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CJ's Top 50 Women in Global Cinema – 2017
By and Patrick von Sychowski | March 8, 2017 1:08 am PST
In the second year that Celluloid Junkie celebrates the top female executives in the global cinema industry we have expanded the list from 25 to 50 amazing individuals. Even then we have not been able to include all inspiring women that we have come across or who were nominated. We also had long discussions about the ranking and how best to highlight the many accomplishments of those listed. With so many new entrants, some from last year have inevitably slipped down the list even when sometimes their achievements have soared.
This list is not an attempt to define who wields the most power, but rather to highlight innovative and inspired leadership within the world wide cinema exhibition industry. This year's top leader, Dadi Cinema's General Manager Yu Xin (Donna Yu) represents the second largest cinema chain in the world's largest cinema market. But it is deft leadership rather than size that elevated her to the top.
She is followed by a CEO from far smaller, but no less dynamic market (the Gulf's Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen, CEO of Novo Cinemas), and there is even room in the top ten for an executive who does not work for a cinema chain (Coca-Cola's Corinne Thibau) but who wields significant influence over the whole of Europe when it comes to cinema issues.
Together with our colleagues at Box Office Magazine we will be profiling some of these top women in global cinema in more depth later in the year, including an interview with this years #1. Thank you all those who wrote in with nominations and suggestions. If there is anyone we overlooked then we urge you to tell us about them this year – the work that these inspiring individuals do in the cinema market goes on.
1. Yu (Donna) Xin, Dadi, General Manager, P.R. China (last year 2) – pictured above centre
While Wanda and Wang Jianlin was the global cinema story of 2016, back in China it was Dadi Cinemas that affirmed its ascending trajectory from eighth to second place in just six years under the expert leadership of General Manager Yu Xin, together with her Chair Liu Rong (our No. 7). The company pulled off a series of brilliant corporate maneuvers in the past 12 months that included securing investment from both Alibaba Pictures Group and Huayi Brothers, which in turn enabled the acquisition of Orange Sky golden Harvest's cinema chain in China. While Wanda may be aiming for the heavens with its overseas buys, Dadi (Chinese for 'Earth') is firmly grounded in building a solid business in the world's second largest cinema market.
Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen, CEO, Novo Cinemas. (photo: Novo Cinemas)
2. Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen, Novo Cinemas, CEO, U.A.E. (last year 4)
The Gulf States are one of the most active and dynamic cinema markets in the world today, exemplified by the energetic CEO of market leader Novo Cinemas. Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen has been instrumental in pushing cinema excellence and innovation across cinemas in the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, etc), Qatar and Bahrain, including the 7-star cinema experience, the Qatar-sponsored VIP screens, the largest laser IMAX in the Middle East North Africa region and the first MX4D auditorium, amongst other achievements. She was our most nominated candidate and her employees, colleagues and business partners all speak effusively of her. "Her team is not anymore in the cinema business but rather charged with a mission to offer a unique experience, 'a great night out'." In her four years at the helm Stanford-Kristiansen has transform the Novo Cinemas to the very core of its philosophy and staked out the path to cinema's future.
3. Amy Miles, Regal Entertainment Group, CEO, USA (last year 1)
In 2016 Regal was comprehensively overtaken as the world's largest cinema chain by AMC under the new leadership of Adam Aron. Regal's response appears to be to double down on its re-seating effort of upgrading sites to recliners and offering wider food and beverage options, as well as a bit more PLF and 4DX. The company finds itself in the awkward position of being too big to acquire but unable to acquire any cinemas to grow further. In the meantime the slow but incremental improvements are boosting the bottom line yet have still left Regal trailing more bold efforts across the board from larger and smaller competitors. But it would be premature to write off Amy Miles' leadership style just yet.
4. Renana Teperberg, Cineworld/Picturehouse, Chief Commercial Officer, UK/Europe/Israel (last year 20)
The fastest riser on this year's list, the media shy Renana Teperberg, has not just confirmed herself as a significant power behind the scenes at pan-European major Cineworld, but also as a powerful manager in her own right as she replaces Lyn Goleby (out from this year's list) as the interim MD of Picturehouse Cinemas. While Teperberg prefers to keep a low profile, people in the industry speak of her with respect and she brings resolve to the interim role as Picturehouse, which swings between the highs of having the best new cinema in central London and the lows of ongoing labour disputes.
Jennifer Douglass, AMC. (photo: LinkedIn)
5. Jennifer Douglass, AMC, VP, Dine In Theatre Operations, USA (New)
The highest ranking new entrant on our list this year, Jennifer Douglass is in charge of AMC's all-important effort to expand its food and beverage operation. Together with the re-seating effort that AMC is pushing hard, higher per-customer spend has been one of the most significant achievements of the United State's largest cinema chain, as it rolls out in-theatre dining, hot food offerings and alcohol, while not losing sight of the basics (popcorn and Coke) that is cinemas greatest source of profit.
6. Corinne Thibaut, The Coca-Cola Company, International Customer Director, Cinema & Leisure, Belgium (last year joint 10)
Sharing a 10th place last year Corinne Thibaut earns a higher solo place this year on account of not just promoting the single best-known retail brand in cinemas, but for her tireless effort to enhance the cinema business as a whole. She is a force of nature, whether at CineEurope, the UNIC Retail Group or one-on-one with her many cinema clients and partners. Thibaut was instrumental in launching the study of insights on teens and and their cinema habits with GfK and UNIC that will be presented in Barcelona this summer. Thibaut is a delight to work with, as anyone who has met her will tell you, and she cares deeply and passionately about cinema.
7. Liu Rong, Dadi Cinemas, Chairperson, P.R. China (New)
While Dadi's General Manager rightly gets the credit for the growth of China's second largest cinema chain, she is more than ably assisted by the company's Chairperson Liu Rong. The two very much work hand-in-hand in forming strong alliances with leading industry players, building the ecosystem of cinemas using Internet strategies, as well as pursuing both organic growth and acquisitions, in addition to expanding its PLF brand and adhering to its mantra of "symbiosis, harmony and win-win situations."
8. Koh Mei Lee, Golden Screen Cinemas, CEO, Malaysia (last year 6)
With many new entrants, some individuals who were on our list last year have dropped despite their having gone from strength to strength. Koh Mei Lee's year was crowned by being named CineAsia's Exhibitor of the Year 2016. She juggles her job of heading up Malaysia's largest cinema chain with being head of corporate affairs at the Malaysian stock exchange-listed PPB Group and several other roles, attributing her success to surrounding herself with a strong management team.
Martine Odillard, President, Pathé
9. Martine Odillard, Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, Président, France (New)
Martine Odillard has only been President of Pathé cinemas for just over a year, but she was head of HR and communications for ten years at the exhibitor between 2000 and 2010 and was lured back from Chargeurs when she was hand picked by Jérôme Seydoux to be his replacement. With Pathé in the process of buying out Gaumont's stake, we are witnessing an exhibitor gearing up to take on pan-European cinema rivals under Odillard's confident leadership.
10. Veronica Lindholm, Finnkino, MD, Finland (last year 14)
10. Maria Skoglund, SF Bio, President & CEO, Sweden (last year 5)
A joint 10th for the two leading female executives in the Nordic Cinema Group, representing the region's two biggest markets and exhibitors. The acquisition of NCG by AMC was a validation of the efforts underway for many years by both cinema chains to upgrade their cinema and improve the quality of the experience while delivering solid revenue figures. AMC's Adam Aron gushed with praise about the quality of SF Bio and Finnkino's cinema, saying that they held lessons for their corporate siblings Odeon & UCI. These achievements included the launch of the third Scape PLF screen in Helsinki and the success of the IMAX at SF Filmstaden in Stockholm's Mall of Scandinavia – though the closure of SF's flagship mall (due to a leaky roof) for two weeks right when "Rogue One" was released did not endear SF Bio to many filmgoers.
12. Nora Dashwood, Pacific/Arclight, COO, USA (last year 17)
Few cinema executives get praised in The Harvard Business review, but Pacific Arclight's COO Nora Dashwood was termed "an extraordinary woman" by Robert Kegan in the May issue last year on the strength of her philosophy of all employees, young and old, being learners. She is a key part of why ArcLight is not just considered the premiere go-to cinema in Los Angeles, but is now expanding that brand across the United States.
13. Clara Cheo, Golden Village, CEO, Singapore (last year 8)
Golden Village's first female CEO continues the slow but steady expansion of cinemas in a small country with one of the highest per-capita cinema attendances in the word. Having offered Gold Class cinemas for a long time, the company has perfected that formula in recent multiplexes such as SunTec City. The company also pushes new innovations like Visa Checkout, ZenZone and improvements to its app and loyalty programme.
Carol Welch, MD of Odeon UK & Ireland
14. Carol Welch, Odeon UK & Ireland, MD, UK & Ireland (New)
While she has only been in her role as head of Odeon's operation in the British Isles for two months, Carol Welch has gotten off to a strong start. Having been Chief Marketing Officer at Costa, she was already familiar with Odeon, since the coffee chain has 60 outlets in Odeon cinemas. She will be instrumental in implementing AMC's vision of improved seating and F&B offerings to attract and retain customers. Industry colleagues have had suitably good first impressions of Welch and feel that she has a strong potential to make a success of her new role.
15. Meileen Choo, Cathay Organisation, Chairman & CEO, Singapore (last year 9)
Cathay is arguably not pursuing innovation and new technology as much as rivals Golden Village and Shaw, but the Cathay Cineplex Cineleisure Orchard continues to be one of Singapore's top cinema destinations. Cathay sold off two of its cinemas in Malaysia in the past year but Choo also increased her stake in the buyer MM2 by over three million shares, indicating that she firmly retains a strong investment in cinema in Southeast Asia.
16. Goharik Kotanjyan, Cinema Park, General Director, Russia/CIS (last year 3)
The past year saw plans to merge Russia's largest cinema operators Cinema Park and Formula Kino. Gohakir Kotanjyan is expected to be re-appointed General Manager of the merged cinema chain. Yet it is evident that it is Said Kerimov, the son of Russian billionaire Souleyman Kerimov, that is engineering these merger plans. It remains to be seen how the company and its GM will emerge in Europe's #2 cinema market this coming year.
Barbara Twist, Art House Convergence
17. Barbara Twist, Art House Convergence, Director/Producer, USA (New)
Art House Convergence has grown in stature in the last decade from a small get-together for independent cinemas to a trade body-in-all-but-name for the art-house cinema market. Not just cinemas but also for film festivals, bookers, film distributors, vendors, and filmmakers. Barbara Twist has been working diligently to help the event and organisation grow twenty-fold in those ten years and will no doubt achieve even more with the organisation in the next decade.
18. Elizabeth Frank, AMC, EVP, Chief Content & Programming Officer, USA (New)
There are only two women among the nine officers in charge of AMC Theatres and Elizabeth Frank is one of them. For nearly five years now Frank has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Content & Programming Officer for the largest motion picture exhibition chain in the world. She is responsible for overseeing all the content making its way to AMC's 10,558 screens, whether it's a studio feature or an event cinema presentation. In 2016, that content attracted USD $2 billion in admissions for the first time in the company's history. Frank also sits on the board of Open Road Releasing, AMC's joint venture production company with Regal Entertainment.
19. Mariam El Bacha, MBO, Director – Operations, Malaysia (last year 18)
