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Publication Date 01/07/2014 Volume. 6 No. 6
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Welcome to the July 2014 homepage edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine.
At the commencement of 2014 i2P focused on the need for the entire profession of pharmacy and its associated industry supports to undergo a renewal and regeneration.
We are now half-way through this year and it is quite apparent that pharmacy leaders do not yet have a cohesive and clear sense of direction.
Maybe the new initiative by Woolworths to deliver clinical service through young pharmacists and nurses may sharpen their focus.
If not, community pharmacy can look forward to losing a substantial and profitable market share of the clinical services market.
Who would you blame when that happens?
But I have to admit there is some effort, even though the results are but meagre.
In this edition of i2P we focus on the need for research about community pharmacy, the lack of activity from practicing pharmacists and when some research is delivered, a disconnect appears in its interpretation and implementation.
Loretta Marron OAM BSc: Health Watch | open full screen
Barry Urquhart: Marketing Focus | open full screen
Harvey Mackay: Strategic Thinking | open full screen
Mark Neuenschwander: I`ve been thinking about... | open full screen
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Feature Contribution
Woolworths Pharmacy - Getting One Stage Closer
It started with "tablet" computers deployed on shelves inside the retailer Coles, specifically to provide information to consumers relating to pain management and the sale of strong analgesics.
This development was reported in i2P under the title "Coles Pharmacy Expansion and the Arid PGA Landscape"
In that article we reported that qualified information was a missing link that had come out of Coles market research as the reason to why it had not succeeded in dominating the pain market.
Of course, Woolworths was working on the same problem at the same time and had come up with a better solution - real people with good information.
Intensive Exposition without crossing over with a supermarket
Fiona Sartoretto Verna AIAPP
Editor's Note: The understanding of a pharmacy's presentation through the research that goes into the design of fixtures and fittings that highlight displays, is a never-ending component of pharmacy marketing.
Over the past decade, Australian pharmacy shop presentations have fallen behind in standards of excellence.
It does not take rocket science - you just have to open your eyes.
Recently, our two major supermarkets, Woolworths and Coles, have entered into the field of drug and condition information provision - right into the heartland of Australian Pharmacy.
Pharmedia Commentary
The sure way to drive business away
Gerald Quigley
I attended the Pregnancy, Baby and Children's Expo in Brisbane recently.
What an eye and ear opening event that was!
Young Mums, mature Mums, partners of all ages, grandparents and friends……...many asking about health issues and seeking reassurances that they were doing the right thing.
'Marketing Based Medicine' – how bad is it?
Baz Bardoe
It should be the scandal of the century.
It potentially affects the health of almost everyone.
Healthcare providers and consumers alike should be up in arms. But apart from coverage in a few credible news sources the problem of 'Marketing Based Medicine,' as psychiatrist Dr Peter Parry terms it, hasn't as yet generated the kind of universal outrage one might expect.
Community Pharmacy Research - Are You Involved?
Mark Coleman
Government funding is always scarce and restricted.
If you are ever going to be a recipient of government funds you will need to fortify any application with evidence.
From a government perspective, this minimises risk.
I must admit that while I see evidence of research projects being managed by the PGA, I rarely see community pharmacists individually and actively engaged in the type of research that would further their own aims and objectives (and survival).
Organisational Amnesia and the Lack of a Curator Inhibits Cultural Progress
Most of us leave a tremendous impact on pharmacies we work for (as proprietors, managers, contractors or employees)—in ways we're not even aware of.
But organisational memories are often all too short, and without a central way to record that impact and capture the knowledge and individual contributions, they become lost to time.
It is ironic that technology has provided us with phenomenal tools for communication and connection, but much of it has also sped up our work lives and made knowledge and memory at work much more ephemeral.
Academics on the payroll: the advertising you don't see
This article was first published in The Conversation and was written by Wendy Lipworth, University of Sydney and Ian Kerridge, University of Sydney
In the endless drive to get people's attention, advertising is going 'native', creeping in to places formerly reserved for editorial content. In this Native Advertising series we find out what it looks like, if readers can tell the difference, and more importantly, whether they care.
i2P has republished the article as it supports our own independent and ongoing investigations on how drug companies are involved in marketing-based medicine rather than evidence-based medicine.
I've been thinking about admitting wrong.
Mark Neuenschwander
Editor's Note: This is an early article by Mark Neuenschwander we have republished after the soul-searching surrounding a recent Australian dispensing error involving methotrexate.
Hmm. There's more than one way you could take that, huh? Like Someday when I get around to it (I'm not sure) I may admit that I was wrong about something. Actually, I've been thinking about the concept of admitting wrong. So don't get your hopes up. No juicy confessions this month except that I wish it were easier for me to admit when I have been wrong or made a mistake.
Brian Goldman, an ER physician from Toronto, is host of the award-winning White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio and slated to deliver the keynote at The unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding in Anaheim this May. His TED lecture, entitled, "Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about it?" had already been viewed by 386,072 others before I watched it last week.
Dispensing errors – a ripple effect of damage
Kay Dunkley - BPharm, Grad Dip Hosp Pharm, Grad Dip Health Admin, MPS, MSHPA
Most readers will be aware of recent publicity relating to dispensing errors and in particular to deaths caused by methotrexate being incorrectly packed in dose administration aids.
The Pharmacy Board of Australia (PBA), in its Communique of 13 June 2014, described a methotrexate packing error leading to the death of a patient and noted "extra vigilance is required to be exercised by pharmacists with these drugs".
This same case was reported by A Current Affair (ACA) in its program on Friday 20 June http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/8863098/prescription-drug-warning
Take a vacation from your vocation
Have you ever had one of those days when all you could think was, "Gosh, do I need a vacation."
Of course you have – because all work and no play aren't good for anyone.
A vacation doesn't have to be two weeks on a tropical island, or even a long weekend at the beach.
A vacation just means taking a break from your everyday activities.
A change of pace.
It doesn't matter where.
Everyone needs a vacation to rejuvenate mentally and physically.
But did you also know that you can help boost our economy by taking some days off?
Call it your personal stimulus package.
Explainer: what is peer review?
This article was first published in the Conversation. It caught our eye because "peer review" it is one of the standards for evidence-based medicines that has also been corrupted by global pharma.
The article is republished by i2P as part of its ongoing investigation into scientific fraud and was writtenby Andre Spicer, City University London and Thomas Roulet, University of Oxford
We've all heard the phrase "peer review" as giving credence to research and scholarly papers, but what does it actually mean?
Peer review is one of the gold standards of science. It's a process where scientists ("peers") evaluate the quality of other scientists' work. By doing this, they aim to ensure the work is rigorous, coherent, uses past research and adds to what we already knew.
Most scientific journals, conferences and grant applications have some sort of peer review system. In most cases it is "double blind" peer review. This means evaluators do not know the author(s), and the author(s) do not know the identity of the evaluators.
The intention behind this system is to ensure evaluation is not biased.
The more prestigious the journal, conference, or grant, the more demanding will be the review process, and the more likely the rejection. This prestige is why these papers tend to be more read and more cited.
Dentists from the dark side?
Loretta Marron OAM BSc
While dining out with an elderly friend, I noticed that he kept his false tooth plate in his shirt pocket. He had recently had seven amalgam-filled teeth removed, because he believed that their toxins were making him sick; but his new plate was uncomfortable. He had been treated by an 'holistic dentist'. Claiming to offer a "safe and healthier alternative" to conventional dentistry, are they committed to our overall health and wellbeing or are they promoting unjustified fear, unnecessarily extracting teeth and wasting our money?
Planning for Profit in 2015 – Your key to Business Success
We are now entering a new financial year and it's a great time to reflect on last year and highlight those things that went well and those that may have impacted negatively in the pursuit of your goals.
It's also a great to spend some time re-evaluating your personal and business short, medium and long term goals in the light of events over the last year.
The achievement of your goals will in many cases be dependent on setting and aspiring to specific financial targets. It's important that recognise that many of your personal goals will require you to generate sufficient business profits to fund those aspirations
ReWalk™ Personal Exoskeleton System Cleared by FDA for Home Use
Exoskeleton leader ReWalk Robotics announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the company's ReWalk Personal System for use at home and in the community.
ReWalk is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that provides powered hip and knee motion to enable individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) to stand upright and walk.
ReWalk, the only exoskeleton with FDA clearance via clinical studies and extensive performance testing for personal use, is now available throughout the United States.
Attracting and Retaining Great People
Barry Urquhart
Welcome to the new financial year in Australia.
For many in business the past year has been described as a challenging period.
Adjectives are a key feature of the English language. In the business lexicon their use can be, and often is evocative and stimulate creative images. But they can also contribute to inexact, emotional perceptions.
Throughout the financial pages of newspapers and business magazines adjectives abound.
References to "hot" money draw attention and comment. The recent wave of funds from Chinese investors, keen to remove their wealth from the jurisdiction and control of government regulations is creating a potential property bubble in Australia.
Updating Your Values - Extending Your Culture
Pharmacy culture is dormant.
Being comprised of values, unless each value is continually addressed, updated or deleted, entire organisations can stagnate (or entire professions such as the pharmacy profession).
Good values offer a strong sense of security, knowing that if you operate within the boundaries of your values, you will succeed in your endeavours.
Evidence-based medicine is broken. Why we need data and technology to fix it
