wait for more than thirty minutes with meals; and do not expect the time to sit at any restaurant; "Almost one third of consumers buy lunch on a daily basis, demographics feel good" (Hume, Restaurants and Institutions, 2008 p5). This target market seems to appreciate time, work, money, and fast food. This group is a great market as most members often dine during the week
This recommended target market is mostly men who are underwear workers between the ages of 41 and 65; mostly married with children and typically living in suburban areas but working in urban areas. This segmented group is a good target market due to the growing number of corporate work areas. Therefore, as the number of white-collar workers grew, a break-in for lunch that Quizno can serve is also needed. According to the United States General Accounting Office, the workforce is growing among older workers. This meant a 19 percent increase in white-collar workers between the ages of 55 and 77. These figures are for 2008 (GAO 2008 forecasts). The report also shows that the average earnings of white collar workers are between 55 and 74 years. According to the report, a large number of white-collar workers are aged between 55 and 64 years in leadership or administrative positions, earning more than 50,000 dollars a year. This is a target market that Quizno needs to take into account due to its growing size. According to another report by the Pew Research Center, how many percent of men who are aged between 40 and 60 are in professional or managerial positions on a series of charts. The report describes the majority of individuals as having two children on average on marriage; about 45 percent of these individuals pay between 50,000 and 100,000 (Pew Research Center, June 6, 2009). The reason why this market is a great choice is thanks to the financial resources available to these individuals. One of the main reasons for this target market is the TIVO. Based on the results of the focus group, the older members of the group were quickly transmitted through advertisements. With the TIVO function commercial spots are not accepted and heard by middle class workers. In the focus group, most of the older ones have never seen a Quizno ad; they still know the restaurant, but not their specialties. The goal is to reach richer middle class men, because we are able to allow commercial filtered television; thus reducing the amount of commercial exposure. Therefore, this market needs to be strongly targeted in a new and innovative way. This is supported by Stephen Baker, Business Week, who claims: "There are about 6.5 million TiVo-like devices currently in the United States and 70% used routinely for commercial avoidance, devices threatening $ 60, billion-year-old television advertising knee "(Business Week, p 1). Therefore, the older market segment will be the focus of the expanded Quizno marketing strategy.
Not only does Quizno have to be advertised, more attractive and tighter ads are required. The Metro is Quizno's leading companion and has many successes. The metro includes ads that range from jingles, amusing skits to special meals. Quizno, on the other hand, is the second leading sub-trader; That's why Quizno needs to keep up with Subway. It's important that Quizno is targeting your customers with a combination of forms of advertising. These forms include image ads and national ads. With image ads, Quizno will have the ability to convert the image to the second leading provider. According to the article "Advertising," published by Microsoft Corporation, the image ad gives you a unique personality that is unique, appealing and appropriate for consumers to choose similar products that can meet the same demand "(Microsoft 2009 p. 9) Advertising is vital for Quizno to continue to keep consumers remembrance of Quizno, thus competing heavily with Subways' advertising methods. Continuous product development The purpose of the ongoing national advertising approach is to create loyal consumers, including the ability of Quizno to compete with its rivals In order to choose the Microsoft Corporation article, "National Advertising attempts to create consumer loyalty to a product or service. "(Microsoft 2009, page 2) The goal of obtaining loyal customers is to use the nation's advertising approach
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As a loyal Newcastle United supporter I've not one ounce of sympathy for Liverpool fans who've now gone three full seasons without a trophy to show for their efforts.
Not even the brilliant Mo Salah could knock out a couple before he was injured and taken off the pitch in Kiev during the Champions League final loss to Real Madrid.
While it may seem a little harsh the nearest I've come to feeling any cup glory as a member of the Toon Army was shaking hands with someone who had touched the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969 when the then manager Joe Harvey took the cup to her junior school in County Durham.
As for Europe, well in 2006 we did win the UEFA Intertoto Cup. "What the hell was that?" I heard you cry, exactly! It was discontinued two years later.
So moving on swiftly, Liverpool, by comparison, has won five European Cups, three EUFA Cups and three EUFA Super Cups not to mention seven FA Cups, 8 League Cups. 15 FA Community Shields and 18 League titles.
So what does it matter Manager Jurgen Klopp remains without a trophy he got you to the fine; in Kiev, didn't he? All this talk about what a painful night it was for Liverpool comes from sports writers who have no idea of the never-ending rollercoaster ride that is involved in being a Newcastle United fan.
Just be thankful you got to the final.
The person I really feel sorry for is the Liverpool goalie – I mean what a schoolboy howler that was! Loris Karius, the 24-year-old waited until the Champions League final to put on a shockingly bad performance that will haunt him forever.
When he hurled the ball against Karim Benzema leg giving him the opening goal, admittedly I was gob-smacked and I doubt if my 91-year-old mum could have fumbled the ball like he did as he tried to stop Gareth Bale's speculative shot and failed.
Apparently the poor lad is getting death threats now, which he doesn't deserve although quite what the legendary Bill Shankly would have said and done doesn't bear thinking about.
So to the Liverpool fans I would say reach out for a bit of Monty Python. This'll start you off: "Some things in life are bad.
They can really make you mad. Other things just make you swear and curse. When you're chewing on life's gristle.
Don't grumble, give a whistle. And this'll help things turn out for the best. And always look on the bright side of life.
Europe can go to hell for all I care – Trump!