Nobody who has spoken to Mariam El Bacha or heard her speak at CineAsia can be in doubt about the energy and dedication she brings to her wide-ranging role that spans everything from HR to retail and more. She is disarmingly frank, such as when she gave a presentation on failures in things that MBO had tried with both staff and patrons. But true to the Silicon Valley ethos of 'fail fast', El Bacha has also proven that valuable lessons only come to those that are willing to try and MBO cinemas is a stronger cinema chain for it.
Frédérique Bredin, CNC
20. Frédérique Bredin, CNC, President, France (New)
No other national audio-visual regulator arguably wields as much influence over cinema as France's CNC. Under Frédérique Bredin the CNC has not just adopted a proactive approach to changing technology but even said that the key to the future of French cinema (films and exhibition) is to embrace new platforms. She was re-appointed to a second three-year term in 2016 and just recently the CNC even signalled a willingness to consider flexible release windows. With France being Europe's biggest cinema market, Bredin's influence is felt far beyond the borders of the country itself.
21. Karina Agadzhanova, Cinema Star, CEO , Russia/CIS (last year 12)
Cinema Star continues to be the plucky underdog in the growing Russian cinema market. Under Karina Agadzhanova it continues to implement new efforts such as the PlayLab zones with entertaining games for children, bowling, children's amusement machines, as well as the newly opened Café-Restaurant Michael's. It also drives the implementation of Dolby Atmos and other new technologies.
22. Sau Fong (Fiona) Chow, Orange Sky Golden Harvest, CEO , China/Hong Kong SAR (last year 13)
Orange Sky Golden Harvest's biggest cinema move in the last 12 months was selling off its mainland China operation to Dadi Cinemas (helping to make Yu Xin this year's #1). While the price of the sale was more than the entire market value of OSGH at the time of the transaction, the operator has lost its biggest market and is left with a more peripheral operation in the rest of Asia. The next 12 months will see whether Chow can make the company re-emerge as a significant regional player.
Karen Stacey, DCM
23. Karen Stacey, DCM, CEO, UK (New)
During her two year tenure at the UK's largest cinema advertising company Karen Stacey has made a significant impact, ramping up the company's online presence, launching dedicated event cinema efforts, as well as poaching Curzon and Everyman from rival Pearl & Dean. She is a strong believer that innovation and technology can deliver the goods and keep cinema relevant evan as other advertising platforms like print and television struggle against Facebook and Google. No surprise Stacey was recently shortlisted for Top 100 Creative Influencers of the Year.
24. Fatima Djoumer, Europa Cinema, International Relations & Events, Germany (New)
Fatima Djourmer's title at Europa Cinema doesn't nearly do justice to the role she plays at the pan-European arthouse cinema trade body. She has not just organised the very successful annual conference meeting of its members, but also pushed for initiatives, such as the Innovation Lab, Next/Change, Collaborate! Young Audience and other ventures that raises the brand of Europa Cinema and promotes the screening of Europe.
25. Ann Stadler, Marcus Theatres, Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer (New)
After joining Marcus Theatres in January of 2014, Ann Stadler set about launching a brand new loyalty programme named Magical Movie Rewards. The effort proved to be an instant success, enrolling 500,000 members in its first four months. By the middle of 2016 membership had increased to 1.6 million. The wealth of customer data collected by the programme has been used to fine tune not only the company's marketing but also its programming all the way down to the theatre level. With Marcus' acquisition of Wehrenberg Theatres last year Stadler is now charged with combining the rewards programme of both circuits, all while overseeing the branding and marketing for the fourth largest circuit in the U.S.
Darryl Schaffer, Screenvision
26. Darryl Schaffer, Screenvision, Executive Vice President, Operations and Exhibitor Relations, USA (New)
The called-off merger with NCM seems to have energised Screenvision and given it a newfound sense of purpose. None more so than for Darryl Schaffer who in 2016 signed 25 exhibitor agreements, giving Screenvision's advertising network an average remaining term across 14,600 screens of 9 years. These deals included the likes of Studio Movie Grill, Pacific Theatres and Emagine Entertainment, as well as new U.S. entrant Cinemex.
27. Jannicke Haugen, Nordisk Film, CEO, Norway (last year 15)
27. Elisabeth Halvorsen, Bergen Kino/SF Norge, CEO, Norway (last year 15)
Once again a shared ranking for the two leading women in the Norwegian cinema business. Both continue to drive innovation and audience initiatives at their respective cinemas. Nordisk became the first to launch 4DX at its Oslo cinema Ringen, while Bergen Kino becomes a part of the expanded AMC/Odeon group through SF Kino's stake in the Bergen operation.
29. Kathryn Jacobs, Pearl & Dean, CEO, UK (New)
Pearl & Dean may be the perennial underdog in the UK cinema advertising market, but it survives by sheer dint through the effort of a tightly knit team lead by CEO Kathryn Jacobs. While P&D lost Everyman Cinemas to DCM recently, despite this it was a major year for Jacobs as she co-authored the book "The Glass Wall" on gender issues in the workplace and was awarded an OBE by the Queen "for services to the promotion of equality and diversity."
Maddy Probst, Watershed Cinema & Europa Cinemas
30. Maddy Probst, Watershed/Europa Cinemas, UK (New)
Maddy Probst wears many proverbial hats as she manages to be both Cinema Programme Producer for the Watershed in Bristol as well as VP of Europa Cinemas. The Watershed continues to distinguish itself as one of the most trendsetting independent cinemas in the UK, lessons from which Probst channels into her passionate commitment to Europa Cinemas, where she is in charge of many of the new initiatives in the past year.
31. Vilma Benitez, Bardan Cinema, CEO, USA (last year 23)
As the CEO of Bradan Cinema, Vilma Benitez has helped grow the company into one of the most respected cinema service entities in the industry. During her 9-year tenure as CEO, Bardan has built a reputation with manufacturers as a stellar equipment dealer and at the same time become a top choice of exhibitors looking for a service provider to tackle difficult projects. And though Bardan is a recognized entity throughout Latin America, and even installed the first laser projector in the region in 2016, what isn't widely known is that the company now services nearly 2,300 screens across 36 different countries, all with only 35 employees.
32. Edna Epelbaum, Cinevital, CEO, Switzerland (last year 7)
Edna Epelbaum continues to juggle the responsibilities of operating Cinevital and also being head of the Swiss Cinema trade body. She was instrumental in pushing through the first ever National Cinema Day in Switzerland last September in which over 250 screenon took place and she stresses the importance of encouraging audiences to make new discoveries that entice them to the cinema.
ECA's Melissa Cogavin at CineEurope 2016 (photo: @patrickvons / Celluloid Junkie)
33. Melissa Cogavin, ECA, GM, UK (New)
As both the founder and General Manager of the Event Cinema Association, Melissa Cogavin has been instrumental in putting event cinema on the map and agenda of discussions about the role of non-film content in movie theatres. Having run four successful annual conferences in London – together with Isabelle Fauchet – and published several reports and studies, Cogavin continues to push the ECA and its members into new areas as the market grows.
34. Monica Ubillus-Verdeguer, UVK Multicines, GM, Peru (last year 25)
Under the leadership of Monica Ubillus-Verdeguer, her family's UVK Multicines continues to be a significant player in the exhibition space in Peru. With just 53 screens in nine complexes, Ubillus-Verdeguer has helped the chain compete against much larger, well resourced competitors such as Cineplanet and Cinemark, while also fending off threatening new entrants to the market like Cinépolis. Now Ubillus-Verdeguer is in the process of doubling the number of cinemas UVK Multicines operates to 18 by the end of 2019.
35. Terry Lai, Intercontinental Group Holdings (IGH), Honorary Group chairman, China/Hong Kong SAR (New)
Terry Lai was honoured at the 2013 CineAsia for her Lifetime Achievements, but this has not meant that she retired or has been resting ever since. Lai remains active in the running of IGH despite her 'Honorary' title, both for distribution and exhibition matters and is always mentioned with respect across Asia if you talk to anyone who has had dealings with her.
36. Meryl Moser, Cinerive, Directrice, Switzerland (last year 19)
Meryl Moser continues to run the family company that she took over from her father (her grandfather ran it before that) across six cities in Switzerland making it one of the leading independent chains. She has also been a driving force in the Locarno Film Festival's 'Industry Academy' for training and apprenticeships.
37. Cheryl Wannell, SAWA, GM, Australia/global (last year 21)
Cheryl Wannell continues to push the global cinema advertising association SAWA forward with new members. Last year she arranged a very successful members conference in Los Angeles, as well as continued pushing Project Everyone – Global Goals. We just hope that Wannell can persuade the powers that be at the Cannes Lions to ensure that the event doesn't clash with CineEurope (yet again) in 2018.
Kinga Dolega-Lesinska of KinAds/Moje Kino
38. Kinga Dolega-Lesinska, KinAds/Moje Kino, CEO, Poland, (New)
The new kid on the cinema advertising block in Poland – Central Europe's fastest growing cinema market – continues to punch above its weight in delivering cinema adverts in short and more impactful ways though a number of promotions and schemes that seeks to make cinema advertising fresh and relevant, even in the age of programmatic online adverts.
39. Michelle Walsh, Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas LLC (VOX Cinemas), Director of Cinemas, UAE, (New)
The Gulf region is home to not one but two impressive female executives, with Michelle Walsh recently having been promoted from Marketing Manager to Director of Cinemas at Vox. She has been a passionate advocate for innovation and she gets a special 'thank you' from us for launching the cinema etiquette scheme #PlsDontStealMyShow, teaching people not to use their smartphones or talk during the film. We expect to see Walsh rise on this list in the future.
Katja Uneborg & Ellen Telje in Bio Rio. (photo: Metro)
40. Katja Uneborg, Bio Rio, Co-Founder, MD, Sweden (New)
40. Ellen Telje, Bio Rio, Co-Founder, Sweden, (New)
Stockholm's hippest cinema Bio Rio recently celebrated its eighth anniversary as part of the Folkets Hus & Parket network, having been relaunched by the dynamic duo of Uneborg and Telje. More than just an art-house cinema playing up to three or four films on its single screen each day, it took over the next door restaurant, showed that more money can be made from event cinema than regular films and was the first with the Bechdel test rating to promote gender equality both on and off screen.
42. Marie-Laure Couderc, C2L, CEO, France (New)
A champion of small town cinemas, Marie-Laure Couderc heads a family business of 15 cinemas spread across rural France. Together with her two sisters, who also operate their own theatres, Couderc bought out the company in 1993 and has been focusing on making small cinemas the beating heart of medium-size French towns with 50,000 inhabitants. Despite being overlooked by larger multiplex chains like UGC, these cinemas can achieve admissions of between 80,000 to 400,000 (!) visitors per year.
43. Catharine Des Forges, Independent Cinema Office, Director, UK (New)
The UK's Independent Cinema Office under Catharine Des Forges earns a special mention in this list because amongst the many things that it does, the ICO launched the Women's Leadership Programme that aims to promote more women in senior roles in the cinema business through coaching, mentoring and skills development workshops. We wish there was more of this around the world, given the widespread lack of diversity in the cinema business.
44. Marynia Gierat, Kino Pod Baranami, Director, Poland (New)
Kino Pod Baranami is Poland's most innovative arthouse cinema, a claim that can be verified by pointing out that it has won the top honours from both the Polish Film Institute and Europa Cinemas. Under the direction of Marynia Gierat the three-screen cinema in Poland's Krakow has run countless audience initiatives, as well as showing a broad selection of world cinema.
45. Laura Fumagalli, Arcadia, Marketing Manager, Italy (New)
Laura Fumagali's titles does not do her role at the family operator Arcadia cinema any justice, nor does it convey the fact that she was heavily involved in the very early European digital cinema efforts. But thanks to Fumagali the many innovations, firsts and new technologies that Arcadia has introduced over the years to make it one of Italy's top cinemas are finally being communicated to their audiences and the industry.
Sarah Lewthwaite, Strategic Partnerships Director at Movio
46. Sarah Lewthwaite, Movio, Strategic Partnerships Director EMEA, UK (New)
Sarah Lewthwaite has been a tireless ambassador at conferences and cinema gatherings for the better use of Big Data for gathering insights about cinema audiences and converting these into campaigns that promote higher cinema attendance. She has also been the driving force behind Movio's growth in Europe as it works with both large exhibitors such as Vue and Nordisk as well as smaller arthouse chains.