The following article is reprinted from The Conversation and forms up part of our library collection on evidence-based medicines.
At i2P we also believe that the current model of evidence is so fractured it will never be able to be repaired.
All that can happen is that health professionals should independently test and verify through their own investigations what evidence exists to prescribe a medicine of any potency.
Health professionals that have patients (such as pharmacists) are ideally placed to observe and record the efficacy for medicines.
All else should confine their criticisms to their evidence of the actual evidence published.
If there are holes in it then share that evidence with the rest of the world.
Otherwise, do not be in such a hurry to criticise professions that have good experience and judgement to make a good choice on behalf of their patients, simply because good evidence has not caught up with reality.
Laropiprant is the Bad One; Niacin is/was/will always be the Good One
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, July 25, 2014
by W. Todd Penberthy, PhD
(OMNS July 25, 2014) Niacin has been used for over 60 years in tens of thousands of patients with tremendously favorable therapeutic benefit (Carlson 2005).
In the first-person NY Times best seller, "8 Weeks to a Cure for Cholesterol," the author describes his journey from being a walking heart attack time bomb to a becoming a healthy individual.
He hails high-dose niacin as the one treatment that did more to correct his poor lipid profile than any other (Kowalski 2001).
Culture Drive & Pharmacy Renewal
Deep within all of us we have a core set of values and beliefs that create the standards of behaviour that we align with when we set a particular direction in life.
Directions may change many times over a lifetime, but with life experiences and maturity values may increase in number or gain greater depth.
All of this is embraced under one word – "culture".
When a business is born it will only develop if it has a sound culture, and the values that comprise that culture are initially inherent in the business founder.
A sound business culture equates to a successful business and that success is often expressed in the term "goodwill" which can be eventually translated to a dollar value.
Pharmacy 2014 - Pharmacy Management Conference
The brave new world of health and wellness is not the enemy of Pharmacy, it is its champion.
Australian futurist, Morris Miselowski, one of the world's leading business visionaries, will present the Opening Keynote address on Pharmacy's Future in the new Health and Wellness Landscape at 2.00pm on Wednesday July 30.
Morris believes the key to better health care could already be in your pocket, with doctors soon set to prescribe iPhone apps, instead of pills.
Technology will revolutionise the health industry - a paradigm shift from healthcare to personal wellness.
Health and wellness applications on smartphones are already big news, and are dramatically changing the way we manage our personal health and everyday wellness.
Generation and Application of Community Pharmacy Research
Editor's Note: We have had a number of articles in this issue relating to pharmacy research.
The PGA has conducted a number of research initiatives over the years, including one recently reported in Pharmacy News that resulted from an analysis of the QCPP Patient Questionnaire.
Pharmacy Guild president, George Tambassis, appears to have authored the article following, and there also appears to be a disconnect between the survey report and its target audience illustrated by one of the respondent comments published.
I have asked Mark Coleman to follow through, elaborate and comment:
Pharma-Goss.... with Rollo Manning
Rollo Manning
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Rollo Manning has experienced pharmacy practice from all sectors of the industry – retail, administrative, policy and remote Aboriginal practice. He spent 10 years with Glaxo Australia and was the first Director of Public Relations at the Pharmacy Guild National Secretariat in Canberra.
He has also held the position of Pharmacy Policy Officer for Territory Health Services in Darwin.
Rollo is currently a Consultant working in his own practice with remote Aboriginal communities, in Northern Australia.
THE NO 1 PRIORITY FOR THE 5TH COMMUNITY PHARMACY AGREEMENT (if there is one) IS… A PHARMACARE AGENCY.
A separate agency is needed to handle payments to pharmacists for services rendered under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme so consumers can recognise the services being given and that a "fair" remuneration is being paid to the provider.
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The agency will operate along similar lines to Medicare and make its information available for cross referencing on matters such as "doctor shopping". It will work closely with the professional voice for pharmacists - the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia - in developing protocols for the addition of fees payable to pharmacists for value added services considered as being essential to meet the aspirations of the National Medicines Policy under the heading of "quality use of medicines".
Consumer health (non government agencies) such as the Heart Foundation, Kidney Australia, Asthma Australia etcetera, will be involved to identify the services needed by their client group and assist in describing the service. The range of add on services will only be added to after consultation with the relevant NGO involved in the service being provided. In other words, pharmacists will NOT decide what they should do for an additional fee. Consumers of the services offered will be the primary identifiers for which acknowledgement of receipt will be required by the patient before any benefit is paid to the provider. Like Medicare there will be a "common fee" determined above which the consumer would have to pay.
Payments from Pharmacare will be made to either an Approved Pharmacy or an accredited pharmacist provider, recognizing that there are situation in the healthcare scenario where pharmacists operate from and not always the "retail" shop front. Examples are Aged Care facilities, Residential Care Facilities, Aboriginal Health Services and Multi Purpose Primary Health Care Centres.
The determination of fees paid for the supply of PBS items to the public will involve the Pharmacy Guild in determining the level of remuneration to meet the business transaction of supply between the Approved Pharmacy and the Commonwealth. This will be determined by the existing Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal, which shall also rule on the appropriateness of other fees in line with the rates paid to other health professionals in the Medicare Schedule of Benefits.
If you like this idea tell your Guild Zone representative, local Member of Parliament, contacts in NGOs and anyone else that may be interested.
In the view of this writer it is the salvation between pharmacists having a future in healthcare or being relegated to the supply agent prepared to cut prices, accept purchasing incentives and be a party to dubious advertising practices that project the image of a hard nosed retailer as opposed to a health professional.
A Pharmacare agency will allow practitioners (pharmacists) to establish professional practices that project an image similar to that achieved by Optometrists. In fact the optometry "shop" is the ideal example of what pharmacists could follow with their income boosted by value added services to the supply function.
PRICELINE PHARMACIES AT IT AGAIN
Cashing in on the Swine Flu pandemic or just a sheer coincidence when a full page ad appeared in The Australian newspaper for a way of protecting against winter flu. Enticing the reader to buy online or at pharmacies, the ad had all the elements of another product of doubtful value being promoted through pharmacies fro credibility.
Was it a coincidence?
No doubt about the marketers at Priceline – whether it be stopping the flu or picking a winner at the Randwick Races they have thought of everything with little regard for the professional standing of the person in the white coat trying to be a genuine health professional.
ANOTHER COINCIDENCE OR SCHEDULED FOR WEEKS
SBS-TV had a topical subject on the final Insight program before a kid winter break looking at the promotion of drugs to doctors. In the firing line was Medicines Australia Chair Will Delaat in one corner and the warhorse for consumer rights Professor Ken Harvey.
Delaat did well until the audience was reminded that he presided over Merck's during the marketing of Vioxx.
No doubt the review of the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct in ethical marketing will get a few suggestions following the revelations of the case currently before the courts.
The SBS program is compulsory viewing for anyone interested in pharmaceutical marketing and can be viewed at http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/67
SPEAKING OF UNUSUAL PROMOTIONS
Rugby fans will have been absorbed by the final of the Super 14 provincial competition although Waikato Chiefs fans will have been disappointed they did not get a "home" final. In an inspired marketing campaign to attract workers in the Waikato (Hamilton) regional of the North Island the authorities turned the playing pitch into a giant advertising hoarding. The website explained:
"Health professionals work in Waikato! www.waikatodhb.govt.nz"
is the message Waikato DHB Media and Communications Director Mary Anne Gill hopes will guide South African, Australian, European and New Zealand rugby fans to the site so they can see what jobs and lifestyle are on offer in the Waikato.
"We're always in the market for dedicated health professionals at Waikato DHB," she said.
"In recent times we've scoured the world for health professionals and as a result of some innovations to our website last year, we now know they scour the web for us too."
Send your subject suggestions to Pharma-Goss for comment.
Edited by Rollo Manning at rollom@iinet.net.au
Published in Information to Pharmacists , 01/06/2009, Volume 1, No. 1
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To wit, NYC home sellers slashed prices on almost 800 listings during a single week this month, the largest wave of discounts in at least 12 years, per Bloomberg.
In the week through Sept. 9, there were 774 homes in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens that got a price cut, the most for any seven-day period in data going back to 2006, according to a report Friday by listings website StreetEasy. The previous weekly record was in March 2009, during the global recession, when 713 properties were reduced.
With another post-Labor Day wave of listings expected, sellers are experiencing a "gut check" as they realize they must lower prices to the point of demand, because the days of foreign (mostly Chinese) buyers willing to pay the "Chinese premium" are over.
Sellers with older listings are adjusting expectations just as a wave of newer properties hits the market – customary in New York after Labor Day. In that same September week, Manhattan got 662 additional listings, the third-highest total for any week in StreetEasy's data.
As we pointed out earlier this year, sales of luxury apartments (those that cost $5 million or more) plummeted more than 31% over the first six months of this year, forcing sellers to slash price (and developers, who have neglected the sub-luxury market in favor of supposed higher margins at the top end, to eat losses).
Steven James, CEO of Douglas Elliman, provided an apt summary of the dynamics at play in the contemporary NYC housing market.
Meanwhile, in the real world outside of New York, the familiar problems remain: with housing starts still lagging expectations, the housing market appears stuck in a vicious cycle. Low development and supply are squeezing prices higher, which are rising more than 2x faster than wage growth across the nation, and as a result most working and middle-class Americans still can't afford to buy a home.
This entry was posted in Housing Market and tagged New York City Real Estate on September 21, 2018 by Bone Fish.


Paul tells us that we do not fight against "flesh and blood". He means that we are not at war against other people, but we are subject to the reality of spiritual warfare (spiritual obstacles and opposition). If our opposition is not flesh and blood, then it means the solution cannot be flesh and blood. It must be bigger than ourselves. Paul points to this reality as he wraps up telling us to put on the armor of GOd. He writes in Ephesians 6:18 "Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere."
What does it mean to "pray in the spirit"?
What role does the Holy Spirit play in our life?
Have you been given the Holy Spirit?
Have you given yourself to the Holy Spirit?


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«Людина-павук: Навколо всесвіту» () — американський супергеройський анімаційний фільм, заснований на коміксах Marvel Comics про Майлза Моралеса. Випущений Columbia Pictures і Sony Pictures Animation, та випущений у прокат дистриб'ютором Sony Pictures Releasing у США, та B&H Film Distribution Company в Україні.

За сюжетом, підліток з Нью-Йорка Майлз Моралес випадково здобуває ті ж сили, що й Людина-павук Пітер Паркер. Супергерой покладає на Майлза завдання захистити місто від експериментів групи лиходіїв. Через них з інших світів прибувають кілька версій Людини-павука. Майлзу належить об'єднати з ними зусилля, щоб врятувати місто та стати справжнім героєм.

Прем'єра фільму «Людина-павук: Навколо всесвіту» відбулася 13 грудня 2018 року. Згодом було оголошено студією про розробку сиквела та декількох спін-оффів.

Як «Кращий анімаційний фільм» фільм «Людина-павук: Навколо всесвіту» нагороджений преміями «Оскар», «Золотий глобус», «Бафта» і «Вибір критиків». На 13 серпня 2021 року мультфільм займав 67 позицію у списку 250 кращих фільмів за версією IMDb.

Сюжет
Пітер Паркер, що в костюмі Людини-павука рятує своє місто, пишається власною славою. Він розповідає як долав багатьох лиходіїв, описав це в коміксах, і що він — єдина й неповторна Людина-павук.

Тим часом школяр Майлз Моралес переходить до нової елітної школи. Його батько Джефферсон працює поліцейським і помічає, що син розклеює на вулиці наліпки. Він підбирає Майлза дорогою до школи і везе у поліцейському авто, наставляючи стати відповідальнішим. Також він згадує Людину-павука зі словами, що справжні герої не ховають свого обличчя. Майлз вважає батькову опіку обузою, а навчання в новій школі — помилкою. Тож хлопець зумисне завалює іспити, проте вчителька розуміє, що аби написати всі відповіді неправильно, треба знати правильні. Майлз лишається вчитись і знайомиться з дівчиною на ім'я Ванда (втім, вона представляється як Ґванда на «африканський» манер).

Хлопець вирушає зі своїм розбишакуватим дядьком Аароном Девісом розмалювати стіни в метро графіті. Там Майлза кусає павук, що наділяє його надлюдськими здібностями. Спершу той не помічає змін, але в школі його рука міцно прилипає до волосся Ванди, а потім і до різних поверхонь. Майлз розуміє, що тепер може лазити по стінах. Він знаходить комікс про Людину-павука та здогадується, що став таким же, як Пітер Паркер. Майлз повертається в метро дослідити павука та знаходить прохід до лабораторії. Там Пітер Паркер саме бореться з Зеленим Гобліном і Бродягою. Лиходії прикривають портал до іншого світу, який створив з допомогою колайдера Вілсон Фіск аби перенести звідти своїх дружину й сина, котрі загинули в цьому світі. Пітер з Зеленим Гобліном потрапляють в промінь часток, що перевантажує пристрій і він вибухає. Поранений Пітер доручає Майлзу зупинити Фіска та вручає ключ від колайдера, інакше при повторному ввімкненні вибухне все місто. Вілсон наказує Бродязі вбити Пітера, а Майлз тікає.

Майлз повертається до батьків, удома він дізнається з новин, що Пітер справді загинув. Хлопець купує собі костюм Людини-павука і тренується стати захисником міста. Випадково він розбиває ключ, але зустрічає іншого Пітера Паркера (Пітера Б. Паркера). Той виявляється не таким успішним, як загиблий, і розчарованим у житті, проте має ті ж деталі біографії. Б. Паркер розповідає як нещодавно потрапив у портал і перенісся зі свого світу до цього. Майлз просить навчити його бути героєм, той спершу відмовляється, але дізнавшись про колайдер, погоджується допомогти.

Пітер Б. Паркер вирушає викрасти дані з лабораторії, що можуть допомогти зупинити колайдер. Майлз пробирається слідом і виявляє здатність ставати невидимим. Він завантажує дані, поки Пітер Б. відволікає вчену Олівію Октавіус. Та Олівія здогадується, що перед нею прибулець з іншого світу та ув'язнює Паркера для дослідів. Вона виявляється Доктором Восьминогом, обладнаним штучними щупальцями. Не знайшовши потрібних файлів, Майлз викрадає весь комп'ютер, чим видає себе. Октавія переслідує його, а Пітер Б. звільняється і з Майлзом тікає з лабораторії.

Олівії вдається наздогнати втікачів і забрати комп'ютер. Однак на допомогу приходить Спайдер-Ґвен — Ванда з іншого паралельного світу, котра і є тамтешньою Людиною-павуком. Виявляється, насправді її звати Ґвен, вона перенеслася не лише між світами, а й у часі, і це її Майлз зустрів у школі. Ґвен радить де зробити новий ключ — в тітки Мей. Під її будинком виявляється сховище, куди вже прибули троє інших Людей-павуків: Нуар Людина-павук з чорно-білого детективу, анімешна дівчинка Пені Паркер з її роботом з павуком усередині, і Свин-павук з комедійного мультиплікаційного світу. Майлз обіцяє повернути всіх до їхніх світів. Герої не вірять, що той здатний на це, а тим часом Пені створює новий ключ.

Пригнічений Майлз блукає містом і помічає, що його шукає Бродяга. Коли той знімає маску, Майлз бачить, що це Аарон. Майлз повертається з цією новиною до тітки Мей, але слідом прибувають Доктор Восьминіг з Бродягою, Скорпіоном і Надгробоком. Бродяга намагається вбити Майлза та забрати ключ, але спиняється, побачивши, що це його небіж. Тоді Вілсон застрелює Бродягу. Джефферсон хоче заарештувати Майлза, не знаючи, що це його син, але той стає невидимим і тікає. Думаючи, що Людина-павук убив Аарона, Джефферсон оголошує його в розшук.

Інші Павуки знаходять Майлза та розповідають, що всі вони втратили когось із близьких і це їх об'єднує. Пітер Б. Паркер вирішує повернути всіх, адже Майлз не готовий бути героєм. Він зв'язує хлопця павутиною і забирає ключ. Наостанок він каже, що героями стають тоді, коли вірять у себе. Батько каже Майлзу з-за дверей, що вимогливий, бо вірить, що син має великий потенціал. Ці слова надихають Майлза, він звільняється і вирушає до тітки Мей. Там він бере костюм Пітера Паркера, перефарьовує його в чорний колір, та прямує до колайдера.

Павуки прибувають до штаб-квартири Вілсона, де той лицемірно влаштовує бал на пам'ять про Пітера. Герої проникають туди під виглядом офіціантів (всі вони носять маски Людини-павука). Олівія вмикає колайдер, через що різні світи перетинаються. Люди-павуки розуміють, що потрапили в засідку, де чекають стрільці та сама Олівія зі Скорпіоном і Надгробком. Лиходійка мало не вбиває Пітера Б., але тут на допомогу приходить Майлз. Герої долають поплічників Вілсона, проте Скорпіон виводить з ладу робота Пені. Майлз забирає в Пітера Б. ключ і вставляє його в роз'єм, коли Вілсон вже майже витягнув двійників своїх рідних. Люди-павуки прощаються і вирушають у свої світи, лишається лише натиснути кнопку аби вимкнути портал. Тільки Паркер Б. не встигає, бо йому на заваді стає Вілсон. Майлз кидає Пітера в портал і сходиться в поєдинку з Вілсоном. Намагаючись убити Людину-павука, лиходій губить дружину з сином. Розлючений, він б'є Майлза, проте поряд опиняється Джефферсон. Він пересвідчується, що Людина-павук не міг бути вбивцею і закликає героя не здаватись. Той підводиться і жбурляє Вілсона в панель керування колайдером. Портал вимикається та спалахує, зруйнувавши лабораторію.