47. Florence Fayet, Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé, CFO, France (New)
The Pathé cinemas have not just one but two C-level female executives, with the firm's President Martine Odillard assisted by the CFO Florence Fayet. This is proving crucial as the exhibitor buys out Gaumont's stake. Fayet has been the driving force behind the company's effort to modernize and harmonize the administrative and financial procedures of Pathé's various subsidiaries.
48. Suzanna Renhuldt, Svenska Bio, Marknadschef , Sweden (New)
Despite being the #2 cinema in Sweden, Svenska Bio has been a market leader in several leading initiative where Suzanna Renhuldt has played an instrumental role. Key amongst these was the bold decision to go 100% cashless from the 1 Janaury 2017. The move was not without its controversy (pensioners in particular objected) but the smooth implementation is down to the extensive preparation overseen by Renhuld.
49. Alexandra Sterk, Sterk Cinema, AG, CEO, Switzerland (last year 24)
The family-owned Sterk cinema business continues to combine tradition and innovation under one roof. It's five cinemas across Switzerland continue to be some of the country's finest exhibition operations under the leadership of CEO Alexandra Sterk.
50. Marit Sætre Færevåg, Haugesund Kino, CEO, Norway (last year 25)
For the second year running Marit Sætre Færevåg rounds off our list, as the operator of the cinemas in what is arguably Scandinavia's most important film festival (sorry Gothenburg). We are not the only ones to recognise her achievements, as in December of last year Haugesund's Edda Kino was named Best Mid-Size cinema in Norway, an award it has carried off in six of the last seven years.
Patrick von Sychowski
Editor at Celluloid Junkie
Patrick was a Senior Analyst at Screen Digest, went on to launch the digital cinema operations of Unique and Deluxe Europe, then digitised Bollywood at Adlabs/RMW, and now writes, consults and appears on panels about cinema all over the world.
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De Blasio tells New Yorkers: Get ready for schools to close Monday, through the end of November
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned New Yorkers on Friday that the city may shut down all public schools Monday and advised parents to have a contingency plan for child care and education through at least the end of November.
In spite of instituting harsh lockdown measures, and in spite of repeated virtue-signaling from de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo that New York "follows the science," New York has continually struggled with coronavirus outcomes. New York has had the second highest coronavirus death rate in the country (behind only New Jersey, whose coronavirus restrictions have been even more strict), and bleating from Cuomo and de Blasio about the allegedly superior way that their state has "followed the science" relative to states led by Republican governors has not stopped the Empire State from facing a second wave of coronavirus cases.
In fact, it is exactly that second wave that has provided the impetus for de Blasio to argue that New York City should reinstitute measures — like school closings — that didn't prevent the second wave from occurring in the first place. According to de Blasio, since the infection rate in New York is approaching 3 percent, parents should prepare for schools to close on Monday.
"This is not something that any parent wants to have to deal with, but we should get ready," de Blasio said, according to the New York Post. The New York Daily News added that "Parents should have a plan for the rest of the month of November. I think that's the safe way to think about it, have an alternative plan beginning as early as Monday."
If the city does hit the 3 percent infection threshold, de Blasio stated, "There are options that will be available [for child care] if we get to that point." The Daily News noted that these options include "learning bridges programs, which provide free childcare for kids in grades 3k to the 8th grade" and would remain open as well as "children in pre-k and 3k programs run by community-based groups."
It was not immediately clear why any of those programs would be safer, from a public health standpoint, than schools.
The Daily News also noted that de Blasio has been criticized for maintaining that schools should be shut down if the city reaches a 3 percent infection threshold, even though "coronavirus cases in public schools themselves have remained relatively low."
De Blasio has seen his approval ratings plummet this year in New York City, as well as his ratings on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Dave had designed the coffin himself. Built from leather, it was a gorgeous piece with options to make the ride to the afterlife convenient. There were pockets for storage and a bracket to accommodate a favorite scripture. The coffin could be secured with reinforced leather straps and the leather handles rested against the side when not in use. Finally the time had come and the video camera began to roll. Dave stepped inside the coffin, closed the lid, flicked his lighter and began to speak.
Actually, Dave Munson's story begins many years earlier in Oregon. As a teenager, he loved the products that were offered in the local Wilson Leather store. Dave still remembers being drawn to the smell of the store. He never thought that leather would have a place in his future though. Dave was a twenty-eight-year-old youth pastor, in 1999, when he moved to Mexico to teach English to disadvantaged children.
Dave had a half-mile walk to the school every day; he realized that he needed a backpack to tote all his books through the streets of Morelia.
"I thought that there was a lot of leather around there. I wondered if I could find a bag like Indiana Jones carried," says Dave.
Dave searched the local markets, but did not find what he wanted. He did find a small leather shop that built bags; the owner's family had made leather goods there since the early 1800's. Dave asked the craftsman if he could build a bag from a sketch.
Dave wanted a bag that wouldn't break, so he didn't want any snaps, zippers or buttons. Dave told the leather worker that he wanted a bag that his grandkids would want someday. The resulting product was better than Dave had expected. It was a bag that was both durable and beautiful in its simplicity.
When Dave returned to the States, he was constantly asked where he had gotten his bag.
Dave returned to Mexico, and had the bag maker and his son make eight more bags. Unfortunately, the bags were made out of orange-colored leather, so Dave sanded them down and refinished them with brown shoe polish. He sold the first one to his sister in Texas because she felt sorry for him. He hung the other seven on the luggage rack of his Land Cruiser and drove back to Oregon. The sign on his window said: "Real Cool Bags for Sale". By the time Dave and his companion, a black Lab named Blue, reached Oregon, all the bags were gone. Dave's sister sold her bag on EBay for $335.00. Dave saw that there might be a future in the bag business, so he moved back to Mexico. His day job was selling real estate around a golf course and he poured his profits into bag production. In 2003, Dave ended up in Juarez for three years, sleeping on the floor with his dog, in a $100-a-month apartment. The lack of air conditioning or warm water was tough, but Dave sent most of every paycheck to the father and son who were building his bags. They would ship three or four bags at a time to Juarez on the bus. Dave would take them over to El Paso, and use a friend's computer at night to sell them on eBay. Gradually the number of bags on the bus increased.
Dave had always liked traveling and now he would go to North Africa and Eastern Europe, taking pictures of his bags in exotic locations. The travel tie-in worked; he couldn't keep the bags in stock. Dave was still just selling his original style in one size. He tried to stick with a chestnut-colored, chrome-tanned leather that was lined with pigskin. The bag could be used as a back pack. The chrome-tanned leather was pliable and didn't show travel wear and water marks as easily as vegetable-tanned leather.
About the time the bag prices were climbing on the eBay auctions, Dave met an attractive woman on Myspace — the profile picture of her gutting a deer won over his heart. Suzette and Dave were married and he moved to San Antonio; two children came along in the next few years.
The original bag maker had difficulty keeping up with the increased demand for the bags, so in 2008, the Munsons opened a factory in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. León was a logical choice as the leather industry is deeply ingrained in the city; 250 million pairs of shoes are produced there each year. Dave found it easy to find the stitchers, the lifelong leather artisans and the quality he wanted there.
Quality is synonymous with durability for Dave and he thinks that Saddleback has contributed to this from the beginning. The bags are designed to have as few seams as possible, and the stitches are longer than in some luggage, to put fewer holes in the leather. Handles and dees are reinforced with nylon inside the leather.
It takes 200 employees, in the 15,000-square-foot complex, to keep up with the Saddleback Leather bag orders; another 30 employees make bags for other companies. Dave has added many bag styles and accessories to Saddleback's line of leather goods. He has a nine member development and design team that translates his sketches into patterns for the next new item. They have also added a line of waxed-canvas bags made from a high-quality canvas from Scotland.
Not only do the canvas items have a rugged outdoorsy look, but the traditional material blends in well with nature.
"I'm saying 'no' to eye pollution," says Dave, referring to the cavalcade of bright colors that are found around beautiful, mountain lakes and other natural destinations. Dave feels that the neon oranges and blues of synthetic fabrics in modern tents and bags clash with Mother Nature's beauty. Leather and canvas hues seem to go with the scenery.
Travel and adventure seem to be some of the attraction of Saddleback's products, but Dave says this is just an extension of himself, and what he did before Saddleback Leather. Perhaps his main tool in marketing is education. By using an impressive website to tell his story and to steer customers to his large catalog of videos, he gets his message across.
Through a series of YouTube videos and his web series, "Not Dead Yet," Dave does just that. In 2012, Dave hired a full-time filmmaker, Joe Callander. The videos he's produced have high production values, are mostly tongue-in-cheek and are entertaining. Some are good enough to have been shown at film festivals. Many of them tell stories that just barely touch on the business; one is addressed to those wanting to build a cheaper, knock-off of his bags, and shows all the steps to leave out. YouTube allows Dave to circumvent more expensive, traditional forms of advertising and get his message directly to the consumer.
The adventure and travel that you can enjoy with these bags is obvious in the videos, but so is the sentimentality attached to these memories, which is transferred to the bags. The durability ensures that the bag will last, be repairable and finally, be handed down to your grandkids. One of Dave's prize possessions is an old pocket knife that his great-grandfather whittled with. Dave wants his customers to have this same attachment to his bags.
Dave's next project will be trunks. You might think that trunks aren't exactly the wave of the future. But, when Dave paints a picture of a young girl putting her dolls in it, going through all the stages of her life until she is an old woman with all her mementos and memories in it – you'll want one for your kid.
Saddleback does other things to make people smile as well. At their factory they have a daycare center so their employees won't have to worry about their children while they work, and they teach the kids English while they're there. Older kids can also take advantage of an English school.
In 2008, Dave and Suzette also became involved with the African New Life Ministries in Rwanda. A personal visit there in 2010 changed their lives; they became more involved and even started sponsoring some of the kids they'd met.
Dave tries to influence people to pursue quality, not just in bags but in life. He feels that hard work is pointless if you neglect the things that matter – like friends, family and your dreams.
Which brings us back to the coffin…the actual leather coffin is a key prop in Dave's latest video, "The Work/Death Balance." The coffin is a constant reminder in Dave's office to not put off doing things because of work. He reminds the viewer that the death rate in Texas is 100%, so you're going to need one sooner or later. Dave points out that the coffin can be laid down to make a rugged "coffin table." This dark humor and gentle preaching, reminds the viewer about priorities. It also reminds them that quality leather products will probably outlive you, making Saddleback Leather's slogan, "They'll fight over it after you're dead," seem very appropriate.
To view the Saddleback Leather products, videos or "Not Dead Yet," go to www.saddlebackleather.com.


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One of the Normandy's gems, Mont Saint Michel is a France Island listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.
Every year Mont Saint Michel offers a unique travel experience to nearly two and a half million of visitors, pilgrims and tourists. Characterized by a medieval monastery and a breathtaking Bay, Mont Saint Michel has always been subject to some of the biggest tidal ranges in the world, creating unique and spectacular setting.
The fortified village developed alongside the Abbey, originally was built to keep the enemies out; the monastery was a renowned center of learning and was the attraction for some of the greatest minds in Europe. Today the buildings along the sharp village streets are converted into museums, hotels, restaurants and boutiques.
The light reflecting on the landscape during the day creates a constant change of scenery making Mont Saint Michel a unique place.


9:02 PM - 51 deviox: After starting in Quake like games, was it easy to make the change to the Counter-Strike series? Or was it difficult to transition?
9:05 PM - sYnceD: I felt it to be quite easy when it came down to Mechanics/Aiming and the likes, but the all-around knowledge of the game, at first was a bit overwhelming needing to learn it so fast, to actually compete, and only touching source, for a limited of time. So I'm hoping with my team Monomaniac e-Sports that some more of them "Counter-Strike" smarts, will wear off on me, as they have much more experience in the game than I do.
9:06 PM - 51 deviox: What are your hopes and aspirations for your team and this game as a whole? Do you feel this game will make a dramatic impact on LAN presence?
9:12 PM - sYnceD: We as a team want to go as far as possible in this game, we are very motivated being picked up by such a sponsor like Monomaniac e-Sports, so motivation won't be an issue. The game tons of potential and I'm guessing if the community really pushes this game, it could be very big, like it was way back then, when you had names like Spawn and the such playing. I think the game will make a HUGE dramatic impact on LAN presence, in my opinion, e-Sports is all about the big events that includes Lanning and the likes.
9:13 PM - 51 deviox: Do you feel CS:GO will possibly attract the likes of CPL like-minded organizations back to First Person Shooters?
9:16 PM - sYnceD: Well, that's what most of us are hoping for in the community, I honestly think with the right shoves, and support shown in the upcoming months, after ESWC, that the game will attract more attention to organizations like IEM/WCG. As you see MLG has already put in ladders, and every game they picked up and put on the Pro Circuit were first hosted on Ladder tournaments.
9:17 PM - 51 deviox: Did you feel this season was easy due to how new the game is, or did you feel there was more competition, and therefore more difficult of a season?
9:20 PM - sYnceD: There was definitely some lack of understanding of the game by some of the teams in the Season, but this being the 2nd season of CS:GO there were plenty of teams with well thought out strats, and nice shots. People put tons of time into the game such as Area51/HMO and it really shows, but easy? There were a couple matches where people actually took some rounds, but never a match where we were biting our nails.
9:24 PM - 51 deviox: Last question, Where do you see this game in 5 years? Do you feel it will carry on the legacy?
9:25 PM - sYnceD: What I want to say is that the game will be as big as Starcraft 2 and LoL, but that's where I want to see it, not where it will be, because as it stands, none of us know where this game will be, but I'm hoping for the best and sticking to my hope and saying, this game will be as big as said titles in 5 years. It will for sure carry on the legacy and be as big as 1.6/Source was.
9:26 PM - 51 deviox: Thanks for answering these questions, and I wish your team the best of luck in playoffs, as well as season 13 in ESEA.
9:27 PM - sYnceD: Yup, Thank as well for wanting to hear my insight on things.
You can catch his team in action next season, in CS:GO. Here is the reddit post for the switch of organizations for this team, http://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/11jcni/monomaniac_esports_picks_up_icons_of_vanity/.