Майлз приходить до батька в костюмі, дякує йому та лишає для поліції зв'язаного Вілсона. Майлз лишається в школі, береться рятувати людей як нова Людина-павук і проводить більше часу з батьком. У своїх світах Пені ремонтує робота, Нуар-павук тішиться прихопленим кубиком Рубика — єдиною кольоровою річчю в його світі, Свин розважається, Пітер Б. відновлює стосунки з Мері Джейн. Ґвен згадує дні, проведені з Майлзом і таємничим чином кличе його.

Після титрів Людина-павук 2099 отримує браслет, який дозволяє вільно подорожувати між світами. Він починає подорож зі світу мультсеріалу 1967 року, де зустрічає тамтешнього Людину-павука, повторюючи ситуацію з інтернет-мему.

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У листуванні співголови Sony Pictures Entertainment Емі Паскаль і президента компанії Дуга Белграда, оприлюдненої в результаті злому серверів Sony в листопаді 2014 року, говорилося, що компанія планувала «омолодити» франшизу «Людина-павук», створивши анімаційну комедію з Філом Лордом і Крістофером Міллером. Подальше обговорення проекту керівництвом Sony передбачалося в рамках дискусії про декількох фільмах-спін-оффах Людини-павука на зустрічі в січні 2015 року. Під час заходу CinemaCon у квітні 2015 року голова Sony Pictures Тому Ротман анонсував вихід анімаційного Людини-павука 20 липня 2018 року. Виробництвом фільму зайнялися Філ Лорд, Кріс Міллер, Аві Арад, Метт Толмак і Емі Паскаль; Лорд і Міллер також відповідали за написання чорновій версії сценарію. Ротман заявив, що анімаційний фільм буде «співіснувати» з фільмами серії «Людина-павук», хоча за словами представників Sony, він «буде існувати незалежно від ігрових проектів про Людину-павука».

До червня 2016 у Філа Лорда був готовий сценарій фільму, а Боб Персичетти взявся за постановку. Міллер сказав, що фільм буде відрізнятися від попередніх фільмів серії Людина-павук і буде самодостатнім. У січні 2017 року на презентації своїх майбутніх анімаційних проектів Sony підтвердила ходили раніше чутки про те, що фільм зосередиться на версії «Людини-павука» Майлза Моралеса. Пітер Ремзі до того моменту став співавтором фільму. В наступному місяці до проекту приєднався Алекс Гірш, а Крістіна Стейнберг замінила Толмака в якості продюсера. Лорд і Міллер оголосили в грудні, що мультфільм буде назватися «Людина-павук: Крізь всесвіти», і розповіли, що в ньому з'явиться кілька Людей-павуків. До того часу Родні Ротман також підключився до виробництва.

Озвучення
Шамейк Мур отримав роль Моралеса в квітні 2017 року разом з Левом Шрайбером, який був вказаний як неназваний головний лиходій фільму. Через місяць Магершала Алі і Браян Тире Генрі приєдналися для озвучення Бродяги і Джефферсона Девіса, дядька та батька Моралеса відповідно.

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Тридцятисекундний уривок, показаний на презентації Sony Animation в січні 2017 року, підтвердив, що фільм сфокусується на особі Майлза Моралеса. На думку Скотта Мендельсона з Forbes кадри «виглядають неймовірно стилізованими і нагадують щось середнє між картинкою Алекса Росса і психоделічною обкладинкою коміксів». Але найважливішою частиною презентації все ж стало підтвердження персонажа Моралеса, що означало вихід в 2018 році ще одного повнометражного фільму про темношкірого героя на додачу до «Чорної Пантери» Marvel. Трейлер мультфільму спершу показали на Comic Con Experience 2017, а після виклали на YouTube. Кріс Чабин з сайту Collider висловився, що трейлер «виглядає краще, ніж могло знадобитися. Стиль і дизайн… енергійний, моментально захоплюючий на візуальному рівні, який засвідчує щире особисте залучення у виробництво». Джулія Мансі блог io9 назвала дизайн трейлера «елегантним» і «свіжим», зазначивши музику Вінса Стейплса, чия музика також звучала в трейлерах «Чорної Пантери». 6 червня вийшов другий трейлер, в ньому були представлені Пітер Паркер і Ґвен Стейсі.

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Оглядач сайту mrpl.city Іван Синєпалов розташував стрічку на 8 місці у переліку найкращих фільмів, що вийшли в український прокат у 2018 році. На його думку, «унікальна анімація мультфільму дуже точно перекладає мовою кіно мову коміксів — настільки, наскільки це взагалі можливо».