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Rascii
Introduction[edit]
Rascii by angel51431
Rascii had a noticable effect on the modern community. Through all the community's ups and downs of the recent years, few Creatures websites have stayed relatively stable and active. One of these was Rascii's website, Creatures Caves. One of his friends, Dan, had this to say:
"I have known Rascii for a good many years, from the time when he had no website whatsoever, and I know all about his determination for his site to succeed and be a central part of the community. The good news is, he got there."
Rascii's beginnings[edit]
Rascii became a regular visitor to JRChat sometime during 2000. Pretty soon he began work on his own website, Creatures Caves. This was created on Geocities and was not initially as advanced as it would later be seen as.
Rascii was always excited by the "behind the scenes" stuff on the bigger websites of the time such as Tim's Creature Creations, Helen's Bibble or Dan's Millennium Creatures. These websites were the first of the generation to use dynamic techology such as PHP and Perl to create interactive and easily maintainable pages -- webmasters no longer had to program all the HTML by hand. Rascii loved the idea of being able to update his news from his website, or allow other users to have a role in his own site.
Creatures Caves redux[edit]
Rascii soon began remaking the site. Dan recalls getting many requests for help with PHP coding because something wasn't working right, but he was glad to help as Helen had done the same for him. As he said,
"It was good to see new talent coming into the community, because that is what keeps us thriving."
Many were surprised when Creatures Caves sprung up in the late summer of 2000. It was feature packed compared to some other sites of the time and had an attractive but rather bright blue-on-white design which would be toned down in later revisions. For many, the best part was a Creatures-themed pong-like game called Phong, described by some as being 'very cool'.
Evolution of an Institution[edit]
It took about two years of hard work for Creatures Caves to get to a relatively finished state. After seeing the great forums pop up and then pop off around the community, Rascii introduced the hand-coded Creatures Caves forums that became a firm favourite among many users. Due in part to the popularity of these forums, Creatures Caves became itself a sub-community, having it's own regular visitors who employed the community-building features.
In 2002 and 2003, when many believe the community was at a low ebb, Creatures Caves stayed a strong force resistant to, if not unaffected by, any community surrounding it. During this era was developed Survivor, a game which managed to get many involved and more users excited about what the community could be.
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Support for interrobang characters of "!?" and "?!" has been added to doc manager and story submissions. We are not supporting the Unicode version of interrobang since the Unicode version is a single character combining both ? and ! which is entirely illegible on screen. Spanish's interrobang equivalent has been added as well.
We like to stress that the value of interrobang and proper usage has been debated among academics and here is our take on it.
Interrobang is very new and old school writers frown upon it. If you like to be hired to editing work for established publishing house or enter a career in writing, don't use it.
Professors and teachers just might give you a shifty eye. If you are writing essays for literature class or publishing theses for university, avoid using it.
Laziness. Words and language itself can be highly expressive when creativity is injected. Relying on a punctuation mark to improve your expressiveness will not help you to improve as a writer.
Want to be a rebel with a cause? The world is changing and so will our words!
Regardless, times change and maybe interrobang will be accepted by the mainstream in the future. For now, use with care or even better, avoid it whenever possible.


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Q: In Windows is there a way to trap signals on a Worker thread? In Windows on a Worker thread after registering signals if I call some MAV code the signals are not being trapped.
void RegisterSignals()
{
    typedef void (*SignalHandlerPointer)(int);

    SignalHandlerPointer previousHandler;
    previousHandler = signal(SIGSEGV, SignalHandler);
    ... // Registering other signals
}

void BadFunc ()
{
  int *ptr = nullptr;
  *ptr = 45;
}

Since the application is a multi threaded environment and I have used MSDN Thread APIs I tried even registering signals for each thread but even that doesn't work out.
Is there any way so that the signals get trapped? Could anyone help me in this?
All comments and suggestions are appreciated

A: signal(SIGSEGV, ...) doesn't work like that on Windows. On Windows, std::signal works in cooperation with std::raise. You can't raise a signal by using Undefined Behavior.
At the OS level, Windows uses Structured Exception Handling (SEH), which is unrelated to C++. The Microsoft Structured Exception that will happen here is an AccessViolation(0xC0000005).


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Heroine (IPA: [ˈɦiː.ɾoː.ɪn] ) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Madhur Bhandarkar. Revolving around the life of a once-successful film actress whose career is on the decline, the film features Kareena Kapoor as the protagonist along with actors Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda. Additionally, the project also stars Shahana Goswami, Rakesh Bapat, Divya Dutta, Helen, Shillpi Sharma, Mugdha Godse and Lillete Dubey in supporting roles. Heroine released on 21 September 2012 across 2000 screens, coinciding with Kapoor's 32nd birthday. Kareena Kapoor's performance was highly acclaimed and is considered to be one of her best. Kapoor received a Best Actress nomination at the 58th Filmfare Awards for her performance in the film.[3]
ہیروئن، 2012 ur
हीरोइन hi
البطلة
Bohaterka pl
হিরোইন bn
ಹೀರೋಯಿನ್ kn
هروئین fa
హీరోయిన్ te
البطله arz
Filmdrama
UTV Motion Pictures, Netflix
Regie: Madhur Bhandarkar
Drehbuch: Anuraadha Tewari
Musik: Salim-Sulaiman
Produzent: Ronnie Screwvala
Darsteller: Kareena Kapoor
Shahana Goswami
Sanjay Suri
Awards of the International Indian Film Academy
Popular Award
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Filmfail Awards
Filmfail Award
Worst Actress of the Year
Filmfare Award
Screen Weekly Awards


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O Campeonato do Mundo de Polo de 2022 foi a 12.ª edição do maior torneio de polo do mundo, disputado em Wellington, Flórida, Estados Unidos, entre 29 de Outubro e 6 de Novembro de 2022, tendo ocorrido com dois anos de atraso por conta da fase mais aguda da Pandemia de COVID-19. Foi a segunda vez que os Estados Unidos sediaram o torneio, a outra edição ocorreu na Califórnia, em 1998.