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Фільми Sony Pictures Animation
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Happy 100th Birthday to the Theremin, Instrument of the Future
The theremin's mystery endures, and virtuosos are still fighting for its recognition.
by Matthew Taub December 1, 2020
The Moog Claravox Centennial Theremin. Courtesy Magnum PR
Unlike other future virtuosos, Grégoire Blanc didn't take up his instrument after hearing a symphony, eyeing a glossy magazine, or catching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Blanc's path to musical prowess went through science class.
It was there that a teenage Blanc, now 24, learned about a curious contraption called the theremin. The instrument consists of two antennae, arranged perpendicular to each other, with the vertical one controlling pitch and the horizontal loop controlling volume. The player touches only air—no strings, keys, or frets to be found.* Invented 100 years ago, in 1920, it's one of the oldest purely electronic instruments in history. By now the theremin is hardly a stranger to mainstream audiences—it's been prominently featured in countless film scores, and mimicked in an iconic pop song—but many still find its warbling mysterious, beguiling, and not a little bit unsettling.
Reflecting on the historic instrument in its centennial year, Blanc thinks back to the sheer audacity of its creation. "Imagine in the 1920s, where electricity was not in every home," he says. Then, suddenly, someone comes along who can use electricity to do the work of a cello. Namely, that somebody was Soviet physicist Leon Theremin (born Lev Termen), a government researcher working on the development of proximity sensors that could sense approaching objects using electromagnetic waves. He arrived at something quite different: an instrument with a tone similar to a violin's, but uniquely its own—thinner, like a human voice in falsetto, pinched through a straw.
Leon Theremin with his namesake invention. Public Domain
Rather than punish Theremin for failing to complete his assignment, Vladimir Lenin praised the young inventor, and saw in his work an opportunity to show off a symbol of Soviet ingenuity. (Punishment came years later, when Theremin was sent to a work camp to develop more Soviet espionage equipment.) Audiences were duly amazed. In 1930, 10 thereminists performed at Carnegie Hall. Two years later, Theremin conducted the world's first-ever electronic symphony. The instrument's first virtuosa, a Russian émigré named Clara Rockmore, toured the instrument around the United States, alongside prominent traditional entertainers such as Paul Robeson. All the while, Theremin was conveying American intelligence to the Soviets, and working on espionage technology for his homeland.
These days, Blanc and other performers still struggle with getting audiences to appreciate the theremin's tones as music, and not just a curiosity. People see an "image of an instrument that comes from outer space," he says—an image burnished by its association with science-fiction film scores. It's his job to "bring the instrument to the next level," to help people "forget about the fact that it is spectacular … and go beyond the novelty [of the] instrument, beyond the futuristic side." That's partly why he's used the theremin to play pieces such as the "Theme from Schindler's List," and Debussy's "Clair de lune": works that are beloved of the ivory towers and the black ties, which Blanc, who lives in France, hopes will help "legitimate" his 100-year-old instrument.
Indeed, some audiences don't even believe that he's really playing. They think it's "a ventriloquist thing," he explains, as they watch the performer make music from nothingness, or what appears to be nothingness. Guitars, pianos, drums, saxophones: All these come with visual, physical touchstones for the sounds being produced—keys and valves and strings and frets. The thereminist touches only air. In this way they are not unlike singers, who train their lungs to produce something invisible.
Playing the theremin is purely "intuitive," says Blanc. It requires "a good sense of the space" that then leads to "muscle memories." He eventually learned that pinching his fingers in one way created an octave, adjusting them gave him a third. He knows that, sometimes, even he will hit a wrong note and need to "compensate." And that's okay, in fact it's part of "the character of the instrument, because the pitch is not something that is constant." One can "recognize the jumps between the notes" on a theremin "because it is not precise." A player's trademark is defined by the way she "manages these transitions between the notes," because she'll rarely run a perfect scale.
A hundred years on, after Carnegie Hall's Soviet show and the Beach Boys (who used the related but distinct electro-theremin on "Good Vibrations"), the theremin is still fighting to make a name for itself musically. Of course, it was destined to be misunderstood, paradoxical creature that it is. The theremin is at once futuristic and elemental, harnessing technology to reveal music that has always been just sitting in the air.
* Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly cited sound waves traveling between the antennae. The sound of a theremin is produced by capacitance variation.
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Shopify vs WordPress – Which is better for eCommerce?
Nowadays, more and more people are looking into creating their own online business. One of the very popular ways of getting started is through the creation on an e-commerce store. However, when these individuals try to start their journey in online entrepreneurship, many questions are left unanswered.
Which e-commerce platform is better suited to my needs?
Is it better to use Shopify or WordPress?
Am I going to have to pay anything to set my commerce?
Should I focus on digital products or should I sell physical objects?
Can I use my website to "dropship" products?
When assessing whether to use WordPress or Shopify, I'm afraid there is no easy answer: it depends.
Now that we know that there is no cookie-cutter answer, let's analyze when it is that we should use one platform versus the other and which individuals will get most benefit from using either of these e-commerce services.
Can I use WordPress to create my eCommerce site?
WordPress is a great platform. I've always liked it and I have suggested many of my friends who were in need of a website to use WordPress. Indeed, WordPress is a very robust service that you can use to personalize your website into anything you want. You can say that WordPress is very versatile.
But this versatility is a double-edged sword.
You see, creating an e-commerce store is not the same as creating a blog or a newsfeed website. E-commerce stores have particular needs that may not have been thought of when WordPress was developed.
WordPress was built around the idea that you will be adding content to your website which your users will have access to for free. Thus, WordPress makes it very easy to publish articles, pictures and videos which will all be available to any user visiting your website.
However, creating an e-commerce website requires you to block access to some content unless the user has paid for it. You also need to make sure that all the important information regarding your customers, such as their credit card numbers and personal information are stored in a secure manner to avoid any breach of confidentiality. Besides, an e-commerce website needs to be able handle the purchasing process, including receiving the orders, tracking them and dispatching them.
While doing all this with WordPress might be feasible, doing so might be a tad too complicated. It is probably better to use a platform built exclusively to deal with the needs and features of e-commerces.
What is the biggest difference between WordPress and Shopify?
To keep it simple, Shopify is an online tool that you can use to create your e-business. Using Shopify is as simple as going to Shopify.com and signing up for an account. After a very easy and quick setup, your e-store website will be up and running. It is worth noticing that using the Shopify service gives you access to support. No matter what difficulty you have in using the platform, you can simply contact their support staff and they'll give you everything you need to fix your problem.
Buy a domain name and a web hosting account that lets you install the default version of the WordPress software.
Chose a design for your website and install the theme associated to it.
Install a bunch of plugins ensure SEO, media integration and everything else.
You will have configure all the settings related to payment integration, product display and store details.
In terms of support for WordPress, you're on your own. While there is quite a bit of information on the internet, you'll have to troubleshoot your issues by yourself.
Using Shopify is like buying a computer at the store. You plug it at home, configure your accounts and you're ready to do anything you need to do. Creating an e-commerce with WordPress is more like ordering the parts and building your own computer. You need to do quite a bit of research to make sure that all your components fit well together in order to get the desired end-result.
What are WordPress and WooComerce?
Since WordPress is a very robust software, we won't analyze its whole utility. Instead we'll focus on the e-commerce aspect of what you can do with it.
Is an all-in-one website building software. Provided that you have the technical knowledge to do so, you can use WordPress to build any kind of website you want. Sky is the limit!
Offers endless possibilities through the use of plugins.
Requires some kind of technical knowledge to be able to customize your website to your needs.
Offers no direct support, but the user base is so big that you can find the answer to most questions by asking around.
I'd say that Shopify is the preferred platform for most people. Most of us don't have the time to learn coding and website design. That time is better spent creating our brand and focussing on giving our customers the best shopping experience we can provide.
Indeed, Shopify lets you get started with your e-commerce website in a matter of minutes. Besides, Shopify takes care of a lot of the business related things associated with setting an online store such as inventory management, taxes and shipping. Shopify lets you do the fun stuff without having to go through the boring accounting.
On top of that, you only need to pay $9 a month to have access to the basic features and customization parameters required to build your online store.
You don't have a website yet and you want to focus on launching your store as soon as possible.
You lack the technical skills required to design, code and build your website from scratch.
You don't want to pay someone to do this for you.
You already have a physical store that you want to develop an online store for.
You want to use a platform that will let you sell anything, from physical products to digital files or services.
Having customer support to help you troubleshoot any issues is important for you.
Shopify is a service that will meet your commerce needs regardless of how many products listings you have. You can even use it for dropshipping and selling products without having to hold a physical inventory.
WordPress is truly a beautiful piece of software; you can use it to build and run virtually any type of website.
You have find web hosting, install WordPress and configure it to your needs.
You will have to download and install a theme to be able to make your website look unique.
WordPress was initially built for blogging and not as an e-commerce platform.
In order to have access to the functionalities required to run an online store, you will have to install some plugins such as WooCommerce.
You will also have to manually install plugins to take care of SEO and social media integration.
As you can see, WordPress better suited to those who feel comfortable manually editing the PHP code of their website, connecting to their server via FTP and spending quite a bit of time setting up their website structure.
WooCommerce is a great plugin, though. It is free and it gives you access to basically anything you need to be able to run a successful e-commerce. Functionalities include product catalogs, discount coupons, online payment integration, shopping carts and much more.
You already have a WordPress website and you already know the interface. Since WooCommerce uses the same admin panel that is used in WordPress, you will be able to manage your products and orders without being too disoriented.
You have the technical skills to modify your PHP code by yourself or don't mind paying someone to do it for you.
You don't mind have to ask around to troubleshoot any issues you might face.
You already have a WordPress website and you don't want to spend more money on setting another platform for your e-commerce.
The greatest setback that we have mentioned before is the lack of rapid customer support. While you might initially think that this is not so important, it really is. Imagine if something goes sour and your website ends up being down for a whole day. This means that you will lose sales and will probably end up having to answer the questions of many customers who might think your website doesn't work anymore or who might be afraid that there might be issues with their orders. How stressful is that?
If you already have a WordPress website, install WooCommerce and launch your e-store as an extension of that website.
If you're starting from scratch, go with Shopify.
If you already have a WordPress website, adding an e-commerce extension will be both cheaper and quicker than having to starting from scratch. If you haven't created anything yet, using a specialized platform will save you trouble, time and money on the long run.


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Three Considerations As Marketing Spend On Technology Skyrockets
by Katrin Ribant , Op-Ed Contributor, October 19, 2015
Gartner predicted three years ago that chief marketing officers would outspend chief information officers on information technology solutions by 2017. Though there's been much debate since, signs point to this transition becoming reality.
Due to the use of cloud computing, new software tools and data analytics, today's CMOs find themselves at the center of a fundamental evolution in the marketing organization. But this evolution is not only about the software or the data. It's also about using shared information to empower the enterprise business engine to drive growth and profitability. As marketing transforms into a primarily data-driven practice, businesses need to understand the services and professional hires that will enable them to stay competitive.
Virtually every type of business sells something to its customers. To do this successfully, there must be some configuration of sales, customer service and marketing — even when marketing involves not advertising, but networking or other activities that create awareness and leads. This triangle between finding leads (marketing), turning them into customers (sales), and keeping them happy (customer service) is the business engine of the enterprise. Today, this engine has an opportunity to become robustly connected, with marketing playing a key role in the process.
At the center of every business engine is the customer — the future or present client of the business. Marketing has more opportunities than ever to connect with the customer as an individual by tailoring experiences to fit explicit or yet-to-be-discovered needs and offering 1:1 messaging to guide prospects down the sales funnel. This opportunity, however, also comes with challenges. As enterprises look to deploy new solutions, buyers should be aware of three major considerations before embarking on a purchasing decision.
1. A Newer, More Collaborative Breed Of Marketers
Today's marketers are certainly more data-savvy, more technology-oriented and more ROI-aware than ever before, but what makes them stand out is their ability to collaborate. This new breed of marketer places less emphasis on individual accolades or hiring the most goût du jour creative agency, focusing instead on building a collaborative platform across marketing, sales and customer service to optimize the experiences that will turn leads into cutomers. Watch this amazing TED Talk by The Boston Consulting Group's Yves Morieux to learn more about collaboration in the modern workplace.
2. Future-Proof Technology
Future-proof technology has relevance to the future, but also provides a sustainable business model.
In his outlook note for 2015, Pivotal Research Group senior analyst, Brian Wieser writes: "Technologies and associated business models have become increasingly mature, and many of the companies driving them have become relatively large. … Many of these companies likely operate with costs and cash outflows in excess of revenues and will require ongoing capital infusions to sustain, let alone expand, their current scale."
With an increasing amount of companies crowding the marketing technology landscape, being technology-savvy for a marketer means not only knowing how to put together a functional MarTech stack, but also how to discern which key pieces of the stack have the right balance of innovation and sustainability to stay relevant for tomorrow's business needs.
3. Operational Alignment: People, Technology And Processes
Marketers who will win tomorrow's business are the ones who understand how to power their engines with the best people, technology and processes in order to achieve their respective business goals. By surrounding themselves with collaborative individuals who understand their role as a living part of a very complex engine that will propel the enterprise to the next level, a foundation for long-term success is laid.
In addition to choosing valuable team members, marketers must also have an in-depth understanding of technologies that foster innovation and provide a vision beyond today's goals, reaching forward to future possibilities for business development and growth. Implementing processes that empower the enterprise business engine to shift gears, and continually make improvements that drive the business more effectively and efficiently, provides the final step in optimum operational alignment for any marketing organization.
The challenges faced by today's marketers — including the variety of systems, platforms, and tools now available — means that marketing departments need to consistently think about how the solutions they are building today will stay relevant in the future.
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Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-Abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia
M. Gallagher ,
Save the Children, Washington, DC, USA
K. Chukmuwalu,
Save the Children, Mogadishu, Somalia
S. Baunach
Save the Children, Berlin, Germany
How to Cite: Gallagher, M., Chukmuwalu, K. and Baunach, S., 2017. Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-Abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia. Annals of Global Health, 83(1), p.97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216
Gallagher, M., Chukmuwalu, K. and Baunach, S., 2017. Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-Abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia. Annals of Global Health, 83(1), p.97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216
Gallagher M, Chukmuwalu K, Baunach S. Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-Abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia. Annals of Global Health. 2017;83(1):97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216
Gallagher, M., Chukmuwalu, K., & Baunach, S. (2017). Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-Abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia. Annals of Global Health, 83(1), 97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216
1. Gallagher M, Chukmuwalu K, Baunach S. Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-Abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia. Annals of Global Health. 2017;83(1):97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216
Gallagher M, Chukmuwalu K and Baunach S, 'Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia' (2017) 83 Annals of Global Health 97 DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216
Gallagher, M., K. Chukmuwalu, and S. Baunach. 2017. "Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia". Annals of Global Health 83 (1): 97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216
Gallagher, M., K. Chukmuwalu, and S. Baunach. "Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia". Annals of Global Health 83, no. 1 (2017): 97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216
Gallagher, M, et al.. "Uptake of Post-abortion Care (PAC) Services and Acceptance of Post-Abortion Contraception in Remote Areas of Puntland, Somalia". Annals of Global Health, vol. 83, no. 1, 2017, p. 97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.216