Este evento reuniu oito equipes de todo o mundo e teve como sede os Estados Unidos, escolhida durante assembleia geral em dezembro de 2017. Os campos que receberam eventos do torneio foram o Valiente Polo Farm e o Campo Um da Associação Estadunidense de Polo.

Qualificação
Um total de 8 vagas foram oferecidas para o torneio, sendo que as seleções argentina e estadunidense garantiram vaga para o torneio sem passar pelos eventos qualificatórios. A Argentina classificou-se por ser defensora do título mundial, já os Estados Unidos por ser a sede do torneio.

As outras 6 vagas foram decididas por meio de torneios qualificatórios divididos por Zonas. As vagas foram as seguintes:

 Zona A - (América do Norte e Central): 5 times competem por 1 vaga;
 Zona B - (América do Sul): 4 times competem por 1 vaga;
 Zona C - (Europa): 6 times competem por 2 vagas;
 Zona D - (Sudeste Asiático e Oceania): 2 times competem por 1 vaga;
 Zona E - (África, Índia e Paquistão):" 5 times competem por 1 vaga.

Campeonato
Classificadas as 8 equipas, elas foram alocadas em duas zonas com 4 participantes cada. Dentro das duas zonas cada time disputou uma partida contra os outros três do grupo.

A equipe que conseguisse o maior número de pontos classificar-se-ía como primeira colocada de sua zona para enfrentar a segunda equipe que conseguir mais pontos na outra zona, na fase de meias-finais.

Todas as partidas seguem o fuso horário local, EST (UTC−04:00).

Fase inicial

Zona A

Zona B

Fase final
A fase final consistiu em 4 partidas, sendo duas de meias-finais, formadas a partir da classificação na fase anterior, uma para decidir o terceiro colocado e outra para definir o título do torneio.

Meias finais

Disputa pelo 3º lugar

Final

Chaveamento

2022
Mundial de Polo 2022
2022 no desporto

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With the rise of technology like AI and practices like DevOps, teams everywhere are looking for ways to speed up testing without sacrificing quality. The articles in 2018 reflect that, with the most popular topics being shifting testing left, optimizing tests for continuous integration, and the future of software testing. If you're looking for cutting-edge testing techniques, check out this roundup.
Thanks for the refresher on the articles. There was one I actually missed and rather enjoyed reading.
Thanks for reading, Jill! There's a similar roundup of AgileConnection articles too, if you'd also like to read about what was popular in agile and DevOps last year. Happy 2019!


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Premier League Footballers Are Playing Too Much
By: Marcus Lawniczak | January 15, 2020
While Liverpool fans have been enjoying their club's best-ever season in the Premier League, the players themselves have been playing too much football. In December alone, Klopp's men played nine matches. Five in the league, one in the Champions League, one in the Carabao Cup and two in the Club World Cup. In January, Liverpool will play seven matches.
This has a major effect on the quality of football, mainly because of player fatigue. Overuse affects some footballers more than others, especially those that have to travel long distances to play with their national sides. For example, Son Heung-min played in 78 matches from August 2018 to August 2019, travelling an ungodly distance in that time frame. Playing this amount of football is not sustainable, but Germany's winter break has done well to combat such burnout
Premier League Footballers Have the Toughest Fixture List
The Worst Offender
The Premier League is the worst offender of the lot. This is mainly because of its gruelling but fan-pleasing holiday fixture list. In general, however, footballers are playing more and more, with an ever-shortening summer break. The period between seasons used to be from May to August, with every other year an international tournament taking place. The break has since been drastically cut. In 2019, Champions League qualifying began on June 25, while many of Europe's larger sides went on lengthy tours throughout North America or Asia beginning in July.
In the past year, Sadio Mané played in the Champions League final on June 1, and then almost immediately went to join his national team for the Africa Cup of Nations. The tournament kicked off on June 23. Senegal lost to Algeria in the tournament's final on July 19, playing seven intense matches in the process. Mané then had a measly three-week gap between that final and Liverpool's first Premier League fixture against Norwich City on August 9. He came on as a substitute in the second half. This means that Liverpool's number ten had an off-season much shorter than three weeks, the minimum a player needs to fully recover. Just like Son and many others, Mané is playing too much football.
While this problem is recognized by players, managers, and many fans, it is most likely here to stay. The more games clubs play, the more those same clubs collect in profits. Barcelona sold more than 100,000 tickets when they play in a sold-out Michigan Stadium. The club thereby increased its fan base and subsequent shirt sales. The Spanish Super Cup was held in Saudi Arabia this year. Instead of being a two-legged final, it was a mini-tournament consisting of four sides.
The amount of travelling that players do just with their clubs is already astounding. If one then factors in travel for national side duty however, the numbers begin to really rack up. In the 2018/19 season, Mané travelled over 60,000 miles, while Allison Becker covered almost 50,000 miles. Playing too much football comes at a real cost to the pros and their ability to shine on the pitch. Fifty-three players were injured during this season's Premier League holiday fixture list. It is quite incredible that the likes of Mané and Son are able to remain fit, let alone perform at a high level. While English and Spanish clubs are pushing their employers to the max, Germany has instituted a more manageable fixture list.
Germany Has a Much More Forgiving Schedule
During the first half of this season, Bundesliga clubs only had one set of midweek league fixtures. The first round of the DFB Pokal is played before the league kicks off. The second is midweek. That is a total of two domestic midweek fixtures in the first half of the season. In comparison, Liverpool have played six domestic midweek fixtures, in addition to their six midweek Champions League matches.
During the winter break, Bundesliga players receive more of a break than many Premier League players do during the entire year. The last fixture of the Hinrunde was on December 21. The Rückrunde does not begin until this Friday, January 17. That is nearly a month-long break, giving players the proper time needed to recover. Think of the number of injuries that would be avoided if the Premier League adopted a similar schedule.
The Problem May Only Get Worse
While the Premier League will never completely scrap its holiday fixture list, the FA needs to change something. Lowering the number of matches played in such a short period is a good start. Leicester City played Liverpool on December 26 and then went to West Ham United just two days later. That is extreme, even for England. With a less congested fixture list, English teams may perform better in European competitions, and stars such as Harry Kane might not pick up serious muscle injuries caused specifically by overuse. At the end of the day, however, money talks. As long as viewership numbers and international fan bases continue to grow, the problem will only get worse.
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Healy ready for World T20 keeping job
By AAP – Thursday 20 March, 2014
Alyssa Healy says the wicketkeeping is in safe hands for Australia's women's World Twenty20 campaign as she fills in for vice-captain Jodie Fields.
Alyssa Healy says she's ready to step up as No.1 wicketkeeper when Australia defend their World Twenty20 championship title in Bangladesh.
The 23-year-old Queenslander, the niece of former Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy, takes the gloves in the absence of vice-captain Jodie Fields, who withdrew before the squad departed due to lack of preparation following illness and injury.
Healy says she actually feels more comfortable adding the wicketkeeping duties to her usual batting responsibilities.
"I've been a wicketkeeper-batsman my whole life so it's more unusual to just be with the bat," she said ahead of the Southern Stars' opening game against New Zealand on Saturday.
"I'm really looking forward to the opportunity.
"Obviously it's disappointing that Jodie had to pull out of the tournament but it's a really good opportunity for me to have the gloves, bat up the order and just cement my place in the T20 team."
Healy said she quite often turns to her famous uncle for tips and advice but one person she's unlikely to be turning to for technical help is boyfriend Mitchell Starc, even though the paceman is also in Bangladesh.
He's with the national men's team for their World T20, being held in Dhaka while the women play in Sylhet.
"We don't really talk cricket, especially at the dinner table," Healy said.
"We leave that for the coaches, the trainers and the teammates.
"We're always there for moral support and to give a hand if need be but … obviously I'm not a bowler and I'm not left-arm so I'd have no idea."
Healy is one of the few members in the squad to have been a part of Australia's past two successful World T20 campaigns but she says the key will be to view the title as something to win, not to defend.
"There's been a lot of talk about us defending a title and things like that but for our team it's a bit negative with the word 'defend'," she said.
"We play a real aggressive style of cricket.
"It's going to be a tough tournament. We've got some good teams in our pool and then obviously if we progress there's going to be some tough finals games."