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The best bovines in the world are bred in a natural way in Argentina, thereby yielding the highest meat quality due to the availability of big and excellent fields as well as the appropiate weather conditions. At the same time, the cold storage industry has developed to a high level, positioning Argentina as one of the main countries exporting bovine meat on an international basis.
PRODUCTOS PILAR S.A. is an Argentinean company which processes cattle-breeding by-products coming from the most important cold-storage plants in the country and manufactures prime-quality bovine proteins.
The plants from which the company obtain its raw materials, as well as its own plants, are permanently subjected to the accurate control of operations and quality of the S.E.N.A.S.A. (National Service of Food Healt and Quality), the strict Argentinean official organization ruling throughout the country, guaranteeing that the processed by-products come exclusively from healthy animals according to inspections carried out both before end after slaughter.
The proteins manufactured by PRODUCTOS PILAR S.A. exclusively derived from bovines – like Argentinean meats – are free from transmission of any kind of disease such as B.S.E. carbuncle, foot-and-mouth disease, and others. They are therefore exported to various countries, including the ones reaching the highest level of development in hog and poultry-breeding, and are also sold within the domestic market to the main farming and industrial plants in the country, all of which demand strict quality standards.
The gathering, processing, transport and operations involving raw materials and end products, even within the cold-storage plants, is carried our daily, 24 hours a day, by staff, equipment and transport units from PRODUCTOS PILAR S.A. thereby guaranteeing quality throughout the process.
The quality standards applied during production enable PRODUCTOS PILAR S.A. to guarantee to its clients the delivery of top-quality, genuine and natural products without any additives, such as spray dried plasma, hemoglobin and proteins meal to be fed to animals (hogs, poutry, pets, etc.) contaning a large amount of animal protein of optimum digestibily.
Dehydrated bovine plasma is an irreplaceable nutritional item for youngs hogs. Due to its high immunoglobulin levels, it contributes to the development of natural defences against typical diseases. It has also another major applications, as is the case with bovine hemoglobin, in the pet-food industry.


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Our last day in Iran. Our flight back is at 8.10pm, so we still had some time to go around Tehran. We decided to take the Metro (similar to HK and S'pore's MRT) to discover the city. Since it was Imam Khomeini's death anniversary, we got to travel for free up til 12 noon.
Women only section of the Metro. Of course, women can also travel in the 'normal' sections with the men.
First stop was Panzdah-e-Khordad where we went to the (closed) Grand Bazaar and posed for pictures (i.e. Kerja Gila #4).
Closed bazaar. Even a car was parked inside the bazaar!
Next we went to Golestan (Rose Garden) Palace which is nearby the bazaar, and again posed at the closed gate. The guards were sympathetic to us, so they let us in the compound and let us took pictures in there. How sweet!
We then boarded off Taleghani to go a nearby park. Upon ascending from the Metro, we saw Anti-US signs instead. It was the US Den of Espionage. It used to house the US Embassy (Iran no longer has diplomatic ties with US after the 1979 Islamic Revolution) where 66 American citizens were held hostage for over a year.
Last Metro stop was Imam Khomeini: Here is the Tehran Gate at the Parade Ground (Bagh e Melli) or National Garden. It was the first public garden of Tehran. It was originally founded by Nassereddinshah Qajar, but was reconstructed later by Rezashah Pahlavi. It houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, The National Museum of Iran, Malek National Museum, Museum of Ancient Iran and the future National Museum of Post.
P/S: An unfortunate incident befell Raph at the airport later that evening. He was denied exit (instead of entry!) back to Malaysia. Some problems on his previous working visa.
Note: Malaysians do not need visa to enter Iran for a visit of within 2 weeks or less. Raph finally made it back to Malaysia 2 days later than us.


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/**
 * Creates a new RestApiHelper object that handles GET/POST/PUT/DELETE requests and check user access rights, if needed.
 *
 * @class
 * @classdesc RestApiHelper is an utility class that routes various HTTP requests based on the request type to functions that handle such requests.
 * @param {Coonti} cnti - The coonti instance.
 * @param {Object} get - The definition of get request handler. If the API does not support such request, use false. All request handlers are objects that may contain the following keys:
 * \{ loggedIn: boolean, true to require a logged in user for the operation.
 *   allow: String|Array, name for an allow right that the user must have or an array of names of rights; one match is enough to allow. Implies loggedIn = true.
 *   deny: String|Array, name for a deny right that the user must not have or an array of names of rights; one match is enough to deny. Implies loggedIn = true.
 *   handler: Function, the function* that will be called to handle the request. The function gets Koa context as 'this'.
 * \}
 * @param {Object} post - The definition of post request handler.
 * @param {Object} put - The definition of put request handler.
 * @param {Object} del - The definition of delete request handler.
 * @return {RestApiHelper} A new RestApiHelper that can consume Koa requests.
 */
function RestApiHelper(cnti, get, post, put, del) {
	var self = this;
	var coonti = cnti;
	var userManager = coonti.getManager('user');

	this.handlers = [];
	this.handlers['GET'] = get;
	this.handlers['POST'] = post;
	this.handlers['PUT'] = put;
	this.handlers['DELETE'] = del;

	/**
	 * Serves a Koa request. If the request is denied due to user missing login, the function return HTTP error code 401; rights related reasons, error code 403; and if the request type is not supported, error code 405.
	 */
	this.serve = function*(...args) {
		var method = this.request.method;
		var handler = self.handlers[method];
		if(!handler || !handler['handler']) {
			this.set('Allow', 'GET, POST, PUT, DELETE');
			this.status=(405); // eslint-disable-line space-infix-ops
			return;
		}

		if(handler['loggedIn'] || handler['allow'] || handler['deny']) {
			var user = yield userManager.getCurrentUser(this);

			// If not logged in
			if(!user) {
				this.status=(401); // eslint-disable-line space-infix-ops
				return;
			}

			var pass = true;
			if(handler['allow']) {
				pass = false;
				if(typeof handler['allow'] == 'string') {
					handler['allow'] = [handler['allow']];
				}
				for(let i = 0; i < handler['allow'].length; i++) {
					const ret = yield user.isAllowed(handler['allow'][i]);
					if(ret) {
						pass = true;
						break;
					}
				}
			}

			if(!pass) {
				this.status=(403); // eslint-disable-line space-infix-ops
				return;
			}

			if(handler['deny']) {
				if(typeof handler['deny'] == 'string') {
					handler['deny'] = [handler['deny']];
				}
				for(let i = 0; i < handler['deny'].length; i++) {
					const ret = yield user.isDenied(handler['deny'][i]);
					if(ret) {
						pass = false;
						break;
					}
				}
			}

			if(!pass) {
				this.status=(403); // eslint-disable-line space-infix-ops
				return;
			}
		}

		yield handler.handler.apply(this, args);
	};
}

module.exports = RestApiHelper;

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{-# LANGUAGE GADTs, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, FlexibleInstances, CPP,
             OverloadedStrings #-}
module Data.JSTarget.AST where
import qualified Data.Set as S
#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 708
import qualified Data.Map.Strict as M
#else
import qualified Data.Map as M
#endif
import Data.JSTarget.Op
import qualified Data.ByteString as BS

type Arity = Int
type Comment = BS.ByteString
type Reorderable = Bool

-- | A Name consists of a variable name and optional (package, module)
--   information.
data Name = Name {
    nameIdent :: !BS.ByteString,
    nameQualifier :: !(Maybe (BS.ByteString, BS.ByteString))
  } deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)

class HasModule a where
  moduleOf :: a -> Maybe BS.ByteString
  pkgOf    :: a -> Maybe BS.ByteString

instance HasModule Name where
  moduleOf (Name _ mmod) = fmap snd mmod
  pkgOf (Name _ mmod)    = fmap fst mmod

instance HasModule Var where
  moduleOf (Foreign _)      = Nothing
  moduleOf (Internal n _ _) = moduleOf n
  pkgOf (Foreign _)         = Nothing
  pkgOf (Internal n _ _)    = pkgOf n

type KnownLoc = Bool

-- | Representation of variables.
data Var where
  Foreign  :: !BS.ByteString -> Var
  -- | Being a "known location" means that we can never substitute this
  --   variable for another one, as it is used to hold "return values" from
  --   case statements, tail loopification and similar.
  --   If a variable is *not* a known location, then we may always perform the
  --   substitution @a=b ; exp => exp [a/b]@.
  Internal :: !Name -> !Comment -> !KnownLoc -> Var
  deriving (Show)

isKnownLoc :: Var -> Bool
isKnownLoc (Internal _ _ knownloc) = knownloc
isKnownLoc _                       = False

instance Eq Var where
  {-# INLINE (==) #-}
  (Foreign f1)  == (Foreign f2)          = f1 == f2
  (Internal i1 _ _) == (Internal i2 _ _) = i1 == i2
  _ == _                                 = False

instance Ord Var where
  {-# INLINE compare #-}
  compare (Foreign f1) (Foreign f2)           = compare f1 f2
  compare (Internal i1 _ _) (Internal i2 _ _) = compare i1 i2
  compare (Foreign _) (Internal _ _ _)        = Prelude.LT
  compare (Internal _ _ _) (Foreign _)        = Prelude.GT

-- | Left hand side of an assignment. Normally we only assign internal vars,
--   but for some primops we need to assign array elements as well.
data LHS where
  -- | Introduce a new variable. May be reorderable.
  --   Invariant: a NewVar must be the first occurrence of a 'Var' in its
  --   scope.
  NewVar :: !Reorderable -> !Var -> LHS
  -- | Assign a value to an arbitrary LHS expression. May be reorderable.
  LhsExp :: !Reorderable -> !Exp -> LHS
  deriving (Eq, Show)

-- | Distinguish between normal, optimized and method calls.
--   Normal and optimized calls take a boolean indicating whether the called
--   function should trampoline or not. This defaults to True, and should
--   only be set to False when there is absolutely no possibility whatsoever
--   that the called function will tailcall.
data Call where
  Normal   :: !Bool          -> Call
  Fast     :: !Bool          -> Call
  Method   :: !BS.ByteString -> Call
  deriving (Eq, Show)

-- | Literals; nothing fancy to see here.
data Lit where
  LNum  :: !Double        -> Lit
  LStr  :: !BS.ByteString -> Lit
  LBool :: !Bool          -> Lit
  LInt  :: !Integer       -> Lit
  LNull :: Lit
  deriving (Eq, Show)

-- | Expressions. Completely predictable.
data Exp where
  Var       :: !Var -> Exp
  Lit       :: !Lit -> Exp
  -- | A literal JS snippet.
  --   Invariant: JSLits must not perform side effects or significant
  --   computation.
  JSLit     :: !BS.ByteString -> Exp
  Not       :: !Exp -> Exp
  BinOp     :: !BinOp -> Exp -> !Exp -> Exp
  Fun       :: ![Var] -> !Stm -> Exp
  Call      :: !Arity -> !Call -> !Exp -> ![Exp] -> Exp
  Index     :: !Exp -> !Exp -> Exp
  Arr       :: ![Exp] -> Exp
  AssignEx  :: !Exp -> !Exp -> Exp
  IfEx      :: !Exp -> !Exp -> !Exp -> Exp
  Eval      :: !Exp -> Exp
  Thunk     :: !Bool -> !Stm -> Exp -- Thunk may be updatable or not
  deriving (Eq, Show)

-- | Is the given expression guaranteed to not be a thunk?
--   @definitelyNotThunk e <=> safe to skip evaluation of e@
definitelyNotThunk :: Exp -> Bool
definitelyNotThunk (Lit {})   = True
definitelyNotThunk (JSLit {}) = True
definitelyNotThunk (Not {})   = True
definitelyNotThunk (BinOp {}) = True
definitelyNotThunk (Fun {})   = True
definitelyNotThunk (Arr {})   = True
definitelyNotThunk (Eval {})  = True
definitelyNotThunk _          = False

-- | Statements. The only mildly interesting thing here are the Case and Jump
--   constructors, which allow explicit sharing of continuations.
data Stm where
  Case     :: !Exp -> !Stm -> ![Alt] -> !Stm -> Stm
  Forever  :: !Stm -> Stm
  Assign   :: !LHS -> !Exp -> !Stm -> Stm
  Return   :: !Exp -> Stm
  Cont     :: Stm
  Stop     :: Stm -- Do nothing at all past this point
  Tailcall :: !Exp -> Stm
  ThunkRet :: !Exp -> Stm -- Return from a Thunk
  deriving (Eq, Show)

-- | Case alternatives - an expression to match and a branch.
type Alt = (Exp, Stm)

-- | Represents a module. A module has a name, an owning
--   package, a dependency map of all its definitions, and a bunch of
--   definitions.
data Module = Module {
    modPackageId   :: !BS.ByteString,
    modName        :: !BS.ByteString,
    modDeps        :: M.Map Name (S.Set Name),
    modDefs        :: M.Map Name Exp
  }

-- | Merge two modules. The module and package IDs of the second argument are
--   used, and the second argument will take precedence for symbols which exist
--   in both.
merge :: Module -> Module -> Module
merge m1 m2 = Module {
    modPackageId = modPackageId m2,
    modName = modName m2,
    modDeps = M.union (modDeps m1) (modDeps m2),
    modDefs = M.union (modDefs m1) (modDefs m2)
  }

-- | Imaginary module for foreign code that may need one.
foreignModule :: Module
foreignModule = Module {
    modPackageId   = "",
    modName        = "",
    modDeps        = M.empty,
    modDefs        = M.empty
  }

-- | An LHS that's guaranteed to not ever be read, enabling the pretty
--   printer to ignore assignments to it.
blackHole :: LHS
blackHole = LhsExp False $ Var blackHoleVar

-- | The variable of the blackHole LHS.
blackHoleVar :: Var
blackHoleVar = Internal (Name "" (Just ("$blackhole", "$blackhole"))) "" False

-- | Returns the precedence of the top level operator of the given expression.
--   Everything that's not an operator has equal precedence, higher than any
--   binary operator.
expPrec :: Exp -> Int
expPrec (BinOp Sub (Lit (LNum 0)) _) = 500 -- 0-n is always printed as -n
expPrec (BinOp op _ _)               = opPrec op
expPrec (AssignEx _ _)               = 0
expPrec (Not _)                      = 500
expPrec _                            = 1000