After recent events, there is now this fascination with the relatively untouched world of Cuba. The allure of finally being able to have something after being told you couldn't has made Americans go giddy with excitement. They can finally bring back the fabled Cuban items. Cigars, rum, beer, you name it and it comes across this border now. The people who haven't left the island are rooted in a deep culture that not even the government could break and it shows through in their cocktails. While there is a huge debate on which of the two major beers of Cuba is better, Cristal or Bucanero, the cocktails have firm roots and the only thing debated is the rum used. A lot of the key components to a Cuban cocktail contain one or more of these things: the freshest fruit, quality rum, and a well-balanced simple syrup.
The inspiration for the grapefruit cocktail comes from Cuba being the third largest producer of grapefruits in the world and it's also one of their staple citrus crops along with oranges. It is like a rum margarita in a way but uses honey instead as a sweetener to balance the drink.
The cucumber lemonade drink was actually a play on a drink I made for a class competition in culinary school, but works here giving a nod to the open-air fruit and vegetable stands found throughout Cuba. The combination of fresh cucumber, tart lemon, sweet rum and salty brine makes for a smooth sipper that works for both at the bar and at the beach.
Combine all the liquids and honey in a blender and blend until honey is incorporated. Add equal amount of ice in blender and blend until a smooth slush. Garnish with a salt rim and a lime on the side.
Halve the cucumbers and scoop out the seeds and discard. Cut the cucumber in chunks and put into a blender with the skins still on. Blend with just enough water to have it blend easily and strain out the liquid into a pitcher. Essentially you are making a cucumber water by straining out the pulp. The pulp can be reserved and used in spreads and dips. You will have more cucumber juice than 8 0z so reserve any leftover in the refrigerator. Combine all liquids (cucumber water, rum, etc.) in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice until cold. Pour in high ball glass garnished with olives and hot sauce.


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Israel: "the welfare state is coming"
Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/17339
Submitted by Matthew on 7 September, 2011 - 10:32
Israeli socialist Adam Keller, who is a spokesperson for the left-wing peace group Gush Shalom, spoke to Solidarity.
There was a big upsurge of the Israeli social protest movement last weekend [3-4 September], with mass demonstrations. The slogan was the "Million People March"; in fact it was "only" half a million, with 300,000 in Tel Aviv.
It is one of the biggest protests in Israeli history, and certainly the biggest on social issues rather than foreign policy.
It seems now that there will not be a big protest every weekend, and the tent cities which exist across Israel are going to be at least partially dismantled. The organisers are considering other ways forward.
How are these decisions made? The movement has direct democracy, with general meetings in the camps building up to delegate meetings from across Israel. It's very democratic, but within it there are tensions. One of these is a sort of class tension, a split between those who started the movement, and tend to be hard-pressed, white-collar workers, and those who are much poorer and in some cases literally have nowhere else to live. The latter, obviously, are most hostile to closing down the camps.
By the way this division is to some extent — not entirely — an ethnic one, between better off Ashkenazi and poorer Sephardi.
The relationship between the protests and the labour movement is quite interesting. The Histadrut has been supporting the movement, and for instance organised a big rally in support. But it doesn't go much further than that.
Some in the movement see the best organised workers as part of the problem, essentially what we might call a labour aristocracy. Take the electricity workers, who for a long time got free electricity and so were blamed for high bills. There is a real danger that the movement could be used by the right wing against the unions. But at the moment that is very far from the central dynamic. The key leaders of the protests want a social movement/union alliance.
Some important strikes by public sector workers have been intertwined with the protests. Just before they began, there was a long and very militant strike by social workers, over pay and conditions.
The Histadrut signed an agreement which gave them hardly anything; when most of the social workers tried to continue the strike, the Histadrut and the state went to court jointly and got the strike ruled illegal. The social workers have been very active in the protests.
Similarly, there has been a long partial strike by doctors in the hospitals. It has been linked to the demand to defend public healthcare in Israel, against privatisation and for more funding. The doctors were demanding a thousand new doctors' jobs to stop them being overworked and establish a better service.
The most militant section were the young doctors, mostly residents, who had their own organisation within the Israeli Medical Association, and who were somewhat sceptical of the older leadership of the union.
The leader of the IMA went on hunger strike and got a lot of sympathy in the social movement; after that he agreed a deal with the state which on paper gave them the thousand jobs they wanted, but the young doctors said it was illusory, not adequate and so on. They tried to continue the strikes, and eventually resigned en masse, but the courts ruled this was an illegal strike and forced them back to work. Now some of them are on hunger strike.
The government began by denouncing the protesters as disguised left-wingers, i.e. left-wingers on the Palestinian question, and also denouncing them as hedonistic middle-class kids who have no idea about real suffering. They called them sushi-eaters and shisha-smokers!
After the protests gained strength, they acknowledged there are real problems, and appointed a commission headed by Manuel Trajtenberg, a sort of left-leaning figure, to investigate. Trajtenberg presents himself as a very liberal, open-minded, conciliatory figure, happy to engage with the protesters.
There is a very big debate in the movement about what attitude we should have to this. Some say we should engage to negotiate concessions.
But others point out that to win what we want, the public sector budget needs to be extended, and the commission's remit explicitly rules this out.
What next? Of course the movement may still dissipate. There is also debate about its relationship to mainstream, parliamentary politics. Should it become a political party and compete in elections?
Hadash [linked to the Israeli Communist Party] is very involved, but they don't delude themselves that they will lead the movement.
There is also the question of the Labor Party. Its leadership elections are coming up, and one candidate, Shelly Yachimovich, is seen as applying the ideas of the protest movement. The problem is that she says she is only interested in social issues, and will not talk about the settlements, the occupation and so on. She has participated in the protests, but not in a very outspoken way; nonetheless, she is probably counting on the movement's support.
Others believe the movement should remain an extra-parliamentary watchdog over politicians. But it is very clear that we have already achieved a shifting of the terms of debate.
In Israel, even more than other countries, it was taken for granted that free-market economics were a given, with a discussion only about competence and technocratic questions. That is changing in Israel.
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