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Finsbury Park mosque 'attacker brainwashed by Rochdale grooming drama and right-wing propaganda'
Osborne is charged with killing Makram Ali, 51, and injuring nine others last year.
By William Watkinson
'I feel their pain' – Emotional Jeremy Corbyn condemns Finsbury Park mosque attack	ITN
A man accused of driving a van into a crowd of worshippers near a mosque had been "brainwashed" by a TV drama about a Muslim grooming gang and far-right propaganda in the lead up to the attack, a court has heard.
Darren Osborne was also influenced by extremist right-wing propaganda posted online before ploughing into a crowd in Finsbury Park, north London.
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The prosecution said that the 48-year-old intended to kill as many of the crowd "as possible" when he allegedly drove the Luton box van into the crowd on 18 June.
The court heard he became "obsessed" with Muslims and the Rochdale grooming scandal after watching a BBC TV drama entitled "Three Girls".
Osborne is charged with murdering Makram Ali, 51, and attempted murder after injuring nine others as they left two mosques just after 12.15am as Muslims celebrated the holy month of Ramadan.
It is alleged that Osborne rented the van and drove to London when his hatred for Muslims intensified after two terror attacks on the streets of the British capital and Manchester.
Osborne's partner of around 20 years, Sarah Andrews, said he had become "obsessed" with Muslims after watching the BBC drama about the Rochdale grooming scandal.
"He seemed brainwashed and totally obsessed with the subject," Andrews said in a statement that was read out during a hearing at Woolwich Crown Court.
Undated photo of Finsbury Park suspect Darren Osborne Facebook
Andrews, who has four children with Osborne, said he became a "ticking time-bomb" before the alleged attack, Jonathan Rees QC, for the crown, added according to BBC News.
Andrews said her partner was a "loner and a functioning alcoholic" with an "unpredictable temperament" who had not worked for a decade and had mental health issues.
And she added that in the weeks before the attack Osborne tried to kill himself and felt worthless.
Opening the case, Rees QC, told the jury according to the Guardian: "The evidence establishes that the defendant was trying to kill as many of the group as possible.
"The prosecution say that the note and the comments he made after his detention establish that this act of extreme violence was, indeed, an act of terrorism, designed to influence government and intimidate the Muslim community, and done for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, ideological or racial cause."
Osborne was rescued by an imam and kept away angry crowds. Osborne was seen smiling after and saying: "I've done my bit," a jury was told.
Police officers attend to the scene after a vehicle collided with pedestrians in the Finsbury Park neighborhood on 19 June 2017 Reuters
Ali had become ill and fallen to the ground two minutes before the van struck him barely one hundred yards away from a mosque. A pathologist found that he was alive when the van struck him.
A note recovered from the van Osborne allegedly drove said "Islam's ideology does not belong here", and taunted London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Jeremy Corbyn and the singer Lily Allen, jurors heard.
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>While It's Great To See Our Favourite Actors Make A Comeback, We Wish They'd Pick Better Projects
While It's Great To See Our Favourite Actors Make A Comeback, We Wish They'd Pick Better Projects
Badhaai Ho, an unconventional film, featuring an ensemble cast unlike the formulaic Bollywood one and a taboo subject, managed to impress the audience like no other film. It was sort of a landmark project which proved that a film doesn't need star power when content is the unbeatable king.
Despite starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Badhaai Ho's ultimate stars were Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao. What we are trying to get at, is that a compelling script and accurate casting (no matter the stardom) can do wonders. Fortunately, the 2018 film gave the viewers an opportunity to rediscover a gem – Neena Gupta.
Ever since she regained popularity for her portrayal of a middle-aged, to-be-mother, the actor has been roped in for roles she always deserved.
The OTT wave gave many actors, who were let down by lousy scripts in the past, a second lease of life. Saif Ali Khan, one among those actors, was re-invented through the top-notch series Sacred Games. Although the actor never went into a long hiatus, this show marked the comeback of Saif with a role that employed his full potential as an actor. Following the tremendous success of the Netflix series, he went on to star in another show titled Tandav.
The political-thriller was a sinking ship none of the on-board, stellar actors — Dimple Kapadia, Saif Ali Khan, Kumud Mishra, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sunil Grover — could save. The ensemble cast was one of the reasons behind the major expectations from the show. After Finding Fanny, in which the actor is irreplaceable, we spotted Dimple Kapadia in a few mainstream films.
Tandav was her big digital debut, where the actor was totally failed by the amateurish storytelling. Even in her cameo appearances we got a glimpse of what the actor is capable of. But her full-length role in the series was botched by the all-too-predictable storyline.
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Speaking of veteran actors, Bhagyashree, who we still know as Suman from Maine Pyar Kiya, made a comeback with the much-anticipated biopic, Thalaivii. The film was based on the life of Indian actress-turned-politician J. Jayalalithaa. Since Kangana Ranaut played the titular role and Bhagyashree featured as her mother in the film, the latter was surely overshadowed. She was barely seen on the screen and there wasn't much space for her role either. The highly-anticipated project ended up as a fairly run-of-the-mill cinema.
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On the contrary, if we observe the series Bombay Begums, the Netflix project Pooja Bhatt chose to make her OTT debut with, was refreshing to watch. Despite the ensemble cast, the palatable script made room for every distinctive character. It was heartening to watch Bhatt in a well-written role which is way more nuanced and fitting for an actor like her.
We, scarcely ever, witness actors featuring in roles that seem to be tailor-made for them. And once in a while, when that happens we get to see actors embrace the characters in a way that they become indispensable in the film or series. Be it Pankaj Tripathi as Akhandanand in Mirzapur or Jitendra Kumar as Jeetu Bhaiya in Kota Factory, one can't imagine another actor essaying these roles.
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Likewise, Sushmita Sen returned to the screens as Aarya, a badass female protagonist. And that felt like a compensation for the endless times Bollywood fit her into the mould of stereotypical characters. Sen arrived just on time, when Indian films and shows are blurring the line between a hero and a villain. We are ever thankful to the creators for Aarya, for creating a character who is flawed yet relatable, and redeeming Sushmita, the actor.
Sen's contemporaries Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty, too, joined the bandwagon when they debuted on OTT platforms. While the former has been headlining the slow-burn mystery series, Aranyak, the latter landed a role in Hungama 2 that boxed her into the same stereotypical role from the 90s (only of an older woman this time). Although it has a lot to do with the choices the actors make when picking a script, there's a dire need of viewing these erstwhile actors in offbeat roles.
Case in point, Chitrangda Singh playing Mary in Bob Biswas. The actor's performance was pathbreaking in many ways, whether it's proving that female actors don't have a 'shelf-life' and essaying a role beyond the archetype she has always been associated with.
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Lately, we also witnessed R. Madhavan returned to OTT with the series Decoupled. A peculiar script, rightly roped actors such as Madhavan and Surveen Chawla, to play a couple gradually separating. Even though the leads' performance frequently tries to compensate for the lousy storyline and unnecessary inclusion of social concerns, it just couldn't strike the right chord.
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So far, we have loved and appreciated actors making a comeback with unwonted projects and roles. However, there have been a few misses and we would definitely want to watch those actors essaying well-matched characters soon.
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Week 17 Optimal FanDay Lineup
NFL Sun beginning at 1:00 pm ET- (16 games)
Matt Asiata
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Salary Remaining: $200
Cam Newton finally seems to be playing like Cam Newton. In his last 2 games he's averaging 12 rushes for 73 yards and a touchdown. That kind of rushing production on top of passing stats sets him up as a weekly difference maker at the QB position. This Sunday Cam returns to his home town Atlanta to face a Falcons team that's given up THE most passing yards to Fantasy Quarterbacks this season for the NFC South title.
C.J. Anderson scored the most points of any running back on FanDay last week while facing a Cincinnati Bengals defense that has now given up the 5th most points to fantasy running backs all season. This week, C.J.'s matchup is against the Oakland Raiders who have given up the 3rd most fantasy points to running backs this year. However, his salary is only the 9th highest among running backs this week on FanDay. C.J. should be a second half clock killing volume back this week at home against the Raiders.
Matt Asiata also had a successful Week 16, scoring the 4th most points of all running backs on FanDay last week. This week he faces the Chicago Bears who have given up THE fantasy points to running backs over the last 4 weeks and the 12th most all season. Matt Asiata is priced as a minimum salary running back this week, with 73 running backs priced higher than him. There is not a bigger Week 17 value, especially after the Vikings waived Ben Tate this week.
Odell Beckham Jr. has become must start material in fantasy. While he will be highly owned, you certainly don't want to have to go into matchup without his scoring potential. Over the last 3 weeks ODB has amassed 31 receptions for 421 yards and 6 touchdowns and has scored more fantasy points per game on FanDay than any other wide receiver this year. This week ODB is at home against the Philadelphia Eagles who have given up the 2nd most points and 3rd most receiving yards to fantasy wide receivers this year. Despite all the advantages ODB offers this week, he is still only the 10th highest priced wide receiver this week.
Who has scored the second most fantasy points per game at the wide receiver position on FanDay this year? The answer is Antonio Brown. Yet he is only the 4th highest wide receiver salary this week. Brown is averaging 8 catches for 105 yards a game this season and has scored 12 touchdowns on the year. This week he is at home in a divisional deciding game against the Cincinnati Bengals. When they played in Week 14 Brown had 9 catches for 117 yards.
This week I'm going to stack Cam with Kelvin Benjamin. This works well this week because there are 52 other wide receivers priced more than Kelvin this week at FanDay. However, only 17 of those wide receivers average more fantasy points per game on FanDay than Kelvin. On top of his salary and production discount, Kelvin is facing an Atlanta Falcons defense that has given up THE most receiving yards to fantasy wide receivers this year. When Kelvin faced the Falcons in Week 11 he caught 9 balls for 109 yards and 1 touchdown.
Charles Clay is only the 11th highest priced TE this week but has caught 12 balls for 173 yards in his last 2 games. In a week when it doesn't make sense to pay up for Gronk, because of Week 17 game flow and playoff scenarios, Clay is a great value this week. The Miami Dolphins are at home against a New York Jets defense that has given up THE most receiving touchdowns and 4th most fantasy points to tight ends this year.
Selecting Connor Barth this week was a pretty easy choice. He has only the 16th highest Week 17 kicker salary, but the highest fantasy points per game on FanDay. His matchup is good too. Denver is hosting at home in the mile high air, a Raiders defense allowing the 5th most fantasy points to kickers this year.
Coming in with the lowest Week 17 DST salary on FanDay this week is the Dallas Cowboys, who are facing a Washington Redskins team giving up the 2nd most fantasy points to Defenses this year.